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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 2024
Satellite Glial Cells Facilitate Mechanical Hypersensitivity Involving Piezo2 Upregulation in DRG Neurons, Namrata Tiwari
Continuous flow as a process intensification tool for the preparation of pharmaceutically relevant N-heterocycles, John W. Tomlin Jr
Effects of flooding and plant community arrangement on freshwater wetland greenhouse gas emissions and plant growth, Walker A. Trainum
Planning Growth Management; The Rapid Urbanization of Loudoun County, Virginia, Shaianna Trump
Measuring the Properties of Rod-Shaped Bacteria by Single-Entity Electrochemistry, Ashley Tubbs
Established Colonization of Sneathia vaginalis in a Mouse Model, Kailyn E. Turcios-Gonzalez
Cognitive Consequences of Life Exposures in Women: Influences of Trauma, Estrogen Receptors, and Inflammation, Susie Turkson
Process Intensification of Separations Technologies for Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Justin T. Turnage
Novel feature evaluation in ultra-high dimensional right-censored data, with applications to Head and Neck cancer, Atika Farzana Urmi
Title: I: L1-norm matrix completion for recommender systems II: Conjecturing-based classification, Fatemeh Valizadeh Gamchi
External Runtime Execution Monitoring of a Cyber Physical System via Trace Interfaces, Peter Vaughan Truslow
Points of Contact, Giancarlo Venturini
Catchword, Waverley Vesely
Integrating Machine Learning and Electronic Structure Theory for Accurate and Transferable Prediction of Polarizability and Noncovalent Interactions, Corentin E. Villot
Feasibility of Using Somatosensory Input on Pediatric Patients Receiving Dental Treatment, Liara D. Vinson
Photoluminescence of Beryllium-related Defects in Gallium Nitride, Mykhailo Vorobiov and Mykhailo Vorobiov
African American adolescents' exposure to community firearm violence and associated factors, Colleen S. Walsh
Old Flames, Jamie L. Walters
Efficiently Enhancing Numerical Hessian Accuracy through Grassmann Interpolation, Arthur Y. Wang
Insights into the Characterization and Degradation of Electrospun Polycaprolactone Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications, Caleb B. Wells
In Shame I Will Find Paradise, Taehee Whang
THE INFLUENCE OF FLAVOR ON THE ABUSE LIABILITY OF A HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCT AND ITS FEASIBILITY AS A MENTHOL CIGARETTE SUBSTITUTE, Augustus White
Range-wide Analysis of the Genetic Diversity and Genetic Structure of the Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), Madison S. Whitehurst
Doctors and Saints: Preparing Albert Camus’s The Plague to Address the Dangers of Christian Nationalism, Christopher J. Williams
Determining The Viability Of A Novel OSL Film Dosimeter For In Vivo Dosimetry, Nicholas D. Wilson
Investigating Black Emerging Adult Health and Model of Care Choices, Alexandra Wynn
Threads Unbound, Yuan Xin
"I Call Them Supermoms": Therapists' Reflections on the Impact of Youth Sexual Offending on Latina Mothers, Mauricio P. Yabar
Examining the Relationship between Racism-Related Stress and Coping among Black Adolescents: A Linked Lives Perspective, Kenna Yadeta
Genetic mechanisms of atypical antipsychotic drug response, Rabha Mousa Younis
Decalcomania, CHUNGHEE YUN
On the Rebound: Resilience and Subjective Cognitive Symptoms in Cancer, Giuliana V. Zarrella
MODELING OF MACROSCOPIC MELT SPLASHING ON BERYLLIUM FIRST WALL PANELS OF FUSION TOKAMAKS UNDER OFF-NORMAL EVENTS, Cheng Zhang
Effects of Mindfulness Training on Prosocial Responses in Intergroup Relations: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial, Denise Yiran Zheng
The role of miRNA-17-92 following myocardial ischemia/ reperfusion under normal and diabetic conditions, Virginia Villani Zwiren
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
ASSESSING DRUG DEVELOPMENT PROPORTIES OF ANTITHROMBOTIC AND ANTI - CANCER AGENTS, Elsamani I. Abdelfadiel
The Aging Epigenome and the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in the Regulation of Drug Metabolism, Sara Abudahab
NOVEL STRATEGIES IN HEAD AND NECK TUMOR THERAPY; CONTRIBUTION OF SENESCENCE IN THERAPY RESPONSE, AND RESISTANCE DEVELOPMENT AFTER CISPLATIN TREATMENT, Fereshteh Ahmadinejad
Exploring the discriminative stimulus effects of e-cigarette aerosols in rodents, Yasmin Alkhlaif
OVERCOMING CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES IN KIDNEY DISEASE TREATMENT THROUGH METABOLOMIC AND DATA SCIENCE APPROACHES, Monther Alsultan
Saudi Mediated Public Diplomacy: Exploring the Agenda Building of Government-Sponsored News Before and After the Vision 2030 Announcement, Yahya Alzahrany
Low efficacy mu-opioid receptor agonist as a candidate opioid use disorder medication, Michelle Arriaga
Irene Cox, Lindsey Arturo
Fascism in Sci-Fi: "Mobilizing Passions" in Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Alton C. Ayers
A standardized pipeline for isolation and assembly of genomes from symbiotic bacteria in whole louse genomic sequence data., Mohammad Mikail I. Bala
Population Demography of a Neotropical Migratory Songbird in the Face of a Changing Climate, Adele Balmer
LEARNING-Driven FRAMEWORKS FOR SELF-DRIVEN PROTOCOLS for NEXT-Generation NETWORKS, Hannaneh Barahouei Pasandi
Identification of Adverse Drug Events from the FAERS Database Utilizing the Low-Code KNIME Platform, Lama Basalelah
Buckets in a Deep Well: Essays About Shakespeare’s History Play Characters and an Original Drama, Brian C. Bassett
Rainbow Turan Methods for Trees, Victoria Bednar
Time of Eating and Mortality in U.S. Adults with Heart Failure: Analyses of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2018, Hayley E. Billingsley
Assessing the Perceived Impact of a Local, Community-Engaged Mural Project on Preservice Art Educators in Foundational Coursework, Caitlin M. Black
Quantitative Changes in Hippocampal CCR5+ Microglia with the Administration of Maraviroc (MVC): Does Sex Matter?, Ama S. Boakye-Agyei
Machine Learning Models to automate Radiotherapy Structure Name Standardization, Priyankar Bose
Biting Range, effie bowen
Pre-clinical trials with precision-medicine based therapeutics in basal-like patient-derived xenografts, David C. Boyd
Estimating Cumulative Spatial Risk Over Time and Extending Mixture Modeling in a Bayesian Framework, Joseph Boyle
Body-interfaced optochemical sensors and nanoparticles for bioimaging and analysis of essential biomarkers and bacteria, Brock A. Brady
Breaking Bread & Boundaries : Finding Home In Every Bite, Steffi Ann Braganza
How Teacher-Student Relationships Shape Student Engagement and Interest in Science, Destini N. Braxton
Adolescent Binge Ethanol-Induced Dysregulation of H3K36 Methylation May Underlie Persistent Memory Deficits, Emily Brocato
Design and fabrication of multifunctional substrates for tissue interfacing biodevices, Anne Katherine Brooks
Driving Native-Like Zonal Enthesis Formation In Engineered Ligaments Using Developmentally Inspired Mechanical Cues, Michael E. Brown
The Exhibition Catalog as Medium: Mid-Twentieth-Century American Exhibition Catalogs as Documents and Autonomous Artifacts, Sarah A. Burgos
Quantitative and Molecular Genetic Analyses of Brain Structure, Substance Use, and Posttraumatic Stress Phenotypes: Data from Children, Adolescents and Adults, Daniel Bustamante
Thermal Performance and Fluid Flow Studies of Twisted Tape Inserts Using Scaled Surrogate Fluids for Molten Salt Energy Applications, Arturo Cabral
Enhancing Neuromorphic Computing with Advanced Spiking Neural Network Architectures, Paolo Gabriel Alejandro Cachi Delgado
New River Kids: Stories, Brenna Camping
Morphic Radiance, Daniel Carbone
Model-based Imputation of Below Detection Limit Missing Data and Group Selection in Bayesian Group Index Regression, Matthew Carli
Thrive: Empowering Women's Health Through Healing Design, Tawny Chamberlain
Clothing Characteristics and Their Effects on Individuals in the Workplace, Yingyi Chang
A Six-Month Comparison of Orthodontic Pain Associated with Fixed Edgewise Appliances and Clear Aligners, Victor Chan
Inactivation of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Protects Against Ischemic Reperfusion Injury-induced Renal Fibrogenesis, Chaoling Chen
Vesptures, Nyasha T. Chigama Ms
Acculturative Stress and Quality of Life among Older Korean Immigrants: Do Religiosity and Resilience Matter?, Sunghwan Cho
STRENGTH SCALING A GENERIC UPPER LIMB MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL TO REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WITH PARAPLEGIA, Yeajin Cho
Metalloglycomics of Platinum and Cobalt Coordination Complexes, Jessica Christian
QVOICES: Queer Voices in Oncology Igniting Change through Empowered stories of Survivorship, Viktor Clark
Demonstrated Sensitivity, Kate Crankshaw
Norteada - In the Greater Geologic Span of Time, Just Fine, Clara Cruz
Physical Activity in Adolescents with and without ADHD: Longitudinal Associations with Sleep, ADHD, and Internalizing Symptoms, Caroline N. Cusick Lowman
Isoprenylation Inhibition Significantly Reduces IgE Mediated Mast Cell Function and Allergic Disease, Jordan Dailey
Driven by Personality: Exploring the Relationship between Custom Cars and Self-expression, Tharwa Dalansi
Quantifying Fibronectin Mechanical Properties using Antibody-Mediated Optical Tweezing (AMOT), Caleb Dalton
Exploring the Relationship Between the Epigenome and Metabolism in MYCN-Amplified Neuroblastoma, Krista M. Dalton
STAGE-STRUCTURED PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS IN A WARMING WORLD: A CASE STUDY IN RIVERINE ROCK POOLS, Andrew T. Davidson
Using Bovid Tribe Proportions to Reconstruct Paleoenvironments of Eastern African Paranthropus, Lisa Day
The Ideal Case of the IF:Gathering: Examining Agency, Authority, and Precarity through a Digital Content Analysis of an Influential Women’s Evangelical Parachurch Organization, Elizabeth A. Deere