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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 2021
Cardiac Arrest and Global Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: Role of mitochondria and Cannabinoid Receptor 2 signaling., Jennifer L. Bradley
Knowledge, Perception, and Clinical Management Strategies of US Pediatric Dentists on Molar Incisor Hypomineralization, Courtney T. Brashier
Prolactin Drives a Dynamic STAT5A/HDAC6/HMGN2 Cis-Regulatory Landscape Exploitable in ER+ Breast Cancer, Justin M. Craig
STANDARDIZATION OF E-CIGARETTE RESEARCH: ADDRESSING THE ANALYSIS OF TOTAL NICOTINE AND FREE BASE NICOTINE IN E-CIGARETTES, Vinit Gholap
Augmented Reality in Sport Broadcasting, Chad Goebert
Water Clarity at the River-Estuary Transition Zone: A Comparative Study of the James, Mattaponi, and Pamunkey Sub-estuaries, Rachel Henderson
Black Feminist Thought, Interrupted: Dissecting the Voice of Black Feminists in the Blogosphere and their Engagement with Platform Affordances, Dawn G. Johnson
PowerPlex® Fusion 6C System versus PowerPlex® Fusion 5C: A Comparison of Performance Metrics, Caitlin M. McCaughan
Effect of Task-Irrelevant Emotional Faces on Attention to a Letter Search Task at High and Low Perceptual Loads, Nina Plotnikov
EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF ITEM-WRITING FLAWS ON THE PSYCHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF PHARMACY THERAPEUTICS EXAMINATIONS, Veronica P. Shuford
Efficient Vengeance: The role of processing fluency in making decisions about retaliation, Samuel J. West
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Electrocatalytic Cathodes for Advanced Lithium–Sulfur Batteries, Ahmed Abdelkader
Sound propagation in viscous flows using piezoelectric sensors and non-destructive propagation techniques and its applications, ahmed M. abdulkareem
Exploring the Heteromeric Interface of the 5-HT2A-mGlu2 Receptor Complex, Mohamed Aarif Abdul Kareem
Monumentalizing Rituals of the Palestinian Diaspora, Reema Abu Hassan
Relationship of demographic characteristics of occupational and physical therapists towards their knowledge and attitude on person-centered care in skilled nursing facilities, Sadashiv R. Aggarwal
Role of NuRD in Acute Leukemia Cell Survival, JAVERIA AIJAZ
Twitter’s Perceived Impact on Public Opinion: A Survey of National Issues in Saudi Arabia, Abdullah S. Alahmari
Novel Bayesian Techniques for Dose Response Data, Faten Alamri
The Effects of an Inflammasome Inhibitor OLT1177 on the Development of Ischemic Heart Failure, Joseph S. Aliaga
SYMMETRY ALGEBRAS OF THE CANONICAL LIE GROUP GEODESIC EQUATIONS IN DIMENSION FIVE, Hassan Almusawa
Orbiting Forward (Thoughts On The Nature Of Conflict - Sighs On The Struggles Of Change), Bushra A. AlSughayer
Kavana: Photography, Jewish Storytelling, and Memory, Hannah Altman
Institutional Effect: Consistency and Contingency in the Art & Pedagogy of Josef Albers, Andrea Alvarez
UTILIZING DESIGN STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVING DESIGN SELECTION AND ANALYSIS, Ahlam Ali Alzharani
NOVEL STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME CARBOPLATIN RESISTANCE IN TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER USING PATIENT DERIVED XENOGRAFTS, Mohammad A. Al Zubi
Towards A Greener Route to Blockbuster Statin Drugs: Harnessing the Power of Biocatalysis and Integrating Cross-Coupling Catalysis in the Synthesis of Rosuvastatin, Chanaka M. Amarasekarage
PROBING VIBRATIONAL WAVE PACKETS IN ORGANOPHOSHOROUS MOLECULES USING FEMTOSECOND TIME-RESOLVED MASS SPECTROMETRY (FTRMS), Derrick Ampadu Boateng
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DYRK1A PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTION NETWORK, Varsha Ananthapadmanabhan
Development of Near-Real Time Material Detection and Analysis by Coupling Electrochemical & Optical Spectroscopy Methods for Molten Salt Systems, Hunter Andrews
The Functional Importance of Methyl CpG Binding Domain Proteins 2 and 3 in Regulating Fetal Hemoglobin Expression in Human Adult Erythroid Cells, Alexander Azzo
Peridynamic Approaches for Damage Prediction in Carbon Fiber and Carbon Nanotube Yarn Reinforced Polymer Composites, Forrest E. Baber
KCC2: a novel therapeutic target to rescue GABAergic dysfunction and behavioral deficits induced by HIV and opiate use, Aaron J. Barbour
Black Queer Futures (BQF) in Real Time: Multidimensional Identity and Imaginative Media Practice, Chaz A. Barracks
"Welcome to the Show" - An Interactive Theatre Adventure Film in Three Acts, Dorothy Barton
Education Support for Foster Care Youth: The Impact of Federal Spending on Employment Outcomes, Carlisle C. Bates
Florence Adler Swims Forever: A Novel, Rachel Beanland
The Effects of Exosomes on the Regeneration of Rat Calvaria, Jill T. Beitz
Regulation Of Vascular And Lymphatic Endothelial Barrier Function By Sphingosine-1-Phosphate, Jacqueline Bellaci
The Utilization of Eukaryotic Cell Types in Microbiomes for Semen, Vaginal Fluid, and Menstrual Blood Identification using 18S rDNA, Ines Benaissa
ghost signs are more than paintings on brick, Eric Anthony Berdis
SPAG17 is Important for Protein Trafficking in Mammalian Spermiogenesis, Virali Bhagat
Electric field control of fixed magnetic Skyrmions for energy efficient nanomagnetic memory, Dhritiman Bhattacharya
Detection of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides of Escherichia coli by Direct Analysis in Real Time/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry, Dakotah M. Biller
E-liquid Exposure Causes Multiple Cardiovascular Defects in Xenopus laevis Embryos, James E. Black III
Predators and Principles: Think Tank Influence, Media Visibility, and Political Partisanship, Timothy Beryl Bland
(Re)forming and (Re)fusing the Sub-divided Self, Laura Boban
Investigations of Graphene-Supported Single-Atom Catalyst Model Ions in the Gas Phase, Michael Borrome
Credit the Parents? The Impact of Racial Socialization on African American Students’ Stress-Related Coping and College Adjustment, Briana Bouldin
Food park, Houria Boumzairig
Bidirectional Associations Between Passive and Active Technology Use and Sleep: A Longitudinal Examination in Young Adolescents with and without ADHD, Elizaveta Bourchtein
Black Women and Body Image: Implications of the Racialized Beauty Aesthetic, Rachel L. Boutte
Teacher Approaches to Women’s History, Gender, and Feminism in Secondary Social Studies, Kimberly R. Bowman
Sphingolipids in cancer health disparities and as prospective targets for cancer therapy, April E. Boyd
Estimating Response Status in Sequential Multiple Assignment (SMAR)-like Trials, Keighly Bradbrook
State Economic Development: Analyzing the Moderating Effects of Business Climate on Economic Growth, Sean A. Brazier Virginia Commonwealth University
Effects of a Self-Advocacy Intervention on the Abilities of College Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to Request Academic Accommodations, Katherine R. Brendli
The Relationship between Access to School Counseling and Students’ Attainment and Persistence in Postsecondary and STEM Education Outcomes, Dana Brookover
Grave Goods | Pentimento: Essays, Katherine Mooney Brooks
Examining the Role of Racial Discrimination in Obesity Treatment Disparities among African American Emerging Adult Women, Kristal Brown
Port to World, Samuel M. Brown
A Meisner Warm-Up: Advancing the Technique, Andrew Bryce
An Intuitive Eating Intervention for College Women With Disordered Eating: Evaluating Two Accessible and Affordable Approaches, Carolyn B. Burnette
Empathic Anger and Personal Anger in Response to Fairness Violations: Relations to Self and Other-Oriented Motivation and Behavior, Athena H. Cairo
Effects of Regulatory T Cell-Modified Extracellular Matrix on Tumor Cell Survival and Mesenchymal Properties, Taylor Calicchia
Exosomes as Systemic Mediators of Nanotube Induced Neurotoxicity, Christopher G. Canal
A MULTISITE STUDY OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN LATIN AMERICA: LONGITUDINAL MEDITATIONAL MODEL OF FAMILY DYNAMICS, COPING, AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE, Annahir N. Cariello
A Qualitative Analysis of Caregiver Goals for Urban Children with and without Asthma, Megan M. Carlson
DNA Analysis and the Postmortem Submersion Interval from the Microbiome of Waterlogged Sus scrofa Skeletal Remains, Claire Cartozzo
Reaction profiling of extracellular protein phosphorylation through a microfluidic reactor coupled with Raman Spectroscopy, Abigail Casey
Failing In My Own Class, Bryan Castro
...And Yet the Devil Exists, John Hee Taek Chae
Comparing Parent-report and Performance-based Measures of Vestibular Processing, Elisha D. Chambers
Quality of Medical Care for Adults With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Priya Chandan
FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF FOCUSED BREATHING FOR MANAGEMENT OF ANXIETY IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE, Susan K. Chandler
The Influence of Breeding Density on Female Aggression, Parental Care, and Ornamentation in a Secondary-Cavity Nesting Warbler, Elsa B. Chen
An Identification of TGF-B's Role in Ischemic Cholangiopathy, Courtney Chmielewski
Investigating the role of oncogene C-terminal Binding Protein (CtBP) in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Kranthi Kumar Chougoni
University Hackathons: Managerialism, Gamification, and the Foreclosure of Creativity, Anthony L. Clary
The Bellamy and Shoot For The Stars, Matthew K. Clingempeel
Children’s Participation Rights in Child Welfare Systems: Identifying Opportunities for Implementation, Anna M. Cody
Cultural Placemaking in Washington’s U Street Corridor: A Catch 22, Maya Coleman
The Effect of Time and Temperature on the Quality of Latent Fingerprints on Incandescent Lightbulbs, Varying Donors Age and Sex, Kinaysha M. Collazo Maldonado
Analysis of Stigmatic Content in State Mental Health Legislative Proposals, David L. Conley
Dendrimer-based Therapeutic Delivery Vehicle for the Treatment of Ocular Diseases, Remy C. Cooper
Mechanistic study of C-H activation by iridium complexes, Rozalie S G Corea
The Impact of Registered Apprenticeships on the Middle-Skills Gap in Virginia, Yolanda Macklin Crewe
Bridging the Digital Divide: A Risk-Based “Telehealth Needs” Scoring Model for Patient Outcome Prediction, Cindy Ann Crump
An Intersectional Analysis of Disproportionality of Dual Language Learners in Special Education in Virginia: A Mixed Methods Study, Melissa J. Cuba
Quantification and Modeling of Bladder Biomechanics Mechanisms Linking Spontaneous Rhythmic Contractions and Dynamic Elasticity to Detrusor Overactivity, Zachary E. Cullingsworth
Caffeine Use and Associations with Sleep in Adolescents with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Caroline N. Cusick
A REVIEW OF FACTORS, SEATING DESIGN, AND SHAPE CAPTURE METHODS FOR REDUCING PRESSURE INJURY RISK, John A. Damiao
A Eukaryotic Signature Based Method for Identification of Saliva, Feces, and Urine, Alyssa Daniels