The purpose of this research was to investigate the clothing interest of three groups of men in three stages of their lives, to determine whether their clothing interest changed as they progressed from one stage to another. The sample consisted of 92 college freshmen, 57 college seniors, and 42 post college working men. The instrument used was a five factor questionnaire derived from Gurel's 1974 factor analysis of Creekmore's 1968 "Importance of Clothing" questionnaire. Statistical analysis included frequency distributions, and multivariate and univariate analysis of variance. There was a significant difference between post college working men and the two groups of college students for overall interest in clothing and for Factor I, interest in clothing as concern with appearance. The working men scored significantly higher than the students on Factor I, and on overall clothing interest. There was additionally, a tendency for the working men to score higher on the remaining factors, and for freshmen to score higher than seniors on all of the factors and on the total score. Analysis of demographic data showed tendencies for married working men to score higher than single working men, and for the scores of married working men to increase with increasing number of children. For the working men, interest scores seemed to increase also with the number of years employed. Factor I, interest in clothing as concern with personal appearance, was the most important aspect of clothing interest for all three groups of men. / Master of Science

A computer model was developed to provide a decision aid for the reclamation of eastern abandoned surface mined lands. Edaphic, topographic, climatological, and economic factors provide the inputs to the model. By utilizing the present costs and benefits from representative reclamation practices, objective and efficient decisions can be made. The model is comprised of interacting subprograms, which operate as a system of independent decision aids. The subprograms presently in the system are HIWALL(land manipulation), PLSPEC (plant species suitability evaluator), ERODES(erosion predictor, and cost/benefit analyzer), TERARE(computes results of terrace building), LIME(rates of lime application required to enhance site quality), FERT(nutrient requirements for a site), and WINBRK(a windbreak effectiveness subprogram). Evaluation of the model was accomplished by using simulation and sensitivity analyses. The operation of the HIWALL and ERODES subprogram, and the sensitivity analyses performed on each, provided insights to the factors which influence the effectiveness of decisions, and land configurations. The cost/benefit ratio can be utilized in the decision making process. Present costs can be manipulated to meet future needs, or to predict future rates of development. / Master of Science

The major purpose of the present study was to examine the attitudinal differences between males and females toward males and females labeled as either an ex-mental patient or an ex-medical patient. Undergraduate students first read a personal history questionnaire which was identical in all experimental conditions except for the type of patient described under the heading of "Medical History," i.e., ex-mental or ex-medical patient. Subjects then watched an eleven-minute videotaped interview of a college student who was presented as the person described in the personal history questionnaire. These videotaped interviews were identical except for the sex of the interviewee. After viewing the videotapes, subjects completed a questionnaire composed of six bi-polar adjectives regarding the interviewee's adjustment, a questionnaire containing six questions about how the subject might interact with the interviewee, and an information questionnaire containing twelve questions based on the personal history questionnaire and twelve items from the videotaped interview. The position that the label ex-mental patient is a stigma and will produce negative attitudes toward those so labeled was clearly not supported by this research. While males displayed some negative attitudes toward individuals labeled as ex-mental patients, this was not a consistent effect. The notion that females do not display differential attitudes toward someone labeled as an ex-mental patient and someone not so labeled was supported. Several methodological issues possibly affecting the results were discussed. / Master of Science

This paper points out three weaknesses in the finding of no relationship between money and prices given in a recent paper by Edgar Feige and Douglas Pearce [Journal of Political Economy, 84 No. 3 (June 1976), 499-522.] The weaknesses are: 1) The method they used cannot detect certain relationships between variables, 2) They have not held constant other factors that could affect prices, and 3) The relationship they tested does not correspond to an economic theory suggesting that money affects prices. The theoretical link between money and prices is discussed and a relationship consistent with the theory is tested. It is found that when the effects of output, capacity utilization, and unit labor costs are taken into account, the growth rate of money has a significant positive impact on the growth rate of the wholesale price index. / Master of Arts

The purpose of this thesis is to use a finite element procedure for predicting settlement, rate of settlement and negative skin friction effects and downdrag force on a pile caused by consolidation of the surrounding soils. The influence of negative skin friction caused by consolidation due to gravity, due to backfill and due to backfill with external load are investigated. The inclusion of time history is also evaluated. / Master of Science

Locations of 113 aftershocks of the magnitude-7.6 (M_s) Peruvian earthquake of October 3, 1974, were determined from data obtained by a ten-station network installed along the coastal area between lat 11° and 14° S. These epicenters define an irregular shaped zone approximately 210 km long by 150 km wide, the oceanward or long side of which trends subparallel with the coast and extends between about lat 12° and 13.8° S. The distribution of hypocenters ranges in depth from near surface to roughly 65 km and is indicative of shallow underthrusting. Focal mechanisms are consistent with low angle thrust faulting. A b value of approximately 0.90 was determined for earthquakes within the Peruvian shallow seismic belt (1963-1975) and the aftershock sequence. / Master of Science

Oidaematophorus monodactylus (L.) is a plume moth commonly found feeding on hedge bindweed (Convolvulus sepium L.) in southwestern Virginia. Females maintained at 23.9 + 1°C laid an average of 173 eggs, 61% viable, during a 10-day oviposition period. Average larval leaf consumption was 13 cm² at 18.3°C, increasing to 16 cm² at 29.4°C; over 60% was consumed by the last instar. Mean development period from egg to adult was 28.3 days at 23.9°C. O. monodactylus completely defoliated a hedge bindweed plant which was infested at the rate of 5 larvae per leaf in greenhouse cage experiments, and caused a significant decrease in the mean percentage of leaf and shoot production as well as total plant length with infestations of 3 larvae per leaf in field cages. This indicated that inundative releases of late instars in early June could reduce the growth rate and seed production of hedge bindweed plants. An estimate of the initial direct cost of rearing 10,000 third instars for a June release totaled a little less than $8,000; of which 30% are non-recurring costs. A second insect feeding on hedge bindweed is the leaf miner, Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller), which can be found in southwestern Virginia from September through October. Females maintained at 23.9 ± 2°C laid an average of 169 eggs, most of them within the first 8 days of oviposition. The highest rate of pupation was at 23.9°C (98.0), but only 4.6% pupated at 29.4°C. Less than 5% of field collected larvae were parasitized by Apanteles bedelliae Vier. / Master of Science

The work is divided into two portions, one dealing with the logical structure of a consciously formed object, and the other promulgating a construct of the sensible elements of physical form. Although the body of the work is composed of several projects, the intent remains constant. That is, through the under¬standing of the basic processes by which man has exchanged with his surroundings, order and clarity might be brought to the designed environment. / Master of Architecture

Cambrian Shady Dolomite facies exposed northwest and southeast of Austinville, southwestern Virginia, apparently formed in a platform-to-basin setting. Northwest of Austinville, the Shady Dolomite (600 m thick) overlies the Lower Cambrian Erwin Formation and is overlain by the Middle Cambrian Rome Formation. Here the unit consists of ribbon-laminated carbonates (Patterson Member) overlain by massive dolomites and fenestral, cryptalgal carbonates (Austinville and Ivanhoe Members) which pass up into Rome Formation red mudcracked clastics and carbonates. Relict textures suggest that northwestern belts of the Shady Dolomite were deposited in an upward-shoaling sequence on the inner part of a carbonate platform. The Shady Dolomite thickens southeast of Austinville where exposed (400 m thick) upper Shady Dolomite beds (partly equivalent to Rome Formation) contain calcareous algal bioherms, limeclast grain-stone, monomictic and polymictic carbonate breccia and black laminated limestone and shale. Algal bioherms, limeclast grain-stones and carbonate breccias of southeastern belts suggest seaward, outer platform environments; black laminated limestone and shale units containing local algal bioherms and breccias may indicate local off-platform "deeper water" deposits. Slopes on the carbonate platform margin were probably low (few degrees) as indicated by interlayering of shallow and deeper water lithologies recording considerable migration of facies bands. This southeasternmost facies of the Shady Dolomite exposed in the Valley and Ridge may give important clues as to the lithologic character of equivalent units in the Virginia Piedmont. / Master of Science

A system to measure the performance of a 10 kN horizontal axis wind turbine was designed and was employed to test an Electro WVG-120G wind generator. Parameters measured were wind speed, voltage, current, and frequency. Output power and tip speed ratio were calculated from the measured parameters. A system to automatically calculate instantaneous power and to integrate power was developed. An improved digital anemometer odometer was designed and built. Tests were performed with the windmill powering a resistive heating load as well as charging a battery. / Master of Science