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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 2017
“Confederate Soldiers in the Siege of Petersburg and Postwar: An Intensified War and Coping Mechanisms Utilized, 1864- ca. 1895”, Matthew R. Lempke
The effect of combined sewer overflows on the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes and bacteria in the James River, Enjolie Levengood
Favorability of Financial and Nonfinancial Performance Measures and Analysts' Recommendations, Thomas F. Lewis Jr
Podocyte Dedifferentiation and Glomerular Injury Mediated by Lysosome Dysfunction: Role of Acid Ceramidase, Guangbi Li
PO2 DEPENDENCE OF OXYGEN CONSUMPTION IN SKELETAL MUSCLE OF DIABETIC AND NON-DIABETIC RATS, Alexander C. Liles
Sleep disturbances and depression: the role of genes and trauma, Mackenzie J. Lind
Orthodontists' and Parents' Perspective of Occlusion in Varying Anterior-Posterior Positions: A Comparative Study, David H. Lindsey
ELECTROSPRAYING EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX TO FORM NANOPARTICLES, Patrick Link
Read-In Arts, An Liu
Photoelectrochemical cell constructed from BBY membrane with various substrate materials, Yang Liu
Efficient Integration of Plasmonic and Excitonic Properties of Metal and Semiconductor Nanostructures via Sol-Gel Assembly, Dilhara Liyanage
Developmental Trajectories of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorder, Elizabeth C. Long
The Effects of Irrelevant Information and Minor Errors in Client Documents on Assessments of Misstatement Risk and Sample Size, Edward Lynch
Chemical Probes for Protein α-N-Terminal Methylation, Brianna D. Mackie
Sound Perception:Encapsulating Intangible Voice Memories in a Physical Memento, Mona Mahmoud Makhlouf
A Computational Study of the Kinematics of Femoroacetabular Morphology During A Sit-to-Stand Transfer, Brandon K. Marine
Face-to-face with the Essay: Pedagogical Contributions Through Examining Nonverbal Communication in David Foster Wallace’s Essays, Julie T. Markham
The effects of the HIV-1 Tat protein and morphine on the structure and function of the hippocampal CA1 subfield, William D. Marks
Testing the Ability of Two Series of Models to Predict High School Graduation Status, David T. Marshall
The Role of Mindfulness in the Regulation of Behavior Among Those Prone to Negative Urgency, Alexandra M. Martelli
Sticking to the recipe: How do adherence and differentiation to a CBT protocol affect client outcomes in youths with anxiety?, Ruben G. Martinez
Determinants of Hospital Administrators' Choice of Anesthesia Practice Model, Maribeth L. Massie
Identification of Expression and Function of the Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor in Gastrointestinal Smooth Muscle, Alexander T. May
Separate and Equal: Power Dynamics Between Women Sleeping with Women Partners, Helen Virginia Mays
Adversarial Decision Making in Counterterrorism Applications, Dogucan Mazicioglu
Profiling Precursor Lipids for Specialized Pro-Resolution Molecules in Platelet-Rich Fibrin Following Fish Oil and Aspirin Intake, Danielle M. McCormack
PELAGIC FISH DIVERSITY AND DENSITY ON AND OFF RESTORED OYSTER REEF HABITAT, Danielle McCulloch
Effects of prescribed fire on Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) across habitat scales and life stages, Logan McDonald
Behavioral responses of sub-adult Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) to electromagnetic and magnetic fields under laboratory conditions, Andrew McIntyre III
Communication, Empathy, and Trust: Exploring Teachers' Partnerships With the Families of Their Most Challenging Students, Kimberly W. McKnight
D is for the most cherished sense (whence it comes and wither it goes), Hallie S. McNeill
USING CLASSROOM SOCIAL DYNAMICS TO UNDERSTAND CLASSROOM ADJUSTMENT BY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, Meera Mehtaji
Novel Role of the Nociceptin System as a Regulator of Glutamate Transporter Expression in Developing Astrocytes, Logan Meyer
Effects of Cumulative Risk on Asthma Outcomes in Urban Children and Adolescents, Samantha A. Miadich
The Effects of Disturbance and Species Specific Interactions on Diversity in an Agent Based Forest Simulation, Matthew E. Mills
Mathematical Models of the Inflammatory Response in the Lungs, Sarah B. Minucci
SELF-FORGIVENESS IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: THE IMPACT ON THE PERPETRATOR AND THE RELATIONSHIP, Jaclyn M. Moloney
The Dual Faces of Misery, Arden Moscati
SYNERGY: GAME DESIGN + QUR'AN MEMORIZATION, Sultana Jesmine Moulana
Short-term Effects of Nutrients on a Barrier Island Grassland Community, Ashley Moulton
Your Turn, Doctor, Leyla Mozayen
Development of My Footprint Calculator, Karthik Mummidisetti
Computational Fluid Dynamics in a Terminal Alveolated Bronchiole Duct with Expanding Walls: Proof-of-Concept in OpenFOAM, Jeremy Myers
One in Eight: Deciding to Pursue a College-Going Possible Self in a High-Poverty High School, David B. Naff
Sol-Gel Chemistry: An Advanced Technique to Produce Macroscopic Nanostructures of Metal and Semiconductor Colloids, Lamia Nahar
Optical Spectroscopy of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Heterostructures and Group-IV Alloy Quantum Dots, Tanner A. Nakagawara
NETWORK ANALYTICS FOR THE MIRNA REGULOME AND MIRNA-DISEASE INTERACTIONS, Joseph Jayakar Nalluri
Interleukin-18 as a Therapeutic Target in Western-diet Induced Cardiomyopathy, Pratyush Narayan
The Odcombian Climber: How Thomas Coryate Employed Media for Social Advantage, Julian T. Neuhauser
An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship among Social Institutions and Juvenile Arrests in Virginia, Linh Thi T. Nguyen
The Characterization of Chimeric Chaperone Flagrp170 as a Novel Radioprotectant, Tyler L. Nguyen
THE TEA PARTY VERSUS PLANNING: A STUDY OF TEA PARTY ACTIVISM AND ITS IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING, Spencer A. Norman
Planar Refrains, stephen anthony nunes
USING HYDROPATHIC MOLECULAR MODELING TOOLS TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF PROTEIN-LIGAND INTERACTIONS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, AHMAD J. OBAIDULLAH
"Our Captain is a Gentleman”: Officer Elections among Virginia Confederates, 1861-1862, Ryan C. O'Hallahan
Lived Experiences of School Counselors Who Address Mental Health Needs Through Evidenced-based Educational Programs, Kelley Yvette Olds
The Lens of Trauma: Montage Poetics in H.D.’s Trilogy, Emily Olsen
Emporium, John C. Orth
Eye Movement Control: An Index for Athleticism, Brittany L. OShea
Discovery and Characterization of Cytomegalovirus Inhibitors using Reporter-based Antiviral Assays, amine ourahmane
UNDERSTANDING OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATION USE AND DECISION-MAKING AMONG COMMUNITY-DWELLING US OLDER ADULTS: A MIXED-METHODS APPROACH, Yoshita Paliwal
Role of mitochondrial beta-oxidation in ethanol response: A candidate gene study using Caenorhabditis elegans, Harini Pallikarana Tirumala
Fabrication of flexible, biofunctional architectures from silk proteins, Ramendra K. Pal
Big Data Visualization Platform for Mixed Reality, Aliakbar Panahi
MAST CELL ACTIVATION BY DIVERSE STIMULI CAN BE SUPPRESSED BY STEROID THERAPY AND TARGETING THE FYN-STAT5B CASCADE, Anuya Paranjape
A Comparison of Moderate Oral Sedation Drug Regimens for Pediatric Dental Treatment: A Pilot Study, Ojas A. Parikh
Respiratory Prediction and Image Quality Improvement of 4D Cone Beam CT and MRI for Lung Tumor Treatments, Seonyeong Park
Internet-based Behavior of IT Professionals: Implications for Online Ergonomic Education to Prevent Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders, Priyadarshini Pattath
The Impact of Objective Quality Ratings on Patient Selection of Community Pharmacies: A Discrete Choice Experiment and Latent Class Analysis, Julie A. Patterson
GOMDS - GRUMPY OLD MEN DOING SHAKESPEARE; THE COMEDY OF ERRORS AS METAPHOR FOR LIFE, AGING, AND BUILDING COMMUNITY, Elizabeth B. Pedersen
Investigations into structure and properties of atomically-precise transition metal-chalcogenide clusters of CrTe and ligated Cr6Te8(PEt3)6, Anthony F. Pedicini
DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY - A CIRCULAR APPROACH, Wajiha Pervez
A Dialogue of Learning: The Exploration of a Service-Learning Practicum and the Development of Democratic Educational Values, Margaret P. Pienkowski
MODELING PSYCHOLOGISTS’ OPENNESS TO PERFORMING CLINICAL WORK WITH TELEPSYCHOLOGY, Bradford S. Pierce
Parametric, Nonparametric and Semiparametric Approaches in Profile Monitoring of Poisson Data, Sepehr Piri
Contribution of ASC-Inflammasome to Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction: Role of RNA Receptor RIG-I, Ashley Pitzer
Comparison of intraoral and extraoral scanners on the accuracy of digital model articulation, Jason L. Porter
Deletion of Cardiac miR-17-92 Cluster Increases Ischemia/ Reperfusion Injury via PTEN Upregulation, Meeta B. Prakash
Immersive Theater & The Physical Narrative, Lauren Prisco
Walking in beauty: Responsive and responsible health and healing among Virginia American Indian people, Amy J. Prorock-Ernest
THE MEDIATING ROLE OF MENTAL HEALTH IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISCRIMINATION AND RISKY BEHAVIORS IN LGBT ADULTS IN LATIN AMERICA, Annie Rabinovitch
Implementing Integrated Care in Family Medicine: Description and Outcomes in an Underserved Population, Zach Radcliff
Comparisons of Isogenic Trisomic and Disomic Cells from People with Mosaicism for Down Syndrome Unmask Cellular Differences Related to Trisomy 21, Kelly A. Rafferty
COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF DIFFUSION MODELS AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL INTELLIGENCE ON ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS OF U AND Zr DISSOLUTIONS IN LiCl-KCl EUTECTIC SALTS, Samaneh Rakhshan Pouri
Focused Attention vs. Open Monitoring: An Event-Related Potential Study of Emotion Regulation by Two Distinct Forms of Mindfulness Meditation, Tarah L. Raldiris
Amixicile Inhibits Anaerobic Bacteria within an Oral Microbiome Derived from Patients with Chronic Periodontitis, Kane Ramsey
LUNG DISPOSITION MODEL-BASED ANALYSES OF CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETIC PROFILES FOR INHALED DRUGS, Anuja Raut
Sleep and Pain in Older Adults: The Role of Negative and Positive Affect, Scott Ravyts
A Range-wide Assessment of Migratory Connectivity for the Prothonotary Warbler Using Stable Hydrogen Isotopes, Jessica Reese
Spooky Action At A Distance, Jonathan A. Rehwoldt
Nature Nurtures, Moriah Rhodes
Optimization of in vitro transcription/translation conditions for in vitro compartmentalization studies and synthesis of 4-fluorohistidine, Christine Ring