This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Analysis and Comparison of Clothoid and Dubins Algorithms for UAV Trajectory Generation, Mohanad Al Nuaimi
Impact of Intelligent Transportation Systems on Parallel Hybrid Electric Heavy Duty Vehicles, Ahmed Shihab Ahmed Al-Samari
The Influence of 4-H Judging Team Participation on Career Life Skills Development, Evan H. Anderson
Reducing Tobacco Related Health Disparities, Andrew Alexander Anesetti-Rothermel
Application of Neural Network-Support Vector Technique to Forecast U.S. Unemployment Rate, Azadeh Ansari
Application of a Spatially Explicit, Agent-Based Land Use Conversion Model to Assess Water Quality Outcomes under Buffer Policies, Nazia N. Arbab
Non-intrusive anomaly detection for encrypted networks, Luis C. Armendariz Jr.
Understanding the Mechanism of Hard Metal (WC-Co) Toxicity: In vitro Studies and In vivo Exploration, Andrea Lynn Armstead
Effect of biaxial and triaxial stresses on coal mine shale rocks, Shrey Arora
Energy-Efficient Wireless Interconnect Design for Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Applications, Lokesh Avala
The Effects of a Happiness Intervention on Measures of Psychological Well-Being and Motivation to Quit Smoking among Smokers with Depressive Symptoms, Kelly A. Bailey
Supports of and Barriers to Pursuing a Natural Resource Degree and Career: Perspectives of Culturally Diverse Young Adults, Kelly Balcarczyk
An automated framework for problem report triage in large-scale open source problem repositories, Sean K. Banerjee
A Pedagogical Approach to Technique in Chopin's Preludes Op. 28, Sheila Kay Barnhart
Impact of gas desorption on production behavior of shale gas, Fatemeh Belyadi
Online Geometric Human Interaction Segmentation and Recognition, Harika Bharthavarapu
Burden of Illness among Elderly Individuals with Parkinson's disease, Sandipan Bhattacharjee
Grit in College Students: Associations with Achievement and Parental Influences, Katelyn R. Black
A Bayesian Approach to Electrical Conductivity Relaxation and Isotope ExchangeSecondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Joshua Blair
Health-Promoting Behaviors and Well Being among Middle-aged and Older Adults, Valerie K. Blake
Evaluation of primary stability in bovine ribs following a correction in placement depth, Matthew Bobbera
Barriers, Facilitators, and Frequency of Evidence Based Practice Use in Athletic Training, Michael J. Boehke
Evaluating the Inclusion of Phytase Super-dose in Various Broiler Diet Formulations and Novel Pellet Binders, John W. Boney
Drawing borders: the political and symbolic importance of the United States in the creation of Czechoslovakia, Samantha Borgeson
Analyzing Fracture Stimulation of Middle Devonian Strata in Clearfield County Pennsylvania Using a 3D Geomechanical Fault Model and Microseismic, Cole E. Bowers
Stray gas occurrences in groundwater in Randolph County, West Virginia, USA, Lindsey J. Bowman
Normal Violence: The Case of Fighting on a College Campus, Brent Boyd
Middle School Students' Perceptions of and Responses to the Inclusion of Culturally Relevant Units in the Physical Education Curriculum, Luciana Carvalhal Braga
Mechanical Stratigraphy of the Utica Shale, Eastern New York State, John Brockman
Biomass production, composition, and ethanol potential of switchgrass grown on reclaimed surface mines in West Virginia, Carol A. Brown
The Roles of Resilience and Perceived Discrimination in Sexual Minority Identity Integration, Peter Alexander Brown
Creation of in vitro disease models using micro-nanoengineering, Allison Bruce
User-Generated Content and Television News, Eva M. Buchman
The germs inside me: Pediatric patients' conceptualization of illness and regulation of emotions during hospitalization, Sarah E. Buck
Influence of Annealing Temperature on the Mechanical Properties of Sol-Gel ZnO Films, Kyle J. Burrows
Economic and Monetary Union: An Unexplored Case of Federalism, Alessandro Cagossi
Implementing a Parametric Analysis in the LaModel 3.0 Program, Christian Hugo Calderon Arteaga
Tuning the Thermoelectric Performance of Complex Oxides through Multiscale Microstructure Engineering, Paulo Sergio Calvillo-Gonzalez
Transient Studies of a Sodium Sulfur Cell, Sarah Caprio
Flexure modulus of elasticity in living branch wood, Aaron Dwight Carpenter
Presidential rhetoric in times of crisis: A textual analysis of speeches by franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan, Samantha D. Cart
Cultural Identity, Vocational Development, and the Meaning of Work among Appalachian Coal Miners: A Qualitative Study, Susan Chamberlain
Patch-based Ensemble Learning Scheme for Heterogeneous Face Recognition, Cunjian Chen
Sampling the Radio Transient Universe: Studies of Pulsars and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Jayanth Chennamangalam
Human and Animal Behavior Understanding, Wenbin Chen
From Graph Coloring to Receptor Clustering, Ye Chen
From Graph Coloring to Receptor Clustering, Ye Chen
Identit(ies) and Agency: College Students' Navigations of Sexuality and Gender in Complex Figured Worlds, Melissa M. Chesanko
Face recognition with the RGB-D sensor, Cesare Ciaccio
Nano-derived sensors for high-temperature sensing of H2, SO2 and H2S, Engin Ciftyurek
Development of the Dynamic Evaluation Model to Significantly Advance Autism Research, Dana Cihelkova
The Impact of Religion on Minority Identity and Community: A Case Study of Russian Orthodoxy and the Russian Minority in Estonia, Elizabeth Cleary
Exploring the Components of Prenatal Anxiety, Suzan Walsh Clemens
Method to Develop a Control System for a Stable and Guidable Hybrid Projectile, Joseph Close
Motivations and Learning Strategies of West Virginia College Students in Four Four-Year Institutions: A Correlation Study of Academic, Social, and Demographic Variables, Kimberly G. Colebank
Watershed - A Transdisciplinary Social Design Process Applied to an Environmental Issue, Forrest Thomas Conroy
Assessment of West Virginia public healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding of the oral implications of HPV following an educational presentation, Renee Cooper-Frantz
Myself That I Portray: Essays, Kevin LeTroy Copeland
Factors that are Associated with Readiness to Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care in Cystic Fibrosis, Lindsay A. Corman
Certified Athletic Trainers' Abilities to Identify and Refer Athletes with Psychological Symptoms, Marc L. Cormier
Examining factors associated with faking-good responding on the Child Abuse Potential Inventory, Amanda H. Costello
Confederate Borderland, Indian Homeland: Slavery, Sovereignty, and Suffering in Indian Territory, Zachery Christian Cowsert
Advanced DOC-DPF Model to Predict Soot Accumulation and Pressure Drop in Diesel Particulate Filters, Alessandro Cozzolini
Synergistic inhibition of cyclooxygenases and monoacylglycerol lipase in neuropathic pain, Molly S. Crowe
A Survey of the Piano Sonatas of Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) with Performance Suggestions for the Piano Sonata in G Minor, Maria Crystalia
Analysis and Interpretation of Complex Biological Signal Transduction Networks, Holly N. Currie
Stability of the Shoulder Complex during Manual Exertions, Kasey Cutlip
Impacts of non-renewable resource extraction on shrubland songbird nest success and abundance, Ryan Douglas Davis
Exploring the Use of Social Media and Its Effect on Policy in Community Colleges, S. Dianne Davis
Costume Design Process of Cabaret, Candice Caldwell Day
U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology within the Cape Fold BeltKaroo Basin System, Justin Raymond Dean
Modeling Errors in Biometric Surveillance and De-duplication Systems, Brian Matthew DeCann
Implications of Interactions Among Society, Education and Technology: A Comparison of Multiple Linear Regression and Multilevel Modeling in Mathematics Achievement Analyses, Pamela Rose Deering
Structural elucidation of glycerophospholipids using metastable atom-activated dissociation mass spectrometry (MAD-MS), Robert E. Deimler
Test-Re-test Reliability of Sahrmann Lower Abdominal Core Stability Test for DII Baseball Athletes, Kelsey Quinn Dekart
Age and Gender Differences in Decision-Making Style Profiles, Rebecca K. Delaney
Modeling Migration and Citizen-Science Data to Estimate Golden Eagle Abundance in Eastern North America, Andrew J. Dennhardt
Comparison of two protocols for maxillary protraction: tooth anchored versus bone anchored protraction facemask, Nicole M. DeShon
Preparation of solid oxide fuel cell cathodes and analysis by impedance spectroscopy, Juwana Hennadige Lalanthi Kaushalya de Silva
Taxonomy of the Allium cernuum complex in Appalachia, Rodney David Dever
Parents' Value of Play in Early Childhood: A Comparative Study of Spousal Play Beliefs, Meghan C. DeVito
An Evidence Based Web Intervention to Facilitate Nurse Practitioner Participation in the Policy Making Process Related to Scope of Practice, Toni DiChiacchio
A Recofigurable Tri-Band Interconnect for Future Network-On-Chip, Alexander Todd Dilello
Spacing of Hydraulically Fractured Horizontal Laterals in Low Permeability Formations, Franck Donfack
Investigation of chemical and physical properties of carbon nanotubes and their effects on cell biomechanics, Chenbo Dong
Addressing the Elephant in the Room: A Descriptive Analysis of Weight-Based Harassment on College Campuses, Lynnsie Doty
Ventilation airflow around a continuous miner and its effect on methane concentrations at the face, Heather N. Dougherty
When an aspen quakes: A collection of essays, Rebecca Doverspike
The use of technology to display student artwork online, Elissa Dray
Choice Between Reinforcers With and Without Delayed Shock, Aaron D. Dumas
Active Consumerism: Measuring the Importance of Crowdfunding Factors on Backers' Decisions to Financially Support Kickstarter Campaigns, Kevin M. Duvall
Optimal Scheduling of Power Plant Maintenance with Gas Portfolio, Yixin Du
A study of faculty, administrative, and staff perceptions of the climate for shared governance at appalachian college association member institutions, Tanya L. Easton
Application of Nano Fluids in Changing Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties for Enhanced Oil Recovery, Mohammad Ehtemam Haghighi