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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 2013
Sociodemographic risk factors of glycemic control for youth with T1D: Cross-sectional and longitudinal patterns of HbA1c, Priscilla Powell
Uniqueness of Bipartite Factors in Prime Factorizations Over the Direct Product of Graphs, Owen Puffenberger
AUTOMATED MIDLINE SHIFT DETECTION ON BRAIN CT IMAGES FOR COMPUTER-AIDED CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT, Xuguang Qi
Dispositional Mindfulness as a Moderator of Electrocortical and Behavioral Responses to Affective Social Stimuli, Jordan T. Quaglia
In Perceiving Monsters: A Costume Design For Caryl Churchill's The Skriker, Joshua Quinn
The Role of Nitric Oxide Dysregulation in Tumor Maintenance, Christopher Rabender
Analysis of Mathematical Models of the Human Lung, Cooper Racheal
Role of Tyk2 in regulating energy expenditure and preventing obesity, Vidisha Raje
Beauty in a Crooked Line, Sarah Ramey
Consensus & Colonialism: critiquing technologies of the (de)colonial project, Santos Ramos
Predictors of Success for High School Students Enrolled in Online Courses in a Single District Program, David Rankin
The Relationship Between Mother's Level of Education and Parent Involvement, Meagan Rawls
REPRODUCTION AND FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE OF CORNUS FLORIDA ACROSS AN URBAN LANDSCAPE GRADIENT, Angela Redwine
Detecting and Correcting Batch Effects in High-Throughput Genomic Experiments, Sarah Reese
Relations Between Sexual Identity Exploration and Risky Sexual Behavior in Emerging Adulthood, Jennifer J. Reid
Contexts Matter: The Relationship Between School Wide Student Demographics and Graduation Rates, Philip Riddle
“The Flow of Blood in Nature” Franz Marc’s Animal Theory, Morgan Rinehart
Accelerating Computational Algorithms, Michael Risley
The Experiences of Young African American Women Principals, Tanya Roane
Automatic Block-Matching Registration to Improve Lung Tumor Localization During Image-Guided Radiotherapy, Scott Robertson
The Career Path of the Female Superintendent: Why She Leaves, Kerry Robinson
STUDIES ON THE REACTION OF HIGH-DOSE HYDROXOCOBALAMIN AND ASCORBIC ACID WITH CARBON MONOXIDE: IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING, Joseph Roderique
TISSUE ENGINEERING COMPOSITE BIOMIMETIC GELATIN SPONGES FOR BONE REGENERATION, Isaac Rodriguez
The Role of Family Organization in Family Health History Communication about Cancer, Vivian M. Rodríguez
Dead Virginians: The Corpse and its uses in Early Virginia, David Roettger
Stalling Life, Leslie Rogers
My World of Motherhood, Aimee Rop
Maternal Monitoring and Maternal Psychological Well-Being: Important Components in Treating Conduct Disorder, Benjamin Rosen
Constant Motion, Daniel Rowe
The Role of Alginate in the Inhibition of Macrophage Phagocytosis of Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Warren Rowe III
Proactive Transparency and Government Communication in the USA and the Netherlands, H.J.M. (Erna) Ruijer
Phylogeography and Species Status of Ramphogordius sanguineus, Cora Runnels
LONGITUDINAL PREDICTORS OF QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADOLESCENT SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER: A REPORT FROM THE CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVOR STUDY, Claire C. Russell
MECHANISMS BY WHICH XRCC3 MEDIATES BREAST CANCER CELL INVASION VIA CYCLOPHILIN A, Siddharth Saini
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SORTASE A, Vishaka Santosh
Comparative Analysis of WaveOne and LightSpeed LSX for the Residual Dentin Thickness of the Bifurcated Maxillary First Premolar Buccal Root Utilizing Limited Field Cone Beam Computed Tomography, Manpreet Singh Sarao
Home, Meagan Saunders-Spearman
Variation and Modulation of microRNAs in Prostate Cancer and Biological Fluids, Sarah Seashols
HORMONE EPIMERS REGULATE ER STRESS AND CORE REGULATORY GENES: NETWORK ANALYSIS WITH APPLICATIONS TO GLIOMA AND CHRONIC PRESSURE ULCERS, Thomas L. Shaak
A Qualitative Analysis of Latina Adolescents' and their Mothers' Perspectives on Adolescent Dating Violence, Carla Shaffer
REHABILITATION SERVICE UTILIZATION AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS: USING THE BEHAVIORAL MODEL FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, Aisha Shamburger-Rousseau
ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR STATUS DURING CARDIAC ARREST THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING AND DYNAMICAL TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS, Sharad Shandilya
Elemental Beauty, Kathryn Sharunenko
Patient Perceptions of Shared Decision Making: What Does It Mean and How Does It Affect Patient Outcomes?, Laura Aubree Shay
Choosing the Cut Point for a Restricted Mean in Survival Analysis, a Data Driven Method, Emily H. Sheldon
Domestic in Nature, Emily Shepardson
PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF SHRUB ENCROACHMENT: LINKING ENHANCED HYDRAULIC CAPACITY TO EFFICIENT LIGHT CAPTURE AND PROCESSING, Sheri Shiflett
Risk Factors for Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Adults Undergoing Major Noncardiac Surgery, Osama Shoair
WHAT?: Visual Interpretations of the Miscommunication Between the Hearing and Deaf, Virginia Shou
Wanderings, Jetter Jorge Silva
Accounting for Model Uncertainty in Linear Mixed-Effects Models, Adam Sima
The Role of Doctor-Patient Race Concordance in U.S. Health Disparities, Sarah Simon
Full Export, Thomas Simon
Response Adaptive Design using Auxiliary and Primary Outcomes, Shuxian Sinks
Work is What I Want, nataliya slinko
Primary Caregivers of Children with Williams Syndrome: Posttraumatic Growth and Related Health Outcomes, Laura Slosky
Microbial Evaluation of the Calamus Heated Gutta-Percha Delivery System, Christopher Smart DDS
Characterizing the Implementation of CBT for Youth Anxiety, Meghan Smith
Effective Network Partitioning to Find MIP Solutions to the Train Dispatching Problem, Christopher Snellings
Bridging the gap: Using the theory of planned behavior to predict HPV vaccination intentions in men, Daniel Snipes
Analyzing the functions of human polynucleotide phosphorylase (hPNPaseold-35), Upneet K. Sokhi
Community Participation in Disaster Planning and the Expectation Gap: Analysis and Recommendations, Phillip Sperry
Patient-Specific Modeling Of Adult Acquired Flatfoot Deformity Before And After Surgery, Edward Meade Spratley
The Promise: A Mythic-Archetypal and Gender-Oriented Analysis of J.D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish", Warren Spratley
Unified Journey, Mary Stahl
A Fragmented World, Linda Stanczak
Time dependent cone-beam CT reconstruction via a motion model optimized with forward iterative projection matching, David Staub
Historic Kenmore, Emily Stong
Multi-column multi-layer computational model of neocortex, Beata Strack
Geometric Approach to Support Vector Machines Learning for Large Datasets, Robert Strack
SILDENAFIL ATTENUATES ETHANOL-INDUCED CARDIOMYOCYTE INJURY AND PRESERVES CARDIAC FUNCTION THROUGH PROTEIN KINASE G-DEPENDENT SIGNALING, Gregory R. Sturz
Betwixt and Between: Liminal Spaces and the Disabled Body in Burke’s Sublime and Beautiful, Burney’s Camilla, and Dacre’s Zofloya, Devon Nicole Swann
Water Soluble Polymer Solar Cells from Electrospray Deposition, Marshall Sweet
SMART SUPERHYDROPHOBIC MATERIALS, Adetoun Taiwo
The Journal of Elizabeth Maxwell Alsop Wynne, 1862-1878, Andrew Talkov
Modular Envelops, Rotem Tamir
Lapatinib and Sorafenib Kill GBM Tumor Cells in a Greater than Additive Manner, Seyedmehrad Tavallai
MODERNIZATION OF THE MOCK CIRCULATORY LOOP: ADVANCED PHYSICAL MODELING, HIGH PERFORMANCE HARDWARE, AND INCORPORATION OF ANATOMICAL MODELS, Charles Taylor
Effectiveness of a CBT Intervention for Persistent Insomnia and Hypnotic Dependency in an Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic, Hannah Taylor
Analysis of plasminogen binding to Treponema denticola, a key periopathogen, Brittney Tegels
Land Grab or Development Planning Strategy: An analysis of Agricultural Development Led Industrialization Planning in Ethiopia., Nathan Teklemariam
ELUCIDATION OF MECHANISMS GENERATING 5-HYDROXYMETHYLCYTOSINE (5hmC) IN MAMMALIAN MITOCHONDRIA, Prashant Thakkar
2314 West Main Street: a place for engagement, Annie Thompson
Inhibition of Retinoic Acid Receptors Results in Defasciculation of the Trigeminal Nerve in Xenopus laevis, Jeremy Thompson
Chapter Three, Ruby Troup
Finishing on-time: A qualitative examination of contributors to timely undergraduate degree completion, Diane Vermaaten
LIVE ART: A Positive Change in this World, Phillip Vollmer
MICROBIAL DNA RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS, Stephanie Voth
Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Beta (CaMKIIβ): A Regulator of Oligodendrocyte Maturation and Myelination, Christopher Waggener