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Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Three Essays on the Microstructure of Exchange Traded Funds, Samique March

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The Impact of a Classroom Performance System on Learning Gains in a Biology Course for Science Majors, Nilo E. Marin

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Integration of a Sedimentation Module to a Hydrologic Model and its Application to a Mercury TMDL Analysis, Lilian Marrero

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Towards the Prediction of Mutations in Genomic Sequences, Juan Carlos Martinez

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Development of a Body for a Pneumatic Crawler for Radioactive Waste Pipelines, Jose Alfonso Matos

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Modeling, Simulation, and Characterization of Space Debris in low-Earth Orbit, Paul D. McCall

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Teachers’ Experiences in and Perceptions of their12th-Grade British Literature Classrooms, Keisha Simone McIntyre-McCullough

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Aspects of the Innate Immune System in the Caribbean Octocoral Swiftia exserta, Lorenzo P. Menzel

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Hybrid Power System Intelligent Operation and Protection Involving Distributed Architectures and Pulsed Loads, Ahmed A. Mohamed

The Joycean Sublime, Anthony Moreno

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Social-cognitive Antecedents of Ambidextrous Orientation in Family-owned Startups: The Role of Family Ties, Achievement Motivation, and Internal Locus of Control, Patricio R. Mori

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Development of a Coupling Model for Fluid-Structure Interaction using the Mesh-free Finite Element Method and the Lattice Boltzmann Method, Jaime Mudrich

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The Dark Side of Globalization: The Transnationalization of Garrisons in the Case of Jamaica, Michelle Angela Munroe

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An Analysis of the Factors that Influence Regional Economic Development Cooperation, Terence G. Murphy

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Regulation of Rab5 GTPase activity during Pseudomonas aeruginosa-macrophage interaction, Sushmita Mustafi

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Gender Differences in the Influence of Protective Factors, Risk Factors, and Health Risk Behaviors on HIV Risk Behaviors Among Youth in South Florida, Christi M. Navarro

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Development of Physics-based Models and Design Optimization of Power Electronic Conversion Systems, Arash Nejadpak

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Exploring Calling Work Orientation: Construct Clarity and Organizational Implications, Kerry A. Newness

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Graphene NanoPlatelets Reinforced Tantalum Carbide consolidated by Spark Plasma Sintering, Andy Nieto

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Development of an Enhanced Hydro-geochemical Model to Address Mercury-speciation Fate and Transport in Aquatic Environments, Nantaporn Noosai

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Ronald Reagan Rain, Patrick B. Norris

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Statistical Models for Predicting College Success, Yelen Nunez

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The Relationship between Faculty Perceptions and Implementation of Elements of Transactional Distance Theory and Online Web-Based Course Completion Rates, Victor Nwankwo

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Globalization and the Public Provision of Higher Education: Empirical Evidence from Selected Countries, Claudette Nyang'oro

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The Relationship of Culturally Responsive Instruction and the Reading Comprehension and Attitude of Struggling Urban Adolescent Readers, Rona M. Olukolu

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A Study on the Correlation of Bivariate And Trivariate Normal Models, Maria del Pilar Orjuela

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The Buddhist Coleridge: Creating Space for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner within Buddhist Romantic Studies, Katie Pacheco

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A Common Man Trapped inside the Queen’s Body, Alexandra Sofia Palacios

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Assessment of the Occurrence and Potential Risks of Antibiotics and their Metabolites in South Florida Waters Using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Venkata Reddy Panditi

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The Great Escape: A Modern Charismatic Movement within the Presbyterian Church, Nicholas Edward Pearce

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South Road, Sarah E. Pearsall

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Aedes aegypti Pharate First Instar Aseasonal Quiescence Cues Anticipatory Plasticity with Implications for Urban Vector Ecology and Control, Mario H. Perez

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An Assessment of Novel Biodegradable Magnesium Alloys for Endovascular Biomaterial Applications, Dharam Persaud-Sharma

Ghost Tree Social, Esther P. Phillips

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The Impact of Maternal Acculturation, Youth Age, Sex and Anxiety Sensitivity on Anxiety Symptoms in Hispanic Youth, Maria Pienkowski

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Vocabulary Comprehension in Children with Autism, Melissa A. Pierro

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Of Taffeta and Soil, Marina Pruna

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Novel Online Data Cleaning Protocols for Data Streams in Trajectory, Wireless Sensor Networks, Sitthapon Pumpichet

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Lightweight Middleware for Software Defined Radio (SDR) Inter-Components Communication, Pasd Putthapipat

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Wireless Sensor Network Deployment, Yipeng Qu

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Accepting the Failure of Human and State Bodies: Interactions of Syphilis and Space in "Hamlet" and "The Knight of the Burning Pestle", Laura E. Radford

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Novel Analytical Methodologies for the Monitoring of Traditional and Non-traditional Pollutants in different Environmental Compartments of South Florida, Cesar E. Ramirez

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Lucumí (Yoruba) Culture in Cuba: A Reevaluation (1830S -1940s), Miguel Ramos

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Tubular and Sector Heat Pipes with Interconnected Branches for Gas Turbine and/or Compressor Cooling, Brian D. Reding II

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Off-line and On-line Affective Recognition of a Computer User through A Biosignal Processing Approach, Peng Ren

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Transmission, Legitimation, and Adaptation: A Study of Western Lamas in the Construction of ‘American Tibetan Buddhism’, Mariana Restrepo

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The Relationship between Job Structure, Burnout, and Coping Methods among Public School county Bus Drivers, Bus Aides, Mechanics, and Clerical Workers, Monica Restrepo

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Keep the Doors Open, Lauren C. Rivera

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Soil Building Processes in Reconstructed Tree Islands in The Everglades, Florida, Andres F. Rodriguez

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An Ethnographic Study: Becoming a Physics Expert in a Biophysics Research Group, Idaykis Rodriguez

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The Effects of Trained Teachers’ Integration of Dialogic Reading Discourse on Hispanic English Language Learners’ Literacy Skills in Kindergarten, Isela S. Rodriguez

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Operant and Respondent Procedures to Establish Social Stimuli as Reinforcers in Children with Autism, Paloma Rodriguez

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The Japanese History Textbook Controversy Amid Post-War Sino-Japanese Relations, Maria Gabriela Romeu

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Factors Influencing Movements and Foraging Ecology of American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in a Dynamic Subtropical Coastal Ecosystem, Adam Rosenblatt

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"To Hold the World in Contempt": The British Empire, War, and the Irish and Indian Nationalist Press, 1899-1914, Susan A. Rosenkranz

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Hermetic Text and Subtext: Paranormal Phenomena in the Works of Alejandro Tapia y Rivera and Benito Pérez Galdós, Agnes Ruiz-López

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Magnetic Nanoparticle-based Targeted Drug Delivery for Treatment of Neuro-AIDS and Drug Addiction, Vidya Sagar

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Network Construction and Graph Theoretical Analysis of Functional Language Networks in Pediatric Epilepsy, Anas Salah Eddin

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A Phenomenological Exploration of Black Male Law Enforcement Officers' Perspectives of Racial Profiling and Their Law Enforcement Career Exploration and Commitment, Gregory A. Salters

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American Perceptions of British Regional Dialects, Joanne Sampaio

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Ten Year Study on Water Flushing Times and Water Quality in Southern Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, FL, Estefania Sandoval

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The Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on four Legume Hosts in South Florida Pine Rockland Soils, Klara Scharnagl

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Covalent Protein Adduction by Drugs of Abuse, Kevin Schneider

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Sonic Peace: An Antithesis to Sonic Warfare, Tatiana Maria Schnitman Espindola

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Real-time qPCR Assay Development for Detection of Bacillus thuringiensis and Serratia marcescens DNA and the Influence of Complex Microbial Community DNA on Assay Sensitivity, Jonathan Segal

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Differences Among Undergraduate and Graduate Nursing Students’ Cultural Competency, Paula E. Seidel Glass

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Pirates, Exiles, and Empire: English Seamen, Atlantic Expansion, and Jamaican Settlement, 1558-1658, Amanda J. Snyder

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Women-led Community Development Organizations (CDOs) in Miami-Dade County: A Model of Community Development Efforts Impacting the Economic Security of Women, Jan Lindsay Solomon

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Influence of Soil Biogeochemical Properties on the Invasiveness of Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum), Pushpa Gautam Soti

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Effects of Family, Child, and Teacher Demographics on Prekindergarten Children's Access to and Use of Numeracy and Spatial Materials in the Early Education Setting, Shwetha Srikanth

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Liquidity, Governance and Adverse Selection in Asset Pricing, Sascha Strobl

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Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Influences Cell Motility and Chemotaxis by Regulating Phosphatidylinositol 3 Kinase Localization in Dictyostelium discoideum, Tong Sun

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Comprehensive Forensic Toxicological Analysis of Designer Drugs, Madeleine Jean Swortwood

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Predictors of Marital Satisfaction within an Orthodox Jewish Sample, Hod Tamir

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Foreign-born CEOs, Country-Specific Skills, Selection, and Strategic Consequences, Yannick Thams

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Method Development for the Analysis of Smokeless Powders and Organic Gunshot Residue by Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Jennifer L. Thomas

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Zoroastrianism, Cosmology, and Chaos: A Detailed Analysis of the Musical Composition, Druj Aeterni, Andrew T. Trelease

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Analyzing Tidal Fluctuations in the Big Pine Key Freshwater Lens with Time-Lapse Resistivity, Nicole M. Tucker

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The Market Value Implications of Pension Asset Allocation, Elizabeth H. Turner

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Rapid Inline Derivatization of Primary and Secondary Amine Containing Drugs by Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser-Induced Fluorescence, Britt E. Turnquest

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Evaluating the Effects of Sea Level Rise on Sea Turtle Nesting Sites: A Case Study of the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Melissa Ussa

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Defining Īśvara: A New Perspective in the Hermeneutics of Classical Yoga, Daniella Vaclavik

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The Influence of Gender on Perceived Treatment Need among a Community Sample of Substance Users, Sheila P. Vakharia

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From Passive to Active Community Conservation: A Study of Forest Governance in a Region of the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico, Eric Van Vleet

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Electrochemical Immunosensing of Cortisol in an Automated Microfluidic System Towards Point-of-Care Applications, Abhay Vasudev

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Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes Using High Voltage and High Frequency Induction Field, Kalty Vazquez

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A Novel Signal Processing Method for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring in Spinal Surgeries, Krishnatej Vedala

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Perceptions and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among Hispanic College Students, Racquel Vera

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Assessment of the Occurrence and Potential Risks of Pharmaceuticals and their Metabolites in Fish and Water Using Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, Jian Wang

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Inferences about Parameters of Trivariate Normal Distribution with Missing Data, Xing Wang

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Investigating the In Vitro Oxidative Folding Pathways of Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor (BPTI), Yingsong Wang

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Reducing Uncertainties in Estimation of Wind Effects on Tall Buildings Using Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel Tests, Workamaw Paulos Warsido

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Constructing Threat: How Americans Identify Economic Competitors, Shelley D. Wick

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The Moderating Role of Personality on Workplace Conflict and Outcomes, John Wittgenstein

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The Discursive Construction of Japanese Identity and its Haunting Others, Yoshiko Yamada

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The Survival and Stock Performance of Emerging Country Firms in the United States, Kun Yang

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Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Yuehai Yang

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Does Landscape Context Affect Habitat Value? The Importance of Seascape Ecology in Back-reef Systems, Lauren Yeager

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Hydrogeophysical Characterization of Anisotropy in the Biscayne Aquifer Using Geophysical Methods, Albert Yeboah-Forson

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Evaluation of Non-Contact Sampling and Detection of Explosives using Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves, Mimy Young