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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 2020
Integration of multi-omic platforms to understand the regulation of genes in human disease, Eva Lancaster
Bee diversity of three Appalachian shale barren sites, Olivia C. Latham
Applications of Dynamic Linear Models to Random Allocation Models, Albert H. Lee III
Characteristics of Alveolar Bone Marrow Cells from Patients Undergoing Dental Extractions or Dental Implant Therapy, Meng H. Lee
Hidden Gem: Realizing the Value of Community in Healthcare Environments, Nicole Lee
THE EFFECT OF THE SENOLYTIC ABT-263 ON ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION-INDUCED SENESCENT PROSTATE TUMOR CELLS, So Min Lee
ANALYSIS OF TEACHING STYLES, ADULT LEARNING THEORIES, AND FACTORS INFLUENCING TEACHING STYLE PREFERENCES IN ADULT EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS: IMPLICATION FOR PRACTICE, Beatrice Chemaiyo Lele
Disentangling Student Engagement in Afterschool Programs, Ashlee M. Lester
Formulation and Validation of Nanoparticle Controlled Delivery for Chemotherapeutic Drug Products, Shani L. Levit
Validation of the 4-Aminophenol Chemical Test and Analytical Testing Scheme to Distinguish Marijuana and Hemp, Kenna Lewis
Hospital Investment in Urgent Care: Impacts on Emergent, Outpatient, and Ambulatory Surgery Volumes, Hillary A. Linhart
Machine Girl, Yutong Liu
Reducing Material Attractiveness Utilizing Pu-238 and U-232, Cody Lloyd
Social Learning Theory and Digital Piracy: Explaining Uploading Behaviors of Digital Pirates, Cydney J. Lowenstein
Moving Parts, Andrew Lowrie
Staying Current in Patient Care: How Physicians in Medically Underserved Areas Gain Knowledge for Health Care Decision-Making, Irene M. Lubker
The Effect of Virtual Reality Glasses on the Behavior of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Dental Setting, Robert Lunka
Amixicile as a novel antimicrobial treatment for periodontitis: A pilot study in the non-human primate, Macaca mulatta, Denver J. Lyons
Anti-Tumor Functions of Sphingosine Kinase 1 and Sphingosine Kinase 2 in Breast Cancer Development, Melissa A. Maczis
Development of an Anatomically and Electrically Conductive Brain Phantom for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Hamzah A. Magsood Virginia Commonwealth University
Jazz, Improvisation & the Importance of Collaboration, Laurie Marcotte
Negative Urgency As A Risk Factor For Intimate Partner Aggression: The Untold Story of Maladaptive Interpersonal Emotion Regulation, Alexandra M. Martelli
A meta-analysis investigating the correlation between treatment integrity and youth client outcomes, Ruben G. Martinez
Multicultural Literature in the Elementary Classroom: A Comparison of Traditional and Dual Language Classroom Teachers, Virginia Massaro
Non-Invasive Retrieval of Prefabricated Zirconia Crowns with Er,Cr:YSGG Laser from Primary and Permanent Teeth, Connor W. McCall DDS
Martian Mother, Elizabeth McGrady
Community Reentry and Juvenile Justice: The Role of Developmental Science in Legislative Decision-Making, Kristina A. McGuire
Phenotype Extraction: Estimation and Biometrical Genetic Analysis of Individual Dynamics, Kevin L. McKee
Signaling Mechanism Responsible for 5-HT2A Receptor Tolerance to Psychedelic Induced Head-Twitch Behavior in Mice, Audrey R. McMurtrie
Molecular and Behavioral Mechanisms Mediated Paclitaxel-Induced Changes in Affect-Like Behavior in Mice, Julia Meade
The Design of a New Vaginal Applicator for Direction Modulated Brachytherapy (DMBT) Using GEANT4 Monte Carlo Simulation Code, Moeen Meftahi
Otherness, Feixue Mei
Transforming Trauma: Performing the Works of William Shakespeare as Rehabilitation for Incarcerated Individuals, Elyssa Mersdorf
Assessing the Role of Planar Cell Polarity Protein Ptk7 in Axon Pathfinding of Spinal Commissural Neurons, Joseph Paul Miano
Development of a Torque-Based Device for the Quantification of Arm Rigidity in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease, Georgina O. Miller
Development of an Untargeted Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) Method for the Detection of Drugs in Wastewater, Samuel A. Miller
Library by Day, Theater by Night, Julia Moncure Jones Mishler
Non-destructive, Rapid Differentiation of Cell Types Relevant to Sexual Assault Investigations Utilizing Morphological and Autofluorescence Signatures, Taylor R. Moldenhauer
Characterizing A20 function in periodontal tissue homeostasis, Erin Mooney
A Critical Examination of Secondary Teachers’ Perceptions of Liberatory PD, Christine C. Moore
PREY BEGINS WITH PLAY, Seren C. Moran
Constraints on Phytoplankton Abundance and Cyanotoxin Production in the Tidal Freshwater James River, Brittany Ann Moretz
A Girl is a Girl is a Girl, Paige Lizbeth Morris
Self-Efficacy of Endorsed and Nonendorsed Elementary Teachers of Gifted Students in STEM Education, Lianna L. Moss-Everhart
Multi-label classification models for heterogeneous data: an ensemble-based approach., Jose Maria Moyano Murillo
In vivo effects of the CB1 allosteric modulator LDK1258, a structural analog of ORG-27569, Mohammed A. Mustafa
MEF2-BOUND GENES MAY INFLUENCE ETHANOL SEDATION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, Katlyn M. Myers
A Comparison of Three-Dimensional Printing Technologies on the Precision, Trueness, and Accuracy of Printed Retainers, Owais A. Naeem
Entitled versus Untitled, Johana Nasreen
CHARACTERIZING GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN AND GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN-OLIGO INTERACTIONS WITH CANCER STEM CELLS AND THEIR REGULATORS, Rahaman Navaz Gangji
The Quantified Elf, Umico Niwa
Synthesis of Supported Metal Nanoparticles on High Surface Area Supports for Application in Energy Conversion and Heterogeneous Catalysis, Nazgol Norouzi
Targeting NRF1 and DDI2 to potentiate proteasome inhibitor cytotoxicity in cancer, Amy Northrop
The gamma-globin Repressors KLF1, BCL11A, and MBD2: Knowledge Gaps in the Literature, Lauren Nufer
Application of Optical Trapping to Obtain Single-Source STR Profiles from Forensically Relevant Body Fluid Mixtures with Modified DNA Analysis Workflow, Benjamin J. O'Brien
Predictors of Mental Health Need and Treatment in Safety Net Primary Care, Kristen O'Loughlin
Behavior Change Techniques to Promote Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy: A Theory-Based Meta-Analysis, Caroline A. Orr
The Future in the Instant: Time as the essence of dramatic tension in Shakespeare's plays and their contemporary stage appropriations, Amalia Oswald
Social capital and the higher education academic achievement of American students: A cross-classified multilevel model approach to understanding the impact of society on educational outcomes, Olubowale Emiola Oyefuga
Separate and Unequal: Latinx Access, Enrollment and Completion of AP coursework in the State of Virginia, Virginia Elizabeth Palencia
Evaluation of Smear Layer Dissolution by Alternative Chelating Solutions, Raymond Pandez
Parakupa Vena - Fall From the Highest Point, Mariana Parisca Englert
Biopsychosocial Variables Associated with the Development of Chronic Low Back Pain in Healthcare Workers, Jena Pauli
Teachers' Attitudes Toward the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom in a Rural School District, Robin M. Pelt
Development of a Screening Assay for Type III Secretion System Inhibitors and High Throughput Screening Campaign of Inhibitors of PRP of Staphylococcus aureus, Heather A. Pendergrass
Platform and Place: The Digitization of Gift Economies, Sara A. Peters
Come and Get Your Capital, Sis: The Use of Twitter to Compensate for Gendered and Racialized Job Networks among Creatives, Sasha A. Pierre- Louis
Competing Models of Exposure to Community Violence Among Urban Youth: Dimensional Versus Person-Centered Approaches, Sarah K. Pittman
Analysis of Pellet Patterns and GSR Produced from Judge Taurus Revolvers, Donald Poon
Implementation of a Hierarchical, Embedded, Cyber Attack Detection System for SPI Devices on Unmanned Aerial Systems, Jeremy J. Price
The Role of Manganese in Streptococcus sanguinis, Tanya M. Puccio
Fool's Rest, Aidan Quinlan
A Density Functional Theory Study of Palladium Nanoparticles and Their Redox Properties on Graphene, Billie A. Radcliffe
OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY AND THEORETICAL MODELLING OF CARRIER DYNAMICS IN GROUP-IV ALLOY QUANTUM DOTS, Rahnuma Rahman
An Online Mindfulness Training for Improved Eudaimonic Well-Being and Sleep Outcomes in Caregivers: A Preliminary Study, Tarah L. Raldiris
Mathematical models of cellular signaling and supramolecular self-assembly, Pratip Rana
What Happens When Cross-Sector Partnerships Are Mandated? Analyzing Trust through a Transaction Cost Approach, Vanessa Hubbard Rastberger Dr
Biophysical Characterization of MphR(A) and a Novel Clarithromycin Selective MphR(A), Megan R. Reed
Effects of (R,S)-ketamine and (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine: a preclinical study, Remington Rice
Plant-pollinator associations in an eastern serpentine savannah and the effects of overbrowsing, Allyson Richins
The Role of Receptive Reasoning in the Development of Intellectual Humility, Cathryn Richmond
EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX NANOPARTICLES EFFECTS ON THE LUNG IN VIVO, Brittaney E. Ritchie
From Small Beginnings to Large-Scale Harm: On Demagoguery and Misogyny in the Classroom and Writing Center, Shannon Roberson
Examining Body Mass Index and Sepsis Mortality at One Year After Sepsis, Jamie D. Robinson
Modeling the Evolution of Barrier Islands, Greg Robson
Zero-inflated longitudinal mixture model for stochastic radiographic lung compositional change following radiotherapy of lung cancer, Viviana A. Rodríguez Romero
Chupa Chuparosas y Chupacabras, Ruben U. Rodriguez
EXPLORING WHETHER CONTEXTUAL FACTORS RELATE TO THE HOPED-FOR AND FEARED POSSIBLE SELVES OF LATINX YOUTH, Stephanie M. Romo