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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
The role of ADAM10, ADAM17, and Spag6 in humoral immunity and secondary lymphoid tissue architecture, Lauren Folgosa Cooley
An Applied Mathematics Approach to Modeling Inflammation: Hematopoietic Bone Marrow Stem Cells, Systemic Estrogen and Wound Healing and Gas Exchange in the Lungs and Body, Racheal L. Cooper
Development of Irreversible Substrate Competitive Probes for PKA Activity, Robert A. Coover
Therapist Adherence to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxious Youth Across a Case, Julia R. Cox
Individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Predictive Factors for Successful Occupational Performance, Mary Culshaw
Targeting Autophagy in Multiple Myeloma, Yun Dai
Regulation of Tie2 Extracellular Complex Formation in Angiogenesis, Annamarie Dalton
Dysregulation of microRNAs in Blood as Biomarkers for Diagnosing Prostate Cancer, Rhonda W. Daniel
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSES IN VIRGINIA WOMEN 40-64 YEARS OLD WHO UTLIZED THE EVERY WOMAN’S LIFE PROGRAM 1998-2012, Melanie C. Dempsey
THE OBJECT INBETWEEN, Lucy L. Derickson
The Communion of Saints, Christian Detisch
Reflective Curiosities, Mary O. Dickerson
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER NESTLING DIET AND GROWTH IN RESPONSE TO VARIATION IN AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL FOOD AVAILABILITY, Jenna C. Dodson
Spiking Neural Networks: Neuron Models, Plasticity, and Graph Applications, Shaun Donachy
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SCIENCE & THEATRE, Jessica N. Dotson
Dual PI3K/mTOR Inhibition with BEZ235 Augments the Therapeutic Efficacy of Doxorubicin in Cancer without Influencing Cardiac Function, David E. Durrant
The Effect of Optogenetic Manipulation of SS interneurons within Malformed, Epileptogenic Cortex, Nicole Ekanem
Four Walls, Leia El-Darwish
Conjoined Lucuma Fruit Vessels: Evolution & Context in Nasca Art, Carley Elder
The Orphanage of Things: A Narrative of Abandonment, Malaz Elgemiabby
Crown size comparisons in patients with unilateral palatally displaced canines, Joseph Eliason and Steven J. Lindauer
Mast Cells In Kainate Receptor Knockout Mice, Andrea J. Elkovich
Edgar Allan Poe and Science: Unraveling the Plot of the Universe, Murray S. Ellison
Design of an All-In-One Embedded Flight Control System, Joel D. Elmore
Impact of E-cigarettes on Physician Recommendations of Tobacco Use Cessation Pharmacotherapy, Omar El Shahawy
Relieving Post-stroke Fatigue Using a Group-based Educational Training Approach, Catherine E. Emery
Race & Non-Racial Characteristics in Sentencing Length and Sentencing Type Disparity, Davis A. Estes
Social Studies, Donna B. Evans
GROWING UP IN IRELAND: FACTORS IMPACTING SLEEP PATTERNS OF PRETERM INFANTS, Joanne Fallon
ΛCDM Cosmology + Chaotic Inflation, Peter A. Farago
Fallen/Lifted, Hillary Waters Fayle
Expanding Eco-Visualization: Sculpting Corn Production, Jennifer E. Figg
Inhibition of mTOR Signaling Protects Against Myocardial Reperfusion Injury, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Scott M. Filippone
Cute As A Button, Marta R. Finkelstein
ex vivo DNA cloning, Adam B. Fisher
A WEB PERSONALIZATION ARTIFACT FOR UTILITY-SENSITIVE REVIEW ANALYSIS, Long Flory Mrs.
Race and Mental Illness at a Virginia Hospital: A Case Study of Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane, 1869-1885, Caitlin Doucette Foltz
belt melon grass, Andrew M. Francis
Effects of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Agonists in Assays of Pain-Stimulated and Pain-Depressed Behavior in Rats, Kelen Freitas
NEW PATRIARCHIES: A TURBULENCE OF SOURCE AND SUBJECT, Stephen Fuller
THE ROLE OF α3β4* SUBTYPE OF NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS IN REVERSING OPIOID-INDUCED CONSTIPATION IN MICE, Aravind Gade
Controlling for Confounding when Association is Quantified by Area Under the ROC Curve, Hadiza I. Galadima
Assessing LGBTQ youth cultural competency in direct-care behavioral health workers: Development and validation of a measure., Megan E. Gandy
CEO Managerial Ability, Corporate Investment Quality, and the Value of Cash, Huiqi Gan
Graph-based Regularization in Machine Learning: Discovering Driver Modules in Biological Networks, Xi Gao
The Effects of Hydropeaking on Lotic Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages, Andrew L. Garey
Synthesis, Surface Functionalization, and Biological Testing of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Development as a Cancer Therapeutic, Stanley E. Gilliland III
Development of an Accurate Differential Diagnostic Tool for Neurological Movement Disorders Utilizing Eye Movements, George Thomas Gitchel Jr
Clinical and Genomic Characterization of Two Vaginal Megasphaera Species, Abigail L. Glascock
Fliers from dry season, Noa Glazer
The Role of Leukocyte-Platelet Rich Fibrin in Human Alveolar Ridge Preservation: A Randomized Clinical Trial, Thomas F. Glazier, Thomas C. Waldrop, John C. Gunsolley, and Robert Sabatini
Exploring Dimensions of Well-Being among Spouses of Active-Duty Service Members, Lisa A. Gray
Can Fair Value Accounting Create a Cognitive Bias? The Effects of Recognized Level 3 Fair Value on Manager Selling Decisions, Karen Y. Green
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