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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
Leadership and dental aesthetics of adults as perceived by laypersons, E. Britton Montgomery
An Adaptive Reuse Design for Faculty Living., Valentina Moore
The Role of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in the Immunotherapy of Breast Carcinomas, Johanna Morales
THE USE OF A TRI-AXIAL ACCELEROMETER TO MEASURE CHANGES IN LOWER EXTREMITY FATIGUE DURING FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY, Kristin Morgan
Experiences of Post-Processing in Group Psychotherapy, Karen Muehl
Steampunk: An Exploration in Design, Christopher Mueller
A PARALLEL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS PROGRAM FOR SIMULATION OF WATER IN ION CHANNELS, Laxmi Mullapudi
Identification of CaMK-II Protein Targets in Tissue Culture and Zebrafish Embryos using Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Alexandra Myers
PULMONARY DELIVERY OF ANORECTIC GUT SECRETED PEPTIDES FOR APPETITE SUPPRESSION IN RATS, Priya Nadkarni
Inhibition of the Calcium Plateau Following In Vitro Status Epilepticus Prevents the Development of Spontaneous Recurrent Epileptiform Discharges, Nisha Nagarkatti
The Certainty of Uncertainty, Julie Nagle
Like Nixon to China: The Exhibition of Slavery in the Valentine Museum and the Museum of the Confederacy, Meghan Theresa Naile
The presence of amphibian ranavirus in Virginia warm water fish hatchery ponds, Elizabeth Nelson
ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION OF URANYL COMPOUNDS BASED ON LUMINESCENCE CHARACTERIZATION, Jean Nelson
UNDERSTANDING EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ANGIOSPERM ORDER APIALES BASED ON ANALYSES OF ORGANELLAR DNA SEQUENCES AND NUCLEAR GENE DUPLICATIONS, Antoine Nicolas
An Application of Anomie and Strain Theories to Terrorism: Suicide Attacks in Turkey, Ozgur Nikbay
Onye Mbu: 'My Identity' Pedagogical Applications of the Surreal and Absurd in Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro, Adanma Onyedike
Comparing Cyclic Fatigue of the new GT® Series XTM Files to the Original ProFile® GT® Rotary Instruments, Steven Osmond
Exploring the Stress Response in New Army Nurses, Laureen Otto
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS FOR REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION BY LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID IN OVARIAN CARCINOMA CELLS, REGINA OYESANYA
A Sense of Place: A Personal Exploration, Analysis and Re-interpretation of Diverse Places, Hyejin Park
"Unsex Me Here...:" Looking at Gender in Nude Performance, Vanessa Passini
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN PATIENTS WITH NOSOCOMIAL STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BACTEREMIA, Suzanne Phillips
On a Saturday, Thoughts and Revelations, Maria Pithara
SOCIAL TIES AND TEAM-MEMBER EXCHANGE AS ANTECEDENTS TO PERFORMANCE IN NETWORKING GROUPS, Jeffrey Pollack
ETHNIC EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL AND DISEASE CARE FACTORS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES, Priscilla Powell
A Culturally-Relevant, Emergent Approach to Exploring the Needs, Strengths, and Priorities of Tribal Communities in Virginia, Amy Prorock-Ernest
TRANSCRIPTIONAL, EPIGENETIC, AND SIGNAL EVENTS IN ANTIFOLATE THERAPEUTICS, Alexandra Racanelli
Optical and electrical properties of compound and transition metal doped compound semiconductor nanowires, Sivakumar Ramanathan
ROLE OF BCL-2 FAMILY MEMBERS TO PROMOTE GLUCOCORTICOID –INDUCED APOPTOSIS BY MEK INHIBITORS IN LEUKEMIC CELLS, ANILA RAMBAL
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