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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
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
SULFATED DEHYDROPOLYMER OF CAFFEIC ACID FOR REPAIR OF LUNG DAMAGE AND EMPHYSEMA, Tien M. Truong
THE ROLE OF E-CADHERIN FORCE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF HOMEOSTASIS IN EPITHELIAL ACINI, FNU Vani Narayanan
Resource Utilization and Costs Associated with Off-label use of Atypical Antipsychotics in an Adult Population, Della Varghese
Methcathinone Analogue Activity at the Human Serotonin Transporter, William Drake Varn
Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on Oxycodone Reinstatement and Physical Dependence, Neil B. Varshneya
Toward Epistemological Diversity in STEM-H Grantmaking: Grantors’ and Grantees’ Perspectives on Funding Indigenous Research, Programming, and Evaluation, Jessica C. Venable
Probing Allosteric, Partial Inhibition of Thrombin Using Novel Anticoagulants, Stephen S. Verespy III
From Seed to Sky: Impacts of explosive compounds on vegetation across spatial and developmental scales, Stephen M. Via
Gender Nonconforming, Transgender, and Transsexual Patient Navigation of the American Health Care System: Locating a Primary Care Provider, Justin M. Vinneau
INFLUENCE OF HISTORIC LANDSCAPES AND CONTEMPORARY SPECIES MANAGEMENT ON CHESAPEAKE BAY BALD EAGLES AND OSPREY, Catherine B. Viverette
The Microbiome in Light of Host Evolution, Alexander M. Waldrop Jr.
Boomerang Studio: Community Design for Action, Jessica Walton
Meta-Analytic Estimation Techniques for Non-Convergent Repeated-Measure Clustered Data, Aobo Wang
A REUSED DISTANCE BASED ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION FOR GPU CACHE, Dongwei Wang
Response Adaptive Randomization using Surrogate and Primary Endpoints, Hui Wang
FILTER PERFORMANCE UNDER SIMULATED REAL-WORLD CONDITIONS, Qiang Wang
A City Winery - Revealing Process + Promoting Interaction, Eline Warren
Ink on Paper, matthew t. warren
The Psychology of Theatre and Film: In Theory and Practice, Ian T. Watson
Simple Complexities, Sarah B. Watson
THE EXCHANGE: Curating Authenticity + Interaction, sarah webb
Celecoxib enhances sorafenib/sildenafil lethality in cancer cells and reverts platinum chemotherapy resistance, Timothy A. Webb
Behavioral Phenotyping of VMAT1 Knockout Mice: Relevance to Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Kevin A. Webster Ph.D.
Determinants of Active Pursuit of Kidney Donation: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management, Stacy M. West
Autotaxin in Central Nervous System Development and Disease, Natalie A. Wheeler
Nest - caring for the caregiver, Ashley Whitehead
The Modification of Silica Aerogel Materials for Contemporary Use, Lauren White
IMPROVING UNDERSTANDABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY MODELING OF DATA USING FUZZY LOGIC SYSTEMS, Dumidu S. Wijayasekara
MEASUREMENT OF RARE EARTH AND URANIUM ELEMENTS USING LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS) IN AN AEROSOL SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS APPLICATIONS, Ammon N. Williams
A (dis)Assemblage of the Gallery-Growlery, Levester R. Williams
ON WORKAHOLISM: DO PARENTAL WORK BEHAVIORS PREDICT THE WORK BEHAVIORS OF UNDERGRADUATES?, Jesse A. Wingate
Classification of Compact 2-manifolds, George H. Winslow
Allegories of the Modern: The Female Nude in Art Nouveau, Emily Winthrop
Characterization of Fibrin Matrix Incorporated Electrospun Polycaprolactone Scaffold, Cho Yi Wong
Sensible Nonsense, Timothy J. Woodbrey
The Entertainment is Terrorism: the Subversive Politics of Doing Anything at All, Joe Woods
DEPTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SONIC SYSTEM IN DEEP-SEA MACROURID FISHES ON THE CONTINENTAL SLOPE, Jonothan Wrenn
Identifying Profiles of Resilience among a High-Risk Adolescent Population, Anna W. Wright
The Effects of 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone on Hippocampal Neurogenesis Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Mary K. Wurzelmann
Electrochemical Studies of Cerium and Uranium in LiCl-KCl Eutectic for Fundamentals of Pyroprocessing Technology, Dalsung Yoon
Novel Small Airway Model Using Electrospun Decellularized Lung Extracellular Matrix, Bethany M. Young
Exploring Pharmacological and Behavioral Mechanisms Involved in Alcohol Dependence During Adolescence, Rabha Mousa Younis
Allosteric Effects of G-Protein Coupled Receptor Heteromerization: Relevance to Psychosis, Jason W. Younkin
Some Form Of Blue, Zena A. Zakanycz
An extension of penalized ordinal response models, Qing Zhou
Holistic Products: Designing With Time, Gifts, and Ritual, Jeremy P. Zietz
Direct L2 Support Vector Machine, Ljiljana Zigic
Things Among Things, Kate M. Zipse
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Intrinsic Motivation and Information Systems Security Policy Compliance in Organizations, Yurita Yakimin Abdul Talib
School for Autism - Responding to Autism, Roy D. Abdun-Nur
THE HEART OF STRENGTH: THE STRONG BLACK WOMAN SCHEMA AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK, Jasmine A. Abrams
Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions in Escherichia coli from Experimental Data in Treponema pallidum, Marco A. Abreu
Electronic Principles Governing the Stability and Reactivity of Ligated Metal and Silicon Encapsulated Transition Metal Clusters, Marissa B. Abreu
Patterns in Chaplain Documentation of Assessments and Interventions, a Descriptive Study, Kevin E. Adams
Multi-platform arabinoxylan scaffolds as potential wound dressing materials, Donald C. Aduba Jr
Pemetrexed, A Modulator of AMP-activated Kinase Signaling and an Inhibitor of Wild type and Mutant p53, Stuti Agarwal
Interaction between ATM Kinase and p53 in determining glioma radiosensitivity, Syed F. Ahmad
Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity and its Modulation in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer, Asim Alam
Distance Moving Through Me: Working in Exile, Anne Beth Albagli
USING STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY IN PEDIATRIC ASTHMA CONTEXTS, Nour Al Ghriwati
Investigating the Role of the Nucleosome Remodeling Factor NURF as a Regulator of Gene Expression, Aiman S. Alhazmi
THE MAJLIS METAMORPHOSIS: Virtues of Local Traditional Environmental Design in a Contemporary Context, Shaikha Almahmoud
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF WASTE IN PRESCRIBING, DISPENSING, AND MEDICATION CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES, Sarah Almanie
XLF-Dependent Nonhomologous End Joining of Complex DNA Double-Strand Breaks with Proximal Thymine Glycol and Screening for XRCC4-XLF Interaction Inhibitors, MOHAMMED AL MOHAINI
The Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use Among Older Adult Population Using National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2009-2012, Fawaz M. Alotaibi
Relationship between Autophagy, Senescence, and DNA Damage in Radiation Sensitization by PARP Inhibition, Moureq Alotaibi
AVATAR, CYBORG, ICEVORG: SIMULACRA’S SCION, Guido E. Alvarez
Elaboration and Design of α7 nAChR Negative Allosteric Modulators, Osama I. Alwassil
Faculty Research Productivity in Saudi Arabian Public Universities: A Human Capital Investment Perspective, Abad Alzuman
UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTION OF DYRK1A THROUGH CHARACTERIZATION OF ITS INTERACTING PROTEINS, Varsha Ananthapadmanabhan
SANKOFA ART EDUCATION: A CULTURAL BASIS FOR GHANAIAN ART EDUCATION, Esi Sam Annan
LOOKING “UPSTREAM”: THE ROLE OF BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS SATISFACTION IN SERVICE MEMBERS’ FUTURE ORIENTATION, Bradley J. Antonides
DESIGNED SYNTHESIS OF NANOPOROUS ORGANIC POLYMERS FOR SELECTIVE GAS UPTAKE AND CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS, Pezhman Arab