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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
Spatial learning and memory in brain-injured and non-injured mice: investigating the roles of diacylglycerol lipase-α and -β., Lesley D. Schurman
Partition Pause, Michael Scribner
Collaborating Outside the Lines: Creating a Movement Vocabulary for the Stage, Wesley S. Seals
Toxicological Inhalation Effects of Metal-Based Nanoparticle Aerosols as Studied by a Portable In Vitro Exposure Cassette, Lynn E. Secondo
Observations of Trends and Successes of Revascularization Therapy at Virginia Commonwealth University: A Retrospective Study, Richard W. Sedwick
Water Dynamics and the Effect of Static and Alternating Electric Fields, Mohammadmahdi Shafiei Alavijeh
Role of C121A in mGluR2 homodimeric expression and function, Jong M. Shin
Integrating Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention: A Pilot and Feasibility Trial of INSPIRE, Courtney C. Simpson
ONCOGENE INDUCED DNA REPLICATION IN LUNG INJURY REPAIR AND CARCINOGENESIS, Shilpa singh
In Media Res, Christopher Andrew Sisk
Prosecution as the "Soul Crushing Job:" Complexities of Campus Sexual Assault Cases, Tammi L. Slovinsky
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
Decellularized Matrices Effect on the Adaptive Immune Response, Kegan Sowers
Secondary Student Information Literacy Self-efficacy vs. Performance, Jen Spisak
Until One of Us Disappears, Ryan C. Stacy
Directing Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Periodontal Regeneration, Charles Stoianovici
Academic Self-Concept and Master Adaptive Learning in First Year Medical Students: A Validation and Scale Construction Study, JK Stringer IV
GenderFail: The Queer Ethics of Dissemination, Brett E. Suemnicht
Entangled Bodies: Tracing the Marks of History in Contemporary Science Fiction, Summer Sutton
Development of Novel Models to Study Deep Brain Effects of Cortical Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Farheen Syeda
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
WHY KATNISS EVERDEEN IS OUR FAVORITE FEMINIST – AN ANALYSIS OF THE HEROINE OF THE HUNGER GAMES FILM SAGA AND HER RECEPTION BY YOUNG FEMALE SPECTATORS, Paula Talero Álvarez
Colloidal Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Group IV Alloy and Group IV-V Semiconductors: Ge1-xSnx and Sn-P Quantum Dots, Venkatesham Tallapally
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
CROSS-IDEOLOGICAL SOLAR POWER COALITIONS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH: AN ADVOCACY COALITION APPROACH, Brian T. Toibin
LANTHANIDE-BASED CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES AS MULTIFUNCTIONAL PLATFORMS FOR TARGETED RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY AND MULTIMODAL MOLECULAR IMAGING, Miguel Toro-Gonzalez
PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ ATTITUDES REGARDING THE CLASSROOM PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS WITH AUTISM WHO EXHIBIT CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR, Taryn G. Traylor
A LABORATORY STUDY OF STRESS REACTIONS TO WITNESSING A POLICE KILLING OF AN UNARMED BLACK MAN: DISCRIMINATION, DISTRESS TOLERANCE, ETHNIC IDENTITY, AND RISK-TAKING, Michael A. Trujillo
Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Cabides and Oxides Nanomaterials, Hei Man Tsui
IMPROVING REALTIME 3-D TRACKING OF HIGH DOSE RATE RADIATION SOURCE USING A FLAT PANEL DETECTOR, Leo Uchechukwu Udeji
Paul Piccone’s Providential Moment: Phenomenology, Subjectivity, and 20th Century Marxism in Telos, Jacob A. Ulmschneider
Molecular Brain Adaptations to Ethanol: Role of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Beta in the Transition to Excessive Consumption, Andrew D. van der Vaart
A WATERSHED MOMENT: IMPLEMENTING STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY POLICY INTO A CENTRAL VIRGINIA SCHOOL DISTRICT, Melinda J. VanDevelder
Examining Two Structural Equation Models to Determine the Effect of Parental Practices and Familial Cultural Values on Mexican Adolescents’ Sexual Health, Efren A. Velazquez
Modeling Fluid Motion over Fibrous Surfaces, Delli Ganesh Venkateshan
Fault Classification and Location Identification on Electrical Transmission Network Based on Machine Learning Methods, Vidya Venkatesh
A PRACTICE ELEMENTS-BASED APPROACH TO ADHERENCE MEASUREMENT, Stephanie Violante
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE FROM GAN CO-DOPED WITH C AND SI, Mykhailo Vorobiov
What Lies Beneath, Meg Wachs
Unpacking Students’ Writer Identity in the Transition from High School to College: A Mixed Methods Study, Marcie J. Walsh
The Experiences of School Counseling Directors in Relation to Job Satisfaction and Leadership, Robyn Walsh
High-throughput prediction and analysis of drug-protein interactions in the druggable human proteome, Chen Wang
Language, Literacy, and Conscientização in American Public Schools, Julie Ward
EXPLORING LITERACIES IN THE ASSEMBLAGE OF ADULT EDUCATION ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES CLASSROOMS, Susan Watson
One-Third of a Nation, the Second Amendment, a Living Newspaper Play, Linda Ann Watt
WORK/DEATH, OF EACH IN THEIR OWN, Micah H. Weber
Assessing Baseline and Post-Discharge Risk Factors in Subjects with and without Sleep Apnea Undergoing Endoscopy with Deep Sedation, Mercedes E. Weir
IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR THE INTEGRATED CPU-GPU HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS, Hao Wen
The Periodontal Specialty: A Survey Regarding Our Future, John H. White
Cultivating Community and Healthy Living: Urban Grocery and Garden, Amy Williams
Finding Homeplace: Exploring the Experiences of Black Women in the City of Richmond, Mariah Williams
Structured Poetic Expressions for Emerging Adults Experiencing Bereavement, Kelcie D. Willis
Synthesis and Analysis of Gold Nanoclusters, Patrick Woodworth
Chromodomain Helicase DNA Binding Protein 1 (Chd1) is required for orofacial development in Xenopus, Brent Wyatt
Candor & Ebb: Searching For My Truth Through Solo Performance, Andrew Ross Wynn
Signaling Through Homomeric and Heteromeric Cannabinoid CB1 receptors, Guoqing Xiang
Graphene as a Solid-state Ligand for Palladium Catalyzed Cross-coupling Reactions, Yuan Yang
Metabolic Engineering of Serratia marcescens, Qiang Yan
A Third Place: For Children(5–7) to Play and Learn, Yuqi Ye
The Use of Outside Agents to Improve Special Education Service Delivery: A Mixed-Methods Analysis, Christine E. Young
OPTIMIZATION FOR STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING: APPLICATIONS TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, Mahsa Zahery
Reducing Sepsis Mortality: A Cloud-Based Alert Approach, Janet A. Zink
Gender Beyond Binary, Sidra Zubairi
LPS-Induced iNOS mRNA and the Pro-Apoptotic Signaling Pathway in Leukocytes of Fit and Unfit Males, Tiffany M. Zuniga
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
INVESTIGATION OF ANTICOAGULATION PROPERTIES OF SULFATED GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN MIMETICS, Elsamani I. Abdelfadiel
Enhanced Energy Storage and Conversion Applications by Porous Carbon and Atomic Layer Deposition, Yomna H. Abdelmoaty
Role of miR-155 and miR-146a in Mast Cell Function, Amina Abdul Qayum
MODULATING THE INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE TO ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS AND POLYMER DEGRADATIVE BYPRODUCTS, Daniel Abebayehu
Thyroid Hormone as a Method of Reducing Damage to Donor Hearts after Circulatory Arrest, William P. Adams
STUDY OF MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS OF GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS AND GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN MIMETICS WITH THEIR PROTEIN TARGETS, Daniel K. Afosah
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ROLE OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 7 (IGFBP7) USING A GENETIC KNOCKOUT MOUSE MODEL, Maaged A. Akiel
Thermal Quenching of Photoluminescence in ZnO and GaN, Nahla Albarakati
IMPACT OF CHEMOTHERAPY ON NICOTINE DEPENDENCE, Yasmin Alkhlaif
COHERENT/INCOHERENT MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS OF NANOMAGNETIC DEVICES FOR ULTRA-LOW ENERGY COMPUTING, Md Mamun Al-Rashid
Role of Translation Initiation in Regulation of Epithelial Junctions and Cell Motility, Fahda Fawaz Alsharief
A Biobehavioral Approach to Examining Moral Distress in Critical Care Nurses, Marian Altman
Re-exploring my identity as a Japanese woman, Fumi Amano
Nanopore thermodynamics via infrared laser heating, Christopher Angevine
Development and Validation of a Novel Resonant Energy Transfer (FRET) Biosensor to Measure Tensile Forces at the LINC Complex in Live Cells, Paul Arsenovic
Effect of charged species on the gradient properties, Kayesh Ashraf
USING RESTORATION-ORIENTED COPING AND THE DUAL PROCESS MODEL WITH BEREAVED UNDERGRADUATES, Farah J. Aslanzadeh
Biological Mechanisms and Symptom Outcomes of Uncertainty and Psychological Stress in Parkinson’s Disease, Kimberley W. Austin
EVALUATION OF THE REGIONAL DRUG DEPOSITION OF NASAL DELIVERY DEVICES USING IN VITRO REALISTIC NASAL MODELS, Mandana Azimi
How Master Teachers Conceptualize Student Engagement: A Comparison of Theoretical and Practitioner Perspectives, Andrew D. Baker
Application of the Fisher Dimer Model to DNA Condensation, John C. Baker III
Effects of Hydraulic Dredging and Vessel Operation on Atlantic Sturgeon Behavior in a Large Coastal River, Michael R. Barber
Person-Centered Treatment to Optimize Psychiatric Medication Adherence, Natalie Bareis