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Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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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

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Resource Allocation, Scheduling and Feedback Reduction in Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Systems, Nansong Wu

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In Vivo characterization of Epileptic Tissue with Optical Spectroscopy, Nitin Yadav

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Hurricane Loss Modeling and Extreme Quantile Estimation, Fan Yang

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Improving Seasonal Factor Estimates for Adjustment of Annual Average Daily Traffic, Shanshan Yang

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Violin Recital -60 Minutes- Extended Program Notes, Yuko Yoshikado

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Developing an Enhanced Model for Combined Heat and Air Infiltration Energy Simulation, Chadi Younes

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Sustainability Evaluation of Green Building Certification Systems, Martin Yuce

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Comparison and Validation of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Rainfall Algorithms in Tropical Cyclones, Joseph P. Zagrodnik

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Transcription-Coupled DNA Supercoiling in Escherichia Coli: Mechanisms and Biological Functions, Xiaoduo Zhi

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Quorum Sensing and Microbial Interactions in Coral Black Band Disease and Coral-Associated Bacteria, Beth L. Zimmer

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Novel Hybrid Columns Made of Ultra-High Performance Concrete and Fiber Reinforced Polymers, Pedram Zohrevand

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Electroproduction of hyperons at low momentum transfer, Armando R. Acha

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Turkish-American Relations in the Post-Cold War Era, 1990-2005, Isa Afacan

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General Elementary Music Teacher Burn-out in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Luciano Alberto

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Exploring the Goals, Content, and Methods of Entrepreneurship Professors: A Multiple Case Study, Carlos A. Albornoz

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Abstractions to Support Dynamic Adaptation of Communication Frameworks for User-Centric Communication, Andrew A. Allen

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Secure Information Flow via Stripping and Fast Simulation, Rafael H. Alpizar

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Measuring Impacts of Neem Oil and Amitraz on Varroa destructor and Apis Mellifera in Different Agricultural Systems of South Florida, Stephany C. Alvarez-Ventura

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Implicit metaphysis of the Visuddhimagga : assāsa-passāsa as a vital animating force, Elena Cecelia Amato

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A Diagnostic Framework for Demand Amplification Problems in Supply Chains, Rene A. Amaya

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Dulce María Loynaz' Jardín: Subversive Tropological Discourse, Eugenio A. Angulo

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The Self-Perceived Effects on Faculty that Result From the Experience of Serving in a Residential College, Eric E. Arneson

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Shi'a women's participatory roles in the establishing and sustaining Shi'a religious identity in South Florida : Islamic Jaffaria Association, Ivanessa Maria Arostegui

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Deconstructing the Religious Archive and its Secular Component and its Relationship to Violence, Andres A. Arrazola

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Essays on Administrative Protection and Trade Deflection, Veysel Avsar

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Evaluation of Wind Loads on Solar Panels, Johann Barata

Synthesis of aromatic monothiols to increase the folding rate and yields of disulfide-containing proteins, Elvis Jermaine Barrett

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A Study of the Relationship Between Educational Placment and the Achievement of Urban Low Socioeconomic Hispanic Middle School Students With and Without Specific Learning Disabilities, Lisa A. Barrocas

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Para Subsistir Dignamente: Alberto Yarini and the Search for Cubanidad, 1882-1910, Mayra Beers

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Extended program notes for a recital of selected vocal literature, Kathleen Mary Bell

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The Hindu-Jewish relationship and the significance of dialogue : participants' reflections on the 2007 and 2008 Hindu-Jewish summits at New Delhi and Jerusalem, Michael Mclean Bender

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A preliminary characterization of mercury uptake by the sulfate-reducing bacteria Desulfovibrio desulfuricans, Amaury Pedro Betancourt III

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Resource Partitioning Among Three Mesoconsumers at a Marsh Mangrove Ecotone: a Response to a Seasonal Resource Pulse Subsidy, Ross E. Boucek

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U-Th-Ba Elemental Fractionation during Partial Melting of Crustal Xenoliths and its Implications for U-series Disequilibria in Continental Arc Rocks, Raul Brens Jr.

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A Methodology to Select an Enterprise Resource Planning System for a Small or Medium Sized Enterprise, Richard Burton

The Dead Fish at Twenty Mile and Other Stories from Bodock, Mississippi, Robert Busby

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An analysis of six original Latin jazz compositions and arrangements, Ruben Caban

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Mercury interactions with suspended solids at the Upper East Fork Poplar Creek, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Elsa Cabrejo

It's not queer to be gay : Miami and the emergence of the gay rights movement, 1945-1995, Julio Capó Jr.

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Memory Conformity: Actors and Bystanders, Mariana E. Carlucci

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Middle School Teachers' Intentions to Refer Eating Disorder Students for Professional Counseling, Diann P. Carr

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Understanding the Role of the Bacteria, Isolated from the Hanford Site Soil, on the Fate and Transport of Uranium, Denny A. Carvajal

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Scaling Geospatial Searches in Large Spatial Databases, Ariel Cary

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Infants’ Selective Attention to Faces and Prosody of Speech: The Roles of Intersensory Redundancy and Exploratory Time, Irina Castellanos

System-on-a-chip (SoC) based environmental monitoring platform for the detection of hazardous materials, Charles C. Castello

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Null Subject Behavior in the Attrition of Brazilian Portuguese, Tammer Castro

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A Fresh Look at Decision Making in International Investment Choices: Firm International Coherence and Home-Host Country Relatedness, Sokol Celo

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A Nested Petri Net Framework for Modeling and Analyzing Multi-Agent Systems, Lily Chang

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Mitigating Congestion by Integrating Time Forecasting and Realtime Information Aggregation in Cellular Networks, Kai Chen

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Characterization,Sources,and Transformations of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in the Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE), Meilian Chen

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Analysis of Y-chromosome Diversity in Lingayat and Vokkaliga Populations of Southern India, Shilpa Chennakrishnaiah

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In Vivo Tissue Diagnosis for Myocardial Infarction Using Optical Spectroscopy with Novel Spectral Interpretation Algorithms, Po-Ching Chen

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Reduced Organic Sulfur: Analyisis and Interaction with Mercury in the Aquatic Environment, Sen Chen

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Chloroperoxidase Catalyzed Enantioselective Epoxidation of Selected Olefins and Regiospecific Degradation of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate, Taiyi Chen

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Conservation Attitudes and Community Based Natural Resource Management in an Understocked Game Management Area of Zambia, Alexander Chidakel

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Architecture in Religion: The History of the Hagia Sophia and proposals for returning it to worship, Andrew Jonathan Cohen

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The Effects of the Ethic of Care in an All-Boys School from 1903-1974, Donald A. Cramp Jr.