This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
Students: See Prepare Your ETD for formatting requirements before you Submit your ETD
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
The present status of geography education in boys' intermediate schools of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Abdulrahman Mohammed Al-Gahtany
The effectiveness of argon laser irradiation of pumiced and etched enamel on decalcification during orthodontic treatment: An in vivo study., Anissa Monseau Anderson
Retroviral recombination during reverse transcription: An analysis of the mechanism, frequency, and effect of the viral packaging signal (Ψ)., Jeffrey Allan Anderson
The transformation of the Upper Ohio River Valley., Robert Thomas Anderson
Real world heavy-duty vehicle emissions modeling, Paul Andrei
Pitfalls, promises, and potential: West Virginia community colleges, economic development, and Senate Bill 547., Robin Lynn Asbury
Fourth grade elementary students' perception of the motivational aspects of using computers to write in the "Student as Authors" Project, Karla Ribeiro de Assis
A comparison of the operating envelopes of diesel-fueled truck engines and hybrid electric bus engines to the Federal Testing Procedure cycle., Nene Akunor Azu
LDA and CTA in-cylinder measurements of intake-generated turbulence for steady flow around a centrally located valve, Gearle Ray Bailey Jr.
Matewan Before the Massacre: Politics, Coal, and the Roots of Conflict in Mingo County, 1793-1920, Rebecca J. Bailey
Space-time block coding with imperfect channel estimates, Dirk Alan Baker
Raptor abundance and diversity and red-shouldered hawk ( Buteo lineatus) habitat characteristics on reclaimed mountaintop mines in southern West Virginia, Melissa J. Balcerzak
Investigation of diesel soot-mediated oils and additive package on wear, Santhosh Kumar Balla
Beyond the workplace: The uneven development of the Japanese space -economy and the role of labor, 1965-1994., Shawn Michael Banasick
Characterization of infield vehicle activity data and exhaust emissions from diesel powered off-road vehicles, Ryan Andrew Barnett
The investigation of the relationship between middle school organizational health, school size, and school achievement in the areas of reading, mathematics, and language., Janice Johnston Barth
Effect of pretreatment on the performance of metal contaminated commercial FCC catalyst, Oguz Bayraktar
Simulation based modeling of the elastic properties of structural wood based composite lumber, Laszlo Bejo
The treatment of cystinosis with cysteamine., Eric Bardine Belldina
Manager characteristics and support for worksite health promotion programs that target women in small, blue-collar worksites, Leigh Wiley Belton
Parent distress, parent behavior, and infant distress during pediatric immunizations, Rebecca Suzanne Bernard
An intelligent system's approach to reservoir characterization in Cotton Valley., Mofazzal Hossan Bhuiyan
The economic cost of fatal occupational injuries in the United States., Elyce Anne Biddle
The effect of environmental illumination on traffic sign conspicuity and retroreflectivity., Allen F. Bildstein Jr.
An investigation of the relationship between Saudi teachers' curriculum perspectives and their preference of curriculum development models., Mansour A. Bin Salamah
A study of the relationship between characteristics of faculty members in West Virginia colleges and their level of implementation of information technology., Andrew Neale Blackwood
Message sequence chart specifications with cross verification, Timothy Shawn Boles
The relationship of mental skills to performance on a tennis accuracy task under fatigued and non-fatigued conditions., Mark Christopher Booras
Quality of life assessment for young children with developmental disabilities and their families: Development of a quality of life questionnaire., Rachel A. Bowman
Changes in stand structure and species diversity following clearcutting in central Appalachian hardwoods, Mark Benjamin Brashears
Diversity, abundance, and the effect of Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki Berliner and Gypchekâ„¢ on larval and adult Symphyta in Virginia and West Virgina., Rachel Ann Braud
Green-Ampt infiltration model parameter determination using SCS curve number (CN) and soil texture class, and application to the SCS runoff model, Elena Viktorovna Brevnova
Design and analysis of a hybrid steel/composite pipe for high-pressure applications, William Jennings Briers III
Alternative education in West Virginia: Perceptions of programs, leadership and success., Tammy Kay Brock-Fowler
Time-dependent circumferential deformation of cortical bone subjected to internal radial loading, Christopher Uriah Brown
An analysis of quality of life, income distribution and rural development in West Virginia., James Obadiah Bukenya
A computational study of mixing in stratified liquid-liquid flows using analogy between heat and mass transfer., Andrew Charles Burt
Computer usage by building -level administrators in West Virginia public schools, Kevin Gail Cain
Valuation of electric utility generating assets in a competitive environment, Mary Barbara Cain
Effect of concentrations of progesterone on follicular development and fertility in beef cows, Jason Brian Candler
A religious conflict in education: The King's College controversy as a historical precedent to separation of Church and State, 1752-1756., Thomas Edward Carney
Testing the river continuum concept: Exploring ecological processes in the Wheeling Creek watershed., Deborah Ann Carpenter
Departure: A novella and other stories., William Matthew Carter
Skeletal and dental changes with the acrylic splint Herbst appliance, Jorge Clemente Casellas
An actor's process of performing the Duke of Buckingham in William Shakespeare's "Richard III"., Sean T. Cercone
Hybrid ARQ with parallel and serial concatenated convolutional codes for next generation wireless communications, Naveen Chandran
Factors affecting the accumulation of pentosidine in the skin of wild birds, Richard Clair Chaney Jr.
Growth, characterization, and properties of cobalt/rhenium superlattices., Timothy Randall Charlton
Pattern recognition in software engineering trend adapting, Dapeng Chen
Optical gradation for crushed limestone aggregates, Ken Cheng
Pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials, Wei Cheng
Nonlinear transient and steady state analysis for self-excited single-phase synchronous reluctance generator, Jingdong Chen
Development of a micro-dilution tunnel system for in-use, on-board heavy-duty vehicle particulate matter emissions measurement, Emily Deanna Cirillo
High-temperature stress-accerated grain boundary oxidation mechanism on INCONEL 783 superalloy, Cezar Cisloiu
Computational modeling of hydrogen embrittlement of iron aluminides, Roxana Cisloiu
The economical use of high-performance steel in slab-on-steel stringer bridge design., Beth F. Clingenpeel
Fastener withdrawal resistance of wood-based composite panel products, Steven M. Cook
Fuzzy logic cost estimation method for high production volume components, Shirley Jean Copen
Evaluating heavy-duty diesel engine aftertreatment devices with a split exhaust configuration, Eric Roy Corrigan
Social exchange theory, interpersonal communication motives, and volunteerism: Identifying motivation to volunteer and the rewards and costs associated., Michael Wesley Corrigan
Scholarly teaching: Exploring how diverse faculty investigate course changes to improve student learning., Scott Allen Cottrell
Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon: Israeli blunders, American hypocracy, and Lebanese selfishness., Lloyd Robert Coughenour IV
Patient satisfaction among injured high school and college athletes and its association with rehabilitation adherence and compliance, Joni L. Cramer Roh
Multifractal analysis of memory usage patterns, Jonathan Browning Crowell
Processing and characterization of contacts on MBE-grown gallium nitride, Carlo Requiao da Cunha
To Build, and Plant, and Keep a Table': Class, Gender, and the Ideology of Improvement in Eighteenth-century Women's Literature., Jeannie C. Dalporto
Growth and physiological responses of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, to elevated carbon dioxide: Chronic and acute challenges., Melody Louisea Mae Danley
Fixed-interval performance as a function of previous temporal discrimination training, Stephanie Plyler da Silva
Student preceptions of teacher violations of expected verbal and nonverbal immediate behaviors., Amy M. Denson
Using virtual reality for requirements validation, Dejan Desovski
A case study of Third World development projects developed and implemented by the non-governmental organization: Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA)., Francis Rao Eddu
Numerical model for determining the wetting front in a clay layer of a leaking composite barrier, Mustafa Eftelioglu
Governance of a private Japanese university before and after the 1998 University Council reforms, Clark Marshall Egnor
Symmetry and proportion: Generative and formative procedures of J. S. Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. 3"., Virginia Elizabeth Elbon
A non-invasive technique for monitoring miotic eye responses., Ahmed M. El-Sherbeeny
Generic pronouns and their influence on the speakers' language awareness, Maike Engelhardt
An expanded model of adolescent caregiving: Its efficacy and relation to adolescent problem behavior., Lesley Anne Epperly Cottrell
Rocky Mountain National Park: History and meanings as constraints to African-American Park visitation., Elizabeth B. Erickson
Robust decentralized control of power systems through excitation systems and thyristor controlled series capacitors, Lingling Fan
Object-oriented expert system design: TEXPERT., Maryam Farmani
Rates of adoption in a university course management system, David Russell Feeney
Spatial and temporal analysis of radial growth in an Appalachian watershed, Desta Beyene Fekedulegn
Direct liquefaction of coal with coal-derived solvents to produce precursors for carbon products, David Christopher Fenton
A break-even analysis of trout processing in West Virginia: A case study approach., Ryan M. Fincham
WV DPMS: District-level pavement management system for West Virginia DOH District 5., Anthony W. Ford
A flow rate measurement system for a mobile emissions measurement system., Andrew David Fuller
Acetaminophen-induced proliferation of estrogen-responsive breast cancer cells is associated with increased c-myc RNA expression and NF-kB activity., Samantha Lynn Gadd
Electrical characterization of thin film nanostructure templates, Christopher James Garman
The quantification of oscillatory force parameters that affect eccentric contraction-induced injury in an in vivo rodent., Kenneth Bradley Geronilla
Dutch women in New Netherland and New York in the seventeenth century, Michael Eugene Gherke
Japan's Ise Shrine and selected Norwegian stave churches: An examination of the definition of vernacular architecture., H. Gary Gillespie
Transfer of heart rate feedback training to reduce heart rate response to laboratory tasks, Jeffrey Louis Goodie
Development of instrumentation for the investigation of surface regeneration for candle filters, Sean Patrick Gregory
Prenatal stress alters fear-conditioned behaviors and the response to serotonergic drugs, William C. Griffin III
Curriculum alternatives in graduate dental hygiene education, Jennifer Hubbard Grilli
Brain injury survivors: Effects of targeted family counseling., Geoffrey Granville Grimm