ETDs: Virginia Tech Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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Virginia Tech has been a world leader in electronic theses and dissertation initiatives for more than 20 years. On January 1, 1997, Virginia Tech was the first university to require electronic submission of theses and dissertations (ETDs). Ever since then, Virginia Tech graduate students have been able to prepare, submit, review, and publish their theses and dissertations online and to append digital media such as images, data, audio, and video.
University Libraries staff are currently digitizing thousands of pre-1997 theses and dissertations and loading them into VTechWorks. Most of these theses and dissertations are fully available to the public, but we will, in general, honor requests by the item's author to restrict access to Virginia Tech only. See our process for Requesting that Material be Amended or Removed.
To search all Virginia Tech print and digital theses and dissertations, use the University Libraries ETD resource guide.
Materials that are restricted to Virginia Tech only may be requested via your own university or public library's Interlibrary Loan program or through the VTechWorks request form that appears when you try to access the item. You might also be able to obtain a copy of the work through ProQuest's database of theses and dissertations. If you are on a Virginia Tech campus but are unable to find the pre-1997 thesis or dissertation you are seeking in VTechWorks, you may also be able to order a physical copy from library storage. Please check the library catalog at http://www.lib.vt.edu/ for physical copies.
The guidelines that apply to Virginia Tech's graduate students as ETD authors can be found at http://guides.lib.vt.edu/ETDguide.
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Gender Representation in Sports Illustrated for Kids
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)GENERAL AUDIENCE ABSTRACT Sport media has been a known producer of traditional gender images that reflect inequality between sexes. Sport media has been studied endlessly, but one aspect that has not fostered as much ... -
Integrating Global Competencies into Business and Information Technology and Marketing Education Curricula
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)Since the world has become smaller, resulting in the development of a global economy, it is no longer adequate for countries to provide education in silos by country or region. Instead, educators throughout the world need ... -
CrossFit (Cult)ure: a Rhetorical Analysis of Symbolic Convergence Through Digital Media
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)Community is created, developed, and produced by CrossFit as an organization through their website mission statement and visual media, and the community of CrossFitters are able to respond in kind on CrossFit social media. ... -
The State and Industrial Agriculture: An examination of political dynamics emerging from the Bayer-Monsanto acquisition
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)This thesis uses the recent Bayer-Monsanto acquisition in order to examine historical and contemporary power dynamics found throughout industrial agriculture. With the theoretical aid of Karl Polanyi and Michel Foucault, ... -
Syria: In Need of Vision
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)Possessing a vision to correct problems is an area of interest for leadership and political studies, as presumably vision provides the goal to orient upon and overcome problems, and should apply at all levels of leadership. ... -
Load Learning and Topology Optimization for Power Networks
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)With the advent of distributed energy resources (DERs), electric vehicles, and demand-response programs, grid operators are in dire need of new monitoring and design tools that help improve efficiency, reliability, and ... -
Assessment of Bacteriuria and Surgical Site Infections in Dogs with Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)Objective: The aims of this prospective clinical cohort study were to determine the prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament disease and to determine which clinical parameters and ... -
Delay-Aware Multi-Path Routing in a Multi-Hop Network: Algorithms and Applications
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)Delay is known to be a critical performance metric for various real-world routing applications including multimedia communication and freight delivery. Provisioning delay-minimal (or at least delay-bounded) routing services ... -
Exploring Per-Input Filter Selection and Approximation Techniques for Deep Neural Networks
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)We propose a dynamic, input dependent filter approximation and selection technique to improve the computational efficiency of Deep Neural Networks. The approximation techniques convert 32 bit floating point representation ... -
Adolescent Trauma Treatment in Integrated Primary Care: A Modified Delphi Study
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)Early stressors like trauma can lead to developmental changes that have life-long negative health consequences (Merikangas et al., 2010; Anda et al., 2006). Approximately 1 in 4 youth experience substantial trauma during ... -
Diagonal Estimation with Probing Methods
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)Probing methods for trace estimation of large, sparse matrices has been studied for several decades. In recent years, there has been some work to extend these techniques to instead estimate the diagonal entries of these ... -
Estimating Flow Through Rock Weirs
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)Rock weirs are small dam-like structures composed of large loose rock commonly found in ecological engineering design. By appearing more natural than concrete structures, rock weirs are preferred for use as hydraulic control ... -
The Colored Sense of Awareness: An Analysis of African American Perceptions of Race and Communication in the Workplace
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)The United States has a troubled history with race relations. African Americans have immeasurably experienced racism and racial oppression in various forms and in many sectors of the American society. One of the sectors ... -
Applying Time-Valued Knowledge for Public Health Outbreak Response
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)During the early stages of any epidemic, simple interventions such as quarantine and isolation may be sufficient to halt the spread of a novel pathogen. However, should this opportunity be missed, substantially more ... -
Beyond the Boundaries: A Sharing of Power in Processes of Public Education Decision-Making and Planning
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)This researched is focused on how public managers, bureaucrats, can show responsiveness to the needs and wants of the citizens they serve through authentically including citizens in the process of decision-making. To ... -
Turing Decidability and Computational Complexity of MorseHomology
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)This thesis presents a general background on discrete Morse theory, as developed by Robin Forman, as well as an introduction to computability and computational complexity. Since general point-set data equipped with a ... -
Effect of Interplanetary Shock Impact Angle on the Occurrence Rate and Properties of Pc5 Waves Observed by High-Latitude Ground Magnetometers
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)The effects of interplanetary shock impact angles have the potential to have far reaching consequences. By their nature, interplanetary shocks are a direct consequence of a variety of solar events including both Coronal ... -
Geochemistry of mafic dikes from the Coastal New England magmatic province in southeast Maine, USA and Nova Scotia, Canada
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)Mid-Late Triassic-age alkali-basalt dikes were emplaced along the coast of New England between 240-200 Ma. Known as the Coastal New England (CNE) magmatic province, this dike swarm is the immediate magmatic predecessor to ... -
Get Lit: An analysis of the framing of party schools in the U.S.
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-21)Universities and colleges in the U.S. are constantly mentioned in lists such as The Princeton Review's Top Party School list or similar rankings that can potentially impact the institution, as well as local news coverage ... -
Silvopasture interests among livestock producers in Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 2019-06-20)Silvopasture is a land-use management practice which intentionally integrates trees, forage, and livestock. It is increasingly prevalent in outreach and extension, yet considerations for adoption are complex. The implementation ...
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