The University of Maine Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) project is a joint effort of Fogler Library and the Graduate School. Our goals are "to improve graduate education, increase sharing of knowledge, help universities build their information infrastructure, and extend the value of digital libraries," in keeping with those of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, a national initiative of which the University of Maine is a member.
This online collection features the final theses and dissertations approved by the Graduate School of the University of Maine.
For more information about finding additional theses and dissertations or obtaining copies of those not available electronically, see Fogler Library's Subject Guide on Theses & Dissertations.
Questions can also be directed to Fogler Library's Special Collections Department by phone at (207) 581-1686 or email at um.library.spc @ maine.edu.
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Aesthetic Values of Five Primary Wood Transporting Methods Common to Northern New England, Michael C. Eckley
Grobner Bases and an Algorithm to Find the Monomials of an Ideal, Thomas Enkosky
The Relationship between Cognitive Avoidance and Attentional Bias for Snake-Related Thoughts, Tamer I. Fawzy
Statistical Mechanics of Farey Fraction Spin Chain Models, Jan Fiala
Nesting Success as an Indicator of Habitat Quality for Forest Songbirds, Carol Rolfe Foss
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Natural Disturbance in Old-Growth Forests of Northern Maine, USA, Shawn Fraver
Estimating the Economic Recreational Value of Paracas National Reserve in Ica Peru: A Fair Fee Implementation Approach, Jaqueline Garcia-Yi
The Effects of Physical Activity on Bone Density in Adolescent Females, Beth Gluck
Experiences of the Stigmatized: Discrimination Likelihood, Stigma Consciousness, Attributions to Prejudice, Coping Strategies and Psychological Well-Being, Jeffrey A. Goodman
Measuring and Modeling Exposure from Environmental Radiation on Tidal Flats, Travis J. Gould
Relationships between Potential Rooting Depth, Tree Growth, and White Pine (Pinus Strobus L.) Decline in Southern Maine, Gregory Granger
Examining the Reversibility of Hypothyroidism and Developmental Changes in HYT/HYT Mice versus BALB/CBYJ Euthyroid Controls, Sarah E. Guilmain
Generating Linear Orders of Events for Geospatial Domains, Suzannah Hall
The Use of Chitosan to Preserve and Extend Atlantic Salmon Quality, Melissa D. Hammond
Investigation of Properties of Polyamido Amine (PAMAM) Dendrimers by Flourescence Spectroscopy, Hongling Han
"The Paths to be United:" A Postcolonial Critical Retorical Reading of Korean Reunification Rhetoric, Min Wha Han
Place Needs and Client Outcomes of Wilderness Experience Programs in Maine: A Descriptive-Interpretive Approach, James G. Hannon
The Effects of Brassica Cover Crops on Weed Dynamics, Erin R. Haramoto
Interrogating Discourses of Gun Culture in Bowling for Columbine, Michelle Hart
Nest Success and Chick Survival of Black Terns in Maine: Effects of Predation on Breeding Productivity, Shane R. Heath
Structuring a Wayfinder's Dynamic and Uncertain Environment, Michael D. Hendricks
Development and Application of a Bioassay to Characterize the Innate Immune Respone of Zebrafish, Andrea Hermann
Characterization of the Void Content of Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Materials Fabricated by the Composites Pressure Resin Infusion System (COMPRIS), Benjamin J. Herzog
A Small Discovery, Leonore S. Hildebrandt
Exercise and the Elderly, Ardelle Hollrock
Alternative Controls for Helicoverpazea on Sweet Corn: Phytotoxicity and Pollination Inhibition from Direct Silk Applications, Tori Lee Jackson
Climate Variability in West Antarctica Derived from Accumulation and Marine Aerosol Records from ITASE Firn/Ice Cores, Susan Kaspari
Conservation Genetics of Two Rare Freshwater Mussels: The Tidewater Mucket (Leptodea ochracea) and the Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsils cariosa), Morgan W. Kelly
NRAGE Regulates Life and Death of Neural Progenitors, Stephen E. Kendall
Estimation of Standardized Mortality Ratio in Geographic Epidemiology, Anna Kettermann
Helen Knothe Nearing: A Biography, Margaret O'Neal Killinger
Gas-liquid Mass Transfer in Oxygen Delignification Systems, Deep Krothapalli
Examination of Abell Clusters of Galaxies in Local Supercluster Environments, Karl Simon Krughoff
Patterns of Microsatellite and Mitochondrial DNA Variation Among Anadromous and Freshwater Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) Populations, Kristen Leigh Kuhn
Among the Tares, Benjamin D. Lareau
Characterization of an Arsenate-Reducing Bacterium Strain NP4, Isolated from Groundwater in Northport, Maine, Ingrid Nadean Lavine
Temporal Variability of Satellite-Derived Chlorophyll and Sea Suface Temperature in the California Current, Kasey Legaard
IR Studies of the Interaction of Surfactants and Polyelectrolytes Adsorbed on TIO2 Particles, Haiyan Li
Longitudinal Nutrition Risk Assessment of the Elderly, Matthew R. L'Italien
Development and Light Response of Leaves of Metasequoia and Close Relatives, Xiaochun Li
Cruise Tourism in Bar Harbor, Maine: An Analysis of Likelihood of Passenger Return and Passenger Expenditures in Port, Colleen P. Lynch
Ultrasonic Couplants at Elevated Temperatures, Amala Kishore Mamilla
Development of Semiochemical-Based Strategies for Management of Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), John W. Martel
Development of a Nitric Oxide Gas Sensor and Air Quality Projects in a High School Chemistry Classroom, Andrea Lynn Martin
Development of High Performance Narrow Shear Walls Utilizing FRP Reinforced Sheathing Panels, Keith Allen Martin
Synthesis and Characterization of Microporous Silica Membranes Fabricated Through Pore Size Reduction of Mesoporous Silica Membranes Using Catalyzed Atomic Layer Deposition, Benjamin A. McCool
All is Fair, Andrew McDonnell
Irish Canadians and the Struggle for Irish Independence, 1912-1925: A Study of Ethnic Identity and Cultural Heritage, Robert McLaughlin
The Weather of 1785: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Meteorological Reconstruction Using Forensic Synoptic Analysis, Louis K. McNally
Elastic Properties of Sandwich Composite Panels Using 3-D Digital Image Correlation with the Hydromat Test System, Paul Thomas Melrose
Use of Multi-temporal IKONOS and LANDSAT ETM+ Satellite Imagery to Determine Forest Stand Conditions in Northern Maine, Jacob W. Metzler
The Women's Folate Study: A Stage-Tailored, Web-Based Intervention for College Women, Julie E. Milan
Like decorations in a nigger cemetery : the poetic and political adjustments of Wallace Stevens, John R. Millett
"Warriors of the Working-day" Class in Shakespeare's Second Historical Trilogy, Richard Brooke Morrill
Context-Specific Preference Learning of One Dimensional Quantitative Geospatial Attributes Using a Neuro-Fuzzy Approach, Georgios Mountrakis
Effects of Enhanced Nitrogen Deposition on Foliar Chemistry, Gas Exchange, and Forest Growth at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine, Jose Alexander Elvir Murillo
The Role of Osteopontin in Vascular Remodeling, Daniel Myers
Interactions between Seals and Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture in Maine, Marcy Lynn Nelson
Relationship between Emotional Competence and Metabolic Control in Adolescents with Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (IDDM), April Erwin Nesin
An Investigation into the Mechanisms involved in Clam Gonadal Tumorigenisis: Evaluation of an Interaction Between a HECT E3 Ubiquitin-Proten Ligase and the Tumor Suppressor p53, Kristen Elizabeth Olberding
Effects of Natural Disturbance on Arctic Stream Communities, Stephanie Megan Parker
The Breeding Ecology and Behavioral Endocrinology of Ruddy Turnstones (Arenaria Interpres) in the Eastern Canadian Arctic, Deborah Ellen Perkins
The Effects of Riparian Timber Management on Amphibians in Western Maine, Dustin Wakefield Perkins
Reproductive Success and Evaluation of Management Strategies for Least Terns in Maine, Jordan Carol Perkins
Development of a Viral Disease Model and Analysis of the Innate Immune System in Zebrafish, Danio rerio, Peter E. Phelan III
The Lived Experience of Exercise for Elders Living in Nursing Home Settings, Ellen M. Pileski
Polymer Templating in Surfactant Monolayers, Jason S. Poirier
Development and Evaluation of Wild Blueberry Soy Beverages, Rebecca Margaret Potter
Infectious Disease Models for the Zebrafish, Meagan E. Pressley
Older Women/Younger Men: A Look at the Implications of Age Heterogamy in Marriage, Nichole R. Proulx-King
An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation fo Axially Symmetric Wave Propagation In Thick Cylindrical Waveguides, Anthony Puckett
Nine New Poets: An Anthology by Arlo Quint, Arlo Quint
Treatment Acceptability of a Well-Established Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic Disorder in a Passamaqyoddy Community, Elizabeth Ranslow
The Blaine Amendment and the Legislation it Engendered: Nativism and Civil Religion in the Late Nineteenth Century, Margery Read
Creating the World of the Táin through the Remscéla: Prologemena to Reading, Kay Lynn Retzlaff
The Prescribing Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices among Nurse Practitioners in Maine towards Benzodiazepines, Michael L. Rizzo
Paleoethnobotany at Stix and Leaves Pueblo (Site 5MT 11555), Colorado, Trisha Rude
Television newsmagazines and the audience: a textual analysis and audience survey, Kendra Rudolph
Phonological Neighborhood Analysis of Young Children's Productive Vocabularies, Lori Sawlivich
We Feed Off Each Other: A Study of Bulemic Women's Personal Narratives as Performances of Identity From a Feminist Perspective, Julie-Ann Scott
Seepage Lake Chemistry as an Indicator of Climate Change, Emily M. Seger
On Non-Linear Principal Component Analysis for Process Monitoring, Kamal Majed Shannak
The Church Music Program: The Effect of Moving from Performance-based to Education-based Emphasis in a Church Music Program, Ronald Glynn Sherwin
The Leveling of Coating Layers, Jae Young Shin
Isolationism on the Road to Damascus: Mass Media and Political Conversion in Rural Western Michigan, Peter Simons
After Frank, Jennifer Love Simpson
Computational Intelligence Approaches to Ocean Color Inversion, Wayne Homer Slade Jr.
Fire Ecology in the Acadian Spruce-Fir Region and Vegetation Dynamics Following the Baxter Park Fire of 1977, Erin D. Small
Retrieval of Oceanic and Physiological Parameters Using Computational Intelligence, Silva Srirangam
Adolescent Emotional Development: Relations Among Shame- and Guilt-Proneness, Emotion Regulation, and Psychopathology, Sheri Dawn Stegall
I: Using InterChemnet to Promote Active Learning Curriculum Development Cycles II: Redox Properties of Gold Phosphine Thiolate Complexes, Barbara Stewart
Effects of Harvest Gaps and Natural Canopy Gaps on Amphibians within a Northeastern Forest, Carol Strojny
Use of Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) 8000 for Rapid Screening of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L) Genotypes for Water Stress Tolerance, Usman Kris Joko Suharjo
A Communication Approach to Mimesis and Gender Performance: What Difference does Difference make in the NBA?, Eric T. Sullivan