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Leadership Orientations And Conflict Management Styles Of Academic Deans In Masters Degree Institutions, Linda Kimencu
Leadership Orientations And Conflict Management Styles Of Academic Deans In Masters Degree Institutions, Linda Kimencu
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Previous research suggests that academic deans follow the human relations and structural perspectives in conflict management (Feltner & Goodsell, 1972). However, the position of an academic dean has been described to have undertones that are more political and social than hierarchical and technical. Hence, the current study evaluated the role of the academic dean in conflict management from a more inclusive perspective that involved the Bolman and Deal four-frame leadership theory: Structural, human resources, political and symbolic frames and Rahim Organizational Conflict Inventory (ROCI-II) instrument that evaluated the five dimensions of conflict management: Integrating, obliging, compromising, dominating, and avoiding. The …
Design Of Fault Tolerant Control System For Individual Blade Control Helicopters, Sergio Tamayo
Design Of Fault Tolerant Control System For Individual Blade Control Helicopters, Sergio Tamayo
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This dissertation presents the development of a fault tolerant control scheme for helicopters fitted with individually controlled blades. This novel approach attempts to improve fault tolerant capabilities of helicopter control system by increasing control redundancy using additional actuators for individual blade input and software re-mixing to obtain nominal or close to nominal conditions under failure. An advanced interactive simulation environment has been developed including modeling of sensor failure, swashplate actuator failure, individual blade actuator failure, and blade delamination to support the design, testing, and evaluation of the control laws. This simulation environment is based on the blade element theory for …
From Canal Boats To Canoes: The Transformation Of The C&O Canal, 1938--1942, Angela Sirna
From Canal Boats To Canoes: The Transformation Of The C&O Canal, 1938--1942, Angela Sirna
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
I have come to understand the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal as two different entities, both of which occupy the same geographic space. The first is a nineteenth century transportation system that impacted thousands of people in the Potomac River Valley. The second is the reincarnation of the first as a National Historical Park. The first is a busy, messy, and noisy landscape. The second serves as a refuge for the urban masses, and only faintly resembles its predecessor. This thesis seeks to understand how one evolved into the other.;Upon further inspection, one discovers that C&O Canal National Historical Park balances …
Bias Blindness: How Police See And Don't See Hate Crimes, R. Jake Stump
Bias Blindness: How Police See And Don't See Hate Crimes, R. Jake Stump
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study examines how police see and don't see hate crimes. Prior research has drawn mainly on the ambiguity of hate crime laws and definitions, as well as the struggles endured by law enforcement when investigating these cases. This thesis delves deeper into the issue by analyzing the forces that shape officers' perception of hate crimes and how they influence the way they identify, investigate and report bias-motivated incidents. This research focuses on a police force of a small municipality, of less than 75,000 people, located in a Mid-Atlantic state. An analysis of the department's police records and a focus …
Understanding The Effects Of Physical & Psychosocial Stress, And Personality Type On Neck Muscle Load Among Healthcare Workers, Mohammed J. Al Hassan
Understanding The Effects Of Physical & Psychosocial Stress, And Personality Type On Neck Muscle Load Among Healthcare Workers, Mohammed J. Al Hassan
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
In spite of strong prevalence of neck and shoulder musculoskeletal disorders among health care workers, the effect of their routine work activities, which demands physical exertion and high cognitive load, on the loading of neck-shoulder musculatures is not clearly understood. Additionally, it is currently unknown as to how the internal loading of the neck-shoulder musculature caused by the external work-related factors is affected by the individual personality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the musculoskeletal loading of neck-shoulder musculature when human participants performed physically and cognitively demanding exertions. The loading of neck-shoulder musculature was evaluated using objective and …
Parameter Estimation Analysis For Hybrid Adaptive Fault Tolerant Control, Peter B. Eshak
Parameter Estimation Analysis For Hybrid Adaptive Fault Tolerant Control, Peter B. Eshak
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Research efforts have increased in recent years toward the development of intelligent fault tolerant control laws, which are capable of helping the pilot to safely maintain aircraft control at post failure conditions. Researchers at West Virginia University (WVU) have been actively involved in the development of fault tolerant adaptive control laws in all three major categories: direct, indirect, and hybrid. The first implemented design to provide adaptation was a direct adaptive controller, which used artificial neural networks to generate augmentation commands in order to reduce the modeling error. Indirect adaptive laws were implemented in another controller, which utilized online PID …
An Historical Survey Of The Development Of The Baroque Solo Keyboard Suite In France, England, And Germany, Robert Eric Armstrong
An Historical Survey Of The Development Of The Baroque Solo Keyboard Suite In France, England, And Germany, Robert Eric Armstrong
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
For over one hundred years during the Baroque Era, the suite was one of the most prominent genres in keyboard composition, and virtually every Baroque keyboard composer of significance from France, England, and Germany contributed to its propagation. While each of these countries developed its own stylistic approach to suite composition, it is also important to consider the ways in which these countries influenced each other and appropriated various aspects of one another's handling of the genre.;The Baroque keyboard suite represents the first large-scale keyboard genre to reflect a high degree of stylistic cross-fertilization between major European regions and beyond. …
A Comparison Of Centralized And Decentralized Developmental Education Courses In Four Public Appalachian Community Colleges And Students' Perceptions Regarding The Seven Principles For Good Practice, Philip M. Keith
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Developmental education courses have become a standard in community colleges in the United States. An overwhelming majority of these public two-year schools offer developmental courses to a wide array of students. At the same time, developmental programs are under a constant barrage of attacks from a variety of stakeholder organizations that view these courses as redundant in the public educational system. As a result, community college systems across the nation are striving to find the most effective and efficient means to offer these courses, to decrease the length of time students are spending in these courses, and to increase the …
Elementary Principals As Reading Instructional Leaders In Selected West Virginia Schools, Robin J. Lewis
Elementary Principals As Reading Instructional Leaders In Selected West Virginia Schools, Robin J. Lewis
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study examined the reading instructional leadership practices of 56 principals in West Virginia K-5 public elementary schools. The purpose of this study was to compare the reading instructional leadership practices and professional development of 40 Reading First principals with 40 non-Reading First principals in West Virginia. The study also compared the percentage of students who have scored mastery or above as measured by the third grade Reading/Language Arts West Virginia Educational Standards Test (WESTEST) in the years 2005, 2006, and 2007. An electronic survey with Likert-type items was distributed to all 40 Reading First Principals and 303 K-5 public …
Study Of Transit Bus Duty Cycle And Its Influence On Fuel Economy And Emissions Of Diesel-Electric Hybrids, Jairo A. Sandoval Leon
Study Of Transit Bus Duty Cycle And Its Influence On Fuel Economy And Emissions Of Diesel-Electric Hybrids, Jairo A. Sandoval Leon
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines, and Emissions (CAFEE) of West Virginia University (WVU) is developing the Integrated Bus Information System (IBIS), an information resource on transit bus emissions for vehicle procurement purposes. IBIS provides the transit bus industry with exhaust emissions information, including an emissions database, and predictive models for fuel economy (F.E.) and emissions. Inputs for the models are in the form of drive cycle metrics, but the knowledge of such metrics is not readily available for transit agencies.;The first part of this dissertation was an effort to close the gap between engineering drive cycle metrics and the …
Progression In Non-Destructive Spallation Prediction And Elevated Temperature Mechanical Property Evaluation Of Thermal Barrier Coating Systems By Use Of A Spherical Micro-Indentation Method, Jared Michael Tannenbaum
Progression In Non-Destructive Spallation Prediction And Elevated Temperature Mechanical Property Evaluation Of Thermal Barrier Coating Systems By Use Of A Spherical Micro-Indentation Method, Jared Michael Tannenbaum
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues to be an important ecological issue associated with global warming. The demand for improved efficiencies in energy conversion in recent years has led to the introduction of land-based gas turbines with significantly increased inlet temperatures. To accomplish this, nickel-based superalloys with protective thermal barrier coatings (TBC) are widely used as systems capable of extending the life and increasing firing temperatures of combustor and stationary turbine components. However, coating durability, thermal-fatigue and erratic spallation failure currently limit the continuous operation of turbine engines. Of the present ceramic coating materials used, yttria stabilized …
Improving Student Coaches' Learning Through Teaching Reflective Techniques, Wesley R. Meeteer Ii
Improving Student Coaches' Learning Through Teaching Reflective Techniques, Wesley R. Meeteer Ii
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this research was to examine how teaching reflective concepts and directing reflective writing would influence student coaches' (SC) level of reflective writing in a one semester coaching internship course. A Multiple baseline format was used to implement the intervention. The intervention used five reflective ideas to try and enhance the level of SCs' reflective abilities including; (a) teaching the SCs a reflective cycle, b) introducing SCs to high levels of quality reflective writing, (c) allowing SCs to assess the level of reflection their personal journals, (d) having SCs write reflective statements within the five reflective levels of …
Understanding Cliff Use At The New River Gorge National River: Combining Visitor Observations And Resource Impact Assessments, D. Kyle Olcott
Understanding Cliff Use At The New River Gorge National River: Combining Visitor Observations And Resource Impact Assessments, D. Kyle Olcott
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The New River Gorge National River (NERI) is managed by the National Park Service (NPS). In addition to being an extremely popular destination for whitewater rafting, it is also home to world class rock climbing and an extensive array of cliffs offering over 2400 routes. This thesis is part of a larger study of the cliffs at NERI, funded by the NPS and encompassing botanic and geologic components in addition to the recreation management component. By combining unobtrusive visitor observation methods with GPS mapping and rapid assessment of nearly 450 areas of impact, a few key management recommendations are made …
Toward A Definition Of High Expectations: Interpretive Case Studies Of Selected Secondary Schools In West Virginia, David S. Tupper
Toward A Definition Of High Expectations: Interpretive Case Studies Of Selected Secondary Schools In West Virginia, David S. Tupper
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this study was to examine the curricular, instructional and administrative practices that teachers and principals used in establishing high expectations from interpretive case studies of selected West Virginia secondary schools. A qualitative research design was used to focus on the specific practices that teachers and principals used at the three sites. The three sites were chosen using purposeful sampling with a unique attribute. The unique attribute was that each school had to have met adequate yearly progress (AYP) for four consecutive years. Data collection included interviews where a semi-structured interview format was used. Included in the data …
Evaluation Of Retention Using Different Numbers And Position Of Attachments With Mini Dental Implant Overdentures, Amanda Mcpherson Canizales
Evaluation Of Retention Using Different Numbers And Position Of Attachments With Mini Dental Implant Overdentures, Amanda Mcpherson Canizales
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Objectives. To collect data for the retentive capabilities of mini dental implants in several numbers and positions when used with the mandibular overdenture; and compare that information to previous studies on the dislodging forces of locator attachments.;Methods. Acrylic blocks representing the mandibular arch and a mandibular denture were laboratory fabricated in high impact denture acrylic resin (Lucitone 199). Five mini implants were placed in the mandibular block and associated housings were picked up into the mandibular denture block using fast set acrylic (Super T). The denture block was then attached, via the same fast set acrylic, to an aluminium plate …
Is A Poor Quality Nutrition Environment A Contributor To Obesity Prevalence In School-Age-Children In West Virginia?, Anna M. Chetrick
Is A Poor Quality Nutrition Environment A Contributor To Obesity Prevalence In School-Age-Children In West Virginia?, Anna M. Chetrick
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
In recent years there has been considerable interest in describing and explaining increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity. The quality of the nutrition environment, including the availability and price of healthy foods options, has been suggested as a likely contributor. This project was developed to investigate the relationship between weight status and the nutrition environment in school children in two West Virginia counties. The Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) was conducted in Monongalia and Marshall Counties, WV. From NEMS survey data nutrition environment quality scores were calculated for 79 retail food outlets, including grocery, convenience, general, and department …
Development Of A Real-Time High-Resolution 3d Ultrasound Imaging System, Cesar Augusto Sandoval Leon
Development Of A Real-Time High-Resolution 3d Ultrasound Imaging System, Cesar Augusto Sandoval Leon
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
In this work a real-time high-resolution 3D ultrasound imaging system is developed, allowing the 3D acquisition and imaging of high-resolution ultrasound data for biomedical applications. The system uses ultrasound transducers in the ranges of 30 to 100 MHz, and allows full access of the radiofrequency (RF) ultrasound data for the 3D image reconstruction. This work includes the development of two graphical user interfaces in C++ to interact with a high-resolution ultrasound system and to image the high-resolution ultrasound data. In addition, a methodology is described and implemented in the system for 3D ultrasound reconstruction and visualization. The development of these …
Structural Responses And Finite Element Modeling Of Hakka Tulou Rammed Earth Structures, Daniel Sranislawski
Structural Responses And Finite Element Modeling Of Hakka Tulou Rammed Earth Structures, Daniel Sranislawski
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Hakka Tulous are rammed earth structures that have survived the effects of aging and natural elements upwards of even over a thousand years. These structures have housed the Hakka people of the Fujian Province, China in natural yet modern housing that has provided benefits over newer building materials. The key building material, rammed earth, which is used for the walls of the Hakka Tulou structures, has provided structural stability along with thermal comfort to the respective inhabitants of the Hakka Tulous.;Through material testing and analysis this study has examined how the Tulou structures have maintained their structural stability while also …
Cologne During The Witch Hunts, 1627--1662, Megan E. Mcgee
Cologne During The Witch Hunts, 1627--1662, Megan E. Mcgee
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This thesis examined Cologne during the years that witchcraft persecution was the highest in the city, from 1627-1662. By using a microhistorical approach on primary sources it found that strained relationships were the chief causes of the accusations. This thesis also discovered that in Cologne, at least, all of those under the age of 30 confessed to witchcraft while all of those above the age of 30 denied the accusations. It did this by both statistical analysis of the questions asked of the accused as well as in depth analysis of the answers that the accused gave their judges.
The Effects Of Expertise And Demographic Characteristics On Public Administrators' Attitudes To E-Government, Raji Msail Alsharari
The Effects Of Expertise And Demographic Characteristics On Public Administrators' Attitudes To E-Government, Raji Msail Alsharari
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Due to recent advancements in electronic technology (e-technology), research on the developing field has become important for understanding how this technology affects the population and how the population affects this technology. Research on e-technology reveals that demographic characteristics (age, gender, location, and education) and expertise are factors affecting e-technology attitudes and performance. One of the emerging e-technology fields is electronic government (e-government). After reviewing historical research in e-technology, this study reviewed existing e-government literature to determine key obstacles for public administrators to implement e-government. This study used a survey questionnaire, based on e-government attitude surveys conducted by Moon (2002) and …
Conceptualizing Doctoral Advising From Professors' And Doctoral Students' Perspectives Using Concept Mapping, Philip Kontor Adu
Conceptualizing Doctoral Advising From Professors' And Doctoral Students' Perspectives Using Concept Mapping, Philip Kontor Adu
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Due to the high cost of doctoral education, high attrition of about 50%, and the constraints of higher education budgets, it is important to examine what causes doctoral students to leave their doctoral program without completion. Studies have shown that advising is one of the main contributing factors (e.g., Ferrer de Valero, 2001; Golde, 2000; Lenz, 1997). Document analysis of literature showed five distinct aspects of doctoral advising (i.e. advising approach, selection process, roles, responsibilities, and expectations, advisor-advisee relationship, and power relations) and their relation to the successful completion of students' dissertations. The purpose of this study was to use …
Contributing Factors To Health Anxiety In Older And Young Adults, Lindsay Gerolimatos
Contributing Factors To Health Anxiety In Older And Young Adults, Lindsay Gerolimatos
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Researchers have acknowledged overlap in features of health anxiety (HA) and the anxiety disorders. At present, little research on HA exists, especially in its less severe forms, and few studies have examined HA in older adults. Using self-report surveys, the present study examined how anxiety-related constructs contribute to HA in older and young adults and whether these variables differentially account for HA in both age groups. Results showed that young adults reported higher levels of HA than older adults. For both age groups, anxiety sensitivity accounted for illness likelihood and negative consequences, and intolerance of uncertainty contributed to negative consequences. …
Immune System Based Control And Intelligent Agent Design For Power System Applications, Rabie Belkacemi
Immune System Based Control And Intelligent Agent Design For Power System Applications, Rabie Belkacemi
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The National Academy of Engineering has selected the US Electric Power Grid as the supreme engineering achievement of the 20th century. Yet, this same grid is struggling to keep up with the increasing demand for electricity, its quality and cost. A growing recognition of the need to modernize the grid to meet future challenges has found articulation in the vision of a Smart Grid in using new control strategies that are intelligent, distributed, and adaptive. The objective of this work is to develop smart control systems inspired from the biological Human Immune System to better manage the power grid at …
School Transformation: Reproducing Effective High School Leadership, Christina D. Chambers
School Transformation: Reproducing Effective High School Leadership, Christina D. Chambers
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This dissertation explores the distinctive and complex challenges that high school principals face. The demand to prepare students for college or the workplace requires a strong foundation built on relational trust, an adaptation of high school instructional practices, and an evolution of the professional development process. This study will use the characteristics of transformational leadership presented in the literature to determine if they exist in two high schools and how they manifest themselves. The high schools studied represent the very different socio economic aspects of their district. With focus on student achievement, high school principals and teachers can transform school …
The Impact Of State And Trait Anxiety On Performance In A Source Monitoring Task, Kristina M. Kania
The Impact Of State And Trait Anxiety On Performance In A Source Monitoring Task, Kristina M. Kania
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study examined the impact of state anxiety (current emotional state) and trait anxiety (predisposition) on a source monitoring task. The unique question asked in this study was whether highly anxious people who are distressed following a stressful to-be-remembered event are better at source monitoring. Seventy-two undergraduates completed a measure of anxiety and then either received an anxious mood (n = 36) or mood stabilizing (n = 36) induction before viewing to-be-source monitored material. Participants then completed a source identification task in which they were asked to identify the source of the to-be-source monitored information. Participants high in state anxiety …
Expression Of The Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Isozymes In The Human Breast Cancer Cell Line Models Mda-Mb 231 And Mcf-7 And The Normal Breast Cell Line Model Mcf-10a, Debolina Ganguly
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Breast cancer remains one of the leading causes of cancer related death among women worldwide. Numerous reports have provided evidence of a role of inflammation in the onset and progression of many cancers, including breast cancer. A mechanism that leads to inflammation involves the arachidonic acid (AA) pathway, which leads to the production of a group of pro-inflammatory bioactive lipids, collectively known as the eicosanoids. Despite evidence of AA and the eicosanoids in cancer, limited work has been done on the enzyme cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) that provides the unesterified AA that can be used for eicosanoid generation. The present …
Intelligent Reservoir Modeling Of Lower Huron Shale, Ognjen Grujic
Intelligent Reservoir Modeling Of Lower Huron Shale, Ognjen Grujic
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The work presented in this thesis is an intelligent reservoir modeling and analysis of Lower Huron Shale in eastern Kentucky. Methodology used for this analysis is a recently developed Top Down Intelligent Reservoir Modeling, that couples artificial intelligence and data mining techniques with conventional reservoir engineering methods. A total of 77 wells completed in Lower Huron Shale in eastern Kentucky were used in this study. Well production data was obtained from the company operating the wells, while completion reports and well logs were downloaded from publicly available database at Kentucky Geological Surveys website. The downloaded well logs were digitized, and …
Assessing The Effect Of Tree Canopy Stocking On Home Energy Use Savings During Peak Cooling Months In West Virginia, Jared Manzo
Assessing The Effect Of Tree Canopy Stocking On Home Energy Use Savings During Peak Cooling Months In West Virginia, Jared Manzo
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This study estimated the direct energy savings for homes as well as identified specific site differences using actual electric usage for homes. Four sites, ranging between thirty and forty houses per site, were selected at various canopy cover levels (15, 25, 39, and 54 percent). Tree characteristics were measured for each house at the parcel level. This included tree height, height to live crown, species, crown width, distance from house, tree direction, and percent shrub surrounding the house. Energy use for cooling months (June-September) was obtained for sample homes from Allegheny Power. Data indicate a declining energy use with increasing …
Department Chairs' Perceptions Of Part-Time Faculty Status In Maryland Public And Private Higher Education Institutions, Daniel L. Moorehead
Department Chairs' Perceptions Of Part-Time Faculty Status In Maryland Public And Private Higher Education Institutions, Daniel L. Moorehead
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The growing use of part-time, non-tenure track faculty in higher education has become a nationwide phenomenon. The college-teaching part-time instructor is one who is working for low pay, has little job security, and has few benefits. College part-time instructors' employment is in a contingent state. They do not have the job protection provided to tenured professors because they are usually hired for only the upcoming term with no guarantee of being hired for any future terms.;The purpose of this study was to describe the status of part-time faculty in Maryland public and private four-year colleges and universities as perceived by …
Life Cycle Analysis Of Forest Carbon In The Central Appalachian Region, Pradip Saud
Life Cycle Analysis Of Forest Carbon In The Central Appalachian Region, Pradip Saud
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Forest management and wood product processing activities such as harvesting, transportation, and lumber processing consume fossil fuels and emit carbon dioxide. This emitted carbon dioxide creates credit carbon balance which is usually overlooked while estimating the carbon benefits from woody biomass and wood products. Accountability of carbon stored in woody biomass and wood products varies when such carbon emissions are considered. Factors such as, harvesting intensity, growth rate, dead trees and forest fires all affected the estimation of forest carbon balance while harvesting system determines the carbon emission from fossil fuel consumptions. Energy sources used in sawmills for electricity are …