Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Advanced Methodologies in Dynamic Traffic Assignment Modeling of Managed Lanes, Shaghayegh Shabanian
Development of a Lab-on-a-Chip Device for Rapid Nanotoxicity Assessment In Vitro, Pratikkumar Shah
The Effects of Paternal and Maternal Nurturance and Involvement on Young Adult Academic Outcomes, Tara Sheehan
Text Analytics of Social Media: Sentiment Analysis, Event Detection and Summarization, Chao Shen
An Alternative Goodness-of-fit Test for Normality with Unknown Parameters, Weiling Shi
Engagement as Privilege: Deconstructing the Power and Privilege of Employee Engagement, Brad Shuck, Joshua Collins, Raquel Munarriz Diaz, and Tonette Rocco
U.S. Construction Worker Fall Accidents: Their Causes And Influential Factors, Sohaib Siddiqui
Life Experiences of Youth Who Were Born with HIV Infection in Puerto Rico: The Voices of Young Survivors, Georgina Silva-Suarez
The Spiritual Resistance of Edith Stein and Regina Jonas, Emily Leah Silverman
Engaged Scholarship: A Model for Creating an Education Research Lab, Gerene K. Starratt, Sashay Goodletty, Ivana Fredotovic, Stephanie Auguste, and Lauren Shure
Dear Little Me: A Response to My Former Self, Carly Steele
Israel, You Rascals, Mark Steel
State of Exile Studies, Guy Stern
Speciation, Metabolism, Toxicity, and Protein-binding of Different Arsenic Species in Human Cells, Szabina A. Stice
Human-driven Benthic Jellyfish Blooms: Causes and Consequences for Coastal Marine Ecosystems, Elizabeth W. Stoner
Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry of South Florida Coastal Marine Ecosystems, Sarah Elise Strand
Islam and Christianity: Comparing the Theory of Supersession Concerning Abraham, Mark Sweeney
Grey Slate, Brittany R. Szabo
Endogenous Risk Perception, Geospatial Characteristics and Temporal Variation in Hurricane Evacuation Behavior, Subrina Tahsin
Event Mining for System and Service Management, Liang Tang
Jesus as the Son of Man in Mark, Andres A. Tejada-Lalinde
Musical Connections between Cuba and the Dominican Republic, 1930–1960, Dario Tejeda
Spatio-temporal Analysis of Chilling Events in Mangrove Forests of South Florida, Bina Thapa
Covalent Protein Adduction of Nitrogen Mustards and Related Compounds, Vanessa R. Thompson
Without an empire: Muslim mobilization after the caliphate, erik tisthammer
Using Guided Notes to Improve Academic Performance in a Chemistry Inclusion Classroom, Monica M. Trujillo
Con la Mocha al Cuello: The Emergence and Negotiation of Afro-Chinese Religion in Cuba, Martin Tsang
Hispanic Orientalism: The Literary Development of a Cultural Paradigm, from Medieval Spain to Modern Latin America, Svetlana V. Tyutina
Dr. Price testing groundwater salinity at SRS-6, Evan Variano
Investigating Miami English-Spanish Bilinguals' Treatment of English Deictic Verbs of Motion, Erica Verde
The Effect of Rapport Building in Police Interrogations: Can Rapport Improve the Diagnosticity of Confession Evidence?, Daniella K. Villalba
The Influence of Gene Environment Interaction on the Risk of Cognitive Impairment: Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors and Alcohol Use in HIV-infected Adults, Karina Villalba PhD
Polemos and Paideia: On the Weaponization of the School in Late Capitalism, Sean Noah Walsh
The effects of intensive interactive writing instruction and self-monitoring skills on students’ ability to write a complete sentence independently, Patricia Walters
The Caribbean Court of Justice: An Investigation of the Impact of Elites on its Creation and Present Structure as it relates to Original Jurisdiction, Nicole A. Warmington-Granston
Recent Changes in Central and Eastern Pacific El Niño, Peter M. Washam
Life Among the Stars, James Webb
Perspectives on Marginalized Adult Populations in Education, Chaundra L. Whitehead, Lori Ann Gionti, Carolyn Meeker, and Gisela Vega
Forgotten Women: Incarceration and Health Concerns of Minority Women, Chaundra L. Whitehead, Regina McDade, and Mary Mites-Campbell
Rwanda's Miracle: From Genocide and Poverty to Peace and Economic Prosperity, Laura H. Wicks
The Use of Video Self-Modeling as an Intervention to Teach Rules and Procedures to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kerry Ann Wittel Mrs.
Oxidative DNA Damage Modulates Trinucleotide Repeat Instability Via DNA Base Excision Repair, Meng Xu
Sources, Fate and Transformation of Organic Matter in Wetlands and Estuaries, Chao Ya
Statistical Dialog Management for Health Interventions, Ugan Yasavur
Rethinking the National Question: Anti-Statist Discourses within the Kurdish National Movement, Ozum Yesiltas
Bilateral versus Multilateral Free Trade Agreements: A Welfare Analysis, Demet Yilmazkuday and Hakan Yilmazkuday
Gasoline Prices, Transport Costs, and the U.S. Business Cycles, Hakan Yilmazkuday
Importer-Specific Elasticities of Demand: Evidence from U.S. Exports, Hakan Yilmazkuday
Mismeasurement of Distance Effects: The Role of Internal Location of Production, Hakan Yilmazkuday
Price Dispersion Across U.S. Districts of Entry, Hakan Yilmazkuday
Understanding Immigrants' Travel Behavior in Florida: Neighborhood Effects and Behavioral Assimilation, Nishat Zaman
Good Dirt- Children and Youth Perspectives on Community and School Gardening, Rebecca Zarger
The Effects on Students' Self-Efficacy Beliefs Regarding Their Comprehension of American Literature When Aesthetic Reading and Reader Response Strategy are Implemented, Charlotte A. Zeitsiff
Implications of FIN 46 for Accruals Quality and Investment Efficiency, Fang Zhao
Quantitative Analysis and Determination of Microcystin in water by Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry, Bingxue Zheng
Towards Next Generation Vertical Search Engines, Li Zheng
Integrity-Based Kernel Malware Detection, Feng Zhu
Mechanisms Governing the Eyewall Replacement Cycle in Numerical Simulations of Tropical Cyclones, zhenduo zhu
Cosmopolitan Imperialism: Mann, Sarmiento, and the Origins of Universal Education in Nineteenth-Century Boston and Buenos Aires, Carolina Zumaglini
Alienated Selfhood and Heroism: A Poststructuralist Reading of John le Carré’s Spy Fiction Novels, Milton Zuniga
Hegel's Critique of Contingency in Kant's Principle of Teleology, Kimberly Zwez
Analysis of White Latex Paints using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Forensic Applications, Melissa Zwilling
Beauty Pageants, FIU, and "Worlds Ahead": An Open Letter to FIU President Mark Rosenberg, Susanne Zwingel
Images from 2013
Perceptions of French and Creole Among First-Generation Adult Haitian English Language Learners, Sonya S. Abadeer, Leopoldo A. Catala, Michelle L. Odai, and Michelle A. Cleary
Teachers’ Knowledge, Awareness and Pedagogy of Global Education in Secondary Schools, Sadiq Abdullahi
An Examination of the Validity of English Language Achievement Test Scores in a LEP Student Population, Rodolfo Abella and Joanne Urrutia
Changing Parental Perceptions of Math and Science Curriculum Through Hands-on Workshops, Caridad Aday, Julietta Barreto, and Karie Feldner
Humanities in a Public Sphere, Helen Aguirre Ferre
Three Essays on Market Depth in Futures Markets, Alexandre Aidov
Climate, Land Use and Hydrologic Sensitivities of Stormwater Quantity and Quality in Complex Coastal Urban Watersheds, Shams Al-Amin
Revisiting Entrepreneurship Education Literature: Implications for Learning and Teaching Entrepreneurship, Carlos Albornoz and Tonette S. Rocco
Motivational Strategies to Increase Completion of Assignments in Mathematics Classes, Rebeca Alea
The Mediating Effect of Innovation on the Relationship between Corporate Reputation and Performance in U.S. Firms, Marcelo J. Alvarado-Vargas
Trends in Water Quality within the Broward County Portion of the Biscayne Aquifer, Leigh Auwers Ammon
Microspheres for Liver Radiomicrospheres Therapy and Planning, Alejandro Amor-Coarasa
Gaining Insight into Teaching: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Lived Experience of the Teachers of the Year, Robin F. Amparo
Give Us This Day, Barbara L. Anderson
Educating Parents on the Accelerated Reading Program, Sandy Araujo-Cox
A Decision Support Framework for Infrastructure Maintenance Investment Decision-Making, Farrukh Arif
Hazard Mitigation Element Quality in Coastal Comprehensive Plans in a State with Strong Requirements for Hazard Mitigation Plan Elements, Evelio E. Astray-Caneda III
Social Learning Theory and Prison Work Release Programs, Vivian Astray-Caneda, Malika Busbee, and Markell Fanning
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa AmpR Transcriptional Regulatory Network, Deepak Balasubramanian
Mixed Spatial and Nonspatial Problems in Location Based Services, Jaime Ballesteros
Attachment Theory Shaping Adult Development: Impact on Mentoring Experiences, Rimjhim Banerjee
Self-directed Learning in the Technological Age, Rimjhim Banerjee
Space-for-Time Substitution Works in Everglades Ecological Forecasting Models, Amanda I. Banet and Joel C. Trexler
Perceptions of French and Creole Among First-Generation Adult Haitian English Language Learners, Ildiko Barsony
Photo Degradation of Cotnaminants of Emerging concern (CECs) under Simulated Solar Radiation: Implications for their Environmental Fate, Sudha Rani Batchu