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Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Clarification of the hybrid origin of carex x deamii Herm. (Cyperaceae) based on macro and micro morphological characters, Paul B. Marcum
An analysis of the training methods utilized in business and industrial organizations by West Virginia training professionals, Kelli R. Mayes
The effect of music on visuospatial memory, James L. McCracken
Preparation of N-(Haloaryl) succinimides, Okey Noe II
To educate the Heathen: a comparison of the treatment of the native peoples of the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, Howard R. Nolen
Using selective MMPl-2 clinical scales to predict the severity of prison infractions for first degree murderers in a maximum security prison, Margarita Lynn Pauley
Linguistic communication skills in rural Appalachian preschoolers, Brenda Pinkerman
The Bank of Gallipolis: its place in national banking history, William E. Plants
Feeding niches of forest salamanders: indirect effects of gypsy moth pesticides on prey selection and potential overlap between adults of six species, Sandra Raimondo
It wasn't always like this with me, Greg Rickard
Patient/physician communication: a comprehensive review of the medical literature, 1989 to 1998, David L. Rodgers
Ecology and natural history of Rana clamitans melanota in West Virginia, Alison M. Rogers
Distribution of the Sucker Family (Pisces: Catostomidae) in the Ohio River, Tara L. Rose
Belles Among the Bluffs : The Experiences of Women During the Siege of Vicksburg, Shannon Ewing Sexton
A Vegetation Analysis of Plant Communities in and Around Selected Holding Ponds at McClintic Wildlife Management Area, Mason County, West Virginia, Russell Bowman Shrader
The role of retinoids and protein kinase C in vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and function, Shaoshan Wang
Natural History of the Marbled Salamander, Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst), in West Virginia, with Special Notes on Reproduction and Larval Development, Jason J. Watkins
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Adolescent depression: the influence of self-esteem, self-consciousness and gender, Kevin W. Adams
Life history, ecology, and low pH tolerance of the freshwater prawn, Palaemonetes kadiakensis Rathbun, in a mitigated wetland of the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, West Virginia, Jennifer Ann Aderman
The mechanics and regulation of rat aortic smooth muscle contraction: implications of cytoskeletal remodeling, protein phosphorylations, and microtubule-based kinase transport, Alison Summers Battistella-Patterson
Progestin stimulation of the protooncogene c-̲m̲y̲c in T47D human breast cancer cells, Kristy Ann Blankenship
Leisure and Delinquency: A Comparative Study of the Link Between Leisure Activities and Delinquency, Patricia L. Brougham
The brief life of the anthropoid animal: a collection of translated poems from Brief Life and The Anthropoid Animal, Marina Primo Busatto
Molecular mapping of the fatty (f) (formerly corpulent) gene in the LA/N rat obesity model, Kenneth G. Butz
Genesis 2:26, Michael G. M. Cornelius
"The boys'll listen to me": the labor career of William Blizzard, Shae Ronald Davidson
Martha Stewart Weekdays: A Symbolic Construction of the Image of Woman, Holly Lorraine Dent
The narrative voice of Lee Smith: emergence of a passionate narrative voice through body and spirit, Judith A. Eddy
Seniors' knowledge of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation in urban versus rural West Virginia, Debra S. Evans
Group productivity and how it is affected by an imposed group structure, Vicki Fenwick
The effect of tape and neoprene ankle supports on balance in athletes with injured ankles, Tara Michelle Gerlach
Thy will be done, my will be done: a comparative analysis of the diary of Susanna Gordon Waddell, 1863-1867 and selected letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, 1862-1864, Leann Elizabeth Ginther
A study of job satisfaction of female administrators in the National Education Association and its affiliates, Jacqueline G. Goodwin
A content analysis of televised health news coverage within the Huntington, West Virginia designated market area, Leigh Suzanne Hall
The clinical utility of the Jesness Inventory, Stephanie J. Hayes-Harris
From the southeast to Fort Ancient: a survey of shell gorgets in West Virginia, Darla Spencer Hoffman
Concurrent validity of the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale, Kathryn L. Ingles
The role of domain I in laminin chain assembly, George D. Kamphaus
Henry Norris and the Boleyn faction: 1528-1536, Jeff Lavender
Holistic approaches in a secondary discipline-based art education curriculum, Jennifer Hicks Limle
Occupational titles and the perception of gender, Cynthia A. Lokey
A comparative study of catholic and non-catholic students in a catholic secondary school, wheeling central catholic high school, with respect to their religious knowledge and religious practices, Mary Aileen Mansuetto
Modernization and migration in Indonesia, I Wayan Mastriyana
Creation Acts, Paul Brian McCoy
Business technology: new avenues for sexual harassment in the workplace, Terri Stone Meadows
The use of isoelectric focusing to assess the genetic diversity of the cyprinid fishes: Rhinichthys cataractae and Rhinichthys atratulus in West Virginia, Fauzia Alam Miah
Conduct disorder questionnaire, Dwayne L. Milam
A critical view of Kai Erikson's Everything In Its Path: the current state of Appalachian studies, Matthew Franklin Moore
Influences of acid mine drainage on water chemistry of Blackwater River Watershed, Carla C. Morato-Lara
Chi square analysis of the supported employment and unsuccessful placement survey to assess individualized needs when program planning, Melissa S. Nelson
Peer evaluation: design and implementation of the peer evaluation format, Christopher F. Nichols
The use of emergent rocks as refugia for the Cheat Mountain salamander, Plethodon nettingi green, Beth Anne Pauley
Ecological life history of Caenis amica Hagen (Emphemeroptera: caenidae) from the mitigated area of Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, Cabell County, West Virginia, Gail Lynn Perrine
In the fullness of time: the literature of Denise Giardina, Cathy Pleska
Narrative voicings in the novels of Roddy Doyle, Larry Poe
Approaches to a generalized synthesis for hexaphenylbutadiene, Karena Kaye Linkenhoger Robinson
Characterization of the promoter and upstream activation sequences of sporulation-specific genes SPR1 (SSG1) and SPR2 in saccharomyces cerevisiae, Sharmini S. Soosaithasan
Ecology and natural history of the cow knob salamander, Plethodon Punctatus Highton, in West Virginia, Robert B. Tucker
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Christina Rossetti: Pre-Raphaelite poet, Linda S. Baird
Predicting Direct Care Staff Tenure: The Development and Use of a Weighted Application Process, Jimmy Beirne
Determination of selected hydrocarbon concentrations in reformate using near infrared spectroscopy, Roy Roger Bledsoe Jr.
A comparative study of the benthic population in weir ponds draining watersheds of the Fernow Experimental Forest, Parsons, West Virginia, Kevin Dwayne Brittingham
Urban Renewal: The Huntington Experience, Mark B. Bugher
Relationship of resting and submaximal cardiovascular measures to VO[2]max in untrained children, Thomas A. Cappaert
Re-evaluating the major stressors of policing, James Walter Carter II
A survey of Army Reserve Officer Training Corps instructors to determine the importance of integrating news media training into the cadet curriculum, Kent P. Cassella
Standardization, compromise, or specialization: a content analysis of magazine advertisements in America and Taiwan, Yi-Fan Chen
Personality factors linked to workplace aggression as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Scott A. Cottrell
A study of self-esteem comparing special education with regular education students during the middle school years, Debra A. Davis
The influence of parental attitudes on childhood perceptions of control over chronic illnesses: comparison of urban and rural populations, Lesley A. Epperly
The Gordon Personal Profile-Inventory as a selection instrument, Patrick Y. Fisher
Coyote tracks: examining the trickster in the works of Leslie Marmon Silko, Jeffrey A. Green
Dietary intakes from rural, community-based elderly as a determinant of food availability, Kelli Jo Hall
Rural education and rural community viability, Patricia Cahape Hammer
Radio advertising decision-making in the Tri-State --: Huntington, West Virginia; Ashland, Kentucky; and Ironton, Ohio radio market, Terry L. Hapney Jr.
Ecological life history of Crangonyx pseudogracilis Bousfield (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, Cabell County, West Virginia, Andrea Leigh Henry
Vertical, longitudinal and seasonal variation in the benthic fauna at the Fernow Experimential Forest, Parsons, West Virginia, Robert William Hood
An Ecological Study of Shale Barren Rock Cress (Arabis serotina Steele) at Little Fork Shale Barren, Pendleton County, West Virginia, Robert J. Jarrett
Natural History of the Four-toed Salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum, in West Virginia, Sandra L. Kilpatrick
A city's dichotomous response to postwar change: Charleston, West Virginia, 1919-1923, Dwayne L. Ledsome
An immunomodulating mycotoxin interferes with the development of autoimmune diabetes in diabetes-prone BB/Wor rats, Honggang Liu
Military public affairs practitioners' and civilian journalists' perceptions of Army crisis communications, Michelle L. Martin
Effects of estrogen in a place preference conditioning paradigm using non-sexual social interaction to condition female rats, Timothy D. Maze
Effects of creatine supplementation on muscular strength and power development in well-trained football players, Josef D. McQuain
Observations on reproduction, isozyme patterns, and meristics in mosquitofish (Pisces: Poeciliidae) from West Virginia, Matt McReynolds
Religion and coping with chronic illness: a comparison of rural and urban communities, Christina Mullins
Attachment and the development of eating disorders as measured by the “APDQ”, Colleen D. O'Pell
The effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on anxiety among the elderly in a nursing home setting, Lawrence David Parker
Effects of student nonverbal and verbal immediacy behaviors on teachers' behaviors and perceptions, Nina C. Persi
Women in the West Virginia state legislature 1923-1997, Jo Boggess Phillips
Natural History of the red-spotted newt, Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens (Rafinesque), in West Virginia, Jennifer M. Piascik
