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Employ Sensor Fusion Techniques For Determining Aircraft Attitude And Position Information, Jason A. Jarrell Aug 2008

Employ Sensor Fusion Techniques For Determining Aircraft Attitude And Position Information, Jason A. Jarrell

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Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) with the level of precision needed for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) can easily cost more than the vehicle itself. This drastically increases the amount of aircraft power consumption and payload weight that drives the need for a low cost solution. This can be achieved through the use of sensor fusion techniques on low cost accelerometers and gyroscopes fused with Global Positioning System (GPS) data. In this paper, existing GPS and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) flight data is fused with the use of both an Kalman filter (KF) and Extended Kalman filter (EKF) methods for a more …

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Testing, Assessment And Frp Strengthening Of Concrete T-Beam Bridges In Pennsylvania, William C. Sasher Aug 2008

Testing, Assessment And Frp Strengthening Of Concrete T-Beam Bridges In Pennsylvania, William C. Sasher

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The transportation infrastructure of the United States is in urgent need of rehabilitation. The effects of ageing and deterioration, along with increased traffic demands have raised the concern that the deteriorated conditions of highway bridges need to be addressed to insure the safety of the public. Several rehabilitation methods are available to engineers including: bridge replacement, bridge repair, and retrofitting with mechanisms designed to increase the structural capacity of a bridge.;The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation -- District 3 (PennDOT-D3) has sponsored a multi-phase project to investigate externally bonded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) technology on their deteriorated concrete T-Beam bridges. The …

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Structure And Crustal Balance Of The Herald Arch And Hope Basin In The Chukchi Sea, Alaska, D. Alex Patthoff Aug 2008

Structure And Crustal Balance Of The Herald Arch And Hope Basin In The Chukchi Sea, Alaska, D. Alex Patthoff

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The Herald Arch is a structural high bounded by the Herald Thrust fault to the northeast and by a normal, or possibly strike-slip, fault to the southwest in the Chukchi Sea, off the northwest coast of Alaska. The thrust continues for approximately 60 kilometers from the northwest tip of the Lisburne Peninsula into the Chukchi Sea. Its dip varies from nearly 60 degrees in the east, to 20 degrees in the west before terminating on the available seismic data. Closer to the shore, the detachment of the Herald Thrust occurs at the edge of a Devonian rift basin containing the …

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Effects Of Alternative -Food Sources On Operant Behavior, Raquel Moreira Alo Aug 2008

Effects Of Alternative -Food Sources On Operant Behavior, Raquel Moreira Alo

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To investigate how operant and alternative food arranged by different schedules interact to determine response rates and patterns when the sources of food are the same or different, six experiments were delineated. The effects of the number of food sources were investigated in Experiments 1-4. In Experiments 1 and 2, a variable-interval (VI) schedule was used to program the operant food, while the fixed-time (FT - Experiment 1) or the variable-time (VT - Experiment 2) alternative food was delivered from the same or a different source than that of the operant food. Experiments 3 and 4 were identical to Experiments …

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Development Of Volunteer-Driven Indices Of Biological Integrity For Wetlands In West Virginia, Walter Emil Veselka Iv Aug 2008

Development Of Volunteer-Driven Indices Of Biological Integrity For Wetlands In West Virginia, Walter Emil Veselka Iv

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Wetland indices of biological integrity (IBIs) are used to satisfy the water resources monitoring requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA). However, debate still exists on what classification systems and taxa to base these IBIs upon. Our cumulative research, representing indices of biological integrity designed for regional HGM subclasses, designated HGM management classes and Cowardin et al. (1979) classes for West Virginia. The indices were derived from metrics calculated from anuran, avian, macroinvertebrate, and vegetation communities; each representing increasing levels of resources associated with gathering the necessary data. For example, avian and anuran data used to derive floodplain wetland IBI …

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State Policy And Food Insecurity In Kenya's Arid And Semi-Arid Land (Asal) Regions, Naomi Shanguhyia May 2008

State Policy And Food Insecurity In Kenya's Arid And Semi-Arid Land (Asal) Regions, Naomi Shanguhyia

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Kenya's arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) have continued to experience chronic and persistent food crises despite the efforts made by governmental and non-governmental organizations to address the problem. Inappropriate policies and poor approaches have partly been blamed for this persistence. This study therefore seeks to examine how food insecurity is conceptualized within policy documents, the perceived causes and solutions, and potential drawbacks of such perceptions. The study adopts a political ecology framework within which Ellis' (2000) rural livelihood approach and Sen's (1981) entitlement thesis are used to analyze selected government policy documents and related reports. A brief historical overview of …

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Current Practices Utilized By Independent Garden Centers To Extend The Profitable Season By Returning Customers, Raising Profit Margins And Implementing New Practices, Nona Kay Hunt May 2008

Current Practices Utilized By Independent Garden Centers To Extend The Profitable Season By Returning Customers, Raising Profit Margins And Implementing New Practices, Nona Kay Hunt

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The purpose of this study was to identify the measures that independently owned retail garden centers subscribe to extend their profitable season beyond the spring and early summer. This study was descriptive survey research conducted with independent retail garden centers that were members of the Ohio Floriculture Association as of November 2006, and resided in West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky. The ten most successful practices in getting customers to return identified by independent garden center retailers, were (in order of successfulness); customer friendly staff, knowledgeable and experienced staff, growing your own plants to allow for diverse product …

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Agricultural Awareness And Perceptions Of Freshmen At West Virginia University, Laura L. Pfeifer May 2008

Agricultural Awareness And Perceptions Of Freshmen At West Virginia University, Laura L. Pfeifer

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Increased dependence on technology and further removal from agricultural practices has given rise to a decrease in agricultural literacy among members of society, which has established a need for advancement in educating individuals about the basic concepts of agriculture. This study was designed to determine the knowledge of agriculture possessed by incoming freshmen at West Virginia University (WVU). The data collected for this study were obtained from 403 freshmen participants who reported their responses to 35 Agricultural Knowledge, 35 Agricultural Perceptions, and 24 demographic statements and questions on an instrument administered during multiple First Year Orientation courses at WVU. It …

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Surficial Mapping And Kinematic Modeling Of The St. Clair Thrust Fault, Monroe County, West Virginia, Jason M. Sturms May 2008

Surficial Mapping And Kinematic Modeling Of The St. Clair Thrust Fault, Monroe County, West Virginia, Jason M. Sturms

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Near the Allegheny Structural boundary between the Appalachian Plateau and the Valley and Ridge Province of the West Virginian Appalachians lie four major thrust faults: the Pulaski, Saltville, Narrows, and the St. Clair all of which are associated with the Alleghenian Orogeny. Of these major thrusts, the St. Clair thrust fault represents the boundary of the Allegheny Structural Front and is one of the few major thrust faults that are exposed at the surface in the Appalachians of West Virginia.;The St. Clair thrust fault represents an example of fault-propagation folding. Within fault-propagation folding, trishear deformation and fault-bend folding can be …

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Measuring Hearing Protection Performance Results In A Mire-Compliant Reverberatory Chamber Versus A Non-Mire Compliant Room, Mahela Sanguinetti May 2008

Measuring Hearing Protection Performance Results In A Mire-Compliant Reverberatory Chamber Versus A Non-Mire Compliant Room, Mahela Sanguinetti

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Noise Reduction Rating (NRR) is a method developed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine the effectiveness of hearing protection devices (HPD). The limitations of NRR values have led to use of other methods, including fit-testing hearing protectors on the individuals who will use them. The fit-testing method used in this study is the Microphone in Real Ear (MIRE) method, which describes how to test earmuffs in a reverberatory chamber. A reverberatory chamber is extremely costly and not likely to be available at work-sites. If fit-testing could be completed in any room instead of in a reverberatory chamber, work-sites …

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Modeling And Performance Analysis Of A Uav-Based Sensor Network For Improved Atr, Xiaohan Chen May 2008

Modeling And Performance Analysis Of A Uav-Based Sensor Network For Improved Atr, Xiaohan Chen

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Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) is computer processing of images or signals acquired by sensors with the purpose to identify objects of interest (targets). This technology is a critical element for surveillance missions. Over the past several years there has been an increasing trend towards fielding swarms of unattended aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating as sensor networks in the air. This trend offers opportunities of integration ATR systems with a UAV-based sensor network to improve the recognition performance. This dissertation addresses some of design issues of ATR systems, explores recognition capabilities of sensor networks in the presence of various distortions and analyzes …

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Identification And Characterization Of Point Defects In Aluminum Nitride And Zinc Oxide Crystals, Sean M. Evans May 2008

Identification And Characterization Of Point Defects In Aluminum Nitride And Zinc Oxide Crystals, Sean M. Evans

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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) studies have been performed on single crystals of aluminum nitride (AlN) and zinc oxide (ZnO), two wide-band-gap semiconductors having the wurtzite crystal structure. These studies were used to characterize point defects in each material. In the first study in AlN, new EPR and ENDOR spectra were acquired from a deep donor. Although observed in as-grown crystals, exposure to x rays significantly increased the concentration of this center. ENDOR identified a strong hyperfine interaction with one aluminum neighbor along the c axis and weaker equivalent hyperfine interactions with three additional aluminum neighbors …

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Perceptions Of Leadership And School Climate Through Eyes Of Principals And Teachers Of Appalachian No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools, (Nclbbrs), Suzanne H. R. Goodall May 2008

Perceptions Of Leadership And School Climate Through Eyes Of Principals And Teachers Of Appalachian No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools, (Nclbbrs), Suzanne H. R. Goodall

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This research investigated the possibility of a relationship existing between principals' leadership frame(s) and school climate in public elementary or middle school level NCLBBRS located in the Appalachian Region States. The population included principals and teachers from all 245 NCLBBRS between 2003--2006 in Appalachia who were invited to participate. The sample consisted of principals and teachers from 35 schools. Each state had at least one NCLBBRS represented.;Three questionnaires, the Bolman and Deal Leadership Orientations (Self), (B&DS), for principals, the Bolman and Deal Leadership Orientations (Other) questionnaire, (B&DO), for teachers, and the Charles F. Kettering Ltd. School Climate Profile, (CFKLSCP), for …

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Effects Of A Mind-Consciousness-Thought (Mct) Intervention On Stress And Well-Being In Freshman Nursing Students, Judith A. Sedgeman May 2008

Effects Of A Mind-Consciousness-Thought (Mct) Intervention On Stress And Well-Being In Freshman Nursing Students, Judith A. Sedgeman

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An emerging "health" paradigm, Mind-Consciousness-Thought (MCT), proposes that three universal Principles, Mind (life energy), Consciousness (the capacity to be aware of thinking as "reality"), and Thought (the ability to create thinking continually), explain how psychological experience is created from the inside-out, not created from the outside-in by events and circumstances. It proposes that life comes through us, not at us. It proposes that insight into the existence and operation of those principles reconnects people to their innate mental well-being, an always accessible source of balance, wisdom, and creativity (i.e., resiliency). It proposes that accessing mental well-being is incompatible with chronic …

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Design Validation Methodology Development For An Aircraft Sensor Deployment System, Zenovy S. Wowczuk May 2008

Design Validation Methodology Development For An Aircraft Sensor Deployment System, Zenovy S. Wowczuk

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The OCULUS 1.0 Sensor Deployment concept design, was developed in 2004 at West Virginia University (WVU), outlined the general concept of a deployment system to be used on a C-130 aircraft. As a sequel, a new system, OCULUS 1.1, has been developed and designed. The new system transfers the concept system design to a safety of flight design, and also enhanced to a pre-production system to be used as the test bed to gain full military certification approval. The OCULUS 1.1 system has an implemented standard deployment system/procedure to go along with a design suited for military certification and implementation. …

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Factors That Affect College Students' Attitude Toward Mathematics, Erin N. Goodykoontz May 2008

Factors That Affect College Students' Attitude Toward Mathematics, Erin N. Goodykoontz

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Many students have poor attitudes toward mathematics. This mixed methods study investigates factors that affect college students' attitudes toward mathematics as well as what may be done to reverse or prevent poor student attitudes in the future. Ninety-nine college algebra students completed a retrospective quantitative survey in order to amass numerical data and guide interview choices. Twenty-three of the ninety-nine students were interviewed to gain in-depth knowledge of what factors affect their attitude as well as suggestions on improving these attitudes.;From this study, student attitudes are most affected by four external factors: the teacher, teaching style, classroom environment, and assessments …

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Attitudes And Knowledge Of Forestry By High School Agricultural Education Teachers In West Virginia, Kristin R. Lockerman Friend May 2008

Attitudes And Knowledge Of Forestry By High School Agricultural Education Teachers In West Virginia, Kristin R. Lockerman Friend

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The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes and knowledge of high school agricultural education teachers in West Virginia towards forestry. A descriptive research design was used for this study. Of the 86 West Virginia high school agricultural teachers selected for this study 40 teachers responded for a response rate of 47%. Of the responding teachers 85% wanted or needed more information on forestry. Also 57% of the responding teachers had not taken any other formal forestry training besides their college course work. When respondents were asked to react to the following statement: "agricultural education teachers need more …

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Growth And Survival Of Eleven Planted Tree Species On A Reclaimed Surface Mine In West Virginia, Paul Emerson May 2008

Growth And Survival Of Eleven Planted Tree Species On A Reclaimed Surface Mine In West Virginia, Paul Emerson

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Commercial forestry as a post-mining land use in West Virginia requires an average of 1.2-m or more of weathered brown sandstone and topsoil on the spoil surface after regrading to the final land topography. Commercially valuable hardwood trees are to be planted in this substrate, and survival and growth of these trees must be monitored over a 12-year bonding period. Success of the commercial hardwood planting is based on the growth of white pine ( Pinus strobus L.), which must achieve greater than 0.45 meters of average growth per year. At the Catenary surface mine in 2005, three, 2.8-ha plots …

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Subsurface Stratigraphy And Depositional Patterns Of The Lower Mississippian Weir Zone Of Doddridge County, West Virginia, With Emphasis On Reservoir Potential, John Hamilton Tellers May 2008

Subsurface Stratigraphy And Depositional Patterns Of The Lower Mississippian Weir Zone Of Doddridge County, West Virginia, With Emphasis On Reservoir Potential, John Hamilton Tellers

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The Weir zone of Doddridge County, West Virginia, is considered to be an unconventional reservoir due to its low permeability. Analysis of this zone was performed using well log data from 300 wells, a full-bore core of the Weir, and petrographic thin sections. Three lithologies occur within the Weir: coarse siltstone, fine siltstone, and claystone. Bedforms were identified using a combination of FMI, thin section, and core analysis. The Weir is interpreted to have been deposited on an outer shelf under the influence of shoaling internal waves. Log analysis provided data showing the unit to have a mineral composition of …

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Spatial Modeling Of Propagule Pressure In Ailanthus Altissima, Matthew A. Kaproth May 2008

Spatial Modeling Of Propagule Pressure In Ailanthus Altissima, Matthew A. Kaproth

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Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven) is a non-native invasive tree spreading within central Appalachia. This dioecious, deciduous, and allelopathic species copiously produces samaras, capable of traveling at least 200 m through primary wind-dispersal. Removal of A. altissima individuals prior to timbering and other forest disturbances may help prevent spread into forest interiors. To aid in species management, this study investigated the use of remote sensing to identify the location and abundance of samaras in mixed mesophytic forests through supervised classifications. From empirical measurements, the estimated number of seeds per classified unit area was determined and the relationship between quantified propagule …

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Application Of The Biolog Microplate System To Monitor The Physiological Response Of Heat-Stressed Bacteria, Matthew G. Mccarroll May 2008

Application Of The Biolog Microplate System To Monitor The Physiological Response Of Heat-Stressed Bacteria, Matthew G. Mccarroll

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The BIOLOG microplate system was originally evaluated by Miller and Rhoden (1991) for its ability to correctly identify clinical and environmental isolates. The system determines identity based on the exchange of electrons produced during utilization of a carbon substrate and subsequent respiration, leading to the reduction of a tetrazolium-based color change. Enteric bacteria ( Escherichia coli, Enterobacter sakazakii, and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium) were exposed to heat stress (52°C) and samples were removed as a function of time (0, 15, 30 and 90 min). Stressed cells were monitored with traditional viable cell counts and inoculated into BIOLOG GN plates. The …

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Putative Role Of Palmitate And Akt Signaling In Attenuating Skeletal Muscle Growth In The Obese Zucker Rat, Jonathan Michael Peterson May 2008

Putative Role Of Palmitate And Akt Signaling In Attenuating Skeletal Muscle Growth In The Obese Zucker Rat, Jonathan Michael Peterson

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The Obese zucker rat (OZR) is a model of obesity and metabolic syndrome, with a reduced skeletal muscle mass compared with the lean zucker rat (LZR). Growth and hypertrophy of muscle fibers critically depend on activation and differentiation of satellite cells into new myonuclei, as well as the prevention of myonuclear apoptosis. Akt is known to regulate satellite cell activation and differentiation and inhibit apoptotic signaling. Akt activity is also reduced in the OZR compared to the LZR. The present study had two primary purposes; first, to observe, in vitro, the effects of the saturated free fatty acid palmitate on …

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Cycles In Graph Theory And Matroids, Ju Zhou May 2008

Cycles In Graph Theory And Matroids, Ju Zhou

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A circuit is a connected 2-regular graph. A cycle is a graph such that the degree of each vertex is even. A graph G is Hamiltonian if it has a spanning circuit, and Hamiltonian-connected if for every pair of distinct vertices u, v ∈ V( G), G has a spanning (u, v)-path. A graph G is s-Hamiltonian if for any S ⊆ V (G) of order at most s, G -- S has a Hamiltonian-circuit, and s-Hamiltonian connected if for any S ⊆ V( G) of order at most s, G -- S is Hamiltonian-connected. In this dissertation, we investigated …

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Social Anxiety And Facial Affect Recognition In Preschool Children, Chelsea M. Ale May 2008

Social Anxiety And Facial Affect Recognition In Preschool Children, Chelsea M. Ale

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Previous research relating anxiety and facial affect recognition, focusing mostly on school-aged children and adults, has yielded mixed results. The current study sought to demonstrate an association among behavioral inhibition and parent-reported social anxiety, shyness, social withdrawal and facial affect recognition performance using the Diagnostic Analysis of Nonverbal Accuracy Scale in 30 preschool children, ages 4 years to 5 years 8 months. Results indicated that social anxiety, social withdrawal, shyness, and behavioral inhibition together account for 25% of the variance in facial affect recognition performance, although this proportion was not statistically significant r2 = .25, F(4,24) = 1.95, p = …

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Assessing The Limitations Of Oak In Osb, Brian D. Cox May 2008

Assessing The Limitations Of Oak In Osb, Brian D. Cox

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Recent studies show that oak logging residue makes up a disproportionate amount of the total residue left behind after the harvest (Grushecky et al. 2006). The majority of logging residue tends to be low-grade wood. A primary outlet for low-grade wood in WV is oriented strand board (OSB) mills. Currently, a very small percentage of oak species is utilized in OSB, largely due to the inability to produce quality strands from oak and partially due to the uncertainty of quantity that may be used in panels.;This research investigated the stranding of oak species along with utilizing oak strands in the …

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Hydroacoustic Assessment Of Resident Species In The Ugashik Lakes, Alaska, Garrett James Staines May 2008

Hydroacoustic Assessment Of Resident Species In The Ugashik Lakes, Alaska, Garrett James Staines

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The Ugashik Lakes in southwest Alaska are a large, remote, thereimictic system that does not thermally stratify during the ice-free season. Little research has been done on the resident species of this system and others similar to it. However, with such little baseline information management agencies are still responsible for management of these lakes. In order to provide baseline data on the Ugashik Lakes resident species, hydroacoustic (2001-06) and gillnet (2004-06) surveys were performed.;Chapter 2 uses specific data gathered from the hydroacoustic unit to produce a target strength (TS) and length relationship for salmonids found in the Ugashik Lakes. The …

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Effects Of Atmospheric Acid Deposition And Single Versus Mixed Leaf Litters On Foliar Litter Decomposition, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus And Calcium Dynamics In A Regenerating Forest, Prinith Sumudu Munasinghe May 2008

Effects Of Atmospheric Acid Deposition And Single Versus Mixed Leaf Litters On Foliar Litter Decomposition, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus And Calcium Dynamics In A Regenerating Forest, Prinith Sumudu Munasinghe

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Increases in atmospheric N deposition over the past decades have raised concerns over nitrogen (N) retention and carbon (C) and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. We conducted two litter decomposition studies at the Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) study at the Fernow Experimental Forest (FEF) in West Virginia. In the LTSP study acid deposition is simulated by periodic ammonium sulfate additions (N+S). Other treatments include control (ref) (no additions or reference) and ammonium sulfate plus lime (lime). Fresh litter was collected from treatment plots in November. Air-dried litter was weighed, and placed in nylon litter bags. Litter bags were placed in …

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Water Quality Changes Over Time In Upper Freeport And Pittsburgh Coal Mines In West Virginia, Ben M. Mack May 2008

Water Quality Changes Over Time In Upper Freeport And Pittsburgh Coal Mines In West Virginia, Ben M. Mack

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The objective of this research was to determine the changes in acidity, sulfate, iron, aluminum, and calcium concentrations over time in above-drainage, underground mines. Water analyses were compiled from four sampling dates for two coal seams. Results for all sites showed declines in all parameters. Acidity decreases from the 40 sites were compared to three acidity decay curves. The data most closely matched the 5 percent decay curve. Acidity values from a different mine most closely matched the 10 percent decay curve during its first 12 years after closure. None of the five parameters showed significant relationships with either decade …

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Determining Preoperative And Postoperative Predictors Of Physical Health Status In Open -Heart Surgery Patients, Kristy S. Chunta May 2008

Determining Preoperative And Postoperative Predictors Of Physical Health Status In Open -Heart Surgery Patients, Kristy S. Chunta

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Background. Studies that have explored the experiences of open-heart surgery patients have reported that incongruent or unrealistic expectations have lead to negative feelings of anger, disappointment, and frustration. Physical Health Status (PHS) limitations after open-heart surgery have resulted in negative emotions such as anxiety and depression. Depressive symptoms have been correlated with lower improvement in PHS and decreased physical and emotional recovery after surgery.;Purpose. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship among expectations, anxiety, depression, and PHS and to determine predictors of postoperative PHS in open-heart surgery patients.;Methods. A convenience sample (N = 54) was recruited from …

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Effectiveness Of An Educational Intervention On The Attitudes Toward Sport Psychology Of Athletic Training Students, Damien Clement May 2008

Effectiveness Of An Educational Intervention On The Attitudes Toward Sport Psychology Of Athletic Training Students, Damien Clement

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Although previous research of athletes' attitudes toward sport psychology consulting (Anderson et al. 2004, Martin, 2005) has proven its usefulness, the literature seems to be lacking any similar assessment of athletic training students' attitudes toward sport psychology. Neither has the effectiveness of an educational intervention been assessed with regard to athletic training students' attitudes toward sport psychology. This is surprising given the important role that sport psychology plays in injury rehabilitation. As a result, the primary aim of the current study was to assess the attitudes of athletic training students toward sport psychology and, subsequently, determine the effectiveness of an …

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