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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 2016
Host Densities and Parasitism Rates in a Forest Defoliator Across a Rural-Urban Landscape, Abigail J. Nelson
Design and Development of a High-Temperature High-Pressure Rolling Ball Viscometer/Densimeter and Evaluation of Star Polymer-Solvent Mixtures, Matthew Stanton Newkirk
Student Engagement in Undergraduate Social Work Education Among “at-risk” Students, Ananda Newmark
Cajamarca Ceramic Spoons from Northern Peru: Forming a Symbolic Function, Jeanette Louise Nicewinter
Twitter analysis of the orthodontic patient experience with braces versus Invisalign, Daniel A. Noll
FACTORS PREDICTING AFRICAN AMERICAN RENAL PATIENTS’ COMPLETION OF THE MEDICAL EVALUATION PROCESS FOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION, Camilla W. Nonterah
From Watchman to Mockingbird: Tay Hohoff’s Editorial Influence on Harper Lee, Aine M. Norris
A Pipeline for Creation of Genome-Scale Metabolic Reconstructions, Shaun W. Norris
Climbing Mt. Rainier, Kathleen O'Connor
Design thinking for the development of formal operations: A team-based middle school design curriculum, Stephanie K. O'Dell
Egyptianization: Culture hacking as a method, Hadeer Omar
Dietary Adaptations and Intra- and Interspecific Variation in Dental Occlusal Shape in Hominin and Non-hominin Primates, Kelsey O'Neill
Momentum Clinic for Teen and Young Adult Cancer Patients, Merian O'Neil
Investigating the Effects of a Parent-Mediated Intervention on Latino Parent-Child Verbal Interaction and Children's Receptive Vocabulary, Patricia G. Onorato
Discriminative Stimulus Properties of Endogenous Cannabinoid Degradative Enzyme Inhibitors, Robert Owens II
Crescendo, Jeffery A. Pabotoy
Comparison of treatment planning decisions when combining CBCT and digital radiography verses digital radiography alone, McKay Barlow Packer
Stains Induce Apoptosis and Autophagy in Primary and Transformed Mast Cells, Patrick A. Paez
Diagnostics and Degradation Investigations of Li-Ion Battery Electrodes using Single Nanowire Electrochemical Cells, Naveen kumar reddy Palapati and Naveen kumar reddy Palapati
Expansion and Exclusion: A Case Study of Gentrification in Church Hill, Kathryn S. Parkhurst
High Affinity Block of ICl,swell by Thiol-Reactive Small Molecules, Sung H. Park
EXPLORING VISUAL PREVENTION: DEVELOPING INFOGRAPHICS AS EFFECTIVE CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN, Candace P. Parrish
CHARACTERIZATION AND ECONOMIC BURDEN ASSOCIATED WITH PEDIATRIC OPIOID EXPOSURES AND POISONINGS, Anisha M. Patel
Post-TBI Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Different TBI Models, Kaushal S. Patel
A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF CURVATURE IN THE OUTFLOW GRAFT OF A CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE, Laura Patterson
Characterization of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Blends and Fabrication of Soft Micropillar Arrays for Force Detection, Thomas J. Petet Jr
Interrogating the Myth of Modernity: Cultural and Political Narratives in Robert Coover’s Fiction, John P. Pettis Jr.
The Study of the Regulon of OxyR in Escherichia coli and Porphyromonas gingivalis, Christopher K. Pham
The Actor Behind the Camera, Zechariah H. Pierce
Interactions of the Naphthalene Radical Cation with Polar and Unsaturated Molecules in the Gas Phase, Sean P. Platt
Identifying misconceptions associated with inaccurate survey reporting in the combined use of caffeine and alcohol, Kathryn Polak
PREDICTORS OF CAFFEINE-RELATED WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS IN COLLEGE FRESHMEN, David J. Pomm
DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LUNG DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX HYDROGELS, Robert A. Pouliot
The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 and Osteopontin in Synaptogenesis and Reinnervation of the Olfactory Bulb Following Brain Injury, Melissa A. Powell
Race Talk in Neoliberal Higher Ed: “Diversity” Curriculum at a Large Urban University in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic, Olivia D. Pryor
Roles of Planar Cell Polarity Proteins in CoPA Axon Pathfinding, Ashley Morgan Purdy
Social Determinants of Participation in a Home Visitation Fluoride Varnish Program, James E. Puryear, Tegwyn Brickhouse, and Caroline Carrico
“A FRIEND FROM FAR AWAY”: BERTOLT BRECHT AND HIS CHINESE-INFLUENCED WORKS, Yiyuanfang Qiao
From Intra- to Inter-personal: Effects of Mindfulness Training on Emotion Regulation in Social Contexts, Jordan T. Quaglia
The Curiosity of Con, Petrified Breath, and an Accident known as Blue., Steven Randall
THE CARE FACTOR: THE IMPORTANCE OF USING DOMAIN IDENTIFICATION MEASURES TO IDENTIFY STEREOTYPE THREAT VULNERABILITY IN HIGH SCHOOL FEMALES, Kimberly Y. Randolph
The Effects of Amixicile, A Pyruvate Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase Inhibitor, on Oral Treponemes, Lucas A. Reed
A Hint and The Incapacity, Jake Reller
JOINT DETECTION-STATE ESTIMATION AND SECURE SIGNAL PROCESSING, Mengqi Ren
Investigating the Effects of Nucleosome Remodeling Factor Knockdown on Anti-Tumor Immunity, Mark G. Roberts
Functional Significance of mtDNA Cytosine Modification Tested by Genome Editing, Jason M. Robinson
Antithetical Commentaries on X, Y and the Disruption of Being, Eva Rocha
Provision of Hospital-based Palliative Care and the Impact on Organizational and Patient Outcomes, Marisa L. Roczen
The Influence of Client-, Family-, and Therapist-Level Pretreatment Characteristics on Therapist Delivery of Youth Psychotherapy Treatments, Adriana Rodriguez
Women at the Crossroads, Women at the Forefront, American Women in Letterpress Printing In the Nineteenth Century, Dianne L. Roman Ms
Longitudinal Relations between Emotional Awareness and Aggression in Early Adolescence: The Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation, Benjamin V. Rosen
The Effect of Pre-Deployment Physiology as a Predictor of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among a Sample of United States Army National Guard and Reserve Soldiers, David J. Rothman
High-Temperature, High-Pressure Viscosities and Densities of Toluene, Aaron J. Rowane
Curcumin/Melatonin Hybrids as Neuroprotective Agents for Alzheimer's disease, John Saathoff
Magnetic Materials Characterization and Modeling for the Enhanced Design of Magnetic Shielding of Cryomodules in Particle Accelerators., Sanjay K. Sah
I Reach Toward the Ground I Reach Toward Space, Kristen A. Sanders
JPG Artifacts, Abbey Lee Sarver
Forest Stand Structure and Primary Production in relation to Ecosystem Development, Disturbance, and Canopy Composition, Cynthia M. Scheuermann
Vital Pulp Therapy Survivability Based on Radiographic Depth of Caries, Aaron T. Schmick
PATHWAYS LINKING SLEEP TIMING TO OBESITY IN MIDLIFE WOMEN, Dana R. Schreiber
THE INCIDENCE OF ROOT DENTINAL MICRO-CRACKS CAUSED BY RECIPROCATING AND CONTINUOUS ROTARY INSTRUMENTATION, Stephen N. Schroeder
Perception of profile appearance as judged by peers using 3D video imaging, Megan G. Schuler
Chaotic Journey, Cheryl Ann Seif-Regan Mrs.
I Don’t Have Confirmation, I Only Have Context, Pallavi Sen
The Instructional Technology Resource Teacher: A Descriptive Case Study of Deployment, Use, and Perceptions, Mary Sepelyak
Genome wide epigenetic analyses of Araptus attenuatus, a bark beetle, Chitra Seshadri
POWER MAXIMIZATION FOR PYROELECTRIC, PIEZOELECTRIC, AND HYBRID ENERGY HARVESTING, Murtadha A. Shaheen
ENGINEERING SURFACES TO SUPPORT NEURAL STEM CELLS (HNSC’S) AND HEPATOCYTES ADHESION AND GROWTH., Karan Sharma and Xuejun Wen
Choreographic Space, Kelsey Sheaffer
PATTERN RECOGNITION IN CLASS IMBALANCED DATASETS, Nahian A. Siddique
Interpreting the Costume Designs of In the Next Room through Victorian Fashions of the 1890s., Devario D. Simmons
SYSTEM GENETIC ANALYSIS OF MECHANISMS UNDERLYING EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, Maren L. Smith
Internal and External Validity of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Young Adolescents with ADHD, Zoe Smith
Butch Bottoms, Nancy Boys, and Muscle Queens: Examining Hypermasculine Behavior and Sexual Health among Gay and Bisexual Men., Daniel Snipes
Development and Evaluation of a Peer-to-Peer Intervention to Increase Self-Management among Adult In-Center Hemodialysis Patients, Jennifer J. St Clair Russell
MEDEA MYTH: Devising and Producing Text-Free Theatre, Brandon A. Sterrett
Mitigating Interference During Virtual Machine Live Migration through Storage Offloading, Morgan S. Stuart
ADORNMENT AND MODESTY A Symbiotic Relationship between Surface Design and Social Behavior, Hawa Stwodah
Exploration of Erasure-Coded Storage Systems for High Performance, Reliability, and Inter-operability, Pradeep Subedi
ATM phosphorylates subunit A of PP2A resulting in its nuclear export and spatiotemporal regulation of the DNA damage response, Amrita D. Sule
Adaptability in a State of Flux, Yasmeen Suleiman
Characterizing the Oncogenic Properties of C-terminal Binding Protein, Evan T. Sumner
Gender and sexual health: Applying gender role theory to men and women’s intention to engage in sexual health information seeking behaviors, Ariella R. Tabaac
THE INFLUENCE OF WRITING ACHIEVEMENT GOALS AND WRITING SELF-REGULATION ON COLLEGE STUDENTS’ WRITING GRADES, Joseph Tadlock
INFLUENCE OF PUBLIC INSURANCE ON HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND CANCER CARE, Wafa W. Tarazi
INTRODUCING NOVEL COMBINATORIAL TARGETED THERAPIES IN MULTIPLE TYPES OF CANCER, Mehrad Tavallai
Spontaneous Abortions Among U.S. Occupationally Exposed Radiologic Technologists, Jason S. Tavel
The Experiences of School Counselors Who Integrate Yoga into a Comprehensive School Counseling Program: A Phenomenological Approach, Julia V. Taylor
Optimal Control and Its Application to the Life-Cycle Savings Problem, Tracy A. Taylor
A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN POLICY CONTEXT, DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF P-20 EDUCATIONAL REFORM MOVEMENTS IN TEXAS AND TENNESSEE, Stefani L. Thachik
Reciprocal Relations Between Traumatic Stress and Physical Aggression During Middle School, Erin L. Thompson
Mechanisms of Native Shrub Encroachment on a Virginia Barrier Island, Joseph Thompson
"Life under Union Occupation: Elite Women in Richmond, April and May 1865", Amanda C. Tompkins
Growth and Characterization of Wide Bandgap Quaternary BeMgZnO Thin Films and BeMgZnO/ZnO Heterostructures, Mykyta Toporkov
Acute and Chronic Effects of Inhalants in Intracranial Self-stimulation, Matthew Tracy