Theses and Dissertations produced by graduate students at Florida International University.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Governing Addiction: The Role of the Government in Responding to the Opioid Crisis, Kaila Witkowski

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Three Essays on Managerial Decision-Making in the Pursuit of Internationalization Strategies, Le Xu

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Communicating with Culture: How Humans and Machines Detect Narrative Elements, Wolfgang Victor H. Yarlott

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The Normalization of the Exception: The Nexus of Emergency Powers and Criminal Justice in Colonial and Postcolonial Jamaica, Jermaine AR Young

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Exploring the Effects of Persuasive Designs of Intelligent Advice-Giving Systems on Users’ Trust Perceptions, Advice Acceptance, and Reuse Intentions, Tian Yu

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Detecting the Emotions of Animate Beings in Narrative, Samira Zad

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An Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm for Automated Classical Machine Learning, Leila Zahedi

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Building BRIDGES: A Brief School Readiness Intervention Designed to Guide Families Transitioning from Early Head Start to Head Start, Katherine A. Zambrana

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Hydrological and Ecological Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications for the Everglades Wetland Ecosystem, Boya Zhang

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Examination of Order Routing Choices and Market Quality under Zero Commission and Firm-level Events, Le Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Reliable and Secure Drone-assisted MillimeterWave Communications, Mai A. Abdel-Malek

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Evaluation and Damage Detection of Highway Bridges with Distinct Vulnerabilities, Mohammad Abedin

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Income Attainment and Hispanic Female Householders: Examining Educational Attainment, Labor Attachment and Geographic Region, Lillian A. Abreu

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Measurement and Predictors of Mental Health among Parents of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Rumi Agarwal

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Deep Learning for Multiclass Classification, Predictive Modeling and Segmentation of Disease Prone Regions in Alzheimer’s Disease, Maryamossadat Aghili

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Digital Twin-Based Cooperative Control Techniques for Secure and Intelligent Operation of Distributed Microgrids, Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed

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Functional and Dysrhythmic Slow Waves in the Stomach - An In Silico Study, Md Ashfaq Ahmed

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Enhancing Serviceability and Resiliency of Transportation Networks Based on Topological Credentials and Systematic Design Interventions, MD ASHRAF AHMED

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Zinc-Oxide Nanostructure-Based Wearable Biosensor Platform for Sweat Analysis, Fahmida Alam

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Energetic Cost and Physiological Trade-offs, Heba A. Ali

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Quantifying the Mobility and Safety Benefits of Transit Signal Priority, MD Sultan Ali

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Essays on Macroeconomics and Financial Economics, Maryam Aljahani

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Tri-level Hierarchical Coordinated Control of a Largescale Electric Vehicle Charging in the Smart Grid, Tawfiq M. Aljohani

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Development of All-Optical Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging System, Mohamed Abdulrahman Almadi

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Salespeople's Role In Offering Innovative Solutions To Business Customers: The Importance of Design Thinking, Mohammed Alzanbagi

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Foreign Subsidiary Management in the Contemporary Multinational Enterprise, Daniel S. Andrews

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Otherness, Peronism, and Violence in Juan Diego Incardona's Saga Celinense, Sergio L. Andruccioli

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How does Stakeholder Engagement and Social Capital Influence Project Performance Outcomes?, Jesus J. Arias

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Three Essays on Disaster Risk, Housing Market and Public Health, Mehrnoosh Asadi

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Three Essays On Development Economics, Ehsan Asghari-Ghara

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Exploring the Role of Islamic Identity in the Rise of Boko Haram, Samuel Kayode Atewologun

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Potential Associations of Racial Similarity and Certification Pathways on Teacher Retention, Mary Michelle Atherley

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Humanizing Scholarship: Going Public Via Multimodality, Mario L. Avalos

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The Similarities and Differences (Congruency) of Nurse-postoperative Patient Dyads Related to Their Attitudes/perceptions, Subjective and Social Norms/factors, and Actions/behaviors Regarding Pain and Pain Management, NUR PINAR AYAZ

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Investigating Mode Choice of Ridesourcing Services: Accounting for Attitudes and Market Segmentation, Ghazaleh Azimi

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Non-invasive Techniques Towards Recovering Highly Secure Unclonable Cryptographic Keys and Detecting Counterfeit Memory Chips, Bashir Mohammad Sabquat Bahar Talukder

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Stimulation Paradigms and Transduction Patterns for Optogenetic Intervention of Astrocytes, Lakshmini Balachandar

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The Effects of Acidic Foods on Vocal Quality of Vocally Healthy Individuals, Melissa Barbieri

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Emerging Adult College Students' Perceptions of Immigrants: A Multisite Experimental Study, Alexa Dee Barton

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Neoliberalism and Kazakhstan's Emerging Higher Education Sysytem, Nazgul Bayetova

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Exploring Epigenetics as a Tool for Population Assessment and Conservation in Large Marine Predators, Andria Paige Beal

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Intimate Alterities: Shifting Indigenous Masculinities and Sexualities within Amazonian Ecotourism in Napo, Ecuador, Ernesto Javier Benitez

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French Muslim Youth’s Perception of their Cultural Identity in a Post-Charlie Hebdo Reality in the 19th Arrondissement., Gaelle Flora Bernard

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Actually-Existing Resilience: The Adaptive Actions of Miami’s Redland Farmers and Potential Pathways for Transformation, Melissa Bernardo

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Growth of Diatom Fistulifera Alcalina in Bacterial Co-culture and Comparative Mitogenomics of Fistulifera Species, Erwin David Berthold

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Transformative Constitutionalism and the Adjudication of Elections in Kenya, Carl Bevelhymer

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Structural Dynamics of Membrane Interacting Viral Proteins, Nisha Bhattarai

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NRF1 Transcriptomic Signatures Contribute to the Pathogenesis of the Most Aggressive Brain Cancer - Glioblastoma, Kaumudi M. Bhawe

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Correlating the Effect of Dynamic Variability in the Sensor Environment on Sensor Design, Pulak Bhushan

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The Creation of International Crimes: How Narratives Shape Our Understanding of the "Most Serious Crimes of International Concern", Christine Bianco

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Dynamic Flood Management at The Watershed Scale, Linlong S. Bian

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Alliance-Outcome Associations in Interventions for Youth Internalizing Disorders: Identifying Mediators and Moderators, Deepika Bose

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Understanding Individual Differences within Large-scale Brain Networks across Cognitive Contexts, Katherine L. Bottenhorn

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Culture and Context's Influence on Hispanic Undergraduates' Perceptions of Their Persistence toward STEM Degree Attainment, Elsa I. Bravo

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Targeting Burdensomeness among Clinic Referred Youth: Development of a CBT Module, Victor Buitron

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An Exploration of Factors Related to Suicidality and Trauma in LGBTQ Refugees and Asylees, Aaron Burgess

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Sephardi Identity & Legitimacy in the Age of Direct-to-Consumer DNA Tests, Caitlyn Rose Campana

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Mediating Effects of Foster Care Experiences on Employment and Educational Outcomes in Aged Out Former Foster Youth, John Campbell

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Mindful Brand: Development and Validation of a Mindful Brand Scale (MBS), Ellen Campos Sousa

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Perceived Entrepreneur Quality and Company Performance: A Study of Accelerator Impact on Startups., Henry Canfield

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Sacred Herbs and Ancient Healers: Decolonizing Traditional Mexican Medicinal Practices, Julio Carmona Rosales

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Evaluating Treatment for Trauma Bonding in a Sample of Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Single-Case Design Study, Cherelle D. Carrington

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Deployable Tightly Coupled Dipole Arrays For Small Satellites, Maxence Carvalho

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Tracing the Amerindian Influence on the Caribbean Diaspora’s Beliefs and Practices: A Study of the African and Indigenous Caribbean Religious Encounter and its Indelible Signs, Alejandro Casas Reyes

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Spatializing Student Engagement: A Phenomenological Study on Experiencing Space, Place, and a College Campus, Ivan Ceballos

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Atlantic Legacies: Free Women of Color And The Changing Notions Of Womanhood In The Long Nineteenth Century, Marie Stephanie Chancy

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The Impact of Family Member CEO Demographics on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Financial Performance in Family Firms, Jaly Vibeth Chea Menéndez

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Investigating Individual Difference Among Workplace Incivility and its Organizational Outcomes in the Chinese Context, Yuejia Chen

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Development of an Ultra-High Performance Concrete Joint Detail for Short-Span Bridges, Francisco De Jesus Chitty Gozalo

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Carbon Storage of Restored Mangrove Forests in Biscayne Bay, Florida, Daniel Chomin-Virden

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A Review of Logistic Regression and its Application, Sultana Mubarika Rahman Chowdhury

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Characterization of Biological Samples using Multi-modal Mass Spectrometry, Yarixa L. Cintron-Diaz

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High and Low Toxin Producing Strains of Karenia Brevis Differ Significantly in the Redox Proteome, Lipid Profiles, and Xanthophyll Cycle Pigments, Ricardo Colon

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Aptamer-based Voltammetric Biosensing for the detection of Codeine and Fentanyl in Sweat and Saliva, Rosa LaShantez Cromartie

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The Developmental Plasticity of Fruit Fly Vision, John Paul Currea

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Penta-Modal Imaging Platform with OCT- Guided Dynamic Focusing for Simultaneous Multimodal Imaging, Arash Dadkhah

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Urban Rivers As Social-Ecological Systems: An Examination of History & Ecology In the Miami River, Daniela B. Daniele

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Intersectional Stigma and Barriers to Engagement in Care among Haitian Women with HIV, Edwine Daniel

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Examining the Effects of Neighborhood Factors and Geography on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Achieving Sustained Viral Suppression, Rahel Dawit

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Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: An Ethnographic Study of Transnational Chinese Corporate Culture in Southeast Asia, David A. Dayton

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The Relationships between a Benevolent Paternalistic Managerial Behavior, Employee Perceptions of a Caring Ethical Organizational Climate and Affective Organizational Commitment in Mexico, Alejandro Miguel Delaney Dr.

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Construction and Corruption in Latin America: The Role of Megaprojects Abating Government Legitimacy, Juan M. De Leon

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Understanding the Cultural Factors to Build Innovation in Organizations, Ranjeet Deshmukh FIU

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Temperature Dependent Protein-Chromophore Hydrogen Bond Dynamics in the Far-Red Fluorescent Proteins by using Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Quantum CalculationTemperature Dependent Protein-Chromophore Hydrogen Bond Dynamics in the Far-Red Fluorescent Proteins by using Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Quantum Calculation, Chandra Prasad Dhakal

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Effect of Flow Phonation Voice Exercises on Vocal and Aerodynamic Measures in Undergraduate Student Singers, Jorge A. Diaz

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The (Cuban-)American Dream of Post-Soviet Era Cuban Émigrés: Perceptions vs. Realities, Veronica Diaz

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Factors Impacting Supply Chain Performance During Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response Operations, Walter Ismael Diaz

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Uranium Fate and Mineral Transformations upon Remediation with Ammonia (NH3) Gas, Silvina A. Di Pietro

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Gen Z and Millennials in the Workplace: How are Leaders Adapting to their Short Attention Span and How Will they Keep them from Leaving a Qualitative Study, Maribel Rachel Diz

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Characterizing the Development and Trajectories of Nicotine Dependence Among a Cohort of Adolescent Waterpipe and Cigarette Smokers, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan

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Infant and Child Multisensory Attention Skills: Methods, Measures, and Language Outcomes, Elizabeth V. Edgar

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Condition Monitoring and Fault Tolerant Control Techniques in Electric Vehicle Drives, Hassan H. Eldeeb

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Reconstructing Cyclical Browning in a Subtropical Lake from Diatoms, Meredith Emery

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Our Representative On This Island: Local Belonging and Transnational Citizenship Among Syrian and Lebanese Cubans, 1880-1980, John T. Ermer Jr

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Epoxy Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Dowel Splice for Prestressed Precast Concrete Pile, Saman Farhangdoust

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Ligands for Complexation, Extraction, and Sensing of Mercury(II) for Application to High-Level Waste (HLW) at the Savannah River Site (SRS), Adenike O. Fasiku

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Credibility and Opportunity: The Limits on U.S. Coercive Strategies After the Cold War, Danijela Felendes

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Son for Everybody: Exploring Afro Cuban and African American Relations through Langston Hughes’ Translations of Nicolas Guillén’s Poetry, Hayley R. Fernandez

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Develando la Cuba profunda: tradición mágico-religiosa en el teatro cubano contemporáneo, Jeniffer Fernández Hernández

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Evaluating the Sustainability of Infrastructure Projects During Front-End Planning Phase, Valentina Ferrer Rivero