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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
DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORIES IN CANNABIS USE: PREDISPOSITIONS, PEERS, AND ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION, Nathaniel S. Thomas
Development of a Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Based Method for Studying Temporal DNA Degradation in Waterlogged Bone, Isis Thornton
Comparing coastal storm impact to decadal change in barrier island ecosystems, Philip A. Tuley
A Story About A Girl With Snakes For Hair, Kate M. Turner
Detection of Biomolecules via OCP Measurements using NPG Electrodes, Borkat Ullah
THE IMPACT OF AGING AND MECHANICAL INJURY ON ALVEOLAR EPITHELIAL AND MACROPHAGE RESPONSES IN ACUTE LUNG INJURY AND INFLAMMATION, Michael S. Valentine
HIGHER TENSILE FORCES ACROSS CELLULAR JUNCTIONS AND AN INTACT NUCLEAR LINC COMPLEX IS REQUIRED FOR EPITHELIAL FUNCTION AND STABILITY, FNU Vani Narayanan
Pharmacology of Fentanyl-Related Substances in Mice Reveals Potential Therapeutics With Improved Protective Indices, Neil B. Varshneya
I Hope My Black Skin Don't Dirt This White Tuxedo, Luis A. Vasquez La Roche
The Correlation Between Maternal Postpartum Depression and Child Psychopathology, T'keyah I. Vaughan
Automatic Hip Analysis Suite, Nathan J. Veilleux
A comparison in pediatric dental website design from a guardian and pediatric dentists’ perspective., David M. Voth
Recovering Lost Voices: The Rappahannock Tribe and the Jamestown Festival of 1957, Woodie L. Walker II
Process Factors Affecting Reperfusion Time in Patients Presenting with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), Richard R. Wall
Why We Use a New Currency: The Role of Trust and Control in Explaining the Perception and Usage of Bitcoin, Joseph B. Walton
Teachers' Perceptions of the Broad Validity of a High Stakes English Language Proficiency Test, Carolyn N. Waters
REDOX-ACTIVE POROUS ORGANIC MATERIALS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS, K. Shamara Weeraratne
Substitution inert Platinum (II) complexes and their non-covalent interactions with proteins, Thomas A. Wells
Generation of Warm Dense Plasma on Solar Panel Infrastructure in Exo-Atmospheric Conditions, Harrison C. Wenzel
ROLE OF CLIC4 AND THE SYNAPTIC TRANSCRIPTOME IN THE BEHAVIORAL AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY OF ETHANOL, Rory M. Weston
American Colossal, Andrew J. White
Effective laundering conditions for ignitable liquid decontamination of fire scene clothing used by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Rebecca K. Whitney
EFFECTS OF BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING WITH IN SITU TRAINING ON WORKPLACE CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS OF TRANSITION-AGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, Holly N. Whittenburg
Repeat Full Mouth Dental Rehabilitation under General Anesthesia for Medicaid Eligible Healthy Children who are High Caries Risk, LaJoi E. Wiggins
The Effect of Print Angulation on the Accuracy and Precision of 3D-Printed Orthodontic Retainers, Allison Williams
Expanded Testing of an Integrated qPCR Mixture Screening Assay Using High Resolution Melt Curve Analysis and Support Vector Machine Modeling, Andrea L. Williams
A Theoretically-Based Mixed Methods Approach to Examining Mental Health Disorders and Help-Seeking Behaviors among University-Enrolled African American Men, Kofoworola D.A. Williams
Associations Between Stress, Racial Discrimination, and Cytokine Levels in Black Americans, Takia Williams
Work Hope and Work Volition: Exploring the Influence of Community College Students’ Rurality and Socioeconomic Status, Jesse A. Wingate
Smallest Worthwhile Effect Values for Pain and Function after a Total Knee Replacement, Nancy Wofford, Daniel L. Riddle, Benjamin J. Darter, and Robert Perera
Profiles of Adjustment among Children in Institutional Care in Ghana: Predictors of Positive Functioning, Anna W. Wright
I See God Everywhere, Jason Wright
Implementation of a Hierarchical Embedded Cyber-Attack Detection System in Unmanned Aerial Systems, Kevin Yang
Against the Eyes of God and Man: The Suicide and Alcohol Intoxication Deaths of Enslaved People in Alexandria and Henrico County, Virginia, 1805-1829, Peighton L. Young
Sensory Substitution, Key to Inclusive Learning, Fathima Z. Zahir
Arabic beyond Arabic, Abir Zakzok and Abeer Zakzouk
Reclaiming Beercraft- A Sensory Experience, Zishan Zeng
Invariance and Invertibility in Deep Neural Networks, Han Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
MY CLOTHING IS ME: Embracing ADHD in Traditional Qatari Apparel, Rabab Abdulla
STRAINTRONIC NANOMAGNETIC DEVICES FOR NON-BOOLEAN COMPUTING, Md Ahsanul Abeed
Biometal-Induced Structural Consequences of α-Synuclein – the Parkinson’s Disease Protein, Dinendra L. Abeyawardhane
The Development of Intrinsically Cell-Permeable Peptide Libraries Using mRNA Display, Nicolas A. Abrigo
...An Already Dreamed State Already Dreaming State Already…, Francheska Alcantara
EXAMINING SLEEP AND FAMILY FUNCTIONING IN PEDIATRIC CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA USING ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT, Nour Al Ghriwati
Impact on Bacterial Micro-leakage in Exposed Root Canal Obturation Material in Teeth Irrigated with Different Solutions, Khalifa W. Alhaddad
Material Interactions and Self-Assembly in Inkjet Printing, Karam Nashwan Al-Milaji
National and Local Antibiotic Prescribing Trends and Prescribing Appropriateness in Older Adults, Fawaz M. Alotaibi
The Effects of length of stay, procedural volume & quality, and zipcode level SES on the 30-day readmission rate of individuals undergoing CABG., Ahmed H. Alquthami
Conjugated Bile Acid and Sphingosine 1-phosophate prompt Cholangiocarcinoma Cell Growth via Releasing Exosomes, Waad A. Alruwaili
Secure State Estimation in the Presence of False Information Injection Attacks, Maitham ALSalman
Determining Success Factors in Interprofessional Practice with Dynamic Teams, Danah Alsane
Differential Mobility Classifiers in the Non-Ideal Assembly, Thamir Alsharifi
Load Scheduling with Maximum Demand and Time of Use pricing for Microgrids, HAYDER O. ALWAN
Explainable Neural Networks based Anomaly Detection for Cyber-Physical Systems, Kasun Amarasinghe
Students’ Awareness, Knowledge, and Perceptions of Mandatory Reporting of Sexual Victimization on College Campuses, Dhara Minesh Amin
EROICA, Chino Amobi
Architect of the New South: The Life and Legacy of William Mahone, Heath M. Anderson
Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Larval Clupeid Fishes in a Tidal Freshwater Marsh Complex, Philip Reid Anderson
A Mathematics Workshop for Parents: Exploring Content Knowledge and Perceptions of Parental Involvement, Kristina C. Anthony
Parallel Pattern: A Familial Legacy of Care, Diana Antohe
Breakdown of Relations: American Expansionism, the Great Plains, and the Arikara People, 1823-1957, Stephen R. Aoun
Preconditioning of the tumor microenvironment by means of low dose chemotherapies for an effective immunotherapy of breast cancer, HUSSEIN F. AQBI
Electronic and Geometric Structure of AlnOm and AlnOm +, Albert R. Armstrong
Democratic Education and An Urban Teacher Residency: A Case Study, Bryan P. Arnold
Modeling Cascading Failures in Power Systems in the Presence of Uncertain Wind Generation, Mir Hadi Athari
Dating violence and Latina/o emerging adult’s attitudes towards condoms and condom use behaviors: Examining the role of culture, Melissa Avila
Design and Testing of an Agonist-Antagonist Position-Impedance Controlled Myoelectric Prosthesis, Christopher Aymonin
Energy Efficient Spintronic Device for Neuromorphic Computation, Md Ali Azam
COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON THE WETTING BEHAVIOR OF DROPLET-FIBER SYSTEMS, Hossain Aziz
Understanding Medication Self-Management Capacity among Older Adults Living in Low-Income Housing Communities, Amal M. Badawoud
Examination of Strain-Dependent Differences in S. sanguinis Virulence and Growth, Shannon Baker
Applications of Chemically Modified Nitrogen Doped Carbon, Zirconium Phosphate, Metal Organic Frameworks, and Functionalized Graphene Oxide Nanostructured Adsorbents in Water Treatment, AYYOB MOHAMMED A BAKRY
Connecting the Dots: Investigating the Effects of Trans-Synaptic Tau Transmission in the Hippocampus, Michael Bamisile
LIGHT IN COMMUNITY: a study in the adaptive reuse of sacred space, Abigail Barras
The Committee on Taste and Leisure, Katherine E. Barrie
"Quiddity | Leaving Home", Jonathan U. Barton
I Thought the Earth Remembered Me, Hannah Bates
THE EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM DEAFNESS ON DENSITY AND DIAMETER OF DENDRITIC SPINES ON PYRAMIDAL NEURONS IN THE DORSAL ZONE OF THE FELINE AUDITORY CORTEX, Rachel J. Bauer
WHY WOMEN GIVE TO WOMEN: A PORTRAIT OF GENDER-BASED PHILANTHROPY, Amy C. G. Beck
When Empathy Only Goes So Far: Development of a Trait Parochial Empathy Scale, Anna Maria C. Behler
NEGOTIATING MASCULINITY IN TABLETOP ROLEPLAYING GAME SPACES, Rigby L. Bendele
Exploring the Intersection of Designing for Crime and the Future of the Public Forum, Kathryn M. Benedict
Electrostatic Networks and Mechanisms of ΔpH-Dependent Gating in the Human Voltage-Gated Proton Channel Hv1, Ashley L. Bennett
Response and recovery of syntrophic and methanogenic activity to saltwater intrusion in a tidal freshwater marsh soil, David J. Berrier Jr.
Eternal enemies, or incidental encounters? Structure and patterns of interspecific killing in Carnivora, Tor G. Bertin
MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY OF NON-PHYTO-CANNABINOID APPROACHES FOR TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN, Nadejda A. Blajkevich
Stubborn Work: Poems, James Bolleana-Clark
Exploring the Standard: A Look into Modern Voice and Speech Curriculum, Taylor L. Bosta
Singing the Landscape: A Meditation on Song, Sound and Community at the Fall Line of the James River, Sara Bouchard
Translational insights into the genetic etiology of mental health disorders: Examining risk factor models, neuroimaging, and current dissemination practices, Jessica L. Bourdon
Incidence and Predictor Variables of Pressure Injuries in Patients Undergoing Ventricular Assist Device and Total Artificial Heart Surgeries: An Eight-Year Retrospective Review, Christopher T. Brindle
An Autoethnographic Journey Through Craftivism: Making with/for Meaning, Virginia H. Brinn
The Context of African American Emotion Expression: College Campus Influences, Deon Brown