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Submissions From 1997
Spectroscopic investigation of cure reaction in a bisphenol-A dicyanate ester thermosetting resin, Youzhi Eugene Xu
Characterization and expression of rainbow trout ({\it Oncorhynchus mykiss\/}) growth hormone family genes, Bih-Ying Yang
The impact of commercial auditory formal features on audience attention, memory, and evaluation, Jing-Tao Yan
Configurations of consciousness. The crisis of the subject in three Italian writers of the 20th century: Pirandello, Savinio, Calvino, Walter Zampieri
Investigation of protein-surfactant interactions in aqueous solutions, David Li Zeng
Blind estimation: Performance analysis and new algorithms, Huaiyu Zeng
A self-organizing systems perspective of learning disabilities, David Aloyzy Zera
Carbon dynamics of the planktonic food web in the central equatorial Pacific, Xinsheng Zhang
Synthesis of protective coatings on steel by electro and surface spontaneous polymerization, Xu Zhang
Electrochemical and spectroscopic studies on organized films of redox proteins and surfactants, Zhe Zhang
Additional functional roles of {\it Escherichia coli\/} polynucleotide phosphorylase, Zhihua Zhou
Submissions From 1996
Roles and responsibilities of governing boards from three different institutional settings offering nursing education programs, Susan Elizabeth Abbe
An empirical investigation of internal and external auditor's judgments and decisions concerning detailed audit testing, Wafeek Hakim Abdelsayed
High-performance Arabic character recognition, Jasir S Alherbish
Are independent perceptions of weight and size possible by dynamic touch?, Eric Lee Amazeen
Learning a bimanual rhythmic coordination: Schemas as dynamics, Polemnia G Amazeen
Luminescence mechanisms in porous silicon, Gerardo Bautista Amisola
The effects of reciprocal teaching techniques on reading comprehension for limited English proficient students, Ann Anderberg
A model of participation for low-literate adults from diverse populations in literacy programs, Nancy Elizabeth Armstrong
Cohesion, performance, and satisfaction in the co-acting sport of collegiate wrestling, Daryl Gerald Arroyo
Mathematical problem-solving: The effects of tuning students' attention to information on the key idea of a problem on their mathematical performance, Edna Marie Arthurs
``Built more for use than show'': Reception of the Beaumont and Fletcher canon, 1607--1685, Dana E Aspinall
How many seeds are there in a watermelon: The development of cognitive estimation skills in school-age children, Alyson Lizbeth Bacon
William Longchamp: Upward mobility and character assassination in twelfth-century England, David Bruce Balfour
Critical thinking and self-efficacy in autodidactic learning: The effects of program type, self-esteem, and program characteristics, Ronald George Beckett
A perceptual examination of the effect of select languages on the pronunciation of sung Latin, Dara Ellen Blackstone
Teaching theory as truth and its effects upon student creativity, Michael J Bosse
Observers' reactions to social-sexual behavior at work: An ethical decision-making perspective, Lynn Diane Bowes-Sperry
Sensitivity of a regional evapotranspiration model to the spatial averaging of parameters, Patricia Ann Bresnahan
Perceptions of the impact of intercollegiate athletics on academic reputation, Joseph Patrick Briody
Acetominophen-induced hepatotoxicity: Alterations in protein phosphorylation, synthesis, and degradation, Mary Kathryn Bruno
The tip of the iceberg: Beppe Fenoglio and the short story, Luca Bufano
Modulation of N-type calcium channels by intracellular pH in chick dorsal root ganglion neurons, Michael James Callahan
Signal transduction during fertilization of starfish eggs, David Jon Carroll
The effects of Connecticut's state aid to school districts: A public choice approach, Mark William Shaw Chandler
A mechanistic investigation of the preparation of a polymer-ceramic nanocomposite: Polyimide/aluminum nitride, Xiaohe Chen
Translation and preliminary normative data for the Biber Cognitive Estimation Scale and the California Proverbs Tests with a Puerto Rican population, Alessandra Maria Chiesa
The information processing effects of scripts on social perception, Ling-chuan Chu
Lipoprotein metabolism in gestational diabetes mellitus, Sarah Collins Couch
Two animal models of Parkinson's disease: Studies of acetylcholine and dopamine function, Michael Scott Cousins
The photochemistry and photophysics of carotenoids in photosynthesis, Agnes Cua
An ethnography of an urban black Seventh-day Adventist school: A cultural web, Maxine Yvonne Cunningham
Target tracking in multipath and glint environments and adaptive radar scheduling, Ehsan Daeipour
Preparation of conductive composites by {\it in situ\/} polymerization of polypyrrole in ionomer-based matrices, Maria Cristina De Jesus
Studies on polycarbonate-modified epoxies, Trong-Ming Don
Lord, master, and patriot: St. George Tucker and patriarchy in republican Virginia, 1772--1851, Christopher Leonard Doyle
Emerson and Eliot at the still point of the turning world, Nemat Raouf Ebeid-Ishak
The determinants of electoral choice in Latin America, 1982--1995, Fabian Antonio Echegaray
Metallothionein mRNA and protein response to arsenite in juvenile winter flounder, {\it Pleuronectes americanus\/}, Kathryn Lynn Jessen Eller
Bacterial vancomycin resistance: Crystallographic structural analyses of D-Ala:D-Ala ligase, Chang Fan
Causes and consequences of soil resource heterogeneity in a transition oak-northern hardwood forest, Adrien Claude Finzi
``The soul living at its fullest capacity'': Myth, ritual, and mysticism in the work of Mary Butts, Roslyn Reso Foy
The effects of a therapeutic modality in self-efficacy: An experimental investigation, Jodi J Frank
The role of the Circadian system in mediating photoperiodic responses in Siberian hamsters, David Andrew Freeman
From screen to page: Manuel Puig and the rewriting of Hollywood cinema, Derek Trowbridge Frost
Near-infrared spectroscopy of polymer blends, Yacob Ghebremeskel
Modeling and analysis of multiple-event survival data, Sujit Kumar Ghosh
High-risk sexual behavior in college students: An examination of antecedents from childhood maltreatment, Mary Catherine Gleeson
Demystifying workers in overdrive: An exploration of the antecedents of work intensity, Laurel Reardon Goulet
President John F. Kennedy's information strategy and foreign policy, James Thomas Graham
Quaker, teacher, abolitionist: The life of educator-reformer Enoch Lewis, 1776--1856, Paul W Graseck
Optical correlators using the binarized joint power spectrum, Thomas John Grycewicz
Characterization of a filarial retinol-binding protein, Adiseshu Venkata Gundlapalli
Transient signal detection and Page's test, Chunming Han
Factors contributing to the academic outcomes of university students with learning disabilities, Nanette Marie Hatzes
Consensus and meta-accuracy in self-managing work groups: A social relations analysis, Martha Elizabeth Hennen
Population dynamics of hayscented fern ({\it Dennstaedtia punctilobula\/}) and its impact on forest composition, structure and dynamics, James David Hill
Characterization of the astrocytic response following experimental traumatic brain injury, Sandra Jane Hill
Surfactant media for chemical applications: Fundamental studies of electrocatalytic phthalocyanine/surfactant films and micellar chromatography, David John Howe
Nucleocytoplasmic transport of mRNA, Yingqun Huang
Three essays on non-parametric production efficiency analysis with applications in airline industry, Xiaowen Hu
Idealized signal sequences: The role of charge and hydrophobicity in interacting with the secretion pathway, Jennifer Winslow Izard
High-rate anodic dissolution and jet electrochemical micromachining of tungsten, Shyh-Jin Jaw
The entitlement mentality: American expectations of the state, Laura Smietanka Jensen
The narrative of captivity: Changing voices on America's literary frontier, Barbara Jean Johnson
A field theoretic approach to the perceptual control of action, Endre Erik Kadar
Regulation of intracellular calcium channels, Edward John Kaftan
In the society of our friends: Two generations of the Hillhouse family, 1770--1840, Karen Sue Kauffman
War and the law in Detroit, 1917--1919, Lawrence I Kiern
Absorption and removal of contaminants from recycled high-density polyethylene, Elizabeth Dale Wyatt Klingelhofer
Collaborative leadership and decision making: Implications for suburban secondary schools, Margaret Eileen Kouba
Administrator preparation programs: Impact on job preparedness and learning, Christine Marie Kraus
Kinetic studies of diffusion and oxidative dehydrogenation in microporous materials, Venkatesan Venkata Krishnan
Characterizations of balanced and cobalanced Butler groups, Karl Peter Krog
On use of personal information processing properties for dynamic network security applications, Lisa B Lancor
Partner characteristics and relative absorptive capacity in learning alliances, Peter James Lane
Bayesian approaches to meta-analysis, Daniel Thomas Larose
Gifted but gone: High-ability, Mexican-American, female dropouts, Nancy Lashaway-Bokina
End-tethered polymers, Charles Frederick Laub
Tidally induced residual circulation in estuaries with cross-channel bathymetry, Chunyan Li
Neural networks with Fourier plane nonlinear filtering for pattern recognition, Jian Li
Plasma modeling and atomic reaction rates, Jun Li
Nonverbal learning disabilities and adults with spina bifida: Differentiating subgroups based on higher order cognitive skills and family environment, Anne Randolph Lindsay
Optimization-based scheduling: Algorithms and applications, Guandong Liu
Determination of the MWD from the viscosity data of polymer melts, Yongming Liu
Some aspects of Bayesian robustness, Kuo-Ren Lou