This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Improving wellbore cement performance through the application of nano-materials for oil and gas integrity, Benjamin J. Kleiner
The Persuasive Effects of Entertainment-Education Programming in Nonfictional Television and Its Impact on the Efficacy of Breast Cancer Screening Messages, Jennifer Maria Knight
Rotating Space Elevators: Classical and Statistical Mechanics, Steven Knudsen
I Haven't Once Forgotten, Xin Tian Koh
Cloud Implementation of Design Software for Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Member, Sucharitha Koleti
The Nature of Magnetic Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause, Colin Michael Komar
Collecting SubjectsObjects: The Museum and Victorian Literature 1830-1914, Kayla Kreuger McKinney
Fault Tolerance Analysis of L1 Adaptive Control System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Kiruthika Krishnamoorthy
Investigating Stuttering Attitude Change of Middle School Students in a Rural Appalachian School, Chelsea D. Kuhn
Party Systems, Democratization and Governance in Africa: Aligning theory and praxis using Sierra Leone as a case study, Mohamed Saffa Lamin
Persuasion, Police, and Public Safety: Message Framing, Compliance, and Perceptions of Law Enforcement, Alexander L. Lancaster
Sustainability Index Development for Manufacturing Industry, Hasan Habibul Latf
Biodiesel from Tall Oil Fatty Acids and Physico Thermal Properties of Tropical Tree Fruit Oils as Thermal Energy Storage Systems, Gideon Sackey Lawer-Yolar
The Portrayal of Protagonists with Communication Disorders in Contemporary Award-Winning Juvenile Fiction, Jane Lefevre
Assessing feeder space access and commercial phytase production methods on performance of commercial broilers fed pelleted diets, Mark Edward Lemons
Theory of Work Adjustment and Student-Athletes' Transition out of Collegiate Sport, Jessica M. Leonard
Ethnic Diplomacy: Race, the United States, and Mexico during World War II, Jordan Lieser
Differences in Psychosexual Development between Child and Peer Male Juvenile Sex Offenders, Colleen M. Lillard
Development of Drilling Control Technology to Reduce Drilling Noise during Roof Bolting Operations, Mingming Li
A Study of Selected Piano Works by Two Living Composers: David Gordon Duke and Stefan Young, Wei Chen Lin
Thermal Stress Analysis for Early Age Mass Concrete Members, Yun Lin
Eating a Chicken's Heart, Morgan Elizabeth Lipkin
The Professional Quality of Life and Resiliency in Mental Health Professionals Working with Suicide in Crisis Care, William Bradley Little
Electrode Reaction Pathway in Oxide Anode for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Wenyuan Li
The Role of Dynorphin in the Onset of Puberty in Female Lambs, Justin Angelo Lopez
Behavioral Effects of Inhibition of Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2) in Mice, Lindsay M. Lueptow
Semi-supervised and Active Learning Models for Software Fault Prediction, Huihua Lu
The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Freeway Throughput, Abdullah Maarafi
The correlation of chin prominence and esthetics, Nicholas Maddux
On the Roles of Drosophila Notch Signaling and Atonal Autoregulation in the Specification of R8 Photoreceptors, Adam T. Majot
Vulture flight behavior driven by uplift availability at local and continental scales, Julie Mallon
You Can't Fight City Hall: Organization and Success in West Virginia, Theodore Malone
Role of Stem-like Cells in Carbon Nanotube-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis, Amruta Manke
The Effect of Organic Acids on the Formation and Behavior of Synthesized Iron Hydroxides: Implications for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment, Marianne A. Mannix
Three Essays in Health Economics, Patrick Manzi
Legalized Racial Profiling and Arizona SB1070: A Framing Effects Study, Agnieszka N. Marciniak
First year biomass production following application of various size strip thinnings in a young hardwood stand in West Virginia., Ashlee Martin
Short Wave Infrared Imaging System for Night and Day Long Range Facial Recognition and Surveillance, Robert B. Martin
A Multi Agent System Design for Power Distribution Restoration Using Neural Networks, Mohamad Mashta
Remote Sensing for Monitoring the Mountaintop Mining Landscape: Applications for Land Cover Mapping at the Individual Mine Complex Scale, Aaron E. Maxwell
Becoming a Mindful Sport Psychology Consultant: Defining, Developing, and Integrating Mindfulness into Practice, Michelle M. McAlarnen
Continuous Wave Ring-Down Spectroscopy for Velocity Distribution Measurements in Plasma, Dustin W. McCarren
Ethical Diversity in Strategic Communications: The Hiring, Training, and Mentoring of Millennial Minorities, Rashidah C. R. McCoy
Integrated geochronology and petrogenesis of volcanic suites for tectonic sedimentary studies: Karoo Basin, South Africa, Matthew P. McKay
Amphibian Metamorphosis in Created and Natural Wetlands, Lauren A. McPherson
Development and Evaluation of an Objective Method for Forensic Examination of Human Head Hairs Using Texture-Based Image Analysis, Allyce S. McWhorter
Comparisons of Single Drop Impact Simulations with Experiments, Krishna Teja Medam
The Effects of Partnership-Based Collaborative Consultation on Treatment Integrity, Increasing Skill Acquisition, and Reducing Problematic Behaviors, Michael Mendicino
Predicting Adolescents' Intentions to Engage in Fire Risk Behaviors: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior, Janelle M. Mentrikoski
Cumulative effects modeling in the mountaintop removal mining region of the central Appalachians, Eric Richard Merriam
Evaluating and Prioritizing Stream Restoration in Mined Appalachian Watersheds., Eric Mitchell Miller
Cerium dioxide nanoparticle exposure and microvascular dysfunction: Potential mechanistic links, Valerie C. Minarchick
Scenario-based estimation model for methane emissions in the heavy-duty transportation sector, Ronald Andrew Mongold
Expanding the Use of RNA in Forensic Science: A Quantum Dot Molecular Beacon Approach, Joshua R. Moore
Tribo-Mechanical Investigation of the Functional Components used in Flexible Energy Harvesting Devices, Nicholas J. Morris
Using Storytelling as a Teaching Strategy to Increase Student Engagement in STEM Classes, Toni Morris
The effectiveness of a chart audit and feedback intervention to improve cardiology provider delivery of heart failure self-care education, Dorothy Murphy
Erbium alloyed AlN thin films: Structural, piezoelectric and magnetic properties, Vishal Narang
Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Monoacylglycerol Lipase Inhibition in Mice Subjected to Collagen-Induced Arthritis, Sara R. Nass
Spatializing the Soil-Ecological Factorial: Data Driven Integrated Land Management Tools, Travis Nauman
A Safety Support System for Children's Antiloss, Sai Ram Nellutla
The Online LaModel User's & Training Manual Development & Testing, Christopher R. Newman
Evaluation of the antidepressant potential of dextromethorphan, Linda Nguyen
Pyrolytic Fate of Synthetic Cannabinoids, Corey Andrew Nida
Composers as parents: Selected twentieth-century piano works written by fathers for their children, Onpavee Nitisingkarin
Salix spp. as a biomass crop: Investigating their potential on marginal lands and the use of biochar as a soil amendment, Heather A. Nobert
A Census of Ghosts, Patric Nuttall
Old War, New Deal: Commemorative Landscapes, the National Park Service, and the 75th Anniversary of the Civil War, Rebekah N. Oakes
Communicating to Resolve the "Mommy Wars": Testing Communicated Stereotypes and the Common Ingroup Identity Model with Stay-at-Home and Working Mothers, Kelly G. Odenweller
Sexual Assault on the College Campus: A Partial Test of Male Peer Support Theory, Falak Ojjeh
Changing Vulnerabilities in a Changing Climate: Farming Opportunity and Constraint in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania, Paul O'Keefe
Dimensions of Political Reasoning: Associations among Informational Assumptions, Sociopolitical Values, and Domain-Specific Judgments about Laws, Benjamin Oosterhoff
Using large-scale field test data for high fidelity modeling of DSRC receiver in ns-3., S. M. Osman Gani
Probing Pulsar Emission on Short Timescales: Rotating Radio Transients, Cyclic Spectroscopy, and Single-Pulse Studies of Millisecond Pulsars, Nipuni Tharaka Palliyaguru
Aerodynamic Response of a Pitching Airfoil with Pulsed Circulation Control for Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Applications, Chad C. Panther
Prediction of discretization error using the error transport equation, Don Roscoe Parsons III
A Phenomenological Study of Living with Excess Facial Hair for African-American Women, Courtney M. Pate
Solar Electric Propulsion Triple-Satellite-Aided Capture With Mars Flyby, Sean Patrick
Effect of Time of PGF2alpha Application on Reproductive Outcome in Ewes, Callayn Danae Paul
Sensor Placement Algorithms for Process Efficiency Maximization, Prokash Paul
Kriging-Based Design of Experiments for Multi-Source Exposure-Response Studies in Nanotoxicology, Ying Pei
Two-Faced: Bringing Two Roles to Life in Kurt Weill's "Street Scene", Vincent Pelligrino
Static Code Analysis: On Detection of Security Vulnerabilities and Classification of Warning Messages, Andrei M. Perhinschi
The Role of Arginase I in Ischemic Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease, Ashley Brooke Petrone
Health Resource Availability, State Policy, and Cardiovascular Health in U.S. Adults, Courtney S. Pilkerton
Short-Term Resource Allocation and Management, Denis da Cruz Pinha