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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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The Influence of Corporate Interests on USAID's Development Agenda: The Case of Haiti, Guy Metayer

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Illicit Interest Groups: The Political Impact of The Medellin Drug Trafficking Organizations in Colombia, Patricia Micolta

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The Function of Cyclo(Phe-Pro) in Gene Expression of Vibrio Harveyi, Bruce Milburn

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Black Band Disease: Elucidating Origins and Disease Mechanisms, Aaron Miller

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(IN)Security of the Chosen People: Theological Foundations of Shi'a Strategic Culture, Sayed Amir Mirtaheri

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Microteaching Lesson Study: Mentor Interaction Structure and its Relation to Elementary Preservice Mathematics Teacher Knowledge Development, Roxanne Molina

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Cold Season Physiology of Arctic Plants, Jonathan G. Moser

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Treatment Moderation and Secondary Outcomes: Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial, Luci M. Motoca

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Sediment Yield Modeling and Identification of Erosion Hotspots in Tropical Watersheds: The Case of Upper Ruvu Catchment in Tanzania, Juliana J. Msaghaa

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Living on Both Sides of the Fence: A Phenomenological Study of Human Resource Development Professionals as Downsizing Survivors and Strategic Human Resource Development Facilitators, Claire K. Nackoney

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An Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Nitric Oxide in the Microcirculation, Shabnam M. Namin

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Three Empirical Essays on Startups’ Survival using the Kauffman Firm Survey, Mohamad Nassereddine

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Family Form, Desired Parental Involvement and Troubled Ruminations about Fathers and Mothers, Alina Nazareth

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Improved Electronics for the Hall A Detectors at JLab: Summing Modules and VDC Amplifier/Discriminator Cards, Casey M. Neville

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Environmental and Cost impact Analysis of Materials and Assemblies in Building Construction, Deepika Nirmal

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System-on-a-Chip (SoC) based Hardware Acceleration in Register Transfer Level (RTL) Design, Xinwei Niu

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Extended Program Notes for Thesis Voice Recital, Shanna Nolan

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An Investigation of the Relationships between Selected Characteristics and Leadership Outcomes of Athletic Training Education Program Directors, Michelle L. Odai

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The Interaction between Social and Physical Environments on Early Cognitive Development, Briana O'Dowd

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The Effectiveness of Outdoor Education on Environmental Learning, Appreciation, and Activism, Jessica Okaty

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The Influence of Parental Verbal Aggression on Hispanic College Women’s Use of Verbal Aggression in Romantic Relationships, Laura A. Oramas

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An American Tale: Incarnations of the Wizard of Oz and the Negotiation of Identity, Race, and Gender, in Popular Culture, Carly A. Orshan

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The US Financial Crisis and the Behavior of the Foreign Exchange Market, Chaiyuth Padungsaksawasdi

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Affecting Health Behaviors in the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Population of Rangers, Michael J. Pagel

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Time Spent with Children and Working Parents' Willingness to Medicate ADHD-like Behaviors, Bora Pajo

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The Photooxidation of Domoic Acid, Punam K. Parekh

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Functionalized Carbon Micro/Nanostructures for Biomolecular Detection, Varun Penmatsa

Deep Waters, Yaddyra Peralta

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Early Career Special Education Teachers’ Perceptions of School Site Induction Support, Yvette Perez

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The Relationship Between Educational Placement, Instructional Practices, and Achievement Gains of Black Students with Specific Learning Disabilities in Secondary Urban School Settings, Deidre Marshall Phillips

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Developing a Process to Create and Validate an Instrument Assessing Student Attainment of Competencies at an Intercultural University in Mexico, Martha Fernanda Pineda

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Preparation of an Immunosorbent and its use in the Solid Phase Extraction of Benzodiazepines, Jorge E. Quintana

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Design Optimization of Nozzle Shapes for Maximum Uniformity of Exit Flow, Karla K. Quintao

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Can Intersensory Redundancy and Social Contingency Enhance Memory in Bobwhite Quail Hatchlings?, Namitha Raju

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The Role of the Environment in the Individual Difference and Creativity Relationship, Angela C. Reaves

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The Examination of the Relationships Among Secondary Principals’ Leadership Behaviors, School Climate, and Student Achievement in an Urban Context, Valmarie Rhoden

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Spirituality and Transformational Leadership in Education, Omar Riaz

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Injustice Everywhere: Hemingway's Struggle with Race, Gender, and Aesthetics, Michael Riobueno

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Goma Curriculum, A Character Education Paradigm: Composing a Text for Shaping Classroom Character Culture, Alicia D. Ritchey

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Risk Factors and Associations for Hepatitis C Infection among Hispanic/Latino Intravenous Drug Users in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Arturo E. Rodriguez

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A Retrospective-Longitudinal Examination of the Relationship between Apportionment of Seat Time in Community-College Algebra Courses and Student Academic Performance, Steven M. Roig-Watnik

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Students' Perspective of the Role of Facebook in their Studies, Frank A. Rojas

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The Longitudinal Influence of Physical Activity on Adolescent Alcohol Use, Beverly A. Ruffin

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Switching Patterns and Steady-State Analysis of Grid-Connected and Stand-Alone Single-Stage Boost-Inverters for PV Applications, Mahdi Saghaleini

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Development and Verification of Control and Protection Strategies in Hybrid AC/DC Power Systems for Smart Grid Applications, Vahid Salehi Pour Mehr

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A Comparison Study of the English III/American Literature Success of African American High School Students and That of Students Whose Home Language is Haitian Creole, Sharon A. Samuels

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The Root of the Recycled: A Comparative Analysis of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and the Mythological "Ur-Hamlet", Isabel M. Sanchez

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The Double Bass as a Supportive and Melodic Instrument in a Jazz Piano Trio: Extended Program Notes for Thesis Recital, Kai Sanchez

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Influence of Religious Coping on the Substance Use and HIV Risk Behaviors of Recent Latino Immigrants, Mariana Sanchez

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Time Orientation in Organizations: Polychronicity and Multitasking, Kristin R. Sanderson

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Spatiotemporal Variation in Abundance and Social Structure of Bottlenose Dolphins in the Florida Coastal Everglades, Robin E. Sarabia

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Design Optimization of Modern Machine-drive Systems for Maximum Fault Tolerant and Optimal Operation, Ali Sarikhani

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Geographic Provenancing of Unprocessed Cotton Using Elemental Analysis and Stable Isotope Ratios, Emily R. Schenk

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Program Notes: Suite in E Minor and the Aranjuez Concerto, Karen Schoenhals

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A Search for an Exotic Meson in the Gamma P to Delta-plus-plus Pi-minus Eta Reaction, Diane M. Schott

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Soil Carbon Dioxide and Methane Efflux From an Everglades Tree Island and Ridge Landscape, Robert S. Schroeder

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Judging Psychology Experts: Can Judges and Attorneys Distinguish Between Clinical and Experimental Psychologists?, Shari Schwartz

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Island Diasporas: Perceptions of Indo-Caribbean Protégés Regarding the Effects of their Cross-Cultural Mentoring Experiences in the United States, Rehana Seepersad

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Assessing Sustainability of Sanitation Technologies Recommended for Rural Settings: A Case Study of Morogoro District, Tanzania, Amour Seleman

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Centered Fluidity and the Horizons of Continuity in Djuna Barnes' Nightwood, Maria C. Sepulveda

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Vitamin D levels, vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and HOMA2 model in Cuban Americans, Haitian Americans, and African Americans with and without type 2 Diabetes, Lamya Shaban

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Approaches to Provisioning Network Topology of Virtual Machines in Cloud Systems, Mani Shafaatdoost

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The Fisherman, Deborah L. Shannon

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Ethnic Identification: Its Impact on HIV/AIDS Risk among Migrant and Seasonal Workers in South Florida, Nancy Shehadeh

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Study on Bivariate Normal Distribution, Yipin Shi

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Why Is This Wave Different From All Other Waves? Jewish Miami: The Changing Face of Institutional Interaction in Three Phases, Ariella Siegel

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Fiscal Decentralization and Development: An Analysis of City Governments in Argentina and Mexico, 1980–2010, Heidi Jane M. Smith

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Extended Program Notes for Thesis Voice Recital, Katherine P. Smith

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Modeling of Crosstalk in High Speed Planar Structure Parallel Data Buses and Suppression by Uniformly Spaced Short Circuits, Gabriel A. Solana

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History Education and the Construction of National Identity in Iran, Maryam Soltan Zadeh

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Predicting Explorative Behavior by Level of Emotional Reactivity in Bobwhite Quail Neonates (Colinus virginianus), Michael Suarez

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Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Turkish Immigrants with Type 2 Diabetes Living in The Netherlands, Shiryn D. Sukhram

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The Art of the Steel Pan instrument in a Jazz combo, Leon Thomas

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Test of a Smock System on CPR Primary Emergency Measures and Medical Errors During Simulated Emergencies, Ruth Thomas

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Adapting Mpowerment to a Rural Area, Michael S. Tims

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A Study of Stock Market Linkages between the US and Frontier Markets, Galin Kostadinov Todorov

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Evaluation of the Evidential Value of the Elemental Composition of Glass, Ink and Paper by Laser-Based Micro-Spectrochemical Methods, Tatiana Trejos

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Selected Repertoire for the Tenor Voice, Scott T. Tripp

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Extended Program Notes for Thesis Violin Recital, Paul Tulloch

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The Sacred Nature of the Akan Chief and its Implications for Tradition, Modernity and Religious Human Rights in Ghana, Seth Tweneboah

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Perceptions of Character Education in a Seventh-Day Adventist School, Marva E. Tyrell

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An Examination of the Effects of a Summer Book-Reading Program on the Language and Early Literacy Outcomes of Toddlers from High Risk Environments, Mary Anne Ullery

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Essays in Open Economy Macroeconomics, Umut Unal

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Optimizing Storage and Memory Systems for Energy and Performance, Luis Enrique Useche

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Tests of the Intersensory Redundancy Hypothesis across Early Postnatal Development, Jimena Vaillant-Mekras

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Towards Simulation and Emulation of Large-Scale Computer Networks, Nathanael M. Van Vorst

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Silicon Photonic Device for Wavelength Sensing and Monitoring, German R. Vargas

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Measuring the Impact of Melaleuca quinquenervia Biochar Application on Soil Quality, Plant Growth, and Microbial Gas Flux, Thelma I. Velez

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Taking Issue with History: Empathy and the Ethical Imperatives of Creative Interventions, Monica A. Vera

The Effect of Introspection and Verbalization on the Confidence-Accuracy Correlation, Daniella Villalba

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Interoperable Resource Brokering with Policy-based Provisioning and Job Allocation, David Villegas

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Geochemical Determination of the Fate and Transport of Injected Fresh Wastewater to a Deep Saline Aquifer, Virginia M. Walsh

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Identification, Isolation, and Characterization of Developmental Toxins from the Cyanobacterium Fischerella 52-1 Using the Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo Model, Katherine E. Walton

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Assessment of the Occurrence and Potential Effects of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in South Florida Waters and Sediments, Chengtao Wang

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The Impact of Social Comparison Processes on Hoped-For Possible Selves, Self-Regulatory Processes, and Mental Health Outcomes in Young Adults, Rebecca A. Wang

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Improved Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) Estimation for Local Roads using Parcel-Level Travel Demand Modeling, Tao Wang

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Asymmetric Syntheses of Analogs of Kainic Acid, Wentian Wang

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The Effectiveness of Nongovernmental Organizations and their Impact on the Status of Women in Nicaragua, Monica Weeks

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A Hardware and Software Integrated Approach for Adaptive Thread Management in Multicore Multithreaded Microprocessors, Lichen Weng

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Angular Distribution of Prompt Photons Using the Compact Muon Solenoid Detector at √S =7 TeV, Vanessa Gaultney Werner