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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 2015
Good and Gone, Thomas Gresham
The Role of SRSF3 in Control of Alternative Splicing of CPEB2 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Brian P. Griffin
Effects of the Algal Toxin Microcystin on Fishes in the James River, Virginia, Maxwell D. Haase
MODIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF A BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE SYSTEM TO DETECT MOTOR INTENTION, Christopher V. Hagerty-Hoff
Turnover Intentions of Nonprofit Fundraising Professionals: The Roles of Perceived Fit, Exchange Relationships, and Job Satisfaction, Abbi L. Haggerty
Fear, Funding and Ambiguity: The Policy Dilemmas of Undocumented Students in Virginia Institutions of Higher Education, Sybil C. Halloran
A Masque of 'Ours': Dramatics in the Cornish Colony, Hannah Hammond
Conversing with Nature, Hope Harding
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Health Impacts of Inorganic Arsenic in Chemical Mixtures, Paul Hargarten
The Genetic Architecture of Water-Use Efficiency Within and Between Two Natural Populations of Foxtail Pine, Douglas E. Harwood
Characterization of Leukocyte-Platelet Rich Fibrin, a Novel Biomaterial, Fadi K. Hasan
EFFECTS OF BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR AND ITS SIGNALING PATHWAY ON SENSORY NEURONAL ACTIVATION DURING COLITIS, Fiza Hashmi
EXAMINATION OF BASAL NEUROENDOCRINE LEVELS IN OIF/OEF/OND VETERANS, Sage E. Hawn
One Script, Two Perspectives: Generation Me and the Staging of Really Really, Kirstin R. Hensley
A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION SYSTEM: AN ALTERNATIVE THERAPEUTIC OPTION FOR FONTAN PATIENTS, Joseph Hernandez
Teaching Technical Theater: Learning, not just Doing, Christian J. Hershey
PROOF-OF-CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DNA TOOLS FOR ATLANTIC STURGEON MANAGEMENT, Jameson Hinkle
A Comparison of Vitamin D Levels in Children with Early Childhood Caries, Vanessa O. Hofilena
Generation and Delivery of Charged Aerosols to Infant Airways, Landon T. Holbrook
Colloidal Synthesis and Optical Characterizations of Semiconductor Nanocrystals from Nontoxic Elements, Minh Q. Ho
Chronic Behavioral and Cognitive Deficits in a Rat Survival Model of Organophosphate Toxicity, Beverly Huang
A MEASURE OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN TEAM-BASED, MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES: THE SOCIALITY IN MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES SCALE (SMOG), Chelsea M. Hughes
Lost in Austen: An Immersive Approach to Pride & Prejudice, Erica Hughes
Applications of Stability Analysis to Nonlinear Discrete Dynamical Systems Modeling Interactions, Jonathan L. Hughes
MYSTERIES OF THE TRYPANOSOMATID MAXICIRCLES: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MAXICIRCLE GENOMES AND THE EVOLUTION OF RNA EDITING IN THE ORDER KINETOPLASTIDA, Preethi Ranganathan Iyengar
Rogue Signal Threat on Trust-based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks, David S. Jackson
Coloring the Square of Planar Graphs Without 4-Cycles or 5-Cycles, Robert Jaeger
Characterizarion of the Regulation and Function of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae TonB-dependent Transporters: TdfG, TdfH and TdfJ, Sophonie Jean
Characterization of a Novel Protease in Staphylococcus aureus, Adam L. Johnson
THIS/THAT, Harris A. Johnson
Remnants, Angel D. Jones Mrs.
Diazaborole Linked Porous Polymers: Design, Synthesis, and Application to Gas Storage and Separation, Zafer Kahveci
In-silico Models for Capturing the Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Robustness within Complex Networks, Bhanu K. Kamapantula
Interplay between Artemis and TDP1 in sensitivity to radiomimetic agents, Ajinkya S. Kawale
Rituals, Our Past, Present & Future. Glimpses of Islamic Enrichment, Othman Mohamed Khunji Mr
Restoring Factorization in Integral Domains, Susan Kirk
Characterization of the Interactions between Staphylococcal Phage 80 Alpha Scaffold and Capsid Proteins, Laura Klenow
Synthesis of unnatural amino acids for genetic encoding by the pyrrolysyl-tRNA/RNA synthetase system, William A. Knight
The prevalence, predictive factors, and classification of intrapulpal cracks in maxillary premolars requiring endodontic treatment, Sarah Krygowski
A Justification for the Trend Towards Indirect Pulp Therapy, Marissa Kuhnen
AN EXPLORATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING ATTRITION FROM A PEDIATRIC WEIGHT MANAGEMENT INTERVENTION, Melissa Ann Kwitowski
Phenotypic characterization of PNPase knockdown in C. elegans, Laura A. Lambert
GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO (PEACEFULLY) WAIT: TOWARD A THEORY OF PATIENCE, Caroline R. Lavelock
Discrete Nonlinear Planar Systems and Applications to Biological Population Models, Shushan Lazaryan, Nika LAzaryan, and Nika Lazaryan
Development of Non-Traditional Platinum Anticancer Agents: trans-Platinum Planar Amine Compounds and Polynuclear Platinum Compounds, Daniel E. Lee
The Role of Noxa/MCL-1 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) Treatment, June Young Lee
Lowering the Number of False Positive Responses to Electric Pulp Tests by Qualifying Patient Response, Katherine JS Lee
Music and Movement, Yvonne M. LeFrancois
QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE STUDIES ON FRICTION MODIFIERS FOR LUBRICANT APPLICATIONS, Carey Lehner
Expression and Pharmacological Modulation of Pain-Depressed Behavior in Rats, Michael D. Leitl
Considerations for Screening Designs and Follow-Up Experimentation, Robert D. Leonard
Imaging the Early Cold War: Photographs in Life Magazine, 1945-1954, Kathryn L. Lewis
Privacy Protection on Cloud Computing, Min Li
Forbearance Across Culture, Yin Lin
“Frailty, thy name is woman”: Depictions of Female Madness, Julianna Little
Comparing Welch's ANOVA, a Kruskal-Wallis test and traditional ANOVA in case of Heterogeneity of Variance, Hangcheng Liu
Ultrafine particle generation and measurement, Qiaoling Liu
Measuring the Coping Efforts of Grieving Undergraduate Students: Developing the GCOPE Through a Mixed-Method Design, Benjamin Dyson Lord
Deconstructing Anesthesia Handoffs During Simulated Intraoperative Anesthesia Care, Jason S. Lowe
A Study on False Information Injection Attack on Dynamic State Estimation in Multi-Sensor Systems, Jingyang Lu
Polycultural Interactions: Fuzzy Identity, Xi Lu
Investigation into the Specification of NURF Recruitment to the Genome, Marissa Mack
High-Throughput Data Analysis: Application to Micronuclei Frequency and T-cell Receptor Sequencing, Mateusz Makowski
A Convergent Approach to the Continuous Synthesis of Telmisartan via a Suzuki Reaction between Two Functionalized Benzimidazoles, Alex D. Martin
The Fatal Lamp and the Nightmare after Christmas: The 1811 Richmond Theatre Fire, Amber Marie Martinez
Ten Thousand Souls and Other Stories, Lauren S. McCarty
An Examination of Weight, Weight Bias, and Health Care Utilization and Attitudes Among Emerging Adults, Jessica M. McCauley
Speaking for the Picture: Memory, Image, and Identity in the Works of W.G. Sebald and Chris Marker, Connor McCormick
WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: AN ANALYSIS OF EEOC CHARGES AND RESOLUTIONS, Jane McNeil
The Characterization of a Putative Protease Expressed by Sneathia amnii, Rana Mehr
THE ARCHITECTURE OF KNOWLEDGE: THE JESUIT COLLEGE OF OAXACA (XVI-XIX CENTURIES)., Marina Mellado Corriente
Surrender to the Spinning: poems, Lauren A. Miner
Confederate Richmond: A City's Call to Arms, Tucker L. Modesitt
Vitamin C: A potential regulator of inflammatory response, Bassem M. Mohammed
Evaluation and Comparison of Theoretical Models’ Abilities to Explain and Predict Colorectal Cancer Screening Behaviors, Anthony J. Molisani
The Written Expression Abilities of Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Stephen J. Molitor
The Impact of Singing-Integrated Reading Instruction on the Oral Reading Fluency and Motivation of Elementary Students in an Out-of-School Time Program, Yvette M. Moorehead-Carter
The Impact of Singing-Integrated Reading Instruction on the Oral Reading Fluency and Motivation of Elementary Students in an Out-of-School Time Program, Yvette M. Moorehead-Carter
Sexual Behavior and HIV Risk in Black College Women: The Influence of Gender, Peer, and Relationship Beliefs, Melanie P. Moore
Measuring the Impact of Recognized Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH), Rick Moore
Thank You for a Lovely Time, Kelley MJ Morrison
"Dollars Damn Me": Editorial Politics and Herman Melville's Periodical Fiction, Timothy R. Morris
A STUDY TO EVALUATE NON-UNIFORM PHASE MAPS IN SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD, Naren Motte
The Export of an Algal Toxin into Terrestrial Predators via Emerging Aquatic Insects, Nicholas J. Moy
Characterization of mechanism of action of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the regulation of smooth muscle function, Ancy D. Nalli
EFFECTS OF TGF-β1 AND IL-33 ON MAST CELL FUNCTION, Victor S. Ndaw
Effects of HIV-1 Tat on the enteric nervous, Joy Ngwainmbi
Place-based Scholarship Program Design, Context, and Intergenerational Mobility: A Case Study of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship Program, Arielle F. Niemeyer
The Effectiveness of a Preventive Recall Strategy in Children Following Dental Rehabilitation Under General Anesthesia, Katherine A. Nordeen
Mitochondrial biogenesis and electrical properties of hPSC-derived motor neurons, Laura O'Brien
A Structure/Function Analysis of Nhsl1b in Facial Branchiomotor Neurons, John Ojumu
Development of Novel Chimeric Epitope Based Diagnostic Antigens and Vaccines for Lyme Disease, Lee D. Oliver Jr.