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Comparison Of Color Accuracy Of Commercial Digital Cameras And Cellular Phonecameras For Laboratory Purposes, Adeline W. Yuh
Comparison Of Color Accuracy Of Commercial Digital Cameras And Cellular Phonecameras For Laboratory Purposes, Adeline W. Yuh
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Accurate shade matching of indirect restorations as well as accurate communication of that information to the laboratory technician is one of the most challenging tasks in the dental office. The objective of this study was to compare the color accuracy of commercial digital cameras used in the dental office with cellular phone cameras. Twenty four color patches and 4 shade tabs on a new Vita classic shade guide (A2, B2, C2, and D2) were photographed 3 times with 4 different cameras: The Canon EOS 30D, the Nikon D700, the iPhone 5 and the Galaxy S3. For the light source, a …
Computational Strategies For Faster Combustion Simulations With Detailed Chemistry, Jose A. Escobar-Vargas
Computational Strategies For Faster Combustion Simulations With Detailed Chemistry, Jose A. Escobar-Vargas
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Combustion of fossil fuels is still the biggest source of power generation in the world. However, pollutants released to the atmosphere from combustion represent a risk for human health and the environment. Hence it is desirable to design a combustor that produces the maximum useful thermal power output while keeping low concentration levels of harmful emissions such as CO, P.M., NOx, and SOx. In the past, combustor design was aided by the compilation of large sets of experimental data and the development of empirical correlations which is an expensive process. Nowadays numerical simulations have become an important tool in the …
Method To Develop A Control System For A Stable And Guidable Hybrid Projectile, Joseph Close
Method To Develop A Control System For A Stable And Guidable Hybrid Projectile, Joseph Close
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
A Hybrid Projectile (HP) is a munition that transforms into an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) after being launched from a tube. In many situations it is desirable for this type of projectile to change its point of impact and depart from its current ballistic trajectory similar to a UAV following a path. A method was created to utilize deflectable control surfaces in conjunction with a guidance system to ensure the HP was statically and dynamically stable and to maneuver the HP to a desired point of impact. Methods were devised to control heading and pitch using vertical and horizontal tail …
Assessment Strategies For Mixing In Very Viscous Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flows, Sharad Chand Ravinuthala
Assessment Strategies For Mixing In Very Viscous Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flows, Sharad Chand Ravinuthala
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Bottom heating approach for glass melting offers potential benefits of higher efficiency and lower emissions compared to the conventional surface fired melters with burners above the bath surface. Recent advances in the enabling technologies such as burners, controls, heat recovery and refractive materials have led to successful demonstration of bottom heating Submerged Combustion Melting (SCM) of glass. In the reactor, combustion products of natural gas combustion are bubbled through the three phase recirculating tank reactor. The turbulence generated by the rising bubble column causes rapid heating and mixing of the charge resulting in fast melting and homogeneous composition of the …
Disclosure And Perceptions Of Social Support In Male Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse, Abigail Leslie
Disclosure And Perceptions Of Social Support In Male Victims Of Child Sexual Abuse, Abigail Leslie
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Child sexual abuse of males is a serious issue that is largely hidden in the United States because many victims never disclose the abuse. The literature review highlights the prevalence and severity of child sexual abuse of males and the negative effects non-disclosure has on the psychological well-being of the victim. The need to study factors affecting whether or not a male victim discloses is stressed, and social support is proposed to be an influencing factor. This study explored the impact of social support on disclosure status for male victims of child sexual abuse in parts of West Virginia and …
Development Of The West Virginia University Small Microgravity Research Facility (Wvu Smirf), Kyle G. Phillips
Development Of The West Virginia University Small Microgravity Research Facility (Wvu Smirf), Kyle G. Phillips
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
West Virginia University (WVU) has created the Small Microgravity Research Facility (SMiRF) drop tower through a WVU Research Corporation Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (PSCoR) grant on its campus to increase direct access to inexpensive and repeatable reduced gravity research. In short, a drop tower is a tall structure from which experimental payloads are dropped, in a controlled environment, and experience reduced gravity or microgravity (i.e. "weightlessness") during free fall. Currently, there are several methods for conducting scientific research in microgravity including drop towers, parabolic flights, sounding rockets, suborbital flights, NanoSats, CubeSats, full-sized satellites, manned orbital flight, and the International …
The Hydroclimatology Of West Virginia Spatial And Temporal Trends And Their Relationship With The North Atlantic Oscillation, Carson Wright
The Hydroclimatology Of West Virginia Spatial And Temporal Trends And Their Relationship With The North Atlantic Oscillation, Carson Wright
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Global air temperature has risen 0.74°C over the last 100 years, and is one of several factors influencing climate and streamflow variability at global, regional, and local scales. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is another important factor contributing to climate variability by influencing the intensity of storms entering the eastern US. The Southeastern US is receiving less precipitation and streamflow is decreasing while the northeastern US is receiving greater amounts of precipitation and increasing streamflows. West Virginia is typically overlooked being on the border of both of these regions; therefore the objective of this study is to fill knowledge gaps …
Polylactic Acid-Based Polymer Blends For Durable Applications, Adam Finniss
Polylactic Acid-Based Polymer Blends For Durable Applications, Adam Finniss
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
There has been considerable scientific interest in both research and commercial communities as of late in the area of biologically based or sourced plastics. As the consumption of petroleum rises and concerns about climate change increase, this field is likely to grow even larger. One bioplastic that has received a great deal of attention is polylactic acid (PLA). In the past, this material was used mainly in medical or specialty applications, but advancements in manufacturing have led to a desire to use PLA more widely, especially in durable applications. Unfortunately, PLA has several drawbacks that hinder more widespread usage of …
Certified Athletic Trainers' Abilities To Identify And Refer Athletes With Psychological Symptoms, Marc L. Cormier
Certified Athletic Trainers' Abilities To Identify And Refer Athletes With Psychological Symptoms, Marc L. Cormier
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This study's purpose was to expand the literature based in the area of psychology of injury by assessing certified athletic trainers' (ATs') skills in symptom identification, intended course of action, and intervention identification with athletes experiencing psychological distress. Using a web-based survey protocol, data were collected from 326 (191 female and 132 male) ATs using three case vignettes. AT responses were compared to a panel of experts in psychology of injury and assessed for accuracy. Results indicated that ATs demonstrated high accuracy in symptom identification and making referral decision, but struggled in identifying appropriate interventions for athletes. Stepwise regression analyses …
Three Essays On Investigating Province-Level Carbon Dioxide Emissions In China, Xueting Zhao
Three Essays On Investigating Province-Level Carbon Dioxide Emissions In China, Xueting Zhao
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The three essays in this dissertation study the influential factors of energy-related carbon dioxide emission intensity, whether the province-level carbon dioxide emission intensity is convergence, and how the spatial panel data models perform in forecasting against non-spatial panel data models for province-level carbon dioxide emissions in China.;The first essay entitled "Spatial Analysis of China Province-Level CO 2 Emission Intensity" offers a unique contribution to the literature by investigating the influential factors of energy-related carbon dioxide emission intensity among a panel of 30 provinces in China covering the period 1990-2010. This study uses novel spatial panel data models to analyze the …
The Modeling And Advanced Controller Design Of Wind, Pv And Battery Inverters, Junbiao Han
The Modeling And Advanced Controller Design Of Wind, Pv And Battery Inverters, Junbiao Han
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Renewable energies such as wind power and solar energy have become alternatives to fossil energy due to the improved energy security and sustainability. This trend leads to the rapid growth of wind and Photovoltaic (PV) farm installations worldwide. Power electronic equipments are commonly employed to interface the renewable energy generation with the grid. The intermittent nature of renewable and the large scale utilization of power electronic devices bring forth numerous challenges to system operation and design. Methods for studying and improving the operation of the interconnection of renewable energy such as wind and PV are proposed in this Ph.D. dissertation.;A …
An Examination Of Job Satisfaction Related To Generational Cohorts And Faculty Status Of West Virginia University Extension Service County Faculty, Susan K. Gamble
An Examination Of Job Satisfaction Related To Generational Cohorts And Faculty Status Of West Virginia University Extension Service County Faculty, Susan K. Gamble
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Retention of county Extension faculty has been identified as a significant challenge facing the Extension Service system across the country (ECOP LAC, 2005). There are several influences that contribute to employee turnover in the Extension Service, including: burnout, dissatisfaction with pay related to the amount of time worked, downsizing, long and abnormal work hours including nights and weekends, balancing work and family, and job stress (Boltes, Lippke, & Gregory, 1995; Bradley, Driscoll, & Bardon, 2012; ECOP LAC, 2005; Ensle, 2005; Fetsch & Kennington, 1997; Kutilek, Conklin, & Gunderson, 2002; Rousan & Henderson, 1996). Within their positions, Extension personnel are required …
Human And Animal Behavior Understanding, Wenbin Chen
Human And Animal Behavior Understanding, Wenbin Chen
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Human and animal behavior understanding is an important yet challenging task in computer vision. It has a variety of real-world applications including human computer interaction (HCI), video surveillance, pharmacology, genetics, etc. We first present an evaluation of spatiotemporal interest point features (STIPs) for depth-based human action recognition, and then propose a framework call TriViews for 3D human action recognition with RGB-D data. Finally, we investigate a new approach for animal behavior recognition based on tracking, video content extraction and data fusion.;STIPs features are widely used with good performance for action recognition using the visible light videos. Recently, with the advance …
The Evaluation Of Emotion Regulation In Caregivers Referred To A Parent-Training Program, Nancy M. Wallace
The Evaluation Of Emotion Regulation In Caregivers Referred To A Parent-Training Program, Nancy M. Wallace
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
In recent years, emotion regulation has become a topic of particular interest to both clinicians and researchers and has been shown to play a significant role in a variety of behavioral and psychological difficulties in both adults and children (Gratz & Tull, in press). However, parents of children referred for parent training may experience significant difficulty regulating their emotions as they attempt to cope with and control their children's misbehavior. The present study explored the role of caregiver emotion regulation in parent training by attempting to understand if (1) parents and children who are referred for parent training have difficulty …
The Effects Of Chronic Stress And Exercise On Mouse Pancreatic Islet Of Langerhans Morphology And Muscle Atrophy Gene Expression, Travis Parkulo
The Effects Of Chronic Stress And Exercise On Mouse Pancreatic Islet Of Langerhans Morphology And Muscle Atrophy Gene Expression, Travis Parkulo
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Chronic stress has been implicated as a possible contributing factor to the onset of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus through its negative effects on peripheral insulin sensitivity and the insulin producing beta cells of the pancreas. Exercise could serve as a possible countermeasure to the damaging effects of chronic stress due to its proven ability to increase insulin sensitivity at the level of the muscle and improve or maintain beta cell function and mass. To date, no published research has examined the effects of chronic stress in combination with voluntary wheel running on murine islet morphology and skeletal muscle atrophy. The …
The Politics Of Getting The Joke: The Effects Of Political Humor On Information Seeking Behavior, Bret Wilson
The Politics Of Getting The Joke: The Effects Of Political Humor On Information Seeking Behavior, Bret Wilson
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Political humor plays a positive role in American democracy. It increases the political awareness and interest of the audience. There is a growing body of literature, both empirical and theoretical, that looks at role of political humor in American politics. In line with some of this literature, the present dissertation examines how The Colbert Report (in both video and single image meme formats) encourages the survey participants towards seeking more information about an important domestic issue: the fiscal cliff crisis.;Using two parallel experimental surveys, this dissertation empirically investigates the effect that political humor has on viewers. This dissertation tests whether …
Optimal Scheduling Of Power Plant Maintenance With Gas Portfolio, Yixin Du
Optimal Scheduling Of Power Plant Maintenance With Gas Portfolio, Yixin Du
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Power plant maintenance scheduling aims at defining the sequence of preventive maintenance outages of each unit over the planning time horizon so that the overall costs are minimized and all the constraints are satisfied. Optimization in maintenance scheduling could reduce greenhouse gases and help meeting the surging global energy demand. Maintenance scheduling with gas portfolio could not only cut down the cost for purchasing gas and performing maintenance in the power plant, they could also stabilize the gas network and electricity grid. The goal of this research is to build an applicable mathematical model for optimizing the maintenance scheduling as …
Visualization And Analysis Tools For Neuronal Tissue, Michael Morehead
Visualization And Analysis Tools For Neuronal Tissue, Michael Morehead
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The complex nature of neuronal cellular and circuit structure poses challenges for understanding tissue organization. New techniques in electron microscopy allow for large datasets to be acquired from serial sections of neuronal tissue. These techniques reveal all cells in an unbiased fashion, so their segmentation produces complex structures that must be inspected and analyzed. Although several software packages provide 3D representations of these structures, they are limited to monoscopic projection, and are tailored to the visualization of generic 3D data. On the other hand, stereoscopic display has been shown to improve the immersive experience, with significant gains in understanding spatial …
Watershed - A Transdisciplinary Social Design Process Applied To An Environmental Issue, Forrest Thomas Conroy
Watershed - A Transdisciplinary Social Design Process Applied To An Environmental Issue, Forrest Thomas Conroy
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Wicked problems are often vast, complex, and difficult to navigate. Often used in dealing with social design issues, the term "wicked" is intended to connote a problem that is difficult to define and solve rather than its moral implications.1 These problems, like watershed maintenance and pollution mitigation, involve an entwined community of diverse players, intricate systems, and ever-changing terrain. Because of their pluralistic nature, these problems can seem impossible to solve and even impossible to understand. This requires a collective approach and new ways of thinking to create better understanding and solutions. Important changes occur when citizens are knowledgeable, see …
Evolutionary Search Techniques With Strong Heuristics For Multi-Objective Feature Selection In Software Product Lines, Abdel Salam Sayyad
Evolutionary Search Techniques With Strong Heuristics For Multi-Objective Feature Selection In Software Product Lines, Abdel Salam Sayyad
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Software design is a process of trading off competing objectives. If the user objective space is rich, then we should use optimizers that can fully exploit that richness. For example, this study configures software product lines (expressed as feature models) using various search-based software engineering methods. Our main result is that as we increase the number of optimization objectives, the methods in widespread use (e.g. NSGA-II, SPEA2) perform much worse than IBEA (Indicator-Based Evolutionary Algorithm). IBEA works best since it makes most use of user preference knowledge. Hence it does better on the standard measures (hypervolume and spread) but it …
The Effectiveness Of Provider Training To Improve Compliance With Use Of Written Asthma Action Plans In The Care Of Patients With Asthma, Mary Sizemore
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Background/problem statement: In 2010, asthma affected 25.7 million people in the United States including 7 million children (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2012). The clinical problem was providers and nurses were not documenting the use of asthma action plans in the care of patients with asthma at a rural health clinic in Wirt County, West Virginia.;Purpose: The purpose of this capstone project was to implement and evaluate a healthcare provider and nursing staff practice change related to the process of implementing training and asthma action plans for pediatric and adult patients with asthma.;Project Description with Procedures: The project …
A Survey On The Microscopical And Chemical Analysis Of Synthetic Wig Fibers, Theresa A. Joslin
A Survey On The Microscopical And Chemical Analysis Of Synthetic Wig Fibers, Theresa A. Joslin
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The goal of this study was to determine what characteristics of synthetic wigs are polymorphs; and to report the most discriminating analytical methods for microscopical and chemical examinations of wig fibers for the detection of the most variable features. Synthetic wig fibers are manufactured to take on the appearance of natural hair for either cosmetic or costume use. Subsequently, the characteristics of wig fibers, especially as a collective group within a single wig, can vary greatly from those synthetic fibers collected from garments and household items. A number of samples were collected from 50 brown, blonde and black wigs made …
Flexure Modulus Of Elasticity In Living Branch Wood, Aaron Dwight Carpenter
Flexure Modulus Of Elasticity In Living Branch Wood, Aaron Dwight Carpenter
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Ever increasing human populations are creating a desire, and more importantly a demand for urban forests due to a disconnection from nature as more of us become urban dwellers. Future trends predict increases in human populations which will substantially increase the amount of urban lands, especially around metropolitan areas. Urban trees are exposed to different loading regimes than similar trees growing in a traditional forest. They do not have protection from wind that is seen in the middle of a forest stand, and wind loading has been suggested as one of the more important modes of failure .;This research investigated …
Stability Of The Shoulder Complex During Manual Exertions, Kasey Cutlip
Stability Of The Shoulder Complex During Manual Exertions, Kasey Cutlip
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Shoulder musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a major cause of morbidity and pain in the modern working population. Epidemiological literature suggests that forceful arm exertions pose an increased risk for shoulder MSD development. Although several previous studies have reported a significant stress-strain relationship for the shoulder complex during physically demanding exertions, a clear assessment method to evaluate the risk of injury to the shoulder complex currently does not exist. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a new shoulder strain index to evaluate strain placed on the shoulder during work-related forceful arm exertions. Specifically, the concept of the …
Psychosocial Predictors Of Breast Awareness Behaviors, Carol Goulet
Psychosocial Predictors Of Breast Awareness Behaviors, Carol Goulet
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Whether women should practice breast self-examination (BSE) has been debated for decades. Current guidelines promote understanding how one's breasts normally look and feel through the practice of BSE or informal self-examination practices (referred to as breast awareness). This study investigated how modern women practice breast awareness behaviors, and how personal, theoretical, and psychosocial constructs influence engagement in these behaviors. Data from 626 women without a history of breast cancer were used to investigate associations between psychosocial variables (e.g., anxiety, body dissatisfaction, cancer fatalism; religious beliefs and participation) and breast awareness behaviors (BSE frequency and proficiency, frequency of checking for lumps, …
Supervisee Experiences Of Impression Management, The Supervisory Working Alliance, And Counseling Self-Efficacy, Jennifer M. Haist
Supervisee Experiences Of Impression Management, The Supervisory Working Alliance, And Counseling Self-Efficacy, Jennifer M. Haist
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Supervision plays a vital role in fostering competent, ethical and effective counseling psychologists. However, studies have shown that supervisees act in ways that counteract the benefits of supervision. Trainees manage supervisor impressions to the detriment of their professional growth; they withhold information that would help supervisors promote learning, clarify misunderstandings, gain insight into supervisee weaknesses and strengths, and provide feedback that would enhance supervisee competence. Supervisee nondisclosure is a particularly prevalent impression management behavior documented in the supervision literature (Hill, Thompson, & Corbett, 1992; Ladany et al., 1996). It and other forms of impression management may be particularly related to …
Effects Of Lipopolysaccharide Induced Inflammatory Response On Early Embryo Survival In Ewes, Megan Renee Graham
Effects Of Lipopolysaccharide Induced Inflammatory Response On Early Embryo Survival In Ewes, Megan Renee Graham
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Early pregnant ewes, 5 or 6 day post coitus (dpc) were used as a model to study early embryonic loss via gram-negative bacterial infections, such as mastitis. Ewes 5/6 dpc were injected with a gram-negative bacteria cell wall component, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-&agr;), to induce an innate immune system acute phase response (APR). The induction of the APR and its reactant molecules, such as TNF-&agr; and acute phase proteins (APP), haptoglobin (Hp) and serum amyloid A (SAA), were initiated to study their effects on embryonic loss. In addition, ewes were also injected with LPS plus dexamethasone (Dex) …
Nato Military Interventions In Kosovo, Libya, Afghanistan And Their Impact On Relations With Russia After The Cold War, Dovydas Rogulis
Nato Military Interventions In Kosovo, Libya, Afghanistan And Their Impact On Relations With Russia After The Cold War, Dovydas Rogulis
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This thesis seeks to find out how NATO military interventions in Kosovo, Libya and Afghanistan have negatively affected relations with Russia. In order to achieve the aim and hypothesis of the study, the critical geopolitical approach is chosen as a theoretical framework.;The schematic critical geopolitics conceptualization of Gearoid O. Tuathail is used as the method of research. This thesis mostly pays attention to three essential parts of the critical geopolitics: "formal geopolitics" (analyses of think tanks, specialists, etc.), "practical geopolitics" (the decisions of policy makers, official statements, documents, strategies and speeches) and "popular geopolitics" (media discourse and opinion surveys). The …
Exploring The Use Of Social Media And Its Effect On Policy In Community Colleges, S. Dianne Davis
Exploring The Use Of Social Media And Its Effect On Policy In Community Colleges, S. Dianne Davis
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The use of online social media websites has grown exponentially in past years. Recent studies show faculty use of social media is also growing. This study examined how faculty are using social media websites with students and if they are aware of issues that violations of the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act could cause. The research questions were: How are faculty using social media for teacher-student communication; Are there privacy concerns faculty should be aware of because of the Federal Education Rights to Privacy Act; and what social media is being use by faculty to communicate with students. Participants …
Application Activities Designed To Prepare Preservice Special Education Teachers For Response And Prevention Of Bullying Behaviors, Crystal Smith
Application Activities Designed To Prepare Preservice Special Education Teachers For Response And Prevention Of Bullying Behaviors, Crystal Smith
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The effects of bullying on individuals involved in bullying situations (i.e., the bully, the target, and bystanders), has prompted nationwide interest in the field of education. Identifying students at-risk of being involved in bullying situations has led to awareness of high prevalence rates among students with disabilities. Understanding the potentially devastating effects of bullying on the academic, social, and emotional well-being of students with disabilities is disconcerting. Therefore, the goal of this study was to answer questions related to effectiveness of application activities designed to prepare preservice special education teachers for response and prevention of bullying behaviors. All activities related …