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The American Hunting Story And The Formation Of Environmental Literature., Jericho Williams
The American Hunting Story And The Formation Of Environmental Literature., Jericho Williams
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This dissertation addresses the almost complete absence of American hunting stories in the subfield of environmental literature within American literature. Since environmental literature’s inception in the early 1990s with The Norton Book of Nature Writing (1990) and American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (2008), environmental literary scholars have failed to take into account the roles of hunters in advancing conservationist measures to protect and preserve wildlife and lands throughout America from the early nineteenth century through the present day. This project seeks to build a bridge between environmental literary scholars and environmentalists far removed from hunting traditions and those whose …
Higher Education Marketing Through Digital Community: Understanding The Motivations Of Joining And Participating In University-Sponsored Communities And The Effect On Yield., Evan C. Moore
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
As enrollment goals and student informational resources increase, universities are scrambling to be more competitive in the marketplace and implement more effective enrollment strategies. Digital closed online communities are one new method universities are using to reach students. Using an online survey, the authors investigated the motivations behind why students join these communities and how they participate in them. In addition, the research also tested how variables correlated to and predicted a student’s behavioral intention to yield, or enroll at, the university. Findings expand Situational Theory of Problem Solving literature and establish connections between certain attributes and enrolling at the …
Coal Mine Remediation As A Tool To Improve Disparate Coal Mining Impacts In Appalachian Communities Utilizing A Community Health Assessment Conceptual Model, Sarah J. Surber
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The coalfields region of central Appalachia bears the unfortunate hallmark characteristics of low socioeconomic status, poor health outcomes, and some of the lowest life expectancies in the United States, making some residents potentially part of vulnerable health populations. Vulnerability impacts the ability of individuals to respond or recover from stressors--- particularly environmental pollution---not as well as other individuals. Moreover, the economic outlook for the region is grim, given that the international coal mining industry has experienced serious recent downturns, and increased production from the natural gas sector has made coalfired power production domestically less competitive. As a result, many of …
Effects Of Systematic Sleep Fragmentation On Tolerance And Threshold In A Pressure Pain Task: Associations With Sustained Attention, Margeaux Marissa Gray
Effects Of Systematic Sleep Fragmentation On Tolerance And Threshold In A Pressure Pain Task: Associations With Sustained Attention, Margeaux Marissa Gray
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Purpose: Pain is amplified following partial sleep deprivation. Pain has not been evaluated after sleep interruption, when total sleep time is preserved. Sleep interruption, also called sleep fragmentation, is ecologically relevant because it is caused by common sleep disorders such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea [OSA], Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome [UARS] and Periodic Limb Movements Disorder [PLMD]. The Sleep Continuity Hypothesis posits that the restorative effects of sleep are related to sleep quality in addition to quantity. With this study, my goal was to evaluate whether sleep fragmentation affected pain threshold and/or tolerance by systematically fragmenting the sleep of otherwise healthy …
High School Coaches' Experiences With Openly Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Athletes, Meghan K. Halbrook
High School Coaches' Experiences With Openly Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Athletes, Meghan K. Halbrook
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Despite reports that there has been a positive trend in perception and treatment of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals in recent years (Griffin, 2012; Loftus, 2001), sport, in general, is still an uncertain, and sometimes even hostile, environment for LGB athletes (Anderson, 2005; Beylin, 2006; Waldron & Krane, 2005). These concerns may be even more prevalent at the high school level, with student-athletes putting a strong emphasis on attempting to develop an independent and positive social identity through group or team interactions (Grant et al., 2014; Taifel & Turner, 1986). To gain more information on coach understanding and perceptions …
"Here There Is No Plague": The Ideology And Phenomenology Of Aids In Gay Literature, Michael Alan Buso
"Here There Is No Plague": The Ideology And Phenomenology Of Aids In Gay Literature, Michael Alan Buso
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This project considers the social movements, historical memory, and politics of health to trace the way the literature of the AIDS epidemic both documents and discloses the lived experiences of a community struggling in the midst of an epidemic. It focuses on the literature of AIDS, analyzing the underlying ideologies of AIDS and articulating a phenomenology of AIDS that goes beyond the feminist or queer ones already considered in current scholarship. I argue that the literature of AIDS reflects various ideological fantasies about AIDS that, depending on political preconceptions and ontologies of identity, must, out of necessity, exclude certain ideas …
The Effect Of Early Skin-To-Skin Contact On Breastfeeding Duration And Exclusivity: A Mixed Methods Study, Cristina Menking-Hoggatt
The Effect Of Early Skin-To-Skin Contact On Breastfeeding Duration And Exclusivity: A Mixed Methods Study, Cristina Menking-Hoggatt
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Background: Breastfeeding is beneficial to the health of both mother and infant and fosters optimal growth for the baby in the first two years of life. Evidence based guidelines followed by the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) includes Ten Steps. Step Four recommends placing the newborn skin-to-skin on the mother's chest to foster the initiation of breastfeeding in the first hour after birth.;Objectives: The first and second objective determined if skin-to-skin contact (SSC) between mother and infant in the healthy postpartum breastfeeding mother affected duration and exclusivity rates at 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months. The third objective described …
Peer-To-Peer Support Responses To Lgbt Suicidal Ideations In An Online Community, Kayla Mccormick
Peer-To-Peer Support Responses To Lgbt Suicidal Ideations In An Online Community, Kayla Mccormick
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
LGBTQ individuals, especially youth, are one of the top groups at risk for suicide. They experience social stigma and discrimination which diminishes their access to common support resources, causing many to turn to online communities for support for common issues. This paper utilizes qualitative content analysis guided by the stress-buffering model of the social support theory to investigate the helpfulness of informal social support responses in buffering stress in the suicidal individuals on LGBTchat.net. This model is based on the buffering hypothesis which asserts that persons with high stress and low support will show disproportionately elevated symptomatology, and that higher …
Metaphors Of Reading: Cognition And Embodiment In Contemporary Metafiction, Amanda L. Bailey
Metaphors Of Reading: Cognition And Embodiment In Contemporary Metafiction, Amanda L. Bailey
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This project brings together methodologies from sensory and cognitive approaches to literature to posit that Conceptual Metaphors of Readings mediate the experience of readers with fiction and provide an organizing framework for scholars and readers alike to consider the diverse sensory and cognitive phenomena that are used to describe the experience of reading. These conceptual metaphors are culturally and historically developed and can be used in combination with each other by authors to achieve desired effects on readers; however, there are clear patterns in metaphor blends. I demonstrate the robustness of this framework by analyzing metafictional readers, scenes of reading, …
Diffusion Or Dissent: Examining International Family Planning Frames And Domestic Policy Divergence, Gillian C. Beach
Diffusion Or Dissent: Examining International Family Planning Frames And Domestic Policy Divergence, Gillian C. Beach
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This dissertation explores how issue framing within an international advocacy movement influences and is influenced by the framing of the same issue within politically differentiated regimes, and examines this question through an analysis of the international family planning movement. Existing work on both policy diffusion and international advocacy presents strong evidence that the international community has a powerful effect on the framing and development of domestic policy. However, there is room for refinement of the literature in addressing how international actors affect policy trajectories within dissenting regimes---that is, regimes that espouse explicitly anti-Western ideologies, but which are nevertheless active in …
Role Of Perivascular Adipose Tissue In Vascular Pathology And The Therapeutic Effect Of Exercise, Evan Ray Devallance
Role Of Perivascular Adipose Tissue In Vascular Pathology And The Therapeutic Effect Of Exercise, Evan Ray Devallance
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Aortic compliance is important for dampening pulsatile flow and delivery of continuous flow to the periphery. Aortic compliance is regulated by extracellular matrix composition and endothelial derived nitric oxide. Disruption of aortic endothelium or extracellular matrix can lead to the development of aortic stiffness an independent risk factor of cardiac events and mortality. Over the past decade perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) surrounding the vasculature has come to light as an important regulator of artery function. The main focus of this dissertation is to evaluate the role PVAT surrounding the aorta in mediating endothelial relaxation in health and disease. Specifically, metabolic …
Molecular Simulation Of Transport And Storage In Shale, Mohammad Kazemi
Molecular Simulation Of Transport And Storage In Shale, Mohammad Kazemi
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Over the past few years, the production of shale hydrocarbons has seen a renewed interest both in science and industry. Indeed, these fluids today constitute a significant energy and economic stake to compensate for the scarcity of so-called conventional resources. This is due to the fact that shale gases and oils represent enormous potential resources and are present all over the world. In shales, hydrocarbons are generally contained in microporous organic nanopores: kerogen. The kerogen is both the source rock of hydrocarbons and their reservoir. In shales, the extreme confinement of fluids in organic matter, high pressure-high temperature thermodynamic condition …
Challenges Perceived By Cooperating Teachers When Supervising Student Teachers In Agricultural Education, Samantha L. Cogle
Challenges Perceived By Cooperating Teachers When Supervising Student Teachers In Agricultural Education, Samantha L. Cogle
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Cooperating teachers face challenges when supervising student teachers. This study aimed to identify perceived challenges by secondary agricultural educators when supervising a student teacher from West Virginia University's Agricultural Education and Extension department. The cooperating teachers were asked to identify perceived challenges that their student teachers encountered along with the challenges they encountered as a cooperating teacher. The study also aimed to discover how significant the cooperating teachers felt those challenges were and how frequently they occurred with student teachers they had. Using a descriptive research modified Delphi study the population was able to list the challenges and express the …
Improving Osmo-Convective Dehydration As A Processing Technique To Food Preservation, Quality Enhancement, And New Product Development, Felix Umaizimede Akharume
Improving Osmo-Convective Dehydration As A Processing Technique To Food Preservation, Quality Enhancement, And New Product Development, Felix Umaizimede Akharume
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Improving Osmo-convective Dehydration as a Processing Technique to Food Preservation, Quality Enhancement, and New Product Development Felix Umaizimede Akharume This thesis is organized into five chapters. Chapter 1 contains a contains background information review of literature on osmo-convective drying of fruits, as well and nutrition, microbiology, and sensory attributes, Chapters 2 through 4 are three journal articles presented in the manuscript style. While chapter 2 is already published chapters 3 and 4 are prepared for submission to scientific journals. The chapter 2 addresses the use of apple juice concentrate as an alternative to the conventionally use of sugar solution in …
Elucidating Function In Early Diverging Non-Flagellated Fungi Using Metabolomics And Proteomics, Gregory R. Boyce
Elucidating Function In Early Diverging Non-Flagellated Fungi Using Metabolomics And Proteomics, Gregory R. Boyce
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The obligate lifestyle of many of the early diverging non-flagellated fungi have long precluded them from functional studies reserved primarily for their easily cultured, more derived counterparts. Modern --omics--based tools including transciptomics, proteomics and metabolomics have facilitated a better understanding of many fungi but have yet to be employed in the study of early diverging non-flagellated fungi with few exceptions. Using global and targeted metabolomics and prototeomics across the symbiotic spectrum, a series of studies were undertaken to better understand metabolism of three symbiotic interactions: two AM fungus-plant associations including Rhizophagus dimorphicus -- grass, R. clarus -- legume, and one …
In Darker Shadows: Intelligence Analysis And Decision-Making Behind The Overthrow Of Guatemalan Democracy, William R. Weber
In Darker Shadows: Intelligence Analysis And Decision-Making Behind The Overthrow Of Guatemalan Democracy, William R. Weber
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
In 1954 the CIA aided in the overthrow of Guatemala's democratically elected president. Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, a leftist leader intent on improving the quality of life for Guatemala's lower class population, nationalized tens of thousands of acres of private land for redistribution to the peasantry as part of an agrarian reform law, which was also supported by Guatemala's small communist party. The United Fruit Company (UFCo), a US company which dominated Guatemala's agricultural export market, had thousands of unused acres expropriated. UFCo, with ties to high-level government officials, appealed to the US State Department for resolution to this injustice. President …
Investigation Of Co2 Sequestration For The Assessment Of The Impact On Resource Storage With Co-Production Of Brine, Mohammad Junaid Ashfaq
Investigation Of Co2 Sequestration For The Assessment Of The Impact On Resource Storage With Co-Production Of Brine, Mohammad Junaid Ashfaq
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
In order to reduce Green House Gases, Carbon-dioxide (CO2) storage in deep saline aquifers is a viable commercial application for minimizing emissions. It is important to understand surface area needed to predict large scale CO2 storage while fully utilizing injection capacity. This study presents results from varying Injection pressure and well spacing to find minimal-effective well spacing required to store CO2. The study shows pressure management to manipulate hydrodynamic behavior of CO 2 in saline formations system. In conjunction, understanding the interplay of CO2 dissolution, buoyancy flow, and capillary forces in regulating the behavior of the injected CO2 plume are …
Impact Of Formation Damage Due To Perforation On Well Productivity, Elmouzemill Abrahim Adam
Impact Of Formation Damage Due To Perforation On Well Productivity, Elmouzemill Abrahim Adam
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Formation Damage can be defined as any reduction in near wellbore permeability which results from drilling, completion, production, injection, attempted stimulation or any other well intervention. In the majority of completions, once the reservoir has been drilled, production casing or a liner is run into the well and cemented in place. To provide the communication between the reservoir and the wellbore, it is necessary to perforate through the walls of the cemented casing or a liner and penetrate into the formation. Currently horizontal well bores completed with extensive perforation are conducted as several clusters along the well bore. Perforation can …
Rehabilitation In The Punitive State: An Oxymoron? An Examination Of Rehabilitation And Punitive Practices In The United States, Jeri Kirby
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The extent and nature of incarceration has changed dramatically over the last 40 years in the United States. From 1980 to 2007, the American incarceration rate increased by 1,100 percent (BJS 2008). Much of this incarceration boom can be linked to the War on Drugs (WOD) and the punitive sentencing policies that developed from it. Understanding these punitive effects on individuals and communities and the challenges of prisoner re-entry requires us to consider the many levels of punishment that play a role in the United States correctional policies. Past research has considered the impact of the WOD policies on many …
Steam Generation By Solar And Natural Gas Generators For Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery, Abha Dwivedy
Steam Generation By Solar And Natural Gas Generators For Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery, Abha Dwivedy
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
With easy oil recovered all across the world, the oil fields are depleting and extraction of heavy oil is becoming more important. The exploration and drilling of new fields is expensive and time intensive. With most of the oil remaining is heavy and viscous; Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods are followed. Thermal EOR is the most widely used method in which steam injection is the most popular. Every year natural gas is burnt to produce steam and this amount is increasing as heavy oil reserves are developing all across the world. With increase in technological advancements and goal of reducing …
Impact Of Diabetes Complications On Breast Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, And Prognosis Among Elderly Women With Pre-Existing Diabetes Using The Seer-Medicare Dataset, Ebtihag O. Alenzi
Impact Of Diabetes Complications On Breast Cancer Screening, Diagnosis, And Prognosis Among Elderly Women With Pre-Existing Diabetes Using The Seer-Medicare Dataset, Ebtihag O. Alenzi
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Diabetes has been linked to lower rates of breast cancer (BC) screening, late stage of BC at diagnosis, and high mortality of incident BC. Up to date, no study has investigated the influence of diabetes complications and their severity on this linkage. The aims of the study were to explore the association between severity of diabetes-related complications and persistence with screening mammography in elderly women with diabetes; to check the association of diabetes complications severity with stage of BC at diagnosis in elderly women with incident BC and pre-existing diabetes; and to assess the effect of diabetes-related complications severity on …
Evaluation Of Shared Space To Reduce Traffic Congestion: A Case Study On West Virginia University's Downtown Campus, Colin Frosch
Evaluation Of Shared Space To Reduce Traffic Congestion: A Case Study On West Virginia University's Downtown Campus, Colin Frosch
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Pedestrian and vehicle interactions often lead to conflicts that bring about safety, traffic congestion, and priority or right of way issues. Common methods used in the past to combat said issues have largely relied on the principle of separating the motions of pedestrians and vehicles by means of bridges, tunnels, signals, and access restrictions. A different approach known as share space aims to solve the same problems with a less structured and defined environment which instead places more reliance on human interaction and perception. Although it has been used in multiple scenarios across Europe with success, instances of shared spaces …
Spread Of False News Stories On Facebook: An Assessment Of Credibility Cues And Personality, Lacie Geary
Spread Of False News Stories On Facebook: An Assessment Of Credibility Cues And Personality, Lacie Geary
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study used a 2 x 2 method to examine the effectiveness of credibility cues on Facebook and how the personality traits neuroticism and openness impact sharing behaviors across cues of different shapes and colors. Findings suggested the color red increased cue noticeability, however, overall a low number of participants noticed any of the four varying cues across conditions, indicating that the fast-paced scrolling nature of online mediums prevents users from noticing credibility cues. Future research should examine the differences in pace of scrolling and information intake across different generations. This information might be useful to media outlets to help …
Open-Access Crime Maps As Digital Rhetoric And Crime Reporting In Chicago: Using New Aesthetic Overlaps To Change Journalism And Citizen Interaction, Aaron Geiger
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
When data mining meets the rhetoric of maps and crowdsourcing in the age of digital journalism, we can use the abundance of data to change, modify or reinforce particular reporting behaviors or journalism policies. We also live in an age of overlapping boundaries of technologies, algorithms and human interfaces---it is within these overlaps that we find anomalies, "glitches", and digital errata that can expose different perceptions of the same artifacts and algorithms. The overlapping of the heterogeneous network, as James Bridle calls it, is known as The New Aesthetic. It is not a movement, but "a series of artifacts ... …
Relative Linkages Of Stream Dissolved Oxygen With The Environmental Drivers Across The Gulf Coast Of U.S.A, Aron Gebreslase
Relative Linkages Of Stream Dissolved Oxygen With The Environmental Drivers Across The Gulf Coast Of U.S.A, Aron Gebreslase
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Dynamics of coastal stream water quality and ecosystem health is influenced by a multitude of interacting environmental drivers. A systematic data analytics approach was employed to determine the relative environmental controls on stream dissolved oxygen (DO) dynamics across the Gulf Coast of U.S.A. Pearson's correlation, principal component, and factor analyses were utilized to examine the interrelations among DO, solar radiation, water temperature, atmospheric pressure, flow rate, nutrients, pH, and specific conductance (a surrogate of salinity) in 36 streams. Relative linkages of DO and the environmental drivers were then reliably estimated by resolving multicollinearity with power-law based partial least squares regression …
On Factors That Influence User Interactions With Social Media Spam: Empirical Exploration Based On A Survey And Experiment, Thomas J. Kyanko
On Factors That Influence User Interactions With Social Media Spam: Empirical Exploration Based On A Survey And Experiment, Thomas J. Kyanko
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This thesis explores various factors that influence whether or not users of social media platforms will interact with spam. The research is based on using survey and experimental approaches. The survey looked at several spam related behaviors: ability to identify spam, tendency to interact with spam, and tendency to report spam. In total 256 responses were analyzed, which were collected by an online survey system. Results of the survey show that education about spam did not correlate with changes in behavior, even when users reported that the education had an effect on them. Several other factors, commonly thought to be …
Physical Properties And Drying Behavior Of Hydrothermally Treated Yellow-Poplar, Sohrab Rahimi
Physical Properties And Drying Behavior Of Hydrothermally Treated Yellow-Poplar, Sohrab Rahimi
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Non-chemical treatments (steam and ultrasonic vibrations) have been intensively researched and commercialized to make chemical-free wood products with enhanced mechanical properties and decay resistance; however, utilization of high-pressure steam medium involves vapor-phase reactions using high-temperature steam generated at the expense of high energy input. In this research, drying behavior, mechanical properties, and physical characteristics of wood (yellow-poplar) were compared to evaluate influence of reaction media (steam and hot-compressed water) and temperatures (100°C and 140°C). The control (no treatment) was used for reference comparison. For experiments, green samples of yellow-poplar heartwood were used for treatment. The average size of length (longitudinal …
Child And Parent Contributions To Maternal Emotion Socialization And Children's Emotion Outcomes In Late Childhood, Katie E. Rasmussen
Child And Parent Contributions To Maternal Emotion Socialization And Children's Emotion Outcomes In Late Childhood, Katie E. Rasmussen
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Parents have an enduring influence on the development of children. The parent-child relationship is dynamic, and both children and their parents contribute to it. The purpose of this investigation was to examine parent-child emotion socialization processes. These processes represent one of the most influential settings where children's emotional trajectories are developed and shaped. Both children and parents shape parental responses to children's negative emotions. In this investigation, both child and parental antecedents were examined simultaneously, including children's negative emotionality, soothability, attention focusing, and inhibitory control, and parental attribution of children's dysregulated specific negative emotions. The final sample included one hundred …
Growing Community Gardens In The Mountain State, Mary Ryan
Growing Community Gardens In The Mountain State, Mary Ryan
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Community gardening is being used to address food inequality as an alternative food network. Most literature looks at community gardening in urban contexts. Less is known about community gardening in rural areas. My research was able to address how community gardening contributes to food sovereignty in WV and how garden leaders help contribute to this access to food sovereignty. Through a survey of 19 community gardens across West Virginia I show the organization and use of these gardens. Through interviews with 11 of those gardens, I was able to learn about how garden leaders' frame their gardens' goals and importance …
A Pedagogical Study Of Selected Piano Music Of Miguel Del Aguila, Sornsuang Tangsinmonkong
A Pedagogical Study Of Selected Piano Music Of Miguel Del Aguila, Sornsuang Tangsinmonkong
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Miguel del Aguila (b. 1957) is an Uruguayan American composer who was nominated three times for Grammy Awards. He considers himself a postmodernist composer. His music shows various stylistic traits and strong influence from Latin American folk dances.;This research project focuses on the pedagogical study of eight piano compositions of Miguel del Aguila: "Toccata", Op. 23 (1988) Piano Sonata No.2, Op. 29 (1988) Conga, Op. 39 (1993) "Vals Brutal", Op. 48 (1995) Piano Concerto, Op. 57 (1997) "Nocturne", Op. 62 (1998) "Music in a Bottle", Op. 67 (1999) "Half of Me", Op. 68 (2000).;This study includes a discussion of del …