Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Mesoscale Organized Convection in Climate Models: A Stochastic Scheme and Uncertainty Quantification, Gino Chen
Developing an Online Computational Thinking Instrument for Elementary Students, Guanhua Chen
Agulhas Leakage Variability and Its Climate Implications in a Coupled System, Yu Cheng
Origins of U.S. Public Opinion for Drone Strikes: The Intersection of Elite Rhetoric, Media Coverage, and American Public Opinion, 2000-2015, Grant M. Cohen
Educational Experiences and Academic Adjustment of Transfer Students at the Four-Year University, Jacklyn A. Collins
A Model of Parental Involvement in the Music Education of Students with Special Education Needs, Vimari Colon-Leon
Ottorino Respighi: Published and Unpublished Works for Piano Solo, Luca G. Cubisino
The Struggle for Meaning: The Faces and Voices of the Muslim Experience in Miami, Ramsey Dahab
Neuroimaging of Cognitive Flexibility: Task Validity and Clinical Applications, Dina R. Dajani
Studies on the Photophysical Properties of Aromatics and Dyes in Isotropic Solvent and in Confined Spaces, Ashwini Danao
A Population-based Assessment of Suicide Risk, Summer D. DeBastiani
Spinal Cord Neural Interface in Common Marmosets, Shubham Debnath
Exploring Density Incorporation in Inverse Radiotherapy Optimization, Maria De La Luz De Ornelas
Fiducial-Less Real-Time Tracking for the Radiation Therapy of Liver Tumors using Artificial Neural Networks, Deon Martina Dick
Black, Female, First-Generation College Students: Perceptions of Academic Persistence, Renée Dickens Callan
An Analysis of Overtone and Undertone Structure and its Influence on the Relative Consonance and Dissonance of the Diatonic Modes As Used In Jazz, Phillip J. Doyle
Subaltern Communication for Social Change: The Struggles of Manual Scavengers in India, Sheeva Yamunaprasad Dubey
Influence of Enrollment Management Strategies at Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, Melody Dunbar
The Design and Implementation of a Comprehensive Back Injury Prevention Program and Development of a Vo2max Non-Exercise Regression Model for Emergency Services Personnel, Tamer Hatem Elattar
On Chromatic Quasisymmetric Functions of Directed Graphs, Brittney Ellzey
Role of Cancer Testis Antigens in Uveal and Cutaneous Melanoma, Julia Escandon
Regulation of Interactions Between Sap-feeding Insects and Their Obligate Endosymbionts, Honglin Feng
Salient Factors Among Hispanic Parents for Vaccinating Children Against HPV, Madeline Fernandez
A Comparison of the Effects of Concept-Based and Grammar-Based Methods of Instruction on the Acquisition of the Subjunctive Among Heritage and Second Language Learners of Spanish, Antoni Fernandez Parera
Ocular Cancer Biomarkers, Mutation Profiles, and Therapeutic Strategies, Matthew G. Field
Effects of Psychological and Structural-Level Factors on Sexual Risk and STI Incidence in High-Risk Men Who Have Sex with Men, Calvin J. Fitch
A Contemporary Improvisational Methodology for the Cellist, Ian Calder Flatt
Are Apologies Less Effective for Transgressors Who Seem Unlikely to Exploit Their Victims Again in the Future? An Experimental Evaluation of a Mediational Hypothesis, Daniel E. Forster
Macrophage Depletion as a Therapeutic Method After SCI, Lucy Freer
The Uses of the Stage: Canon Formation Processes in Cuban Theater, Ernesto Fundora
Sleep Duration, Postprandial Metabolic Function, and the Role of Insulin Resistance in Nondiabetic Individuals, Karin A. Garcia
Haiti's Resistant Press in the Age of Jean-Claude Duvalier, 1971-1986., Jennifer Garcon
Energy Diplomacy: the United States of America and the Russian Federation, Arsen Gasparyan
Bright Bass Timbres in the "Dark Age" of Jazz: Eddie Gomez, Three Quartets, Transgression, and Transcendence, Tianyuan (Ken) Ge
The Influence of Seawater Chemistry on the Geochemistry of Scleractinian Corals, Sharmila Joy Giri
The Effects of Nicotine on Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes, Jordan Michael Greenberg
The Underrepresentation of Women Studying Engineering: A Grounded Theory Case Study, Sandra Gross
Shifting Masculinities from North Africa: in Yasmina Khadra, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Mohamed Leftah and Abdellah Taïa’s Fictions, Melyssa Haffaf
Learning and Reasoning with Imperfect Data, Janith Heendeni P. Don
The Impact of a Professional Development Program in Popular Music on a Music Teacher's Beliefs and Practices, Donna Hewitt
Health-Related Quality of Life Instruments for Deaf Children with Cochlear Implants: Development of Child and Parent-Proxy Measures, Michael Farrell Hoffman
Boycotting or Buycotting? An Investigation of Consumer Emotional Responses towards Brand Activism, Cheng Hong
The Role of CADM1 in Viral-Mediated Oncogenesis, Richard Anthony Hunte
Supramolecular Complexation Studies of Electroactive Guests by Cucurbit[n]uril Hosts, Vivian Iglesias
Essays in Financial Economics, Sima Jannati
STEM+L: Investigating Adolescents’ Participation Trajectories in a Collaborative Multimodal Composing Environment, Shiyan Jiang
Pulsed Infrared Radiation for Stimulation of Vestibular System in Vivo: Evoked Eye Movements, Weitao Jiang
Synthesis and Applications of Carbon Dots, Yiwen Ji
"It's Kind of a Balancing Act": Scaffolding Collaborative Writing Activities in a Diverse First-Grade Classroom, Loren Jones
Caged Molecules Released from Capsules: Photochemical and Photophysical Studies of Coumarin Triggers, Nareshbabu Kamatham
Opera Kardashian: An Opera in One Act, Dana E. Kaufman
Sustainable Concrete Using Seawater and Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars, Morteza Khatibmasjedi
Role of GTPase MTG1 in Mitochondrial Translation and heart Physiology, Hyun-Jung Kim
Reframing the Role of Size in Transformation: A Participatory Theory Development Study with Community Organizers and Activists, Natalie Kivell
Radiative Transfer Diversity and its Influence on the Response of the Hydrological Cycle in Climate Models, Ryan Joseph Kramer
The Allocation of Attentional Resources: Exploring Fluctuations in Mind Wandering with Variation in Performance and Affective Variables, Marissa Krimsky
Decoding the Sleep Homeostat Architecture, Andrey Lazopulo
A Time-Dependent Color Preference in Adult Drosophila, Stanislav Lazopulo
Development of Turn-On Fluorescent Kinase Inhibitors, Heajin Lee
Microglial Inflammasome Activation in Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury, Stephanie Wen-Ting Lee
Can Digital News Shape Civic Participation? Discussion, Deliberation, and the Civic Potential of a New Form of News Delivery, Joy Kathleen Leopold
Cysteine-Linked IgG2 Antibody-Drug Conjugates: How Antibody Structure Affects Conjugation Locations and Stability, Lily Pei-Yao Liu-Shin
Essays on the Value of Information in Supply Chain Management and Healthcare Management, Yutian Li
Counterpossibles for Modal Normativists, Theodore D. Locke
Insecurity and the Rise of Nationalism: The Case of Putin's Russia - Keeper of Traditional Values, Suzanne Loftus
A Comparative Analysis of Techniques of Euphonium and Vocal Performance Using Acoustical Properties, Brian Logan
Towards the Development of an Integrated Theory of Macro-Level Crime: A Multilevel and Geospatial Analysis of Anomic Disorganization Theory, Eric Ramsey Louderback
Distress Tolerance, Anxiety, and Survival in People Living with HIV, Aurelie Lucette
Estimating Individual Treatment Effect in Observational Data Using Random Forest Methods, Min Lu
Identifying and Targeting Androgen Receptor-Variant Oncogenic Networks as Exploitable Prostate Cancer Vulnerabilities, Fiorella Magani
Unsupervised Random Forests and Target Outcome Relationship Exploration, Alejandro Mantero
Giving Voice to Underserved Foreign-Born Latino Youth: Trauma, Stress, and Health in the Primary Care Setting, Ashley Nicole Marchante-Hoffman
Exploring Barriers, Beliefs, Knowledge, Experiences, and Emotions Related to Yoga Practice Among a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample, Denise Simão Marques
Engagement in HIV Care and Treatment Among Haitian Americans, Esther P. Mathurin
KNowledge Acquisition and Representation Methodology (KNARM) and Its Applications, Hande Küçük McGinty
A Pedagogical Exploration of Selected Art Songs by Franz Schubert Transcribed for Bassoon, Brian Geoffrey McKee
On the Combinatorics of the Waldspurger Decomposition, James McKeown
Holocene-Pleistocene Climate Variability Through Stalagmites, Sevag Mehterian
The Roles of Cloud Radiative Feedbacks and Ocean Heat Transport in Climate Variability, Eleanor Anne Middlemas
The Archer's Guide to Viola Playing, Lauren Emily Miller
Couple-Based Stress Management Intervention and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Biopsychological Processes, Sara F. Milrad
Development of a Styrene-Isobutylene-Styrene (SIBS) and Carbon Black Thermoplastic Elastomer for Biomedical Pressure Sensing Applications, Brigitte M. Morales
Defying the Statistics: Latinx Students' Journeys from ESL to the Honors College at the Community College, Juan Carlos Morales
Geophysical Characterization and Modeling of Volcanic Systems: Multi-parameter Approach from Geodetic and Seismic Signals, Anieri M. Morales Rivera
Parent-Teacher Agreement on Problem Behavior in Kindergarten Children with and without an Individualized Education Program, Chelsea Tey Morris
Anisotropic Transport Properties of Low-Dimensional Molybdenum Bronzes, Saeed Moshfeghyeganeh
Role of USP24 in Modulation of DNA Damage Response, Leah E. Nemzow
Mitochondrial DNA Fate and Deletion Formation Following Double-Strand Breaks, Nadee Nissanka
Novel Methods for Reasoning with Uncertain Hard and Soft Data using Probabilistic and Belief Theoretic Methods, Rafael Camilo Nunez Sanchez
A Random Forests Quantile Classifier for Class Imbalanced Data, Robert O'Brien
Family Impact on Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior in Sexual Minority Hispanic Adolescents, Manuel A. Ocasio