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Theses from 1990
Opportunities to develop a strategic competitive advantage in the electric utility industry, Tim J. Carroll
The effect of family environment and medication on peer relations of ADHD children, Kay D. Congdon
Seasonal fluctuations of thermophilic and psychrophilic bacteria in Westhampton Lake, Richmond, Virginia, Chukwukere Godwin Durunna
Analyzing the effect of perceived personal risk in a capital equipment purchase decision, Jim Follmar
The relationship between the MBTI and a values conflict resolution, Marti B. George
Vitello-lipid and vitello-protein deposition in environmentally stressed and non-stressed populations of Morone saxatilis (striped bass), David Van Grimes
New-product development : the process in specialty and performance chemicals, Francis J. Hammond
A study of the movement to equalize Virginia's dual school systems during the years 1934-1945 with a focus on Chesterfield County and Richmond City public schools, Michael Stephen Irby
A study of the United States Army Security Assistance Training Program, Albert Ferris Leftwich
Corporate responses to day-care needs as a function of organizational characteristics : going beyond the bottom line with babies, Maria LeGrand
Resource allocation as a function of leadership titles and Myers-Briggs typology, David C. Leonard
Consumer Attitudes Toward Selected Aspects of Cause Related Marketing Promotions, Jean P. Machenberg
Predicting attrition for women at West Point : is it a function of adopting the male dominant culture?, Jane P. McKeon
Multidimensional assessment of children's coping with daily stressful events, Linda Elizabeth Pattee
London on the eve of war 1642, Daniel Roberts
WRVA's public service broadcasting from 1925 through World War II, Mary Julianne Roman-Daffron
Image and image-making : the case of Jordan, Joseph A. Rowley
Political influences on the National Park Service : past and present, Bonnie Sachatello
A land development financial model, Bruce Saunders
A retail branch profitability measurement model for the thrift industry, Rex L. Smith III
Evaluating direct-mail effectiveness in building sales and attracting new customers, Carol Beth Spivey
Core component choices in single-user computer systems : a home office user's perspective, James W. Violette
Trends in solid-waste management and the implications for the aluminum beverage can, Phil Whitehouse
Are bonuses compatible with the Deming philosophy?, F. Case Whittemore
Theses from 1989
Facial and pictorial recognition as a function of massed versus distributed presentation and imaging instructions, John Allyn Cayard
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator : consistency as a result of genuine and discrepant personality type feedback, Stephanie Ann Falk
Physical self efficacy, injury, history and locus of control as predictors of athletes' expected recovery actions in response to various levels of injury severity, Kristen R. Goldbach
Psychosocial effects of juvenile rheumatic disease : the family and peer systems as a context for coping, Jennifer Ann Harris
Half a memory : the Vietnam War in the American mind, 1975-1985, Mark W. Jackley
Frequency of rickettsia sps. in dermacentor variabilis and amblyomma americanum in central Hanover County, Virginia, Peggy Ann Keefe
Pebble nest microhabitats of Semotilus species (Pisces: Cyprinidae), James Timothy Magee
Risk perception and precautionary intent for common consumer products, Elaine G. Martin
Training potential witnesses to produce higher quality face composites, David Bradley Marwitz
Shakespeare and astrology, William Bruce Smith
Regulatory cell biology of growth hormone and prolactin in the cow mammary gland, David Andrew Walkup
Medical care facility planning and regulation in Virginia through certificate of public need, Ronald Stephen Webb
Semantic and self-referent encoding techniques and recall of meanings of unfamiliar adjectives, Maria K. Whittington
Theses from 1988
Diversification in the cigarette industry in the 1980's, Hector Alonso
A reverse genetics approach for studying histone H4 structure-function relationships in yeast, Michael J. Bonaduce
Thermador/Waste King product quality : a post-purchase evaluation by customers, David B. Browe
Contingent time off : an incentive approach to office productivity increases, Larry F. Cluff
The Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test as a group screening instrument for social maturity, Andrea Davis
The relationship of general tolerance with education, ultimate religious motivation, theological position, and denominational affiliation, Cheryl L. Epperson
Sensation seeking and daily activities as determinants of criminal behavior, Rebecca S. Fulper
The role of the tobacco trade in Turkish-American relations, 1923-29., Robert Carey Goodman
Relationship between a gifted child's label and perceived family environment, Anne Hall
A rapid system for analyzing histone H4 mutations in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Edward Rex Lakey Harkrader
The development of a material management program for Hankins & Johan, Inc., R. M. Johann
Sovran financial corporation competitive analysis, Don Kierson
Some chemical and physical factors influencing growth of Panus stipticus Bulliard ex Fries and Armillariella mellea (Vahl ex Fries) Karsten, James Robert Kirkland
A history of the 9th Florida Regiment, Gary L. Loderhose
Sodium/proton exchange in the gills of three species of crabs : Libinia dubia, Callinectes sapidus, and Menippe mercenaria, Nicholas j. Maiolo
Political Instability in the Arab Middle East, Delores M. Moses
Fathers and sons : the relationships among orientations of sex role, sport and winning, Leah Sigler Narro
Evaluation of a computer simulation of the radiant heat curing process for primary URD electrical cable, Grover L. Stell
Contemporary reactions to the Popish Plot and the exclusion crisis, Elizabeth Breeden Townes
Contemporary reactions to the Popish Plot and the exclusion crisis, Elizabeth Breeden Townes
Thrift competition and its impact on financial institution mergers and acquisitions in the Richmond, Virginia RMA, Kenneth W. Vance
Theses from 1987
Wechsler social functioning scores of adolescents institutionalized for disordered conduct, Carole A. Anonick
Traditional and nontraditional funerals : local changes since 1965 and the influence of cost on selection, Darlene K. Burbage
Age and growth of black crappie pomoxis nigromaculatus in Lake Anna, a Virginia Power cooling impoundment, Robert Mason Daniels
Rockbridge County, Virginia in the late antebellum period, 1850-1860, John Brooks Flippen
NATO battlefield strategy for the conventional defense of Central Europe, Patrick Joseph Geary
An analysis of the law of the sea and outer space law : claims over the natural resources of the "commons", Robin Elizabeth Lewis
Dietary induced weight gain and recovery of body weight in Mongolian gerbils, Maryann McCarthy
The 1856 presidential campaign in Virginia, R. Randall Moore
Michel Aflaq : founder of the Arab Ba'th Party, Samuel Morton Mottley Jr.
Loy Wesley Henderson: A cold warrior in near eastern affairs, Anne Witt Perkins
Sodium/Proton Exhange in Membrane Vesicles From Crab (Callinected Sapidus and Carcinus Maenas) Gill, Robert Eric Shetlar
Theses from 1986
A survey of cellular slime molds at selected sites on the James River, Virginia, Nathaniel Lemaster Armistead III
A survey of cellular slime molds at selected sites on the James River, Virginia, Nathaniel Lemaster Armistead
A strategic plan for MIS at James River Corporation of Virginia, Kent C. Bowling
Endurance and affiliation : traits as a priori self schemata in memory, Nancy Mackay Bruckner
How to organize a new bank in the state of Virginia, Andrew J. Callahan
Effectiveness of computer-based, modified computer-based and workshop training in the learning/application of leadership skills, Karen E. Chappell
The assessment and application of patient satisfaction variables in marketing a psychiatric practice, Donald E. Christensen
apid increase in Serum calcium in response to stress in Pomoxis nigromaculatus, black crappie, Severn Borden Churn
A genealogy of the will : a comparison of the works of Kant, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, Jane Elizabeth Edwards
The effects of levels of processing on retention of word meaning, Dorothy A. Flannagan
An empirical investigation of the perceptions of the successful woman in management, John P. Gavin
Preliminary urban land use planning, Robert H. Harris Jr.
An evaluation of the examination process of state chartered credit unions in Virginia, George H. Latham
The Irish community in antebellum Richmond, 1840-1860, Kathryn Lynn Mahone
Urban economic development and small business in Virginia, Muriel Johnson Murray
A justification for implementing a monetary incentive plan for all salaried employees, Peter N. Pastore Jr.
United States military special operations forces: why they are our best military assets for low-intensity conflicts, Stephen Leslie Robinson
Principal's leadership style and science research associates test scores, Kevin William Whirdy
Allocating and recovering jointly used local loop telephone costs, Irby William
Theses from 1985
Traits as self-schemata and their effect on recall of content-specific adjectives, Victor Lee Barrow
The effects of stress on the blood calcium level in the male white rat (Rattus norvegicus), Howard Perry Cobb
Interpersonal consequences of expressing concern about nuclear war, Ann Angell Dew
ATP defendent Na+ transport and the characterization of Na+ / NH4+ exchange in basolateral vesicles of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, gill, Linda Ann Fuhrman
Factors affecting the political stability of certain Latin American countries, Sue Fulghum
The self-concept of pregnant and nonpregnant adolescents and changes that occur between trimesters, Linda Aileen Furlani
Anatomy and systematics of Penthorum L., Melanie Lynn Haskins
Personality variables that discriminate pseudoseizures patients and epileptic patients used in the 16 PF, Patricia L. Marshall
Personality variables that discriminate pseudoseizures patients and epileptic patients used in the 16 PF, Patricia Lane Marshall
The political career of Robert Whitehead, William Baldwin Obrochta
An electrophoretic analysis of the genetic relationship between Etheostoma nigrum and Etheostoma Olmstedi (percidae: etheostomatini) in the James River drainage of Virginia, John Stuart Prince Jr.