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 1991
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
A Hydrogeological and Hydrogeochemical Investigation of Groundwater at a Landfill for Sludge from the Kalamazoo Wastewater Treatment Plant, Richard Howard Christensen
Cambrian-Early Ordovician Sequence Stratigraphy and Mount Simon Sandstone Petrology-Michigan Basin, Jeffrey T. Cottingham
Reservoir Geology of the Dundee Limestone, West Branch Field, Michigan, Brendan Ciaran Curran
Differences in Values and Goals of Occupational Therapy Students, Margaret A. Danka
Extension of the Audio-Visual Combination Discrimination Test, Valerie R. Davine
A Simulation of a Multi-Hop Communications Network Using a Kinematic Topology Generator and Static Sphere-Packing Power Control, Kevin Charles Davis
The Effects of Aerobic Conditioning Upon the Resting Metabolic Rate, Marti R. Davis
MOCAD: A Graphic Predetermined Time Standards Software for the IBM P.C., Raad A. Dawood
Blessed Be the Ties That Bind: A Critical Analysis of the Changing Language in the Organizational Mission Statement as a Form of Downward Communication, Jacqueline A. De Haan
An Ergonomic Study of Meat Processing Operations, Edgar Delgado
Digital Signal Processing Schemes for Fiber Optic Rotation Rate Sensor Scale Factor Linearization, David T. Dembinski
Pathophysiology of Hemorrhagic Shock and the Protective Effects of Antioxidants, Annette Elizabeth Fleckenstein
Antecedent Aerobic Exercise Training with Schizophrenic Outpatients, Kathlyn A. Fuller
Acoustic Characteristics of Vowels Produced by Men, Women and Children, Laura Arlene Getty
Kinematic Considerations of Elite Alpine Slalom Ski Racers, David Andrew Goodwin
The Effects of Performance Feedback on the Implementation of a Statistically-Based Quality Control Program, Gordon O. Henry
Simulation of Bromide Transport in a Layered Aquifer Using Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Computer Models, Kathleen Michelle Hewitt
Comparison of Behaviors of Suspected Sexually Abused and Nonsexually Abused Preschool Children Using Anatomical Dolls, Rita Kenyon-Jump
How Work Experience Affects Personnel Selection, Donna T. Klein
A Systematic Evaluation Technique for Assisting in the Identification and Prevention of Wrist Stress in the Work Place, Karen Kleinfeld
The Effects of a Reinforcer on Behavior Maintained by a Second External Reinforcer, Jeanne Marie LaMere
Witches Every Month? The Social Construction of Premenstrual Syndrome, Suzanne Latham
Generalization of Promise-Do Correspondence Training with Respect to the Individual to Whom the Promise is Made, Robert J. Latka
The Mapping of a Colored Petri Net Model to an OPS5 Rule-Based Production System, Sally S. Lockwitz
A Comparison of Outcome Reinforcement Contingencies and Process Reinforcement Contingencies Using Concurrent Training with the Severely Mentally Impaired, Nancy Lonsberry
Effect of Therapist-Initiated Versus Self-Initiated Vestibular Stimulation on Vocalization in Children with Autism, Carol L. Maddox
The Effects of Problem-Solving Skills Training with Chronic Schizophrenic Patients, Asiah Mayang
Hydrogeology and Hydrogeochemistry of the Tekonsha Moraine and Adjacent Interlobate Deposits in Charleston Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Victor V. Melbardis
Impact of Group Process Techniques on Group Cohesiveness, Jeri Lee Meola
Training Workers in Ergonomics for the Control of Upper Extremity Cumulative Trauma Disorders in a Manufacturing Industry, Abiud S. Mhidze
Effect of Refining on the Brightness of Softwood CTMP and TMP Pulps, Ashok Kumar Mishra
Of Berry Pickers, Shanty Boys, and the Jack Pine Bird: Patterns of Settlement and Subsistence in Nineteenth Century Oscoda County, Rose Lockwood Moore
Development of a Neural Net Model for the Assignment Problem, Philip Paul Moss
Perceptual Effects of Perturbation and Additive Noise, Richard E. Nero
Effect of Modified Instructions on Test Performance of First Graders, Lisa J. Nuss
Robert Grosseteste's De Ubero Arbitrio, Andrew L. Pearson
Kinetics of the Metal-Exchange Reaction between Ortho-Phospho-DL -Serinenickelate(II) and Copper(II), Jeffrey M. Peterman
Analogical Reasoning of Elderly Adults Using Three Modalities: Words, Pictures, and Figures, Judy L. Rau
The Effects of Repeated Trials on the Cardiovascular Responses to Reading Aloud and Non-Stressful Conversation, George S. Renfrey
The Effect of a Multi-Component Treatment Package on Seat Belt Usage Among Hispanics, Senez Rodriguez-Charbonier
Solitary Aerobic Exercise as a Treatment of Unipolar Depressive Disorders in Women, Lisa Ann Romano-Neal
Michigan Apple Pest Identifier and Manager Expert System, James R. Schalk
Research and Theory on the Housing and Care of Laboratory Pigeons and Rats, Dylan David Schmorrow
An Examination of the Effectiveness of Teaching Nonverbal Sensitivity to Students in an Occupational Therapy Curriculum, Darla Kathleen Schurmeier
Applying the Matching Law in a Sheltered Workshop, Kristin Elizabeth Skousgard
Progressive Muscle Relaxation as an Adjunctive Treatment for Moderate Asthmatics, Kellye Hutton Slaggert
Standing Time While Engaged in an Upper Extremity Activity Versus Standing Time While Not Engaged in an Upper Extremity Activity, Wendy A. Smith
The Acquisition of Spelling by Developmentally Disabled Adults: An Examination of Some Variations of the Look-Cover-Write-Check Cycle, Mark Stafford
An Examination of the Irrelevance of the Term Neoconservative as Used in American Ideological Debates, Mark C. Stanczak
Improving Active Treatment through Performance Management, Carman E. Stark
Three Women Saints in the Thirteenth Century: Mentalities and Roles, Ulrike Strasser
Teacher and Student Discourse Variables in Academic Communication, Janet M. Sturm
A Comparison of a Topography-Based Language System and a Selection-Based Language System, Carl Sundberg
Analysis of Guatemalan Textiles, Cristina Keiko Tomita
Self-Control in Children: The Impact of Reinforced Commitment, Michael G. Winter
The Small Crimes of Arthur Payne, Franklin T. Young
Theses from 1989
An Ergonomic Training Program for Manual Handling Tasks, Akhilesh Agrawal
The Effect of Study Skills Training on the Academic Performance of Learning Disabled Students in Mainstream Classes, Kathleen M. Allen
A Comparison of Maximal and Submaximal Heart Rate and Oxygen Uptake in Combined Arm and Leg Bicycling and Rowing, Victoria L. Asaro
The Effects of Added Purpose on Fine Motor Performance in Learning Disabled Children, Sarah Lynn Austin
An Investigation of Pitch Perturbation and Vocal Intensity Characteristics of Stutterers and Nonstutterers, Carmen M. Bamberg
Continuous Passive Motion after Knee Arthroscopy, Lisa Bauman
A Doctrine Revised: The Venezuelan Crisis of 1902 and the Roosevelt Corollary, George Arthur Boston