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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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A Phenomenographic Study of K-8 Mathematics Teachers’ Conceptualizations and Their Accounts of Enacting Integrated STEM Education, Elizabeth Forde

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Decision-making Culture and Change: Toward Democratic Equity and Inclusion, Dale Francis

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Narrative Inquiry: A Focus on Haitian Immigrant English Learners in the Mainstream Classrooms, Emma Caris Francois

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Honeypot-based Security Enhancements for Information Systems, Javier R. Franco

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An Investigation to Corroborate Volatile and Biological Profiles of Human Odor for Forensic Subject Identification, Chantrell J.G. Frazier

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Gamified Coding Platforms and Student Motivation: An Investigation into Motivation and Academic Performance in Computer Programming Students, David C. Freer

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A Group of Hyenas is a Cackle, Kristin Gallagher

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Determinants of Waterpipe Smoking Trajectories and the Effects of Pictorial Health Warning Label among Young Waterpipe Smokers in the US, Prem Gautam

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Examining the Effects of Individual and Neighborhood Factors on HIV Transmission Risk Potential among People With HIV, Semiu Olatunde Gbadamosi

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Assessment of the Toxicity of Legacy and Next-Generation Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Early-Life Stages of Freshwater and Marine Fish, Kiflom Gebreab

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Observation to Action: A Stakeholder Driven Analysis and Assessment of a Data-Limited Fishery, Carissa L. Gervasi Bloom

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Novel Applications for Forensic DNA Analysis, the Human Genome and Beyond, Mirna Salim Ghemrawi

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Longing for the Homeland: The Palestinian American Diaspora and Palestinian Advocacy in the United States, Mohamed Khaled Ghumrawi

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The Investigation of Human Scent as a Biometric through Targeted and Untargeted Chemometric Analyses, Vidia A. Gokool

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Little Intangible Wrongdoings, Jaden Gongaware

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How to Leverage Strategic Alliances: The Success Factors of Strategic Alliance in Property Management, Luis A. Gonzalez Jr.

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Overcoming Liability of Foreignness: A Study on Product Country Image, its Antecedents, and How Product Labeling Influences Purchase Intentions, Luis A. Gonzalez

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Polarimetric Imaging of the Uterine Cervix, Mariacarla Gonzalez

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Beyond Honor: Historicizing Sexual Coercion in Late Colonial Lima, 1750-1821, Morgan C. Gray

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Serverless Enabled Framework for Machine Learning Applications: Architecture, Solutions, and Evaluations, Boyuan Guan

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Development of a High-Resolution Digital Elevation Model of a Pilot Study Area in Basin 6, Located Near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), New Mexico, USA, Gisselle A. Gutierrez-Zuniga

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Climatology of Rainfall Distribution and Asymmetries of Tropical Cyclones: A Global Perspective, Oscar Guzman Rey

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Evaluating Fatigue Resistance of the Fiber-reinforced 100% RAP Content Asphalt Mixture Rejuvenated with Waste Vegetable Oil, Farshad Haddadi

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Understanding the Lived Experiences of Academic Advisors Utilizing Coaching Skills and Techniques, Jennifer C. Halpern

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Assembly of Invaded Plant-pollinator Communities in a Fire-adapted Pine Rockland in the Lower Florida Keys, Brittany M. Harris

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Volitional Control of Lower-limb Prosthesis with Vision-assisted Environmental Awareness, S M Shafiul Hasan

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Studying Changes To Face Encoding After Category Learning Through Sensitivity Thresholds, Jason Hays

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La poesía de Juan Ramón Jiménez en América, Habey Hechavarria

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Sex Trafficking in India: The Role of Formal and Informal Support Providers, Claire E. Helpingstine

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Geochemical Characteristics of the Barremian-Aptian Transition in Three Localities (Organyà Town, Cuchía, La Frontera) of the Iberian Peninsula: Implications for the Record of Organic-Rich Deposits in the Tethyan Realm around Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a, Carlos Herdocia

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Synthesis of Phenyl Carbamoylated Guanidine Functionalized Chitosan, Eduardo Hernandez Requejo

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The Influence of a Showup Identification on a Subsequent Witness Description, Kelsey Lynne Hess

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Trouble in Bibleland and Other Stories, Jordan Hill

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Collaboration for Public Services: Explaining Outputs and Outcomes, Jennifer Hilton Montero

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A Look at Contributing Factors that Affect Female Underrepresentation in Management, in the United States, Nushine W. Hosseini

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The Role of Conformational Changes in Viral and Bacterial Protein Functions, Md Lokman Hossen

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Twice Enslaved: African Slavery in the Colonial Florida Indian Trade, Clinton L. Hough

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Development of Human Valvular Calcification via Fluid-Induced Oscillatory Shear Stress-Based Cell and Tissue Culture, Chia-Pei Hsu

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Male Teachers' Exit Decisions: A Qualitative Interview Study Examining the Experiences of Male Teachers Who Left Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), Tierney E. Hunter

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PrEParing to Break Barriers: A Mixed Methods Exploration of the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of HIV, PrEP, and HIV Risk Behaviors among Women of Color in Miami, Florida, Amanda C. Ichite

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Degree of Technology, Adequacy of Infrastructure, and Stimulus Rainy-Day-Fund as Determinants of a Firm’s Performance during a Pandemic, Palpouguini G. Idani

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Distributed Machine Learning Algorithms for Resource-Constrained Heterogeneous Internet-of-Things Environments, Ahmed Imteaj

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State of Inequity: Three Essays on Disparities in Justice Provision, William T. Jackson

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The Role of Prefrontal-Hippocampal Circuit in the Memory for Sequences of Events, Maanasa N. Jayachandran

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Urban Transitions toward Risk Resilience: Sustainable Solutions for Social and Ecological Wellbeing, Meenakshi Jerath

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Examining the Relationship of Interoception, Self-Regulation, Eating Domains, and Eating Outcomes in College Students, Shanté Curlina Jeune

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A Link Between Brevetoxin Exposure, Oxidative Stress, and the Unfolded Protein Response in Human Lymphoblast Cells, Jordan Jobson

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The Influence of Stress and Change in Subjective Social Status on Mental Health and Sleep Duration among Recent Latino/a Immigrants, Shaina A. Johnson

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A Culturally Sustaining Book Club: The Examination of African American students' Motivation and Literacy Achievement, Brittney C. Jones

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The Forgotten: The Internalized Effects of School Specific Slow Violence, Kala Jones

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A Multi-Taxa Metagenomic Evaluation of the Everglades Soil Microbiome and the Impact of Salinity on Community Structure and Biogeochemical Cycles with a Soil Forensic Application, Deidra Christina Jordan

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Applications of Quantitative Information Flow to Property-Revealing Encryption and Differential Privacy, Mireya Anita Jurado

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Essays on Gender Economics, Tamanna Kabir

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Social Class and Workplace Norms: How African American and White Women and Men from Working-class Backgrounds Learn Workplace Norms as They Experience Career Mobility, Anna Kallschmidt

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A Mixed Methods Study: How Cultural messages Through Experiences Influence Occupational Pursuit of Muslim Female Computer Science Students, Maral Kargarmoakhar

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Turbulent Transport in the Inner-Core of Tropical Cyclones and Its Role in Storm Intensification, Jeremy Katz

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Hiring People with Disabilities from an Employer’s Perspective and Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Claude B. Kershner IV

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Characterization of Endophytic Microbiomes of Medicinal Plants for their Antimicrobial Activities, Ganesh Khadka

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Parameter Estimation and Charge Control in Standalone and Grid-tied Batteries, Asadullah Khalid

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Search for Excited Cascade Hyperons (Ξ*-) using the CLAS12 Spectrometer at Jefferson Laboratory, Achyut Khanal

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Transmission and Distribution Co-Simulation and Applications, Mohammad Asif Iqbal Khan

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Agents vs. Bodies: Contextualizing Refugee Women's Empowerment in British and French and Structures, Zeynep Kilicoglu

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A Mulit-Level Approach to Assessing and Understanding the Snack Food Environment at a Large Public University in South Florida, Christie L. Kirchoff

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Advanced Methods for Performance Enhancement in Modern Distribution Networks, Iresha Shamini Dharmasena Konara Mudiyanselage

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The Transnational Investment Block in U.S.-Persian Gulf Relations and U.S. Sanctions Policy Toward Iran, Mazaher Koruzhde

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The Long-term Functionality of a Haptic Sensory Feedback System with an Intrafascicular Nerve Interface, Sathyakumar S. Kuntaegowdanahalli

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Living on the Front Line: Community and Government Responses to Sea Level Rise in U.S. Vulnerable Communities, Omur D. Kuru

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The Interplay Between Parental Executive Functioning, Parental Stress, and Parenting Skills Across a Parenting Intervention, Taylor Landis

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Utilization of Sense of Place and Photovoice Within Social-Ecological Systems Research, Melissa Lau

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A non-contact, hand-held near-infrared optical scanner for spatial-temporal mapping of oxygenation changes in diabetic foot ulcers, Kevin Leiva

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Assessing the Impact of Intergovernmental Grant Policies in Education - the Case of Florida, Nga (Angie) Le

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The Valence Quark Structure of the Nucleon, Christopher A. Leon

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A General and Practical Framework for Realization of SDN-based Vehicular Networks, Juan V. Leon

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An Interpretive Analysis: Black Men, Masculinities, and the Field of Tropic Play, Mario D. Lewis

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Molecular Level Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter Integrating Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry, Dennys Leyva Bombuse

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Many-body Effects in Atomic Ensembles Probed by Optical Two-dimensional Coherent Spectroscopy, Danfu Liang

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Tracing the Source of Nutrients Entering North Central Florida Bay: A Stable Isotope Approach, Joshua O. Linenfelser

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Development of Electrochemical Aptamer-based Sensors for Sensitive and Specific Detection of Small-molecule Targets, Yingzhu Liu

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Changes of Harm Perception and Effect of Health Warnings on Electronic Cigarette Use in US Youth, Wei Li

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Development of Target and Non-targeted Analysis Approaches to Characterize Emerging PFAS and Potential PFAS Metabolites from Drinking and Surface Water in Florida, Xuerong Li

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Vanguards of Liberation: Progressive Catholicism, the Student Movement, and Political Culture in Latin America, 1960-1973, Sandra M. Londono-Ardila

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On the Definition of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification and a Tropical Cyclone Lightning Climatology as Revealed by the Lightning Imaging Sensor, Adrian Lopez Lago

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The Relationship Between Swallowing-related Measures and Activation of the Deep Neck Flexor Muscles in Healthy Young and Older Adults, Ana E. Lowe

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Demographic Variables that Influence the Purchase Decision, Rafael Antonio Lugioyo

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Impact of Students’ Satisfaction with their Internship Experience on their Career Decision Intention to Stay in the Chinese Hospitality Industry: Moderating Role of Organizational Climate and Organizational Culture, Lan Lu

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Three Essays on Asset Pricing, Xiaomeng Lu

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Mixed Signal Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Circuits for Scientific Computing and Array Processing Applications, Hasantha Malavipathirana

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A Machine Learning Framework for Identifying Molecular Biomarkers from Transcriptomic Cancer Data, Md Abdullah Al Mamun

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Role of Novel Immunoregulatory Long Noncoding RNAs in Airway Epithelial Pathophysiology and Chronic Pulmonary Disease, Marko Manevski

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Enslavement Memorialization Travel in Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau, Natália Marques da Silva

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The Influence of Reading a Young-Adult Novel About Social Justice, with Dialogue Journals, on Students' Empathy and Academic Skills, Carmen M. Marroquin

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Hasta que la muerte los separe: la representación de la violencia machista en la literatura y el cine hispánicos contemporáneos, Anna M. Martija Perez

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The Role of Sociocultural Factors on the Relationship Between (Un)Employment and Well-being of LatinX Emerging Adults During Covid-19, Chantal Nichole Martinez

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Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Americium(III) and Cerium(III) at Ligand Modified Mesoporous Indium Tin-Doped Oxide, Jeffrey R. McLachlan

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Downburst Flow Simulation and Evaluation of Downburst Wind Effects on Buildings, Alvaro Danilo Mejia

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The Transformation of the Daimon as a Spirit Entity from Ancient Greece to Early Christianity, and Beyond, Christopher A. Mekus Mr.

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Hail Mary, DeAndra A. Miller

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Synthesis, Structure-Activity and Mechanism Studies of Poly(guanylurea)s against Mycobacteria, Michelle M. Miranda

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Learning-based Fault Detection and Mitigation Model in Industrial Control Systems Based on Measurement Data, Sohrab Mokhtari

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Host Modulation of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility in Drosophila simulans, A J M Zehadee Momtaz