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Testing, Assessment And Frp Strengthening Of Concrete T-Beam Bridges In Pennsylvania, William C. Sasher
Testing, Assessment And Frp Strengthening Of Concrete T-Beam Bridges In Pennsylvania, William C. Sasher
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The transportation infrastructure of the United States is in urgent need of rehabilitation. The effects of ageing and deterioration, along with increased traffic demands have raised the concern that the deteriorated conditions of highway bridges need to be addressed to insure the safety of the public. Several rehabilitation methods are available to engineers including: bridge replacement, bridge repair, and retrofitting with mechanisms designed to increase the structural capacity of a bridge.;The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation -- District 3 (PennDOT-D3) has sponsored a multi-phase project to investigate externally bonded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) technology on their deteriorated concrete T-Beam bridges. The …
Effects Of Alternative -Food Sources On Operant Behavior, Raquel Moreira Alo
Effects Of Alternative -Food Sources On Operant Behavior, Raquel Moreira Alo
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To investigate how operant and alternative food arranged by different schedules interact to determine response rates and patterns when the sources of food are the same or different, six experiments were delineated. The effects of the number of food sources were investigated in Experiments 1-4. In Experiments 1 and 2, a variable-interval (VI) schedule was used to program the operant food, while the fixed-time (FT - Experiment 1) or the variable-time (VT - Experiment 2) alternative food was delivered from the same or a different source than that of the operant food. Experiments 3 and 4 were identical to Experiments …
Development Of Volunteer-Driven Indices Of Biological Integrity For Wetlands In West Virginia, Walter Emil Veselka Iv
Development Of Volunteer-Driven Indices Of Biological Integrity For Wetlands In West Virginia, Walter Emil Veselka Iv
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Wetland indices of biological integrity (IBIs) are used to satisfy the water resources monitoring requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA). However, debate still exists on what classification systems and taxa to base these IBIs upon. Our cumulative research, representing indices of biological integrity designed for regional HGM subclasses, designated HGM management classes and Cowardin et al. (1979) classes for West Virginia. The indices were derived from metrics calculated from anuran, avian, macroinvertebrate, and vegetation communities; each representing increasing levels of resources associated with gathering the necessary data. For example, avian and anuran data used to derive floodplain wetland IBI …
State Policy And Food Insecurity In Kenya's Arid And Semi-Arid Land (Asal) Regions, Naomi Shanguhyia
State Policy And Food Insecurity In Kenya's Arid And Semi-Arid Land (Asal) Regions, Naomi Shanguhyia
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Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) have continued to experience chronic and persistent food crises despite the efforts made by governmental and non-governmental organizations to address the problem. Inappropriate policies and poor approaches have partly been blamed for this persistence. This study therefore seeks to examine how food insecurity is conceptualized within policy documents, the perceived causes and solutions, and potential drawbacks of such perceptions. The study adopts a political ecology framework within which Ellis' (2000) rural livelihood approach and Sen's (1981) entitlement thesis are used to analyze selected government policy documents and related reports. A brief historical overview of …
Agricultural Awareness And Perceptions Of Freshmen At West Virginia University, Laura L. Pfeifer
Agricultural Awareness And Perceptions Of Freshmen At West Virginia University, Laura L. Pfeifer
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Increased dependence on technology and further removal from agricultural practices has given rise to a decrease in agricultural literacy among members of society, which has established a need for advancement in educating individuals about the basic concepts of agriculture. This study was designed to determine the knowledge of agriculture possessed by incoming freshmen at West Virginia University (WVU). The data collected for this study were obtained from 403 freshmen participants who reported their responses to 35 Agricultural Knowledge, 35 Agricultural Perceptions, and 24 demographic statements and questions on an instrument administered during multiple First Year Orientation courses at WVU. It …
Measuring Hearing Protection Performance Results In A Mire-Compliant Reverberatory Chamber Versus A Non-Mire Compliant Room, Mahela Sanguinetti
Measuring Hearing Protection Performance Results In A Mire-Compliant Reverberatory Chamber Versus A Non-Mire Compliant Room, Mahela Sanguinetti
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Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) is a method developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine the effectiveness of hearing protection devices (HPD). The limitations of NRR values have led to use of other methods, including fit-testing hearing protectors on the individuals who will use them. The fit-testing method used in this study is the Microphone in Real Ear (MIRE) method, which describes how to test earmuffs in a reverberatory chamber. A reverberatory chamber is extremely costly and not likely to be available at work-sites. If fit-testing could be completed in any room instead of in a reverberatory chamber, work-sites …
Effects Of A Mind-Consciousness-Thought (Mct) Intervention On Stress And Well-Being In Freshman Nursing Students, Judith A. Sedgeman
Effects Of A Mind-Consciousness-Thought (Mct) Intervention On Stress And Well-Being In Freshman Nursing Students, Judith A. Sedgeman
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An emerging "health" paradigm, Mind-Consciousness-Thought (MCT), proposes that three universal Principles, Mind (life energy), Consciousness (the capacity to be aware of thinking as "reality"), and Thought (the ability to create thinking continually), explain how psychological experience is created from the inside-out, not created from the outside-in by events and circumstances. It proposes that life comes through us, not at us. It proposes that insight into the existence and operation of those principles reconnects people to their innate mental well-being, an always accessible source of balance, wisdom, and creativity (i.e., resiliency). It proposes that accessing mental well-being is incompatible with chronic …
Growth And Survival Of Eleven Planted Tree Species On A Reclaimed Surface Mine In West Virginia, Paul Emerson
Growth And Survival Of Eleven Planted Tree Species On A Reclaimed Surface Mine In West Virginia, Paul Emerson
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Commercial forestry as a post-mining land use in West Virginia requires an average of 1.2-m or more of weathered brown sandstone and topsoil on the spoil surface after regrading to the final land topography. Commercially valuable hardwood trees are to be planted in this substrate, and survival and growth of these trees must be monitored over a 12-year bonding period. Success of the commercial hardwood planting is based on the growth of white pine ( Pinus strobus L.), which must achieve greater than 0.45 meters of average growth per year. At the Catenary surface mine in 2005, three, 2.8-ha plots …
Putative Role Of Palmitate And Akt Signaling In Attenuating Skeletal Muscle Growth In The Obese Zucker Rat, Jonathan Michael Peterson
Putative Role Of Palmitate And Akt Signaling In Attenuating Skeletal Muscle Growth In The Obese Zucker Rat, Jonathan Michael Peterson
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The Obese zucker rat (OZR) is a model of obesity and metabolic syndrome, with a reduced skeletal muscle mass compared with the lean zucker rat (LZR). Growth and hypertrophy of muscle fibers critically depend on activation and differentiation of satellite cells into new myonuclei, as well as the prevention of myonuclear apoptosis. Akt is known to regulate satellite cell activation and differentiation and inhibit apoptotic signaling. Akt activity is also reduced in the OZR compared to the LZR. The present study had two primary purposes; first, to observe, in vitro, the effects of the saturated free fatty acid palmitate on …
Social Anxiety And Facial Affect Recognition In Preschool Children, Chelsea M. Ale
Social Anxiety And Facial Affect Recognition In Preschool Children, Chelsea M. Ale
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Previous research relating anxiety and facial affect recognition, focusing mostly on school-aged children and adults, has yielded mixed results. The current study sought to demonstrate an association among behavioral inhibition and parent-reported social anxiety, shyness, social withdrawal and facial affect recognition performance using the Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy Scale in 30 preschool children, ages 4 years to 5 years 8 months. Results indicated that social anxiety, social withdrawal, shyness, and behavioral inhibition together account for 25% of the variance in facial affect recognition performance, although this proportion was not statistically significant r2 = .25, F(4,24) = 1.95, p = …
Assessing The Limitations Of Oak In Osb, Brian D. Cox
Assessing The Limitations Of Oak In Osb, Brian D. Cox
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Recent studies show that oak logging residue makes up a disproportionate amount of the total residue left behind after the harvest (Grushecky et al. 2006). The majority of logging residue tends to be low-grade wood. A primary outlet for low-grade wood in WV is oriented strand board (OSB) mills. Currently, a very small percentage of oak species is utilized in OSB, largely due to the inability to produce quality strands from oak and partially due to the uncertainty of quantity that may be used in panels.;This research investigated the stranding of oak species along with utilizing oak strands in the …
Effects Of Atmospheric Acid Deposition And Single Versus Mixed Leaf Litters On Foliar Litter Decomposition, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus And Calcium Dynamics In A Regenerating Forest, Prinith Sumudu Munasinghe
Effects Of Atmospheric Acid Deposition And Single Versus Mixed Leaf Litters On Foliar Litter Decomposition, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus And Calcium Dynamics In A Regenerating Forest, Prinith Sumudu Munasinghe
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Increases in atmospheric N deposition over the past decades have raised concerns over nitrogen (N) retention and carbon (C) and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. We conducted two litter decomposition studies at the Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) study at the Fernow Experimental Forest (FEF) in West Virginia. In the LTSP study acid deposition is simulated by periodic ammonium sulfate additions (N+S). Other treatments include control (ref) (no additions or reference) and ammonium sulfate plus lime (lime). Fresh litter was collected from treatment plots in November. Air-dried litter was weighed, and placed in nylon litter bags. Litter bags were placed in …
Water Quality Changes Over Time In Upper Freeport And Pittsburgh Coal Mines In West Virginia, Ben M. Mack
Water Quality Changes Over Time In Upper Freeport And Pittsburgh Coal Mines In West Virginia, Ben M. Mack
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The objective of this research was to determine the changes in acidity, sulfate, iron, aluminum, and calcium concentrations over time in above-drainage, underground mines. Water analyses were compiled from four sampling dates for two coal seams. Results for all sites showed declines in all parameters. Acidity decreases from the 40 sites were compared to three acidity decay curves. The data most closely matched the 5 percent decay curve. Acidity values from a different mine most closely matched the 10 percent decay curve during its first 12 years after closure. None of the five parameters showed significant relationships with either decade …
Determining Preoperative And Postoperative Predictors Of Physical Health Status In Open -Heart Surgery Patients, Kristy S. Chunta
Determining Preoperative And Postoperative Predictors Of Physical Health Status In Open -Heart Surgery Patients, Kristy S. Chunta
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Background. Studies that have explored the experiences of open-heart surgery patients have reported that incongruent or unrealistic expectations have lead to negative feelings of anger, disappointment, and frustration. Physical Health Status (PHS) limitations after open-heart surgery have resulted in negative emotions such as anxiety and depression. Depressive symptoms have been correlated with lower improvement in PHS and decreased physical and emotional recovery after surgery.;Purpose. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship among expectations, anxiety, depression, and PHS and to determine predictors of postoperative PHS in open-heart surgery patients.;Methods. A convenience sample (N = 54) was recruited from …
Effectiveness Of An Educational Intervention On The Attitudes Toward Sport Psychology Of Athletic Training Students, Damien Clement
Effectiveness Of An Educational Intervention On The Attitudes Toward Sport Psychology Of Athletic Training Students, Damien Clement
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Although previous research of athletes' attitudes toward sport psychology consulting (Anderson et al. 2004, Martin, 2005) has proven its usefulness, the literature seems to be lacking any similar assessment of athletic training students' attitudes toward sport psychology. Neither has the effectiveness of an educational intervention been assessed with regard to athletic training students' attitudes toward sport psychology. This is surprising given the important role that sport psychology plays in injury rehabilitation. As a result, the primary aim of the current study was to assess the attitudes of athletic training students toward sport psychology and, subsequently, determine the effectiveness of an …
Periconceptional Treatment With Growth Hormone Alters Fetal Growth And Development In Sheep, Jill Marie Koch
Periconceptional Treatment With Growth Hormone Alters Fetal Growth And Development In Sheep, Jill Marie Koch
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Altering the fetal environment can modify the composition or growth rate of the fetus, a concept known as fetal programming. A majority of the research in this area has focused on intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), which has been linked to adult diseases. A few studies have attempted to ameliorate the negative effects of IUGR, by applying growth promoters late in gestation, and have only observed transient effects. Our laboratory has previously shown that growth hormone (GH) treatment around the time of breeding alters the uterine environment early in gestation and results in larger lambs at birth. Therefore there were three …
Evaluation Of The Impacts Of Highway Construction On Sediment And Benthic Macroinvertebrates In Appalachian Streams, Lara B. Hedrick
Evaluation Of The Impacts Of Highway Construction On Sediment And Benthic Macroinvertebrates In Appalachian Streams, Lara B. Hedrick
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Corridor H is a four-lane highway under construction in north eastern West Virginia. I used a variety of methods to assess the impacts of highway construction in the Lost River watershed, Hardy County, West Virginia. I designed a two part sediment sampler to be used to monitor sediment in paired sites upstream and downstream of highway construction. The two-part design, a base that remains embedded in the substrate, and a removeable trap, allowed for long-term placement of samplers without continual disturbance of the streambed. I used a laboratory flume to compare my sediment sampler design with other devices used to …
Comparison Of A New "U" Shaped Plastic Fish Tank System To The Traditional Concrete Raceway System, Daniel J. Miller
Comparison Of A New "U" Shaped Plastic Fish Tank System To The Traditional Concrete Raceway System, Daniel J. Miller
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The goal of this research was to compare the cost of purchasing, installing and operating a new plastic "U" shaped raceway (fish tank) to the traditional concrete flat-bottomed raceways used in many federal, state, and private fish hatcheries. Potential benefits of this new design include lower fixed (purchase and installation) costs, ease of mobility due to its light weight, reduced operational cost due to the rapid cleaning process that the "U" shape allows, and the simplicity with which modifications can be made to the tank to suit the operation. Limitations include width and depth restrictions and greater vulnerability to vandalism …
Impact Of Attribution Retraining With Students Enrolled In An Internet-Based Instructional Technology Course At A Community College, Bonnie Mccall Ordonez
Impact Of Attribution Retraining With Students Enrolled In An Internet-Based Instructional Technology Course At A Community College, Bonnie Mccall Ordonez
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This study explores the use of attribution retraining in a community college, distance learning course. Attribution training is a form of psychotherapy used in an attempt to shift an individual's attitude, motivation, and locus of control (LOC).;Locus of control is a measure of how one attributes success and failure. Those with internal locus of control believe they are responsible and control their fate while those with external locus of control tend to look for fault outside of themselves.;The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of attribution training, which consisted of a multimedia, interactive intervention called Just Think …
Predicting The Performance Characteristics Of Assembled Rollover Protective Structure Designs For Tractors, James R. Harris
Predicting The Performance Characteristics Of Assembled Rollover Protective Structure Designs For Tractors, James R. Harris
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Tractor overturn fatalities are the single leading cause of agricultural fatalities in the United States. Approximately 100 people die each year as the result of a tractor overturn. Effective engineering controls to mitigate injury and prevent death from tractor overturns are available in the form of rollover protective structures (ROPS) and seatbelts. However, approximately 50% of all tractors in the United States are without ROPS. Cost of ROPS is frequently cited as a reason why tractor owners do not have ROPS installed. Cost-effective ROPS (CROPS) have been developed with the intent to lower the cost of retro-fitting a tractor with …
Disturbances, Prescribed Fire, And Invasion By Exotic Plants In A Xeric Mixed-Oak And Oak-Pine Dominated Area Of The Ridge And Valley In Eastern West Virginia, Jonathan A. Pomp
Disturbances, Prescribed Fire, And Invasion By Exotic Plants In A Xeric Mixed-Oak And Oak-Pine Dominated Area Of The Ridge And Valley In Eastern West Virginia, Jonathan A. Pomp
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This document discusses three fire and exotic invasive plant related research studies that were conducted in an area of the Ridge and Valley dominated by xeric mixed-oak and oak-pine forest communities. The first study characterizes the timing, frequency, and magnitude of canopy disturbances in the study area by investigating demographic (age distributions), anatomical (growth increment patterns), and structural (diameter distributions) evidence. In addition to the general reconstructed disturbance history, the potential link between overstory tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle) populations and prior forest management disturbances (i.e. harvesting) is investigated. This study indicates an uneven-aged structure resulting from multiple disturbances …
Analysis Of Underground Coal Mine Refuge Shelters, Mickey D. Mitchell
Analysis Of Underground Coal Mine Refuge Shelters, Mickey D. Mitchell
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This thesis summarizes the technique used to build underground coal refuge shelters and their availabilities. The first step is to discuss the manufacturers of the shelter and the types that they can provide. Next, the requirements set forth by the West Virginia Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training (WVOMHST) and Mine Safety and Health (MSHA) regarding the design of the shelters/chambers are examined.;The first specification examined is whether or not the shelters/chambers can withstand a 15 psi overpressure. This is determined by using techniques used in the analysis of rectangular steel beams and steel sheets. The equations used for …
Selenite Removal Using Gac Based Iron-Coated Adsorbents, Ning Zhang
Selenite Removal Using Gac Based Iron-Coated Adsorbents, Ning Zhang
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Removal of selenite from aqueous phase using iron-coated granular activated carbons (GAC) was investigated in this study. Five different types of GAC were used for iron coating by oxidizing ferrous chloride with sodium hypochlorite and tested for selenite removal. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption analyses indicated that Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area, pore size, and pore volume deceased with the iron coating. The Darco 12x20 GAC was shown to be the most effective adsorbent among the five tested GACs after iron coating. Among the different concentrations used for iron coating, the Darco 12x20 GAC coated with 0.1 M ferrous chloride achieved the highest selenite …
Evaluation Of Exhaust After-Treatment Device Effectiveness In Reducing Regulated And Unregulated Emissions From Natural Gas Fueled Heavy Duty Transit Bus, Arvind Padmavathy Thiruvengadam
Evaluation Of Exhaust After-Treatment Device Effectiveness In Reducing Regulated And Unregulated Emissions From Natural Gas Fueled Heavy Duty Transit Bus, Arvind Padmavathy Thiruvengadam
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The promulgation of the public transit fleet rule by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in 2000, has given transit fleet operators the option of choosing the alternative fuel path in order to reduce their fleet average NOx and PM emissions. Natural gas being an abundant domestic fuel, has found its way as an economically and technologically feasible alternative fuel option. Many studies have shown the clean burning nature of natural gas with lower NOx and near zero Particulate Matter (PM) emissions from heavy duty natural gas vehicles. Though natural gas fueled vehicles emit lower NOx and PM than their …
Postpartum Sleep Disturbance And Psychomotor Vigilance Performance, Salvatore Insana
Postpartum Sleep Disturbance And Psychomotor Vigilance Performance, Salvatore Insana
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Postpartum women have high rates of sleep disturbance and commonly suffer from many of the effects of disturbed sleep, though attentional state has not been studied extensively in this population. This study assessed sleep and attentional state psychomotor performance in postpartum women to develop a better understanding of how sleep disturbance --specifically sleep fragmentation and partial sleep deprivation-- is associated with attentional state psychomotor performance. Participants were a sample of 24 postpartum mothers from a larger study. Mothers were 29.96 (SD = 7.94) years old, had a mean income of {dollar}65,808 (SD = {dollar}41,398), and had 17.04 (SD = 2.53) …
Evaluation Of Information Transfer Between Extension Agents And Dairy Producers In Pennsylvania, Carrie B. Nelson
Evaluation Of Information Transfer Between Extension Agents And Dairy Producers In Pennsylvania, Carrie B. Nelson
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The purpose of this study was to determine how information from Extension Agents was being disseminated to dairy producers in Pennsylvania in areas of program advertisement and teaching methods. It also sought to determine if Extension Agents are reaching special populations of producers (e.g. Amish, Hispanic, disabled) in their areas. A descriptive research design was used to collect the data for this study. The target population was all dairy producers in Pennsylvania and the Extension Agents that serve these producers. The study found that Extension Agents and dairy producers agree on advertisement methods but disagree on teaching methods. Furthermore, the …
Levels Of Stress And Mechanisms Of Coping Among Male Freshman Athletes, Gregory A. White
Levels Of Stress And Mechanisms Of Coping Among Male Freshman Athletes, Gregory A. White
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Context. Studies on freshman athletes stress levels and mechanisms of coping are lacking in frequency. This study is being performed to further the knowledge base dealing with stress and coping in the freshman collegiate population Objective. The purpose of this study is to identify the levels of stress and the mechanisms of coping with stress among male freshman Football and Soccer athletes. Design. First design will be a 1X3 factorial design for stress using the Quick Stress Questionnaire (QSQ). The second design will incorporate descriptive statistics using percentages to examine coping via the Brief COPE Questionnaire (BCQ). Setting. This study …
Have National Collegiate Athletic Association Institutions Increased The Number Of American Heart Association Recommendations For Cardiac Screening?, Jennifer R. Street
Have National Collegiate Athletic Association Institutions Increased The Number Of American Heart Association Recommendations For Cardiac Screening?, Jennifer R. Street
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Context. Sudden cardiac death among young competitive collegiate athletes has heightened interest in cardiovascular pre-participation screening in colleges and universities. Objective. The purpose of the study was to identify the cardiovascular screening protocols among National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, II, and III institutions in accordance with the recommended American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines. Design. The design of this study was a prospective descriptive analysis, which identified the cardiovascular screening and use of the recommended American Heart Association guidelines by surveying Division I, II, and III National Collegiate Athletic Association institutions. Setting. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I, II, …
Weston State Hospital, Kim Jacks
Weston State Hospital, Kim Jacks
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Weston State Hospital was a major mental institution in Weston, West Virginia. This study traces the history of the hospital from its construction in the 1860s to its closing in 1994. It was established as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, and then called the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane from 1863 to 1915. The building was designed following the Kirkbride plan, which would allow for a pleasant and orderly place of refuge for 250 patients. Gradual overcrowding led to its becoming a custodial facility for over 2300 patients by the 1950s. This study examines the management of the institution, the …
Impact Of A Physical Activity Intervention For Weight Loss: A Qualitative Analysis Of Participant Perceptions And Expectations, Jessica Anne Creasy
Impact Of A Physical Activity Intervention For Weight Loss: A Qualitative Analysis Of Participant Perceptions And Expectations, Jessica Anne Creasy
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The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions of self-esteem and body image and expectations for success among participants enrolled in a physical activity and nutritional intervention for weight loss. Qualitative research methods (individual interviews) were conducted to assess how participants felt about themselves, their bodies, and the intervention. In all, 10 participants were interviewed; five were in the initial week of the weight loss intervention (Phase I) and five had been enrolled in the intervention between 9--13 months (Phase II). Weight in pounds and body fat percentage were obtained for all participants at time of enrollment, and at …