Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Influence of Phosphorus on Periphyton Mats from the Everglades and Three Tropical Karstic Wetlands, Josette M. La Hee
The Construction and Optimization on an Ion Mobility Spectrometer for the Analysis of Explosives and Drugs, Hanh Tuyet Lai
Novel Purification of Archaeal Rnase P Protein, Pfu Rpp38, for Nmr Studies, Kimberley Lee
Investigation of Group Leadership in a Fission-Fusion Species, the Bottlenose Dolphin, Jennifer S. Lewis
Works Committees and the Struggle for Industrial Citizenship in South Africa, Alexander Lichtenstein
Structural Health Monitoring Using Index Based Reasoning For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Ming Li
The Crossroads of Eternality and Southern Distortion: An Analysis of Flannery O'Connor's Fiction, William J. Lisenbee
Improving Analytical Travel Time Estimation for Transportation Planning Models, Chenxi Lu
The Impact of Eliminating Extraneous Sound and Light on Students' Achievement: An Empirical Study, Rajarajeswari Venkata Surya Mangipudy
Modeling the Effect of Land Use and Climate Change Scenarios on the Water Flux of the Upper Mara River Flow, Kenya, Liya M. Mango
Land Use and Climate Change Impacts on the Hydrology of the Upper Mara River Basin, Kenya: Results of a Modeling Study to Support Better Resource Management, Liya M. Mango, Assefa M. Melesse, Michael E. McClain, Daniel Gann, and S. G. Setegen
A Modeling Approach to Determine the Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change Scenarios on the Water Flux of the Upper Mara River, L. M. Mango, Assefa Melesse, M. E. McClain, Daniel Gann, and S. G. Setegn
The Effects of Classroom Environmental Quality on the Early Literacy Outcomes of a Regionally Heterogeneous Population of Latino Children, Maria M. Marin
"Fuel for Colonialism": Gulf oil Corporation, The American Committee on Africa and Compateting Versions of Empire, 1956-1976, Ashley M. Mateiro
Jinetera, Yousi Mazpule
The Relationship Between Spiritualilty, Knowledge and Tuberculosis (TB) Medication Adherence Among African Americans And Haitians., Regina Y. McDade
Left Behind: A Farmer’s Fate in the Age of Sustainable Development, Cristian J. Melo
South American Defense Council: What it Means for Regional Security?, Johanna Mendelson-Forman
Branch and Price Solution Approach for Order Acceptance and Capacity Planning in Make-to-Order Operations, Siddharth D. Mestry, Martha A. Centeno, Jose A. Faria, Purushothaman Damodaran, and Chen Chin-Sheng
Founders Display, Metal Décor
How Do Partnerships Lead to a Competitive Advantage? Applying the Resource Based View to Nascent Social Ventures, Moriah A. Meyskens
Social and seasonal plasticity of the electric fish, Brachyhypopomus gauderio, Juan Molina
The Relationship Between Prekindergarten Social and Emotional Development and Academic Success among Hispanic Children from Low-Income Families, Christina More Muelle
Sex-Specific Patterns of Movement and Space Use in the Strawberry Poison Frog, Oophaga pumilio, Seiichi Murasaki
Essays On Political Economy, Daniel O. Murgo
Screening and Identification of Everglades Algal Isolates for Biodiesel production, Priyanka Narendar
Anxiety Sensitivity’s Facets in Relation to Anxious and Depressive Symptoms in Youth, Kristin A. Nichols-Lopez
The Expression of Rap6 in the Adult Mouse Brain and Early Mouse Embryonic Development, Manuela Noriega
4-Hydroxy Estradiol-Induced Oxidant-Mediated Signaling Is Involved In The Development Of Breast Cancer, Victor Okoh
Arctic Ecosystem Responses to Changes in Water Availability and Warming: Short and Long-Term Responses, Paulo C. Olivas
Structure of International Cooperation in Trade, Investment and Environment, Harun Onder
Developing A Leadership Identity: A Case Study Exploring a Select Group of Hispanic Women at a Hispanic Serving Institution, Suzanne M. Onorato
Language Learning Strategy Use by Colombian Adult English Language Learners: A Phenomenological Study, Elsie E. Paredes
Development of Meshfree method for Certain Engineering Analysis Problem, Sunil Kumar Pasupuleti
Synthesis of Aromatic Monothiols and Aromatic Dithiols to Increase the Folding Rate and Yield of Disulfide Containing Proteins, Amar S. Patel
Engagement Experiences of Hispanic Generation 1.5 English Language Learners at a Massachusetts Community College, Jacqueline Peña
Raúl Castro's Government: Recent Economic Reforms and Some Political Considerations., Dr. Marifeli Pérez-Stable
Impact of a Comprehensive Nutrition and Lifestyle Education Intervention on Body Weight and Health-Related Outcomes in Morbidly-Obese Hispanic-Americans Following Laparoscopic Roux-En Y Gastric Bypass, Monica Petasne Nijamkin
A Comparison of Job Responsibility and Activities between Registered Dietitians with a Bachelor's Degree and Those with a Master's Degree, Stephanie M. Pillow
Bilirubin: an Animal Pigment in the Zingiberales and Diverse Angiosperm Orders, Cary L. Pirone
New Organogermanium Substrates for Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions. Application of Organogermanes towards the Synthesis of Carbon-5 Modified Uridine Analogues, Jean-Philippe Pitteloud
Navigating Racial Boundaries: The One-Drop Rule and Mixed-Race Jamaicans in South Florida, Sharon E. Placide
How Employees with Different National Identities Experience a Geocentric Organizational Culture of a Global Corporation: A Phenomenological Study, Maria S. Plakhotnik
Altered Landscape or Arms Race? Making Sense of Military Spending in South America, Bradley S. Porter
Independent Monitoring the Cuban Economic Zone Oil Development, Dr. John Proni, Executive Director
Education, Institutions, Migration, Trade, and The Development of Talent, Dhimitri Qirjo
The Role of Community College Faculty in Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development, Anouchka Rachelson
Hypersexual Black Women in the Ecuadorian 'Common Sense': An Examination of Visual and Other Representations, Jean Rahier
"On the Relevance of the Concept of "Globalized Tourism Formation", Jean Rahier
The Role of PP2A Regulatory Subunit B56 in Dictyostelium Discoideum Motility, Tahrim Rahman
Political Economy of the Taliban, Umer Rahman
Hallelujah Shoes, Laura E. Richardson
An Agent-based Model of Team Coordination and Performance, Jose A. Rojas-Villafane
Everglades Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics: Year 2 Annual Report, Michael S. Ross, James B. Heffernan, Jay P. Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, Adam A. Spitzig, and Ewan Isherwood
The Interactive Effects of Predators, Resources, and Disturbance on Freshwater Snail Populations from the Everglades, Clifton B. Ruehl
A Geospatial Database of Tree Islands within the Mustang Corner Fire Incident of 2008, Pablo L. Ruiz, Michael S. Ross, and Jay P. Sah
Whose Rihanna:Diasporic Citizenship and Economies of Crossing over, Heather Russell
Translating International Norms: Filters to Women's Rights in Lebanon, Rita A. Sabat
Developing of Germyldesulonylation and Thiodesulfonylation Reactions for the Synthesis of Novel Nucleoside Analogues. Efficient Synthesis of Novel (α-Fluoro)vinyl Sulfides, Pablo R. Sacasa Jr
Turkey and Neo-Ottomanism: Domestic Sources, Dynamics and Foreign Policy, Mustafa G. Sahin
Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat – Vegetation Monitoring: FY 2009 - Final Report, Jay P. Sah, Michael S. Ross, James R. Snyder, Pablo L. Ruiz, Susana Stofella, Nate Colbert, Erin Hanan, Lawrence Lopez, and Michael Camp
Developing a Data-Driven Classification of South Florida Plant Communities, Jay P. Sah, Michael S. Ross, and Susana Stofella
Resampling of Permanent Pine Rockland Vegetation Plots on Big Pine Key, Jay P. Sah, James R. Snyder, Michael S. Ross, and Danielle Ogurcak
Community Development Districts: The Entrepreneurial Side of Government, Gina Scutelnicu
Material Synthesis and Characterization on Low-Dimensional Cobaltates, Hao Sha
Employee Engagement: An Examination of Antecedent and Outcome Variables, Michael B. Shuck
Health Monitoring of Round Objects using Multiple Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Gurjashan Singh
Monitoring the Health of Plates with Simultaneous Application of Lamb Waves and Surface Response to Excitation Approaches, Gurjiwan Singh
Essays on International Lending and Increasing Returns to Scale, Thomas J. Snyder
Characterization of Oscillatoria spp. and their Role in Black Band Disease of Coral, Dina Stanic
Selling Sexy: Mainstream Hip Hop Culture's Commodification of Black Female Sexuality, Dionne Stephens
International Education and the Post-9/11 Syndrome: A Study of International Educators in Selected Miami-area Colleges, Oluyinka Tella
Re-Imagining Yerevan in the Post-Soviet Era: Urban Symbolism and Narratives of the Nation in the Landscape of Armenia's Capital, Diana K. Ter-Ghazaryan
Hondura's Stressed Social Fabric: Instability and Risks, The WHEMSAC Team, Applied Research Center
Contributions of Florida International University to the Regional Economy, Peter Thompson
Employee Spinoffs and the Choice of Technology, Peter Thompson and Jing Chen
An Analysis of Efficiency and Melt Curve Effects on Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) Inhibition, Robyn E. Thompson
Tailoring Heme-Thiolate Proteins into Efficient Biocatalysts with High Specificity and Selectivity, Hui Tian
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Antemortem and Postmortem Drug Concentrations in Blood, Samantha S. Tolliver
Detection of Modality-Specific Properties in Unimodal and Bimodal Events during Prenatal Development, Jimena Vaillant
Enhanced Zinc Oxide and Graphene Nanostructures for Electronics and Sensing Applications, Ved P. Verma
An Incremental Multilinear System for Human Face Learning and Recognition, Jin Wang
Characterizing InternetWorm Spatial-Temporal Infection Structures, Qian Wang
Strategies for Strengthening Regional Resilience in the Anglo-Caribbean, Nicole Warmington-Granston
Globalizing Governmentality: Sites of Neoliberal Assemblage in the Americas, Jason R. Weidner
Mediational Effects in Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Sandra Williams
Parental Absence and Academic Achievement in Immigrant Students, Chrysalis L. Wright
Kinetics of E. coli Topoisomerase I and Energetic Studies of DNA Supercoiling by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry, Xiaozhou Xu
Principal Component Analysis and Assessment of Language Network Activation Patterns in Pediatric Epilepsy, Xiaozhen You
Blood-Brain Barrier in vitro Model: A Tissue Engineering Approach and Validation, Zhiqi Zhang
Digital Surveillance Based on Video CODEC System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Platforms, Wei Zhao