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Submissions from 2013

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Trends in Water Quality within the Broward County Portion of the Biscayne Aquifer, Leigh Auwers Ammon

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Gaining Insight into Teaching: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Lived Experience of the Teachers of the Year, Robin F. Amparo

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Give Us This Day, Barbara L. Anderson

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Hazard Mitigation Element Quality in Coastal Comprehensive Plans in a State with Strong Requirements for Hazard Mitigation Plan Elements, Evelio E. Astray-Caneda III

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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa AmpR Transcriptional Regulatory Network, Deepak Balasubramanian

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Photo Degradation of Cotnaminants of Emerging concern (CECs) under Simulated Solar Radiation: Implications for their Environmental Fate, Sudha Rani Batchu

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Selection and Passage of County Land Preservation Voter Referendum: The Role of Government, Susan P. Beaghen

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Fault Line, Kacee Lynn Belcher

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The Development of Calibrants through Characterization of Volatile Organic Compounds from Peroxide Based Explosives and a Non-target Chemical Calibration Compound, Katylynn Beltz

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Pressure Induced Structural Changes and Gas Diffusion Pathways in Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins, Yuba R. Bhandari

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The Anuvrat Movement: Theory and Practice, Shivani Bothra

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Blessed are the Peacemakers: Transnational Alliance, Protective Accompaniment and the Presbyterian Church of Colombia, Michael C. Brasher

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Root:Shoot Ratio and Specific Leaf Area Along an Elevational Gradient in the Peruvian Andes, Catherine Heidy Bravo Avila

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Children with Special Health Care Needs: Comparison of the Effects of Home Care Setting, Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Setting, and Long-Term Care Setting on Child and Family Health Outcomes and Health Care Service Use, Carmen Caicedo

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The Broken Mirror: Maternal Agency and Identity in Charles Dickens's Bleak House, Sarah E. Cash

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Leakage Temperature Dependency Aware Real-Time Scheduling for Power and Thermal Optimization, Vivek Chaturvedi

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Structural Data Acquisition Using Sensor Network, Sainath Chidambar Munavalli

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The Influence of HOPE VI Public Housing on Public Schools, Donna A. Comrie

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Empire's Children: Soviet Childhood in the Age of Revolution, Loraine de la Fe

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Structural Health Monitoring Inside Concrete and Grout Using the Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform (WISP), Elicek Delgado Cepero

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Water Demand and Allocation in the Mara River Basin, Kenya/Tanzania in the Face of Land Use Dynamics and Climate Variability, Shimelis B. Dessu

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The Effect of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on the Fate and Transformation of Arsenic in Aquatic Environments, Dionne Dickson

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Environmental Dynamics of Dissolved Black Carbon in Aquatic Ecosystems, Yan Ding

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Spiritual Violence: Queer People and the Sacrament of Communion, Sabrina Diz

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The Processing of Preposition-Stranding Constructions in English, Naomi R. Enzinna

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Leveraging Symbiotic Relationships for Emulation of Computer Networks, Miguel A. Erazo

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IR820 Nanoconjugates for Theranostic Applications, Alicia Fernandez-Fernandez

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An Investigation of Vertical Turbulent Transport Processes in Coastal Regions Using Tower Observations, Jonathan Joseph Furst

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Effect of Arginine and Oscillatory Ca2+ on Vascular Response Mediated Via Nitric Oxide Signaling in Normal and Salt Sensitive Hypertensive Rat Mesenteric Arterioles, Tushar V. Gadkari

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Sociocultural Complexities of Ecosystem Restoration: Remaking Identity, Landscape and Belonging in the Florida Everglades, Rebecca I. Garvoille

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Greater Miami: Stories, J. David Gonzalez

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An Analysis of the Potential Risk Exposure to Lead (Pb) through Urban Community Gardens, Danielle E. Goveia

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A Model for Continuous Measurement of Drilled Shaft Diameter During Construction, Masood Hajali

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Application of a Bivariate Probit Model to Investigate the Intended Evacuation from Hurricane, Fan Jiang

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Optimization of Wireless Power Transfer via Magnetic Resonance in Different Media, Olutola Jonah

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South of the South, Jason Jones

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Selective and Specific Activation of Rab5 during Endocytosis of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases, Ivan Jozic

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The Impact of the "Not Sure" Option on Lineup Identification Decisions, Seyram Kekessie

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Influence of Habitat on the Reproductive Ecology of the Amazonian Palm, Mauritia flexuosa, in Roraima, Brazil, Roxaneh S. Khorsand Rosa

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Improving Resource Management in Virtualized Data Centers using Application Performance Models, Sajib Kundu

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Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Cancer: in vitro Characterization, in vivo Distribution, Tingjun Lei

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Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors for Real-Time Biomolecular Binding Study, Chang Liu

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Power Study on Testing Epidemic Alternatives, Zihao Li

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Barcelona: Espacio Literario, Espacio Urbano en la Novela Catalana Femenina del Siglo XX, Elisabeth Llaveria-Powell

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Development of Safety Performance Functions for SafetyAnalyst Applications in Florida, Jinyan Lu

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The Impact of a Classroom Performance System on Learning Gains in a Biology Course for Science Majors, Nilo E. Marin

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Hybrid Power System Intelligent Operation and Protection Involving Distributed Architectures and Pulsed Loads, Ahmed A. Mohamed

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An Analysis of the Factors that Influence Regional Economic Development Cooperation, Terence G. Murphy

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Gender Differences in the Influence of Protective Factors, Risk Factors, and Health Risk Behaviors on HIV Risk Behaviors Among Youth in South Florida, Christi M. Navarro

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Development of Physics-based Models and Design Optimization of Power Electronic Conversion Systems, Arash Nejadpak

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Graphene NanoPlatelets Reinforced Tantalum Carbide consolidated by Spark Plasma Sintering, Andy Nieto

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Ronald Reagan Rain, Patrick B. Norris

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The Relationship between Faculty Perceptions and Implementation of Elements of Transactional Distance Theory and Online Web-Based Course Completion Rates, Victor Nwankwo

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Globalization and the Public Provision of Higher Education: Empirical Evidence from Selected Countries, Claudette Nyang'oro

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The Great Escape: A Modern Charismatic Movement within the Presbyterian Church, Nicholas Edward Pearce

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South Road, Sarah E. Pearsall

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Ghost Tree Social, Esther P. Phillips

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Vocabulary Comprehension in Children with Autism, Melissa A. Pierro

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Of Taffeta and Soil, Marina Pruna

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Lightweight Middleware for Software Defined Radio (SDR) Inter-Components Communication, Pasd Putthapipat

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Wireless Sensor Network Deployment, Yipeng Qu

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Off-line and On-line Affective Recognition of a Computer User through A Biosignal Processing Approach, Peng Ren

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Transmission, Legitimation, and Adaptation: A Study of Western Lamas in the Construction of ‘American Tibetan Buddhism’, Mariana Restrepo

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The Japanese History Textbook Controversy Amid Post-War Sino-Japanese Relations, Maria Gabriela Romeu

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A Phenomenological Exploration of Black Male Law Enforcement Officers' Perspectives of Racial Profiling and Their Law Enforcement Career Exploration and Commitment, Gregory A. Salters

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Ten Year Study on Water Flushing Times and Water Quality in Southern Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, FL, Estefania Sandoval

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Covalent Protein Adduction by Drugs of Abuse, Kevin Schneider

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Pirates, Exiles, and Empire: English Seamen, Atlantic Expansion, and Jamaican Settlement, 1558-1658, Amanda J. Snyder

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Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Influences Cell Motility and Chemotaxis by Regulating Phosphatidylinositol 3 Kinase Localization in Dictyostelium discoideum, Tong Sun

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Zoroastrianism, Cosmology, and Chaos: A Detailed Analysis of the Musical Composition, Druj Aeterni, Andrew T. Trelease

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Evaluating the Effects of Sea Level Rise on Sea Turtle Nesting Sites: A Case Study of the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Melissa Ussa

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Defining Īśvara: A New Perspective in the Hermeneutics of Classical Yoga, Daniella Vaclavik

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From Passive to Active Community Conservation: A Study of Forest Governance in a Region of the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico, Eric Van Vleet

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Assessment of the Occurrence and Potential Risks of Pharmaceuticals and their Metabolites in Fish and Water Using Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, Jian Wang

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Constructing Threat: How Americans Identify Economic Competitors, Shelley D. Wick

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The Discursive Construction of Japanese Identity and its Haunting Others, Yoshiko Yamada

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Does Landscape Context Affect Habitat Value? The Importance of Seascape Ecology in Back-reef Systems, Lauren Yeager

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Interdependencies in Corporate Development: Relationship between Strategic Alliance and Acquisition Activities, Rimi Zakaria

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic and Computational Investigations of Chloroperoxidase Catalyzed Regio- and Enantio-Selective Transformations, Rui Zhang

Submissions from 2012

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A Comparison of the Effects of Classroom and Multi-User Virtual Environments on the Perceived Speaking Anxiety of Adult Post-Secondary English Language Learners, Abdulaziz Abal

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Relative Role of Dispersal Dynamics and Competition in Niche Breadth, Robin N. Abbey-Lee

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Control of MNC's Environmental Performance and the Challenges of Subsidiary Network Dimensions, Dina Mahmoud Abdel-Zaher

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The Development of Direct Ultra-Fast PCR for Forensic Genotyping Using Short Channel Microfluidic Systems With Enhanced Sieving Matrices, Maurice Aboud

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A Longitudinal Exploration of the Relationship Between Oral Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension Achievement Among a Sample of Diverse Young Learners, Teri L. Acquavita

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Bahamian Men's Sexual Risks for HIV Infection, Theresa E. Adderley

Evaluating the Jordanian National Security Strategy Toward the Palestinian_Jordanians (Palestinian_Jordanians as a Securitization Case-Study), Mohannad K. Al-Kasaji

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A Methodology to Estimate Time Varying User Responses to Travel Time and Travel Time Reliability in a Road Pricing Environment, Patricio A. Alvarez

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Efficiency and Power Density Improvement of Grid-Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems utilizing High Frequency-Based Power Converters, Mahmoud Amin

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Wage Matters & Globalization: South Florida’s Low-Wage Immigrant Plant Nursery Workers and Business Protectionism in the Age of Neoliberalism, Alejandro Angee

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Forging Professional Public Health Nursing in a Southern State: Florida's Public Health Nurses, 1889 to 1934, Christine Ardalan

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Estimating the Parameters of the Three-Parameter Lognormal Distribution, Rodrigo J. Aristizabal

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A State of War: Florida from 1939 to 1945, Anthony Atwood

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Ageism in the Workplace: Examining the Influence of Age Conceptualization on the Advancement Opportunities of Older Workers, Veronica Averhart

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Adaptive Software Fault Prediction Approach Using Object-Oriented Metrics, Djuradj Babic

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The Role of Attachment in Faculty Mentoring, Rimjhim Banerjee

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Organized Labor and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Solidarity Center in Historical Context, George Nelson Bass III

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Design, Fabrication, and Evaluation of On-chip Micro-supercapacitors, Majid Beidaghi

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Development of Local Homeland Security Networks in the State of Florida: A Social Network Analysis Approach, Patrick M. Bell

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Invasion of Bracken Fern in Southern Mexico: Local Knowledge and Perceptions in Two Indigenous Communities in the Chinantla Region, Oaxaca, Mexico, Carolina Berget

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Explaining Investor Preferences: The Significance of Socio-demographic, Ideological, and Attitudinal Factors, Abdul Beydoun

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Affect-based Modeling and its Application in Multimedia Analysis Problems, Abhishek Bhattacharya

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The Nature of Microvariability in Blazar 0716+714, Gopal Bhatta

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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Tumor Segmentation and Quantification: Development of New Algorithms, Ruchir N. Bhatt

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Assessing the Impact of Business Group Diversification on the Internationalization of their Affiliates: The Case of Latin American Firms, Armando J. Borda

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Ecosystem structure in disturbed and restored subtropical seagrass meadows, Amanda Bourque

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Determination of Signature Volatile Odor Chemicals Emanating from Novel Biological Specimens by Non-invasive Analytical Techniques for the Potential use in Forensic Identifications, Jessica S. Brown

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Top Down Control in a Relatively Pristine Seagrass Ecosystem, Derek A. Burkholder

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Reduced vowel production in American English among Spanish-English bilinguals, Emily Byers

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A Graduate Guitar Recital Consisting of Works by Leo Brouwer and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco with Extended Program Notes, Enrique Caboverde III

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The Discrimination and Association of Float Glass and The Quantitative Analysis of Liquids from Aerosols and Microdrops using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, Erica M. Cahoon

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The Effects of Carbon Dioxide Fertilization on the Ecology of Tropical Seagrass Communities, Justin E. Campbell

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Morning, Guillermo M. Cancio Bello

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The Impact of Round II Urban Empowerment Zones on Local Communities, Agatha S. Caraballo

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Personality and Performance: Assessing the Mediating Role of Mental Model Formation in the Personality-Performance Relationship, Eric Cartaya

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Operational Prediction of Groundwater-phosphorous Interaction Over Surficial Aquifers of South Florida, Yirgalem A. Chebud

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Cross-Layer Design for Energy Efficiency on Data Center Network, Tosmate Cheocherngngarn

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Study on a Hierarchy Model, Suisui Che

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The Impact of Friends on Newly Immigrant Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Adjustment, Ayse Cici Gokaltun

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The Endocrine Basis for Reproductive Life-history Trade-offs during the Previtellogenic Resting Stage in the Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti, Mark E. clifton

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Extended Program Notes for Thesis Voice Recital, John J. Cogollo

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The Anagó Language of Cuba, Maria J. Concordia

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Development of an Integrated Surface and Subsurface Model of Everglades National Park, Amy Cook

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Melinis repens Seed Bank Longevity in Miami-Dade County, Cara A. Cooper

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Intermittently Forced Vortex Rossby Waves, Amaryllis Cotto

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Arthur and Una: Mis-pairings and Delays in 'The Faerie Queene' Book 1, Laura E. Creel

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Rise of Public Works and Sanitation in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1765-1823, Monica Lynn Crowe

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The Relationship Between Parental Involvement and the Persistence of First-Generation Hispanic Millennial College Students, Anthony Cruz

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Factors Influencing the Implementation of Substance Use Prevention Programs in Elementary Schools, Jackie Cruz Wagener

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Computational Evaluation of Wind Loads on Low- and High- Rise Buildings, Agerneh Dagnew

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Egyptian Activism in the Modern Era and the Role of Information and Communication Technologies, Ramsey Dahab

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Carbon Nanostructure Based Electrodes for High Efficiency Dye Sensitize Solar Cell, Santanu Das

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Natural Disasters and Comparative State-Formation and Nation-Building: Earthquakes in Argentina and Chile (1822-1939), Quinn Dauer

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The Clairvoyant of 8th Street, Anjanette Delgado

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A Hermeneutic Phenomenology of Graduate Education Students' Understandings of Instructor Power in a Higher Education Classroom, Antonio Delgado

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Scheduling Medical Application Workloads on Virtualized Computing Systems, Javier Delgado

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Houngas and Mambos of the Diaspora: The Role of Vodou Ritual Specialists in Group Re-integration, Identity Creation and the Production of Health among Haitians in Little Haiti, Dorcas Dennis

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Tin Oxide Based Composites Derived Using Electrostatic Spray Deposition Technique as Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries, Abirami Dhanabalan

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Essays on Emissions Trading Markets, Kishore Dhavala

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The Development of Rubrics to Measure Undergraduate Students' Global Awareness and Global Perspective: A Validity Study, Stephanie Doscher

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Small Farmer Market Knowledge and Specialty Coffee Commodity Chains in Western Highlands Guatemala, Courtney M. Dowdall

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The Distribution of Toxic and Essential Metals in the Florida Everglades, Zhiwei Duan

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The State of our Toolbox: A Meta-analysis of Reliability Measurement Precision, Krzysztof Duniewicz

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Multiuser Detection in Multiple Input Multiple Output Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Systems by Blind Signal Separation Techniques, Yu Du

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Facility 47 - A Novel, James N. Elens II

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AC/DC Smart Control and Power Sharing of DC Distribution Systems, Mohamed A. Elshaer

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Caretaker-Child Interactions At Bedtime: A Bidirectional Analysis of Noncompliant Bedtime Behavior, Desiree J. Espinal

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Relative Importance of False Positives in the Selection Process, Julio E. Fernandez de Cueto

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A Comprehensive Study of Bankruptcy Prediction: Accounting Ratios, Market Variables, and Microstructure, Giovanni Fernandez

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Personal and Institutional Factors: Relationship to Self-Efficacy of Persistence to the Senior Year in College among Self-Identified Black Undergraduate Students in a Hispanic Serving Institution, Sandra E. Fletcher

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Direct and Indirect Effects of Organic Matter Sources on Denitrificaton in Florida Rivers, Megan Fork

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Predictors of Adolescent Sexual Intentions and Behavior: Attitudes, Parenting, and Neighborhood Risk, Anne S. Frankel

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Measurement of the Induced Polarization of Lambda(1116) in Kaon Electroproduction with CLAS., Marianna Gabrielyan

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Examining Argumentative Coherence in Essays by Undergraduate Students of English as a Foreign Language in Mainland China and Their English Speaking Peers in the United States, Lianhong Gao

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The Role of Redox Signaling in the Molecular Mechanism of Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer, Nana Aisha Garba

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Evaluating the Effects of Initial Participation in the Group Therapy Process, Arlene Garcia

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Deconstructing Domesticity and the Advent of a Heterotopia in Chuck Palahniuk's Lullaby, Jeanette Garcia

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Evaluating Heavy Episodic Drinking Effects on Educational Attainment., Tracey A. Garcia

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Social and Environmental Regulation of Signal Plasticity and Signal Reliability in the Electric Fish Brachyhypopomus gauderio, Sat Gavassa Becerra

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Genetic Diversity in the Himalayan Populations of Nepal and Tibet, Tenzin Gayden

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Assessment of Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys for Enhanced Mechanical and Biocompatible Properties, Puneet Kamal S. Gill

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Development and Testing of a Second Generation Hand-held Optical Imager, Jean Gonzalez

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The Use of Computer Graphic Organizers For Narrative Writing By Elementary School Students With Specific Learning Disabilities, Mary K. Gonzalez-Ledo

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A Novel 3-D Segmentation Algorithm for Anatomic Liver and Tumor Volume Calculations for Liver Cancer Treatment Planning, Mohammed Goryawala

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Hurricane Wilma: A Love Story, Dan A. Grech

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Effect of pH and temperature on the carbonate promoted dissolution of sodium meta-autunite, Ravi Krishna Gudavalli

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Career Technical Education Adjunct Faculty Teacher Readiness: An Investigation of Teacher Excellence and Variables of Preparedness, Jorge Guerra

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Improving Storage with Stackable Extensions, Jorge Guerra

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Essays in Economic Growth, Political Economy and Institutions, Ece Handan Guleryuz

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Raman Spectroscopy Study of Graphene Under High Pressure, Ali Hadjikhani

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Temporal Mapping and Connectivity using NIRS for Language Related Tasks, Michael A. Hall

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Teeth and Other Tales, Alexandra M. Handwerger

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The Factor Structure of the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment in a Clinic-referred Sample of Anxious Latino Youth, Devi Hausman

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Historiographic Metafiction and the Neo-slave Narrative: Pastiche and Polyphony in Caryl Phillips, Toni Morrison and Sherley Anne Williams, Christiane Hawkins

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The Influence of Spirituality, Race/Ethnicity and Religion on Parent Grief and Mental Health at one month and three months after their Infant's/Child's death in the Neonatal or Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Dawn M. Hawthorne

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The Moderating Mediation Effects of Maternal Psychological Control and Maternal Acceptance on the Relation Between Maternal Acculturation and Youth Anxiety, Ileana Hernandez

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Effects of Elevated Prenatal Progesterone on Postnatal Emotional Reactivity in Bobwhite Quail (Colinus Virginianus) Neonates, Joshua A. Herrington

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Essays of Strategic Alliance Portfolio Configuration— Its Performance Properties, Strategic Antecedents and Consequential Effects on Multinational Firms’ Continuing Foreign Expansion, Wei He

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Spatial and Temporal Patterns in the Distribution, Behavior, and Activity of Fishes in Canals of the Everglades, Ann C. Hijuelos

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History and Evolutionary Trajectory of the Iranian Nuclear Program, Mohammad Homayounvash

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A History of Bones, Amanda C. Hosey

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Exploring Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Selected Transition Elements under Extreme Conditions: Experiments at High Pressures and High Temperatures, Rostislav Hrubiak

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Power and Thermal Aware Scheduling for Real-time Computing Systems, Huang Huang

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Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Expected Loss Costs in Hurricane Models, Antonio R. Hudson

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Birds of Ohio, Amy L. Hughes

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Examining the Validity of the GRE General Test Scores and Undergraduate GPA for Predicting Success in Graduate School at a Large Racially and Ethnically Diverse Public University in Southeast Florida, Myung Sook Hyun

Imagining Equality, Shifting Human Consciousness Toward Ecological Sustainability, Sarah Jacob

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Essays on the Effect of Tax Exemption on Competitiveness, Performance and Portfolio Risk of Credit Unions and Subchapter S Banks, Ajeet Jain

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Ab Initio Quantum Chemical Studies on Neutral-Radical Reactions of Ethynyl (C2H) and Cyano (CN) with Unsaturated Hydrocarbons, Adeel Jamal

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An Economic Analysis of Carbon Sequestration and Storage Service by Mangrove Forests in Everglades National Park, Florida, Meenakshi Jerath

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An Energy Based Nanomechanical Properties Evaluation Method for Cementitious Materials, Kaushal K. Jha

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Mechanisms of Chloroperoxidase-catalyzed Enantioselective Reactions as Probed by Site-directed Mutagenesis and Isotopic Labeling, Lin Jiang

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Host and Network Optimizations for Performance Enhancement and Energy Efficiency in Data Center Networks, Hao Jin

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A Bilateral Analysis of the South China Sea Dispute: China, the Philippines, and the Scarborough Shoal, Adam Nieves Johnson

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Examining the use of Simarouba glauca Seed Oil as a Feedstock for the Production of Biodiesel using a Small Scale Model Developed in India, Andrew Aaron Jungman

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VHITS: Vertical Handoff Initiation and Target Selection in a Heterogeneous Wireless Network, Faisal Kaleem

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Developing a High Density Pt/Alumina Hermetic Feedthrough, Ali Karbasi

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Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of Single-Stage Boost Inverters under Normal and Abnormal Conditions, Ali Kashefi Kaviani

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Three Essays on a Longitudinal Analysis of Business Start-ups using the Kauffman Firm Survey, Indu Khurana

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Sustainable Rural Development Through Alternative Economic Networks: Redefining Relations in the Commodity Chain For Export Vegetables In Western Guatemala, Ryan J. Klotz

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A Critique of the Representation of Violence in American Literature:, Tatiana E. Knight

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Dynamics of Ecosystem Metabolism and Flocculent Detritus Transport in Estuarine Taylor River, Gregory R. Koch

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Improving Caches in Consolidated Environments, Ricardo Koller

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Hydro-Physical Characterization of Media Used in Agricultural Systems to Develop the Best Management Practices for operation of an Environmentally Sustainable Agricultural Enterprise, Vivek Kumar

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Herbivore and Nutrient Impact on Primary Producer Assemblages in a Tropical Marine Environment, Elizabeth Lacey

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Alchemy and Symbolism in the Work of Carlos Estevez, Irina Leyva-Perez

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Comparative Reproductive Biology of a Rare Endemic Orchid and its Sympatric Congeners in Southwestern China, Wuying Lin

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Effects of Architectural Features of Air-Permeable Roof Cladding Materials on Wind-Induced Uplift Loading, Ruilong Li

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Practical Dynamic Thermal Management on Intel Desktop Computer, Guanglei Liu

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Three Essays on Dual-Class Stock Structure, Olesya Lobanova

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Extended Program Notes for Thesis Voice Recital, Rebecca Longtemps

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Neanderthal Admixture in Current Human Populations, Robert K. Lowery

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Essays on City Size Distribution and Real Estate Bubbles, John Paul Lucas

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The Influence of Appearance-related Possible Selves on Disordered Eating, Aurelie Lucette

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Bayesian Estimation of Small Proportions Using Binomial Group Test, Shihua Luo

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Predictors of Success: Medical Laboratory Associate in Science Degree Program, Nilia M. Madan

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Preservation of Nitric Oxide Availability as Nitrite and Nitrosothiols, Kumpal J. Madrasi

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Not Getting By: Poverty Management and Homelessness in Miami, Karen M. Mahar

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The Effect of Young Adult Literature on Adolescents' Rape Myth Acceptance, Victor Malo-Juvera

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Mundos Prohibidos: El Poder en el Discurso Epistolar de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Juana Borrero, Cointa G. Martin

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New Jellium Model for Alkali Metals and its Future Applications to Metal Clusters, Guillermo Matranca

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Cognitive Competence and Life Course Change in Multi-Problem Adolescents, Brent M. Maximin

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Promoting Positive Development: Family Processes and Risk Behavior Among Adolescents, Beverley E. McDermott

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Personal Control and Responsibility Measure: A Psychometric Evaluation, Alan Meca

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The Effectiveness of a Conceptually-based Health and Wellness Course in Developing Health Related Factors, Exercise self-efficacy and Knowledge of Health Issues and Exercise Performance among Diverse College Students., Ilida M. Medero

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Field Programmable Gate Array Based Target Detection and Gesture Recognition, Priyanka Mekala

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Investigating the Outcomes of Two Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs and Understanding the Correlates of Completion for Each Program, Michael A. Melchior

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Causes of Conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism in Haiti and the role of Vodou after Conversion, Yola Ménard-Saint Clair

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The Influence of Corporate Interests on USAID's Development Agenda: The Case of Haiti, Guy Metayer

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Illicit Interest Groups: The Political Impact of The Medellin Drug Trafficking Organizations in Colombia, Patricia Micolta

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The Function of Cyclo(Phe-Pro) in Gene Expression of Vibrio Harveyi, Bruce Milburn

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Black Band Disease: Elucidating Origins and Disease Mechanisms, Aaron Miller

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(IN)Security of the Chosen People: Theological Foundations of Shi'a Strategical Culture, Sayed Amir Mirtaheri

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Microteaching Lesson Study: Mentor Interaction Structure and its Relation to Elementary Preservice Mathematics Teacher Knowledge Development, Roxanne Molina

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Cold Season Physiology of Arctic Plants, Jonathan G. Moser

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Treatment Moderation and Secondary Outcomes: Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial, Luci M. Motoca

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Sediment Yield Modeling and Identification of Erosion Hotspots in Tropical Watersheds: The Case of Upper Ruvu Catchment in Tanzania, Juliana J. Msaghaa

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Living on Both Sides of the Fence: A Phenomenological Study of Human Resource Development Professionals as Downsizing Survivors and Strategic Human Resource Development Facilitators, Claire K. Nackoney

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An Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Nitric Oxide in the Microcirculation, Shabnam M. Namin

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Three Empirical Essays on Startups’ Survival using the Kauffman Firm Survey, Mohamad Nassereddine

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Family Form, Desired Parental Involvement and Troubled Ruminations about Fathers and Mothers, Alina Nazareth

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Improved Electronics for the Hall A Detectors at JLab: Summing Modules and VDC Amplifier/Discriminator Cards, Casey M. Neville

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Environmental and Cost impact Analysis of Materials and Assemblies in Building Construction, Deepika Nirmal

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System-on-a-Chip (SoC) based Hardware Acceleration in Register Transfer Level (RTL) Design, Xinwei Niu

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Extended Program Notes for Thesis Voice Recital, Shanna Nolan

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An Investigation of the Relationships between Selected Characteristics and Leadership Outcomes of Athletic Training Education Program Directors, Michelle L. Odai

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The Interaction between Social and Physical Environments on Early Cognitive Development, Briana O'Dowd

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The Effectiveness of Outdoor Education on Environmental Learning, Appreciation, and Activism, Jessica Okaty

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The Influence of Parental Verbal Aggression on Hispanic College Women’s Use of Verbal Aggression in Romantic Relationships, Laura A. Oramas

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An American Tale: Incarnations of the Wizard of Oz and the Negotiation of Identity, Race, and Gender, in Popular Culture, Carly A. Orshan

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The US Financial Crisis and the Behavior of the Foreign Exchange Market, Chaiyuth Padungsaksawasdi

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Affecting Health Behaviors in the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Population of Rangers, Michael J. Pagel

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Time Spent with Children and Working Parents' Willingness to Medicate ADHD-like Behaviors, Bora Pajo

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The Photooxidation of Domoic Acid, Punam K. Parekh

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Functionalized Carbon Micro/Nanostructures for Biomolecular Detection, Varun Penmatsa

Deep Waters, Yaddyra Peralta

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Early Career Special Education Teachers’ Perceptions of School Site Induction Support, Yvette Perez

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The Relationship Between Educational Placement, Instructional Practices, and Achievement Gains of Black Students with Specific Learning Disabilities in Secondary Urban School Settings, Deidre Marshall Phillips

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Developing a Process to Create and Validate an Instrument Assessing Student Attainment of Competencies at an Intercultural University in Mexico, Martha Fernanda Pineda

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Preparation of an Immunosorbent and its use in the Solid Phase Extraction of Benzodiazepines, Jorge E. Quintana

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Design Optimization of Nozzle Shapes for Maximum Uniformity of Exit Flow, Karla K. Quintao

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Can Intersensory Redundancy and Social Contingency Enhance Memory in Bobwhite Quail Hatchlings?, Namitha Raju

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The Role of the Environment in the Individual Difference and Creativity Relationship, Angela C. Reaves

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The Examination of the Relationships Among Secondary Principals’ Leadership Behaviors, School Climate, and Student Achievement in an Urban Context, Valmarie Rhoden

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Spirituality and Transformational Leadership in Education, Omar Riaz

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Injustice Everywhere: Hemingway's Struggle with Race, Gender, and Aesthetics, Michael Riobueno

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Goma Curriculum, A Character Education Paradigm: Composing a Text for Shaping Classroom Character Culture, Alicia D. Ritchey

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Risk Factors and Associations for Hepatitis C Infection among Hispanic/Latino Intravenous Drug Users in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Arturo E. Rodriguez

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A Retrospective-Longitudinal Examination of the Relationship between Apportionment of Seat Time in Community-College Algebra Courses and Student Academic Performance, Steven M. Roig-Watnik

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Students' Perspective of the Role of Facebook in their Studies, Frank A. Rojas

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The Longitudinal Influence of Physical Activity on Adolescent Alcohol Use, Beverly A. Ruffin

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Switching Patterns and Steady-State Analysis of Grid-Connected and Stand-Alone Single-Stage Boost-Inverters for PV Applications, Mahdi Saghaleini

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Development and Verification of Control and Protection Strategies in Hybrid AC/DC Power Systems for Smart Grid Applications, Vahid Salehi Pour Mehr

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A Comparison Study of the English III/American Literature Success of African American High School Students and That of Students Whose Home Language is Haitian Creole, Sharon A. Samuels

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The Root of the Recycled: A Comparative Analysis of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and the Mythological "Ur-Hamlet", Isabel M. Sanchez

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The Double Bass as a Supportive and Melodic Instrument in a Jazz Piano Trio: Extended Program Notes for Thesis Recital, Kai Sanchez

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Influence of Religious Coping on the Substance Use and HIV Risk Behaviors of Recent Latino Immigrants, Mariana Sanchez

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Time Orientation in Organizations: Polychronicity and Multitasking, Kristin R. Sanderson

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Spatiotemporal Variation in Abundance and Social Structure of Bottlenose Dolphins in the Florida Coastal Everglades, Robin E. Sarabia

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Design Optimization of Modern Machine-drive Systems for Maximum Fault Tolerant and Optimal Operation, Ali Sarikhani

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Geographic Provenancing of Unprocessed Cotton Using Elemental Analysis and Stable Isotope Ratios, Emily R. Schenk

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Program Notes: Suite in E Minor and the Aranjuez Concerto, Karen Schoenhals

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A Search for an Exotic Meson in the Gamma P to Delta-plus-plus Pi-minus Eta Reaction, Diane M. Schott

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Soil Carbon Dioxide and Methane Efflux From an Everglades Tree Island and Ridge Landscape, Robert S. Schroeder

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Judging Psychology Experts: Can Judges and Attorneys Distinguis Between Clinical and Experimental Psychologists?, Shari Schwartz

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Island Diasporas: Perceptions of Indo-Caribbean Protégés Regarding the Effects of their Cross-Cultural Mentoring Experiences in the United States, Rehana Seepersad

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Assessing Sustainability of Sanitation Technologies Recommended for Rural Settings: A Case Study of Morogoro District, Tanzania, Amour Seleman

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Centered Fluidity and the Horizons of Continuity in Djuna Barnes' Nightwood, Maria C. Sepulveda

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Vitamin D levels, vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and HOMA2 model in Cuban Americans, Haitian Americans, and African Americans with and without type 2 Diabetes, Lamya Shaban

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Approaches to Provisioning Network Topology of Virtual Machines in Cloud Systems, Mani Shafaatdoost

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The Fisherman, Deborah L. Shannon

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Ethnic Identification: Its Impact on HIV/AIDS Risk among Migrant and Seasonal Workers in South Florida, Nancy Shehadeh

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Study on Bivariate Normal Distribution, Yipin Shi

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Why Is This Wave Different From All Other Waves? Jewish Miami: The Changing Face of Institutional Interaction in Three Phases, Ariella Siegel

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Fiscal Decentralization and Development: An Analysis of City Governments in Argentina and Mexico, 1980–2010, Heidi Jane M. Smith

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Extended Program Notes for Thesis Voice Recital, Katherine P. Smith

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Modeling of Crosstalk in High Speed Planar Structure Parallel Data Buses and Suppression by Uniformly Spaced Short Circuits, Gabriel A. Solana

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History Education and the Construction of National Identity in Iran, Maryam Soltan Zadeh

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Predicting Explorative Behavior by Level of Emotional Reactivity in Bobwhite Quail Neonates (Colinus virginianus), Michael Suarez

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Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Turkish Immigrants with Type 2 Diabetes Living in The Netherlands, Shiryn D. Sukhram

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The Art of the Steel Pan instrument in a Jazz combo, Leon Thomas

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Test of a Smock System on CPR Primary Emergency Measures and Medical Errors During Simulated Emergencies, Ruth Thomas

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Adapting Mpowerment to a Rural Area, Michael S. Tims

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A Study of Stock Market Linkages between the US and Frontier Markets, Galin Kostadinov Todorov

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Evaluation of the Evidential Value of the Elemental Composition of Glass, Ink and Paper by Laser-Based Micro-Spectrochemical Methods, Tatiana Trejos

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Selected Repertoire for the Tenor Voice, Scott T. Tripp

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Extended Program Notes for Thesis Violin Recital, Paul Tulloch

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The Sacred Nature of the Akan Chief and its Implications for Tradition, Modernity and Religious Human Rights in Ghana, Seth Tweneboah

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Perceptions of Character Education in a Seventh-Day Adventist School, Marva E. Tyrell

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An Examination of the Effects of a Summer Book-Reading Program on the Language and Early Literacy Outcomes of Toddlers from High Risk Environments, Mary Anne Ullery

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Essays in Open Economy Macroeconomics, Umut Unal

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Optimizing Storage and Memory Systems for Energy and Performance, Luis Enrique Useche

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Tests of the Intersensory Redundancy Hypothesis across Early Postnatal Development, Jimena Vaillant-Mekras

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Towards Simulation and Emulation of Large-Scale Computer Networks, Nathanael M. Van Vorst

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Silicon Photonic Device for Wavelength Sensing and Monitoring, German R. Vargas

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Measuring the Impact of Melaleuca quinquenervia Biochar Application on Soil Quality, Plant Growth, and Microbial Gas Flux, Thelma I. Velez

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Taking Issue with History: Empathy and the Ethical Imperatives of Creative Interventions, Monica A. Vera

The Effect of Introspection and Verbalization on the Confidence-Accuracy Correlation, Daniella Villalba

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Interoperable Resource Brokering with Policy-based Provisioning and Job Allocation, David Villegas

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Geochemical Determination of the Fate and Transport of Injected Fresh Wastewater to a Deep Saline Aquifer, Virginia M. Walsh

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Identification, Isolation, and Characterization of Developmental Toxins from the Cyanobacterium Fischerella 52-1 Using the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo Model, Katherine E. Walton

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Assessment of the Occurrence and Potential Effects of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in South Florida Waters and Sediments, Chengtao Wang

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The Impact of Social Comparison Processes on Hoped-For Possible Selves, Self-Regulatory Processes, and Mental Health Outcomes in Young Adults, Rebecca A. Wang

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Improved Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) Estimation for Local Roads using Parcel-Level Travel Demand Modeling, Tao Wang

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Asymmetric Syntheses of Analogs of Kainic Acid, Wentian Wang

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The Effectiveness of Nongovernmental Organizations and their Impact on the Status of Women in Nicaragua, Monica Weeks

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A Hardware and Software Integrated Approach for Adaptive Thread Management in Multicore Multithreaded Microprocessors, Lichen Weng

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Angular Distribution of Prompt Photons Using the Compact Muon Solenoid Detector at √S =7 TeV, Vanessa Gaultney Werner

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Resource Allocation, Scheduling and Feedback Reduction in Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Systems, Nansong Wu

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In Vivo characterization of Epileptic Tissue with Optical Spectroscopy, Nitin Yadav

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Hurricane Loss Modeling and Extreme Quantile Estimation, Fan Yang

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Improving Seasonal Factor Estimates for Adjustment of Annual Average Daily Traffic, Shanshan Yang

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Violin Recital -60 Minutes- Extended Program Notes, Yuko Yoshikado

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Developing an Enhanced Model for Combined Heat and Air Infiltration Energy Simulation, Chadi Younes

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Sustainability Evaluation of Green Building Certification Systems, Martin Yuce

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Transcription-Coupled DNA Supercoiling in Escherichia Coli: Mechanisms and Biological Functions, Xiaoduo Zhi

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Quorum Sensing and Microbial Interactions in Coral Black Band Disease and Coral-Associated Bacteria, Beth L. Zimmer

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Novel Hybrid Columns Made of Ultra-High Performance Concrete and Fiber Reinforced Polymers, Pedram Zohrevand

Submissions from 2011

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Turkish-American Relations in the Post-Cold War Era, 1990-2005, Isa Afacan

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General Elementary Music Teacher Burn-out in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Luciano Alberto

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Exploring the Goals, Content, and Methods of Entrepreneurship Professors: A Multiple Case Study, Carlos A. Albornoz

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Abstractions to Support Dynamic Adaptation of Communication Frameworks for User-Centric Communication, Andrew A. Allen

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Secure Information Flow via Stripping and Fast Simulation, Rafael H. Alpizar

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Measuring Impacts of Neem Oil and Amitraz on Varroa destructor and Apis Mellifera in Different Agricultural Systems of South Florida, Stephany C. Alvarez-Ventura

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A Diagnostic Framework for Demand Amplification Problems in Supply Chains, Rene A. Amaya

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Dulce María Loynaz' Jardín: Subversive Tropological Discourse, Eugenio A. Angulo

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The Self-Perceived Effects on Faculty that Result From the Experience of Serving in a Residential College, Eric E. Arneson

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Deconstructing the Religious Archive and its Secular Component and its Relationship to Violence, Andres A. Arrazola

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Essays on Administrative Protection and Trade Deflection, Veysel Avsar

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Evaluation of Wind Loads on Solar Panels, Johann Barata

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A Study of the Relationship Between Educational Placment and the Achievement of Urban Low Socioeconomic Hispanic Middle School Students With and Without Specific Learning Disabilities, Lisa A. Barrocas

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Para Subsistir Dignamente: Alberto Yarini and the Search for Cubanidad, 1882-1910, Mayra Beers

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Resource Partitioning Among Three Mesoconsumers at a Marsh Mangrove Ecotone: a Response to a Seasonal Resource Pulse Subsidy, Ross E. Boucek

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U-Th-Ba Elemental Fractionation during Partial Melting of Crustal Xenoliths and its Implications for U-series Disequilibria in Continental Arc Rocks, Raul Brens Jr.

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A Methodology to Select an Enterprise Resource Planning System for a Small or Medium Sized Enterprise, Richard Burton

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Memory Conformity: Actors and Bystanders, Mariana E. Carlucci

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Middle School Teachers' Intentions to Refer Eating Disorder Students for Professional Counseling, Diann P. Carr

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Understanding the Role of the Bacteria, Isolated from the Hanford Site Soil, on the Fate and Transport of Uranium, Denny A. Carvajal

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Scaling Geospatial Searches in Large Spatial Databases, Ariel Cary

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Infants’ Selective Attention to Faces and Prosody of Speech: The Roles of Intersensory Redundancy and Exploratory Time, Irina Castellanos

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Null Subject Behavior in the Attrition of Brazilian Portuguese, Tammer Castro

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A Fresh Look at Decision Making in International Investment Choices: Firm International Coherence and Home-Host Country Relatedness, Sokol Celo

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A Nested Petri Net Framework for Modeling and Analyzing Multi-Agent Systems, Lily Chang

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Mitigating Congestion by Integrating Time Forecasting and Realtime Information Aggregation in Cellular Networks, Kai Chen

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Characterization,Sources,and Transformations of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE), Meilian Chen

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Analysis of Y-chromosome Diversity in Lingayat and Vokkaliga Populations of Southern India, Shilpa Chennakrishnaiah

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In Vivo Tissue Diagnosis for Myocardial Infarction Using Optical Spectroscopy with Novel Spectral Interpretation Algorithms, Po-Ching Chen

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Reduced Organic Sulfur: Analyisis and Interaction with Mercury in the Aquatic Environment, Sen Chen

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Chloroperoxidase Catalyzed Enantioselective Epoxidation of Selected Olefins and Regiospecific Degradation of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate, Taiyi Chen

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Conservation Attitudes and Community Based Natural Resource Management in an Understocked Game Management Area of Zambia, Alexander Chidakel

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The Effects of the Ethic of Care in an All-Boys School from 1903-1974, Donald A. Cramp Jr.

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Understanding the Relationship between the Talented Twenty Program and College Aspirations for High Ranking Students at a High Priority School, Jeannette Cruz

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The Influence of Study and Travel Abroad on the Personal and Professional Development of Students in Architecture Design Programs, Lyle D. Culver

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Theoretical Study of Chloroperoxidase Catalyzed Chlorination of beta-Cyclopentanedione and Role of Water in the Chlorination Mechanism, Cassian D'Cunha

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The Ineffectiveness of a Multinational Sanctions Regime Under Globalization: The Case of Iraq, Manuel De Leon

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Three Essays on Self-Employment Transitions, Organizational Capital, and Firm Formation, Fatma Deli

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Water Resources Assessment and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based Stormwater Runoff Estimates for Artificial Recharge of Freshwater Aquifers in New Providence, Bahamas, Mildred Genevieve Diamond

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Piano Recital (60 minutes): Extended Program Notes, Jelena Djukic

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A Policy Gap Analysis of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Implementation in Nepal, Yogesh Dongol

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Impacts of the Naturalized Bee Centris nitida on a Specialized Native Mutualism in Southern Florida, Jason L. Downing

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Attorney Decision Making in an Employment Discrimination Dispute Involving Personnel Selection, Erica N. Drew

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Aggressive Personality: The Use of a New Self-Report Measure Built from Justification Mechanisms, Anya T. Edun

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Negotiating Identities, Striving for State Recongition: Blacks in Cordoba, Argentina 1776-1853, Erika D. Edwards

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Filtering the International Gender Paradigm: Perspectives of Gender in Barbados, Astrid Ellie Hurley

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A Theory of Constraints Service Systems Improvement Method: Case of the Airline Turnaround Problem, Steven C. Ellis

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European Integration and Democratic Consolidation: Spain, Poland and Turkey in Comparative Perspective, Engin I. Erdem

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The River, the Railroad Tracks, and the Towers: How Residents’ Worldview and Use Value Transformed Wilton Manors into a Diverse, Gay-friendly, Urban Village, Emma E. Ergon-Rowe

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Clinical Translation of a Novel Hand-held Optical Imager for Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Sarah J. Erickson

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Comparison of Repeated and Two Non-Repeated Readings Conditions on Reading Abilities of Students with Emotional and/or Behavioral Disabilities, Raul Escarpio

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Design Optimization of Submerged Jet Nozzles for Enhanced Mixing, Edgard Espinosa

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Achieving Zero Accidents – A Strategic Framework for Continuous Safety Improvement in the Construction Industry, Rizwan U. Farooqui

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The Role of Neighborhood Organizations in the Production of Gentrifiable Urban Space: The Case of Wynwood, Miami's Puerto Rican Barrio, Marcos Feldman

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Soft Power as the New Norm: How the Chinese-Russian Strategic Partnership (Soft) Balances American Hegemony in an Era of Unipolarity, Chaka Ferguson

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Factors That Differentiate Persistence Beyond The First Session At A For-Profit University, Jesus Fernandez

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Contemporary Aspects of Dividends: Before and During the Financial Crisis, Gizelle Fernandez Perretti

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Self-Determination Theory and Student Motivation in Social Studies in an Urban Broward County Public High School, Roberto Fernandez III

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Development of an Instrument to Measure High School Students’ Global Awareness and Attitudes: Looking Through the Lens of Social Sciences, Renita Ferreira

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Wind Pressure Evaluation for Field and Ridge Tiles, Serge Alain Feuze Lekem

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A Total Quality Management Methodology for Universities, Jose C. Flores-Molina

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The Relationship Between Staff Perceptions of Principal Leadership and School Performance, Andrea Floyd

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The Representation of Motherhood in Contemporary Catalan Fiction, Ausenda Folch

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An Evaluation of Functional Impairment among Children with Anxiety Disorders, Irina Fredericks

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Development of a New Student Evaluation Instrument of Instructor Effectiveness in Online Courses, Fernando J. Ganivet

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Twisted Straight: A Memoir, Nicholas Garnett

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Analysis of Housing Partnerships Using the Balanced Scorecard Framework, Zhayda L. Garzon

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The (Ab)use of Politics and Eroticism in the Culture of the Spanish Transition to Democracy (1975-1982), Wenceslao Gil

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Endocrine Regulation of Dynamic Communication Signals in Gymnotiform Fish, Anna Goldina

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QCD Structure of Nuclear Interactions, Carlos G. Granados

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Space-Time Coding for Polynomial Phase Modulated Signals, Omar D. Granados

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In situ AFM Imaging of Nanoparticle- Cellular Membrane Interaction for a Drug Delivery Study, Rakesh Guduru

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Thermal Imaging As A Biometrics Approach To Facial Signature Authentication, Ana M. Guzman Tamayo

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Hybrid Motor Drives: Characterization and Control, Brian M. Hadley Mr.

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The Effects of Fertilization and Simulated Grazing on the Community Structure of a Seagrass Bed in South Florida, Sitti Zayda B. Halun

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The Influence of Body Size on the Ecology of Coastal Fish Predators in The Bahamas, Caroline M. Hammerschlag-Peyer

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Neural Network Based Off-line Handwritten Text Recognition System, Changan Han

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Antibacterial Proteins and Peptides in Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma Cirratum) Peripheral Blood Leukocytes, Nichole Hinds Vaughan

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Transformations of a Coffee Landscape in Southern Mexico: A Case Study of Emigration and Conservation in the Sierra Norte, Oaxaca, Emily B. Hite

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Predicting Hurricane Evacuation Decisions: When, How Many, and How Far, Lixin Huang

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Voting with their Feet: Migration, Partisanship, and Party-Safe Elections in Florida, Rezwan Hussain

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Statistical Test for Multi-dimensional Uniformity, Tieyong Hu

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The Role of Civil War on Higher Education in Rwanda: A Case Study of the National University of Rwanda, Esperance Ibuka

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Incursión en el Espacio Ontológico de las Novelas la Ninfa Inconstante de Guillermo Cabrera Infante y Todos se Van de Wendy Guerra, Rosa M. Inguanzo

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Does the Matrix Matter? A Comparison on Phenology and Habitat utilization of Two Treefrog Species in the Big Cypress National Preserve, Monica Isola

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Optimum Wireless Power Transmission for Sensors Embedded in Concrete, Shan Jiang

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Constructing a Revolutionary Narrative: Black Liberation and the Political Uses of the Past in the United States and South Africa, 1960-1975, Douglas Jones

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New American Zen: Examining American Women's Adaptation of Traditional Japanese Soto Zen Practice, Courtney M. Just

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Modeling Security and Cooperation in Wireless Networks Using Game Theory, Charles A. K. Kamhoua

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Women and Development in Senegal: Microcredit and Household Well Being, Safietou Kane

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The Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer Among Multiethnic Men, Nicole Kellier

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The Impact of Likability on Memory Conformity for Images, Jenna M. Kieckhaefer

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Swimming Against the Tide: A Study of a Youth Enrichment Program Seeking to Empower Inner-City Black Youth, Jayne A. Klein

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Diversity and Knowledge in the Age of Nation-Building: Space and Time in the Thought of Yanagita Kunio, Takehiko Kojima

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Inspection of Parts with Complex Geometry and Welds with Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Srikanth Korla

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Three Essays on Entrepreneurial Motivation, Entry, Exit and Monetary Rewards, Dmitriy Krichevskiy

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The Potential Role of Environmental Exposures and Genomic Signaling in Development of Central Nervous System Tumors, Brian W. Kunkle

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Managing for Resilience: Practical Applications of Marine Science to Improve Natural Resource Management: A Case Study in the Puerto Morelos Marine Protected Area, Mark Ladd

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Hydroxyapatite-Nanotube Composites and Coatings for Orthopedic Applications, Debrupa Lahiri

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Carbon Nanotube Based Systems for High Energy Efficient Applications, Indranil Lahiri

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Color-Based Surface Reflectance Separation for Scene Illumination Estimation and Rendering, Mouncef Lahlou

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Just Sex: Sexual Ethics for Twentyfirst Century Christians, Curtis S. Lanoue

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The Adventures of James Tully, Joseph A. Lapin

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Angular Distribution of Z0 Bosons in Z+Jet Events at sqrt(S) = 7 TeV, Luis Lebolo

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Extended Program Notes for Thesis Guitar Recital, Aaron Lebos

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Integrated Assessment of Water Conservation Practices For Sustainable Management Strategies, Mengshan Lee

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Interactions of Toxic Metals with Algal Toxins Derived from Harmful Algal Blooms, Shuo Li

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An Examination of Accounting and Auditing Issues Related to Strategic Environmental Initiatives, Barri A. Litt

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Understanding China’s Climate Change Mitigation Policy Development: Structures, Processes and Outcomes, Liguang Liu

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Statistical Process Control for the Fairness of Network Resource Distribution, Qingyun Liu

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Trait Variation in an Everglades Invasive Species: Life histories, Boldness, and Dispersal in the African Jewelfish, Diana P. Lopez

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Prenatal Environmental Exposure and Neurodevelopmentally Important Gene Expression in Malformed Brain Tissue from Pediatric Intractable Epilepsy Patients, Brenda Luna

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Treefrogs in Forested Swamps at the La Selva Biological Station: Assemblage Variation through Space and Time, Vivian C. Maccachero

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Watchmen: Comics and Literature Collide, Christina Machado

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The Effects of a Positive Youth Development Intervention on Problem Behavior Outcomes, Vanessa L. Madrazo

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The 4-aza-S-ribosyl-L-homocysteine Derivatives and the Related Gamma-lactam and Azahemiacetal Analogs: Synthesis, Inhibition and Quorum Sensing Activity, Venkata L. Malladi Ms

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Community Environmental Preservation Initiatives in Borgne, Haiti, Craig J. Marcklinger

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The Effects of Dynamic Culturing Environments on Cell Populations Relevant to Heart Valve Tissue Engineering, Catalina Martinez

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Performance Enhancement In Accuracy and Imaging Time of a Hand-Held Probe-Based Optical Imager, Sergio L. Martinez

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Work Engagement as a Mediator Between Personality and Citizenship Behavior, Alejandra Matamala

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Critical Evaluation and Life Course Change: The Development of the Critical Problem-Solving Skills Scale – Qualitative Extension, Brent M. Maximin

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Performance Anxiety Amongst Middle School-Aged Wind Instrumentalists as Influenced by Variations in Delivery of Instructional Script Given by Adjudicators During Sight Reading, Jacqueline A. McAllister

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Disease and Hygiene in the Construction of a Nation: The Public Sphere, Public Space, and the Private Domain in Buenos Aires, 1871-1910, Kindon T. Meik

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A Quantitative Approach to the Organizational Design Problem, Jesus A. Mena

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Measurments of Carotenoid Levels in Human Serum and a Catalog of the Lutein Conformation Populations from Semi-empirical Calculations, Vanesa Mendez

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Immunomodulation by Shark Cartilage Extracts, Liza Merly

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The Role of Contingency and Gaze Direction in the Emergence of Social Referencing, Mariana V. Molina

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The Use of Curriculum Modifications and Instructional Accommodations to Provide Access for Middle School Students with Autism to the General Curriculum, Whitney Moores-Abdool

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Internal Control Reporting by Non-Accelerated Filers, Vishal Munsif

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Theoretical Investigations of Communication in the Microcirculation: Conducted Responses, Myoendothelial Projections and Endothelium Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor, Sridevi Nagaraja

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An Analysis Of Five Compositions Representing The Fusion Of Jazz, World, and Latin American Rhythms, Hector D. Neciosup

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Stress and Coping Style: An Extension to the Transactional Cognitive-Appraisal Model, Kerry A. Newness

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Simulation of Rising Bubbles Dynamics Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method, Merlin Ngachin

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Sediment Dynamics of a Shallow Hypereutrophic lake: Lake Jesup, Florida, USA, Shauna Nielsen

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Do Payments for Hydrological Services Reduce Poverty and Strengthen Social Capital? An Examination of Household Welfare and Collective Action in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico, Lindsey R. Nieratka

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The Civic Achievement Gap: A Study on the Civic Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Hispanic Students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Sergio Nieves

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Landscape Genetics of Phaedranassa Herb. (Amaryllidaceae) in Ecuador, Nora Oleas

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Risk Evaluation of a Mercury Containment System, Cristian A. Ortez Garay

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La Kábala Dentro del Discurso Contemporáneo y Urbano: El Ejemplo de Marcos Ricardo Barnatán, Janet Otero Toledo

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An Integrated Multi-Agent Framework for Optimizing Time, Cost and Environmental Impact of Construction Processes, Gulbin Ozcan-Deniz

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Does Response Topography Affect Response Rates and Behavioral Persistence in Fixed-ratio Schedules?, Paloma Pedraza

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Experiential Hospitality Environments: The Roles of the Interior Architectural Features in Affording Meanings of Place, Tari Pelaez

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Thioredoxin and Jab1 Control Estrogen- and Antiestrogen-Mediated Progression of the Cell Cycle Through p27 Interactions, Rosalind B. Penney

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GRE as a Predictor of Graduate Student Success at a Hispanic Serving Institution of Higher Education, Katherine Perez

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The Role of Perceived Control in the Relation Between Parental Control and Anxiety among Anxious Youth, Maria Pienkowski

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Perceptions and Preferences of Commercial Fishers in the Florida Keys for Alternative Management Frameworks, Brett P. Pierce

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Local Biomass Control on the Composition and Reactivity of Particulate Organic Matter in Aquatic Environments, Oliva Pisani

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On the Creation of Matter, Paul W. Poston

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Isotopic Studies of the Guerrero Composite Terrane, West-Central Mexico: Implications for Provenance of Crustal Rocks and Genesis of Ore Metals, Adriana Potra

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Development of Micro Immunosensors to Study Genomic and Proteomic Biomarkers Related to Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease, Shradha V. Prabhulkar

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Administrators' Perspectives of Culture at a Multicampus Community College, Richard D. Prentiss

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Tom Stoppard: Humanizing Chaos, Elaine C. Pritzker

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The Relationship between the Secondary Mathematics Curriculum, College Persistence, and Success at an Urban Community College, Avis R. Proctor

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Collective Bargaining And Faculty Unionization: An Administrative Perspective, Colleen M. Quinn

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The Development of a Qualitative Extension of the Identity Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood (IDEA) Measure Using Relational Data Analysis (RDA), Shannon M. Quintana

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Exergoeconomic Analysis of Solar Organic Rankine Cycle for Geothermal Air Conditioned Net Zero Energy Buildings, Rambod Rayegan

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The Effects of Simulated Peccary Extirpation on Leaf Litter Dynamics, Reptiles, and Amphibians in a Neotropical Forest, Kelsey Reider

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The Effects of Parental Nurturance and Involvement on Peer Relationships and Psychosocial Functioning of Young Adults, Maria L. Reid

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Graduate Flute Recital, Lidayne Reyes

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Three Essays on Corporate Governance and Meeting-Beating or Missing Analyst Forecasts, Maria F. Rickling

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A Developmental Intervention Science Outreach Research Approach to Promoting Positive Youth Development, Roberto L. Rinaldi

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A Youth Vision of the City: The Socio-Spatial Lives and Exclusion of Street Girls in Bogota, Colombia, Amy E. Ritterbusch

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A Study on Uncertain Dynamic Disaster Management Tasks, Knowledge Sharing, and Task Performance, Jose Rocha