This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Organizational climate and student success on the BSN exit exams in the Pennsylvania SSHE schools of nursing., Jacqueline Stefanik
The effect of hypertension on cognitive performance in older adults: Self-evaluation as a mediator., Ruth Tunick
Within-population variation in demography of Taraxacum officinale., Milan Charles Vavrek
Aspects of radical cation chemistry and possible applications to coal model compound reactions., Jinhai Wang
The effects of power on faculty senate involvement., Norma L. Winter
A theoretical and experimental investigation of spouted beds with draft tubes., Mao Xu
The composing processes of unskilled ESL student writers: Six case studies., Huimin Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Engineering and economic risk assessment for longwall coal mining systems., Stephen L. Bessinger
The economics of the coal company town: Institutional relationships, monopsony, and distributional conflicts in American coal towns., Lawrence William Boyd
A study of coordinating mechanisms between external degree programs and off-campus library services as perceived by external degree program administrators., Andrew Charles Corrigan
Simultaneous diatonic harmonic contexts in early twentieth century music., Virginia Yvonne Cox
Damage criteria and control measures for residential houses subjected to longwall subsidence., Deepak Dutta
A comparative analysis of the accommodations made for the non-traditional student in basic programs of nursing., Carmel Fortine Esposito
Factors associated with worker assessment of the costs and benefits of labor-management cooperation., Sarah Stevenson Etherton
The relationship of personality type to mathematics achievement in high school seniors., Bonnie V. Gillespie
College athletics in the future: A comparative study of presidents' and athletic directors' perceptions., Thomas Michael Gioglio
The effects of a collaborative intervention program on the academic achievement of selected at-risk students., Benny Lee Guido
The relationship between self-perceived psychological types of male and female community college deans of instruction and their self-perceived leadership styles., Joan Carol Henry-Lucas
Mine ventilation network optimization using nonlinear programming techniques., Changhong Huang
An investigation of within-evaluation markers for detecting malingered memory impairment., Grant Loren Iverson
Gender differences in work and family commitments and their effect on work-family role conflict among administrators in higher education., Maudie Elizabeth Karickhoff
The academic adjustment of international students by country of origin at a land grant university in the United States., Georgine Konyu-Fogel
Paul Green, symphonic drama, and popular culture., Carolyn Craft Leech
Determinants of coping behaviors in marital conflict situations across adulthood., Liang-Jei Lee
A multimodal analysis of pain-related anxiety: Relations between anxiety reports, physiological responses, and avoidance during painful and non-painful movement., Lance Maxwell McCracken
Effects of two methods of recall enhancement on child and adult eyewitness testimony., Catherine Martin Miller
Performance evaluation of industrial development in developing countries: An expert systems approach., Roushdy Aziz Nakhla
Autoignition of low-heating value gases in a direct-injected diesel engine., Carlos Emilio Romero
Singular systems: Structure, algorithm, and application., Jianming She
Inter-regional tax incidence with public services: A general equilibrium analysis., Sudha Subrahmanyam
To determine the importance of activities in physical education curriculum guides as perceived by professional physical educators in selected school districts in western Pennsylvania., Richard C. Sullivan
Learning strategies of unsuccessful beginning students of Japanese., Yuriko Takahashi
A comparison of cognitive group therapy to life review group therapy with older adults., Jules Cary Weiss
A follow up study of high school students with mild mental retardation: Has the transition been made?, Ronald Otho Wells
The chanson rustique in polyphonic arrangements of four or more parts, ca. 1470-ca. 1570. (Volumes I and II)., Mark Leland Whitney
A survey of college English writing instruction in China and suggestions for improvement., Libin Xu
Colouring, covering, reconstruction, and 3-to-1 maps of graphs., Cheng Zhao
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Mathematical modeling on the role of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans in the formation of acid mine drainage., Kareem Issa Batarseh
Countertransference reactions toward incest victims: A qualitative investigation., Susan Carol Bates
Deterministic and probabilistic analysis of the safety of coal refuse disposal facilities., Shi-Chieh Jonathan Cheng
Marine paleocommunities and paleoenvironments of the upper Mississippian Bluefield Formation in southern West Virginia., Cranston Christian Christopher
Coanda effect jet around a cylinder with an interacting adjacent surface., Randolph Allen Churchill
Restructuring in state departments of education: An analysis of structural evolution., Harriet Maxey Deel
Acquisition of word concept in two kindergarten classrooms., Elwin Leonard Dickerson
The effects of self-graphing on regular, at-risk and special needs students' oral reading fluency and comprehension., William D. Farrer
The attack and defense of Culp's Hill : Greene's Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, Charles Clifford Fennel
The attack and defense of Culp's Hill: Greene's brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863., Charles Clifford Fennell
Prediction and amelioration of acid mine drainage., Walter Mark Hart
The relationship between food aid and food production in sub-Saharan Africa., Saba Momodou Jallow
A study of the biology of Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer, and its ability to transmit rose rosette disease to multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora Thunb., Abdullah Kassar
Performance analysis of a wave pump without any moving parts coming into contact with the liquid., Syed Salman Khalid
Development and validation of an achievement test of technological literacy for senior high school students., Paulina Olufunmilayo Kuforiji
Transcendent teacher-learner relationships: A vision for pursuit., Hunter O'Hara
School-based community service: A descriptive analysis of four high school programs., David Richard Procter
Role of estrogen and boron in calcium metabolism and eggshell formation in the chicken., Xuezhong Qin
Comparison of selected anthropometric measures, body composition and training volume of college (age) swimmers., Sameer Abdullah Rezeq
The effects of Ericksonian Resource Retrieval on musical performance anxiety., Joseph John Richard
The relationships among teachers' immediacy behaviors, credibility, and social style and students' motivation and learning: Comparisons among cultures., Catherine Ann Thompson
Yield pillar design for United States longwall mining., Po Tsang
Transformative teachers: Lives of passion and purpose., Laura Van Vorhis
Secondary dust generation in rotary coal cutting., Danqing Xu
Biotransformation as a mechanism of dichloroacetic acid potentiation of chloroform hepatotoxicity., Hui-Min Yang
Formulation and implementation of a large-scale work scheduling algorithm for underground coal mines., Shiquan Yuan
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Development of a measure of therapist trustworthiness, Gregory M. Alberts
Regulation of bone marrow stromal cell function., Linda Gayle Billips
Depositional environments, petrology, and diagenesis of the Oriskany Sandstone in the subsurface in West Virginia., Katherine Ruth Bruner
Rural female college graduates: Barriers and catalysts to a college education., Sue Diane Day-Perroots
Physical facility factors for technological problem-solving activities in secondary Technology Education programs., Michael Joseph Doyle
Bending and bond behavior and design of concrete beams reinforced with fiber-reinforced plastic rebars, Salem Samir Faza
Essays on the theory of voluntary provision of public goods., Ning Gong
Academic advising as a contract., Julia Agnes Hartman
The relationship of strategic planning models to organizational effectiveness., Alan Lee Ingle
Manufacturing data representation using an object-oriented data model., Ping Ji
The effect of teaching a test-taking strategy to high school students with learning disabilities., Youn-Ock Kim
Computable general equilibrium models for United States nonfuel minerals policy., Shih-Mo Lin
An artificial associative neural net for underground mine landmark recognition., Peijian Li
Social skills interventions with developmentally disordered children: Comparison of peer-mediated and adult-mediated approaches., Sharon Estill Older
A study of the relationship between women's perceptions of how they were parented and their development of intimate relationships., Suanne Marie Ostendorf
Industry in the Potomac River Valley, 1760-1860., Frances C. Robb
Prediction of wear in a fluidized bed., William Allen Rogers
Self-understanding and empathy development in seasoned psychotherapists: A qualitative study., Linda M. Sandel
Promotion practices in accredited engineering technology programs., Martha Kelsey Shouldis
The origin and significance of Mississippian polymictic diamictites in the central Appalachian Basin., Tammy Diane Suter
A comparison of seat belt use attitudes and behaviors of regular and exceptional students and their parents., Sandra Kay Vanin
A method for predicting rock fragmentation and blast casting., Shih Wen Wang
"Losers at the game?" Male protagonists in four novels of Henry James., Sandra Rosalynne Woods
Thermomechanical properties of fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) bars., Wei-Pin Wu
Quality economics in total quality control., Fu Qiang Yang
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Development of a mechanistic model for prediction of subsidence over longwall mines., Richard Douglas Begley
Rewriting the self, writing the other: An investigation of recent American epistolary novels., Anne Lieberman Bower
Cytogenetic analyses of clastogens and aneuploidogens by immunofluorescent and micronucleus methods., Channarayappa
An exploratory study of moral judgment of higher education administrators., Betsy Barger Cook
Student demographic and performance variables related to performance on the Pre-Professional Skills Mathematics Test., Sally Hardwick Digman
The effect of board grade on yellow poplar millwork cutting yield., James C. Flowers
Teaching language and culture with authentic materials., Olgalucia Gaitan Gonzalez
Methane recovery and suppression in simulated sanitary landfills., Bassem Ibrahim Haddad
Development of a training model for microcomputer instruction of a college faculty., Sunil Isar Hazari