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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 2024
Capiz Reborn: Preserving and Enhancing Traditional Philippine Shellcraft, Destarte A. Prieto
THE SPLICE INDEX AS A PROGNOSTIC BIOMARKER OF STRENGTH AND FUNCTION IN MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY TYPE 1, Marina Provenzano
Optimizing Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Technique for Personalized Breast Cancer Radiotherapy, Srinidhi Rajagopalan
Voltage control of interfacial magnetism for energy-efficient skyrmion-based memory and neuromorphic computing, Md Mahadi Rajib
Haven: Exploring Trauma-Informed Design in Transitional Housing for Women and Children, Sydney J. Rakes
Assessment of Maxillary Sinus Pneumatization in Dentate and Edentulous Areas Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography, Catherine Ramundo
Notes on a Centrifugal Chiller: Listening and Breathing the Boundaries of Circulatory Architecture, Chrystine Rayburn
Muscle-Nerve Signaling and Its Role in Myogenesis, Synaptogenesis, and Regeneration, James T. Redden
“Grabbing for Life”: Rhetorical Space and Agency in Women’s Prison Zines, Becca Ringle
Nurse-Led Home Visitation and Parental Reasoning About Child Discipline: A Realist Evaluation of Perceived Influential Mechanisms, Jeniece S. Roane
Utility of Chemogenetics: Probing the role of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine pathway in cocaine reinforcement in rats, Hannah Robinson
Nanoparticle Assisted Nanopore Detection of Ovarian Cancer Marking Peptides in Biological Fluids, Thomas Rockett
CLINICAL PERFORMANCE OF ZIRCONIA DENTAL IMPLANTS FOR SINGLE-TOOTH REPLACEMENT: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY, Roxana Rodriguez
Adaptive Multi-label Classification on Drifting Data Streams, Martha Roseberry
The Collection: A Third-Place Community Library Design, Camille Rovani
SG1002: A Potential Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy, Taylor I. Roy
A Radiographic Analysis of Teeth with Carrier-Based Obturation Requiring Retreatment, Robert W. Rudnicki
SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMICS UNRAVELS PALMITOYLATION AND ZONATION- DEPENDENT GENE REGULATION OF AEG-1 IN MOUSE LIVER, Alissa Saverino
USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO UNDERSTAND THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE IDENTIFYING WITH ADHD: WHAT THEMES EMERGE IN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS?, Gabby C. Scalzo
Advanced Manufacturing Methods to Produce Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients via Parametric Control of Crystallization, Michael Scott
The Relationship between Material Circumstances and Primary Care Utilization after Enrollment in Virginia’s Medicaid Expansion, Hannah Shadowen
Analyzing the role of SLC25A32 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Mimansha Shah
Biophilia: Developing A Taste For Care, Che'leah Shannon
Extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing of Magnetic Heat Exchange Structures for Caloric Applications, Vaibhav Sharma
Spilled Land River-Eye, Paz Sher
The Role of Sleep and Social-Ecological Supports in the Association between Racial Discrimination and Cardiometabolic Risk in Black Youth, Jelaina R. Shipman-Lacewell
Investigating The Ultrafast Dissociation Dynamics of Energetic Materials Using Femtosecond Time-Resolved Mass Spectrometry, Jacob M. Shusterman
Sense Make Before Book, Bradley Sinanan
REDESIGN, EVALUATION, AND VALIDATION OF A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE HIGH-RESOLUTION MELT BASED MIXTURE SCREENING TOOL, Chastyn Smith
Microstructural Analysis of Alloys Created by Additive Manufacturing, Ian M. Smith
Fitbit Engagement in an Health Physical Activity Intervention for Young Adult Cancer Survivors: A Secondary Analysis of the IMPACT Randomized Controlled Trial, Jessica Gomez Smith
Modeling the Radiation Shielding Effectiveness of Hafnium Diboride Reinforced Epoxy Composites Using MCNP, Randolph Snook
Investigating the Regulation of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition through Fibronectin-Mediated TGF-β1 Mechanotransduction using in vitro models of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Michael M. Sofroniou
Elucidation of the Optical Properties of Si and Si-Ge Alloy Nanostructures with Visible to Near-IR Photoluminescence, Griffin Spence
From Suicidal Ideation to Suicide Attempt: Clarifying the Role of Painful and Provocative Events, Mallory Stephenson
Exploring the Experiences of Refugee Youth in Public Schools: An Ethical Phenomenological Inquiry, Hilary T. Stim
Adaptable and Trustworthy Machine Learning for Human Activity Recognition from Bioelectric Signals, Morgan S. Stuart
OBESITY KNOWLEDGE AND BMI IN CAREGIVER-ADOLESCENT DYADS: A DESCRIPTIVE COMPARATIVE PILOT STUDY, John Sykes and John Sykes
Exploring the relationship of intact limb knee joint loading with step lengths and step length symmetry in individuals with lower limb amputation, Edward D. Syrett
Explore Security and Machine Learning Applications in Next Generation Wireless Networks, Haolin Tang
S1PR1: KEY REGULATOR OF ASTROCYTE MORPHOLOGY, Hunain Tariq
Genetic and Transcriptomic Investigations of Progressive Ethanol Consumption in the Diversity Outbred Mouse, Zachary Tatom
Beyond the Veil: Hijabi Superheroes and the Power of Representation, Moom Thahinah Ms
An Application of CFD to Support the Development of Treatment Strategies and Technology for the Management of Cystic Fibrosis in Pediatric Patients, Morgan L. Thomas
Call for Me When You Get There: I'll Be Among the Crows, Jessica O. Tifase
Living the American DREAM? College Experiences of Undocumented Students in an Era of Rising Xenophobia and Political Turmoil, Sandra Y. Ting Ph.D.
Satellite Glial Cells Facilitate Mechanical Hypersensitivity Involving Piezo2 Upregulation in DRG Neurons, Namrata Tiwari
Continuous flow as a process intensification tool for the preparation of pharmaceutically relevant N-heterocycles, John W. Tomlin Jr
Effects of flooding and plant community arrangement on freshwater wetland greenhouse gas emissions and plant growth, Walker A. Trainum
Planning Growth Management; The Rapid Urbanization of Loudoun County, Virginia, Shaianna Trump
Measuring the Properties of Rod-Shaped Bacteria by Single-Entity Electrochemistry, Ashley Tubbs
Established Colonization of Sneathia vaginalis in a Mouse Model, Kailyn E. Turcios-Gonzalez
Process Intensification of Separations Technologies for Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Justin T. Turnage
Novel feature evaluation in ultra-high dimensional right-censored data, with applications to Head and Neck cancer, Atika Farzana Urmi
Points of Contact, Giancarlo Venturini
Catchword, Waverley Vesely
Integrating Machine Learning and Electronic Structure Theory for Accurate and Transferable Prediction of Polarizability and Noncovalent Interactions, Corentin E. Villot
Photoluminescence of Beryllium-related Defects in Gallium Nitride, Mykhailo Vorobiov and Mykhailo Vorobiov
African American adolescents' exposure to community firearm violence and associated factors, Colleen S. Walsh
Old Flames, Jamie L. Walters
Efficiently Enhancing Numerical Hessian Accuracy through Grassmann Interpolation, Arthur Y. Wang
Insights into the Characterization and Degradation of Electrospun Polycaprolactone Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications, Caleb B. Wells
In Shame I Will Find Paradise, Taehee Whang
THE INFLUENCE OF FLAVOR ON THE ABUSE LIABILITY OF A HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCT AND ITS FEASIBILITY AS A MENTHOL CIGARETTE SUBSTITUTE, Augustus White
Range-wide Analysis of the Genetic Diversity and Genetic Structure of the Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), Madison S. Whitehurst
Doctors and Saints: Preparing Albert Camus’s The Plague to Address the Dangers of Christian Nationalism, Christopher J. Williams
Determining The Viability Of A Novel OSL Film Dosimeter For In Vivo Dosimetry, Nicholas D. Wilson
Investigating Black Emerging Adult Health and Model of Care Choices, Alexandra Wynn
Threads Unbound, Yuan Xin
"I Call Them Supermoms": Therapists' Reflections on the Impact of Youth Sexual Offending on Latina Mothers, Mauricio P. Yabar
Examining the Relationship between Racism-Related Stress and Coping among Black Adolescents: A Linked Lives Perspective, Kenna Yadeta
Genetic mechanisms of atypical antipsychotic drug response, Rabha Mousa Younis
Decalcomania, CHUNGHEE YUN
On the Rebound: Resilience and Subjective Cognitive Symptoms in Cancer, Giuliana V. Zarrella
MODELING OF MACROSCOPIC MELT SPLASHING ON BERYLLIUM FIRST WALL PANELS OF FUSION TOKAMAKS UNDER OFF-NORMAL EVENTS, Cheng Zhang
Effects of Mindfulness Training on Prosocial Responses in Intergroup Relations: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial, Denise Yiran Zheng
The role of miRNA-17-92 following myocardial ischemia/ reperfusion under normal and diabetic conditions, Virginia Villani Zwiren
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
ASSESSING DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROPORTIES OF ANTITHROMBOTIC AND ANTI - CANCER AGENTS, Elsamani I. Abdelfadiel
The Aging Epigenome and the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in the Regulation of Drug Metabolism, Sara Abudahab
NOVEL STRATEGIES IN HEAD AND NECK TUMOR THERAPY; CONTRIBUTION OF SENESCENCE IN THERAPY RESPONSE, AND RESISTANCE DEVELOPMENT AFTER CISPLATIN TREATMENT, Fereshteh Ahmadinejad
Exploring the discriminative stimulus effects of e-cigarette aerosols in rodents, Yasmin Alkhlaif
OVERCOMING CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES IN KIDNEY DISEASE TREATMENT THROUGH METABOLOMIC AND DATA SCIENCE APPROACHES, Monther Alsultan
Saudi Mediated Public Diplomacy: Exploring the Agenda Building of Government-Sponsored News Before and After the Vision 2030 Announcement, Yahya Alzahrany
Low efficacy mu-opioid receptor agonist as a candidate opioid use disorder medication, Michelle Arriaga
Irene Cox, Lindsey Arturo
Fascism in Sci-Fi: "Mobilizing Passions" in Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Alton C. Ayers