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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Development of microsatellite markers in Cannabis Sativa for fingerprinting and genetic relatedness analyses, Hussain J. Al-Ghanim

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Violoncello recital, Saulo Moura de Almeida

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The attribution of motives to organizational citizenship behaviors : the influence of personality, gender and ethnicity, Alexander Alonso

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On-screen pre-deblurring of digital images using the wavefront aberration function of the human eye to improve computer access for the visually impaired, Miguel Alonso

Effects of increased urban and agricultural land use on the anthropogenic loading to southwest Florida estuaries, Loreta Alvarez-Fraga

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Design of an adequate women's asylum : analysis and architectonic proposal for a home for women with children in need, Carmelina Alvarez-Giboyeaux

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Development and evaluation of a geographic information system based method to estimate flooding susceptibility in an area of Broward County, Florida, Carolyn J. Anderson

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The utility of an integrated qualitative/quantitative data analytic strategy (IQ-DAS) to evaluate the impact of youth development interventions on positive qualitative change in the life course, Lisa Lewis Arango

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Environmental analysis of polar herbicides in complex organic-rich matrices by high performance liquid chromatography atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC-API-MS), Luis Arroyo-Mora

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A recital of selected repertoire for the mezzo-soprano voice, Pamela Denise Ascroft

An interactive environmental site assessment audit for Wagner Creek river basin clean up project, Joy Ashby

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An incident at sea: The historic combat between U.S. Navy Blimp K-74 and U-Boat 134, Anthony Atwood

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Logical simulation of communication subsystem for Universal Serial Bus (USB), Terikere Badarinarayana

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Religion & ethnic identity among Mexican youths in Homestead, Florida, Noemi Baez

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Hospital discharge planning in the provision of food and nutrition services for older adults post discharge, Etty B. Baker

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Effects of resource limitation on the essential oil production in Ledum palustre ssp decumbens (Ait.) Hultén, Tracy A. Baldwin

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The effects of semantic and syntactic instruction on user performance and satisfaction in search user interface design, Jennifer M. Bandos

Heterogeneous data source access for mobile devices, John Barreto

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Making the grade : the perceived impact on Florida's A+ plan on the learning environment of one elementary school, Robin L. Behrman

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Relectura del discurso narrativo de las tres primeras décadas de la República cubana en el contexto de los rasgos de la picaresca, Gisela Bencomo

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Playing Miami : Afrocuban performance artists negotiating cubanidad, Kameelah Nicole Benjamin-Fuller

Design for placement of modified optodes to non-invasively map cerebral function, Wayne Benjamin

Effects of academic integration on the persistence and achievement of under-prepared college students, Joy H. Beverly

Control of mobile robotic platforms by handheld devices, Jorge Blanch

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Tittmann and the 'Tiger Car' : competing conceptions of modernity in Haiti, 1946-50, Sean Bloch

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Analysis of the lateral diffuse metal-oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) power amplifier for cellular base stations, Waldack Bonhome

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A graduate piano recital : an analytical study, Maria Caridad Borges

The 128-bit block cipher MARS, Gourav Bose

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School desegregation in Broward County, Florida 1970-1998 : a historical study of power, Janice Boursiquot

Social funds as a strategy for poverty reduction in Jamaica : an exploratory study, Glenn A. Bowen

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Development of the Sphere Overlap Scale (SOS) : compartmentalization and the spillover hypothesis, Tina Marie Burns

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A new algorithm for electroencephalogram functional brain mapping based on an auditory-comprehension process, Mercedes Cabrerizo

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A dosimetry and radiobiological model for intravascular brachytherapy treatment planning with radioisotope emitting stents, Maria Alejandra Caceres

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High performance shift invariant motion estimation and compensation in wavelet domain video compression, Weiting Cai

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Creating an independent record label, Lorenzo Lee Callahan Jr.

Decency, Kathleen L. Cappy

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Particle identification with aerogel Ĉerenkov detectors, Michael Carl

What kind of gains do states seek and why? The case for relative growth gains in interstate bargaining, Gustavo Alberto de Casas

A real time electromagnetic analysis of electric machines for educational purposes and laboratory implementation, Jorge Angel Castro

The study of thermal stresses in a single long elastic fiber embedded in an infinite matrix, Nelson Elbert Caudill

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Kingship, rituals, and power in Nepal, Nawaraj Chaulagain

Electronic music : an interactive CD-ROM for young people, Chia-Chun Chen

Construction and characterization of an optical tweezers, Jen-Hao Cheng

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Nonparametric assessment of safety levels in ecological risk assessment (ERA), Limei Chen

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The relationship of spirituality and the health promoting behaviors of diet and exercise of African American women, Deirdra Nicole Chester

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A computational method for internal radiation dosimetry at the voxel level, Swapna Chigurupati

Creating a Christian based performing arts company, Michael Chinnery

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A multi-sensor sonar system for indoor range measurement as a navigational aid for the blind, Maroof Haider Choudhury

Temporal analysis of land use and transportation investments with geographic information system, Soon Chung

Preferences of dietitians and nurses for artificial nutrition and hydration, Sophia S. Chutkan

The body matters : understanding social differences in mental health, Pamela Michelle Clark

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The research and the creation of a stage manager's book for "The sound of music" musical tour show, Nathan Gad Cohen

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Health changes in Hispanic older adults in a Spanish arthritis self management education program, Helen Z. Cornely

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The effects of rote and note teaching on the performance of high school chorus, Radio Cremata

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Challenging the "tragic mulatta" : the construction of biracial female identity in Quicksand, Passing, and Their eyes were watching God, Kyla Racquel Crowther

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Social movements theory : a Burkean approach to the rhetoric of abolition, Elena Maytee Cruz

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Economic analysis of the Florida Everglades restoration, Jeffrey Robert Czajkowski

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The benefits of a regular exercise group program in community dwelling elders with chronic stroke, Dessislava Dakova

Elasto-plastic analysis of stents : texture and grainsize effects on radial strength, Amit Vijaykumar Datye

A molecular simulation study of the utility of methyl groups as probes of protein packing and flexibility and maintaining the computational environment for computational biomolecular research, Cassian D'Cunha

La modernidad de los Versos libres de José Martí, Emilio J. de Armas

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A conceptual framework for understanding contemporary child slavery, Cecilia Nana Derby

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Modified diamond dipole antenna for ultra wideband communications using finite difference time domain method, Srinivas Desamsetty

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Design and optimization of long term monitoring systems for contaminated environmental sites, Amit Deshpande

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Cross-section measurements for the near ultra-violet absorption spectra of glyoxal at the 280 nanometer wavelength, Abigail Diaz

Three-dimensional autostereoscopic imaging by computer based holography techniques, Manuel J. Docurro

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Ecological genetics of Melaleuca quinquenervia (Myrtaceae) : population variation in Florida and its influence on performance of the biological control agent Oxyops vitiosa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), F. Allen Dray Jr.

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Sonority and its role in the acquisition of complex coda clusters by Spanish speakers learning English as a second language, Olena Drozd

Semantic caching in mobile environment using semi-structured data, Vinay D'Souza

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Accuracy of activity quantitation of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging using simulated malignant tumors, Madhu Durai

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The effect of basketball sport aerobics on basketball skill development for fifth grade students, William J. Elizuk

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Essays on the determinants of private investment : the effects of relative price uncertainty and political instability, Monica Escaleras

Three studies of natural xanthophylls, Valerie Etienne-Leveille

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Mexico and "Nuestra tercera raíz" : ideology, history identity and two towns of Veracruz, Richard Fantina

The incremental validity of context-specific versus broad characteristics in international assignments, Julio Fernandez de Cueto

Academic orientations of African-American adolescents in Miami-Dade County, Paula Beatriz Fernández

Folate supplementation and coronary heart disease risk in subjects with type-2 diabetes, Casie L. Fondren

The politics of professional sports facility subsidies in Florida, Sean Daniel Foreman

A study of Guaymi and Tico Homegardens In Southern Costa Rica, Anne Frances

External validation of comorbid patterns of anxiety disorders in youth, Ximena Franco

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Correlates of Boater Knowledge and Views Regarding the Florida Manatee and Manatee Related Issues, Judith Futerfas

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Assessment of monitored natural attenuation as a remedial option at Savannah River site's sanitary landfill using the biochlor model, Srinivasa Rao Gadiparthi

The effects of an occupational health promotion program for Hispanic older adults, Ana Carolina Garcia

A Follow-Up Outcome Evaluation of Independent Living Services for Foster Care Youth, Savvas Daniel Georgiades

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Characterizing fracture distribution in layered rocks using geographic information system-based techniques, Kajari Ghosh

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Speaker Recognition Using Multiple Parametric Self-Organizing Maps, Pablo Gomez

Short and long hydroperiod Everglades periphyton mats : community characterization and experimental hydroperiod manipulation, Andrew David Gottlieb

Revitalization of Istanbul City Walls : design of a museum at the Seven Towers Fortress, Esra Gunay

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Effects of periodic acceleration (pGz) on nitric oxide during resuscitation in anesthetized pigs, Ingrid M. Gunnlaugsson

Capillary siphons and their application in the fuel delivery system of direct methanol fuel cells, Zhen Guo

Structure-based modeling of head-related transfer functions towards interactive customization of binaural sound systems, Navarun Gupta

Software tool to generate Predicate Transition Nets (PrTNs) and to create an Extensible Markup Language output file using the Petri Net Markup Language notation, Smitha Gururaj

Computational fluid dynamics on microcarrier design in tissue enginneering [sic], Ronald A. Gutierrez

Changes in Black locational attainment from 1990 to 2000 in Miami-Dade County, Yuan Hao

Effects-based operations : harnessing the power of technology, Jon Mark Harrington

A graduate piano recital, Michael A. Harris

Feminism and fatherhood : models of fathers in African-American women's novels, Jeff Harrison

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On the Development of an Automated Design Procedure to Design Optimal Robots, Edward William Mebarak

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Columbian society in the 1990s : fragmentation, legitimacy, and efficiency, Luis Javier Orjuela

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A mathematical resolution to log transformations and the binning effect in applied processing of data in flow cytometry, Vidal J. Patricio