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Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Effects of Developmental Activities on Streamside Salamander Communities in Boone County, West Virginia, Mindy S. Hamilton
Studies of PPI Dendrimers: Structures, Properties, and Potential Applications, Dian He
Medicalized Childbirth in the United States: Origins, Outcomes, and Opposition, Martelia L. Henson
Symbolism and Ritual as used by the National Socialists, Stephanie M. Holcomb
Detecting a Male's Attitudinal Change During the Course of a Partner's Pregnancy Using the Index of Marital Satisfaction, Melanie Ann Hummel
Gravistimulation of Pisum Sativum and Expression of the Cell Membrane Expansin Proteins, Sherrine A. Ibrahim
The California Psychological Inventory as an assessment method of behavioral change in first-time expectant fathers, Michaela R. Jellen-Tennant
Determining the Genetic Distances between sub-populations of Aneides aeneus in the Westvāco Wildlife and Ecological Research Forest, Andrew Nicholas Johnson
Love attitudes: a developmental process in first time fathers, Dennis Klenowski
Emily Greene Balch: Crusader For Peace and Justice, Tara S. Lambert
PKCα Translocation and Actin Remodeling in Contracting A7r5 Smooth Muscle Cells, Chenwei Li
The Use of Aesthetics in a Comprehensive Art Curriculum, Michelle Lynn Loudermilk
Attachment and Memory : Does Attachment Experience Influence Eyewitness Testimony?, Fani Lougklou
An Evaluation of Germ City : Finding A Suitable Design, Suzanne Cherie Lusher
Average Beverage Intake and Average BMI in 2-5 Year Old WIC Children, Jenna Lynn Matthews
A Mechanistic Study of Myoglobin Nephrotoxicity, Jennifer L. Minigh
Comparison of Domestic Violence Outcomes Among Emergency Department Nurses, Pamela S. Neal
Gender Differences in Gross and Fine Motor Abilities in Preschool Aged Children in West Virginia, Kelly R. Pennington
Pyridoimidazolium Cationic Dyes: Theory, Synthesis, and Sub-cellular Localization, Robert William Rambacher
The Relationship Between Leadership Styles of Nurse Managers and Staff Nurse Job Satisfaction in Hospital Settings, Jan Warner Ramey
A survey of neonatal suction techniques performed by registered nurses, Craig H. Register
An Investigation of the Interest for a Nurse Re-entry Program in Southeastern Ohio, Marsha K. Rodgers
Attitudinal and Behavioral Changes Demonstrated by Expectant Fathers As Measured by the Index of Self Esteem, Terry G. Savage
This One's for the Children : Collaborative Leadership in a Rural Appalachian Community, Jennifer J. Scharf
Perceptions of Job Satisfaction in an ICF/MR Environment, Jeffrey Shrewsbury
Characterization of host-bacteria interactions contributing to group B streptococcus colonization, Jennifer Marie Smith
Filling a Need: Administrative Practices in Mason County, WV One-room Schools from 1935-1950, Douglas A. Sturgeon
Comparisons in Morphology, Reproductive Status, and Feeding Ecology of Plethodon Cinereus at High and Low Elevations in West Virginia, Mizuki Takahashi
Non-Physical Abuse Behavioral Changes in First Time Expectant Fathers, Sheila Tarr-Stiglich
Hillbillies and Sharecroppers: An introduction to East coast and Mississippi blues styles, John Wesley Taylor
Phylogenetic Structure of Two Central Mexican Centruroides Species Complexes, William Ian Towler
Comparison of hydrostatic weighing and plethysmography techniques for the development of skinfold prediction equations for children, Tomoko Tozuka
Cultural Awareness Sensitivity Training, William L. Underwood
Ritalin and the Child, Valerie Vickers
The Effects of a Token Economy System in Comparison to Social Praise on the Manifest Behaviors of Elementary Learning Disabled Students, Kimberly Waggy
A Comparison of Perceived Stress Levels and Coping Styles of Junior and Senior Students in Nursing And Social Work Programs, Robin L. Walton
Evaluation of the School Psychology Program At Marshall University Graduate College, Mary L. Winters
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Analysis of gender and class: gender relations between women and men in the context of an industrial setting in Ravenswood, West Virginia, Victoria G. Allen
Locus of control and aggression, Glenna Anderson
Effect of forskolin on actin polymerization in cultured vascular smooth muscle, Mary Janay Bailey
Control Over Nursing Practice and Job Satisfaction Among Registered Nurses: A Comparative Analysis, William Barnette
The Relationship Between Parent Education and Their Child’s Academic Readiness, S. Noelle Barton
The Relationship Between Receptive Vocabulary and Letter Recognition, James Bennett
Program evaluation of a school-violence project in WV schools, Charley Bowen
The ability of cryotherapy to effect vertical jump and single-legged hop test, Douglas W. Branch
Cognitive and emotional variables in childhood anxiety, Robin L. Browning
A Durkheimian analysis of Anomie and deviance in the National Football League: an exploratory case study, Eric M. Carter
The Relationship Between Social Skills and Language Acquisition in West Virginia, Stephanie Angel Childers
The Effect of Space and Furnishings on Academic Readiness Scores of West Virginia Preschoolers, J. Elise Coccari
Audrey Flack's Vanitas Series: a DBAE perspective, Lee Anna W. Collins
Chronic pain: a study of low back pain patients from southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky, Nickandrea M. Cooke
Black out-migration from West Virginia in the context of racial discrimination in employment in the coal industry: 1935-1955, Megan E. Cox
Running Water Cuts Deep: An Action Research Study of At-Risk Students in a Rural High School, Lara K. Dial
Natural succession of benthic populations in constructed sediment ponds and ditches in southwestern West Virginia, Robin E. Dolin
Analysis of E. coli DNA from selected source(s) using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, Sheema Doshi
Cooperativity of DNA object self-assembly, Ava Caudill Dykes
The effects of a low-intensity exercise program on the fitness level of a 22 year-old female with congenital univentricular heart repair, Alice A. Elkins
The effect of residence type on adjustment to college, Matthew J. Facemire
A Natural History Study of Desmognathus welteri in West Virginia, Zachary Ira Felix
Selling with a visual aid, Michelle Fields
Shooting for the stars: American gun advertising and technology during the Cold War, Angela R. Frye
Taking a step back: an analysis of the unresolved core issue of constitutional validity in the campaign finance reform debate, Scot A. Ginther
Student victimization and its relation to school violence, Heidi Gregoire
The trial of Maurice Papon and French national consciousness, Mary Guillochon
Examination of IV antibiotic use and length of stay in community-acquired pneumonia patients, Shane Hammock
Genomic diversity of pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis, Nathaniel Edwards Head
An investigation of the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors in dietetic students, Brandi Elizabeth Hicks
Individual differences and the effects of time of day and interference on memory, Keelon L. Hinton
The Language of Art: A Conversation Between Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, Marisa Jones Hooser
Spanish women and the Sección Femenina: rhetoric, imagery, and ideology, Julia Hudson-Richards
Roots and wings, Charles Eugene Hughes Jr.
The narratology of Jennifer Johnston's novels, Robert N. Hutton
Race vs. threat: how teens perceive violence as a function of race, Corey R. Layne
Factors influencing spatial variability in soil nitrogen (N) dynamics in N-treated and untreated watersheds of the Fernow Experimental Forest, West Virginia, Nikki Lenore Lyttle
The Conners' Continuous Performance Test, Karrie Mace
Comparison of NCAA division I, II, & III athletic training positions regarding duties and compensation, Lance David Markham
A Matter of Respect: The Mother-Home Visitor Relationship in the Healthy Families America Program, Sarah Mullins
Methods development for the identification of unknown proteins, Laura Brumfield Neal
Black or white: a content analysis of newspaper coverage dealing with NBA players & race, Daniel Eric Newman
Gender and parenting stress using Abidin's Parenting Stress Index, K. Penny Nicholls
The Relationship Between Attention and Memory and School Readiness in West Virginia Preschoolers, Brenda Carol Parker
The Relationship Between Attention and Memory and School Readiness in West Virginia Preschoolers, Brenda Carol Parker
A study in Medieval grief: a modern reader’s interpretation of the Pearl, Sumeeta Patnaik
Does the black church in West Virginia speak with a prophetic voice?: a sociological analysis of the black church as an agent for social change, James Lewis Patterson
The relationship between the perception of school violence and gender in West Virginia, Nancy Price
Referral source and its relationship with the completion of a 12-week intensive outpatient program and continuing care program, Amber J. Rinehart
The relationship between language development and self-help skills in developmentally delayed infants and young children, Tammy M. Roberts
The Relationship Between Receptive Language Skills and School Readiness, Patricia Slack Hines
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO AND ACADEMIC READINESS IN WEST VIRGINIA PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, Michael A. Smith
Characterization and regulation of Skn-directed autoimmune skin lesions, Pamela Jane Staton
A Site Specific Impact Study: Valley Fill Construction Impacts on Water Chemistry and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages, Terry Morton Tomasek
Distribution, Morphometries, and Tooth Morphology of the Genus Desmognathus in West Virginia, Jessica Ann Wooten