Browsing ETDs: Virginia Tech Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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E Pluribus Unum: A Study of Reconnecting a Broken Urban Fabric
(Virginia Tech, 2013-07-05)A city requires the architecture that comprises it to stitch together its urban fabric, creating connections between various, potentially disconnected, parts. Architecture mediates its surrounding public and open spaces, ... -
(e,2e) spectroscopic investigations of the spectral momentum densities of thin carbon films
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985)An (e,2e) electron scattering spectrometer has been constructed and used for the first time to investigate the spectral momentum density of the valence bands of a solid target. This technique provides fundamental information ... -
The E-algorithm: an automatic test generation algorithm for hardware description languages
(Virginia Tech, 1988)Traditional test generation techniques for digital circuits have been rendered inadequate by the increasing levels of integration achieved by VLSI technology. This thesis presents a test generation algorithm, the E-algorithm, ... -
E-SEM Characterization of Escherichia coli Biofilms Grown on Copper- and Silver-Alloyed Stainless Steels over a 48 -
(Virginia Tech, 2018-06-01)The formation of bacterial biofilms on surfaces and their subsequent biofouling pose extensive safe and healthy concerns to a variety of industries. Biofilms are ubiquitous, and the biofilm state is considered the default ... -
The E/Z isomerization step in the biosynthesis of Z coniferyl alcohol in Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987)In nature, it has long been assumed that p-hydroxycinnamyl alcohols occur exclusively in their trans (E) stereoisomeric form. However, in beech bark (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) only the corresponding cis (Z) monomers were ... -
Early Career Special Education Teachers in High-and Low-Poverty Districts: A Comparison of their Qualifications, Work Conditions, and Career Commitments
(Virginia Tech, 2008-12-10)I used teacher data from the Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE) to compare the characteristics, qualifications (e.g., credentials, preservice preparation, self-efficacy, and induction) and work conditions ... -
Early Effects of Organophosphate Compounds on In Vitro Intracellular Signaling and Levels of Active Neurotrophin Receptors, and on In Vivo Neurotrophin Concentrations
(Virginia Tech, 2005-10-14)Organophosphorus (OP) compounds are found in household pest control products, plastics, and petroleum. Due to the neurotoxic nature of OP compounds, exposure can cause both acute and delayed symptoms, including ... -
Early Experiences of Accountants Transitioning to Virginia Community College Faculty
(Virginia Tech, 2017-12-04)Accounting faculty members in community colleges educate a large portion of accounting students each year. Accountants who become accounting faculty are the most common type of accounting instructor in community colleges ... -
Early family environments and vulnerability factors associated with borderline personality disorder
(Virginia Tech, 1991)Childhood trauma experiences (sexual abuse, physical abuse, witnessed violence, and early separation experiences) and family environment characteristics were assessed via questionnaire from a sample of depressed borderline ... -
Early Leader Effects on the Process of Institutionalization Through Cultural Embedding: The Cases of William J. Donovan, Allen W. Dulles, and J. Edgar Hoover
(Virginia Tech, 2002-04-22)This study examines the ways early leaders can influence the process of institutionalization in public organizations. Using Schein's (1983, 1991) model of cultural creation and embedding as a heuristic device, secondary ... -
Early life history dynamics of a stocked striped bass (Morone saxatilis) population and assessment of strategies for improving stocking success in Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia
(Virginia Tech, 1997)The early life history dynamics of stocked, fingerling striped bass (Morone saxatilis) were evaluated in Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, from 1994-96 and incorporated into an individual-based model to assess various stocking ... -
Early Parasympathetic Activity Predicts Later Childhood Social Functioning as Mediated by Emotion Regulation
(Virginia Tech, 2021)Theories of emotion regulation and social engagement indicate that resting and reactive respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), which reflect vagal activity, in early childhood can inform the development of social and emotional ... -
Early Veterinary Activities at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1870s - 1920s; The Rise and Fall of Virginia's State-Controlled Veterinary Complex
(Virginia Tech, 2006-07-26)Veterinary activities at VPI between 1872 and 1959 established the Blacksburg institution as the center of Virginia's veterinary education long before the opening of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary ... -
Early weaning and other methods of intensive lamb production
(Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1962)Early weaning onto pasture, separate grazing for ewes and lambs on pasture, and weaned and nonweaned lambs in a drylot were compared with control groups of ewes and lambs grazed together at Blacksburg and Glade Spring in ... -
The early zygotic genes and microRNAs in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti and the Asian malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi
(Virginia Tech, 2014-11-03)Mosquitoes are notorious vectors for multiple diseases like malaria, yellow fever and dengue fever. To manipulate gene expression in mosquito and spread desired genes among natural population for vector control, a thorough ... -
Earth in Architecture: An Exploration of Malawian Vernacular and Healing
(Virginia Tech, 2017-10-17)Can a hospital be more than a center for treatment? Can it initiate a sense of healing in the individual as well as the community? The hospital in its early form was a facility meant to house the sick in ancient Egyptian ... -
Earth-self interconnections: an exploration into the significance for continued global and individual growth
(Virginia Tech, 1987-06-15)The significance of the Earth-Self interconnections for , personal and planetary growth was explored in this inquiry. Because Native Americans are a people who traditionally have been tangibly and consciously aware of ... -
Earth. Water. Sky. The Liminal Landscape of the Maya Sweatbath
(Virginia Tech, 2013-09-30)This dissertation investigates the ancient healing tradition of the Maya sweatbath, its landscape, and rituals, which after three millennia is still practiced today among the contemporary Maya. Frequently overlooked because ... -
An Earthly Cosmology
(Virginia Tech, 2011-05-10)The following thesis project explores the design of a nature center and planetarium within Rock Creek Park, in Washington, DC. The project evolved from a desire to re-imagine a relationship with nature in a way that allows ... -
Earthworms in the Urban Environment: Can Population Augmentation Improve Urban Soil Properties?
(Virginia Tech, 2009-07-17)Urban forests perform essential ecological functions, and their performance is dependent on soil quality, which is often degraded by human activity. Because earthworms play a key role in soil health, augmenting earthworm ...
