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Theses/Dissertations from 2012
American Well: A Viral Solution, Rebecca Browning, Rodrigo Camargo, Thaisa Camargo, Basma Memon, Gary Salyers, and Brent Spencer
A Mechanistic Study of S-Adenosyl-L-methionine Protection Against Acetaminophen Hepatotoxicity, James Michael Brown
Current Practices of Speech-Language Pathologists in Treating Presbyphonia, Erin Taylor Carey
Risk Factors for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Adult Trauma Patient: A Retrospective Case-Control Study From a Level I Trauma Center, Summer L. Chapman
A Study of Prior Learning Assessment in Degree Completion, Jean Marie Chappell
A Local Radial Basis Function Method for the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations, Maggie Elizabeth Chenoweth
King's Daughters Medical Center: Taking Medicine Further: How a Local Health System Strives to Bring World Class Care to a Rural Community, Nga Thi Chu, Anthony Dotson, and Xiaofei Wang
West Virginia Therapists' Knowledge of Tarasoff-related Court Cases, Bruce E. Clay
It is Time to Talk About it: Designing a Health Communication Program for Eating Disorder Recovery in an Appalachian University, Erica Lynn Clites
Visualization of the Passive Sink Phenomenon in Nonexercising Lower Extremity Muscle Using Two Sampling Sites: Consequences for Assessment and Training, Michelle Elyse Copolo
Legislative Mandates Concerning Truancy Effects on Attendance Rates, Felicia Corley
Female Workplace Self-Help Books: Guiding Women to Become Leaders, Cassandra Lee Craft
Parental Involvement and Level of Parent Satisfaction in a Summer Enrichment Program, Leslie Rae Danner
Silence and Self-Making: Black Lung Rhetoric and the Ken Hechler Letters, Jennifer De Pompei
Nuclear Receptor Expression and Characterization of the Major Retinoic Acid Target Gene in Melanoma, Linda L. Eastham
P-T Conditions of Selected Samples Across the Blue Ridge Province, Breana A. Felix
Assessing the Presence and Use of Nonverbal Communication in Primary Reading Instruction, Amelia C. Ferrell
Factors that Motivate Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists to Practice Independently in the Appalachian Region, Michael Lee Frame Jr.
Trait and Situational Variables Affecting Communication Channel Preferences in College Students, Britt Alan Frye
Bank of America: Is Bigger Always Better?, Marty Gillenwater
The Economics of Perception: Potential Effect Regarding Institutional Uses of Recovered Facilities and Administrative Costs Upon a Faculty Member's Decision to Engage in Sponsored Research Activity, Anne Elizabeth Hatfield
Containing the Beat: An Analysis of the Press Coverage of the Beat Generation During the 1950s, Anna Lou Jessmer
The Innovative Success that is Apple, Inc., Katherine Johnson, Yang Li, Hang Phan, Jason Singer, and Hoang Trinh
Logogenesis and Appraisal: A Systemic Functional Analysis of English and Japanese Language Arts Textbooks, Shinji Kawamitsu
The Use of Cerium Oxide and Curcumin Nanoparticles as Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Ventricular Hypertrophy Following Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Madhukar Babu Kolli
Dynamicity of Motivational Change in Learning Japanese as a Foreign Language, Ayaka Komori
Revisiting the Ecological Status of the Cheat Mountain Salamander (Plethodon nettingi) After 32 Years, Whitney A. Kroschel
A Descriptive Study of Response to Intervention (RTI) Implementation at the Elementary Level in West Virginia, Sarah L. Lee
The Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor at the Blood-Brain Barrier in Diabetes, Aileen J. Marcelo
Literacy, Discourse, and Identity: The Working-Class Appalachian Woman Academic, Sarah Marie McConnell
The Quotient of the beta-Weibull Distribution, Nonhle Channon Mdziniso
Intensive Mental Health Intervention and Incidence of Discipline, Andrea Mulcay
Toxicological Assessment of Intra‐tracheal Instilled Nanoceria on Kidneys of Sprague‐Dawley Rats, Geeta Nandyala
Bursicon, Metamorphosis and Development of Resilin in the Fruit Fly, David Paul Anthony Neff
The Role of PTIP in Breast Cancer, Lina Niu
The Detection of Forest Structures in the Monongahela National Forest Using LiDAR, Dominique Norman
A Descriptive Study of Multicultural Sensitivity at Two Rural Higher Education Institution Settings through a Survey of those Institutions' Faculty, Sumeeta Patnaik
Rights, Principles, and Data Use: An Investigation of User Knowledge and Opinion of Facebook's Legal Contract, Nikolas D. Payne
Creating Pathways for Low-Skill Adults: Lessons for Community and Technical Colleges from a Statewide Longitudinal Study, Carol A. Perry
A Feminist Critique of Beowulf: Women as Peace-Weavers and Goaders in Beowulf's Courts, Charles Phipps
Best Instructional Practices in Developmental Education: Faculty Perspectives, Calisa A. Pierce
An Examination of Star Players' Effects on the Branding Process of Professional Sports Teams, Nathan David Pifer
Measuring Team Collaboration in the Marshall University Summer Enrichment Program, Marian Pyles
Incorporation of the Actin-Myosin Biomolecular Motor System into a Microfluidic Device, Rebecca Marie Ragland
Methodological Orientation of Research Articles Appearing in Higher Education Journals, Sherri E. Ritter
Covert Behaviors Occurring in Childhood and Adolescence: Predictors of Adult Sexual Orientation and Sexual Identity, Shelia Ramona Robinett
After a Funeral, Before a Test; and Other Stories, David Stewart Robinson
Systemic Functional Linguistic Discourse Features in the Personal Essay, Anna Jones Rollins
On the Logic of Reverse Mathematics, Alaeddine Saadaoui
Parent Expectations Linked to Parent Satisfaction in a Summer Enrichment Program Evaluation, Laura E. Saltsman
Lessons from Libya: A Situational Approach to the Generic Criticism of President Obama's March 28, 2011 Address to the Nation on Libya, Amy L. Schumacher
Examining Social Anxiety and Depression Among Excessive Online Gamers, Nathan Sharer
Redox Regulation of Differentiation in Neuroblastoma, Anne Marie Silvis
An Analysis of Institutional Policies and Practices Critical for Effective Leadership in Developmental Education Programs, Carolyn Gaughan Sizemore
Fueling Sport Performance: Increasing Awareness in Female Collegiate Vegetarian Athletes, Rachael Irene Marie Sofie
They Call Me Crazy: Factors to Conspiratorial Participation, Rachel Sparkman
Mothers at Work: Reconstruction and Deconstruction of Patriarchy in Gone with the Wind, Catherine Willa Staley
The Effect of an Elastic Eccentric Extensor Mechanism on Hamstring Function, Anna Elizabeth Sutton
The Status and Distribution of Invasive Crayfishes and Their Effects on Native Crayfish Communities in West Virginia, Casey David Swecker
Attachment Patterns and the Development of Depression: Path Analysis of Avoidant and Ambivalent Models, Jessica Lynn Taylor
The Impact of Social Networking Sites on College Students' Consumption Patterns, Whitney Sue Thoene
"Semiotics of the Cloth": Reading Medieval Norse Textile Traditions, Kristen Marie Tibbs
The Perceived Self- Efficacy Of West Virginia Public Elementary School Teachers To Teach Character Education, Hannah R. Toney
Hermes International, Phuong Tran
Teacher Perspectives on Performance Based Student Assessment in Career and Technical Education in West Virginia Public Schools, Brenda L. Tuckwiller
Suitability of Low Cost Commercial Off-the-Shelf Aerial Platforms and Consumer Grade Digital Cameras for Small Format Aerial Photography, Anthony Allen Turley
English as a Second Language (ESL) Students' Perception of Effective Instructors in the LEAP Program at Marshall University, Tam Thi Thanh Vo
Targeted Cognitive-Based Tier II Interventions to Increase Student Achievement, Rachel K. Wakefield
Decolonizing the Mind: A Comparative Approach to Indigenous Movements and Globalization, Robert Andrew Wallace
Parental Satisfaction with Marshall University Summer Enrichment Program Evaluation: Completers vs. Non-Completers, Rebecca Joan Wendell
A Descriptive Study of 21st Century Instructional Practices In the Association of Christian Schools International in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, Melanie E. White
A Reproductive and Trophic Transfer Study Associated with Selenium Concentrations in the Upper Mud River Watershed, Amanda Lee Wilson
Synthesis, Characterization and Computational Study of [4]Octamethylferrocenophane, Benjamin Mark Wilson
Role of West Virginia School Psychologists in a Response to Intervention Framework, Bryan Anthony Wilson
Lend Me Your Voice: Discovering Romanity in Seneca's De otio and De brevitate vitae, Joshua Dean Wimmer
Factors Influencing College Decision-Making for First-Generation Appalachian Students, Kristy Lynn Wood
The Storm After The Storm: A Comparative Framing Analysis of Governmental and News Reporting On Hurricane Katrina, Evan T. Zuverink
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Influence of Season and Sex on Terrapene c. carolina (Eastern Box Turtle) Movements: An Observation of a Population in West Virginia, Nathalie Caroline Aall
Dietary Interventions Against Mammary Glands and Prostate Cancers, Juliana Adedayo Akinsete
Horse-Trading in Smoke-Filled Rooms: Power in the 2008 West Virginia Republican Presidential Convention, Nora Kay Ankrom
Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Gains as Measured by DIBELS Retell Fluency, Mariah C. Bailey
Identification of Genes Involved in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Differentiation and Leukemia Differentiation and Leukemia, Jasjeet Bhullar
Mechanisms of Yttrium Oxide Toxicity in HEK293 Cells, Sravanthi Bodapati
Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Behavior and Reading in the Classroom, Ashley Elizabeth Booten
The Effects of a Web Presence on Sportscasting Audiences, Adam Cavalier
Solutions to Dynamic Equations on Varying Times Scales, Sher B. Chhetri
Evaluation of Lactate Concentration from 30 Seconds Wingate Test Using Three Sample Sites, Bethany Christian
Team Collaboration Between Groups in the Marshall University Summer Enrichment Program, Jason B. Conaway
A Poet's Request : Text and Subtext in Horace's Odes 1.1, Virginia C. Cook
The Perception and Knowledge of Undergraduate Students about School Psychology, Jessica D. Crislip
Infinitesimal Time Scale Calculus, Tom Cuchta
Narrativizing Success : Attitudes toward African American Vernacular English in the Composition Classroom, Christopher W. DiOrio
Stewards of the Forest: An Analysis of Ginseng Harvesters and the Communal Boundaries That Define Their Identity in an Area of Environmental Degradation, Eric Arthur Edwards
The Devil Was the First Scab : Working-Class Spirituality and Union Organization in Marion County, West Virginia 1918-1927, Chelsie C. Fitzwater
An Investigation of the Factors Influencing West Virginia Educators’ Decisions to Pursue the Principalship, Joel Harris