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Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Hispanic Adolescents With Severe Substance Abuse Issues: Parental Involvement, Acculturation-Related Factors and Attachment, Conchita Smith Lundblad

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Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduced Parallel Interference Cancellation Multicarrier-Code Division Multiple Access System with Anti-Interference Property, Jun Luo

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A Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical System (MOEMS) for Microstructure Manipulation, Jose Antonio Martinez

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Genetic Individualization of Cannabis sativa by a Short Tandem Repeat Multiplex System, Maria Angelica Mendoza Baez

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A Behavior Based Approach to Virus Detection, Jose Andre Morales

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A Comparative Analysis of Corporate Finance in the United States and Japan From 1880 to 1930, Yumiko Morii

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A Deontic Analysis of Inter-Organizational Control Requirements, Vu Nguyen

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Inventing indigenous religious belief and practice within the spaces of Ghanaian Pentecostalism : the Mame Wata healing churches of Half Assini, Genevieve Nrenzah

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The Career Development of Black Female Chief Nurse Executives, Joan M. Osborne

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Genetic Algorithms and Investment Strategies: A Global Perspective, Ivelina Pavlova

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An Innovative Approach to Teaching Structural Induction for Computer Science, Irene Polycarpou

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Application of Intervention Analysis to Evaluate the Impacts of Special Events on Freeways, Jing Qi

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The Practice and Use of Picuristes (Lay Injectionists) among Haitian Immigrants in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Guitele Jeudy Rahill

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The role of market knowledge in recognizing and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities in technology intensive firms, Anna-Maija Renko

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The Effect of a Clinical Practicum on Elementary Education Preservice Teachers' Development of Reading Expertise, Helen Jean Robbins

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Essays on Durable Goods Consumption and Firm Innovation, Zhao Rong

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Impact of a Cognitive-Behavioral Weight Control Program on Body Weight, Diet Quality, and Smoking Cessation in Weight-Concerned Female Smokers, Jennifer Sallit

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Three Essays on the Interrelationships Among Financial Restatements, Corporate Governance, Market Microstructure and the Firm's Rate of Return, Siddharth Shankar

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Freeway Travel Time Estimation and Prediction Using Dynamic Neural Networks, Luou Shen

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Essays on Exchange Rate Economics, Yan Shu

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The Relationship of Fear of Intimacy, Body Image Avoidance and Body Mass Index, Elliot Montgomery Sklar

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Effects of Real-Time Captioning and Sign Language Interpreting on the Learning of College Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Valorie Smith-Pethybridge

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Hydrological Dynamics between a Coastal Aquifer and the Adjacent Estuarine System, Biscayne Bay, South Florida, Jeremy Chenoweth Stalker

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Gender Differences in Audit Committees, Sheela Thiruvadi

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The Rise of Islamism Among Turkish Immigrants in Germany and the Netherlands, Gönül Tol

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Development of Risk Based Treatability and Engineering Measures for Reducing Exposure to Lead Contaminated Media in the Miami Inner City, Florida, Tarla TaMia Toomer

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Cooperative and Adaptive Medium Access Control in Multi-hop Wireless Networks, Zhiwen Wan

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Demographic Effects of Thatch Harvest and Implications for Sustainable Use of Irapai Palm (Lepidocaryum tenue, Mart.), by Riverine Communities in the Peruvian Amazon, L. Alíce Warren

A graduate viola recital with extended program notes, William V. Whitman

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Examining Moderators of the Hindsight Bias in the Context of Civil Legal Decision-Making: Counterfactuals, Causal Proximity, and Self-Referencing, Rachel Michelle York

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Foundational Forensic Techniques for Cellular and Ad Hoc Multi-hop Networks, Xiwei Zhao

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Design Strategies for an Artificial Neural Network Based Algorithm for Automatic Incident Detection on Major Arterial Streets, Xuesong Zhu

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Physical dynamic simulation of shipboard power system components in a distributed computational environment, Nagy Youssef Abed

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High energy three-body breakup of three-nucleon systems, Tigran Abrahamyan

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The non-timber forest products sector in nepal : policy issues in plant conservation and utilization, Ranju Shresthal Acharya

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A model of self-transformative identity development in troubled adolescent youth, Richard E. Albrecht

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Neuroendocrine control of a dynamic communication signal, Susan J. Allee

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Mirror self-recognition in a gorilla (gorilla gorilla gorilla), Melinda R. Allen

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A method for enhancing digital information displayed to computer users with visual refractive errors via spatial and spectral processing, Miguel Alonso Jr.

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Calculations on the end-group conformational barrier in carotenoids and a study of the bioavailability of xanthophyll esters in humans, Francesca Alvarez-Calderon

Lattice boltzmann modeling of fluid flow to determine the permeability of a karst specimen, Pedro Felix Alvarez

Treatment attrition among racial/ethnic minority adolescents participating in a brief motivational intervention for substance use problems : the influence of individual, social, cultural, and treatment factors, Ashley Austin

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The persistence of memory : slavery and trauma in Tony Morrison's Beloved, Helena Austine

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Role of carbon nanotube dispersion in fracture toughening of plasma sprayed aluminum oxide - carbon nanotube nanocomposite coating, Kantesh Balani

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Landscape of fear : a social history of the missile during the early years of the cold war, 1950-1965, Jessica Rose Barrella

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Coping with life events through possible selves, Michelle L. Barreto

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Socioemotional Outcomes of Children Sexually Abused during Early Childhood, Jennifer L. Becker

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La caída del hombre nuevo : narrativa Cubana del período especial, Sonia Behar

Assessment of silicone polymer composites for the trace extraction of herbicides : a tool for environmental forensics, Stephanie K. Bell

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I had a different way of governing : the evangelical presidential style of Jimmy Carter and his mission for middle east peace, D. Jason Berggren

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Colombian Jazz dance suite : a synthesis of the music of the colombian andes and modern jazz, Alvaro Bermudez

Monitoring Tool Wear and Chatter by Using an Index Based Reasoning Approach, Kimberly L. Bickraj

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Mitigation of roof uplift through vortex suppresion techniques, Collette Marguerite Blessing

Enhancement of field emission from multistage structure of carbon nanotube arrays, Srinivasarao Boddepalli

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Life Cycle of Deccan Trap Magma Chambers: A Crystal Scale Elemental and Strontium Isotopic Investigation, Melroy R. Borges

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Composition date of the synoptic gospels, Jennell Botello

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Analysis and properties of carotenoids in vivo and in vitro, Yisi Cao

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The perceptions of best mentoring practices in an early literacy intervention project : a case study of nine coaches, Magdalena Castañeda

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Intersensory redundancy educates human infants' attention to the prosody of speech, Irina Castellanos

In the blue of the evening, Christine Caya

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Algebraic Theory of Minimal Nondeterministic Finite Automata with Applications, Daniel S. Cazalis

An in-depth analysis of original compositions, Jean Caze

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A robotic ankle-foot orthosis with integrated electromyography biofeedback control for improving gait symmetry in stroke rehabilitation, Szu-Min Chang

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Knowledge assisted data management and retrieval in multimedia database sistems, Min Chen

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Defense Against Node Compromise in Sensor Network Security, Xiangqian Chen

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Ensemble Fuzzy Belief Intrusion Detection Design, Te-Shun Chou

Ovarian Cancer therapy combining the modalities of hyperthermia and chemotherapy, Mohd Raquibul Chowdhury

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Effects of a switchgrass buffer strip on soil microorganisms near a field applied with endosulfan, Cristina Clark-Cuadrado

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Lions and Roses: An Interpretive History of Israeli-Iranian Relations, Marsha B. Cohen

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Headz, a novel, John Colagrande Jr.

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Effects of a short-term freeze on Sphagnum girgensohnii grown under different light-temperature regimes, Jane Sarah Colby

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²H(e, e'p) studies of the Deuteron at high Q², Luminita Coman

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The creation of guidelines on event production strategies for implementation in performing arts venues, Marie-Régine G. Considine

A midsummer night's dream : subjective reality as a "House of Mirror", Annliss Contreras

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An in-depth analysis of classic jazz compositions for a graduate jazz guitar recital, Derick Cordoba

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Correlates of voluntary HIV testing and counseling among middle aged and older Latinas :, Shelley L. Craig

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Amplicon length heterogeneity (ALH)-PCR generated bacterial community profiling : a novel application for the forensic examination of soil, Todd Martin Crandall

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Secure power grid infrastructure simulation and test-bed system creation, Nelson Cristaldo

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Trust Based Security Mechanisms for Wireless Sensor Networks, Garth Valentine Crosby

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The effect of instruction on the study behaviors and academic achievement of community college students, Zoraya Maria Cuesta

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Specific binding of mammalian high mobility group protein at-hook 2 to the minor groove of at-rich DNAS : thermodynamic and specificity studies, Tengjiao Cui

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Essays in Environmental Economic Valuation and Decision Making in the Presence of an Environmental Disaster, Jeffrey Robert Czajkowski

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Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Teleoperation, Mehmet Ismet Can Dede

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A grid computing network platform for enhanced data management and visualization, Javier Delgado

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A Static Traffic Assignment Model Combined with an Artificial Neural Network Delay Model, Zhen Ding

Adding concurrent data transfer to transport layer, Yu Dong

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Fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional magnetic media, David Doria

Long-term multi-objective project selection under uncertainty, Beste Gul Durmus

Space division multiple access for wireless sensor networks, Abdallah El Moutia

Fresh and hungry, Patricia Engel

Commitment language as a predictor of alcohol and mariajuana use outcomes among adolescents in school - based group treatment, Bretton C. Engle

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Connecting visual and analytic reasoning to improve students' spatial visualization abilities : a constructivist approach, Mario Eraso

Jurors' evaluations of victim and bystander eyewitness identification reliability across different crimes and intoxication levels, Jacqueline Evans

The Five-Dollar Shirt, John William Evans

Enabling adaptability in service aggregates using transparent shaping techniques, Onyeka Ezenwoye

Intercollegiate athletics and college rankings : an analysis of the relationship between athletic success and the U.S. news & world report college rankings, Brian Fisher

Examining A Proposed Job Retention Model for Adult Workers with Mental Retardation In Supported Employment, Sandra Lee Fornes

Evaluating the external validity of comorbid disorders in youth using rating scales and behavior observations, Ximena Franco

Surface plasmon resonance experiments, Angel Luis Freixas

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An integrated framework for ensuring the quality of software design, Yujian Fu