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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
Assessment of Seminary Education on End of Life Issues, Stefan Hakon Pomrenke
Repurposing a Hydroelectric Plant, Melissa Pritcher
Characterization of Yeast 18S rRNA Dimethyl Transferase, Dim1p, Nagesh Pulicherla
Fundamentals in Nature, Andrea Quam
Designing Non-saccharide Heparin/Heparan Sulfate Mimics, Arjun Raghuraman
Crosstalk Between MDM2 and Akt Signaling Pathway in Oncogenesis., Mahesh Ramamoorthy
Perspectives of Parents from India on Autism Spectrum Disorders, Neeraja Ravindran
THE FUTURE OF AESTHETICS IN/AND VISUAL CULTURE ART EDUCATION IN 21ST CENTURY ART EDUCATION, Shannon Reibel
THE EFFECTS OF ATOMOXETINE ON COGNITIVE PERFORMACE AND NEUROPLASTICITY AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Wendy Reid
Green Beans - The Neighborhood Co-Op, Cooking, and Nutritional Living Center, Amee Ricketts
ENZYMOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF BILE ACID 7alpha- AND 7beta- DEHYDROXYLATION BY THE INTESTINAL BACTERIA CLOSTRIDIUM SCINDENS AND CLOSTRIDIUM HYLEMONAE, Jason Michael Ridlon
Properties and Recent Applications in Spectral Graph Theory, Michelle L. Rittenhouse
Season of Birth and Risk for Schizophrenia, Seth Roberts
The Possibilities of Sort Of, Jesse Robinson
The Beekeepers, Richard Robinson
Physiological and Molecular Characterization of Genetic Competence in Streptococcus sanguinis, Alejandro Rodriguez
Male Survivors: Walking the Tightrope of Masculinity, Luke Rogers
Tolerance Intervals in Random-Effects Models, Kakotan Sanogo
Effect of Metro Living on Oral Cancers in Virginia: 2001-2005, Preeti Sastry
Blending Doctrine, Practice, and Purpose in Legal Education: The Case for an Integrated Pedagogy, Debra M. Schneider
Magic, Mystery, Illusion and Magic, Alexis Semtner
Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Based Chemical Sensor, Gopakumar Sethuraman
On Zeitgeist, James Sham
An Integrated Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Process Model, Sumana Sharma
MATOAKA: Pocahontas in the Age of Identity, Matthew Shifflett
Magnetic Nanoparticles Based on Iron: Synthesis, Characterization, Design, and Application, Michael David Shultz
The Cognitive Moral Reasoning of Salespeople, Wayne Marshall Slough
Development and Characterization of a Mechanically Prestressed Piezoelectric Composite, Byron Fitzgerald Smith
Intravenous Administration of Perfluorocarbon Emulsions as a Non-Recompression Therapy for Decompression Sickness, Cameron Smith
Unlisted Properties: An Exploration in Solo Performance, Jason Smith
Rhythm, Grid and Collage: Building a Design Business Incubator, Robert David Smith
Density of Gutta Percha by Weight in Straight Root Canals and Curved Root Canals after Single Cone, Cold Lateral, and Warm Vertical Condensation, Gerald Clay Sparrow
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