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Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Women-led Community Development Organizations (CDOs) in Miami-Dade County: A Model of Community Development Efforts Impacting the Economic Security of Women, Jan Lindsay Solomon

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Influence of Soil Biogeochemical Properties on the Invasiveness of Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum), Pushpa Gautam Soti

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Effects of Family, Child, and Teacher Demographics on Prekindergarten Children's Access to and Use of Numeracy and Spatial Materials in the Early Education Setting, Shwetha Srikanth

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Bringing ESL Students to Literacy and Social Integration: Barriers and Strategies, Heidi Steen Anderson

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Antimicrobial effect of Artemisia species on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Chad V. Stefancin

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Liquidity, Governance and Adverse Selection in Asset Pricing, Sascha Strobl

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Acute Posterior Ankle Pain in a Female Recreational Soccer Player, Zevon Stubblefield, Michelle A. Cleary, Lindsey Eberman, and Jennifer Doherty

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Effects of Active Hyperthermia on Cognitive Performance, Zevon M. Stubblefield, Michelle A. Cleary, Sean E. Garvey, and Lindsey E. Eberman

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The Pronunciation of the Aspirated Consonants P, T, and K in English by Native Speakers of Spanish and French, Philip Suarez

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Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Influences Cell Motility and Chemotaxis by Regulating Phosphatidylinositol 3 Kinase Localization in Dictyostelium discoideum, Tong Sun

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Comprehensive Forensic Toxicological Analysis of Designer Drugs, Madeleine Jean Swortwood

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Predictors of Marital Satisfaction within an Orthodox Jewish Sample, Hod Tamir

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Cultural Competence in Health Care: Implications for Human Resource Development, Rosemarie Angela Taylor and Mary V. Alfred

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Curriculum Assessment Employing the Continuous Quality Improvement Model in Post-Certification Graduate Athletic Training Education Programs, Jennifer C. Teeters, Michelle A. Cleary, Jennifer L. Doherty-Restrepo, and Michelle L. Odai

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Recurrent Tibial Tunnel Cyst Formation Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction and Interference Screw Removal, Jennifer C. Teeters, Michelle A. Cleary, Lindsey E. Eberman, and Jennifer L. Doherty

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Foreign-born CEOs, Country-Specific Skills, Selection, and Strategic Consequences, Yannick Thams

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Method Development for the Analysis of Smokeless Powders and Organic Gunshot Residue by Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Jennifer L. Thomas

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A Case Study of the Assignment of Withdrawal Codes for Reporting Dropouts in Two Disciplinary Alternative Schools, Barbara Thompson-Hawkins and Anthony H. Normore

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Almost a vortex, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Clouds building up over Coot Bay, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Dusk over Whitewater Bay, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Everglades prairie, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Gathering storm, Franco A.C. Tobias

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In flight, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Little Shark River reflection, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Little Shark River reflection, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Mangroves tangled, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Oyster bay tree island, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Reflection over Coot Bay, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Vapor, Franco A.C. Tobias

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Zoroastrianism, Cosmology, and Chaos: A Detailed Analysis of the Musical Composition, Druj Aeterni, Andrew T. Trelease

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Categorical Differences in Scores of Students with Disabilities on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Ellen Trexler

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Rookery Branch, Vanessa Trujillo

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Analyzing Tidal Fluctuations in the Big Pine Key Freshwater Lens with Time-Lapse Resistivity, Nicole M. Tucker

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The Market Value Implications of Pension Asset Allocation, Elizabeth H. Turner

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Rapid Inline Derivatization of Primary and Secondary Amine Containing Drugs by Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser-Induced Fluorescence, Britt E. Turnquest

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“Like a Family”: Perspectives of Doctoral Students from Traditionally Under-represented Populations on Cohorts, Caridad H. Unzueta

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Using a Bilingual Reading Strategy to Reduce SLD Numbers, Caridad H. Unzueta

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Evaluating the Effects of Sea Level Rise on Sea Turtle Nesting Sites: A Case Study of the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, Melissa Ussa

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The Effect of Parent Volunteers on Reading Scores and Attitudes, Alicia Utermark, Pamela Knowles, Lisa Rabathaly, and Alexandra Chace

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Defining Īśvara: A New Perspective in the Hermeneutics of Classical Yoga, Daniella Vaclavik

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The Influence of Gender on Perceived Treatment Need among a Community Sample of Substance Users, Sheila P. Vakharia

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From Passive to Active Community Conservation: A Study of Forest Governance in a Region of the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico, Eric Van Vleet

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Electrochemical Immunosensing of Cortisol in an Automated Microfluidic System Towards Point-of-Care Applications, Abhay Vasudev

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Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes Using High Voltage and High Frequency Induction Field, Kalty Vazquez

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A Novel Signal Processing Method for Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring in Spinal Surgeries, Krishnatej Vedala

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Perceptions and Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence Among Hispanic College Students, Racquel Vera

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How Can Teachers Alleviate Parental Anxiety in High Stakes Testing?, LaTonja Walker, Jorine Voight, and Sonya Jenkins

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Assessment of the Occurrence and Potential Risks of Pharmaceuticals and their Metabolites in Fish and Water Using Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, Jian Wang

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Inferences about Parameters of Trivariate Normal Distribution with Missing Data, Xing Wang

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Investigating the In Vitro Oxidative Folding Pathways of Bovine Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor (BPTI), Yingsong Wang

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Reducing Uncertainties in Estimation of Wind Effects on Tall Buildings Using Aerodynamic Wind Tunnel Tests, Workamaw Paulos Warsido

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Gender Biases and Nontraditional Literature in the Urban Elementary Classroom, Martin Wasserberg

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“I’m Trying To Bring the Scores of My School Up, Man!" Standardized Testing, Stereotypes, and High-Performing African American Elementary School Students, Martin Wasserberg

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No Child Left Behind, Stereotype Threat, and the Standardized Testing of African American Third-Graders, Martin Wasserberg

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Stereotype Threat and the Standardized Test Performance of Black Children: When Does the Threat Become a Relevant Performance Inhibitor?, Martin J. Wasserberg

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Project POWER: Promoting Our Will Through Education and Research, Martin J. Wasserberg and Louie F. Rodriguez

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The New Information Ecosystem and Opportunities for Adult Education, Marc Weinstein, Tonette S. Rocco, and Maria S. Plakhotnik

Presentation 4: Lois Weinthal, Lois Weinthal

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Ethics in Correctional Education, Chaundra L. Whitehead

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Pro-Literacy: A Historical Evaluation and Presentation of Strategies That Have Influenced the Development of the Volunteer Based Adult Education, Chaundra L. Whitehead

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Women in Nontraditional Career and Technical Education, Chaundra L. Whitehead

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Constructing Threat: How Americans Identify Economic Competitors, Shelley D. Wick

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The Effects of the Word of Wisdom Meditation Technique on the Development of Executive Function Skills in Early Childhood Education, Elizabeth Willis

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The Moderating Role of Personality on Workplace Conflict and Outcomes, John Wittgenstein

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Learning from Exemplary Service Providers, Karen Kelly Wollard

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Creating Memories: The Interactive Process of Service Delivery, Karen Kelly Wollard and Tonnette S. Rocco

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The Discursive Construction of Japanese Identity and its Haunting Others, Yoshiko Yamada

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The Survival and Stock Performance of Emerging Country Firms in the United States, Kun Yang

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“I Am Not Stupid, I Just Don’t…”- A Qualitative Study of Expatriates’ Cross-Cultural Experiences, Yang Yang

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The Effect of Cultural Schemata on Reading Processing, Yang Yang

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Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Synthesized by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Yuehai Yang

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Does Landscape Context Affect Habitat Value? The Importance of Seascape Ecology in Back-reef Systems, Lauren Yeager

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Hydrogeophysical Characterization of Anisotropy in the Biscayne Aquifer Using Geophysical Methods, Albert Yeboah-Forson

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Evaluation of Non-Contact Sampling and Detection of Explosives using Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves, Mimy Young

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Meshfree Method for Prediction of Thermal Properties of Porous Ceramic Materials, Maryam Zahedi

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Interdependencies in Corporate Development: Relationship between Strategic Alliance and Acquisition Activities, Rimi Zakaria

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Do long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) know what others can and cannot hear?, Andrew Zamora

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Diel Patterns of Patch Reef Community Dynamics in a Caribbean Back-Reef System, Martha J. Zapata

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Metacognitive Strategies and Learning, Charlotte Zeitsiff

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Methods for Modeling and Analyzing Concurrent Software, Reng Zeng

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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic and Computational Investigations of Chloroperoxidase Catalyzed Regio- and Enantio-Selective Transformations, Rui Zhang

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Roles of DNA Base Excision Repair in Maintaining the Integrity of DNA Methylation, Jing Zhou

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Cognitive Performance May be Impaired by Exercise in a Hot, Humid Environment: A Preliminary Investigation, Ron E. Zuri, Michelle A. Cleary, Rebecca Lopez, Leon Jones, and Bryan Moseley

Materials from 2012

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The Cost of Graduate Medical Education (GME)

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A Comparison of the Effects of Classroom and Multi-User Virtual Environments on the Perceived Speaking Anxiety of Adult Post-Secondary English Language Learners, Abdulaziz Abal

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Relative Role of Dispersal Dynamics and Competition in Niche Breadth, Robin N. Abbey-Lee

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Control of MNC's Environmental Performance and the Challenges of Subsidiary Network Dimensions, Dina Mahmoud Abdel-Zaher

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Social Studies in Other Nations: A Focus on Nigerian Social Studies/Global Education, Sadiq A. Abdullahi

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The Development of Direct Ultra-Fast PCR for Forensic Genotyping Using Short Channel Microfluidic Systems With Enhanced Sieving Matrices, Maurice J. Aboud

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A Longitudinal Exploration of the Relationship Between Oral Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension Achievement Among a Sample of Diverse Young Learners, Teri L. Acquavita

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Bahamian Men's Sexual Risks for HIV Infection, Theresa E. Adderley

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Capacity Constrained Exporters: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications, JaeBin Ahn and Alexander F. McQuoid

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Towards a Pedagogy of Inferential Statistics in Graduate Education Programs: Insights from Cognitive and Educational Research, Cengiz Alacaci

Vaclav Havel's Legacy of Freedom, Madeleine K. Albright

Evaluating the Jordanian National Security Strategy Toward the Palestinian_Jordanians (Palestinian_Jordanians as a Securitization Case-Study), Mohannad K. Al-Kasaji

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A Methodology to Estimate Time Varying User Responses to Travel Time and Travel Time Reliability in a Road Pricing Environment, Patricio A. Alvarez

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Efficiency and Power Density Improvement of Grid-Connected Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems utilizing High Frequency-Based Power Converters, Mahmoud Amin

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Wage Matters & Globalization: South Florida’s Low-Wage Immigrant Plant Nursery Workers and Business Protectionism in the Age of Neoliberalism, Alejandro Angee

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Drug-Related Violence, Forced Migration and the Changing Face Of Mexican Immigrants in the United States, Eva Olimpia Arceo-Gómez