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Theses/Dissertations from 2019
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
The Cape Fear Ran Red: Memory of the Wilmington Race Riot and Coup D'état of 1898, Jacob Michael Thomas
The Education of the Elementary Mathematics Specialist: A Program Evaluation, Lee Ann Vecellio
Developments Towards High-Flux Silica Nanosphere Substrates to Support Conforming Self-Assembled Gold Nanoparticle Monolayers for Applications in Size-Selective Filtration, Ryan Baker Vincent
Novel DNA Origami Based Lateral Flow Assay Development, Adrienne Walker
The Implementation and Effects of Computerized Physician Order Entry in Healthcare Settings, Bojing Wang and Xiaoying Liu
Mechanistic Study of Diatrizoic Acid Induced Proximal Tubule Cytotoxicity, Dakota Blake Ward
Educator Perceptions of Suspension and Suspension Alternatives, Jori Williams
A Machine Learning Recommender Model for Ride Sharing Based on Rider Characteristics and User Threshold Time, Govind Pramod Yatnalkar
Numerical simulation for the hydrodynamic performance of hydropower turbine near free surface, Zeda Yin
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Tailoring higher education instruction for students with ASD to transition to employment : employer perspectives, Hillary M. Adams
The Influence of Northern Hemisphere Teleconnections on the Geography of Pacific Tropical Cyclone Genesis, Nicholas Ray Adkins
Preference Probability Based on Ranks - A New Approach Using Logistic Regression with Zero Intercept, Oluwagbenga David Agboola
Southern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger niger) translocation, occupancy, and foraging behaviors, Katelyn Marie Amspacher
Influence of developmental stage, habitat, and captivity on thecutaneous bacterial communities of Eastern Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis Alleganiensis) in West Virginia, Rachel Fern Arrick
Harm Reduction Programs: West Virginia vs. United States, Morgan L. Belcher and Hannah Sayre
Preparedness of School Psychologists to Provide Services for Students Diagnosed with Cancer, Lauren McKenzie Blevins
Iron Road: The Rise of Huntington, West Virginia, 1870-1920, Brooks Bryant
Literacy leaders : An analysis of West Virginia secondary school principals' self-reported literacy leaderships perceptions and practices, Stephanie Adria Burdette
The Relationship Between Religiosity and Mental Illness Stigma in the Abrahamic Religions, Emma C. Bushong
A Novel IEEE 802.11 Power Save Mechanism for Energy Harvesting Motivated Networks, Yigitcan Celik
Exploring Residence Life Needs of College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Their Transition to College, Jaclyn Clark
Some-ness in No-When: Queer Temporalities in the Horror Genre, Melody Hope Cooper
Musical Expression and Spanish Nationalism in Selected Works of Tomás Bretón, Brent Matthew Darnold
mLearning Device Usage and Self Efficacy By Higher Education Faculty for Professional Activities: A Case Study, Elbert Davis
An Analysis of Personality on Legal Substance and Behavioral Addictions, Elise Stephanie Edwards
Perceptions of the Importance and Integration of High-Impact Practices in Traditional Versus Online Learning, Melissa Martin Farrish
Underrepresenting Disproportionality : An Interdisciplinary Bibliographic Content Analysis, Stacy B. Fooce
Nineteenth Century American Newspapers and the Criminal Transgressor, James Maxwell Fuller
Improved embedded atom method potentials for metal hydride systems, Robert Fuller
Curriculum Change in Undergraduate Strategic Communications Programs: How Strategic Communications Programs are Adapting to 21st Century Media, Allyson B. Goodman
Impact of Educator Preparation Routes and Teacher Characteristics on Student Academic Achievement, Robert Hagerman
The Curriculum of Cultural Reconciliation at West Virginia State University and the General Education Curriculum, Michael Carpenter Harris II
Student attributes related to dual enrollment baccalaureate degree outcomes in a rural state, Charles Scott Inghram
The effect of athlete celebrity endorsement on attitude toward brand and purchase intention, Yunheui Jeon
Awareness of Clery Act Reporting Requirements Across Institutional Strata in West Virginia Community and Technical Colleges, Christina C. Johnson
The Alt-right's use of President Donald Trump's Twitter account as a propaganda device, Erin Nicole Jorden
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) telemetry techniques and translocation, Michael Thomas Jungen
Freshwater Mussels of the Greenup Navigational Pool, Ohio River, with a Comparison to Fish Host Communities, Mitchell David Kriege
Principal Perceptions of the Effectiveness of WVBE Policy 5800: Standards of Professional Practice for West Virginia Superintendents, Principals and Teacher Leaders, Allen Ray Laugh Jr.
The Anatomy of the Carpal Tunnel and Hand Function of Musicians, Emily Ann Lorenzen
"This Isn't for You, This Is for Me": Women in Cosplay and Their Experiences Combatting Harassment and Stigma, Christopher M. Lucas
Role of N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline (Ac-SDKP) and renal hemodynamics on obesity related renal damage, Mani Maheshwari
A Poetic Exploration of Landscape and Negation in Larry Levis's The Dollmaker’s Ghost, Cynthia McComas
The Life History of Faxonius rusticus (Girard, 1852) in Sunfish Creek, Monroe County, Ohio, Kyle McGill
An Extension of the Jeu de Taquin, Joanna McKinney
"Impracticable, inhospitable, and dismal country": An examination of the environmental impact on Civil War military operations in West Virginia, John Martin McMillan
Are Higher Education Institutions Addressing the Employment Needs of Clinical Laboratories in Rural Areas?, Pamela Dawn Meadows
Weathered Mountains: A Qualitative Study of West Virginia Women and their Perceptions of Strength, Land, and Womanhood, Danielle Renee Mullins
The Progressive Distribution of Sentences Containing Relative Clauses in Japanese Textbooks of English, Risa Nakagawa
A systemic functional analysis of TOEFL sample writings, Yuki Nakamura
Thumb Sticks and Hand Grenades : An Analysis of War and Perspectives in Video Games, Jonathan Ked Nance
Relationship between the WJ-IV ACH reading tests and the GORT-5, Emily D. Nestor
Effect of Empagliflozin on insulin sensitivity in the lean and obese Zucker rat: a model of metabolic syndrome, Veda Gayatri Sushma Penta
Effective iPad Instruction: A Qualitative Study Comparing Classroom Practices to the Technology Integration Matrix, Bridget Phillips
Exploring the Regulatory Mechanism of the Notch Ligand Receptor Jagged1 Via the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Breast Cancer, Sean Alan Piwarski
Targeted Limb Heating Augments the Actions of IGF1 in the Growth Plate and Increases Bone Elongation in Growing Mice, Holly Lyn Racine
A Characterization of West Virginia Coyotes (Canis Latrans) Utilizing Skull Morphology, Katharina E. Scholer
Using TPACK to explore the integration of virtual microscopes into an introductory biology course, Bobbie Seyedmonir
The Truth About Literature: An Examination of Emotion and Ethics Across Genre, Christian Alexander Simms
Amphibians Among Road-Rut Pools in West Virginia, Abby L. Sinclair
Modeling Chlorophyll Concentrations on the Ohio River using Remotely Sensed Data, Thaddaeus Stephen Tuggle
The Floating Head of Feminism: The Domesticated Domain and Erasure of the Female (No)body in Contemporary Television and Cinema, Alicia Brooke Turner
Effectiveness of Tranexamic Acid Administration on Intraoperative Blood Loss in Elective Craniofacial Surgery, Kimberly Marie Vance
Exploring the Perspectives and Experiences of Physicians in WV who Prescribe Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) to Patients with Opioid use Disorder (OUD), Kimberly Ann White
An investigation of the relationship between selected superintendent attributes and instructional leadership practices, Leatha G. Williams
Using Environmental DNA and Occupancy Modeling to Examine Drivers of Eastern Hellbender Extirpation and Sampling Method Efficiency in West Virginia, Sean Michael Wineland
Teachers' practices and perceptions concerning the implementation of inquiry-based instruction in middle school science, Jill E. Wood
Design and simulation of a pneumatic actuator bending soft robotics based on 3D printing, Chenyu Zheng
Smartphone-Based Self Rescue System for Disaster Rescue, Xitong Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Thematic patterning in English and Arabic and its implications on translation, Saud Abdulrahman Alshehri
Perceptions of the athletic training profession by a collegiate athlete patient population, Bethany Estelle Beuhring
Music of the “Cult of Whitman”: Charles Villiers Stanford's Elegiac Ode, Jacob Bird
A learning model of community collaboration in West Virginia, Tracy L. Bradley
Bad things to good people: Stories, Christopher Ryne Brewer
Smoke and Silver: Money, Credit, and the Failure of Economic Diversification in the Seventeenth Century Virgina, Christopher Calton
The Effects of Rape Myth Acceptance, Benevolent Sexism, Characterological Self-Blame, and Behavioral Self-blame on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity, Jacob Whitaker Camp
A Study of the Influence of Branded Messages on Non-branded Food Items When Presented to 10 to 14-year-old Children, Cassandra J. Chinn
Familial Attitudes and Behaviors as Predictors of Transgenderism, Angela Dawn Cockrell
A Study of the WV Judges' Truancy Program Used in Eight WV Counties from 2012-2015, Lori Gibson Comer
Planet Superman: An ecocritical analysis of the Man of Steel from 1938-2017, Justin Hart Crary
The Assessment of Medial Stability of the Elbow Using Sonography and Three Clinical Tests, Andrew Michael DeMoss
A comparative analysis of stress responses in diverse Acanthamoeba isolates, Mallory Jean Douthitt
Sensitivity Analysis of Wolf Restoration in Yellowstone Nation Park Using Omnivory Models, Derek Fields
