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Sullivan, Carla. "Round Dancing the Rotunda: Decolonizing the University of Ottawa." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/33023.

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As the number of Indigenous people/s in Canadian cities is increasing, more research in the field of decolonization is needed to advance conceptual and empirical understanding of how to decolonize urban settler space. This thesis takes a critical qualitative and decolonization approach to investigate how Indigenous people/s experience urban settler space by using a case study of Indigenous students at the University of Ottawa. Through sharing circles, personal interviews, and reflexive journaling, I centre my participants’ experiences and perceptions of the University of Ottawa campus as space. In the first results chapter (Chapter 3), I present my participants’ perceptions of the built environment of the campus and in turn identify the contours of a settler space. In the next chapter (Chapter 4), I examine the participants’ experiences of the campus as a social space. Their responses reveal that settler spaces are imbued with settler norms – what I call settlernormativity – that often reproduce unequal settler-Indigenous relations in and through space. Drawing from my participants’ views on how to decolonize campus space, in Chapter 5, I propose acts of decolonization in space-time as a strategy to decolonize settler urban spaces.

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Greenham, Jeffrey S. "West Virginia University ceramic arts Production Studio program." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2357.

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Thesis (M.F.A.)--West Virginia University, 2002.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 49 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-49).

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See, Amanda Rae Swecker. "A needs assessment of West Virginia environmental educators West Virginia Environmental Education Association and West Virginia University county extension agents /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10308.

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Bampton, Betsy A. "Nursing in the university : an historical analysis of nursing education at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing." W&M ScholarWorks, 1987. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618638.

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The purpose of this study was to trace the development of nursing education at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing from its inception in 1893 through 1981. The primary focus was on the basic nursing programs which included the diploma, associate degree and baccalaureate programs. Other programs offered by the school were presented briefly in order to provide a more complete picture.;Major trends in selected elements of faculty qualifications, curriculum, admission and graduation requirements, accreditation, and relationships to local hospitals and higher education in nursing education at the school were identified and compared to national standards and trends that were divided into specific time frames. The national standards and trends were established from published reports and guidelines of the nursing organizations. Selected economic, political, and social issues that have affected nursing were discussed.;Methods used to collect data included review of related literature, interviews and correspondence, Faculty and Curriculum Committee minutes, and review of material relevant to the school housed in the archives of the university and Virginia State Library. Catalogues and other official publications of the school and university also were used.;The most significant finding was that VCU/MCV School of Nursing met or exceeded national trends in the selected elements from 1893 to 1981 but did not completely meet national standards until after 1960. The nursing school was a leader in Virginia, considered a pioneer in many areas, and obtained several firsts in nursing education in the state.

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Bampton, Betsy Ann. "Nursing in the University: An historical analysis of nursing education at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing." VCU Scholars Compass, 1987. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3896.

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The purpose of this study was to trace the development of nursing education at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia School of Nursing from its inception in 1893 through 1981. The primary focus was on the basic nursing programs which included the diploma, associate degree and baccalaureate programs. Other programs offered by the school were presented briefly in order to provide a more complete picture. Major trends in selected elements of faculty qualifications, curriculum, admission and graduation requirements, accreditation, and relationships to local hospitals and higher education in nursing education at the school were identified and compared to national standards and trends that were divided into specific time frames. The national standards and trends were established from published reports and guidelines of the nursing organizations. Selected economic, political, and social issues that have affected nursing were discussed. Methods used to collect data included review of related literature, interviews and correspondence, Faculty and Curriculum Committee minutes, and review of material relevant to the school housed in the archives of the university and Virginia State Library. Catalogs and other official publications of the school and university also were used. The most significant finding was that VCU/MCV School of Nursing met or exceeded national trends in the selected elements from 1893 to 1981 but did not completely meet national standards until after 1960. The nursing school was a leader in Virginia, considered a pioneer in many areas, and obtained several firsts in nursing education in the state.

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Newborn, Michael D. "University of Virginia network failsafe and disaster recovery plans." Full text, Acrobat Reader required, 1998. http://viva.lib.virginia.edu/etd/theses/newborn98.pdf.

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Hurley, Kolleen. "Atkins v. Virginia : the validity of presumed deficits /." Full text available from ProQuest UM Digital Dissertations, 2006. http://0-proquest.umi.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1410676411&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1218738105&clientId=22256.

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Shannon, Drew Patrick. "The deep old desk the diary of Virginia Woolf /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ucin1186963596.

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Kelly, Jeremy L. "Motivations, factors and issues concerning students at West Virginia University." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/11016.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2010.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 144 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-102).

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Pfeifer, Laura L. "Agricultural awareness and perceptions of freshmen at West Virginia University." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2008. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=5664.

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Akin, Susan Ellis. "University development efforts : a study of four Virginia public institutions /." Diss., This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10052007-143631/.

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Sikorski, Robert. "Wrapping Landscape: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Golf Clubhouse." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31055.

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The focus of my thesis is to create an architectural wrap through a development of layers in a system. This investigation starts with the design of a golf clubhouse on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.<br>Master of Architecture

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Skipper, Kenneth. "The origins of the modern religious lobby in Virginia, 1968-1980." Connect to this title online, 2009. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1252937601/.

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Barrett, Anne Rachelle. "The Consul Smith Palladio at Virginia Commonwealth University and the American Renaissance /." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10156/1239.

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Phillips, Kyle G. "Development of the West Virginia University Small Microgravity Research Facility (WVU SMiRF)." Thesis, West Virginia University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1565521.

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<p> West Virginia University (WVU) has created the Small Microgravity Research Facility (SMiRF) drop tower through a WVU Research Corporation Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (PSCoR) grant on its campus to increase direct access to inexpensive and repeatable reduced gravity research. In short, a drop tower is a tall structure from which experimental payloads are dropped, in a controlled environment, and experience reduced gravity or microgravity (i.e. "weightlessness") during free fall. Currently, there are several methods for conducting scientific research in microgravity including drop towers, parabolic flights, sounding rockets, suborbital flights, NanoSats, CubeSats, full-sized satellites, manned orbital flight, and the International Space Station (ISS). However, none of the aforementioned techniques is more inexpensive or has the capability of frequent experimentation repeatability as drop tower research. These advantages are conducive to a wide variety of experiments that can be inexpensively validated, and potentially accredited, through repeated, reliable research that permits frequent experiment modification and re-testing. </p><p> Development of the WVU SMiRF, or any drop tower, must take a systems engineering approach that may include the detailed design of several main components, namely: the payload release system, the payload deceleration system, the payload lifting and transfer system, the drop tower structure, and the instrumentation and controls system, as well as a standardized drop tower payload frame for use by those researchers who cannot afford to spend money on a data acquisition system or frame. In addition to detailed technical development, a budgetary model by which development took place is also presented throughout, summarized, and detailed in an appendix. After design and construction of the WVU SMiRF was complete, initial calibration provided performance characteristics at various payload weights, and full-scale checkout via experimentation provided repeatability characteristics of the facility. Based on checkout instrumentation, Initial repeatability results indicated a drop time of 1.26 seconds at an average of 0.06g, with a standard deviation of 0.085g over the period of the drop, and a peak impact load of 28.72g, with a standard deviation of 10.73g, for a payload weight of 113.8 lbs. </p><p> In order to thoroughly check out the facility, a full-scale, fully operational experiment was developed to create an experience that provides a comprehensive perspective of the end-user experience to the developer, so as to incorporate the details that may have been overlooked to the designer and/or developer, in this case, Kyle Phillips. The experiment that was chosen was to determine the effects of die swell, or extrudate swell, in reduced gravity. Die swell is a viscoelastic phenomenon that occurs when a dilatant, or shear-thickening substance is forced through a sufficient constriction, or "die," such that the substance expands, or "swells," downstream of the constriction, even while forming and maintaining a free jet at ambient sea level conditions. A wide range of dilatants exhibit die swell when subjected to the correct conditions, ranging from simple substances such as ketchup, oobleck, and shampoo to complex specially-formulated substances to be used for next generation body armor and high performance braking systems. To date, very few, if any, have researched the stabilizing effect that gravity may have on the phenomenon of die swell. By studying a fluid phenomenon in a reduced gravity environment, both the effect of gravity can be studied and the predominant forces acting on the fluid can be concluded. Furthermore, a hypothesis describing the behavior of a viscoelastic fluid particle employing the viscous Navier-Stokes Equations was derived to attempt to push the fluid mechanics community toward further integrating more fluid behavior into a unified mathematical model of fluid mechanics. While inconclusive in this experiment, several suggestions for future research were made in order to further the science behind die swell, and a comprehensive checkout of the facility and its operations were characterized. As a result of this checkout experience, several details were modified or added to the facility in order for the drop tower to be properly operated and provide the optimal user experience, such that open operation of the WVU SMiRF may begin in the Fall of 2014.</p>

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Akintounde, Abimbola. "Factors associated with international students' motivations to study at West Virginia University." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10465.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2009.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 101 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-69).

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Soares, Leigh Alexandra. "A Bold Promise: Black Readjusters and the Founding of Virginia State University." W&M ScholarWorks, 2012. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626691.

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Kirk, Gary R. "Constructions of Scarcity and Commodification in University Strategy: Restructuring at Virginia Tech." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29873.

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Higher education institutions in the United States have come under increased scrutiny due to increasing demands for accountability in the use of public funds and increasing visibility (Altbach, Berdahl, and Gumport, 1999; Trow, 1974). Colleges and universities must continually prove their credibility and legitimacy to their stakeholders, including government officials (Lawrence & Sharma, 2002), donors, students, and sponsors. The proving process may involve engagement in legitimacy-seeking behaviors designed to show efficiency, access, and quality in terms defined mostly by external perceptions. The decision to concentrate organizational resources on activities designed to influence the opinions of external agents has the potential to lead organizations away from their core values and historic missions. The case study that follows documents the restructuring of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and the drivers that led university administrators to pursue change. The case was developed based on a series of interviews with key informants associated with or affected by the restructuring process. Explanations for the restructuring and the underlying university goal of becoming a top 30 institution, included cost-savings and efficiency via a "fiscal rationalization"; the framing of programs in terms of their entrepreneurialism, innovativeness, and revenue generating capacity; and an emphasis on the economic development benefits of university programs. Even though Virginia Tech administrators were not expressly responding to external demands for restructuring, there was evidence to suggest that a need to construct a more business-like model for university structure and operations had entered the collective conscience of Virginia Tech's leadership. I document the rhetoric and actions that I believe influenced university administrators in their decision to restructure. I also draw attention to administrators' use of language that I believe exemplified the commodification of the university's human and intellectual capital. Theoretically, I believe that the constructs from resource dependency theory and neoinstitutional theory have relevance to the interpretation of this case. Specifically, the construction of legitimacy-seeking behaviors, the imperative to decrease reliance on external organizations (i.e., the state), and the institutionalization of acceptable management behaviors are aligned closely with the propositions of one or both of these theories. The lack of theoretical distinctiveness between these two organizational perspectives indicated a need for further research and limits the ability to anticipate the potential outcomes for Virginia Tech and the broader field of higher education.<br>Ph. D.

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Porter, Jennifer Lynn. "Public Pumping: The Nursing Mom's Support Program at Virginia Tech." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51163.

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The Lactation Support Program at Virginia Tech, renamed the Nursing Mom's Support Program, was established in 1999 when a group of women through the Women's Center and Work/Life Resources publicized a private concern about expressing milk. While the basic goal was to create a universal opportunity for women seeking to express milk during the workday, university administrators also saw the program as a way to advance the progressive goals of the university and increase the recruitment of competitive faculty and students. Lack of awareness about the program and struggles of women today reflect the original abandonment of an education component that would have maintained a collective conversation about the needs of working women, mothers, and caregivers in general. Even though many of the women in this study did not use the spaces, or were unaware of their existence, most participants felt that the program represented a significant success for the university and stated that they felt supported because of the mere existence of these spaces. Viewed in this manner, it is possible to see how the production of space and its symbolic value masks over any residual injustices and replaces concerns about milk expression on the individual. Yet, the permeable nature of lactation (scheduling, cleaning pump parts, storing milk, etc.) means that the women expressing milk will always be visible. This visibility creates an opportunity to continue to address milk expression as a public concern and shift social expectations of what it means to be a worker.<br>Master of Science

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Morris, Joe. "English in the university of excellence." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1818.

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Burton, Kevin D. "A fractured body: James Blair begins disestablishing the Church of England in Virginia, 1690-1785." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/35728.

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Master of Arts<br>Department of History<br>Robert D. Linder<br>This thesis examines the development of freedom of religion in Virginia focusing on the Anglican Church in the century preceding the Constitutional Convention (May 25 to September 17, 1787). There are three main arguments in this study. First, I maintain that commissary James Blair’s actions set the Anglican Church in Virginia on a unique trajectory that favored local control. He did this despite the hierarchical structure of the Church of England that encouraged uniformity. He gained strong influence in Virginia, used his power to weaken governors and clergy, along with their ties to imperial Britain. At the same time, he empowered vestries and local control. His actions set the Anglican Church on a path different from that of the Church in other colonies. Importantly for the path of the Anglican Church in Virginia, he established and was the first president of the College of William and Mary. Second, I assert that the College of William and Mary was responsible for further developing a unique Anglican Church in Virginia. The college provided an education for future leaders, allowing the colony to develop a clergy that had spent little or no time in England. In turn, the clergy became increasingly supportive of local power, and had a diminishing connection to England. Third, I maintain that the development of a unique Anglican Church in Virginia created a culture in which Anglicans there were more receptive of the First Great Awakening (1730s-1760s), and were supportive of the American Revolution, and religious freedom. In order to demonstrate these three points, I will argue that from Blair through the American Revolution, the Church of England in Virginia followed a unique path that was essential for securing religious freedom in Virginia, and the eventual United States.

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Scalise, Leigh Anne. "Language attitude study the perceptions of the New Jersey and the southern West Virginia students, at West Virginia University, of the New Jersey and southern West Virginia dialects /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1736.

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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2000.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 50 p. Vita. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-102).

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Karoly, Cynthia Bell. "Epilithic diatom assemblages in headwaters streams of North Carolina and Virginia." Connect to this title online, 2003. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04012003-150233/.

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Carpenter, Shelley A. "Microwave usage patterns among college students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University." Thesis, This resource online, 1988. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04122010-083658/.

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Evers, Janet M. "Recreational sports programs for special populations at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01122010-020044/.

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Harrold, James B. "Forestry transfer students a case study West Virginia University Forest Resource Management curriculum /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp%5FetdId=3910.

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2005.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 110 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-74).

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Sites, Danette W. "Off-campus rental housing of students attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/50094.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the factors which influence the off-campus rental housing choices of students attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. An interview schedule was developed and administered by telephone to a random sample of 204 Virginia Tech students who were renting off-campus housing in Blacksburg, Virginia. The data were examined by analysis of means, frequencies, correlations, and t-tests. The findings revealed significant differences (p<.01) between students who lived in traditional rental apartments and students who lived in student condominiums in preferences for amenities, lease options, and maintenance. No difference in satisfaction levels was found to exist between the groups. All students in the sample showed preferences for a large number of amenities, most of which were provided by the Blacksburg rental market. Cost was identified as the greatest influence on housing choice for the entire sample, while noise and inadequate parking were the major dissatisfactions.<br>Master of Science<br>incomplete_metadata

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Hill, Emily M. "Emerging Pathogens in Cystic Fibrosis Patients at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (VCUMC)." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4606.

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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting 70,000 individuals worldwide. This disease is characterized by the buildup of mucus in the airways leading to chronic lung infections resulting in pulmonary failure and death in 95% of CF patients. Routine surveillance of CF pathogens using traditional microbiology culture guides management and treatment of CF patients. Molecular profiling studies have revealed emerging pathogens that may play a role in CF lung disease by either directly causing infection or upregulating the virulence factors of classic CF pathogens, such as P. aeruginosa; however, routine CF culture protocols have not been modified to detect these organisms. The goal of this study was to expand the data relevant to the use of microbiology cultures for the management and treatment of CF patients at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (VCUMC) by directly selecting for emerging CF pathogens in culture. This was accomplished by developing,optimizing, and implementing an agar to select for colistin-resistant non-fermenting Gram- negative rods (NF GNRS). In addition, McKay agar and anaerobic media were utilized to recover members of the Streptococcus anginosus group (SAG) and anaerobes in CF respiratory samples. The prevalences of SAG, anaerobes, and colistin-resistant NF GNRs recovered on study media from 75 adult and pediatric CF patients at VCUMC were 17.33%, 41.33%, and 4% respectively. Approximately 62% of patients culture-positive for SAG were also infected with P. aeruginosa and 53.8% of SAG recovered in culture were from CF patients experiencing PE. These findings further support the claim that interspecies interactions among emerging and classic CF pathogens may result in periods of clinical instability or PE. Twenty-eight of the 75 patients were culture-positive for Veillonella species, with the majority of samples collected during a period of surveillance. Four colistin-resistant NF GNRs were isolated on the study media alone. The selective nature of the study media prevented the mixed respiratory flora and classic CF pathogens from overgrowing and obscuring the growth of these colistin-resistant NF GNRs. The presence and role of emerging pathogens in the CF patient population at VCUMC warrants further investigation; therefore, the routine culture protocol needs to be revised to recover and select for those organisms thought to play a role in PE and lung function decline.

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Barcomb, Julie Anne. "Perceptions of graduating seniors of their experiences in the Virginia Tech Honors Program." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12052009-020250/.

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Pooley, Mark. "Restructuring athletic graduation analysis at Virginia Tech." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/41618.

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The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) passed legislation requiring its member institutions to publish their graduation rates. Institutions may now count athletes as graduates if they have earned degrees from another institution. The purpose of this study was to assess a graduation rate that included those athletes, with at least a 2.0 QCA, who departed Virginia Tech between 1975 and 1985. An additional purpose was to determine why these athletes left. There were seventy eligible participants who received questionnaires via mail. Forty questionnaires were returned, of which, thirty one were usable. Seventy nine percent of the responding athletes earned a degree from another institution. Of these athletes, ninety seven percent enrolled at another institution within one academic year of leaving Virginia Tech. Forty two percent of the responding athletes chose their sport of participation as the major reason for departing, followed by Virginia Tech in general, and personal reasons.<br>Master of Science

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Williams, Alicia J. "Identification of content, priority, and methods of instructional delivery for a women's health component in an internal medicine residency program a modified Delphi study /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1998. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=342.

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Campbell, John Mark. "The involvement of the special needs student in the competitive field of marching band in Virginia /." Full-text of dissertation on the Internet (387.73 KB), 2010. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/general/etd/2010/masters/campbejm/campbejm_masters_04-21-2010.pdf.

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Deem, Jamie Sutton. "Dietary patterns, exercise behaviors and osteoporosis knowledge of college women at West Virginia University." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2003. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=3077.

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Duffy, Brenden. "An investigation of advances in digital cartography through the mapping of West Virginia University." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2003. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=3217.

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Alzenedy, Adel. "A qualitative and quantitative analysis of West Virginia University portal MIX (Mountaineer Information Xpress)." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2004. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp%5FetdId=3390.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2004.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 220 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-119).

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Copenhaver, Bailey Barbara. "Impact of the West Virginia University Student Support Services/TRIO program from 1998-2004." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2005. https://etd.wvu.edu/etd/controller.jsp?moduleName=documentdata&jsp%5FetdId=3861.

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Sina, Julie A. "An historical case study of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in loco parentis." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49935.

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This study was designed to identify the unique shaping of the university/student relationship through the lens of the in loco parentis concept. The questions asked were to what extent has in loco parentis defined the relationship of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and its students through the institution's history as framed by: (a) the institution's mission, (b) university governance, (c) the definition of in loco parentis, and (d) institutional culture? Has in loco parentis found its sustenance at this institution through legal or cultural justification, or both? Qualitative case study methodology was utilized to examine in loco parentis within four time periods: (a) Shaping of a Land Grant University, 1891-1907, (b) Expansion of VPI Post World War II, 1945-1955, (c) Establishing the University, 1945-1955, and (d) Framing the Present, 1988- 1992. The research concluded that in loco parentis was historically grounded in the legal interpretation provided by the court. In loco parentis was sustained within this study by the culture of one particular land grant university grounded in its original charge of structuring a military lifestyle. The legal system provided a steady and constant external sustenance of in loco parentis and the institutional culture provided internal justification for in loco parentis as demonstrated within the history and tradition of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Each time period studied provided a view of the University that defined its role to its students in place of parent under the dominant influence of presidential leadership.<br>Ph. D.<br>incomplete_metadata

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Edwards, Angelique S. "Administration position description update for Virginia Tech athletics." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01052010-020009/.

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Oei, Hong Lim. "The influence of social factors on the performance of a center: a case study of the "University Research Center"." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43104.

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Factors involved in the development and performance of interdisciplinary university based research centers were investigated by an analytical case study of one such center, the "University Research Center" (URC). A description of URC's life cycle and the various factors that affected its performance is presented. The sociocognitive ideals of university-based research centers emphasized the promotion of interdisciplinary research and education. The organizational reality, however, showed that a variety of other factors, both internal and external to a center, may significantly influence its operations. Factors internal to URC included leadership, support of loyal participants and their motivations to participate in interdisciplinary research. External factors included the effects of university departments and the availability of funds. The interpretation of these factors made it possible to construct generalizations about the organizational characteristics of university-based research centers. In order to function effectively, a university-based research center must manage its sociocognitive ideals and its organizational characteristics simultaneously and with some degree of balance.<br>Master of Science

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Belmont, Paul N. "The advent of universal public education in Virginia and its Valley : reconstruction through the Progressive Era, 1865-1920 /." Full-text of dissertation on the Internet (1.78 MB), 2010. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/general/etd/2010/masters/belmonpn/belmonpn_masters_04-21-2010.pdf.

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Van, Zwaluwenburg Pamela Joy. "WIDE AWAKE OR SOUND ASLEEP? UNIVERSITIES AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ROSENBERGER V. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1101827877.

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Zhao, Ke. "The impact of adjustment problems on academic achievement of international undergraduates at West Virginia University." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2006. https://eidr.wvu.edu/etd/documentdata.eTD?documentid=4706.

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Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2006.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 46 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-39).

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Connelly, Zachary D. "Electronic submission of undergraduate thesis modification of the University of Virginia electronic thesis submittal system /." Full text, Acrobat Reader required, 1998. http://viva.lib.virginia.edu/etd/theses/connelly98.pdf.

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Laws, James Edward Jr. "An evaluation of the academic outcomes of the Upward Bound program at Virginia Union University." W&M ScholarWorks, 1996. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618428.

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This study analyzed the impact the Upward Bound program at Virginia Union University had on students' freshman year performance. The population selected for the study were those students who participated in Virginia Union University's Upward Bound program during the academic years 1984-85 through 1993-94 and entered Virginia Union University after completing the program.;The Upward Bound participants were compared to a comparable control group of non-Upward Bound students. The two groups were measured on the following variables: need for remedial math, need for remedial English, placement on academic probation, drop-out rate, average freshman GPA, average (for credit) math grade, and average (for credit) English grade.;The findings were mixed. Upward Bound had a statistically significant positive effect on students' English (for credit) performance. Conversely, a statistically significant negative effect was found regarding Upward Bound's effect on participants need for remedial math and freshman (for credit) math performance. The findings on the variables remedial English, academic probation, drop-out rates, and freshman GPA were not statistically significant.

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Woodruff, Byron Lee. "The University College of Medicine in Richmond, Virginia, 1893- 1913 : a study of institutional decline." W&M ScholarWorks, 1986. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618875.

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The purposes of the study was to examine selected factors that were influential in the decline of the University College of Medicine (UCM) in Richmond, Virginia, from 1893 to 1913. UCM was created in the midst of a national medical reform movement. In ways, the institution directly contributed to the reform of medical training in Virginia.;It was the writer's contention that the decline of UCM happened because of the political pressures emerging from medical accrediting agencies, licensing and examining boards, and related organizations. The character of the institution was modified through recommendations of external organizations and coercion was felt through advancing accreditation standards. It was further hypothesized that the curricular and structural pressures from accreditation requirements became oppressive and led to the decline of the institution. Finally, it was hypothesized that the decline of UCM was affected because of the lack of a sound financial structure. Without such a structure, implementation of recommended improvements in medical education would not have taken place because of the high cost.;The historical method of research was used in writing about selected factors which affected the decline of UCM. This method allowed for the examination of primary source documents, the obtaining of oral testimony from participants and observers, and the scrutiny of relationships which existed among individuals, institutions, organizations and events.;It was concluded that what constituted an adequate medical education had changed. In addition to national demands for reform, new methods and values began to create new financial pressures for which many medical schools were not able to provide. The only financial relief apparently lay in a medical school combining itself with the scientific department of a university. Such an institution usually had either governmental support, a sizeable endowment or both. In some cases this route was followed by schools that had a university with which they could unite. For others, it meant merging with other medical schools or closing.;Further research is suggested in the area of factors affecting medical education at the Medical College of Virginia and the medical department of the University of Virginia; the impact that the departments of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy had on education in Virginia; the relationship between the Virginia Hospital and UCM; the influence of the departments of dentistry and pharmacy on the department of medicine at UCM; and the effect of political, curricular, and financial pressures on the department of dentistry at UCM.

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Sedwick, Richard W. "Observations of Trends and Successes of Revascularization Therapy at Virginia Commonwealth University: A Retrospective Study." VCU Scholars Compass, 2018. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5368.

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The aim of this study was to determine the trends in protocol, success rates, and consistency in follow up of revascularization procedures in a controlled environment. Patients of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry were identified who were offered revascularization therapy as a treatment option on immature permanent teeth from January 1, 2010 to May 31, 2017. A total of 77 patients and 78 teeth were evaluated for revascularization therapy. For patients accepting treatment, records were reviewed for outcome assessment and consistency of follow up. A total of 30 patients (31 teeth) were treated following revascularization protocols, with only 20 patients (21 teeth) returning for follow up. Six of the 21 teeth needed some form of additional therapy due to patients remaining symptomatic, however 15/21 exhibited varying levels of success. Recall rate was 67.7%. With a success rate of 71.4%, revascularization therapy should continue to be considered for all patients with teeth having necrotic pulps and immature root apices. However, changes to recall protocols need to be improved in order to better monitor the status of teeth that undergo revascularization therapy.

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Woodrum, William John. "Leadership Practices of West Virginia University Extension Agents Working the 4-H Youth Development Program." The Ohio State University, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1409146718.

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Robinson, Adriane. "Perceived factors that influence achievement of tenure for African American faculty at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Old Dominion University." Diss., This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06062008-154633/.

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Walker, Virginia Anne. "A study of high-achieving transfers from twenty-three Virginia community colleges to Virginia Tech." Diss., This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10052007-143417/.

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Dooley, John E. "Defining the Mission of Virginia Cooperative Extension: An Interpretative Analysis From a Historical Perspective." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30431.

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The study is an interpretative analysis of Virginia Cooperative Extension that examined the mission of the agency, as defined through its history and enabling acts of legislation. The study investigated how the mission has evolved during the eighty-four years of its existence. The study used the intent and context of the federal Smith-Lever legislation of 1914 as its benchmark to discover what the desired and anticipated outcomes were for Cooperative Extension by the original patrons of the legislation. Subsequent legislative acts at both the state and federal levels, as well as actions by the executive branch of government, were studied to discover if and when the mission of cooperative extension has changed and to identify the political, economic, and social factors that influenced the changes. The study incorporated accepted methods of historical research and included the review and analysis of both primary and secondary sources of information. Interviews of key leaders who have influenced the policy position of Virginia Cooperative Extension over the past thirty years were conducted. The data gathered by the study were analyzed and presented to highlight major themes that could have influenced critical policy issues that have confronted Virginia Cooperative Extension. The conclusion is that the mission of extension is two fold: (1) to provide education that could lead to increased economic opportunity and, (2) to enhance the quality of life enjoyed by Virginia’s citizens. Three critical attributes are identified that relate to the ability of Virginia Cooperative Extension to fulfill its mission: (1) access to research-based information, (2) a strong presence in local communities, and (3) a capacity to provide timely responses to emerging issues.<br>Ph. D.

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