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Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Welfare as a Social Control in the United States, Jimmi Sue Brown
Gender Identity Disorder : A Misunderstood Diagnosis, Kristopher J. Cook
godspeople, David Deborde
Use of an Artificial Pond and Marshes by Amphibians and Reptiles in West Virginia, Vanessa A. Dozeman
Punishing the Poor: America’s Use of the Welfare System as a Means of Controlling the Impoverished, Jill R. Foley
Powers and Abilities Far Behind Those of Mortal Men: An Examination of the Comic Book Industry and Subculture through a Feminist Sociological Perspective, James H. Frail Jr.
Faculty Perceptions of the Effects of Student Evaluations of Teaching on Higher Education Instructional Practices and Instructor Morale, Annette Rashid Gall
Antimicrobial and Spermicidal Activity of Hydrogen Peroxide and Nonoxynol-9 Based Gel Preparations, Paul E. Grimmett
Smoking Cessation Education Needs as Reported by Current Smokers, Former Smokers, and Nurses, Ana Grynwald
Roles of PKC Isozymes in Retinoic Acid-Induced B16 Mouse Melanoma Cell Growth Inhibition and Differentiation, Jianming Han
A Constitution of Our Own : The Constitutional Convention of 1872 and the Resurrection of Confederate West Virginia The Constitutional Convention of 1872 and the Resurrection of Confederate West Virginia, Richard Ogden Hartman
Reading Matters : A Case Study of a Community Volunteer Tutoring Program, Leslie Clayberger Haynes
The Effect of Student Satisfaction on Freshman Retention in Undergraduate Athletic Training Education Programs, Valerie W. Herzog
A Seasonality Study of the West Virginia Stream Condition Index, Gene T. Hilton III
Docosahexaenoic Acid Modulates Class I Major Histocompatibility Complex Protein Function, Kaleb Marie Hypes
Effective Planning for Seismic Risk: Case of Kobe, Japan, Mami Itamochi
Urban Development and Effects to Transportation Systems of Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, Wannaporn Jarupath
American Standard & The Princess of Rome, Ohio: Two Plays, Jonathan Joy
Teaching Japanese in an American High School: How Japanese Teachers Make Sense of their American Students’ Communication Styles, Teppei Kiyosue
A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Conifers Using Remote Sensing and GIS, Michael Koon
An Analysis of Vegetation and Environmental Parameters at Mitigated Wetland Sites Located in the Upper Scioto River Drainage Basin, Central Ohio, Desiree L. Lawson
The Comparative Analysis of the Dyslexia Screening Instrument and the Dyslexia Screening Tool, Shelley J. Lemasters
The Reliability of the Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale, Second Edition, Nello Nicole Lemley
Factors That Influence the Career Stability of Assistant Principals, Mary Lu MacCorkle
Natural History and Sexual Dimorphism of the Eastern Hellbender, Cryptobranchus A. Alleganiensis, Robert Makowsky
Renal Basolateral Transport of Glucuronides and Other Organic Anions in Rat in Vitro Models, Sarah L. Miles
The Effects of a Persuasive Presentation and Group Discussion on Parental Attitude in a Youth Sports Camp Parent Conference, Nicholas Charles Mirabile
Domestic Violence in Appalachia with a Focus on Cabell County, WV, Deborah Ann Moore
Modernization and Divorce in Japan, Motonobu Mukai
The Relationship Between Juvenile Delinquency and Family Unit Structure, Angela D. Mullens
Do You Recall Where You Where When...?: Support For Automatic Encoding of One's Location, Kristen Lea Neal
Identifying at Risk Youth for Delinquency in Southern West Virginia, Roderick Q. Neal
The Advantage of STEEP as a Method to Identify Elementary School Children who are At-Risk for Learning Disabilities, Chandra Nease
Measuring the Effect of Wife Employment Status on First-Time Father Stress, Brad Petry
National Identity and the British Empire : the Image of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, Rebecca Pierce
John F. Kennedy and West Virginia, 1960-1963, Anthony W. Ponton
The genetic and molecular characterization of the polycystic kidney disease-causing mouse gene BICC1, Sarah J. Price
HK-2 cells as a human model of glucuronide transport, Eliza E. Robertson
Prevalence of a looming maladaptive style as a cognitive vulnerability to anxiety in rural populations, Caleb P. Rose
Altered phosphorylation of [Beta]-catenin in glucocorticoid treated 235-1 rat pituitary tumor cells, Susie K. Saunders
A Study of Attrition in Higher Education with Implications for Supportive Services, Sabrina D. Simpson
Effects of Intervening Items on Self-Esteem Tests: A Study of Face Validity, Douglas Wayne Snuffer II
Predicting Dyslexia with Screening To Enhance Equitable Placement (STEEP), Erica N. Stoler
The Ecology and Natural History of the Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens Schreber, in West Virginia, William Bradley Sutton
The Impact of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) On Families: The Perceptions of Families with an ADHD Child, Patrick Whaley
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
A social/cognitive view of leaders with visible disabilities, George Adkins Jr.
Mountaintop Removal: An Assessment of the Propaganda Model of the News Media, Tonya Lynn Adkins
Billing below Title : The Contested Autobiographies of Frances Farmer and Louise Brooks, Karen M. Anderson
The Neural Connectivity of the Torus Semicircularis in the Cave Dwelling Form of Astyanax Fasciatus, Timothy B. Angel
Am I My Neighbor's Keeper : Toward a Community-Based Model of Local Violence, George F. Bills
The Characterization of Two Differentially Expressed Plasma Proteins in Obese Versus Lean Rats in Two Rodent Models of Obesity, Roger D. Boggs
Development of a GIS Geodatabase as a Tool for Analyzing Spatial Relationships in the Species Distributions of West Virginia Fishes, Nathan D. Bowe
Constance Cary Harrison, Refugitta of Richmond : A Nineteenth-Century Southern Woman Writer's Critically Intriguing Antislavery Narrative Strategy, Gaillynn Marie Bowman
Expanding Self-Direction in Services for the Aged and People with Disabilities, Ruth A. Burgess
Synergistic Interactions of Chlorambucil, DHA, and Trail in Jurkat and H460 Human Cancer Cells, Jennifer Ellen Bush-O'Donnell
Emergent Literacy Activities in Preschool Years : The Effects of Explicit Instruction on Rhyming and Narrative Development, Kristie Dawn Callihan
A Rural Hospital's Organ Donation Referral Pattern : A Pilot Study, Chris F. Carter
The Fear of Femininity vs. the Fear of Death and Attitudes Towards Lesbians and Gay Men, Timothy Andrew Caswell
Students' Perception Index of the MUGC School Psychology Practicum : A Correlation of Course Work with Practicum Experiences, C. Lee Chandler III
Associations of Test Anxiety and Selected Variables on the Performance of Adult and Technical Education and Psychology Students, Claudia Coleman
The Utility of DIBELS as a Curriculum Based Measurement in Relation to Reading Proficiency on High Stakes Tests, Rebecca Gayle Cook
Title IX Compliance: Non-Appalachian Versus Appalachian in Colleges and Universities, Monica Corbo
Jane Austen's Powers of Consciousness, Diane M. Counts
Social Disorganization Theory and Crime in West Virginia, Billy Crum
A Comparison Of Relationship Dimensions With Behavior Dimensions For First Time Expectant Fathers, Benjamin T. Cunningham
The Effectiveness of the Secondary Weapon of the West Virginia State Police, Jesse Andrew Davis
Predictors of Employer Satisfaction with Workplace-Based Contract Training Programs at Community and Technical Colleges in West Virginia, Mark Edward Davis
Spatial Heterogeneity of Soil Nutrients, Nitrogen Dynamics, and Vegetation in a 3rd Order Stream Floodplain in Southwestern West Virginia, David Allen Dick
Aesthetic Revolutionaries : Picasso and Joyce, Joy M. Doss
Program Evaluation of Practicum III: Marshall University's Summer Enrichment Program From a School Psychology Student's Perspective, Melissa L. Ferrebee
Establishing an Elsewhere in Contemporary American Women's Autobiography, Jennifer Alena Gingerich
Identity Theft Awareness in North Central West Virginia, Gwendolyn Lea Goodrich
Final Frontier: The Methodist Church Involvement with the Recolonization of Blacks to Liberia, Sharletta Michelle Green
Effect of a Modified LINCS Learning Strategy on the Achievement of 4th Grade Students with Learning Disabilities, Shelby Brooke Haines
A Study of the Effects of Strictness and Level of Church- Relatedness on Female Job Satisfaction among Christian College Administrators, Craig David Hardesty
A Mechanistic Study in the Nephrotoxicity of p-Aminophenol, R. Christopher Harmon
The American Community Band: History and Development, Jason Michael Hartz
Discourses of Disappointment: The Betrayal of Women's Emancipation Following the French and Russian Revolutions, Crystal Denise Helton
Association of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Efficacy with Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Students in Aguablanca District-Cali, Colombia, Zulma Hernandez
Profile of a Distributed Learning Curriculum for Adult Education as Perceived by Students, Taella M. Hill
Investigations of Supramolecular and Catalytic Properties of PPI Dendrimers, Aaron K. Holley
Developing Methods for the Rapid Molecular Assessment of Aquatic Microbial Communities, Traci D. Hudson
East 52 : A Multi-Genre Work Chronicling One Man’s Final Journey, M. Joseph Jarrett
Abiotic Factors Influencing the Breeding, Movement, and Foraging of the Eastern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii) in West Virginia, Keith A. Johnson
Patients’ Perceptions of Nurse Caring Behaviors in an Emergency Department, Lynn Kimble
Analysis of Impulsive Behaviors Among Prison Inmates Convicted of Violent Crimes, Inmates Convicted of Non-Violent Crimes and Undergraduate College Students, Lonnie Kishpaugh Sr.
Parental Satisfaction in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Victoria S. Koontz
Correlation Between Time to Peak Torque and Peak Torque to Vertical Jump in College Age Athletes, Craig Adam Kowalski
The Relationship Between Student Achievement and Level of Parent Satisfaction in a Summer Enrichment Program, Royna Faye Lattimore
Sir Henry Norris: English Ambassador, Huguenot Advocate, Robert G. Lilly
Mary Colter: Southwestern Architect and Innovator of Indigenous Style, Carissa Massey
The Relationship of the Transformational Leadership of the Administrators in America's Middle College High School and Their Feeder Institutions to Selected Indicators of Effectiveness, Christine M. Michael
An Ecological Study of the Spotted Salamander, Ambystoma maculatum, and Jefferson Salamander, A. jeffersonianum, in West Virginia, Seth J. Myers
