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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 1998
Determinants of Participation in the Ad Hoc Computer-Supported Workgroup, Nancy A. Floyd
AEGIS Data Analysis and Reduction (ADAR) in Support of the AEGIS Weapon System (AWS), June Bullard Gaines
Immunocytochemical Study of Apoptosis Signaling In Nb2 Lymphoma Cells, Angelo P. Guanzon
Factors Affecting Social Workers' Political Participation: Resources, Professional Associations and Perceived Efficacy, David Henry Hamilton
GENE EXPRESSION FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Rajiv Malhotra
CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS, BACTERIAL EXPRESSION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PRO-GNRH/GAP, A PRECURSOR PROTEIN OF TWO BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PEPTIDE HORMONES, Louis E. McAdory
The Structural Response and Performance of General Hospitals in a Managed Care Environment, Denise M. McCollum
PATTERNS OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) ACTIVITIES OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES OR WELFARE IN VIRGINIA, Anita H. Prince
The role of metabotropic glutamate receptors in the thalamocortical circuit during spontaneous epileptic activity, Joy Vashisht Sharma
A raster-based GIS analysis of the cumulative impacts of humans and beaver on wetland area and types in the Chickahominy River watershed (Virginia, USA) from 1953 to 1994, Alexandra Dunya Syphard
Sense of Duration, Lucie Noel Thune
Adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate activation of islet chloride channels, Anjali Varandani
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
Estimation of the Ld100p When p Is Small, Daniel Bettendorf
Toward the Universal, Jennifer Bracy
Tiffany Windows in Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, Rachel M. Bradshaw
Electrophysiological Effects of Lysoplasmenylcholine on Rabbit Ventricular Myocytes, Ray Caldwell
The Relaxing of Virginia's Concealed Weapon Law: Its Relationship to the Crime Rates for Murder, Aggravated Assault and Robbery, Jerry S. Conner
"The Fifth Avenue of Richmond": The Development of the 800 and 900 Blocks of West Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia, 1855-1925, Kerri Elizabeth Culhane
Race and Birthweight: The Influence of Socio-Economic Status and Utilization of Prenatal Care, Lena C. Frennborn
The Seated Cleopatra in Nineteenth Century American Sculpture, Kelly J. Gotschalk
Contemporary Couple Enrichment: A Critical and Meta-analytic Review of Methodology, Terry L. Hight
In Search of the Meandering Absolute: The Prints of Mitzi Humphrey, Mitzi Humphrey
The Concept of Overcoming the Political: An Intellectual Biography of SS-Standartenfuehrer and Professor Dr. Reinhard Hoehn, 1904-1944, Joshua A. Katz
MOLECULAR CLONING AND ANALYSIS OF THE PROMOTER FOR RAT HEPATIC NEUTRAL CHOLESTEROL ESTER HYDROLASE, Ramesh Natarajan
An Analysis of Visual and Verbal Appropriates in Mark Tansey's Philosophers Paintings, James W. Rhodes Jr.
Stem Cell Factor and Kit Expression in Type I Neurofibromatosis, Kenneth Eugene Roth
Tumor Immunity Following Adenovirus Mediated Herpes Simplex Thymidine Kinase Gene Transfer to Experimental Rat Gliomas, Maulik Raj Shah
The Corporate Character Ethical Value Structure: Construct Definition, Measurement, Validation and Relationship to Organizational Commitment, Edward D. Showalter
Jasper Johns' Words in His Paintings, Margee Stanchfield Wright
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Evaluation of Cannabinoid Receptor Interaction of Anandamide, the Endogenous Cannabinoid Receptor Ligand, Irma Bateman Adams
The Development of the New Thai Shopping Center from a Blending of American and Thai Influences, Amornrut Chaiwanichkit
The Pursuit of Happiness, John W. Chapin
Calliphysics, Sara Miller Clark
Fears in Children with Chronic Constipation: Reliability and Validity of the Defecation Anxiety Scale, Elizabeth Page Clawson
Power Analysis for the Mixed Linear Model, Cheryl Annette Dixon
Threads of Time: Technique, Structure and Iconography in an Embroidered Mantle from Paracas, Mary Anne Dyer
Development of Quasi-Likelihood Techniques for the Analysis of Pseudo-Proportional Data, Jennifer A. Elder
A New Device for Performing Simultaneous Sterno-Thoracic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (SST-CPR), Deepak S. Gupta
Staging The Illusion Director as Magician, Steven Harders
Computer Modeling of Anatomical Structure: A Representative Example of Modeling the Inguinal Canal, Jason Michael Highsmith
INTERACTIONS AMONG THE STATIONARY PHASE, THE MOBILE PHASE, AND THE SOLUTE IN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS, Zengbiao Li
Eighteenth Century Men's Civilian Waistcoats, Frances Burroughs Loba
Red Blood Cell Stability in Uremic Rats, Cecilia Mermel MacCallum
Physical and Chemical Stability of Spray Dried Sugars and Protein-Sugar MolecuIar Mixtures for Inhalation, Venkatesh Naini
Determinants of the New Entry of HMOs into A Medicare Risk Contract: A Resource Dependence-Diversification Model, Chih-Wen Pai
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Ethanol in Healthy Volunteers: Effects of Input-Rate and Degree of Ethanol Exposure on Subjective and Objective Measures of Impairment, Vijay A. Ramchandani
An Examination of the Relationship Among Job Satisfaction, Educational Satisfaction, and Post-Industrial Change for a Selected Sample of Graduates of Master’s Degree Programs in Business, 1970-1990, Sherry Tomlin Sandkam
Theses/Dissertations from 1995
Fully Open Mouth, Louis M. Abbey
The Computer Age and Planning: A Survey of Technological Infusion, Robert Skot Bayers
Role of Perceived Competence in the Behavior of Socially Anxious Persons in Problem-Solving Groups, Scott D. Bradshaw
The Relationship Between Physician Personality Type and Medical Malpractice Risk, Thomas H. Casey
The Linkage Between Hospitals and Nursing Homes: Alternative Approaches to Minimizing Transaction Costs, Herng-Chia Chiu
Attachment, Social Support, and Violence in Adolescent Delinquents, James R. Craft
Candido Portinari: Brazilian Artist as Cultural Ambassador: A Re-Examination of the Library of Congress Murals, Karen D. Daly
Statistical Methods for Detecting and Characterizing Departures from Additivity in Multi-Dimensional Drug/Chemical Mixtures, Kathryn S. Dawson
An Empirical Examination of the Major Organizational Dimensions that Influence the Perceived Quality of Federal Personnel Office Services, John Elton Dunning
Determinants of Continuity of Care for Persons Transitioning from State Psychiatric Facilities to Communities, Sarah P. Farrell
Prevention as a Component of Homeless Policy: A Longer-Term Evaluation of the State of Virginia's Homeless Intervention Program, Emma Kathleen Flaherty
Attorney and Judicial Perceptions of the Credibility of Expert Witnesses in Child Custody Cases, Michael T. Foot
"COLD CASE" INVESTIGATIONS WITHIN FAIRFAX COUNTY: TURNING THE LIABILITY OF TIME INTO AN ASSET, Rodney L. Gohn
The Role of Follicular Dendritic Cells in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pathogenesis, Sonya Lynn Heath
A NATIONAL SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: AN ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT PRACTICE, ATTITUDES, AND TRAINING NEEDS REGARDING THE TRANSITION PROCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES, Katherine Josephine Inge
The Iconography of the Sacred Mother of Santa Maria Tonantzintla, Julia Stephens May
An Evaluation of a Program for Incarcerated Mothers: Parenting Training and the Enhancement of Self-Esteem, Alvin R. Moore
Phosphorus Bearing Substrates in Ring Expansion Reactions, Bradley K. Norwood
NMDA Receptor-mediated Synaptic Plasticity in Developing Mammalian Visual Pathways, Gregory S. Perens
"Writing a Picture": Adolph Gottlieb's Rolling and Yoshihara Jiro's Red Circle on Black, Ginger Suzanne Russell
Current Management of Computerized Personnel Files in Virginia Public Schools: A Legal and Policy Analysis, Andrew Jameson Smith
The Impact of the Tau Mutation on Reproductive Function in the Golden Hamster, Eliza Leake Thomasson
A generalized system performance model for object-oriented database applications, Ellen Moore Walk
ORGANIZATIONAL SLACK, EFFICIENCY, AND QUALITY OF CARE IN ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS, Kyung II Youn
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
Regulatory Analysis of Vimentin Expression in Metastatic Versus Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer Cell Lines, Danielle N. Bird
A Causal Model of Hospital Volume, Structure and Process Indicators, and Surgical Outcomes, Myra Boles
Review of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene and its Role in Gliomas, James Dearing Christian
The Impact of Advanced Information Technologies on Architecture and Engineering Design Firms: A Field Study, McDonald Davis III
ADVERTISING BUDGET REDUCTION IMPACTS ON EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS : Evaluation of Virginia State Parks 1994 Advertising Campaign, Lois Ann delBueno
Predictors of General and Dating-Related Conflict Among Parents and Middle Adolescents: The Active Role of the Adolescent, Bonnie Brodzeller Dowdy
Synthesis as a Method for Elaboration, Polly Johnson
The impact of telecommuting on the supervisory performance appraisal process, Margaret A. Klayton
Einstein's Equations in Vacuum Spacetimes with Two Spacelinke Killing Vectors Using Affine Projection Tensor Geometry, Miles D. Lawrence
The Standardized Influence Matrix and Its Applications to Generalized Linear Models, Jiandong Lu
Characterization of fibroblasts with a unique defect in processing antigens with disulfide bonds, Brian J. Merkel
Validation of a Virginia Work Release Risk Prediction Model: A Methodology For the Improvement of the Reliability of Correctional Decision Makers, William Nathan Osborne Jr.
MONITORING NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE AT THE ADDUCTOR POLLICIS AND ORBICULARIS OCULI WITH SPLIT DOSING OF MIVACURIUM CHLORIDE, Stephen F. Palmerton
Florine Stettheimer: a Re-Appraisal of the Artist in Context, Melissa (Liles) Parris
CLONING, EXPRESSION, PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DOMAIN B OF WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ, Ann C. Rice
The Relationship Between Task Performance And Perceived Quality Of Life Of Families With Adopted Special-Needs Children, Bibhuti Kumar Sar
MODULATION OF THE HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSE BY THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM, Tracey Lynn Spriggs
Adjusting Holt-Winters Exponential Smoothing for External Intervention: A Mathematical Technique for Making Quasi-Judgmental Adjustments For Anticipated Changes, Daniel Wayne Williams
Radiosurgery for Malignant Brain Tumors, Michael Jino Yun
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
Design and Evaluation of an Augmentative Communication Aid for Multiply Impaired Individuals, Mark S. Annett
An Investigation of Bank Lending Practices To Test Portfolio Theory and Theories of Credit Rationing and Customer Relationships, Christine Chmura
Comparison of Succinylcholine Induced Fasciculation Attenuation with Defasciculating Doses of Vecuronium and Mivacurium Based on Ideal Body Weight, Marvin E. Early