This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Spectacular Struggles: Utopian Whiteness, Black Resistance, and the National Imaginary in Nineteenth-Century America, Courtney L. Novosat
Targeting the Peripheral Immune System as a Source of Precision Stroke Biomarkers: Implications for Clinical Diagnostics and Immunotherapeutics, Grant C. O'Connell
The Influence Over Time of Abdominal Strength Changes on Gluteus Maximus Strength, Taylor M. Opperhauser
Microbial Dynamics within Shed Mucosal Secretions of Hirudo verbana, the European Medicinal Leech, Brittany Maree Ott
The Relationship between Neighborhood Disadvantage Trajectories and Health Outcomes in a Large Urban US City, Sherry Owens
Effects of Housing Condition and Acute Nicotine on Impulsive Choice in Lewis and Fischer 344 Rats, Jenny E. Ozga
Investigation of Combustion Phenomena in a Single-Cylinder Spark-Ignited Natural Gas Engine with Optical Access, Vishnu Padmanaban
A Qualitative Investigation of Completed and Averted School Shootings: Deciphering the Characteristics that Prevent School Shootings, Jonathan Page
An Evaluation of Speed Monitoring Displays for School Travel Safety Improvement, David W. Palley
Automated basketball Scoring System, Znanatej Panga
Load rating analysis, field testing of steel railroad bridges - dailey branch bridges at mileposts 1.4 and 5.8, Sai Krishna Anudeep Paraitham
Load testing and recommended repairs for dailey branch bridges - milepost 1.4 to 5.8, Luis Carlos Parra-Luckert
Muslim Education and Communal Conflict in Colonial Bengal: British Policies and Muslim Responses from 1854 to 1947, Nilanjana Paul
Modeling and Simulation of Components in an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Plant for Developing Sensor Networks to Detect Faults, Pratik Pednekar
Role for protein prenylation and "CAAX" processing in photoreceptor neurons, Nachiket D. Pendse
Hollow Men: Colonial Forms, Irish Subjects, and the Great Famine in Modernist Literature, 1890-1930, Aaron Matthew Percich
Errant Romanticism: Queering Gender and Sexuality in British Literature, 1790-1840, Teresa M. Pershing
Four-membered Metallacycles Arising from an Ambiphilic Ligand: Synthesis and Characterization of Group IX Complexes, Rachael Nichole Pickens
Grainyhead-like-2 inhibits the co-activator p300, suppressing tubulogenesis and the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, Phillip M. Pifer
The Role of Art Education in the K-12 Curriculum in West Virginia A Comparative Case Study Using Ethnographic Methods, Helen G. Poffenbarger-Jordan
Withdrawn: Why Students of Color Leave WVU, Ahnieyah Porter
The Perception of Young Drivers and Their Understanding of Graduated Drivers Licensing, Andrew Poszich
Development of Emission Factors (EFs) Model for Coal Train Loading Operations, Bisleshana Brahma Prakash
The depositional and diagenetic history of the Permian Quartermaster Group of western Kansas, Joseph James Pritt
Heat Transfer Prediction for Single Droplet Impacts on a wetted Surface, Venkata Giriteja Punnamaraju
Design and evaluation of functional gear for protection, fit and mobility, Ruchireeka Rath
Evaluating the Effect of Feed Mixing and Sampling Methodologies on Nutrient Analysis and the Inclusion of a Novel Protease in Broiler Diets, Danielle A. Reese
Interpreting Consultation: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Native American Perceptions of Engagement Practices, Benjamin Barron Richardson
Sphingolipid Metabolism and Insulin Resistance in Dairy Cattle, Jorge Eduardo Rico Navarrete
First Row Transition Metal Mediated Redox Reactions of Hydrazines and Isonitriles, John Riedesel
The Effects of Feed Ingredients and Manufacture Technique on Pellet Quality and Phytase Inclusion Levels on Broiler Performance, Tyler R. Rigby
Evaluating a Staff-Child Interaction Therapy Workshop for Home-Based Mental Health Providers: Effects on Therapist Skill Change, Cree Robinson
Imaging White Blood Cells using a Snapshot Hyper-Spectral Imaging System, Christopher John Robison
Real-time drowsiness detection using wearable, lightweight EEG sensors, Rohit
Design, Construction, and Qualificataion of the West Virginia University Environmental Wind Tunnel, Stephen N. Rotruck
Radioactive masculinity: How the anxious postcolonial learnt to love and live in fear of the nuclear bomb, Dibyadyuti Roy
Investigation of High Reactivity Fuel Property Effects on Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion, Ross H. Ryskamp
Comprehensive academic undergraduate advising services: One university's successful model, Heidi B. Samuels
The Biased Bystander: How Homophobia Affects Intervention in Physical Fights, R. Kyle Saunders
Nondestructive Methods to Characterize Rock Mechanical Properties at Low-Temperature: Applications for Asteroid Capture Technologies, Kara A. Savage
Switchgrass and Miscanthus Biomass and Theoretical Ethanol Production from Reclaimed Mine Lands in West Virginia, Steffany M. Scagline
Challenging Historical GIS through Unstructured Historical Primary Source Materials: Uncovering Sixteenth-Century St. Vincent, Aosta, Italy, James P. Schindling
Three Essays on the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative Debt Relief, Minh Tam Tammy Schlosky
Music videos as meaningful entertainment? Psychological responses to audio-visual presentations of song narratives, Lea Margarete Schlue
The evaluation and interpretation of controls used in three commercially available quantification kits for forensic DNA analysis, Stephanie R. Schottke
Petrophysical Analysis and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Middle Ordovician Point Pleasant from a Cored Interval in Morgan County, Ohio, Erica Schubert
Did the Late Paleozoic Ice Age cause reduced evolutionary rates in marine invertebrates? : A test using the crinoid fossil record, Daniel C. Segessenman
The Crucible of Globalization: Latin America in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1973-1994, Madison Sergent
Determination of Material Parameters of E-GlassEpoxy Laminated Composites in ANSYS, Mehdi Shahbazi
A Learning History Study of Sustainable Management in Producing an Inaugural Solar Decathlon Entry, Dana Shearer
Notes on the History of the Mountains, Jeremiah Shelor
The effect of ovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells on Haemonchus contortus larval death in vitro, Elizabeth Anne Shepherd
The Effect of Physicochemical Properties on the Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube-induced Genotoxicity and Carcinogenesis, Katelyn J. Siegrist
Mineral Asset Valuation Under Economic Uncertainty: A Complex System for Operational Flexibility, Marcell B. B. Silveira
The role of West Virginia University in the economic development of West Virginia: A general equilibrium approach, Priyanjali Sinha
Experimental investigation for characterizing and improving inlet designs in rotating detonation engines, Andrew T. Sisler
Robustness of Topological Superconductivity in Solid State Hybrid Structures, Piyapong Sitthison
Exercise as a Treatment for Conduit Artery Dysfunction in a Comorbid State of Metabolic Syndrome and Depressive-like Symptoms, Chris Skinner
Bone Marrow Microenvironment regulation of BCL6 in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, William Lee Slone
Design and Development of an Online Course for Careers in the Equine Industry, Crystal Elizabeth Smith
Quality Indicators of Egg Sticks with added Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Lutein Under Different Packaging and Temperature Storage, Elizabeth Smith
Controls on ecosystem nitrogen (N) status and carbon (C) balance in red spruce forests located in a region of historically high atmospheric N deposition., Kenneth R. Smith
Investigation of Relationships among Consumer Perceptions and Brand Preference In Photoshopped and Non-Photoshopped Fashion Advertisements, Kristina A. Smith
Adolescent Involvement in Volunteerism in Relation to Identity and Educational and Occupational Expectations, Katie Snider
Use of a Functional Movement Screening Tool to Determine Injury Risk in Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Athletes, Sara E. Spencer
The Trajectory of Coping with Trauma: Meaning Making as a Factor in Determining the Trauma Outcome for Combat Veterans, Rachel A. Spero
Comparisons of host susceptibility to isogenic virulent and hypovirulent [CHV1-infected] strains of Cryphonectria parasitica among Castanea hosts and plant tissue types, Cameron M. Stauder
The Physiology of Apology: An Investigation into Potential Sex Differences, Daniel Stephenson
Communicative solutions through technology: An evaluation of ESL textbooks in Brazil, Natalia de Souza Sterci
Geotechnical testing and Finite Element Modeling of Geomorphic Landform Design with a Multi-Layer Cap and Cover System, Jeffrey R. Stevens
Cooperative maneuver enabled UAV relative localization, Jared Strader
Pigeons and Humans Time Miscued Intervals, Shrinidhi Subramaniam
Fabrication of Nanoelectrode Arrays for Dopamine Detection, Savan Suri
An Analysis of Narong Prangcharoen's "Three Minds" for Solo Piano, Pawatchai Suwankangka
MIDI Electronic Wind Instrument: A Study of the Instrument and Selected Works, Matthew J. Swallow
Effects of executive functioning on false memory in children, Pamela Swift Tessier
Sleep Patterns and Associated Factors in Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Margo M. Szabo
Microfluidic Based Hydrate Permeability System: Design and Construction, Matthew Tacker
Three Essays on Institutional Economics of Gender, Maria Tackett
A Kriging Method for Modeling Cycle Time-Throughput Profiles in Manufacturing, Amirmahdi Tafreshian
Situational Awareness Enhancement for Connected and Automated Vehicle Systems, Amin Tahmasbi Sarvestani
Sites of Education: Race, Memory, and the Conflicting Discourses of Learning in America, 1827-1914, Douglas Terry
Reaction Kinetics of Hydroxyl Radical with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Precursors, Juddha Thapa
Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) preference of aquatic versus terrestrial prey in Appalachian Headwater Streams, Erin E. Thayer
Jurors' Perceptions of Testimony in Cases Involving Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse and Anatomical Forensic Interviewing Aids, Benjamin Thomas
Extensional Flow Blending of Immiscible Polymers with Nanoparticle Stabilization, Matthew S. Thompson
Distribution and habitat use of the western sand darter (Ammocrypta clara) and the eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida) in the Elk River, West Virginia, Patricia A. Thompson
Gender-specific motivators and barriers to adopting healthful diets and losing weight among middle-aged West Virginians, Stephanie K. Thompson
Synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole ligands, their metal complexes, and applications in catalysis; Gold (I) catalyzed 1,n-enyne ester cycloisomerization reactions, Sravan Kumar Thummanapelli
Noise monitoring assessment of a northewest fabrication company., Amelia Rae Thurdekoos
Using the Instructional Beliefs Model to Examine Instructional Feedback in the Classroom, Melissa F. Tindage
Adherence to Sport Rehabilitation, Kjersti A. Traaen
Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Imidacloprid and the Arthropod Fauna Associated with Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr, Richard M. Turcotte
Peters County, Kentucky: Stories, Shaun Turner
Empirical Analysis and Automated Classification of Security Bug Reports, Jacob P. Tyo
Hydrogeochemical Characterization of Rural Drinking Water in the Gauley River Basin, Monongahela National Forest, Arati A. Umarvadia