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
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
Women's Satisfaction with their Childbirth Experiences: What Influenced Their Satisfaction and What They Wish They Had Been Told, Kara Sylvester
Development and Evaluation of New Wild Blueberry and Soy Frozen Dessert, Yeah Hoong Teh
Statistical Inference for the Risk Ratio in 2x2 Binomial Trials with Stuctural Zero, Suzhong Tian
Factors Affecting Raw Material Inventory Management in the Northeastern United States Pulp and Paper Industry, Kevin Michael Todd
"Witchcraft" and Other Stories, Tabitha Nichole Turri
The Effect of Deborah Number and Aspect Ratio on the Film Casting of LLDPE Melts, Mathias N. Uvieghara
Computer Simulations of Partially Confined Water, Subramanian Vaitheeswaran
Ultrasonic Evaluation of Defects and Moisture Content of Lumber, Hermanus H. van Dyk
Confidence Measure for DNA Base Calling Using a Fuzzy System, Rency Susan Varghese
Using Linear Features for Aerial Image Sequence Mosaiking, Caixia Wang
Lake-Level Fluctuations in the Fryxell Basin, Eastern Taylor Valley, Antarctica, Thomas E. Whittaker
Evaluation of a Constructed Dry Swale for Treatment of Stormwater Runoff, Laura R. WIlson
Fathers' Involvement in their Young Children's Everyday Life: A Look at Father's Involvement in his Preschool Child's Physical, Social, Cognitive, and Emotional Development, Elena R. Yanakieva
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
My Mother Could Send up the Most Powerful Prayer: The Role of African American Slave Women in Evangelical Christianity, Sherry L. Abbott
The Use of Acoustics to Resolve Nightly Excursions of Hyperbenthos, Heather U. Abello
Scenic Design for Alan Ayckbourn's Taking Steps, David Adkins
A Comparison Study of Children's Cognitive Understanding of Conception and Birth: England, Sweden and the United States, Carie Jo Ahigrim
Molecular Characterization of Zebrafish Interferon, MX, and MX Promoter, Stephen Altmann
Antioxidant Assessment in Western Maine Elderly Women Following 30 Days of Wild Blueberry Consumption, John David Bagnulo
Active Vibration Suppression of Smart Structures Using Piezoelectric Shear Actuators, Brian P. Baillargeon
Perceived Attributes to the Development of a Positive Self-concept from the Experiences of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities, Charles P. Bernacchio
Profiling Employees Participation in Employer Sponsored Fitness Programs in Maine, Wendy-Jo Berube
User Controlled Privacy Protection in Location-Based Services, Anuket Bhaduri
An Analysis of Air Pollution from Recreational Vehicle Use in Maine, Erin R. Bock
Development of an FRP Reinforced Hardwood Glulam Guardrail, Joshua Keith Botting
Effects of Biological Control and a Ryegrass Rotation on Rhizoctonia Disease of Potato, Marin Talbot Brewer
Vaccines for Infection Salmon Anemia Virus, Nathan Edward Charles Brown
Why does He Hit Her? Content Analysis of Protection from Abuse Orders, Robin Y. Brown
Through their eyes: five Maine principals explore their learning about leadership, Anita M. Campbell
"The army isn't all work": Physical culture in the evolution of the British army, 1860-1920, James Dunbar Campbell
Effects of Nitrogen Deposition and Flow Permanence on Stream Organic Matter Dynamics, Michael Andrew Joseph Chadwick
New England Genealogies: The Life and Writings of Mary Ellen Chase, William Orin Chesley
A Descriptive Study: Selection and Use of Art Mediums by Sexually Abused Adults: Implications in Counseling and Art Psychotherapy, Frances Harlow Clukey
Simulation of the Variability in Microelectronic Capacitors having Polycrystalline Dielectrics with Columnar Microstructure, jesse Cousins
Liminality in Popular Fiction, Adam Crowley
Pond-Breeding Amphibian Species Distributions in a Beaver-Modified Landscape, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine, Jesse Cunningham
Language in Social Contexts: An Examination of the Effects of the Linguistic Intergroup Bias on Social Categorization and Interpersonal Behavior, Virginia Ann Cylke
Cloning of Bovine Placental Lactogen and Production in Vitro, Stephanie A. Doucette
Effects of Frost Heave on a Soil Nail Wall in Brunswick, Maine, Sandra McRae Duchesne
Effects of Strand Geometry on Selected Properties of Long-Stand Structural Composite Lumber Made from Northeastern Hardwoods, Russell Edgar
An Exploratory Look at an Evolving Tourism Industry: Maine's Nature-based Tourism Industry in Transition, Marc Edwards
Measuring the Adhesive Bond Quality of Vinyl Ester-Glass Composites on Novolak HMR Treated Wood, Leopold Eisenheld
Query-by-Pointing: Algorithms and Pointing Error Compensation, Farhan Faisal
Ten Years of Change in Beech Stand in North Central Maine Long Affected with Beech Bark Disease, Amanda Farrar
An Egocentric Spatial Data Model for Intelligent Mobile Geographic Information Systems, Christopher E. Frank
Renormalization-group Studies of Three Model Systems Far from Equilibrium, Ivan T. Georgiev
Specific Dynamic Action, Growth and Development in Larval Atlantic Cod, Gadus Morhua, Jessica A. Geubtner
Friendship Formation and Maintenance: Examining Friendship Patterns of Homosexual Men and Heterosexual Women in Close Relationships, Amanda G. Goodwin
Population Dynamics and Spatial Analysis of the Maine Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) fishery, Robert C. Grabowski
Can Dairy Manure be Profitably Composted in Maine?, Anne Grant
Planning for a Healthier Birth and Beyond: Strategies Women Use to Manage Gestational Diabetes, Lois C. Hamel
Scope for Activity, Specific Dynamic Action and Growth in Early Juvenile Stages of Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua, Sorren Lund Hansen
Effects of Small-gap Timber Harvests on Songbird Community Composition and Site-fidelity, Mitschka John Hartley
A Surface Acoustic Wave Mercury Vapor Sensor, Reichl B. Haskell
Stories of Canada: National Identity in Late-Nineteenth-Century English-Canadian Fiction, Elizabeth Hedler