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Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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Infinite Finite: A View on Human Progression Through Emergent Generative Systems, Fatima Abbas

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Subgingival Microbiomes of Healthy and Periodontitis Subjects, Tareq Abdulrasoul

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Multiphysics Modeling of Material Response to High-Intensity X-ray and Laser Pulses: Heating, Ablation, and Plasma Expansion, Youssef Abouhussien

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Beneath the Roots: Becoming native through mangrove teachings and wisdom, Shima Aeinehdar

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Sunlight, Veiled, Sina Ahmadkhani

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The Trauma-to-Prison Pipeline: A Multi-Level Theoretical Framework Exploring the Intersection of Inequality, Trauma, and Exclusionary Discipline, Dana Ainsworth

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Through the Lens of Social Media: Examining the Relationship between Exposure to Social Media Videos of Police Misconduct and Perceptions of Legitimacy and Cooperation with Campus Police, Kamal Alhassan

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Cluster Modified Nanopore for Protein Post-Translational Modification Detection, Mohammed Hussain Almahyawi

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PyZoBot: A Platform for Conversational Information Extraction and Synthesis from Curated Zotero Reference Libraries through Advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation., Suad Alshammari

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The Impact of Media Specialists' Credibility on Interaction and Trust of the Saudi Public: A Study on Saudi Users of the 𝕏 Platform, Maha A. Alshareef

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Enhancing Post-Marketing Pharmacovigilance: An AI-Driven System Approach for Safety Signal Detection of Adverse Drug Events: A Case Study of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists, Ali Alsuhibani

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Vessels of Spirituality: Merging Faith and Form, Maryam Al-Tajer

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The Diseased Extracellular Matrix in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Modeling, Leigh-Ann M. Antczak

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Targeting Epigenetic Regulators as a Novel Means to Prevent Triple Negative Breast Cancer Recurrence, Christiana O. Appiah

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DICKKOPF1(DKK1): A NOVEL ENDOGENOUS LIGAND TO PRIME NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME VIA TLR4, Theingi Aung

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Wiring Attachment, Alexander K. Bacon

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Comparative Evaluation of Three Endodontic Rotary File Systems in S-shaped Root Canals: An In-depth Analysis, Mudher Bahar

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Investor Relations in the Fashion Industry: An Investigation of the Role of Sustainability in Investment Using the Situational Theory of Problem-Solving and Organization-Public Relationship Frameworks, Abrar M. Banasser

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Assessment of Drivers of Light Attenuation in Virginia Reservoirs, Jackson Barnett

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Witnessing Intellectual Humility: How a Peer’s Humble Introduction Affects Feedback Receptivity and Social Perception, Stephanie A. Barrientos

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Dosimetric Validation of an Electron Monte Carlo (eMC) Algorithm for Small Cutouts and Extended SSD’s: Assessing eMC in Small Field Dosimetry, Anil Basavaaraju

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You go, I will wait, Rasim Bayramov

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTRANASAL COMBINATION ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROAIDS: AN IN VITRO STUDY, Arya A Bazargani

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Civic Conservation Workshop: a User Manual for Creating a Makerspace Dedicated to Historic Preservation, Building Repair, and Civic Engagement, Madeleine Bean

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A Retrospective Study on the Histological Diagnosis and Distribution of Periapical Lesions from Biopsied Specimens, Shivali Bhatt

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DEVELOPMENT OF TWO NOVEL CHIMERIC ANTIGEN LYME DIAGNOSTICS AND ASSESSMENT OF TEMPORAL ANTIBODY RESPONSE IN RHESUS MACAQUE MONKEYS INFECTED WITH Borreliella burgdorferi, John S. Billingsley IV

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A Mixed Methods Study: High School Teachers’ Perspectives on Incorporating Mindful Artmaking in Their Classroom as a Mental Health Resource, Sherry A. Bosarge

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Exploring Prenatal Cannabis Use Among Young Pregnant Bisexual Individuals: A Mixed Methods Study, Nicole Boss

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Senolytics and PARP Inhibitors Prolong Radiation-Induced Growth Arrest in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer and The Heat Shock Protein Hsp27 Controls Mitochondrial Function by Modulating Ceramide Generation, Rowan Boyd

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Maternal Postpartum Depression and Affect Incongruence: Exploring Early Developmental Pathways to Emotion Dysregulation, Laura E. Boylan

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The General Movement Optimality Score-Revised (GMOS-R): An Early Biomarker for Developmental Delays, Shaaron E. Brown

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The Page and the Stage: How Comics Perform, Elizabeth Buccella

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HAFNIUM OXIDE-BASED NANOHETEROSTRUCTURES FOR CATALYTIC RADIOSENSITIZATION AND ENHANCED X-RAY RADIOTHERAPY, Marlen Dariela Calix Quezada

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Beyond the Bulk: Cell-type Specific Resolution of Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Disease Signatures, Thomas Campbell

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Acute Effects Of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Liquid Nicotine Form and Sweetener Among People Who Use Inhaled Tobacco Products, Mary A. Carrico

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Developing Bioinformatics Expertise Through the Annotation of the Gut Microbiome of Odontotaenius disjunctus, Keidra E. Carter

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Brute Gamification, Catherine Chen

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Queering the Fashion Design Curriculum: Reflections As an Educator and Student, Jonathan A. Clarke

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GUARDIANS OF THEIR OWN: ROUTINE ACTIVITIES, RISK PERCEPTIONS, & SELF-PROTECTION AMONG POLICE OFFICERS IN THE LINE OF DUTY, Amy Clifton-Mills

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Nutritional Status of Women with Breast Cancer Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Descriptive Study, Rachel Cloutier

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Assessing the Impact of New Medical Learners on Healthcare Processes and Outcomes: A Study of U.S. Hospitals, Matthew Conrad

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Immersive Medical Practice and Clinical Training: Virtual and Mixed Reality in Pharmacy and Orthopedic Surgery, Silas Semprini de Toledo Contaifer

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Molecular mechanisms of kynurenine-mediated lifespan regulation in yeast, Ryan E. Counterman Jobb

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Examination of Caregiver Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice (KAP) Concerning Consumption of Omega-3 in Youth with Sickle Cell Disease, Brittany S. Crawford

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CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF LIMITING ORAL INTAKE OF THIN LIQUIDS AFTER ACUTE STROKE, Megan Crawford

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Investigating Mitochondrial Stress Response Mechanisms in Aging, Aileigh E. Daniel

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A Multimethod Approach to Examining Racial Coping Socialization among Black Adolescents, Rachel J. Davis

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Demystifying competing risks in kidney transplantation: Scalable regression, cluster informativeness assessment, and AI-powered prediction, with software, Edem Defor

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Establishing a Conventional LINAC-Based Electron FLASH Beam, Justin DeFrancisco

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Climate change-induced shifts in Mediterranean fungal fruiting phenology and productivity, Rachel DeMay

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Health Equity in Times of Crisis: The impact of economic and public health shocks on access to care among women in Zimbabwe and the United States, Vimbainashe Dihwa

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How to Touch Your Bile, Aleckxi Dorhofer

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A Parting Repast, Debra D. Dowden-Crockett

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Amplifying Student Voices: A Case Study on The Writing Workshop in a 10th Grade English Classroom, Erin S. Drulis

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Improving telehealth education and training: A needs assessment of healthcare providers and trainees, Conor Duffy

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Love Letter, Amy S. Duval Ms

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Crafting Futures: Balancing Tradition and Technology in Craft Practices, Saga Elkabbash

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A Mixed Methods Study of Health Care Transition Readiness in Parents of Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors of Pediatric Cancers, Jennifer L. Ellison

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THE EFFECT OF SPERM-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN-17 GENE (SPAG17) ON FUNCTION AND SIGNALING IN THE CERVIX, Valerie T. Ericsson

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Evaluating the cardioprotective and synergistic anti-tumor effects of the novel first-in-class small molecule AMPK activator NM922, Carter K. Fairchild Jr

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Enhancing Clinical Trial Matching in Molecular Diagnostics: Using Natural Language Processing and Clustering Approaches in Hematological Malignancies, Gillian Fanning

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Building a Culture of Preparedness: Using Community Emergency Response Teams to Promote Preparedness Behavior, Joseph Faulk

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Targeting Interactions Between Tumor-Associated Macrophages and Tumor Cells to Enhance Chemotherapy Response in Murine Models of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Matthew E. Fernandez

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PERCEPTIONS OF MODERATE SEDATION SUCCESS IN THE PEDIATRIC POPULATION, Nicole Fischer Cosio

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Patient satisfaction and compliance with clear aligner therapy during treatment, Luke Fischer

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Substrate preference and foraging behavior of two declining warblers in Appalachian shrublands, Samantha Fishman

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Lucky Vessel: Poems and An Excerpt from In Every Possible Universe, Dina R. Folgia

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Feeling Foreign / Foreign Feeling: Affect in Southeast Asian Diasporic Short Story Collections, Francys Aerin Fortes

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STILL AN ATHLETE? AN EXPLORATION OF ATHLETE IDENTITY, BODY APPRECIATION, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FLOURISHING IN MIDDLE-AGED FORMER COLLEGIATE ATHLETES, Kelly Furr

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(Art) Education in the Afterlife of Massive Resistance: Constructing, Capturing, and Commodifying Racialized Disability in Virginia’s Student Assignment Practices, 1956-1966 and Present Day, Jenna E. Gabriel

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False Face: The Musical! and Contact, Joshua Galarza

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Mechanisms of Chemoresistance: The Role of Fatty Acyl-CoA Chain Length, GBA, and Multidrug Transporters, Karyme Garcia Lopez

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Reply STOP to Stop, Molly A. M. Garrett

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I Love Getting Mad at the Internet, Tariye George-Phillips

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Mechanisms of Ethanol Anxiolysis: Role of Ninein Deletion and Splicing on Ethanol and Anxiety-related Behaviors, Emma R. Gnatowski

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Radical hope amid generational oppression and Puerto Rican well-being, Natalia Gomez Giuliani

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IN PRAISE OF DUST, Hasler Gomez-Perez

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The Accuracy of Tooth Movement with Artificial Intelligence-Based Clear Aligners, Christina B. Gordon

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Strange World, Brooklin Grantz

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The Paradox of Value, David Enrique Guarnizo

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Mementos, Zixuan Guo

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Preferred Habitat for Coastal Shrub Establishment Across a Barrier Island Landscape, Kaitlyn B. Harless

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The Influence of Gender Identity and Healthcare Delivery Experience on HIV Screening, Delton Harris

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Social anxiety: What role do orthodontists and pediatric dentists play in this nation-wide epidemic?, Kurtis Hauck

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Self-Threat and the Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic, Mattie V. Hedgebeth

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Multitask Learning for Named Entity Recognition and Relationship Extraction, Adrienne D. Hembrick

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Wondering and Wandering, Madeleine Herisson-Leplae

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Profiles of First-Year First-Generation Students’ Library Perceptions and Use: An Intersectional, Mixed Methods Study, Megan Hodge

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Motor behaviors using continuous temporally guided active and passive vibrotactile prompts, Matthew E. Holman

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Exploring the STEM Career Identity Development of Black Women Across Their Lifespan, Veronica Hurd

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Lived Experiences of School Counselors’ Facilitation of Small Group Counseling in Public High Schools, Joshua D. Hurley

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EVALUATION OF SUCCESS AND PARENTAL SATISFACTION OF RESIN POLYMER COMPARED TO STAINLESS STEEL CROWNS FOR RESTORATION OF PRIMARY MOLAR TEETH: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL, Kulsum Iqbal

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Investigating the Temperature Effects on Aedes Aegypti and Dengue Virus in Central Argentina: Perspectives from Mathematical Modeling, Morgan H. Jackson

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James_Emily_MFA, Emily James

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The Fantasyscape Quotidian: On Life in Other Worlds, Rian C. Johnson

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A Retrospective Study of the Accuracy of Implant Placement comparing Partial and Fully Guided Surgery in an Academic Setting, Whitney L. Johnson

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Learning from non-stationary data streams, Gabriel Jonas Aguiar

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Strength Imbalances and Shoulder Pain in Manual Wheelchair Users Stratified by Age of Spinal Cord Injury/Disorder (SCI/D) Onset, Ashlyn M. Jones

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The Rhetorics of Tradwives: Subversion and Disruption in Online Spaces, Marissa Jones

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Characterization of the Sphingolipidome in Model Organisms and Its Relevance to Neuronal Health Using Mass Spectrometry, Taylor S. Jones