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Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Identifying relationships between upper extremity function and Army combat fitness test scores in the reserve 'officers' training corps population, Lianne Marie Shroba

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The effects of fire on oak-forest plant communities along soil moisture gradients: a 25-year study, Rebekah Frances Shupe

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A Water Quality and Contaminant Source Assessment of Arbuckle Creek in Fayette County, West Virginia, Sarah Ashby Simonton

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Environmental participation and evaluation on Marshall University's campus, Noah Adkins Smentkowski

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From crib to bench: understanding Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) using a novel rodent model, Sarah Stevens

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“A Constant Reminder to All”: Remembering Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in West Virginia, Steven Cody Straley

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School Psychology Shortages in West Virginia, Elizabeth Anne Sutfin

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Association of electronic prescription in controlled substances used, Archana Suwal and Jemima Akinyi Okonjo

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Drug delivery systems: exploring rheological properties and therapeutic effect of 5-FU chitosan gel for topical wound healing, Samuel Tetteh-Quarshie

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The Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Injuries within the Center for Wellness in the Arts at Marshall University, Colin John Wakeman

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Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading for Networked Microgrids, Jonathan David Warner

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An Analysis of Estimated Costs Versus Actual Costs in USACE Section 14 Emergency Streambank Protection Projects, Hunter Waugaman

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Adaptation of the Brockton High School literacy initiative to elementary schools in Jackson County, West Virginia, Sonya Jane White

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Wastewater Treatment Plant’s Effectiveness at Treating Fecal Coliforms on the Lower Kanawha River, Christina Elaine Whitt

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A Molecular Dynamic Study on the Piezoelectric Properties of Bulk ZnS And Nanobelts, Rui Xie

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Renewable Energy Production by Solar Chimney: The Influence of Curved Guide Vanes on the Performance of a Solar Chimney Using CFD Simulation, Haokun Xue

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Artificial Intelligence Aided Receiver Design for Wireless Communication Systems, Wenjie Xu

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Impact in Hospitalization of Mental Health Patients with Dual Diagnosis as it Pertains to Medicaid and Treatment with MAT Services, Amanda Akmentins

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The Scope of Telepsychiatry on Health Care Services in the United States, Abdulmajeed Alropaish and Itzamna Kukulkan Castaneda Medina

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Mechanisms of Dopamine-Induced Methamphetamine Neurotoxicity, Melinda L. Asbury

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Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in a West Virginia Juvenile Justice School: A Case Study, Johnathan Matthew Baldwin

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Laboratory Investigation on the Effects of Conductivity on the Sensitive Early Life Stages of Fishes from the Appalachian Region, Logan Ryan Beach

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Shadow smoke: A nonfiction collection on memories lost, taken, and storied, Sarah Ann Canterbury

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Luminescence Emission in a Nanocrystal Doped by a Transition Metal Impurity, George Chappell Jr.

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Multi-objective Optimization of Multi-loop Control Systems, Yuekun Chen

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Opioid Epidemic in West Virginia, Brianna Cole

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First Grade Educators' Perceptions of Their Confidence to Integrate the West Virginia Mathematical Habits of Mind into Classroom Practices, Monica Lynn DellaMea

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Examination of student learning outcomes during a musculoskeletal spine assessment course: hybrid blended model versus traditional classroom delivery in a doctor of physical therapy program, David J. Denton

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Medical Tourism: The Impact of Cost and Wait Time in Relation to Cardiac Surgeries Among Individuals in the United States, Karen Eberechukwu

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340B Program Utilization in Rural US Clinics, William Finley and Heather M. Kruel

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Online Public School: A Study of the Parent's Perspective, Valery Nicole Harper

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Perceptions of Student Organization Advisors Regarding Hazing and Antihazing Law, Paul Andrew Hermansdorfer

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Southern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger niger) foraging behavior and population dynamics, John Huang

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Dysfunctional Mitochondrial Biogenesis: A Potential Underlying Cause For Metabolic Diseases, Caroline Ann Hunter

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Markov Chain Epidemic Models and Parameter Estimation, Oluwatobiloba Ige

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The Effectiveness of Long-distance Translocation of Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes (Crotalus Adamanteus), Allison Grace Kelley

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Robust multi-objective design of suspension systems, Muhammad Ali Khan

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Role of ATP1A1 in Skeletal Muscle Growth and Metabolism, Laura C. Kutz

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DroneSig: Lightweight Digital Signature Protocol for Micro Aerial Vehicles, Yucheng Li

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Reflections of hope: the history, development, and growth of service learning at an urban Catholic High School in West Virginia, Susan Divita Malinoski

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Future trends of nursing homes, Thomas Wade Martin and Kristopher Clark

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Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) Ambush Site Selection in Coastal Saltwater Marshes, Emily Rebecca Mausteller

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Pediatric Opioid Endemic, Olivia Maynard and Molly Watson

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EYECOM: an innovative approach for computer interaction, Anam Mazhar

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Perceptions of academic benefits of work-integrated learning among West Virginia community and technical college students, Laura Leslie McCullough

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United States Medicaid and Pharmacy Fraud: An Unintended Consequence of the Affordable Care Act, Sean McDaniel and Drew Blakely

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Consequences for Public School Truancy and Whether They Affect Student Attendance in West Virginia Counties: A Comprehensive Study, Matthew Jacob Messer

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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

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Authentic Perspectives on Autistic Resilience: Implications for Schools and Society, Andrew Nelson

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Financial Consequences of Covid-19 for U.S. Hospitals, Laura Petty and Trevor Mullins

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A Case Study of the West Virginia Remote Online Collaborative Knowledge System, Kandas Ann Queen

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Teacher Unrest in West Virginia, 2018-2019, Lindsey D. Reed

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Impact on Hospital Profitability Due to COVID Safety Guidelines, Khaja Umair Shariff and Anna Noel Franklin

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Using book clubs to encourage middle school reading interest: a qualitative case study, Marc Shoemaker

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Stakeholders' perception of a successful campus for former foster care children attending post secondary education programs, Jeffrey Lee Shrewsbury

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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

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Revision of the Genus Styxosaurus and Relationships of the Late Cretaceous Elasmosaurids (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) of the Western Interior Seaway, Elliott Armour Smith

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Self-contained and Departmental Educational Delivery Systems: A Case Study of Differences in Student Achievement and Behavior, Robert Eugene Smith III

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A Systematic Literature Survey of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Structural Health Monitoring, Sreehari Sreenath

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Slasher Films and Self-Harm: A Relationship of Self-Hatred and Trauma, Stevie Lee Steers

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Utilization of Telepsychiatry to Combat the Opioid Crisis in the United States, Haley Tallarico

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How Orientation Programs at West Virginia Community Colleges Affect Mid-level Administrators' Perceptions of Adjunct Faculty Quality, Gina M. Taylor

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School administrator perceptions and actions toward reducing mental health factors to learning, Andrew Charles Teti

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First-Year Seminar Delivery Method Effect on Student Success at an Appalachian Open-Enrollment Institution, Anthony Michael Underwood

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FORAGING STRATEGY PLASTICITY IN FIORDLAND PENGUINS (EUDYPTES PACHYRHYNCHUS): A STABLE ISOTOPE APPROACH, Jeffrey Wayne White

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Special Education Teachers’ Perceptions of the Predictors for Improving Post School Outcomes for Students with Disabilities, Ann Marie Wilkinson

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Faculty Perceptions and Teaching Practices for Transformative Change: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Pharmacy Education, Nicole Rockich Winston

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Quaternary Hydrides Pd1-y-zAgyCuzHx Embedded Atom Method Potentials for Hydrogen Energy Applications, Chaonan Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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I wish school was like this: one teacher's journey towards creating a student-led learning space, Angela Dawn Abbott

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Statistical Analysis of Tandem Queues With Markovian Passages in Porous Mediums, Gboyega David Adepoju

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Role of cytochrome P450 2B6 polymorphisms in unexpected methadone death, Taha Ahmad

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Understanding Pseudomonas aeruginosa Alginate Regulation and its Link to Chronic Lung Infections in Cystic Fibrosis Patients, Roy Al Ahmar

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Endogenous Antioxidant Overexpression as an Adjuvant to Diet or Exercise Intervention as Therapy to Counteract Obesity and Beneficially Shift the Gut Microbiome, Deborah Lynn Amos

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Rural Emergency Medical Services Personnel, Nicole Elizabeth Bailey

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Performing Arts and Performance Anxiety, Jacklyn Sue Bascomb

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Synthesis of 1,3-DI(4-Pyridinyl)Acetone, Zachary Tyler Boggs

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Effects of Professional Learning Communities on Instructional Revisions in Secondary Mathematics Classrooms, John Kenneth Bond

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Analytic modeling of eccentric binary black holes : from inspiral to merger, Dillon Paige Buskirk

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The effect of moderate alcohol consumption on sodium-dependent nutrient co-transport in intestinal epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo, Molly Rae Butts

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Perceived exertion and the increase in risk of injury in ROTC cadets, Courtney D. Chiaramonte

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Rural hospital health in the United States, Stephanie Cole and Kathleen Lanham

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Collectivism in central Appalachia: Educational and career implications, Heidi Leigh Creamer

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From darkness to light: an exploration of self-discovery and healing through collaborative recovery expressive writing, Leighann Justice Davidson

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A Study of Administrator Training for School Security Events, Maria V. Eshenaur

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Hybrid Excitations in Organic-Semiconductor Materials, David W. Facemyer

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The Perceptions and Effects of Schools' Names on Black Professional Educators and Their Students, Gregg Suzanne Ferguson

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Potential Applications of Capsaicinoids in Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapy, Jamie Rae Friedman

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The Effectiveness of Nutrition Education: Comparing Registered Dietitian Educators with Dietetic Interns, Amy Gannon

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The Effect of Serratus Anterior Fatigue on Scapular Kinematics, Nathan Curtis Harrison

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Fixing journalism's credibility problem: lessons from the Lippman-Dewey debate, James Michael Hoyle

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Maneuvering Past Meaning: Queering Language through Trans-Poetics, Brooke Ingram

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Trauma Sensitive Schools and the Psychoeducational Evaluation, Barbara Jordan

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What people complain about drone apps? a large-scale empirical study of Google play store reviews, Kanimozhi Kalaichelvan

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Universal Quantum Computation, Junya Kasahara

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Identifying C-mannosylatedproteins in RAW264.7 cells via in vitro HSC70 Co-immunoprecipitation strategies, Nicholas Ryan Kegley

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Staying informed: superintendents and their experience with evidence-based research in the West Virginia public school system, Gabriel Dwayne King

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Long-term effects of elevated manganese on procambarus clarkii behavior, Cody W. Lambert

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Charge Master and the effects on hospitals, Whitney Layton and Katie Lemmon

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An analysis of the research methods used in select peer-reviewed law enforcement journals, 2010 to 2014, David L. Lemmon II

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Description and histology of a small-bodied elasmosaur and discription of mortuneria seyemourensis postcranium, Elizabeth Lester