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Submissions From 2001
Instructional leadership teams and school climate: A descriptive study of leadership behavior and indicators of climate in secondary schools, Christopher Thatcher Lord
Emission of positive ions from hot graphite surfaces, Juan Antonio Lozano
Endogenous growth, depreciation rates and technological progress, Fernando Luis Lugo-Camacho
Rare-earth doped high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, Kunzhong Lu
Spectroscopic studies of the polymerization of anaerobic adhesives, Eerik Maandi
Evaluation of a brief preventative treatment for panic disorder, Nicholas Avery Maltby
Structural and functional studies of the human DNA repair protein XRCC1, Assen Gueorguiev Marintchev
Polymer-polymer adhesion promotion by block-copolymer addition, Ralf Brian Mason
Women's volunteer, non-profit sports groups: Leadership style and the training of women sport leaders, Marilyn Jane Mather
Expert-novice distinctions among educational evaluators: Dynamic conceptions of knowledge organization and problem representation, Jule J McCombes-Tolis
Passionately political peace activist parents: Nurturing the world while politicizing the family, Marita Joan McComiskey
A precision measurement of the 7Li(d, p)8Li reaction cross section, James Edward Robert McDonald
Romancing the family in the Middle English Breton lays, Francine Phyllis Evelyn McGregor
Theoretical and empirical analyses of expected utility functions, Patrick Scott McPherron
Statistical modeling and geometry of shapes, Athanasios Christos Micheas
The cultural patterning of beliefs and behaviors among middle-class Anglo and Puerto Rican mother-infant dyads during feeding and social play, Amy Michelle Miller
A comparative case study of persons with Williams syndrome and musical interests, Henry James Ogston Milne
Essays on international corporate finance, Dev Raj Mishra
The investigation of factors that support adherence to physical activity in the worksite, Elizabeth W Mitchell
Coefficient of ergodicity type bounds for the algebraic connectivity of graphs, Jason Joseph Molitierno
Development of the relationship between respiration rates and oxygenation in infants, and implications for cognitive competence, Hawley Evelyn Montgomery-Downs
Relationships among childhood maltreatment, dissociation, and hemispheric organization, Dina Lynn Moore
Continuous thunderstorm monitoring: Retrieval of precipitation parameters from lightning observations, Carlos Augusto Morales Rodriguez
Teachers' decisional satisfaction and student achievement, Susan Kalt Moreau
The life of Elise Boulding: Educating toward a culture of peace, Mary Lee Morrison
The molecular design of functional polymer surfaces, Patricia Anne Veronica O'Rourke Muisener
Predicting tourist role preference across the life course, James John Murdy
The use of focused reflection and articulation to promote the development of clinical reasoning, Judy Irene Murphy
The synthesis and reactivity of 1,5-dioxaspiro[3.2]hexanes, Albert Jairo Ndakala
An exploration of how school district leaders are responding to the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT), Italia Ann-Terrone Negroni
The impacts of emotional neglect and a felt sense of positive emotional connection on self-injury and dissociation, Sarah Shane Nicholls
Practical issues in target tracking, Ruixin Niu
Fiscal dominance in semi-open economies with managed exchange rate regimes: A theoretical and empirical analysis, Victor Tiberio Olivo
Population management modeling for the Puritan tiger beetle, Kristian Shawn Omland
A phenomenological study of self-love in women's experiences healing from bulimia, Sheila Deyette Orbanic
The arts in teaching: An investigation of factors influencing teachers' use of the arts in the classroom, Barry Alan Oreck
Contingent imperialism: U.S. involvement in the Persian Gulf since World War II, Marc James O'Reilly
Studies on transplantation of human hepatocytes into genetically immunocompetent rodents, Edwin Chun Ouyang
Probabilistic approaches to eigenvalue problems, Mihai Nicolae Pascu
Relaxation and guided imagery: An intervention for children with asthma, Heather Lynne Peck
Analysis of immunogenicity of heat shock protein 70-peptide complexes, Ping Peng
Listening for language: Perception, production, use and understanding of grammatical endings by children with cochlear implants, Kimberly Ann Peters
Essays in urban transportation economics, Ryan Alan Petitte
Synthesis and characterization of Si/SiOx nanoparticles as building blocks for electronic and photonic applications, Thomas Samuel Phely-Bobin
The relationship of a multicultural/multiethnic literature approach to student self-efficacy towards reading and independent reading time, Theresa Marie Picard
Word order variation and acquisition in American Sign Language, Deborah Chen Pichler
Producing cold and ultracold Cs2 and CsH molecules through photoassociation and reactions, Marin Pichler
Agonist ligand-CB1 receptor binding motifs: An affinity label and site-directed mutagenesis study, Robert Paul Picone
An ethnographic study of the perceptions of Puerto Rican pregnant teenagers, Lourdes Pieve
Science and dissent in East Berlin: Robert Havemann and the crisis of communism in East Germany, Brian Russell Plane
The convergence of the chiral expansion for baryon observables, Stephen James Puglia
Explaining the appeal of bad news: A critical test of three theories, Michelle Mary Pulaski
Synthesis, characterization, and applications of oligonucleotides containing the major adducts derived from the carcinogenic nitropyrenes, Vandana Purohit
Training teachers of English language learners through instructional conversations: A metalogue, Abie Lane Quinones Benitez
Regulation of hepatic cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism by corn fiber oil and sitostanol in guinea pigs, Tripurasundari Ramjiganesh
Stochastic modeling of long-term care insurance, Guy Rolland Rasoanaivo
The effects of embarrassment on the emotional and rational processing of socially sensitive advertising, Ipshita Ray
Knowledge and attitudes of the Hartford inner city population regarding genetic testing, Monica Richards
A self-modeling intervention for high school students with public speaking anxiety, Kristine Alexis Rickards-Schlichting
An examination of standards for effective pedagogy in a high school bilingual setting, Evelyn Robles-Rivas
The canon revisited: An ethnographic study on the teaching of American literature to U.S.-Mexican students at Macario Garcia High School, Rodrigo Joseph Rodriguez
Gender and hormonal status modulate the hypolipidemic mechanisms of dietary soluble fiber in the guinea pig, Suheeta Roy
Through eyes that can see: Traditional agriculture, security and prosperity in the Allier, 1870--1914, Stephen John Russell
Modeling square wave voltammetry of thin protein films using Marcus theory, Trevor Michael Saccucci
The effect of intercessory prayer on recovery from mental illness, Eric Karl Sandberg
Loss of citron-kinase results in cortical malformation and early-onset epilepsy, Matthew Robert Sarkisian
Perceptions of elite female athletes regarding success attributions and the role of parental influence on talent development, Robin Mitchell Schader
Congressional campaign spending and electoral success, Douglas Jay Schwartz
Perceptual, acoustic, and videostroboscopic evaluation of individuals with laryngopharyngeal reflux pre- and post-treatment, Julia Claire Selby
"Divorce Italian style": Marriage, Church and state in the making of modern Italy, 1860--1903, Mark Louis Huckson Seymour
Propagation of radar-rainfall uncertainty in runoff predictions, Hatim Osman Sharif
Heart and soul: Thinking modes and nonverbal sending and receiving ability, Megan Ann Sheehan
The GABAergic system of the piriform cortex in a rat model of chronic ethanol consumption, Armando Pietro Signore
An occupational performance profile of college presidents, Betsey Clark Smith
Surface modification for biomedical applications using multi-component polymers, Dawn Alison Smith
The changing pattern of disease, information asymmetry, and the effect on the physician-services market, Richard Brian Smith
Crossroads: Cultural autobiography and imperial discourse, Valerie Morrison Smith
The effect of postdivorce parental conflict on the adjustment of young adult children of divorce, Renee Sonnenblick
Frictions, fictions, and forms: Woman's coming of age in eighteenth-century educational discourses, Carol Strauss Sotiropoulos
English language learners' second language development via the Natural Approach, Lourdes Yvonne Soto
Systematics and reproductive biology of the genus Witheringia l'Her. (Solanaceae), Mario Sousa-Pena
Conserving insects in the tropics: Describing and predicting insect-habitat relationships at local to regional scales, Sacha Henry Spector
Cyclic domains in syntactic theory, Arthur Vladimirovich Stepanov
APAP nephrotoxicity: Contribution of APAP-cysteine and possible involvement of the gamma-glutamyl cycle, Stephan Timothy Stern
The naturalistic foundations of intentional action, Gordon Park Stevenson
Culture, frustrators and productivity in employee-computer interaction in the workplace, Kingsley Otis Stewart
Translating participation in informal organizations into empowerment: Women in rural India, Mangala Subramaniam
After you cry you feel better: Grandmothers in contemporary Armenia, an applied application of evolutionary biology, Barbara Grace Sullivan
Women, work and health in rural Rajasthan, India, Sonia Suri
Difference for sale: How advertisers construct different versions of race, class, gender, and sexuality in ten men's magazines, Mark Anthony Swiencicki
A new institutional economic analysis of offset arrangements in government procurement, Travis Kendall Taylor
Cultural identity, worldview and communication style among Norwegian-Americans: Implications for counseling and psychotherapy, Lisa Marie Tonnessen
The medical framing of abortion: A comparative study of abortion discourse in the media and the Supreme Court, Joan Elizabeth Twiggs
A monograph on the Diphyllidea (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda), Gaines Albert Tyler
Parents' subjective appraisals of a parent training program as predictors of outcome: Perceived benefits, adherence, and barriers to adherence, Wendy Rose Ulaszek
Failure mechanisms of platinum aluminide bond coat/electron beam-physical vapor deposited thermal barrier coatings, Krishnakumar Vaidyanathan
Genetic and biochemical analysis of the mur2 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana, Gary Fraser Vanzin
English language learners developing reading comprehension skills through Think-alouds, Laura Fuentes Vega