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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Access to HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment Services in the US: The Role of Primary Care, Jessica S. Kiernan

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Development of Tangible Code Blocks for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Hyun Woo Kim

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INVESTIGATION OF THE OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN, BBK19, AS A POTENTIAL COMPONENT OF A CHIMERIC ANTIGEN FOR DIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN LYME DISEASE, Caellaigh N. Kimpston

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Asymmetric CuH-catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Allenamides with Carbonyl Electrophiles & Development of Nanocatalysts for Heterogeneously Catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig Amination, Raphael K. Klake

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Psychiatric Diagnostic Decision-Making: Investigating the Theory of the Dual-Process Model, Christopher S. Kleva

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Romantic Nostalgia: Examining the Motivational and Relational Outcomes, Margaret Kneuer

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The hepatic immunological pattern shaped by dominant-subdominant cellular interactions creates a collective function beyond the function of each cellular constituent to orchestrate progression of hepatocellular carcinoma, Nicholas J. Koelsch

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Seeing Themselves: White Preservice Teachers as Raced Individuals and as Members of Their Future School Communities, Laurie Koth

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Characterizing the role of SPTLC3 and CerS5 in cardiac disease, Anna P. Kovilakath

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Selected Problems in Graph Coloring, Hudson LaFayette

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Using Superatomic Clusters and Charge Transfer Ligands to Control Electronic Characteristics of Phosphorene Nanoribbons and Phosphorene Monolayer, Ryan Lambert

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ACTIVITY LEVELS OF DIFFERENT CELL TYPES IN AN EPILEPTOGENIC MODEL OF CORTICAL MICROGYRIA: A cFOS INVESTIGATION, Peter F. Lamothe

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Trans* Streamers on Twitch.tv: The Intersections of Gender and Digital Labor, R. Lawson

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Using Unnatural Base Pairs to Expand the Genetic Code, Anthony Le

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Interiorization and Localization: An Analysis of Immigration Enforcement in Local Contexts, Manuel N. Leiva

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Model Based Systems Engineering Approaches to Chemicals and Materials Manufacturing, Quang Le

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Community on Campus: Examining the Impact of Campus Climate, Belonging, and Flourishing on Bystander Behavior Among Diverse University Students, Amelia Liadis

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Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the United States, Sarah Lineberry

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The Type IV Pilus Secretin BfpB: Structural Analysis and Binding Interactions, Janay I. Little

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Natural Hazard Uncertainty Characterization and Risk Assessment for Pressurized Water Reactor Safety Based on System Level Reactor Safety Analysis Models, Tao Liu

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Investigating the Effect of Monetary Incentives and Cultural Factors on Whistleblowing, Yelin Li

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half of two hungers, Aida A. Lizalde Rios

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Transcriptional coregulation among diabetes-associated pathways by genome organization, Musaddiq K. Lodi

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M-TRAP(Multi-tagged translating affinity purification) A toolkit to profile cell-cells interactions, neha Lohar

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Examining the Home Interventionist Model of Care in Pediatric Asthma, Katherine D. Lohr

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Investigating the Dynamics and Fragmentation of Nitroaromatic Radical Cations Through Femtosecond Time-Resolved Mass Spectrometry and Computational Chemistry, Hugo Andres Lopez Pena

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Treatment Access and Outcomes for Craniofacial Care: Patient and Parent Perspectives, Benjamin F. Lowe III

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The Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Perineuronal Nets Surrounding Neocortical Parvalbumin Interneurons, Olivia Lowman

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Code Beats - Teaching Computer Programming Coding via Hip Hop Beats, Douglas Lusa Krug

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The Lived Experience of Postpartum Sleep for Black and White Women, Ashley R. MacPherson

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Advancing Library-Based Drug Discovery via Sense Codon Reassignment and Bicyclization of Cell-Penetrating Peptides, Chelsea A. Makovsky

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Evaluating the Acute Effect of Vaping on Food Intake, Gabrielle Maldonado

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Statistical Analysis and Socio-Epidemiological Research of Organ Donor Transplants and End-Stage Renal Disease in the United States., supraja malladi

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WHO AM I TO BE: EXPLORATIONS OF STUDENTS’ ARTISTIC IDENTITY THROUGH AN MFA PROGRAM, Catherine P. Malone

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Exploring Polyamorous Relationship Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Pansexual Individuals, Jiale Man

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Evaluating the influence of concurrently available non-drug reinforcers on drug reinforcement using sophisticated preclinical models of substance use disorder, Madison M. Marcus

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Assessing the Relationships Between Direct and Vicarious Exposure to Healthcare Discrimination and Erasure, Mistrust in Healthcare, and the Healthcare Utilization Behaviors Among Transgender and Gender Independent Individuals, Kyle L. Mason

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Patterns, Mechanisms, and Characterization of Carbon Cycling Stability Following Partial Forest Disturbance, Kayla C. Mathes

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A sustainable ultrafiltration of sub-20 nm nanoparticles in water and isopropanol: experiments, theory and machine learning, Jie McAtee

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Food Deserts and Pediatric Oral Health Status in an Under-Resourced Urban Community, Jessica T. McAuliffe

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With a Kiss, Christina M. McBride

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Investigations in the semi-strong product of graphs and bootstrap percolation, Kevin J. McCall

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Investigation of Sneathia vaginalis and the Host Antibody Response to S. vaginalis Pore-Forming Toxin, CptA, in Vivo, Zion T. McCoy

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You will remember what your father forgot: Networks of Time and Trauma in Stephen King’s "The Shining", Caetlin McFadden

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"Always A Rocky and Rippling Stream": The Penobscot River and War, 1604-1869, Mary Moody McLean

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Improving the use of Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy as a Multiphase Process Analytical Technology, Robert Emerson McMillin III

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Utilization of Occupational Therapy Services for Patients with Cancer in Acute Care Settings, Christine McNichols

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Developing Novel Femtosecond Time-Resolved Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Analysis of Energetic Materials, Shane L. McPherson

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Crafting Community: A Ceramics Center, Nadia Mechboukh

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Random Acts of STEM: A systematic review of local k-12 school division STEM experiences in Virginia, Caro H. Medawar

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A Tenth of a Second, Natalia Andrea Mejía Murillo

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The Cultural Diplomacy of U.S. Peace Corps: Understanding the role of Peace Corps volunteers as strategic geopolitical assets, Corey B. Miles

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Agonist Modulation of TRPML3 Channel Gating, George D. Miller

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District-Level Supervisors: Leaders and Advocates for School Counseling, Thomas M. Mitchell

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Analysis of Referrals to Trauma Psychology and Subsequent Development and Proof-of-Concept Study of Provider Mental Health Training at a Level I Trauma Center, Samantha Mladen

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Exploring the Effect of Early Motor Delay and Physical Therapy Interventions on the Parent-Child Relationship, Rebecca Molinini

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Aerogel-Phase Change Material Composites as Thermal Barriers to Li-Ion Runaway Events, Tristan Moon

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How Religious Belief and Behavior Influence Americans' Attitudes toward the Legalization of Pornography, Kathryn Morris

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A Theory of General Relativity, Madeleine Mae Morris

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Cooperative Driving Automation for Self-Interested Agents, Adam Morrissett

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Investigating the Metabolic Alterations in Response to IL-1 Antagonism via Anakinra among Patients with HFrEF, Joshua M. Morriss

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Salinization Impacts on Heterotrophic Respiration, Ecosystem Respiration, and Plant Productivity in Tidal Freshwater Marshes, Kelsie J. Moses

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Home Disruption and Substance Use: The Moderated-Mediating Role of Family Conflict and Stress among Racial-Ethnic Minoritized College Students, Geovani Muñoz

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Totem Impulse, Tendai T. Mupita

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Exploring Adolescent School Mental Health Service Utilization, Jennifer Lauren Murphy

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Predictive Modeling of Thermophysical Properties of Shocked Solid Diamond, Peter Muto

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The Five Senses: Fundamentals in Acting Training, Landon A. Nagel

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The PROMIS Women Education Program: Promoting Cervical Cancer Prevention Methods Among Muslim Women in Virginia, Asmaa M. Namoos

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The Mechanism and Therapeutic Targeting of Interleukin-1β in Heart Failure, Pratyush Narayan

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The Impact of Patient Characteristics on Dysphagia Therapy Utilization and Feeding Outcomes for Premature Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Tiana Nguyen

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Emergent Trends of Contemporary Dramatic Recontextualization: An Exploration Utilizing Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra, Cameron M. Nickel

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I. Preparation of Strategic Synthetic Building Blocks for World Health Organization Essential Medicines. II. Applying the Principles of Process Intensification to the Synthesis of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics., Jeffrey M. Noble

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Mechanisms of Emulsion Destabilization: An Investigation of Surfactant, Stabilizer, and Detergent Based Formulations Using Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy, JORDAN N. NOWACZYK

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Optimization of a Chimeric Vaccine for Human Lyme Disease, Nathaniel O'Bier

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Treponema denticola synthesizes c-di-AMP and encodes the CdaA-type diadenylate cyclase CdaA, Claire R. O'Brien

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Waiting to Exhale, Abigail H. Ogle

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Mechanistic Studies on Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics Binding to Cancer Related Proteins, Connor P. O'Hara

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Association of Interpersonal Trauma and Polygenic Risk Scores with Depressive Symptoms in College Students, Rowan K. O'Hara

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Examining Psychosocial Factors of Chronic Disease Control to Improve Outcomes for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions, Kristen O'Loughlin

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Age-associated Collagen Crosslinking and its Role in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration, Lucas C. Olson

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Step 1, Acknowledgement: Understanding Breast Cancer-related Experiences among Chickahominy Tribal Women in Rural Virginia, Bianca D. Owens

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SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHO ARE DEAFBLIND TO INCREASE THEIR ACCESS TO THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM THROUGH TRAINED INTERVENERS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY, Ira Padhye

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In vitro and in vivo Pharmacokinetic Characterization of (R)-3-hydroxybutyl (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate (Ketone monoester)., Nimishraj R. Panse

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Barriers to ending the HIV epidemic: The case of physician reimbursement and intimate partner violence, Zhongzhe Pan

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Role of Histone Deacetylase (HDAC) in Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in a Human Cholangiocyte Model of Ischemic Cholangiopathy, Priyanshi Pragnesh Parikh

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Resident Assistants and Title IX: Perceptions, beliefs, and experiences impacting RA help-seeking behavior, Beth Paris

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"We’re not all the same”: Black caregiver perspectives of treatment engagement in integrated primary care, Amanda Parks

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Sense of Belonging as Behaviorist Construct: “Doing Belonging” and its Application for College Students with Disabilities, Chris Parthemos PhD

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Examining allostatic load as a biological mechanism linking childhood adversity and pediatric pain, Angela Pascale

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Formal and Full of Feeling, Kaitlyn Paston

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Contribution of Metabolic Cell Swelling on Microcirculatory Perfusion in Septic Shock, Charles E. Payne

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DISCOVERY: A Visual Arts Elementary School, Cindy J. Perdomo

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Sustaining Breaths for Restorative Rest: A Preliminary Evaluation of Sleep, Mental Health, and Cognitive Function Following Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Elliottnell Perez

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Functional and Structural Characterizations of Porphyromonas gingivalis Sialidase, Christopher Pham

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Antibody Profiling of the Human Lyme Disease Biobank Serum Panel: Implication for Serological Diagnosis of Lyme Disease, Tu N. Phan

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Motivations of Adult Patients Seeking Orthodontic Retreatment, Scott V. Philips

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Mecklenburg is thoroughly aroused:” An Examination of Confederate Nationalism and Nationhood in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, Zachary Pittard

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Witnessing Community Violence and its Consequences: Changes Across Middle School, Sarah Pittman

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Wrestling with the One Drop Rule: Exploring Multiraciality in Social Work Education, Britney Pitts

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Dental Treatment Planning: Decisions with Interdisciplinary Cases, William W. Porzio