Masters Theses
JMU Scholarly Commons is the home for electronic theses from 2009 to 2019.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Fingerprint fuzzy vault: Security analysis and a new scheme, Patrick J.B. Perry
Examining the effects of d-amphetamine on discounting in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), Daniel Joseph Peterson
For Dixie children: Teaching students what it meant to be Confederate Americans through their textbooks, Nathan Richard Samuel Ryalls
The portable sensor network: Conceptualization and development of a modular, upgradable, and reusable sensor system for the provision of offensive and defensive surveillance, Brandon Curtis Sanders
An analysis of the application of best management practices in collaborative watershed management to community-based sustainable development, Rebecca Holthaus Sappenfield
Cycling time trial performance is not enhanced by either whey protein or L-alanine intake during prolonged exercise, Adam B. Schroer
A culture of anatomy: The public writings of American Anatomists, 1800-1870, Mary Patricia Schwanz
Effectiveness of environmental impact assessment process in the Maltese Islands, Romina Sciberras
A system dynamics analysis of the growth in Virginia's residential electricity consumption trends, 1980-2010., Raguram Sellakkannu
The implications of undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea on resting hemodynamic variables in cardiac rehabilitation patients, Brooke Marie Shafer
Economic life cycle assessment of aeration blowers used in waste water treatment systems, Manogaran Shriram
Developing a learning environment for the Edwards Aquifer with a base in systems thinking and dynamics, James Everette Simon III
A novel RCC1-like protein is a crucial regulator of the intraerythrocytic cycle of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum., Marcus Davon Skaflen
The effect of leadership on job morale for graduate students, Nicole Rose Terrell
Failure of imagination: Gender integration and negotiated identities at the United States Air Force Academy, Amelia Frances Underwood
Formulaic women?: The disparity between the 12th century reality of noblewomen in England and the 12th century chronicles' depiction of English noblewomen, Kimberly Wharton
Effects of chronic marijuana use on circadian rhythms, sleep, and cognitive performance, Lauren Nicole Whitehurst
Where feet are as light as feathers (a world of things), Katie Zickefoose
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Influence of trainees’ characteristics and organizational climate on training transfer, Sukaynah Abdullah Alsaleem
Self / center, Jason J. Anderson
The impact of positive reinforcement strategies on increased job performance in a Virginia University facilities management department, Brandon Keith Artis
Using longitudinal mean and covariance structures (LMACS) analysis to assess construct stability over two time points: An example with psychological entitlement, Bozhidar Mihaylov Bashkov
Interaction between source and filter in vowel identification, Christopher James Becker
Academic freedom, contingent faculty, and social rectitude, David Austin Bingler
Knowledge and understanding of gluten and the gluten-free diet by students at James Madison University, Jessica Grace Bissinger
The role of country music in homonegativistic aggression, Alex Manuel Borgella
Analyzing land-cover change within North West rural landscapes, Chantal Cassar
Intercollegiate cross-country competition: Racing is associated with a substantial increase in salivary levels of cortisol and testosterone in men and women, Kathleen Virginia Casto
Impact of collaborative online formative evaluation of the learning environment in a higher education course, Aaron Joseph Clark
Food web subsidies in intermittent streams: Implications for small isolated populations of native brook trout, Jennifer Lauren Courtwright
Sulfur dioxide trends in Malta: A statistical computing approach, Nicholas Desira
Art from the outpost, field notes, new territory, and the invisible hamster, Dymphna De Wild
Lipophilic and hydrophilic quantitative analysis of antioxidant activity in tomatoes and tomato products, Anna Tran Dinh
Floristic survey of the vascular plants of Shenandoah County, Virginia, Brinton Evan Domangue
Energy audits in Malta, Trustin Farrugia Cann
Advantages and challenges of unmanned aerial vehicle autonomy in the Postheroic age, Nathan Richards Fields
Measuring cost: The forgotten component of expectancy value theory, Jessica Kay Flake
Development of a best practices manual for the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind for Schools Project, Jessica Coleman Fox
Longitudinal invariance of the Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy, Jerusha Joy Gerstner
Individualizing certification requirements and professional development for adult ESOL teachers: Differences between full-time, part-time, and volunteer teachers, Constance M. Gillison
Blackstarting the North American power grid after a nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event or major solar storm, Joshua Good
Aerobic and skeletal muscle architectural adaptations to concurrent marathon and circuit resistance training, Cory J. Greever
LGBTQ music majors’ experiences of social climates and developing identities in music education settings, Anna Elizabeth Matijasic Hennessy
Signs of the times, Felicia Hersh
A question of Indian identity in the Plecker Era: The Monacan Indian Nation in the twentieth century, Jennifer Marie Huff
"The American Canaan": Eighteenth century Trans-Appalachian migration, Lauren C. James
Assessing the utility of a brief Abstinence Test for initiating caffeine abstinence, Bradley T. Joachim
Investigating motor training in people who stutter using fNIRs, Kristen Michelle Johnson
One nation under salary: Business, critics, and the body in the 1950s, Thomas Andrew Joyce
Celts and Romans: The transformation from natural to civic religion, Matthew Taylor Kennedy
Hidden kisses, walled gardens, and angel-kinder: A Study of the Victorian and Edwardian conceptions of motherhood and childhood in Little Women, The Secret Garden, and Peter Pan, Leah Marie Kirkpatrick
The emergence of language as a function of brain-hemispheric feedback, Eric Alexander La Freniere
The threat to the U.S. 7th Fleet by the Chinese, Mohammed Lamrani
The effects of acute garlic supplementation on fibrinolytic potential in young, healthy, trained males, David J. Lawton
Effects of soccer headgear on cognitive function immediately following heading, Maegan Renae Michalik
Forensic analysis of linux physical memory: Extraction and resumption of running processes., Ernest D. Mougoue
Drafting effects of the third-position cyclist on the second-position cyclist’s power output in a three-man drafting line, William Alan Norman
Evocation of memory and place, Colleen Pendry
Assessing the feasibility of small hydropower in Northern California, Andrea Peterson
Certified athletic trainer's knowledge on sports hernias, Stephanie M. Pikus
Implementation of signal conditioning circuitry for CO2 sensor for monitoring CO2 emissions from coal fired power plant in Neyveli Lignite Corporation (Tamil Nadu, India), Muruganand Prabhakaran
Economic analysis of the Upper South River Special Regulation Area in Augusta County, Virginia, Brian Rapp
The effect of garlic supplementation on flow-mediated dilation after acute maximal exercise, Leslie C. Redmond
Understanding marine ecosystem services in Malta: A focus on climate regulation, nursery habitat and recreational services, Erin Marie Reilly
Are all things equal in the back row?: Issues of bias and the female percussionist, Pamela Rae Riggles
Piano proficiency among choral directors, Heather Anderson Robertson
Measuring employability among college students: A validity study, Megan Rodgers
Individual differences and basic logic ability, Christopher R. Runyon
Should we change the way we model change? Comparing traditional and modern techniques in modeling change in sense of identity over time, Kelli Marie Samonte
“Endangering the stability of slavery”: Black freedom in the Upper South, 1820-1850, Ashley K. Schmidt
The impact of educational programs and support structures on success in the classroom for college students with learning disabilities, Kendra Wynne Scott
Identity management in a public IaaS Cloud, William T. Skinner III
University health center employee perceptions of their new hire experience: Implications for a new employee orientation, Diane Mummau Smith
"A cosmic Rorschach test": The origins and development of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, 1959-1971, Sierra E. Smith
Domestic bliss, Carrie D. Spencer
"All I could to save Our state" Black Virginians' participation in the Great War, Derick Stackpole
An exploratory study of group exercise participants: Factors contributing to retention in a medical non-profit fitness setting, Sharon Newcomer Stiteler
Perceived responsibility for learning in college students: A construct validity study, Matthew S. Swain
Methodology and automated metadata extraction from multiple volume shadow copies, Henri Michael van Goethem
Training practicum students in child-directed interaction: Efficacy of modeling versus bug-in-the-ear feedback, Sarah Elisabeth Vasquez
Political aspirations of Colonial women: The correspondence of Mercy Otis Warren and Abigail Smith Adams, Jillian LaRue Viar
Capturing a complex moment: Pictorial representations of the Shenandoah Valley in the mid-twentieth century, Angela Lee Walthall
Gathering validity evidence for the Community Service-Learning Assessment Test (CSAT), Tanja N. Waugh
Soldiers in an all volunteer force, Joshua Aaron Webster
Metocean data management and modeling to support U.S. offshore wind power development in the Mid-Atlantic, Whitney Amanda West
Interior vs. war: The development of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and The Transfer Debates, 1849–1880., Eric M. White
Formative assessment: Comparing immediate and delayed feedback, Jacob W. Williams
Investigating the compatibility between Natura 2000 site protection and geomorphological landscapes, Faye Zammit
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The impact of teacher leadership traits and modeling on offender self-efficacy: A case study, Marianne Allen
The role of the nascent polypeptide-associated complex in Caenorhabditis elegans, Paul T. Arsenovic
The effects of sr2w-1 supplementation on cycling performance and muscle fatigue, Tara Ali Ata
Concurrent aerobic exercise interferes with the satellite cell response to acute resistance exercise in MHC I muscle fibers, Lyle W. Babcock
Technology assessment of hydrokinetic energy: Run-of-river and in-stream tidal systems, Andréa René Badger
Spatial and temporal diffusion of agricultural best management practice adoption in the South Fork Shenandoah River Watershed., Megan Renee Bauer
The effect of interactivity in an online course on behavior change and self-efficacy among health care professionals, Monica Blackwell
