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2003
Effect of Drought, Flooding, and Potassium Stress on the Quantity and Composition of Root Exudates in Axenic Culture, Amelia Henry
The Case of Youth Gangs in the Mormon Cultural Region A Synthetic, Dialectical Theory of Social Problems: Bridging Social Constructionism and Objectivism, Ramona Avis Linville Higley
Understanding Utah's Native Plant Market: Coordinating Public and Private Interest, Virginia Harding Hooper
Breeding Bird Communities of Major Mainland Rivers of Southeastern Alaska, Jim A. Johnson
Using Immune Modulators to Ameliorate Aleutian Disease in Mink, Kie Hoon Jung
Community Factors That Correlate with Middle-Adolescent Antisocial Behavior, Olga Kamenchuk
Sir Nicholas Throckmorton: A Diplomatic Advisor to Queen Elizabeth, Kenneth M. Kisner
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Rural and Urban Migration, Lisa L. Knapp
The Foraging Behavior of a Solitary Bee, Diadasia nigrifrons (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) on Sidalcea oregana, ssp. oregana, Kimberly A. Kuta
Outcomes and Presurgical Correlates of Lumbar Interbody Cage Fusion, Rick LaCaille
The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Adolescent Deviant Behavior, Jennifer R. Lance
The Middle Cambrian Wheeler Formation: Sequence Stratigraphy and Geochemistry Across a Ramp-to-Basin Transition, Elizabeth S. Langenburg
From the Rim to the River: The Geomorphology of Debris flows in the Green River Canyons of Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah, Isaac J. Larsen
Rapid Detection of Listeria monocytogenes, Wim Lippens
Sampling Considerations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Needs Assessments, Ryan K. Loo
The Effects of Self-Monitoring Checklists and Performance Feedback on Study Skills of College Students with Disabilities, Sherrie Mecham
Women's Marital Adjustment in Relation to the Number of Children Ever Born, Junius K. Merrill
Correlation Between the USU Stretch Test and the Pizza Fork Test, Bryce L. Moyes
One-Dimensional Modeling of Bromide Tracer and Trichloroethylene Transport Based on Laboratory Experiments in Vertical Soil Columns, Keri L. Murch
Simulation of Groundwater Flow in Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho, Barry Myers
Simulation of Wind Dispersal of Tree Seeds, Tree Colonization, and Growth of Bottomland Hardwood Reforestation Sites of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Timothy James Nuttle
Marital Happiness: Undergraduate University Students Assess Their Parents' Marriage Regarding Communication, Power, Education, and Religiosity, Margaret F. Oak
Restoration of Aspen in Different Stages of Mortality in Southern Utah, Seth Ray Ohms
Bootstrap Unit Root Tests for Heavy-Tailed Observations, Andrejus Parfionovas
Physiological and Biochemical Aspects of Agrobacterium-Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Interactions, David L. Parrott Jr.
Mitigation, Monitoring, and Geomorphology Related to Gully Erosion of Archaeological Sites in Grand Canyon, Paul A. Petersen
Rapid Effects of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 on Calcium Uptake in Isolated Chick Enterocytes, Ruta Phadnis
Impasse in Marriage and Family Therapy, Valentina V. Popkova-Massé
Adolescent Peer Perceptions Reflected in the Yearbooks of Mormon Homosexual and Heterosexual Men, David C. Pruden
Premarital Education: Participation, Attitudes, and Relation to Marital Adjustment in a Sample from Northern Utah, Bryan D. Ramboz
Using Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing to Analyze Fire Likelihood Areas at the Regional Scale in the Western United States, Russell W. Reading
Use of Ground-Based Canopy Reflectance to Determine Radiation Capture, Nitrogen and Water Status, and Final Yield in Wheat, Glen L. Ritchie
How Utah Parents of Utah School Children Judge School Effectiveness, Philip L. Rodgers
Test of a Psychosocial Strain Model of Delinquency for Mexican American Youth, Jose de Jesus Rodriguez
Beacon in the Night: Contested Space and Regional Culture on the Central Oregon Coast, Melissa Román
Phylogenetic Position of Pterocommatinae and Cavariella, and Implications for the Origins of Host Alternation in Aphids, Carol A. Rowe
Species Pairwise Associations Over Nine Years of Secondary Succession: Assessing Alternative Explanations and Successional Mechanisms, Lara R. Rozzell
On-Campus and Off-Campus Students' Ratings of Instruction and Courses, Noriko Saeki
Maternal Involvement in Preschoolers' Sexuality Education: A Comparison of Single and Married Mothers, Ginger S. Sandweg
An Assessment of Marital Satisfaction, Marital Adjustment, and Problematic Areas During the First Few Months of Marriage Among a Sample of Newlyweds in Utah, David G. Schramm
An Ecological/Life History Comparison of Two Whitefish Species in Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho, Brett W. Thompson
Nature Writing and Healing: Recovering the Wild Soul, Denice H. Turner
Habitat Associations of Rare Species: A Case Study Using Columbia Spotted Frogs (Rana luteiventris) in Utah, Nathan E. Welch
The Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of a Predator That Consumes Toxic Prey, Becky L. Williams
2002
Fear of Crime and Perceptions of Law Enforcement Among American Youth, Bruce K. Bayley
The Relationship Between the Educational and Occupational Aspirations of Latino Youth and Their Parents, Andrew O. Behnke
Effects of Physical Activity and Religiosity on Psychophysiological Reactivity in an Aging Population, Tera L. Lensegrav Benson
The Role of Parents as Formal Math Instructors of Prekindergarten Children, Monica Jane Blanch
Psychoeducation Groups for Parents Adopting Special-Needs Children, Korinne Knowlton Bouwhuis
Effects of Myxobolus cerebralis on the Population Dynamics of Kokanee in Porcupine Reservoir, Utah, Arthur E. Butts
Tournament Matrices an Overview, Russel O. Carlson
Evolution of a Miocene-Pliocene Low-Angle Normal-Fault System in the Southern Bannock Range, Southeast Idaho, Stephanie M. Carney
"On Down the Road" an Intergenerational Fathering Experience, Jeffery G. Chapman
Adopted Adolescents' Heterosexual Relationship Formation and Sexual Behaviors, Mathew Christensen
Community-Level Effects of Clearcutting and Wildfire on Shrews, Grasshoppers, And Ground-Dwelling Beetles, J. Creed Clayton
Addressing Disruptive Behaviors in the Preschool Classroom: An Adaptation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) for Head Start Teachers, Brent R. Collett
Seasonal Movements of Fluvial Bonneville Cutthroat Trout in the Thomas Fork of the Bear River, Idaho-Wyoming, Warren Colyer
Finite Element and Pullout Test Performance of Welded Wire Mats, Bradley C. Conder
Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Morrison Formation, Como Bluff, Wyoming, Melissa V. Connely
The Transition to Parenthood: Predictors of Father Involvement and Marital Satisfaction for First-Time Parents, Jerry L. Cook
Family and Consumer Sciences Preservice Teachers' Computer Technology Preparation, Kathy C. Croxall
A Conceptual Model to Characterize Internal Structure of Plant Communities Based on Functional Traits in Camp Williams, Utah, and Camp Grayling, Michigan, Patricia Hernandez de la Rosa
Adoption of Range Management Innovations by Utah Livestock Producers, Elizabeth Anne Didier
A Macroterrain Landtype Association Classification Model For The Great Basin, Frank L. Dougher
Identifying Paths to Successful Marriage and Family Therapy Research: External Factors Within the Publications of Three Eminent Marriage and Family Therapy Researchers, Sarah Rebecca Sancher Droubay
Lincoln Elementary School Needs Assessment Follow-Up: Examining a Community-Based Intervention, Gregory J. Dunkley
Identifying the Bases for Gender Differences in Guilt and Shame, R. Shawn Edmondson
Disruptive Behaviors in Early Childhood: The Role of Parent Discipline and Parent Stress, Angela L.W. Ehrlick
Yeast PH Domains: A Study in Phosphoinositide Binding, Heather Leigh Eisler
Movement Patterns of Phrynosoma mcallii and Phrynosoma platyrhinos in Response to Substrate Texture, Daniel H. Foley III
Parents' and Teachers' Acceptability of Treatments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Effects of Presentation and Information Delivery, Jason Donald Gage
Analyses of Diet and Geographic Variation in Leaf-Nosed Snakes, Phyllorhynchus, Stephanie A. Gardner
StatMod: A Tool for Interfacing ArcView® GIS with Statistical Software to Facilitate Predictive Ecological Modeling, Christine M. Garrard
Aromatic Amino Acid Catabolism by Lactobacillus spp.: Biochemistry and Contribution to Cheese Flavor Development, Sanjay Gummalla
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Placement Time in People with Cystic Fibrosis, Sarah Gunnell
Geometry and Physical Properties of the Chelungpu Fault, Taiwan, and Their Effect on Fault Rupture, Richard V. Heermance
An Investigation of the Prevalence and Nature of Child Sexual Abuse Among the Deaf Population, Rachelle Hester
The Role of the Arabidopsis Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase in Vacuolar Protein Transport, Christopher A. Jones
Structural and Kinematic Evolution of Eocene-Oligocene Grasshopper Extensional Basin, Southwest Montana, Julie C. Kickham
Binge Eating Disorder and Its Relationship to Bulimia Nervosa and Obesity, Lara Schultz LaCaille
Physiological Importance of 1,25(OH)2D3 Membrane-Initiated and Nuclear Actions in Chickens as a Function of Growth, and Maturation in Male and Female Chickens, Birgitta Larsson
Parents' Marital Quality and Interactions in Relation to Child Well-Being, Spencer C. Leavitt
A Multilevel Analysis of Young Adult Migration, 1980-1998, Ji-Youn Lee
The Effects of Performance Feedback on Exercise, Physiological Reactivity, and Affective State among Hostile College Students, Crystal Chia-Sheng Lin
The Stratigraphic, Sedimentologic, and Paleogeographic Evolution of the Eocene- Oligocene Grasshopper Extensional Basin, Southwest Montana, Joseph P. Matoush
Internalizing Symptoms in a Sample of Native American Adolescents, Georgia Lee Matt
Application of Biophysical Data to an Unsupervised Classification to Map Ecoregional Boundaries in the Desert Southwest, Paxton R. McClurg
The Role of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) in Nutrient Transport into Forests Near a Salmon Stream in Coastal British Columbia, Canada, Arthur Morris
Affinity Purification and Characterization of E. coli Molecular Chaperones, Seung-Hee Nam
The Role of Bandgap in the Secondary Electron Emission of Small Bandgap Semiconductors: Studies of Graphitic Carbon, Neal E. Nickles
The Role of Injury and Rain in the Infection of Leaves by Erwinia amylovora, Scott C. Ockey
Effect of Chemical Parameters on Structure-Function Relationships of Cheese, Andres J. Pastorino
Educator Supply, Demand, Attrition, and Out-of-Field Teaching in Utah, Daniel Joseph Robertson
Geology of the Cuesta Ridge Ophiolite Remnant near San Luis Obispo, California: Evidence for the Tectonic Setting and Origin of the Coast Range Ophiolite, Cameron A. Snow
Good Grief Kids: An Exploratory Analysis of Grieving Children and Teens at The Dougy Center in Portland, Oregon, Karen Sorensen
Coyote Foraging Ecology, Vigilance, and Behavioral Cascades in Response to Gray Wolf Reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park, T. Adam Switalski