Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Relations Between Acculturation And Alcohol Use Among International Students, Ananth Kanaparthi
Roof and Wall Vents Study under Simulated Hurricane Winds, Peeyush S. Kawade
Synthetic Studies of Azulenyl and Pseudoazulenyl Nitrones, Amolkumar Kolhe
From Stability to Insurgency: The Root and Proximate Causes of the September 2002 Civil War in Cote d'Ivoire, Bertin K. Kouadio
Comparative Administrative Reform: The Rhetoric and Reality of the Civil Service Reform Programs in Uganda and Tanzania, Genevieve Enid Kyarimpa
Environment, Culture, and Medicinal Plant Knowledge in an Indigenous Amazonian Community, Christine Labriola
Effects of Repeated Readings on Reading Abilities of English Language Learners with Specific Learning Disabilities, Katrina G. Landa
Interactions between Endothelin Receptor B and Transcription Factors Sox10 and Pax3 in the Melanocyte Lineage, Marcia Lowenstein
The Development of an Optimized System of Narcotic and Explosive Contraband Mimics for Calibration and Training of Biological Detectors, Michael S. Macias
Does Hope Matter? The Influence of Dispositional Hope on Persistence in a Developmental Writing Course, Stephen S. Madison
Attitudes towards the Marine Environment and Implications for Marine Resource Management in Seward, Alaska, Meredith Ann Marchioni
Eulerian-Lagrangian Two Phase Debris Flow Model, Cora E. Martinez
The Impact of a Family Home-learning Program on levels of Parental/Caregiver Efficacy, Tomasine A. Morrison
Seed Dispersal and Reproduction Patterns Among Everglades Plants, Ronald E. Mossman
A Precise Measurement of the Two-Photon Exchange Effect, Maryam Moteabbed
The Effects of the Use of Technology In Mathematics Instruction on Student Achievement, Ron Y. Myers
Elemental Analysis of Glass and Ink by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Benjamin E. Naes
Integrated Surface-Ground Water Modeling in Wetlands With Improved Methods to Simulate Vegetative Resistance to Flow, Mauro Nalesso
The Experiences of Cuban American Women Attending a Hispanic Serving Institution and the Influences on Identity Development, Veronica Lynn Owles
How People Resolve Dilemmas: An Elicitation Method for Subjective Decision Factors, Chen-Kuo Pai
The Relationship between Classroom Interactions and Exclusionary Discipline as a Social Practice: A Critical Microethnography, Debra M. Pane PhD
A Methodological Framework for Modeling Pavement Maintenance Costs for Projects with Performance-based Contracts, Kamalesh Panthi
Rigid and Non-rigid Point-based Medical Image Registration, Nestor Andres Parra
The Effect of Cognitive Load on Deception, Terri Patterson
Think Before You Eat: Calories and Exercise Equivalents Presented on Menus at Point-of-Choice, Charles Stuart Platkin
Optimization of Meshfree Method with Distance Fields using Localized Solution Structure and Radial Basis Function Collocation Method, Sudhir Reddy Posireddy
Effective Reconfigurable Antenna Designs to Enhance Performance and Enable Wireless Powering, Shishir S. Punjala
Diatom-Based Paleolimnological Reconstruction of Quaternary Environments in a Florida Sinkhole Lake, Amanda Kay Quillen
May-SHEE-Ka from Atzlan for Large Orchestra and (SATB) Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass Choir, Jaime Salvador Reveles
Soviet and Western Bloc Competition in the Less Developed World and the Collapse of Détente, Douglas Rivero
The Effect of male-male competition and its Underlying Regulatory Mechanisms on the Electric Signal of the Gymnotiform fish Brachyhypopomus gauderio, Vielka Lineth Salazar
Seismic Performance of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Polymer-Concrete Pier Columns, Yilei Shi
Risk Based Post Closure Care Analysis for Florida Landfills, Banu Sizirici Yildiz
The Role of Splicing Factors and Small Nuclear RNAS in Spliceosomal Formation, Jason Andrew Somarelli
The Use of a Computer Graphic Organizer for Persuasive Composition Writing by Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disabilities, Caridad H. Unzueta
Estrogen and Lithium: Facilitating Factors Involved in Brain Cell Signaling Pathways, James J. Valdes
Ranked Search on Data Graphs, Ramakrishna R. Varadarajan
Investigation of molecular mechanisms of lkb1 function in dictyostelium development and stress responses and the function of superoxide dismutase c (sodc) in chemotaxis, Sudhakar Veeranki
Algorithms for Scheduling Parallel Batch Processing Machines with Non-Identical Job Ready Times, Mario César Vélez Gallego
Diversity Patterns of Amphibians in Lowland Amazonian Forests in Southeastern Peru, Rudolf von May
Quantitative Diatom-Based Reconstruction of Paleoenvironmental Conditions in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay, U.S.A., Anna Honorata Wachnicka
Energy-Efficient Self-Organization of Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks for Ground Target Tracking, Malaka J. Walpola
Motion Correction Algorithm of Lung Tumors for Respiratory Gated PET Images, Jiali Wang
A Thermally Wavelength-tunable Photonic Switch Based on Silicon Microring Resonator, Xuan Wang
Three Essays on Asset Pricing, Zhiguang Wang
Stereotype Threat and the Standardized Testing Experiences of African American Children at an Urban Elementary School, Martin J. Wasserberg
Managing Small-Medium Cities in a Time of Globalization: Experiences and Evidence from Florida’s Public Managers, Nadine V. Wedderburn
Parent Emotional Functioning, Parent Responsiveness, and Child Adjustment, Melody Whiddon
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership in Organization: A Meta-analytic Test of Process Mechanisms, Daniel S. Whitman
Optimization Models for Selecting Bus Stops for Accessibility Improvements for People with Disabilities, Wanyang Wu
Resource Management and Optimization in Wireless Mesh Networks, Xiaowen Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Anti-Quorum Sensing Agents from South Florida Medicinal Plants and their Attenuation of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Pathogenicity, Allison L. Adonizio
Modified continuous ant colony algorithm for function optimization, Alexandre Aidov
The Fullness of time, Kevin Allen
Small sample confidence intervals for the mean of a positively skewed distribution, Cherylyn Almonte
Evaluating the effectiveness of signal timing optimization based on microscopic simulation evaluation, Patricio Alvarez Mendoza
Synthesis of copper carbon nanotube composite and its electrical conductivity measurement, Sushma Amruthaluri
The impact of standards-based practices in mathematics on the achievement of low-performing students, Marcus V. Anglin
Lattice Boltzmann Modeling of Fluid Flow and Solute Transport in Karst Aquifers, Shadab Anwar
I want out of the labels : how Chuck Palahniuk's characters challenge the dominant discourse, Jose Antonio Aparicio
Essays on the Impact of Stakeholders' Sentiment on the Financial Decision Making Process, Aravinthan Arunachalam
An Examination of Lotka’s law in the Field of Library and Information Studies, Consuella Antoinette Askew
Conceptualizing American power and security in a post-9/11 security context : conflict, resistance, and global security, 2001-present, Marvin Astrada
Workplace accommodations : potential moderators of perceived fairness, Veronica Wenette Averhart
Buddhism and its relation to women and prostitution in Thai society, Sandra Avila
Perceptions of Underprepared Community College Students regarding their Educational Achievement, Peter Barbatis
Apple, Jennifer Bartman
Investigation of particle identification methods for the analysis of the photoproduction of neutral kaons on a liquid deuterium target, Brian Beckford
Investigating the origin of PM2.5 in Baltimore using highly time-resolved organic molecular markers measured during the Baltimore PM-supersite, Anna R. Bernardo-Bricker
Predicting delay reductions from freeway traffic diversion for incident management, Jie Bian
Numerical groundwater flow modeling in the Wakal River basin, India, Himadri Biswas
Biohazard neutralization based on lipid technology, Edelmira Bosques
Melanocytes in the developing and adult atrioventricular valves of the murine heart, Flavia Carneiro Brito
Global Factors Affecting Women's Participation in Leadership, Amanda M. Bullough
Growth of uniform cobalt nano magnetic dots on titanum dioxide surface, En Cai
Same sex sexual harassment : perceptions of female-female sexual harassment, Mariana E. Carlucci
Assessing Administrative and Political Factors in Implementing a Living Wage Ordinance, Teodoro Enrique Carrasco
Intravenous oxygenator : enhancement of surface properties to minimize bubble size, Laura Elizabeth Causey
El paradigma ético de la escritura martiana : desbordes de la modernidad, Carlos E. Cenzano
Mechanical properties of self-consolidating concrete with pozzolanic materials, Indra Prasad Chapagain
Development of lead-free thick film resistor, Xudong Chen
Modified predator-prey (MPP) algorithm for single-and multi-objective optimization problems, Souma Chowdhury
Improving concept learning in green building by addressing students' learning styles and prior knowledge, Sreelatha Chunduri
Development and evaluation of a catheter deliverable artificial aortic heart valve prosthesis and delivery system, Thomas Edward Claiborne III
The Lone Palm, Joe Clifford
Rich and poor, white and black, slave and free : the social history of Cuba's tobacco farmers, 1763-1817, Charlotte A. Cosner
Hello, Clothing, Phillip Scott Cunningham
Quantifying the effects of temperature and concentration on variable-density flow in numerical modeling of groundwater systems : implications for predictive uncertainty and data collection, Alyssa Marie Dausman
Kaon photoproduction of the proton : contribution of higher angular momentum and energy resonances to the cross-section and polarization asymmetries through an effective lagrangian model, Alejandro M. De la Puente