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Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Intelligent Data Analytics using Deep Learning for Data Science, Maria E. Presa Reyes

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Fiscal Transparency and Fiscal Outcomes: Is There a Connection?, Merlene Patrice Quispe

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Assigning a Guardian: Family Separation Planning among Undocumented Immigrants With US Citizen Children, Maryam Rafieifar

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Three Essays on Understanding Social and Economic Responses to Crisis and Disaster Events, Shahnawaz Mohammad Rafi

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System Design and Control Optimization for Neurorehabilitation Exoskeleton, Rodrigo N. Ramon

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Use of Mobile Technology: Effects on Diabetic Health Outcomes and Health Care Costs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ahmad M. Rayani

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Dual-Band RF Receiver for Collocated DSRC and 5G Millimeter-wave Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication, Sandhiya Reddy Govindarajulu

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Playing Down to the Competition? Making Sense of a Golfer's Frequently Used Excuse, Alejandro J. Regalado

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Distinct Temporal and Mechanistic Contributions of the Hippocampus, Striatum, and Medial Prefrontal Cortex Facilitate Memory-Guided Decision-Making, Amanda G. Renfro

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Closing the Gap in Career Selection Pathways: Factors that Influence Career Indecision of High School Students in the US., Juan Carlos Rey

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Eat the Rich: Anti-Capitalist Thought in the Horror Film, Lyana A. Rodriguez

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The Use of Electrospun Nanofibers with Gold and Silver Nanostars for the Detection of Fentanyl Using Surface Enhance Raman Spectroscopy, the Modification of Current GC-MS Methods to Increase Separation and Detection of Synthetic Cathinones in Mixtures, Daniel Rubin

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What Factors Influence The Consumer Use of Fully Autonomous Vehicles within the U.S.?, Michael Russell

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Near Field Communication Payment Technology Usage: A Jamaican Consumer Perspective, Tamiko Sadler

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Developing and Validating Open Source Tools for Advanced Neuroimaging Research, Taylor Salo

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Allosteric Mechanism on DREAM Dimerization and Impact on Its Interactions with Divalent Metal Zn2+, Maria D. Santiago Estevez

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LC-MS Screening Assay for Abused Drug Exposure Based on Covalent Peptide/Protein Modification, Ludmyla Santos Tavares

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Photonic Crystal Hydrogels: Simulation, Fabrication & Biomedical Application, Mehenur Sarwar

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Hexum, Natalie Satakovski

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A Study to Investigate How Transformational Leadership Relates to Frontline Employees' Behavior in the Hotel Tourism Industry of The Bahamas, Tyrone G. Sawyer II

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Corporate Response to the 2020 Police Killings - Effects on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment, Selena N. Seabrooks

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An Assessment of Climate Mobility Pressures in Response to Dynamic Sea-Level Rise, Nadia A. Seeteram

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Is Brand Activism The New Normal?, Nuket Serin

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Improving Witnesses' Predictive Confidence Judgments by Enhancing Test Domain Familiarity, Laura J. Shambaugh

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A Novel Power-Efficient Wireless Multi-channel Recording System for the Telemonitoring of Electroencephalography (EEG), Mahmoud Sharafi

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New Connection Details for Concrete Filled Tubes to Precast Concrete Elements for Accelerated Bridge Construction Applications, FNU SHEHARYAR E REHMAT

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Neuroimaging Feature Fusion and Multimodal Classification of Alzheimer’s Disease, Mehdi Shojaie

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Factors Influencing Telecommuters Infrastructure Acceptance: an Investigation into Videoconferencing, Fatogoma Silue

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Caregiver Burden and Quality of Life of Dialysis Patients and Their Caregivers, Arvinder Singh

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Reframing First-Year Composition: A Translingual Approach to Writing About Writing, Nicole H. Sirota

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Serpin-derived Novel Peptide for the Treatment against HIV-induced Inflammation in the Central Nervous System, Yemmy Soler

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Anomaly Detection in Sequential Data: A Deep Learning-Based Approach, Jayesh Soni

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Lift Every Voice: A Narrative Study of the Lived Experiences of Black Female Educators in Public Schools, Rachelle A. Surrancy

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Development of a Microwave-based DNA Extraction Method to Increase the Success of Direct and Rapid PCR Technique, Fabiana Taglia

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Storying Reality: Preserving Counterstories Through Oral Histories of Latinx Graduate Students, Melissa Texidor

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Internal Control, Financial Reporting, and Corporate Governance of Smaller Firms, Tian Tian

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Body Fluid Identification Using DNA Extraction Waste Product, Rachel M. Tolces

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Wind Performance and Aerodynamics of Asphalt Shingles, Ameyu B. Tolera

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Marginal Deterrence: The Association between the Certainty of Arrest and Monetary Reward on Robbery Escalation, Christopher E. Torres

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Evaluation and Improvement of Capillary Microextraction of Volatiles Coupled to Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Fire Debris, Michelle Nikole Torres

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Retention of Beginning/Novice Teachers Who Sign Out-of-field Waivers, Heather Dawn Tyler

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Neuromodulation to Enhance Attention Training in Socially Anxious Adolescents, Daniella Vaclavik

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Three Essays on Trade Policy in a Multi-Country World, Enrique Valdes

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Evaluation of Swallowing Related Measures in Different Head and Neck Postures in Healthy Young and Older Adults, Mabell Vargas

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The Impact of Pre- and Post-Immigration Factors on the Depressive Symptoms and Alcohol Use Severity of Young Adult Recent Latino/a Immigrants: Examining the Role of Gender and Traditional Gender Roles, Vicky Rebecca Vazquez-Barrios

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The Implications of Corporate Political Activism and Governance, Marcos Velazquez

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Between Dry Rock and a Salty Place: Freshwater Species in a Coastal Environment Facing Climate Change, Natasha Viadero

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Shear Friction Capacity of Corrugated Pipe Connection in Precast Footings, Fatima C. Vieira

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Essays on Monetary Policy and International Macroeconomics, Elisa Vilorio Medina

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Increasing Institutional Asset Owner Capital into Mixed Income Housing in the US, Frederick White

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Studying the Executive Perception of Investment in Intelligent Systems and the Effect on Firm Performance, Noel Romesh Wijesinha

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Governing Addiction: The Role of the Government in Responding to the Opioid Crisis, Kaila Witkowski

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Ecological Modeling in the Oceanic Zone: A Gulf of Mexico Case Study, Matthew Woodstock

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Three Essays on Managerial Decision-Making in the Pursuit of Internationalization Strategies, Le Xu

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Communicating with Culture: How Humans and Machines Detect Narrative Elements, Wolfgang Victor H. Yarlott

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The Normalization of the Exception: The Nexus of Emergency Powers and Criminal Justice in Colonial and Postcolonial Jamaica, Jermaine AR Young

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Exploring the Effects of Persuasive Designs of Intelligent Advice-Giving Systems on Users’ Trust Perceptions, Advice Acceptance, and Reuse Intentions, Tian Yu

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Detecting the Emotions of Animate Beings in Narrative, Samira Zad

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An Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm for Automated Classical Machine Learning, Leila Zahedi

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Building BRIDGES: A Brief School Readiness Intervention Designed to Guide Families Transitioning from Early Head Start to Head Start, Katherine A. Zambrana

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Hydrological and Ecological Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications for the Everglades Wetland Ecosystem, Boya Zhang

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Examination of Order Routing Choices and Market Quality under Zero Commission and Firm-level Events, Le Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Reliable and Secure Drone-assisted MillimeterWave Communications, Mai A. Abdel-Malek

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Evaluation and Damage Detection of Highway Bridges with Distinct Vulnerabilities, Mohammad Abedin

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Income Attainment and Hispanic Female Householders: Examining Educational Attainment, Labor Attachment and Geographic Region, Lillian A. Abreu

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Measurement and Predictors of Mental Health among Parents of Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Rumi Agarwal

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Deep Learning for Multiclass Classification, Predictive Modeling and Segmentation of Disease Prone Regions in Alzheimer’s Disease, Maryamossadat Aghili

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Digital Twin-Based Cooperative Control Techniques for Secure and Intelligent Operation of Distributed Microgrids, Ahmed Aly Saad Ahmed

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Functional and Dysrhythmic Slow Waves in the Stomach - An In Silico Study, Md Ashfaq Ahmed

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Enhancing Serviceability and Resiliency of Transportation Networks Based on Topological Credentials and Systematic Design Interventions, MD ASHRAF AHMED

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Zinc-Oxide Nanostructure-Based Wearable Biosensor Platform for Sweat Analysis, Fahmida Alam

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Energetic Cost and Physiological Trade-offs, Heba A. Ali

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Quantifying the Mobility and Safety Benefits of Transit Signal Priority, MD Sultan Ali

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Essays on Macroeconomics and Financial Economics, Maryam Aljahani

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Tri-level Hierarchical Coordinated Control of a Largescale Electric Vehicle Charging in the Smart Grid, Tawfiq M. Aljohani

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Development of All-Optical Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging System, Mohamed Abdulrahman Almadi

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Salespeople's Role In Offering Innovative Solutions To Business Customers: The Importance of Design Thinking, Mohammed Alzanbagi

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Foreign Subsidiary Management in the Contemporary Multinational Enterprise, Daniel S. Andrews

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Otherness, Peronism, and Violence in Juan Diego Incardona's Saga Celinense, Sergio L. Andruccioli

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How does Stakeholder Engagement and Social Capital Influence Project Performance Outcomes?, Jesus J. Arias

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Three Essays on Disaster Risk, Housing Market and Public Health, Mehrnoosh Asadi

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Three Essays On Development Economics, Ehsan Asghari-Ghara

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Exploring the Role of Islamic Identity in the Rise of Boko Haram, Samuel Kayode Atewologun

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Potential Associations of Racial Similarity and Certification Pathways on Teacher Retention, Mary Michelle Atherley

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Humanizing Scholarship: Going Public Via Multimodality, Mario L. Avalos

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The Similarities and Differences (Congruency) of Nurse-postoperative Patient Dyads Related to Their Attitudes/perceptions, Subjective and Social Norms/factors, and Actions/behaviors Regarding Pain and Pain Management, NUR PINAR AYAZ

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Investigating Mode Choice of Ridesourcing Services: Accounting for Attitudes and Market Segmentation, Ghazaleh Azimi

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Non-invasive Techniques Towards Recovering Highly Secure Unclonable Cryptographic Keys and Detecting Counterfeit Memory Chips, Bashir Mohammad Sabquat Bahar Talukder

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Stimulation Paradigms and Transduction Patterns for Optogenetic Intervention of Astrocytes, Lakshmini Balachandar

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The Effects of Acidic Foods on Vocal Quality of Vocally Healthy Individuals, Melissa Barbieri

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Emerging Adult College Students' Perceptions of Immigrants: A Multisite Experimental Study, Alexa Dee Barton

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Neoliberalism and Kazakhstan's Emerging Higher Education Sysytem, Nazgul Bayetova

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Exploring Epigenetics as a Tool for Population Assessment and Conservation in Large Marine Predators, Andria Paige Beal

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Intimate Alterities: Shifting Indigenous Masculinities and Sexualities within Amazonian Ecotourism in Napo, Ecuador, Ernesto Javier Benitez

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French Muslim Youth’s Perception of their Cultural Identity in a Post-Charlie Hebdo Reality in the 19th Arrondissement., Gaelle Flora Bernard

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Actually-Existing Resilience: The Adaptive Actions of Miami’s Redland Farmers and Potential Pathways for Transformation, Melissa Bernardo

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Growth of Diatom Fistulifera Alcalina in Bacterial Co-culture and Comparative Mitogenomics of Fistulifera Species, Erwin David Berthold

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Transformative Constitutionalism and the Adjudication of Elections in Kenya, Carl Bevelhymer

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Structural Dynamics of Membrane Interacting Viral Proteins, Nisha Bhattarai

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NRF1 Transcriptomic Signatures Contribute to the Pathogenesis of the Most Aggressive Brain Cancer - Glioblastoma, Kaumudi M. Bhawe