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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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The development and creation of a multicultural entertainment company, Mileyka Burgos

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Determining the physiological response of a subtropical seagrass, Thalassia testudinum, to salinity stress using pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) fluorometry, Dorothy A. Byron

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Subdural electroencephalogram analysis for extracting discriminating measures in epileptogenic data, Mercedes Cabrerizo

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Y-chromosome polymorphisms in southern Arabia, Alicia M. Cadenas

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Exposing and filling the need for an intermediate steel-string guitar method, Charles O. Carey

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Examining the process of regime change in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization : the divide between rhetoric and reality, Barak Carlson

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A computer based approach to improve the dietary and physical activity patterns of a diverse group of adolescents, Krista Casazza

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Evaluation of a mentored self-help intervention for the management of psychotic symptoms, Willa Jeanne Casstevens

The importance of marine subsidies for terrestrial consumers in coastal Peru, Alessandro Catenazzi

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Optimization of transit transfer times : a system-wide approach, Fabian Cevallos

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Customer relationship management : a content analysis of issues and best practices, Samit Chakravorti

Evaluation of power deposited in a homogenous head model for clam-shell type cellular phones, Udaya B. Chandupatla

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Vascular reactivity of isolated rat mesenteric arterioles in the presence and absence of ouabain, Rohit Chawla

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Computational modeling of intermediate temperature proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, Denver Faron Cheddie

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Wading bird foraging ecology in a disturbed mangrove estuary in northwest Ecuador : commercial shrimp ponds vs. natural mangrove mudflats, Michael David Cheek

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Natural organic matter and colloid-facilitated arsenic transport and transformation in porous soil media, Zhangrong Chen

Graduate Violin Recital, Elena Chernova

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Signal processing and information fusing algorithms for the synthesis of an alternative electromyogram/eye gaze tracking computer cursor control system, Craig Anthony Chin

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Myrothecium verrucaria : a potential biological control agent for the invasive 'old world climbing fern' Lygodium microphyllum, Tainya Cathia Clarke

The repeating text : Signifyin(g), creolization and marronage in African diaspora womanist narratives, Paul Martin Codner

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Mating call, Andrew Cohen

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Exotic meson decay widths using lattice quantum chromodynamics, Merritt S. Cook

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The use of treatment process variables to differentiate between completers and dropouts for a guided self-change adolescent substance abuse intervention, Mildred Cordaro

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Spatial distribution of submerged aquatic vegetation in the Shark River Estuary and implications for understanding movement and feeding patterns of manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris), Virginia C. Cornett

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Broken heroes, Michael Creeden

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Carmen de Burgos : la educación de la mujer y la literatura de viajes como género narrativo, Esther A. Daganzo-Cantens

Predicting jurors' decisions : the effects of repeated expression and forewarning in civil voir dire, Erin Michelle Danielsen

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Reactions of 1,1-disubstituted-ethylenes and 1,4-Diphenyl-1,3-Butadienes with singlet oxygen and 4-Alkyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (RTAD), Baishakhi Das

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State legislative term limits and the law of unintended consequences : an examination of member behavior, power structures, and legislative organization in Florida, Kathryn Andrews DePalo

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Evaluation of an alcohol expectancy typology : group differences in psychosocial functioning and developmental history in a treatment sample of adolescents, Sabrina E. Des Rosiers

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Artificially induced aggregation of fauna and their effects on nutrient regimes and primary producers in an oligotrophic subtropical estuary, Bryan M. Dewsbury

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Detection and neutralization of bacterial biohazards via nanoencapsulation, Rosaura De Zayas

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Syntheses of aza analogs of kainoids, Mingping Di

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A framework for transforming, analyzing, and realizing software designs in unified modeling language, Zhijiang Dong

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The role of amplicon length heterogeneity-polymerase chain reaction in microbial community profiling and presumptive testing of bioagents, Melissa S. Doud

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The development of molecular markers for use across all plant species using expressed sequence tags, Stephanie Douglas

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Florida Pure, Lauren A. Doyle

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Context-aware data caching for mobile computing environments, Stylianos Drakatos

MAPS OF EXODUS, Jill Marie Drumm

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Paleoenvironmental Implications of the Indidura Formation (Cenomanian/Turonian), Northeastern Mexico: a High Resolution Stratigraphic Study, Fabian Duque-Botero

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Origin of the Grande Ronde Formation flows, Columbia River Flood Basalt Group, Sedelia Rodriguez Durand

Adherence in family cognitive behavioral therapy among youths with anxiety disorders, Marielle V. Duverge

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Biochemical characterization of mammalian high mobility group protein A2, Lorraine Katy Edwards

Identity and the seduction of desire : the films of David Cronenberg, Ingrid Fernandez

The role of ErbB3 in melanocyte development, Irina Fernandez

Horizontal-slot-based structures, applications and coupling, Ange Marie Patricia Fièvre

Extended program notes for lecture/recital : the expansion of percussive writing in modern day wind ensemble repertoire, Teresa Flores

Forensic analysis of latex paint by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, Joseph V. Gagnon

Theological reflection at work : a phenomenological study of learning processes, Suzanne J. Gallagher

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Supplemental instruction, study habits, and the community college student, Eileen Garcia

Y-chromosome polymorphisms in the Himalayas, Tenzin Gayden

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Improving civil jury decision-making : evidentiary and procedural issues, Julian A. Gilbert

Statistical inferences about the logistic and log-logistic distributions, Shengru Guo

In vitro oxidative folding of hen egg white lysozyme, a disulfide containing protein using small molecule aromatic thiols, Minakshi Gurbhele

The relationship of managers' self-reported leadership practices and their spirituality, Sahadeo P. Hariprasad

Multi-elemental fingerprinting of crude oils and oil derivatives using gas chromatography with atomic emission detection, Patricia Harrison

An analysis of student and instructor perceptions of students' writing skills at the university level, Gail L. Hart

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Patterns in belowground primary productivity and belowground biomass in marshes of the Everglades' oligohaline ecotone, Gregory M. Juszli

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Soot Measurements in Steady and Pulsed Ethylene/Air Diffusion Flames Using Laser-Induced Incandescence, Hayri Serhat Sapmaz

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Cultural influences : visual traces of the Cuban community in Hialeah, José Antonio Aguada

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Analysis of fractured terrain using remote sensing and geographic information systems : establishing a correlation between fracture network properties and vegetation, Sumanjit Aich

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An investigation of the effects of a school-based intervention on feelings of personal expressiveness in multi-problem adolescent youth, Richard E. Albrecht

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Evoking non-repertory verbal behavior across operant classes : the effects of motor echoic sign language training within the context of a motivating operation, Karelix Alicea

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Oman's foreign policy : foundations and practice, Majid Al-Khalili

Treason and trial : consuetudines and law in the romances of Chrétien de Troyes and the lais of Marie de France, Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra

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Children's learning of anxiety sensitivity : a preliminary study using a sample of youths referred for anxiety disorders, Claudia I. Alvarez de Lugo

Poetica de la brevedad en Borges, José O. Alvarez

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Cultural identity in landscape architecture, renovation of Managua's lakeside, Julio Alvarez

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How monuments shape urban identity, John O. Angée

Nano-grids of Yeast Cytochrome C, Human Arjomandi

[ redacted ], Iyad Z. Awadallah

Information systems to support decision-making in construction owner organizations : a data warehousing approach, Salman Azhar

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Screening of pharmaceuticals and other pollutants of concern by a combination of chemical and biological methods, Arlette Azua

The effectiveness of an enhanced congnitive behavioral intervention in improving behavioral outcomes related to HIV prevention, Veda Bailey

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Shoot architecture and growth in the south Florida wet prairie macrophyte, Eleocharis cellulosa, Shanaz Baksh

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Relative basicities of free base porphyrins : understanding the role of macrocyclic distortion, Maria Ballester

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Resources use and conservation attitudes of local people in the Western Terai landscape, Nepal, Nabin Baral

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The international legal thought of Carl Schmitt : towards a critique of the contemporary international order, Alex D. Barder

Planning of schools as communities, Agustin J. Barrera

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Transitional areas between public and private space, Hernan Beillard

The emergence of a mass community-based ecotourism theme park : the case of Ejido Chacchoben, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Christine M. Beitl

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Conservation ecology of amphibians and reptiles in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica : forest fragmentation and long term population change, Kristen E. Bell

Essays on international macroeconomics and conflict analysis, Prasad Sankar Bhattacharya

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Sustaining culture through architecture : how can local, vernacular architectural principles be adapted to contemporary design in a village in Guyana, Davina Peters Bittner

The impact of solid and liquid wastes from a rural town on the Chorobamba River Oxapampa, Peruvian Amazon, Andrea Blanco

Elastic modulus study of gold thin film for use as an actuated membrane in a superconductive radio frequency (RF) MicroElectroMechanical (MEM) switch, Albert Bogozi

Washashores, Lynn Kiele Bonasia

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Dynamics of canopy cover in a wet forest in Costa Rica, Carolina Brinez

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Quality of student involvement and college contribution toward development of traditional and nontraditional undergraduate students, Dawn Marie Broschard

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Evaluating a participatory approach to diversity training with multicultural counseling trainees, Jenean Brown

Parent's emotional expressiveness and child, parent, and family functioning, Jessica Bryson

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On the developmental continuity/discontinuity of early adolescent patterns of racial identity salience : relations with later identities and psychosocial adjustment, Anthony L. Burrow

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Optimization of waiting time at toll plazas, Arvind Kumar Busam

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How diagnoses of comorbid disorders are associated with treatment entry, treatment completion and alcohol use severity among adolescents in a substance abuse treatment program, Holly Ann Buss

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Research on the influence of behavioral forces that motivate trader behavior and sentiment- a prospect theory exegesis, Deanne Butchey

A recital of works for cello and piano, Anna Callner

Chords, John Camacho

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Relationship between a middle school band director's attire and incidences of student off-task behaviors in the classroom, Josephine Camacho

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Do developmental assessments impact parental stress?, Ivy Campos

Effectiveness of the teaching enrichment activities to minorities (TEAM) program at increasing underrepresented students in gifted programs, Lisette Teresa Camps