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FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Primitivismo y poesía femenina en el Cono Sur: Gabriela Mistral, Alfonsina Storni y Juana de Ibarbourou, Ramon Muniz

Optical Two-Dimensional Coherent Spectroscopy of Many-body Dynamics in Quantum Materials, Maria Fernanda Munoz

Evaluation of Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Models in Wrong-way Driving Crash Severity Prediction, Sajidur Rahman Nafis

Non-Target Analysis Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry to Characterize and Remediate Urban Waters, Brian Ng

Three Essays In Corporate Governance, Dung Thanh Nguyen

Hydrology and Fire History Drive Patterns in Post-Fire Recovery in Everglades Wetland Ecosystem, Jenisha Oli

Advance Solutions for Voltage Control and Optimization in Smart Grids, Temitayo Olayemi Olowu

Mental Health, Intersectionality of Religious Identity Struggles, and Islamophobia in Muslim Young Adults in South Florida: An Exploratory Study, Amani Othman

Peer2Peer Support and Information Sharing Among After-School Staff: Promoting Emotional Well-Being via Effectiveness and Connectedness, Rachel R. Ouellette

An Integrated Software and Hardware Architecture for Gravity-driven and Remotely-operated Water Release, Dogukan Ozecik

Exercise, Cognition, and Cannabis Use in Adolescents, Ileana Pacheco-Colón

An Information Theoretic Approach to Characterizing the Attention Shifts in the Fruit Fly During Flight, Nicholas A. Palermo

Extended Functional Connectivity of Convergent Structural Alterations Among Anxiety Disorders: A Meta-Analysis and Functional Connectivity Analysis, Brianna S. Pankey

Three Essays on Insurance Coverage in the U.S. Healthcare System, rochelle parrino

Is Price Why Students Don't Get Their Books? Undergraduate Acquisition Of Class Materials, Joseph Todd Patton

Perceptions of Speech-Language Pathologists on Childhood Bilingualism, Sherlie V. Paz

Integrating Compound Flood Conditions Through 2D Hydraulic Modeling for Simulating Flood Risk Processes In Coastal Cities, Francisco Pena Guerra Mr.

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of Submerged Steel Bridge Piles in Natural Waters in Presence of Marine-Fouling, Samanbar Permeh

Fixed Effects Estimation of Private Health Insurance Influence on Factors Affecting Workplace Outcomes: Survey of income and program participation analysis, Scott Phillips

The Corrosion Inhibition Behavior of Thermally Aged Chromate Conversion Coating applied to Aerospace Aluminum 2219, Michelle Stephane Pierre

Perceiving Sociable Technology: Exploring the Role of Anthropomorphism and Agency Perception on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Jose Pineda

Adaptive Delivery as a Means to Increase Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes, Juan M. Pinera

Neurocognitive Mechanisms Associated with Real-world Financial Savings among Individuals from Lower Income Households, Ranjita Poudel

Examining Positive Behavioral Supports for Children with Challenging Behaviors across Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Head Start Settings, Bridget Poznanski

Evaluation of Harvesting Time for Industrial Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L,) Pilot Project Varieties Grown in South Florida, Jordan W. Prats

Novel Attacks and Defenses for Enterprise Internet-of-Things (E-IoT) Systems, Luis C. Puche Rondon

Design and Realization of Fully-digital Microwave and Mm-wave Multi-beam Arrays with FPGA/RF-SOC Signal Processing, Sravan kumar Pulipati

Development of Phosphorus-Based Electrode Materials for Energy Storage Applications, Amin Rabiei Baboukani

The Adoption of Automated Vehicles: Accounting for Attitudes and Heterogeneity, Alireza Rahimi

Associations of Sociocultural Stressors with Psychological Distress and Self-rated Health among Hispanic Emerging Adults, Abir Rahman

Securing the Internet of Things Communication Using Named Data Networking Approaches, Sanjeev Kaushik Ramani

The Development of Reward Processing and Risky Behaviors in the Brain, Michelle L. Ramos

Digital Processing of Magnetic, Angular-Rate and Gravity Signals for Human-Computer Interaction, Neeranut Ratchatanantakit

Secure Distributed Systems Over Satoshi Blockchains, Ruben Recabarren Velarde

Investigation of Memory Related Cortical Thalamic Circuitry in the Human Brain, Puck C. Reeders

Three Essays on US Pension Plans, Robinson Reyes Pena

Social Media and Public Discourse Participation in Restrictive Environments, Jobany J. Rico

Correlation of Acute Radiation Dermatitis to Tissue Oxygenation in Radiation Therapy treated Breast Cancer Subjects, Edwin Alexander Robledo

Epigenetic Mechanisms as Drivers of Environmental Responses in Stony Corals, Javier A. Rodriguez Casariego

Adolescent Social Networks and Violence in Rural Colombia, Ana L. Rodriguez de la Rosa

The Impact of Demographic, Academic, and Financial Variables on Predicting Four- and Six-Year Graduation at an Urban, Public, Hispanic-Serving Institution, Maria Rosado

Functional Regionalization in the Fly Eye as an Adaptation to Habitat Structure, Carlos A. Ruiz

Agent-Based Modeling of Near Miss Incidents by Integrating Construction Site Dynamics with Enriched Worker Behavior, M Ahmed Rusho

Cyber Dating Abuse Among Emerging Adult Latina Women, Yanet Ruvalcaba

Objects/Slow Hours, Camila E. Saavedra

Alternative Connections for Accelerated Construction of Simple for Dead load and Continuous for Live load Steel Bridge System, Amir Sadeghnejad

Integrated Approach for Diversion Route Performance Management during Incidents, Rajib Chandra Saha

Examining the Role of Knowledge and Cultural Values on Utilization of Mammograms Among a Sample of Saudi Women, Afrah saif

Lanthanide Interactions with Ligands and Biomolecules: Spectroscopic and Extraction Studies, Setareh Sakhdari

The Activations of Activism: An Ethnography of Emotional Management, Gerson Sanchez

The Hard Way, David J. Sangiao-Parga

Technology Assisted Choice in Medicare Part D Plan Selection, John H. Schmidt Jr.

Invasion Ecology and Response to Fire of the Nonnative Fern Lygodium microphyllum in the South Florida Everglades, Nicole Sebesta

Type I Topoisomerases As Potential Targets For Therapeutics, Ahmed Seddek

Improving the Long-term Performance of Full-depth Precast Concrete (FDPC) Deck Panels Using Non-Proprietary UHPC, Esmail Shahrokhinasab

Density Dynamics of Endosymbiotic Wolbachia Bacteria in the Drosophila Host, Zinat Sharmin

Political Economy of Religion: Maintaining State Legitimacy through Religious Discourse in the Arab Gulf, Lana Shehadeh

The Role of Dispositional and Situational Factors in Assessment of User Response to New IT – A Coping Theory Perspective of User Adaptation from IT Implementation to Job Outcomes., Amin Shoja

The Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences with Men's Lifetime Use of Physical Intimate Partner Violence, Katherine Sias

The Coordination Chemistry of the Rhodizonate Dianion and Its Decomposition Products, Joshua A. Silverman

“Perceptual Training of Arabic Consonants in English-Speaking Quran Learners, Amanda A. Smith

Discourse, Threats, and Affirmative Action: A Comparative Analysis of Race-Based University Admissions Policies in Brazil and the United States, Linda D. Smith

Quantifying How Coastal Flooding and Stormwater Runoff Drive Spatiotemporal Variability in Carbon and Nutrient Processing in Urban Aquatic Ecosystems, Matthew A. Smith

Political Misfit at Work: Examining the Effects of Political Affiliation Dissimilarity in Selection and Work Processes, Alexander Snihur

An Angle-based Stochastic Gradient Descent Method for Machine Learning: Principle and Application, Chongya Song

Strategic Capabilities of Emerging Market Firms, Mohan Song

Something American, Carolina S. Souto

Drivers of Extracellular Polysaccharide Production by a Mat-Forming Diatom, Kaitlin A. Stansbury

Managerial Control Effects on Information Security Policy Compliance Intentions: Considerations of Formal and Informal Modes of Control, Shaun Eric Stewart

Predictors of Fraudulent Monday Effect Workers Compensation Claims Filing, Sharla St. Rose

HIV Risk Factors, Enacted Stigma, and Testing Outcomes among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Florida, Sarah Suarez

Optimization of Safety Control System for Civil Infrastructure Construction Projects, Sudip Subedi

A study of the mammalian high mobility group protein AT-hook 2 (HMGA2) and its interactions with DNA, Linjia Su

Machine Learning for Multiclass Classification and Prediction of Alzheimer's Disease, Solale Tabarestani

Food Insecurity is Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Cognitive Impairment, and Immune Activation in People Living with HIV, Javier A. Tamargo

Mechanisms of Chloroperoxidases-Catalyzed Enantioselective Transformations from Spectroscopic and X-ray Crystallographic Studies of Enzyme-substrate Complexes, Xiaoqing Tang

Sociocultural Factors Associated With HPV Vaccine Uptake Among Hispanic Female Emerging Adults, Tanjila Taskin

The Effect of the TyG Index on Liver Steatosis, Immune Activation, Oxidative Stress, Liver Fibrosis Pathways and Liver Fibrosis in the Miami Adult Studies on HIV (MASH) Cohort, Colby S. Teeman

A Deep-dive into Cryptojacking Malware: From an Empirical Analysis to a Detection Method for Computationally Weak Devices, Ege Tekiner

Electron Field Emission and Electrochemical Lithiation Properties of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays Grown Directly on Metal Substrates, Arun Thapa

A Holistic Approach to Employee Functioning: Assessing the Impact of a Virtual-Reality Mindfulness Intervention at Work, Arieana H. Thompson

Taxonomy and Systematics of Plumeria L. (Apocynaceae) in the Caribbean Islands, Nichole M. Tiernan

Correlating Water Quality and Profile Data in the Florida Keys using Machine Learning Methods, Alejandro M. Torres Castellanos

Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling of Different Nanostructured Materials for Electronic and Sensing Applications, Ingrid C. Torres

Me, Myself and My Future-Self: How Self-Motives Impact Personal Financial Decision Making, Patricia Torres

The influence of Effective Communication and Interpersonal Trust on Employee Engagement: The Role of Employee Involvement, Ligia Trejo

Agile Adoption in Information Technology Departments at Research Universities, Sofia C. Trelles

Oxidative DNA damage modulates genome and epigenome integrity via base excision repair, Pawlos S. Tsegay

The Relationship between Teachers’ Measures of Resilience and Self-efficacy with their Intent to Remain in the Teaching Profession., Krisdhal E. Ugarte-Torre

Evaluating Changes in Visible to Short-Wave Infrared Spectral Reflectance of Arctic Mosses in Response to Experimental Drying to Find the Best Predictors of Moisture Content, Steven L. Unger

DNA Barcoding Enhances Large-scale Biodiversity Initiatives for Deep-pelagic Crustaceans within the Gulf of Mexico and Adjacent Waters, Carlos Varela

Exploring the Role of Higher Education in Responsible Deployment of Artificial Intelligence, Shahin Vassigh

Predictors of Officer Self-Confidence in Police Interactions with Disabled Individuals in Florida, Olga Vega

Dolomite Dissolution and Contaminant Adsorption in the Presence of EDTA in Different Ionic Strength Solutions, Alexis Vento

Probing the Structure of Deuteron at Very Short Distances, Frank Vera

Low-cost and Reliable Integrated Hardware and Software Framework for Remotely Operated Water Release from Storage Units, Vivek Verma

Entrepreneurial Intersections: An Ethnographic Study of Entrepreneurial Strategies amidst Crisis and Community in Havana, Cuba, John Vertovec

The Cerebellum's Relationship to Language Function Following Perinatal Stroke, Carolina Alexis Vias

Examining the Development of Hippocampal-Dependent Cognition in Young Children: Neuroimaging and Behavioral Approaches, Vanessa Vieites

The Effect of Socialization Practices and Onboarding on Newcomer Adjustment and Turnover Intention, Alex George Vilayil