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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 1987
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Substance Abuse Awareness and Prevention Program Developed for use with University-Level Varsity Student-Athletes, Robert Joseph Marcello
NURSE PRACTITIONERS' PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIORAL INTENT TOWARD PRIVATE PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY, Steven David Mitnick
EXTENT OF PARTICIPATION IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BY EXECUTIVE NURSES IN VIRGINIA'S ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL, Mary R. Pippin
Differences in Nursing Home Utilization and Clinical Outcome in Veterans Administration Nursing Home Patients, Christine M. Sheehy
Comparison of Virulent and Avirulent Legionella pneumophila and Evaluation of Fish as a Potential Environmental Reservoir/Experimental Model, Sandra Reading Sommer
The effect of a cardiovascular risk factor education program on health behaviors of selected school age children, Terry M. Tuck and Sharon K. Williams
Control of Hospital Strategy in Small Multihospital Systems, Lora Hanson Warner
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Age and Experience Differences in Posture and Movement of Children While English Horseback Riding at a Walk, Mary Katherine Belissary
Synthesis of Polyhydroxybenzene Derivatives for Evaluation as Antitumor Agents, Douglas L. Brown
Essay Writing in College Mathematics and Its Effect on Achievement, Gerald Lee Burton
Phonetic Ambiguity Perception in Reading Disabled and Non-disabled Children and Adolescents, Elizabeth A. Carter
The Synthesis and Characterization of Some Thermally Stable Polypyrazoles and Acetylene Terminated Aspartimides, John W. Connell
Characterization of a Staphylococcal Trimethoprim Resistance Gene, Jerald Preston Coughter
The Incidence of Auscultatory Gaps in Hospitalized Adults, Elizabeth Tayloe Courts
Prediction of children's sociometric status from adult ratings, Robert S. Falk
Degradation of Human Anaphylatoxin C3a by Rat Peritoneal Mast Cells: A Role for the Secretory Granule Enzyme Chymase and Heparin Proteoglycan, James Edmund Gervasoni Jr
ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE, pH, AND ELECTROLYTE ON THE ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS OF CYTOCHROME C, Kent Brian Koller
The Effects of War as a Basis to Consider Six Novels by Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nancy Weston Noel
HEALTH PERCEPTION, ANGINAL SYMPTOMS AND LIFE SATISFACTION AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS AND PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY, Diana Creger Porter
ILLNESS BEHAVIOUR QUESTIONNAIRE AS A PREDICTOR OF PROBLEMATIC AND APROBLEMATIC PATIENTS WITH A PAINFUL UPPER EXTREMITY, Suzanne S. Seay
An Evaluation of Two Training Programs Designed to Enable Hostages to Cope More Effectively with Captivity Stress, Thomas Strentz
William Rimmer's Concept of the Heroic Male Nude, Malinda Wyatt
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
The Effects of Needle Play on Pre-School Children's Anxiety Concerning Injections, Michelle Anne Belyea
Designing a Relational Data Base for a Problem Solving Environment, Kathryn S. Dawson
Proliferation of Schwann Cells Induced by Axolemmal and Myelin Membranes, Michael Paul Dinneen
Alterations in Blood-Brain Barrier Function Following Acute Hypertension: Comparison of the Blood-to-Brain Transfer of Horseradish Peroxidase with That of Alpha-Aminoisobutyric Acid, Mary Draper Bennett Ellison
Dissection of Microphage Activation Using T Cell Hybridoma Derived Lymphokines, William S. Futch Jr.
Chemical Studies on Oxomolybdenum(VI,IV) Complexes as Bioinorganic Models for the Molybdenum Oxidases, James Thomas Lyon III
The Role of Salicylates on Thermoregulation and Respiration on the Male Human During Exercise, Riad Mahayni
Qualitative and quantitative morphology of lateral rectus motoneurons of the principal abducens nucleus, Helen Russell-Mergenthal
Evaluation of Analytical, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Methods for the Study of Digoxin, Santosh John Vetticaden
A descriptive study of the relationship of teaching level and subject area assignment to teachers' attitudes toward critical thinking, Patricia Barnes Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Effects of N-substituents on the Polymerization Properties of Maleimide, Dilip R. Abayasekara
Toward a Normative Computer-aided Contingency Planning Protocol, Peter H. Aiken
FIRO-B PROFILES OF PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS AND THEIR PERFORMANCES IN CLINICAL EDUCATION, Nora Donohue
National Certification As A Performance Measure: Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, 1977-1982, Barbara Hall Dunn
A Comparison of the Effects of Two Exercise Programs on Children's Self-Concept, Locus of Control, and Mood, Lynne Blanken Einhaus
The Relationship Between Oral Contraceptives and Intraepithelial Neoplasia of the Uterine Cervix, Barbara Jeannette Fox
Interpersonal Perceptions as Function of Personality Styles, Suzanne R. Gascoyne
Use of an External Inhibition Procedure in the Treatment of Spider Phobic Subjects, Jerome D. Gilmore
An Interactional/Social Psychological Approach to Defiance and Therapeutic Paradox, Glenn Thomas Gould
Relations between Parents' Expressive and Instrumental Traits and Expectations and Several Early Adolescent Outcomes, Grayson N. Holmbeck
A DESCRIPTION OF THE THEATRE CURRICULUM AT HOPEWELL HIGH SCHOOL, Don P. McMillan
The Use of Music and Art as Directorial Tools in a Production of Kevin O'Morrison's Ladyhouse Blues, Roseann Sheridan
The effect of social support on the blood pressure of mild and moderate hypertensives, Edith Price Vaughan
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Coxsackievirus B4 Induced Diabetes in Cd-1 Mice, Mary C. F. Anderson
Interactions Between Murine Peritoneal Macrophages and Naegleria Fowleri, Leigh Ann Belcher
The Formulation of an Adult Dramatic Program for the Division of Recreation and Parks in Henrico County, Virginia, Sandra Bishop
Distribution of Imipramine, Desipramine and Their Principal Metabolites Between Plasma, Red Blood Cells and Brain in Humans and Animal Models, Stuart Chapman Bogema Jr.
A Nutritional and Morphological Study of Two Cyanobacteria Free Azolla Ferns, Michael Paul Bonner
An Assessment of the Perception of Phonetic Ambiguities in 4 and 5 Year Olds, Elizabeth A. Carter
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