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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
Novel mechanism in astrocyte gene regulation and function, Sandeep Singh
Zero Divisors among Digraphs, Heather Christina Smith
Places on Earth, Holly Smith
Analysis of Medical Images by Colonies of Prehending Entities, Rebecca Smith
Segmentation and Fracture Detection in X-ray images for Traumatic Pelvic Injury, Rebecca Smith
Implication of Gender Stereotypes for Public Policy, Sharon Smith
Geropsychiatric Nursing Staff: The Role of Empowerment, Geriatric Caregiving Self-efficacy, and Emotional Labor at Work, Ann Smolen-Hetzel
One Principal's Educational Leadership in a Rural and Low-Performing Middle School in Virginia: A Case Study, Clara Lynn Fletcher Sodat
SYSTEMIC AND MICROCIRCULATORY EFFECTS OF HBOC-201: A HEMOGLOBIN-BASED OXYGEN CARRIER, Bjorn Song
The Axiom of Determinacy, Samantha Stanton
Cultural Factors and Communication During Medical Consultations with HIV-Positive Racial/Ethnic Minority Patients, Lillian Stevens
Automated Selected of Mixed Integer Program Solver Parameters, Charles Stewart
The Epidemiology of Snakebite Injury in the Amazonian Regions of Ecuador, Sarah Stuppy
B cell ADAM10 Activity is Increased by Kainate Receptor Activation: Potential Role of this Pathway in Th2 Immunity and Cancer, Jamie Sturgill
ADENOVIRUS-5 INFECTION AFFECTS LIPID METABOLISM IN HEPATIC AND ADIPOSE TISSUES, Marianna Sukholutsky
Numerical Simulation of Underground Solar Thermal Energy Storage, Marshall Sweet
Symbolism and Art, Sylvia Swoboda
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, PEER AFFILIATION, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: A STUDY OF PEER CLUSTER THEORY, Raymond H. Tademy Jr.
Duality and the Parallel Lives, Hiromi Takizawa
A Novel Method to Detect Functional Subgraphs in Biomolecular Networks, Sterling Thomas
"When God Takes Away": Gendered Death Customs in Eighteenth-Century Virginia, Kristin Tremper
APPROACHES TO IDENTIFY SURFACE PROTEINS OF ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM DENSE-CORED ORGANISMS AS ADHESINS TO HUMAN P-SELECTIN GLYCOPROTEIN LIGAND-1, Matthew Troese
The Zen of Mud, Timothy Trueheart
Single-Step Factor Screening and Response Surface Optimization Using Optimal Designs with Minimal Aliasing, David Hien Truong
Endodontic Education and Educators: Who is teaching our predoctoral students and what methods are being taught?, Ellison Turner
Voice on the Skin, Sarah Turner
An assessment of the methods that are used to recruit college students into the Turkish Hezbollah., TUNCAY UNAL
GENERATION Y AND VOCAL FRY, Paul Michael Valley
Defying Labels: Richmond NOW’s Multi-Generational Dynamism, Schuyler VanValkenburg
Image Segmentation and Analysis for Automated Classification of Traumatic Pelvic Injuries, Simina Vasilache
ROLE OF OXIDATIVE REACTIVE SPECIES AND ANTIOXIDANTS IN METABOLISM AND TRANSPORT OF THERAPEUTIC DRUGS, Svetlana Verenich
Making Authenticity: Polk Miller and the Evolution Of American Popular Culture, Jacques Vest
Death Notification Skills, Secondary Stress, and Compassion Fatigue In a Level One Urban Trauma Center, Enid Virago
Extra Ordinary, Lana Waldrep
In Vitro Evaluation of Mechanical Heart Valve Performance Using a Novel Test Chamber in an Automated Mock Circulatory Loop, Antonio Walker
DISTRIBUTION AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF AVIAN MALARIA VECTORS ON FOUR CENTRAL VIRGINIA PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (PROTONOTARIA CITREA) BREEDING SITES, Catherine Wallace
Listening to their Voices: Gang Members’ Perceptions of their Schooling and their Teachers, Martha Wall-Whitfield
Awesome, Hannah Walsh
Modeling Hydrophobic Effects at different lengthscales, Jihang Wang
Membrane-bound Matrix Metalloproteinases Influence Reactive Synaptogenesis Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Kelly Warren
Effect of Mechanical Stimulation on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Seeded Cartilage Constructs, Karin Wartella
MUTATION OF THE VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER-1 GENE ALTERS ITS PROTEIN PRODUCT, Abena Watson-Siriboe
Out of Shape, Out of Line: East Meets West, Claudia Weisner-Combecher
GENETIC VARIATIONS OF CYP2B6 ENZYME AND THE RESPONSE TO MEPERIDINE IN ORAL SEDATION, Heath Whitfield
Polytrauma Family Needs Assessment, Schaaf Kathryn Wilder
Stereotype Logit Models for High Dimensional Data, Andre Williams
IDENTIFICATION OF LOCI CONTRIBUTING TO THE SMITH-MAGENIS SYNDROME-LIKE PHENOTYPE AND MOLECULAR EVALUATION OF THE RETINOIC ACID INDUCED 1 GENE, Stephen Williams
Accessioning and Managing the Petersburg Area Art League Collection, Janelle Wilson
The Effect of Medicaid Policy Reform on Dental Utilization Rates for Children, Matthew Winheim
Flat Files: The Absence of Vernacular Photography in Museum Collections, Kimberly Wolfe
A phenomenological investigation of client perceptions of their relationships to co-leaders in process groups, Benjamin Wood
Network Analysis and Comparative Phylogenomics of MicroRNAs and their Respective Messenger RNA Targets Using Twelve Drosophila species, M Ryan Woodcock
A Behavioral Comparison of Four Inbred Strains of Mice, Erin Wood
SEASONAL PATTERNS OF NUTRIENT RETENTION IN A RESTORED TIDAL FRESHWATER STREAM OF THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, Joseph Wood
Finding Beauty, Amanda Wright
Freshmen First: An Evaluation of a Ninth Grade Transition Program, Troy Wright
An Inferential Framework for Network Hypothesis Tests: With Applications to Biological Networks, Phillip Yates
VIRTUAL REALITY IN ART EDUCATION, Sohhyoun Yoon
More than a prayer: Pastors' perception and practice of mental health services, Jessica Young
Autotaxin: A Regulator of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation, Larra Yuelling
4-D Modeling of Displacement Vector Fields for Improved Radiation Therapy, Elizabeth Zachariah
SPECIFICITY DETERMINANTS OF ArmA, A RIBOSOMAL RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE THAT CONFERS ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE, Tamara Zarubica
THE EFFECTS OF bFGF TREATMENT IN THE AGED BRAIN FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Michael Zeigler
Role of Jak/Stat pathway in the pathogenesis of breast cancer, qifang zhang
ARTERIAL WAVEFORM MEASUREMENT USING A PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, Ruizhi Zhang
DIFFERENTIATING READING INSTRUCTION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN AN INCLUSIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL: COMPARING TEACHER KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATION, Lauran Ziegler
THE EFFECTS OF MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING IN PREGNANCY ON KNOWLEDGE AND RETENTION OF INFANT ORAL HEALTH INFORMATION, Andrew Zima
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE COMPOUND II INTERMEDIATE OF SOYBEAN PEROXIDASE FROM SOYBEAN SEED COATINGS, Andoh-Baidoo Rosemarie Agyepong
Optimization of Functional MRI methods for olfactory interventional studies at 3T, Vishwadeep Ahluwalia
Needs Assessment of Users of Psychiatric Services in Saudi Arabia, Khalid Aldeham
THE USE OF LACTOBACILLUS IN THE TREATMENT OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION IN HOSPITALIZED ADULT PATIENTS, Ali Alhammad
ROLES OF KRÜPPEL LIKE FACTORS KLF1, KLF2, AND KLF4 IN EMBRYONIC BETA-GLOBIN GENE EXPRESSION, Yousef Alhashem
Novel Analogs of m-Chlorophenylguanidine as 5-HT3 Receptor Ligands, Katie Alix
A Study of the Impact of the Alternative Intervention Program on Improving Student Achievement, Attendance, and Discipline, Beverly Allen-Hardy
Association Between Preconception Multivitamin Use and the Risk of Preeclampsia/High Blood Pressure in Pregnant Women, Krisandra Allen
Scribble as a Possible Binding Partner for the MAP Kinases ERK2 and ERK6, William Allen
On the Beginning of Contemporary Tibetan Art: The Exhibitions, Dealers, and Artists., Martha Allison
TRIPTOLIDE IS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, Matthew Allsbrook
MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AND LENGTH ADAPTATION OF RABBIT BLADDER SMOOTH MUSCLE, Atheer Almasri
Legacy, Susana Almuiña
Impact of Statin Therapy on Outcomes in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patients, Abdulkhaliq Alsalman
Identification of apoptosis pathway in Treacher Collins Syndrome, khaled alsayegh
PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF STABLE MACROPOROUS TITANIA NANO-WELLS, Hema Santhi Aluri
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIRECTING & CHOREOGRAPHING MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL, ACADEMIC AND COMMUNITY THEATRES, Alison Angelone
Computational modeling of biochemical systems using cellular automata, Advait Apte
THE APPROXIMATION RULE: EXAMINING AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE “BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD” CUSTODY STANDARD, Elizabeth Archer
Culture and a Connection, Chris Arias
USE OF ORAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC MEDICATIONS IN NON-TRADITIONAL AMBULATORY SETTINGS, Sameer Arora