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Submissions From 1998
Enhancement of naturally occurring chemopreventive compounds in salad greens through environmental manipulation during crop growth, Usha Rani Palaniswamy
Cytokine modulation of mammary gland development and involution, Alexander George Pantschenko
Factors related to college attendance and choice of college majors by high-ability Asian-American students, Sunghee Park
Workpiece shape control in through-feed centerless grinding, George Celani Petrosky
The influence of functional status and social support on dietary quality of elderly women, Michelle Bitzer Pierce
Implications of alphabetical instruction on the development of phonological awareness, Ana Luiza Gomes Pinto-Navas
Pathways underlying the alveolar absorption of macromolecules, Roderike Pohl
The role of bromine in restoring superconductivity in YBa2Cu3Oy and weak link studies in YBa2Cu3Oy films, Daniel Mark Potrepka
How adults develop computer skills: An extension of deliberate practice theory, Henriette Mary Pranger
Object-oriented design methodology to facilitate reuse, Margaretha Widyayanti Price
Isolation, characterization, mapping and expression analysis of the human neuralized gene, Panagiotis Prinos
Truing and dressing of CBN/seeded gel hybrid wheels with emphasis on grinding process economics and quality, Zbigniew Prusak
Purification and characterization of anandamide amidase and development of novel inhibitors, Ce Qin
Studies on the effects of site-specifically located mitomycin C-DNA adducts in Escherichia coli, Leilani Agcaoili Ramos
The neo-slave narratives of Hurston, Walker, and Morrison: Rewriting the black woman's slave narrative, Stephen Robert Rascher
U.S. response to Third World revolution: The case of the Reagan administration and Nicaragua, Thomas Joseph Redden
Politics of gender in John Marston's plays, Raymond Joseph Rice
Perceived sources of stress among Connecticut superintendents: An exploratory study, Lystra Moore Richardson
The therapeutic uses of rhetoric in contemporary American life-writing about disability and implications for a writing pedagogy, Jacqueline Blanche Rinaldi
Classroom practices with high-achieving students: A national survey of middle school teachers, George James Robinson
The production and distribution of elemental mercury in a coastal marine environment, Kristofer Robert Rolfhus
Modulation spaces and nonlinear approximation, Salti Ali Ayed Samarah
``A compleat gentleman'': The making of George Washington, 1732--1775, William Guthrie Sayen
Transfer management interventions: Environmental influences and individual characteristics that affect implementation of staff development initiatives, Patricia Russell Saylor
Elementary schools with mandated or voluntary school-site decision-making: A multiple case perspective, Roy Maynard Seitsinger
Study of rare-earth iron compounds and related nitrides and hydrides, Naixiu Shen
Performance based tuning strategies for model predictive controllers, Rahul Shridhar
The Supreme Court and the spoils system: Political patronage in the aftermath of the Rutan case, Elizabeth Theiss Smith
Grandmothers' reactions to having adopted grandchildren, Beryl Adeline Berger Soparkar
An examination of the characteristics associated with at-risk African-American students experiencing success in high school mathematics, Blidi S Stemn
Distortion product otoacoustic emissions in mouse models of early-onset and late-onset presbycusis, Xiao-Ming Sun
Sedimentary geochemistry of 224Ra, Yin Sun
The published songs of Jean Rivier (1896--1987), David Michael Tadlock
Prediction of tennis ball landing location: A cognitive and ecological approach to visual perception, Stephen McCue Thuot
From microporous to mesoporous manganese oxide crystalline phases: Syntheses, characterization, and applications, Zheng-Rong Tian
Biophysical characterization of a designed TMV coat protein mutant, R46G, that elicits a hypersensitivity response in N. sylvestris, John Malcolm Toedt
Approximate stresses in 2-D flat elastic contact fretting problems, Michael Rene Urban
An investigation of the relationship of the utilization of enrollment management strategies to student recruitment and retention at member institutions of the Coalition for Christian Colleges and Universities, Brian Anthony Vander Schee
Teachers' assessment decisions during literacy portfolio reviews: Four descriptive case studies, Karen Vandersloot-Richards
Negotiating settlement: Colonialism, cultural exchange, and conflict in early colonial Atlantic North America, 1580--1660, Cynthia Jean Van Zandt
Mechanisms by which pectin and psyllium reverse the hyperlipidemia induced by high fat/sucrose diets in guinea pigs, Marcela de Jesus Vergara-Jimenez
The decomposition of the environmental pollutant, nitrogen trifluoride, and the synthesis of catalysts using microwave heating, Elizabeth Marie Vileno
Copper complexes bearing pendant, protonatable noncoordinating groups: Synthesis, structural characterization and DNA cleavage activity, Nydia D Villanueva
The role of prior experience in learning computer numerical control technology, Michael Conrad Vincenti
Interface adhesion and abrasive wear study of polymeric dental composites, Weiping Wang
Molecular mediators of odontogenesis at ectopic sites, Yu-Hsiung Wang
Entrainment of estuarine cohesive sediments: Analysis of in situ measurements and numerical modeling, Yu-Huai Wang
Insular cortex of the Syrian golden hamster: Architectonics and characterization of the nNOS-containing neurons, Richard George Wehby
Functional characterizations of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA replication enhancer, ABF1, Richard Steven Wiltshire
A comparative study of childrearing values in the United States and China, Hong Xiao
Fast numerical schemes for Fredholm integral equations of the second kind, Shiqin Xia
A regional scale modeling study of atmospheric transport and transformation of mercury, Xiaohong Xu
Design of a vacuum-hydrostatic shoe for centerless grinding, Yanhua Yang
The effect of international accounting diversity on the integration of capital markets, Danqing Xu Young
Roles of ADAM family proteins and egg integrins in mouse sperm-egg plasma membrane adhesion and fusion, Ruiyong Yuan
Genetic tools for the study of {\it Thermotoga\/}, Jaesung Yu
An alternative approach to critical point theory and its applications to Hamiltonian systems, Leiping Yu
Generalization of the Hartree Fock approach to atomic collisions, Essaid Zerrad
Bundle methods for power system scheduling with bidding strategies, Daoyuan Zhang
Thermal modeling of advanced manufacturing technologies: Grinding, laser drilling, and solid freeform fabrication, Yuwen Zhang
Nondestructive damage detection using structural dynamic properties, Jun Zhao
Submissions From 1997
Towards a humanistic democracy: The balancing acts of Arthur Miller and August Wilson, Susan Claire Whitfield Abbotson
Building the loom city: Rockville, Connecticut, 1821--1908, S. Ardis Abbott
Reason and revelation: The educational philosophy of Dr. Timothy Dwight (1752--1817), Jay Walter Abramson
Design enhancement of a solid ankle foot orthosis: Real-time contact pressures evaluation and finite element analysis, Khamis Sa'id Abu-Hasaballah
Forming protective coatings on aluminum using spontaneous and electro polymerization, Rajat Krishnan Agarwal
The academic socialization of intercollegiate athletes: An examination of team subculture influences on academic achievement, Michael Sean Allen
Inter-diagrammatic reasoning, Michael Edward Anderson
Regional characterization of the seismic wave propagation of central Eurasia using deterministic crustal models, Thomas Scott Anderson
How American core values influence public policy: Problem definitions in federal aid to small business, 1953--1993, Sandra Mary Anglund
Investing in trust: Building cooperation and social capital in micro-credit borrowing groups, Denise Lynne Anthony
Constrained choices: Contingent work among youth and young adults during the 1980s and early 1990s, Ruth Margaret Arnold
Family-school collaboration: A systems approach and intervention for solving student problems, Aram Parker Aslanian
Molecular evolution of histone genes within the {\it Sophophoran\/} radiation of {\it Drosophila\/}, Angela Marie Baldo
Perception of the raison d'\cx etre of content information: The purpose and mechanisms of anchored instruction, Sasha Alexander Barab
Dynamic models for conjunctive management of stream-aquifer systems of the glaciated Northeast, Paul Martin Barlow
Working for peanuts: Children's market work in urban areas of Senegal, Loretta Elizabeth Bass
Political culture and the consequences of revolutionary change: Workplace democracy and local politics in rural Portugal, Michael Alvin Baum
Constructivism and the use of performance assessment in science: A comparative study of beliefs among preservice and inservice teachers, Marsha H Bednarski
An operator approach to Gauss's law in Yang-Mills theory and quantum chromodynamics, Mario Joseph Belloni
Resiliency of successful high-risk females in an alternative setting, Sandra Barbara Billings
Delineation and weathering of gasoline contamination in three dimensions using multi-level soil and groundwater samples, Gordon Kenneth Binkhorst
Processing and parameter setting in language acquisition: A computational approach, Carole Tenny Boster
Studies on the effect of vesicular stomatitis virus infection and acetaminophen treatment on NF-$\kappa$B activation in mammalian cells, Abdel-Hamid Boulares
Addressing behaviors that have been historically resistant to remediation: Self-modeling as an intervention for stuttering, Melissa Anne Bray
Towards high levels of COL1A1 transgene expression, David Thomas Breault
Community policing in Manchester, Connecticut: A case study, Michael David Breen
The effects of a school-based sociomoral mentoring program on preadolescents' cognitive, emotional, and behavioral development, Jeffrey David Burke
Impact of phosphate on the surficial properties of a ferric hydroxide matrix: Linkage between surface complexation and colloid stability, Michael Albert Butkus
The mechanisms of fatigue crack growth at low growth rates, Hengfeng Cai