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Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Poland’s Place In The Soviet Bloc: Historical And Cultural Linkages, Political Transformation, And Everyday Economic Alternatives In Gdańsk and Wałbrzych, Stephen W. Mays
Why We Stay, Brittany Nicole McIntyre
The Relationship Between Teacher Planning Time and Eighth Grade Reading Achievement in West Virginia Schools, Anne Marie Monterosso
WV Writes and Westest 2 online writing: the impact of writing prompts on student writing proficiency, Stacey Murrell
Short-term Activity-dependent Changes in Schaffer Collateral Axon Function, Benjamin Michael Owen
Online Graduates in Clinical Laboratory Sciences: Are They Prepared for the Workplace?, Jennifer D. Perry
Mechanical Visualization of a Second Order Dynamic Equation on Varying Time Scales, Molly Kathryn Peterson
Assessing grazing impacts on a tropical dry forest system in Madagascar through vegetation, satellite image, lemur occupancy, and acoustic analysis, Lyndsay Lee Rankin
A Study of Kindergarten Teachers' Ability to Teach the Kindergarten Informational Text Common Core Standards in Fifteen West Virginia School Districts, Shelly Ann Ratliff
What's the New Deal with Marshall? Depression Relief and Higher Education, Hubert Wesley Rolling
Describing the Spoken Discourse Practices of Second and Third Grade Classroom Teachers in Appalachia, Natasha Janel Scott
The Effect of the PIES Mnemonic Strategy on the Word Problem Solving Skills of Middle School Students, Lisa A. Short
Systematic Condition in a NCAA-I Collegiate Soccer Player, Ashley D. Smith
WILLFUL DISOBEDIENCE: THE INTERSECTION OF SOCIAL DISSENT AND SPIRITUALITY IN THE AMERICAN NEO-PAGAN MOVEMENT, Heather Nicole Sprouse
Subthreshold Toxic Effects of Atrazine and Three Degradates on Behavior in Procambarus clarkii, Carol B. Starkey
Teaching See the Sound Visual Phonics to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kindergarteners, Alison Stevenson
A Generalized Inflated Poisson Distribution, Patrick Stewart
Integration of Gamification into the Classroom and the Reception by Students, Zoe Stokes
Paraprofessional Perceptions of Training and Professional Development, Paige C. Stratton
Discourse Analysis of Interpersonal Features in ESL and JSL Textbooks, Yukina Takahira
AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE 2003 AND 2011 ACGME WORK HOUR RULES ON MEDICAL RESIDENT SATISFACTION AT AN INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER, Rachael E. Trout
Chmp1 negatively regulates Epidermal Growth Factor signaling in the Drosophila wing, Meagan Elisabeth Valentine
Teacher Attitudes Toward Post-Secondary Transition Planning, Vicki Wallen
CULTURAL LANGUAGE VARIATIONS: AN EXAMINATION OF APPALACHIAN DISCOURSE, Katherine Ward
Benzyl Isothiocyanate as an Adjuvant Chemotherapy Option for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Mary Allison Wolf
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Student Characteristics and Targeted Based Cognitive Tier II Interventions, Patrick M. Billups
Adequate Ventilation: How is it defined and does it adequately warn consumers?, Christopher Blankenship
Toward a Comprehensive Model of Photosystem II Oxygen Evolving Complex Photoassembly, James Scott Board II
Evaluation of Alternate Mouthpiece Material Types to Minimize Vibrations and Heat Loss - The Research and Execution of Prototypes, Kristen Bobuk
Approaches to Life Narrative: A Scholarly and Creative Thesis, Tanya Bomsta
Filling in the Gaps in Phenology and Life History of the Cumberland Plateau Salamander (Plethodon kentucki), Robert C. Bowers
Implementation and Perceived Effectiveness of Professional Learning Communities in the Kanawha County School District in West Virginia, Elizabeth L. Brucker
Dietary Preference of the Queensnake (Regina septemvittata), Timothy J. Brust
Ontogenetic State of a Juvenile Polycotylid Plesiosaur (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) and its Implications for Plesiosaur Growth, Christina Joanne Byrd
Understanding School Genres Using Systemic Functional Linguistics: A Study of Science and Narrative Texts, Allison D. Canfield
Presidential Succession Planning for Governing Boards in Higher Education, Timothy L. Channell
Perceptions of Nursing Education Administrators Regarding the Relationship of Admission Criteria to Student Graduation, Joy F. Cline
Interpretation of the WISC-IV Working Memory Index as a Measure of Attention, Talya J. Colliflower
Effectiveness of manual palpation in the Northern Water Snake, Nerodia sipedon sipedon, as a method to extract gut contents for dietary studies, Marcella Ann Cruz
Persistent Culinary Traditions in Rural Southern West Virginia, James Seth Davidson
Quantitative Reconstruction and Two-Dimensional, Steady Flow Hydrodynamics of the Plesiosaur Flipper, Mark Cruz DeBlois
Mental health treatment effects in an alternative middle schools, Beth DeVilla
Transmission Rate in Partial Differential Equation in Epidemic Models, Alaa Elkadry
Assessing the readiness of higher education to instruct and support students with Asperger's Disorder, L. Marc Ellison
Omega-3 Fatty Acids as Therapeutic Options for the Treatment of B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Johannes Francois Fahrmann
Historical Butches: Lesbian Experience and Masculinity in Bryher's Historical Fiction, Haley M. Fedor
Political Party Affiliation, Regional Variation and the Demographic Correlates of Euroscepticism on the Isle of Great Britain, Jared Figgins
The Crayfishes of West Virginia’s Southwestern Coalfields Region with an Emphasis on the Life History of Cambarus theepiensis, David Allen Foltz II
Measuring Team Cohesiveness in the Marshall University Summer Enrichment Program, Sara Fragale
An Evaluation of a Middle School's Bully Prevention Program, Jennifer Lynn Frazier
Interaction of Pyrimoidiazolium Ions with Calf Thymus DNA, Stormy Rene Gibson
For $1,000 I'll love you too: an understanding of Japanese hosts and host clubs, Kristy D. Henson
Mike & Molly -- An Other World, Maureen Elizabeth Johnson
Predicting Proficiency on the Ohio Achievement Assessments Using I-Ready Diagnostic, Terra Ann Jones
The Theory of Planned Behavior and Financial Literacy: A Predictive Model for Credit Card Debt?, Brian P. Kennedy
Who is You? Identifying "You" in Second-Person Narratives: A Systemic Functional Linguistics Analysis, Davina Kittrell
A Study of Secondary Science Teacher Efficacy and Level of Constructivist Instructional Practice Implementation in West Virginia Science Classrooms, Amanda Kristen Knapp
An Analysis of Targeted Tier II Cognitive Interventions on Reading Achievement, Shannon K. Kovack
Antecedents to Mobbing, Anita Lois Lane
Impossible Storyworlds and The (Unnatural) Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, Mitchell C. Lilly
Effects on Student Achievement of Changing Cognitive Strategies During Targeted Tier II Interventions, Angela M. Mellace
Energy balance and its relationship to disordered eating, injury, and menstrual dysfunction in soccer athletes, Emily Lynn Miller
Humor and Social Support: An Investigation of the Influence of Humor on Evaluations of Supportive Messages, Miranda Rachel Morgan
Gene transfer in a newly established spontaneous feline fibrosarcoma cell line, Rounak Nande
The Interplay of Authorial Control and Readerly Judgments in Ian McEwan's Atonement, Marissa Danaé Nelson
Text Complexity in Graded Readers: A Systemic Functional Look, Sally-Ann Newnham
Solutions of Dynamic Equations on Time Scales with Jumps, Kayode Daniel Olumoyin
Predicting anthropogenic streambed shifts in Beckley, West Virginia, modeled over 15 years using Landsat TM and DEMs, Andrew D. Reinhardt
West Virginia School Psychologists' Role in Providing Mental Health Services in Schools, Cassandra K. Richardson
A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures: A Systemic Functional and Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Intersemiotic Evaluation in University Science Textbooks, Leo William Roehrich
Toxicological Effects of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle Aggregates on Caenorhabditis elegans, Steven N. Rogers
Imagery Rehearsal Therapy for Posttraumatic Nightmares: Symptom Severity and Control Appraisal Outcomes, Ashley Kay Rose
Size and age variation of larval gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus in sympatry with salvelinus fontinalis, Aaron Jacob Semasko
West Virginia School Psychologists' Roles in Contrast to the NASP Practice Model, Kimberly S. Sheltraw
A contrastive systemic functional analysis of causality in Japanese and English academic articles, Masaki Shibata
A Remote Sensing and GIS-based Wetland Analysis In Canaan Valley, West Virginia, Yisha Shi
Effects of Partner Attachment Quality on PTSD Severity with Combat-Exposed Veterans, Robert Desmond Shura
Traumatic Brain Injury: The Relationship of Psychosocial Variables and Location of Injury to Post-Injury Depression, Alicia L. Smith
Examining the Influence of Mating Systems on Testes Size in Salamanders, Howard James Stanton II
Role of iron in ethanol derived hepatic stress, Jesse A. Thornton
Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the Behavior and Emotional Screening System, Amber Rae Wallbrown
Examining Habitat Selection and Home Range Behavior at Multiple Scales in a Population of Eastern Box Turtles, (Terrapene c. carolina), With Notes on Demographic Changes After 17 Years, Brian Anthony Williamson
The Politicization of Popular Culture: A Case Study in Reagan and Star Wars, Nathan A. Wingert
Genetic Regulation of Mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, T. Ryan Withers
Assessing Stages of Team Development in a Summer Enrichment Program, Marcella Charlotte Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Storm Chaser, Samir Ali Abdel-Aziz
Methodological Orientations of Articles Appearing in Allied Health's Top Journals: Who Publishes What and Where, Pamela Lea McCloud Alderman
A Case Study of Athletic Training Educators' Sports-Care Responsibilities, Service, and Professional Advancement in Athletic Training Education Programs, Rachael C. Alley
Principals and Technology: A Case Study of the Use and Perceived Effectiveness of Technology to Communicate with Constituents, Bonnie Ann Allman
Diversity of the Ohio River Bacterial Communities Using Next-generation Sequencing Techniques, Emily Michele Anneken
Emotional Intelligence and Team Cohesiveness, Myra M. Beam
Climate influence on the health of an Appalachian City, Ryan Wade Becka
Chronic Toxicity Testing In Mining Influenced Streams of West Virginia, Leah J. Bitzer
The Effect of Auditory Call Playback on Anuran Detection and Capture Rates, Derek Adam Bozzell
Evaluating the Current Status of Chestnut-Present Forest Systems: Integrating GigaPan as a Tool for Site Assessment, Charles Taylor Brewer
Attendance Rates of Special Populations in One Rural County, Julie Bright
