Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Ecohydrology, Evapotranspiration and Hydrogeochemistry of Carbonate Mangrove Wetlands, David Lagomasino
Mechanisms of Diatom Assembly in a Hydrologically-Managed Subtropical Wetland, Sylvia S. Lee
Novel Approaches for the Synthesis of C-5 Modified Pyrimidine Nucleosides, Yong Liang
Mining the Online Social Network Data: Influence, Summarization, and Organization, Jingxuan Li
Next Generation of Recommender Systems: Algorithms and Applications, Lei Li
New Bivariate Lifetime Distributions Based on Bath-Tub Shaped Failure Rate, Mengying Li
Background Traffic Modeling for Large-Scale Network Simulation, Ting Li
Can Compensation Committees Effectively Mitigate the CEO Horizon Problem? The Role of Co-opted Directors, Ruonan Liu
Delay-Sensitive Service Request Scheduling for Cloud Computing, Shuo Liu
Formal Modeling and Analysis Techniques for High Level Petri Nets, Su Liu
Jane Smiley's "A Thousand Acres": A Feminist Revision of "King Lear", Diana Lombardic
Simulating Everglades National Park hydrology and phosphorus transport under existing and future scenarios using numerical modeling, Stephanie Long
La tentación del abismo en Armonía Somers: entre el expresionismo de vanguardia y el gótico postmoderno, Anamaria Lopez-Abadia Laya
Loose Ends, Julio Machado
Identity, Purpose, and Well-Being Among Emerging Adult Hispanic Women, Vanessa L. Madrazo
Numerical Modeling of the Effects of Hydrologic Conditions and Sediment Transport on Geomorphic Patterns in Wetlands, Mehrnoosh Mahmoudi
Adaptation Preferences and Responses to Sea Level Rise and Land Loss Risk in Southern Louisiana: a Survey-based Analysis, Sandra Maina
Assessing Organizational Image: Triangulation Across Different Applicant Perceptions, Website, and Facebook Features, Alejandra Matamala
Ritual Performance of the Santo Daime Church in Miami: Co-constructive Selves in the Midst of Impediments to Local Acculturation, Alfonso Matas
Development of Hardware in the Loop Real-Time Control Techniques for Hybrid Power Systems Involving Distributed Demands and Sustainable Energy Sources, Ali Mazloomzadeh
The Saints of Banias, Jennifer Maritza McCauley
Time Trends and Predictors of Initiation for Cigarette and Waterpipe Smoking Among Jordanian School Children: Irbid, 2008-2011, Karma L. McKelvey PhD
The relationship among serum levels of manganese superoxide dismutase and mtDNA 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine, and dietary antioxidants intake in Type 2 Diabetes, MICHAEL ANDREW MCLEAN
Ethnic and American Identity Development: A Developmental Systems Approach, Alan Meca
Effect of Aquafeed on Productivity of Red Amaranth and on Water Quality under Aquaponic Cultivation, Miles D. Medina
Modeling of a Heat-Induced Buckling of Plates Using the Mesh-free Method, Humberto Mejia
A New method for Testing Normality based upon a Characterization of the Normal Distribution, Davayne A. Melbourne
Two-Bit Pattern Analysis For Quantitative Information Flow, Ziyuan Meng
Life in the Penit: Framing and Performing Miami's Graffiti Subculture, Victor M. Merida
Racialized Sexualities within the Romance Tour Industry: the Influence of Affect and Emotion Upon Transnational Hierarchies of Desire, Julia H. Meszaros
Aerodynamic Testing of Variable Message Signs, Debbie Meyer
Development of a Precast Concrete Supertile Roofing System for the Mitigation of Extreme Wind Events, Brandon L. Mintz
The Efficacy of an Interactive Computer System for Teaching Developmental Mathematics to College Students, Jeffrey Miranda
Surviving and Thriving in a Hostile Religious Culture, Michelle Mitchell
Sizing Up Miami: A Multilevel Analysis of The Discourses and Politics of Obesity, Nicole Mixson-Perez
The Decolonization of Northwest Community College, Beverly Moore-Garcia
Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and Reproductive Toxicity in Women, Marisa L. Morgan
A Middleware to Support Services Delivery in a Domain-Specific Virtual Machine, Karl A. Morris
Mothers and their Children: Harry Potter and Melanie Klein, Kristina Mur
High Pressure and Low Temperature Study of Ammonia Borane and Lithium Amidoborane, Shah Najiba
Environmental Performance of Multinationals: A Comparative Study Based On Climate Change Strategy, Santhosh Narayanan
Overnight Summer Music Camp and the Impact on its Youth: A Case Study, Ari Nemser
Synthesis and Electron Emission Properties of Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays, Suman Neupane
Crossing Boundaries to Education: Haitian Transnational Families and the Quest to Raise the Family Up, Tekla Nicholas
The Influence of the Guatemalan Municipal Orchestra's Curriculum on the Social Relations of its Members, Jacobo Nitsch
Evidence of Climate Variability and Tropical Cyclone Activity from Diatom Assemblage Dynamics in Coastal Southwest Florida, Emily R. Nodine
A Novel Method for Rapid and Selective Extraction of Male DNA from Rape Kits using Alkaline Lysis and Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT), Deepthi V. Nori
Connectivity of fragmented amphibian populations in a Neotropical landscape, Aaron J. Nowakowski
Characterization of Juvenile Hormone Biosynthetic Enzymes in the Mosquito, Aedes aegypti, Pratik Nyati
The Effect of Prenatal Auditory Enrichment on Perceptual Narrowing in Bobwhite Quail Neonates, Briana O'Dowd
The Impact of Aphasia on Working Memory in Bilingual Adults, Giselle Ogrodnik
3D Navigation with Six Degrees-of-Freedom using a Multi-Touch Display, Francisco Raul Ortega
Distribution Fits for Various Parameters in the Hurricane Model, Victoria Oxenyuk
Microstructure Characteristics of U.S. Futures Markets, Ahmet Senol Oztekin
Post-College Transition: A Study of Evangelical Spirituality in Emerging Adulthood, Katharine R. Pals
Understanding Ten-Eleven Translocation-2 in Hematological and Nervous Systems, Feng Pan
La representación de la masculinidad y la violencia de género en la novela española de la posguerra, Alfredo M. Pastor
The Relation of Steroid Hormones and Personality Factors to Financial Performance and Risk-Taking Behavior, Fernando M. Patterson
Statistical Analysis of Meteorological Data, Sergio Perez Melo
Development of Presumptive and Confirmatory Analytical Methods for the Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Improvised Explosives, Kelley L. Peters
Mechanisms of Arsenic Detoxification and Resistance, Jitesh Kannan Pillai
Analysis of Land Use Change as a Method of Predicting Water Demands in an Urbanizing Environment: Redland, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Shiva Pokharel
Hearing the Child's Voice: Their Lived Experience in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Andrea S. Prentiss
Design and Synthesis of 4-N-Alkanoyl and 4-N-Alkyl Gemcitabine Analogues Suitable for Positron Emission Tomography, Jesse E. Pulido
Biocompatibility Assessment of Biosorbable Polymer Coated Nitinol Alloys, Chandan Pulletikurthi
Parental and Cultural Influences on Hispanic College Women's Verbal Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: An Examination of Within-Group Differences, Shannon M. Quintana
Does U.S. Counter-drug Policy Affect Nationalism in the Anglophone Caribbean? A Comparative Study on the Impact of Counter-drug Policy on Nationalism in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, Krystel Ramdathsingh
The Ashram of Swami Jyotirmayananda: Examining Authority, Transmission and Identity within the Guru and Disciple Relationship, Priyanka Ramlakhan
Gnosticism, Transformation, and the Role of the Feminine in the Gnostic Mass of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.), Ellen P. Randolph
Structural Flexibility and Oxygen Diffusion Pathways in Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins, Chola K. Regmi
An Empirical Analysis of the Global Audit Market: International Financial Reporting Standards-Related Changes and Differences within the Big 4 Global Networks, William Riccardi III
Proton Form Factor Puzzle and the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer(CLAS) Two-Photon Exchange Experiment, Dipak Rimal
Confirmation bias in witness interviewing: Can interviewers ignore their preconceptions?, Jillian R. Rivard
Create, Establish, Maintain: Comparing Zones of Peace in the Nordic Area and the Southern Cone, Dylan W. Roberts
Death of a Brother or Sister: Siblings' Perception of their Health, Treatments and the Associated Health Care Costs, Rosa M. Roche
Two Adaptation Mechanisms Regulate Cellular Migration in Dictyostelium discouideum, Marbelys Rodriguez
Genetic Diversity and Conservation of Pseudophoenix (Arecaceae) in Hispaniola, Rosa Rodriguez
The Progressive Catholic Church in Brazil, 1964-1972: The Official American View, Sigifredo Romero
Santeria as an Informal Psychosocial Support Among Latinas Living with Cancer, Adelaida M. Rosario
Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Weight Loss in a Population of Adult Mexican Americans, Janisse Rosario
Improved Criteria for Estimating Calibration Factors for Highway Safety Manual (HSM) Applications, Dibakar Saha
The Role of the Transcription Factor Ets1 in Melanocyte Development, Amy Saldana Tavares
Movement Effects on the Flow Physics and Nutrient Delivery in Engineered Valvular Tissues, Manuel Salinas
OPEC and the International System: A Political History of Decisions and Behavior, Reza Sanati
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.
Characterization of Rhizobial Diversity and Relationship of Rhizobial Partner and Legume Performance in Four South Florida Pine Rockland Soils, Vanessa Sánchez
Cultural Intelligence: Extending the Nomological Network, Ena Sawhney
Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Environmental Decision Making in South Florida, Nadia A. Seeteram
The Relationships between Elementary School Principals' Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Style and School Culture, Mirta R. Segredo
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
Exploring Oral Health Problems in Adult Hispanic Migrant Farmworkers: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Claudia A. Serna
Access to Better Education: The School Choice Experience of Families Served by Low-Performing Elementary Public Schools in Miami-Dade County, LeTania Severe