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 1992
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
BEHAVIOR OF BOLT AND ADHESIVE CONNECTIONS IN GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC MEMBERS, James R. Doyle
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
Toward the integration of the process writing technique with the teaching of journalism news writing., Sally L. Hresan
Modeling the supply response of energy resources: The case of non-associated natural gas in West Virginia., Omowunmi Odemyi Iledare
The evolution of American interests in British East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean region to 1929., Aman Walid Kabourou
The interstate variation in long-term care for the elderly financed by Medicaid., Mark Allen Krause
A study of academic characteristics of students completing vocational and associate degree programs in nursing., Emily Snider McDowell
The historical development of associate degree nursing education in West Virginia., Mary Gwinn Meighen
Maternal perceptions of preterm and term infants using the Neonatal Perception Inventory II: A comparative study., Karen E. Miles
The relationship between locus of control and job satisfaction of Appalachian principals., Alvin Claude Proffit
An examination of the relationship of violations of students' expectancies of teachers' nonverbal immediacy and perceived teachers' nonverbal immediacy behaviors on learning., Mark Alan Seiffert
Parent compliance to treatment for pediatric cancer: Development and validation of two measurement strategies., Carita Renee Shawchuck
Wheeling and the hinterland: An egalitarian society?, Robert Harold Simmons
Electron energy loss study of iron epitaxially grown on copper(100), copper(111) and copper(110)., Nipon Thangprasert
Relationships between supervisory safety contributions and productivity accomplishment among limestone quarries., J Owen Weber
Rapid pyrolysis of eastern and western oil shales in an entrained reactor., Guo-Qing Zhang
Development of a resistivity method to detect underground mined openings., Fazlollah Ziaie
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Financing small-scale rural industrial entrepreneurs in developing countries: Identification of the general characteristics of micro-credit lending schemes., Anthony Ikechukwu Akubue
Reproductive biology of female black bears and early growth and development of cubs in northeastern Pennsylvania., Gary L. Alt
A study of human performance in the event of an unexpected robot motion., Yves Beauchamp
The relationship between social neglect, rejection, and withdrawal and measures of depression and anxiety., Debora Jeneen Bell-Dolan
Acceptance evaluation model for a new transit technology--a case study of aerial cable transit., Murthy Veer Bondada
Mentoring and scholarly productivity in nursing faculty., Mary Jo Butler
The effect of advance organizers on the performance of the mainstreamed mildly handicapped learner in secondary content classes., Elizabeth Arlene Dooley
An adult education program planning model for the national universities of Egypt., Waguida A. El Bakary
Life stress, locus-of-control, and sport competition anxiety patterns of college student-athletes., Edward Fredrick Etzel
The relationship between selected demographic characteristics and locus-of-control of nursing deans., Patsy Hesen Haslam
Interest as a factor in second-grade reading comprehension., Lillian Sylvia Holliday
Alternative food in economic context: An analysis of the open to closed economy continuum., Abdulrazaq A. Imam
Safe hand-button distance for mechanical power presses., Roger Christian Jensen
Experimental analysis of laterally-confined coal block under impact indentation., Seungjae Jung
A comparison of three prompt-fading methods in computer software training., Thorlakur Karlsson
The relationship between school principals' self-perceived brain hemispheric processing modes and their self-perceived leadership styles., Barbara McSwain Kean
Characteristics of airborne coal mine dust and its implication to coal workers' pneumoconiosis., Hyunwook Kim
The applicability of limit equilibrium methods of analysis to different types of slope stability problems., Sun Chai Lee
On the threshold of the ever-returning past: Djuna Barnes' "Nightwood" as a labyrinth of the liminal grotesque., Virginia Ellen Leonard
An investigation of academic correlates of baccalaureate graduates' performance on the National Council licensure examination for registered nurses., Judith Ann McKinney
Historical study--West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses (1950-1987): Impact on standards of nursing education in West Virginia., Giovanna Lucia Morton
Simulation of boundary coal thickness sensors., Michael Gordon Nelson
Instructional design and interactive videodisc in CAI., Robert Franklin Perkins
Surplus school space: Unique and interesting alternative uses in selected districts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland., A Richard Pitcock
Development of a formative evaluation process for university chief student affairs administrators., Michael Redzich
A study of management competency as determined by athletic directors in Pennsylvania public high schools: A probability sampling approach., Michael P. Risha
The effect of private pension saving on nonpension wealth accumulation: A test of the pension contract., Timothy Jay Schibik
The metabolism and distribution of carbon-14-8nitrogen(6)-benzyladenine in lettuce seeds and seedlings., Roger George Seeber
Second generation effects of the Vietnam conflict: Adjustment and development of adolescent children of combat veterans., Virginia P. Smejkal
Effect of intensive instruction on inquiry patterns of registered professional nurses in making clinical judgments., Diane Marie Tomasic
Complementary contexts for the life of Saint-Queen Radegunde., Duey (Janette) White
Taking a stand: A naturalistic study of stance negotiation in student teaching., Jody Messinger Wolfe
Citation analysis and emerging technologies: Foundational technical developments in optical disk technology., Thomas Tunnell Wrenn
An econometric investigation on the determination of the monetary base and money multiplier in Korea., Sung Chae Yoon
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
An economic investigation of foreign labor composition in Saudi Arabia's labor market., Mubarak Ali Al-Buraik
Neutrino mass oscillation., Yadollah Yadi Aliakbar
The relationship between leadership styles of high school principals and school climate as perceived by teachers., Sandra Shrewsbury Bailey
A history of comprehensive musicianship in the Contemporary Music Project's Southern Region Institutes for Music in Contemporary Education., David Michael Bess
Curricula of selected Korean ethnic schools in the United States: A curriculum assessment study., Minza Kim Boo
Basin analysis of the Acadian clastic wedge in northern West Virginia and adjacent areas., Ray Boswell
An economic and technical feasibility of pulverized coal-fired slab preheaters., Sheikh Burhanuddin
Creative problem-solving and its effect on eighth-grade students., Frances Elizabeth Bush
Portrait of Dr. Louise McNeill Pease, West Virginia educator., Willa Louise Cather
The effects of willingness to communicate on student learning., Miuchi Betty Chan
Dietary relationships among insectivorous birds of an eastern deciduous forest., Robert Jeremiah Cooper