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FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Elemental Analysis of Printing Inks Using Tandem Laser- Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, Kiran Subedi

Characterization of an Epoxide Hydrolase from the Florida Red Tide Dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis, pengfei sun

Study of Ammonia Borane and its Derivatives: Influence of Nanoconfinements and Pressures, Yongzhou Sun

Emergence and Fate of Siloxanes in Waste Streams: Release Mechanisms, Partitioning and Persistence in Three Environmental Compartments, Sharon C. Surita

Romantic Relationships and Adjustment in Early Adulthood: The Role of Cross-sex Experience in the Context of Social Norms and Support, Hod Tamir

Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Japanese Chronic Disease Patients’ Quality of Life and Perceived Stress, Hideaki Tanaka

Automatic Extraction of Number of Lanes from Aerial Images for Transportation Applications, LI TANG

Climatology of overshootings in tropical cyclones and their roles in tropical cyclone intensity changes using TRMM data, Cheng Tao

Fast Detection and Chemical Characterization of Gunshot Residues by CMV-GC-MS and LIBS, Anamary Tarifa

Dynamic Behavior and Fatigue Life of Highway Bridges Due to Doubling Heavy Vehicles, Arash Tarighi

Multimode Analysis of Nanoscale Biomolecular Interactions, Purushottam Babu Tiwari

Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles Fabricated via Co-precipitation in Air: Overview of Size Control and Magnetic Properties, Dennis Toledo

Analysis of Synthetic Cannabinoids by Direct Analysis in Real Time Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry and Gas Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry, Tyler S. Torbet

Exploring Parental Perceptions of Self-Efficacy, Role Modeling and Factors Contributing to Family Health Practices from an Employer-Provided Family Weight Management Program: A Mixed Methods Study, Kurt E. Vargo

You Crit Like a Girl: the Performance of Female Identity in the Virtual Gaming Community World of Warcraft, Connie M. Viamonte

Synthetic Approaches to Flexible Fluorescent Conjugated Polymers, Tereza Vokata

Black Carbon: Sources, Mobility and Fate in Freshwater Systems, Sasha Wagner

Parent-Child Interactions in the Presence of Risk for ADHD with and without Language Impairment, Sisan Walker Angel

Fuzzy Modeling and Control Based Virtual Machine Resource Management, Lixi Wang

On the Design of Real-Time Systems on Multi-Core Platforms under Uncertainty, TIANYI WANG

The Hospitality Cooperative Education: What are the Benefits for Industry Partners?, YING WANG

Constructing Secure MapReduce Framework in Cloud-based Environment, Yongzhi Wang

System Design and Implementation of a Fast and Accurate Bio-Inspired Spiking Neural Network, Zhenzhong Wang

Essays on Competition in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Jiangyun Wan

Evaluating the Role of Social Approach Behaviors in Children with Autism, Jessica M. Weber

Policing Slavery: Order and the Development of Early Nineteenth-Century New Orleans and Salvador, Gregory K. Weimer

Comparisons of Estimators of Small Proportion under Group Testing, Xing Wei

Reimagining Reflection: Gender, Student Perception, and Reflective Writing in the Composition Classroom, Cayce M. Wicks

An Extended Validation and Analysis of the Early Childhood Educators' Knowledge of Self-Regulation Skills Questionnaire: A Two Phase Study, Elizabeth Willis

On Emerging Asia-Pacific Equity Markets from the Perspective of the Dynamics of Mean and Volatility Spillovers, Li Xu

A Cultural Analysis of Employees' Work Values and Their Consequences for Work-Related Outcomes: The Case of China, Jun Yang

Use of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Cable for Post-tensioning Application, Xiong Yang

Exploring Hidden Coherent Feature Groups and Temporal Semantics for Multimedia Big Data Analysis, Yimin Yang

African American and Afro-Caribbean American Men’s Prostate Health Knowledge and Beliefs, Cora Yoose

Factors Affecting the Adoption of New Technology: the case of 311 Government Call Centers, Susan Caroline Young

Strain Promoted Click Chemistry of 8-Azidopurine and 5-Azidopyrimidine Nucleosides and Nucleotides with Cyclooctynes and Applications to Living Cell Imaging, Jessica Zayas

The Linguistic Market of Codeswitching in U.S. Latino Literature, Marilyn Zeledon

Next Generation of Product Search and Discovery, Kaiman Zeng

A Comparative Study of Concurrent Acoustic and Diver Survey Data, and Fish Community Descriptions of a High Latitude Coral Reef, Florida, USA, Adam M. Zenone

The Performance and Service Life Prediction of High Performance Concrete in Sulfate and Acidic Environments, Shuo Zhang

Advanced Oxidation Processes of Problematic Toxin and Water Contaminants: Cylindrospermopsin, Iopamidol, 4-methylcyclohexane Methanol and Propylene Glycol Phenyl Ether, Cen Zhao

Online Moving Object Visualization with Geo-Referenced Data, Guangqiang Zhao

An Integrated Neuroimaging Approach for the Prediction and Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease and its Prodromal Stages, Qi Zhou

Development of Point-of-Care Testing Sensors for Biomarker Detection, Xuena Zhu

Characterization of the poxAB Operon Encoding a Class D Carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa,, Diansy Zincke

The Modern State and the Re-Creation of the Indigenous Other: The Case of the Authentic Sámi in Sweden and the White Man’s Indian in the United States of America., Luca Zini

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Optimization of Cooling Protocols for Hearts Destined for Transplantation, Abas Abdoli

A Generic Model of Execution for Synthesizing Domain-Specific Models, Mark Allison

Acoustic Investigation of Production of Clusters by Saudi Second Language Learners of English, Hussain Almalki

A Regression Approach to Execution Time Estimation for Programs Running on Multicore Systems, Mohammad Alshamlan

Electoral Rules and Elite Recruitment: A Comparative Analysis of the Bundestag and the U.S. House of Representatives, Murat Altuglu

The Relationship between Metacognition, Self-Actualization, and Well-Being among University Students: Reviving Self-Actualization as the Purpose of Education, Yalda Amir Kiaei

An Investigation on Biocompatibility of Bio-Absorbable Polymer Coated Magnesium Alloys, Sushma Amruthaluri

Visitations: A Novel, Joseph Anderson

Utilizing Traditional Cognitive Measures of Academic Preparation to Predict First-Year Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Majors' Success in Math and Science Courses, Charles K. Andrews

Factors of Inflammation in Haitian Americans and African Americans with and without Type 2 Diabetes, Janet Antwi

Design and Development of Geographical Information System (GIS) Map for Nuclear Waste Streams, Sandhya Appunni

Ecdysis Triggering Hormone and its Role in Juvenile Hormone Synthesis in the Yellow-fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti, Maria Areiza

Death Rituals in the New Diaspora: Funerals in the Lives of Ghanaians in South Florida, Evelyn E. Arhin-Sam

Gender Benders: Shakespeare's Rosalind and Woolf's Orlando, Katrina Armenteros

Experimental and Analytical Methodologies for Predicting Peak Loads on Building Envelopes and Roofing Systems, Maryam Asghari Mooneghi

The HI Chronicles of LITTLE THINGS Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies, Trisha L. Ashley

Conformational Dynamics Associated with Ligand Binding to Vertebrate Hexa-coordinate Hemoglobins, Luisana Astudillo

Analysis of Global Compliance and Implementation of the Goals of International Environmental Treaties: A Case study of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), George Atisa

Integrated Construction Project Delivery System in the U.S. Public Sector: An Information Modeling Framework, Nida Azhar

Development of Test-Based Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion Model for Hurricane-Induced Building Interior and Contents Damage, Thomas Baheru

Habitat Use of the Key Largo Woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli), Lauren J. Barth

Physics-Based Modeling of Power System Components for the Evaluation of Low-Frequency Radiated Electromagnetic Fields, Mohammadreza Barzegaran

Investigating the Outcomes of a Physical Activity Program offered to Older Adults in South Florida and Understanding the Correlates of Completion, Anamica Batra

CEO Humility: Development of an Unobtrusive Measure and Strategic Implications, Marie-Michele Beauchesne

Land Use and Water Quality Correlations in Miami-Dade, Florida, Audrey R. Becnel

Neuroscience and Hindu Aesthetics: A Critical Analysis of V.S. Ramachandran’s “Science of Art”, Logan R. Beitmen

Neuromuscular Changes in Older Adults during the Lateral Step Task, Tatiana Bejarano

UV-Induced Melanoma Mouse Model Dependent on Endothelin 3 Over-Expression, Ana Paula Benaduce

Out of View: Stories, Justin Bendell

Mosquito Larvicides from Cyanobacteria, Gerald A. Berry

First Time Measurements of Polarization Observables for the Charged Cascade Hyperon in Photoproduction, Jason S. Bono

Curriculum development in a heritage language community-based school: A Qualitative inquiry regarding a Brazilian-Portuguese program in South Florida, Ivian Destro Boruchowski

Fiber Pathways for Language in the Developing Brain: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) Study, Iris J. Broce

The Roles of Microcystin and Sulfide in Physiology and Tactic Responses of Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Mat-Forming Cyanobacteria, Abigael C. Brownell

Vocal Synthesis and Deep Listening, Chelsea A. Bruno

Syndemic Health Disparities and Resilience Processes Related to HIV Transmission Risk among African American/Black Men in South Florida, Mance E. Buttram

El Posnacionalismo en la Narrativa Cubana Actual: Reivindicación de lo Privado y lo Homoerótico, Raul Cabrera

Dictionary of Storms, Marci Calabretta

Identification of Characteristic Volatile Organic Compounds Released during the Decomposition Process of Human Remains and Analogues, Norma Iris Caraballo

A Deconstruction of Elie Wiesel's The Time of the Uprooted, Cristina T. Carbonell

Synthesis of a PbTx-2 photoaffinity and fluorescent probe and an alternative synthetic route to photoaffinity probes, Ryan T. Cassell

Non-Consumptive Effects of Predators in Coral Reef Communities and the Indirect Consequences of Marine Protected Areas, Laura Catano

Operational Actual Wetland Evapotranspiration Estimation for South Florida Using MODIS Imagery, Cristobal N. Ceron

Gender In Motion: Negotiating Bengali Social Statuses Across Time and Territories, Mayurakshi Chaudhuri

Design and Synthesis of S-ribosylhomocysteine Analogues, Christiane Chbib

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Coactivator 1-α (PPARGC1A) Genetic Associations with Type 2 Diabetes in Three Ethnicities, Amanpreet K. Cheema

Essays on Intergenerational and Regional Aspects of Water Management, Yu Chen

Democracy Promotion and Turkey, Bilal Ciplak

Using Sonic Enhancement to Augment Non-Visual Tabular Navigation, Jonathan M. Cofino and Armando Barreto

A Critical Examination of the Experience of being a Gay Officer in the Masculinized Industry of Law Enforcement, Joshua C. Collins

Sustainable Public Pension System for Florida Local Governments: Financial Solvency, Paradigm Switch, and Interperiod Equity, Yongqing Cong

The Effect of a Multi-Component Consultation Intervention on the Pragmatic Language Skills of Students with Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Brittney M. Cooper

The Efficacy of San Lazaro and His Manifestations: Divine Mediators of Health Within Miami's Cuban-American Santeria Community., Marisol Cribeiro

A State and Territorial Survey Regarding Utilization of Environmental Health Shelter Assessments during Disasters, and a Secondary Analysis of Available Shelter Assessment Data, Miguel A. Cruz