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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
Beyond the Early Adopters: Examining the potential for car-sharing in Richmond, Virginia, Steven P. Spears
Find Meaning Make Meaning, Karen Stein
Shaping Strategic Information Systems Security Initiatives in Organizations, Gurvirender Tejay
Agenda-Setting and the Media: A Look at Child Welfare Legislation, 1995-2005, Tamara Temoney
An Ontology Centric Architecture For Mediating Interactions In Semantic Web-Based E-Commerce Environments, Manoj Thomas
Faith-Based Organizations and Legislative Advocacy: A Qualitative Inquiry, M. Lori Thomas
Effects of Light Exposure on the Release of Oxygen from Hemoglobin in a Red Blood Cell Suspension, Tanikka Toler
Identification of Virulence Determinants for Streptococcus sanguinis Infective Endocarditis, Lauren Turner
An SCIR Model of Meningococcal Meningitis, Kalimah Vereen
Integrating Actor Training into Movement Design: An Analysis of the Fight Direction in Tamburlaine and Edward II, Christopher Drew Vidal
Entertainment News: Agitprop to Colbertisms, Chanelle Renee Vigue
Bananas in the Mist: Directing Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King, Diego Villada
Numerical Analysis of Respiratory Aerosol Deposition: Effects of Exhalation, Airway Constriction and Electrostatic Charge, Samir C. Vinchurkar
Lucky Strike Branch Library, Vanessa Yvonne Vinsant
Examining student engagement and its influence in a social contextual model of adolescent health behavior change, Ian Joseph Wallace
Schema, Ann Walsh
The Response of HN4 Cells to Porphyromonas gingivalis DNA, Cheyanne Warren
Unlisted Properties: An Exploration in Solo Performance, Lauren White
Civic Habits: A Predictive Model of Volunteer Behavior, Susan G. White
Ceramide Kinase and Ceramide-1-Phosphate, Dayanjan Wijesinghe
Inflammation-associated gene regulation in primary astrocytes, glial tumors and cellular differentiation, Katarzyna Marta Wilczynska
Directing For the Small Professional Theatre: Directing "Nothing Sacred", Robert Hunter Williams
5-HT3 Receptor Ligands and Their Effect on Psychomotor Stimulants, Jessica Nicole Worsham
The Director's Presence, Paul Stephen Wurth
CREATION OF A MOUSE WITH A HUMANIZED fpgs GENE COMPATIBLE WITH NORMAL DEVELOPMENT, Linying Xie
Exploring the Experience of Benefit Finding in Parents of Children with Cancer: A Grounded Theory Study, Carol E. Zogran
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
Repurposing a Roomba: Evaluating and training behavior in a simple agent, Donald Samuel Abbott-McCune
SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF CCR5 ANTAGONISTS AS NOVEL ANTI-PROSTATE CANCER AGENTS, Joanna Lee Adams
FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN H-RAS AND K-RAS IN TRANSGENIC MOUSE TUMORS, Amit Balkrishna Agarwal
Adverse Anesthesia Outcomes: A Retrospective Study of an Ambulatory Surgical Center versus a Dental Office Setting, Gaurav Agarwal
Replication of Akers' SSSL Model on Turkish Male Narcotics Arrestees, Ilkay Akyay
Microporous Membrane-based Co-culture of Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Kelsey Morgan Albert
Our Hiding Places, Rashaid Farida Al
Toward a New Kinship Constellation, Nellie Helen Frances Appleby
Examination of Birth Outcomes with Mode of Delivery for Breech Presentation, Kelly Marie Arey
The Substituted Pyrrole JB-03-14 Induces Autophagic Cell Death and Growth Arrest in Breast Tumor Cells, Christopher Ryan Arthur
Probabilistic Methods, Joseph Kwaku Asafu-Adjei
An Evaluation of Mold in Public Schools in the City of Richmond, VA, Stephen Asante-Ansong
Study Of Covalent And Non-Covalent Interactions In Ternary Systems Involving: Metal/DNA-RNA/Protein, Where Metal = Platinum(II), Palladium(II), Anzellotti I. Atilio
Investigation of the Association between Bulimia Nervosa and Drug Use Disorders: Common Influences and Characteristics, Jessica H. Baker
Posttraumatic Growth Among College Students at a Large Urban University: The Role of Social Support and Unsupportive Social Interactions, Wendy E. Balliet
Confrontation: Endeavors in Futility, Gabriel Lashley Barlow
Design of an Electrospun Type II Collagen Scaffold for Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering, Catherine Pemble Barnes
Unconquerable Defiance: Richmond Newspapers and Confederate Defeat, 1864-1865, Anne K. Berler
Virginia and the Equal Rights Amendment, Mary Bezbatchenko
Comparison of Three Methods for Measuring Smoking Behavior, Melissa D. Blank
Comparisons of Attitudes Toward Computer Use and Computer Technology Based on Gender and Race/Ethnicity Among Eighth Graders, Kitty J. Boitnott
The Association between Adult Self-reported Asthma & Potential Exposures to Asthma Triggers in Virginia Workplaces: An Ecological Study, Jeanette R. Bowman
Differentiated Educational Strategies in the Elementary Art Classroom, Mary Amber Bush
You Have To Spray To Grow, Nathan Carder
A COMPARISION OF DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL DEPENDENCE IN C57Bl/6j MICE AND FATTY ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE KNOCK OUT MICE, Brittany Leigh Alice Carlson
Modern Literacy: New Media's Gift to Nonfiction, the Self, and the Community, Tracey S. Carlton
Determinants of HIV Screening among Adult Women in the United States, Zena R. Carter
DEFECTS IN GaN: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY, Serguei Aleksandrovich Chevtchenko
Self-Care and Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure, Chantira Chiaranai
Effects of CXCL8 Overexpression on Tumor Cell Proliferation and Migration in an HNSCC Cell Model, Emil Paul Christofakis
Elementary School Principals' Perceptions of the Instructional Role of the School Library Media Specialist, Audrey Puckett Church
The Biodiesel Project: A High School Multi-Discipline Class Collaboration and Graphic Imaging Technology Unit Plan, Charles E. Cimo
One Million Paintings 2005-2007: A Thesis, jared lindsay clark
An InVitro Leakage and Viscosity Analysis of Root End Filling Materials, Paul D. Clark
In Search of the Ooey Gooey Good, Lauren Ashley Clay
Role of ROK and PKC in Permeabilized Rabbit Femoral Artery, Lyndsay Jacquelyn Clelland
Stability Analysis of Systems of Difference Equations, Richard A. Clinger
Times New Roman, Jason McKrindey Coates
The Effect of a Nominal Fee on Treatment Choices for Children Needing Dental Rehabilitation, D'Audra M. Cole
Thalamic Afferents to Reorganized Auditory Cortices in Postnatally Deafened Cats, Sarah Beth Corley
Theoretical Investigation of the Structure and Vibrational Frequencies of Water and Methanol Complexes, John Michael Craig
The Need for Caring Pedagogies: A personal look at education in depressed economies, Catherine Curran
Direct Address, Daniel W. Currier
Evaluating Bilateral Phenomena: The Case of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease, Bassam Dahman
Disparities in the Use of Emergency Contraceptives, Rebecca Dallman
Walk 14 Blocks, Bryant Mark Dameron
An Adaptive Dose Finding Design (DOSEFIND) Using A Nonlinear Dose Response Model, James Michael Davenport
Determinants of College Students' Opinions Towards Felon Voting Rights: An Exploratory Study, Edwards Brenda Cherie Dawson
Systemic and Microcirulatory Responses to Hemorrhage and Resuscitation with Fluids Containing Drag Reducing Polymers, Dian La Toya Dayalsingh
The Cross Empowerment of Singing and Acting, Stephanie C. Dean
Camping in the Classroom: Ridiculous Theatre as Serious Drama, John Kenneth DeBoer
Molecular Analysis of Transferrin Binding Protein B in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Amanda Jean DeRocco
Divergent Roles of PI3K and Akt in Rapamycin-induced Cardioprotection against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, Shivani Kirit Desai
CHANGES IN SERUM ICAM-1, SERUM VCAM-1, AND SERUM E-SELECTIN CONCENTRATION FOLLOWING PERIODONTAL SCALING AND ROOT PLANING, Jeremy Howard Diehl
Visual Contributions to the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex during Balance Recovery Tasks, Mark D. Diehl
Beyond Narrative, Jacob Adam Joseph Dodd
Beaut-Ease, Amanda Rae Douglas
A Comparison of the Pectoral Spines in Virginia Catfishes, Amanda Dawn Duvall
Holy Union?, Erica Gayle Dyen
Modeling Racial Differences in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample, Ryan J. Ehrensberger
Come to Light, Victoria Eichler
LETS MAKE IT OUTBACK TONIGHT, Michael Douglas Erickson
The Role of Empathy, Anger Management and Normative Belief about Aggression in Bullying Among Urban, African American Middle School Children, Layla E. Esposito
reunion: A Journey Through History, Symbolism, and Fear, Vanessa Laure Fassie
Electrospun Blends of Polydioxanone and Poly(lactic Acid): Mechanical, Morphological, and Permeability Studies, Pelagie Marlene Favi
cradle to cage: confronting the premature institutionalization of the children of the incarcerated, jen fell
Phragmites Australis Patch Characteristics in Relation to Watershed Landcover Patterns on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Jeremy Daniel Fennell
Desire, Obsession and the Body, Christina Angela Fisher
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Anadromous Fish Passage at Boshers Dam Vertical Slot Fishway on the James River, Richmond, Virginia, Matthew Thomas Fisher
Development and Validation of a Computational Musculoskeletal Model of the Elbow Joint, Justin Paul Fisk
The Muse in the Classroom: Some Effects on American Nonprofit Arts Organization of Partnering with Schools, Susan A. FitzPatrick