ODU theses and dissertations since 1965 are available in this collection.
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Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Thesis: Substance Abuse Treatment Referrals of U.S. Navy Personnel, Robert M. Storer
Thesis: Institutionalizing Gender and Sexuality in a Call-In Radio Advice Program: A Characterization of Loveline, Meagan P. Storey
Thesis: Neutron Star Electromagnetic Field Structure, Hugh O. Thurman III
Dissertation: A Comparative Study of American-Born Chinese and Non American-Born Chinese Students' Language Learning Motivation, Language Acquisition, and Ethnic Identity Development in Chinese Language Schools, Sarah C. Tsai
Thesis: Application of Queuing Theory and Procedure Time Estimation in a Local Healthcare System, Galina Tsoy
Dissertation: Comparisons Among Parent Reports and Self-Reports of Sleep in ADHD and Normal School-Aged Children, Diana M. Turner-Eadie
Dissertation: Instructional Technology Experiences of Student Teachers: A Case Study of Participants in the STAT Internship Program, Lee B. Vartanian
Thesis: Effects of Initial Seated Position on Whiplash in Low Speed Rear-End Impacts Comparison and Study Using the TNO Rear Impact Dummy (TRID) Model, Manjunath P. Venkataramana
Dissertation: The Influence of Teacher Preparation Programs on Student Achievement and the Use of NCTM Standards and Principles in Middle School and High School Algebra I Classrooms, Denelle L. Wallace
Dissertation: Bio-Optical Properties of the Arctic Waters: Empirical and Theoretical Observations, Jian Wang
Thesis: Swing-Up and Balancing Nonlinear Control for a Rotational Inverted Pendulum, Jiang Wang
Thesis: Speaker Normalization for Improved Automatic Speech Recognition for Digital Libraries, Wei Wang
Dissertation: Models, Composability, and Validity, Eric Werner Weisel
Thesis: Before Things Get Rough, John T. Williams Jr.
Thesis: An Assessment of High School Coaches Knowledge of Exercise-Induced Asthma, Shannon L. Wilson
Thesis: Reparations, Grover Cleveland Winfield III
Thesis: Source Identification of Ammonia Inputs to the Wastewater Treatment Holding Pond at International Paper Franklin Mill, Melissa Riddick Wolford
Thesis: An Examination of Relationships of Reading and Writing Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Standardized Placement Test Scores, and Diverse Community College Students' Perceptions of Those Relationships, Ann Woolford-Singh
Thesis: Childcare Arrangements as Related to Perceptions of Job Stress Work-Family Conflict and Parenting Stress, Joy B. Wright
Dissertation: Electrical Breakdown in Polar Liquids, Shu Xiao
Dissertation: Field Effect Control of Electrokinetic Transport Phenomena in Nanofluidics, Song Xue
Thesis: Performance of Constraint-Handling Techniques Applied to a Genetic Algorithm-Based Watershed Management Model, Kwisun Park Yu
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Dissertation: Optimization-Based Architecture for Managing Complex Integrated Product Development Projects, Hisham Mohamed El-Sayed AbdelSalam
Dissertation: Numerical Studies on Supersonic Mixing and Combustion Phenomena, Tarek M. Abdel-Salam
Dissertation: Overreaction, Heteroscedasticity, and Spillovers in Stock Returns: Evidence From the Kuwait Stock Exchange, Mohammad Yousef Al-Hashel
Dissertation: Developing a Methodology to Detect Partial Failures for Dynamic Systems, Anwar A. Al-jowder
Dissertation: Geographic Variation in the Morphology of Crotalus horridus (Serpentes: Viperidae), John Robert Allsteadt
Thesis: The Effect of a Six Week Shoulder Strengthening Program on The Muscular Activity of the Trapezius Posterior Deltoid and Infraspinatus Muscles, Scott B. Allyn
Dissertation: Generalized Predictive Control of Ship Coupling Motions Using Active Flume Tanks, Abdulkarim Mohammed Alotaiwi
Dissertation: Optimal Feedback Control for Ship Roll Motion Under Sea States, Anusit Anmanatarkul
Dissertation: The Ecological Ramifications of Disease and Density in the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus, Donald C. Behringer Jr.
Thesis: The Influence of Item Wording on Questionnaire Scale Scores, Nicole Anne Benn
Thesis: Characterization of SPY1600 A Putative Hyaluronidase Gene in Group A Streptococci, Karin M. Berling
Thesis: It Does Take a Village to Raise a Child, Rebecca J. Boyd
Dissertation: Measurement of Proton Transfer Reaction Rates in a Microwave Cavity Discharge Flowing Afterglow, George M. Brooke IV
Thesis: The Effects of Transformational and Transactional Leadership on Job Satisfaction Affective Commitment and Turnover Intentions Among Teleworkers, Janet L. Bryant
Dissertation: Market Valuation of Corporate Diversification in the Presence of Internal Capital Markets in Emerging Countries, Supannee Buasook
Thesis: “A Midsummer Night's Dream”: A Director's Notebook, Natasha Bunnell
Thesis: A Longitudinal Metric Study of PostgreSQL Software Archeology in Open Source, Terry Franklin Byrum
Dissertation: Predictors of Oral Health Behaviors: Examining the Effect of Patient Perceived Humanistic Attitude in the Context of the Health Belief Model, Linda Leigh Hawkins Carroll
Thesis: Outside Chicago, John S. Castellarin
Dissertation: An Examination of Personality as a Predictor of Guard Behavior in a Virtual Environment, Jean M. Catanzaro
Thesis: Sibling Death in Childhood: An Evaluation of the Literature Regarding Inclusion of Minority Cultures, 1990–2002, Joyce Kay L. Cherry
Dissertation: Development of an Aggregation Methodology for Risk Analysis in Aerospace Conceptual Vehicle Design, Trina Marsh Chytka
Thesis: Numerical Study of Two-Dimensional Secondary Injection Into a Mach 3.5 Freestream, Stephen C. Coghill
Dissertation: Calibrating Expert Assessments of Advanced Aerospace Technology Adoption Impact, Bruce A. Conway
Thesis: Science Comprehension: Effects of Text Coherence and Reader Aptitudes, Kimberly G. Cottrell
Dissertation: A Statistical Evaluation of Risk Priority Numbers in Failure Modes and Effects Analysis Applied to the Prediction of Complex Systems, Anthony W. Dean
Thesis: A Computer-Based Articulation Training Aid for Short Words (CATA), Mukund Devarajan
Thesis: Dissolved Humic Substances: Characterization of their Sorption onto Iron Hydroxide Aluminum Hydroxide Kaolinite and Smectite, Sarah E. Diebel
Dissertation: Field Emission Based Sensors Using Carbon Nanotubes, Changkun Dong
Thesis: Diode Laser Crystallization of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications, Brian A. Eaton
Dissertation: A Forward-Backward Fluence Model for the Low-Energy Neutron Boltzmann Equation, Gary Alan Feldman
Dissertation: The Contribution of Enactments to Structural Family Therapy: A Process Study, Stephanie Fellenberg
Dissertation: Examining the Equivalence of Rater Groups in 360-Degree Feedback for Use in Leadership Development, Amy Fitzgibbons
Dissertation: Nucleon-Nucleon Spin Dependent Scattering Amplitudes to Describe Final State Interactions in Electromagnetic and Electroweak Nuclear Processes, William P. Ford
Thesis: Cheap Talk and Other Blasphemies, Kathleen M. Fowler
Thesis: Population Mobility High-Risk Environments and the Diffusion of HIV/STDS: A Community Based Study in Southwest China, Hongyun Fu
Thesis: Time Domain Dielectric Spectroscopy Analysis of HL-60 Cell Suspensions After Microsecond and Submicrosecond Pulsed Electric Fields, Allen Laurence Garner
Thesis: Effectiveness of a Practice Regimen for Decreasing Floor Rise Time in Older Adults, Deborah Waldschmidt Gibbs
Thesis: Brownian Dynamics Simulation Studies of Ion Throughput During Cellular Electroporation, Juan A. Gonzalez-Cuevas
Thesis: Parallel Implementation of a Face Recognition [Sic] System Based on Modular PCA Approach, Rajkiran Gottumukkal
Thesis: War at Home Spouse Abuse in Military Families, Carrie L. Gray
Dissertation: Identifying the Dimensions of Integrity: A Confirmatory and Discriminant Validity Analysis, Arlene Pace Green
Dissertation: United States Diplomacy in the Age of the Internet, Allison S. Greene
Dissertation: Photonic Crystals: Modeling and Simulation, Shangping Guo
Dissertation: A Framework of Cooperating Agents Hierarchies for Local-Area Mobility Support, Ayman Adel Abdel Hamid
Thesis: The Short-Term Effects of Grade 1 and 2 Joint Mobilizations on Subject Pain Range of Motion and Muscle Activity in the Pathological Lumbar Spine, Sean Hanrahan
Thesis: A Combinatorial Technique for Face Detection Based on Color and Statistical Analysis, Harishwaran Hariharan
Thesis: Social Disorganization Theory: Examining the Mediating Effects of Social Ties and Disorder on Crime, Matasha L. Harris
Thesis: Male Reproductive Dynamics in the Caribbean Spiny Lobster Panulirus Argus, Jamie S. Heisig
Dissertation: Characterization of Mouse Prostate Tumor-Infiltrating Leukocytes, Daniel Alan Holterman
Thesis: Breathe In, Breathe Out, Patti Eldridge Holt
Dissertation: The Quantitative Assessment of Osteoinductivity of Human Demineralized Bone Matrix and cDNA Array Analysis of Osteogenic Differentiation in Human Periosteal Cells, Sittisak Honsawek
Thesis: The Effects of a Modified Gantt Chart Depicting Schedule Risk, Joseph Allen Hope
Dissertation: Two Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Highly-Strained Hydrogen-Air Opposed Jet Laminar Diffusion Flames, Kyu C. Hwang
Dissertation: Corporate Diversification and Stock Returns, Tatiana Isakovski
Dissertation: Multi-Symplectic Integrators for Nonlinear Wave Equations, Alvaro Lucas Islas
Thesis: Output Analysis of Configurable Port Simulation, Ravikiran Jogu
Thesis: A Man's Home is His Castle: A Look at the Relationship Between Fathers and Children in the Novels of Jane Austen, Miranda M. Johnson-Parries
Dissertation: New Approaches to Gortler and Tollmien-Schlichting Boundary-Layer Instabilities, Vijay Kalburgi
Dissertation: Shock Wave Dispersion in Weakly Ionized Gas, Prasong Kessaratikoon
Dissertation: Event Based Retrieval From Digital Libraries Containing Data Streams, Mohamed Hamed Kholief
Thesis: An Experimental Study of Automotive Wakes for Drag Breakdown, Ilteris Koc
Thesis: Clermont, Iowa: The Moon, Kyle Kuhn
Dissertation: Coherent Backscattering of Light From an Ultra Cold Gas of Rubidium-85 Atoms, Pasad B. Kulatunga
Thesis: Real-Time Study of Multidrug Resistance Mechanism in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Using Nanoparticle Optics and Single Live Cell Imaging, Sophia Vasou Kyriacou
Thesis: Parental Use of Corporal Punishment as Related to Family Environment, Psychological Well-Being, and Personality in College Students, Corrine E. Leary
Thesis: Creating Enterprise Simulations Using High Level Architecture, Anton R. Lidums
Dissertation: Dynamics of Phase Transitions on Low-Index Metal Surfaces, Bo Lin
Thesis: Piezoelectric Sensor in the Application of Rolling Bearing Health Monitoring, Yinyin Liu
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Non-Completers' Decisions to Leave Certificate Programs Before Earning Certificates and Their Career Goals, Elizabeth M. Lohman
Thesis: Radiation of Black Beauty: Perceptions of Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy Based on Facial Attractiveness and Skin-Tone of African Americans, Solomon Luckett, Jr.
Dissertation: The Relationship of MMPI-A Item Effectiveness to Item Content, Diagnostic Category, and Classification Accuracy, Kathleen D. Lynch
Dissertation: Embryo and Gamete Development Upon Exposure to CCA Components: CrO3, CuO, and AS2O5, Nerbana Talaat-Elsebaei Mahmoud
Thesis: Feeding Responses of Juvenile and Adult Streblospio Benedicti Webster (Spionidae) to Organic Chemicals Bound to Glass Microbeads, Heidi Kathryn Mahon
Thesis: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Capacitative Calcium Entry Blockers, Thadigiri Celina Mala
Thesis: Analytical Model of a Thermomechanical Hot Channel Coupled to a Friction Stir Welding Process, Saptarshi Mandal
Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Elemental Incorporation in the Otoliths of Larval and Juvenile Fish: Implications for Use as Environmental Recorders, Gretchen Bath Martin
Dissertation: Aphytophagy in the Miletinae (Lycaenidae): Phylogeny, Ecology, and Conservation, John Mathew