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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Mammalian Use of Everglades Tree Islands, Marcel A. Bozas

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Superdiffusive Wave Behavior, Analysis, and Control of Fractional in Time Schrödinger Equations, Luis Caicedo Torres

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Understanding Spiritual Abuse: Incentives to Preserve Spiritual Power & Reducing Abusive Experiences, Eric Isaac

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Narratives of Global Learning for Global Citizenship: A Postmodern Story of Pre- and In-Service Teachers' Global Learning Experiences, Sherrie Rhodes Beeson PhD

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Teachers’ Beliefs towards Learners’ Heritage Languages inside Schools in a Multilingual Setting, Ivian Boruchowski PhD

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Evolution and Biological Activity of Cycadophyta, Gustavo M. De Angeli

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Seasonal Differences in Diet Specialization, Frugivory, and Seed Dispersal in a Subtropical Population of Gopher Tortoise, Adrian Figueroa

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Enabling Third Layer Bitcoin Applications Using Lightning Network, Ahmet Kurt

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The Influence Of Teacher Literacy Practices, Student Competence In Peer Relationships, Reading Interest, And Self-regulation On Reading Achievement In Elementary Students, Al B. Lawrence

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Examining Self-regulatory Behaviors and Attention Difficulties in Early Childhood Literacy Achievement, Obi Bryan Lawrence

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The Impossibility of the Authentic Self: How the Exile Experience Limits the Ability to Create an Individualized Identity, Jennifer Mejia

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The Utility of Public Health Survey Validation: Assess Psychometrics as a Means of Improving Patient Outcomes, Richard A. Munoz

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Evaluation of Concrete Pile to Footing or Cap Connections, Isabella Rakestraw

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Quyca Muysca: Urban Coloniality of Nature, Cuerpo-Territorio [Body-Territory], and Muysca Resurgence, Paola A. Sanchez Castaneda

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Experimental Analysis and Numerical Investigation of Aerodynamics of Elevated Structures, Nourhan Abdelfatah

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A Bayesian Programming Approach to Car-following Model Calibration and Validation using Limited Data, Franklin Abodo

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Integrating Cultural Knowledge into Artificially Intelligent Systems: Human Experiments and Computational Implementations, Anurag Acharya

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The Miniaturization, Optimization, and Chemometric Evaluation of Colorimetric Tests for the Indication of Hemp-Type and Marijuana-Type Cannabis, Alexander G. Acosta

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Examining the Influence of Parenting Practices on Youth's Sleep Health During a Sensitive Developmental Period, Juliana Acosta Lievano

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o-Sulfonamidophenol Ligands and Derivatives for f-Element Sensing, Complexation, and Extraction from Alkaline High-Level Waste, Oluwaseun William Adedoyin

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Ground Moving Target Detection for Airborne Radar Using Machine Learning Approaches, Rafi Ahmed

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Novel Materials and Devices for Terahertz Detection and Emission for Sensing, Imaging and Communication, Naznin Akter

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Early Debt Repurchases as a Real Earnings Management Tool, Ahmad AlAhmad

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Community-Based Behavioral Understanding of Mobility Trends and Public Attitude through Transportation User and Agency Interactions on Social Media in the Emergence of Covid-19, Md Rakibul Alam

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Numerical Modeling and Analyses of a Crankshaft System as a Reciprocating-Airfoil (Ra) Driver for Ra-based VTOL Aircraft, Mohammad Didarul Alam

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Own Way Girl, Melissa I. Aldana

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Exploring the Tangible Conscience in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Chasib M Mezban Alezeirj

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Dietary Intakes (Fiber, Saturated Fat, Monounsaturated Fat) and Type 2 Diabetes Indicators by Sex and Race/Ethnicity for the U.S. Adults: A Secondary Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-2018 Data, Azza Algarni

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Border Epidemiological Study of Aging: Understanding Disparities in Mortality and Morbidity Among Mexican Americans Along the Southern US Border, Wissam Al Khoury

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Adult Learner Attrition Analysis: At-Risk Hispanic Males in New York City Transfer Schools, Jason Joseph Almodovar

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Numerical Simulations and Modeling of Heat and Mass Transport in Membrane-Based Heat Exchangers, Saja Al-rifai

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Physicians Perception of The Impact of E-health Reform on The Saudi Arabian Health System, Saeed A. Alwadei

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Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation to Evaluate the Performance and Constraints of the Red-light Violation Warning Application on Arterial Roads, Mahmoud Arafat

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A Mixed Methods Approach to Exploring Nurses’ COVID-19 Experiences and Identifying Effective Coping Strategies for Common Nurse Job Strains, Natalie Armenteros

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Gender and Prosecutorial Decision Making: An Examination of Representative Bureaucracy Theory, Maria Arndt

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Assessment of Variation of Participation Levels in the Organization of American States: The Case of Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico, Siremorn Asvapromtada

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Behaviorally Enriched Learning Mechanism for Road Network Emergency Restoration After Disasters, Maryam Babaee

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Therapeutic Approaches to Alter Mineral Formation and Growth in Vascular Calcification, Amirala Bakhshiannik

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Thermal Aware Design Automation of the Electronic Control System for Autonomous Vehicles, Ajinkya Bankar

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In silico Identification of Vaccine Candidates against Viral Infections, Prabin Baral

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Exploring Factors that Influence U.S. Consumer Intention to Covet Loose Change, Carlos Emilio Bared

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Modified Guanidine-containing Polymers for Intracellular Protein Delivery, Alfonso Barrios

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Impermanent, Informal, and Insecure(?): a Social Geography of Food Access in Municipio Cabrera, Provincia Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Dominican Republic, Susannah R. Barr

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To Get There, She Had to Kill a Cow, Lissa Batista

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Is Generational Diversity Good for Engagement? Generational Diversity's Moderation of the Relationship Between An Employee's Perception of Leadership Effectiveness and Their Own Engagement, Matthew J. Baumann

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Provenance, Composition and Transport Processes of Pleistocene-Recent Turbidite Sediments of the SE Nazca Plate, ODP Site 1232, Kimberly D. Beck

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Multimodal Sensing and Communication with Advanced Components, Circuit topologies, and Biosystem packaging, Sk Yeahia Been Sayeed

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Dynamic Response of Span-Wire Traffic Signal Assembly to Wind-Induced Forces: A Numerical, Analytical and Experimental Approach, Benito Alejandro Berlanga

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The Patterns of Occurrence, Management, and Behavioral Ecology of Fish Spawning Aggregations in Southeast Florida, Benjamin Binder

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Exploring Factors That Influence Human Trafficking Sentencing Lengths, Brent Blakeman

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The Utilization of Volatile Organic Compounds and Human Leukocyte Antigen Genes for Ethnic-Specific Differentiation within Target Populations, Alice Breia Boone

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Population Ecology of a Caribbean Epiphyte Trichocentrum undulatum (orchidaceae): Defining Habitat and the Effects of Herbivory and Hurricanes at Its Peripheral and Core Range, haydee borrero

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Perceptions and Risk: The Role of Education, Body Image, Partner Availability, and Condom Negotiation on Black Women’s Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors, Brittany Nicole Boyd

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Interrogating Integration: The Experiences of Brazilian Immigrants in South Florida, Renata R. Bozzetto

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Expanding Faculty-Student Interactions in Statics: An Exploratory Study of a Statics Course with Learning Assistants, Valerie V. Bracho Perez

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How Ethnic Minority Single Mothers Characterize the Influences that Led Them to Leave the Teaching Profession, Janelle Bravo-San Pedro

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"I Got to Be Healthy for Me Beyond COVID": The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Hypertension Prevention among Black College Students: A Mixed Methods Study, Talegria Brown

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International Financial Institutions and Caribbean Development: a comparison of Haiti & Jamaica, Alexander Bruno

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The Unusual Suspects: The Bourbon Reforms and The Inter- and Intracolonial Mobility of Africans and Their Descendants In The Spanish Caribbean, Trevor E. Bryant

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Support for Workfare and Labor Programs in The Bahamas: The Role of Subjective Poverty, Insecurity, Conservatism, and Empathy., Utha Butler

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Dolores' Last Will and Testament, Victoria Calderin

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Wolbachia Response to Insulin Signaling and Nutritional Status of the Drosophila Melanogaster Host, Moises Camacho

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Exonuclease Digestion Assay for Streamlining Aptamer Characterization, Engineering, and Sensor Development, Juan Canoura

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Understanding Exosomal Extracellular Vesicles and Morphine in the Neuropathology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Differential Zika Virus Strain-associated Pathology, Allen Caobi

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The Relationship between Gifted Selection Criteria and Student Performance on Fifth-Grade Science Achievement, Teresa Vega Cereijo

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The Role of Inositol Polyphosphate-4-Phosphatase Type II B (INPP4B) in Normal and Neoplastic Physiology of Diet-Induced Obese Mouse Models, Yasemin Ceyhan

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Three Essays on Healthcare Economics, Esteban Chinchilla

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Hydration Status, Association of Body Composition and Bone Mass in Children and Adolescents, Priscilla Kay Clayton

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Body Weight Related Interactions Between Health Care Professionals and Women with Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes, Ivonne M. Cobelo

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Do Home Invasion Serial Killers Warrant a Distinct Classification from Other Serial Killer Location Types? A Retrospective Comparative Examination, Caroline V. Comerford

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Hydrologic Properties of Mangrove and Sawgrass Peat in Shark River Slough, Everglades, Florida, Nicole Cordoba

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Science and Madness: Echoes of Freudian Psychoanalysis in the Works of H.P. Lovecraft and the Weird, Brandon J. Cordova

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"We Need Educational Confession": A Philosophical Inquiry of Curriculum as Confession, Christopher M. Cruz

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Afro-Cubans, Incorporation, and Cubanidad in Miami, FL, Elena M. Cruz

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Fins & Limbs, Katherine G. Cruz

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Jewish Conversion during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Victoria Davide

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The Relationship between Perceived Organizational Support, Perceived Career Mobility, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment on Job Performance, and Turnover Intentions, Everod A. Davis

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Perils, Pitfalls & Dilemmas in Responding to Transnational Organized Crime Groups., Juan Del Rio

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A Resilience Assessment Framework of Infrastructure Systems by Integrating Social Equity to Support Disaster Resilience Decision Making, Sunil Dhakal

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Psychological and Agentic Effects of Human-Bot Delegation in Open-Source Software Development (OSSD) Communities: An Empirical Investigation of Information Systems Delegation Framework, Spurthy Dharanikota

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Means to an End: A Qualitative Interview Study on Medical Students and Debt, Alberto Juan Diaz Jr

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El Señor De Los Milagros: Religious Globalization in Miami, Rachaell Dayanara Diaz

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Celluloid Subversion: A Queer Reading of 1980s Teen Slasher Cinema, Yates Diaz

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The Effect of Participation in Production Ideation Crowdsourcing on Affective Commitment as a Driver of Customer Loyalty in the United States Lodging Industry, Clay Dickinson

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Essays on The Economic Effects of Income Inequality, Adir dos Santos Mancebo Junior

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Study of the Etaprimepi0 System in GlueX, Rupesh Dotel

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Imagining Costumbrismo: Connecting Image and Text in Nineteenth-Century Colombian Cuadros de Costumbres, María Sol Echarren

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Assessment of factors affecting dropout intentions during the first year in a modeling school, Mauro Echeverri

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In Silico Characterization of Protein-Protein Interactions Mediated by Short Linear Motifs, Heidy Elkhaligy

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Local Health Department Capacity to Improve Public Health - The Impact of Public Health Accreditation and Public Health Funding, Nancy S. Elliott

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Exploring Psychopathy Predictors in Males and Females, Teresa M. Encalada

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Treatment and Transport Study of the Problematic Pollutants: Application of Iron Oxide Based Humic Acid Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles and Natural Amendments, Anahita Esmaeilian

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Homoerotic Medievalism: Looking at Queer Desire in the Homosocial Relationships of Chaucer’s “The Knight’s Tale” and Fletcher and Shakespeare’s The Two Noble Kinsmen, Juan P. Espinosa

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Discovery of First-in-Class Small Molecule Agonists of the RXFP2 Receptor as Therapeutic Candidates for Osteoporosis, Maria Esteban Lopez

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Hybrid Experimental-Numerical Methodology and Field Calibration for Prediction of Peak Wind Effects on Low-Rise Buildings and Their Appurtenances, Johnny Estephan

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The Politics of the Self: Psychedelic Assemblages, Psilocybin, and Subjectivity in the Anthropocene, Joshua Falcon

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Facilitating Emerging Non-volatile Memories for Ensuring Security and Device Trust, Farah Ferdaus

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The Impact of The Affordable Care Act on Clinically Recommended Preventive Care Services Among Medicare Beneficiaries 65 Years and Older, Michelle E. Fields

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Causal Mechanisms of Food Web Structure and Function - A Tale of Three Drivers: Spatiotemporal Variation, Ecosystem Engineering, and Invasive Species, Peter J. Flood

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Topics on Patient Safety Culture in Hospitals, Jayson J. Forbes