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2003

First observation of the parity violating asymmetry in Moller scattering, Imran Younus

Numerical methods for smooth, detectable image perturbations, Roxana Ioana Zangor

Design and implementation of a low-power SOI CMOS receiver, Ertan Zencir

Reorganizing China: A study of China's restructurings of government since 1978, Yandong Zhang

Interface modulation spectroscopy and doping physics in amorphous silicon, Kai Zhu

Democratic ideas, understandings, practices and attitudes among students in post-communist Hungary, 1989--2001, Frank Thomas Zsigo

2002

Through-flow model for fan/flow-resistance configurations, Ahmed Farouk Abdelwahab

Congregational education, collective ministry and the people of God: Toward a social philosophy of responsible membership, Louis F. Aiello

Integrated three-tiered architecture for high-performance commodity metacomputing, Erol Akarsu

Multiphase particle swarm optimization, Buthainah Sabeeh No'man Al-kazemi

Stopping but never letting go: A qualitative study of African American adult students pursuing high school completion, Yvonne Allen Goodwin

Legislation, administrative change and service provision in South African municipalities, 1995--2000: A study of institutional reform, Matthew Ronald Andrews

Large herbivores and process dynamics in a managed savanna ecosystem, David J. Augustine

Development and initial validation of a measure of counselor supervisor self-efficacy, Kristin Lee Barnes

A methodology and platform for building collaborative environments on the Web, Lukasz Michal Beca

The art of change: Experimental writing, cultural activism, and feminist social transformation, Elizabeth (Beth) S. Berila

Methodologies for designing synchronous CSCW environments, Ivan Marcelo Bernal Carrillo

Linking the practicing and represented family: The transmission of relationship representations via family stories, Nicole L. Bickham

Robust method for the transmission of DCT coded images and image quality evaluation of the received images, Mohamed Gabr Bingabr

Feed Your Mind: A qualitative study of youth, power and privilege, Lesley M. Bogad

Lepton energy moments, operator product expansion and the CKM parameter matrix element, V(cb), Chaouki Boulahouache

Bilinski diagrams and geodesics in 1-ended planar maps, Jennifer Antoinette Bruce

Statistical mechanics of self-avoiding crystalline membranes and topological defect formation, Angelo Cacciuto

Factors related to the retention of biology knowledge in non-science college students, William Thomas Carroll

Mutual information-based image registration with applications, Hua-Mei Chen

RBF: An object and constraint oriented reasoning blackboard framework for knowledge based applications, Jagannadha Chidella

Attention mechanisms and inhibition of return in the somatosensory system, Jason C. Cohen

Discovering the magic: Readings, interpretations and analyses of the wonderful worlds of Disney, Carrie Lynn Cokely

Essays in international trade, human capital and income distribution, Mohua Das

Experimental and theoretical measurements of vibrational circular dichroism and instrumental development of Raman optical activity, David Allen Dunmire

Negotiating cultural identities: Conflict transformation in Labrador, Lawrence Albert Dunn

The social organization of policy: An institutional ethnography of the United Nations Intergovernmental Forum on Forests, Lauren Elaine Eastwood

Lotions and potions: The meanings college women make of everyday practices of femininities, Jennifer Rose Esposito

Looking beyond the questions: An exploration of the questioning process among first- and second-grade students using computerized instruction in the classroom, Linda Rougeau Euto

Sources of Canadian political values: A comparison of teacher and student cohorts, socialization agents and province differences, Krisan L. Evenson

Noninvasive in vivo tissue modulated quantitative Raman spectroscopy of human blood, William Francis Finney

Cultural capital and the making of "blue blazer kids": An ethnography of a youth exchange program, Traci Ann Fordham

Comparing models of voter turnout using American National Election Studies data, Manuel Matthew Frank

Eluding exclusion: Making room for the special sciences, Eric Matthew Funkhouser

Algorithms for large-scale problems in computational biology, Natsuhiko Futamura

Narrative means to research ends: Learning about therapy from clients' descriptions, Stephen R. Gaddis

Modeling of cadmium adsorption on organo-ceramic adsorbents containing the thiol group, Sergio Gomez-Salazar

A case study of African American students' engagement responses to oral-based literacy instruction: The Oral Narrative Engagement (ONE) approach, Columbus Michael Grace

Thermal noise in low loss flexures, Andri Marcus Gretarsson

Nature's "cunning alphabet": Pastoral landscape and politics in nineteenth-century American literature, Roger William Hecht

Welfare king or drug lord: Are these the viable choices for unemployed young men?, Theresa Cecilia Heintze

Crediting care, citizenship or marriage? Gender, race, class, and Social Security reform, Pamela Herd

Women martyrs in a female church: Gender in John Foxe's "Acts and Monuments", Megan Lora Hickerson-Carey

Doctoral student persistence in counselor education programs: Student-program match and the decision making process, Christine M. Hoskins

Trace cache in simultaneous multithreading, Mohammad Afzal Hossain

The economics, law and politics of subnational counter-cyclical fiscal policies: Testing the effects of budget stabilization funds and general fund surpluses on state expenditures in downturn years. Evidence from American states, 1979--1999, Yilin Hou

The design and evaluation of efficient routing and quality of service support for wireless ad-hoc networks, Youngki Hwang

Teacher pedagogical content knowledge as a predictor of student learning gains in direct current circuits, Michael Edward Jabot

Job-related diversity and service team outcomes: New insights into the roles of task structure and process conflict, Kimberly A. Jarrell

Effectiveness of early childhood teachers in the Indian context, Arti Joshi

The role of pricing in supply chain profits, Hyungsik Kahn

Grassroots democracy in process: Ethnographic writing as democratic action, Seth Louis Kahn

Identification of neural network input types and input ranking via sensitivity analysis, Sanggil Kang

Participation in the inclusive classroom: Creating success for non-verbal students with autism, Christi Kasa-Hendrickson

Image analysis methods based on Markov random field models, Teerasit Kasetkasem

The political means and social service ends of decentralization in Poland: The story of Poland's mid-level public administration reform and its effect on social service delivery, Janelle Arlene Kerlin

An instruction-set process calculus for synchronous hardware composition, Jang Dae Kim

The measurements of transmission spectrum and net gain for semiconductor cylinder fiber, Jin-Sung Kim

Local government debt policies: Do they make a difference?, William Patrick Kittredge

Health outcome disparities associated with access to primary care for vulnerable groups: Hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions, James N. Laditka

Banaras, Urdu, Poetry, Poets, Christopher R. Lee

Efficient techniques for multimedia transmission over packet-switched cellular networks, Hyungkeun Lee

Filipino village in Korea, Minwon Lee

Genetic and molecular characterization of nutritional signaling pathways regulating meiosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Rita H. Lee

Preventing sexually transmitted HIV infection in adolescents: Predicting condom use behaviors and reducing risk, Kenneth David Levin

Learning effectiveness: Efficacy of quizzes vs. discussions in on-line learning, Barbara Ann Lewis

Rethinking sovereignty: The domestic politics of Europeanization in Europe's southeastern periphery, Nicole Renee Lindstrom

Database and algorithmic applications in nucleic acid sequence, structure and NMR frequencies, and an efficient chemical depiction, Yong Lin

Default premium and maturity choice of risky debt, Xin (Sheen) Liu

Social dynamics of orphan care in the era of the HIV/AIDS pandemic: An insight of grandmothers' experiences in Zimbabwe, Neddy Rita Matshalaga

An American avant-garde: Grove Press, 1951--1986, Brian James McCord

Enhanced inverse design code and development of design strategies for transonic compressor blading, Adam Jon Medd

Dissonant subjects: Women in the Hindu nationalist movement in India, Kalyani Devaki Menon

The effect of crossed categorization on the relative heterogeneity effect, Michael James Migdal

A comprehensive study of self-induced torque amplification in rotary viscous couplings, Sankar Krishnan Mohan

Pursuing rationality in public management: Managing for results in United States state governments, Donald Patrick Moynihan

The optical deposition system for fabricating semiconductor cylinder fibers, Nitipun Nivartvong

Speech act theories of meaning, Patricia Noga Psomas

Bull, cock, and colony in the Anglo-Irish novels of Maria Edgeworth and Laurence Sterne, Elaine Alison Norris

Optical switching and memory using tungsten oxide, Joseph Michael Osman

Risky women: The everyday life of an allergic woman, Sarah Marie Pitcher

Questions of judgment in the newsroom: A journalistic instrumental-value theory for media ethics, Patrick Lee Plaisance

Reconsidering the Nazi data debate: The moral aspects of deciding whether the data should be used, Carol Viola Anne Quinn

Molecular genetics and evolution of red-green vision in vertebrates, Friedrich Bernhard Radlwimmer

Ligand influences on the structures of organically-templated mixed-metal molybdenum and vanadium oxides prepared via hydrothermal synthesis, Randy S. Rarig Jr.

Ecological and social correlates of foraging decisions in a social forager, the bonnet macaque, Macaca radiata diluta, Jayashree Ratnam

A "textbook" case of professional prerogative: Authority, disability and policy in introductory special education textbooks, Nancy E. Rice

Impact of the Internet on consumer human capital, Joseph B. Richards

The impact of financial strain on adolescents' psychological functioning in Romania: The role of family processes, Mihaela Robila

Independent component analysis based feature extraction for hyperspectral images, Stefan Alexandru Robila

Selection and testing designs for selecting one among k normal populations, provided it is better than a standard, Linda M. Rollin

Teaching in inclusive classrooms: General elementary educators' learning experiences, Kimberly Ann Rombach

In sickness and in health: Elderly men who care for wives with dementia, Richard Lloyd Russell

The impact of patient education on physiological and quality of life outcomes in cardiac rehabilitation, Carol Ann Sames

Performing American culture: Notions of emotion and self in two American theatres, Sonali Sathaye