This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2011
An Investigation of Diesel PM Particle Morphology Using TEM and SEM, Ganesh Vedula
Classicism as Foundation in Architecture: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Richard King Mellon Hall of Science and Michael Graves's Erickson Alumni Center, Elizabeth Stoloff Vehse
Modeling and Integration of Demand Response and Demand Side Resources for Smart Grid Application in Distribution Systems, Naveen Venkatesan
The Intrusiveness of Sensor-Suit Components on the Postures Associated with Performing Repeated Whole-Body Manual Lifting Tasks, Lauren Amanda Visnansky
The Effects of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on Symptoms and Impairment in Young Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Stephanie M. Wagner
Outcrop Lithostratigraphy and Petrophysics of the Middle Devonian Marcellus Shale in West Virginia and Adjacent States, Margaret E. Walker-Milani
A Chemical Neural Network and Collective Behavior in Globally Coupled Oscillators, Fang Wang
Heavy-Duty Vehicles Modeling and Factors Impacting Fuel Consumption., Lijuan Wang
Computational Hybrid Systems for Identifying Prognostic Gene Markers of Lung Cancer, Ying-Wooi Wan
Subsurface horizontal microfracture propagation within the middle member of the Bakken Formation, Williston basin, North Dakota: Evidence and implications, Travis Blackburn Warner
Identity and Self -Efficacy Development of Adolescents in an Adult Sponsored Volunteer Program, Amanda Webster
Development of an Emotional Pain Interview, Ben Weinstein
Musical Persona: The Use of Human Speech in the Music of Steve Reich, Rachel E. Weiss
Relationships among fish assemblages, hydroperiods, drought, and American alligators within palustrine wetlands of the Blackjack Peninsula, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, Darrin M. Welchert
Tailoring Multi-component Catalysts on Carbon Supports for Fischer-Tropsch Products in the Kerosene Range, Joshua B. Welshans
An angler and creel survey of the walleye (Sander vitreus ) fishery at Summersville Reservoir, West Virginia, Dustin Shane Wichterman
Quantifying the Reliability of Latent Fingerprint Matching via Signal Detection Theory, Eric J. Widman
Art Educators and Practicing Artists: Strengthening the Curriculum and Building a Creative Community, John Christopher Williams
The Effect of Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) on Feed Efficiency and Carcass Composition in Barrows, Natasha R. Winslow
Critical Review of Inundation Mapping Procedures for Floodplain Management, Richard M. Wise
Costume Design Process for "The Compleat Female Stage Beauty", Hannah Wold
Immobilized Cytochrome P450 2C9 (CYP2C9): Applications for Metabolite Generation, Monitoring Protein-Protein Interactions, and Improving In-vivo Predictions Using Enhanced In-vitro Models, Lance A. Wollenberg
The Pinnacle of Undergraduate Education: How Do Capstone Courses Support the Development of Purpose and Integrity?, Kristi D. Wood-Turner
Functional Impairments of College Students with Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder and Necessary Modifications for Higher Education, Sylvia A. Wright
B-splines in EMD and Graph Theory in Pattern Recognition, Qin Wu
Gender Recognition and Appearance Description in Unconstrained Images of Human Body, Qin Wu
Phosphodiesterase-4 in the Brain: Effects of Pharmacological Inhibition and Mutation of DISC1, Lan Xiao
De Novo Asymmetric Syntheses of Bioactive Natural Products and Carbohydrate Motifs, Yalan Xing
Development of High-Power III-Nitride Light-Emitting Diodes for Solid-State Lighting, Yi Yang
Hyperreal Battlefields: Individual Action and the Composition of Enemy in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 & 2, Jeffrey Allen Yeager
Understanding What Influences Successful Black Commuter Students' Engagement in College: An Exploratory Study, Trina Lynn Yearwood
Anisotropic Particles: Preparation and Study, Shengrong Ye
RNA in Forensic Science: Novel Techniques for Biological Evidence, Stephanie T. Young
Effects of Resveratrol Supplementation on Glycemic Response and Oxidant Status in Moderately Exercised Mature Quarter Horse Geldings, Jennie L. Zambito
Effects of Age and Early Life Ozone Exposure on the Developmental Dynamics of Afferent Airway Neurons in Postnatal Rats, Leor C. Zellner
Dwindling into a Wife: Women and the Culture of Marriage in Britain, 1760-1820, Lori Halvorsen Zerne
Study on Surface Tension and Evaporation Rate of Human Saliva, Saline, and Water Droplets, Tian Zhang
Electrochemical and Microstructural Analysis of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes, Mingjia Zhi
Implementation of a Helicopter Flight Simulator with Individual Blade Control, Andrew G. Zinchiak
Iris Recognition: Robust Processing, Synthesis, Performance Evaluation and Applications, Jinyu Zuo
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Estimation of Fracture Properties for a Horizontal Well with Multiple Hydraulic Fractures in Gas Shale, Ayodeji L Aboaba
Global mindedness and dispositions towards diversity in the classroom, Ras T. Acolatse
Pretreatments and energy potentials of Appalachian hardwood residues for biofuel production, Adebola Bamikole Adebayo
Effectiveness of cetylpyridinium chloride, chlorhexidine gluconate, chlorine dioxide, and essential oils against F. nucleatum, P. gingivalis, S. mutans and S. sobrinus---a biofilm approach, Kristafer Lee Adkins
Self-efficacy for the self-regulation of learning: An examination of a college success strategies course, Brandon M. Agostini
Modeling central nervous system involvement in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Stephen Matthew Akers
Correlation between flexural strength and denture base acrylic thickness overlaying implant stud attachments, Khaled N. Alawadhi
Durability prediction of structural composites through a continuum damage mechanics approach, Hermann E. Alcazar
Predicting the gas-condensate extended composition analysis, Muzher I. Almusabeh
Ferric Iron Nanoparticle Formation Mediated By Negatively Charged Polypeptides, Vamsi Krishna Aluru
Getting Down to Business: An EFL curriculum design for the business setting, Gabriel Brito Amorim
Nanofabrication of Optofluidic Photonic Crystal Resonators for Biosensing, Henry Bolivar Andagana Junta
The effects of a randomized four-week dynamic balance training program on individuals with chronic ankle instability, Benjamin M. Anguish
Memorializing motherhood: Anna Jarvis and the struggle for control of Mother's Day., Katharine Lane Antolini
Electric Power Distribution Expansion Planning Using Distributed Generation Sources and Storages, Ruben R. Avagyan
Identifying infestation probabilities of Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis, Fairmaire) in the Mid-Atlantic region, William D. Ayersman
Jimmy Choos vs. Ariats: The presentation of masculinity in the online sex ads of men who have sex with men, Adam Thomas Babich
Ten, Rebecca Bailey
The use of a proficiency-based clinical tool in the evaluation of clinical knowledge and skills in the athletic training setting, Shannon L. Baldwin
Analyzing the role of CK2 and PP2A in Drosophila position effect variegation, Swati Banerjee
Feasibility and Implementation of Self - Consolidating Concrete, Kyle B. Baranowski
Religious and environmental values in PCUSA and UCC church camp programs, Ross S. Bash
Technique, Aesthetics, and Style in Eighteenth-Century Compositional Pedagogy: Beethoven's Pedagogical Influences., Sean E. Beachy
Determining efficacy of a thermally processed exogenous enzyme cocktail for broilers, Kala Renea Beaman
Long-term effects of timber management on forest breeding songbirds in the central Appalachians, Douglas Becker
Empirical analysis of BWT-based lossless image compression, Kalyan Varma Bhupathiraju
The Politics and Policy of Small City Downtown Development, Thomas K. Bias
Assessing the Influence of Coronary Heart Disease Knowledge, Perception of Personal Risk, and Delay Discounting of Future Health on Diet and Physical Activity, Kimberly Bosworth Blake
Critical Buckling Strength Prediction of Pultruded GFRP Composite Columns, Mathew Marvin Blandford
Community College Department Chairs' Leadership Styles and Faculty Utilization of Instructional Technology, Anastasia (Stacey) L. Boggs
Role of protein kinase CK2 and phosphatase PP2A in Notch-mediated lateral inhibition, Anasua Bose
Sub-surface stratigraphy and petrophysical analysis of the Middle Devonian interval of the central Appalachian basin; West Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania, Matthew Louis Boyce
The D'Artagnan of the bow: The inimitable Chevalier de Saint-Georges., Edward Algernon Brown
Mountaineer Boys and Girls Club public relations campaign professional project, Lisa K. Brown
Effects of prenatal stress on lever-press acquisition, delay discounting, and ethanol self -administration in rats, Natalie R. Bruner
A risk management approach to pillar extraction in the Central Appalachian coalfields, Patrick R. Bucks
Ecology of Trifolium stoloniferum (Muhl. ex A. Eaton), a federally endangered vascular plant, at the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia, John Q. Burkhart
Seasonal trends in separability of leaf reflectance spectra for Ailanthus altissima and four other tree species, Aaron Burkholder
The Effects of Fungal Pigments on Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectral Peak Formation, Amanda Dawn Buskirk
A field evaluation of dust palliatives in West Virginia, Kevin A. Butler
Adult children of alcoholics' perceptions of communicative exchanges with family members and outsiders, Kerry Byrnes
Enhanced coal bed methane production and sequestration of carbon dioxide in unmineable coal seams., Camilo E. Calderon
Resurgence of temporal patterns of responding, Carlos Renato Xavier Cancado
Selenium Removal by Nano-Magnetite Impregnated Diatomaceous Earth, Isabel Cardona
One-room schools and their role in the development of the Appalachian hills of West Virginia: 1863--1940s, James Seth Caudill
A degradation model for solid oxide fuel cell anodes due to impurities in coal syngas, Fatma Nihan Cayan
Understanding Plasmas through Ion Velocity Distribution Function measurements, Saikat Chakraborty Thakur
Comparing the use of qPCR on isolated smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hepatocytes for estrogen screening, Emily Breana Chambers
Mercury removal from coal by leaching with sulfur dioxide, Poornima Chateker
Phase transition problems of conservation laws, Chunguang Chen