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Theses from 1985
An experiment in Southern letters : The Reviewer, 1921-1925, Elizabeth Spindler Scott
Residence, perceived latitude of choice and desired control among the long-livin, Steven R. Shank
Effects of own voice vs. another's voice during progressive relaxation, Tay Corrie Weber
Theses from 1984
Effects of adrenalectomy on hemoconcentration and blood pH, urea and electrolytes in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), Magally Aellos de Cova
Psychological needs of the elderly : community, religious affiliated institutions, and public institutions, Sharon Bonaventura
The effects of photoperiod and melatonin injections on the reproductive system of the male Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), Luis Jose Cova Marchan
The effects of color reversal on the maze performance of learning disabled and normal children, Susan Ramsay Knaysi
Characteristics of a Ca++ ATPase enzyme in the epidermis of molting blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, Joanne Elizabeth Lapetina
Genesis and resolution of political violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tola Merid
Aromatic amine--haloboranes : evidence for trigonal boronium cations, Debra H. Reid
Testing the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral treatment for impulsivity with female juvenile delinquents, Dinaz Lynn Stafford
Theses from 1983
Locus of control and attribution as predictors of learned helplessness in children, Anne Marie Albano
The role of the adrenal cortex in fat metabolism of Meriones unguiculatus, the Mongolian gerbil, Saffia Baggia
The effects of positive and negative mental rehearsal upon adolescent boy's performance on mirror drawing, Jeffrey Alan Betman
A history of the village of Midlothian, Virginia, emphasizing the period 1835-1935, Barbara Irene Burtchett
Henry Alexander Wise, Minister to Brazil, 1844-1847, Dennis Rodgers Custis
Easterbrook's hypothesis and eyewitness cue utilization, Mark R. Hill
A Frontier Biography: William Campbell of King's Mountain, David George Malgee
Immigrants in Richmond, Virginia : Lebanese, Armenians and Greeks, 1900-1925, Kaye Brinkley Spalding
The role of adrenomedullary hormones in survival of the adrenalectomized mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus, Carol B. Ussery
An American myth : James Dickey's "The Zodiac", Arthur Gordon Van Ness
Theses from 1982
Meredith's women in time : Diana Merion and Clara Middleton, Dana Sims Brewer
Isolation and characterization of the serum ferroxidase inhibitor, Melissa Page Calisch
An electrophoretic comparison of gene loci in etheostoma nigrum and etheostoma olmstedi from the James River drainage, Virginia, Randall Keith Falls
The effects of osmotic stress on sodium, potassium, and chloride metabolism in the mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus, Mark William Hagood
Reproductive biology of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Metastrongyloidea: Angiostrongylidae), Grace Spatafora Harris
Field dependence as a factor in eyewitness accounts, Charlotte Sue Lerch
Capital punishment : public opinion and abolition in Great Britain during the twentieth century, Carol A. Ransone
Theses from 1981
A right of access to the courtroom : the Burger Court's search for a definition, Sandra D. Bowen
The effects of photoperiod and melatonin injections on the reproductive system of pinealectomized male mice Mus musculus, ICR strain, John Earnest Constantine
Population stability of three species of zooplankton in Westhampton Lake, Richmond, Virginia, James Christopher Conyers
The post-postmodern aesthetics of John Fowles, Claiborne Johnson Cordle
Decoding differences on the verbal and nonverbal channels among "A" and "B" therapist types, Katherine M. Hudgins
Locus of control, sex, personal adjustment and vascular stress response, Kevin Timothy Larkin
The influence of the perceived emotions anger and fear on leadership ratings, Helen M. McFalls
The spatial distribution of phytoplankton in Westhampton Lake, Richmond, Virginia, James William Newlin
Subject bias in managerial evaluation, Don Marie Persing
ROTC vs Non-ROTC students: Demographic, attitudes, behavior, and personality differences, Mark A. Pieffer
Recognition and recall memory as a function of intentional and incidental learning of an eyewitness account, Jill L. Ricke
The political and legal framework for cable television franchising by Virginia local government, Clyde Edward Roettger
The vascular flora of the Kersey-Crump creek watershed, Hanover County, Virginia, Eddie Reeves Smith
Theses from 1980
State-trait anxiety and incidental learning of shapes and colors in learning disabled adolescents, LaDonna Gail Cabell
The Root mission, William R. Conger
Castle Thunder : the Confederate Provost Marshal's prison, 1862-1865, Alan Lawrence Golden
A Kierkegaardian reading of three novels by Faulkner, Francine Marilyn Hall
An analysis of the stock market as an indicator of investor reaction to selected national and international events, Benjamin F. Harmon
Masculinity, femininity, & androgyny : the interaction of college students with preschoolers, Jan Alexandra Jones
Locus of control modification as a function of siituational control and performance feedback : a replication and extension, Ronald J. Kline
L'homme et le poè̀te des regrets, Thu Nguyet Levit
The effect of cognitive coping strategies on the tolerance of human infant crying, Thomas C. Mann
Reproductive and mutagenic effects of 5-thio-D-glucose injections in male mice, Mus musculus, ICR strain, Mary E. McManaway
The effects of photoperiod and melatonin injections on the reproductive system of male mice, Mus musculus, ICR strain, Margaret Ann Shugart
Charles R. McDowell, Jr. : one man's view of the national folklore, Sandra Leigh Spratley
Regulation of sodium intake in the mongolian gerbil, Kevin Douglas Stark
Influence of the "international theme" in the novels of Sinclair Lewis., David Charles Thaw
Seasonal sexual cycle of Nerodia taxispilota (Serpentes: Colubridae) at the northeastern edge of its range, David Roland White
Stress coping abilities of individuals high and low in social anxiety, Rita Marie Wittmer
Effects of Casual Attributions of Performance Outcome on Nature of Self-Statements and Self-Esteem, Samuel Horace Wood
Theses from 1979
Locus of control modification as a function of situational control and performance feedback, Robert Bailey Allin Jr.
The effects of three levels of social interaction on the maintenance of Sidman avoidance in rats, John Lewis Cofer
Baron Von Steuben and the military forces in Virginia during the British invasions of 1780-1781, Michael McMillen Decker
Sex and age differences in the labeling and intensity of emotion, Marita Leonie Desselles
The interacting effects of tetraiodothyronine and epinephrine on the activities of Na+ + K+ -dependent adenosine triphosphatase, hexokinase and pyruvate kinase in the cardiac tissue of white rats, Timothy Joseph Dietrick
Avoidance learning of anxiety : an application of signal detection theory, Maribeth Ekey
The military career of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, Eugene H. Grayson
Field dependence and recall of related and unrelated lists of words, Lynda L. King
The importance of an educational phase to the stress inoculation of anxiety, Susan Elizabeth Naggs
A validation study for the position of bank teller utilizing the job matching system, Richard Dennis Newcomb
Images of women and men in contemporary pop song: production and perception, Gloriaa Norgang
Salt appetite during acute sodium deficiency in the gerbil, Elvira K. Perewiznyk
Growth and food habits of micropterus salmoides in Westhampton Lake, Richmond, Virginia, Charles H. Rawls
Growth and Food Habits of Micropterus Salmoides in Westhampton Lake, Richmond, Virginia, Charles H. Rawls Jr.
The role of Na+ + K+ -activated adenosine triphosphatase in the osmoregulating marsh clam, Rangia cuneata, David Goodwin Sainting
The role of socio-economic status in determining voting behavior in Richmond, Virginia, Arthur Henry Verburg
The effects of pH on chloride flux in Fundulus heteroclitus, Timothy Alton Washburn
A Test of Two Theories of the Necker Cube Reversal Illusion, Phillip Powers Woodson Jr.
Theses from 1978
The dynamics of self-definition : an approach to the Torquemada tetrology, Vanessa Valldejuli Allen
Richmond and the sturdy beggar : a local study of unemployment relief 1929-1935, Dorothy Herin Brinkley
Job opportunities in Virginia for foreign language students, Patricia Lightfoot Brown
Self-knowledge : a true tragedy?, Mary Louise O. Cariens
The United States military pension system : toward a rational reform with commentary on the report of the President's Commission on Military Compensation, L. Shelton Clarke
Distribution of Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, Etheostoma olmstedi Storer, and their introgressive hybrid populations in the James River drainage, John Edward Clark
The quality of storm runoff from different kinds of land surfaces in the drainage basin of Westhampton Lake, Richmond, Virginia, Margaret Emil Coppedge
Lactate dehydrogenase isozyme patterns from five species of snakes : comparison of rattlesnake vibratory muscle with body epaxial muscle, Cecil Bernard Cross
A study of the self report and behavioral differences between high and low frequency daters, Scott Daner
The "city on a hill" : Tom Johnson and Cleveland 1901-1909, Keith Dean Dickson
From the natural to the civil state : the evolutionary process as viewed by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau, Sue Slate Donaldson
Person perception in the job interview : the effect of congruent & incongruent information between the job interview and letter of reference, Sharen Dale Enscore
Adult performance on Piaget's water level task and its relation of spatial orientation and visualization, Pul Ashby Foltz
A cognitive behavioral treatment for impulsive aggressive behavior in emotionally disturbed children, Laurence Kelly Furgurson
An ultrastructural study of intramuscular melanocytes in PET/Wmr mice, Charles August Gomer
The contribution of an educational phase to the stress inoculation of anxiety, Robert Steven Hadfield
The Tredegar iron works : 1865-1876, Dennis Maher Hallerman
Responses to hypovolaemic thirst in gerbils, Patrick Carl Hauenstein
Leader, follower, and nonleader patterns in emergent leadership, Catherine Mae Holmes
Antipredative function of the gelatinous coating of the eggs of the frog, Rana pipiens, Walter Stanley Jennings
Benjamin Compson : consciousness, rhetoric, and the 'fictive art', Ann Brooke Lewis
Coping abilities of high and low jealous individuals in a stressful situation, Elizabeth Roxanne Lindsey
A thing doubly inscrutable : a woman and a queen : Elizabethan foreign policy: 1558-1584, Virginia Lesley Mathewson
Meaning and method : a comparative study of Edmund Husserl and Ezra Pound, Jesse N. Mayo Jr