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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 2006
Moritz Oppenheim, the Rothschilds, and the Construction of Jewish Identity, Everett Eugene Dodd III
Trees, Kara M. Drinkwater
Art - A Tool For Teaching English To ESL Level I Students, Allison G. Duvall
The Effect and Chronic Acute Pre-Treatment with Methylphenidate on Recovery of Cognitive Function Following Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury In Rats, Katharine Coryell Eakin
Treatment Effects of Incisor Positioning on Anterior Tooth Display, Scott J. Eberle
Approaching the Singularity in Gowdy Universes, Bartlett Douglas Edmonds Jr.
The Effect of Media Advertising on Consumer Perception of Orthodontic Treatment Quality, Daenya T. Edwards
The Association between Breast Feeding and Being Overweight in Children, Naja Jamil Eldanaf
Applying principles of Information Design to help parents accept babies with Down syndrome, Anita Eradla
Textural Diversity, Paul Eskew
Virginia's Pupil Placement Board and the Massive Resistance Movement, 1956-1966, Sara Kathryn Eskridge
The Huhugam Heritage Center: An Administrative History and Case Study in Tribal Museum Issues, Christina Esposito
Terra Incognita, Miriam Ellen Ewers
Functional Redistribution of Hippocampal Cannabinoid Cb1 Receptors in the Rat Pilocarpine Model of Acquired Epilepsy, Katherine Winslow Falenski
Cultural Identity, Laura J. Faulcon
What Cost Hospital Quality: Performance Uncertainty Under Market Reform, Ronald L. Fisher
Stature and Criminal Behavior, Rebecca J. Fish
Growth, Peter Fitzgerald
Bayesian Analysis, Endogenous Data,and Convergence of Beliefs, Andrew T. Foerster
Social Emotional Development in School: The Anatomy of One School's Role in Adolescent Female Development, Tanya Elizabeth Forneris
Perceptions of Academic and Social Self-Efficacy among Adolescents Diagnosed with Cancer and their Relations with Dispositional Optimism, Perceived Vulnerability, and Treatment Modality, Rebecca Hope Foster
Characterization of Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus, Paige McCarthy Fox
Surface Stories, Patricia Bruce Franklin
Role of MDM2 In Cell Growth Regulation, Rebecca Anne Frum
Art Service-Learning Projects for the Academically Gifted Middle School Student, Carmen Fambrough Futrell
Experimental Study of the Entrainment of Nanoparticles from Surfaces, Srirupa Ganguly
Factors Associated with Hospital Commitment to Provide Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Lea Anne Gardner
heliopolis, Phillip Matthew Gardner
Foliage and Fabrication, Carrie Rosicky Garvey
Length of Hospital Stay, Delirium and Discharge Status Outcomes Associated With Anticholinergic Drug Use in Elderly Hospitalized Dementia Patients, Kelly J. Gauthier
Novel Characteristics of Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Macrophages and Human Macrophage-Like Cells, George Tharwat Georges
A Needs Assessment For Annual Physical Examination For Selected Richmond Public School Children, Aimee Gibbs
Genetic Variation Among Geographically Disparate Yellow Perch Broodstock Populations, Chandler Brooke Givens
Making the Forest Together: Young Children Represent a Shared Experience in Clay, Anna Mary Golden
Pietro Perugino (1450-1523) and the Practice of Reuse: Redefining Imitazione in the Italian Renaissance, Kelly A. Goodman
Children's Coping with Peer Rejection Experiences: The Regulating Role of Emotion, Kimberly L. Goodman
Raubeaux Scientician, Joe W. Grant III
Institutional Transformation: A Case Study of an Urban Midwestern University, Jane M. Grassadonia
Influences on Health Related Quality of Life in Community Dwelling Adults Aged 60 Years and Over, Hilary Beth Greenberger
Low Frequency Energy Harvesting Using Clamped Pre-Stressed Unimorph Diaphragms, Christopher W. Green
A Longitudinal Investigation of Cognitive Predictors of Self-care Behaviors in Youth with Type I Diabetes, Michelle Marie Greene
Is Safe Haven Legislation an Efficacious Policy Response to Infant Abandonment: A Biopsychosocial Profile of the Target Population, Stephanie Mayes Gruss
Interspecies Pharmacokinetic Scaling and Metabolism of Alcohols and Glycols, Pankaj Gupta
Mechanisms of Iron Acquisition Employed by Neisseria Gonorrhoeae for Survival within Cervical Epithelial Cells, Tracey Ann Hagen
Determinants of Dating Violence Among Youth in the U.S., Candace Hamm
The Assistant Director, Stephanie R. Hanna
Oral Health Knowledge of Caregivers in a Primary Care Setting, Annelise Cecile Hardin
Investigations into Social Game Theory, Stephen Bryce Harper
The Path Is A Circle, MaryLea Martin Harris
Combinatorial Modulation of Multiple Signaling Pathways to Gain Therapeutic Response in Breast and Prostate Cell Carcinomas, William Tressel Hawkins II
Revel and Revamp, Rachel Brooke Hayes
Evolving a Theatre of Truth, Susan Hayes
A Determination of the Association of Competition and Regulation With Hospital Strategic Orientation, Kathleen B. Heatwole
Light of Life, Sabina I. Henry
Last Stand at Big Thunder Mountain, David Herbert
The Use of Osteoporotic Medications Following a Fracture, Elizabeth O'Brien Herman
Immunotoxicological Evaluation Of Critical Windows Of Development Following Exposure to 1,2:5,6 Dibenzanthracene in B6C3F1 Mice, Denise Marie Hernandez
Invasion Genetics of the Blue Catfish (Ictalurus Furcatus) Range Expansion into Large River Ecosystems of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Colleen Beth Higgins
The Effects of Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers On Mean Arterial Pressure, Arteriolar Diameter, and Nitric Oxide in the Microcirculation, Veronique C. Hionis
James River Anthology at Seven Hills School, Heather Simpson Hogg
Cowboy: An Agile Programming Methodology for a Solo Programmer, Ashby Brooks Hollar
The Barbershop: a photographic documentation and exhibition, Justin K. Howard
Enhancing the Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Porphyrins and Molecular Wires, Jonathan L. Humphrey
Community College Instructors' Perceptions of Online Teaching and Learning: A Study of a Rural Community College, Joy F. Hurt
The Huacas of Machu Picchu: Inca Stations for The Communion Between Humanity and Nature, Lee Anne Hurt
Cigarette smoking as a risk factor for asthma: NHANES 1999-2002, Stuart Rodes Hutter
Design and Validation of a Full Contact Gait Simulator for the Cadaveric Lower Extremity, Joseph Michael Iaquinto
FACTS OF THE IMAGINATION (FROM THE INSIDE OUT), Janelle Ann Iglesias
A Shift In Perspective, Andrew Patrick Ilnicki
A 'Biorelevant' Approach for Accelerated In Vitro Release and In Vitro-In Vivo Relationship of a Biodegradable, Naltrexone Implant, Sunil S. Iyer
The Theatre That Will Be: 'Devised Theatre' Methodologies and Aesthetics in Training and Practice, Lisa Kathleen Jackson
COMPARISON OF LONGITUDINAL AND CONVENTIONAL DATA ANALYSIS METHODS FOR ASSESSING EFFECTIVENESS, Pravin R. Jadhav
The Post-9/11 Federal Homeland Security Paradigm and the Adoptive Capacity of Public Administration Theory and Practice, Chaya Rani Jain
Health Promoting Lifestyle and Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Saichol Janwijit
A Life Disrupted: Still Lived, Judith M. Jarosinski
Student Learning Assessment in the Social Sciences: Establishing A National Baseline for Criminal Justice Programs, Jennifer N. Jenkins
Dual Regulation of Telomerase Activity By HSF1 And Its Role in Prostate Cancer Progression, Keith Douglas Ostergaard Jensen
An Investigation of the Impact of Corporate Governance on Decision to Expense Employee Stock Options, Ling Jiang
Undone, Julie J. Johnson
Sphere of Influence, Benjamin Andrew Jones
The Other Side of the Fence, Benjamin S. Jones
It's an Irish Lullaby: One Story of Hyphenated American Culture, Mary-Ellen Jones
A Prelude to a Third Dimension of the Periodic Table: Superatoms of Aluminum Iodide Clusters, Naiche Owen Jones
Characterization of the Rank Ligand Positive Giant Cell Found in the Interfacial Membrane, Patrick Emerson Jones
Adaptive Re-use of Abandoned Structure - A Holistic Urban Experiment, DongJoo Kang
Phospholipase A2 Induced Monocyte Chemotaxis to Apoptotic Cells, Kwasi Karikari
Regulation of Murine Mast Cell Homeostasis by TGF-β1 and CD4+CD25+C Regulatory T Cells, Mohit Kashyap
The Effect Of Stationary UV Excitation On The Optical Behavior Of Electrochemically Self-Assembled Semiconductor Nanowires, Rajesh A. Katkar
Forecasting Stability Levels for the Countries of the Former Soviet Union, Margaret Erin Keck
Diffuse Brain Injury Triggers Ultra-Rapid Perisomatic Traumatic Axonal Injury, Wallerian Change, and Non-Specific Inflammatory Responses, Brian Joseph Kelley
Genetic Assessment of Rare Blackbanded Sunfish (Enneacanthus Chaetodon) Populations in Virginia, Diana Marie Kercher
A Normal-Mixture Model with Random-Effects for RR-Interval Data, Jessica McKinney Ketchum
ATM-Dependent ERK Signaling in Response to DNA Double Strand Breaks, Ashraf Khalil
HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors Act Synergistically with UCN-01 Through RAS Inhibition, Payal Khanna
Identification of Novel Allosteric Regulators of Human Erythrocyte Pyruvate Kinase, Shilpa S. Kharalkar
Knowledge and Perceived Ambiguity of Physical Activity Recommendations and Physical Activity in Men and Women in the United States, Laura G. Kiken
Quantifying the Effects of Correlated Covariates on Variable Importance Estimates from Random Forests, Ryan Vincent Kimes
An Evaluation of Hospital Capital Investment after the Balanced Budget Act, Tae Hyun Kim