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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Correlating the Effect of Dynamic Variability in the Sensor Environment on Sensor Design, Pulak Bhushan

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The Creation of International Crimes: How Narratives Shape Our Understanding of the "Most Serious Crimes of International Concern", Christine Bianco

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Dynamic Flood Management at The Watershed Scale, Linlong S. Bian

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Alliance-Outcome Associations in Interventions for Youth Internalizing Disorders: Identifying Mediators and Moderators, Deepika Bose

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Understanding Individual Differences within Large-scale Brain Networks across Cognitive Contexts, Katherine L. Bottenhorn

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Culture and Context's Influence on Hispanic Undergraduates' Perceptions of Their Persistence toward STEM Degree Attainment, Elsa I. Bravo

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Targeting Burdensomeness among Clinic Referred Youth: Development of a CBT Module, Victor Buitron

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An Exploration of Factors Related to Suicidality and Trauma in LGBTQ Refugees and Asylees, Aaron Burgess

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Sephardi Identity & Legitimacy in the Age of Direct-to-Consumer DNA Tests, Caitlyn Rose Campana

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Mediating Effects of Foster Care Experiences on Employment and Educational Outcomes in Aged Out Former Foster Youth, John Campbell

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Mindful Brand: Development and Validation of a Mindful Brand Scale (MBS), Ellen Campos Sousa

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Perceived Entrepreneur Quality and Company Performance: A Study of Accelerator Impact on Startups., Henry Canfield

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Sacred Herbs and Ancient Healers: Decolonizing Traditional Mexican Medicinal Practices, Julio Carmona Rosales

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Evaluating Treatment for Trauma Bonding in a Sample of Female Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Single-Case Design Study, Cherelle D. Carrington

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Deployable Tightly Coupled Dipole Arrays For Small Satellites, Maxence Carvalho

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Tracing the Amerindian Influence on the Caribbean Diaspora’s Beliefs and Practices: A Study of the African and Indigenous Caribbean Religious Encounter and its Indelible Signs, Alejandro Casas Reyes

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Spatializing Student Engagement: A Phenomenological Study on Experiencing Space, Place, and a College Campus, Ivan Ceballos

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Atlantic Legacies: Free Women of Color And The Changing Notions Of Womanhood In The Long Nineteenth Century, Marie Stephanie Chancy

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The Impact of Family Member CEO Demographics on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Financial Performance in Family Firms, Jaly Vibeth Chea Menéndez

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Investigating Individual Difference Among Workplace Incivility and its Organizational Outcomes in the Chinese Context, Yuejia Chen

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Development of an Ultra-High Performance Concrete Joint Detail for Short-Span Bridges, Francisco De Jesus Chitty Gozalo

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Carbon Storage of Restored Mangrove Forests in Biscayne Bay, Florida, Daniel Chomin-Virden

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A Review of Logistic Regression and its Application, Sultana Mubarika Rahman Chowdhury

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Characterization of Biological Samples using Multi-modal Mass Spectrometry, Yarixa L. Cintron-Diaz

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High and Low Toxin Producing Strains of Karenia Brevis Differ Significantly in the Redox Proteome, Lipid Profiles, and Xanthophyll Cycle Pigments, Ricardo Colon

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Aptamer-based Voltammetric Biosensing for the detection of Codeine and Fentanyl in Sweat and Saliva, Rosa LaShantez Cromartie

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The Developmental Plasticity of Fruit Fly Vision, John Paul Currea

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Penta-Modal Imaging Platform with OCT- Guided Dynamic Focusing for Simultaneous Multimodal Imaging, Arash Dadkhah

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Urban Rivers As Social-Ecological Systems: An Examination of History & Ecology In the Miami River, Daniela B. Daniele

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Intersectional Stigma and Barriers to Engagement in Care among Haitian Women with HIV, Edwine Daniel

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Examining the Effects of Neighborhood Factors and Geography on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Achieving Sustained Viral Suppression, Rahel Dawit

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Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: An Ethnographic Study of Transnational Chinese Corporate Culture in Southeast Asia, David A. Dayton

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The Relationships between a Benevolent Paternalistic Managerial Behavior, Employee Perceptions of a Caring Ethical Organizational Climate and Affective Organizational Commitment in Mexico, Alejandro Miguel Delaney Dr.

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Construction and Corruption in Latin America: The Role of Megaprojects Abating Government Legitimacy, Juan M. De Leon

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Understanding the Cultural Factors to Build Innovation in Organizations, Ranjeet Deshmukh FIU

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Temperature Dependent Protein-Chromophore Hydrogen Bond Dynamics in the Far-Red Fluorescent Proteins by using Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Quantum CalculationTemperature Dependent Protein-Chromophore Hydrogen Bond Dynamics in the Far-Red Fluorescent Proteins by using Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Quantum Calculation, Chandra Prasad Dhakal

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Effect of Flow Phonation Voice Exercises on Vocal and Aerodynamic Measures in Undergraduate Student Singers, Jorge A. Diaz

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The (Cuban-)American Dream of Post-Soviet Era Cuban Émigrés: Perceptions vs. Realities, Veronica Diaz

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Factors Impacting Supply Chain Performance During Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response Operations, Walter Ismael Diaz

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Uranium Fate and Mineral Transformations upon Remediation with Ammonia (NH3) Gas, Silvina A. Di Pietro

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Gen Z and Millennials in the Workplace: How are Leaders Adapting to their Short Attention Span and How Will they Keep them from Leaving a Qualitative Study, Maribel Rachel Diz

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Characterizing the Development and Trajectories of Nicotine Dependence Among a Cohort of Adolescent Waterpipe and Cigarette Smokers, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan

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Infant and Child Multisensory Attention Skills: Methods, Measures, and Language Outcomes, Elizabeth V. Edgar

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Condition Monitoring and Fault Tolerant Control Techniques in Electric Vehicle Drives, Hassan H. Eldeeb

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Reconstructing Cyclical Browning in a Subtropical Lake from Diatoms, Meredith Emery

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Our Representative On This Island: Local Belonging and Transnational Citizenship Among Syrian and Lebanese Cubans, 1880-1980, John T. Ermer Jr

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Epoxy Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Dowel Splice for Prestressed Precast Concrete Pile, Saman Farhangdoust

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Ligands for Complexation, Extraction, and Sensing of Mercury(II) for Application to High-Level Waste (HLW) at the Savannah River Site (SRS), Adenike O. Fasiku

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Credibility and Opportunity: The Limits on U.S. Coercive Strategies After the Cold War, Danijela Felendes

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Son for Everybody: Exploring Afro Cuban and African American Relations through Langston Hughes’ Translations of Nicolas Guillén’s Poetry, Hayley R. Fernandez

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Develando la Cuba profunda: tradición mágico-religiosa en el teatro cubano contemporáneo, Jeniffer Fernández Hernández

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Evaluating the Sustainability of Infrastructure Projects During Front-End Planning Phase, Valentina Ferrer Rivero

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Invasion Genetics of the Non-native geckos Phelsuma grandis Gray 1870 and Gekko gecko (Linnaeus 1758) in Southern Florida, USA, Thomas William Fieldsend

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Neurobiological Impact of HIV Infection and Chronic Cannabis Use, Jessica Shannon Flannery

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The Impact of HIV-Related Stigma on the Racial/Ethnic Disparities Across the HIV Care Continuum among Adults Living with HIV in Florida, Derrick James Forney

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Investigation of Carbon-based Label-Free Electrochemical Aptasensors for Point-of-Care Cancer Biomarker Detection, Shahrzad Forouzanfar

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Utilizing Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction for the Characterization of Volatile Organic Compounds Released from Contraband and its Implications for Detector Dog Training, Kelvin Joseph Frank Jr

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Developing Sustainable Soil Building Strategies for Tropical Fruit Groves within the South Florida Redland, Ariel Freidenreich

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The Prediction of Behavioral Health Outcomes in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease using the Chronic Disease Outcomes Triad Model, Lisa G. Fryar

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The Impact of Governance Structure on Performance of U.S. Performing Arts Centers, Karen S. Fuller

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Conservation of South Florida Orchid Mycorrhizal Fungi, Ellen Garcia

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The Mango Snores, Michael S. Garcia

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Understanding the Home Spatial Environment, Nelcida L. Garcia

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Understanding the Underlying Mechanism of Age-Related Underactive Bladder and Proposing a Treatment Option to Mitigate its Symptoms, Arezoo Gerami Pour

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A Study of Magnetism and Possible Mixed-State Superconductivity in Phosphorus-Doped Graphene, Julian E. Gil Pinzon

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Former Foster Youth and Their Pursuit of a College Degree, Lori Ann Gionti

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Investigating the Impacts of Sea Level Rise-induced High Groundwater Table on Florida Flexible Pavement Structural Performance, Mehmet Goksel Gocmez

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The Evolution of Bioluminescence across the Shrimp Family Sergestidae: A Genomic Skimming and Phylogenetic Approach, Charles G. Golighty III

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Community Cultural Wealth in Latinx Applicants to Nationally Prestigious Awards, Susy Gomez

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A Grounded Theory Study of Leadership Mechanisms for Customer-Orientation Organizational Change, Maria C. Gonzalez

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Girl with Broken Car Sings, Brianne M. Griffith

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Split at the Root, Robert S. Gryder

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Comparison of Modern and Mid-Holocene Benthic Foraminifera to Assess Recent Environmental Change in Almirante Bay, Caribbean Panama, Maria N. Gudnitz

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Public-Private Partnerships in the United States: The Relevance of Public Policy and Finance, Yanbing Han

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Estimation of the Mobility Benefits of Ramp Metering, Henrick Joseph Haule

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The Effects of Remote Teaching Pedagogy on Online Writing Instruction, Natalie Henriquez

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Determinants and Consequences of Early Filing of Financial Statements, Claudia Hernandez

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Addressing the Training Needs of Supervisors of Employees with Developmental Disabilities: Development of a Leadership Training Framework, Laura Heron

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Three Essays on Labor and Demographic Economics, Andra Hiriscau

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Functional Strategies of Tree Fine-Roots in Relation to the Soil Environment and Microbiome: Variaiton in Root Morphology, Tissue Chemistry and Physiology, James Aaron Hogan

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Cross-Mixing Hybrid Beamforming Receiver for Wideband Apertures, Rimon Hokayem

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Detecting risk for treatment nonresponse among families of young children with behavior problems: Candidate tailoring variables and early decision points for adaptive interventions, Natalie Hong

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When Two Worlds Meet: Academic Advisors’ Understanding of the Exploratory Student Experience at a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Hazel E. Hooker

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Purine Nucleosides Modified at C8 or C2 Position with (β-Halo)vinylsulfone and β-Ketosulfone Reactive Groups and Their Incorporation into DNA: Synthesis of the Organoarsenical Antibiotic Arsinothricin and Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons, Md Abu Hasan Howlader

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Student Reflections on Study Abroad: A Collective Case Study Exploring the Experiences of Pre-Service Teachers During an International Student Teaching Program, Holly D. Hutton

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Three Essays in Volatility, Yu Hu

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The Effect of Cross-functional Integration on Organizational Performance: A Look at Collaboration, Coordination, and Communication, Loraine A. Jackson

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Challenges of Inductive Electric Vehicle Charging Systems in both Stationary and Dynamic Modes, Hassan Jafari Mr

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Impact-Based Analytics of Cascaded False Data Injection Attacks on Smart Grids, Mohamadsaleh Jafari

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Inducing Stereotypical Character Roles from Plot Structure, Labiba Jahan

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Reconciling Illness through Devotion: The Medicalization of Modern Jain Faith Healing Practice through Bhaktāmara Stotra, Aashi Jain

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What Factors Influence Municipality External Compliance Costs? A Focus on Connecticut Municipalities, Jacqueline T. Jamsheed

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Border Epidemiological Study of Aging: The Role of Psychosocial Factors on Mortality of Mexican Americans in South Texas, Raed Jannadi

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Understanding Burdens : On the Construction, Reduction, and Consequences of Administrative Burden, Donavon Johnson

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Becoming Feral: A Politics of Animal Sheltering and the Operationalization of Ferality to Manage Free-Roaming Cats, Jacquelyn Jackson Johnston

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Canadian Banks and Imperialism in the English-Speaking Caribbean, Tamanisha J. John

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Mobile Passages: Unpacking the Seasonal Lifestyle from Quebec to Topeekeegee Yugnee (TY) RV Park, Broward County, Southeast Florida, Tara Kai

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The Evolution of United States - Central Asian Security Policy post-9/11: Military, Terrorism, and Cyber-security, Shamsuddin Karimi

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EU Accession Negotiations in the Shadow of the Market, Deniss Kaskurs

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Investigation of Bipolar Electrochemically Exfoliated Graphene for Supercapacitor Applications, Iman Khakpour