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Ph.D. Dissertations Written at the University
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Management
Bargerstock, Andrew Stephen. Measuring the impact of computerizing the recruitment information system: improved utilization of inner resources through organizational self-referral mechanics. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1995. Order No. 9605337. Abstract
Baxter, Michael James. Consciousness, conscience, and conscientiousness: Self-development, moral development, and organizational citizenship. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1993. Order No. 9328459. Abstract
De Armond, David Lee. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on psychological, physiological, behavioral and organizational consequences of stress in managers and executives. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9633808. Abstract
Feng, Pei Chun (Petrina). An empirical study of CPA's moral development, ethical evaluation and ethical intention: A selected group of Taiwanese CPA's. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2008. Order No. 3325876. Abstract
Goodman, David Harvey. Construction and validation of an instrument designed to assess flow and job satisfaction in occupational settings: exploratory research. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9633807. Abstract
Herron, Robert Emmanuel. The impact of Transcendental Meditation practice on medical expenditures. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1993. Order No. 9310427. Abstract
Huang, Shih-Ming (Brandon). Perceived health and indoor environmental quality in green-certified and non-green buildings in a public organization in Taiwan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2009. Order No. 3374435 Abstract
McCollum, Bruce Chester. Self development and the spontaneous expression of leadership behaviors. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2000. Order No. 9971790. Abstract
Schmidt-Wilk, Jane D. The Maharishi Corporate Development ProgramSM: growth of experience and understanding in international top management teams. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9703935. Abstract
Zhao, Jiangning. The effect of the ISO-14001 environmental management system on corporate financial performance. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2006. Order No. 3222116. Abstract
Neuroscience
Blasdell, Karen Sue. Acute immunoreactivity modified by psychosocial factors: type A/B behavior, Transcendental Meditation and lymphocyte transformation. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1991. Order No. 9006044. Abstract
Hernandez, Rene Suzan. Effects of task condition on the relationship of EEG coherence and full scale IQ in children. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1988. Order No. 8820228. Abstract
Hill, David A. Beta-adrenergic receptor sensitivity, autonomic balance and serotonergic activity in practitioners of Transcendental Meditation. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1989. Order No. 9000435. Abstract
Kesterson, John B. Changes in respiratory patterns and control during the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1986. Order No. 8703159. Abstract
Krieger, Donald Nathan. Dependence in man of visual reaction time performance on scalp-recorded electroencephalogram (EEG) parameters. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1986. Order No. 8703639.
Mills, Paul Joseph. Cardiovascular and adrenergic reactivity and beta-adrenergic receptor sensitivity in practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation program and type A behavior. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1987. Order No. 8718397. Abstract
Saatcioglu, Fahri. Multiple DNA-protein interactions at the aryl hydrocarbon (Ah)- responsive enhancer of the CYP1A1 gene. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1990. Order No. 9025204. Abstract
Sheppard II, William DeLime. Pretrial EEG coherence as a predictor of semantic processing effects in a lexical decision task. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1988. Order No. 8820229. Abstract
Wallace, Peter Gareth. Development economics based on natural law: A comprehensive solution to the five faces of poverty through the principles of Maharishi’s program to eliminate poverty in the world. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2004. Order No. 3130320. Abstract
Physics
Kelley, Stephen. Aspects of the flipped unification of strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1991. Order No. 9133555. Abstract
Kleinschnitz, Kurt Warren. An investigation into field effects of consciousness from the perspectives of Maharishi’s Vedic Science and physics. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1997. Order No. 9713470. Abstract
Luimes, Arthur. Solution propagation in stimulated Raman scattering for inhomogeneously broadened media. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1995. Order No. 9534646. Abstract
Parker, Ronald J. D. The effects of cold dark matter on big bang nucleosynthesis. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1989. Order No. 8918486. Abstract
Rawal, Sunil Christopher. Dynamical supersymmetry breaking at the weak scale and the determination of the dilaton amd moduli vevs. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1997. Order No. 9713471. Abstract
Tanaka, Toshiaki. Supersymmetric flavor changing neutral currents: exact amplitudes and phenomenological analysis. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1993. Order No. 9323143. Abstract
Weller, Richard K. Dynamical analysis of human EEG: a comparative study of different states of wakefulness. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1993. Order No. 9328458. Abstract
Windenberger, Claude. Decoherence, two-mode squeezing and quantum noise reduction in a cavity raman laser. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9633804. Abstract
Wolfson, Richard M. Generation and propagation of Raman solitons at high intensity. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1989. Order No. 8921896. Abstract
Ziegler, Veronique. Testing grand unified theories using gauge coupling unification and proton decay. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9633805. Abstract
Physiology
Barker, Charles W. Suppression of cytochrome P4501A (CYP1A1 and CYP1A2) mRNA levels in isolated hepatocytes by IL-1 and oxidative stress. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1994. Order No. 9421867. Abstract
Barnes, Vernon Anthony. Reduced cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in older African Americans practicing the Transcendental Meditation Program. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9701126. Abstract
Crotta, Erika Helene Effects of a multimodal approach of Maharishi consciousness-based health care on carotid atherosclerosis: A study of coronary artery disease patients. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1991. Order No. 3131257. Abstract
Dangerfield, Bracey R. Complex dynamics in biological systems: spontaneous variations of serotonin uptake into platelets as a model of signal control in the central nervous system. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1992. Order No. 9228948.
Elbi, Cem Cuneyt. Analysis of CYP1A1 gene chromatin structure—evidence for multiple translationally positioned nucleosomes. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1997. Order No. 9722238.
Levitsky, Debra K. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on neuroendocrine indicators of chronic stress. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1998. Order No. 9806955. Abstract
Luo, Bo. Mapping of sequence specific DNA-protein interactions: a versatile, quantitative method and its applications to transcription factor XF1. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1995. Order No. 9608533. Abstract
MacLean, Christopher R. K. Mechanisms relating stress reduction and health: changes in neuroendocrine responses to laboratory stress after four months of Transcendental Meditation. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1995. Order No. 9534651. Abstract
Morehead, Paul James. Prevention of cardiovascular disease in Maharishi Ayur-Veda participants: a cross-sectional study of carotid atherosclerosis. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2009. Order No. 3374437. Abstract
Reick, Martin. Mechanisms of AH receptor down-regulation--involvement of a labile protein, a calcium dependent protease, and a protein kinase. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9633803. Abstract
Robinson, Charles Edward. Mechanisms of inflammation in ulcerative colitis: a role for neutrophils and their free radicals. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1998. Order No. 9836285. Abstract
Robinson, Donald Keith. Health promotion in the elderly: changes in endocrine function after three months of modern or traditional treatment. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1999. Order No. 9933980. Abstract
Robertson, Richard William. Functional role of diverse sequence xenobiotic response elements (DXEs) in regulation of cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) gene transcription. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9636934. Abstract
Royer-Bounouar, Patricia Ann. Transcendental Meditation technique: a new direction for smoking cessation programs. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1989. Order No. 9000436. Abstract
Salerno, John William. Selective growth inhibition of human colon adenocarcinoma and malignant melanoma cell lines by sesame oil in vitro. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1991. Order No. 9133557. Abstract
Scaroni-Fisher, Mabel Marta. A comparative risk assessment of chemical genetic engineering, and organic approaches to pest management. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1999. Order No. 9933981. Abstract
Siu, Chu-Sin. Enhancer elements and transcription factors mediating the suppressive effect of IL-1 on CYP1A1 transcriptional activation. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1997. Order No. 9726318. Abstract
Streicher, Christoph. Weight changes of biological and chemical material in a thermodynamically closed system. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1992. Order No. 9318167. Abstract
Teifeld, Robert M. Transient superinducibility of CYP1A1 mRNA and transcription, and the DNA elements responsible for mediating this effect. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1992. Order No. 9227181. Abstract
Tomlinson, Philip Ford. Superoxide scavenging, hydrogen peroxide deactivation, and benzoapyrene chemoprotective activities of a Maharishi Ayurveda food supplement, Maharishi Amrit Kalash. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1994. Order No. 9427918. Abstract
Wenneberg, Roland S. The effects of Transcendental Meditation on ambulatory blood pressure, cardiovascular reactivity, anger/hostility, and platelet aggregation. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1994. Order No. 9421866. Abstract
Xu, Chuanli. Transcriptional suppression of cytochrome P450 1A1 gene is under redox regulation - Ah receptor-mediated processes with distinct mechanisms. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1997. Order No. 9726319. Abstract
Psychology
Ahlström, Henry Hans Björn. Transcendental Meditation, adaptation mechanisms and valuations. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1991. Order No. 9133556. Abstract
Assimakis, Panayotis Demetriou. Change in the quality of life in Canada: intervention studies of the effect of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1989. Order No. 8918485. Abstract
Boes, Ragnhild. Mothers’ adjustment after childbirth: examining effects of the Mother Baby program of Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health on mothers’ postpartum health and recovery. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1999. Order No. 9933983. Abstract
Calderon, Raul, Jr. Effects of nonpharmacological approaches on cholesterol levels in mild hypertensive African Americans: A pilot study of the Transcendental Meditation program and a health education program. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2000. Order No. 9107332. Abstract
Chandler, Howard M. Transcendental Meditation and awakening wisdom: a 10-year longitudinal study of self-development. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1990. Order No. 9107332. Abstract
Cranson, Robert W. Intelligence and the growth of intelligence in Maharishi’s Vedic Psychology and twentieth century psychology. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1989. Order No. 9000433. Abstract
Davies, John L. Alleviating political violence through enhancing coherence in collective consciousness: impact assessment analyses of the Lebanon war. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1988. Order No. 8822340. Abstract
Dixon, Carol A. Consciousness and cognitive development: a six-month longitudinal study of four-year-olds practicing the children’s TM technique. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1989. Order No. 9000434. Abstract
Goddard, Phil H.Transcendental Meditation as an intervention in the aging of neurocognitive function: reduced age-related declines of P300 latencies in elderly practitioners. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1992. Order No. 9228949. Abstract
Goode, Patrick E. Cognitive style differences in temporal organization: event-related potentials and the study of serial order. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1995. Order No. 9534650. Abstract
Goodman, Rachel Spigel. The Maharishi Effect and government: effects of a national demonstration project and a permanent group of Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program practitioners on success, public approval, and coherence in the Clinton, Reagan and Bush presidencies. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1997. Order No. 9735103. Abstract
Guttmann, Julia Kim. The search for bliss: a model of emotional development based on Maharishi’s Vedic Psychology. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9633806. Abstract
Hawkins, Mark Aeneas. The effects of Maharishi’s Consciousness-Based approach to rehabilitation with inmates in Curacao. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1998. Order No. 9836283. Abstract
Herriott, Eva M. Elements of entrepreneurial success: the links among inner competencies, inner development and success. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2000. Order No. 995611. Abstract
Herzberger, Henry Gideon. Voice quality and Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program: vocal acoustics in health and higher states of awareness. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1992. Order No. 9228950. Abstract
Kondwani, Kofi Anum. Nonpharmacologic treatment of hypertensive heart disease in African Americans: a trial of the Transcendental Meditation program and a health education program. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1998. Order No. 9836284. Abstract
Loliger, Sarah-Annelies. Relationship between subjective bliss, 5-hydroxy-3-indoeacetic acid and the collective practice of Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1990. Order No. 9114490. Abstract
Mason, Lynne Israelson. Electrophysiological correlates of higher states of consciousness during sleep. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1995. Order No. 9605338. Abstract
Olson-Sorflaten, Theresa Meredith. Increased personal harmony and integration as effects of Maharishi Gandharva music on affect, physiology, and behavior: the psychophysiology of an evolving audience. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1995. Order No. 9534648. Abstract
Rainforth, Maxwell V. Crime prevention and rehabilitation through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs: two evaluation studies of a Consciousness-Based approach. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2000. Order No. 9971791. Abstract
Reeks, Dori L. Improved quality of life in Iowa through the Maharishi Effect. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1990. Order No. 9114491. Abstract
So, Kam-Tim. Testing and developing holistic intelligence in Chinese culture with Maharishi’s Vedic Psychology: three experimental replications using Transcendental Meditation. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1995. Order No. 9534649. Abstract
Travis, Frederick T. Testing the field paradigm of Maharishi’s Vedic Psychology: EEG coherence and power as indices of states of consciousness and field effects. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1988. Order No. 8820230. Abstract
Vegors, Susan. Transcendental Meditation and individual differences in mental capacity. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1995. Order No. 9534649. Abstract
Yucel, Hulya Gunes. The effects of the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique and exercise on cognitive and psychophysiological measures in the elderly. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2001. Order No. 3013167. Abstract
Maharishi Vedic Science
Beall, Richard Arthur. Development and evaluation of Maharishi Science of Creative Intelligence (SM) curriculum for secondary education. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9636933. Abstract
Bonshek, Anna Jean. Art—A mirror of consciousness: applying universal principles in art and theory on the basis of the description of pure consciousness, the universal source of individual consciousness, history, culture, language and art, according to Maharishi’s Vedic Science - with an analysis of the Vastusutra Upanishad. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9701127. Abstract
Brown, Susan May. Unity and diversity in Maharishi Vedic Science, higher states of consciousness, and a study of undergraduate student development. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2008. Order No. 3318934. Abstract
Fergusson, Lee C. Maharishi’s Vedic science and post-secondary art education. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1991. Order No. 9205205. Abstract
Finkelstein, Evan I. Universal principles of life expressed in Maharishi Vedic Science and in the scriptures and writings of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2005. Order No. 3173294. Abstract
Freeman, Marci Tanner. Enlivening Veda in consciousness and physiology by reading the Vedic Literature in conjunction with the experience of the Transcendental Meditation® and TM-Sidhi® programs of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1997. Order No. 9713469. Abstract
de Freitas, Graham Anthony. A case study of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's program for reading Vedic literature: Revealing the effect of Vedic sounds on growth towards higher states of consciousness, enhanced intuition, and increasingly refined poetic expression. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2002. Order No. 3053341. Abstract
Freund, Peter F. Vedic literature reading curriculum. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2006. Order No. 3222115. Abstract
Hankey, Deborah Ann. The awakening of full human potential through Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Vedic Science research on the experience of reading the Vedic literature. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2000. Order No. 9948662. Abstract
Hatchard, G. D., Maharishi Vedic Economy: Wholeness on the Move. An Analysis of Improved Quality of Life and Enhanced Economic Performance Through The Application of the Maharishi Effect in New Zealand, Norway, USA, Mozambique, and Metropolitan Merseyside, UK. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2000. Order No. 9971789. Abstract
Hebert, John Russell. Restructuring consciousness theory from its foundation in light of Maharishi Vedic Science. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2008. Order No. 3318942. Abstract
King, Jeams Lynwood. Fundamentals of Maharishi Vedic Science. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2007. Order No. 3269319. Abstract
King, Michael Sandford. Nature’s intelligence or human reason?: Natural Law in Maharishi’s Vedic Science and in legal and ethical thought. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1997. Order No. 9735104. Abstract
Kinzel, Ria Miller. The use of an analytical model based on the sixteen elements of Nyaya in teaching English Literature with middle and high school students in consciousness-based education. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2009. Order No. 3374436. Abstract
Kleinschnitz, Anne Christy Chapin. Reading the Vedic Literature: the approach in Maharishi's Vedic Science for accelerating the development of consciousness. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1996. Order No. 9701128. Abstract
McQuiston, Tina Colleen. The Maharishi program for reading Vedic literature: Results utilizing the technology of Vedic sound in the light of Prachetana. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2004. Order No. 3130317. Abstract
Muehlman, John M. Maharishi’s Vedic mathematics at the elementary level: improving achievement, affect, and mental mathematics through Vedic sutra based computation. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1993. Order No. 9431798. Abstract
Oates, Patricia Ferguson. The program of reading Vedic literature in Maharishi Vedic Science: Fundamental principles and application. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2004. Order No. 3130318. Abstract
Pearson, Craig Alan. The supreme awakening: Maharishi's model of higher states of consciousness applied to the experiences of individuals through history (Maharishi Mahesh Yogi). Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2002. Order No. 3053342. Abstract
Pohlman, David Matthew. Unfolding spiritual potential through the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi programs and reading Vedic literature. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2004. Order No. 3130319. Abstract
Ramberg, Jan Bengt Tonnes. The effects of reading the Vedic Literature on personal evolution in the light of Maharishi Vedic Science and Technology. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1999. Order No. 9933982. Abstract
Richards, William Thom. Additions to John L. Holland's theory of career choice and development based on Maharishi Vedic Science. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2005. Order No. 3173295. Abstract
Sands, William F. Maharishi’s absolute theory of government in the Valmiki Ramayana. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 1994. Order No. 9427917. Abstract
Toomey, Mark. The effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease risk factors in Native Hawaiians. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2007. Order No. 3269320. Abstract
Wallace, Peter Gareth. Development economics based on natural law: A comprehensive solution to the five faces of poverty through the principles of Maharishi’s program to eliminate poverty in the world. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2004. Order No. 3130320. Abstract
Wegman, Keith Stewart. Applying the principal educational methodology of Maharishi Vedic Science — the Maharishi Transcendental Meditation program and Maharishi’s program of reading the Vedic literature — for accelerated development of higher states of consciousness characterized by life in accord with natural law. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Dissertation Information Service, 2004. Order No. 3130321. Abstract
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