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Theses from 1986
Maternal self-esteem and the ability to tolerate infant autonomy., Rachel Wilhelm Bush, Psychology
Symptoms and distribution of ash yellows in Massachusetts and effects of oxytetracycline microinjection on mycoplasma-like organisms within white ash /, Kevin P. Carr, Plant Pathology
Effect of chemical growth retardants on carbohydrate levels of turfgrasses /, Elizabeth Leigh Clifton, Plant & Soil Sciences
The effect of a stimulus suffix on short-term auditory memory in preschoolers., Teresa Daly, Psychology
The place of the philosopher., Jeffrey B. Diamond, Political Science
Identification of calcium-use efficiency characteristics among strains of snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris, L.) /, Martha G. Edens, Plant & Soil Sciences
Family management: a time management program., Laura J. Hall, Psychology
Psychotherapists' development in terms of true self and caretaker self., Anton H. Hart, Psychology
Context and object recognition., John M. Henderson, Psychology
A compositional study of the morphology of 18-armed poly(styrene-isoprene) star-block copolymers/, Doreen S. Herman, Polymer Science & Engineering
Sex, race, social class and alienation., James P. Howard, Psychology
The effects of time, method and rate of boron fertilization on the incidence of brown curd and hollow stem disorders in cauliflower, Brassica Oleraceae, (Botrytis Gp.) /, Valerie J. Mailler, Plant & Soil Sciences
Religious beliefs, locus of control and college performance., Renata L. Nero, Psychology
The effect of crypticity on the foraging efficiency of the blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)., Deborah Jean Olson, Psychology
The accuracy of reaching in the dark in 7-month-old infants., Eve Emmanuel Perris, Psychology
Conversational skills training with socially isolated nursing home residents., Kim Praderas, Psychology
The effect of cadmium upon the growth and nitrogen fixation of the cyanobacterium Gloeothece ATCC 27152 /, Kevin J. Rodrigues, Plant & Soil Sciences
Sexual identity development and problem drinking in college women., Randi Ellen Schnur, Psychology
On-line inferences., Dolores M. Shank, Psychology
The effect of the context in metaphor comprehension., Makiko Shinjo, Psychology
Physiological control of calling, pheromone release, and pheromone production in the female gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar., Juliet D. Tang, Entomology
Cartesian philosophy and the study of language., Gert Webelhuth, Philosophy
The susceptibility of the reproductive process in Zea mays L. to acid precipitation /, Frank S. Wertheim, Plant & Soil Sciences
Newborn behavior and maternal and infant biomedical factors among the Efe and Lese of Zaire., Steven A. Winn, Psychology
Strategies used in computer program comprehension and debugging., Christopher B. Young, Psychology
Theses from 1985
Feedback to enhance safe lifting., Mark Paul Alavosius, Psychology
Developmental differences in individuals with borderline personality disorder., Dawn E. Balcazar, Psychology
Cucumber mosaic virus transmission and resistance in Capsicum annuum L /, John R. Cuevas, Plant & Soil Sciences
A 1973-1984 cohort comparison of college students' life plans and career aspirations., Miriam A. Defant, Psychology
The biology and ecology of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xyophilus (Steiner and Buhrer) Nickle, in Massachusetts /, Anne E. Dorrance, Plant Pathology
An animal model for overjustification :: preliminary investigation., Vivian Packard Dorsel, Psychology
Auditory stimulation and control as sources of environmental enrichment for captive Rhesus monkeys., Karla Hull Drewsen, Psychology
The use of imagery and its relationship to maternal adaptation :: a comparison of cesarean [sic] versus vaginal deliveries., Corey N. Fagan, Psychology
The role of context in resolving syntactic ambiguity., Fernanda Ferreira, Psychology
Some difficulties experienced by psychotherapists in training., Charles Lawrence Field, Psychology
Studies in tissue-cultured Paulownia tomentosa :: phenotypic stability, ploidy status, acclimatization, and in vitro cold storage /, Lakshmi Jagannathan, Plant & Soil Sciences
Development and evaluation of an in vitro radiochemical assay for juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the black blowfly, Phormia regina (Meigen)., Mei-Ann Liu, Entomology
The law and policy of control : presidential papers and school library books., Pamela R. McKay, Political Science
Politics and pleasures : sexual controversies in the women's and lesbian/gay liberation movements., Lisa J. Orlando, Political Science
Relationships among marital functioning, childbirth delivery mode, and maternal adjustment :: an exploratory study of the immediate postpartum period., Jill Anne Padawer, Psychology
A radical epistemology of 'other worlds' : acausation, nonlinearity, consciousness., Jerome Radin, Philosophy
Factors which influence the seeking of professional psychological help by college students who seriously consider suicide., Peter Spencer, Psychology
Attraction of adult cabbage maggots to visual and olfactory traps., Arthur Tuttle, Entomology
Intercropping corn and soybean :: planting pattern, plant density, and nitrogen fertilizer responses /, Antonio Vargas, Plant & Soil Sciences
A comparison of measures of psychological differentiation and boundary including their relationships to subjective experiences of self and relationships in normal young adults., Madeline Anne Wagner, Psychology
Effects of classroom performance feedback on teacher and student behavior., Felicia L. Wilczenski, Psychology
Potentiation of the discriminative stimulus cues elicited by methylphenidate and imipramine by amino acid :: implications for the treatment of attention deficit disorder., Sandra Kay Woods, Psychology
Theses from 1984
Effects of pre- and post-natal exposure to a supermarket diet on the development of obesity., Sue Anne Assimon, Psychology
The effect of embossing process conditions on the surface properties of a plasticized vinyl polymer., Eileen Wanjek M. Bailey, Polymer Science & Engineering
Crystalline-state extrusion of low density polyethylenes/, Chadli Benelhadjsaid, Polymer Science & Engineering
Development and evaluation of population monitoring techniques for two domestic cockroach species and effectiveness of an oothecal parasitoid Comperia merceti in controlling the brownbanded cockroach., Reginald Robert Coler, Entomology
The role of prosody in perception of lexical stress., Cynthia M. Connine, Psychology
The taxonomy of the side species group of Spilochalcis (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) in America north of Mexico with biological notes on a representative species., Gary James Couch, Entomology
An investigation of the organization of the cerebral cortex in the rat :: the use of horseradish peroxidase and fast blue to evaluate the columnar hypothesis., Anton Blaine Dodek, Psychology
The distorting image : women and advertising, 1900-1960/, Judith A. Freeman, History
Microstructure and phase behavior of poly (para-phenylene benzobisthiazole)/methane sulfonic acid crystal solvates/, Herbert H. Frost, Polymer Science & Engineering
Brown adipose tissue of hypothalamic knife-cut rats :: effects of high-carbohydrate and high-fat diets., Joan M. Hamilton, Psychology
The production of gibberellin-like compounds by two ectomycorrhizal fungi and the effects of gibberellic acid on a known host /, Kathleen M. Hanley, Plant & Soil Sciences
Development and validation of projective measures of the affiliation motive for use with young children., Jolene Kaweah Hart, Psychology
Self-disclosure and genital herpes., Bernard Louis Hecker, Psychology
Effects of an antiestrogen and estradiol on food intake, body composition, and metabolism in ovariectomized rats., Henry Walter Heller, Psychology
Judgments of the short-term and long-term effects of conflict episodes on relationship cohesion., Darryl R. Hickman, Psychology
Influence of Pseudomonas putida (Isolate M17) on nodulation and yield of Glycine max (L.) Merrill var. 'Evans' /, Catherine Mary Huot, Plant Pathology
Optically active polytrichloroacetaldehyde based on macromolecular asymmetry/, Gary Jaycox, Polymer Science & Engineering
Parental death in adolescence :: factors affecting the course of mourning., Claudia J. Kaplan, Psychology
The effects of early optic lesions on the ectomammillary nucleus of the chick embryo., Carol Kwei, Psychology
Teenage pregnancy and educational attainment :: six young black mothers., Deborah N. Lewis, Psychology
Psychotherapy and the process of change :: toward an interactive-cognitive model of therapeutic influence., Jeffrey B. Mar, Psychology
Amherst soldiers in the American Revolution/, Martha N. Noblick, History
The elite status of think tank directors : corporate liberals versus the New Right., Beata Panagopoulos, Political Science
Formaldehyde levels in the health care environment /, Mark L. Rollins, Plant & Soil Sciences
Attempts, control and weight reduction :: an application of a theory of planned behavior., Deborah E. Schifter, Psychology
Handling marginality in feminist organizations :: a study of the structural choices and the organizational problems of campus - based women's centers., Joan L. Sweeney, Psychology
The influence of conservation tillage on edaphtic properties of a typic dystrochrept in Massachusetts /, Peter F. Waldron, Plant & Soil Sciences
Theses from 1983
Genealogy and social history :: the early settlement of Lebanon, Connecticutt, as a case study., Robert Charles Anderson, History
Social networks, social support and issues of aging: survey of three rural New England communities/, David J. Armstrong, Psychology
Phylloplane microflora from apple varieties resistant and susceptible to Venturia inaequalis and possible antagonism to the apple scab fungus., Christopher Mark Becker, Plant Pathology
Control of Poa annua L. infestations in sports turf with Lolium perenne L. and ethofumesate., David K. Bell, Plant & Soil Sciences
Interpersonal transformations in married and cohabiting couples., Victor Haifleigh Mark Borden, Psychology
An attributional analysis of the effect of deceptive nonverbal behaviors on simulated jurors' decisions., Richard Buckey Chesley, Psychology
Response of two indeterminate soybean cultivars to plant competition induced by altered row widths and plant densities., John F. Creighton, Plant & Soil Sciences
A study of poly(methyl methacrylate) as an electron beam resist., Vicki C. Crosby, Polymer Science & Engineering
Recognition memory for complex pictures in preschool children., Deborah L. Davis, Psychology
Children's television attention and comprehension: the effect of instructions in auditory, visual, and audiovisual stories., Diane Erickson Field, Psychology
The development of an abbreviated form of the college women's assertion sample., Victoria-anne Grenier, Psychology
The importance of analog knowledge in understanding the mean., Pamela Thibodeau Hardiman, Psychology
Patterns of bluestain discoloration and associated organisms in Japanese black and Scots pines on Cape Cod, Massachusetts., Lorraine Beth Highley, Plant Pathology
Behavior and effects of apple mosaic virus in cultured plant tissue., Charles D. Hurwitz, Plant Pathology
The relationship of work and family roles to depression: an examination of dual working couples., Linda Kanefield, Psychology
The effect of red light as a fall treatment on branching of rhododendron., Laurie Beth Menzel Kasperek, Plant & Soil Sciences
Emotional outlet: a study into the emotions and attitudes of compulsive eaters., Suzanne Lerner, Psychology
A study of the toxic effects and binding capacity for the heavy metals cadmium, copper, and zinc by the blue-green alga Chroococcus paris., Albin Paul Les, Plant & Soil Sciences
Tissue culture of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.)., Cynthia A. Lincoln, Plant & Soil Sciences
Studies of the fate of NO3- and NH4+ nitrogen from various fertilizers on turfgrasses grown on three different soil types., Charles F. Mancino, Plant & Soil Sciences
Effects of maturity, fruit size, and microelement concentrations on predicting the storage life of McIntosh apples., Christine Antonia Marmo, Plant & Soil Sciences
Effect of 6-benzylaminopurien; gibberellins A4+7; and N, N-dimethylamino succinamic acid on flowering and fruiting of 'Golden Delicious' apple trees., Joann Mary McLaughlin, Plant & Soil Sciences
Confounding variables in the discriminated Irt procedure., David C. Palmer, Psychology
Fragipan strength behavior, moisture regimes, and morphology of soils in a drainage-toposequence in Central Massachusetts., Edward Wallace Pickering, Plant & Soil Sciences
Anatomy of the nodose ganglion in the rat: central projections of afferent fibers in the hepatic vagus., Bonnie E. Pipkin, Psychology
Planting patterns and densities of intercropped corn-soybean for silage., Daniel Harold Putnam, Plant & Soil Sciences