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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
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
Suggestive questioning effects on eyewitness reports of kindergarten children, D. Joann Pontier
Bright, common nails: a collection of stories, William Mark Poteet
The regulation of glucose transport in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells by angiotensin II and glucose, Leslie Ann Quinn
A concurrent validity study of the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised, Kimberly D. Rayburn
Social skill training effects on the interpersonal distance and touch recognition abilities of second grade children, Thomas E. Redden
An approach to a generalized synthesis for 2-halo-1,1-diarylalkenes, Cheryll R. Roberts
A study of the relationship between consumer satisfaction and direct care staff turnover in an agency for the developmentally disabled, Delia B. Root
Regulation of the expression of hMn-SOD at the level of the mitochondrial processing of precursor hMn-SOD, Gary Leslie Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
A survey to determine how the media affected operational security of the 1st Armored Division in Bosnia, Stanford E. Angion
The perceived effectiveness of teachers when humor and profanity are present in lectures, Jo Lynn Blankenship
Critical decision making skills of postgraduate respiratory care personnel, Leisa Kay Bowden
Religious orientation and homophobia: an application of the Allport and Batson conceptualizations, Scotty K. Caudill
An advocacy coalition approach to a study of the politics of education in Tennessee, Patricia Ehle Ceperley
Comparison of three different investigative interview techniques with young children, Mary Chapman
An experimental study of the effects of army recruitment television advertising on high school seniors, Jeffrey A. Dean
Effect of retinoic acid on the expression and function of AP-1 transcription factor in B16 mouse melanoma cells: role of protein kinase, Sejal H. Desai
The relationship between the method of selection and length of service of department chairs and degree of subordinate faculty support, P. Michael Ditchen
The effect of the mammalian hormone estrogen on the yeast C̲a̲n̲d̲i̲d̲a̲ a̲l̲b̲i̲c̲a̲n̲s̲, Marcia Clifton Finucane
Nitrogen transformations in a mitigated wetland in the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, Mark Allen Fisher
Geographic variation of S̲o̲r̲e̲x̲ c̲i̲n̲e̲r̲e̲u̲s̲ in West Virginia, Lisa Jane Gatens
Adolescent attitudes toward violent behavior, Scott J. Gaugler
Rural and urban police officer attitudes toward psychologists and psychological services, Kara Gettman
Unrealized expectations and political violence in Peru's Sendero Luminoso insurgency, Michael J. Harrington
The relationship between and among policy variables, type of institution, and perceptions of academic administrators with regard to post- tenure review, Beverly Jo Harris
Four-year and Seasonal Patterns of Herbaceous Layer Development in Hardwood Stands of the Fernow Experimental Forest, Parsons, WV, Anne Wallace Hockenberry
Modulated structures in electrodeposited superconducting Ba(1-x)K(x)BiO(3), Chad Bryant Huffman
An analysis of habitat utilization and feeding ecology of Plethodon richmondi and Plethodon cinereus in northern West Virginia, Peter A. Kramer
Regulation of melanogenesis in B16 mouse melanoma cells by protein Kinase C (PKC), Harish Mahalingam
A Study on the Life History and Seasonal Foraging Habits of the Salamander Desmognathus quadramaculatus Holbrook, in WV, Glenn R. Mills
Floristics, plant community structure and bank profiles, for five sites along the Middle Ohio River, Amy Nicole Morris
Sex differences in television viewing and attention: do males really channel surf more than females?, Melissa Morrison
Henry IV, Part Two: a modern stage history, Calisa A. Pierce
Writing as a mode of teaching and learning in secondary discipline-based art education, Julie Raines
Integration and Athletics: Integrating the Marshall University Basketball Program, 1954-1969, George M. Reger
Postnatal development of the neural retina in a South American opossum: Monodelphis domestica, Tracy L. Soltesz
Genetic Analysis of Rhinichthys atratulus (Pisces: Cyprinidae) in North Central West Virginia, Alan Harper Tennant
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Self-perceived leader behavior and characteristics of black and white chief administrators of colleges and universities: a comparative study, Gregory D. Epps
Holding the line: Confederate defense of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike in the Fall of 1861, Joe Geiger Jr.
The Distribution, Ecology and Natural History of Shrews (Insectivora: Soricidae) in Southern West Virginia, Jeffrey Jerome Hajenga
Geographic and nongeographic variation in the genus Microtus (Mammalia: rodentia) in West Virginia, Tina M. Savage
Predictors of college choice for first-time college students at American colleges and universities associated with the Church of Christ, Robert W. Stephens Jr.
Reproductive Biology of the Grass Pickerel Esox Americanus Vermiculatus Lesueur, from the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, Cabell County, West Virginia, Ronald Clifton Tipton
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Utilization of wood duck nest boxes with respect to plant community type, orientation and juxtaposition at the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, West Virginia, Anthony Benjamin Borda Jr.
Cultural Commitment and Attitudes Toward Seeking Counseling Services in African-Americans, Jessamine M. Montero
Factors influencing the spatial distribution and natural history of Desmognathus ochrophaeus in West Virginia, Linda D. Ordiway
The muffler mailbox man, J. Amari Roland
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Vascular flora of three watersheds in the Fernow Experimental Forest and factors influencing species composition of the herbaceous layer, Staci Dudash Smith Aulick
The social climate of allied health educational programs as perceived by program directors, Bruce Joseph Brown
Reproductive Biology of the Bowfin, Amia Calva Linnaeus, from the Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area, Cabell County, West Virginia, Katie Lee McGinn Daniels
Gender differences in work and family commitments and their effect on work-family role conflict among administrators in higher education, Maudie Elizabeth Karickhoff
Aspects of the Ecology of the Wood Turtle, Clemmys insculpta (LeConte), in West Virginia, Allan J. Niederberger
The Effects of Wildfire on the Herbaceous Layer of a Southwestern West Virginia Mixed Hardwood Forest, Michael K. Nowlin
Factors Influencing Herbaceous Layer Vegetation of a Central Appalachian Hardwood Forest Ecosystem, Nicole Leigh Turrill
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
An Ecological Study of the Cumberland Plateau Salamander, Plethodon kentucki Mittleman, in West Virginia, Jeffrey E. Bailey
A history of the West Virginia Board of Regents as the governing board for higher education, 1969-1989, Joseph Wayne Corder Jr.
Restructuring in state departments of education: an analysis of structural evolution, Harriet Maxey Deel
A Communication Audit of the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, Larry W. Dorsch
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Ecology of the green salamander : Aneides aeneus (Cope and Packard), in West Virginia, Ronald A. Canterbury
Life history, ecology, and morphology of the ravine salamander, Plethodon richmondi, Ronnie D. Jewell
A Survey of Existing and Proposed State Legislation Protecting High School Students' Rights to Free Expression and a Free Press, and a Proposal for such Legislation in West Virginia, Vaughn Gibson Rhudy
Planning for changes: a study of satellite distance learning administrative policy development in higher education, H. Keith Spears
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Home Remedies in West Virginia, Lynne Heidsiek
Hospice: a descriptive analysis of the structure and formation of hospice organization in West Virginia, Rebecca Ann Lowery
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
Evaluation of the Utilization of the Home Economics BASE Curriculum in the West Virginia Middle School, Lana J. Hardy
The relationship between school principals' self-perceived brain hemispheric processing modes and their self-perceived leadership styles, Barbara McSwain Kean
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
The relationship between a principal's self-perceived leader style and self-perceived job stress, Paul Harrison Bisher II
Flora and Vegetation of the Meadow River Wetlands, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, Alan Edward Brant
A taxonomic and distributional study of the adult caddisflies of the family leptoceridae (insecta: trichoptera) of West Virginia, James B. Glover
The Bog Forest Community at Cranberry Glades, West Virginia, Amy Casdorph Kokesh
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Leadership style analysis: West Virginia superintendents, Jennie Stanar Bechtold
Reproduction and Early Development of A Hermaphroditic Unionid : Uniomerus tetralasmus (Say, 1831), Joan E. Burton
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Compliance patterns and teacher personalities in private and public school organizations in West Virginia, Raymond Augustine Dunleavy
An analysis of the characteristics of alumni donors and non-donors at Butler University, Freddie Duke Haddad Jr.
The special education administrator role as perceived by principals, superintendents and special education administrators in West Virginia, Michael Edward Sullivan
An appeal for racial justice : the Civic Interest Progressives' confrontation with Huntington, West Virginia and Marshall University, 1963-1965, Bruce A. Thompson
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Participation in decision making and its effect on job satisfaction and role stress of staff in child development agencies in the United States, Norma Seay Gray
Emerging legal theories of educational malpractice and judicial rejection, Tanya Ruth von Gustedt
The relationship between principal's leadership style and teacher job satisfaction, Pamela Amick Klawitter
The political role of superintendents in state educational decision making as perceived by superintendents and West Virginia legislators, Mark Anthony Manchin
Perceptions of nursing education administrators and nursing service administrators regarding associate degree and baccalaureate nurses in hospitals, Judith Pinson Sortet
Moments of silence in public schools: a breach in the "Wall", Edward D. Talkington
The relationship between sex-role bias and the disproportionate percentage of males in special education classrooms, Melanie Brumfield Vickers
Classicism versus romanticism in the modern, Matthew Clark Wolfe
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Faculty development among organized faculties in U.S. colleges and universities, Roma Lynn Gay Adkins
Regular-classroom teachers' attitudes toward mainstreaming handicapped students: a study of the stated attitude and its relation to selected variables and acceptance behaviors, Alice Crayton Alexander
A Survey of the Aspidogastrean and Hydracarine Parasites of Bivalue Molluscs in Western West Virginia, Donald W. Danford
The importance and performance of superintendents' job functions as perceived by board members and superintendents, Patricia Simms Harrison
