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Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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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

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Characterizations of the Major Coral Diseases of the Philippines: Ulcerative White Spot Disease and Novel Growth Anomalies of Porites, Longin T. Kaczmarsky

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Relations Between Acculturation And Alcohol Use Among International Students, Ananth Kanaparthi

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Roof and Wall Vents Study under Simulated Hurricane Winds, Peeyush S. Kawade

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Synthetic Studies of Azulenyl and Pseudoazulenyl Nitrones, Amolkumar Kolhe

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From Stability to Insurgency: The Root and Proximate Causes of the September 2002 Civil War in Cote d'Ivoire, Bertin K. Kouadio

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Comparative Administrative Reform: The Rhetoric and Reality of the Civil Service Reform Programs in Uganda and Tanzania, Genevieve Enid Kyarimpa

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Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Based Air Interfaces and Multiple Input Multiple Output Techniques in Cooperative Satellite Communications for 4th Generation Mobile Systems, Yuri Labrador

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Environment, Culture, and Medicinal Plant Knowledge in an Indigenous Amazonian Community, Christine Labriola

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Effects of Repeated Readings on Reading Abilities of English Language Learners with Specific Learning Disabilities, Katrina G. Landa

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Absolute Configuration and Biosynthesis of Pahayokolide A from Lyngbya sp. Strain 15-2 of the Florida Everglades, Li Liu

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An Integrated Flow and Transport Model to Study the Impact of Mercury Remediation Strategies for East Fork Poplar Creek Watershed, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Stephanie Long

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Interactions between Endothelin Receptor B and Transcription Factors Sox10 and Pax3 in the Melanocyte Lineage, Marcia Lowenstein

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The Development of an Optimized System of Narcotic and Explosive Contraband Mimics for Calibration and Training of Biological Detectors, Michael S. Macias

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Does Hope Matter? The Influence of Dispositional Hope on Persistence in a Developmental Writing Course, Stephen S. Madison

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Attitudes towards the Marine Environment and Implications for Marine Resource Management in Seward, Alaska, Meredith Ann Marchioni

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Eulerian-Lagrangian Two Phase Debris Flow Model, Cora E. Martinez

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The Impact of a Family Home-learning Program on levels of Parental/Caregiver Efficacy, Tomasine A. Morrison

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Seed Dispersal and Reproduction Patterns Among Everglades Plants, Ronald E. Mossman

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A Precise Measurement of the Two-Photon Exchange Effect, Maryam Moteabbed

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The Effects of the Use of Technology In Mathematics Instruction on Student Achievement, Ron Y. Myers

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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

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Integrated Surface-Ground Water Modeling in Wetlands With Improved Methods to Simulate Vegetative Resistance to Flow, Mauro Nalesso

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The Effectiveness of Explicit Individualized Phonemic Awareness Instruction By a Speech-Language Pathologist to Preschool Children With Phonological Speech Disorders, Susan L. Nullman

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Maltreatment, Psychiatric Symptoms and Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Sexual Transmitted Infection Risk Behavior Among Youth with Alcohol and Other Drug Use Problems: A Person-Centered Analysis, Assaf Oshri

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The Experiences of Cuban American Women Attending a Hispanic Serving Institution and the Influences on Identity Development, Veronica Lynn Owles

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How People Resolve Dilemmas: An Elicitation Method for Subjective Decision Factors, Chen-Kuo Pai

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The Relationship between Classroom Interactions and Exclusionary Discipline as a Social Practice: A Critical Microethnography, Debra M. Pane PhD

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A Methodological Framework for Modeling Pavement Maintenance Costs for Projects with Performance-based Contracts, Kamalesh Panthi

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Rigid and Non-rigid Point-based Medical Image Registration, Nestor Andres Parra

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The Effect of Cognitive Load on Deception, Terri Patterson

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Think Before You Eat: Calories and Exercise Equivalents Presented on Menus at Point-of-Choice, Charles Stuart Platkin

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Optimization of Meshfree Method with Distance Fields using Localized Solution Structure and Radial Basis Function Collocation Method, Sudhir Reddy Posireddy

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Effective Reconfigurable Antenna Designs to Enhance Performance and Enable Wireless Powering, Shishir S. Punjala

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Diatom-Based Paleolimnological Reconstruction of Quaternary Environments in a Florida Sinkhole Lake, Amanda Kay Quillen

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May-SHEE-Ka from Atzlan for Large Orchestra and (SATB) Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass Choir, Jaime Salvador Reveles

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Soviet and Western Bloc Competition in the Less Developed World and the Collapse of Détente, Douglas Rivero

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A Study of the Relationship between Employee Virtuality and Technology Deviance as Mediated by Leadership and Employee Perceptions, Silvia Salas

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The Effect of male-male competition and its Underlying Regulatory Mechanisms on the Electric Signal of the Gymnotiform fish Brachyhypopomus gauderio, Vielka Lineth Salazar

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Seismic Performance of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Polymer-Concrete Pier Columns, Yilei Shi

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Improving Novice Analyst Performance in Modeling the Sequence Diagram in Systems Analysis: A Cognitive Complexity Approach, Thant Sin

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Risk Based Post Closure Care Analysis for Florida Landfills, Banu Sizirici Yildiz

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The Role of Splicing Factors and Small Nuclear RNAS in Spliceosomal Formation, Jason Andrew Somarelli

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In Vivo Characterization of Myocardial Tissue Post Myocardial Infarction Using Combined Fluorescence and Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy, Yalin Ti

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The Use of a Computer Graphic Organizer for Persuasive Composition Writing by Hispanic Students with Specific Learning Disabilities, Caridad H. Unzueta

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Estrogen and Lithium: Facilitating Factors Involved in Brain Cell Signaling Pathways, James J. Valdes

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Ranked Search on Data Graphs, Ramakrishna R. Varadarajan

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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

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Algorithms for Scheduling Parallel Batch Processing Machines with Non-Identical Job Ready Times, Mario César Vélez Gallego

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Diversity Patterns of Amphibians in Lowland Amazonian Forests in Southeastern Peru, Rudolf von May

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Quantitative Diatom-Based Reconstruction of Paleoenvironmental Conditions in Florida Bay and Biscayne Bay, U.S.A., Anna Honorata Wachnicka

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Energy-Efficient Self-Organization of Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks for Ground Target Tracking, Malaka J. Walpola

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Chlorine Contribution to Quantitative Structure and Activity Relationship Models of Disinfection By-Products' Quantum Chemical Descriptors and Toxicities, Fang Wang

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Motion Correction Algorithm of Lung Tumors for Respiratory Gated PET Images, Jiali Wang

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A Thermally Wavelength-tunable Photonic Switch Based on Silicon Microring Resonator, Xuan Wang

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Three Essays on Asset Pricing, Zhiguang Wang

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Stereotype Threat and the Standardized Testing Experiences of African American Children at an Urban Elementary School, Martin J. Wasserberg

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Managing Small-Medium Cities in a Time of Globalization: Experiences and Evidence from Florida’s Public Managers, Nadine V. Wedderburn