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Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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The Success of Instrumental Music Programs in Public Schools in Rural Communities: A Guide in Organization and Instruction for the Development of Successful Student Musicians, Shawn C. Batten

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Retention of Science Majors Through Different Avenues of General Chemistry Education, Benjamin P. Bilodeau and Melissa C. Rhoten

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Increasing Binding Strength for Capsaicin Analogs through Alteration of Lanthanide Chelates, R. Kruger Bressin and Christopher G. Gulgas

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FINDING HOME AND OTHER ESSAYS, Melissa Clampitt

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Chaucer's The Parlement of Fowls and the Rejection of the French Tradition, Patrick V. Day

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Romanticism, Language, and the Vox Popul: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Wordsworth and Whitman, Jeff Everhart

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The Invisible Universe and Other Screenplays, Edward Howarth

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Detecting counterfeit Anti-malarials through Comparison between High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography and other Methods of Analysis, Andrea Irby

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WE'RE ALL MONSTERS HERE AND OTHER STORIES, Lindsey Jones

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The Perseverance of Neoliberalism: Why Obama Has Not Shifted Trade Policy in Response to the Great Recession, Brian Pratt

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Effect of Education Tablet Applications on Beginning Reading Skills of Students with Autism, Jillian Ratliff

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Heat Induced Cis/Trans Isomerization in Vegetable Oils and Oleic Acid, John Harwood Scott and Sarah E.G. Porter

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"'Ic paet secgan maeg, hwaet ic yrmpa gebad'": Christian Scribes' Condemnation of Blood Feud and its Effect on Women in Anglo-Saxon Society, Tara Seate-Beck

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The Invisible Other: White Trash in William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! and The Hamlet, Bryant Edwards Trihey

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Service Learning with Individuals with Disabilities: Emerging Themes, Angela Brickhouse, Jennifer Harris, Kelly McGraw, and Lauren Wernli

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PUT INTO PLACE, Heather C. Carey

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Narrative Distance in the Works of George Gordon, Lord Byron, and Jonathan Swift, or "A Digression in Praise of Digressions", Samantha M. Cash and E. Derek Taylor Ph.D.

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Empathic Development and Social Relationships, Lisa Marlowe Covington

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The Bush and the Obama Administrations and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 2001-2009, Laura Simon Espinalt

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Pragmatic Organization Dynamic Display (PODD) and Enhancement of Communication on Individuals with Autism, Karen Feathers

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The Young Adult Addiction Novel: A Modern Tragedy, Carrie Rosson Hicks

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Rise to the Challenge: Examining the Relationship of Swimming & Autism Spectrum Disorders, Elizabeth Paige Kuhfuss

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Presidential Embodiment of Soft Power: The Missing Element of the Current Theory of Soft Power, Ashley Lauer

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Successful Grassroots Mobilization: Explaining the Victory of Tom Perriello's 2008 Congressional Election, Brian John Mandeville

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A Study of the Characteristics of Female Delinquent Youth within the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, Stephanie Meehan

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What He Had Never Done Before and Other Plays, Alex Odom

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THE MEN BEHIND: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, Jennifer Lynne Parkes

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BOXED UP, Alicia Raymond

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Analysis of water soluble vitamins in energy drinks by HPLC, Stephen P. Sibley and Sarah E.G. Porter

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Coming to Terms, Leslie Smith

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THE DEBT AND DIVIDEND DECISIONS FOR NON-STOCK COOPERATIVES: PECKING ORDER VS. TRADE-OFF, David P. Smiy

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Environmental Analysis of Toxic Metals Produced by Cigarette Smoking, Catherine H. Swandby, Melissa C. Rhoten, and Joseph E. Garcia

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APS: Neglected Agency in Feed of Transformation, Suncica Sue Vilic

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Principal-Agent Conflict and Seller's Strategy Approaching Listing Contract Expiration, Zhenyu Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Does Supervisory Information Explain Security Market Information? Evidence from the Credit Default Swap Market, Timothy Buckler

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Papacy in Paganism: The Great Schism of Palamon and Arcite, Samantha Kathleen Diaz

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THINGS I REMEMBER WHICH I CANNOT PROVE AND OTHER STORIES, Austin Eichelberger

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DETERMINANTS OF DEBT AND DIVIDEND DECISIONS: TRADE-OFF VS PECKING ORDER, Caitlin A. Farrell

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Neutron Production Analysis on Inertial Electrostatic Deuterium-Deuterium Fusion, Louis Franzel

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THE IMPACT OF STOCK SPLIT ANNOUNCEMENTS ON STOCK PRICE: A TEST OF MARKET EFFICIENCY, Carlos Garcia de Andoain

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An Analysis of Primary Resources Used as Tools for Discovery and Research at Archaeological Sites: Nomini Hall Case Study, Jamie Elizabeth Mesrobian

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King of the Who? The Collective Unconscious and the Crafting of National Identity in the Medieval Arthurian Tradition, Melissa Ridley-Elmes

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LOST SEX AND OTHER POEMS, Katherine Ringley

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Gene expression of Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to commercial wood preservatives by DNA Microarray Analysis and RT-PCR, Madison M. Stevens

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The determinants of obesity rates: A municipal-level Empirical Analysis, Elena Triebskorn

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Investigating the Mind with Heller, Vonnegut, and O'Brien: Psychological Trauma and Narrative Structure in the American War Novel, Daniel Trump

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An Empirical Test of Hirschi's Theory of Delinquency, Barbara R. Vanderpool

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Portraiture in Colonial Virginia: A Transatlantic Narration of Identity, Erin West

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Making the Grade: Authentic Assessment through Music Portfolios, Kendra June S. Aylor

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Positive Breathing Techniques for Vocal Health in High School Choral Curriculum, Cynthia C. Breckenridge

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The Cross Beyond the Wall: Protestant Christianity in Communist China, Jennifer Clapp

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Alcoholic Beverage Sales to Underage Buyers in The Commonwealth of Virginia: Deterrence and Equality, William L. Goodman

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Reducing Attrition Rates in the Middle School Band Program: A Study of Motivating Factors that Encourage Students to be Successful in Playing an Instrument and Continuing in Middle School Band., Daphne Guill

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Two-Stage Least Squares: Simultaneous Determination of Days on Market, Length of Contract, and Percentage Overpriced, Caitlin Hooe

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Inspiration Plus Performance Equals Success: A Study of Instrumental Music Participation and its Effect on Fifth Grade Students in an Inner-City School, Gary E. Jack

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The Influence of the Hungarian Language and Hungarian Folk Song on a Performance of Selections from Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs by Bela Bartok, Teri Duke Kidd

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STOCK REPURCHASE ANNOUNCEMENTS: A TEST OF MARKET EFFICIENCY, Nicholas A. Kinsler

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Successful Teaching Strategies in Band Programs with At-Risk Students, Kevin D. Lewis

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Application of the Probability Distribution of Distances in a Layered Sphere to Electrostatic Energy, Neal Livesay

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Statistically Designed Experiments in the Examination of Factors Influencing Regioselectivity in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions, Jason Adam Mann

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Integrating Handel's Oratorios into the Middle School Repertoire: Arranging for Middle School Choirs, Maya Louise Neely

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The Reality of Happily Ever After: Charlotte Bronte's Revision of Fairy Tales in Jane Eyre, Sarah Rice

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MANACLED DESIRES: WILLIAM BLAKE'S STRUGGLE FOR SEXUAL AUTONOMY, Cheryl Adams Rychkov

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"There's Nothing Like Dancing, After All" Gender as Performance in Jane Austen's Dance Scenes, D. Nicole Swann

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Bat community dynamics and foraging activity patterns in young regenerating Southern pine plantations and mixed hardwood forests, Kathryn Marie Womack

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Transitioning the Struggling Reader: Evaluating the Effects of Middle-School Direct Instruction on Traditional High-School Learning in the English Classroom, Sarah Tanner Anderson

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WHY SIZE MATTERS: FLASH FICTION IN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH, Wayne R. Ashby

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SWIMMING LESSONS, Kathy Cole

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Between Desire and Reality: Samuel Richardson's Clarissa and the Single Woman in Eighteenth-Century England, Jessica L. Cook

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Two-Stage Least Squares: Simultaneous Determination of Days on Market and Length of Listing Contract, Matthew Joseph Davis

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PRACTICAL PIECES AND OTHER STORIES, Rebecca Lynn Haigh

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LOSS AND GRIEF: A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR EXAMINING THE UNANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES OF INCARCERATION, Lyria Belle Hailstork

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The Power of the American Indian Grandmother: Leslie Silko's Ceremony and James Welch's Winter in the Blood, Lorie Southall Keener

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The Byronic Heroine, Jessica M. Laffoon

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An Exploratory Study of the Affect of Role Strain And The Juvenile Justice System's Division in Power on Juvenile Probation Officers, Kirsten W. Parker-Smith

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"WHAT MAN AS MADE OF MAN": FROM BRITISH ROMANTICISM TO NEO-ROMANTICISM, Melissa A. Pelletier

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Ordinary Mermaids and Other Stories, Desiree Sholes

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OUT HERE, LISTENING, Amy Whipple

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Historical Analysis of Gang Formation and Structure: Case Study of the Gangster Disciples, Benjamin A. Wright

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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From the Illuminating Moon to the Radiating Sun: The Philosophical Writings of Emerson and Nichiren, Sharon Mitsue Blythe

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MINIMIZING MARKET DURATION: THE STRATEGIC SELECTION OF THE LISTING BROKERAGE FIRM, David L. Ellis Jr.

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An Empirical Analysis of Child Custody Decisions: A Mulitnomial Logit Analysis of Case Level U.S. Data, Susan Gardner

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Effects of Visual Distractions in the Classroom Environment on the Time on Task of Elementary Students with ADHD, Kate E. S. Harris

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Empirically Testing the Principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) Theory: An Exploratory Investigation of Perceived Safety in Virtual Parks and Green Spaces, Joel G. McCormick

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Applications of Geometric Probability Techniques to the Probability Distribution of Distances in a Layered Sphere, Duane Smalley

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THINGS WE DON'T SAY & OTHER STORIES, Frances A. Stubbs

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BEASTS AND OTHER STORIES, Amanda Walton

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I am Elizabeth Gaskell: The Literary Evolution of Elizabeth Gaskell throughout Mary Barton, North and South, and Wives and Daughters, Jessica Leigh Watkins

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Child Pornography: a Social Problem, W. Richard Wiita

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Police Socialization: An Exploratory Study At the Academy Level, Jennifer E. Willoughby

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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RED BAT (LASIURUS BOREALIS) HABITAT USE IN ACTIVELY MANAGED FORESTED LANDSCAPES OF THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT, Kathryn A. Durkee

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Child Welfare Non-Compliance Issues And The Impact These Issues Have On Children And Families, Celia A. Falls-Ayers

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Islands: Jewish Themes and Images in Selected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser, Wendy Susan Howard Gray

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Impact and Relationships of Mental Health Issues, Child Maltreatment, and Juvenile Delinquency, Rebecca M. Harris

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Methods of Enhancing Communication in Preschoolers with Autism, Pam Headley

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Effects of a Positive Behavior Support System on a Rural Middle School, Jessee Megan Helbert

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Teaching Today's Diverse Student Population in Schools, Elizabeth F. Hurdle

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The effects of Direct Instruction Reading on the Behavior Referral Rates of Rural Elementary Students, David Jarman

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WHAT FACTORS MOTIVATE THE CORPORATE DIVIDEND DECISION?, Sharon L. Kania

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Effects of a School-Wide Behavior Intervention Plan on a Rural Middle School, Patricia H. Rousis