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Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Retention and special education referral practices before and after the implementation of high-stakes testing, Sue L. Buslinger-Clifford

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El discurso vindicatorio de Juan Goytisolo y Zoé Valdéz : deconstrucción y recodificación del lenguaje hegemónico, Barbara Cabana

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Linking herbivory and pollination : costs and selection implications in Centrosema virginianum Bentham (Fabaceae: papilionoideae), Yuria Cardel

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Genetic variation among cultivated selections of mamey sapote (Pouteria spp. [Sapotaceae]), Susan Carrara

An aquatic ecological risk assessment on pesticides in surface waters of the C-111 canal system and related estuarine discharge sites, John Fletcher Carriger

Lazy tongue, Teresa Carrion

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Effects of pubertal status and timing on externalizing behavior problems and anxious/depressed symptoms in a sample of adolescent girls of color, Rona Carter

Formal and harmonic analysis of Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga's Symphony in D, Jorge Castillo

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Rainbow diet : a new nutrition education tool, Maribel Cedillo

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Reading comprehension and mathematical concept acquisition through the use of math stories with bilingual children, Chan-Ho Chae

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Instrument choice of fifth grade boys and girls aural and visual preference based on presentation mode, Chadwick T. Childers

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A study of hydraulic properties of high level waste simulant, Sudhakar N. Chodavarapu

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Modification of a novel polymer with potential use in artificial heart valves : effects on hemocompatibility and mechanical properties, Tejas Dilipkumar Choksi

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The genetic characterization of populations comprising the Austronesian language family, Rachel Anne Chow

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Using neural networks for goal driven simulation, Maria F. Clavijo

Kazakhstan : a future regional and nuclear power, Francis Joseph Cline III

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Cross sections and Rosenbluth separations from kaon electroproduction on protons up to Q²=2.35 (GeV/c)², Marius Coman

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Baywalk developing landscape memory, Rebecca Agnes Conable

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Palm fuel dynamics in fire-sustained pine forests in the Florida Keys, Hillary Clare Cooley

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Principal component and second generation wavelet analysis of treasury yield curve evolution, Mark L. Copper

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Promoting community ecotourism enterprises in common property regimes : a stakeholder analysis and geographic information systems application in Ejido X-Maben in central Quintana Roo, Mexico, Melissa K. Cornejo

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Causal attributions for success or failure by passing and failing students in college algebra, Georgina Cortés Suárez

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Women graduates' academic resilience and their personal strategies for doctoral success, Alice S. Culpepper

The effects of health education on student health-related behaviors, Gertrude Nick Joseph Daquin

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Comparison of coronary heart disease risk factors in foreign-born and United States-born Afro Caribbean Americans and African Americans in South Florida, Errol Earl Davis

Dancing at the edge : confessions of a female traveler, Jeanne DeQuine

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Cubanía and Caridad : a comparative analysis of Cuban Marianism, Alma DeRojas

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A novel neural network based system for assessing risks associated with information technology security breaches, Monica DeZulueta

An in-depth analysis of the modern day trombone style of Andy Martin., David Eugene Dickey

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A methodology for formally modeling and analyzing software architecture of mobile agent systems, Junhua Ding

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Double diffusive convection during solidification of ammonium chloride - water (NH4CL-H20) mixture in a trapezoidal cavity, Ravi Kumar Duggirala

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Finite difference time domain analysis of fractal antennas used in wireless communications, Chritz Adenauer Duncan

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"Across the colour wall:" Gullah linguistic and literary representations in Dubose Heyward's Porgy, Charlene Eberly

Multi-scale spatial variation of methylxanthine alkaloids in Ilex vomitoria Ait. : from leaf to landscape, Adam Larry Edwards

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Energy-aware Ad Hoc on-demand distance vector routing protocol and optimizing the blocking problem induced in wireless Ad Hoc networks, Abdallah El Moutia

Effect of different drill bit geometries on the stability of the drilling process, Fabio Ivan Erazo

Militarization of Venezuelan politics under Hugo Chávez's government 1999-2003, Barbra Bastidas Escobar

Entre la provincia y el mundo : modernidad e innovación en la narrativa de Lino Novás Calvo, Carlos B. Espinosa Dominguez

Design and fabrication of a microelectromechanical (MEM) switch-based microwave high Tc superconductor resonator, Dane Fairweather

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Distribution and occurrence of inorganic and organic contaminants in sediments and whole fish tissue of Everglades and Biscayne National Parks, Adolfo M. Fernandez

A qualitative study of selected fourth grade teachers' perceptions of the Sunshine State standards, Annette Yvonne Fernandez

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A case for the preservation of the Annamalai Hill Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, South India, Daniel S. Ferstenberg

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A Pilot Study Examining The Difference In Community Mental Health Services Users' Symptomatology and Concordance with Medication Regimens After Completion of the Quarto Adherence Therapy Intervention, Stephanie Hall Ford

A quantitative application of symbolic interactionism to advance directive completion by older adults, Lois P. Fritschi

Satisfaction guaranteed and other stories, Samantha Frye

A novel polymer heart valve : quantification of hydrodynamic function and platelet deposition, Siobhain Lynn Gallocher

Investigating a multitrophic interaction involving scale insects, (Stigmacoccus garmilleri; Hemiptera: Margarodidae), oak trees (Quercus spp.), and birds in Veracruz, Mexico, Heather Gamper

Radical-mediated desulfonylation reactions with group 14 metallo hydrides : synthesis of (a-fluoro)phosphonates and (a-fluoro)vinyl silanes, Pedro Israel Garica Jr.

Arsenic Speciation in Soils and Sediments, Myron Georgiadis

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Additive architecture, Marina Gabriella Giammattei

Assessing macular pigment optical density distribution by flicker photometry and imaging fundus reflectometry, Jorge Carlos Gibert

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The effects of varied retrieval cues on reminiscence in eyewitness memory, Julian A.E. Gilbert

The effects of a professional development course on the teaching practices of P-12 classroom teachers, Victoria Ann Giordano

Semantic distributed database management with applications to the internet dissemination of environmental data, Scott C. Graham

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Cytotoxicity and drug potentiating activity of phenylheptatriyne, Rachel Arrasmith Gray

Study of thermal expansion properties of nanocrystalline nickel oxide, Revansidha P. Gulve

An interactive 3D animation system for simulating the hurricane environment, Paresh B. Gupta

Study of BiFeO3 at high pressure and temperature, Shweta Gupta

Design and evaluation of redox proteins for applications in biosensors, Sachin Haresh Gursahani

Sexual and artistic manipulation : Elizabeth's and Leicester's key for survival in the Elizabethan era, Debbie Linda Gyenizse

Sexual and artistic manipulation : Elizabeth's and Leicester's key for survival in the Elizabethan era, Debbie Linda Gyenizse

Individual differences influencing context effects in responding to items assessing conscientiousness in a personality test, Craig D. Haas

Individual differences influencing context effects in responding to items assessing conscientiousness in a personality test, Craig David Haas

Design and fabrication of a superconducting Microelectromechanical (MEM) switchable filterbank, Drayton L. Hanna

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Information model for engineering change management, Clifford L. Panokarren

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Nico Assumpção and jazz bass improvisation, Waldir de Amorim Pinto

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Design and development of a one-degree-of-freedom force-reflecting manual controller prototype for teleoperation, Chandrasekar Reddy Puligari

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An Indexing Structure and Application Model for Vehicles Moving on Road Networks, Xiangyu Ye

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Exclusive electrodisintegration of three-nucleon systems, Tigran Abrahamyan

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Kinetic performance : a study in portable architecture, Ernest Brian Abuin

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Management of remote field instrumentation via the Internet, Victor A. Acuña

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Identity and intimacy as predictors of adolescent adjustment, Melissa L. Adams

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Static and dynamic mechanical testing of a polymer with potential use as heart valve material, Andres Felipe Aguirre

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Nutrient cycling in Alaskan tundra in response to experimental manipulation of growing season length and soil temperature : a climate change scenario, Lorraine E. Ahlquist

Empowerment, social support, and self-esteem of parents involved in an elementary school program, Tania Alameda

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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