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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
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
Structural basis of DNA binding complexes, Ninad Walavalkar
Experience as an Experiment, James Walker
Splinter, Audrey Walls
Narrowing the Gap Between Imaginary and Real Artifacts: A Process for Making and Filming Diegetic Prototypes, Al Hussein Wanas
Behavioral and genomic characterization of scheduled ethanol deprivation, Jonathan Warner
Synthesis, Characterization, and Functionalization of Magnetic Iron Nanoparticles for Enhanced Biological Applications, Christopher Warren
Optimization of Radiation Therapy in Time-Dependent Anatomy, W. Tyler Watkins
The Effects of Sleep Problems and Depression on Alcohol-Related Negative Consequences Among College Students, McGann Amanda Wattenmaker
Transforming Narratives, Lucia Weilein
Query: how does the never to be differ from what never was?, Robert Scott Whipkey
Selection of a Non-Phosphorylated Peptide Inhibitor of BRCA1’s (BRCT)2 Domain, Railey White
Cannabinoid Modulation of Reinforcement Maintained by Stimulation of the Medial Forebrain Bundle in C57Bl/6J Mice, Jason Wiebelhaus
The Estimation and Evaluation of Optimal Thresholds for Two Sequential Testing Strategies, Amber R. Wilk
The Use of Relation Valued Attributes in Support of Fuzzy Data, Larry Ritchie Williams Jr.
Multifunctional Orthogonally-Frequency-Coded Saw Strain Sensor, William Wilson
We dream of an age that is equal to our passions, William Winks
CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA: AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CULTURAL FACTORS IN PRESENTING SYMPTOMS AND AT THREE MONTH (OR FIRST RECORDED) FOLLOW UP, Stephanie Susanne Genser Wolf
The Design and Validation of a Computational Rigid Body Model for Study of the Radial Head, Cassandra Woodcock
Topographies of Memory, Rena Wood
THE IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN HIGH RISK, RURAL VIRGINIA COUNTIES, CHARLETTE T. WOOLRIDGE
INVESTIGATING THE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF A RAMAN TWEEZER SYSTEM, John Wray
Performance and Reliability Study and Exploration of NAND Flash-based Solid State Drives, Guanying Wu
Experimental Determination and Equation of State Modeling of High-Pressure Fluid Behavior, Yue Wu
Semi-Interpenetrating Network Gelatin Fiber Sca old for Oral Mucosal Delivery of Insulin, Leyuan Xu
Design and Analysis of Digital True Random Number Generator, Avantika Yadav
Discovering driver somatic mutations, copy number alterations and methylation changes using Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Bokhari Yahya
Paired Interactions between Kir channels and Tertiapin-Q, Chul Ho Yang
Intra and extracellular functions of sphingosine-1-phosphate in sterile inflammation., Jessie Yester
DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF GROWTH FACTORS ON GLYCOLYSIS IN OVARIAN CANCER CELLS, Fang Yuan
Mapping the Mediterranean: Bartolommeo da li Sonetti and the Isolario Tradition, Kelly Zacovic
GRAPHENE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR AND METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS, Abdallah Zedan
Chemoelectromechanical Actuation in Conducting Polymer Hybrid with Bilayer Lipid Membrane, Hao Zhang
ASSESSMENT OF THE FEASIBILITY OF CO-ADMINISTRATION OF PHENOLIC DIETARY COMPOUNDS WITH PHENYLEPHRINE TO INCREASE ITS BIOAVAILABILITY, Zhenxian Zhang
A NOVEL SPAM CAMPAIGN IN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS, Yufeng Zhen
DC, MICROWAVE, AND NOISE PROPERTIES OF GAN BASED HETEROJUNCTION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS AND THEIR RELIABILITY ISSUES, Congyong Zhu
Water | Desire: Design of a Responsible Urban Retreat in Georgetown, Washington, DC, Tanya Zimmerli
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Predictors of Carbapenem Resistant Gram-negative Bacteria in a Consortium of Academic Medical Center Hospitals, Mera Ababneh
Blurring the Lines of Traditional Gender Roles: Beliefs of African American Women, Jasmine Abrams
“The Nonmusical Message Will Endure With It:” The Changing Reputation and Legacy of John Powell (1882-1963), Karen Adam
From Linkage to GWAS: A Multifaceted Exploration of the Genetic Risk for Alcohol Dependence, Amy Adkins
Semi-interpenetrating nanofiber scaffolds for transbuccal drug delivery, Donald Aduba Jr.
Quality of Depression Treatment in Type 2 Diabetes: Exploring the Effects of Race and Ethnicity, Amma Agyemang