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Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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The Caribbean Court of Justice: An Investigation of the Impact of Elites on its Creation and Present Structure as it relates to Original Jurisdiction, Nicole A. Warmington-Granston

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Recent Changes in Central and Eastern Pacific El Niño, Peter M. Washam

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Rwanda's Miracle: From Genocide and Poverty to Peace and Economic Prosperity, Laura H. Wicks

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Oxidative DNA Damage Modulates Trinucleotide Repeat Instability Via DNA Base Excision Repair, Meng Xu

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Sources, Fate and Transformation of Organic Matter in Wetlands and Estuaries, Chao Ya

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Statistical Dialog Management for Health Interventions, Ugan Yasavur

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Rethinking the National Question: Anti-Statist Discourses within the Kurdish National Movement, Ozum Yesiltas

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Effects of Increased Levels of Prenatal Mesotocin on Postnatal Individual Recognition and Stress Responsiveness in Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus Virginianus), Brittany Yusko

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Understanding Immigrants' Travel Behavior in Florida: Neighborhood Effects and Behavioral Assimilation, Nishat Zaman

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The Effects on Students' Self-Efficacy Beliefs Regarding Their Comprehension of American Literature When Aesthetic Reading and Reader Response Strategy are Implemented, Charlotte A. Zeitsiff

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Implications of FIN 46 for Accruals Quality and Investment Efficiency, Fang Zhao

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Quantitative Analysis and Determination of Microcystin in water by Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry, Bingxue Zheng

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Towards Next Generation Vertical Search Engines, Li Zheng

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Integrity-Based Kernel Malware Detection, Feng Zhu

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Mechanisms Governing the Eyewall Replacement Cycle in Numerical Simulations of Tropical Cyclones, zhenduo zhu

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Cosmopolitan Imperialism: Mann, Sarmiento, and the Origins of Universal Education in Nineteenth-Century Boston and Buenos Aires, Carolina Zumaglini

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Alienated Selfhood and Heroism: A Poststructuralist Reading of John le Carré’s Spy Fiction Novels, Milton Zuniga

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Hegel's Critique of Contingency in Kant's Principle of Teleology, Kimberly Zwez

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Analysis of White Latex Paints using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Forensic Applications, Melissa Zwilling

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Three Essays on Market Depth in Futures Markets, Alexandre Aidov

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Climate, Land Use and Hydrologic Sensitivities of Stormwater Quantity and Quality in Complex Coastal Urban Watersheds, Shams Al-Amin

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Testing and Expanding an Emotion-Centered Model of Workplace Aggression: The Moderating Effects of Perceived Intensity and Social Support in the Workplace, Josh Allen

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The Mediating Effect of Innovation on the Relationship between Corporate Reputation and Performance in U.S. Firms, Marcelo J. Alvarado-Vargas

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Trends in Water Quality within the Broward County Portion of the Biscayne Aquifer, Leigh Auwers Ammon

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Microspheres for Liver Radiomicrospheres Therapy and Planning, Alejandro Amor-Coarasa

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Gaining Insight into Teaching: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Lived Experience of the Teachers of the Year, Robin F. Amparo

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Give Us This Day, Barbara L. Anderson

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A Decision Support Framework for Infrastructure Maintenance Investment Decision-Making, Farrukh Arif

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Hazard Mitigation Element Quality in Coastal Comprehensive Plans in a State with Strong Requirements for Hazard Mitigation Plan Elements, Evelio E. Astray-Caneda III

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The Influence of Neurocognitive Impairment, Alcohol and other Drug (AOD) Use, and Psychosocial Factors on Antiretroviral Treatment Adherence, Service Utilization and Viral Load Among HIV-Seropositive Adults, Jennifer Attonito

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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa AmpR Transcriptional Regulatory Network, Deepak Balasubramanian

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Mixed Spatial and Nonspatial Problems in Location Based Services, Jaime Ballesteros

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The Effects of Age, Ethnicity, Sexual Dysfunction, Urinary Incontinence, Masculinity, and Relationship with the Partner on the Quality of Life of Men with Prostate Cancer, Suha Ballout

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Photo Degradation of Cotnaminants of Emerging concern (CECs) under Simulated Solar Radiation: Implications for their Environmental Fate, Sudha Rani Batchu

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Selection and Passage of County Land Preservation Voter Referendum: The Role of Government, Susan P. Beaghen

Fault Line, Kacee Lynn Belcher

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Acclimatization of the Tropical Reef Coral Acropora millepora to Hyperthermal Stress, Anthony John Bellantuono

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The Development of Calibrants through Characterization of Volatile Organic Compounds from Peroxide Based Explosives and a Non-target Chemical Calibration Compound, Katylynn Beltz

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The Role of Teleost Grazers in a Relatively Pristine Seagrass Ecosystem, Cindy Bessey

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Pressure Induced Structural Changes and Gas Diffusion Pathways in Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins, Yuba R. Bhandari

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Buckwheat as a Cover Crop in Florida: Mycorrhizal Status, Soil Analysis, and Economic Assessment, Daria Boglaienko

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Materials and Techniques in D’improvviso da immobile s’illumina, for Bass Clarinet, Two Orchestras, Piano and Percussion, Federico Bonacossa

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Through Wafer 3D Vertical Micro-Coaxial Probe for High Frequency Material Characterization and Millimeter Wave Packaging Systems, Justin Boone

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The Anuvrat Movement: Theory and Practice, Shivani Bothra

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Wildfire Assessment Using FARSITE Fire Modeling: A Case Study in the Chihuahua Desert of Mexico, John Brakeall

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Blessed are the Peacemakers: Transnational Alliance, Protective Accompaniment and the Presbyterian Church of Colombia, Michael C. Brasher

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Root:Shoot Ratio and Specific Leaf Area Along an Elevational Gradient in the Peruvian Andes, Catherine Heidy Bravo Avila

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Children with Special Health Care Needs: Comparison of the Effects of Home Care Setting, Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Setting, and Long-Term Care Setting on Child and Family Health Outcomes and Health Care Service Use, Carmen Caicedo

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Implicit Eyewitness Memory, Rolando N. Carol

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The Broken Mirror: Maternal Agency and Identity in Charles Dickens's Bleak House, Sarah E. Cash

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The Effect of Reciprocal Mapping on High-Risk Sixth-Grade Students' Social Studies Achievement, Tina Cash

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Intraspecific Relationships in Paracalanus quasimodo [Calinoideae] and Temora turbinata [Calinoideae] along the Southeastern Coast of the United States, Richard Y. Chang

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Four Essays of Environmental Risk-Mitigation, Chiradip Chatterjee

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Leakage Temperature Dependency Aware Real-Time Scheduling for Power and Thermal Optimization, Vivek Chaturvedi

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Funtional Near Infrared Spectroscopy Study of Language, Joint Attention and Motor Skills, Ujwal Chaudhary

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Structural Data Acquisition Using Sensor Network, Sainath Chidambar Munavalli

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Political Strategy, Leadership, and Policy Entrepreneurship in Japanese Defense Policy and Politics: A Comparison of Three Prime Ministerships, Daniel L. Clausen

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A Q-Methodology Approach to Investigating the Relationship Between Level of Reflection and Typologies Among Prospective Teachers in the Physics Learning Assistant Program at Florida International University, Geraldine L. Cochran

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The Influence of HOPE VI Public Housing on Public Schools, Donna A. Comrie

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Barrier Island Response to Sea Level Rise in North Carolina, Evan D. Cook

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The McSweeney's Group: Modernist Roots and Contemporary Permutations in Little Magazines, Charles J. Crespo

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A Generalized Adaptive Mathematical Morphological Filter for LIDAR Data, Zheng Cui

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Social Capital, HIV Risk Behavior and Substance Use among Recent Latino Immigrants in South Florida, Elena Cyrus

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Individual Child Cognitive Behavioral Treatment versus Child-Parent Cognitive Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Comparative Outcomes, Jessica Dahan

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Atlantic Threads: Singer in Spain and Mexico, 1860-1940, Paula A. de la Cruz-Fernández

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Empire's Children: Soviet Childhood in the Age of Revolution, Loraine de la Fe

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Correlations among Coping Skills and Life Satisfaction in Ethnic Older Caregivers, Didiana de la Osa

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Preposition Stranding in Heritage Speakers of Brazilian Portuguese, Simone H. de Lemos

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Traces of the Dark Sublime in William Faulkner's "The Bear," Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom!, Manuel Delgadillo

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Structural Health Monitoring Inside Concrete and Grout Using the Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform (WISP), Elicek Delgado Cepero

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Effects of Sex, Third Grade Reading Achievement and Motivation as Predictors of Fourth Grade Reading Achievement of Hispanic Students: A Path Analysis, Vivian M. del Rio

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Using Procedural Audio to Control an Algorithmic Composition that is Controlled by a Computer Game, Brian del Toro

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Water Demand and Allocation in the Mara River Basin, Kenya/Tanzania in the Face of Land Use Dynamics and Climate Variability, Shimelis B. Dessu

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The Effect of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on the Fate and Transformation of Arsenic in Aquatic Environments, Dionne Dickson

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Environmental Dynamics of Dissolved Black Carbon in Aquatic Ecosystems, Yan Ding

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Italianità on Tour: From the Mediterranean to Southeast Florida, 1896-1939, Antonietta Di Pietro

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Spiritual Violence: Queer People and the Sacrament of Communion, Sabrina Diz

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Effects of Multiple Ecological Drivers on Recruitment and Succession of Coral Reef Macroalgal Communities, Alain Duran

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Recreational Angler Perspectives of Nonnative Fish Species and Mercury Advisories, Christopher J. Edwards

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The Processing of Preposition-Stranding Constructions in English, Naomi R. Enzinna

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Leveraging Symbiotic Relationships for Emulation of Computer Networks, Miguel A. Erazo

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Improved Dynamic Headspace Sampling and Detection using Capillary Microextraction of Volatiles Coupled to Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, Wen Fan

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IR820 Nanoconjugates for Theranostic Applications, Alicia Fernandez-Fernandez

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Genetic Structure of the Florida Key Tree Cactus, Pilosocereus robinii, using Restriction Site associated DNA (RAD) markers, Tonya D. Fotinos

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The Relationship between Scaffolding Metacognitive Strategies identified through Dialogue Journals and Second Graders’ Reading Comprehension, Science Achievement, and Metacognition using Expository Text, Iliana Franco-Castillo

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An Investigation of Vertical Turbulent Transport Processes in Coastal Regions Using Tower Observations, Jonathan Joseph Furst

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Development of Effective Approaches to the Large-Scale Aerodynamic Testing of Low-Rise Building, Tuan-Chun Fu

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Effect of Arginine and Oscillatory Ca2+ on Vascular Response Mediated Via Nitric Oxide Signaling in Normal and Salt Sensitive Hypertensive Rat Mesenteric Arterioles, Tushar V. Gadkari

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A Relationship Between the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test 2.0 Mathematics Scores and Racial and Ethnic Concentrations when Considering Socio-Economic Status, ESOL Student Population, Marilys Galindo

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Examining Gradients in Novelty: Native and Non-native Fish Assemblages in Everglades Canals, David A. Gandy

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Lower Aptian Comparative Stratigraphy of the Basco-Cantabrian Region (Spain) and Eastern Cordillera (Colombia): implications for local factors in the depositional record of Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (OAE-1a), Tatiana Gaona Narvaez

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Escaping the Resource Curse: The Sources of Institutional Quality in Botswana, Angela Gapa

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Lattice Boltzmann Modeling and Specialized Laboratory Techniques to Determine the Permeability of Megaporous Karst Rock, Sade Maria Garcia

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Sociocultural Complexities of Ecosystem Restoration: Remaking Identity, Landscape and Belonging in the Florida Everglades, Rebecca I. Garvoille

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Distribution of Light in the Human Retina under Natural Viewing Conditions, Jorge C. Gibert

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The Relationship of Instructor Technical Literacy to the Academic Performance of Students in Career Academies, Jorge Gomez

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Greater Miami: Stories, J. David Gonzalez

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Implementing the Surface Response to Excitation Method (SuRE) with Non-contact Sensors, Sergio R. Gonzalez Jr.

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The Enchanter's Spell: J.R.R. Tolkien's Mythopoetic Response to Modernism, Adam D. Gorelick

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An Analysis of the Potential Risk Exposure to Lead (Pb) through Urban Community Gardens, Danielle E. Goveia