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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
If Not the Body; Null Hypothesis: Essays, Victoria C. Flanagan
Biosensing and Catalysis Applications of Nanoporous Gold (NPG) and Platinum-Speckled Nanoporous Gold (NPG-Pt) Electrodes, Christopher J. Freeman
The Player’s Journey: Ludology and Narratology in Modern Gaming, Angelica Fuchs
THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL INHIBITORS OF THE NLRP3 INFLAMMASOME, Jacob W. Fulp
TIDES, Isa N. Gagarin
Path, Evan Galbicka
Potential Antimicrobial Methods for Provisionalizing Teeth After Endodontic Treatment, Laura T. Garden
Everything Else: Poems, Andrew Garvin
The Pie Redemption Theory/When the Flood Comes How Will You Choose, Julie Hutchison Geen
Penalized mixed-effects ordinal response models for high-dimensional genomic data in twins and families, Amanda E. Gentry
The Break, Ian Gerson
Embedded in These Walls, Trish J. Gibson
Evolution and Niche Specialization of Microbial Taxa in Vaginal Infection and Pregnancy, Abigail L. Glascock
"To Conceive With Child is the Earnest Desire if Not of All, Yet of Most Women": The Advancement of Prenatal Care and Childbirth in Early Modern England: 1500-1770, Victoria E.C. Glover
The Role of Learning Experiences, Supports and Barriers in Career Development for the Doctoral Student, Madeline B. Goldman
Complexities of Chronic Opioid Exposure, Maciej Gonek
A Behavior-Driven Recommendation System for Stack Overflow Posts, Chase D. Greco
I Am an Author: Performing Authorship in Literary Culture, Justin R. Greene
The Effect of Instrumentation Taper on Dentin Conservation, Megan E. Green
FIBRONECTIN MECHANICS AND SIGNALING IN TGF-β1-INDUCED EPITHELIAL TO MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION, Lauren Griggs
River City (A Novel), Sarah R. Groves
IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF EMERGING MEMORY SYSTEMS, Yuhua Guo
Novel Roles of RelB in Neuroinflammation, Angela Gupta
Forest Structural Complexity and Net Primary Production Resilience Across a Gradient of Disturbance in a Great Lakes Ecosystem, Lisa T. Haber
Nam June Paik as a Pioneer of Interactive Art, Byeongwon Ha
You Build Like A Girl, Sara Hackett
Blood River, Rachael Hägglund
Skin-Tone and Academic Achievement Among 5-year-old Mexican Children, Selamawit Hailu
"WE ARE...": CREATING DISCURSIVE SPACES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COUNTER NARRATIVES THROUGH PHOTOVOICE AS CRITICAL SERVICE LEARNING, Amanda F. Hall
Factors Influencing Perceptual Distance, Calvin J. Hall III
Advances in dual-energy computed tomography imaging of radiological properties, Dong Han
The Experiences that Promote Success for Students with Intellectual Disability in Postsecondary Education, Kimberly S. Handsome
Inpatient Utilization of Computed Tomography: the Influence of Market, Hospital, and Patient Characteristics, Michael Hanshew
Small Town Capital in Community, Christin Hardy
IMPACT OF PHOSPHOINOSITIDES ON REGULATION OF K-ATP BY ATP AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE, Tyler Hendon
Climate Change and Mountaintop Removal Mining: A MaxEnt Assessment of the Potential Dual Threat to West Virginia Fishes, Lindsey R F Hendrick
Discrimination, Mental Health, and Preparedness for Aging in Trans(gender)/Gender-Nonconforming Adults, Richard S. Henry
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
Decoding the signaling of the D2R-2AR heteromer: relevance to schizophrenia, Miao Huang
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
The Impact of Mother–Father Relationship, Social Support and Neighborhood Context on Preterm Birth, Timothy O. Ihongbe
Mechanisms of B-Myb oncogenicity in ovarian cancer, Audra N. Iness
Ageism Among Healthcare Professionals: The Influence of Personal Aging Anxiety, Job Role, and Work Setting on Attitudes Toward Older Patients, Jennifer L. K. Inker
In vitro genetic code expansion and selected applications, Emil S. Iqbal
Assessing K12 Online Teachers Knowledge of Online Student Identities and Characteristics, Brianne L. Jackson
TOMMI'S PLACE: AN ADAPTATION AND COMMENTARY ON UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, Vanessa L. Jackson
Ultrasound—Re:viewing Bodies, Minjee Jeon
Metalloglycomics: Investigating the Interactions of Metal Complexes with Heparan Mimetics, Wyatt Johnson
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
Economic Burden of Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) and Treatment Patterns, Overall Survival and Healthcare Costs among Older Metastatic RCC Patients, Hrishikesh P. Kale
An Investigation of Electronic Cigarette Aerosol Mixture on Craniofacial Development in Mouse Embryos, Suraj Kandalam
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
“We’re all in this together:” Exploring the effectiveness and responsiveness of nonprofits in promoting the socioeconomic integration of refugees, Brittany Keegan
Toward Biologically-Inspired Self-Healing, Resilient Architectures for Digital Instrumentation and Control Systems and Embedded Devices, Shawkat Sabah Khairullah
Floral symmetry genes elucidate the development and evolution of oil-bee pollinated flowers of Malpighiaceae and Krameriaceae, Farahnoz N. Khojayori
Impact of Sensory Adapted Dental Environment on Children with Developmental Disabilities, Gail Kim
Effects of a 2-week exercise intervention on heart rate variability in individuals with low and high anxiety sensitivity, Hannah M. Kotarski
A STAKEHOLDER EXAMINATION OF GESTATIONAL WEIGHT GAIN GUIDELINES, Melissa Kwitowski
Examination of the Role of Dehumanization as a Potential Mechanism Underlying the Racial Disparities in School Disciplinary Measures., Ebony A. Lambert
Aerobic Exercise Exposure Targeting Anxiety Sensitivity: Effects on Associated Health Behaviors in Young Adults, Autumn Lanoye
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Dependent Effects of Nicotine on HEK293T and HBO Cells, James D. Larsen
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
Evaluation and Adaptation of Live-Cell Interferometry for Applications in Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research, Kevin A. Leslie
Through My Window, Haiyin Liang
Of the Crickets, Kathryn Lien
Metal-Organic Frameworks and Graphene-Based Support Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis, Andrew Lin
NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC DRIVERS OF TREE EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS, Brandon M. Lind
QUANTITATIVE AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF HABITUATION AT THE MAIZE r1 LOCUS, Robert C. Lindsay
Lorcaserin as a potential opioid-sparing adjunct, Kumiko M. Lippold
Integral Measurement of Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM), Di Liu
The Pond, Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik
ATHLETIC AND ACADEMIC IDENTITY, MOTIVATION AND SUCCESS: AN EXAMINATION OF DIII STUDENT-ATHLETES, Savanna M. Love
The Role of ADAM10 and ADAM17 in Humoral and Type 2 Immunity, Joseph C. Lownik
A comparison of the antimicrobial efficacy of silver diamine fluoride and silver nitrate: an in vitro study, Nicholas L. Luke