This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1992
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
Foot-in-the-door and Cancer Prevention, Danielle J. Dolin
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 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
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