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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 2009
Habitat Suitability Criteria for Fishes of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River and an Investigation into Observer Effects Associated with Two Techniques of Direct Underwater Observation, Robert Clayton Ramey
Heritability of Autoantibody Levels in a Twin Population, Amal Rastogi
POSITION CONCORDANT - HAPTIC MOUSE, Ravi Rastogi
SPHINGOLIPID-INDUCED ACTIVATION OF THE VOLUME-SENSITIVE Cl− CURRENT IS MEDIATED BY MITOCHONDRIAL REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES, Frank Raucci
An evaluation of bacterial and fungal contributions to organic matter decomposition along a soil moisture gradient, Morgan Rawls
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TORSIONAL STRENGTH BETWEEN PROFILE® GT® AND GT® SERIES X(TM) NICKEL TITANIUM ROTARY INSTRUMENTS, Jake Reynolds
Invertebrate colonization and plant architecture: The influence of two non-native milfoil species, Elizabeth W. Rielly
A Graphical Analysis of Simultaneously Choosing the Bandwidth and Mixing Parameter for Semiparametric Regression Techniques, Derick L. Rivers
Expressive Writing as a Therapeutic Process for Drug Dependent Women, Meshberg Cohen Sarah
ROLE OF THE PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS ECF SIGMA FACTOR, SIGH, IN OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE, Sara Sarrafee
The Role of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases in the Regulation of Plant Development, Erica Satterfield
A SEQUENTIAL ALGORITHM TO IDENTIFY THE MIXING ENDPOINTS IN LIQUIDS IN PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS, Akriti Saxena
Crafting Authenticity, Allison N. Schumacher
TISSUE ENGINEERING CELLULARIZED SILK-BASED LIGAMENT ANALOGUES, Scott Sell
“DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF MOLECULAR PROBES FOR THE STUDY OF 5-HT2A AND H1 RECEPTORS”, Jitesh shah
The Regulation of Alternative Splicing by Oncogenic Signaling Pathways., Jacqueline Shultz
Decoding Cigar Bands, Eric Skrzypek
Influence of Parental Substance Abuse on Substance Use and Psychiatric Severity in Drug-Dependent Pregnant Women, Courtney E. Smith
PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ELECTROSPUN GELATIN/DENDRIMER HYBRID NANOFIBER DRESSING, Alicia P. Smith-Freshwater
VIDEO SCENE DETECTION USING CLOSED CAPTION TEXT, Gregory Smith
The 2009 H1N1 influenza A “swine flu” virus presentation in Virginia 2009, Tammie Smith
Effects of Cannabinoid Receptor Interacting Protein (CRIP1a) on Cannabinoid Receptor (CB1) Function, Tricia Smith
Pedagogy and Performing Shakespeare's Text: A Comparative Study, Sally Southall
COLLABORATION OF FEMINIST AND POSTCOLONIAL DISCOURSES IN THE PLAYS OF APHRA BEHN AND CARYL CHURCHILL, Erica Spiller
The Design and Validation of a Computational Rigid Body Model of the Elbow., Edward Spratley
Meta-analysis: Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer Survival and Case-Control Study: Association between Family History of Cancers, Obesity and Prostate Cancer, Gayathri Sridhar
Modeling the problem of assigning Virginia’s localities to DCR’s Regional Offices, Sudharshana Srinivasan
Relationship Among Stress of Labor, Support, and Childbirth Experience in Postpartum Mothers, Sasamon Srisuthisak
Ordinal indexing of the class of strictly singular operators, craig stevenson
Bonding Orthodontic Brackets to Stainless Steel Crowns, Daniel Stewart
CREATING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE COSTUME SHOP, Katherine Stone
Nourish, Sara Streeter
INTRACELLULAR TARGETS OF SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE, Graham Michael Strub
Structure and Repetition, Jon Sutter
Fountains, Toshiyuki Tanaka
BLOOD & THUNDER CLASSICS, VOL. 2, Brian Taylor
DIRECTING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL THEATRE, Shanea Taylor
Developing a Comprehensive Youth Obesity Initiative for the State of Virginia, Jennifer Thompson
The Things You Never Did Because You Might Die Trying., Kylene Thompson
Physical activity among diabetic individuals according to diabetic treatment type, Tammie Thompson
Joint Mixed-Effects Models for Longitudinal Data Analysis: An Application for the Metabolic Syndrome, John Thorp III
Cancellation Properties of Direct Products of Digraphs, Katherine Toman
FRONTLINE NURSING LEADERS AND STAFF RETENTION IN AN ACUTE CARE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Beth Torres
DEVELOPMENT OF HINT BASED COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR DRUG DESIGN: APPLICATIONS IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ANTI-CANCER AGENTS, Ashutosh Tripathi
Specific Levels of Therapeutic Ultrasound Stimulate the Release of Inflammatory and Angiogenic Mediators From Macrophages In Culture, Thomas Turner
New Play Dramaturgy: Finding Sunsets in Nantucket, Ian Tweedie
The Production and Filtration Efficiency Testing of Nonwoven Electrospun Fiber Mats, Jan Uecker
The Genome Scale Metabolic Model of Cryptosporidium hominis: iNV209, Niti Vanee
Analysis of the Regulation of the Transferrin Iron Acquisition System in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Acevedo Rosuany Vélez
SYNTHESIS AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON SULFATED MONOMERS OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT LIGNINS, Jenson Verghese
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PVDF SENSOR TO MONITOR INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE (ICP), VIVEK VIJAYWARGI
RETINOIC ACID INDUCED 1 GENE ANALYSIS IN HUMANS AND ZEBRAFISH, Bijal Vyas
Efficacy of a Brief Intervention for Insomnia Among Psychiatric Outpatients, James Nile Wagley
Tacrolimus is not Neuroprotective Against Bilirubin Induced Auditory Impairment, Lori Walker
Therapeutic Drugs in Cancer, Teneille Walker
Building Blocks Retreat Center, Kelly Warner
COMPARING CYCLIC FATIGUE OF THE NEW GT® SERIES X(TM) FILES TO THE ENDO SEQUENCE™ ROTARY INSTRUMENTS, Nathan Wayment
Nature Calls, Angela White
EXAMINATION OF THE DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS AND CROSS-TOLERANCE INDUCING PROPERTIES OF N-DESMETHYLCLOZAPINE IN C57BL/6 MICE., Jason Wiebelhaus
Contexture, Kimberly Winters
AN EXAMINATION OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE FRIENDSHIPS IN YOUNG ADULTS FROM INTACT AND DIVORCED FAMILIES, Stephanie Wolf
Behavioral and Molecular Analysis of Individual Variation in Ethanol Drinking, Jennifer Wolstenholme
Determinants of Hepatitis B Vaccination among Adults in the United States: NHANES 1999-2006, Conschetta Wright
DIET-RELATED CHANGES IN SENSITIVITY TO THE PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL, Mayo Wright
Predictors of Situation Awareness in Graduate Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Suzanne Wright
GROWTH, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS, Bo Xiao
EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION ON PYROELECTRIC ENERGY SCAVENGING, Jingsi Xie
Patterns of Differential Involvement in Terrorist Activities: Evidence from DHKP/C and Turkish Hezbollah, Ismail Yilmaz
What's a Female Director To Do? The Women of Medea Redux and the Men of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me: A Study of the Sexes, Sarah Mansell Yount
THE SMALL MOLECULE BCL-2 INHIBITOR HA14-1 POTENTIATES THE LETHALITY OF A REGIMEN COMBINING MEK1/2 AND CHK1 INHIBITORS IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA CELLS, Leena Youssefian
Identification and Characterization of Prevotella Intermedia 17 Toll-like Receptor 2 Ligands, Jamie Feng-Hsia Yuan
Controlled synthesis of ZnO nanowires towards the fabrication of solar cells, Dongshan Yu
Examining the Association of Fruit and Vegetable intake and Breast and Prostate Cancer Screening, Mark Yu
Identification of binding partners of a novel P. falciparum exported protein, Monica Zapata
Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy: Data from the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study, Anne Zehner
Like Alike, Jill Zevenbergen
Design By Accident, Mengfu Zhang
ORGAN MOTION AND IMAGE GUIDANCE IN RADIATION THERAPY, Jining Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Causative Factors of Crashes between a Motor Vehicle and the Amish and Old Order Mennonite Horse and Buggy, Cory Anderson
IN VITRO MODELS FOR INHALED CORTICOSTEROID (ICS) AEROSOLS: A STUDY OF THEIR BIOPHARMACEUTICS AND PHARMACOLOGY, DEEPIKA ARORA
Evolution of Urban Design in Practice (Case studies of Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland through time), Sulabh Aryal
SELECTIVE NON-PEPTIDE MU-OPIOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST: DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES, Lindsey Aschenbach
WIRELESS INTELLIGENT STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM, Belle Ashwin
APPLICATIONS OF THE BIVARIATE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION IN NUTRITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MEDICAL PHYSICS, Jolene Barker
Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm: The Rise of the Jazz Musical, Amy C. Baumgartner