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Treatment Of Acid Mine Drainage With Weirton Steel Slags, Prashant Seshadri Dec 2000

Treatment Of Acid Mine Drainage With Weirton Steel Slags, Prashant Seshadri

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Bed experiments were conducted to treat acid mine drainage with Weirton steel slag which contained 72.22% as Ca(OH)2 equivalent. The Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) sample was obtained from the T&T site located in northern West Virginia. The pH of the solution was 2.56 and the iron content was 89 ppm. The bed was constructed with tin-coated aluminum sheets and was 11&feet;8-1/4&inches; long, 2&inches; wide and 2&inches; high. The experiments were conducted by charging the bed half full with the slag particles (4 x 40 mesh) and then pumping AMD solution (T&T) through the bed. The flow rates used were 78 …

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Approaches To Creating Anonymous Patient Database, Shijun Shen Dec 2000

Approaches To Creating Anonymous Patient Database, Shijun Shen

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Health care providers, health plans and health care clearinghouses collect patient medical data derived from their normal operations every day. These patient data can greatly benefit the health care organization if data mining techniques are applied upon these data sets. However, individual identifiable patient information needs to be protected in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and the quality of patient data also needs to be ensured in order for data mining tasks achieve accurate results. This thesis describes a patient data transformation system which transforms patient data into high quality and anonymous patient records that is …

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Evidence For A Systemic Embryotoxic Effect Of Early Luteal Regression In The Ewe, Beth Alyson Costine Dec 2000

Evidence For A Systemic Embryotoxic Effect Of Early Luteal Regression In The Ewe, Beth Alyson Costine

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Experiments were performed to determine if a short-lived corpus luteum was embryotoxic in ewes given supplemental progesterone and the route of transfer of embryotoxic products. Mated ewes were lutectomized or sham lutectomized on day 4 after estrus. Following surgery, ewes received saline or PGF 2alpha through days 6 or 7. Pregnancy rate was reduced after treatment with PGF2alpha (P < 0.001) compared to controls and was increased in PGF2alpha-treated ewes by lutectomy (P < 0.05). Mated ewes with bilateral ovulations were unilaterally lutectomized, and each uterine horn was ligated to eliminate intercornual flow on day 4 after estrus. Treatment with PGF2alpha on day 5 through 8 reduced pregnancy rates (P < 0.01), but embryonic survival did not differ in the uterine horns ipsilateral or contralateral to the regressing CL. The regressing CL is embryotoxic in progesterone-supplemented ewes, and embryotoxic luteal products have been shown to act by non-local pathways.

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Subjective Norms, Attitudes, Body Mass Indices, And Self Esteem As Influences On Women's Body Image Behavior, Amy Martha Rogers Dec 2000

Subjective Norms, Attitudes, Body Mass Indices, And Self Esteem As Influences On Women's Body Image Behavior, Amy Martha Rogers

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate associations between perception of body image among women and their body image behaviors. A study was needed to determine the extent to which subjective norms, attitudes, beliefs, Body Mass Index, and self esteem were associated with body image behaviors. The target population in this study was female students at West Virginia University. Data collection was facilitated through an anonymous mailed questionnaire sent to 400 female students at West Virginia University. Components of Theory of Reasoned Action were used to develop a questionnaire. Questions assessed participants' attitudes and beliefs, subjective norms, and outcomes …

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Mapping Appalachia, Jennifer Hall Boggess Dec 2000

Mapping Appalachia, Jennifer Hall Boggess

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The complexities of natural and human events that make up the history of a place also create components of its image. Images, even those that are meant to describe limited, specific information, often reveal more than that which they were designed to tell. The maps that have been used in conjunction with traditional notions of landscape painting suggest that there is no single way to understand a place. They also hint of something ineffable but true emerging from their forms. The history of movement of people and natural forces, the arriving and leaving of individuals and cultures change the landscape. …

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Evaluation Of Survival And Recovery Characteristics Of Bifidobacteria As Indicators Of Fecal Pollution Of Water, John Elmer Ravenscroft Jr. Dec 2000

Evaluation Of Survival And Recovery Characteristics Of Bifidobacteria As Indicators Of Fecal Pollution Of Water, John Elmer Ravenscroft Jr.

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The examination of aquatic environments for bacterial indicator organisms has proven to be a useful and well-established practice for the purpose of monitoring microbiological water quality. An ideal indicator of fecal pollution should be present in sufficient density to allow detection, present simultaneous with pathogen(s), incapable of aftergrowth in external aquatic environments, easy to enumerate, and exclusively of fecal origin. Unfortunately, none of the indicator organisms presently in use today meet all of these requirements. Bifidobacteria show promise as indicators of fecal pollution in water with the additional ability of potentially distinguishing between fecal pollution of human and animal origin. …

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Embattled, Mark Tobin Moore Dec 2000

Embattled, Mark Tobin Moore

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Paintings in "Embattled" contain images of Second World War American soldiers from the 1998 motion picture, Saving Private Ryan , as well as from 1960s era DC and Marvel brand comics such as Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos, GI Combat, and Sgt. Rock. Also included are photocopies or real pieces of wallpaper, flowery fabrics, and snippets of text from popular culture sources. Specific paintings are discussed in relation to personal motivation regarding the use of selected visual metaphors and collage content, as well as the manipulation of traditional and nontraditional support materials such as canvas or pegboard. Creative influences …

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Encoding Of Periodic Skin Stimuli By Spinal Dorsal Horn Neurons, Jeffrey J. Lawson Dec 2000

Encoding Of Periodic Skin Stimuli By Spinal Dorsal Horn Neurons, Jeffrey J. Lawson

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The encoding of vibrotactile pitch by neurons of the somatosensory system has been investigated at many levels of the neuraxis. These studies, however, have not extended to the spinal dorsal horn, which is known to process low threshold mechanoreceptive input. The studies presented here were designed to assess the possible role of the dorsal horn in the encoding of vibrotactile pitch. To accomplish this task, dorsal horn single unit extracellular recordings were obtained during periodic electrical and sinusoidal mechanical stimulation of their receptive fields. Techniques used in classifying vibrotactile pitch encoding were similar to those used in other somatosensory nuclei, …

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Mycorrhizal Roles In Broomsedge Plants Under Phosphorus Limitation And Aluminum Toxicity, Jianchang Ning Dec 2000

Mycorrhizal Roles In Broomsedge Plants Under Phosphorus Limitation And Aluminum Toxicity, Jianchang Ning

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation examined roles of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, of which Glomus clarum is the primary species, in broomsedge (Andropogon virginicus) plants under limited Pi and elevated Al conditions in four studies. The inoculum originated from an acidic coal-mining site in Morgantown, WV. The inoculum of Glomus clarum from INVAM collection, which originated from an alkaline coal-mining site in WV, was also used in two of the studies. Plants were grown in an acid-washed sand culture system with a modified Hoagland's nutrient solution in a growth chamber.;Mycorrhizal fungal colonization pronouncedly enhanced growth of broomsedge plants under limited Pi and/or elevated Al …

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Alexander Von Humboldt And Nineteenth-Century Ideas On The Origin Of American Indians, Michael Anthony Wadyko Dec 2000

Alexander Von Humboldt And Nineteenth-Century Ideas On The Origin Of American Indians, Michael Anthony Wadyko

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation revolves around Alexander von Humboldt's research on Indian origins. Humboldt conducted investigations on Indians during his precedent-setting scientific expedition to Meso- and South America during the years 1799--1804. Officially sponsored by the Spanish crown, the main purposes for this expedition were twofold: to examine, evaluate, and discredit Buffon's "degeneracy" claims about America and its inhabitants, and to gather empirical evidence on geography, climate, flora, fauna, and the indigenous cultures. From these results Humboldt published three major works about the expedition, particularly a thirty-volume work condensed to two volumes, Vues de Cordilleres et monuments des peuples d' Amerique.;From this …

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Characterization Of The Airway Epithelial Bioelectric Mechanisms Associated With The Effects Of Epithelium-Derived Relaxing Factor In Guinea Pig-Isolated Trachea, Richard Alan Johnston Dec 2000

Characterization Of The Airway Epithelial Bioelectric Mechanisms Associated With The Effects Of Epithelium-Derived Relaxing Factor In Guinea Pig-Isolated Trachea, Richard Alan Johnston

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In response to elevated serosal or mucosal tonicity, guinea-pig tracheal epithelium releases the non-nitric oxide, non-prostanoid, epithelium-derived relaxing factor (EpDRF), which subsequently diffuses to the underlying airway smooth muscle to initiate relaxation. Hypertonicity-induced smooth muscle relaxation via EpDRF involves epithelial Na+ and Cl- channels and is preceded by a depolarization of the transepithelial potential difference (Vms). By utilizing two different experimental systems, this study sought to characterize further the airway epithelial bioelectric mechanisms associated with the effects of EpDRF in guinea-pig isolated trachea.;First, this study attempted to elucidate which epithelial ion channels and/or transporters are involved in the depolarization of …

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Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry For The Analysis Of Proteins And Small Molecules, Gregg A. Pratt Dec 2000

Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry For The Analysis Of Proteins And Small Molecules, Gregg A. Pratt

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In this document methods for the analysis of proteins and small molecules by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS) are discussed. Section I contains an introduction to ESI-MS, including a brief history of mass spectrometry, a discussion of the current theories developed to explain the mechanisms at work during the electrospray process, and an explanation of Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry (IT-MS), the type of mass analyzer used for the studies outlined in subsequent chapters.;Section II is devoted to the analysis of proteins by ESI-MS. Chapter 2 gives an overview of protein structure and reviews previous work in the area of protein …

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Cultural Commentary: The Demographer Who Stole Christmas, William C. Levin Dec 2000

Cultural Commentary: The Demographer Who Stole Christmas, William C. Levin

Bridgewater Review

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Faculty Profile: James Quinn Dec 2000

Faculty Profile: James Quinn

Bridgewater Review

Profile of Professor James Quinn of the Theater Department.

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Oig Bulletin Hightlights Schizophrenic Attitude In Cost-Saving Measures: Gainsharing Arrangements--Thier History, Use, And Future, Betsy Mccubrey Dec 2000

Oig Bulletin Hightlights Schizophrenic Attitude In Cost-Saving Measures: Gainsharing Arrangements--Thier History, Use, And Future, Betsy Mccubrey

North Carolina Law Review

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Most Favored Nation Status: China, Aaron Ward Dec 2000

Most Favored Nation Status: China, Aaron Ward

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

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Industrialized Violence: The Origins Of Genocide, Brandi Pennell Dec 2000

Industrialized Violence: The Origins Of Genocide, Brandi Pennell

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

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C. Vann Woodward's Exceptionalism, Morgan Knull Dec 2000

C. Vann Woodward's Exceptionalism, Morgan Knull

Civil War Book Review

Although the Civil War is a topic that historian C. Vann Woodward directly addressed only in late life, with the publication of Mary Chesnut's Civil War (Yale University Press, $21.00, ISBN 0300029799), it had long proven formative to his historical consciousness. The grandson of an Arkansas....

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Abraham Lincoln, Christianity, And Civil Religion, Harold Holzer Dec 2000

Abraham Lincoln, Christianity, And Civil Religion, Harold Holzer

Civil War Book Review

Allen C. Guelzo's new book fills a distinct void in modern Lincoln literature: it is an authoritative and rewarding study of Lincoln's evolving relationship to God and to ideas. And while the character who emerges may be a less-than-great Emancipator, he is also a greater-than-ever Unionist, and a f....

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After Midnight: Buried Treasure And Social Squabbles In Georgia's Low Country, Winston Groom Dec 2000

After Midnight: Buried Treasure And Social Squabbles In Georgia's Low Country, Winston Groom

Civil War Book Review

Readers who expect a Civil War story in Delirium of the Brave will be disappointed. The Civil War is just a gimmick used by William C. Harris, Jr. to set up his saga of several Savannah, Georgia, families from Civil War times till the present. It begins with a prologue in which the "Grand Dra....

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Bugle Call: How A Mississippi Private Came To Be Buried In Rhode Island, Craig R. Scott Dec 2000

Bugle Call: How A Mississippi Private Came To Be Buried In Rhode Island, Craig R. Scott

Civil War Book Review

Samuel Postlethwaite, a private in the 21st Mississippi Infantry, served the Confeder-ate States from the beginning of the CivilWar until his severe wounding at Malvern Hill in 1862. Following the War he resided in Mississippi and eventually moved north to live with the Greenes, his relatives in Rho....

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Class Act: After Sumter, West Point's Cadets Divided, Mitchell Mcnaylor Dec 2000

Class Act: After Sumter, West Point's Cadets Divided, Mitchell Mcnaylor

Civil War Book Review

Following the members of a particular West Point class through their military careers is rapidly becoming a sub-genre in military history. Ralph Kirshner's The Class of 1861 is the latest addition to the field. In the same vein as such books as John C. Waugh's The Class of 1846, Kirshn....

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Conrad's Chapbook: Sacred Duty Drew An Artist Home From Old Rome', John M. Coski Dec 2000

Conrad's Chapbook: Sacred Duty Drew An Artist Home From Old Rome', John M. Coski

Civil War Book Review

A wartime memoir by Conrad Wise Chapman, the most important soldier-artist of the Confederacy, represents a potential bounty for historians. Unfortunately, the memoir covers only one year and does not include Chapman's service in Virginia or in South Carolina, where hedocumented with paintings Charl....

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Davis Do Right: A Laudatory Biography Depicts Jeff Davis From His Own Perspective', Steven E. Woodworth Dec 2000

Davis Do Right: A Laudatory Biography Depicts Jeff Davis From His Own Perspective', Steven E. Woodworth

Civil War Book Review

Why has Jefferson Davis been the subject of so many poor biographies? Over the century since his death, the Confederate president has somehow inspired what is probably the worst overall body of literature of any great figure in American history. With the happy exception of William E. Dodd's brief 19....

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Duty First: Robert Gould Shaw In His Own Words And His Biographer's, James D. Hardy Jr. Dec 2000

Duty First: Robert Gould Shaw In His Own Words And His Biographer's, James D. Hardy Jr.

Civil War Book Review

On May 28, 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry (Colored) paraded through Boston on its way to the seat of war. It marched to the Common and the reviewing stands and passed "through the streets of Boston and into glory," as Duncan comments in his biography of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. Frederick Do....

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First Hurrah: Child Patriots Learned Their Education In The Field, George Mcnamara Dec 2000

First Hurrah: Child Patriots Learned Their Education In The Field, George Mcnamara

Civil War Book Review

In Callow Brave and True, Jay S. Hoar brings welcome relief to anyone who ever has struggled to substantiate reports about a particular great-great relative who was thought to be a Civil War drummer boy or a certain local burial site that allegedly contains the remains of a Civil War hero. Th....

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Forever Gallant: Cd-Rom And Print-On-Demand Technology Bring Back A Classic, Albert A. Nofi Dec 2000

Forever Gallant: Cd-Rom And Print-On-Demand Technology Bring Back A Classic, Albert A. Nofi

Civil War Book Review

These chapters from the Comte de Paris's multi-volume History of the Civil War in America, originally published as a one-volume work in 1886, collected here as The Battle of Gettysburg, provide a readable, generally clear treatment of the battle, with some surprising insights, such as ....

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Historical Actors: A Tour Of War Narrated For Children And Teachers, Carolyn P. Yoder Dec 2000

Historical Actors: A Tour Of War Narrated For Children And Teachers, Carolyn P. Yoder

Civil War Book Review

For children who really want to know what it felt like to take an active role in the past, The Civil War for Kids is it! The cast of characters to choose from is large. Sol-diers, nurses, officers, reporters, artists, doctors, spies, presidents, wives, and children play key role....

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Only Connect: Railroad Development And Race In The Confederate Corridor, Loren Schweninger Dec 2000

Only Connect: Railroad Development And Race In The Confederate Corridor, Loren Schweninger

Civil War Book Review

The scholarship on the middle period of the 19th century in the South has prolifer-ated to such an extent over the past few decades, that it seems almost impossible to offer a new and fresh interpretation of events, whether they are political, social, economic, or racial. Scott Reynolds Nelson has d....

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The Arousal Of Passions: Mob Rhetoric As An Antebellum Political Device, Andrew Burstein Dec 2000

The Arousal Of Passions: Mob Rhetoric As An Antebellum Political Device, Andrew Burstein

Civil War Book Review

The Dominion of Voice is an intelligent study in the character of democratic politics before the Civil War, challenging the ideal that reasoned argument is the healthiest means to resolve political conflict. The underlying issue in the book is anti-slavery. Instead of viewing passion as an un....

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