This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Studies in European Integration and Institutional Change, Danko Tarabar
Learning is not a Spectator Sport: Incorporating Active Learning into High Risk Business Courses, Ashley Brooke Tasker
Characterization and Flight Test of a Multi-Antenna Gnss, Multi-Sensor Attitude Determination Algorithm, Nathan Tehrani
Implementation of the Signs of Suicide Prevention Program with 9th Grade Students in a Public School Setting, Jessica Tennant
Identity Gaps and Perceived Racial Prejudice in the Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship, Matthew J. Thomas
Redox Stable Anode Materials for SOFC Application, Tony Thomas
War on the Mind: Trauma and Coping among Union Soldiers and Veterans, Kathleen Anneliese Logothetis Thompson
Transitions Within Opioid Therapy and Their Impact on Morbidity, Healthcare Utilization, and Costs, James Douglas Thornton
Presidential Executive Orders: The Bureaucracy, Congress, and the Courts, Michael Edward Thunberg
Disruptions in Operant Behavior of Pigeons in Transitions across Rich and Lean Schedules of Reinforcement With and Without Advance Notice of the Lean Schedule, Forrest J. Toegel
Inference of Biogeographical Ancestry Under Resource Constraints, Tanjin Taher Toma
The Response of Naturally Regenerating Hardwood Seedlings to Post-Harvest Weed Control and Fertilization, Kevin Andrew Tomlinson
Think Twice Before Hitting 'Send': The Strategic Uses of Information in Marketing Channels, Pui Ying Tong
Engineered Inks for Environment-Friendly Additive Manufacturing of Hierarchical Microstructures, Maria Alejandra Torres Arango
Application of Kalman Filtering for PV Power Prediction in Short-Term Economic Dispatch, Luan H. Tran
Salmonid Response to Habitat Restoration in a High-Elevation West Virginia Watershed, Cory T. Trego
Cannabinoid Withdrawal Produces Altered Somatic and Emotionality-related Behavior in Mice, Kristen R. Trexler
A Study of the Correlation Between Static and Dynamic Modulus of Elasticity on Different Concrete Mixes, Logan Trifone
Flexible Polymer-Ceramic Composite Materials for High Sensitive Pressure Sensing Applications in Harsh Environments, Kavin Sivaneri Varadharajan Idhaiam
Parental Socialization of Child Gratitude and Links to Child Outcomes, Boglarka K. Vizy
Staff-Child Interaction Therapy versus Treatment as Usual in Community-Based Wraparound Services: An Evaluation of Feasibility and Child Behavior Problems, Nancy M. Wallace
Performance Practice and Overview of Selected Piano Works of Barbara Kolb, Chiao Su Joyce Wang
Simulation of Venturi Tube Design for Column Flotation Using Computational Fluid Dynamics, Wan Wang
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity Studies of para-Substituted Triaryltin Cobaloximes, Elizabeth Marie Ward
Empirical Genetic Algorithm Parameter Tuning Concerning the Synthesis of Combinational Logic Circuits, Joshua Ward
Characterization and Shelf-Life of Soluble Protein Powder Derived from Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), Derek Warren
Precise Point Positioning Inertial Navigation Integration for Kinematic Airborne Applications, Ryan Watson
All the Single Ladies: Christina of Markyate and the Importance of Spiritual Guidance in Medieval England, Courtney Weaver
In Darker Shadows: Intelligence Analysis and Decision-Making behind the Overthrow of Guatemalan Democracy, William R. Weber
Complexity aware C-RAN scheduling for LDPC codes over BEC, Kyle Gordon Whetzel
Provenance of Syn-rift Clastics in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Insight from U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology and Thin Sections, Kory Stuart Wiley
The American Hunting Story and the Formation of Environmental Literature., Jericho Williams
Secrets and Lies: A Profile-Based Examination of Youth and Parent Information Management Strategies and Adolescent Electronic Cigarette Use, Desiree N. Williford
Exploring the Power of County-Level Regional Classifications on Predicting Sex-Specific All-Cause Mortality in the United States, Julia Kay Wolf
A Transcription for Soprano Saxophone and Piano of Chen Yi's "Chinese Folk Dance Suite", Originally for Violin and Orchestra, Tak Chiu Wong
Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometric Determination of Selected Biological Species, Xiaqing Xu
Reliability Study of Blue Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, Renyuan Yang
Preparation of SiCNFs Composite Anode by Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD), Meng Yao
Detection and Persistence of Gunshot Residue (GSR) on Facial Features using SEMEDX, Samuel Yatzkan
Three Essays in Real Estate Economics, Christopher Yencha
Synchronization of Coupled Chemical Oscillators and Collective Behavior of Self-Propelled Particles, Desmond Tutu Soti Yengi
Climatic and Ecohydrologic Linkages of Net Ecosystem Exchanges (NEE) across Diverse Ecosystems, Mohammed Tamim Zaki
Buying Thebes: Promoting a Cultural Commonwealth in Contemporary Anglophone Adaptations of Greek Tragedy, Phillip Zapkin
Selected Topics in Image Super-Resolution: Guided Image and Learning Representation, Wentian Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Effect of Narrative Structure of Animated Movies on ESL Learners' Recall and Comprehension of Stories, Noriza Abu Hassan Shaari
Analysis of curved composite beam, Manish Aggarwal
Adolescent Health Risk Behaviors: An Examination of the Co-occurrence of Risk Behaviors in a National Sample of U.S. High School Adolescents, Halima Ahmadi-Montecalvo
Assessing the match performance of non-ideal operational facial images using 3D image data., Rupindrani Aila
Conditioning the Estimating Ultimate Recovery of Shale Wells to Reservoir and Completion Parameters, Maher Jasim Alabboodi
Determination of Cost-Effective Range in Surface Finish for Single Pass Turning, Mazin Fahad Alahmadi
Quantification of Stabilization Efforts of Shoulder Muscles using Surface Electromyography, Hamad Nasser Alasim
Behavior of Concrete Members Reinforced with Basalt FRP, Mariam Albaghli
Diamond Bur Cutting Efficiency of Dental Zirconia, Shelby Allison Alexander
Impact of nanoscale pore sizes on the flow of gas mixtures in marcellus shale reservoir, Noor Mazher Alfashkhi
On Supereulerian Digraphs, Mansour Jarbo Algefari
Risk perception and awareness of oil and natural gas safety among local populations in the eastern province of Jubail, Saudi Arabia, Wajeeh Aljanabi
RNA-protein interaction prediction: String-based versus feature-based models, Maen Allaga
Robust Video Stabilization and Quality Evaluation for Amateur Videos, Usha Kalyani Alluri
Analysis of the potential of renewable energy development in Saudi Arabia, Fahad Alqahtani
Modeling and Simulation of a Free-Piston Engine with Electrical Generator Using HCCI Combustion, Mohammad Alrbai
A study on Dicycles and Eulerian Subdigraphs, Khalid A. Alsatami
The Challenges Faced by New Science Teachers in Saudi Arabia, Salman Alsharari
Risk of Newly-diagnosed Depression, Treatment and its Economic Outcomes among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Incident Breast, Colorectal or Prostate Cancer, Monira Mansour Alwhaibi
Experiences of Parents of Children Adopted from Overseas: A Thematic Analysis of Narratives, Ekaterina Anatolyevna Amarando
Well-defined Lagrangian flows for absolutely continuous curves of probabilities on the line, Mohamed H. Amsaad
Diversity Outreach in Major League Baseball: A Stakeholder Approach, Shaun M. Anderson
Depositional and Diagenetic History of the Triassic Redbeds and Evaporites from the Mercia Mudstone Group in the Carnduff 02 Core of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Anna Sofia Andeskie
Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Design for Custom Sensor Interfacing, Steven M. Andryzcik II
Developing a Smart Proxy for Fluidized Bed Using Machine Learning, Amir Ansari
Protecting the Shield: How the NFL frames an organizational crisis, Mel Anton
Anteroposterior Jaw Position and Pharyngeal Airway Morphology in Young Adult Patients: A CBCT Study, Martin C. Avey
A computational model for thermal management of battery storage systems, Mehmet Aygun
Streptococcal collagen-like protein 1, Scl1, modulates group a Streptococcus adhesion, biofilm formation and virulence, Beth Alexandra Bachert
PE Teachers' Perceptions of Technology-Related Learning Experiences: A Qualitative Investigation, Jun-Hyung Baek
Applying Psychological Reactance Theory to Communication between Adult Child Caregivers and their Older Adult Parents, Hannah Ball
Safe Semi-Supervised Learning with Sparse Graphs, Prithish Banerjee
Optical and Terahertz Measurements of Spintronic Materials, Derek A. Bas
Three Essays Analyzing the Pricing of a Community Supported Agriculture System, Dwayne Bauknight
Determination of Strain Patterns Across the Root-Stem Transition Zone in Trees, Kenneth Edward Beezley
The Doddridge Distillery, Margaret Mae Behringer
Signaling Changes in Reinforcer Ratios Facilitates Adaptive Forgetting in Pigeons, Daniel Bell-Garrison
Perceptions of Urban Forestry Employers, Andrew Benjamin
Impact of being a West Virginia State FFA President on Career and Personal Accomplishments as Perceived by Past State FFA Presidents 1955 to 2005, Jada M. Bennett
In-line, Real-time Particulate Matter Sensors for OBD and Exhaust After-treatment System Control Applications, Marc Cyrill Besch
An integrated lateral flow device for flow control and blood separation, Veronica Betancur Calle
Media Framing of News Coverage of Same-sex Marriage Surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court Legalization Decision, Chelsea B. Betts
Shale lithofacies modeling of the Bakken Formation in the Williston basin, North Dakota, Shuvajit Bhattacharya
The effect of polymer coatings on the pulmonary toxicity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes, Lindsey M. Bishop
Survival, Movement and Growth of Juvenile Chinook ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Salmon Over-wintering in Twitter Creek, South-central, Alaska, James Keith Boersma
Interleukin-15 Overexpression Attenuates Muscle Fatigue Associated with Murine EO771 Mammary Tumors, Joseph F. Bohlen
Three Essays on the Economics of Corruption, Jamie Bologna
Heritage language learners' experiences in Russian as a foreign language courses, Margarita Bondareva
Implementation and Evaluation of Teach-back as a Pedagogical Method for Delivering Fall Prevention Education to Older Adults in an Inpatient Hospital Setting, Elizabeth Bosley
Voluntary Wheel Running Improves Recovery from Muscle Disuse in Mice, Matthew J. Brooks
Cerebrovascular Dysfunction in Metabolic Syndrome and Depression: Mechanisms and Implications for Neurovascular Disease, Steven David Brooks