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Part of University Archives: This series has been selected for inclusion in the VCU University Archives for its enduring administrative, fiscal, legal, or historical value.Theses/Dissertations from 2010
CELL DEATH AND SUSTAINED SENESCENCE ARREST IN COLON CARCINOMA AND MELANOMA TUMOR CELLS IN RESPONSE TO THE NOVEL MICROTUBULE POISON, JG-03-14, Jonathan Biggers
The Slow Healing Itch, Sara Bohannon
Factors Affecting Gingival Excess, Altered Passive Eruption and Recession in the Mandibular Anterior and Premolar Sites, William Bohlen
REAL TIME 3-D TRACKING OF THE HIGH DOSE RATE RADIATION SOURCE USING A FLAT PANEL DETECTOR, Aditya Bondal
Periodontal bacterial-DNA initiated immuno-inflammatory responses in human osteoblastic cells, Chebel Najib Bou
Children's Art Museum, Shalen Bradford
Characterization of Stabilized Palladium Nanocatalysts, Meghann Broderick
"Freedom Wears a Cap": The Law, Liberty, and Opportunity for British Convict Servants in Virginia, 1718-1788, Daniel Brown
CONTRIBUTION OF NUCELIEC ACIDS ON THE STRUCTURE OF RECOMBINANT HEPADNAVIRUS CORE ANTIGENS, Maimuna Bruce
The Everyday in America, Janet Bruhn
Domination in Benzenoids, Nisreen Bukhary
A Case Study of Network Design for Middle East Water Distribution, Rachel Bullene
Perception of soft tissue laser use in orthodontic practice: a survey of orthodontists, periodontists, and general dentists, Brandon Burke
Elementary Teachers' Assessment Beliefs and Practices, Sarah Calveric
SELF-FORGIVENESS INTERVENTIONS FOR WOMEN EXPERIENCING A BREAKUP, Kathryn Campana
Electrodeposited Silica Thin Films, Debbie Campbell-Rance
Inferential Methods for High-Throughput Methylation Data, Maria Capparuccini
The Prevalence of Maxillary Altered Passive Eruption in a Dental School Population., Francisco Carlos
Canopy Disturbance and Reproduction in Cornus florida L., Daniel Carr
Sweet Briar, 1800-1900: Palladian Plantation House, Italianate Villa, Aesthetic Retreat, Harriet Christian Carr
Styling the Sound: Vocal Coaching The Big Knife, Melissa Carroll-Jackson
Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Design, and Characterization, Kyler Carroll
Electrophysiological Analysis in an Animal Model of Dystonia, Kunal Chaniary
Bottom Creek, Bent Mountain, VA, Genesis Chapman
The Michael Chekhov Technique: In The Classroom and On Stage, Josh Chenard
OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL URANIUM USING POROUS SILICA MATERIALS, Chien-Cheng Chen
DREAMFALL: The Fleeting-ness of Memory, Hon Chen
REGIONAL HETEROGENEITY AND DIVERSITY OF ASTROCYTES IN RESPONSE TO HIV-1 PROTEINS AND MORPHINE, Wen Chen
P53 mediated cell motility in H1299 lung cancer cells, Mi-Yon Choi
PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENTS OF THE TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION WITH CIRCULATORY FLOW AUGMENTATION, Steven Chopski
SCRIBBLE: A POTENTIAL DUAL KINASE INHIBITOR, Steven Christofakis
Untitled, Lindsay Chudzik
PAYMENT OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAM FEES BY VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND ITS IMPACT ON ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENROLLMENT AND SCORES, Mary Grupe Cirillo
Density Functional Studies of the Stability of Clusters, Penee Clayborne
The Effect of Power on Exploratory Behavior, William Clay
Burials, Andrea Cleary
Expression & Purification of Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum Erythrocyte-binding Ligands, Seward Joann Cofie
Intrinsic Features of the Multisensory Cortical Area LRSS in the Ferret, Alexandru Ioan Cojanu
With or Without You: The Impact of Partner Presence and Attachment on Exploration, Anthony Coy
Power and Sample Size for Three-Level Cluster Designs, Tina Cunningham
KLF2/KLF4 Double Knock-out Mouse Embryos Show Cranial Bleeding with Endothelial Disruption of the Primary Head Vein, Benjamin Curtis
CONFINING AN ORGANIC MOLECULE IN A NANOCAVITY: EFFECT ON ROTATIONAL/VIBRATIONAL MOTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCE FOR SPIN DEPHASING., Lopamudra Das
Making decisions about screening cargo containers for nuclear threats using decision analysis and optimization, Jamie Dauberman
Dear Vulcan, Laura Davenport
Relational Humility, Don Davis
Patterns in Fish Community Structure in a Regulated River, Richard Davis
PROTEASOME-DEPENDENT ENTRY OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS, Mark Delboy
Museums in the Classroom: Preservation Virginia’s John Marshall House Trunk, Denisse Marie De Leon
Image Processing Algorithms for Diagnostic Analysis of Microcirculation, Sumeyra Ummuhan Demir
Development of a Flexible FPGA-Based Platform for Flight Control System Research, Robert DeMott
Pyridoxal Kinase: Its Role in Vitamin B6 Metabolism, Jigarkumar Desai
Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death, Cognets Nicholas des
The Effect of Anticholinergic Burden on Functional Outcomes in Patients with Moderate to Severe Alzheimer’s Disease, Sheetal Dharia
The Role of Synaptically Evoked Plateau Potentials in Retinogeniculate Development, Emily Dilger
Strategies to Employ Androstenediol to Reverse Steroid Inhibited Healing in a Rat Model of Trauma, Francis Diskin
Printed Matter, Inc., The First Decade: 1976-1986, Claire Dixon
Primitive Current, Joseph Dixon
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ELECTROSPUN GELATIN/DENDRIMER SCAFFOLD ENCAPSULATED WITH A SILVER AS A POTENTIAL ANTIMICROBIAL WOUND DRESSING, Alpana Dongargaonkar
Mind, Body, and Handwoven Cloth, Andrea Donnelly
Allocating Homeland Security Screening Resources Using Knapsack Problem Models, Rebecca Dreiding
NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF POSTINJURY LITHIUM TREATMENT: DETERMINING THE OPTIMAL DOSING PARADIGM AND ASSESSING POTENTIAL MECHANISMS OF ACTION, Katharine Eakin
MOVEMENT WITHOUT MOTION: THE RHETORIC OF CONSERVATIVE COUNTER-CLAIMS TO GLOBAL WARMING THEORY, William Edwards
Examining Violent and Property Crimes in the Provinces of Turkey for the Years of 2000 and 2007, Mus Ekrem
Optical Characterization of Wide Bandgap Detector-Grade Semiconductors, Ezzat Elshazly
iPLA2β, ALTERNATIVE SPLICING AND APOPTOSIS OF PANCREATIC ISLETS, Bhargavi Emani
OPIOID ADDICTION AND PREGNANCY: POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF SUBSTITUTION THERAPIES ON DEVELOPMENTAL MYELINATION, Andrew Eschenroeder
Cell-Cell Junction Signaling Regulating DNA Double-Strand Break Repair In Breast Cells, SINDUJA ETHIRAJ
Small Molecule Inhibitors of MAPK and PI3K Pathways Enhance MDA-7 Lethality in Renal Cell Carcinoma, Patrick Eulitt
Duality of a Cage, Younseal Eum
Memory Created, Maria Fabrizio
Molecular Mechanisms Involved Involved in the Interaction Effects of HCV and Ethanol on Liver Cirrhosis, Ryan Fassnacht
The Association between Teen Parenthood and Marital Status among Women, Amy Feinberg
Local Charging Behavior on GaN Surfaces, Josephus Ferguson
BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SUPPRESSOR OF IKK-ε AND NAK-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1, Jonathan Forbes
Nurse Anesthetist's Perceptions Regarding Utilization of Anesthesia Support Personnel, Mary Ford
ORAL HEALTH STATUS OF CHILDREN IN THE CHILD HEALTH INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP (CHIP) PROGRAM, Latrice Foster
Perceptions of Social Acceptance and Peer and Romantic Relationship Self-Efficacy as Pediatric Cancer Survivors approach Adulthood, Rebecca Foster
Does Growth Data Make a Difference?: Teacher Decision Making Processes Using Growth Data versus Status Data, Patricia Fox
The Impact of Deployment and Psychological Well-Being on Family Relationships: A Secondary Analysis of Air Force Community Assessment Data, Keita Franklin
Voices of Summer: Interviews with Middle School Students Repeating Academic Courses in Summer School, James Frye
Multivariate Steepest Ascent Using Bayesian Reliability, Jeffrey Fuerte
Insequential Sequence, Gary Garbett
An Efficient Implementation of an Exponential Random Number Generator in a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Smitha Gautham
VOLUMETRIC GROWTH MODEL OF HUMAN MEDULLOBLASTOMA IN THE NUDE MOUSE CEREBELLUM, Thomas Gavigan
THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE KATRINA ON THE NURSE ANESTHESIA COMMUNITY IN NEW ORLEANS, Marjorie Geisz-Everson
Handling External Events Efficiently in Gillespie's Stochastic Simulation Algorithm, Brad Geltz
The Nexus between the Ballot and Bullet: Popular Support for the PKK and Post-election Violence in Turkey, Nadir Gergin
Chronic Care Management to Improve Adherence: A Comparison of Approaches in the Care of Diabetes, Mary Ellen Gervais
Breaking Art Apart, Michael Gettings
Variation in sound production of the blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus., Zachary Ghahramani