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Theses from 1975

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Situational and trait determinants of self concept change and change in self presentation following success and failure., Edward Joseph O'brien, Psychology

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The cognitive representation of everyday situations ;: a multidimensional study., Lawrence H. O'brien, Psychology

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Facilitative transfer in prose learning of elementary school children., Marcy Ruth Perkins, Psychology

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The effects of several chemical soil conditioners and an algal polymer on compacted soil and growth of cool season turfgrasses., Anthony Martin Petrovic, Plant & Soil Sciences

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Acquisition of differential responding to the presence or absence of moths in photographs by the Northern Bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata)., Alexandra T. Pietrewicz, Psychology

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The role of estrogens in androgen induced spontaneous activity in male rats., Edward J. Roy, Psychology

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Biological control of lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans (Cobb)., Vincent W. Saka, Plant Pathology

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The day-to-day emotional interactions of couples who differ in adjustment level., Sandra Joy Schnall, Psychology

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Aufbau-Reconstruction and the Americanization of German-Jewish immigrants 1934-1944., Dorothee Schneider, History

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The Office for Children.: administrative advocacy., Paul Joseph Sherry, Political Science

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The locus of the effects of activation upon processing in a categorization task., Patricia. Sorce, Psychology

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Effects of companionate crops and their aqueous extracts on the population dynamics of insects injurious to potato plants., Alfred Jean Sorensen, Entomology

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Behavioral correlates of visual acuity (minimum separable) in the Northern bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata), Robert James Stone, Psychology

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The role of implicit and explicit communication during first encounters of mixed-sex dyads in a naturalistic setting., Don Philipp Sugai, Psychology

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Choline acetyltransferase activity during classical conditioning of the rabbit nictitating membrane response., Ron Tintner, Psychology

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Heavy metal reactions with soils with special regard to heavy metals in wastewaters applied to the soil., Franklin S. Tirsch, Plant & Soil Sciences

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The effects of lime, phosphorus and aluminum on the growth and chemical composition of three legumes., John Charles Vickers, Plant & Soil Sciences

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Frequent self-scheduled short quizzes in lieu of tri-semester mid-term exams., Richard K. Wallin, Psychology

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Light scattering studies of the crystallization of polyethylene terephthalate., Takeo Yuasa, Polymer Science & Engineering

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Effects of 2-chloro-6-(trichloromethyl) pyridine and a product of its metabolism, 6-choloropicolinic acid, on ion accumulation in plants., Teresa Zawistowska, Plant & Soil Sciences

Theses from 1974

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Heterogeneous nucleation in the crystallization of isotactic polypropylene from the melt., Beata J. Abbs, Polymer Science & Engineering

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An evaluation of the effectiveness of insecticides in controlling aphids, reducing virus disease spread, and increasing yields in gladiolus plantings., Roger Gilbert Adams, Entomology

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Changes in hemocytes and hemolymph proteins of Aedes aegypti following encapsulation of a nematode parasite Neoaplectana carpocapsae., Theodore G. Andreadis, Entomology

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Schedule induced polydipsia: control by taste aversion learning., Thomas M. Austin, Psychology

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The influence of phenylthiourea on encapsulation, melanization and survival in larvae of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, parasitized by the nematode, Neoaplectana carpocapsae., Michael A. Beresky, Entomology

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Anglo-American blood sports, 1776-1889: a study of changing morals., Jack William Berryman, History

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The effects of exposure duration and distributed practice schedules upon visual information processing. :: By Hal Bettencourt., Harold O. Bettencourt, Psychology

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The concept of modernization and development in Marx's, Lenin's and Marxist-Leninist thought., Barry Blufer, Political Science

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Fascism in western Europe in the inter-war period : historical and comparative perspectives., Elaine Marie Brady, Political Science

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The effects of temporal-spatial grouping on young children's recall., Danuta Bukatko, Psychology

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Illustrations and the facilitation of learning from prose materials., Glenn W. Cable, Psychology

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Altruism and moral development ;: a study of the relationship between children's sharing behavior and level of moral development., Stephen A. Callahan, Psychology

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Biology of the asparagus beetle, Crioceris asparagi and Crioceris duodecim punctata, in western Massachusetts., John Lowell Capinera, Entomology

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Reaction time, magnitude estimates, and the psychophysical law., Armand Vincent Cardello, Psychology

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Specializations of the feeding response of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, for the capture of prey submerged in water., Frederick Cardini, Psychology

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Presymptomatic detection of Fusarium wilt of tomato by electrical measurement as related to pectic enzyme production., Frank Lawrence Caruso, Plant Pathology

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The induction of mood states and the experience of success and failure., Ronald N. Casey, Psychology

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Rooting behavior among black and white preschool males as a function of self esteem level and race of the experimenter, June F. Chisholm, Psychology

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Meaningful learning and retroactive interference in prose materials., Douglas Bill Coulson, Psychology

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A developmental study of the lateralization of auditory feedback monitoring., Barbara R. Cuneo, Psychology

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A study of hypnosis., Gary Wayne Dewitt, Psychology

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Ultrastructure of the labellar glands in the adult female black blowfly, Phormia regina (Meigen) (Calliphoridae)., Barbara H. Dober, Entomology

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The role of brain amines in the conditioned avoidance response ;: chlordiazepoxide facilitation of 2-way avoidance., Conchita Espino, Psychology

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Ideology and marriage, Mona Dekoven Fishbane, Psychology

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Succession and stratification of aquatic insects inhabiting the pages of the insectivorous pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea., Durland D. Fish, Entomology

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Effects of group and individual reward contingencies on the social behavior of institutionalized retardates, Richard John Frankosky, Psychology

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Long term retention differences as a function of subject ability/, Geraldine M. Fraser, Psychology

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Repeated geographical mobility: I. Perspective. Ii. Effects and coping styles., Denise Jeanne Gelinas, Psychology

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The effect of age and diapause on the long-term intake of protein and sugar by two species of blowflies, Phormia regina (Meig.) and Protophormia terraenovae (R.D.)., Sharon Lee Watts Greenberg, Entomology

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Amin: his seizure and rule in Uganda., James Francis Hanlon, Political Science

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The politics of education : a case study of personnel policy making., Marilee Hartley, Political Science

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Attitudes toward death as a function of first-hand experience with death., Roma J. Heillig, Psychology

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Effects of calcium on oxidation rates of apple mitochondria., Eleanor Snay Hisoire, Plant & Soil Sciences

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Fluorescent antibody labeling of endo-polygalacturomate trans-eliminase in cucumber tissue., Jonathan Pierson Hubbard, Plant Pathology

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The experimenter as an audience: the effects of varied experimenter "presence" upon performance at a simple laboratory task., Grant M. Ingle, Psychology

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The effects of different proctoring systems upon examination performance and preference in a contingency-managed course., Kent R. Johnson, Psychology

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Wavelength, brightness and pattern discrimination following wulst lesions in the northern bluejay (cyanocitta cristata)., Thony B. Jones, Psychology

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Effects of extended exposure to the truly random control procedure, Richard John Keller, Psychology

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The emotional reactions of college gymnasts as a function of time to a meet, level of experience and level of success., Robert M. Koenig, Psychology

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The effect of the institution of a fee system on client motivation for psychotherapy., Christine Nelson Koerner, Psychology

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The effect of alienated and anomic perceptions of social structure on intention to vote, registration, and attitudes toward political participation: the 1972 presidential election., Fred Egon Koerner, Psychology

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Identification and epidemiology of viruses affecting cucurbit crops in Massachusetts., Dean Albert Komm, Plant Pathology

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An evaluation of the Planning for Living Workshop., Herbert P. Koplowitz, Psychology

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Manpower programs : government's response to the occupational needs of the poor., Philip D. Lerner, Political Science

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Stimulus determinants of children's attention to Sesame Street, Stephen R. Levin, Psychology

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Object preferences, trial 1 outcome effects, and intra-session transfer during minimal stimulus object-discrimination learning-set acquisition by bluejays (Cyanocitta cristata)., John Eugene Mauldin, Psychology

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Namibia : the trust territory., Olugbemi Moloye, Political Science

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National Convention Reform: revision of delegate selection procedures in the Democratic Party 1968-1972., Joseph J. Nogueira, Political Science

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Anarchist social science : its origins and development., Rochelle Ann Potak, Political Science

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Evoked potential correlates of perceived fluctuations in an ambiguous visual display., Bruce Edward Rideout, Psychology

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Equality and the mentally retarded., Robert W. Ritchie, Philosophy

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Verbalization in young children as a function of part-whole perception and specific training., Patricia A. Robertson, Psychology

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The nature of the information stored in the perceptual learning of letter strings., Robert M. Schindler, Psychology

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Descriptive and behavioral childhood antecedents of psychosis., Eva Schoenfeld, Psychology

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Needs and successes in achievement and affiliation as partial determinants of career-orientation., Mary Anne Sedney, Psychology

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Influence of communication on reactions to "unconditionally cooperative" behavior in a prisoner's dilemma game., Dorothy Sejwacz, Psychology

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Therapeutic intervention with maladjusted junior high school pupils., Joseph Jacob Shay, Psychology

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Split brains and the unity of consciousness., Sharon K. Stout, Philosophy

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Computer simulation of polymer crystallization., John M. Thornton, Polymer Science & Engineering

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John Foster Dulles : pragmatist or moralist., Harry Park Tolles, Political Science

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Alienation and emotional well-being., Allison C. Twaite, Psychology

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Nonconducting pores in soils., Olaf Lee Weeks, Plant & Soil Sciences

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The effects of reinforcement upon the prepecking behaviors of pigeons in the autoshaping experiment., Michael G. Wessells, Psychology

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Conditioned inhibition of fear from negative Cs-us contingencies with shocks in the inhibitory Cs., Elizabeth Snyder Witcher, Psychology

Theses from 1973

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Studies on crystallization of trans-polybutadiene in stretched networks., Yoshinori Akana, Polymer Science & Engineering

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The public-private dichotomy : two contemporary case studies., Timothy W. Armour, Political Science

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Denitrification in heavily manured soils., Alfred Merrill Blackmer, Plant & Soil Sciences

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Reactivity to positive and negative incentives and their combination, Louis Arthur Boudreau, Psychology

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Student movement, political development and modernisation in India., Rita Braz, Political Science

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Intolerance of ambiguity and anxiety: physiological reactivity to an unavoidable noxious stimulus, Lewis. Breitner, Psychology

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The effects of information sources in the purchase of consumer services., Barry Mason Bresnick, Business Administration

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Mitochondrial behavior during the respiratory climacteric and ripening of detached apples., Wing-Yee Chan, Plant & Soil Sciences

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Changes in the international oil industry and the roles of oil exporting countries /, Ahmed A. Daghman, Business Administration

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A selective spatial discrimination deficit following fornicotomy in the rat., John Manuel De Castro, Psychology

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An exploratory investigation into the perception of price as a function of latitudes of acceptance., Susan Lynn Downey, Business Administration

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Altruism, sharing, and reciprocity in children as related to friendship status., John J. Falkowski, Psychology

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An exploratory investigation into the effects of unit pricing on food shopping behavior., Ronald Fine Fishman, Business Administration

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The effect of frequency transition on the detection of temporal gaps within a tonal sequence., Peter J. Fitzgibbons, Psychology

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College student nonprofessionals in mental health settings: the effects of participation., Avraham Allen Frydman, Psychology

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Television advertising and children :: processes and effects of a proposed model of the child-parent purchasing process., Barry Martin Godowsky, Business Administration