Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The Impact of Decentralization and New Intergovernmental Relations on Public Service Delivery: A Comparative Analysis of Colombia and Paraguay, Cristina A. Rodriguez-Acosta
The Relationship of the Parental Involvement of Latino Immigrant Parents of Middle School Students and Student Academic Achievement, Cory R. Rodriguez
Essays on the Effect of Board Gender Diversity on Firm Risk, Performance, and Institutions' Ownership Preferences, Jodonnis Rodriguez
Targeted and Controlled Anticancer Drug Delivery and Release with Magnetoelectric Nanoparticles, Alexandra Rodzinski
The Sound of Silence: Ideology of National Identity and Racial Inequality in Contemporary Curaçao, Angela E. Roe
The Impacts of Telecommuting on The Time-Space Distribution of Daily Activities, Mario Benito Rojas IV
Toward Distributed At-scale Hybrid Network Test with Emulation and Simulation Symbiosis, Rong Rong
Risky Sexual Behavior and the Role of Decision-making, Jessica M. Ross
The Effect of Stigma on Treatment Adherence among HIV-positive Alcohol Users in Haiti, Muni Rubens
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Nanofiller Reinforced Tantalum-Niobium Carbide Formed by Spark Plasma Sintering, Christopher Charles Rudolf
Potential Implication of Automated Vehicle Technologies on Travel Behavior and System Modeling, Seyed Mohammad Ali Sadat Lavasani Bozorg
Effects of Host-plant Density on Herbivores and Their Parasitoids: A Field Experiment with a Native Perennial Legume, Andrea Salas
Vocal Flexibility and Regional Variation in Free-Tailed Bat Song, Israel Salazar
A Value-Driven Exploration of Online & In-Person Learning for Professionals, Tammy S. Sanders
Physical and Chemical Characterization of Crude Oil-Water Mixtures: Understanding the Effects of Interfacial Process to Chemical Bioavailability, Kathia a. Sandoval
Performance Optimization of Network Protocols for IEEE 802.11s-based Smart Grid Communications, Nico Saputro
Essays on the U.S. GAAP-IFRS Convergence Project, the Nature of Accounting Standards, and Financial Reporting Quality, Assma M. Sawani
An Examination of Workplace Aggression, Job Performance, and Flow-States, John P. Sayn-Wittgenstein
The Opposition to Latin American Liberation Theology and the Transformation of Christianity, 1960-1990, Sonia M. Scheuren Acevedo
Controls on Benthic Microbial Community Structure and Assembly in a Karstic Coastal Wetland, Nicholas O. Schulte
Strategic Communications to Prevent HIV Infections among Black and Hispanic Young Adults, Elena Sebekos
Understanding the Value of Travel Time Reliability for Freight Transportation to Support Freight Planning, Kollol Shams 3085942
The Individual and Interactive Effects of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Enrichment on Coral Reefs, Andrew A. Shantz
Regulation of Particle Uptake by PP2A/B56 and LKB1 in Dictyostelium Discoideum, Mujataba Rahiman Sharief
Neighborhood-level Determinants of Delayed HIV Diagnosis and Survival among HIV-positive Latinos, Florida 2000-2011, Diana M. Sheehan
Risk-Based Decision Making Support for Construction Corporate Resource Management, Reza Sheykhi
Investigation of Low Reynolds Number Flow and Heat Transfer of Louvered Surfaces, Pradeep R. Shinde
Home-Based, Self-Administered Dyadic Cognitive Training for Healthy Older Adults: Feasibility Study, Natalia Shtompel
Two Dimensional Lattice Gauge Theory with and without Fermion Content, Dibakar Sigdel
Analyzing Spatial Variability of Social Preference for the Everglades Restoration in the Face of Climate Change, Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal Sikder
Haiti and the Heavens: Utopianism and Technocracy in the Cold War Era, Adam M. Silvia
Improving Current-Asymmetry of Metal-Insulator-Metal Tunnel Junctions, Aparajita Singh
Turn Me On or Off: A Study On Epigenetics and Merleau-Ponty in Angela Carter’s “The Lady of the House of Love”, Solsiree Lynn Skarlinsky
Rate Kinetics and Molecular Dynamics of the Structural Transitions in Amyloidogenic Proteins, Timothy Michael Steckmann
Deploying a CMS Tier-3 Computing Cluster with Grid-enabled Computing Infrastructure, Sean Stewart
Lifestyle and Biological Risk Factors for Liver Fibrosis in the Miami Adult Studies on HIV (MASH) Cohort: An HIV Infected and HIV/HCV Co-infected Population, Tiffanie S. Stewart
Multilevel modeling issues and the measurement of stress is multilevel data, Tyler Stout
The Western Sahara and the Search for the Roots of Sahrawi National Identity, David Suarez
Madonnas, Whores and Other Pilgrims, Barbara Swan
Gammaridean Amphipods as Bioindicators in Subtropical Seagrass Ecosystems, Jennifer L. Sweatman
Extending Use of Simple for Dead Load and Continuous for Live Load (SDCL) Steel Bridge System to Seismic Areas, Ramin Taghinezhadbilondy
CFO Turnover, Firm’s Debt-Equity Choice and Information Environment, Muhammad Bakhtear U. Talukdar
Organizational Social Capital and Performance Information Use: Analyzing the Link and Its Implications for Public Management, Michele Tantardini
Elucidating The Role of MifS-MifR Two-Component System in Regulating Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pathogenicity, Gorakh Digambar Tatke
A Framework for assessing Alternative Agro-Ecosystems: finding Multi-Functional Solutions for Sustainable urban landscapes., Thais H. Thiesen Ms.
Conjugated Polymer-Based Biomaterials Through Controlled Self-Assembly, Megan Twomey
Sonochemical Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanostructures for Sensing and Energy Harvesting, Phani Kiran Vabbina
Epistemological Analysis of Traditionalist and Reformist Discourses Pertaining to Islamic Feminism in Iran, Meisam Vahedi
Co-occurring Health Risks Among Middle Aged Hispanic Men Who Have Sex With Men (HMSM) in South Florida, Beatriz Valdes
A History of the United States Caribbean Defense Command (1941-1947), Cesar A. Vasquez
People Counting and occupancy Monitoring using WiFi Probe Requests and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Edwin George Vattapparamban
Latina Lesbian Students: Understanding their Experiences and Perceived Sexual Identity Development at a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Gisela P. Vega
A Comprehensive Decision Support Framework in the Front-End Phase of Major Transportation Projects, Nahid Vesali Mahmoud
An Investigation of the Effect of Using Twitter by High School Mathematics Students Learning Linear Equations in Algebra 1, Manuel Vilchez
Development of a Primary Ion Column for Mass Spectrometry-Based Surface Analysis, Raul A. Villacob
Faculty Perceptions of Self-Plagiarism and Other Forms of Academic Dishonesty Among University Students, Carleen Vincent-Robinson
Essays on Retail and Regional Economics, David Christopher Vitt
Income Distribution, International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment with Heterogeneous Firms, Feifei Wang
Evaluating plant community response to sea level rise and anthropogenic drying: Can life stage and competitive ability be used as indicators in guiding conservation actions?, Kristie Susan Wendelberger
A Generation of Race and Nationalism: Thomas Dixon, Jr. and American Identity, Tiffany West
Qualitative Analysis for the Characterization and Discrimination of Printing Inks, Rhett J. Williamson
Storage Management of Data-intensive Computing Systems, Yiqi Xu
MENs Doped Adhesive and Influence on Fracture Toughness, Kao Z. Yang
Synthesis and Characterization of a Hydrolytically Stable Photochromic Copolymer Containing an N-alkylindolylfulgimide, Samina yasmeen
Memory, Processing Speed, and the Effects of Cognitive Exercise on the Aging Brain, Alexis D. Yero
Earnings Management to Achieve the Peer Performance Benchmark, Sheng Yi
Large Scale Data Mining for IT Service Management, Chunqiu Zeng
An Integrated Framework for Patent Analysis and Mining, longhui zhang
A System-of-Systems Framework for Assessment of Resilience in Complex Construction Projects, Jin Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Development of a Two-Fluid Drag Law for Clustered Particles Using Direct Numerical Simulation and Validation through Experiments, Ahmadreza Abbasi Baharanchi
Sensor Fusion for Effective Hand Motion Detection, Fatemeh Abyarjoo
Consumer Perceptions of Sustainability in the Cruise Industry, Lindsay Marie Ackerman
An Assessment of the Performances of Several Univariate Tests of Normality, James Olusegun Adefisoye
A Novel Hip Implant Using 3D Woven Composite Material – Design and Analysis, Hari Kishore Adluru
A Content Analysis of Sustainability Dimensions in Annual Reports, Sayed MR. Afjei
Calle Panadero, Giselda Aguiar
Decentralization and Citizen Participation in Mexico, Ilyana Albarran
Evaluation of Organic Protective Coatings as Corrosion Prevention for The Interior of Subsea Pipelines in Sour Gas Service, Faris M. Alkordy
Evaluation of External Coating Performance on Buried Pipelines in the Oil and Gas Industry, Mohammed A. Alrudayni
Hospitality Education Assessment: A Case Study on the Learning Experience of Chinese Students in a 4-year Program at a U.S. Institution, Rossy Ambe-Cohen
Learning Data-Driven Models of Non-Verbal Behaviors for Building Rapport Using an Intelligent Virtual Agent, Reza Amini
On the Impacts of Telecommuting over Daily Activity/Travel Behavior: A Comprehensive Investigation through Different Telecommuting Patterns, Hamidreza Asgari
Okay Cool No Smoking Love Pony, Annik I. Babinski
Extended Coverage for Public Safety and Critical Communications Using Multi-hop and D2D Communications, Leonardo Babun
Writers' Club: The Effect of Extra Writing on Fourth-Grade, Hispanic Students' Writing, and Their Attitude Towards Writing, Helen F A Barnes
"Hamlet" and Marginality, Eduardo Barreto
Pollination, Herbivory, and Habitat Fragmentation: Their Effects on the Reproductive Fitness of Angadenia berteroi, a Native Perennial Plant of the South Florida Pine Rocklands, Beyte Barrios Roque
Investigation of the Lead Isotope Signatures of Marine Sediments in Relation to the Lead Isotope Signatures of Northern Andean Ores, Kimberly D. Beck
Novel Ternary Magnesium-Tin Alloys by Microalloying, Sadegh Behdad
Evaluation of Crop Seed Powders as Amendments for Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) Control Compared to the Traditional Herbicide, Roundup, Eric Taylor Betancourt
Label-free surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy-linked immunosensor assay (SLISA) for environmental surveillance, vinay bhardwaj