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Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Regulation of Biofilm Formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Nathaniel Edwards Head
Over the Hills: Locating the Politics in Redneck Discourse, Brent M. Heavner
Isolated but not Oblivious: A Re-evaluation of Emily Dickinson’s Relationship to the Civil War, Peggy Henderson Murphy
Thimerosal-Induced Neuritoxicity: Apoptosis Occurs Through A Mitochondrial-Mediated Pathway Via the JNK Signaling Pathway, Michelle L. Herdman
Elizabeth Kee : A Clarion Voice of and for the People of Southern West Virginia 1951-1964, Shari A. Heywood
Best Practices of National Board Certified Teachers and Non-Board Certified Teachers in Grades One and Two, Sue Ellen Hollandsworth
Determining Biogeochemical Assemblages on the Stony River, Grant County, WV, using Fuzzy C-Means and k-Nearest Neighbors Clustering, M. Joseph Hughes
Satellite Image Based Classification Mapping For Spatially Analyzing West Virginia Corridor H Urban Development, Chandra L. Inglis-Smith
Survey of the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia, for Virulence Related Gene Markers stx1, stx2, and eaeA, Christina Carole Johnson
Applications of Computational Homology, Christopher Aaron Johnson
Characterization of the DNA-binding Properties of Silent Information Regulator 3 Protein, Cotteka Nichisha Johnson
Thinking Style Differences of Female College and University Presidents: A National Study, Melanie S. Jones
Popularity and Aggression Among Females in the Eighth Grade, April Lynn Kantz
The Breeding Ecology and Natural History of Ambystomatid Salamanders in an Ephemeral Wetland in Mason County, West Virginia, S. Douglas Kaylor
Occurrence and Distribution of Multi-Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria from the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia, April Dawn Keenan
Geometric Field Stability and Normal Field Curvature of Solution Sets of Ordinary Differential Equations in Two Variables, Leslie L. Kerns
Socialization and Attitudes: Effects of Religion, Political Identification, and Class, 1972-2002, Melissa Kimmel
Staff Attitude Change in a Response to Intervention Program Evaluation, Alicia Kirby
Principal Perceptions of the Relationship Between Professional Development Designs and the Qualities, Proficiencies, and Leadership Skills Required of West Virginia Principals, Karen Bitonti Larry
Parental Satisfaction With Psycho-educational Consultation, Larry G. Lester
Spectroscopic and Thermodynamic Analysis of CO Rebinding and Photodissociation from Fe (II) LPO, Dustin Michael Lockney
Social Cognition in Children From Rural Appalachia: Defining, Predicting and Discovering, Conrae J. Lucas-Adkins
Employment Success of Community and Technical College Program Graduates as an Indicator of Economic Development in West Virginia, Kristin L. Mallory
The biological etiology of mental health disorders: Social influences and change potential of practitioners’ beliefs, Donna Marie Midkiff
The Dynamics of Newton's Method on Cubic Polynomials, Shannon N. Miller
The Zucker Rat as a Model of Obesity-Hypertension, Ryan Morrison
The Selective Capacity of the Likely to Become a Public Charge Clause in the Visa Issuance Process, Camila Morsch
A Study of West Virginia P-12 Teachers' Use of the Internet as a Professional and Instructional Tool, Sandra Lee Orr
Parent Satisfaction with Marshall University’s Summer Enrichment Program: Year Three, Cristen C. Pulliam
Evaluation of the Marshall University School Psychology Internship Experience, Carolee S. Richards
Is the GAI a good short form of the WISC-IV?, Kimberly A. Scott
Natural History and Distribution of the Upland Chorus Frog, Pseudacris feriarum Baird, in West Virginia, Jaime Sias
Use of GIS in the Provision of Emergency Services in Small Municipalities Huntington, WV as a Case Study, Maria Eulalia Simental
Antibiotic Resistant and Coliform Bacteria in the Ohio River; 2002 to 2004, Lisa Marie Smith
The relationship between leadership practices of principals and student achievement, Serena L. Starcher
Nothing Personal : a Collection of Nonfiction Essays Exposing the Perverted Experiences of Life, Interactions, and Responses, Benjamin P. Taylor
A Mechanistic Study of the Protective Effects of S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine Against Hepatotoxicity of Acetaminophen, Marcus V. Terneus Jr.
A Comparison of the Effect of Single-Sex Versus Mixed-Sex Classes on Middle School Student Achievement, Carol E. Thom
Factors Present at Enrollment of College Freshmen That Predict Placement in Developmental Courses at Select Private Institutions, Mary Ann Thorn
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Home Range and Behavior of the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), Jennifer P. Adams
Excess Postexercise Oxygen Consumption and Interval Training, Shinichi Asano
A Descriptive Analysis of the Quality of Staff Development Experiences as Perceived by West Virginia Teachers, Melinda Backus
A Place Between Heaven and Hell, Holley Barker
The Major Vernacular Regions of Tennessee, James Curtis Barker
A Two-Year Seasonal Analysis of Wetland Vegetation at the McClintic Wildlife Management Area in Mason County, West Virginia, Anne Carrington Blankenship
Capers Island, A Novel, Jennifer J. Cavender
The Testing Effect: Using Retrieval Practice in the Classroom, Karen S. Clifton
Warriors of the Skyline : A Gendered Study of Mohawk Warrior Culture, Anthony Patrick Curtis
Successful Implementation of 504 Plans : What are the Common Elements?, Eugenia Damron
The Relationship Between Levels of Moral Reasoning and Transformational Leadership Behaviors of West Virginia Public School Administrators, Cynthia L. Daniel
Temperature and Ph Dependence of the Cyclization of Creatine: A Study Via Mass Spectrometry, Brian J. Diamond
Canary in the dark, Andrea Fekete
Convergence Analysis of MCMC Method in the Study of Genetic Linkage with Missing Data, Diana Fisher
The Effects of an After-School Intervention Program on the Reading and Math Proficiency Scores of Sixth Graders, Laura Kelley Gleichauf
Geopolitical Analysis of Terror in Selected U.S. Countries, Aaron M. Goodman
Dynamic Equations on Changing Time Scales: Dynamics of Given Logistic Problems, Parameterization, and Convergence of Solutions, Kelli J. Hall
Intimacy, Orgasm Likelihood of Both Partners, Conflict, and Partner Response Predict Sexual Satisfaction In Heterosexual Male and Female Respondents, R. Vernon Haning
Potential Role of Social Support Systems and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Gregory Glenn Harris
Return to Main Street : An Assessment of the Main Street Revitalization Program, Lisa Hechesky
The Mood Type Indicator as compared with the MMPI-2 and BDI-II: A Study of Validity and Reliability, John Paul Hissom
Woman at War: How I Won My Battle with Domestic Violence, But Continue to Fight the War, Krista R. Holcomb
Support Mechanisms as Influences of Success in the Certification Process of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Emily B. Hundley
Irish Representations in the Films of Jim Sheridan and Neil Jordan, Jeffrey K. Jack
A Pilot Study to Determine Gender Differences in the Detection of Deception: Accuracy, Cues, and Skepticism, Randal B. Jarvis
Complexity of Character in Jonson’s Sejanus, Jennifer Dawn Jones
Effects of Tamoxifen on Mitochondrial NOS activity: alteration in the intramitochondrial Ca2+ homeostasis, Sandeep S. Joshi
An Analysis of Accelerated Christian Education and College Preparedness Based on ACT Scores, Lisa J.L. Kelley
J.A.C. Redford's A Psalm Triptych as Sonic Altarpiece, Erin Jones Kishpaugh
Fluorescence Prediction through Computational Chemistry, Daniel Craig Lathey
Recalled Childhood Sexual Abuse Related to Marital Satisfaction, David Lawson
The Effects of Dams in the Big Sandy Watershed using a Novel Bacteria-Based Bioindicator of Water Quality, Kathleen Riha Loughman
Natural History and Conservation Biology of a Southern West Virginia Contour Surface Mine Reptile and Amphibian Community, Zachary James Loughman
Comparisons of Morphology and Reproductive Status of Plethodon Glutinosus at High, Middle, and Low Elevations in West Virginia, Cynthia F. Lucas
Reduction of the Gibbs Phenomenon via Interpolation Using Chebyshev Polynomials, Filtering and Chebyshev-Pade' Approximations, Rob-Roy L. Mace
Mechanisms of Growth Hormone Enhancement of Excitatory Synaptic Transmission in Hippocampus, Ghada Saad Zaglool Ahmed Mahmoud
Reconstructing Poverty Discourse: Poverty and Reagan’s Narrative Rationality, Ryan Phillip McCullough
Analysis of genotypic and phenotypic differences in Desmognathus quadramaculatus across the Southern Appalachians, Deborah Susan Merritt
The Development of a Counselor Performance Evaluation, Amanda Christine Messina
A Comparison of the WJ-III Test of Cognitive Abilities and the WAIS-III, Brittany Leigh Metz
Differences in Self-Esteem between Genders: A Look at Middle School, Beth S. Michael
Roosevelt’s Monetary Policy, Steven Napier
The Segregated Distribution of Middle Class African American Households in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area, Jay L. Newberry
The Description of the Characters in Herman Melville's White-Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War, Toru Nishiura
Accent, Linguistic Discrimination, Stereotyping, and West Virginia in Film, Teresa L. O’Cassidy
The Natural History, Distribution, and Phenotypic Variation of Cave-dwelling Spring Salamanders, Gyrinophilus spp. Cope (Plethodontidae), in West Virginia, Michael Steven Osbourn
The effects of Childhood Obesity on Self-Esteem, Heather L. Paxton
The Samuel Smith land grants: a historical study of land ownership and use in southern West Virginia, Stephen M. Porter
Discovering the barriers to health-promoting lifestyles among Appalachian veterans with uncontrolled hypertension, Tara L. Porter
A Historical Review of Secondary School Athletic Training Coverage in West Virginia, Brian W. Potter
Effects of Aging on Pressure-Induced Mapk Activation in the Rat Aorta, Kevin M. Rice
Linking Genesis to Modern Day Castaway Narratives, Shawndra Russell
A program evaluation of Tender Hearts, Kensey R. Sheline
Effect of DNA Base Modification on Polymerase Chain Reaction Efficiency and Fidelity, Jan A. Sikorsky
Habitat Analysis by Hierarchical Scheme and Stream Geomorphology, James B. Spence
Malory’s Maladies: Determining Intention and Influence through Editorial Theory in Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur, Lisa Ann Stuchell
Knowing When a Higher Education Institution is in Trouble, Pamela S. Sturm
