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Smart Fluids Using Mechanics: Mechanical Control Of Fluid Viscosity Using 3d-Printed Functional Particles, Rofiques Salehin
Smart Fluids Using Mechanics: Mechanical Control Of Fluid Viscosity Using 3d-Printed Functional Particles, Rofiques Salehin
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
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Ugv-To-Uav Cooperative Ranging For Robust Navigation In Gnss-Challenged Environments, Victor O Sivaneri
Ugv-To-Uav Cooperative Ranging For Robust Navigation In Gnss-Challenged Environments, Victor O Sivaneri
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Determining Leak Percentage At Known Leak Locations For Full-Mask Respirators Using Tsi Portacounttm And Ohd Quantifittm, Russell R Willis
Determining Leak Percentage At Known Leak Locations For Full-Mask Respirators Using Tsi Portacounttm And Ohd Quantifittm, Russell R Willis
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Persistence And Characteristics Of Calculus I Students In Stem Disciplines, Xiangming Wu
Persistence And Characteristics Of Calculus I Students In Stem Disciplines, Xiangming Wu
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Analysis Of Membrane Transporter Systems Expressed During Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation In The Model Legume Medicago Truncatula, Christina Laureen Wyman
Analysis Of Membrane Transporter Systems Expressed During Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation In The Model Legume Medicago Truncatula, Christina Laureen Wyman
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No abstract provided.
Combustion Analysis Of An Off-Road Spark Ignition Gaseous Fuel Engine, Allan Yao
Combustion Analysis Of An Off-Road Spark Ignition Gaseous Fuel Engine, Allan Yao
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No abstract provided.
Exploration Of A Smart Glasses Teleconference System For Virtual Instructional Coaching, Kristina Zaccaria
Exploration Of A Smart Glasses Teleconference System For Virtual Instructional Coaching, Kristina Zaccaria
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No abstract provided.
An Evaluation Of Preliminary Outcomes And Characteristics Of Peer Support Within A Community Based Weight Management Program, John Spencer Ingels
An Evaluation Of Preliminary Outcomes And Characteristics Of Peer Support Within A Community Based Weight Management Program, John Spencer Ingels
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No abstract provided.
Respiratory Flow Characterization Of Workers In Healthcare Environment, Jintuo Zhu
Respiratory Flow Characterization Of Workers In Healthcare Environment, Jintuo Zhu
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No abstract provided.
Psychosocial Development Of Junior Hockey Players, Alexander John Sturges
Psychosocial Development Of Junior Hockey Players, Alexander John Sturges
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“Can I Use The Services?”: Coaches’ Use Of Sport Psychology For Their Own Development And Performance, Tammy L Sheehy
“Can I Use The Services?”: Coaches’ Use Of Sport Psychology For Their Own Development And Performance, Tammy L Sheehy
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No abstract provided.
Shale Characterization And Size-Effect Study Using Scanning Electron Microscopy And X-Ray Diffraction, Debashis Das
Shale Characterization And Size-Effect Study Using Scanning Electron Microscopy And X-Ray Diffraction, Debashis Das
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Ground failure is a major contributor of the total fatalities in underground mines in the US. Underground coal mines in the Northern Appalachian region have weak roof rock mainly composed of shale and sandstone. Characterization of shale is indispensable for developing an effective ground control plan. However, this has not been done extensively. This thesis attempts to address this issue. It investigates the variation in mechanical properties of shale with variation in size. In addition, an attempt has been made to relate the strength of shale with its petrographic parameters. X-ray diffraction technique was used to estimate the compositional parameters …
A Statistical Framework For The Development Of Prediction And Clustering Models In The Hazard Assessment Of Nanomaterials, Ying Pei
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A Study On Graph Coloring And Digraph Connectivity, Murong Xu
A Study On Graph Coloring And Digraph Connectivity, Murong Xu
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This dissertation focuses on coloring problems in graphs and connectivity problems in digraphs. We obtain the following advances in both directions.;1. Results in graph coloring. For integers k,r > 0, a (k,r)-coloring of a graph G is a proper coloring on the vertices of G with k colors such that every vertex v of degree d( v) is adjacent to vertices with at least min{lcub}d( v),r{rcub} different colors. The r-hued chromatic number, denoted by chir(G ), is the smallest integer k for which a graph G has a (k,r)-coloring.;For a k-list assignment L to vertices of a graph G, a linear …
Two Case Studies Of Middle School Parents And Their Engagement With Schools Who Participate In Positive Behavior Support, Kathryn Work-Poggi
Two Case Studies Of Middle School Parents And Their Engagement With Schools Who Participate In Positive Behavior Support, Kathryn Work-Poggi
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) promotes the importance of all staff, school locations, and instructional settings emulating and purposefully teaching the same targeted behavioral expectations. One way to achieve this is to decisively partner with parents and jointly teach positive behavioral conduct and cultivate consistent behavioral expectations across home and school. The purpose of this study was to determine degrees of parent involvement within the confines of a qualitative case study to assess the perceptual nuances that parents experience with their child's middle school using the PBS process. Six parents across two middle schools employing PBS voluntarily shared their perceptions of …
Social Media Cyberbullying: Bystander Behaviors And Spiral Of Silence, Minying Kong
Social Media Cyberbullying: Bystander Behaviors And Spiral Of Silence, Minying Kong
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No abstract provided.
Supporting Secondary Mathematics Teacher Candidates In Enacting Responsive Teaching Across Contexts., Stephanie Jones
Supporting Secondary Mathematics Teacher Candidates In Enacting Responsive Teaching Across Contexts., Stephanie Jones
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Although the work of teaching is often considered universally straightforward, professional classroom teaching requires more than a teacher’s ability to complete a task; making students’ ideas central to classroom discussions is crucial to student learning. The ability to engage students in classroom discussions focused on student ideas is not innate; it must be developed. Thus, it is important for teacher candidates (TCs) to learn to focus class discussions on student ideas in the university setting, before becoming classroom teachers. This dissertation investigates the ways in which secondary mathematics TCs developed skill in responsive teaching—teaching in which teachers adapt their instruction …
The Use Of Genetic Tools To Assist In White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) Management In West Virginia, Darren M. Wood
The Use Of Genetic Tools To Assist In White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) Management In West Virginia, Darren M. Wood
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Although nearly extinct historically, the current population of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in West Virginia serves as a plentiful resource, however; currently there are two uncertainties to the socio-economic benefits of white-tailed deer in West Virginia: poaching and chronic wasting disease (CWD). While infection with the disease invariably results in a 100% fatality rate, previous studies have indicated that nucleotide polymorphisms in the 285th and 286th position of the prion precursor gene (PRNP) have been associated with the delay of clinical disease symptoms. To determine the association with CWD positive individuals in a CWDaffected population in West Virginia and determine …
Optimizing Indoor Location Based Tracking Through Proper Filter Selection And Wireless Sensor Network Design, Matthew R. Bergman
Optimizing Indoor Location Based Tracking Through Proper Filter Selection And Wireless Sensor Network Design, Matthew R. Bergman
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Indoor positioning system (IPS) is a topic that is coming up more and more for various reasons, such as allowing companies to track important objects using radio frequency identification (RFID) and employees with Bluetooth devices inside a facility. Geofencing is one of the biggest topics with IPS and is meant to limit access to a network in specified areas. Devices that incorporate indoor tracking are not initially precise when objects and employees are on the move. This movement requires devices to have a reliable filter for noise and package lose. For this paper, the comparison between extended Kalman filters and …
Rethinking Interaction: Identity And Agency In The Performance Of “Interactive” Electronic Music, Jacob A. Kopcienski
Rethinking Interaction: Identity And Agency In The Performance Of “Interactive” Electronic Music, Jacob A. Kopcienski
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This document investigates interaction between human performers and various interactive technologies in the performance of interactive electronic and computer music. Specifically, it observes how the identity and agency of the interactive technology is experienced and perceived by the human performer. First, a close examination of George Lewis’ creation of and performance with his own historic interactive electronic and computer works reveals his disposition of interaction as improvisation. This disposition is contextualized within then contemporary social and political issues related to African American experimental musicians as well as an emerging culture of electronic and computer musicians concerned with interactivity. Second, an …
Blockchain For Trustful Collaborations Between Immigrants, Citizens And Governments, Chun-Wei Chiang
Blockchain For Trustful Collaborations Between Immigrants, Citizens And Governments, Chun-Wei Chiang
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Immigrants usually are pro-social towards their hometowns and try to improve them. However, the lack of trust in their government can drive immigrants to work individually. As a result, their pro-social activities are usually limited in impact and scope. Although blockchain technology have the potential to solve the trust issue, people are not familiar with the technology and they have no idea why it is trustworthy. Previous research showed that the adopting user interface properly can increase people's trust in technology. This paper studies the interface factors that ease collaborations between immigrants and their home governments. We specifically focus on …
Conductance Calculations For Semiconductor-Superconductor Majorana Structures, John Stenger
Conductance Calculations For Semiconductor-Superconductor Majorana Structures, John Stenger
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Majorana zero modes (MZMs), also called Majorana bound states (MBSs), are zeroenergy mid-gap modes localized near boundaries and topological defects in one- and twodimensional topological superconductors. These zero-energy modes have attracted significant attention in recent years because of their unique properties, particularly their non- Abelian exchange statistics and their ability to encode quantum information non-locally. These properties make the MZMs an ideal platform for fault-tolerant topological quantum computation. This type of quantum memory is robust against local perturbations, since the information is encoded non-locally, while the information processing, which can be done, for example, by braiding the MZMs, is topologically …
Dispositional Optimism And Autonomic Reactivity During Difficult And Easy Stress Tasks, Daniel Stephenson
Dispositional Optimism And Autonomic Reactivity During Difficult And Easy Stress Tasks, Daniel Stephenson
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Studies examining the association between dispositional optimism and autonomic reactivity to stress have yielded mixed results, with some studies finding associations between optimism and less reactivity, some studies finding no association between optimism and reactivity, and some finding that optimism was associated with greater reactivity. One factor not considered previously in this literature is difficulty of the stressful task employed to elicit autonomic reactivity. The current study was based on Carver and Scheier's Behavioral Self-Regulation Model (Carver & Scheier, 2000), that states that optimists are more likely to persist in overcoming challenging obstacles than pessimists. The current study investigated whether …
Recollection, Tiera Tanner
Recollection, Tiera Tanner
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This written thesis is the accompanying documentation of my Masters of Fine Art thesis exhibition --- recollection. This exhibition presented a collection of oil paintings of created over three years in the graduate program through the College of Creative Arts at West Virginia University. My personal experiences during this time directly affected the paintings displayed through this exhibition, including marriage, deployment, and the birth of my first child. Each of my created works references a photograph of a family member or myself. These images capture moments in time and can reflect a narrative to the audience, along with ideas of …
Fatigue Performance Of Uncoated And Galvanized Composite Press-Brake-Formed Tub Girders, Robert M. Tennant
Fatigue Performance Of Uncoated And Galvanized Composite Press-Brake-Formed Tub Girders, Robert M. Tennant
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The Short Span Steel Bridge Alliance (SSSBA) is a group of bridge and culvert industry leaders (including steel manufacturers, fabricators, service centers, coaters, researchers, and representatives of related associations and government organizations) who have joined together to provide educational information on the design and construction of short span steel bridges in installations up to 140 feet in length. Within the SSSBA technical working group, a modular, shallow press-brake-formed steel tub girder was developed. This new technology consists of cold-bending standard mill plate width and thicknesses to form a trapezoidal box girder. The steel plate can be uncoated or galvanized steel, …
Syntheses And Properties Of Thiophene-Containing Cycloparaphenylenes And Related Macrocycles And A Strained Cyclophane, Haresh Thakellapalli
Syntheses And Properties Of Thiophene-Containing Cycloparaphenylenes And Related Macrocycles And A Strained Cyclophane, Haresh Thakellapalli
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Thiophene-containing cycloparaphenylenes (CPPs) bearing 8, 10 and 16 aromatic and heteroaromatic units in the macrocyclic structure were constructed. Specifically, two and four units of thiophene-2,5-diyl moiety were incorporated into functionalized [6]- and [12]CPP macro-cyclic carbon frameworks, respectively. Insertion of two 2,2'-bithiophene-5,5'-yl units into a functionalized [6]CPP carbon framework led to the formation of the 10-membered macrocycle. In addition, optical and electrochemical properties of these macrocycles were investigated.;The synthetic pathways for thiophene- and 9-fluorenone-containing donor-acceptor macrocycles were also developed. Synthetic pathways to conjugated macrocycles containing one, two, or three 2,7-bis(2-thienyl)-9H-fluoren-9-one (TFOT) units in the macrocyclic frameworks bearing 10, 16, or 24 …
Machine Learning Approaches To Human Body Shape Analysis, Marco Piccirilli
Machine Learning Approaches To Human Body Shape Analysis, Marco Piccirilli
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Soft biometrics, biomedical sciences, and many other fields of study pay particular attention to the study of the geometric description of the human body, and its variations. Although multiple contributions, the interest is particularly high given the non-rigid nature of the human body, capable of assuming different poses, and numerous shapes due to variable body composition. Unfortunately, a well-known costly requirement in data-driven machine learning, and particularly in the human-based analysis, is the availability of data, in the form of geometric information (body measurements) with related vision information (natural images, 3D mesh, etc.). We introduce a computer graphics framework able …
The User Experience Redesign Of A Product Instruction Manual Using The Poka Yoke Principle, Ephraim A. Pittore
The User Experience Redesign Of A Product Instruction Manual Using The Poka Yoke Principle, Ephraim A. Pittore
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this research is to address the issues associated with user experience in consumer products, particularly in the introduction phase of consumer product acceptance. Instructional manuals serve the role of educating new users on how to assemble or operate a new product, aiming to bridge the gap between the intended use idealized by the designer and the actual use that a consumer would intuitively perform. Historically however, instruction manuals have been known to be confusing and not usful.;The design of a toy spider instruction manual was analyzed using sequential explanatory method to determine the effectiveness of the instruction …
Mobilizing The Moral Majority: Paul Weyrich And The Creation Of A Conservative Coalition, 1968-1988, Tyler J. Poff
Mobilizing The Moral Majority: Paul Weyrich And The Creation Of A Conservative Coalition, 1968-1988, Tyler J. Poff
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study examines the growth of the conservative movement in twentieth century America through the political network built by conservative activist, Paul M. Weyrich. Weyrich is heralded as a founding father of the New Right political movement and credited as a founding member of three major political think tanks. This study aims to more accurately understand America's rightward political turn, while simultaneously exploring the breakdown of the New Deal Democratic Party coalition. Chapter one offers readers a review of the historiography of conservatism coupled with detailed outlines of the body chapters. Chapter two begins with a biography of Weyrich discussing …
Scenic Design For Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, James Vincent Raymond
Scenic Design For Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, James Vincent Raymond
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This thesis document is a written account of my scenic design process. The initial discussions with the director led to the finished set onstage for a production of Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov. The Play was produced by West Virginia University's School of Theatre & Dance, presented in the Gladys G. Davis Theater at the Creative Arts Center in Morgantown, WV. The production dates ran from November 16th-30th and December 1st - 2nd, 2017. This document comprises the scenic design appointment through my analysis of the script, the design process, the execution of the design, and finally my analysis of …