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Formulation And Evaluation Of A Novel Irrigant For The Disinfection Of Root Canals Using A Candida Albicans Biofilm Model, Dustin S. Reynolds
Formulation And Evaluation Of A Novel Irrigant For The Disinfection Of Root Canals Using A Candida Albicans Biofilm Model, Dustin S. Reynolds
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
An important goal of root canal therapy is elimination of microorganisms which are usually organized into a biofilm phenotype. Irrigants play an indispensable role in areas inaccessible to mechanical instrumentation. In this study, a novel endodontic irrigant was formulated composed of a penetrating solvent, 70% Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), with a 1:1 molar ratio of an antibiotic (Clindamycin HCl) and antifungal agent (Nystatin). Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) stability tests were conducted to prove the mixture was chemically stable. This study compared different concentrations of the novel irrigant to 6% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) using a C. albicans biofilm model. Furthermore, it …
Completion Rates In West Virginia Community And Technical Colleges, Angelic M. Kinder
Completion Rates In West Virginia Community And Technical Colleges, Angelic M. Kinder
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This research examined withdrawal and completion rates in courses at public community colleges in West Virginia during the Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 semesters. Online distance education has quickly gained popularity over the previous ten years, and the number of students enrolling in online education has increased at a higher rate than overall enrollment in higher education. Few studies have analyzed withdrawal and completion rates specifically in online courses. Why is student attrition so high? How does this vary from traditional face-toface courses? What can institutions do to prevent online students from withdrawing and not completing courses? This study performed …
An Exploratory Investigation Of Baseball Coaches' Attitudes And Experiences With Sport Psychology, Jesse D. Michel
An Exploratory Investigation Of Baseball Coaches' Attitudes And Experiences With Sport Psychology, Jesse D. Michel
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This study examined baseball coaches' attitudes and experiences with sport psychology. The researcher used a descriptive and multivariate approach to explore baseball coaches' relationship with sport psychology professionals and sport psychology services. A modified version of the Sport Psychology Attitudes Revised Coaches -- 2 (SPARC-2) (Zakrajsek, 2011) was administered to survey coaches' stigma tolerance towards sport psychology, confidence in sport psychology consultation, openness to hiring a sport psychology professional, and cultural preference towards sport psychology practitioners. Additional survey items were included to address coaches' experiences with sport psychology. All 2013 members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and all 2012-2013 …
The Social Support For International Graduate Students To Obtain Academic Success, Ping He
The Social Support For International Graduate Students To Obtain Academic Success, Ping He
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Previous studies suggest that international graduate students' academic success is significantly associated with the average grade point (GPA), and this measure is closely related with international graduate students' received academic and financial supports. However, international graduate students' academic success can involve a multidimensional measurement besides the average grade point (GPA). Hence, the current study explored the correlation between international graduate students' perceived social support and perceived academic success from an inclusive perspective. The perceived social support included the categories of academic support, financial support, emotional support and spiritual support. The perceived academic success included the aspects of knowledge learning, research …
A Description And Comparison Of The Perceptions Of Ncaa Division Ii And Division Iii College Presidents Regarding The Impacts Of Intercollegiate Athletics At Their Institutions, Aaron C. Huffman
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the perceptions of NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III college and university presidents regarding the impacts of intercollegiate athletics at their institutions. The data were collected with an anonymous online survey instrument developed by the researcher and sent via email using SurveyMonkey. The survey included Likert-type items that were divided into four subscales constructed from phenomena that were gleaned from the literature: (1) Financial Impact subscale, (2) Enrollment Impact subscale, (3) Marketing Impact subscale, and (4) Student Impact subscale.;The survey was emailed to the entire population of all NCAA …
Trauma, Memory And Victimhood: Estonia And The Holocaust, 1998-2012, Paul Oliver Stocker
Trauma, Memory And Victimhood: Estonia And The Holocaust, 1998-2012, Paul Oliver Stocker
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Memory of the traumatic Soviet past has both dominated the politics of history in Estonia and been a key determining factor in building a national post-Soviet European identity. As a result, the Holocaust in Estonia has played a less substantial role in both scholarship, and public debate, specifically regarding the nature of local participation in the elimination of Jewish life in Estonia. The subject was catapulted onto the national political agenda in alignment with integration to both NATO and the EU, which clearly viewed Estonia's coming to terms with the event as a matter of importance upon its arrival into …
Tracer Gas Exposure Of Human Subjects Doing Simulated Work At A Benchtop Enclosing Hood In A Wind Tunnel, Rolando A. Carreno-Chavez
Tracer Gas Exposure Of Human Subjects Doing Simulated Work At A Benchtop Enclosing Hood In A Wind Tunnel, Rolando A. Carreno-Chavez
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Local exhaust ventilation devices (LEV) are critical in protecting workers from harmful airborne contaminants. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that affect the performance of a benchtop enclosing hood. A Freon 134ahelium mixture was released from a 9" diameter pie-pan placed on the floor of a 30" high by 36" wide hood at 2" from the hood face. Freon 134a was measured close to the nose and mouth for a simple manikin (unheated and not breathing), a complex manikin (heated and breathing), and ten human subjects at different times while they stood at the face of …
Production History Matching And Forecasting Of Shale Assets Using Pattern Recognition, Soodabeh Esmaili
Production History Matching And Forecasting Of Shale Assets Using Pattern Recognition, Soodabeh Esmaili
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Generating long-term development plans and reservoir management of shale assets has continued apace. In this study, a novel method that integrates traditional reservoir engineering with pattern recognition capabilities of artificial intelligence and data mining is applied in order to accurately and efficiently model fluid flow in shale reservoirs. The methodology is efficient due to its relatively short development time and is accurate as a result of high quality history matches it achieves for individual wells in a multiwell asset. The technique that is named Artificial Intelligence (AI) Based Reservoir Modeling is a formalized and comprehensive, full-field empirical reservoir model. It …
The Effect Of Organic Acids On Compositional Characteristic Of Protein And Lipid Recovered During Isoelectric Solubilization/Precipitation Processing Of Silver Carp And The Effectiveness Of These Organic Acids On The Reduction Of Staphylococcus Aureus, Maryam Ronaghi
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An effective method to recover protein, called ISP processing, uses extreme pH shifts to solubilize protein and then recover it by precipitation and centrifugation. The objective of this study was to determine the proximate composition of the recovered materials from ISP after processing with different acid concentrations and the bactericidal effectiveness of these acids in comparison with hydrochloric acid (HCl) and acetic acid against Staphylococcus aureus during isoelectric solubilization and precipitation (ISP) processing. Headed and gutted silver carp were homogenized and brought to the protein solubilization pH (2.5, 3.0, 11.5, or 12.5) using the acids (glacial L-lactic acid and formic …
Economic Demagoguery: The Limited Effects Of Presidential Rhetoric, Charles Damien Arthur
Economic Demagoguery: The Limited Effects Of Presidential Rhetoric, Charles Damien Arthur
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Given that there exists considerable disagreement about whether the president has a direct and measurable influence over the economy, I decided to research this divergence of views further (Edwards, 2003; Edwards, 2009; Eshbaugh-Soha, 2005; Wood, 2007; Dolan, Frendreis, & Tatalovich, 2008; Cohen, 1995; Beck, 1982; Golden & Poterba, 1980). In my review of the literature, I found that there is research, improperly measured from my perspective, that claims the president is the most powerful economic leader in the United States and that his words have the power to move economic actors and indicators (Wood, 2007). To show these effects statistically, …
Applications Of Surface And Subsurface Subsidence Theories To Solve Ground Control Problems, Biao Qiu
Applications Of Surface And Subsurface Subsidence Theories To Solve Ground Control Problems, Biao Qiu
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The stability of the underground mine openings largely depends on the surrounding ground conditions, such as stress concentrations, geological conditions and support intensities etc. In particular, the ground control stability associated with large movements and deformations of the strata is much more complicated and could induce much more severe safety problems. A ground control failure could endanger the coal miner's safety not only directly by roof, pillar, floor and/or rib failure, but also by ground cracks induced methane and water inundations indirectly. This study is aimed to develop comprehensive models to simulate the ground response to mining and solve the …
An Evaluation Of The Idaho Plate Method For Adults With Type 2 Diabetes And Limited Health Literacy In Rural West Virginia, Pamela L. Edens
An Evaluation Of The Idaho Plate Method For Adults With Type 2 Diabetes And Limited Health Literacy In Rural West Virginia, Pamela L. Edens
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This capstone project evaluated the Idaho Plate Method (IPM) as an effective nutrition self-management program for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with limited health literacy (LHL) in one rural clinic in West Virginia. A one-way pretest-posttest design was used to evaluate the effects of the program on food choices, confidence, and HbA1c. A convenience sample of 30 volunteers participated in the program with 3-month follow-up data collected on 22 volunteers. A Wilcoxon test was conducted to evaluate choices of fruits, vegetables, and fatty foods and participant confidence in making healthful food choices. Data analysis found significant differences in …
Characterization Of The Composition And Toxicity Of Particulate Matter Emissions From Advanced Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Engines, Arvind Thiruvengadam Padmavathy
Characterization Of The Composition And Toxicity Of Particulate Matter Emissions From Advanced Heavy-Duty Natural Gas Engines, Arvind Thiruvengadam Padmavathy
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Heavy-duty natural gas engines compliant with the 2010 EPA emissions standards have a clear advantage over diesel engines in meeting regulations with minimal after-treatment configuration. Heavy-duty natural gas engines are largely promoted as a cleaner burning engine with respect to low PM mass emissions. However, lack of sufficient data and literature on the exhaust emissions from advanced natural gas engines and the potential adverse health effects has raised concern amongst regulatory agencies. Also, the ammonia emissions from three-way catalyst equipped heavy-duty natural gas engines could be a major contributor to the formation of secondary PM in the atmosphere.;This CARB funded …
Factors Affecting The Implementation Of Policy 2450, Distance Education And The West Virginia Virtual School, As Perceived By Principals/Assistant Principals, Counselors, And Distance Learning Contacts And/Or Course Facilitators, Keith R. Burdette
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study examined the factors important to the implementation of West Virginia Board of Education Policy 2450, Distance Learning and the West Virginia Virtual School. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that facilitated and impeded implementation of the policy, as perceived by principals/assistant principals, counselors, and distance learning contacts and/or distance learning course facilitators in 110 West Virginia high schools. The 659 individuals in the target population were invited to complete an online questionnaire rating 35 survey items using a bipolar scale. There were 216 respondents for a return rate of 32.78%. The three public school …
White Collar Crime And Morality: How Occupation Shapes Perception, Marshall Schmidt
White Collar Crime And Morality: How Occupation Shapes Perception, Marshall Schmidt
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
White-collar crime is on the rise in the United States and globally. The general public has historically been seen as apathetic to white-collar criminals and their crimes; however more recent studies have shown that prior conclusions on perceptions of white-collar criminals may have been inaccurate. In this paper, I examine the role that occupation has in forming perceptions of white-collar criminals. Using Status Characteristics Theory, a structural social psychological theory that links an individual's status characteristics to evaluations of their morality, trustworthiness and competency, vignette experiments are constructed that allow for offender status and offense seriousness in various white collar …
Political Violence And Unemployment: Socio-Economic Strain As A Potential Source Of Terrorism, Reinmar C. Freis-Beattie
Political Violence And Unemployment: Socio-Economic Strain As A Potential Source Of Terrorism, Reinmar C. Freis-Beattie
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Why do some people commit acts of violence which are politically or ideologically motivated? Furthermore, why does the United States see such great variation in the number of terrorist incidents from year to year? To help answer these questions, Robert Agnew's (2010) General Strain Theory of Terrorism lays out a foundational model to explain what might cause terrorism. In contrast to previous strain theories, General Strain Theory of Terrorism argues that the strains most likely to result in terrorism are collective strains which are (a) high in magnitude, with civilians affected; (b) perceived as unjust; and (c) inflicted by more …
Adult Characteristics Associated With Gender-Typed Toy Ratings, Rachel R. Stoiko
Adult Characteristics Associated With Gender-Typed Toy Ratings, Rachel R. Stoiko
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The toys with which children play shape their development in several domains (Trawick-Smith, Russell, & Swaminathan, 2011). Exclusive or primary play with gender-typed toys may limit children's development, because toys considered appropriate for boys, girls, or both have different characteristics (Blakemore & Centers, 2005; Serbin & Connor, 1979). Especially in infancy and early childhood, children's toy play is affected by adults (parent and nonparent), who may differentially provide access to and/or reinforce play with different toys (Kane, 2006). The variability in adults' attitudes regarding the gender-appropriateness of toys is not well-understood.;The purpose of this study was to examine the relations …
Examining The Painful And Provocative Events Scale And Testing The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory Of Suicidal Behavior In Undergraduates And Cyberbullying Victims, Matthew R. Mcnally
Examining The Painful And Provocative Events Scale And Testing The Interpersonal-Psychological Theory Of Suicidal Behavior In Undergraduates And Cyberbullying Victims, Matthew R. Mcnally
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Suicide is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Individuals are hypothesized to acquire the capability for suicide through the experiencing of painful and provocative events. The primary purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Painful and Provocative Events Scale (PPES), a measure that seeks to identify experiences that lead an individual to acquire the capability for suicide through an increased tolerance for pain and a decreased fear of death. An exploratory factor analyses conducted to examine the factor structure of a revised Painful and Provocative Events Scale yielded a two-factor structure. …
Relationship Maintenance Differences In Close And Casual Friendships On Facebook, Brittany N. Legg
Relationship Maintenance Differences In Close And Casual Friendships On Facebook, Brittany N. Legg
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Social media, notably Facebook, has become ubiquitous in American life. There is a great deal of anecdotal evidence that a primary use of this technology is the maintenance of relationships with friends and family. The extent to which relationships can be maintained, and the type of relationships that can be maintained, in America, by using social media is an unresolved question. Using the reciprocity expectations inherent in Social Exchange Theory, the behavior of young adults was examined. Students were asked to rate their Facebook usage across the five maintenance strategies of positivity, openness, assurances, social networks, and shared tasks with …
An Evaluation Of School Zone Traffic Control Strategies, Karly R. Hamric
An Evaluation Of School Zone Traffic Control Strategies, Karly R. Hamric
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Throughout the past six decades, the predominant mode of student transport has shifted from walking to riding in a school bus or personal vehicle which has impacted both the safety and efficiency of school zone traffic control strategies. In order to improve school zone operations in West Virginia, current warrants and laws relevant to school zones within West Virginia and other states are researched. Concerns are characterized with respect to traffic efficiency and safety parameters and are addressed in a survey polling county and district transportation officials throughout West Virginia. In addition, school zone crash data provided by the Highway …
Comprehensive Analysis Of An Ongoing Co2 Storage Project, Daniel Moreno
Comprehensive Analysis Of An Ongoing Co2 Storage Project, Daniel Moreno
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Increase in CO2 emission has become an important issue over the years due to its environmental impacts as a greenhouse gas. The fact that these emissions are primarily derived from energy consumption and that 85% of the primary power is supplied by fossil fuels (Orr, 2004), makes the reduction of CO2 emissions a major challenge. CO2 sequestration in the geological formations has been identified as an alternative to counter the impact of the emissions. CO2 sequestration refers to the capture and long term storage of CO2.;In order to properly asses the viability of CO2 sequestration in a geological formation as …
The Integration Of A Coal Mine Emergency Communication Network Into Pre-Mine Planning And Development, Mark F. Sindelar
The Integration Of A Coal Mine Emergency Communication Network Into Pre-Mine Planning And Development, Mark F. Sindelar
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Regulations, such as the MINER Act of 2006, require the installation of redundant and secondary communication systems to assure that contact can be established with coal miners who may become trapped underground as a result of an event such as a fire, explosion, or inundation. For half a century, the orientation towards underground communications has been that more complex systems better serve the coal miner. However, if the goal is to provide for a reliable means of establishing communication between the surface and trapped miners underground, then the technology employed should be simple, reliable, and cost-effective. Coal mines spend hundreds …
Administrator And Faculty Perceptions Of Incivility And Conflict In The Workplace: A Higher Education Study, Stacey Mcleran Kendig
Administrator And Faculty Perceptions Of Incivility And Conflict In The Workplace: A Higher Education Study, Stacey Mcleran Kendig
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Uncivil workplace behavior in the higher education environment is counterproductive for achieving institutional goals. Prevailing uncivil behaviors frequently result in unresolved conflict, a focus of various researchers since the mid 1970's (Andersson & Pearson, 1999; Martin & Hine, 2005; Pierre & Peppers, 1976; Pietersen, 2005; and Twale & DeLuca, 2008). This study was designed to examine administrator and faculty members' perceptions of uncivil workplace behaviors and organizational culture. The study further examined the relationship between incivility and organizational culture. The Uncivil Workplace Behavior Questionnaire (Martin & Hine, 2005) and the K & C Organizational Culture Instrument (Kendig & Chapman, 2012) …
Resilient Journeys: A Case Study Of Why And How Low-Income Families Practice Homeschooling, Cheng-Hsien Wu
Resilient Journeys: A Case Study Of Why And How Low-Income Families Practice Homeschooling, Cheng-Hsien Wu
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The purpose of this study is to explore why and how two low-income families practice homeschooling. A qualitative case study of low-income homeschooling mothers' experiences was conducted over the course of four months in Tennessee and West Virginia. The major research question was: How and why working class families decide to homeschool their children? Specifically, I believed that a qualitative examination of this topic would allow me to answer a number of attendant questions:;1. How and why do local contexts of "choice" shape low-income homeschoolers' experiences? a. How do local public school experiences shape homeschooling experiences, motivations, and practices? b. …
Development Of Hydrogel Tracer Beads And Comparative Tracer Tests To Better Understand Contaminant Fate And Transport In Karst Systems, Amanda Laskoskie
Development Of Hydrogel Tracer Beads And Comparative Tracer Tests To Better Understand Contaminant Fate And Transport In Karst Systems, Amanda Laskoskie
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Karst aquifers can be highly susceptible to contamination due to a close connection to the land surface, lack of filtration through a soil zone, and rapid transmission along solutionally-enhanced flowpaths. These factors also allow for aquifer contamination by direct injection of immiscible organic compounds in the form of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs). The fate and transport of NAPLs in karst aquifers is poorly understood. Tracer tests allow for qualitative characterization of hydraulic flow in the surface and subsurface, but their results may not be applicable to the movement of NAPL for which density plays a critical role. Particulate tracers have …
Detection And Identification Of Software Encryption Solutions In Nt-Based Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, Julian Breyer
Detection And Identification Of Software Encryption Solutions In Nt-Based Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, Julian Breyer
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As encrypted information is very difficult or impossible to reconstruct, there are many situations in which it is critical to detect the presence of encryption software before a computer is shut down. Currently there is no solution that reliably identifies installed encryption software.;For this investigation, thirty encryption software products for Microsoft Windows based on the NT-kernel have been identified and investigated. Operating system dependent factors such as registry, file attributes, operating system attributes, process list analysis and independent factors such as file headers, keyword search, Master Boot Record analysis as well as hashing of software components were investigated and allow …
Representation Of Missing Children In National Television News, Clara Simmons
Representation Of Missing Children In National Television News, Clara Simmons
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This study examines how closely representations of missing children in television news reflect missing children statistics from "official" sources. The methodology used in this study was a content analysis of five national television news stations from 1987-2011 using the Vanderbilt Television News Archive. News segments were coded for race, gender, age, the situation of the disappearance, and the relationship of the victim to the offender. These proportions were then compared to the proportions provided by three official data sources: two from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and one from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Some …
Gamechangers: A Content And Semiotic Analysis Of Super Bowl Commercials During Recession And Non-Recession Years, Joshua Smithson
Gamechangers: A Content And Semiotic Analysis Of Super Bowl Commercials During Recession And Non-Recession Years, Joshua Smithson
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in symbolic content of Super Bowl commercials during recession and non-recession years. Another aim was to find out if humorous commercials were more common in recession year commercials as opposed to non-recession year commercials. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were applied. The study examined the topic through both content analysis and semiotic analysis. For the content analysis, commercials were viewed and coded to address the question of whether commercials change based on economic conditions. For the semiotic analysis, one commercial from each of the four selected years was chosen to …
Using Empathy In Design To Foster Interest In Social Issues, Kofi Opoku
Using Empathy In Design To Foster Interest In Social Issues, Kofi Opoku
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Design has transformed from being merely a product oriented discipline focused on the promotion of consumer goods to become a goal oriented practice seeking to address the needs and challenges faced by people in their communities. Conventionally, most designers have engaged various processes that help identify the real needs of an audience in order to develop effective solutions. Designing for social change presents the interesting challenge of reaching audience members who may not be directly affected by an issue to become invested in communityled transformations. My thesis uses the context of homelessness to examine how empathic techniques can be employed …
I Know, Right?, Morgan Gesell Milders
I Know, Right?, Morgan Gesell Milders
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My MFA thesis and supporting exhibition will highlight sculptural work that deals directly or indirectly with shared cultural experiences. A narrative explains my interests in meticulous craft and recycling cultural objects and the origins of the popular culture imagery used in the exhibition. I will explain how with parody and satire I am able to leave the viewer feeling at once judged and judgmental.