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Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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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

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Selected Tropical Cyclone Satellite Analyses with an Emphasis on 37 GHz Color Composite Imagery, Margaret Kieper

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Gender Differences, Vitamin B6, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, and Inflammation-related Diseases, Hyojung Kim

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Identifying Mediators, Moderators and High-Risk Latent Classes of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight Among Pregnant Women in Rural Mysore, India, Sandra Kiplagat

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How Weeds Affect Insects in Mango Cultivation of South Florida, Blaire Kleiman

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Turkey-Russia Relations in 2001-2020: Deepening Partnership and Heightening Competition Amid Regional Restructuring, Muhammet Koçak

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Rethinking the Functions of Regional Economic Communities: Why African Small States Join and Remain in Sub-Regional Entities, Cliff Kodero

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Stoicism and Just War Theory, Leonidas D. Konstantakos

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A Web-Based Nutrition Education Intervention for Asian Indian Fathers in Florida, Priya Krishnakumar

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The Use of Religion in Violent Conflict, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding: Cases from Uganda and Sierra Leone, Sedinam Akosua Kumah

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The Nomad Selves: The American Women of The Spanish Civil War and Exile, Maria Labbato

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Shadows of the Morning Twilight, Philip A. LaPadula

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Family Firms in the Developing Context: Essays on Internationalization, Women, and Generational Changes, Maria Lapeira

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Development of a Miniature Pipe Crawler for Application in Fossil Energy Power Plants, Caique C. Lara

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Perceptions of Support and Teacher Retention in Secondary Schools, Amaris Leal

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Individual Investors’ Response Around Earnings Announcements, Their Preferred Trading Time, and the Effects Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, E. Jin Lee

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Mediators and Moderators of the Associations between Unstructured Socializing with Peers, Substance Use, and Handgun Carrying among Adolescents, Anna Leimberg

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Examining the Relationship between Ideological Misfit and Employee Attitudes and Behaviors, Danilo R. Le Sante

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In Situ Arsenic Speciation using Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and the Coffee Ring Effect, Valery Liamtsau

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Unit Energy Consumption, Production, and Cost of Innovative Treatment Systems of Different Wastewater Streams, Jinze Li

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Parents' Experiences After the Death of an Only Child in the U.S., Juanjuan Li

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The Effects of Population Diversity on the Economic and Household Welfare of Metropolitan Areas in the U.S., LIRIA M. LITANO

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Enabling Distributed Applications Optimization in Cloud Environment, Pinchao Liu

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Examining the Relationships between Factors of Employees’ Perceptions of Knowledge Worker Productivity, Psychological Well-Being, and Performance, Walter Liu

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Essays on Migration, Entrepreneurship, and Risk Hedging, Yiming Liu

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Impacts of U.S. Immigration Detention and Transfers on the Well-Being of Those Detained Within a Punitive For-Profit System, Karina J. Livingston

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We Have the Land Titles: Indigenous Litigants and Privatization of Resguardos in Colombia, 1870s-1940s, Gloria Lopera

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Towards a Model for Public Private Partnership (P3) Success: Understanding the Critical Success Factors of Public Private Partnerships (P3s) for Local Government Services and Infrastructure Delivery, Antonio M. Lopez

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El teatro cubano entre dos aguas: dos siglos y dos orillas (1986-2019), Ivonne O. Lopez Arenal

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Experimental Investigations of the Aerodynamics and Wind Loading of Buildings with Balconies, Lisette Ludena

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Technical Interviews: Another Barrier to Broadening Participation in Computing?, Stephanie Jill Lunn

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A Study of Non-datapath Cache Replacement Algorithms, Steven G. Lyons Jr.

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Effects of a Cooking and Gardening Nutrition Intervention in Food Insecure College Students, Alison K. Macchi

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Tolerance to Psychostimulant Medication Among Children with ADHD, Fiona Macphee

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Identification of Human Topoisomerase I Poison and Catalytic Inhibitors, Christian Madeira

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The Novice Assistant Principal: Support Needs in the Transition to the Administrative Role, Alyssa Nicole Maestas

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Managing Collaborative Networks in Post-Disaster Recovery: A Case Study of 2015 Nepal Earthquake, Barsha Manandhar

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Development of a Real-Time Single-Lead Single-Beat Frequency-Independent Myocardial Infarction Detector, Harold Martin

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Alibi Generation and Discriminability: Improving Innocent Suspects' Accuracy and Examining Alibi Discriminability, Kureva Pritchard Matuku

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Cuban Exiles and U.S. Foreign Policy, Caroline Ranawn McCulloch

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A Comprehensive Evaluation of an Offender-Focused Domestic Violence Policing Strategy Using the EMMIE Framework, Sara C. McFann

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The Death of Superman, Shane F. McFarlane

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Living Precariously: The Cultural Politics of Becoming Transgender in Postcolonial Jamaica, Kemar McIntosh

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The Potential of Makerspaces within the University to Aid in Student Professional Development, Sophia M. Medina

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Three Essays in Applied Economics, Mohammad Javad Mehregan

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The Pedagogy of the Youth Teachers of the Cuban Literacy Campaign, Yuleisy Mena

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Impact of Multimodal First-Year Composition Courses on Student Success, Satisfaction, and Growth, Abdullah Mir

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Geometric Quantizations Related to the Laplace Eigenspectra of Compact Riemannian Symmetric Spaces via Borel-Weil-Bott Theory, Camilo Montoya

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Undermining Witnesses' Perceptions of Police Belief Improves Eyewitness Identification Accuracy in Showup Procedures, Alexis T. Mook

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Uncharacterized Isosporoid Parasite in the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus), Matthew S. Morris

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Understanding Critical Impacting Factors and Trends on the Future of Bridges, A.M.M. MUHAIMIN

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Con pluma propia: nación, patria e identidad en los escritos de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Salomé Ureña y Clorinda Matto de Turner, Beatriz Muller-Marqués

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In-vitro Micropropagation and Acclimatization of Selected Florida Native Orchids, Andrew Mullin