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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 1983
Translation of the Tibia During Isometric Contraction of the Quadriceps, Charles V. Connors
Prepared childbirth couple's prenatal expectations, labor coach's supportstyle and effect on the couple's postpartal perceptions and satisfaction, Shelley Flippen Conroy
Synthesis Gas Conversion with ZS M-5 Supported Ruthenium Catalysts, Robin Elizabeth Young Eaton
THE INFLUENCE OF CHILDREN'S ART ON JOAN MIRÓ AND JEAN DUBUFFET, Linda L. Ferrell
THE RELATIONSHIP OF SEX ROLE SELF CONCEPT AND ROLE CONFLICT IN FEMALE NURSING ADMINISTRATORS, Charlotte B. Hoelzel
Relaxation Therapy as an Adjunct Strategy for the Treatment of Bronchial Asthma: An Examination of Pertinent Psychological and Illness Variables, Robert Joseph Marcello
The design and implementation of a tutorial program to perform symbolic mathematics, Richard Derek Otieno
Scenic and lighting designs for Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July, Rudolf Herman Roggenkamp
Verging Gardens, Jeffrey Ruggles
DIFFERENCES IN THE MATERNAL FEEDING CHOICE AND THE PERCEIVED LOCUS OF CONTROL, Glenda E. Stephan
POE PER SE, Robert Williamson Storrs IV
Synthesis of Mesoionic Nucleosides as Potential Antineoplastic Agents, Shanaz Mohammedali Tejani
Social support systems of a selected sample of older women, Carol Thorpe Tully
The James H. Dooley mansion : A Richmond example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, Vera Twiggs Underwood
A comparison of processor technologies, Eddie R. Wachter
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Interfacial Electrochemistry of Cytochrome c and Myoglobin, Edmond F. Bowden
Supramedullary Afferents to the Nucleus Raphe Magnus in the Rat: A Study Using Transcannula HRP-gel and Autoradiography Techniques, Susan Mary Carlton
Nuclear Envelope Proteins: Chemical Characteristics and Molecular Interactions of the Lamins, David Lee Cochran
Electrochemical Determination of the Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Kinetics of Soluble Spinach Ferredoxin, Charlene D. Crawley
Some Developmental Components of the Career Decision Making Process Among College Students, Glenn Thomas Gould
HEALTH RISK APPRAISAL AND HEALTH PROMOTION BEHAVIOR IN YOUNG ADULTS, Diane L. Hanna
POSTMORTEM STABILITY OF DRUGS IN BLOOD AND TISSUES, Barry Steven Levine
Synthesis of 3-(Substituted-aryl)-1,2,3,4-oxatriazolium-5-olates As Potential Hypotensive Agents, Mary Quinn Lund
The American Public Art Museum: Formation of its Prevailing Attitudes, Marilyn Mars
Person-Environment Interaction in Nursing Homes for the Elderly, Stan J. Orchowsky
AN EVALUATION OF THE CENTRAL NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS OF AROCLOR 1254, A COMMERCIAL MIXTURE OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS, IN MICE, Diane L. Rosin
Multivariate Analyses of Mid-Winter Fattening in Two Species of Passerine Birds, Michael Harold Shelor
The influence of assertiveness characteristics of raters on perceived assertiveness in others, Elise Heffelfinger Labe Sloan
EFFECTS OF PULSED ELECTRIC FIELDS ON MAMMALIAN CELL MEMBRANES, Guy K. Smith
Enflagellation of Naegleria Fowleri, Terry Wayne Woodworth
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
An Investigation of Central Nervous System Conduction Properties in Diabetes Mellitus Using Brainstem Auditory and Somatosensory Evoked Potentials, Randy L. Anderson
An Analysis of the Effect of Immediate Corrective Feedback Administered as a Study Aid to Undergraduate Medical Technology Students, Constance Anne Bak
Genetic Studies of Questionnaire Data from a Residential School for the Deaf, Frederick Robert Bieber
Comparison of the Behavioral Pharmacology of Phencyclidine to Related Compounds, Kathleen T. Brady
Solubilization and Partial Characterization of an Activity Regulating Complement Activation from Membranes of Raji and Tonsil Cells, Patricia L. Carlson
Components of State Anxiety for Varying Levels and Dimensions of Trait Anxiety, Dennis C. Donat
An Investigation of Identity and Self-Esteem in Traditional Married Women during their Middle Years, and the Impact of the Life Planning Seminar, Susan E. Ellett
The Relationship Between Type A Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern, Achievement, and Life Satisfaction, Larraine A. Felland
The Effects of Religious Beliefs on Preferences Among Four Types of Christian Counseling, Suzanne Ruth Gascoyne
Effects of Cognitive Set on the Physiological, Subjective, and Behavioral Responses to Fearful Stimuli, Jerome D. Gilmore
TEMPERATURE RECORDINGS IN NEONATES, Linda Marie Hestvik
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A PATIENT'S STRESS LEVEL DURING HOSPITALIZATION AND HIS PERCEPTION OF HIS SIGNIFICANT FAMILY MEMBER'S ROLE IN PROVIDING SUPPORT, Susan Carey Williams Johnson
A Modified Crank-Nicolson Method, Ernest David Jordan Jr.
Motivational Differences Between Depressed and Nondepressed Students in Detecting Noncontingency, Gerald D. Oster
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY AND VALUE STRUCTURE, William B. Pettus
The Role of Retained Antigen as an Etiological Agent in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Patricia Liccardi Rice
EFFECTS OF GLUCOCORTICOID TREATMENT ON THE PROPERTIES OF SINGLE NOTOR UNITS IN CAT HINDLINB HUSCLES, Andrew James Robinson
Stages of Adult Development for Women Religious and Married Women, Ellen Rufft
Synthesis and biological evaluation of sparsomycin analogues, Scherer Preston Sanders
The Relationship between Self-Concept and Locus of Control in Physically Abused Women, Betsy Wright Shires
Interactionist Strategies for Assessing Personality and Behavior Differences Among Female Intercollegiate Athletes and Nonathletes, Frances Stewart
AN EVALUATION OF A CORONARY EDUCATION PROGRAM, Anne Broaddus Sydnor
Self-perceived needs of adult males and their significant others following colostomy for colo-rectal cancer, Derry Ware
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
The Relationship Between Self-esteem and Duration of Low Back Pain, Betty Sue Holliday Ashby
The Chronic Effects of Estradiol Benzoate on Ventricular Myocardial Blood Flow in the Adult Female Rat, Stephen Maurice Ashe
Loneliness: A Study of Adult Clinic Patients with Metastatic Cancer, Katherine Norfleet Berry
An Interphysiographic Analysis of Herb and Shrub Vegetation in Virginia Forests, Stephen James Binns
A Sourcebook for the Production of Musical Dramas and Programs in the Elementary School, Carole Elizabeth Bradley
An Analysis of the Fit of the Negative Binomial Distribution to Frequencies of Episodes of Illness, Philip Melville Brennan Jr.
The Effect of Three Different Types of Feedback on the Amount of Force Generated During Isometric Contraction of the Triceps Brachii Muscle, Cindy I. Buchanan
Wolf: A Screenplay, Thompson Crane-Baker
Autonomic Responses of Normals and Depressives to Stress Inducing Stimuli, Dennis Donat
The Relationship Between Maternal Self-Concept and Demonstration of Adaptive Behavior, Barbara Woodland Fleming
REGULATION OF CARTILAGE ACID HYDROLASES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO SKELETAL GROWTH, John Richard Hubbard
INVESTIGATION OF A FACTOR RELEASED BY NEOPLASTIC CELLS WHICH PRODUCES A CHEMOKINETIC RESPONSE IN ACTIVATED MACROPHAGES, Richard Durelle Lane
CLEAN TECHNIQUE INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE INDWELLING URETHRAL CATHETER, Christine Heuston Lessels
GENETIC HETEROGENEITY IN COMPLEMENTATION GROUPS OF PROPIONIC ACIDEMIA, Catherine McKeon
Psychopharmacological Analysis of Central Muscarinic and Nicotinic Receptors, Leonard T. Meltzer
THE EFFECTS OF PREPARED CHILDBIRTH ON LENGTH OF LABOR IN LOW-RISK PRIMIPARAE, Beth S. Mollick
Age Differences in Attributions of Causality: Implications for Intellectual Assessment, Thomas R. Prohaska
Efficacy of salinomycin on infections of plasmodium berghei in male ICR mice, Anthony Stephen Tokarz
Personality correlates of musical talent, Walter W. Tunstall
Comparison of burned patients' perception of pain with nurses' perception of patients' pain, Merri Diane Walkenstein
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
A Question of Influence: William Cowper Brann and Henry Louis Mencken, Dale Owen Bishop
The Invalid: A Play, Robert Blumenstein
Oncogenic Transformation by Herpes Simplex Virus, James Christian Burns
Characterization of the Bursicon-mediated Pathway for Membrane Permeability Enhancement in the American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana, David Alan Compton
The Measurement of Anger in Children: A Multi-Modal Approach, Edward Shirrell Eastman Jr.
A Study of the Relationship Between Maternal Employment History and a Woman's Sex Role Orientation and Career Development, Susan Elizabeth Ellett
TO CLOTHE A FOOL : A Study of the Apparel Appropriate for the European Court Fool 1300 - 1700, Virginia Lee Futcher
A study to compare the strength changes after training the abductor digiti minimi in young adults and in geriatric adults, Timothy Lee Kauffman
Life Change Events in Patients with Minor Injuries, Janice VanDenburg Keitz
THE RESPONSIVENESS OF MURINE TUMORS TO MALEIC VINYL ETHER, Paal Christian Klykken
Intravenous Infection of Mice with Naegleria fowleri, Richard G. May
ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY OF PERITONEAL EXUDATE CELLS OF MICE AGAINST INFECTION WITH HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 2, Margaret Byrd McGeorge
ACTIVITIES OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS AS IDENTIFIED BY MEDICAL DIRECTORS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES, Candace Beaman Moore and Miriam Lee Gottlieb
An Examination of Intellectual Functioning, School Achievement, and Personality Characteristics of Male Juvenile Delinquents, Robert A. Rymer
THE EFFECTS OF STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES ON RESPONSES TO OPIATES AND OTHER CENTRALLY-ACTING PHARMACOLOGIC AGENTS, Glenn Stuart Simon
THE BIOLOGICAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSFERABLE BACTEROIDES R PLASMIDS, Rodney A. Welch
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
The Ascription of Mental Illness: Inside Societal Reaction, Kevin H. Ferguson
The Effect of the Interviewer's Status Upon the Linguistic Style and Impact Messages Cenerated by the "Obsessive Personality", VIncent B. Greenwood
EARLY SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS, Patricia McCook Rager
Direct Determination of Pentachlorophenol by Differential Pulse Polarography, Albert L. Wade
Changes in Serum Osmolality and the Clinical Manifestations of the Dialysis Disequilibrium Syndrome, Donna L. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
Interactions of Ethanol and Methadone, Vijay Aggarwal
Critical Expression and Subsequent Physiological Response as a Function of Selected Situational Variables, Thomas M. Beall
Direct Chemical Evidence for a Supramolecular Protein Structure in the Nuclear Envelope, David Lee Cochran
Graduate Body of Work, Paul DiPasquale
A Study of the Identification of Medically Important Streptococci, Margaret Antoinette Hardy
Conceptual Art: Historical Antecedents, Philosophies, and Form, Brigette Newberry