This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Rotation compatibility approach to moment redistribution for design and rating of steel I -girders, Jennifer E. Righman
The biological control potential of Cryphonectria parasitica strains containing an infectious cDNA copy of hypovirus CHV1-Euro7, William R. Rittenour
Russia and Chechnya: The path to war., Jason A. Roberts
Sufficient Grace, Ken Robidoux
Exploring career satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue as indicators of the quality of career engagement of public school educators, Beth Colleen Robinson
Microcontroller-based power regulation for induction motors with power quality conditioning, Joshua Scott Robinson
An analysis of the shifts in cultural flows between the United States and Germany, 1890-1929., Misty D. Rodeheaver
A history of the Letcher Guards and the Twenty-Fifth Virginia Infantry Regiment., Walter Rohrbacher
Analysis of red spruce (Picea rubens) regeneration in Pocahontas, Randolph, and Tucker counties, West Virginia, Adam W. Rollins
Prediction of forage intake and production of steers in a winter forage system, Taryn Romanczak
Fingerprint testing protocols for optical sensors, Travis W. Rosiek
The ecological need for prescribed fire in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, United States of America., Chad E. Rowan
Trade and special interest politics, enforcement policy and illegal drugs: Three essays., Suryadipta Roy
Role of the host cell in the type III translocation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exoenzyme S, Elizabeth A. Rucks
Lamb and wool production in an organic farming system, Christopher Kiptanui Ruto
Carbon fuels for the direct carbon fuel cell, Abha Saddawi
Error and attack tolerance of complex real networks, Vamsi Salla
Periplasmic flagella of the spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi and Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, Melanie S. Sal
The effects of a five-week core stabilization-training program on dynamic balance in tennis athletes., Kimberly M. Samson
Characterization of Web server workload, Amit Sangle
Software tools for real-time simulation and control, Raghu Sankarayogi
A study of persuasion, propaganda and the effectiveness of messages., Kelly M. Saunders
Strategies nurse educators use to integrate computer -assisted instruction into their courses to teach clinical decision-making, Beverly J. Schaefer
Handcuffed hegemony: International restraint in unbalanced systems, Mark E. Schaefer
Geologic and geomorphic controls of alluvial island location in Cheat River, West Virginia, Mitzy L. Schaney
Cellular mechanisms of luteal regression in the bovine corpus luteum (CL), Aritro Sen
Perception of safety and usability of powered hand tools, Mun-Su Seol
Multi-layer feed forward neural networks for foreign exchange time series forecasting, Bina R. Setyawati
Flow system modeling with applications to fuel cell systems, Christian Edward Shaffer
Reconstruction of fingerprints from minutiae points, Jidnya A. Shah
Determination of Rx expression in the adult mouse retina and delineation of the Rx mediated gene regulation, Supriya A. Shah
Generic multimodal biometric fusion, Yash Shah
Claw -free graphs and line graphs, Yehong Shao
On the s-Hamiltonian index of a graph, Yehong Shao
An attack-resistant approach to vulnerability scanner design., David Phillip Shaver
The effect of argon laser irradiation on reducing enamel decalcification during orthodontic treatment: An in vitro and in vivo study., Thomas S. Shipley
Artificial neural network in classification of severity levels in crashes with guardrail, Fouad N. Shoukry
Effects of transitive stimulus generalization on within -sets generalization and between -sets generalization, Dana S. Siira
The hyperspace graph of connected subgraphs, Likin C. Simon Romero
Empirical study of error behavior in Web servers, Ajay Deep Singh
Unconstrained face recognition for law enforcement applications, Richa Singh
Methods to examine social change during National Forest Plan revision, Jason M. Siniscalchi
Ensemble learning for ranking interesting attributes, Erik W. Sinsel
The role of apoptosis in muscle remodeling, Parco Ming-fai Siu
The effect and mechanism of action of volatile fatty acids on the catabolism of progesterone, Darron Louis Smith
Water quality disturbances in an aquaculture that utilizes treated mine water, Mark Wayne Smith
Learner satisfaction and learning performance in online courses on bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction, Tatiana I. Solovieva
The stability of the iodate -arsenous acid reaction front while advected by Poiseuille flow, Robert S. Spangler
Properties and acid risk assessment of soils in two parts of the Cherry River watershed, West Virginia, Cara L. Sponaugle
Identification of AtHD2C as a novel regulator of ABA signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana, Sunandini Sridhar
Investigation of internal fluid pressure in cells, Jayendran Srinivasan
Mandolin Engine, Beth Staley
Factors affecting reproductive efficiency of cattle, Melanie J. Starbuck
Bringing down the mountains: The impact of mountaintop removal surface coal mining on southern West Virginia communities, 1970--2004, Shirley L. Stewart Burns
Understanding mindfulness: Implications for instruction and learning, Todd Lyle Stoops
Response of clonal genotypes of Juncus effusus L. to different environmental regimes, Daniel Benjamin Stover
Quality of life and clinical outcomes in Type 2 diabetes patients at the primary care clinics of the West Virginia University Hospital, Murali Sundaram
Circuit analysis tools for evaluating separation efficiency of dense medium separators, Hongyan Sun
Perceptions of directors of special education related to their knowledge and training, Francis J. Super
Finite-element modeling of a composite bridge deck, Suraj Suraj
Manure from grazing cattle: Effects on soil microbial communities and soil quality in northern West Virginia pastures., Yovita Sutanto
A candidate's use of aggressive communication and the electorates' response: Predicting presidential election outcomes, Matthew Luke Sutton
Hall effect and photoconductivity lifetime studies of gallium nitride, indium nitride, and mercury cadmium telluride., Craig H. Swartz
Nitric oxide conversion in a spark-ignited natural gas engine, Matthew M. Swartz
Vertical stiffness characterization of a geocomposite drainage layer for PCC highway pavements, Joseph G. Sweet
Flaming Jesus and other stories, Natalie Sypolt
Three essays on international trade and factor flows, Ryo Takashima
The influence of humanism on the handwriting of Michelangelo Buonarroti, Robert J. Tallaksen
Mass spectrometry of metallothionein adducts as candidate biomarkers of styrene oxide and 1-phenylpropylene oxide, Sandra G. Tarr
Gossip as an interpersonal communication phenomenon, Elycia M. Taylor
Dynamic response of plates and buried structures, Chee Heong Tee
Feminist and masculine values and their effects on female managerial positions in nonprofit and corporate public relations, Sarah E. Thomas
Dynamic learning with neural networks and support vector machines, Liang Tian
The use of heuristics in identifying self-propagating malicious mobile code, Jesse Twardus
The relation of psychopathic characteristics and malingering of PTSD, Elizabeth Ann Tyner
Temporal trends in consumption, growth, and successful feeding traits of a central Appalachian brook trout population at the watershed scale, Ryan Michael Utz
Steady state thermal stress analyses of two-dimensional and three-dimensional solid oxide fuel cells, Srividya Valluru
An ecological study of Panax quinquefolius in central Appalachia: Seedling growth, harvest impacts and geographic variation in demography, Martha E. Van der Voort
A transnational vision: John H. B. Latrobe and Maryland's African colonization movement., Eugene S. Van Sickle
Cooperative diversity for the cellular uplink: Sharing strategies, performance analysis, and receiver design, Kanchan G. Vardhe
Error propagation metrics from XMI, Cihan Varol
Reducing false rejection rate in iris recognition by quality enhancement and information fusion, Mayank Vatsa
Unbalanced frame: A content analysis of four main American newspapers and their coverage of Colombia and the drug issue., Olga Elena Velez Galvis
Assessment of nitrogen oxide destruction in heavy-duty diesel engines by injecting nitric oxide into the intake., Ramprabhu Vellaisamy
The use of native plants for revegetation along West Virginia highways, Christina Venable
Distributed Bragg reflectors based on gallium arsenic nitride/aluminum arsenic nitride for long wavelength VCSELs., Ramkumar Vinnakota
Investigation of moisture sensitivity of hot mix asphalt concrete, Anu Ganesan Viswanathan
Graphical user interface for three-dimensional FE modeling of composite steel bridges, Aditya Vuchi
The role of reinforcement rate on fluency, Vennessa L. Walker
An integrated computer-based timber cruising system for Appalachian hardwoods, Jingxin Wang
Integrated stability mapping system for mines, Quanxi Wang
Parameter incremental learning algorithm for neural networks, Sheng Wan
Developing and testing a "responsibility" questionnaire for 8th graders, Melissa S. Ward