Masters Theses

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Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Impediment sensitive-role based access control, Joseph Frederick Blumberg

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The examination of the feasibility of implementing a biosphere reserve in the Maltese Islands : Applying a conservation value evaluation framework, Alexander Borg

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Proposing a path for sustainability curricula: Identifying core thinking and learning elements for sustainability higher education, Timothy F. Botkin

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A case study in wetlands conservation: Identifying best management practices for landowner stewardship, Allison M. Bredbenner

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The relationship between self-esteem and social Influence: An empirical comparison of two theoretical models, Chauncy Thomas Brinton

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Building a better Brit: Imperialism and masculinity in the lives and works of H. Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling, Zachary David Cady

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An attitudinal study of parental preferences toward programs for underprivileged youth in a small city school, Jessica Marie Cave

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Teaching music to students with multiple disabilities: A study into teachers' perspectives and practices for self-contained general music instruction, Angela D. Clemens

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"By reason of birth", Cheyenne Kody Crawford

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A poultry all-hazard threat, vulnerability, and capability assessment with Rockingham County Fire Rescue., Daniel Robert Dales

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The Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke company and the growth and decline of Southern Appalachia’s iron industry: 1880-1930., Patrick Dalton Dickerson

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An insult to authority: The Jewish means to a Nazi end, Samuel Joseph Preston Anno di Stefano

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Effect of diet induced weight loss and exercise on hsCReactive protein in sedentary postmenopausal women, Jennifer Donnelly

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Small wind industry, stakeholder, and site analysis in support of the small wind training and testing facility at James Madison University, Curt Louis Dvonch

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Integrated waste management as a climate change stabilization wedge for the Maletese Islands, Clyde Falzon

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The wounds of the Dakota War, Sara Louisa Flint

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‘The eco-Gozo vision’: A study set against criteria of good governance and sustainability, Amity Gauci

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Preservation of the Old Dominion: The role of national security concerns in the Virginia Ratification Debates, Joseph Harrington

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Initiation of a framework for closed-loop, integrated design and planning for the simplest of building types, vernacular stuctures, Vedad Hasanovic

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Variation in the branching pattern of the four major caudal vessels emerging from the external carotid artery, Sara B. Heltzel

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The logic of aid: American foreign policy and USAID in Rwanda, Ariel F. Hendrickson

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The supreme brother-in-law: Ramón Serrano Suñer and Spanish Fascism during the Franco Regime, Brian David Hill

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The impact of cheating on IRT equating under the non-equivalent anchor test design, Daniel Pacheco Jurich

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Examining student employees' perceptions of their roles in an outbound call center, Chiquita Irene King

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Gathering further validity evidence for the academic entitlement questionnaire: Examining the relationship between noncompliance and academic entitlement, Jason Paul Kopp

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A technology assessment of on-farm renewable energy carbon mitigation strategies, Laura Kossey

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The necessary blend of narrative and technology in composition: Identity crisis embraced, Jessica A. Lewis

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The effects of the walking workstation on work productivity and selected physiological measurements, Tracey Lytle

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Life in the open air: The persistence of outdoor air treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis patients in America from the Industrial Revolution to the 1950s, Tara Darlene Mastrangelo

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The relationship between physical activity recommendations and diabetes risk factors in pregnant women, Kelly Mattran

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The relation between delay discounting and disordered eating in college women, Lindsey Alanna Mayberry

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Rhetoric of plagiarism: Problems, opportunities, and interactions, Michael Patrick Morrison

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A bioaugmentation approach to the prevention of chytridiomycosis, Carly Muletz

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The effects of sr2w-1 supplementation on high-intensity cycling performance and lactate metabolism, Kevin A. Murach

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From individual salvation to social salvation: Why evangelist B. Fay Mills changed his revival message, Constance P. Murray

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Volume of physical activity and hemostatic variables in pregnant women, Christine Nicewonger

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A study of solar power implementation business model options for Grand Junction, Colorado, Virginia Phillips

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Development of a methodology for dormitory energy load estimation and analysis, John Michael Real

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Comparison of carotid, brachial, and popliteal intima media thickness among sedentary and physically active subjects between 40 and 60 years old, Amanda Robinson

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Interleukin-3 promotes susceptibility in a mouse model of Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Bryan Lewis Saunders

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A system dynamics approach towards assessing Posidonia oceanica habitat, Justine Schembri

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Influence of estradiol and exercise on foot laxity, ankle laxity, and plantar loading in college athletes, Kristina Teri Silke

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A systematic evaluation of the immediate feedback assessment technique, Whitney Flemming Smiley

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"For the fracture of good order," The Catonsville Nine protest and legacy, Timothy Joseph Stefonowich

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And the showmen cried, “Spirit!”: Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s search for the truth behind modern Spiritualism, Stefanie Marie Strosnider-Hollis

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A taxonomic revision of the endemic members of Varronia P. Br. (Cordiaceae) in the Galápagos Islands, Julia Kathryn Stutzman

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Fixing belief: Artificial preservatives, James Walker Tufts IV

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Learning environments, instructional strategies, and instructional methods for the training, development, and success of employees with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Jessica Wade

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Aligning organizational culture to training and development in a spiritually based company, Jasmine Williams

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Ontogeny of postcranial morphology and locomotor behavior in Propithecus verreauxi coquereli and Lemur catta, Stephanie Ann Wolf

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The genetic influence on the placebo effect specific to exercise performance, Jennifer Wu

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Investigating hydrogen enhanced combustion in a sustainability context, Glenn Zammit

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Integrating multimodal composition techniques in first-year writing courses: Theory and praxis, Bret Zawilski

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Residential solar energy in the Valley: A feasibility assessment and carbon mitigation, Deanna Leigh Zimmerman

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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The independent and combined effects of carbohydrate and caffeine ingestion on cycling performance, Tiffany L. Acker

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System dynamics of diabetes in the presence of social determinants, Victoria Akins

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Reforming the approach to e-banking in the Middle East, Omer M. Al-Khanchi

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The correlates of computer use and academic achievement among college students from low income backgrounds, George Darwin Banks Jr.

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The advent of universal public education in Virginia and its Valley: Reconstruction through the Progressive Era, 1865-1920, Paul N. Belmont III

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Altered carbohydrate and protein content in sports beverages: Influence on recovery from heavy endurance exercise, Christopher Boop

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An examination of the construct validity of the Hong Psychological Reactance Scale, Allison Brown

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The involvement of the special needs student in the competitive field of marching band in Virginia, John Mark Campbell

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Predictive modeling for non-profit fundraising, Qin Chen

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Adolescent characteristics that contribute to family conflict in families with adolescents with ADHD, Olivia Adelle Christensen

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Moonshining in Rockingham County: A case study on oral traditions and folkways, Tiffany W. Cole

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Integrated waste management in Malta-Future scenario development, Ruth DeBrincat

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Project dynamics: An analysis of the purpose and value of system dynamics applied to information technology project management, Timothy Charles Delobe

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Identifying landscape quality objectives for Gozo, Stephanie Farrugia

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The center for STEM Education and Outreach at James Madison University: A case study for using system dynamics and the balanced scorecard to perform strategic planning, Bader Fazea

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Builders and wanderers: How two tomboys escape gender conformity in Katherine Paterson’s Newbery-winning novels, Laura J. Fly

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Effect of deep oscillation therapy on the reduction of swelling and pain following acute ankle sprain, Lisa Marie Friesen

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Incognesia, Holly George

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Influence of genotype variations on markers of skeletal muscle recovery from heavy endurance exercise, and on responses to carbohydrate-protein supplementation, Qingnian Goh

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Assessing the potential benefits of learning about environmental issues through a systems thinking pedagogy, Abigail Noble Graefe

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Exploring sustainable environmental management practices for golf courses in semi-arid environments, Angelica V. Gurule

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Using an adjusting amount procedure to investigate impulsivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), Phillip Andrew Halsey

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Desertification and political onstability in the Tigris and Euphrates River Basins, Kanar Hamza

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The figure of the nun and the gothic construction of femininity in Matthew Lewis’s The Monk, Ann Radcliffe’s The Italian, and Charlotte Brontë’s Villette, Marie Hause

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Integrating custom mapping and structure preplanning with gis for emergency responders, Zachary M. Hittie

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From seed to harvest: A comparative life cycle assessment of conventional vs. organic cotton agriculture, Rebecca Hoehn

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Wearing my heart on my sleeve, Sam Hunter

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Addressing response requirements and behavioral costs in contingency management for smoking cessation, Brantley Phillip Jarvis

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Spiritual nature, Carolyn Elaine Kent

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The efficacy of caffeine supplementation in collegiate tennis players and the magnitude of improvement in tennis skill mediated by caffeine influenced by a polymorphism of the CYP1A2 gene, Courtney Klein

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The co-development of manual and vocal activity in infants, Holly Meadowsweet Koegler

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Predicting police aggression: Using theory to inform police selection assessment, James Robert Koepfler

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The homestead: Revisited, Christopher William Kramer

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Fish community response to the addtion of wood in Smith Creek, Virginia, Chastine Daniel Kyger

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Interteaching and the testing effect: How quizzes alter the efficacy of interteaching, Tonya Lambert

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3000 steps in 30 minutes, five days per week yields metabolic improvements compared to 150 weekly minutes, Valerie Ann Lambert

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Chemotaxis of amphibian pathogen batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the presence and absence of antifungal metabolites produced by amphibian skin bacteria, Brianna Ashlyn Lam

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The impact of culture on self-objectification and risky appearance management behaviors in college females: A path analytic model, Ellyn Leighton-Herrmann

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Activation of GABAA and 5HT1A receptors in the raphe pallidus abolish the cardiovascular responses to stress in conscious rats, Nhut Minh Pham Le

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The effects of caffeine on delay discounting in humans, Andrew Dylan Markham

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Examining the role of cognitive ability and individual thinking dispositions in moral judgment, Kimberly R. Marsh

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English as a second language: The impact of teacher responsiveness to implementing the sheltered instruction observation protocol model, Diana Meza

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The effects of study abroad programs on teachers' professional development, Bahar Mikael

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Through grace alone, Lynne Adair Moir

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The relationship between blood iron markers, nutritional intakes and bone mineral density, Leah Dawn Morrison

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Green buildings: A Maltese perspective, Kevin Muscat