All master’s theses completed and available to us at Western Michigan University since 1941 have been entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies from earlier years are available through interlibrary loan. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.
Theses from 1992
Optimization of Sodium Carbonate-Sodium Hydroxide Pulping of Wheat Straw for Corrugating Medium Production, Irmak Yayin
A Computer Simulation of the Rotary Vacuum Filter Brown Stock Washing System Using Distribution Sampling, Edison G. Yiu
Sequential and Parallel Discrete Event Simulation on Computer Communication Networks, Tao Zhou
Theses from 1991
Effects of Capillarity on DNAPL Thickness in Wells and in Adjacent Sands, Timothy V. Adams
Inhibited Spontaneous Emission by Photonic Band Gaps in a Square Lattice of Periodic Dielectric Medium, Abdullah Al-Ghamdi
The Effects of a Conditioned Establishing Operation on Performance of a Two-Component Chain, Kenneth Lee Alling
An Experimental Investigation of Bevelled Blade Coating for Paper, Mustafa Naci Altug
Total Blood Cholesterol, Blood Triglyceride, and Blood HDL Correlation, Rebecca Lynn Babler
Sedimentology of the Bedford-Berea Sequence (Early Mississippian), Williams Field, Michigan, David Alan Balthazor
A Hydrogeochemical Characterization of a Glacial-Drift Aquifer System in Southwest Michigan, Patrick G. Barrese
Fractures in the Jacobsville Sandstone and the Precambrian “W” Rocks in Eastern Marquette County, Michigan, Leonard Paul Belliveau
An Analysis of Hydrogeologic Factors Affecting Aquifer Vulnerability in Southwestern Michigan, Steven E. Benton
Democracy and Capitalism: The Issue Joined from Within, Christopher E. Bischoff
Rose, Lily, Spring for Chamber Orchestra, Thomas M. Bourcier
A Regional Study of Ground-Water Quality in Barry County, Michigan, Margene K. Brewer
The Effects of Peer Tutoring on a Direct Instruction Reading Program, Robert Schuyler Brooks
Structural, Depositional, and Diagenetic Controls on Reservoir Development: St. Peter Sandstone, Newaygo County, Michigan, Mark S. Caldwell
Effects of Music as a Conditioned Stimulus and Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Reducing Anxiety, Marie Elaine Clarkson
Acoustic and Perceptual Correlates of Breathy Vocal Quality, Ronald Allen Cleveland
The Role of a Chairperson of a Michigan Accreditation Program Visitation Team, Ione M. Condit
Sedimentological, Structural, and Organic Geochemical Controls on Natural Gas Occurrence in the Antrim Formation in Otsego County, Michigan, Timothy M. Dellapenna
Flotation Data Sampling Strategies in Archaeological Research: An Experiment at the Elam Site (20AE195), Allegan County, Michigan, Brian David DeRoo
Location Analysis of the Recycling Drop Off Program in Knox County, Tennessee, Carol Michelle Donoghue
Temporal Contiguity as a Defining Feature of the Terms Reinforcer and Discriminative Stimulus: A Survey of Journal Editorial Staffs, Julie Ann Fillhard
WIDR-FM: A Program Analysis of an Alternative Music Format, Michael A. Finn
Double Ionization of Helium by Intermediate to High Velocity He+ Projectiles, Jun Forest
A Valence Quark Model, Tony A. Forest
Computer Aided Process Planning System for Generating Alternative Process Plans, Rao T. Gali
Channel Routing and Compaction: An Integrated Approach, Roshan A. Gidwani
A Comparison of the Effects of Two Individual Monetary Incentive Systems on Work Productivity: Piece-Work Pay Versus Base Pay Plus Incentives, Kirk L. Gillette
Comparison of Body Assessment Using Bioelectrical Impedance and Skinfold Measurements in the Critically Ill, Elizabeth Mae Gohlke
A Comparison of Functional Equivalence Training and Timeout Procedures in the Reduction of Disruptive Behavior, Steven D . Goodman
The Effects of Two Types of Hypnotic Suggestions on Analgesic Responding in Moderately Hypnotizable Subjects, Gloria M. Haddad
Micellar Catalysis of Hydrolysis of Substituted Hydroxamic Acids with Perfluorooctanoic Acid, Zhongyuan He
Reagan-Bush Drug Crusades: An Historical Perspective and Critique, Martin Randall Hill
Cocaine and Timing: Drug Effects Under a Mixed Fixed-Interval Extinction Schedule, Vincent O. Hodge
Added-Purpose versus Rote Exercise for Dynamic Standing Balance Training in Hemiplegia, Ching-Lin Hsieh
Reductive Cleavage of Cyclopentadienylmanganese Tricarbonyl, Mani S. Iyer
Value-Orientations, Socialization and Social Mobility: A Replication and Conceptual Extension of Kohn, Eric O. Johnson
Catch of the Day, for Symphony Orchestra, Angela Lynne Jones
Resonant Electron Transfer and K-Shell Excitation of Lithiumlike Projectiles in Collisions with Molecular Hydrogen, M. Anwar Kamal
Effects of Phenobarbital in Combination with Phenytoin or Valproic Acid on the Delayed-Matching-to-Sample Performance of Pigeons, Catherine Ann Karas
State-Corporate Crime in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Production Complex: A Case Study, David Kauzlarich
Design and Analysis of Asynchronous Adders, Khalid Khanfar
The Effect of a Conditioned Establishing Operations Procedure on Rats Responding on a VI 30 Second Schedule for Sweetened Condensed Milk, Daniel James Knip
Purity of Purpose: The Aesthetics of Bernard of Clairvaux Based on His Monastic Anthropology, Daniel Marcel La Corte
Teaching Infant-Care Skills to First-Time Fathers: A Comparison of Two Training Methods, Lisa K. Largo
Reinforcement Effects on the I.Q. Scores of Institutionalized Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Jody Robin Lewis
A Modified Parallel Fault Simulator for Combinational Circuits, Shih-Ming Li
Spatial Distribution of Hispanic Households in Holland, Michigan: 1960-1990, Cynthia J. Longstreet
Diagenesis in the St. Peter Sandstone, Michigan Basin, Carl E. Lundgren
The Effects of Goal Setting and Supervisory Feedback on Staff Performance in a Human Service Setting, Michael D. Mack
Time Delay Neural Networks and Speech Recognition: Context Independence of Stops in Different Vowel Environments, Gregory Andrew Makowski
Patterns of Illicit Drug Use Among American High School Youth: An Examination for the Years 1976 and 1986, Dennis Rosado Malaret
The Effects of Immediate Versus Delayed Feedback on Error Detection Accuracy in a Quality Control Simulation, Matthew A. Mason
Facies Analysis and Diagenesis of the Lower Engadine Group and the Manistique Group in Manistee, Mason and Oceana Counties, Michigan, Karen S. Mater
The Effects of Public Posting on Job Performance with and without Supervisory Participation, Jan Marie Miller
Test-Retest Reliability of the Levels of Rehabilitation Scale IIB, Maura Katherine Murphy
The Effects of Quality Contingent Extrinsic Rewards on Intrinsic Motivation, Kimberly Ann Filler O'Connor
The Debate on Lesbian Sadomasochism: A Discourse Analysis, Gudbjorg Ottosdottir
The Effects of Mephenytoin on Schedule-Controlled Responding in the Pigeon, Victoria Mary Pellettiere
Bottled Beauty: A Semiotics Analysis of Perfume Advertisements, Asdis G. Ragnarsdottir
The Effects of Urbanization on a Portion of the Portage Creek Watershed: A Case Study on Surface Water and Groundwater Quality, Susan E. Rezek
An Analysis of Self-Report Delinquency: A Test Using an International Instrument, Linda Robyn
Repeated Acquisition with Developmentally Disabled Adults: Some Methodological Improvements, Thomas M. Rueber
An Analysis of Health Related Fitness Practices in the Michigan Secondary School Physical Education Curriculum, D. Robert Salmon
1-Nitronaphthalene Causes Ultrastructural Changes Primarily in Nonciliated Bronchiolar Epithelium Followed by Ciliated Epithelium in the Rat, John-Michael Sauer
The Siriono People of Eastern Bolivia: Cultural Survival Amidst Directed Social Change, Ronald S. Scholte
Dierdre: A Soap Opera, for Singers, Dancers, Players, Electronic Sounds and Projected Images, James Schwall
King Bela before the Mongol Invasion (1214-1241), Pongracz Sennyey
Anderson Localization Effects in the Light Transmitted through a Rough Thin Metal Film, Naimah Mohd. Shafie
Improving the Performance of Corporate Instructional Designers, Karolyn A. Smalley
Political Perspectives in Encyclopedias: Portrayal of the Nicaraguan Revolution, Brian B. Smith
Ethical Implications of Politics in English Speaking West African Countries: The Need for a Greater Ethical Concern, Adeyinka Christopher Thompson
Reactivities of Some Aromatic Compounds at Supercritical Water Conditions, Chun-Cheng Tsao
The Effects of Daily and Weekly Supervisor Feedback on the Performance of University Clerical Staff, Christopher Benjamin Turla
Basement Control on the Development of Selected Michigan Basin Oil and Gas Fields as Constrained by Fabric Elements in Paleozoic Limestones, Robert Thomas Versical
The Paleoethnobotany of Schwerdt (20AE127): An Early Fifteenth Century Encampment in the Lower Kalamazoo River Valley, Gregory R. Walz
Nonidentity Matching Training as a Supplement to the Audio-Visual Combination Test, Melissa Wilson
The Original Rule of the Knights Templar: A Translation with Introduction, Robert T. Wojtowicz
A Study of the Correlation between Alcoholism and Fingerprint Patterns, Miyo Yokota
Drug Problem and Social Change in Saudi Arabia: A Study of the Attitude of Saudi Students Studying in the U.S.A. towards Drug Use in Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Yousef
Selected Studies on Certain Iron Sandwich Complexes, Mashitah M. Yusoff
Reflection and Particulars: Does Casuistry Offer Us Stable Beliefs about Ethics?, David J. Zacker
Resonant Electron Transfer and K-Shell Excitation of Fq+ (Q=6,8) in Collisions with Neutral He and H2 Targets, Konstantinos E. Zaharakis
ETA Photoproduction VIA 2H(γη)2H*, Yan Zhang
Theses from 1990
The Effect of Organization Type on Job Satisfaction: Private and Public Sector Employees in Saudi Arabia, Saeid Al-Hajri
A Decision-Making Model for Adding, Revising, and Terminating Vocational/Occupational Programs at the Van Buren Vocational-Technical Center, James R. Allen
The Development of a Self-Help Psychoeducational Booklet of Rational-Emotive Problem Solving, Alan D. Baldon
The Last World Emperor and the Angelic Pope: Eschatological Figures as Representative of the Medieval Struggle of “Sacerdotium" and “Imperium”, Christopher Joseph Beiting
SQL/DS, Ingres and Indexes: A Comparative Study of the Use of Indexes in Two Database Systems, Karen L. Bourn
Spatial and Temporal Variations of Synthetic Organic Compounds in the Contaminant Plume Emanating from the KL Landfill, Lynn Diane Broede
The Effects of Audiotape Self-Monitoring on Direct Instruction Teacher Presentation Techniques, Kay D. Simon Brynildson
Ethnography of a Lesbian Community in Michigan, Carol W. Burton
An Investigation of Three Strategies to Enhance Generalization of Conversational Skills, Janice Ann Cain
"The Pistill of Swete Susan": Translation and Commentary, Yvonne Daulton Carmicheal
CTRAN: Transforming Scientific Fortran Programs to Unix Based Computing Environments, Qi Chen
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Verbal vs. Nonverbal Cue-Controlled Relaxation in Reducing Test Anxiety, Marilyn J. Christensen