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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 2018
Small Town Capital in Community, Christin Hardy
Climate Change and Mountaintop Removal Mining: A MaxEnt Assessment of the Potential Dual Threat to West Virginia Fishes, Lindsey R F Hendrick
A PERSONAL APPROACH TO LANDSCAPE: EMPATHY, SENTIMENT, AND THE ENVIRONMENT'S REPRESENTATION IN TUMULTUOUS TIMES, Lauren Hensens
ANXIOUS?: Re-designing Women’s Jewelry to Help Manage Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders, Nourbanu Feras Hijazi
Converging Objects of the Universe, Everett Hoffman
Victims, Victors, or Bystanders? African American College Students' Perceptions of African American Agency During the Civil War, Stephanie L. Hooks
Engineering Surface Properties to Modulate Inflammation and Stem Cell Recruitment through Macrophage Activation, Kelly M. Hotchkiss
Exogenous FNIII 12-14 Regulates TGF-β1-Induced Markers, Hilmi M. Humeid
REGULATION OF HCN CHANNEL FUNCTION BY DIRECT cAMP BINDING AND SINGLET OXYGEN, Vinaykumar Idikuda
Ageism Among Healthcare Professionals: The Influence of Personal Aging Anxiety, Job Role, and Work Setting on Attitudes Toward Older Patients, Jennifer L. K. Inker
Assessing K12 Online Teachers Knowledge of Online Student Identities and Characteristics, Brianne L. Jackson
Ultrasound—Re:viewing Bodies, Minjee Jeon
Untitled, Daliya Jokondo
The Political Nature of the Paris Commune of 1871 and Manifestations of Marxist Ideology in the Official Publications of the Central Committee, Emily M. Jones
Market Hall: Connecting Community Through Food, Commerce + Culture, Mary M. Jones
ESTIMATING THE RESPIRATORY LUNG MOTION MODEL USING TENSOR DECOMPOSITION ON DISPLACEMENT VECTOR FIELD, Kingston Kang
The Role of Ceramide in Neutrophil Elastase Induced Inflammation in the Lungs, Sophia Karandashova
Heparan Sulfate, A New Target for Platinum in Metastatic TNBC, Samantha J. Katner
PROCESSING OF 3′-BLOCKED DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS BY TYROSYL-DNA PHOSPHODIESTERASE 1, ARTEMIS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDE KINASE/ PHOSPHATASE, Ajinkya S. Kawale
Impact of Sensory Adapted Dental Environment on Children with Developmental Disabilities, Gail Kim
Black Lives Examined: Black Nonfiction and the Praxis of Survival in the Post-Civil Rights Era, Ariel D. Lawrence
After the big wind stops I see gentle waves, Eunji (Jubee) Lee
Effects of Chemotherapy on Motivated Behavior and Opioid Reward in Rats, Luke P. Legakis
Structural and Functional Consequences of HIV-1 Viral Protein Tat and Morphine Co-Exposure at the Blood-Brain Barrier, Crystal R. Leibrand
A Familiar House, William Lenard
DEVISING EMPATHY: WORKING WITH DEVISING, THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES, AND THE SNOW QUEEN, Mary C. Lennon
Learning Together in Highland Park to Build Civic Capacity, Grace Leonard
MOBILE ENCHANTMENT: THE VIRGINIA THEATRE MACHINE LLC, A NEW TWIST ON DRIVE-IN THEATRE, Mark J. Lerman
Through My Window, Haiyin Liang
Of the Crickets, Kathryn Lien
NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC DRIVERS OF TREE EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS, Brandon M. Lind
Lorcaserin as a potential opioid-sparing adjunct, Kumiko M. Lippold
The Pond, Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik
ATHLETIC AND ACADEMIC IDENTITY, MOTIVATION AND SUCCESS: AN EXAMINATION OF DIII STUDENT-ATHLETES, Savanna M. Love
A comparison of the antimicrobial efficacy of silver diamine fluoride and silver nitrate: an in vitro study, Nicholas L. Luke
She inches glass to break: conversations between friends, Liang Xia Luscombe
ABUSE LIABILITY OF AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE IN TRADITIONAL CIGARETTE SMOKERS, Sarah F. Maloney
Capturing the Ephemeral, Caroline L. J. Matteson
The Trumpery: Another Play About Whatever America is Right Now, Jane Mattingly
Isolation, Hollis B. McCracken
Predictors of Resilient Outcomes among Juvenile Offenders, Kristina A. McGuire
A Public Reckoning: Interior Design, Comedy, & the Common Good, Caroline McIlraith
MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF PROTON-COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS INVOLVING ANTIOXIDANTS, Kejie Meng
PATTERNS OF MOLECULAR POPULATION GENETIC AND PHENOTYPIC VARIATION ASSOCIATED WITH URBANIZATION IN THE WESTERN BLACK WIDOW SPIDER, Lindsay Miles
The Feldenkrais Method in the Voice and Speech Classroom: Intertwining Linklater Voice and the Feldenkrais Method, Janel Miley Knipple
Biochemical Analysis of Putative RNA-Binding Proteins in Porphyromonas gingivalis, Jacob Mirpanah
Gastrointestinal Microbiota Modulate Antinociceptive Tolerance Development in Mice with Chronic Morphine Exposure, Ryan A. Mischel
Comparing Online English Language Learning and Face-to-Face English Language Learning at El Bosque University in Colombia, Marta L. Montiel
NORMATIVE DATA FOR FOUR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS IN A SAMPLE OF ADULTS WHO ARE ILLITERATE AND FROM LATIN AMERICA, Alejandra Morlett Paredes
Accuracy of a smartphone-based orthodontic treatment monitoring application, Heather Moylan
A Collection of Stories, Siddiqah Mujahid
LESSONS, Kathryn K. Murphy
GEODESIC STRUCTURE IN SCHWARZSCHILD GEOMETRY WITH EXTENSIONS IN HIGHER DIMENSIONAL SPACETIMES, Ian M. Newsome
Mother Knows Better: The Donna Reed Show, The Feminine Mystique and the Rise of the Modern Maternal Feminist Movement, Anne M. Newton
The Contribution of SARM1 to axonal degeneration in CNS inflammatory disorders, Daniel C. Njoku
The Relationship Between Central Venous Catheter and Post-Operative Complications in Patients Undergoing Hepatic Resection, David C. O'Connor
Detection of Genetic Abnormalities Using High Speed Atomic Force Microscopy, Anita J. Olsen
Assessment of Pediatric-Focused Brief Motivational Interviewing Training of Dental Students and Pediatric Dental Residents, Victoria M. Onesty
Scan & Scansion: An Urban Residency for Poets & Artists Working in Collaboration, Heather A. Overby
RATIONAL DESIGN OF ALLOSTERIC MODULATORS OF HEMOGLOBIN AS DUAL ACTING ANTISICKLING AGENTS, Piyusha P. Pagare
Escapism: Indulging in Daydreams, Tanruk Pairoj-Boriboon
Consuming Digital Debris in the Plasticene, Stephen R. Parks
A World Without You, Brian C. Patterson
Redox Reactions at Oil-Water Interface by Particle Collision Electroanalysis, Dilip K. Paul
Comparison of Hiring Strategies of Orthodontic Private Practitioners, Steven C. Petritz
Drawings with River, Greg Piwonka
Designing School Community: Changing Inner-City Middle School Culture Through Interiors, Rachel A. Ramey
Assessing Research Productivity from an Institutional Effectiveness Perspective: How Universities Influence Faculty Research Productivity, Michael M. Rawls
Paradox of Identity: The Role of National Language and Literature in the Philippines, Rebekah Rifareal
Adolescent Emotion Expression, Emotion Regulation, and Decision-Making in Social Context, Tennisha N. Riley
QUOTATIONS LIKE THE SHARPEST CLAWS, Johanna Robinson
Strengthening Social Networks of Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Promoting Positive Adult Outcomes, Rachel D. Rosenberg
There is Someone in This Dress, George, Michael S. Royce
A SURVEY OF CANNABIS CONSUMPTION AND IMPLICATIONS OF AN EXPERIMENTAL POLICY MANIPULATION AMONG YOUNG ADULTS, Alyssa K. Rudy
Loyalty Program Effectiveness: An Examination of Mainstream and Niche Sport Fan-Team Relationships, Lisa S. Rufer
Rotating Supporting Hyperplanes and Snug Circumscribing Simplexes, Ghasemali Salmani Jajaei
The Influence of Clinically Meaningful Factors on the Performance of the Recommended Annual Diabetic Foot Screening, Trisha A. Sando
Partition Pause, Michael Scribner
Collaborating Outside the Lines: Creating a Movement Vocabulary for the Stage, Wesley S. Seals
Observations of Trends and Successes of Revascularization Therapy at Virginia Commonwealth University: A Retrospective Study, Richard W. Sedwick
ONCOGENE INDUCED DNA REPLICATION IN LUNG INJURY REPAIR AND CARCINOGENESIS, Shilpa singh
In Media Res, Christopher Andrew Sisk
COUNTERREGULATORY EFFECTS OF PTX3 ON INFLAMMATION AND CELLULAR AGING, Aaron L. Slusher
A Multi-Objective Framework for Information Security Public Policy: The Case of Health Informatics, Kane Smith
Enhancing Adherence to Prescribed Opioids Using a Mobile-Base Application: A Pilot Study of feasibility in Chronic Non-Cancer Pain, Daniel M. Sop
Acting Mindfully, Dawn Souza
Until One of Us Disappears, Ryan C. Stacy
Directing Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Periodontal Regeneration, Charles Stoianovici
GenderFail: The Queer Ethics of Dissemination, Brett E. Suemnicht
Entangled Bodies: Tracing the Marks of History in Contemporary Science Fiction, Summer Sutton
QUEER HEALTH EQUITY AND CERVICAL CANCER: IDENTIFYING SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF PAPANICOLAOU TEST UPTAKE IN A SAMPLE OF SEXUAL MINORITY WOMEN AND GENDER NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS, Ariella R. Tabaac
Change in Working Length at Different Stages of Instrumentation as a Function of Canal Curvature, Mei Tang
DETERMINING TIDAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A RESTORED TIDAL WETLAND USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND DERIVED DATA, Victor Thornton
PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ ATTITUDES REGARDING THE CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS WITH AUTISM WHO EXHIBIT CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR, Taryn G. Traylor