UTK Theses -- Education.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 24, 2003). | Thesis advisor: R. Steve McCallum. | Document formatted into pages (viii, 81 p. : ill.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-44). | Sixteen seventh and eighth graders from a rural East Tennessee middle school participated in an anger management group training program based on Rational Emotive Behavior Theory (REBT). The parti...

UTK Theses -- Business administration.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Nov. 12, 2003). | Thesis advisor: George C. Philippatos. | Document formatted into pages (x, 122 p. : ill.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-80). | This study attempts to analyze the effects of financial liberalization and deregulation on competitive conditions in the banking industries of fourteen Central and Eastern European (CEE) transit...

UTK Theses -- Comparative and experimental medicine.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Nov. 12, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Ronald B. Wetzel. | Document formatted into pages (xvi, 193 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-192). | Polyglutamine diseases refer to a group of neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington s disease (HD), that share the same mutational basis: expansion of a CAG repeat coding sequ...

UTK Theses -- Physics.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Nov. 11, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Ward Plummer. | Document formatted into pages (xix, 227 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-226). | Symmetry is the beauty of nature. It is the mirror of the way nature minimizes the energy of the system, and achieves the stable state. In the bulk crystal, 3D symmetry has ensured the mi...

UTK Theses -- Philosophy.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Nov. 12, 2003). | Thesis advisor: James L. Nelson. | Document formatted into pages (vi, 292 p.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-291). | This dissertation argues that mainstream bioethics has failed to adequately acknowledge bodies and embodiment in practice and theory. While philosophers have generally not held "substance dualism&quo...

UTK Theses -- Philosophy.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Nov. 14, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Jonathan Kaplan. | Document formatted into pages (vii, 233 p. : ill.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-232). | Science is about conceptualizing the natural world in a way that can be understood by human beings while at the same time reflecting as much as possible what we can empirically infer about how the...

UTK Theses -- Education.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Nov. 12, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Mark Hector. | Document formatted into pages (viii, 179 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (Ed. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-160). | The purpose of this study is to describe the experiences of engineering upperclassmen in an engineering design team facilitator training program. Sixteen male and five female engineering ...

UTK Theses -- Chemistry.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (Nov. 14, 2003). | Thesis advisor: S. Douglass Gilman. | Document formatted into pages (xii, 131 p. : ill.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-106). | Instrumentation and techniques for monitoring electroosmotic flow (EOF) during capillary electrophoretic (CE) separations in both fusedsilica capillaries and glass microfluidic devices are presented. Thes...

UTK Theses -- Biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Nov. 17, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Elizabeth E. Howell. | Document formatted into pages (xv, 133 p. : ill.(some col.)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-132). | The starting point of my dissertation is a traditional goal of medicine, the relief of suffering. The central question that I dealt with is the appropriate clinical response to a pat...

UTK Theses -- Philosophy.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Nov. 17, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Glenn C. Graber. | Document formatted into pages (x, 276 p. : ill.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-275). | The starting point of my dissertation is a traditional goal of medicine, the relief of suffering. The central question that I dealt with is the appropriate clinical response to a patient s suffering...

UTK Theses -- Political science.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Nov. 12, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Dr. Yang Zhong. | Document formatted into pages (ix, 159 p. : ill.(some col.)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-127). | Research Questions: what determines the level of environmental sustainability in national level analyses? How can the quality of governance be defined, measured and applied in the dynamic...

Hydrologic models -- Tennessee -- Simulation. , Watersheds -- Tennessee -- Mathematical models. , Runoff -- Tennessee -- Computer programs. , Hydrology -- Data processing. , Emory River Watershed (Tenn.) -- Simulation. , Daddy s Creek Watershed (Tenn.) -- Simulation. , Crooked Fork Watershed (Tenn.) -- Simulation. , Stanford Watershed model. , UTK Theses -- Geography.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 22, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Carol P. Harden. | Document formatted into pages (x, 149 p. : col. ill., col. maps). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-78). | Modeling the hydrologic response of small watersheds is often hindered by lack of data. We cannot calibrate robust models without ample and sufficiently accurate precipitation and discha...

UTK Theses -- Nuclear engineering.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 23, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Laurence F. Miller. | Document formatted into pages (xiii, 272 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-141). | Neutron detectors are simulated using Monte Carlo methods in order to gain insight into how they work and optimize their performance. Simulated results for a Micromegas neutron bea...

UTK Theses -- Electrical engineering.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 15, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Dr. Benjamin J. Blalock. | Document formatted into pages (vii, 79 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-76). | This thesis presents the design and implementation of a power management integrated circuit (IC) that is capable of both current and voltage charging thin-film, solid-state, lithium...

UTK Theses -- Forestry.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 15, 2004). | Thesis advisor: David Ostermeier. | Document formatted into pages (vi, 82 p. : col. ill.). | Thesis (M.S) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-69). | Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification emerged nearly a decade ago from the realms of environmental non-governmental organizations, which sought greater environmental and social accountabil...

UTK Theses -- Economics.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (Mar. 24, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Matthew Murray. | Document formatted into pages (v, 28 p.). | Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-21). | We focus this paper on a political economic question, What determines the U.S. states sales tax treatment of equity-related goods? We consider a good to be "equity related" when its consumption is essential to s...

UTK Theses -- Life sciences.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 29, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Robert N. Moore. | Document formatted into pages (xii, 82 p., ill. (some col)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-69). | Mass transfer of a poorly water-soluble gas in fermentations can reduce the performance of bioreactors. In aerobic fermentations, oxygen often becomes a limiting factor. In the biodegradation...

UTK Theses -- Mathematics.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 26, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Henry C. Simpson. | Document formatted into pages (vi, 30 p.). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-29). | In 1991 V. Sverak [11] gave an example of a function that was invariant and quasiconvex but not polyconvex. We have generalized this example to a wide class of functions that meet certain ellipticity and grow...

UTK Theses -- Biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 29, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Barry D. Bruce. | Document formatted into pages (xii, 145 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-144). | The import of nuclear-encoded preproteins into chloroplast is mediated by the transit peptide located in the N-terminus of the preproteins. A semi-conserved FGLK motif is identified in mo...

UTK Theses -- Business administration.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on March 25, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Bruce K. Behn. | Document formatted into pages (vi, 69 p.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-44). | This study examines whether nonfinancial patent information is useful to investors in assessing and valuing biotech firm s long-term financial performance. The biotech industry requires large RandD investment...

UTK Theses -- Human resource development.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 26, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Gregory C. Petty. | Document formatted into pages (vii, 101 p. : ill.). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-78). | The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of training on attitudes and perceptions about law enforcement by participants of a Citizen Police Academy. The first goal was to identify any sign...

UTK Theses -- Mechanical engineering.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 29, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Rao V. Arimilli. | Document formatted into pages (xiv, 111 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-92). | A new manufacturing process was recently developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the production of graphite foam. The high thermal conductivity and heat transfer area of the foa...

UTK Theses -- Biosystems engineering.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 16, 2003). | Thesis advisor: Alvin R. Womac. | Document formatted into pages (x, 76 p. : ill. (some color)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references. | A self-propelled sprayer with a 27-m boom was instrumented to measure inadvertent boom movement and acceleration during field operation to quantity application uniformity. The instrumentation system was...

UTK Theses -- Geography.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on March 29, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Lydia Miheli{uml}c Pulsipher. | Document formatted into pages (xi, 287 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-273). | The purpose of this dissertation is to critically examine race and gender as they intersect with tourism development in Cuba during the Special Period in a Time of Peace (...

UTK Theses -- Education.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on March 29, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Colleen P. Gilrane. | Document formatted into pages (x, 178 p. : ill.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-149). | Writing is frequently referred to as a process. Writing, in fact, is a series of complicated acts involving many processes, most of which take place in the writer s mind and, thus, remain hidden...

UTK Theses -- Biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Apr. 13, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Mary Ann Handel. | Document formatted into pages (xi, 214 p. : ill. (some col)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-27). | Meiosis is the process that ensures the continued propagation of new organisms and is a source of genetic variability within a population. During meiotic prophase many dynamic rearrangemen...

Technical education teachers -- Tennessee -- Attitudes. , Technical education -- Standards. , UTK Theses -- Human Ecology.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar. 30, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Gregory C. Petty. | Document formatted into pages (xiv, 241 p. : ill.(some col.)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-226). | Over the past six years, practitioners in the field of technology education within the State of Tennessee have been mandated with nearly constant curricular change with the latest bein...

Sediment transport -- Second Creek (Knoxville, Tenn.) , Second Creek (Knoxville, Tenn.) , UTK Theses -- Geography.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Apr. 13, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Carol P. Harden. | Document formatted into pages (x, 168 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-142). | Little is known about the coarse load carried by streams in urban areas or the length of time needed for stream channel adjustments to urban conditions. In this study, I examine the hist...

UTK Theses -- Psychology.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Apr. 20, 2004). | Thesis advisor: John W. Lounsbury. | Document formatted into pages (v, 79 p.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-67). | Personality and cognitive variables were examined to determine relative validity in predicting academic performance. This study investigated whether broad personality variables (in this case, the Big Five: ...

UTK Theses -- Microbiology.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Apr. 15, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Gary Stacey. | Document formatted into pages (xiii, 175 p. : ill.(some col)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-174). | The soybean apyrase, GS52, characterized as an early nodulin, was further investigated for its possible role in nodulation. GS52 is expressed in roots and localized to the plasma membrane. ...

Virtual reality -- Chattanooga Creek (Tenn. and Ga.) -- Simulation methods. , Computer simulation -- Chattanooga Creek (Tenn. and Ga.). , Coke plants -- Environmental aspects -- Chattanooga Creek (Tenn. and Ga.). , Hazardous waste site remediation -- Chattanooga Creek (Tenn. and Ga.). , UTK Theses -- Electrical engineering.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on Mar.25, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Daniel B. Koch. | Document formatted into pages (viii, 113 p. : ill.). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2003. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-61). | Virtual reality involves reproducing all the details of a physical object or environment that has to be simulated in virtual space. Augmented reality is the mixing of computer-generated information wit...

UTK Theses -- English.

Title from title page screen. | Document formatted into manuscript-like pagination: vi, 82 leaves. | Vita. | Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2001. | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-71). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Electronic Theses and Dissertations

UTK Theses -- Comparative and experimental medicine.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: John H. Dougherty. | Document formatted into pages (xxxi, 369 p. : ill. (some col.)) | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-295). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | In English; Abstracts, preface, acknowledgements, etc. also in Slovenia. | Awareness and interest in diseases, which pertain to cognitive and affective functions in the elderly, has ...

UTK Theses -- Education.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 6, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Charles Thompson. | Document formatted into pages (v, 104 p.). | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-47). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | The number of adult students who are returning to universities and colleges continues to increase. Many of these adult students are attending colleges and universities for career-related reasons (e.g, to ch...

UTK Theses -- Comparative and experimental medicine.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 11, 2002). | Thesis advisor: L. N. D. Potgieter. | Document formatted into pages (x, 117 p. : ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-116). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Respiratory syncytial viruses (RSVs) in ruminants are classified into two subgroups, ovine RSV and bovine RSV. Although ovine RSV infects cattle, its contribution to bovine respiratory tract dise...

UTK Theses -- Computer science.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: James Plank. | Document formatted into pages (viii, 51 p. : ill., col. map) | Vita. | Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-46). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | The purpose of this paper is to outline the design criteria and implementation of the Logistical Backbone (L-Bone) and the Logistical Tools. These tools, along with IBP and the exNode Library, al...

UTK Theses -- Music.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 5, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Kenneth A. Jacobs. | Document formatted into pages (vii, 67 p. : ill., music) | Appendix B, p. 39 includes a link to a recording of the piece. | Appendix C, p. 40-67 is a score of the piece. | Vita. | Thesis (MM) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-36). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | There Arises Light is a work for orchestra in one movement. It was written in part...

UTK Theses -- Biosystems engineering.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 5, 2002). | Thesis advisor: John B. Wilkerson. | Document formatted into pages (x,98 p. : ill. (some col.)) | Vita. | Thesis (MS) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-64). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Cotton production efficiency has the potential to increase through accurate variable rate application of fertilizer. The ability to variably apply fertilizer already exists. However, an accurat...

UTK Theses -- Biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Daniel M. Roberts. | Document formatted into pages (xiv, 161 p. : ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-160). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | By isolating RNA from mature nodules of the legume Lotus japonicus and employing an RT-PCR approach, two new cDNAs were characterized whose open reading frames code for members of the MIP (Major ...

UTK Theses -- Business administration.

Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 4, 2002). | Thesis advisor: Ronald E. Shrieves. | Document formatted into pages (x, 110 p. : ill.) | Vita. | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2002. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-84). | Mode of access: World Wide Web. | This dissertation intends to address the following two issues: 1) Persistence of the bias in analysts earnings forecasts; 2) Investors response to such bias. It extends the understanding of informat...

UTK Theses -- Electrical engineering.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 13, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Michael Simpson. | Document formatted into pages (viii, 65 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-64). | This thesis presents research involving the fabrication and characterization of field emission devices utilizing carbon nanotubes and nanofibers as the field emission material. Carbon nanot...

UTK Theses -- Political science.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 17, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Yang Zhong. | Document formatted into pages (v, 80 p. : col. ill.). | Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-75). | This thesis probes the sharply rising income inequality in reform-era China under the Chinese Communist Party s (CCP) authoritarian regime. Accepting the premise that economic transition inevitably leads ...

UTK Theses -- Ecology and evolutionary biology.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 17, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Gordon M. Burghardt. | Document formatted into pages (ix, 76 p. : ill.). | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-60). | Behavioral consequences of differential experience relating to studies of environmental enrichment have been documented primarily in mammals and birds. Similar data on experience-dependent behavioral...

UTK Theses -- Education.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 13, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Leslee A. Fisher. | Document formatted into pages (x, 190 p.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-171). | This study had three goals: First, to assess student-athletes perceptions of autonomy within the structure of collegiate sport. Second, to gain an understanding of student-athletes perceptions of power and...

UTK Theses -- Education.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 17, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Craig A. Wrisberg. | Document formatted into pages (vii, 124 p. : ill.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 52-61). | Previous research has demonstrated that coaches experience stress due to the nature of their job and that it may affect their physical and mental well-being (e.g., Richman, 1992; Wang and Ramsey, 1...

UTK Theses -- Speech and hearing science.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 14, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Ashley W. Harkrider. | Document formatted into pages (viii, 111 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-86). | Hearing-impaired listeners have difficulty in discriminating between voiced stop consonants. An important acoustic cue in this discrimination is the transition from the frequency of ...

UTK Theses -- Philosophy.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 17, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Glenn C. Graber. | Document formatted into pages (viii, 194 p. : ill.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-193). | Catholic health care faces a difficult challenge in today s secular society. Because they are directed by the teachings of the Catholic Church, certain services, such as abortion, sterilization an...

UTK Theses -- Education.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 18, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Mark A. Hector. | Document formatted into pages (x, 274 p. : ill.). | Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-237). | The goal of the present study was to understand the meaning of friendship to young adults who survived severe childhood burn injuries as generated through their descriptions of their experience. This ...

UTK Theses -- Psychology.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 13, 2004). | Thesis advisor: Eric Sundstrom. | Document formatted into pages (v, 71 p. : ill. (some col.)). | Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-58). | This was a field study conducted in the entertainment industry in eastern Tennessee designed to investigate the relationship of perceived supervisor support and perceived pay equity with negati...

UTK Theses -- Chemical engineering.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. | Title from title page screen (viewed on May 17, 2004). | Thesis advisor: David J. Keffer. | Document formatted into pages (vii, 76 p. : ill.) | Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004. | Vita. | Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-39). | Kamat et al. has developed an analytical statistical mechanical theory that can be used to model pure component and binary liquid mixtures confined within crystalline nanoporous materials [1, 2]. The the...