This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Improving Opportunities for Small Flock Egg Production and Proper Evaluation of Glucanase for Commercial Poultry, Angela Elsie Lamp
Wind and Wake Sensing with UAV Formation Flight: System Development and Flight Testing, Trenton Jameson Larrabee
Development of hydrogel tracer beads and comparative tracer tests to better understand contaminant fate and transport in karst systems, Amanda Laskoskie
Relationship maintenance differences in close and casual friendships on Facebook, Brittany N. Legg
Effects of estrogen in an aged animal model of stroke, Rachel L. Leon
Effect of head width, head height and clamp force on the noise reduction provided by two different styles of earmuffs, Jonathan R. Lewin
Evaluation of the Newburg Sandstone of the Appalachian Basin as a CO2 Geologic Storage Resource, Jack Eric Lewis
Effectiveness of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes, Kevin R. Lewis
Provenance of the Upper Jurassic Norphlet and Surrounding Formations from U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology, Andrea Frances Lisi
Beaumont Glass Site in Morgantown, WV. Sustainable Urban Redevelopment through Interpretive Design, Brownfield Reclamation and Mixed Uses., Maria Juliana Lloreda
Watering the St. Katherine Landscape: Exploring the Nexus between Socio-Economic and Hydro-Cultural Change, Joshua D. Lohnes
Chopped, Dropped & Rolled., Michael F. Loop
Swedish Legislation Targeting Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation and the Possibilities for Implementation in Estonia, Jennifer E. Lyall
A Study of Determinants of Coping in Childhood Cancer Survivors, Lea Helene Mallett
Liquid Chromatography -- Tandem Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Drugs of Abuse as Applied to Bacterial and Forensic Toxicology, Stephanie Marie Martindale
Distributed Location Estimation of a Moving Target Characterized by a Spatial Poisson Field, Fathi Masoud
Landscape Planning and Design for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Response from a design simulation of the Bluestone Dam failure, Ayaka H. Matthews
An Examination of Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis in Rural Youth, Molly R. Matthews-Ewald
Selling 'Fracking': Legitimation of High Speed Oil and Gas Extraction in the Marcellus Shale Region, Jacob R. Matz
Emotional Intelligence and Deans: Exploring the Nature of the Emotional Intelligence of Community College Deans in the Southeastern Region of the United States, Irene Kasungwa Maundu
Poverty on the Periphery: U.S. Implementation of Modernization Theory in the Alliance for Progress and the War on Poverty, Michelle C. Mayhew
Quantification of acid loads and delineation of hydrochemical facies at a phreatic mine spoil aquifer, Mitchell A. McAdoo
Effect of Thermal Loading on the Performance of Horizontally Curved I-Girder Bridges, Kevyn C. McBride
Fate and transport of Methamphetamine and related compounds in remediated clandestine laboratories, Holly A. McCall
Aspects of The Ploger Method(TM) Applied to the Mozart Clarinet Concerto, Amy E. McCann
Complete Hamstring Rehabilitation Program for Division I Football Athletes, Caitlin McFadden
Exploring a Prefigurative Culture in the Immigrant Family: A look at the sociolinguistic impact of children on the immigrant parent, Melissa Katherine McIntosh
Rock Climbers in the New River Gorge: Attitudes toward Management Actions and Trust of Park Managers, Kathryn M. McKenney
Examining the Painful and Provocative Events Scale and Testing the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicidal Behavior in Undergraduates and Cyberbullying Victims, Matthew R. McNally
Remembering 1989: Post-Communist Commemorations in Berlin and Warsaw, Kyle Jordan Meadows
Characterization of Late Postpartum Sleep Disturbance, Caffeine-Related Performance, and Daily Functioning, Kelsey K. Meekins
Experimental flow characterization and computational model development of aqueous film-forming foam (ARFF) firefighting jets, Christopher P. Menchini
Correlation of Photocatalytic Activity with Band Structure of Low-dimensional Semiconductor Nanostructures, Fanke Meng
An Exploratory Investigation of Baseball Coaches' Attitudes and Experiences With Sport Psychology, Jesse D. Michel
Three Essays Investigating China's Coal Production Needs and Consumption Patterns., Nyakundi M. Michieka
Searches for Radio Pulsars & Fast Transients and Multiwavelength Studies of Single-pulse Emission, Mitchell B. Mickaliger
I Know, Right?, Morgan Gesell Milders
Characterizing runoff responses in a mountaintop mine impacted and forested catchment in the coalfields of West Virginia, Andrew J. Miller
Evaluating the Intra-variability and Inter-variability of Fibers in Cotton T-shirts using Microspectrophotometry, Brianne Miller
Institutional Integration as a Predictor of Success in At-Risk First-Year College Students, Jan-Erin Miller
Multiwavelength Studies of Rotating Radio Transients, Joshua J. Miller
Characterization of the Unique Flagellar Hook Structure of the Spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema denticola, Kelly Ann Heintzelman Miller
West Virginia Physical Education Teacher Perceptions of State Mandated FITNESSGRAM® Testing and Application of Results., William M. Miller
Differences in Interpersonal Problems Among Bereaved vs. Non-Bereaved College Students: The Impact of Loneliness and Social Inhibition, Adam M. Moller
A Survey of Journalism Schools' Online Publication of Student Content, Sarah E. Moore
Forensic and toxicological applications of Franz diffusion cells assessed by gas chromatograhy mass spectrometry and ion mobility spectrometry., Jordan Wade Moran
Comprehensive analysis of an ongoing CO2 storage project, Daniel Moreno
Parents' Perceptions of Children's Emotions: Relations with Meta-Emotion Philosophy and Adult Attachment., Jennifer N. Morey
The Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA): A Case Study of the Community Impact of a 9th Through 12th Grade After School Pipeline Program, Catherine Morton-McSwain
Improvement of the dielectric breakdown strength and leakage currents of nano-sized CFO PZT particulate composite thin film with high particle loadings by controlled percolation for magnetoelectric applications., Tomas Ignacio Muchenik Cena
Composite Multifunctional Lithium Ion Batteries, Joshua Mullenax
The Effects of Currency and Imports Restrictions on Luxury Advertising in Argentina: Content Analysis of Ads in Argentine Fashion Magazines, Juan F. Mundel
Doubling on Euphonium and Tuba: A Guide for Euphonium Players, Matthew Murchison
Three Essays on Forecasting in Nonlinear Models, Scott T. Murdoch
Spring Studies and A Decision-Making Process to Guide Groundwater Contamination Prevention in an Agricultural Karst Basin, Erin D. Murphy
Modeling an Adaptive System with Complex Queuing Networks and Simulation, Jesse C. Musgrove
Patterns of Lung Cancer Care and Associated Health Outcomes Among Elderly Medicare Fee For Service Beneficiaries in West Virginia and in the United States, Pramit Amrutlal Nadpara
Essays on The Effects of Womens Rights on Female Brain Drain., Maryam Naghsh Nejad
Aerodynamics Investigation of Faceted Airfoils at Low Reynolds Number, Zachary G. Napolillo
Stable and fair congestion control mechanisms for cooperative vehicle safety in vehicular networks, Neda Nasiriani
Phosphorus Retention and Transformation in Floodplain Forests of the Southeastern United States, John A. Navaratnam
Analysis of Shale Production Performance Using Decline Curve Methods, Brad Thomas Nelson
Corrosion Fatigue Crack Propagation of Oil-Grade Alloy 718 in NaCl Solution, Jared S. Nutter
Determining a Total Dissolved Solids Release Index from Overburden in Appalachian Coal Fields, Jessica L. Odenheimer
Application of Liquid Chromatography - Tandem Mass Spectrometry Techniques to Forensic, Environmental and Clinical Analyses., Lucy Sian Oldfield
Meeting the Demand for Local Food in West Virginia: An analysis of factors influencing producers' market participation and expansion decisions, Ruth Mary Oldham
Temporal Expression of Key Angioregulatory Proteins in Response to Exercise and Detraining, Sara A. Olenich
The streptococcal collagen-like protein-1 (Scl1) is a multifunctional adhesin in extracellular matrix interactions, biofilm formation, and host colonization by group A Streptococcus, Heaven A. Oliver-Kozup
Synthetic geomechanical logs and distributions for marcellus shale, Mohammad Omidvar Eshkalak
Access, Retention, and Progression of Marginalized Students in Kisii Schools, Kenya, Harrison Ntabo Oonge
Parent Civic Behavior and Observed Civic Messages: Associations with Adolescent Civic Behavior and Prioritization, Benjamin J. Oosterhoff
Using Empathy in Design to Foster Interest in Social Issues, Kofi Opoku
Impact of Geo-mechanical Properties on the Fracture Treatment of Utica Shale, Tarig M. Osman
Mixing Biometric Data For Generating Joint Identities and Preserving Privacy, Asem A. Othman
Characterizing the Variability in Particulate Mass Emissions from Current Model Year Diesel and Natural Gas Engines, Pragalath Thiruvengadam Padmavathy
Three Essays on Analysts' Earnings Forecast Dispersion and Stock Returns., Jorida Papakroni
Data Carving: Identifying and Removing Irrelevancies in the Data, Vasil Papakroni
Grazing impacts on sediment production and runoff from single and mixed species grazing, Brittany Parks
Regulation of anoikis by oncogenic pathways, Sun Hee Park
Insights into the Appalachian Basin Middle Devonian Depositional System from U-Pb Zircon Geochronology of Volcanic Ashes in the Marcellus Shale and Onondaga Limestone, Chantella B. Parrish
The Rationale for Ridiculous, Erica E. Passage
Building an Instrument for Measuring Academic Administrator and Faculty Member Perceptions of the Workload Allocation Process as it Applies to Higher Education, Theodore Nelson Pauls
Optimization of Integrated Reservoir, Wellbore, and Power Plant Models for Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Jason Peluchette
Probes of pulsar emission physics: The double pulsar and the gamma-ray pulsar population, Benetge Bhakthi Pranama Perera
Africa, Appalachia, and acculturation: The history of bluegrass music, Charles W. Perryman
The Role of Tobacco Cessation Counseling in Physical Therapist Practice and Education, Rose M. Pignataro
Intelligent Web Crawling using Semantic Signatures, Lingaiah Choudary Pinnamaneni
Discrete Time Dynamic Traffic Assignment Models with Lane Reversals for Evacuation Planning, Yeh-Ern Poh
A survey of selected intermediate-level chamber repertoire with piano from 1750 - 1900., Duangruthai Pokaratsiri
The Role of Neurokinin B in the Regulation of the Preovulatory LH Surge in Ewes, Katrina L. Porter
Stress and Obesity: Facilitation of Neuroendocrine and Autonomic Nervous System Recovery from Stress while Eating Comfort Foods?, Paula R. Prentice
Phase transformations of microcrystalline cellulose under ball-milling and hydrothermal treatment, Sai Kishore Pyapalli
Applications of Surface and Subsurface Subsidence Theories to Solve Ground Control Problems, Biao Qiu
Brief Assessment of Distress and Pain, Laura L. Quentin