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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 2023
Minimal Sets, Union-Closed Families, and Frankl's Conjecture, Christopher S. Flippen
Effects of HIV-1 Tat and opiates on gene regulation of oligodendrocyte lineage cells: Identification of Myrf as a novel target, Kelly M. Flounlacker
Social Support and Transformational Leadership Behaviors of Frontline Nurse Managers, Jihane Frangieh
TGIF1 physiological levels limit β-cell distress and neonatal diabetes, Creighton J. Friend
Anti-Immigration-Related Stressors and Latine Immigrant Well-being: The Role of Family & Community Resilience, Lisa S. Fuentes
Correlates of Current Tobacco Use Among Cancer Survivors: Examining the Role of Posttraumatic Growth and Family Conflict, Kendall Fugate-Laus
Probing the Porphyromonas gingivalis Nitrosative Stress Response Network, Alexandra Galina
PROTACs – A Novel and Rapidly Developing Field of Targeted Protein Degradation, Hannah R. Gatley
Underrepresentation of Black Participants in Drug Court: Reasons Reported for Non-Admission in Six Jurisdictions, Kathryn J. Genthon
Investigating the impact of acute postoperative pain on alcohol consumption in mouse models., Sofia M. Ghani
INTERSECT- On the corner of Princess Anne and William, Madison M. Goff
Investigating the Role of Monoacylglycerol Lipase in Sickle Cell Disease Chronic Pain, Kennedy N. Goldsborough
A Prevention Strategy for Children Receiving Full Mouth Dental Rehabilitation Under General Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Jessica Gonzalez
Real-Time Motion Controller for Human-Robot Teams utilizing Artificial Potential Fields, Gabriella Graziani
MODERATORS OF RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH ADHD: INTEGRATING PERSONAL AND CONTEXTUAL FACTORS, Cathrin D. Green
Well-Being from Home to Work: The Role of Mindfulness, Alisha Gupta
Poly(TFEMA) Surface Coating Applied on Perovskite Thin Films using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide., Kasey Handy
The evaluation of an ad hoc device and alternative materials for an improved neonatal oral fluid collection device to monitor drug exposure, Ashley M. Harris
DRUG REPURPOSING FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL USE, Omar E. Hassan
Applications of Urban Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (uLESA) in Chesterfield County, Virginia, Emily Hastings
ROLE OF THE ORMDLS IN KERATINOCYTES, Souad Hatmi
Initial Psychometric Evaluation of an Observer-Rated Measure of Shared Decision Making Practices in Youth Psychotherapy, Jennifer LC Herbst
Mechanistic insight into traumatic brain injury induced neuronal membrane disruption: Cathepsin B relocalization and a NeuN negative cortical neuron subpopulation, Martina L. Hernandez
WiFi Sensing at the Edge Towards Scalable On-Device Wireless Sensing Systems, Steven M. Hernandez
Examining Genetically-Informed Etiologic Models of Co-Occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Recreational Cannabis Use among College Students, Terrell A. Hicks
Improving the Flexibility and Robustness of Machine Tending Mobile Robots, Richard Ethan Hollingsworth
INCORPORATING NOH TRAINING INTO CONTEMPORARY WESTERN THEATRE: AN EXAMINATION OF THE BENEFITS TO IMPLEMENTING NOH THEATRE AND SUZUKI TRAINING INTO WESTERN PERFORMANCE PEDAGOGY, Baylee A. Holloran
Characterizing 3-O-Sulfation-Induced Novel Compact Topologies in Heparan Sulfate and Their Interactions with Proteins, Samuel Holmes
Electronic Cigarette Liquid Components and Their Impact on Impairment Investigations, Alaina Holt
Black racial identity and externalizing symptoms: The regulatory role of dyadic relationships, Sultan A. Hubbard
The Women Who Weren't Brave, Kayleigh E. Hughes
Molecular Mechanisms of Prdm16 as a Tumor Suppressor in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma, Eric Hurwitz
Innovations in Drop Shape Analysis using Deep Learning and Solving the Young-Laplace Equation for an Axisymmetric Pendant Drop, Andres P. Hyer
Studying gene function in Streptococcus sanguinis using RNA-Sequencing analysis, Ahmed Ismail
Novel role for Serine Palmitoyltransferase 3 (SPTLC3) in liver mitochondrial dysfunction, Maryam Jamil
Advancing our understanding on the role of Bromodomain PHD-Finger Transcription Factor (BPTF) in Cancer through the Analysis of Publicly Available Databases., Preksha Jerajani
Portable Robotic Navigation Aid for the Visually Impaired, Lingqiu Jin
THE IMPACT OF HIV-1 TAT AND MORPHINE ON SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS IN THE BRAIN., Austin M. Jones
One Millionth, Kayla Jones
The Environment of Interprofessional Education in Graduate Education: Exploring Professional Programs of Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant, and Physical Therapy, Allison R. Kaczmarek
I'm not Sure it was a Hoopoe or a Decanter, ALI KAEINI
The Effect of Emoji and Social Influence on Intervention for Misinformation on Social Media, Seonjun Kang
A Learning Health System for Radiation Oncology, Rishabh Kapoor
Mitigation of Nicotine Reward and Withdrawal by the N-Acyl Amino Acids: N-Oleoyl Glycine and N-Oleoyl Alanine, Kimberly Karin
One Mean Gene: How P2X3 Makes Asthma Worse in Women, Sydney Kee
ADApting Higher Education: Revamping Curricula for the Inclusion of Theatre Students with Disabilities, Kevin Kemler
High-throughput Screening of ncAA Incorporation in in-vitro Translation using Rapid Fluorescence Emission Assessment with Affinity Clamp Protein, gianna Kerestesy
Refashioning Style from the Outside-In: A Pakistani Diasporic Response, Sidra Sohail Khawaja
Access to HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment Services in the US: The Role of Primary Care, Jessica S. Kiernan
Development of Tangible Code Blocks for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Hyun Woo Kim
INVESTIGATION OF THE OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN, BBK19, AS A POTENTIAL COMPONENT OF A CHIMERIC ANTIGEN FOR DIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN LYME DISEASE, Caellaigh N. Kimpston
Psychiatric Diagnostic Decision-Making: Investigating the Theory of the Dual-Process Model, Christopher S. Kleva
Romantic Nostalgia: Examining the Motivational and Relational Outcomes, Margaret Kneuer
Seeing Themselves: White Preservice Teachers as Raced Individuals and as Members of Their Future School Communities, Laurie Koth
Characterizing the role of SPTLC3 and CerS5 in cardiac disease, Anna P. Kovilakath
Selected Problems in Graph Coloring, Hudson LaFayette
ACTIVITY LEVELS OF DIFFERENT CELL TYPES IN AN EPILEPTOGENIC MODEL OF CORTICAL MICROGYRIA: A cFOS INVESTIGATION, Peter F. Lamothe
Trans* Streamers on Twitch.tv: The Intersections of Gender and Digital Labor, R. Lawson
Using Unnatural Base Pairs to Expand the Genetic Code, Anthony Le
Interiorization and Localization: An Analysis of Immigration Enforcement in Local Contexts, Manuel N. Leiva
Model Based Systems Engineering Approaches to Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing, Quang Le
Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the United States, Sarah Lineberry
The Type IV Pilus Secretin BfpB: Structural Analysis and Binding Interactions, Janay I. Little
Investigating the Effect of Monetary Incentives and Cultural Factors on Whistleblowing, Yelin Li
half of two hungers, Aida A. Lizalde Rios
Transcriptional coregulation among diabetes-associated pathways by genome organization, Musaddiq K. Lodi
M-TRAP(Multi-tagged translating affinity purification) A toolkit to profile cell-cells interactions, neha Lohar
Examining the Home Interventionist Model of Care in Pediatric Asthma, Katherine D. Lohr
Investigating the Dynamics and Fragmentation of Nitroaromatic Radical Cations Through Femtosecond Time-Resolved Mass Spectrometry and Computational Chemistry, Hugo Andres Lopez Pena
Treatment Access and Outcomes for Craniofacial Care: Patient and Parent Perspectives, Benjamin F. Lowe III
The Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Perineuronal Nets Surrounding Neocortical Parvalbumin Interneurons, Olivia Lowman
Code Beats - Teaching Computer Programming Coding via Hip Hop Beats, Douglas Lusa Krug
The Lived Experience of Postpartum Sleep for Black and White Women, Ashley R. MacPherson
Advancing Library-Based Drug Discovery via Sense Codon Reassignment and Bicyclization of Cell-Penetrating Peptides, Chelsea A. Makovsky
Evaluating the Acute Effect of Vaping on Food Intake, Gabrielle Maldonado
Statistical Analysis and Socio-Epidemiological Research of Organ Donor Transplants and End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States., supraja malladi
WHO AM I TO BE: EXPLORATIONS OF STUDENTS’ ARTISTIC IDENTITY THROUGH AN MFA PROGRAM, Catherine P. Malone
Exploring Polyamorous Relationship Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Pansexual Individuals, Jiale Man
Evaluating the influence of concurrently available non-drug reinforcers on drug reinforcement using sophisticated preclinical models of substance use disorder, Madison M. Marcus
Patterns, Mechanisms, and Characterization of Carbon Cycling Stability Following Partial Forest Disturbance, Kayla C. Mathes
Food Deserts and Pediatric Oral Health Status in an Under-Resourced Urban Community, Jessica T. McAuliffe
With a Kiss, Christina M. McBride
Investigations in the semi-strong product of graphs and bootstrap percolation, Kevin J. McCall
Investigation of Sneathia vaginalis and the Host Antibody Response to S. vaginalis Pore-Forming Toxin, CptA, in Vivo, Zion T. McCoy
You will remember what your father forgot: Networks of Time and Trauma in Stephen King’s "The Shining", Caetlin McFadden
"Always A Rocky and Rippling Stream": The Penobscot River and War, 1604-1869, Mary Moody McLean