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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 2010
Vignettes, Jennifer Lauzon
Characterization of the Staphylococcus aureus Immunodominant Surface Antigen B, IsaB, Nicole Lawrence
The Mechanism of Mitochondrial Folate Transport by the Mitochondrial Folate Transporter, Scott Alan Lawrence
Tuning of electrical properties in InAlN/GaN HFETs and Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3/YIG Phase Shifters, Jacob H. Leach
Research and Interpretive Plan for the First Permanent Exhibition of Ancient American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Amy Lenhardt
ENDODONTIC RESIDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF BIOSTATISTICS: A 2010 SURVEY OF ENDODONTIC RESIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, Paul LeTellier Jr.
Fighting for Place: The Rhetoric of Preservation in a Gentrifying Urban Neighborhood, Kelley Libby
Spinal Cord Injury: Exploring the Histology of Electrospun Implants In Vivo, Charles Lin
Nursing Home Organizational Characteristics and Utilization of Cancer-Related Medical Services, Chun-Chieh Lin
Lilian Westcott Hale and Nancy Hale: From Victorian to Modern in Art and Text, Norah Hardin Lind
Resistance exercise and vascular function: Training and obesity-related effects, Grayson Lipford
The Inner Power of a Graph, Neal Livesay
The Roles of Religious Coping, World Assumptions, and Personal Growth in College Student Bereavement, Benjamin Lord
Lip profile preferences of Asian Americans, Hung Quoc Lu
The Clinical Utility of Molecular Typing of Multiply-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Children with Cystic Fibrosis, Ruth Ann Luna
Factors influencing the abundance, community composition and activity states of bacterioplankton from the tidal freshwater James River, Catherine Luria
Hunger for Grace: The Association between Eating Disorders and Religiousness, Janet Lydecker
THE APPLICATION OF COLLABORATIVE PLANNING PRINCIPLES WITH A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES, Craig MacIvor
Isolationism, Internationalism and the “Other:” The Yellow Peril, Mad Brute and Red Menace in Early to Mid Twentieth Century Pulp Magazines and Comic Books, Nathan Vernon Madison
Home-Grown Teachers: Will Their Rural Roots Keep Them in Virginia's Rural Schools, Camilla Mahan
Effect of pH on the transcriptional profile of Porphyromonas gingivalis W83, Nathan Maietta
Development of a Rigid Body Computational Model for Investigation of Wrist Biomechanics, Benjamin Majors
A Community-Engaged Research Approach to the Development of an Assessment Tool for Historical Data Collection of SAARA Client Population, Jessica Markey
The Adventures of a Young Artist, and the Promise of the Digital Culture in Art, Jonathan Marshall
An Empirical Approach to Evaluating Sufficient Similarity: Utilization of Euclidean Distance As A Similarity Measure, Scott Marshall
Shockoe Provisions, Lauren Martin
Flight Control System for Small High-Performance UAVs, Jefferson McBride
Colorful Musings, Kerin McBride
Children Adopted Internationally Examining Developmental Status At Arrival and Six Month Follow Up, Ann McCormick
From the Old to the New World: The Transformation of Kongo Minkisi in African American Art, Mary McCurnin
Interplay Between Keratin and Vimentin Expression in Oral Cancer, Mary Catherine McGinn
John Baldessari's Later Blasted Allegories, Heather McGuire
An Indecent Obsession, Aaron McIntosh
The Uses of Applied Theatre, Matthew McKay
The Educational Role of the Art Museum and its Collections in the Teaching of University Undergraduate and Graduate Student, Lanette McNeil
The Stockbridge-Munsee Tote at the National Museum of the American Indian, Corinne McVeigh
Patient Ventilator Dyssynchrony: Types, Frequency and Patterns in Critically Ill Adults, Karen Mellott
A COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY APPROACH TO THE ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX PHYSIOLOGY: COAGULATION, FIBRINOLYSIS, AND WOUND HEALING, Nathan Menke
The Decision Making Process of Informal Caregivers of Dementia Family Members Regarding Nursing Home Placement, Rebecca Merritt
The Role of the Methyl DNA Binding Domain Protein 2 (MBD2) in Breast Cancer, Omar Mian
Detect, Bite, Slam, Ali Miharbi
The Wanderers, Danielle Miles
Role of Neutrophils in Enhancing Vascular Reactivity to Angiotensin II in Preeclampsia, Nikita Mishra
Digital Implementation of a True Random Number Generator, Sam Mitchum
The Lived Experience of Faith Community Nurses Living the Call to Health Ministry, Deborah Mobley
Predicting Arithmetic Performance from Age and Executive Function Skills, Andrea Molzhon
MATERNAL DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN YOUTHS WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES: A MEDIATIONAL MODEL, Struemph Kari Morgan
Influence of retinal states on the development and maintenance of retinofugal projections, Duncan Morhardt
THE EFFECT OF IMPLICIT STEREOTYPES ON THE PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE IN OLDER ADULTS, Gabriele R. Moriello
Statin Use and the Risk of Clostridium difficile in Academic Medical Centers: A Matched Case Control Study, Christine Motzkus
DO GENERAL, COMMUNITY HOSPITALS COMPETE BY SPECIALIZING IN HIGH VOLUME, HIGH REVENUE-GENERATING SERVICE LINES?, Nancy J. Muller
An Investigation of the Effects of Class Size on Student Achievement in Title I Elementary Schools: A Mixed Methods Study, Jennifer Murphy
COMPOSITE KERNEL FEATURE ANALYSIS FOR CANCER CLASSIFICATION, Sindhu Myla
The Impact of a Coordinated Care Program on Uninsured, Chronically Ill Patients, Jennifer Neimeyer
EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVE PREY AS A BUFFER TO PREDATION OF CHANNEL CATFISH (ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS) BY LARGEMOUTH BASS (MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES), Shelley Nellis
The Association between Domestic Violence, HIV Status and Consent to Testing Among Zambian Women, Kara Nelson
African American Women's Health: An Examination of Resource Needs, Context, and Public Policy over the Life Course, Cynthia Newbille
CANNABINOID RECEPTORS IN THE 3D RECONSTRUCTED MOUSE BRAIN: FUNCTION AND REGULATION, Peter Nguyen
Adsorption studies by pulsed streaming potentials in microfluidic channels, ThuTrang Nguyen
Assessing Multicultural Art Education: What approaches are currently being used in Virginia public high schools?, Laura Nichols
Bayesian and Frequentist Approaches for the Analysis of Multiple Endpoints Data Resulting from Exposure to Multiple Health Stressors., Epiphanie Nyirabahizi
Embedded Processor Selection/Performance Estimation using FPGA-based Profiling, Fadi Obeidat
IN-VITRO METABOLISM AND PROTEIN BINDING OF 5-HMF, A POTENTIAL ANTISICKLING AGENT, Taghrid Obied
A test of the CWB-OCB emotion-centered model, Ernest O'Boyle
A NUMERICAL METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE VARIANCE OF AGE AT MAXIMUM GROWTH RATE IN GROWTH MODELS, Semhar Ogbagaber
Hope and Worry among Mothers of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder or Down Syndrome, Paula Ogston
Fundamental Work Toward an Image Processing-Empowered Dental Intelligent Educational System, Grace Olsen
Searching For A Soul, Michael O'Neal
Strategies for Deriving a Single Measure of the Overall Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospitals, Alessandro Orlando
Development of a Low Cost Autopilot System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Jose Ortiz
FITTING A DISTRIBUTION TO CATASTROPHIC EVENT, Ebenezer Osei
EXPLORING THE MECHANISM OF ALGINATE ACETYLATION IN PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA, Janice Paletta
Is Food Insecurity a Contributing Factor to Childhood Obesity? The Association of Household Food Insecurity and Obesity Prevalence Among Children and Adolescents in the United States, Zarah Liz Panaguiton
Utility of the General Validity Scale Model: Development of Validity Scales for the Co-parenting Behavior Questionnaire, Kimberly Parker
Determination of Structure of Hepatitis B Virus E Antigen, Asheel Patel
Assessing Economic and HRQL Burden of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in the U.S., Dipen Patel
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSES OF TWO-COMPONENT SYSTEMS IN STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS, Jenishkumar Patel
Characterization of adherence, cytotoxicity and biofilm formation by Gardnerella vaginalis, Jennifer Patterson
PSYCHO BEACH PARTY: A VOCAL AND PHYSICAL EXPLORATION OF GENDER, Megan Persinger
In My Busby Berkeley Dreams, Michael Pierce
The Clinical Utility of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Patients With Suspected Myocardial Ischemia, Sherry Pinkstaff
Teacher Absenteeism: An Examination of Patterns and Predictors, Kristy Pitts
The Effects of Pet Ownership on Physical Well-Being in Older Adults, Tami Pohnert
Brachytherapy Seed and Applicator Localization via Iterative Forward Projection Matching Algorithm using Digital X-ray Projections, Damodar Pokhrel
Efficacy of Orthodontic Bonding Agents in Preventing Demineralization Around Brackets, Morris Poole
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI AND THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE: ENVISIONING AESTHETIC BEAUTY AND THE PAST THROUGH IMAGES OF WOMEN, Carolyn Porter
From the Museum of Lost Smells, Marie Potoczny
The effects of hydrology and vegetation on microbial community structure and soil function in the sediments of freshwater wetlands, Christine Prasse
For the Love of God?! Is there a place for Gay Christians between Faith and Fundamentalism?, Apryl D. Prentiss