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Analysis Of The Relationship Between Performance Measures And Sale Price Among Angus Bulls From Two Different Bull Providers, C. Zack Hileman
Analysis Of The Relationship Between Performance Measures And Sale Price Among Angus Bulls From Two Different Bull Providers, C. Zack Hileman
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The objective of this study was to determine the relationships of sale price to EPD, Angus Dollar Value Indexes, and actual measurements among Angus bulls of two different seedstock bull providers. Data were obtained from Gardiner Angus Ranch, Ashland, Kansas, for years 2000-2006 on 815 Angus bulls and from the Wardensville bull test, Wardensville, West Virginia, for years 2001-2005 on 357 Angus bulls. Expected progeny differences (EPD) for birth weight (BW EPD), weaning weight (WW EPD), yearling weight (YW EPD), maternal milk (MM EPD), yearling height (YH EPD), scrotal circumference (SC EPD), intramuscular fat (IMF EPD), ribeye area (REA EPD), …
Exploring Faculty Changes In Science Courses At Maryland Community Colleges In Response To The Associate Of Arts In Teaching Degree Option For Elementary Education Majors, Bettie Cecelia A'Hearn
Exploring Faculty Changes In Science Courses At Maryland Community Colleges In Response To The Associate Of Arts In Teaching Degree Option For Elementary Education Majors, Bettie Cecelia A'Hearn
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Education majors at Maryland community colleges have often faced difficulties in transferring to four-year colleges, frequently having to repeat courses, resulting in greater financial burdens and delayed graduation. In the fall of 1999, the Chief Academic Officers Intersegmental Group appointed the Teacher Education Articulation Committee whose task was to establish a seamless transfer between two- and four-year public and private colleges in Maryland. This committee determined outcomes for elementary teacher candidates that defined the requirements of a new degree, the Associates of Arts in Teaching. Although the original intention of this degree was to establish a seamless transfer between two- …
Emotional Intelligence Competencies Of Department Chairs In The West Virginia State Community College System And Their Faculty Members' Perceptions Of Organizational Climate, Paul L. Milhoan
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The purpose of this study was to determine if a significant relationship exists between faculty members' perceptions of organizational climate and their chairs' emotional intelligence competencies. The organizational climate description questionnaire for academic departments of colleges and universities (OCDQ-HE-Partial) was used to assess faculty members' perceptions of organizational climate. Chairs' emotional intelligence competencies were measured by the Bar-On Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i). Faculty members and chairs were all employees of the West Virginia State Community and Technical College System.;The entire population of chairs (N=40) and the entire population of faculty members in the West Virginia Community and Technical College System …
Do On-Line Courses Support Certification Needs For West Virginia K--12 Teachers Of Spanish?, Kathleen Gallivan
Do On-Line Courses Support Certification Needs For West Virginia K--12 Teachers Of Spanish?, Kathleen Gallivan
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Recent reports show a projected teacher shortage of certified foreign language teachers in West Virginia over the next five to ten years. To facilitate initial certification and re-certification, alternative means of earning and maintaining certification could be needed. The study investigated if, in a rural state like West Virginia, teachers perceive on-line courses to be a viable resource for professional development such as earning certification. The study found that teachers do not view on-line courses as a resource for professional development. This was because teachers perceive their professional development needs as language proficiency development and language teaching methodology. These were …
Faculty Perceptions Of The Role Of Foreign Language Education At West Virginia University, William L. White
Faculty Perceptions Of The Role Of Foreign Language Education At West Virginia University, William L. White
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Foreign language education has a long history within higher education. However, since the late 1960s, foreign language enrollment, measured by percentages of students taking language courses, has declined by almost 50% in American colleges and universities. The author contends that much of this decline can be explained by three concomitant forces; including (1) the rise of professional programs that are constrained by an exactness of education that precludes study beyond rather narrowly defined plans of study; (2) the lack of language learning success that foreign language students demonstrate upon completion of language programs; and (3) the failure of language departments …
Growth Of Diesel Exhaust Particulate Matter In A Ventilated Mine Tunnel, Glen A. Wilt
Growth Of Diesel Exhaust Particulate Matter In A Ventilated Mine Tunnel, Glen A. Wilt
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The objective of this work was to study the formation and evolutionary characteristics of aerosols, originating from the exhaust plume of a diesel engine operating in a ventilated mine tunnel. To extract these characteristics, precise cross-sectional scalar exhaust maps of CO2, temperature, and aerosol concentration were generated and used to track the time averaged axial development of the plume. These maps were then used to position aerosol size distribution samples within critical regions of the plume. This approach was found to provide an efficient and thorough record of aerosol formation and evolution, as a result of naturally dispersed diesel exhaust …
Surface And Subsurface Fault And Fracture Systems With Associated Natural Gas Production In The Lower Mississippian And Upper Devonian, Price Formation, Southern West Virginia, S. Reed Johnson
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Production from natural gas deposits is often enhanced by fault and fracture systems associated with reservoirs. This study presents analyses of fault and fracture systems within the Mississippian Price Formation in Southern West Virginia using subsurface well data and fracture data from surface analogs. The Price was analyzed at outcrops near the Allegheny Structural Front and in the Allegheny Plateau. Subsurface data analyses included mapping and modeling of the Price, fault delineation, cross section construction, and fractured zone identification. Production data was used to assess the potential for fractures and faults to enhance gas production. Fracture densities from outcrop were …
Perceived Social Support Systems During Athletic Injury Recovery In Collegiate Club Sport Athletes, Jacqueline A. Loutsch
Perceived Social Support Systems During Athletic Injury Recovery In Collegiate Club Sport Athletes, Jacqueline A. Loutsch
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Context. Social support systems can be a key aspect in the overall health of the athlete, both physically and psychologically. It is important to be aware if an athlete is receiving the appropriate social support to aid them through their career. Objective. The purpose of this study is to determine which types of social support systems are used and who provides the different types of support. A secondary purpose is to investigate the types of social support that are perceived to be most important. Design. A prospective descriptive analysis about the influence of social support systems after an athlete is …
Indian Warfare, Household Competency, And The Settlement Of The Western Virginia Frontier, 1749 To 1794, John M. Boback
Indian Warfare, Household Competency, And The Settlement Of The Western Virginia Frontier, 1749 To 1794, John M. Boback
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The thesis of this dissertation is that Indian-related violence and warfare had a profound influence on the duration and nature of the frontier experience of those men and women who settled in the western Virginia backcountry between 1749 and 1794. Recurrent attacks by Shawnees, Delawares, Mingos, and Indians from the Great Lakes region caused such widespread death, destruction, and depopulation that it effectively prolonged the period of austere and difficult living conditions for over forty years. This conclusion contradicts the assertions of some recent scholars who have argued that crude living conditions lasted for only a year or two on …
Student Nagging Behavior In The College Classroom, Katie Neary Dunleavy
Student Nagging Behavior In The College Classroom, Katie Neary Dunleavy
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Nagging is a persuasive tactic yet to be fully explored in instructional communication. Nagging involves an exchange in which a student makes persistent requests of an instructor who fails to comply. The purpose of this dissertation was to examine nagging in the college classroom in order to ensure nagging was not just an aspect of other instructional concepts. The purpose was also to determine why students choose to nag, to examine the strategies students use to nag, and to examine the perceptions of students and instructors of these strategies. Finally, the purpose was also to examine nagging as a potentially …
Parenting Factors Related To Asthma And Anxiety In Children, Abby H. Friedman
Parenting Factors Related To Asthma And Anxiety In Children, Abby H. Friedman
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The present study examined the association between parenting style and anxiety in children with asthma. Participants included 60 children with asthma and 60 controls, aged 9-12 years. At least one of the children's parents participated. The children and their parents completed self-report measures of anxiety and depressive symptoms. Children reported on their parent's style of parenting, while parent's reported on parent-child relationship quality. Parents and physicians completed asthma severity reports. Results partially replicated previous findings. A Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) demonstrated that children with asthma obtained significantly higher scores than controls on the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC). …
Roles Of Luteal And Allantoic Function In Late Embryonic/Early Fetal Pregnancy Failures In Cattle, Justin D. Rhinehart
Roles Of Luteal And Allantoic Function In Late Embryonic/Early Fetal Pregnancy Failures In Cattle, Justin D. Rhinehart
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Pregnancy failures during placentation in lactating dairy cows have been associated with low concentrations of peripheral serum progesterone (P 4) and poor development of the chorioallantoic membranes. Experiment I was done to determine if pregnant cows with high or low concentrations of serum P4 differed in luteal production of P4 and/or clearance of injected P4. Luteal tissue was removed from pregnant cows with ≥ 4.0 ng/mL (High) or ≤ 2.5 ng/mL (Low) serum P4 during d 28 to 34 post-insemination. Luteal tissue was assayed for P4 by radioimmunoassay and for expression of mRNA for preproendothelins 1 and 3, endothelin converting …
Social Rank And Social Anxiety, Jennifer A. Chrystan
Social Rank And Social Anxiety, Jennifer A. Chrystan
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The purpose of the current study was to investigate a primary assumption of social rank theory. More specifically, the purpose was to determine whether the perception of social inferiority leads to increased anxiety during social interaction, with a heightened effect occurring among those who are more socially anxious. Although multiple studies have demonstrated shared covariates between social anxiety and perceptions of inferiority, virtually no research has been dedicated to scrutinizing the causal relationship proposed by social rank theory. One hundred undergraduate students at West Virginia University participated in this study. Participants engaged in three social interaction tasks with a same-gender …
A Grounded Theory Of Software Process Improvement Model Adoption, W. Grant Norman
A Grounded Theory Of Software Process Improvement Model Adoption, W. Grant Norman
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This study, using a grounded theory methodology, analyzed data collected from software developers and IT professionals on software process improvement (SPI) adoption. The study is presented within a backdrop of organizational change steps described by John P. Kotter in his 1996 book, Leading Change. Software quality problems and failures have caused many financial losses, injuries, and even deaths. In the mid 1980s, as a means of mitigating these problems, the Department of Defense (DoD) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) began work on the Capability Maturity Model (CMMRTM) In 2001, the model was superseded by a more robust model, the Capability …
Using Blended Instruction To Teach Academic Vocabulary Collocations: A Case Study, M. Teresa Das Neves Seesink
Using Blended Instruction To Teach Academic Vocabulary Collocations: A Case Study, M. Teresa Das Neves Seesink
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Learning second language vocabulary has always been a challenge for second language (L2) learners. Transferring new vocabulary to an active stage has been an even greater challenge.;In the 1990s, Lewis (2002a) proposed the Lexical Approach as a means to help L2 learners with vocabulary acquisition. This approach encouraged the teaching of vocabulary in chunks, or in other words, putting emphasis on collocations. Focus on vocabulary collocations was suggested by several researchers (Brown, 1974; Hinkel, 2004; Lewis, 2001). They supported the teaching of collocations via in-class exercises. Cobb (1999) and Kaur and Hegelheimer (2005) showed that the use of a concordancer---an …
Perceptions Of Calf Pool Participants Toward West Virginia Calf Pool Organizations, Carrie M. Stemple
Perceptions Of Calf Pool Participants Toward West Virginia Calf Pool Organizations, Carrie M. Stemple
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The purpose of this study was to determine perceptions of West Virginia calf pool producers with their local organization. This study was a descriptive survey research conducted with West Virginia calf pool producers who participated in a calf pool in 2005 and/or 2006. The majority of participants in the study reported that they were satisfied with the calf pool organizations, and would continue to participate. Over half reported that they planned to increase their production within five years in order to market more calves through the calf pool. The average calf pool producer in West Virginia is over 50 years …
Electronic Instrumentation Of Coal Slurry Impoundments For Real-Time Data Collection To Support Automated Monitoring, James A. Altobello
Electronic Instrumentation Of Coal Slurry Impoundments For Real-Time Data Collection To Support Automated Monitoring, James A. Altobello
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Following the breakthrough and release of coal slurry from the Martin County Coal Corporation impoundment near Inez, Kentucky on October 11, 2000 the United States Congress requested the National Research Council (NRC) to examine ways to reduce these types of accidents. The NRC completed their study titled "Coal Waste Impoundments" which identified numerous areas of concern and the committee presented recommendations for improving the design, operation, and safety of coal slurry impoundments. This research addresses the National Research Council's findings for introducing state-of-practice electronic instrumentation for monitoring parameters within the embankment and slurry pool area of an impoundment. This research …
Pieces Of The Universe, Michelle C. Moode
Pieces Of The Universe, Michelle C. Moode
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The work included in my thesis exhibition, Pieces of the Universe, demonstrated a cyclical art-making process that is closely connected to the content of the work. Through the installation, my aim was to extend the relationship I have with my art into the viewer's experience of the work. This paper presents my three main goals for the installation, and discusses the origin and interconnectivity of these goals. My research practices, influential artists, and future plans for this body of work are also addressed.
The Comparison Of A Wax Check Bite System To Mechanical Axiography In Setting The Horizontal Condylar Path On A Semi-Adjustable Articulator., Salem Akkad
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This study compared the horizontal condylar inclination (HCI) angles obtained by use of a wax protrusive record (WPR) to those obtained by use of Mechanical Axiograph to program a semi-adjustable articulator. On twenty healthy subjects with delimitations HCI angles were calculated on the axiographic tracings with WPRs inserted in the mouth. The matched pairs Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test showed no significant difference between the wax and the axiograph method on the left side (P=0.270) and good correlation 0.59. However the difference on the right side was statistically significant (P=0.019) and poor correlation 0.17. The largest difference was 28° on the …
Can The Verifit Audioscan Audiometric Testing Instrument Be Used For Hearing Protection Testing In Accordance With The Microphone-In-The-Real-Ear Test: Ansi S12.42-1995?, Nichole Custer
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Verifit, an audio‐measurement system developed by AudioScan Inc. (Dorchester, Ontario, Canada), can be used to perform field hearing protection testing that will match results from the measurements done following the Microphone‐in‐Real‐Ear (MIRE) standard ANSI S12.42‐1995 (R2004), which requires hearing protector testing to be performed in a reverberatory chamber. Although the standards have their differences, both specify the hearing protection testing must be performed in a diffuse sound field, which can be achieved only by a reverberatory chamber. This is an onerous requirement that sharply limits who can perform such tests …
Fiber-To-The-Home (Ftth): The Next Public Utility., Travis Mark Michette
Fiber-To-The-Home (Ftth): The Next Public Utility., Travis Mark Michette
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Philippi is a small rural community located in North Central West Virginia. Like most small communities, the city is generally responsible for meeting the needs of its occupants. In the case of Philippi, a need most residents wanted addressed was the ability to use broadband data/Internet services. In order to meet this need, Philippi began working on a project which would deliver broadband services to all of its residences. Philippi began the project as an upgrade to the existing coaxial cable plant and continually revised the plans, goals, and objectives until the decision was made to design, construct, and manage …
Understanding Tree - Soil Interactions: Can Species Alter Soil Nitrogen Availability?, Margaret A. Harlacher
Understanding Tree - Soil Interactions: Can Species Alter Soil Nitrogen Availability?, Margaret A. Harlacher
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Increasing anthropogenic atmospheric nitrogen deposition has the potential to result in nitrogen saturation in Northeastern forests. The response of forests to chronic N additions may be governed by the stand composition and may differ across spatial scales. This suite of experiments addresses three objectives: (1) To determine the robustness of species-specific patterns of soil N availability across various spatial scales, and (2-3) To determine the potential species-specific effects of litter and seedlings of different species on soil N availability variables using a common-garden greenhouse experiment. There are detectable species-specific differences in soil N availability and related properties beneath dominant canopy …
Determining Consumer Perceptions Of And Willingness To Pay For Appalachian Grass -Fed Beef: An Experimental Economics Approach., Jason R. Evans
Determining Consumer Perceptions Of And Willingness To Pay For Appalachian Grass -Fed Beef: An Experimental Economics Approach., Jason R. Evans
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The U.S. market for commoditized beef is a dynamic one that has, over the last 30 years, seen decreases in per capita consumption and an increased reliance on large, integrated feedlot facilities that focus on efficient weight gain and producing carcasses deemed desirable according the USDA quality grading system. Because of the problems inherent in the conventional production system and the existence of farm-to-retail price spreads that do not favor primary cow-calf producers, analyses of alternative beef production and marketing strategies that facilitate enhanced profitability and simultaneously address surging consumer demand for specialty food products are necessary. To that end, …
A Decision Making Model For Evaluating Suppliers By Multi-Layer Feed Forward Neural Networks., Davood Golmohammadi
A Decision Making Model For Evaluating Suppliers By Multi-Layer Feed Forward Neural Networks., Davood Golmohammadi
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An efficient decision making model was developed to select suppliers using Multi-Layer Feed Forward Neural Networks. Both types of criteria: qualitative and quantitative, were considered in the model. Fuzzy techniques were applied to convert qualitative data to quantitative data. The model structure was designed and tested. The results of the neural network model indicated that the proper structure of the model had a crucial effect on its performance. The selection of appropriate initial weights, learning rate and momentum were critical in improving the model performance. The applied genetic algorithm showed better performance in comparison with backpropagation. The genetic algorithm was …
The Dynamic Integration Of Distributed Gis Through Semantic Web Services., Xuan Shi
The Dynamic Integration Of Distributed Gis Through Semantic Web Services., Xuan Shi
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While interest in the GIS community has traditionally “been almost entirely on the sharing of data†(Goodchild, 2003), Web Service, a solution of software interoperability, is regarded as the “future of geoprocessing†(Hecht, 2002). While data interoperability and data semantics has long been examined in the community of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), exploring the way for the effective sharing of GIS methods and tools is a completely new effort, although such a theme was only talked. Enabling the dynamic integration of geospatial data and geoprocessing functions and resources over heterogeneous systems and platforms through the cutting-edge technology of semantic Web …
The Future Of Clinical Laboratory Science: A Delphi Study., Beverly A. Kirby
The Future Of Clinical Laboratory Science: A Delphi Study., Beverly A. Kirby
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The critical shortage of clinical laboratory scientists indicates an urgency for planning for the future. A three-round Delphi study explored the future of the clinical laboratory science profession as predicted by a panel of experts. Thirty-two nationally known authorities in the field were invited and 24 agreed to participate as an expert panel. The first round asked the panelists to respond to the statement, “As I consider the next 20 years of clinical laboratory science as a profession, I believe that the following events might occur.†Round One generated more than 200 events which the investigator synthesized into a 147-event …
Social Skill Intervention: Improving Peer Interaction In A Child Who Is An Asian., Cheng-Hsien Wu
Social Skill Intervention: Improving Peer Interaction In A Child Who Is An Asian., Cheng-Hsien Wu
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The purpose of the present study was to elevate peer interactions of a toddler who is not American. A 30-month-old boy experienced social withdrawal when playing at the playgrounds. Social skills training included Greeting, Gesture, Imitation, Offer, and Accept behaviors. Social skills training served as the intervention to enhance the social initiations by this participant. A multiple baseline design was applied in this study. Results demonstrated that this participant’s social interactions with peers increased when the social skills training intervention was introduced across five the social behaviors. The findings indicated that this type of social skills training may be worthy …
Setting The World On Fire: Washington, Those He Led, And Virginia On The Threshold Of World War, 1753-1754., Christian E. Fearer
Setting The World On Fire: Washington, Those He Led, And Virginia On The Threshold Of World War, 1753-1754., Christian E. Fearer
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In 1754, George Washington and nearly three hundred of his fellow Virginians marched deep into the Allegheny Mountains and into a geographical tinderbox. These men, together a reflection of their society, carried the responsibility and burden of an empire on their shoulders. Together they would experience incredible hardships, privations, and hazards. “Setting the World on Fire” explores the story of young George Washington, the men he commanded, and the colony of Virginia on the threshold of a global, imperial war between Britain and France. This thesis attempts to add new depth to our understanding of the opening campaign of the …
Technical Director As Problem Solver: West Virginia University Division Of Theatre And Dance's Production Of "A Flea In Her Ear"., James Gray Daniel
Technical Director As Problem Solver: West Virginia University Division Of Theatre And Dance's Production Of "A Flea In Her Ear"., James Gray Daniel
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This paper is intended as an account of the history and process of West Virginia University Division of Theatre and Dance’s production of Georges Feydeau’s farce, A Flea in Her Ear, as presented in the Gladys G. Davis Theatre in the fall of 2006. I will look at this through the eyes and concerns of the Technical Director. It contains a synopsis of the play, a history of this production, problems that arose and their solutions and an assessment of how things went. It is supported by notes, technical drawings and photographs.
Dialectical Tensions In Stroke Survivor Relationships, Kimberly N. Leezer
Dialectical Tensions In Stroke Survivor Relationships, Kimberly N. Leezer
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Stroke is an unpredictable and life-altering medical occurrence which causes immediate change in stroke survivors' relationships. Previous communication researchers have focused on the dialectical tensions experienced by stroke survivors themselves. This study sought to discover dialectical tensions experienced by spouses of stroke survivors, how those dialectical tensions compare to those experienced by stroke survivors, and how time affects the dialectical tensions experienced by spouses of stroke survivors. Sixteen spouses of stroke survivors participated in interviews, and five tensions were ultimately discovered: self-preference -- partner-preference, realism -- idealism, freedom constraint, fear -- content, and emotional release -- emotional reservation. Three dialectical …