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Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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American Well: A Viral Solution, Rebecca Browning, Rodrigo Camargo, Thaisa Camargo, Basma Memon, Gary Salyers, and Brent Spencer

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A Mechanistic Study of S-Adenosyl-L-methionine Protection Against Acetaminophen Hepatotoxicity, James Michael Brown

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Current Practices of Speech-Language Pathologists in Treating Presbyphonia, Erin Taylor Carey

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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

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A Study of Prior Learning Assessment in Degree Completion, Jean Marie Chappell

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A Local Radial Basis Function Method for the Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations, Maggie Elizabeth Chenoweth

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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

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West Virginia Therapists' Knowledge of Tarasoff-related Court Cases, Bruce E. Clay

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It is Time to Talk About it: Designing a Health Communication Program for Eating Disorder Recovery in an Appalachian University, Erica Lynn Clites

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Visualization of the Passive Sink Phenomenon in Nonexercising Lower Extremity Muscle Using Two Sampling Sites: Consequences for Assessment and Training, Michelle Elyse Copolo

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Legislative Mandates Concerning Truancy Effects on Attendance Rates, Felicia Corley

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Female Workplace Self-Help Books: Guiding Women to Become Leaders, Cassandra Lee Craft

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Parental Involvement and Level of Parent Satisfaction in a Summer Enrichment Program, Leslie Rae Danner

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Silence and Self-Making: Black Lung Rhetoric and the Ken Hechler Letters, Jennifer De Pompei

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Nuclear Receptor Expression and Characterization of the Major Retinoic Acid Target Gene in Melanoma, Linda L. Eastham

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P-T Conditions of Selected Samples Across the Blue Ridge Province, Breana A. Felix

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Assessing the Presence and Use of Nonverbal Communication in Primary Reading Instruction, Amelia C. Ferrell

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Factors that Motivate Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists to Practice Independently in the Appalachian Region, Michael Lee Frame Jr.

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Trait and Situational Variables Affecting Communication Channel Preferences in College Students, Britt Alan Frye

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Bank of America: Is Bigger Always Better?, Marty Gillenwater

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Freshwater Mussel Populations of the Monongahela River, PA and Evaluation of the ORSANCO Copper Pole Substrate Sampling Technique Using G.I.S. Interpolation with Geometric Means, Jonathan Hart

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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

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Containing the Beat: An Analysis of the Press Coverage of the Beat Generation During the 1950s, Anna Lou Jessmer

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The Innovative Success that is Apple, Inc., Katherine Johnson, Yang Li, Hang Phan, Jason Singer, and Hoang Trinh

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Logogenesis and Appraisal: A Systemic Functional Analysis of English and Japanese Language Arts Textbooks, Shinji Kawamitsu

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The Use of Cerium Oxide and Curcumin Nanoparticles as Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Ventricular Hypertrophy Following Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Madhukar Babu Kolli

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Dynamicity of Motivational Change in Learning Japanese as a Foreign Language, Ayaka Komori

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Revisiting the Ecological Status of the Cheat Mountain Salamander (Plethodon nettingi) After 32 Years, Whitney A. Kroschel

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A Descriptive Study of Response to Intervention (RTI) Implementation at the Elementary Level in West Virginia, Sarah L. Lee

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The Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor at the Blood-Brain Barrier in Diabetes, Aileen J. Marcelo

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Literacy, Discourse, and Identity: The Working-Class Appalachian Woman Academic, Sarah Marie McConnell

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Conservative Media and Political Socialization: Immigration, Gay Marriage, and Abortion as Presented by Fox News, the Wall Street Journal, and CNN, Jeff McKay

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The Quotient of the beta-Weibull Distribution, Nonhle Channon Mdziniso

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Intensive Mental Health Intervention and Incidence of Discipline, Andrea Mulcay

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Evaluation of the Role of Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Apoptosis in the Pulmonary and the Hepatic Toxicity Induced by Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Following Intratracheal Instillation in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats, Siva Krishna Nalabotu

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Toxicological Assessment of Intra‐tracheal Instilled Nanoceria on Kidneys of Sprague‐Dawley Rats, Geeta Nandyala

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Bursicon, Metamorphosis and Development of Resilin in the Fruit Fly, David Paul Anthony Neff

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The Role of PTIP in Breast Cancer, Lina Niu

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The Detection of Forest Structures in the Monongahela National Forest Using LiDAR, Dominique Norman

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A Study of West Virginia Elementary Special Education Teachers' Roles, Responsibilities, and Practices within a Multitiered Instructional Support System: Implications for Policy and Practice, Linda M. Palenchar

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A Descriptive Study of Multicultural Sensitivity at Two Rural Higher Education Institution Settings through a Survey of those Institutions' Faculty, Sumeeta Patnaik

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Rights, Principles, and Data Use: An Investigation of User Knowledge and Opinion of Facebook's Legal Contract, Nikolas D. Payne

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Creating Pathways for Low-Skill Adults: Lessons for Community and Technical Colleges from a Statewide Longitudinal Study, Carol A. Perry

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A Feminist Critique of Beowulf: Women as Peace-Weavers and Goaders in Beowulf's Courts, Charles Phipps

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Best Instructional Practices in Developmental Education: Faculty Perspectives, Calisa A. Pierce

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An Examination of Star Players' Effects on the Branding Process of Professional Sports Teams, Nathan David Pifer

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Measuring Team Collaboration in the Marshall University Summer Enrichment Program, Marian Pyles

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Incorporation of the Actin-Myosin Biomolecular Motor System into a Microfluidic Device, Rebecca Marie Ragland

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Methodological Orientation of Research Articles Appearing in Higher Education Journals, Sherri E. Ritter

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Covert Behaviors Occurring in Childhood and Adolescence: Predictors of Adult Sexual Orientation and Sexual Identity, Shelia Ramona Robinett

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After a Funeral, Before a Test; and Other Stories, David Stewart Robinson

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Systemic Functional Linguistic Discourse Features in the Personal Essay, Anna Jones Rollins

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On the Logic of Reverse Mathematics, Alaeddine Saadaoui

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Parent Expectations Linked to Parent Satisfaction in a Summer Enrichment Program Evaluation, Laura E. Saltsman

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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

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Examining Social Anxiety and Depression Among Excessive Online Gamers, Nathan Sharer

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Redox Regulation of Differentiation in Neuroblastoma, Anne Marie Silvis

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An Analysis of Institutional Policies and Practices Critical for Effective Leadership in Developmental Education Programs, Carolyn Gaughan Sizemore

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Fueling Sport Performance: Increasing Awareness in Female Collegiate Vegetarian Athletes, Rachael Irene Marie Sofie

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They Call Me Crazy: Factors to Conspiratorial Participation, Rachel Sparkman

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Mothers at Work: Reconstruction and Deconstruction of Patriarchy in Gone with the Wind, Catherine Willa Staley

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The Effect of an Elastic Eccentric Extensor Mechanism on Hamstring Function, Anna Elizabeth Sutton

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The Status and Distribution of Invasive Crayfishes and Their Effects on Native Crayfish Communities in West Virginia, Casey David Swecker

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Attachment Patterns and the Development of Depression: Path Analysis of Avoidant and Ambivalent Models, Jessica Lynn Taylor

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The Impact of Social Networking Sites on College Students' Consumption Patterns, Whitney Sue Thoene

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"Semiotics of the Cloth": Reading Medieval Norse Textile Traditions, Kristen Marie Tibbs

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The Perceived Self- Efficacy Of West Virginia Public Elementary School Teachers To Teach Character Education, Hannah R. Toney

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Hermes International, Phuong Tran

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Teacher Perspectives on Performance Based Student Assessment in Career and Technical Education in West Virginia Public Schools, Brenda L. Tuckwiller

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Suitability of Low Cost Commercial Off-the-Shelf Aerial Platforms and Consumer Grade Digital Cameras for Small Format Aerial Photography, Anthony Allen Turley

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English as a Second Language (ESL) Students' Perception of Effective Instructors in the LEAP Program at Marshall University, Tam Thi Thanh Vo

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Targeted Cognitive-Based Tier II Interventions to Increase Student Achievement, Rachel K. Wakefield

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Decolonizing the Mind: A Comparative Approach to Indigenous Movements and Globalization, Robert Andrew Wallace

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Parental Satisfaction with Marshall University Summer Enrichment Program Evaluation: Completers vs. Non-Completers, Rebecca Joan Wendell

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A Descriptive Study of 21st Century Instructional Practices In the Association of Christian Schools International in Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia, Melanie E. White

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A Reproductive and Trophic Transfer Study Associated with Selenium Concentrations in the Upper Mud River Watershed, Amanda Lee Wilson

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Synthesis, Characterization and Computational Study of [4]Octamethylferrocenophane, Benjamin Mark Wilson

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Role of West Virginia School Psychologists in a Response to Intervention Framework, Bryan Anthony Wilson

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Lend Me Your Voice: Discovering Romanity in Seneca's De otio and De brevitate vitae, Joshua Dean Wimmer

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Factors Influencing College Decision-Making for First-Generation Appalachian Students, Kristy Lynn Wood

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The Storm After The Storm: A Comparative Framing Analysis of Governmental and News Reporting On Hurricane Katrina, Evan T. Zuverink

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Influence of Season and Sex on Terrapene c. carolina (Eastern Box Turtle) Movements: An Observation of a Population in West Virginia, Nathalie Caroline Aall

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Dietary Interventions Against Mammary Glands and Prostate Cancers, Juliana Adedayo Akinsete

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Horse-Trading in Smoke-Filled Rooms: Power in the 2008 West Virginia Republican Presidential Convention, Nora Kay Ankrom

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Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Gains as Measured by DIBELS Retell Fluency, Mariah C. Bailey

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Identification of Genes Involved in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Differentiation and Leukemia Differentiation and Leukemia, Jasjeet Bhullar

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Mechanisms of Yttrium Oxide Toxicity in HEK293 Cells, Sravanthi Bodapati

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Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Behavior and Reading in the Classroom, Ashley Elizabeth Booten

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The Effects of a Web Presence on Sportscasting Audiences, Adam Cavalier

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Solutions to Dynamic Equations on Varying Times Scales, Sher B. Chhetri

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Effects of Land Use in the Ohio River Basin on the Distribution of Coliform and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in the Ohio River, Gene Chou

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Evaluation of Lactate Concentration from 30 Seconds Wingate Test Using Three Sample Sites, Bethany Christian

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Team Collaboration Between Groups in the Marshall University Summer Enrichment Program, Jason B. Conaway

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A Poet's Request : Text and Subtext in Horace's Odes 1.1, Virginia C. Cook

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The Perception and Knowledge of Undergraduate Students about School Psychology, Jessica D. Crislip

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Infinitesimal Time Scale Calculus, Tom Cuchta

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Narrativizing Success : Attitudes toward African American Vernacular English in the Composition Classroom, Christopher W. DiOrio

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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

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The Devil Was the First Scab : Working-Class Spirituality and Union Organization in Marion County, West Virginia 1918-1927, Chelsie C. Fitzwater

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An Investigation of the Factors Influencing West Virginia Educators’ Decisions to Pursue the Principalship, Joel Harris