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Theses from 2018

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The effect of arginine methylation on Ded1p function in translation, Alec D'Alessandro

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La vie en périphérie : une comparaison critique de la représentation des populations marginalisées et le racisme systématique aux Etats-Unis et à la banlieue du Paris, Milan Essex

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Effects of a novel microtubule depolymerizer on pro-inflammatory signaling in RAW264.7 macrophages, Anna Gonye

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Characterization of catecholamine receptors and transporters in murine macrophages, Elizabeth Gonye

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Un crime contre l'humanité : une analyse de quelques journaux algériens et français, la mémoire collective et les relations franco-algériennes, Olivia Gustafson

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Edith Bolling Galt Wilson's My memoir : a first lady's defense of herself, her husband, and his legacy, Alexandra Harter

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Child maltreatment, foster care, and teacher perceived academic outcomes : at the age of six, Olivia Hennessy

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Mussolini, Hitler, and Perón : economic conditions and the emergence of Illiberal leadership, Patrick David Hughes

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Evaluating Chinese economic statecraft in Chile and Peru, Marcin Jerzewski

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Analysis of a custom support vector machine for photometric redshift estimation and the inclusion of galaxy shape information, Evan Jones and J. Singal

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Family composition and outcomes following parental bereavement in childhood, Ari M. Kagan

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Ann Randolph Page and Liberian colonization in antebellum Virginia, Susana Joy Kenyon

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Economic and other advanced forecasting methods applied to stock prices, John Lawrance

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Interactions between two key amphibian defenses to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Panamanian glass frogs (Espadarana prosoblepon), Andi Levorse

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An analysis of skill-biased technical change across demographic groups, Madison Lindsay

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A different kind of learning for a different kind of learner : justification of and best practices for the use of performing arts education for autistic students, Jacob Anthony Litt

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The effects of emotion regulation and child gender on depressed parents' responses to children's sadness, Faith Logan

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Future and past anxieties : a look at the origins of the British welfare state through WWII, Emily Maanum

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Teachers as protectors : how their support influences the link between depression and peer relationship difficulties, Maroiah Maki

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Manifest destiny, American domesticity, and the role of the immigrant in Ruiz de Burton's novels, Madison Rose Martinez

Understanding the structure and apo-dynamics of JIP1, Lauren M. McRae

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1st generation amperometric biosensor to detect galactosemia, Tess Munoz

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A study on the mutagenic potential of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (OdG) and its triphosphate derivative 5'-triphosphate-8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (OdGTP) with klen-taq and Dpo4 polymerases, Madison Nguyen

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Design and optimization of a layer-by-layer electrochemical sarcosine biosensor, Michael Pannell

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Acute illness and job lock, Lauren Passero

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Prospective associations between children's depressive symptoms and peer victimization : the role of social helplessness, Dana Jean Rafferty

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The role of growth mindsets in interracial interactions on college campuses, Dana Jean Rafferty

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Bartonella and Y. pestis screening in ctenophyllus armatus terribilis for conservation application for the America pika (ochotona princeps) in the Rocky Mountain front range, Hilary Rinsland

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Preferring positivity : age differences in judgments of learning and memory for emotionally-valenced words, Edie Sanders

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Attitude change intervention for victim blaming of sexual assault, Catharine Sciolla

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A search for the location of a novel transition in mercury(II)fluoride, Ziad Shafi

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Richmond & refugees : understanding the value of narratives in the refugee resettlement exchange, Natasha Shannon

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Community support : defense against internalized racism, Sidra Siddiqui

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Developing an approach to study the link between ketone bodies, KATP channels, and seizure reduction resulting from the ketogenic diet, Hannah Small

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Do social-behavioral deficits place students with depressive symptoms at risk for peer relationship difficulties?, Meg Stomski

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The effects of perceived quality on tuition and net tuition, Isabella Xianxin Thomas

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Do reactive oxygen species contribute to neurodegeneration in drosophila model in Machado Joseph disease, Yibo Wang

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Distance in diocese : annual appeal giving in the Catholic Church, Elaine Wissuchek

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The effect of bike lane infrastructure on urban housing markets, Bracken Woolley

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The effectiveness of promotions in minor league baseball : a study of the Eastern League, Collin R. Zucker

Theses from 2017

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Assessments of Potential Leaders: The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Leadership Perceptions, Alec Joseph Accomando

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Thanks but No Tanks: A Look at Charitable Giving and Marine Mammal Parks, Amy Alexander

Examining Production Possibility Frontiers and the Effect of Chemical Photosynthetic Inhibition in a Cliona varians forma varians:Symbiodinium Symbiotic Relationship, Megan C. Barrett

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ADHD and the Dark Side of Leadership, Elizabeth Ann Bodalski

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Quantitative Brain MRI Study Using New Automated Segmentation Tool in Infants Exposed to Surgery and Prolonged Sedation, Colette L. Buser

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Importance of Met672 in the mutagenic potential of 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (OdG) with Klen-Taq polymerase, Nicole Byram

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L’intégration de l’immigré africain francophone aux Etats-Unis et en France : opportunités et défis, Lily Calaycay

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A New Almost Difference Set Construction, David Clayton

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Le Bénévolat introspectif: Une Réflexion sur Médecins sans Frontières, Tony Gonçalves Da Lomba

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The Other-Race Effect: The role of motivation in overcoming cognitive bias, Rachel B. Forsyth

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A University’s Moral Compass: Improving Honor Codes & Academic Integrity, Ryan Kent Foster

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Effects of an improved microtubule depolymerizer on pro-inflammatory signaling in mouse macrophages, Samuel P. Gilmore

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As Good As Niu: Food Sovereignty in Samoa, Emily Gove

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A Preliminary Communication-Based Theory of Leadership: The Co-Evolution of Mass Media Communication, Technology, and Anglo-American Political- Institutional Leadership, Hayley Gray-Hoehn

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Categorical Description of Fibonacci Anyon Model and Linked Cluster Theorem Violation, Greg A. Hamilton

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Quantum Groups and Knot Invariants, Greg A. Hamilton

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Aging is in the eye of the beholder: Eye-tracking and person-perception analyses of young and old faces, Stephanie M. Ha

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Characterizing the role of the C-terminus of a potassium ion channel, Bridgette Heine

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Bleaching: Hierarchy and Commercialization in Contemporary Queer Club Culture, Harry Hoke

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Soviet Propaganda in Film: The Maksim Trilogy, Taylor Johnson

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Differential privacy for growing databases, Gi Heung (Robin) Kim

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Analysis of SIKE Structure, Seung-Hwan L. Kim

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The Effect of Depressive Symptoms on Social Helplessness and Withdrawal, Shaun Lamm

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Anti-inflammatory effects of an improved pyrrole-based microtubule-depolymerizing compound on RAW264.7 macrophages, Elizabeth C. Li

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Differential equations models of pathogen-induced single- and multi-organ tissue damage, Fiona Lynch

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Une Nation des Potcakes, Christa Lyons

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From New York to the world : the American Jewish Committee and the meaning of India, 1945-1956, Ryan Charles McEvoy

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The progression of Lyme disease in the state of Virginia, Margaret Michel

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The Preparation of 3-Dimethylamino-1,2-diaryl-propenones and their Application to the Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Pyrroles and Pyrazoles, Joseph Ortolani

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Synthesis and Characterization of Boronic ester ligands as pro-drugs, Hyejin Park

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You're overthinking it : how restrained eating could affect your social life, Samantha Philip

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Screening for conditional mutations in MTR4, an RNA helicase component of the nuclear exosome, Hema Pingali

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Mapspeak and Other Prose, Meghan Roberts

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Eating Your Feelings: The Relationship Between Core Affect and Food Choices, Kana V. Rolett

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The effect of implicit person theories and gender on academic engagement, Annette Schieffelin

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Study of the Neutron Detection Efficiency of the CLAS12 Detector, Keegan Sherman

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Structural analysis of pro-mutagenic oxidized guanine and ligand His829 in the DNA polymerase I active site and the use of mineral catalysts for RNA oligomerization, Samantha Sholes

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L’expression visuelle durant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale : La Résistance, la Collaboration, et le « juste milieu », Jackie Sirc

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Evaluating Concordance Between Self and Teacher Reports of Youth Depressive Symptoms, Alexandra Strong

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Differences in Self- Versus Teacher-Perceptions of Social Competence Among Sociometric and Perceived Popular Youth, Shayna Sweezy

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Investigating medicinally important portein-protein and protein-ligand interactions : a computational approach, Cooper Ashley Taylor

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Do Obsessive Beliefs Moderate the Relationship Between Obsessive-Compulsive and Depressive Symptoms?, Joanthan A. Teller

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Multi-reference characterization of diradical pyrazines, Scott Thais

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Toward a Scientific Investigation of Convolutional Neural Networks, Anh Tran

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The Familiarity Factor: How Semantic Similarity Affects Associative Memory in Older and Younger Adults, Paige Warner

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The College Admissions Problem: Effects of Income and Ability of Postsecondary Education Outcomes, Martha Whamond

MacBheatha, Alana Christine Wiljanen

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Heroism, psychopathy, and career choices : twigs on the same genetic branch, Sandy Yu

Theses from 2016

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Narrative mode and women's narrative authority in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping, Anna Allen

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Acting out : three theatrical women and their roles in the British suffrage movement, Ama Ansah

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Nonhuman personhood and the self in Karen Joy Fowler's We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Taylor Baciocco

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ladylike (and other lies), Vivian Jeanell Ophelia Barnes

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Impact of vector range expansion on pathogen transmission dynamics of Lyme disease in southwestern Virginia, Bishan Bhattarai

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A change of heart : the effect of heartwarming advertisements on brand affinity, Hannah Butman

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Variation in cold tolerance among the closely related wildflower species Mimulus tilingii and Mimulus guttatus, Alexis Caldwell

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How does one child policy influence Chinese household saving behavior, Yueyang Cao

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Nonexistence of nonquadratic Kerdock sets in six variables, John Clikeman

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Britain's failed attempt at fascism : the British Union of Fascists, years 1933-1934, Katherine L. Collier

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The ethics of environmentalism for the individual consumer, Molly Collins

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Reactions of propargyl carboxylates, propargyl alcohols, and catalytically generated zinc acetylides mediated by TMSOTf, Danielle Confair