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Theses/Dissertations from 2007

Autonomic and embedded wireless sensor protocols for critical infrastructures, James D. Gadze

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Durability Assessment of Polymer Trileaflet Heart Valves, Siobhain Lynn Gallocher

High frequency electric machine models for the evaluation of operational impacts in integrated drives, Shreerang Ganu

Implementation of coupled magnetoelastic finite element formulation in machinery application, including magnetostriction effects, Shreerang Ganu

Chemical characterization of soil organic matter in an oligotrophic, subtropical, freshwatwer wetland system : sources, diagenesis and preservation, Min Gao

Thermodynamic description and phase transformation of highly symmetrical monoatomic structures, Jozsef Garai

Investigating Group Processes in a Positive Youth Development Program For Multi-Problem Youth, Arlen Judith Garcia

Endothelin 3 Induces Skin Pigmentation in a Kertain-Driven Inducible Mouse Model, Roman Joel Garcia

Context and the relationship between social anxiety and urge to drink, Tracey Anne Garcia

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Conservation implications of the reproductive biology of the endangered vine Ipomoea microdactyla Griseb. (Convolvulaceae), John H. Geiger

Harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic analysis of four original compositions, along with performance considerations, Michael Gerber

Essays on the selection of securities : decision on acquisition and issuance perspectives and decision rules, Dipasri Ghosh

Tennessee trabajadores : global wage arbitrage comes home to roost, Donna Goda

The impact of parental differentiation of self on positive family functioning, Ayse Cici Gokaltun

Low cost real-time respiratory motion tracking for compensating respiratory motion in PET/CT, Mohammed Z. Goryawala

Community structure and physiological stresses of oligohaline zone fishes in South Florida, David Patrick James Green

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Efficacy of Educational Interventions to Reduce Homophobia on the College Campus, Susan Michele Gritz

La guerra civil española en la narrativa peninsular del siglo XXI : ¿Intentos narrativos para una reconcilación nacional?, Marie D. Guiribitey

The effects of student-centered and traditional models of teaching on reading skills, Clifton W. Hamilton

Deliver them from evil, Sharon Hartley

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Determining magmatic processes from analysis of phenocrysts and gabbroic xenoliths contained in Calbuco andesites, Tiffany Sperry Horst

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The Role of Temporal Synchrony in the Facilitation of Perceptual Learning during Prenatal Development, Mark Jaime

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Marxists into Muslims: An Iranian Irony, Abdolrahim Javadzadeh

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The Structure of Games, David Michael Kaiser

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Estimation and Prediction of Average Vehicle Occupancies using Traffic Accident Records, Kaiyu Liu

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Phylogenetic and Ecological Significance in the Evolution of Cetacean Tonal Sounds, Laura Johanna May-Collado

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Morphology and anatomy of three common everglades utricularia species; U. Gibba, U. Cornuta, and U. Subulata, Theresa A. Meis Chormanski

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Groundwater nutrient availability controls on nearshore benthic community structure in Biscayne Bay, Florida, Danielle Lara Mir-Gonzalez

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Armenia's Foreign Policy, 1991-2004: Between History and Geopolitics, Alla Mirzoyan

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Role of Calcium in Inflammation: Relevance to Alzheimer's Disease, Amita Quadros

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Airborne Laser Quantification of Florida Shoreline and Beach Volume Change Caused by Hurricanes, William Robertson

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Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Adolescent Detainees, Patria Rojas

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Design of a Low Power – High Temperature Heated Ceramic Sensor to Detect Halogen Gases, Mary Cristina Ruales

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Robust and High Current Cold Electron Source Based on Carbon Nanotube Field Emitters and Electron Multiplier Microchannel Plate, Raghunandan Seelaboyina

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Design of an Automated Book Reader as an Assistive Technology for Blind Persons, Lu Wang

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Low Temperature Sintering Semiconductive Barium Strontium Titanate, Wenzhong Wu

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Numerical Investigation on the Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Micro/Nano Phase-Change Particulate Flow, Keqiang Xing

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Surface Mean Flow and Turbulence Structure in Tropical Cyclone Winds, Bo Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

Hydrogel formulation for enhanced regeneration in cell transplantation, Mahwish Y. Ahmed

Numerical heat transfer analysis of carbon-based foams for use in thermal protection system, Rameshwar Ajja

Docking and simulation study of the enantiospecificity of chiral epoxidation reactions catalyzed by chloroperoxidase, Carlos Andres Alvarez

Stripe domains formation and their affect on three-dimensional and perpendicular magnetic recording, Nissim Amos

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Synthesis of multisubstituted halo-olefins via Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions : applications in nucleoside chemistry, Daniela Andrei

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Expanding guitar production techniques : building the guitar application toolkit (GATK), Roberto Horacio Aramburu

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Nursing faculty intention to use service learning as pedagogy in higher education, Margaret Bagnardi

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Deprofessionalization of curriculum decision-making, Martha M. Barantovich

Individual differences in preferences for recruitment websites, Constanza Berger

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Social sustainability of hybrid electricity generation systems in Mexico, Pablo Federico Blackmore

Ecological, economic, and organizational dimensions of organic farming in Miami-Dade County, Giddy Bobeche

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The Central European initiative : an approach to regional stabilization and democratic consolidation, Astrid Bettina Boening

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Integration of Colombian refugees in Costa Rica : an ethnographic approach to the refugees' legal, economic, and social experiences, Angela P. Bonilla

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Piano recital consisting of works by J. S. Bach, L. Van Beethoven and F. Chopin with extended program notes, Danica Borisavljevic

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Phylogenetic analysis of within-host serially-sampled viral data, Patricia Buendia

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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