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.Theses from 2011
One-pot heteroconjugate addition - oxidation - Diels-Alder reaction, Smaranda Craciun
Studies into the mutagenic potential of the DNA lesion 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanasine with various DNA polymerase, Kelly Crowley
The pax/six gene regulatory network in a basal animal, Siyu Serena Ding
The just and beautiful city : concepts of aesthetics and justice in contemporary american urbanism, Anne Tyler Feldmann
Xenopus laevis transgenic lines and their use in the study of lymph heart musculature development, Diana M. Filtz
Synthesis of indole containing pyrimidines, Kara Finzel
Ryan McGinness's Art history is not linear (VMFA) : commercialization in contemporary art and the museum context, Kathryn Given
Optimal staging of credit releases in ecosystem service markets, Tianshu Guo
Networks of resistance : black Virginians remember Civil War loyalties, Amanda Kleintop
Utilizing molecular dynamics to study ionotropic glutamate receptors, Jenna Landers
Friendship and problem solving : the effect of various situations on co-rumination in emerging adulthood friendships, Kelly Larsen
Using nucleotide analogues to better understand replication of 8-oxo-2'-deosyguanosine, Maria Lindell
Scout's daughters : race and creative development in contemporary adolescent literature, Amanda Malloy
Bond vigilantes : the invisible hand of government regulation, Chris Marsten
From the Florida Keys to the Great Barrier Reef : exploring the feeding ecology of tropical marine sponges, Andrew Massaro
Presidential leadership in health care reform, Ashley G. Miles
"The stuff of thought" : Virginia Woolf's object lessons, Sam Mitchell
Forgiveness as a mechanism of self-regulation : an ego-depletion model, Lindsay Myerberg
Searching for the soul of American medicine : what three high-quality, low-cost health care systems can teach U.S. policymakers, Benjamin A. Paul
Rosie the Riveter vs. Helen the Homemaker : advertising and the role of women in America after World War II, Christina Pfaff
Unethical decision making : understanding the role of leadership and gender, Laura A. Poatsy
Mourning Michael Jackson : rhetoric and the recuperation of a pop icon, Brianna Puccini
Employment discrimination : the role of implicit theories and gender stereotypes, Megan Reilly
Investigating the trophic ecology of fungal-feeding nematodes, Megan Riley
Determination of CREB binding protein levels and an examination of proteomic profiles in the drosophila model of the human neurodegenerative disease Spinocerebellar ataxia type III / Machado-Joseph disease, Andrew Lawrence Simmelink
Eye movements in Latin reading, Ryan Smout
Mother daughter relationships during the college years : the effect of co-rumination, Calla Madalyn Ward
AqK2P : a previously unstudied potassium sponge potassium channel, Gregory D. Wells
The Jewish communities of Shanghai : identities and the politics of survival, Marianne Williams
The gendered gaze : the female nude and the drapery paintings of Alison Watt, Dayle W. Wood
Rank one perturbations of self-adjoint operators, Haoxuan Zheng
Theses from 2010
Analysis of boolean functions with high second order nonlinearity, Corneliu A. Bodea
Changing magic : evolving conception of witchcraft in Essex County, Elizabeth Kiel Boone
Johann Christian Bach's influence on Mozart's developing style, Austin Bourdon
Aid effectiveness in sub-saharan Africa and south and southeast Asia : an analysis of substantive measures of development, Brooke Christofferson
Are own race faces processed more holistically, Jasmine C. Cottle
Detecting malicious JavaScript, Matthew F. Der
Monodispersity dependence of azurin protein monolayer electrochemical at monolayer protected nanoparticle film assemblies, Tran Thu Doan
Enhanced electrochemistry of nanoparticle-embedded polyelectrolyte films : interfacial electronic coupling and distance dependence, Callie E. Dowdy
Understanding rejection across ingroups and outgroups, Prasant Dubey
A vulgar tradition : moral unity in the variant Cinderella, Benjamin Aaron Fancy
Battered, broken, and bruised : spectacle in early Christian martyr narratives, Tiffany Ferris
The Effect of Polysubstituted Pyrrole Compounds on the Inflammatory Response, Lauren Folgosa
What counts? : legitimizing female role models, Audrey N. Innella
Hurricane Katrina : an act of God?, Juliette M. Jeanfreau
Freedom's disciple : the life, music, and impact of Hazel Dickens, Kelly Landers
Homology modeling provides insight into the evolution of allostery of glutamate deydrogenase, Virzhiniya Lekova
The quest of a lifetime : how the first year of University of Richmond life affects student's spirituality and religiosity, Melanie Martin
What type of expert are you? : an ERP study exploring cortical differences between Greeble experts, Jessica Miller
Torture cannot be used as a national security policy, Peter Moshang
Undergraduate nutrition and exercise perceptions, Emily Pratt
The dynamic frottola : changing music in the 1500s, Mierka R. Ross
Defender of the faith? : anti-heresy policy and the consolidation of ecclesiastical authority under Henry VIII on the eve of the english reformation, Daniel James Rudary
Styles of perceptual expertise processing as a function of training : a greeble-based ERP study, Emily Ruzich
An argument for the moral obligation of physicians to practice healthy behaviors, Kathryn A. Skimming
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...swim : the effect of self-efficacy and team-efficacy on athletic performance, Alison Smith
Of horror and humor : the transformation of the grotesque into the gothic in the novels of Frances Burney, Brittany Taylor
Person perception of leaders with adult ADHD, Maxwell P. Teschke
Especially in this economy : the effect of personal and situational factors on charitable intentions and attitudes toward the homeless, Eric M. VanEpps
Adsorption and thermodynamic properties of azurin at monolayer-protected film assemblies : evidence for a more homogeneous adsorption interface, Morgan Lynn Vargo
The role of NtrBC and Nac in Shigella virulence, T. Jordan Walter
Characterization of the secondary structure of kinesin light chain tetraticopeptide repeats, Meredith Weck
Selection of risk and effort levels among low-stakes players : a case study in online poker, Justin Weiss
Theses from 2009
Measuring the effect of family income on undergraduate behavior, Lindsey Brewer
Visual discrimination training for rats : developing a new methodology to explore laterality differences, Tiffany R. Brunelli
The new military history : General Jonathan M. Wainwright and his experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, John H. Chase
Can the holistic processing of faces be improved in the normal population, Jessica Collins
Developing a novel basal animal model for use in exploring the development of early sensory systems, Elizabeth Danka
Phenotypic analysis of genetic regulatory response to oxidative stress in shigella flexneri, Aaron Daugherty
Optical properties of multilayer-polyelectrolyte films with incorporated gold nanomaterials (solid nanoparticles and hollow nanoshells), Robert Watson Day
Deliberative democracy at the local level, Tony DeRosa
Catholic nationalism and feminism in twentieth-century Ireland, Jennifer M. Donohue
On the record : the visibility of race, class, gender, and age in Richmond, Virginia's newspaper coverage of 1960's sitdown movement, Jill Eisenberg
The politics of sectional servitude : the construction of American abolitionist discourse in black and white, 1837-1847, Christopher M. Florio
Reducing the negative attidudes of religious fundamentalists toward homosexuals, John A. Frank
Can she ever be "The Man"? : the effect of gender on implicit perceptions of leadership ability in an applied hiring task, Rebecca S. Frazier
Appropriation in opera : modern performance practice of racially evocative works, Katelin French
Polyelectrolyte-linked, multi-layer film assemblies of aqueous nanoparticles and nanoshells, Anne Galyean
Relay total synthesis of lamellarin G trimethyl ether, Benjamin Giglio
Cosmological vision(s) : history, modernism, and American renewal in Hart Crane's The bridge, Lauren Grewe
The impact of social pressures on referee's sanctions in professional soccer : a case study of penalty kicks in the MLS, Mariano Harari
Size of food packaging and cognitive performance, Shannon Henry
Political socialization and the youth vote : a study of political engagement during the 2008 election, Meredith Hull
Enslaved revolutionaries : constitutional rhetoric of eighteenth-century Irish and American patriots, Jacob Keith Johnson
An in situ one-pot enol silane formation-Mukaiyama aldol-type reactions mediated by TMSOTf, Miles W. Johnson
Optimization of a semi-permeable membrane device-fiber optic sensor for the sampling of hydrophobic pollutants in aquatic environments, Ncamiso Khanyile
Trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate-accelerated addition of catalytically generated zinc acetylides to aldehydes, Brian Mahoney
Analysis of cp23S domain V to assess zooxanthellar diversity among clionaid sponges from Caribbean and Pacific reefs, Ashley McQuillin
A gene encoding an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase interacts with the HOX gen regulator pal-1, Leah Milazzo
Can scouts and NFL general managers predict future quarterback performance at the time of the NFL draft?, Cain Montgomery
Communicative violence in romantic relationships, Christina L. Moore
The inheritance of lawless passion : an examination of interracial relationships through slave narratives, Genna K. Murray
Empathy, group-level guilt and identification : measuring their relationship through past American-Cambodian relations, Laura Musser
Determining archaeal species diversity in death valley soils, Archana Durga Narla
A conversation among sisters : the "dangerous lover" in the texts of the Brontës, Jennifer K. Patchen