Dissertations from 2004
Sounding rocket measurements of thermal electrons in active nightside aurora, Elizabeth MacDonald
Development of muscle structure and function in loliginid squids, Gabriela Maria Martinez
Arthur Raper: Modern realist in the New Deal South, Louis Mazzari
Teaching not knowing: Reflections on a writing practice, Terry A. Moher
Needling doubts: A sociological examination of parental resistance to childhood immunizations, Catherine L. Moran
The relative impact of childhood stressor domains on young adult depression and the mediating role of social and personal resources, Paul A. Muller
Corporal punishment as a determinant of developmental outcomes: Longitudinal and process models, Matthew K. Mulvaney
Effective elastic properties of two -dimensional solids with inhomogeneities of irregular shapes, Jindrich Novak
Multiple steady solutions and bifurcations in the symmetric driven cavity, Kahar Bin Osman
The influence of urbanization on runoff generation and stream chemistry in Massachusetts watersheds, Brian A. Pellerin
The advantage for name -designated characters during reading, Kelly A. Peracchi
Factors restricting recruitment of Ascophyllum nodosum L (Le Jolis), Paula K B Philbrick
Linking focus and context in three-dimensional multiscale environments, Matthew D. Plumlee
The role -taking experience of undergraduate peer tutors: A cognitive -developmental approach, Margaret Coulthard Pobywajlo
Assessing hemlock woolly adelgid induced decline and susceptibility using hyperspectral technologies, Jennifer Pontius
Analysis of signal output by the ethylene receptor ETR1 from Arabidopsis, Xiang Qu
Granite: A scientific database model and implementation, Philip J. Rhodes
Intercultural contact and the creation of Albany's new diplomatic landscape, 1647--1680, Holly Anne Rine
Perceptions of eighth-grade mathematics teachers of the impact of the Maine Educational Assessment on instructional practices, Mary Christine Runge
Shifting worlds: Leading educational *change in a quantum universe, Mary O Douglas Singer
Inter-annual and decadal variation in the pelagic marine ecosystem of the Yellow and East China seas, Seung-Hyun Son
Chemical heterogeneity of glaciofluvial deposits: Outcrop study and implications for reactive transport, Gordon M. Sturgeon
An investigation of genetic variation within northwest Atlantic Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) with specific phylogeographic analysis of the common, rocky intertidal species, Porphyra umbilicalis, Brian William Teasdale
A study of basidiomycetes isolated from coarse woody debris and contiguous soil horizons in a mixed deciduous-conifer forest in New Hampshire, United States of America, Therese Ann Thompson
Mental accounting psychology and life cycle economics: Who saves, who doesn't and how to tell the difference, Thomas James Van De Water IV.
Spectral interpretation of zeros of zeta functions, Tamas Waldhauser
Impact of macular pigment optical density on photophobia threshold, Adam James Wenzel
Writing American subjects: Race, composition, and the daily themes assignment for English 12 at Harvard, 1886--1887, Amy A. Zenger
Nucleation and growth kinetics of tin and tin -silver alloy during initial stages of electrodeposition, Zhongqin Zhang
On the Rayleigh -Brillouin scattering in air, Qiuhua Zheng
Dissertations from 2003
Intimacy with the natural world: A humanistic perspective, Gabriel F. Bautista
"The cradle of liberty": Faneuil Hall and the political culture of eighteenth-century Boston, Jonathan McClellan Beagle
Evaluation of bacteriophage and viral persistence during alkaline stabilization in sludge and biosolids intended for land application, Jacqueline Joy Brabants
Conceptualizing and measuring the life space and its relation to openness to experience, Marc A. Brackett
Wavelet analysis of ULF magnetospheric waves, Edward Scott Brennison
Active disturbance cancellation in nonlinear dynamical systems using neural networks, John C. Canfield
Thermoionization and dissociation of fullerenes and endohedral fullerenes, Rongping Deng
Free solution electrophoresis measurements and their theoretical relationships to net protein valence, Jennifer A. Durant
The impact of coating architecture on the hardness, friction and wear resistance of hard and tribological nanocomposite coatings, Jose Luis Endrino
Bedrock geology of the seacoast region of New Hampshire, United States, Jose Cruz Escamilla-Casas
Chemical sensors based on swellable molecularly imprinted polymer microspheres in a hydrogel, Wenzhe Fan
Design and in situ testing of a piezometer system to measure earthquake -induced pore -pressure changes, Robert Farrell
Supporting and being supported: Receiving and providing social support in mothers of young children, Jennifer S. Feenstra
Investigations into the digestive system proteases of Argiope aurantia (Araneae: Araneidae), hemolytic agents of spider venoms, and the role of both in necrotic arachnidism, Matthew Joseph Foradori
Reading the personal: Toward a theory and practice of self -narrative in student writing, Megan Fulwiler
Factors associated with Atlantic white -cedar seedling recruitment on microtopographic and landscape scales, Brown Mill Pond, Rye, New Hampshire, Lara Megdane Gengarelly
Nuclear and cytoplasmic genetic variation in Picea: DNA markers for evaluating past migration, introgression and evolutionary history, Joselle Germano-Presby
Hydrodynamic behavior and thermal stability of a PEGylated protein: Studies with hen egg lysozyme, Yatin R. Gokarn
Intelligence versus impulse: William H Seward and the threat of war with France over Mexico, 1861--1867, Albert Joseph Griffin Jr.
The effects of providing mathematical problem -posing experiences for K--8 pre-service teachers: Investigating teachers' beliefs and characteristics of posed problems, Todd August Grundmeier
Factors affecting plant community composition and dynamics in the Ossipee Pine Barrens, New Hampshire, Lauren Fredrick Howard
Introducing performance into the communication curriculum for engineers: Breaking the mould, Constance Matilda Israel
A wavelet-based CMAC for enhanced multidimensional learning, Brian P. Kirk
Spatial modeling and visualization of habitat response to hydrologic restoration in New England salt marshes, Raymond Anthony Konisky
Asanti Daughter of Zion: The life and memory of Harriet Tubman, Katherine Clifford Larson
Calcium -dependent protein kinases are myristoylated and associated with different membranes in Arabidopsis thaliana, Sheen Xun Lu
Thermal rearrangements of linear carbon chains: Theoretical and experimental studies, John Mabry
Power and consent: Relation to self-reported sexual assault and acquaintance rape, Tracey A. Martin
Vocational science and the politics of independence: The Boston Marine Society, 1754--1812, Matthew Gaston McKenzie
The central New England sea breeze study, Samuel T K Miller
Synthetic, structural, and stability studies of metal complexes of cross -bridged tetraamine macrocycles, Weijun Niu
Effect of parenting, emotional intelligence, hostile attributional bias, and peer status on problem behavior, Donna M. Perkins
Some contributions to the hydraulic characterization of fractured bedrock formations, Gonzalo Pulido
Towards more efficient solution of conditional constraint satisfaction problems, Mihaela Sabin
Satellite indices of fluvial influence in coastal waters, Joseph E. Salisbury II.
Connections between New Hampshire superintendents' leadership orientations and their perceptions of selected issues associated with politics in education, Althea E. Sheaff
"Everybody get together": The sixties counterculture and public space, 1964--1967, Jill Katherine Silos
Living the stereotype: Connections between male behavior and male images, Andrew Paul Smiler
Spatial properties of photophobia, James Michael Stringham
Age, growth, and reproductive biology, of the winter skate, Leucoraja ocellata, in the western Gulf of Maine, James Antoni Sulikowski
A comparison of floristic diversity in old-growth versus mid-successional secondary-growth hardwood forests of the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, United States, Leslie Marie Teeling-Adams
Performing texts; playing with jazz aesthetics, Richard (Rick) Walters
Law enforcement dilemmas in the investigation of Internet sex crimes against minors, Melissa Wells
Knowledge, inquiry, action: Teacher collaboration at Prospect Center's Summer Institute, Karen Hendrickson Woolf
Committed to encounter: Sources of teacher engagement with students in a cross -cultural study of two sister schools in Japan and the United States, Rosemary Anne Zurawel
Dissertations from 2002
Genetic basis of adaptive radiation in East African cichlids, Richard Craig Albertson
Excavating the remains of empire: War and postimperial trauma in the twentieth-century novel, Elizabeth J. Andersen
Carving out a sense of place: The making of the Marble Valley and the Marble City of Vermont, Michael Louis Austin
Testing for the significance of induced highway travel demand in metropolitan areas, Lawrence Craig Barr
The effects of reader-generated and previously existing text marking on comprehension in readers of different skill levels, Kenneth Edward Bell
Transgenic manipulation of polyamine metabolism in poplar, Pratiksha Bhatnagar
Community and ecosystem analysis of forests recovering from landslide disturbance: White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, David M. Bryant
Assessing ice storm damage to hardwood forest canopies using the Advanced Solid-State Array Spectroradiometer (ASAS) and Landsat TM imagery, James Stuart Burnett
Depressive symptomatology among Dominicans: Links to acculturative and economic stressors, skin tone, and perceived discrimination, Teresita Camacho-Gonsalves
Nitric oxide reduction by non-thermal plasma and catalysis, Zhongyuan Chen
Evolution of gender associated mitochondrial DNA in bivalves, Jason Paul Curole
Winter flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus stock enhancement in New Hampshire: Developing optimal release strategies, Elizabeth Alden Fairchild
Essays on foreign direct investment and growth in the United States, Timothy Champion Ford
Juvenile justice reform: A tale of two systems, Erika Gebo
Resonant wave-ion interactions in the heliosphere: I. Interplanetary traveling shocks, II. Ion heating and acceleration in the extended corona, Bruce Edward Gordon
Photoprotective role of beta -carotene and antioxidant enzymes: A shield against ultraviolet damage in Dunaliella bardawil, Andrea Lynn Grossman-White
One step forward, two steps back: Making change in Early Head Start, Patrice W. Hallock
OmpD but not OmpC is involved in adherence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to human cells, Bochiwe Hlezipi Hara-Kaonga
Efforts to equalize funding between wealthy and poor school districts in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, Michael Robert Harris