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Theses/Dissertations from 2021
The Effects of Concussion on Quantity of Sleep and Quality of Sleep, Taren Asheton Bone
The Effect of Upper-String Musician Practice Session on Scapular Kinematics, Connor James Brown
Assessing the toxicity of a reconstituted water simulating streams influenced by mountaintop mining in central Appalachia, Benjamin David Browning
An Investigation of the Effect of Selected Policy Elements on the Function of Faculty in an Online Learning Environment, Sara Ann Brown
Targeting Epigenetic Mechanisms in Endometriosis, Sarah Elizabeth Brunty
Super PACs and Agenda Setting, Logan Bush
Characterization of cardiovascular function in adult offspring following prenatal exposure to methamphetamine, Hasitha Chavva
An exceptionally small new polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) with raptorial eyes from the Western Interior Seaway of North America, Robert O’Brien Clark
Teacher perceptions of E-learning during Covid-19 in low-and-high-income schools, Thomas Allen Cooper II
A Phenomenological Study: Understanding Teacher Experiences with Grief in the Classroom, Melissa A. Cyfers
Perceived Stress and Burnout in Athletic Training Students, Desiree Nicole Daniels
Structure-based design and synthesis of transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8) ion channel ligands, Denise Catherine Dawley
An Examination of the Use of the BESS With Rural Appalachian Preschoolers, Savana B. Earnest
School Climate for LGBTQ Youth: Principals’ Perceptions and Experiences, Jessica L. George
Effects of the needle exchange program implemented in West Virginia, Amber Graves, Anthony B. Uriarte, and Katherine Duty
Multidisciplinary and Multi-Objective Optimal Design of a Cascade Control System for a Flexible Wing with Embedded Control Surfaces Having Actuator Dynamics, Christopher Stephen Greer
Faculty and Administrator’s Perspective on Degree Completion Initiatives in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Jennifer Hammonds
Seasonal Variation in Home-Range and Core-Area Size in Verreaux's Sifaka, Brynn Harshbarger
Understanding the Influence of Childhood Experiences on the Development of Female Sexual Perpetrators Against Underage Individuals, Cassandra Marie Hershman
Fatigue-related jump landing knee injuries in dancers, Megan Holton
Na/K-ATPase ALPHα1 Regulates Adipogenesis via Its Conserved Caveolin Binding Motif, Minqi Huang
Climate resilience: Examination of revised heat transfer models in the enhanced integrated climatic model for pavement temperature prediction, Austin Michael Jarrell
The U-Net-based Active Learning Framework for Enhancing Cancer Immunotherapy, Vishwanshi Joshi
Diverse Perspectives on the Living-Learning Community Experience at a Large Public University, Amy Griffin Lorenz
American Mythology: How Storytelling Shapes Modern Cultural Perceptions, Kristin Maynard
Corequisite Mathematics: A Program Analysis at the College Level, Shannon Miller-Mace
Side-to-differences of medial elbow anatomy adaptations in youth throwing athletes, Rudolph Matthew Morrow
Role of Na/K-ATPase Non-enzymatic Signaling in Renal Proximal Tubule Sodium Transport, Shreya Tapan Mukherji
Do needle exchange programs cause more harm to injection drug users and compromise the safety of the communities in which they are in place?, Amber L. Payne
Filling the Middle Skills Gap: Increasing Silver-Level Career Readiness Certificate Attainment in Mississippi, Steven Wayne Pickering
Through Their Eyes: An Analysis of Misrepresentation in Popular Lesbian Television Narratives, Delana Janine Price
The Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on Plants, Christian Mathew Pridemore
The Effect of scapular dyskinesis on Army combat fitness test scores and shoulder function in Army ROTC cadets, Kirstin Ann Schwart
"Our Women Are Made of the Right Stuff": Gender, Politics, and Conflict in Civil War West Virginia, Amanda Romain Shaver
Identifying relationships between upper extremity function and Army combat fitness test scores in the reserve 'officers' training corps population, Lianne Marie Shroba
The effects of fire on oak-forest plant communities along soil moisture gradients: a 25-year study, Rebekah Frances Shupe
A Water Quality and Contaminant Source Assessment of Arbuckle Creek in Fayette County, West Virginia, Sarah Ashby Simonton
Environmental participation and evaluation on Marshall University's campus, Noah Adkins Smentkowski
From crib to bench: understanding Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) using a novel rodent model, Sarah Stevens
“A Constant Reminder to All”: Remembering Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in West Virginia, Steven Cody Straley
School Psychology Shortages in West Virginia, Elizabeth Anne Sutfin
Association of electronic prescription in controlled substances used, Archana Suwal and Jemima Akinyi Okonjo
Drug delivery systems: exploring rheological properties and therapeutic effect of 5-FU chitosan gel for topical wound healing, Samuel Tetteh-Quarshie
The Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Injuries within the Center for Wellness in the Arts at Marshall University, Colin John Wakeman
Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading for Networked Microgrids, Jonathan David Warner
An Analysis of Estimated Costs Versus Actual Costs in USACE Section 14 Emergency Streambank Protection Projects, Hunter Waugaman
Adaptation of the Brockton High School literacy initiative to elementary schools in Jackson County, West Virginia, Sonya Jane White
Wastewater Treatment Plant’s Effectiveness at Treating Fecal Coliforms on the Lower Kanawha River, Christina Elaine Whitt
A Molecular Dynamic Study on the Piezoelectric Properties of Bulk ZnS And Nanobelts, Rui Xie
Artificial Intelligence Aided Receiver Design for Wireless Communication Systems, Wenjie Xu
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Impact in Hospitalization of Mental Health Patients with Dual Diagnosis as it Pertains to Medicaid and Treatment with MAT Services, Amanda Akmentins
The Scope of Telepsychiatry on Health Care Services in the United States, Abdulmajeed Alropaish and Itzamna Kukulkan Castaneda Medina
Mechanisms of Dopamine-Induced Methamphetamine Neurotoxicity, Melinda L. Asbury
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in a West Virginia Juvenile Justice School: A Case Study, Johnathan Matthew Baldwin
Laboratory Investigation on the Effects of Conductivity on the Sensitive Early Life Stages of Fishes from the Appalachian Region, Logan Ryan Beach
Shadow smoke: A nonfiction collection on memories lost, taken, and storied, Sarah Ann Canterbury
Luminescence Emission in a Nanocrystal Doped by a Transition Metal Impurity, George Chappell Jr.
Multi-objective Optimization of Multi-loop Control Systems, Yuekun Chen
Opioid Epidemic in West Virginia, Brianna Cole
First Grade Educators' Perceptions of Their Confidence to Integrate the West Virginia Mathematical Habits of Mind into Classroom Practices, Monica Lynn DellaMea
Medical Tourism: The Impact of Cost and Wait Time in Relation to Cardiac Surgeries Among Individuals in the United States, Karen Eberechukwu
340B Program Utilization in Rural US Clinics, William Finley and Heather M. Kruel
Online Public School: A Study of the Parent's Perspective, Valery Nicole Harper
Perceptions of Student Organization Advisors Regarding Hazing and Antihazing Law, Paul Andrew Hermansdorfer
Southern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger niger) foraging behavior and population dynamics, John Huang
Dysfunctional Mitochondrial Biogenesis: A Potential Underlying Cause For Metabolic Diseases, Caroline Ann Hunter
Markov Chain Epidemic Models and Parameter Estimation, Oluwatobiloba Ige
The Effectiveness of Long-distance Translocation of Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes (Crotalus Adamanteus), Allison Grace Kelley
Robust multi-objective design of suspension systems, Muhammad Ali Khan
Role of ATP1A1 in Skeletal Muscle Growth and Metabolism, Laura C. Kutz
DroneSig: Lightweight Digital Signature Protocol for Micro Aerial Vehicles, Yucheng Li
Reflections of hope: the history, development, and growth of service learning at an urban Catholic High School in West Virginia, Susan Divita Malinoski
Future trends of nursing homes, Thomas Wade Martin and Kristopher Clark
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) Ambush Site Selection in Coastal Saltwater Marshes, Emily Rebecca Mausteller
Pediatric Opioid Endemic, Olivia Maynard and Molly Watson
EYECOM: an innovative approach for computer interaction, Anam Mazhar
Perceptions of academic benefits of work-integrated learning among West Virginia community and technical college students, Laura Leslie McCullough
United States Medicaid and Pharmacy Fraud: An Unintended Consequence of the Affordable Care Act, Sean McDaniel and Drew Blakely
Consequences for Public School Truancy and Whether They Affect Student Attendance in West Virginia Counties: A Comprehensive Study, Matthew Jacob Messer
The Use of Postural Aggression in Intimate Partner Relationships: What Is it and Is it Being Recognized as "Abuse" by Intimate Partners, Elizabeth Gentry Myers
Authentic Perspectives on Autistic Resilience: Implications for Schools and Society, Andrew Nelson
Financial Consequences of Covid-19 for U.S. Hospitals, Laura Petty and Trevor Mullins
A Case Study of the West Virginia Remote Online Collaborative Knowledge System, Kandas Ann Queen
Teacher Unrest in West Virginia, 2018-2019, Lindsey D. Reed
Impact on Hospital Profitability Due to COVID Safety Guidelines, Khaja Umair Shariff and Anna Noel Franklin
Using book clubs to encourage middle school reading interest: a qualitative case study, Marc Shoemaker
Stakeholders' perception of a successful campus for former foster care children attending post secondary education programs, Jeffrey Lee Shrewsbury
A REVIEW OF TRUANCY PROGRAMS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN WEST VIRGINIA: PERCEPTIONS OF ATTENDANCE DIRECTORS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE STUDENT ATTENDANCE, Shellie Belcher Simpson
Revision of the Genus Styxosaurus and Relationships of the Late Cretaceous Elasmosaurids (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) of the Western Interior Seaway, Elliott Armour Smith
Self-contained and Departmental Educational Delivery Systems: A Case Study of Differences in Student Achievement and Behavior, Robert Eugene Smith III
A Systematic Literature Survey of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Structural Health Monitoring, Sreehari Sreenath
Slasher Films and Self-Harm: A Relationship of Self-Hatred and Trauma, Stevie Lee Steers
Utilization of Telepsychiatry to Combat the Opioid Crisis in the United States, Haley Tallarico
How Orientation Programs at West Virginia Community Colleges Affect Mid-level Administrators' Perceptions of Adjunct Faculty Quality, Gina M. Taylor
School administrator perceptions and actions toward reducing mental health factors to learning, Andrew Charles Teti
First-Year Seminar Delivery Method Effect on Student Success at an Appalachian Open-Enrollment Institution, Anthony Michael Underwood
FORAGING STRATEGY PLASTICITY IN FIORDLAND PENGUINS (EUDYPTES PACHYRHYNCHUS): A STABLE ISOTOPE APPROACH, Jeffrey Wayne White
