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Theses from 2000
Tomato growth as influenced by nutrient solution concentration and soilless media components /, Gretchen E. Mills, Plant & Soil Sciences
Evaluating models of sentence ambiguity resolution., Mohamed Taha Mohamed, Psychology
The ripple effect of a sexual orientation hate crime :: the psychological impact of the murder of Matthew Shepard on non-heterosexual people., Monique Noelle, Psychology
Rationality and illusions of health., Paul Norris, Psychology
Production of calabaza, Cucurbita moschata Duchesne, for direct market sale in Massachusetts using transplants, plastic mulch, and row cover /, Matthew T. Rulevich, Plant & Soil Sciences
Identity change and self-esteem throughout the life-span : does gender matter?, Karyn M. Skultety, Psychology
Investigations of the potential for chilling injury during storage of chile peppers (Capsicum annuum L. and C. frutescens L.) /, Kathleen Marie Sullivan, Plant & Soil Sciences
Characterization of the action of pyrethroids on the ciliary calcium channel of Paramecium tetraurelia., Steven B. Symington, Entomology
Purity, modernity, and pessimism :: translation of Mu Shiying's fiction/, Rui Tao, Chinese
Observations of the turfgrass ant, Lasius neoniger Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in a managed turfgrass setting., Sean F. Werle, Entomology
Young children's reasoning about the inverse relation between the number and sizes of parts : early fraction understanding and the role of material type., Rachel E. Wing, Psychology
Why do we sit at different lunch tables? : goal framing and intergroup relations., Sarah E. Zemore, Psychology
Theses from 1999
The problem of intervention., David M. Barnes, Philosophy
Stereotype conformity in gay people and the homosexual identity development process., John H. Bickford, Psychology
Effects of salience and context on conceptual combination., Jeannine S. Bock, Psychology
Rejection sensitivity, loneliness, social anxiety, and social withdrawal in children., Cheryl Bonica, Psychology
Changes in freezing tolerance, abscisic acid concentraion, and gene expression during cold acclimation of Acer rubrum fine roots /, Melissa L. Borden, Plant & Soil Sciences
Li Zhi (1527-1602) and his literary thought/, Qingliang Chen, Chinese
Postemergence activity of isoxaflutole on cool-season turfgrass and weed species in turfgrass environments /, James Andrew Drohen, Plant & Soil Sciences
Aspect induced differences in vegetation and soil on north- and south-facing slopes in western Massachusetts /, Dirk Enters, Plant & Soil Sciences
A dual process model of detecting deception., James A. Forrest, Psychology
Tracing the development of the inverse base-rate effect in category learning., Ferne Joi Friedman-berg, Psychology
Structural knowledge in simple recurrent network?, Frank Shihong Hong, Psychology
Context effects on processing lexically ambiguous words., Gretchen A. Kambe, Psychology
Differences in perfectionism across cultures :: a study of Asian-American and Caucasian college students., Kathleen Y. Kawamura, Psychology
Politics and the popular culture : an examination of the relationship between politics and film and music., Patrick J. Knightly, Political Science
Attitudes toward Asian Americans: developing a prejudice scale., Monica H. Lin, Psychology
Temperament, gender role consonance, and problem behaviors in adolescence., Eliza T. Mcardle, Psychology
Absolutism, utilitarianism, and moral military decision making., Kristine V. Nakutis, Philosophy
Assessing the role of attentional processes in the planning and execution of a reach., Laura P. O'Sullivan, Psychology
Social norms and student attitudes about casual sex., Christopher E. Overtree, Psychology
The fate and management of pesticides applied to cranberry bogs., Raymond A. Putnam, Entomology
Characterologically difficult clients in a graduate training clinic :: an exploratory investigation., Paul N. Reid, Psychology
Immunocytochemical localization of dromyosuppressin (DMS) in Phormia regina (Meigen) and effect of DMS and benzethonium chloride on crop muscle contractions., Sarah E. Richer, Entomology
Antimicrobial activity of some medicinal plants endemic to North America /, Saida A. Safiyeva, Plant & Soil Sciences
Problem framing :: a remedy for indecisiveness in decision-making?, Mary Seburn, Psychology
The effect of stereotypes on attributional processes., James Edward Sexton, Psychology
The United Nations' success in resolving disputes in the post Cold War era., Kavita Shukla, Political Science
The reliability and validity of the identity and experiences scale., Joel R. Sneed, Psychology
Reducing boys' aggression :: a basic human needs and skill training approach., Darren A. Spielman, Psychology
The role of experience in infants' representations of unseen, sounding objects., Monica R. Sylvia, Psychology
Sorption/desorption of organic compounds by soil organic matter /, Guoshu Yuan, Plant & Soil Sciences
Theses from 1998
Children's and adults' ability to generalize properties to novel objects :: implications for theories of categorization., Kristen N. Asplin, Psychology
Self-promotion :: investigating gender differences., Andrea Berger, Psychology
Opening the Lancang (Mekong) River in Yunnan :: problems and prospects for Xishuangbanna/, Merrick Lex Berman, Chinese
Neuropsychological functioning in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia., Patricia A. Boyle, Psychology
The effects of repeated viewing on preschool children's attention to television., Alisha M. Crawley-davis, Psychology
The single-child policy and its impact on Chinese kinship terms among kindergarten children in Shanghai/, Xiaoxue Dai, Chinese
The environmental fate of fungicides used to manage Magnaporthe poae, the causal agent of summer patch /, Jeffery J. Doherty, Plant Pathology
Clinical trainees' development of an understanding of their clients., Gay Germani, Psychology
Contagion of aggression in the preschool classroom as a function of peer and teacher responses., Naomi E. Goldstein, Psychology
Evaluation of Trichoderma atroviride as a potential biological control agent of Cryphonectria parasitica /, Emily Y. Ferguson Gonzalez, Plant Pathology
Leaf shape description using wavelets /, Eva Hiripi, Plant & Soil Sciences
The effects of motivation on the interpretation of nonverbal behaviors., Daniel Hrubes, Psychology
Relative susceptibility of endophytic and non-endophytic turfgrasses to parasitic nematodes /, Norman R. Lafaille, Plant & Soil Sciences
Eadric Streona :: a critical biography/, Terry Lee Locy, History
Weed suppression and nitrogen availability using different green manure crops /, Robin F. Luberoff, Plant & Soil Sciences
Children's use of key word strategies in arithmetic word problem solving., Laura L. Mitchell, Psychology
A psychometric study of a domain-specific sentence verification technique test., Urip Purwono, Psychology
An intervention program for college students diagnosed with dyslexia based on theoretical principles., Kenneth A. Rath, Psychology
Assessing working models of attachment using object relations concepts., Douglas Richard Rau, Psychology
Components of an integrated management program to control dodder, (Cuscuta gronovii Willd.) on Massachusetts cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) bogs /, Laura K. Romaneo, Plant & Soil Sciences
Properties of an instrument for analyzing the potential function of physical aggression in the institutionalized elderly., Jeffrey J. Skowron, Psychology
Coping strategies in late-life schizophrenia., Nancy H. Solano, Psychology
Theses from 1997
The adolescent development of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people :: conceptual and methodological issues., Cynthia L. Battle, Psychology
Finding value in the mundane :: can intrinsic motivation undermine extrinsic motivation?, Michael B. Berg, Psychology
Limiting one's policy choices through a currency board : a rewarding shock therapy approach for Estonia?, Ralf W. Boepple, Political Science
Globalization or regionalization : financial flows and business practices in Central Europe and Latin America., Daniel Arthur Carter, Political Science
Estimating Brand Level Price Elasticities for the Margarine Industry: A Two-Stage Budget Approach, Matthew S. Gershoff, Resource Economics
The relationship between the stress, appraisal and coping process and eating disorders., Alexandra Sascha Griffing, Psychology
Wittgenstein, normativity, and Kripke's 'sceptical paradox'., Alexander Kovriga, Philosophy
Sectionalism and national consciousness in the early Republic :: the case of New England Federalists, 1800-1815/, Denis A. Kozlov, History
Recall-based inhibition in recognition., Hye-won Lee, Psychology
Mycorrhizal interactions of selected species of endangered New England flora /, Jeffrey M. Lerner, Plant & Soil Sciences
Cultivar, pH and inoculum density effects on root rot of strawberry associated with Rhizoctonia spp. and Phytophthora cactorum /, Hui Li, Plant Pathology
Nutrient accumulation and release in soil under cover crop systems /, Yinliang Liu, Plant & Soil Sciences
Adolescent identity development from a multicultural perspective., Katherine C. Mague, Psychology
Racial integration policy : finding solutions., Mario M. S. Martins, Political Science
The role of multiple antecedents in the time course of anaphor resolution., Robert A. Mason, Psychology
The acceptance of international regimes by Third World countries : China's and Taiwan's compliance with the intellectual property rights regime., Yueh-Ching Ma, Political Science
The right-wing agenda : how the communications staff impacted the successes and failures of the Reagan administration., Scott F. Merzbach, Political Science
Carbon uptake by lettuce in different atmospheres for an advanced life support system /, Jonathan Alan Miller, Plant & Soil Sciences
Postemergence control of quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) with rimsulfuron /, Sowmya Mitra, Plant & Soil Sciences
Relationships between teacher behaviors and student academic engagement in an inner city preschool., Camilo Ortiz, Psychology
The culture of bee forage crops /, Zhiliang Pan, Plant & Soil Sciences
Improvements in the design and usage of red sticky spheres to control the apple maggot fly (R. pomonella)., Alan H. Reynolds, Entomology
The relationship between aggression and self injurious behavior in Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)., Alyssa Rulf Fountain, Psychology
Beyond chess :: the effects of anger on person perception., Daniel Shapiro, Psychology
Emergent academic skills :: gender differences in the relations with externalizing behavior problems and peer relationships in high-risk preschoolers., Rebecca M. Stowe, Psychology
Mental arithmetic skill and its relation to complex mathematical problem solving ability., Loel N. Tronsky, Psychology
Development of an immunoassay for the quantification of capsaicinoids in different matrices., Yong Wang, Entomology
Theses from 1996
Reorganization of the executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico : theoretical foundations and legitimacy of the administrative state., Mario Acosta-Velez, Political Science
Biology and oviposition behavior of Cybocephalus nr. nipponicus Endrody-Younga (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae), a natural enemy of euonymus scale Unaspis euonymi (Comstock) (Homoptera: Diaspididae)., Juan Manuel Alvarez, Entomology
Contemporary civil-military relations in Brazil and Argentina : bargaining for political reality., Carlos P. Baía, Political Science
Investigations of the role of phonological processing in visual word recognition using the fast priming technique., Alexander B. Bilsky, Psychology
War on-land versus war on-line : how technologies of war affect gender in the military., Kelly K. Boyce, Political Science
Social evaluations of assertion in others., Justin Campbell Curry, Psychology
Age-grading adult female Aedes aegypti (L.) using cuticular hydrocarbon analysis., Michael L. Desena, Entomology
A pharmacological and endocrinological study of female insemination in the blow fly, Phormia regina., Brian P. Evans, Entomology
Two routes to perspective-taking :: testing a new model., Cynthia Mcpherson Frantz, Psychology