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Submissions From 1999
Pattern recognition algorithms for target detection in the presence of environmental degradation of the input image, Francis Chan
The impact of breast pumping on the onset of lactogenesis stage II following cesarean delivery: A randomized clinical trial, Donna Jeanne Chapman
Improving database performances in a changing environment with uncertain and dynamic information demand: An intelligent database system approach, Andrew Nai-Kuang Chen
Detection of transient signals, Biao Chen
Optimization-based manufacturing scheduling: Deterministic and uncertain cases, Dong Chen
Investigations in non-Abelian gauge theory, Lusheng Chen
Acoustic characteristics of American English produced by native speakers of Mandarin, Yang Chen
Mapping the ligand binding site(s) of the cannabinoid receptor, Chen-ni Chin
A physics-based model for microwave heterojunction bipolar transistors, Shean-Yih Chiu
Essays on the political economy of central banking, Georgios E Chortareas
Stochastic economic modeling for the deferred annuity (accumulation) line of business: Efficient modeling approaches for large and consolidated business blocks, Chin-Mei Yvonne Chueh
The diversity, ecology and phylogeny of Frankia in actinorhizal plants, Michael Lee Clawson
Prison-conditions cases since Wilson v. Seiter: A study in lower court compliance with Supreme Court decision making, Richard Bruce Cole
Stochastic characterization of motor learning, retention and transfer, David Russell Collins
Arming the city: Firearms, crime, and society in San Francisco, 1848--1906, John Curtis Davenport
Transfer price determination in a multinational corporation: Decentralized decision-making, agency costs, and strategic interaction, Peter Clifton Dawson
Using structural equation modeling to assess the psychometric properties of an instrument and the validity of achievement goal theory to predict mastery goal orientation and self-regulation, Lourdes del Rio-Parent
School and family partnerships in the middle grades, Linda Ann Demikat
Multivariate refinable interpolating functions, Josip Derado
Estimation of technical efficiency from parametric and non-parametric production frontiers, Evangelia Desli
Children and television advertisement disclaimers: An investigation of the impact of disclaimer explicitness on understanding of intended disclaimer messages and accuracy of product expectations, Erica Kirsten Wiegel DesRoches
The preparation and reactivity of 2-methyleneoxetanes, Lisa Marie Dollinger
On two-stage procedures having second-order properties, William T Duggan
Sacred vows and social actions, Ronald Russell Enders
Normal surfaces in knot complements, Kang Ensil
Optical information for the control of steering towards a goal, Brett Randolph Fajen
A comparative case study of the ethical functioning of a public and Catholic high school, Stephen Vincent Falcone
Investigation of microwave irradiation as an energy source in polymerization reactions, Xiaomei Fang
Short pulse generation and high speed communication system, Honglei Fan
Periodic solutions of Hamiltonian systems and minimal period problem, Guihua Fei
Connecticut professional social workers' and counselors' attitudes toward persons with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Edwin Josef-Israel Feraco
Construction and analysis of a comprehensive model of calcium wave dynamics based on experimental image, biochemical, and electrophysiological data, Charles Christopher Fink
Effects of a creativity training program on creative abilities and self-concept in monolingual and bilingual elementary classrooms, Denise de Souza Fleith
Top management positions in women's professional basketball: Important factor identification for attaining these positions, Carol Ann Fletcher
Parent-offspring similarity on five personality dimensions: Moderating effects of family dynamics, Jennifer Marie Fox
Cloning and characterization of the bovine somatotropin and somatostatin genes to detect selection markers, Vasile Mihai Furu
Experimental and analytical evaluation of continuous concrete box girder bridges, Yongda Fu
Three essays in late-life job displacement, William Thomas Gallo
Majorizing measures and their applications, Fuchang Gao
A performance-based study of musical maturation in the violin compositions (1959--1997) of Thom Ritter George, Samantha Cosima Flowers George
Literary "cacoism": Function of the American character in the Haitian novel as of 1915, Jacques-Raphael Georges
Molecular systematics and the macroevolution of host plant use in the endophagous moth genus Papaipema Smith, 1899 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Paul Zoltan Goldstein
Home care nursing competencies: Expected entry-level proficiency levels of new baccalaureate nursing graduates, Stephanie Golub
Integral equation method for the continuous spectrum radial Schrodinger equation, Reo Anacan Gonzales
The effect of pH and temperature on the conformational stability of recombinant human interleukin-2, Parina Khosroshahroudi Gounili
The limits of religious dissent in seventeenth-century Connecticut: The Rogerene heresy, Denise Schenk Grosskopf
Cure characterization of an unsaturated polyester resin using near-infrared, fluorescence and UV/visible reflection spectroscopies, Bradley Lyn Grunden
Multielectron effects of diatomic molecules in strong laser fields, Chunlei Guo
The impact of collaborative critical inquiry on teacher development, Kathleen Clark Halligan
Urban poverty, public assistance, and murder in the U.S.: Questioning the paradox of social responsibility, Lance Edward Hannon
To render the God of the water propitious: Hunting and human-animal relations in the Northeast Woodlands, Ross Kenneth Harper
Selective-area laser deposition (SALD) Joining of silicon carbide with silicon carbide filler, Shay Llewellyn Harrison
Antiestrogen enhances N-cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion and inhibits cell proliferation in the rat GH3 somatolactotrope cell line, Cybele Amanda Heinrich
Measuring and modeling oxygen diffusion in niobium-vanadium and niobium-palladium alloys, Theresa P Hennessey
Physical and chemical aging of aluminum(III) 8-hydroxyquinoline: Failure and materials design in organic light-emitting diodes, Keith Andrew Higginson
The effect of noradrenergic agents on growth of healthy and leukemic bone marrow cells, Isaac Kah Min Hon
Genetic and environmental factors affecting the behavior of ectopic and non-ectopic BXSB mice, Blair J Hoplight
Management fraud and earnings management: Fraud versus GAAP as a means to increase reported income, Martha Ann Howe
The role of focus groups in federal electoral campaigns, Pamela Annette Hunter
The influence of K+ binding to the selectivity filter on potassium channel conformation and function, David Charles Immke
Loss, learning and rebuilding: A case study of the phenomenon of involuntary job loss, Jeanne Carey Ingle
High electrical field degradation in polymeric dielectrics: Electrical tree formation and growth in polyethylene, Grace Ge Jiang
Contact-damage resistance in alumina-based ceramics with elastic-modulus-graded surfaces, Juthamas Jitcharoen
Genetic and epigenetic abnormalities in the development and progression of sporadic breast cancer, Richard Carl Johnson
Analysis and implementation of provision for adverse deviation for payout annuities: A stochastic approach, Yow-Ming Kang
The short term effects of small group hand drumming on mood, group cohesiveness and rhythm perception, Charles David Kaplan
An investigation into the interpersonal kinematics of cooperation and competition, Kevin James Kean
The imperial mind and U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1961--1966, LeeAnna Yarbrough Keith
Oral contraceptive use, physical conditioning, and heat exposure in college women, NiCole Ruth Keith
The effect of financial aid on student persistence in a two-year institution, W. Jean Kelley
Adaptive style, academic self-efficacy and student adaptation to college as predictors of student attrition in higher education, Peter Williams Kennedy
On the existence of positive solutions of quasilinear elliptic boundary value problems, Eun Heui Kim
Efficient execution of fork-join structures in shared memory environments, Mi-Sook Kim
Investigation of induced third-order resonant phenomena in single amorphous zinc selenide and cascaded zinc selenide/semiconductor-doped glass, George Gerard King
An organizational theory of health communication campaigns: Evidence from the Uganda AIDS campaign, James Kiwanuka-Tondo
Maximum likelihood estimation of random sample size models, Kenneth Stephen Klesczewski
The journey from role identity to self identity: A study of cognitive development and personal spiritual growth among middle-aged Catholic women, Patricia Ann Kraus
Antisense regulation in polyoma virus, Madhur Kumar
The development and initial validation of the Supervise Cognitive-Developmental Profile Questionnaire, Kara Preston Kunkler-Peck
The effects of transportation system characteristics on the success of congestion mitigation strategies for reducing traffic congestion and air pollution, Markus Robijanto Kusuma
The roles of stem cell factor and interleukin-7 in development of TCRgammadelta cells, Karen Marie Laky
Hospitalized patients' ability to identify licensed nurse versus unlicensed assistive personnel and prediction of patient satisfaction, Jean Carol White Lange
Relationships among childhood maltreatment, trauma symptoms, and cognitive disruptions in a sample of incarcerated men, Marcia Mayers Laviage
Gene flow and migration in populations of Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus located in southeastern Connecticut, John Harris Leamon
Function and localization of rac proteins in Dictyostelium, Eunkyung Lee
Partial plan recognition from human-computer interactions under incomplete information, Jung-Jin Lee
"Perception, and identity construction between borders": Normalization within the context of Egyptian tourism to Israel, Loren Michaels Lichtenstein
Query clearing house approach for multidatabase interoperability, JeongSeok Lim
Electrorheology of filled silicone elastomers, Bo Liu
Scheduling and coordination of distributed design projects, Feng Liu
Estimation of general, discrete-time FM processes, Tod Eric Luginbuhl
Enhanced membrane elements for simulation of parachute dynamics, Kun Lu
Thin electrochemically active films of cytochrome P450s, putidaredoxin, and hemoglobin, Zhongqing Lu
Bayesian classification using noninformative Dirichlet priors, Robert Stephen Lynch