This collection contains theses, dissertations, problem reports, and project reports (ETDs) from West Virginia University graduate students.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Nasals and Nasalization in Yoruba-Ijebu Dialect, Khadijat Olakintan Abdulrazaq
Impacts Of Community Food Outreach Programs on Low-Income Families: St. Ursula’s Food Outreach Program in Pursglove Monongalia, West Virginia, United States as A Case Study, Oluwafunke Abeleje
Modeling, Control, and Fault Detection of Energy Systems under Limited High-Confidence Data Scenarios, Selorme K. Agbleze
The function of protein glutamylation in vision, Rawaa Aljammal
Dance Intervention for Stroke Rehabilitation: Restoring Occupational Performance Through Creative Movement, Olivia Paige Allen
Implant Overdenture Abutment Loosening under Hyperbaric Conditions, Zana Jamal Al-Saloum
The sex chromosome complement and gut microbiome act independently and collaboratively to impart sex dimorphisms in humoral immunity, Carly J. Amato-Menker
FOREIGN POLICY REORIENTATION: FROM GLOBALIZATION TO NATIONALISM, Abdullah A. Asiri
Implementing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Collect Human Gait Data at Distance and Altitude for Identification and Re-identification, Donn E. Bartram
Informing Standardized Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) Population Monitoring: Influences of Sampling Approach and Turtle Behavior on Model Estimation, Allyson N. Beard
Immune outcomes affected by selection for parasite resistance in Katahdin sheep, Kelsey Lynne Bentley
Does it Sound like I'm Talking?, Justin E. Borak
Theorizing Mathematical Proof as Becoming: A Deleuzio-Guattarian Investigation, Joshua P. Case
Limb Speed Perception Accuracy in Neurodegenerative Disease, Brandmeir Lynn Cheryl
A Test of the Extended Theoretical Model of Communal Coping among Graduate Students: Investigating the Influence of Communal Coping on Graduate Students’ Psychological Well-Being, Rebekah M. Chiasson
Forest management alters the quantity and apparent stability of soil carbon, Dominick Cifelli
Intervention to reduce tobacco use among prostate cancer patient and informal caregiver dyads, Trupti Dhumal
Your Eyes, Two Niles, Ola ElWassify
The Relationship between Moral Thought-Action Fusion and Scrupulosity across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Kelsey Evey
A Critical Event Narrative Analysis of African Women Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the United States: Impacts Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, Damilola T. Fasinu
Machine Learning for Environmental Sustainability, Syeda Nyma Ferdous
The Influence of Faculty Mentorship on Graduate Student Development through the Lens of Self-Efficacy, Connor Lynn Ferguson
Anti-Listeria of H2O2-Peroxyacetic acid Anti-Listeria Efficacy of a Hydrogen Peroxide-Peroxyacetic acid Mixer in Bacterial Buffered Solution and on Bell Peppers, Peighton Denae Foster
A Kind of Burr: The Fantastic Lucio in Measure for Measure, Matt Frye
Effectiveness of Peer Support Groups for Mothers at Risk for Postpartum Depression, Natalie Paige Gates
Essays on Consumption Dynamics, Shaun M. Gilyard
Photoinduced alpha-Hydroxy C–H Alkylation of Mono-alcohols via Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) of an Activated Boron-Containing Complex, Courtney Deanna Glenn
Usage of Peer Mentoring Workbooks: Enhancing the Transition of College Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Taylor Nicole Grout
Ready OER Not: Engaging Teachers with Student Identity through Open Pedagogy, Emily Helton
Depicting The Donald: How Framing of Donald Trump in Media Changed Throughout the Course of His 2015-2016 United States Presidential Campaign, Jakob O. Janoski
Parental Socialization of General and Domain-Specific Self-Control in Adolescents, Matty Johnston
Evaluation of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) for West Virginia to Predict Current and Future PMP & Utilizing Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Sludge in Reclamation, Grace Katherine Kerr
Utilizing sUAS-based Remote Sensing for Sustainable Outdoor Recreational Trail Design and Monitoring, Isaac C. Kinder
Three Essays on Misinformation, Mistrust and their Influence on Public Health Policy, Eli Kochersperger
Evaluating land cover change and opportunities for bioenergy crop development on surface mine sites in West Virginia, U.S.A., Kenzie D. Kohrs
Pepperoni Roll Studios: Prototype Design for Creating and Operating a Podcast and Audio Production Student Organization at West Virginia University, Nicholas Kirk Kratsas
Immunomodulation in Osteosarcoma: From Therapy to Diagnostics, Ryan Austin Lacinski
Self-Efficacy and Parental Miscarried Helping in Adherence and Transition Readiness Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Epilepsy, Kirby-Estar G. Laguerre
Associations Between Diabetes-Specific Psychological Flexibility, Family Conflict, Parental Distress and Adherence in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes, Rebecca I. LaQuaglia
Rural Student Postsecondary Decision-Making: Navigating Narratives of the Purpose and Value of Higher Education, Ashley Renee Leggett-Bradley
E-Cigarette Aerosol’s Effect on the Force Degradation of Elastomeric Chain: An in Vitro Study, Joshua D. Lokant
Analysis of mutations in protein kinase CK2 linked to Okur-Chung’s Neuropathy, Shivani Maan
(Non-) Recovery of An Agricultural Stream from Straightening and Dredging, Aras Anderson Mann
Assessing The Impact of Olive Oil and Flaxseed Oil Supplementation on Hypertension and Inflammation in Healthy and At-Risk Adults, Tara Bess McNabb
From Class to Craft: An Investigation into the Practice of Acting Techniques Applied to Angelo in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, Charles Wesley Meeks
Tragedy Personified: Crafting the role of Carol in Alice Birch's Anatomy of a Suicide, Josey Miller
Abuse Liability of Electronic Cigarettes in Non-Smoking Electronic Cigarette Users, Andrea Renee Milstred
Structural and functional consequences of PDE6 prenylation in rod and cone photoreceptors, Faezeh Moakedi
Active Uncertainty Representation Learning: Toward More Label Efficiency in Deep Learning, Salman Mohamadi
Associations Among Psychosocial Factors, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Adherence in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Cecelia I. Nelson
From the Pews to the Ballot Box: How Religion Shapes Voting Behavior in Ghana., Maxwell Afriyie Nimako
Three Essays in Urban, Health and Public Economics, Dinushka Paranavitana
INVESTIGATING BIRDS AS DISPERSAL VECTORS OF LITYLENCHUS CRENATAE SUBSP. MCCANNII (ANGUINIDAE), THE NEMATODE ASSOCIATED WITH BEECH LEAF DISEASE, Spencer Rock Parkinson
Reimagining the Refugee Figure: Survival Migration and Its After-Affects, Gabriella Pishotti
Seeing Red: Hostile Attribution Bias, Aggression, and Antisocial Personality Disorder Traits, Kaley Potter
Time On the Mountain, Matthew T. Powney
Prediction of Anomalous Events with Data Augmentation and Hybrid Deep Learning Approach, Ahmed Shoyeb Raihan
Estimating inorganic carbon flux from coal mining discharge portals in the bituminous coal field region of Pennsylvania, Lauren J. Rockwell
Success Beyond Access: Examining Institutional Barriers to Persistence and the Supports Needed by Nontraditional Students Participating in a Tuition-Free Community College Program, Amanda K. Roeher PhD
The Impact of Normal Growth on the AP Relationships of the Jaws and Incisors to the Forehead: A Serial Cephalometric Analysis of Untreated Individuals, Adam Joseph Rudmann Dr
Subjective Cognitive Decline: Examining the Contributions of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Social Determinants of Health, Amber Victoria Rusch
LEDs for Controlled Environment Agriculture: Leveraging Light to Optimize Crops, Tristan D. Sanders
High-Pressure Ignition and Flame Propagation – An Experimental and Numerical Study, James Shaffer
Application of Interpretable Machine Learning Methods to Study the Disease Characteristics and Healthcare Expenditures in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Zasim Azhar Dil Hasan Siddiqui
Development and Application of Functional Immune Assays to Understand Disease in Wild Smallmouth Bass Populations, Cheyenne R. Smith
THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN COLLEGE PRESIDENTS WHILE LEADING THROUGH AN INSTITUTIONAL CRISIS: THE PERCEIVED SUCCESSES AND FAILURES OF CRISIS COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, Madison Marie Speck
The Closet of My Tennessee Mountain Home, Jonah Gabriel Stokes
Encouraging Equity Through Rural Elementary Professional Learning, Jana K. Stone
Passive Wireless Corrosion and Temperature Detection in High-Temperature Environments, Noah Lane Strader
Contentment and Control: The Stonega Coke & Coal Company & Pioneering Welfare Capitalism in Southwest Virginia, Christopher Lloyd Tomlinson
Essays on Urban Transportation and Health Economics, Alexander P. Tsiukes
Exploring the Relationship Between Perfectionism and Academic Achievement in College STEM Students, Alexander Joseph Tylka
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Group Telehealth Workshops based on Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Erinn J. Victory
Psychogenic, Shannon Lindsay Virtue
A Legacy of Labor: Maternity Narratives in 1960s and 1970s North American Life Writing, Katelynn Ann Vogelpohl
The Perceived Effects of Peer-Assisted Learning in a Collegiate Instrumental Pedagogy Classroom, Hannah Wagoner
Prevalence of Depression and Suicidal Ideation in First-Generation College Students as Compared to Their Non-First-Generation Peers, Abigail A. Wellings
An Exploration of Misconceptions in Introductory Physics, Christopher Mattthew Wheatley
Traumatic brain injury induces cerebrovascular dysfunction: Consequences for ischemia and cerebral hypoperfusion, Bailey J. Whitehead
Adverse Childhood Experiences Predict Mortality Risk: The Role of Social Support & Social Strain, Meredith A. Willard
An investigation into secondary transfer of trace DNA to evidentiary items via nitrile gloves during crime scene examination, Molly G. Younker
Quantifying chemical erosion in the lithologically-heterogenous Appalachian Valley and Ridge, Amelia Jayne Zanoni
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Leveraging a multiparent cross of Populus trichocarpa to characterize recombination rates and dissect the genetic architecture of wood chemistry, Chanaka R. Abeyratne
Fish Community Responses to Environmental and Anthropogenic Conditions in West Virginia, Katherine A. Adase
Machine Learning Assisted Framework for Advanced Subsurface Fracture Mapping and Well Interference Quantification, Mohammad Faiq Adenan
ROLE OF CYTOCHROME P450-EPOXYGENASES AND ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR IN THE MODULATION OF VASCULAR RESPONSE, Stephanie Onyeka Agba
Essays on CEO Background and Corporate Performance, Busra Agcayazi
Deep Face Morph Detection Based on Wavelet Decomposition, Poorya Aghdaie
Development of A Hydrometallurgical Process for the Extraction of Cobalt, Manganese, and Nickel from Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Byproduct, Alejandro Agudelo Mira
Impacts of Error Rate and Therapist Appearance on the Accuracy of Fidelity Data Collection, Marisela A. Aguilar