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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Discovering Racecraft: An Autoethnography of Racialized Childhood and How it Shaped My Teaching and Learning Practice, genese n. lapaix

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The Influence Of Teacher Literacy Practices, Student Competence In Peer Relationships, Reading Interest, And Self-regulation On Reading Achievement In Elementary Students, Al B. Lawrence

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Examining Self-regulatory Behaviors and Attention Difficulties in Early Childhood Literacy Achievement, Obi Bryan Lawrence

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Resident Physicians’ Engagement with the Medical Humanities, Sachay Liriano

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Controls on High Sedimentary Accumulation of Organic Matter During Cretaceous Oceanic Anoxic Event 2, Southeast Newfoundland Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean, Vanessa Londoño

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ACO Success Factors in the Medicare Shared Savings Program A Longitudinal Study, 2016-2020, Marc Love

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An Estimation Model for Offshore Wind Power Generation with Characteristic Category Evaluation Plan, Jide Lu

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A Genetically Marked Maggot to Better Understand Corpse Decomposition Ecology, Amber E. MacInnis

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Sovereign Performance: Resisting Settler Colonial Assimilation and Agnosia in Native American Literature, Timothy C. Malik

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Structural and Transcriptomic-Based Guidance for Identifying Odor-ligand Relationships in Mosquitoes, Fredis Mappin

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Deep-Learning Methods for the Long-Term Prognosis of Alzheimer's Disease Integrating Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography, and Cognitive Test Scores, Ulyana P. Martin

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Improving the Performance and Reliability of Systems with Emerging Memory and Storage Devices, Adnan Maruf

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Patterns and Cues in the Riverine Movements of Common Snook: Investigating the Role of Environmental Variation and Disturbance on Migrations and Resource Use in the Florida Everglades, Jordan A. Massie

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Vanadium Dioxide-Based Ultra-reconfigurable Intelligent Reflective Surfaces, Randy Matos

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Low-rise Irregular Shaped Buildings, Manuel A. Matus Mr.

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Hydrologic Response Using the SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) Model to Estimate the Effects of Climate and Land Use Change Scenarios in the Mayales Watershed, Hector Eliezer Mayorga

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Two Essays Using Decomposition of Tax Expense, Shujia Mei

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The Impossibility of the Authentic Self: How the Exile Experience Limits the Ability to Create an Individualized Identity, Jennifer Mejia

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Nepantla Identities: Gender, Sexuality, and Happy Ending in Two Comedies of Shakespeare and Wilde, Nashaly Melendez

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Effects of Drought Stress on Secondary Metabolite Production and Yield in Ocimum basilicum, Daniela Maria Menendez

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Some Modified Test Statistics for Testing the Population Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), Samantha Menendez

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Aviate and Communicate: An Improved 3dimensional Gauss-Markov Mobility Model for Evaluation of Communication Protocols in Flying Ad Hoc Networks, Jerry F. Miller

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Structural Health Monitoring of Additively Manufactured Components, Alireza Modir

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EEG Spike Detection in Epilepsy using Functional Connectivity Networks, Ahmed Mohammed

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Synthesis and Characterization of Biomimetic Oxo- and Hydroxo-Bridged Dinuclear Copper Pyrazolate Complexes, Their Redox and Oxygen Transfer Chemistry, Eduardo Mollinedo

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Water Quality Analysis of the St. Lucie Estuary: A Statistical and Remote Sensing Approach, Angelica Moncada

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Characterization of Blood Protein Modifications by Reactive Drug of Abuse Metabolites, William J. Morrison IV

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Mechanical Analysis and Design of a Morphing Mechanism for Flexible Foldable Reconfigurable Origami Structure, Mojtaba Moshtaghzadeh

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The Utility of Public Health Survey Validation: Assess Psychometrics as a Means of Improving Patient Outcomes, Richard A. Munoz

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The Role of Social Media Use Among Young Adults as It Relates to Fruits and Vegetables Intake and a Content Analysis of Fruits and Vegetables Videos on YouTube and TikTok, Sarah Nakshbandi

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Enhancing Relay-Assisted Wireless Networks Through Learning and Optimization over Riemannian Manifolds, Imtiaz Nasim

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An Examination of the Interrelations among Emotion Regulation, Orthorexia Nervosa, and Disordered Eating, Zahra Nazarimehrvarani

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Development, Characterization, and Applications of Universal Fabric Phase Sorptive Extraction Membrane for the Monitoring of Pollutants in Environmental Water and Food Samples, Basit Opeyemi Olayanju

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Effects of Discharge on Water Quality and Sediments in South Florida's Everglades Canals, USA, Ikechukwu Onwuka

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The Effects of Dictyostelium discoideum Phosphatase 2A Subunit B56 and Superoxide Dismutase C on the Ingestion and the Killing of Live Bacteria Klebsiella aerogenes, Victor Osorio Castillo

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Manatees in Miami-Dade: Examining Their Presence and Persistence Through the Lens of Human-Wildlife Interactions, Andrea Otalora

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Good Girls Don't Shout, Madari Pendas

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Remediation of Heavy Metals and Radionuclides from the Environment using Environmentally Friendly Sorbents, Phuong Hong Uyen Pham

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A Social-Ecological Model of Black Adolescent Suicide Morbidity, Scherrayn Phillip-Garcia

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Real-Time Crime Centers as Frontiers of Technology in Policing: Configurations, Functions, and Their Impact on Police Practices and Public Perceptions, Kimberly Sarah Przeszlowski

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Building Greater Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Entrepreneurial Education and Training Program’s Effect on Entrepreneurial Output in Developing Nations, Huston T. Pullen

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Association of Women's Empowerment and Religion with Maternal and Child Healthcare Utilization, Aamna Qamar

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Exploring Different Approaches to Improve Shark Fisheries Management in Resource-Limited Nations, Jessica R. Quinlan

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Exploring the Fluidity of Cuban-American Identities in Ana Menéndez's Adios Happy Homeland and the Television Series ¿Que Pasa USA?, Naya C. Quintana

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Evaluation of Concrete Pile to Footing or Cap Connections, Isabella Rakestraw

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Extended Annual Sales Promotions' Impact on Consumers' Perception of Value and Loyalty and the Moderating Role of Perceived Time Pressure, Varun Ramberran

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Tolerance to Psychostimulant Medication Among Children with ADHD: A School-Year Study, Marcela Ramos

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Synthesis and Nitrogen Centered Radical Studies of Azido Modified Nucleosides and Sesquiterpene Lactones, Yahaira D. Reyes

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Possum Parade, Tralen Keshawn Rhone

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Data Driven Supervision and Forecasting for Distributed Energy Resources, Hugo Riggs

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Characterization of Slc39a14 Knock Out Mice: A Novel Genetic Murine Model of Manganese-Induced Dystonia-Parkinsonism, Alexander N. Rodichkin

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Advanced Electrolyte for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Natalia Rodrigues de Oliveira

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Encontrando Mi Voz as I Write: Examining the Perspectives of Undergraduate Latine Students on Spanglish Writing, Rocio Rodriguez Fonte

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The Utilization of Capillary Microextraction of Volatiles Coupled with Portable Instrumentation for the Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds for Forensic Applications, Jacqueline L. Rodriguez

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Encyclopedia of An(other) Ordinary Life, Ranijun E. Ruado

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Exploring the Landscape of Technetium Pyrazolate Chemistry via Corresponding Rhenium Surrogates, Kelly L. Rue

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Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Communication and High-Resolution Imaging Systems for Small Satellites, Nicholas E. Russo

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Optimal Incentive Mechanisms for Fair and Equitable Rewards in Proof of Stake-Based Blockchains, Abdulhadi Sahin

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Quyca Muysca: Urban Coloniality of Nature, Cuerpo-Territorio [Body-Territory], and Muysca Resurgence, Paola A. Sanchez Castaneda

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Machine Learning Techniques for Quantitative Finance in Cryptocurrency Markets, Giancarlo Sanchez

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The Internet Uncanny Turned Canny: Hyperrealism in Bo Burnham’s Inside, Sophia E. Sanchez

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Distribution Grid Optimal Power Flow Incorporating Smart Inverters and Legacy Control Devices, Alper Savasci

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The Era of Network Competition: Toward a New Generation of Networked Supply Chain Management Systems Improving Operation Performance, Lisandro E. Sciutto

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Political Sounds: A Musical Analysis of The Construction and Deconstruction of Nationalism in Post-Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico, melissa scott

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Non-Destructive Evaluation of Polymeric Materials Using Ultrasonics and Magneto-Electric Nanoparticles, Gonzalo Seisdedos

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Going Native: Indigenous Representation in the American Popular Romance Novel, Joy Alexandra Serrano

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Do Not Diss the Ability of Disability: Investigating Brand Inclusivity and Consumer-Brand Relationships, Sphurti Sewak

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Are CFOs (Chief Financial Officers) Valuable or Powerful?, Dasol Sim

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Deep Learning Strategies to Investigate Protein Binding, Vitalii Stebliankin

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Development of a Material Sampling Miniature Rover for Hanford Double Shell Tank Inspections, Sebastian Jose Story

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Risk and Reliability-based Decision Support System for Maintenance of Post-tensioned Concrete Bridges, Mahdy Taeby

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Is Working Remotely a Good Idea? A Study of Audit Quality During Quarantine, Tammy Tang

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Graph-Theoretic and Machine Learning-Based Frameworks for Cancer Biomarker Discovery, Raihanul Bari Tanvir

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Self-Interference Cancellation (SIC) for Simultaneous Transmit and Receive, Md Nurul Anwar Tarek

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Sounds Like a Friend or an Expert: How Sound Symbolism Mitigates Resistance to Artificial Intelligence, Malihe Tavallaei Nosratabadi

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Vanadium Alkylidene Complexes for Olefin Metathesis, Gabriela Tejeda

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Capitalism, Crops, and Cultural Change Through the Lens of the W. Atlee Burpee Seed Company, 1876 - 1915, Maureen S. Thompson

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The Global Biogeography of Marine Benthic Macroalgae, Robert Tomasetti

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The Paradox of Accommodation: Minority Groups and Risks to Democratic Consolidation, Nevena Trajkov

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Theoretical Studies of Various Formation Mechanisms of Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Leading to Carbonaceous Nanostructures and Fullerense, Lotefa Binta Tuli

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The Genealogy of Human Rights Discourse in Modern Iran, Hassan Vaezi

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Ubiquitous Emotions and the Construction of the Homosexual Subject During the Criminalization of Homosexual Sex in Urban Colombia, 1936-1980, Hector Andres Valero Lopez

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Spatial Patterns of Coexistence and Separation in a Large-bodied Marine Predator Community, Maurits Philippe Marie van Zinnicq Bergmann

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Development of a Rapid and Reliable Method Based on Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) for the Detection of Synthetic Cathinones in Seized Drugs, Mario O. Vendrell-Dones

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Silent Music and Sacred Sounds of the Hoysaḷas: Visual and Aural Sensory Experiences in Jain and Hindu Temples, Vani Vignesh

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Citizen Science as a Gateway for Mosquito Monitoring in Miami-Dade County Households, Helen Urpi Wagner Coello

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A Multi-Lens Examination of Decision-making and Risk Behavior in Hazardous Settings: Essays on the Impact of Institutions, Market Conditions, Agglomeration, and Strategy on Regulatory Compliance and Safety in the United States Mining Industry, Lucas A. Wenger

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Hotline Bimbo, Madison Mae Whatley

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Spatial Distribution of Reef-associated Fish in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico: An Active Acoustics Approach, Allison Lynn White

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Selling with the Word of God: Ghana's New Christianity and the Ethos of Business, Richard Kafui Wuaku

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Advancing Scalability, Efficiency, and Storage Optimization in Blockchain for Mobile Internet of Things (mIoT) Applications, Hussein Zangoti

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Sewer Geyser Mechanism and Mitigation Strategies, Sumit Zanje

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Brain Functional Connectivity Analysis of Electroencephalograms (EEG) in Epilepsy, Elaheh Zarafshan

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Social Behavior, Dominance, and Neuromolecular Responses Differ in Male Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) Color Morphs,, Tanja Christine Zerulla

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Expressing Regret, Calm, or Pride: Leader Low-arousal Emotional Expressions' Effects on Leadership Perceptions, Yuyang Zhou

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Experimental Analysis and Numerical Investigation of Aerodynamics of Elevated Structures, Nourhan Abdelfatah

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A Bayesian Programming Approach to Car-following Model Calibration and Validation using Limited Data, Franklin Abodo

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Integrating Cultural Knowledge into Artificially Intelligent Systems: Human Experiments and Computational Implementations, Anurag Acharya

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The Miniaturization, Optimization, and Chemometric Evaluation of Colorimetric Tests for the Indication of Hemp-Type and Marijuana-Type Cannabis, Alexander G. Acosta

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Examining the Influence of Parenting Practices on Youth's Sleep Health During a Sensitive Developmental Period, Juliana Acosta Lievano