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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
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
Evaluation of a Novel Myoelectric Training Device, Joshua A. Arenas
Adherence to and Competence in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety: Psychometric Evaluation, Cassidy C. Arnold
Dispersal: a multidisciplinary investigation of plant life, Alexandra E. Arzt
HETEROATOM-DOPED NANOPOROUS CARBONS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION TO GAS STORAGE AND SEPARATION, Babak Ashourirad
An Exploration of Costume Design For David Emerson Toney's "Frankenstein: Dawn of a Monster", Emily Atkins
Elucidating the Role of Endogenous Electric Fields in Regulating the Astrocytic Response to Injury in the Mammalian Central Nervous System, Matthew L. Baer
Urban Energy, Liz Bahl-Moore
Gender and Representative Bureaucracy: The Career Progression of Women Managers in Male-Dominated Occupations in State Government, Velma J. Ballard
MEASUREMENTS AND MODELING OF HYDROCARBON MIXTURE FLUID PROPERTIES UNDER EXTREME TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE CONDITIONS, Babatunde A. Bamgbade
ESTHETIC PREFERENCES OF MAXILLARY INCISOR LABIOLINGUAL INCLINATION ACROSS RACES, Elvi M. Barcoma
Oasis Link, Sarah Baugh
Black Box Warning, Amanda L. Bausch
Functional Characterization of rai1 in Zebrafish, Joshua S. Beach
Restorative Characteristics of Intrapulpally Cracked Teeth, Charles M. Beavers
RHEB DYNAMICS ON LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANES DETERMINES MTORC1 ACTIVITY AFTER LOSS OF P53 OR ACTIVATION OF AMPK, Catherine M. Bell
Cloud & Field, Justin Belote
Take five? Examining the impact of microbreak duration, activities, and appraisals on human energy and performance, Andrew Bennett
One Script, Two Perspectives: Generation Me and The Staging of Really Really, Jorge A. Bermudez
CONSEQUENCES OF VINE INFESTATION: LINKING ABIOTIC INFLUENCES AND BIOTIC INTERACTIONS TO SUCCESSIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES, Spencer N. Bissett
African Sleeping Sickness in British Uganda and Belgian Congo, 1900-1910: Ecology, Colonialism, and Tropical Medicine, dana bivens
IN-VITRO ASSESSMENT OF A NOVEL BRACKET'S EFFECT ON RESISTANCE TO SLIDING, James Blackburn
Structural Determinants of Abuse-Related Neurochemical and Behavioral Effects of Para-Substituted Methcathinone Analogs in Rats, Julie S. Bonano
Scoring and Validation of the Cystic Fibrosis Disclosure Questionnaire, Adrienne P. Borschuk
ENHANCED NANOPORE DETECTION VIA DIFFUSION GRADIENTS AND OPTICAL TWEEZERS, Kyle T. Brady
Determinants of Stress and Effects on Performance in Internal Medicine Residents, Sarah Braun
RESPONSES OF THE CATALPA SPHINX, CERATOMIA CATALPAE, AND ITS PRIMARY PARASITOID, COTESIA CONGREGATA, TO VARYING LEVELS OF IRIDOID GLYCOSIDES IN CATALPA, Jessica L. Bray
An Evaluation of the Raise 5 Project: Preventing HIV and Substance Abuse among African American College Students, Joshua K. Brevard
The Synthesis of Solid Supported Palladium Nanoparticles: Effective Catalysts for Batch and Continuous Cross Coupling Reactions, Kendra W. Brinkley
On the Embeddings of the Semi-Strong Product Graph, Eric B. Brooks
On the Edge, Dale M. Brumfield
Visual-Audio Media: Transformation and Communication, Alexander Bruno
Normalizing Tumor Vasculature Using Sepiapterin to Increase Radiosensitivity, Ninu Bruno
THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION PROCESS AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROCESS HAD ON PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, Heather J. Bumgarner
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S PERCEPTIONS OF HIV PREVENTION COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROVIDERS, Valerie Burge-Hall
Curiosity and Compassion: Curiosity and Attachment Security's Relationship with Empathic Responding to Hardship, Athena H. Cairo
Femtosecond Laser Beam Propagation through Corneal Tissue: Evaluation of Therapeutic Laser-Stimulated Second and Third-Harmonic Generation, William R. Calhoun III
Conduction states of the human dopamine transporter, Krasnodara Cameron
Bracquemond, Ruskin, the Haviland-Hayes Service, and Rookwood: Japonisme and Permanence in Art Pottery, Emily G. Campbell
Beautiful Boys: A Novel, Justin Carmickle
The Richmond Maker Museum: The Evolution of Process, Erin E. Casey
DECREASED SOUND TOLERANCE (DST): PREVALENCE, CLINICAL CORRELATES, AND DEVELOPMENT OF A DST ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT, Therese Verkerke Cash
TOLERANCE OF THYMINE GLYCOL AT THE BLUNT DNA DOUBLE STRAND BREAK FOR NONHOMOLOGUS END JOINING REPAIR AND INTERFERENCE BY BASE EXCISION REPAIR, Sri Lakshmi Chalasani
Measuring mental health provider stigma: The development of a valid and reliable self-assessment instrument, Jennifer L.K. Charles
Reproductive Health and Behavior: The Role of Abuse and Couple Pregnancy Intent, Susan Cha
Domination Numbers of Semi-strong Products of Graphs, Stephen R. Cheney
THE EFFECT OF DEXAMETHASONE ON IL-33-MEDIATED MAST CELL ACTIVATION, Oksana I. Chernushevich
Trash Like Me: Stories & Essays, Taryn C. Chesshire
MIRNAS AS BIOMARKERS FOR PROSTATE CANCER PROGRESSION, Gene C. Clark
Predicting Depression Symptoms Among College Students: The Influence of Parenting Style, Sarah Whitmire Clark
Tracing Motion, Stephanie M. Clark
The Effects of Fatigue on Lower Extremity Kinetics and Kinematics in Subjects with Known Ankle Instability, Lindsay E. Clayton
A CONTINUOUS PROCESS TOWARDS THE SYNTHESIS OF QUINOLONES, Stevara N. Clinton
An Impossible Alternative: Orientalism and Margaret Bourke-White's "A Moneylender's House" (1947), Sharayah Cochran
Identifying Problems during Transitions of Care and Reasons for Emergency Department Utilization in Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Antoinette B. Coe
ANALYTICAL METHOD DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF PROTEIN CARBONYLS, Chelsea M. Coffey
RELATIONAL COORDINATION: AN EXPLORATION OF NURSING UNITS, AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND IN-PATIENT TRANSFERS, Mary Coffey
Expressionism and Ethnography: Max Pechstein in Nidden and Palau, Roland M. Coffey
Examination of lower extremity mechanics during three landing tasks and injury prediction ability of those models as compared to a functional test, Timothy G. Coffey
THE EFFECTS OF FAMILY FUNCTIONING AND TANGIBLE SUPPORT ON TREATMENT OUTCOMES IN AN OPIOID ADDICTED POPULATION, Nathasha N. Cole
Z Axis Follies, Adam Collignon
G.A.M.E.: A Hypermedia Edition of James McNeill Whistler’s The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, Amy Colombo
High School Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of Student Health Promotion: An Exploratory Study, Sarah B. Conklin
Gas Phase Studies of Organic Reaction Mechanisms, Keyanna M. Conner
Censoring and Fusion in Non-linear Distributed Tracking Systems with Application to 2D Radar, Armond S. Conte II
Living in a Gangsta’s Paradise: Dr. C. DeLores Tucker’s Crusade Against Gansta Rap Music in the 1990s, Jordan A. Conway