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Theses from 1993
Attachment and styles of conflict resolution in close relationships., Lucy B. Rinehart, Psychology
The role of vision in early reaching :: anticipating the trajectory of a moving object in the dark., Daniel J. Robin, Psychology
Self-devaluation processes among gay-identified men., Richard G. Rodriguez, Psychology
Repeated attitude expression and the attitude-intention relationship :: the mediating effects of attitude accessibility and stability., Lori H. Rosenthal, Psychology
Evaluation of anti-fungal organisms, soil solarization, cover crop rotation, and compost amendments as alternatives to soil fumigation in commercial strawberry production /, Sonia G. Schloemann, Plant & Soil Sciences
Memory performance following bilingual translation: lexical and conceptual determinants of cross-language transfer., Alexandra Sholl, Psychology
Memory for events during early childhood two to four years later., Cindy J. Speaker, Psychology
Fostering democracy in eastern Europe., Andreas Staab, Political Science
The impression formation processes of asymmetrically dependent individuals., Laura E. Stevens, Psychology
Predictors of self-injury in child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients., Jeanine M. Vivona, Psychology
Representations of others and perceptions of relationships., Mary Elizabeth Wade, Psychology
A formative evaluation of the Methods in psychology course at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst., Jean Marie Watt, Psychology
Intimate relationships: adult attachment style and attachment to God., Kim F. Weiner, Psychology
Partial characterization of the antinematodal and antifungal determinants in a novel Streptomyces sp. /, Dawei Yang, Plant Pathology
The effects of generating inferences about a solution principle on analogical transfer in children and adults., Karen L. Yanowitz, Psychology
Theses from 1992
Development and validation of the Pathogenic Beliefs Questionnaire., Mark D. Caron, Psychology
Complementarity of personality traits in romantic relationships :: opposites do attract., Mary Kim Christy, Psychology
Risk-sensitive foraging in the blue jay (Cyanocitta crystata)., Kevin C. Clements, Psychology
The education of a field marshal :: Wellington in India and Iberia/, David G. Cotter, History
Impression formation in an intergroup setting :: the effects of outgroup power and homogeneity., Eric F. Depret, Psychology
"Webs of significance" :: Italian textile labor and the fabric of society, 1750-1850/, Dorothy M. Dumont, History
Promoting reciprocal interactions between children with developmental delays and their typical siblings through instruction in incidental teaching., Todd A. Harris, Psychology
Essential mentoring in the academy :: a psychoanalytic study of the coming of age., Gretchen J. Hendricks, Psychology
Effects of mineral microinjection on decline symptoms in sugar maple, Acer saccharum Marsh. /, Kathleen R. Hickey, Plant Pathology
Assessment of mineral nutrition of declining forest trees with red spruce seedlings and indicator plants /, Bärbel Hölldampf, Plant & Soil Sciences
An exploration of Erikson's eight-stage model of development as measured by the Expanded Inventory of Psychosocial Development with particular reference to generativity, the seventh stage., Arianna N. Jarvis, Psychology
A Study of a Reimaging System for Correcting Large-Scale Phase Errors in Reflector Antennas, Eugene F. Lauria, Electrical & Computer Engineering
The effects of training on understanding the law of large numbers., Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, Psychology
Theories of gender development :: selective attention to television and toy play., Diane M. Luecke, Psychology
Aspects in creating a gentleman :: education and the Grand Tour in eighteenth-century England/, Lisa C. Mangiafico, History
Therapists' attitudes about addressing the role of exercise in psychotherapy., Derek J. Mcentee, Psychology
Self-complexity and higher- and lower-order self assumptions as predictors of coping with traumatic events., Hillary Jean Morgan, Psychology
Mechanical Behavior of a Continuous Fiber Reinforced SiC/RBSN Ceramic Composite, Nancy M. Narbut, Mechanical Engineering
Biological control of turfgrass pests by fungal endophytes /, Jennifer Nobel, Plant & Soil Sciences
Effects of xylem resin on trunk injection of systemic chemicals in conifers /, Christopher Nollstadt, Plant Pathology
Techniques for genetically engineering lily pollen /, Maureen C. O'Leary, Plant Pathology
Comparison of methods for assessing soil hydraulic properties /, Ginger B. Paige, Plant & Soil Sciences
A preliminary study on the biocontrol of dollar spot (Sclerotinia homeocarpa) and brown patch (Rhizoctonia solani) on creeping bentgrass by an isolate of Streptomyces /, Helen M. Reuter, Plant Pathology
Survival of bacteria introduced into soil :: the influence of inoculation conditions, particle association, extractable soil components, and inoculum density /, Mary M. Rothermich, Plant & Soil Sciences
Analysis of microbial community structure and function in a karstic aquifer /, Karl Jon Rusterholtz, Plant & Soil Sciences
Larvae of Nearctic Dixidae (Diptera) : descriptions and key for identification., Richard W. Savary, Entomology
Benazir Bhutto : her political struggle in Pakistan., Kimie Sekine, Political Science
The experience of nurses with boarder babies on an acute-care unit., Anjani A. Soparkar, Psychology
Digital Conversion of Nonlinear Compensators with Antireset-Windup Compensation: Studies, Analysis and Design, Richard J. Spangenberger, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Confrontations with the unconscious :: an intensive study of the dreams of women learning self-defense., Deborah S. Stier, Psychology
Spatial analysis of the formation of adventitious shoot meristems /, Hui-Cheng Tian, Plant & Soil Sciences
Separation-individuation, vulnerability to stress and psychological symptoms in late adolescents., Audrey Ellen Tolman, Psychology
Psychosocial development and life events in adulthood :: a 22-year sequential study., Karen-jo Wills, Psychology
Theses from 1991
Toward decreasing the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome in video display terminal users through feedback., Kathleen E. Blake, Psychology
Short and long-range host finding in plum curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)., Susan L. Butkewich, Entomology
An examination of the relationship between measures of skill on component reading processes in the native and second language., Maria S. Carlo, Psychology
Soil mottling as an indicator of seasonal high water table in Massachusetts floodplain soils /, Corinna Chase-Dunn, Plant & Soil Sciences
Cephalic control of ovarian development in the black blowfly, Phormia regina (Meigen)., Hongyu Duan, Entomology
Field methods of spodosol identification in northwestern Worcester County, Massachusetts /, Brenda Edmund Frazer, Plant & Soil Sciences
Termination of psychotherapy :: descriptions of the reports written at termination by therapists in a training clinic., John B. Huber, Psychology
An in situ assessment of the impact of chlorinated wastewater on the macroinvertebrates inhabiting the upper hyporheic zone /, Daniel S. Jones, Plant & Soil Sciences
The inner world of adolescent male sexual abuse victims and offenders :: a Rorschach study., Anne J. Kaplan, Psychology
An engaged aesthetic : Aids activism through cultural practice., Jennifer Kates, Political Science
Clinicians' accounts in Psc case records of the termination and transfer of psychotherapy clients., Aida M. Khan, Psychology
The effect of similarity in parents' moral stage on children's moral development., Mabel Sau-ching Lam, Psychology
Nodal response of soybean seed yield components to increased light and source-sink manipulations /, Gerald V. Litchfield, Plant & Soil Sciences
Maternal input in the introduction of novel hierarchically organized concepts., Laurel M. Long, Psychology
Reduced rates of metolachlor and atrazine for weed control in corn /, Francis Xavier Mangan, Plant & Soil Sciences
Maintaining a Machiavellian perspective., Marco F. Monoc, Political Science
American Catholicism and the political origins of the Cold War/, Thomas M. Moriarty, History
True enough :: a phenomenology of knowing in the process of becoming a therapist., Jennifer C. Nash, Psychology
The ass worship controversy/, Robert E. Ravens-seger, History
Applied epidemiology of Rhizoctonia spp. on turfgrass /, Lisa Vallencourt Rowley, Plant Pathology
Perceptions of efficacy and socio-political activism., Robert T. Schatz, Psychology
Development of a molecular genetic linkage map in Brassica rapa (syn. campestris) L. /, Angela Schilling, Plant & Soil Sciences
Fast priming in reading :: a new eye movement paradigm., Sara Crescentia Sereno, Psychology
Single-parent family interaction and adolescent moral development., Margaret Stephenson-loiodice, Psychology
The self-reported content and function of religious and spiritual beliefs :: a grounded theory., Karen L. Suyemoto, Psychology
The development of local religious tolerance in Massachusetts Bay Colony/, Andrew Leonard Sweet, History
The Czechoslovakian reaction to perestroika : an examination of political and economic change in Czechoslovakia from 1985 to 1990., Edward J. Valla, Political Science
A septic tank effluent treatment system for enhanced nitrate removal /, Eric S. Winkler, Plant & Soil Sciences
Adolescents' defense mechanisms and associations with behavioral symptomatology :: a longitudinal study., Virginia C. Wright, Psychology
Theses from 1990
Professional development and personal change :: a study of friendships in the lives of therapists-in-training., Debra Boltas, Psychology
Customer satisfaction as a function of bank teller friendliness., Carolyn Shaw Brown, Psychology
Exposure to television and attention in preschoolers., Patricia A. Collins, Psychology
Learning an empathic use of self :: a study of therapists-in-training., Joan M. Copperman, Psychology
Evolution of ethylene, growth, and development of crops under varying concentrations and sources of nitrogen /, Ilia Cornier-Rivera, Plant & Soil Sciences
Vasopressin innervation of sexually dimorphic structures of the gerbil forebrain under various hormonal conditions., Bradley J. Crenshaw, Psychology
Episodic priming and object probability effects., Peter De Graef, Psychology
Bucking the tide :: Charles Phelps and the Vermont land grant controversies, 1750-1789/, Peter E. Dow, History
A study of the pariah in Hannah Arendt's theory of action., Tobi B. Elkin, Political Science
U.S. foreign policy and Israeli nuclear weapons, 1957-1982., John L. Galligan, Political Science
Individual and family dynamics in individual therapy :: an analysis of intake reports., Stéphane I. Jacobus, Psychology
The influence of causality on strategies for making judgments of strength of relation., Celia M. Klin, Psychology
Differential effects of exposure duration on semantic priming from homophones :: evidence for Van Orden's (1987) verification model., Mary F. Lesch, Psychology
Populism and the Guatemalan revolution :: politics and power in transition, May 1944-March 1945/, Todd R. Little, History
Preharvest and postharvest factors affecting yield and quality of witloof chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) /, David J. Marchant, Plant & Soil Sciences
Potassium supplying power of an alluvial soil in Massachusetts /, Morteza Mozaffari, Plant & Soil Sciences
The Soviet Union and eastern Europe : considerations in a political transformation of the Soviet bloc., Dag Wincens Noren, Political Science
The role of plant enzymes and ethylene diurea in protection of pinto bean leaves from ozone injury /, Edward Paul Nowak, Plant & Soil Sciences
Effects of shading and light enrichment on the growth, fruit development, and yield of soybean /, Andreas A. F. Rautenkranz, Plant & Soil Sciences
Views of the self and their ethical implications., Thomas M. Ravens, Philosophy
Attitudes toward women and equality :: individual difference effects on gender-relevant decision-making., Sheri L. Rosenblum, Psychology
Perceptions of sexual harassment: spontaneous responses to vignettes varying initiator status, recipient behavior, and recipient response., Lee D. Rosen, Psychology
The effect of turfgrass growth retardants on photosynthesis, pigment content, and discoloration of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) / by Lesley A. Spokas., Lesley A. Spokas, Plant & Soil Sciences