Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) make VCU student research and creativity available online as full-text documents and multimedia presentations for use by the university community and others involved in research.
See the VCU Libraries Dissertations Research Guide for information on submitting your ETD, accessing older dissertations from VCU, and finding dissertations from other universities.
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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 2008
How Cultural Factors Hastened the Population Decline of the Powhatan Indians, Julia Ruth Beckley
IN THE SPIN, Kathryn Noel Beles
Role of VEGF-C in Proliferation and Migration in a Cancer Model, Emily Marie Benke
Healing, Learning and Play, Kangana Bhatnagar
Flow-Acting: Modern Sports Science and the Preparation of Actors, Barrett Slade Billew
Warm Hydroforming Characteristics of Stainless Steel Sheet Metals, Eren Billur
Self-reference Through White Space in Graphic Design, Can Birand
AVIAN DISPERSAL OF THE ACTINOMYCETE FRANKIA ACROSS A BARRIER ISLAND LANDSCAPE, Spencer Bissett
Applying Movement Success Models to Marian Apparition Movements, Rachel Bobbitt
Evaluation of an Early Discharge Policy For Infants With Apnea of Prematurity, Cheryl N. Bodamer
Choreographing Cabaret: A Guide to Storytelling through Dance and Movement, Katie Claire Bradley
Effects of Smoking and Gender on Tetrahydroisoquinolines and Beta-Carbolines in a Healthy Population and During Alcohol Detoxification, Satjit Singh Brar
EFFECTS OF METAL PROTOPORPHYRINS ON BURN WOUND CONVERSION, Katie Braun
Grace Street Senior Center, Virginia Brockett
Bounded Surface, Emilie Sayward Brown
Surging Seepage: A Triple Bond Accretion System, Jacqueline Brown
New Museum Theory in Practice: A Case Study of the American Visionary Art Museum and the Representation of Disability, Amanda Bryan
Generalized Second Price Auctions with Hierarchical Bidding, Kevin Bryan
The Pedagogy of Shakespeare & Company, Catherine Bryne
Development of an Inexpensive, Haptic Graphical Display Device, David Burch
Frontal Plane Pelvic Drop in Runners: Causes and Clinical Implications, Evie Neff Burnet
Early Intervention, Research and Therapy Center for Children with Autism, Nicole Marie Caccavo
Informal Caregivers of Advanced Cancer Patients: The Impact of Geographic Proximity on Social Support and Bereavement Adjustment, John Garland Cagle
Alternative Orthodontic Bonding Protocol Using Self Etching Primer, Rush-Baker Gaines Caldwell
Self-Appraisals, Perfectionism, and Academics in College Undergraduates, David Edward Canter
Esthetic Posterior Stainless Steel Crowns and their Relative Shear Strengths, Lonny Dale Carmichael
Shiver, Jennifer Elaine Carson
Fetal and early neonatal death: Do the determinants vary?, Ashley Carter
Organizing Around a Center: A Design Incubator and Business Center, Mindy Carter
The Performance Effects of Latent Factors on Assimilation of Commercial Open-Source ERP Software on Small-Medium Enterprises, Sandra Cereola
Program Approach for Childheaded Households in Zambia, Samson Chama
Trembling Earth, Amy Beth Chan
Electromyographic Characterization in an Animal model of Dystonia, Kunal Dilip Chaniary
Objects: Entropy and Temporality, Anthony Cioe
Pathways to Drug Use among Rural and Urban African American Adolescents: The Mediating and Moderating Effects of Parent and Peer Influences, Trenette Clark
The Effects of Family, School and Peer Support on the Achievement Outcomes of African American Adolescents, M. Annette Clayton
How Well Does Spirituality Predict Health Status in People Living With HIV-Disease?, Rachel Kidd Cobb
Molecular mechanisms involved in oligodendrocyte development, Rochelle Coelho
Making Time, Christine Coffey
DROPPING KNOWLEDGE AND BREAKING BARRIERS: MY FIRST YEAR TEACHING AT JOHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL, Jeffrey Cole
The Open Road, Bryan Condra
MECHANICAL ABRASION AND ELECTROPORATION IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF INTACT PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS HYPHÆ and NUTRIENT-DEPENDANT RESISTANCE TO HYGROMYCIN B, Alexander Cordesman
Self-Determination for Students with Disabilities from a Hispanic Background in Transition from School to Work, Elin Cortijo-Doval
Spark Gap, Lillian Cox-Richard
Effects of Predation Risk, Density and Disease on Energy Efficiency in a Larval Anuran, Sarah Crane
A Comparison of Ordinary Least Squares and Instrumental Variables Regression for High Intensity Disease Management Evaluation, Gerald A. Craver
Inflammatory Regulation of Cysteine Cathepsins, Blaine Creasy
A Space for Absence, timothy dalton
Integrating Nature into Urban Educational Environments, Caroline Anne Davenport
Des Perdues: The Precariousness of Loss, Alissa Grace Davis
Prediction of Breathing Patterns Using Neural Networks, Pavani Davuluri
Orthodontic Bracket Bond Strength Using Self-Etching Primer With or Without Pumice or Acid Etch Pretreatment, Ana Paula DeCastro
3-D Analysis of a Functional Reach Test in Subjects With Functional Ankle Instability, Sarah J. de la Motte
Corporate Housing and Training, Cojo Gerardo Del
Sing Together! Choral Singing as a Supplementary Training Method for Actors, Daniel C. Dennis
Synthesis and Characterization of Polyionic Hydrogels, Pooja Desai
Looking For Ways To Ruin A Perfectly Good Day: Masculinity in bash: the latter-day plays by Neil LaBute, Daniel F. Devlin
Physiological Correlates of Aggression in Adolescent Females, Ashley Dibble
What is a Partition?, Lee Dijoseph
Self-Determination Realized? Consumer direction: A case study of Virginia, Parthenia Dinora
Social Support, Weight Loss Attempts and Satisfaction, Allison Drew
Fibronectin-dependent Activation of CaMK-II Promotes Focal Adhesion Turnover by Inducing Tyrosine Dephosphorylation of FAK and Paxillin, Charles Easley IV
In Pursuit of Paternal Significance: Fathers' Influence on their Daughters' and Sons' Sexual Behaviors and Beliefs, Rachel S. Everley
Characterization of Microorganisms of Interest to Homeland Security and Public Health Utilizing Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, Robert A. Everley
THE EFFECT OF NON-SURGICAL PERIODONTAL THERAPY ON SERUM LEVELS OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND HUMAN SOLUBLE CD40 LIGAND, Matthew D. Ficca
Quantifiying the Depth of Oral Sedation Using Bispectral Index Monitoring, John Flowers
Typography As Performance: bringing the stage into the design process, Ann Ford
Using Simulation Optimization to Construct Efficient Screening Strategies for Cervical Cancer, Christodoulos Foufoulides
Exploring the BA and BFA Curriculum, Jane Frazier
An Agent-Based Model to Study the Spread and Control of Epidemics, Ashley Dawn Fuller
Performance Analysis of a Light Weight Packet Scanner, Paras Gandhi
ANGIOGENIC POTENTIAL OF HUMAN MACROPHAGES ON ELECTROSPUN BIORESORBABLE VASCULAR GRAFTS, Koyal Garg
Interneuron Subtypes are Differentially Altered in Malformed, Epileptogenic Cortex, Amanda George
Treatment Outcomes and Retention in Medicaid and non-Medicaid Orthodontic Patients, Ashkan Ghaffari
Characterization of the Retinoic Acid Induced 1 Gene in Humans and Mice, Santhosh Girirajan
The Influence of Environmental Factors and Organizational Characteristics on Innovations in Family Medicine Practices in Virginia, Debora Goetz Goldberg
Preventing Weight Gain in First Year College Students: An Internet-based Intervention, Rachel Gow
Making Sense of the Access Problem: A New Methodology for Analyzing the Postsecondary Education Decision, Farrah Graham
Funnel Vision, David Grainger
The Effects of Reputation Threat and Whistle-Blowing Report Source on Chief Audit Executives' Investigation Decisions, Cynthia Guthrie
A Comparison of five radiographic systems to D-speed film in the detection of artificial bone lesions, David Lloyd Hadley
Education for All: The Freedmen's Bureau Schools in Richmond and Petersburg, 1865 - 1870, Scott Britton Hansen
Endocannabinoid Modulation of Spatial Memory in Aversively and Appetitively Motivated Barnes Maze Tasks, John Pinckney Harloe
THE EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION OF PHOSPHACAN/RPTPβ IN ADAPTIVE SYNAPTOGENESIS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Janna Harris
CO-ADMINISTRATION OF SILDENAFIL POTENTIATES DOXORUBICIN-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN PROSTATE CANCER: THE ROLE OF NF-kappaB, Sarah Hassanieh
Creating a Realistic Set Design for Doubt: A Parable, Philip Avery Hayes
THE EFFECT OF NACL ON AKINETE DIFFERENTIATION IN THE CYANOBACTERIUM NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME, Jonathan Heekin
The Psychosocial Influence of Dental Esthetics in Adolescents as Judged by Peers, Scott Thomas Henson
Over the Line: John Edward Lawler and FBI, Gregory C. Hershey
Balance Performance Measurment in a Phase Shifted Feedback Environment, Craig Alan Hoovler
The Role of MicroRNA-155 and MicroRNA-146a as Putative Oncomirs in the Tumor Progression of Prostate Cancer, Jennifer Hoyt
SAY YES TO WHO YOU ARE, Brooke Ann Inman
Identification of Pharmacological and Molecular Mechanisms involved in Nicotine Withdrawal, Kia Jackson
COMPUTER-AIDED TRAUMA DECISION MAKING USING MACHINE LEARNING AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, Soo-Yeon Ji
Flexible Screw Design for Bone Implant Application, Seule Kabir
Synthesis and characterization of novel temperature-responsive dendritic PEG-PDLLA star polymers for drug delivery, Arunvel Kailasan
Moments of Absorption, Sarah K. Kaufman