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Submissions From 1997
Structure and function of mandibular organ inhibiting hormones from the crustacean sinus gland, Lei Liu
Forebrain regulation of sexual response in male rats, Yian-Cheng Liu
Three essays on real estate investment trust return and risk, Chiuling Lu
The application of item response theory to employee attitude survey data using Samejima's graded response model, Angela Marie Lynch
The nth country conundrum: The American and Soviet quest for nuclear nonproliferation, 1945--1970, Shane Joseph Maddock
Markov reward models and hyperbolic systems, Ranga Mallubhatla
Are institutional investors and analysts informed traders? An empirical examination, Susan Marlena Mangiero
Mediating newspeople: Cultures of writing and the mechanisms of change at three daily newspapers, Joseph Carl Manzella
An investigation into the assessment of auditors' professional moral abilities and their improvement through the use of task-properties feedback, Dawn Williams Massey
A neglected partnership: The General Federation of Women's Clubs and the conservation movement, 1890--1920, Priscilla G Massmann
A behavioral genetic analysis of pregnancy block in {\it Mus musculus}, Tara Lynn McLaughlin
Contextual barriers to transfer of training, Karen Ann Meers
How families construct their relationship to their community: A reflective research approach, Joshua Lee Miller
Nutritional supplementation throughout endurance exercise: Effects on protein utilization during recovery, Sharon Lee Miller
Consumer processing of international advertising: The roles of country of origin perception, consumer ethnocentrism, and country attitude, Byeong-Joon Moon
The motor control of swallowing, Kristine Marie Mosier
Design of perturbation observers and input shaping for sliding mode control of multi-axes-mechanisms, Jairo Terra Moura
A nonparametric analysis of efficiency and productivity in large U.S. banks, Kankana Mukherjee
The serotonin 5-HT$\sb7$ receptor: Circadian rhythm regulation and mechanism of antidepressant action, Ursula Lena Mullins
The biological significance of fungal enzymes that degrade polycaprolactone, Catherine Ann Murphy
The counseling needs of college student-athletes, Margaret Ann Murray
Exposure to silica increases intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in mice, Ricardo Cruz Nario
Toward a critical social history of the profession of family therapy, Susan Lenore Nathiel
Object-oriented propagation modeling to support CAD/CAM and software engineering, Donald Michael Needham
The relationship between performance on multiple-object tasks and single-object tasks by left-hemisphere-damaged aphasic adults: Implications for the assessment of limb apraxia, Michael Robert Neiman
Nutrient mass balance and denitrification rates in a constructed wetland used to process milkhouse waste, Jana Majer Newman
The functional ecology of dioecy in {\it Siparuna grandiflora}, a tropical understory shrub, Adrienne Beth Nicotra
Differences between managers and line staff and time since training, with respect to perceptions of task and social supports for the transfer of training, Claire Marie Nolin
Analysis of diversity in the heat shock response of the desert topminnow {\it Poeciliopsis\/}, Carol Elaine Norris
Cognitive effects of early unilateral brain injury, Leigh Wendtland O'Connor
Mucosal tolerance to haptens is not broken by cholera toxin, Alfred Roland Oliver
Economic transformation and food security in developing countries: The case of Egypt, Sobhy Abd El-Alim El-Sayed Omran
Technological capability, absorptive capacity and the development of the Nigerian textile industry, Stephen Zurigbo Onyeiwu
The formulation and stability of water-in-oil-in-water emulsions, Foyeke Olapemo Opawale
Gratitude and the creation of value, Shannon Kathleen O'Roarke
Surface and bulk characterization of metal-impregnated activated carbon: Synthesis of thin films used for detection of halogenated hydrocarbons, Sang Hyun Park
Captivity narratives in Spanish-American colonial literature, Nathalie E Pauner
Awareness of bodily sensations during physical exercise as a function of anxiety sensitivity and interpersonal environment, Heli Mari Peekna
``Conscience and purpose'': The legacy of Howellsian social commitment in American fiction, Paul Russell Petrie
Parallel and distributed algorithms for data association and application to multitarget tracking, Robert L Popp
Tailoring the interface in S-glass fiber polycarbonate composites for dental applications, Shrirang Vijay Ranade
Enterprise zone effects in a nonmonocentric model of the metropolitan area, Jonas Rasimavicius
Shallow angle scattering of slow, multiply-charged ions from surfaces, Michael Peter Reaves
Landscape of forms, forms of landscape in Carlo Emilio Gadda's works, Maurizio Rebaudengo
Exploring successful learning with talented female adolescents, Mary Gallagher Rizza
Residence hall academic atmosphere: Perceptions of faculty, students and student affairs personnel, Yuhang Rong
Critical thinking skills instruction for postsecondary students with and without learning disabilities: The effectiveness of icons as part of a literature curriculum, Martha McCann Rose
Study of AC magnetic loss in grain boundaries in melt-processed and granular high temperature superconductors using levitation and AC susceptibility techniques, Court Emerson Rossman
Fish stress proteins as {\it in vitro\/} biomarkers, John Archer Ryan
The process of intergenerational childrearing among urban African-American adolescent mothers and grandmothers during the transition to parenthood, Lois Siebert Sadler
The dystopian novel: A theory of mass culture, Marianne Sadowski
Biological treatment of waste semi-synthetic metalworking fluid using a fluidized-bed bioreactor, Howard Brett Schreyer
Characteristics and perceptions of perfectionism in gifted adolescents in a rural school environment, Patricia Ann Schuler
Remote sensing of the stratospheric ozone profile using a tunable sideband CO$\sb2$ laser heterodyne spectroscopy, Kambiz Shahnazi
Electrophysiological analysis of amyloid $\beta$-peptide toxicity in neuroblastoma cells {\it in vitro\/}, Lydia Shajenko
Asset pricing and price differentials in China's A-share and B-share equity markets, Jian Shang
The relationship between social functioning and memory in autism, Brenda Leone Shapiro
Goal expansion among social movement organizations: The case of community-environmental groups, Ronit Shemtov
Effects of the Special Olympics World Games on attitudes of nonhandicapped children towards persons with mental retardation, Timothy Perry Shriver
A reassessment of the general systems approach in the study of the determinants of public policy in the American states: A study of why some states have more liberal policies than others, Robert Alexander Sieczkiewicz
Money on the wing: The deregulation of banks and airlines from a contingency perspective, Daniel L Skidmore
Clinical reasoning and reflective practice: Influence of fieldwork activities, Karen Ann Sladyk
The involvement of opioid peptides in the neural regulation of luteinizing hormone secretion in the female rat, Matthew James Smith
Four related neuropeptides in autism, LeeAnna Snyder
Role and representation of death in ``Il Gattopardo'' by G. Tomasi di Lampedusa, Susanna Spaziani-Testa
Identifiability criterion for solute transport parameter estimation, David Emery Speed
Fabrication of resonant tunneling transistor lasers for optoelectronic integrated circuits, Sudhakar Srinivasan
Performance monitoring and fairness perceptions: Characteristics, context, and correlates, Jeffrey Morgan Stanton
Recycling of copper from metal finishing wastewaters using electrodialysis ion exchange, Stephen Sung
Impedance imaging for prediction and detection of airframe corrosion, Po-Cheng Su
The effect of heat shock on teleost and mammalian renal proximal tubular transport, Caroline Ruth Sussman
Product design using consumer and designer preferences: The analysis of multisource conjoint data, Peter Nicholas Tarasewich
A perturbative analysis of surface acoustic wave propagation and reflection in interdigital transducers, Carsten Hilmar Thoma
Connecticut's political culture regarding higher education utilizing Elazar's political culture typology, Carolyn Jane Thornberry
Polymeric coupling agents for enhancing the adhesion of epoxy to steel, Karthik Vaideeswaran
Effective action approach to first-principles many-body calculations, Marat Valiev
The Catholic Church and the re-emergence of civil society in Czechoslovakia: 1985--1990, Edward Joseph Valla
Automated rule-based dynamic modeling and controller design, Carlos Velazquez-Figueroa
Functional ecology of gender change in {\it Arisaema triphyllum\/}: An interdisciplinary approach, Pati Vitt
Identification and characterization of P450 2E1-like enzyme in winter flounder, Kristen Lee Wall
Characterization and utilization of chicken {\it Msx-2\/} gene regulatory sequences in the developing limb of transgenic mice, Chi-Kuang Leo Wang
Optimization-based manufacturing scheduling: Algorithms and applications, Jihua Wang
Study of polyurethane-urea cure reaction by in-situ emission fluorescence spectroscopy, Shi-Kwun Wang
Leader effectiveness: The influence of leader behavior and gender, Debra Elyse Weiner
Types of child maltreatment and their relationship to academic achievement and attributional style, Fred Chaim Weiss
Spread spectrum pulse compression in ultrasonic tissue imaging, Laurence Roy Welch
The effect of noise levels on transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) measures, Barbara Lynn Wendt-Harris
Effects of hypohydration on running economy and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption in a mild (23$\sp\circ$C) environment, Michael John Whittlesey
First-forbidden rank-one beta-decay of $\sp{20}$F, Edward Lee Wilds
The effects of not-for-profit hospital financial reporting choices on users' decisions, Kathryn J Wilkicki
The ecological mandala of M. K. Gandhi, Priscilla Kamala Willey
Gender regimes and the prophecy of place: Micro/macro dimensions of stratification processes for young women, Lajuana Sue Williams
Investigation of the metabolism of anabolic steroids in racing greyhounds using liquid chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry, Tracy Merrit Williams
Supramolecular assemblies of metal complexes at the interlayer regions of alpha-zirconium phosphate, Zeena Jacob Williams
Gender and racial characteristics as mediators in attributing responsibility for child sexual abuse, Regina Paulette Wilson
Mucosal immune responses to HIV-1 C4/V3 epitopes following genetic or peptide immunizations of rabbits, Jonas Matthew Winchell
Twentieth century ideals: The construction of U.S. foster motherhood, Danielle Francine Wozniak
The role that myosin II plays in altering cell shape and behavior during development in {\it Dictyostelium discoideum\/}, Xiaoxin (Susan) Xu