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Effects Of Ovulation Of Aged Follicles, Pregnancy Diagnosis By Ultrasonography, And Treatments During Lactation On Reproduction In Ewes, Aimee Kathryn Wurst
Effects Of Ovulation Of Aged Follicles, Pregnancy Diagnosis By Ultrasonography, And Treatments During Lactation On Reproduction In Ewes, Aimee Kathryn Wurst
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Ewes are polyestrous and litter-bearing seasonal breeders. Although average ovulation rates are sufficient, many ovulations do not result in live offspring and ewes normally breed only once per year. As ovulation rate increases, so does the number of ovulations not represented by live births. When ultrasonographic analysis is limited to ovarian follicles that grow from 3 to 5 mm, follicular waves can be identified in sheep. In most cases, ovulatory follicle(s) develop from the ultimate follicular wave; however, ovulatory follicles can be derived from penultimate or earlier follicular waves. The relationship between lifespan of large follicles and fertility is controversial …
Fine Particle Separation In A Riser With Flow Modifications, Bryan M. Wimer
Fine Particle Separation In A Riser With Flow Modifications, Bryan M. Wimer
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Fine particle separation is of great interest in industry. Coal and mineral processing industries are currently very interested in particle separation for its potential in cleaning coal matter. A circulating fluidized bed riser system has been constructed to investigate possible separation of coal containing pyrite from clean coal. The system was constructed to operate using compressed air in which an air-solid mixture would pass through the riser and the solids would enter in to a dense, product, or filter collection bin. Several different variables were investigated during the project such as the collection ring wall height, particle entrance size into …
The Emotional Intelligence Of Chief Development Officers In Public Higher Education Institutions Of The Mid Atlantic Region And Organizational Climate Perceptions Of Their Development Teams., Rosemary M. Thomas
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this study was to determine if a significant relationship exists between the emotional intelligence of chief development officers and the organizational climate in the development organizations they lead. Additionally, demographic data was collected and tested as well to determine if such factors as: gender, age, years of experience, and length of tenure were significantly related to the organizational climate scores. Chief development officers (CDOs) from AASCU member comprehensive public colleges and universities in the Mid-Atlantic region were invited to participate and their development staff members were included by virtue of the CDO responding. The Bar-On Emotional Quotient …
The Politics Of Health Promotion: Analyzing Healthy Public Policy's Impact On Tobacco Control In United States And South Africa., Frederick Appah
The Politics Of Health Promotion: Analyzing Healthy Public Policy's Impact On Tobacco Control In United States And South Africa., Frederick Appah
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This public health policy, international organization and comparative public policy and politics research looks at the impact of health promotion on tobacco control in the United States and South Africa from the Canadian Lalonde report of 1974 to 2004. The healthy public policy concept is used as a tool to analyze the possible policy changes and outcomes that the health promotion perspective has brought to the national tobacco control policies, programs and strategies of the two developmentally and structurally different but strategically and institutionally similar countries. The study uses a combination of documentary and elite interview analysis. The research finds …
Participatory Gis Approaches To Environmental Impact Assessment: A Case Study Of The Appalachian Corridor H Transportation Project., Ram Alagan
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This dissertation explores the strengths and weaknesses of Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) approaches to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) with a specific focus on the potential contribution of Geo-visualization (GVIS) in this process. The approach draws heavily on concepts developed under the broad umbrella of GIS and Society and Critical GIS. PGIS recognizes the political economy of GIS in terms of data access, data representation, structural knowledge distortion, and community empowerment as being legitimate and significant issues in the application of GIS in community projects. EIA has been adopted as one of several important environmental practices that seek to engage …
Evaluation Of "I Am Moving, I Am Learning" Trainings - A Measure Of Change In Obesity Awareness, Obesity Prevention, And Movement Knowledge., Brandon S. Williams
Evaluation Of "I Am Moving, I Am Learning" Trainings - A Measure Of Change In Obesity Awareness, Obesity Prevention, And Movement Knowledge., Brandon S. Williams
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study examines participants’ change in knowledge before and after attending a childhood obesity training event. A pre-post assessment scale was used to measure and compare knowledge scores among participants of both two and three-day events. The questionnaire included seven subscales of content delivered during the training sessions. These included: training goals and movement guidelines, general obesity knowledge, general movement knowledge, assessing and evaluating children’s motor skills, and three subscales specifically on the movement workshops in the training. This study consisted of 78 personnel working for the Office of Head Start or Women, Infants and Children (WIC) enrolled in one …
Transcriptional And Post-Transcriptional Regulation Of Gadd45Α In Response To Arsenic., Deepak Bhatia
Transcriptional And Post-Transcriptional Regulation Of Gadd45Α In Response To Arsenic., Deepak Bhatia
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Previously, publications from our lab had demonstrated that arsenic can regulate Gadd45α through p53-dependent and -independent manner where we explored the regulation of Gadd45α by various transcription factors, including Foxo3a, NF-κB and through stress signaling pathways such as JNK. Here we analyzed whether arsenic has any impact on the biosynthesis of Egr-1, since Egr-1 has also been reported to regulate Gadd45α in keratinocytes in response to UVB. Our results show arsenic can induce Egr-1 synthesis in a dose- and time-dependent manner. To determine the regulatory sequence responsible for Egr-1 induction, we created deletion constructs in the Egr-1 promoter and found …
An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Respirator Half-Facepiece Fit And Facial Anthropometry Using Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning Technology., Dennis W. Groce
An Investigation Of The Relationship Between Respirator Half-Facepiece Fit And Facial Anthropometry Using Three-Dimensional Laser Scanning Technology., Dennis W. Groce
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This study investigated the relationship between industrial respirator half-facepiece fit and facial anthropometry, including three-dimensional parameters. The investigation included application of laser scanning technology to the measurement of faces. The goal was to identify facially-related variables that are worthy of further investigation. The relationships between facial features and respirator dimensions are of significance to the industrial respirator community (manufacturers, testers, and users) because the faceseal leakage affects the level of protection provided by the respirators to workers; factors that predict facepiece fit are therefore of interest for the design of respirators, the testing of respirators, and the selection of respirators …
The Development Of A Clinical Preventative Screening Tool For The Lower Quarter., Brian M. Perez
The Development Of A Clinical Preventative Screening Tool For The Lower Quarter., Brian M. Perez
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Context: There are no concise and thorough lower quarter screening tools found in the literature or the clinical setting. An evaluation tool is needed to identify potential problems that could lead to injury. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a concise and thorough screening tool for the lower quarter. Design: This was a prospective descriptive study following the Modified Delphi Technique, to create a lower quarter screening tool based on opinion from a panel of experts. The dependent variable was the responses ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. Setting: This study took place at West Virginia …
Factors Regulating Arteriolar Tone During Microvascular Growth, Julie Balch Samora
Factors Regulating Arteriolar Tone During Microvascular Growth, Julie Balch Samora
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Growth of the arteriolar network is accompanied by progressive changes in pressure and flow, and in the metabolic environment to which the arterioles are exposed. This dissertation was carried out to investigate the extent to which mechanisms involved in local blood flow regulation may also change during this growth. We isolated gracilis muscle arterioles from weanling (age 25-26 days) and juvenile (44-66 days) rats, and studied the responsiveness of these vessels to both myogenic and endothelium-dependent stimuli. Overall arteriolar responses to the endothelium-dependent agonists acetylcholine (ACh), A23187, VEGF and simvastatin were not different between age groups. Responses of juvenile arterioles …
Combine Gas Deliverability Equation For Reservoir And Well, Hassan Daffalla Eljack
Combine Gas Deliverability Equation For Reservoir And Well, Hassan Daffalla Eljack
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
A new model has been developed by combining the gas reservoir deliverability equation for a reservoir and the well flow equation.;An existing computer program was modified to determine gas production from reservoir against constant wellhead pressure.;Upon completion, a unique, simple, and user friendly model was developed, that will allow the user to predict the performance of the gas reservoir against a constant wellhead pressure.;The new model was used to generate and introduce a new set of production decline type curves, which can be utilized to forecast gas production rates under constant wellhead pressure condition.;The impact of the well tubing length …
Food And Environment As Predictors Of Obesity In Rural West Virginia, Leah W. Gecheo
Food And Environment As Predictors Of Obesity In Rural West Virginia, Leah W. Gecheo
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Objective. The objective of this study was to determine the best predictors of childhood obesity in rural West Virginia. This investigation was inspired by the fact that the rate of obesity occurrence in West Virginia is relatively higher than that in the entire nation.;Method. Subjects used were Head Start children participating in food and nutrition program (FNP) in Mercer and McDowell counties in rural West Virginia. The average age was 52 months both Caucasians and African Americans. Study was conducted using USDA validated questionnaires that focused on the diet, feeding attitudes, beliefs and practices. Children's weights and heights were measured …
De Novo Asymmetric Synthesis Of Digitoxin Based Carbohydrate Libraries, Wenjun Xin
De Novo Asymmetric Synthesis Of Digitoxin Based Carbohydrate Libraries, Wenjun Xin
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The enantioselective syntheses of digitoxigen 2,6-dideoxy-beta-L-ribo-hexopyranoside, its analogues and digitoxin monosaccharide analogues have been achieved. Key to this approach is the iterative application of the palladium-catalyzed glycosylation reaction, reductive 1,3-transposition and diastereoselective dihydroxylation. Anticancer tests showed that these analogues have even better anticancer activities.
"For Men And Measures" : The Life And Legacy Of Civil Rights Pioneer J.R. Clifford, Connie Park Rice
"For Men And Measures" : The Life And Legacy Of Civil Rights Pioneer J.R. Clifford, Connie Park Rice
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In an era historian Rayford W. Logan described as “the nadir of black history,” African Americans confronted growing discrimination, disfranchisement, segregation, and frequent acts of violence, including lynching in the decades before and after 1900. It was an era in which a nation, and its people, violated the basic principles of American democracy. Yet despite the difficulties facing black Americans in those decades, J.R. Clifford, West Virginia’s first black editor and practicing attorney, made significant strides in raising the condition and status of not only black West Virginians, but African Americans across the nation, as a result of his quest …
Mathematics Vocabulary Instruction For Current Non-Proficient Students With And Without Ieps: A Study Of Three Methods Of Instruction., George D. Brown
Mathematics Vocabulary Instruction For Current Non-Proficient Students With And Without Ieps: A Study Of Three Methods Of Instruction., George D. Brown
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this experimental study was to determine which of three methods of vocabulary instruction, including the common approach method, a combination of the common approach method and keyword method, and a combination of the common approach method and the keyword/illustration method of instruction was most effective in teaching mathematics vocabulary over the course of two mathematical units. Grade eight students (N=60) from two rural middle schools who scored at the basic level on the 2006 Maryland School Assessment (MSA) in mathematics and reading participated in this experimental study. Students with individualized education plans (n=24) and regular education students …
The Regulation And Role Of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 (Hif-1) In Human Cancer, Heath Devin Skinner
The Regulation And Role Of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 (Hif-1) In Human Cancer, Heath Devin Skinner
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Hypoxia inducible factor-1 is a heterodimeric basic-loop-helix transcription factor composed of two subunits, HIF-1alpha and HIF-1beta. HIF-1beta is constitutively expressed in cells, while HIF-1alpha is upregulated by hypoxia as well as growth factors and oncogenes. In this study we focus on the regulation of HIF-1alpha expression by phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K), and novel functions of HIF-1alpha. Chapter 1 of this dissertation, consists of background and a brief review of the literature regarding PI3K signaling and HIF-1alpha. Chapter 2 focuses on the observation that basal HIF-1alpha expression is upregulated in ovarian cancer and the mechanism by which PI3K regulates this effect. Chapter …
Propanil (3,4-Dcpa)-Induced Alterations Of Macrophage Function, Irina V. Ustyugova
Propanil (3,4-Dcpa)-Induced Alterations Of Macrophage Function, Irina V. Ustyugova
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The pesticide 3,4-dichloropropionanilide (propanil or alternatively, DCPA) is a post-emergent herbicide predominantly used for the control of weeds on commercial rice crops worldwide. The US Environmental Protection Agency report on "Pesticides Industry Sales and Usage in 2001" ranked propanil as the 17th most used herbicide in the US. It is applied on the fields via groundboom sprayers or aerial equipment suppressing photosynthesis and carbon fixation of a growing plant. The primary target of herbicide exposure is personnel working in the manufacturing and application who are required to wear personal protective equipment to minimize the exposure. The common routes of this …
Investigating Comprehensive Assessment Plans In Undergraduate Communication Studies Programs, Andrea Celeste Weber
Investigating Comprehensive Assessment Plans In Undergraduate Communication Studies Programs, Andrea Celeste Weber
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Outcome assessments of academic programs have become increasingly critical in recent years. A continuous process formed to "monitor and improve student learning," true assessment serves to focus institutions of higher education on student learning (Allen, 2004, p. 5). It is vital to understand and explore current assessment practices in departments of communication studies to ensure and enhance the quality and future of education in the field. This study represents an initial attempt at establishing a baseline of assessment practices utilized within departments of communication studies. The results exhibit the extent to which assessment is being used for continuous improvement of …
An In Vitro Assessment Of An Engineered Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide (Ecap) Against Planktonic Strains Of Enterococcus Faecalis., Kent Alexander Mcbride
An In Vitro Assessment Of An Engineered Cationic Antimicrobial Peptide (Ecap) Against Planktonic Strains Of Enterococcus Faecalis., Kent Alexander Mcbride
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Traditionally, endodontic therapy has maintained very high success rates; however when teeth are obturated with a positive culture in the root canal, the success rate of treatment is only 68% (50). Therefore, complete elimination of bacteria from the root canal system is a crucial aspect of endodontic therapy. Studies consistently show that success rates for teeth that were necrotic before treatment are lower than cases with vital pulps. Consequently, efforts must be made to find a solution or method that more consistently disinfects the canals prior to obturation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new antimicrobial cationic …
A Web-Based Tool For Analysis Of Crime Laboratory Data., Ramesh Annabathula
A Web-Based Tool For Analysis Of Crime Laboratory Data., Ramesh Annabathula
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The focus of this project was on the development of a software tool for analysis of crime data at the West Virginia State Police Forensics Laboratory (WVSPFL). The tool enables users to conduct statistical analysis on criminal activity; in addition, data mining methods are implemented to identify possible crime patterns. A Crime database was implemented; it contains information on incidents submitted to WVSPFL over the last fifteen years. The WVSPFL database was integrated with a hypothetical conviction database. Such integration enables law enforcement agencies to track crime from occurrences to conviction. It is anticipated that data mining methods will assist …
The Comparison Of A Wax Check Bite System To Mechanical Axiography In Setting The Horizontal Condylar Path On A Semi-Adjustable Articulator., Salem Akkad
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
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 …
Mining History: Extracting Qualitative And Quantitative Resources For The Discovery Of Appalachian Cultural Landscapes., Hannah Leigh Cole
Mining History: Extracting Qualitative And Quantitative Resources For The Discovery Of Appalachian Cultural Landscapes., Hannah Leigh Cole
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
he most recent trend in historic preservation has led many in the field to pay attention to cultural landscapes as historic resources. Considering buildings, structures, or objects within a given spatial and physical setting, or landscape, endows them with historic significance and context that would be absent if viewed individually. While this is somewhat of an expansive approach to the built environment, this trend in historic landscape interpretation still does not account for all types of resources that one finds in the field. A fragmentary landscape is a cultural landscape defined by three characteristics: 1) the presence of buildings, structures, …
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
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
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 …
The Effects Of Positive And Negative Verbal Feedback On Performance Testing In High School Athletes., Amanda L. Kainz
The Effects Of Positive And Negative Verbal Feedback On Performance Testing In High School Athletes., Amanda L. Kainz
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Context: There have been a limited number of studies pertaining to a combination of motivation and verbal feedback and their impact on performance, especially in the High School setting. Although each concept has been researched individually, limited information has been provided regarding both concepts. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if a difference exists between motivation orientation and feedback provided, thus impacting performance testing outcomes. Design: The design of this study was a prospective descriptive analysis, which identified the motivation orientation of high school athletes by three basic groups through the use of the Sport Motivation Scale …
Glimpses Of Wilsonianism: United States Involvement In Nicaragua During The Coolidge Era., Steven R. Hall
Glimpses Of Wilsonianism: United States Involvement In Nicaragua During The Coolidge Era., Steven R. Hall
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The military occupation of Nicaragua was one of the Calvin Coolidge administration’s most unpopular foreign policies. Upon the death of President Warren G. Harding in 1923, Coolidge inherited the White House and a Nicaraguan withdrawal plan set up years earlier. As planned, the United States monitored the Nicaraguan national elections in 1924, and withdrew its occupation force in 1925. When the country collapsed into civil war a few months later, the Coolidge administration ordered the Marines back into Nicaragua to restore order. Coolidge and his Secretary of State, Frank B. Kellogg, argued the occupation was necessary to protect American economic …
Effects Of Acceptance, Distraction, And Sensory Monitoring On Acute Pain And Attention., Brandon N. Kyle
Effects Of Acceptance, Distraction, And Sensory Monitoring On Acute Pain And Attention., Brandon N. Kyle
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Research has consistently shown a relation between attention and the experience of pain. Pain disrupts and demands attention, interfering with the ability to direct attention to other stimuli in the environment. Yet, various studies of pain management strategies, including studies which have yielded mixed results for the strategy of distraction, often have not specifically examined the relation of pain management, attention, and pain behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of different pain management strategies and the relation between strategy efficacy and attention in a laboratory pressure pain-induction experiment. Using 96 college undergraduates, the study employed …
Managing Welfare Stigma From The Other Side Of The Desk: A Look At Rural Tanf Caseworkers., Sarah L. Hartzell
Managing Welfare Stigma From The Other Side Of The Desk: A Look At Rural Tanf Caseworkers., Sarah L. Hartzell
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Welfare recipients have always been stigmatized. The welfare reform legislation of 1996 reflects widespread attitudes and stereotypes of welfare recipients, which are translated into the structure of state welfare programs and are carried down through the administration to the welfare caseworker—the “face” of welfare for recipients. Literature on welfare stigma has focused on clients, but not their caseworkers. Using qualitative methods, this paper presents a Goffmanian analysis of the effects of welfare stigma on these caseworkers, who not only interact with clients in their jobs everyday, but who also implement a stigmatizing social program. The caseworkers in this study constructed …
Costume Design For "The Ice Wolf" By Joanna Halpert Kraus., Reiko Ishikawa
Costume Design For "The Ice Wolf" By Joanna Halpert Kraus., Reiko Ishikawa
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This document is intended to record the costume design process for West Virginia University’s 2006 production of Joanna Halpert Kraus’s The Ice Wolf. The costume design was assigned and completed in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Design, specifically costumes. This document includes the process of the costume design with visual documents of research, development, photographs, and paperwork needed to complete the design. This is the record of Reiko Ishikawa as a young theatre designer and this is only her first step into the theatre world.
The Prevalence Of Body Dysmorphic Disorder In Female Collegiate Athletes., Jean C. Knecht
The Prevalence Of Body Dysmorphic Disorder In Female Collegiate Athletes., Jean C. Knecht
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Context: Body dysmorphic disorder is a somatoform disorder in which an individual is preoccupied with a real or imagined defect in their appearance. In the psychiatric and dermatologic populations, there is a low prevalence rate of body dysmorphic disorder. However, no studies have ever looked at a prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder in the collegiate athletic setting. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if body dysmorphic disorder exists in female collegiate athletes and whether there was a difference in dysmorphic tendencies between aesthetic and non-aesthetic sports. Design: A prospective descriptive analysis of the dysmorphic tendencies of female …
Design Of A Selective Catalytic Reduction System To Reduce Nitrogen Oxide Emissions Of The 2003 West Virginia University Futuretruck., Russell T. King
Design Of A Selective Catalytic Reduction System To Reduce Nitrogen Oxide Emissions Of The 2003 West Virginia University Futuretruck., Russell T. King
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A Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) System was designed and built to reduce NOx emissions of the 2003 West Virginia University (WVU) Diesel Hybrid-Electric FutureTruck. FutureTruck was a student competition that challenged students to redesign a new Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions. A comprehensive literature review discussing all aspects of SCR was completed. The review focuses on harmful effects of NOx emissions, future emission standards, NOx reduction technologies and last presents an in-depth review of SCR. The SCR control system designed was used for both data acquisition and determination of urea injection amounts. The system …