ODU theses and dissertations since 1965 are available in this collection.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Dissertation: Causal Attribution and Dimension Differences Between Sixth-Grade Urban Middle School Students Who Pass and Students Who Fail Reading on the Virginia Literacy Passport Test, Elsie Perry Daniels
Thesis: Electromyography (EMG) Signal Classification by Artificial Neural Networks, Behnam Dashtipour
Thesis: The Marine Corps in Vietnam: An Examination of Cohesion and Effectiveness at Khe Sanh, Gregory L. Davenport
Dissertation: Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization Analysis of Human Embryos Derived From in Vitro and in Vivo Matured Oocytes, Constance DeScisciolo
Dissertation: Designing a High-Quality Network: An Application-Oriented Approach, Sudheer Dharanikota
Thesis: Oral Health Assessment of Renal Transplant Recipients Undergoing Immunosuppressant Therapy, Coral Diaz
Dissertation: Distribution of Free Marine Viruses of Lower Chesapeake Bay and Their Effects on Life-History Parameters of the Estuarine Copepod Acartia tonsa Dana, Lisa A. Drake
Thesis: The Annual Reproductive Cycle of Oryzomys Palustris in a Virginia Tidal Marsh, Erin A. Dreelin
Thesis: Gender, Race, and Court Location Effects on Exceptional Sentencing in the State of Washington, Catherine L. Drezak
Thesis: Development of a Photon Counting System for Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar Signal Detection, Bradley Allen Eccles
Dissertation: Choline Acetyltransferase and Carnitine Acetyltransferase Activity in Human Spermatozoa During Capacitation, Lisa A. Eccles
Thesis: The Effects of Task Partitioning and Computer Skill Level on Operator Engagement and Performance in an Adaptive Biocybernetic Environment, Todd Michael Eischeid
Thesis: The Father Machine, Anthony Winslow Enns
Thesis: Windlass Taping Technique for Symptomatic Relief of Plantar Fasciitis, Beth Anne Ernst
Dissertation: A Comparison of White Male College Students Attending an Urban Black University and an Urban White University: White Racial Identity and Perceived Comfort With Blacks, Cheryl Lorraine Evans
Dissertation: The Effects of Applied Technology Instruction on Mathematics Achievement and Career Interests of Urban Seventh-Grade Students, Eric M. Fischer
Dissertation: Self-Concept of Eating-Restrained Women: A Study of Personal Constructs, Adelia Atkinson Furr
Dissertation: The Effects of Race and Socioeconomic Status on the Acceptance of Biracial Individuals, Erika Lela Gilyot
Thesis: Orphans and Guardians in Eighteenth-Century Virginia, Sarah M. Goldberger
Dissertation: Social Support, Prior Interracial Experiences, and Network Orientation: Factors related to Later Adjustment Among Black Freshmen at a Predominantly White University, Calvin Graham
Thesis: Middle Shoreface Intervals: Evidence of Barred Nearshore Systems in he Stratigraphic Record, James V. Gravette
Thesis: Changes in Spinal Height Supine and Walking in Subjects With and Without Lower Back Pain, Dave Gregory
Dissertation: A Study of the "Pride" Program: A Residential, Summer-School Program for At-Risk Middle-School Students in an Urban Community, Maria Teresa Amillategui Grimm
Thesis: Effect of Cocaine on Rabbit Renin Angiotensin System: Cocaine Detection in Adult and Fetal Tissue and Adult Plasma Using Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Barbara Belinda Guinn
Dissertation: Abnormalities in Post-Translational Processing of Platelet Rap 1B in NIDDM: A Possible Cause of Platelet Hyperactivity and Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes, Elizabeth Ann Hall
Dissertation: Structural Equation Modeling of Attitudes Toward Employment Testing, Laura Susan Hamil
Thesis: Velocity Estimation Via a Neural Network Enhanced by Classical Detection Algorithms, Zeki Berk Hamşioğlu
Thesis: Virginia's Eastern Shore High School Students: Factors That May Impact Their Educational Aspirations, Valdimir Demont Handy
Dissertation: Analysis of Repeated Measures Data Under Circular Covariance, Andrew Montgomery Hartley
Thesis: Modeling Plankton Community Structure Under Environmental Forcing on the Southeastern United States Continental Shelf, Andrew Glenn Edward Haskell
Dissertation: Councilmanic Perceptions of Water Policy for the Lake Gaston Water Supply Project in Virginia and North Carolina, Beverly McAfee Hedberg
Dissertation: A Repertory Grid Assessment of Traitedness and Its Relation to the Validity of the NEO PI-R Conscientiousness Scale, Susan Nancy Heidal-Schiltz
Dissertation: The Use of Operator Regularization in the Computation of Effective Field Theories, Jeffrey M. Hersh
Thesis: Caged Gorillas, Sandra Dee Holcombe
Dissertation: A Case Study of the Perceptions of Character Education in a Large Urban Community, Suzanne G. Houff
Dissertation: Reverse Engineering of Aircraft Wing Data Using a Partial Differential Equation Surface Model, Jacalyn M. Huband
Thesis: Single Row Routing: Theoretical and Experimental Performance Evaluation, and New Heuristic Development, David A. Hysom
Thesis: The Effects of Organic Matter Rich Topsoil on the Germination Growth and Metal Uptake of Corn (Zea mays) Grown in Flue Dust Contaminated Soil, Christopher Allen Impellitteri
Thesis: 40AR/39 AR Geochronology of the Lowland Creek Volcanic Field and Its Temporal Relations With Other Eocene Volcanic Areas, Vladimir Olegovich Ispolatov
Dissertation: The Effects of a Maternal Childhood Lead-Poisoning Education Program on Knowledge, Health Beliefs, and Compliance, Sylvia Elaine Johnson
Thesis: An Investigation on the Effect of Aging and Fatigue Damage on the Mechanical Properties of a Graphite/Bismaleimide Composite, William M. Johnston Jr.
Thesis: Death Anxiety as a Moderation Factor on Sexual Behavior Related to the Risk of HIV Infection in Young Adults, John Hawes Jones
Dissertation: Coping Processes Used by Mothers of Triplets, Susan Mullen Kaplan
Thesis: Eisenhower and Khrushchev at the Paris Summit: Anatomy of a Failure, Vincent Michael Kapral
Thesis: Broadband Dynamic Modification Using Feedforward Control, Kendeas Antonis Karantonis
Thesis: Searching for Zarathustra: A Nietzschean Critique of Post-Traditional Ethical Theory, Joshua Knutsen
Dissertation: The Detoxification of Petroleum Contaminated Coastal Plain Sandy Soil Using an Amended Vermicomposting Approach, John Charles Kraemer
Dissertation: Kramers-Kronig Anomalous Dispersion on Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Couplers and Tapers, Arnel C. Lavarias
Dissertation: Interaction of ACTH and Estradiol in the Regulation of Growth, Differentiation, and Steroidogenic Maturation of the Baboon Fetal Adrenal Gland, Maria Gomez Leavitt
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the 2 + 2 for Teachers: Alternative Performance Appraisal Program in the Norfolk Public Schools PRIME Project, Alyce C. LeBlanc
Thesis: The Effect of Growth Hormone Release on Plasma and Erythrocyte Selenium and Zinc Levels in Children, Maria Estela Legal de Reid
Thesis: Investigation of an Alternative Technique for Measuring Turbulence in the Upper Atmosphere, Charles Patrick Leonard
Thesis: Ice Transport in the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canadian Arctic Using Detrital FE Oxide Grain Composition, Duan Li
Dissertation: Computer-Aided Design of Coupler-Driven Watt I and Tolerance Synthesis for Four-Bar Linkages, Haitao Li
Thesis: A Piezoresistive Metal Thin Film Tilt Sensor, Todd Allan Lindley
Thesis: Galaxie, Sarah Ann Livingston
Thesis: Comparison of the Dichlorination of Organic N-Chloramines by Caroate and by Bisulfite: A Kinetic Study, Said H. Lubbad
Thesis: Dispatchers' Perceptions of Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) in Police Communications Operations: An Exploratory Study, Anthony L. Luckman
Thesis: Reliability of the Saunders Electronic Inclinometer for the Assessment of Lumbar ROM, Melanie C. Maneval
Dissertation: High-Order Finite-Difference Schemes and Their Application to Computational Acoustics, Joe Leo Manthey
Thesis: Reliability of the Modified-Modified Schober Method of Measuring Lumbar Range of Motion, Mira H. Mariano
Thesis: Impact of Attachment Style on Disclosure of Traumatic Events, Jo-Anne Leslie McDonald
Thesis: Development of Curved-Plate Elements for the Exact Buckling Analysis of Composite Plate Assemblies Including Transverse-Shear Effects, David Michael McGowan
Thesis: Stomach Content Analysis of Stranded Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops Truncatus, in Virginia, 1987-1996, John McGurk
Dissertation: To Lead a Team: Construct Validity Evidence for Team Leadership in the High-Tech Industry, Johanna M. Merritt
Dissertation: The Pricing Behaviors of Stock Index Futures: Some Preliminary Evidence in the Korean Market, Jaehoon Min
Dissertation: A Synthesized Methodology for Eliciting Expert Judgment for Addressing Uncertainty in Decision Analysis, Richard W. Monroe
Dissertation: The Influence of Reading Comprehension and Other Selected Factors on Student Dropouts in an Urban Southeastern School District in Virginia, Viola Garris Morgan
Dissertation: The Cellular and Molecular Dynamics of the Queuosine Modification in Transfer RNA: Definition, Modulation, Deficiencies and Effect of the Queuosine Modification System, Rana C. Morris
Dissertation: Characterization of the Fast Axonally Transported Proteins in the Rat Optic Pathway, Surafel Mulugeta
Thesis: Building Multi-Discipline, Multi-Format Digital Libraries Using Clusters and Buckets, Michael L. Nelson
Thesis: Devolpment of a Scale to Assess Home Health Care Aides' Ability to Recognize Depression in Older Adults, Tina M. Nerney
Dissertation: Characterization of Iron Oxides and Atmospheric Corrosion of Steel, Sei Jin Oh
Dissertation: Three-Dimensional Aerodynamic Design Optimization Using Discrete Sensitivity Analysis and Parallel Computing, Amidu Olawale Oloso
Thesis: Classical Montessori: A Study of the Classical Rhetorical Canons in Early Montessori Writing Instruction, Deborah E. O'Neil
Thesis: Specification and Verification of Generic Cell Rate Algorithms in PVS, Huseyin Ozgungor
Dissertation: Aerodynamic Gradient-Based Optimization Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Discrete Sensitivities for Practical Problems, Mohagna Jayendrarai Pandya
Dissertation: Development of a Method for Determining the Relative Manufacturing Complexity of Advanced Engineering Materials, Shardul Y. Pandya
Thesis: Fabrication and Evaluation of Boron-Doped CVD Diamond Microelectrodes, Song Pang
Dissertation: Arterial Wall Hypertrophy and PDGF-A Expression in One-Kidney, One-Clip Hypertension and Angiotensin II Infusion Are Mediated By Elevated Arterial Pressure, Sheri Blair Parker
Dissertation: Microzooplankton Dynamics in Lower Chesapeake Bay and Its Major Tributaries, Gyung Soo Park
Thesis: A Comparison Between Simulated and Measured Free-Flight Vortex Encounter Behavior in the NASA Langley Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, Robert A. Pfouts
Thesis: Mr. Wilkes' War: Captain Charles Wilkes and the West India Squadron, Christopher J. Pieczynski
Dissertation: The Measurement of Mood Variation Over Time and Its Relation to Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy in Young Adolescents, William Thomas Pinkston
Dissertation: Patterns of Giving to Urban Public Higher Education Among Corporate Foundations in Virginia and Select Others Which Have a Significant Presence in Virginia, Grace Aine Porter
Thesis: Effect of Resistance Training on Lipid Profile and Body Composition in Premenopausal Women, Bharathi Prabhakaran
Dissertation: Type II Estrogen Binding-Site Agonist: The Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of the Enantiomers of Methyl-Para-Hydroxyphenyllactate (MeHPLA), Lester G. Pretlow
Dissertation: A Sociotechnical Systems Analysis of the Approval Process for a Complex Public Works Proposal, James C. Pyne
Thesis: Biostratigraphic Analysis of Southern Florida's Plio-Pleistocene Shell Beds, Dalton L. Rasmussen
Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of Bolt Preload Relaxation in Pultruded GFRP Composite Joints, Srinivas Ravi
Dissertation: Influence of Physics on the Distribution of Ichthyoplankton Across the Chesapeake Bay Plume, Christian S. Reiss
Dissertation: The Impact of Director Interlocks on Interorganizational Imitation in Germany, Elke Reuning-Elliot
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Collegial Support to Retention of Nurse Educators in Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Nursing Programs in Virginia, Estella Mary Henry Reynolds
Thesis: The Map the Body Makes, Timothy Carl Richardson
Thesis: Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Cryogenic Propellant Tank Concepts for Advanced Launch Vehicles, H. Kevin Rivers
Dissertation: Towards Understanding Why Assessment Centers Work: An Evaluation of the Subtle Criterion Contamination Hypothesis, Christopher T. Rotolo
Dissertation: Mark-Recapture Creel Survey and Survival Models, Shampa Saha
Thesis: Formal Specification of Fragmentation and Reassembly in IPv6, Ibrahim Sahin
Dissertation: Subsystem Variables Associated with Positive Foster Mother-Foster Child Relationships, Meg Sandow
Dissertation: Input Design for Systems Under Identification Using Indirect and Direct Methods, Marco P. Schoen