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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 2022
EXAMINING AYAHUASCA CONSTITUENTS AT 5-HT2A RECEPTORS IN SEARCH OF ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTION, Jeremy D. Rolquin
Predicting Medication Adherence Patterns During the Maintenance Phase of Treatment for Pediatric Leukemia and Lymphoma: A Model of Individual- and Family-Level Factors, Stephanie M. Romo
Jamestown's "English Judas": The Adventurous Life and Mysterious Death of Francis Lymbry, Rebecca Rose
Special Education Teacher Retention: The Importance of Teacher Working Conditions, Erica Ross
Prediction-Based Replacement Algorithms for Response-Adaptive Randomization of Distal Outcomes, Salem Rustom
Do coverage expansion and patient-centeredness care delivery improve patient health outcomes and care quality?, Shiva Salehian
Labor Union Affiliation and its Influence on Psychological Well-Being and Depression, Waleed Y. Sami
DESIGN AND EXPLORATION OF NEW MODELS FOR SECURITY AND PRIVACY-SENSITIVE COLLABORATION SYSTEMS, Ramandeep Kaur Sandhu
RELATIVE PERFORMANCE INFORMATION IN TOURNAMENTS WITH DIFFERENT TASK TYPES, Joseph M. Sarji
Artificial Intelligence-Powered Chronic Wound Management System: Towards Human Digital Twins, salih sarp
The value of educating teachers, coaches, and athletic trainers on the management of dental trauma., Laura Satoski
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL EPITOPE-BASED CHIMERIC PROTEIN FOR PREVENTION OF LEPTOSPIROSIS, Edward JA Schuler
CROSSTALK BETWEEN HIPPO AND RB TUMOUR SUPPRESSOR PATHWAYS IN OVARIAN CANCER, Fatmata Sesay
Supported Employment Services and Employment Outcomes for Low-Income Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Case Control Study, Hannah Seward PhD
Enduring Consequences of Chronic Repeated Stress on Neuro-Metabolic Function, Gladys A. Shaw
IT TAKES A MUSCLE: wholes, holes, and other voids, Saar Shemesh
Evaluating Long-Range Transportation Plans for Mainstreaming of Climate Adaptation Among Virginia MPOs, Sebastian L. Shetty
BELOW HER, Manal F. Shoukair
The Civil Right to Belong: A Case Study on Immigrant Integration of Muslim Students in Educational Institutions, Mamoona H. Siddiqui
CHARACTERIZATION OF PIEZO2 INVOLVEMENT IN STRESS-INDUCED ALTERATIONS TO GI FUNCTION AND NOCICEPTION, Cristina Smith
Identifying the human homologs of yeast Rab proteins Ypt10 & Ypt11 and a global-scale louse endosymbiont genome variation, Nathaniel P. Smith
Characterizing the Patterns, Predictors, and Processes Involved in Recovery from Substance Use Disorders, Rebecca L. Smith
Informing telehealth public policy: Lessons learned from Virginia Telehealth usage pre-and post-March 2020, Shelly Smith
LOW INSERTION-LOSS NANOPHOTONIC MODULATORS THROUGH EPSILON-NEAR-ZERO MATERIAL-BASED PLASMON-ASSISTED APPROACH FOR INTEGRATED PHOTONICS, Mohammad Ariful Hoque Sojib
The Effect of Crowding on the Accuracy of 3D Printed Aligners, Tonya Spangler
Misled Youth, Mark Tan
The Effects of Racism and Neighborhood Context on Perinatal Outcomes for Mothers and Infants, DaShaunda D. Taylor
UDL: Practicing What We Preach, Peter E.L. Temple
“What Have We Got to Celebrate?”: Native American Contestation to Commemoration during the Late 20th Century, Jennifer C. Tennison
THETA BURST BRAIN STIMULATION IN PAINFUL DIABETIC NEUROPATHY PATIENTS: INVESTIGATING NEURAL MECHANISMS, BHUSHAN THAKKAR
EFFECTS OF A PARENT-IMPLEMENTED INTERVENTION ON PRESCHOOL CHILDREN’S ENGAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTIVE PLAY IN HOME SETTINGS, Michelle Lynn Boulanger Thompson
Synthesis and modeling of manganese ferrite nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia applications, Margaret E. Thornton
Blast Zone, Eleanor M. Thorp
Leading Through Crisis: The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on the School Principalship, A Delphi Study, Matthew J. Togna
Sociodemographic and Injury Severity Characteristics as Predictors of Functional Independence in Older Adults with TBI up to 10 Years Post Injury, Carmen M. Tyler
The Role of IRF-1 in Spontaneous Mouse Glioma, Aakash B. Vaidya
Magnetron sputtering as a tool to produce core-shell powders for sintering and alloy design, Santiago Vargas Giraldo
Swing From Your Heels, Hannah M. Via
Who is Consuming You? Literary and Technological Imaginaries of Monstrous Hunger in Digital Body Construction, Jeanette Vigliotti
Miles Towards Paradise and Death, Justin Wafawanaka
Understanding Structure/Process-Property Relationships to Optimize Development Lifecycle in Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Aerogels for Thermal Management, Rebecca C. Walker
OBJECTIFIED: Forced marriages and Bitter reality of violence against women in India, Anurag Wallace
Alternatively Spliced CSF3R in Human Health and Disease, Borwyn A. Wang
Multi-Modality Automatic Lung Tumor Segmentation Method Using Deep Learning and Radiomics, Siqiu Wang
Periodic Trends in the Infrared and Optical Absorption Spectra of Metal Chalcogenide Clusters, Alain Ward
Investigating the role of NLRP3 inflammasome in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, Urszula O. Warncke
Exploring Digital Equity Through Parent Perceptions of Students’ Use of 1:1 Devices: a Mixed Methods Approach, Joy Washington
The Experiences of Religiously and Spiritually Diverse Counselors and Psychotherapists Who Work with Survivors of Sexual Violence, John M. Waters
United They Stand, Divided They Fall: The Case for Theatre Arts, Education, and the Digital Platform, David Watson
An Exploration of Differences in Veteran Suicidality, Philip A. Weisbrod
Progress Towards Next Generation Modulators of CtBP's Oncogenic Effects, Jacqueline L. West
The Injury-Induced Neurogenic Response and the Role of Notch1 in Regulating This Process, Nicole M. Weston
Modification of culture medium and identification of microbial contaminants for improved in vitro propagation of freshwater mussels, Raquel M. Wetzell
Biotic Characteristics of Managed and Unmanaged Coastal Dunes in the Outer Banks, North Carolina, Andrew E. White
Connections Exposed | A Library for the People, Stephanie Wilburn
Food Insecurity Screening and Nutrition Care as Part of Hypertension Management in Primary Care Teams, April Williams
Supporting The Mental Health of Black Students: A Framework for Comprehensive School-Based Mental Health Systems, Shenita Williams
AN EXPLORATION OF A RESEARCHER-INSTRUCTOR PARTNERSHIP IN IMPLICIT RACIAL BIAS AWARENESS AND MITIGATION IN COLLEGE STEM CLASSROOMS, Jacqueline Johnson Wilson
Effects of Additive Manufacturing Techniques on the Magnetocaloric Properties and Chemical Stability of LaFexCoySi13-x-y Alloys, Binyam Wodajo
Developmental Validation of a Bacterial Signature-Based Identification Method of Forensically Relevant Human Biological Samples, Denise M. Wohlfahrt
The Unseen Wellbeing Dilemma: Nurse Loneliness, Rachel E. Wood
Viral injection of RNA polymerase II-interacting protein RPRD2 in the nucleus accumbens induces anxiety-like behavior in mice, Hannah E. Woolard
A CURCUMIN-LIKE DERIVATIVE OF MELATONION FOR LOCAL TREATMENT OF LUNG FIBROSIS, Yuan Xiao
Phantom Scripting, Huiyu Yang
Rational Design of Flexible and Stretchable Electronics based on 3D Printing, Yuanhang Yang
Alliance and Outcome Relationships in Youth Mental Health, Sandra Yankah
Secret Water, Brandon R. Young
Chronic adolescent stress as a predictive factor for the risk of developing PTSD-like symptoms in adulthood, Grace K. Young
SMART CITY MANAGEMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES, Mostafa Zaman
The Role of Mindfulness and Compassion in Parochial Empathy and Prosocial Behavior Toward Out-Groups, Denise Zheng
Antiviral effects of metalloshielding: Differential antiviral activity of polynuclear platinum and cobalt compounds, Mary Zoepfl
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Regulation of Osseous Healing by Macrophage-Derived Wnt Ligands, Jefferson Overlin Abaricia
Humanizing Architecture: A Polymorphic Space, Nada Abbara
The Rho1 GTPase-activating protein Sac7 is a negative regulator of clathrin-independent endocytosis in yeast, La'Tila Abbott
Structural Reorganization of the Cisternal Organelle in Neuroinflammatory Disease, Myshak S. Abdi
Continuous Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals using Novel Platforms, Sarah S. Aboelela
Influence of metal sleeves in the accuracy of dental implant placement using guided implant surgery, Coleman Adams
Straight through my heart, Raul A. Aguilar Canela
Why We Follow Celebrities: An Examination of Parasocial Interaction and Fan Engagement in A Celebrities’ Social Media Pages, Mohammed A. Alasmari
Bayesian Techniques for Relating Genetic Polymorphisms to Diffusion Tensor Images of Cocaine Users, Tmader Alballa
CONTINUAL LEARNING FOR MULTI-LABEL DRIFTING DATA STREAMS USING HOMOGENEOUS ENSEMBLE OF SELF-ADJUSTING NEAREST NEIGHBORS, Gavin Alberghini
Dirt Beneath Your Nails, Grace Albritton
LOCAL DELIVERY OF TUMOR ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF METASTASES TO THE LUNGS, Sulaiman Alhudaithi
BISPHOSOHOGLYCERTAE MUTASE: A POTENTIAL TARGET FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE, Anfal S. Aljahdali
Overcoming Mechanisms of Acquired and Innate Doxorubicin Resistance Using Nanomedicine and Tumor-Associated Macrophage Immunotherapy, Rashed M. Almuqbil
SHARING NEWS ON TWITTER IN SAUDI ARABIA: WHAT ARE THE DRIVERS?, EZADDEEN S. ALMUTAIRI
A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL RELATING TISSUE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION TO OXYGEN DELIVERY IN A KROGH CYLINDER MODEL OF SKELETAL MUSCLE, Raghad A. ALqahtani