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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 2012
The Unclothed Body in Francisco Goya's The Disasters of War, Elizabeth Sanderford
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DOXORUBICIN CARRYING CETUXIMAB-PAMAM DENDRIMER BIOCONJUGATES, GUNJAN SAXENA
REDUCING RECIDIVISM IN RETURNING OFFENDERS WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUG RELATED OFFENSES: CONTRACTS FOR THE DELIVERY OF AUTHENTIC PEER BASED RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, Sarah Scarbrough
The Play's the Thing: An Examination of Play's Role in the Cognitive Development of Adolescents, Ian Scheu
The Anatomy of Expression: Explorations on the Intersection of Acting and the Alexander Technique, Kelley Schoger
Using macroinvertebrate community composition to distinguish between natural and anthropogenic sedimentation, Amanda E. Schutt
Development, Optimization, and Twisted Adjustment of an Axial Flow Blood Pump for Fontan Patients, Michael Sciolino
Circuit Development in the Dorsal Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (dLGN) of the Mouse., Tania Seabrook
TGF-beta Receptors and Alcohol Sensitivity in Drosophila, Kristyn Sennett
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ASSESSMENT USING THE INTEGRATION OF PATTERN RECOGNITION METHODS AND FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS, Aghazadeh Babak Seyed
Dismemory: On history, the Southern imaginary, and abusing the visual record, Matthew Pendleton Shelton
THE ROLE OF R7 REGULATORS OF G PROTEIN SIGNALING IN THE RETINA, Hoon Shim
Sex-specific Habitat Use and Responses to Fragmentation in an Endemic Chameleon Fauna, Philip Shirk
Tuning Parameter Selection in L1 Regularized Logistic Regression, Shujing Shi
Compliance-free Class II correction and its relationship to vertical facial characteristics, Michael Shoff
FUNCTIONAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES OF SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS IN THE HUMAN VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 1 GENE (SLC18A1) By Sally Gamal Shukry, B.S., Sally Gamal Shukry
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPALS’ SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR PRINCIPALS’ LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS, Javaid Siddiqi
Life, The Multiverse, and Everything: How Crisis on Infinite Earths Changed DC Comics, Kate Simonsen
SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF SECOND GENERATION ANIBAMINE ANALOGUES AS NOVEL ANTI-PROSTATE CANCER AGENTS, Shilpa Singh
Non-Invasive Intracranial Pressure Method and Monitor, Tarun Sinha
Non-canonical roles for STAT1 and STAT2 in mitochondrial biogenesis and fasting homeostasis., Jennifer Sisler
Broad to Marshall Bridge | A City Block Interior That Separates and Connects Place, Emily Smith
An Analysis of the Effect of Lecture Capture Initiatives on Student-Athletes at an NCAA Division I Institution, Gregory Smith
Theorizing Digital Narrative: Beginnings, Endings, and Authorship, Jennifer Smith
Spanish, Nahua, and Maya Narratives on the 1585 Relación Geográfica Map of Santiago Atitlán, Kaitlan Smith
Artist Alien Ghost Juggler: Performance of “Troilus and Cressida” as Graduate Thesis, Vladislav Smolkin
Describing High School Readiness; Implementing School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports, Emily Snead
IN VITRO IN VIVO METHODS AND PHARMACOKINETIC MODELS FOR SUBCUTANEOUSLY ADMINISTERED PEPTIDE DRUG PRODUCTS, Amit Somani
DIGITAL NATIVE PRESERVICE TEACHERS: AN EXAMINATION OF THEIR SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS REGARDING TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN CLASSROOM SETTINGS, Sarah Parker Southall
There is a Beginning, Catherine Stark
Heat Transfer Enhancement using Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Dale Stuart
Identifying Sortase A Variants With Higher Catalytic Effeciency, Muna Suliman
ALIGNING SECURITY AND USABILITY OBJECTIVES FOR COMPUTER BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Santa Ram Susarapu
The Effect of Oral Care on Intracranial Pressure in Critically Ill Adults, Christina Szabo
Whiff of Black Ice, Alina Tenser
Frames for Hilbert spaces and an application to signal processing, Kinney Thompson
A Water Quality Investigation of Kimages Creek, Michael Trop
The Impact of Sincerity of Terrorists on Committing Terrorist Activities in Turkey, Ahmet Turer
The Portrait Prints of Mehmed II, Saskia Turpijn
Law Enforcement Intelligence Recruiting Confidential Informants within “Religion-Abusing Terrorist Networks”, Hursit Ucak
Mass Spectroscopic Identification and Quantification of Protein Carbonyls, Zafer Ugur
The Social Work Perspective on English Language Learners Entering Special Education, Kerry Fay Vandergrift
Choosing Surgical Birth: Personal Choice and Medical Jurisdiction, Alexandria Vasquez
DETERMINATION OF EFFECTIVE TRAINING METHODS TO LEARN A LAPAROSCOPIC CAMERA NAVIGATION TASK UNDER STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENTS, Devnath Vasudevan
TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF ABUSED CATHINONES, Rakesh Vekariya
OPPOSING ROLES OF THE μ-OPIOID AND NOCICEPTIN/ORPHANIN FQ RECEPTORS IN OLIGODENDROCYTE DEVELOPMENT AND MYELINATION, Allison Vestal-Laborde
IMPACTS OF RDX SOIL CONTAMINATION ACROSS AN AGE GRADIENT FOR THE NATIVE SHRUB MORELLA CERIFERA., Stephen Via
THE EFFECT OF A NAVIGATIONAL AID ON TRAINING OF A MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY CAMERA TASK, Ketan Vidwans
But From This Moment On We Know Nothing, Jacob Vincent
CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROSATELLITE LOCI AND PILOT POPULATION GENETIC ANALYSIS IN HICKORY SHAD, ALOSA MEDIOCRIS, FNU Vishakha
White Sands, Laura Vitale
POPPIES AND PTSD: OPIOID INFLUENCE ON A PRECLINCAL MODEL OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER., Sarah Vunck
Seeking Freedom through Self-Love in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy and Beloved, Stephanie Walker
The Dragons in your Dreams, Jacquelyn Walther
DIFFUSE TRAUMATIC AXONAL INJURY WITHIN THE VISUAL SYSTEM: IMPLICATIONS FOR VISUAL PATHWAY REORGANIZATION, Jiaqiong Wang
The Role of Zinc Particle Size and Loading in Cathodic Protection Efficiency, QIANG WANG
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Implications for School Systems and School Personnel, Carmen Y. Ward
Family Matters, Heather Warstler
Design Invites Stories: a mental health facility, Christina Lee Waters
Empires of the Air, Gregory Osina Weatherford
Expression of Foreign Genes in the Pseudomonas Bacteriophage Pf3, Krystin Weathers
A Multifaceted Approach Identifies ErbB2 and ErbB3 proteins and microRNA-125b as Key Contributors to Prostate Cancer Progression, Danielle Weaver
Visual Exploration of Cultural Intersections, Sarah Weber
BEHAVIORAL PHENOTYPING OF THE DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS PROPERTIES OF THE ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG CLOZAPINE IN 129S2/HSV MICE, Kevin Webster
Transferrin binding protein B structure, function, and export in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Meredith L. Weck
Between Floors: The Ups and Downs of Mediated Narrative, Melinda White
Performing Transition: Depictions of the Transgender Experience, T K. Widmer
Authority through Polyvocality in The Poisonwood Bible, Emily C. Williams
THE EFFECTS OF RIVER SEDIMENT, ENDOSULFAN, AND MODERATE HYPOXIA ON BLUE CRABS (CALLINECTES SAPIDUS) FROM THE TIDAL, FRESHWATER JAMES RIVER, Laura Williams
Using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to identify and predict microRNAs (miRNAs) potentially affecting Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, Vernell Williamson
Radiation Sensitization of Breast Cancer Cells by Vitamin D Through the Promotion of Autophagic Cell Death, Eden Wilson
Fabrication of Anisotropic Sol-gel Materials by Photo-Crosslinking, Charles Wingfield
Accurate Methodology for Monitoring Biomembrane Events, Christine A. Winschel
Parental and Family Predictors of Adolescent Weight Loss and Health Change in a Multidisciplinary Obesity Intervention, Jacqueline Woods
Hearts and Trees, Hilary Woznica
Improve the Performance and Scalability of RAID-6 Systems Using Erasure Codes, Chentao Wu
Segmentation and Fracture Detection in CT Images for Traumatic Pelvic Injuries, Jie Wu
AlGaN/GaN Dual Channel HFETs and Realization of GaN Devices on different substrates, Mo Wu
RESPONDING TO THE CHILD WELFARE WORKFORCE CRISIS HERE AND NOW: A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING SUPERVISION, Abigail K. Wyche
Using Genetic Information in Risk Prediction for Alcohol Dependence, Jia Yan
Spatial distribution and modulation of nitric oxide synthase in a hypertensive rat model, Andrew Yannaccone
The Current Status of Social Media use among Nonprofit Human Service Organizations: An Exploratory Study, James Young
ENGINEERING OF POLYAMIDOAMINE (PAMAM) DENDRIMERS FOR GENE AND DRUG DELIVERY, Quan Yuan
PARENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF ANESTHESIA RISK FOR DENTAL TREATMENT, Andrew Zale
BIOCHEMICAL ACTIONS OF A NOVEL CIS-TERPENONE, Lin Zhang
TOWARDS AN INCENTIVE COMPATIBLE FRAMEWORK OF SECURE CLOUD COMPUTING, Yulong Zhang
Hierarchical Templates and Their Application to Multimodal Porous Materials Fabrication, Bo Zhao
Performing Taboo: The Creation of an Aesthetic through the Exploration of Censorship in Theatre and the Challenges of Directing Killer Joe, David Todd Zimmerman
Reverberations: Beat of the Heart, Sarah Zoller
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Characterization of the Effect of Serum and Chelating Agents on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation; Chelating Agents Augment Biofilm Formation through Clumping Factor B, Nabil Mathew Abraham
An Artless Dream, Lauren Abrams