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Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Santeria as an Informal Psychosocial Support Among Latinas Living with Cancer, Adelaida M. Rosario

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Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Weight Loss in a Population of Adult Mexican Americans, Janisse Rosario

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Improved Criteria for Estimating Calibration Factors for Highway Safety Manual (HSM) Applications, Dibakar Saha

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The Role of the Transcription Factor Ets1 in Melanocyte Development, Amy Saldana Tavares

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Movement Effects on the Flow Physics and Nutrient Delivery in Engineered Valvular Tissues, Manuel Salinas

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OPEC and the International System: A Political History of Decisions and Behavior, Reza Sanati

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Paleoenvironments and Geochemical Signals from the Late Barremian to the Middle Aptian in a Tethyan Marginal Basin, Northeast Spain: Implications for Carbon Sequestration in Restricted Basins, Yosmel Sanchez Hernandez Mr.

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Characterization of Rhizobial Diversity and Relationship of Rhizobial Partner and Legume Performance in Four South Florida Pine Rockland Soils, Vanessa Sánchez

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Cultural Intelligence: Extending the Nomological Network, Ena Sawhney

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Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Environmental Decision Making in South Florida, Nadia A. Seeteram

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The Relationships between Elementary School Principals' Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Style and School Culture, Mirta R. Segredo

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Investigating the Role of a Less Uranium Tolerant Strain, Isolated from the Hanford Site Soil, on Uranium Interaction in Polyphosphate Remediation Technology, Paola Sepulveda Medina

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Exploring Oral Health Problems in Adult Hispanic Migrant Farmworkers: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Claudia A. Serna

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Access to Better Education: The School Choice Experience of Families Served by Low-Performing Elementary Public Schools in Miami-Dade County, LeTania Severe

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Advanced Methodologies in Dynamic Traffic Assignment Modeling of Managed Lanes, Shaghayegh Shabanian

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Development of a Lab-on-a-Chip Device for Rapid Nanotoxicity Assessment In Vitro, Pratikkumar Shah

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The Effects of Paternal and Maternal Nurturance and Involvement on Young Adult Academic Outcomes, Tara Sheehan

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Text Analytics of Social Media: Sentiment Analysis, Event Detection and Summarization, Chao Shen

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The Impacts of Fisheries Management on the Performance and Resiliency of the Commercial Fishing Industry and Fishing Communities in the Florida Keys (Monroe County, Florida) from 1950-2010, Manoj Shivlani

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An Alternative Goodness-of-fit Test for Normality with Unknown Parameters, Weiling Shi

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U.S. Construction Worker Fall Accidents: Their Causes And Influential Factors, Sohaib Siddiqui

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Life Experiences of Youth Who Were Born with HIV Infection in Puerto Rico: The Voices of Young Survivors, Georgina Silva-Suarez

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Dear Little Me: A Response to My Former Self, Carly Steele

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Speciation, Metabolism, Toxicity, and Protein-binding of Different Arsenic Species in Human Cells, Szabina A. Stice

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Human-driven Benthic Jellyfish Blooms: Causes and Consequences for Coastal Marine Ecosystems, Elizabeth W. Stoner

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An Examination of Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Individualism-Collectivsm as Moderators of the Work/Family Antecedent and Work-Family Conflict Relationship, Tyler Stout

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Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry of South Florida Coastal Marine Ecosystems, Sarah Elise Strand

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Effects of Prenatal and Early Postnatal Exposure to Aversive Stimuli on Fearfulness and Exploratory Behavior in Bobwhite Qauil Neonates (Colinus virginianus), Michael Suarez

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Islam and Christianity: Comparing the Theory of Supersession Concerning Abraham, Mark Sweeney

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Grey Slate, Brittany R. Szabo

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Endogenous Risk Perception, Geospatial Characteristics and Temporal Variation in Hurricane Evacuation Behavior, Subrina Tahsin

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Event Mining for System and Service Management, Liang Tang

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Jesus as the Son of Man in Mark, Andres A. Tejada-Lalinde

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Spatio-temporal Analysis of Chilling Events in Mangrove Forests of South Florida, Bina Thapa

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Covalent Protein Adduction of Nitrogen Mustards and Related Compounds, Vanessa R. Thompson

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Without an empire: Muslim mobilization after the caliphate, erik tisthammer

Con la Mocha al Cuello: The Emergence and Negotiation of Afro-Chinese Religion in Cuba, Martin Tsang

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Hispanic Orientalism: The Literary Development of a Cultural Paradigm, from Medieval Spain to Modern Latin America, Svetlana V. Tyutina

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The Relationship between Selected Standardized Test Scores and Performance in Advanced Placement Math and Science Exams: Analyzing the Differential Effectiveness of Scores for Course Identification and Placement, Josue N. Urbina

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The Effect of Authentic Literacy Experiences as Book Buddies with Hispanic Fourth Graders on Preservice Teachers’ Literacy Content Knowledge and Reading Maturity, Vivian L. Veiga

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Investigating Miami English-Spanish Bilinguals' Treatment of English Deictic Verbs of Motion, Erica Verde

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The Effect of Rapport Building in Police Interrogations: Can Rapport Improve the Diagnosticity of Confession Evidence?, Daniella K. Villalba

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The Influence of Gene Environment Interaction on the Risk of Cognitive Impairment: Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors and Alcohol Use in HIV-infected Adults, Karina Villalba PhD

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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