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Theses/Dissertations from 2020
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
Special Education Teachers’ Perceptions of the Predictors for Improving Post School Outcomes for Students with Disabilities, Ann Marie Wilkinson
Faculty Perceptions and Teaching Practices for Transformative Change: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Pharmacy Education, Nicole Rockich Winston
Quaternary Hydrides Pd1-y-zAgyCuzHx Embedded Atom Method Potentials for Hydrogen Energy Applications, Chaonan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
I wish school was like this: one teacher's journey towards creating a student-led learning space, Angela Dawn Abbott
Statistical Analysis of Tandem Queues With Markovian Passages in Porous Mediums, Gboyega David Adepoju
Role of cytochrome P450 2B6 polymorphisms in unexpected methadone death, Taha Ahmad
Understanding Pseudomonas aeruginosa Alginate Regulation and its Link to Chronic Lung Infections in Cystic Fibrosis Patients, Roy Al Ahmar
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
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Rural Emergency Medical Services Personnel, Nicole Elizabeth Bailey
Performing Arts and Performance Anxiety, Jacklyn Sue Bascomb
Synthesis of 1,3-DI(4-Pyridinyl)Acetone, Zachary Tyler Boggs
Effects of Professional Learning Communities on Instructional Revisions in Secondary Mathematics Classrooms, John Kenneth Bond
Analytic modeling of eccentric binary black holes : from inspiral to merger, Dillon Paige Buskirk
The effect of moderate alcohol consumption on sodium-dependent nutrient co-transport in intestinal epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo, Molly Rae Butts
Perceived exertion and the increase in risk of injury in ROTC cadets, Courtney D. Chiaramonte
Rural hospital health in the United States, Stephanie Cole and Kathleen Lanham
Collectivism in central Appalachia: Educational and career implications, Heidi Leigh Creamer
From darkness to light: an exploration of self-discovery and healing through collaborative recovery expressive writing, Leighann Justice Davidson
A Study of Administrator Training for School Security Events, Maria V. Eshenaur
Hybrid Excitations in Organic-Semiconductor Materials, David W. Facemyer
The Perceptions and Effects of Schools' Names on Black Professional Educators and Their Students, Gregg Suzanne Ferguson
Potential Applications of Capsaicinoids in Small Cell Lung Cancer Therapy, Jamie Rae Friedman
The Effectiveness of Nutrition Education: Comparing Registered Dietitian Educators with Dietetic Interns, Amy Gannon
The Effect of Serratus Anterior Fatigue on Scapular Kinematics, Nathan Curtis Harrison
Fixing journalism's credibility problem: lessons from the Lippman-Dewey debate, James Michael Hoyle
Maneuvering Past Meaning: Queering Language through Trans-Poetics, Brooke Ingram
Trauma Sensitive Schools and the Psychoeducational Evaluation, Barbara Jordan
What people complain about drone apps? a large-scale empirical study of Google play store reviews, Kanimozhi Kalaichelvan
Universal Quantum Computation, Junya Kasahara
Identifying C-mannosylatedproteins in RAW264.7 cells via in vitro HSC70 Co-immunoprecipitation strategies, Nicholas Ryan Kegley
Staying informed: superintendents and their experience with evidence-based research in the West Virginia public school system, Gabriel Dwayne King
Long-term effects of elevated manganese on procambarus clarkii behavior, Cody W. Lambert
Charge Master and the effects on hospitals, Whitney Layton and Katie Lemmon
An analysis of the research methods used in select peer-reviewed law enforcement journals, 2010 to 2014, David L. Lemmon II
Description and histology of a small-bodied elasmosaur and discription of mortuneria seyemourensis postcranium, Elizabeth Lester
Measurement precision and reliability of supraspinatus tendon strain using speckle track analysis of ultrasound images, Gregory Alan McClanahan
An Inference-Driven Branch and Bound Optimization Strategy for Planning Ambulance Services, Kevin McDaniel
An Assessment of the Perceptions of School Professionals Regarding Prenatal Substance Exposure, Aliyah Vicia Mickey
Be a Man: Childhood, Masculinity, Mental Hygiene, and the Asylum in the 1950's, Emily Lonna Miller
Civil neighbors to violent foes: guerrilla warfare in western Virginia during the Civil War, Lauren Michelle Milton
The relationship between angular momentum of the lower trunk and shoulder joint forces in overarm throwing athletes, Kevin Moore
Experiential Learning in Dietetics: Can Diabetes Camp Make a Difference?, Mallory Jean Mount
Regulation of Na-K-ATPase by arachidonic acid metabolites in intestinal epithelial cells, Niraj Nepa
The Utilization of Telehealth/ Telemedicine In Cardiology In Rural Areas, Sophia Noplis and Jocelyn Stout
On monochromatic sets with nondecreasing diameter, Adam O’Neal
Interplay between genetic predisposition and diet in advancing obesity and type 2 Diabetes in the Tallyho mouse, Jacaline Parkman
Isolation and Identification of Hsc70 Conjugates in RAW264.7 Murine Macrophage-Like Cells, Michael Arland Parsons
Smart Roads: Investigating Roadways as Energy Sources for Potential Application of In-Lane Charging, Dhruvalkumar Hitendrakumar Patel
Assessment of live load distribution characteristics of press-brake-formed tub girder superstructures, Guilherme Petty
Organizing 6, 5-Carbon nanotubes on DNA origami arrays, Kathryn A. Pitton
Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Teaching Mathematics, Mathematics Anxiety, and Teaching Mathematics Efficacy, Brittany Elaine Porter
NaKtide Targeted to Adipocytes Ameliorates Western Diet Induced Obesity, Rebecca D. Pratt
Exploration of growth mindset application in communication sciences and disorders, Kelly Jean Rutherford
Characterizing the effects of environmental stressors on the photosynthetic capacity of Chlorella vulgaris, Amanda Louise Smythers
An examination of employer evaluations of student participants in a cooperative education program, Candice Grace Clendenin Stadler
Exploring the variance of the sample variance through estimation and simulation, Christina Stradwick
