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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 2005
Teen Mothers' Perceptions of Medicalization and the Patient/Provider Relationship, Preston Martin-Lyon
Codes of Interaction, Timothy Michael Martin
Country Views, Rebecca Massie
Measuring Community Consensus in Facial Characterization Using Spatial Databases and Fuzzy Logic, James Lee Mastros
Long Walk in Flight School, William H. May IV
Road Going Home, Brigitte N. McCray
The Use of Computerized Dynamic Posturography to Assess the Balance in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease, Theresa Erin McGuirk
Interobserver Reliability in the Diagnosis of Pulpal and Periradicular Disease, Todd Peter Mellin
Design and Analysis of a Compact, Economical, Multi-axis, Multi-tasking, Small Part Machine Tool, Lee Norris Miller
Predictors of Sun Protection Practices Among Adult Women in the United States, Anne Ridgely Minter
Innovative Interventions for Disordered Eating: A Pilot Comparison Between Dissonance-Based and Yoga Interventions, Karen S. Mitchell
Influences On Career Self-Efficacy: Examining Attachment, Anya Elizabeth Moon
Acute and Chronic Effects of Artificial Rearing on Rat Genioglossus Muscle, Wayne Allen Moore Jr.
Reentrainment of Submicron Solid Particles, Ramin Mortazavi
ANALYSIS AND SHAPE MODELING OF THIN PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS, Makram Mouhli
Identification of the RNA Cis-Elements that Interact with SRp30a to Regulate the Alternative Splicing of Caspase 9 Pre-mRNA, Prabhat Mukerjee
Iterative Methods for the Reconstruction of Tomographic Images with Unconventional Source-detector Configurations, Abey Mukkananchery
Defending Defense: Circular Arguments About Artmaking, Ryan Mulligan
Effect of Medicaid/SCHIP and WIC on Oral Health of Low-Income Children, Dahlia Naqib
Material and Acoustic Properties of Swimbladders of Tilapia and Channel Catfish, Mohammed Ali Nawaz
A Method to Use Vibro-Acoustic Waves to Diagnose Pneumothorax and Hemothorax, Allen B. Nichols
Long-term Consequences of West Nile Virus in Virginia., Diana Cruz Ocampo
Prevalence of Pulpal and/or Periradicular Disease in the VCU School of Dentistry Screening Patient Population, Ellen Rives Oertel
Cytokine and Chemokine Profiles in a Rat Model of Hemorrhagic Shock after Immuno-Modulation by Androstenetriol, Kristin E. Paccione
Vimentin Overexpression Contributes To the Biological Properties of Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Cells, Rachel J. Paccione
Lack of Routine Preventive Care as a Determinant for Pediatric Asthma ER Visits, Cristin M. Palumbo
Electromechanical Characterization of Poly(Dimethyl Siloxane) Based Electroactive Polymers, Wrutu Deepak Parulkar
Intracellular pH, the Proximate Signal for Cell Volume Changes that are Mediated by the Actin Cytoskeleton, William Pasley
Educational Survey on Eating Disorders in Post-Graduate Pediatric Curriculum, Priya Jitendraprasad Patel
Understanding Off-Label Utilization Patterns of Two Biotechnology Drugs, Recombinant Erythropoietin Alfa and Darbepoetin Alfa: A Multi-Hospital Study, Anuprita D. Patkar
The Harmonization of Chinese Accounting Standards with International Accounting Standards: An Empirical Evaluation, Songlan Peng
The Transformations of the Saints, Joseph D. Poccia
Forgotten Memories, Benjamin Premeaux
Immunogenicity of the Gonococcal Transferrin Binding Proteins, Gregory A. Price
The Relationship Between Breastfeeding and the Development of Asthma in Early Childhood, River Anne Pugsley
The Civil War: A Collaboration in Direction and Choreography, Cara E. Rawlings
Transcription Factor Decoy Oligonucleotides That Mimic Functional Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPS) for the Treatment of Glioblastomas, Jessicca I Martin Rege
Paint Chip Dreams, Danielle Felice Riede
Aesthetic Representations of Violence: Visualizing the Art of War, Rachele Cyr Riley
Investigation of Surface States and Device Surface Charging in Nitride Materials Using Scanning Kelvin Probe Microscopy, Mohammed Shahriar Sabuktagin
Robotic Evaluation Of Rigidity In Parkinson's As A Function Of Speed-Comparison To Clinical Scales, Azadeh Saidi
Novel Strategies in Cardioprotection against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, Fadi N. Salloum
Carbon Monoxide Oxidation on Nanoparticle Catalysts and Gas Phase Reactions of Small Molecules and Volatile Organics with Metal Cations, Khaled Mohammad Eqab Saoud
Effect of Storage Temperatures of Panavia F on the Retention of Prefabricated Dowels, David Mark Schleider
Assessing the Effects of Momentary Priming On Memory Retention During An Interference Task, Paul Cameron Schutte
The Prevalence of Comorbid Chronic Disease in Virginia's Adult Patient Population during the Years 2001 and 2004, Joseph D. Schwartz
MODULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION BY TUMOR-DERIVED MUTANT p53. ROLE OF TRANSACTIVATION IN GAIN-OF-FUNCTION., Mariano J. Scian
Oral Health in a Medical Setting, Arshia Ahmadi Shingler
Body Mass Index and Dietary Intake as Predictors of Early Menarche, Richard Lee Siemens
Thalhimers Department Store: Story, History, and Theory, Elizabeth Thalhimer Smartt
Correlation Between Bioassessments of Macroinvertebrates and Fishes and Natural Land Cover in Virginia Coastal Plain Watersheds, Warren Hunter Smigo
Paragon/Paragone: Raphael's Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione (1514-16) in the Context of Il Cortegiano, Margaret Ann Southwick
Genetic Variability, Pathogen Susceptibility, Subspecies Identity and Conservation of the Endangered Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) in Virginia, James Lincoln Sparks Jr.
A Study on the Nature of Anomalous Current Conduction in Gallium Nitride, Joshua K. Spradlin
Playing to Learn, John Stanko
Effects of Unilateral Extraction Treatment on Arch Symmetry and Occlusion, Theodore William Struhs
Analysis of Perturbation-based Testing Methodology as applied to a Real-Time Control System Problem, Richard A. Stutler
Characterization of Paralogous Gene Family 163 Of the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi, Christina Marie Sundy
One Is Concerned Because One Is A Human Being, Sayaka Suzuki
An Asian Stable Man and Royal Duke Revel with the Fury of an Afro-Asian God!, Jerry Lee Tan
Effects of Rho Kinase Inhibition on Cardioprotection, Christopher Scott Thomas
Flight Signs, Flight Symbols, Margaret Mary Urban
The Unwantables: An Exploration of Visual Narrative, Marius I. Valdes
The Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury on Expression Levels of Ankyrin-G in the Corpus Callosum and Cerebral Cortex, Andrew S. Vanderveer
The Predictive Ability of Specific Questions Related to Symptoms in the Diagnosis of Endodontic Disease, Boyd Aaron Vaughn
The Relationship Between Preschool Children's School Readiness, Social-Emotional Competence and Student-Teacher Relationships, Badiyyah I. Waajid
Art From Nature, Linda Jean Huffman Walker
Analysis of the Impact of a Social Norms Campaign on the Alcohol Use of Undergraduate Students at a Public, Urban University, Amanda B. Wattenmaker
The Effect of Red Blood Cell Velocity on Oxygenation Measurements using Resonance Raman Spectroscopy, Derrick Williams
STM Studies of Oxygen Etching of Silicon Surfaces, Mary L. Willis
Real Time Frequency Analysis of Signals From Lasso Catheter For Radiofrequency Ablation During Atrial Fibrillation, Prashant Yadav
An Application of Combinatorial Methods, Yingying Yang
A quantitative comparison of the fill density of MTA produced by two different placement techniques., Priscilla Yeung
Dual Mechanism Analgesia-Enhancing Agents, Shawquia Elithia Young
Demographic Variables Affecting Patient Referrals from General Practice Dentists to Periodontists, Mark Roy Zemanovich
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Experimental Studies on Nucleation, Nanoparticle's Formation and Polymerization from the Vapor Phase, Victor Maher Abdelsayed
Bonding Properties of Newly Erupted and Mature Human Premolars, Diana Marie-Skinner Almy
Gas Phase Studies of Molecular Clusters Containing Metal Cations, and the Ion Mobility of Styrene Oligomers, Edreese Housni Alsharaeh
Soul Hunting, Guido Esteban Alvarez
Incorporation of Tetracycline Hydrochloride into Electrospun Fibrinogen: a study of mechanical properties and time release, Charles Dudley Anderson Jr.
Antioxidants as Risk Factors for Gingival Bleeding, Hee-Jeong Bahng
Characterization of Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Polymer Composites, Sumanth Banda
The Effects of Aniracetam Treatment on Cognitive Performance and AMPA Receptor GluR2 Subunit Expression After Moderate Fluid Percussion Injury in Rats, Anna Igorevna Baranova
Novel Apparatus to Control Electrospinning Fiber Orientation for the Production of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds, Eugene David Boland
An In Vitro Evaluation of the Elements Apex Locator Using the Endo Q System, Steven Andrew Brofsky
An American Actor's Dialect, Michael J. Bruckmueller
Targeting the Male in Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Terri Burgan
PERPETUAL NOVELTY, Brian Caverly
Regulation of Fc Receptor Expression and Signaling on Murine Mast Cells, Hey Jin Chong
LandEscape, Dragana Crnjak
Explaining Retention in Community-Based Movement Organizations, Sarah Kathryn Diehl
Color (Sub)Conscious: African American Women, Authors, and the Color Line in Their Literature, Dikeita N. Eley
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Investigative Analysis of their Access to Dental Care, Chad Wallace Ellsworth
Narrating Friendship: The reciprocal relationship between J.B. Childers and myself, James Thomas Engelmann
The Doubtful Hero: An Artist's Journey, Heather N. Falks
Torsional Testing of Race, K3 and Profile Nickel Titanium Endodontic Files, Sean D. Fessenden
Sheep Hill Community Tree, Kimberly Ann Fleischman
The Association Between Periodontal Disease and C-Reactive Protein In Patients With a History Of Heart Attack, Robert Lee Fletcher III
BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS OF A MAMMALIAN BIP GENE FOR INSERTION INTO GREEN ALGAE AND COMPARISON OF ITS POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON THE SYNTHESIS OF A MAMMALIAN ANTIBODY, Katrina Ghazanfar
Body Image and Attitudes Toward Obesity in College Students, Sarah Rebecca Goodwin