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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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International Education and the Post-9/11 Syndrome: A Study of International Educators in Selected Miami-area Colleges, Oluyinka Tella

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Re-Imagining Yerevan in the Post-Soviet Era: Urban Symbolism and Narratives of the Nation in the Landscape of Armenia's Capital, Diana K. Ter-Ghazaryan

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An Analysis of Efficiency and Melt Curve Effects on Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) Inhibition, Robyn E. Thompson

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Web Service Reliability for Deactivation and Decommissioning Knowledge Management Information Tool (D&D KM-IT) Vendor Management with Mobile Applications, Gowthami Thota

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Tailoring Heme-Thiolate Proteins into Efficient Biocatalysts with High Specificity and Selectivity, Hui Tian

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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Antemortem and Postmortem Drug Concentrations in Blood, Samantha S. Tolliver

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Detection of Modality-Specific Properties in Unimodal and Bimodal Events during Prenatal Development, Jimena Vaillant

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Enhanced Zinc Oxide and Graphene Nanostructures for Electronics and Sensing Applications, Ved P. Verma

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An Incremental Multilinear System for Human Face Learning and Recognition, Jin Wang

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Characterizing InternetWorm Spatial-Temporal Infection Structures, Qian Wang

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Globalizing Governmentality: Sites of Neoliberal Assemblage in the Americas, Jason R. Weidner

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Mediational Effects in Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Sandra Williams

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Parental Absence and Academic Achievement in Immigrant Students, Chrysalis L. Wright

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Kinetics of E. coli Topoisomerase I and Energetic Studies of DNA Supercoiling by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry, Xiaozhou Xu

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Principal Component Analysis and Assessment of Language Network Activation Patterns in Pediatric Epilepsy, Xiaozhen You

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Blood-Brain Barrier in vitro Model: A Tissue Engineering Approach and Validation, Zhiqi Zhang

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Digital Surveillance Based on Video CODEC System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Platforms, Wei Zhao

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Minimizing Makespan for Hybrid Flowshops with Batch, Discrete Processing Machines and Arbitrary Job Sizes, Yanming Zheng

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The Christology of Jesus' Disciples, Michael V. Zolondek

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Executive Characteristics and Going Concern Opinions, Angie M. Abdel Zaher

Extended program notes for thesis recital, Masami Adachi

The rise of Islamism amongst Muslim youth in the UK, Rebecca Almazan

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This was uncalled for : Dave Eggers' A heartbreaking work of staggering genius subverts the genre of traditional autobiography as an attempt at rendering his life, Krystal Alvarez

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Optimization of three-dimensional branching networks of microchannels for thermal management of microelectronics, Ricardo Ardila

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Formal verification and testing of software architectural models, Gonzalo Argote Garcia

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Flood risk analysis of the White Oak Creek watershed in Oak Ridge, Tennessee using MIKE SHE and MIKE 11 software, Camilo Arias

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The Use of Hyphenated Spectrometric Techniques for the Environmental Forensic Assessment of Non-Traditional Pollutants and Degradates in the Greater Florida Everglades, Luis E. Arroyo-Mora

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Base rates of counterproductive work behaviors, Candace Atamanik-Dunphy

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Economic assessment of best management practices in the Mara River Basin : toward implementing payment for watershed services, George Atisa

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A Research Platform for Artificial Neural Networks with Applications in Pediatric Epilepsy, Melvin Ayala

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Estimation of Ravine Sediment Production and Sediment Dynamics in the Lower Le Sueur River Watershed, Minnesota, Luam A. Azmera

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The Effect of Osteoporosis Education on Calcium Intake and Physical Activity in a Group of Community-Dwelling Black Older Adults, Oyinlola T. Babatunde

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Physiological performance measures and tolerance limits of estuarine indicator species in South Florida, Pamela Marie Bachman

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An analysis of five original compositions, Ashley Mae Baker

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Mitigating Inconsistencies by Coupling Data Cleaning, Filtering, and Contextual Data Validation in Wireless Sensor Networks, Qutub A. Bakhtiar

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Plasma And Cold Sprayed Aluminum Carbon Nanotube Composites: Quantification Of Nanotube Distribution And Multi-Scale Mechanical Properties, Srinivasa R. Bakshi

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Examining the Effects of Epiphanies on Possible Selves, Michelle L. Barreto

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Risk factors of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases among Jamaican adolescents, Sheila C. Barrett

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The United States Congress and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, Mariano J. Beillard

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Private higher education policy in Ohio, 1980-2006 : a case study demonstrating the usefulness of Zumeta's public policy posture model, Timothy S. Bessler

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Improving Storage Performance Through Layout Optimizations, Medha Bhadkamkar

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Waveguide microgripper for identification, sensing and manipulation, Amit G. Bhanushali

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Effects of student-faculty interactions on persistence of underprepared community college students., Deoraj Bharath

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Identity formation and public perception in the history of American Mormonism, Jaquelinne M. Biver

Annotated bibliography of Salomon de la Selva's collected poems, Luis M. Bolanos-Salvatierra

Democratic purgatory : the failure of democracy in Venezuel, Christopher M. Brown

Half a century of mourning : a look at Galway Kinnell's family elegies and his reflections on love and loss, Belkis Lissett Cabrera

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Mercury characterization in soil collected nearby the Department of Energy Oak Ridge reservation, Julio Cesar Cabrera

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Development of a hurricane-resistant roof-to-wall connection using high-performance fiber composites, Cetin Canbek

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Aerodynamic Load Characteristics Evaluation and Tri-Axial Performance Testing on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Connections and Metal Fasteners to Promote Hurricane Damage Mitigation, Iván R. Canino-Vazquez

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Re-thinking place in international relations : phenomenology and the geopolitics of knowledge in Latin American-U.S. relations, Mauro J. Caraccioli

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Phonics Instruction using Pseudowords for Success in Phonetic Decoding, Jessica M. Cardenas

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Effects of Adolescent Depressive Symptoms, Pubertal Development, and Interpersonal Relationship Satisfaction on Sexual Risk Behaviors in Adolescent Romantic Couples, Rona Carter

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Tocqueville in Miami : political culture and political organizing in Miami's Cuban community, Robert Ceresa

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Mineral chemistry and origin of the olivine-rich zone of the Palisades sill, Kevin Xavier Chau

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Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Florida Bay, South Florida, Using Benthic Foraminifera, Jie Cheng

Development, validation and uncertainty analysis of quantitative structure and activity relationship models for Log P of disinfection by-products, Rena Zhanglei Chen

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A lessons learned document for disputes in Florida Department of Transportation projects, Cagri Cinkilic

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Propuestas para una reconceptualización surrealista y postmoderna de la sexualidad femenina en los textos de Cristina Escofet e Isabel Allende, Zoila Clark

Tootsie's regret and other stories, Joan Lipinsky Cochran

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Argentine music styles contributions to contemporary jazz language : analysis of six original compositions, Agustin A. Conti

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Development and Testing of the Elderly Social Vulnerability Index (ESVI): A Composite Indicator to Measure Social Vulnerability in the Jamaican Elderly Population, Donneth Crooks

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Factors Surgical Team Members Perceive Influence Choices of Wearing or not Wearing Personal Protective Equipment During Operative/Invasive Procedures, Richard G. Cuming

Conflating perspectives : Derrida and Danticat interrogate the concept of identity, Alexandra Szucs Cunningham

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Diversity of Hymenoptera, Cultivated Plants and Management Practices in Home Garden Agroecosystems, Kyrgyz Republic, Robin Currey

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Transdisciplinary teams and aging in place design : the interior designer's role, Liliana Alicia Custy

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Shareholder Ratification of The Auditor and Audit Market Competition, Mai TT Dao

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Buddha and Moses as primordial saints: a new typology of parallel sainthoods derived from Pali Buddhism and Judaism, Upananda Thero Dedunupitiye

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The discursive impact of transnational advocacy networks : how amnesty international and human rights watch influenced the media coverage of the Rwanda genocide, Marilu Del Toro

The Deep Seascape: The Sonic Sea, Erik Ian DeLuca

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An Investigation of the Effects of Mothers' Participation in Adult Literacy Classes on Interactive Literacy Activities (ILAs) at Home, Antonietta Michelle DiGirolamo

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Environmental stewardship and the fate of the Brazilian Amazon : a case study of the Madeira Complex, Karyna Do Monte

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Psychological Influence of Dysfunctional Parents on Adult Children, Sibling Groups, and Romantic Partners in Three Woody Allen Films: Interiors, Hannah and Her Sisters, and Alice, Rita F. Dorn

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The contribution of Higher Education to economic development in a globalized environment, Domingo G. Echevarria

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Creating identity : the role of George Gordon, Lord Byron, in realizing the Romantic poet, Cristina Estevez

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Efficient Storage and Domain-Specific Information Discovery on Semistructured Documents, Fernando R. Farfan

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Cognitive and noncognitive variables that predict Florida Community College radiography program graduates' success on the registry, Gregory J. Ferenchak

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Adaptation behavior in the face of global climate change and accelerating sea-level rise : survey responses from expert personnel in the Florida Keys, U.S.A., Evan Flugman

Extended program notes for thesis recital, Romel Fuenmayor

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A Study of Stock Market Fluctuations and their Relations to Business Conditions, Man Fu

Elemental analysis of cotton fiber evidence for use in the field of forensic science, Jenny M. Gallo

Two dimensional quantum chromodynamics in the limit of infinite colors with a finite chemical potential, Richard Anthony Galvez

Functional determinants of Rin1 mutants required for their inhibitory activity on endocytosis, Adriana Galvis

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A Digital Signal Processing Approach for Affective Sensing of a Computer User through Pupil Diameter Monitoring, Ying Gao

New fuel cells system for portable application with low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) technology, Yong Gao

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My impediment adulthood : quarterlife crisis and beyond, Corey Ginsberg

Cloning and characterization of the complement C5 gene from the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, Matthew D. Graham

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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Maltreatment and Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Use Among African-American and Hispanic Adolescent Girls, Calonie Marie Kelli Gray

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Development of a New Client-Server Architecture for Context Aware Mobile Computing, Feng Gui

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La utopía interior: superación del dualismo en los ensayos de Ernesto Sábato, Hector M. Gutierrez

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Acoustic Telemetry Studies of Bonefish (Albula vulpes) Movement Around Andros Island, Bahamas: Implications for Species Management, Vanessa Haley

Contingency, contiguity, and development : the ontogeny of contingency learning in northern bobwhite (colinus virginianus) chicks, Christopher W. Harshaw

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The Electoral Geography of the Slovak Republic: A Comparison of the 1994, 1998, and 2002 Parliamentary Elections, Zuzana Hlavacova

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Controlled Growth of Carbon Nanotubes for High Performance Nanoelectronics, Jun Huang

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Variables Affecting the Collection and Preservation of Human Scent Components through Instrumental and Biological Evaluations, Davia Tamar Hudson

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Ecophysiology and Biomechanics of Equisetum Giganteum in South America, Chad Eric Husby

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Investigative Interviewing and Memory: How Accurate Are Interviewers’ Recollections of Investigative Interviews?, Amy Hyman Gregory

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Ethnic Groups and Institutions: A Study of Institutional Engineering in Four Central and Eastern European Countries, Maria Ilcheva

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The Mathematics Anxiety of Bilingual Community College Students, Laura Hillerbrand Iossi

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Resource, Strategies, Location Determinants, And Host Country Location Choice By Emerging Market Firms, Naveen K. Jain