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 1990
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
Cloning and Sequencing of the Eco RII Monomer Fragment of Satellite DNA from the Mouse Mus Musculus, Timothy Patrick Boyle
Analogical Processing Skills in Three Modalities in Fifth, Eighth, and Eleventh Graders, Amy Sirrae Cashen
The Task /Time Management Component of the Learning to Learn System, James B. Cook
Increasing Body Image Satisfaction in Normal Adolescent Females, Kathleen G. Curtis Korstange
Techniques for Increasing Writing and Reading Proficiency of International Students, Abatah D. Daher
Compliance with Universal Precautions by Health Care Workers in a Rural Community Emergency Room, Jane E. Devries
Smoking Cessation in Relapsed Smokers: A Competing Schedules Approach, Catherine E. Ellis
Cessation of Chronic Ethanol Intake Reverses Ultrastructural Alterations in Ileal M Cells, Robert Rosback Eversole
Computer Assisted Drill and Practice: An Instructional Aid to Increasing Rate of Acquisition of Addition Math Facts, Paula G. Frandsen
Education for Employment: An Update of Kalamazoo County's Career Education Model, Wendy French
A Report of an Internship in the Hastings Area Schools, Hastings, Michigan, Sally W. Fullerton
Quantification of Refining Actions, Hari R. Goyal
The Use of Musical Wind Instruments as an Expiratory Therapy with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients, Ellen R. Griggs Drane
Origins a Symphony for Orchestra, Thomas E. Haupt
The Implementation of a Generalized Database Directory, Claudia Helms-Vaccaro
An Efficient Implementation of Logical Design for Relational Databases, Shakeel Ishaque
A Comparison of Selected Old and New Right Wing Groups: Involvement with Law Enforcement, Elvin W. Keith
Aids Prevention through Printed Media: Knowledge and Communication Behaviors of Gay College-Aged Males, Cheryl L. Knight
Psychophysiological Assessment of Panic Disorder, Kent A. Koehn
The Role of Socialization in the Process of Political Life: An Analysis of Gender Roles in Elementary School Textbooks on Taiwan, Chien-Hong Lee
Attitudes of College Students Toward Affirmative Action Policies for Women and Minorities, John Porter Lee
A Study of the Preservation of the Classical Tradition in the Education, Language, and Literature of the Byzantine Empire, Germaine Manuel
Interpersonal Skills in the Employment Interview: Intended Meaning, Sharron McCarthy Meisenhelder
The Relation of Radium-226 and 228 to the Groundwater Geochemistry of Carbon, Sulfur, and Chlorine near Michigan's Saginaw Bay, Ray Milejczak
Variants on the Holiday Season, Gary Powell Nash
Temporal Discrimination Training of Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury Using Computer-Based Operant Procedures, Robert Edward Obrecht
Application of Risk Analysis in Investment Decision Making for New Products, Chul Paik
Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the Putative Processing Site of Recombinant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Reverse Transcriptase, Susan M. Poppe
Salt II: A Study, Daniel G. Rathbun
An Edition of Newberry MS 31 (RY 8), Spiritual Texts, Ross Roberts
An Empirical Examination of Hispanic-Americans in a University Setting and the Influences on Their Attitudes Towards Assimilation, Ramon Rodriguez
Flotation Deinking of Ultraviolet Radiation Cured Inks, Narayanasamy Seenivasan
Reliability and Validity of the Body Mechanics Obstacle Course Evaluation, Louise Sinclair-Eastman
Original Intent and the Reagan Court: A New Approach to the Madisonian Dilemma?, Deborah Nelson Snow
Leisure Satisfaction of Alcoholics and Cocaine Addicts, Tamera F. Stanback
Concerto for Euphonium and String Orchestra, Steven Dale Sudduth
An Analysis of High Dimensional Data, Ravishankar Swamy
Religious Belief, Salience, and Social Action: Are They Related?, Timothy R. Tuinstra
The Myth of Tereus and the Nightingale Motif in Classical and Medieval Literature and in the Works of Chauce, Betty Vanderwielen
A Laboratory Characterization of Pulp and Paper Mill Solid Wastes for Potential Use as Hydraulic Barrier Material in Landfill Covers, Carleton Van Maltby
Hands-On Purposeful Activity and Short-Term Memory Retention in Elderly Patients with Cognitive Deficits, Desiree Arah Varner
Wetland Study of Southeastern Portage Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, Kevin M. Walsh
Relativistic and Non-Relativistic Nuclear Charge Form Factors, Tao Wang
Calculation of Electron Scattering for 4He in a Continuum Shell Model, Ming Yu
A Generalized Data Distribution Model for Distributed Relational Databases, Patrick D. Yurk
Theses from 1988
Synthesis and Reactions of a-Diketones and Preparation of Some New Benzimidazoles, Mohamad Reza Agharahimi
Performance of Children Under a Multiple Schedule of Reinforcement: Effects of Ratio and Interval Contingencies, Gregg A. Baxter
Single-Electron Capture and Loss Cross Sections vs. Target Z for 1 MeV/u Oxygen Ions Incident on Gases, Scott Avery Boman
Community Education Plan for North Kent Consortium, Charlene M. Bunnell
Establishing Interagency Communication among K-12 School Districts and Government Agencies through an Intermediate School District, Gary R. Campbell
An Internship Experience at the Grand Rapids Baptist Academy Grand Rapids, Michigan, Mark Chapman
An Analysis of Four Empathy Variables as Predictors of Marital Satisfaction, Teck Seong Chee
The Discriminative Stimulus Properties of Ethosuximide in the Pigeon, Rodney D. Clark
An Analysis of Early Woodland Pottery from Southwest Michigan, James W. Cogswell
The Relationship of Pore Volume and Pore Size Distribution to the Development of Gloss and Scattering Coefficient, John A. Cook