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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 2014
Clothing Colonial Lima: Dress in Plaza Mayor de Lima de los Reinos de el Peru, año de 1680, Jody Green
The impact of geography, training, and experience on scope of practice among Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Jennifer Greenwood
Tissue Engineering Scaffold Fabrication and Processing Techniques to Improve Cellular Infiltration, Casey Grey
Efficacy of a Self-forgiveness Workbook: A Randomized Controlled Trial with University Students, Brandon J. Griffin
Follow-up Evaluation of Treatment for Anxiety and Depression Provided in a University-based Primary Care Clinic, Renée M. Grinnell
The Inspiration of Imogene Coca: A Biography and Original Musical, Marisa Guida
Examining the role of unit cohesion as a moderator of the relationship between warfare exposure and PTSD, Shaina Gulin
Comprehensive Review on the Existence of Genomic Imprinting in Aves, Derek Gygax
Modeling Acute Changes in Bladder Wall Tension, Shape and Compliance During Filling, Firdaweke Habteyes
Transportation Safety in Virginia: Positive Changes And Future Prospects, Nouran Hakami
Patient Discomfort in the ICU: ETT movement effects, Virginia Hamilton
Comparison of Two Different Sprint Interval Training Work-to-Rest Ratios on Acute Metabolic and Inflammatory Responses, CHRISTOPHER R. HARNISH
Transitioning from a Traditional Nursing Home Environment to Green House Homes: What are Stakeholders' Attitudes Toward and Satisfaction With the Small House Care Environment, Christine Harrop-Stein
Incorporating Dependence Boundaries in Simulating Associated Discrete Data, Mary E. Haynes
The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House of 1759: From Colonial America to the Colonial Revival and Beyond, John Hebble
THE APPLICATION OF LAST OBSERVATION CARRIED FORWARD (LOCF) IN THE PERSISTENT BINARY CASE, Jun He
Child as Other: The Crisis of Representing Childhood, Cynthia Henebry
Senses In Synthesis: Imaginative Sensing In The 19th Century, Jesse Hernandez
Ramp Loss SVM with L1-Norm Regularizaion, Eric Hess
Dissociable antidepressant-like and abuse-related effects of the noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonists ketamine and MK-801 in rats., Todd Hillhouse
Anti-Heroics, Modesty, and Bad Taste, Philip Hinge
Liaising Between Visible and Invisible Realities: A Ritual Gourd in the African Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Ashley Holdsworth
CYBERBULLYING: AN EXAMINATION OF GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS FROM THE NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY: STUDENT CRIME SUPPLEMENT, 2009, Mary Howlett-Brandon
Synthesis and characterization of cobalt carbide based nanomaterials, Zachary Huba
UNTITLED, Michael Hunter
A Transient Community for a Transient Lifestyle, sameh mohamed ibrahim
Green Relationship, Fadel Imad
An Investigation of NURBS-Based Deformable Image Registration, Travis J. Jacobson
SND1 mediated downregulation of PTPN23 in HCC, Nidhi Jariwala
Poverty Deconcentration Priorities in Low-Income Housing Policy: A Content Analysis of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Qualified Allocation Plans, Monique Johnson
Role of membrane fusion protein Ykt6 in regulating epithelial cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesions., Supriya Joshi
Enhancing Critical Thinking in Clinical Laboratory Students: A Multimodal Model, Denise Marie Juroske Short
Greek Immigration to Richmond, Virginia, and the Southern Variant Theory, Nicole Kappatos
MDA-9/Syntenin: From Glioblastoma Pathogenesis to Targeted Therapy, Timothy P. Kegelman
Treatment-Induced Breast Cancer Dormancy and Relapse, Rebecca Keim
Development of a compact, low-cost wireless device for biopotential acquisition, Graham Kelly
The Presentation of Incorruptibility: The Praesentia of the Female Saint, Kristina M. Keogh
Investigating Mechanical Properties of Metallic Nanowires using Molecular Dynamics, Alex Khammang
THE ROLE OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9 IN PERIODONTITIS, Paul Kim
Dementia Caregivers: An Exploration of Their Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behavior Regarding Advance Care Planning For End-of-Life Care, Mariette Klein
In the right mirror: we are all gods, Aaron Koehn
The effect of fluvastatin on mast cell function: genotype dependence, Elizabeth M. Kolawole
Multi-Species Gene Networks and Drosophila Ethanol Sedation, Arnavaz Kollah
ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF THE ROLES OF ACTIN-MYOSIN INTERACTIONS IN BLADDER SMOOTH MUSCLE BIOMECHANICS, Seyed Omid komariza
From Tempera to Ink to Code: The Other Media of Orthodox Iconography, Brown Vera Kononova
Creating Virginia’s War Memorial Carillon in the Shadow of the Civil War, Witek Jessica Lambertz
Multimodality Molecular Imaging of [18F]-Fluorinated Carboplatin Derivative Encapsulated in [111In]-Labeled Liposome, Narottam Lamichhane
The Impact of a Primary Care Psychology Training Program on Medical Utilization in a Community Sample, Autumn Lanoye
Novel technologies for the detection and mitigation of drowsy driving, Samuel Lawoyin
Characterization of Suppressor of IKKepsilon function using immunofluorescence assays and quantitative colocalization analysis, Kenneth F. Lawrence
The Prevalence of Intrapulpal Cracks in 1st and 2nd Mandibular Molars Requiring Non-Surgical Root Canal Treatment, Sean Lawson
The Relation Between Peer Victimization and Changes in Trauma Symptoms in Adolescents, Anh-Thuy H. Le
Prospect Theory Preferences in Noncooperative Game Theory, Philip Leclerc
A pollination network of Cornus florida, James H. Lee
A Mixed-Methods Examination of Racial Differences in Females' Perceptions and Experiences of Sexual Objectification, Ellyn Leighton-Herrmann
Endodontic Radiolucency on a Mature Permanent Tooth in the Pediatric Population: Can the Tooth be Vital?, Erika Lentini
Toward a Cross-Cultural Aesthetic: Directing a Kabuki-Inspired Madame de Sade, Kathryn Ruth LeTrent
AN EXAMINATION OF THE FIDELITY AND BEST PRACTICES OF LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF STUDENT WELLNESS POLICIES IN VIRGINIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS MANDATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHILD NUTRITION REAUTHORIZATION ACT SECTION 204, Carol Atkinson Lewellyn
Camping Out, Mike Linskie
MOB2030 – a place between solitude and collaboration, Xuan Liu
NEW ARTIFACTS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY VIA DATA ANALYTICS (KDDA) PROCESS, Yan Li
3D RECONSTRUCTION OF RyR1 AND STRUCTURAL VALIDATION UNDER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF NOISE, Joshua J. Lobo
AMPK ACTIVATORS REGULATE CONTRACTILE FUNCTION OF MESENTERIC ARTERIES, Victoria Locke
Frailty and Depression: A Latent Trait Analysis, Matthew Lohman
Identifying functional variation in schizophrenia GWAS loci by pooled sequencing, Erik Loken
Transformation of human mast cells by interferon-gamma and the potential role of myeloid derived suppressor cells in mastocytosis., Sahar Lotfi-Emran
Flame and Shadow: Selected Prose by Chad Luibl, Chad Luibl
Gentille Alouette, Short Fiction, and Selections: A Draft: Chapters of a Novel in Progress, Stephanie Mack
Mammary Epithelial Cells Cultured onto Non-Woven Nanofiber Electrospun Silk-Based Biomaterials to Engineer Breast Tissue Models, Yas Maghdouri-White
THE EFFECT OF YOUTH DIABETES SELF-EFFICACY ON THE RELATION AMONG FAMILY CONFLICT, DISEASE CARE AND GLYCEMIC CONTROL, Kathryn Maher
English Composition 100: Best Practices for Online Instruction, David Paschal Narendra Makhanlall
Erratic Boulders, Julie Malen
Mass Customization! An approach through Generative Design, Aamina Karim Malik
A Systems Biology Approach to Detect eQTLs Associated with miRNA and mRNA Co-expression Networks in the Nucleus Accumbens of Chronic Alcoholic Patients, Mohammed Mamdani
Understanding the Impact of Regulatory Changes on the Implementation of Therapeutic Day Treatment: A Case Study Approach, Angie Mann-Williams
Methods for Integrative Analysis of Genomic Data, Paul Manser
Threading Art: the dynamics of costume design and costume studies., Tavares de Melo Isabela Marchi
Tuning and Optimization of Silk Fibroin Gels for Biomedical Applications, Michael Marin
IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL EQUITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: HOW COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACHIEVE THE DREAM, Kasey J. Martin
HIV AND OPIATES-MEDIATED NEUROTOXICITY: GSK3β IS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC TARGET, Ruturaj Masvekar
Pursuing the Roles of Non-Invasive Biomarkers in Chronic Renal Allograft Dysfunction, Mba Uzoma U. Mba
Hospital: A Creature of Duality, Gordon McCormick
Edmund Weiss, My Brother, Earl McKenzie
Using structural analysis to investigate the function of Suppressor of IKK-epsilon (SIKE), Sean W. McKinley
Talking in Her Sleep, John Mclaughlin
Virginia Woolf's Interpolated Fiction and Humor, Nancy Worthington McPherson
Early prediction of fracture in bodies bounded by random rough surfaces, Hector Medina
WHERE DOES ELECTRONIC AGGRESSION FIT?: A COMPARISON OF DIMENSIONAL AND CATEGORICAL MODELS OF ADOLESCENT AGGRESSION, Krista R. Mehari
Synthetic, Sulfated, Lignin-Based Anticoagulants, Akul Mehta
Natural 20: A Novel, Thomas Mervenne
Lynn Riggs: Forgotten Genius, Jason Michael