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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 2011
Self-perception of Smile Aesthetics and Self-esteem, Larry Scarborough
Composition of Suspended and Benthic Particulate Matter in the Tidal Freshwater James River, Anne Schlegel
The Characterization of PG0228 in Porphyromonas gingivalis W83, Courtney Schlenker
Women, Wealth and Social Norms Theory: Financial Behaviors and Perceptions of Affluent Women in Their Prime Years, SCARLETT SCHWARTZ
Craft Cyborg, Laina Seay
Connecting One and Many - Reinventing the Procession of the Cinema Experience, Kelly H. Sekely
WETTING TRANSITIONS AT NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES, Yazdi Jamileh Seyed
Age differences in long-term adjustment and psychosocial outcomes in a large multi-site sample 5-10 years after heart transplant, Andrea Shamaskin
Plex, Jon-Phillip Sheridan
Ewiges Deutschland as an Examination of Popular Political Culture in National Socialist Germany 1939-1940, Howard Joseph Sherrick Jr.
DIFFERENTIAL GLIAL CELL RESPONSES IN THE DENTATE GYRUS IN YOUNG ADULT AND AGED BRAINS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Christoher Shin
Functional consequences of cytosine methylation in mitochondrial DNA catalyzed by DNA methyltransferase 1, Lisa Shock
KE Theory & the Number of Vertices Belonging to All Maximum Independent Sets in a Graph, Taylor Short
ENUMERATING ALTERNATE OPTIMAL FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS FOR METABOLIC RECONSTRUCTIONS, Umaporn Siangphoe
Designing Allosteric Inhibitors of Thrombin, Preetpal Sidhu
Real-Time Fundamental Frequency Estimation Algorithm for Disconnected Speech, Thomas Skjei
Gifted Students' Perceptions of High School Transition, Beverley R. Smith
Indirect Screening: Enhancing Identification of Illicit Drug Use during Pregnancy, Courtney Smith
Every Night at 8pm, Jennifer Lauren Smith
Talented and Gifted, Robbie Smith
Planting: One director's approach to cultivating and nurturing within a female ensemble, Erin Snyder
Legacy sediments in streams - effects on nutrient partitioning during simulated re-suspension events., Molly Sobotka
GROWTH MECHANISMS OF COMPLEX ORGANICS IN THE GAS PHASE AND ON METAL NANOPARTICLES GENERATED BY A LASER VAPORIZATION PROCESS, Abdel Rahman Soliman
Outside Things, Jacob Sorenson
Predicting the Diffusion of Next Generation 9-1-1 in the Commonwealth of Virginia: An Application Using the Deployment of Wireless E9-1-1 Technologies, Dorothy Spears-Dean
How Love is Like Drowning, Alyssa Spicer
Modeling the Homeschool timetabling problem using Integer programming, Subhashini Srinivasan
Transformation and Renewal, Josephine Stokes
PATIENT SATISFACTION WITH SEDATION FOR PERIODONTAL SURGERY: A RANDOMIZED, CROSS-OVER CLINICAL STUDY, Jason Streem
Managing the Healthcare Needs of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Parents' Experience, Julie Strunk
Growth of Age-0 Atlantic menhaden (BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS) in Two Tidal Freshwater Tributaries of Chesapeake Bay, Peter M. Sturke
RURAL HOSPITAL SYSTEM AFFILIATIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON HOSPITAL ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, 2004-2008, Mark Swofford
Quantifying polypharmacy in diabetes patients in the U.S., Jing Tao
Relations between Violence Exposure, Threat Appraisal, and Coping among Typologies of Victimized Adolescents, Katherine Taylor
Objectionable Team Nicknames: Determining The Likelihood Of Selling The Issue Of Banning Them In Virginia High Schools, Pamela Taylor
Biochemical Evaluation of Lignin-like Molecules, Jay Thakkar
From Faith to Form, Nadine Thola
Making it Work: Credential and Employment Outcomes of Out-of-School Youth in Southside Virginia, Najmah Thomas
Intracellular Signaling Contributions to Behaviors Relevant to Nicotine Addiction, Lauren Thompson
Vapor Transport and Aerosol Dynamics in the Respiratory Airways, Geng Tian
Developmental Trajectories of Physical and Relational Aggression and Their Relation to Delinquency and Substance Use in Adolescence, Denicia Titchner
Analysis of NFI-X3 and STAT3 Interaction and Its Functions, Etsegenet Tizazu
Accelerating Finite State Projection through General Purpose Graphics Processing, Thomas Trimeloni
Embeddings of Product Graphs Where One Factor is a Hypercube, Bethany Turner
Role of Tyk2 in the Development of Beige Cells, Samantha Umali
STRUCTURAL BASIS FOR THERMAL STABILITY OF THERMOPHILIC TRMD PROTEINS, Jamar Uzzell
Sythesis and Biological Screening of a Series of Novel Chemokine Receptor CCR5 Antagonists, Soundarya Vaithianathan
Determining the mechanism of double-stranded RNA-induced cell death in ovarian cancer., Danielle Van
Meaning Maintenance in Close Relationships, Daryl R. Van Tongeren
Live Attitude, Keith Jason Varadi
WOODY ENCROACHMENT MECHANISMS OF A SYMBIOTIC N-FIXING SHRUB: ECOPHYSIOLOGY, FACILITATION, AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY, Jaclyn Vick
Discriminative stimulus properties of 3-substituent rimonabant analogs, D. Matthew Walentiny
Development and Evaluation of a Multiplex Suspension Array Protocol for the Detection of Enteric Pathogens from Clinical Specimens, Carol Walters
Synthesis of crosslinked polyurethane and Network constrained surface phase separation, Chenyu Wang Jr.
“That I should always listen to my body and love it”: Finding the Mind-Body Connection in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Slave Texts, Emily Stuart Watkins
Renal Epithelial Sodium Channel (ENaC) Regulation of Pregnancy Mediated Hemodynamic Adaptations: Mechanistic Insights, Crystal West
Factor Analysis Methods and Validity Evidence: A Systematic Review of Instrument Development Across the Continuum of Medical Education, Angela Wetzel
EVALUATING THE INCREMENTAL VALIDITY OF THE MMPI-2-RC SCALES FOR CUSTODY LITIGANTS, Elizabeth Wheeler
Parity Domination in Product Graphs, Christopher Whisenant
Children of House, Grant White
Space: A Discovery of Visual Language, Kelley White
Layers of Meaning, Joan Wiberg
Bounds for the independence number of a graph, William Willis
Video Game Theatre, A Willoughby
Pedagogy In Vietnamese International Schools, Robert Wilson
Tissue Engineering an Acellular Bioresorbable Vascular Graft to Promote Regeneration, Patricia Wolfe
Medicalization as a Trojan Horse: Changes in Erectile Enhancement Advertising, Robert Wood
Hindfoot and forefoot kinematic differences among individuals with and without Functional Ankle Instability, Cynthia Wright
Computational Modeling and Simulation Study of Dermal Wound Healing Proliferative Phase, Le Yang
THE NATURAL POLYPHENOL RESVERATROL POTENTIATES THE LETHALITY OF HDAC INHIBITORS IN ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA CELLS THROUGH MULTIPLE MECHANISMS., Alae Abod Yaseen
Grading Practices: Teachers' Considerations of Academic and Non-Academic Factors, Diana Yesbeck
Characterizing the Phosphorylation State of Tie2 using SH2 Domain Fusion Proteins, Kenneth Yuth
HIV Protease Inhibitors Trigger Lipid Metabolism Dysregulation Through Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Autophagy, Beth Shoshana Zha
INVESTIGATION OF BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SENSORS AND DIAGNOSTICS, Xiaojuan Zhang
Hospitals With Physican CEOs: An Institutional Theory Perspective, Jeremy Zoch
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
THE EFFECTS OF AGE AND HETEROCHROMATIN ON FREQUENCIES OF ACQUIRED CHROMOSOMAL ANEUPLOIDY IN UNCULTURED HUMAN LEUKOCYTES, Noran Aboalela
Extracellular matrix based substrates for propagation of human pluripotent stem cells, Sheena Abraham
The Audsleys, the Blackies and The Practical Decorator and Ornamentist, Gay Acompañado
Double-Strand Break Repair Mechanisms in Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Bret Adams
Museum Design: art, wonder & discovery, Christy Addis-Gutierrez
Investigation and Optimization of a Solvent / Anti-Solvent Crystallization Process for the Production of Inhalation Particles, Swati Agrawal
Ribosomal Synthesis of N-methylated peptides, Sara Ahadi
COST AND ACCURACY COMPARISONS IN MEDICAL TESTING USING SEQUENTIAL TESTING STRATEGIES, Anwar Ahmed
Signaling Pathways Coupled to Melatonin Receptor MT1 in Gastric Smooth Muscle, Rashad Ahmed
Discovery of a Novel CCR5 Antagonist as an Effective Therapeutic Agent for Prostate Cancer, Tasrif Ahmed
THE IMPACT OF ADOLESCENT NICOTINE EXPOSURE ON DRUG DEPENDENCE IN ADULTHOOD, Mai Alajaji
The Predictive Relationship between Temperament, School Adjustment, and Academic Achievement: A 2-year Longitudinal Study of Children At-risk, Maha Al-Hendawi