A collection of Sciences Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Testing the Capability of Close-Range Photogrammetry to Document Outdoor Forensic Scenes With Skeletal Remains Using Mock Scenarios, Kevin Gidusko
Reflectance Transformation Imaging: Documenting Graffiti in the Maya Lowlands, Rachel Gill
Investigating the Role of Cognitive Load in Synthetic Learning Environments for Training, Joelene Goh
Nanoscale Characterization and Mechanism of Electroless Deposition of Silver Metal, Christopher Grabill
Managing an Epidemic: Zika Interventions and Community Responses in Belize, Deven Gray
Reproductive Rights and Justice Advocacy in Central Florida: Who is Represented?, Mary Hager
Gender and Conflict in Long-Term Romantic Relationships, Emily Hamlin
Potential Relationship Between Vascular Depression and Autobiographical Memory Specificity in an Older Adult Population According to the CaR-FA-X Model, Manuel Herrera Legon
Analytical and Numerical Investigations of the Kudryashov Generalized KdV Equation, William Hilton
Tuning Chemical and Optical Properties of Nanomaterials: From Extended Surfaces to Finite Nanoclusters, Zahra Hooshmand Gharehbagh
The Relationship Between Team Role Sub-dimensions, Personality, and Team Effectiveness, Ryan Howell
The Intersection of Race and Class in Maternity Leave: Who's Left Out?, Christine Ittai
Revisiting the Postclassic Burials at Lamanai, Belize: A Second Look at the Unique Ventrally Placed, Legs Flexed Burials., Victoria Izzo
Young Adult Development and Caregiving: Disposition and Involvement in Care, Nicholas James
Determining the Small-scale Structure and Particle Properties in Saturn's Rings from Stellar and Radio Occultations, Richard Jerousek
Investigating compositional variations of S-complex near-Earth asteroids: (1627) Ivar, Jenna Jones
USDA Instructional Risk Messages for High Pathogen Avian Influenza, Jenna Jones
Split Aptameric Turn-On Fluorescence Sensor for Detection of Sequence Specific Nucleic Acid at Ambient Temperature, Nanami Kikuchi
Investigating the Effectiveness of Using Part-Task or Whole-Task Training Methods to Facilitate Mindful Abstraction in Uncertain Tasks, John Killilea
What #NoWomanEver Wants To Hear: The Social Construction of Corrective Facework After Street Harassment, Emily Knapp
The State of Trauma-Informed Care in the Preschool, Ellen Kolomeyer
Alcohol Pathology and the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy: The Role of Protective Behavioral Strategies and Impulsivity, Matthew Kramer
Ethnic Exclusion & Conflict in the Caspian: Comparing Kazakhstan & Azerbaijan, Danny Krikorian
State Gun Control Laws, Jacob LaFleur
Impact of Ionizing Radiation and Electron Injection on Carrier Transport Properties in Narrow and Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, Jonathan Lee
Oculomotor Mechanisms Underlying Attentional Costs In Distracted Visual Search, Joanna Lewis
Catalyst Design and Mechanism Study with Computational Method for Small Molecule Activation, Muqiong Liu
Experimental Confirmation of Ballistic Nanofriction and Quasiparticle Interference in Dirac Materials., Michael Lodge
Design, Synthesis, Stability, and Photocatalytic Studies of Sustainable Metal-Organic Frameworks, Matthew Logan
Working Memory Capacity and Executive Attention as Predictors of Distracted Driving, Jennifer Louie
Style Speaks: Clothing Judgments, Gender Stereotypes, and Expectancy Violations of Professional Women, Jamie Lower
Polyelectrolyte Complexes Based on Poly(acrylic acid): Mechanics and Applications, Xiaoyan Lu
Anti-capitalism in the Contemporary Age: The Case of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, William Maddens
Recruiting Followers for the Caliphate: A Narrative Analysis of Four Jihadist Magazines, Andrea Madrazo
A Bioarchaeological Study of Osteoarthritis of Agro-pastoralists from Mistihalj, Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Lifestyle Set in Time, Zorina Manoni
Whetting Their Appetite: A Spatial Analysis of Seasonal Flooding and Raised Field Agriculture in the Llanos de Mojos, Bolivia, Samuel A. Martin
Unearthing the Past and Present of a Semi-fossorial Lizard: Conservation Genetics, Phylogeography, and Taxonomy of Plestiodon egregius., Kathryn Mercier
Holding Off on the Fun Stuff: Academic Media Multitasking and Binge Watching Among College Students, Kelly Merrill Jr.
Animals of the Cloud Forest: Isotopic Variation of Archaeological Faunal Remains from Kuelap, Peru, Samantha Michell
Examining Followership Role Orientation, Douglas Monsky
A Behavioral Model of Law Enforcement Applicant Characteristics Derived from a Simulated Cheating Task: Implications for Pre-Employment Hiring Practices, Julian Montaquila
How Much is Enough? Trauma Recall and the Exposure Therapy Process, Krystal Morrison
Olfaction, Memory, and Presence in Warfighters: Do the Scents of War Matter?, Benson Munyan
Behavioral and Disease Ecology of Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) Post Exclusion and Relocation with a Novel Approach to Homing Determination, Johnathan Napier
Analysis of United States Congresswomen's Tweets During the 2017 and 2018 Women's Marches Against Donald Trump in the U.S., Cynthia Nnagboro
My Plate, Your Food: Foodways of International Students in US' Colleges and Universities, Boniface Noyongoyo
Organizational Legitimacy as Co-Created Value, Christina Maria Olsen
Coming to a Full Stop: An Investigation of Menstrual Period Stigmas in College Students, Mary Jane O'Toole
Weathering the Storm: Effects of Storm Periods on Ancient Populations of Coastal Florida, Brett Parbus
The Spatial Distribution of Tumuli in the Iron Age Kanak Su Basin, Turkey, Paige Paulsen
Making An Impression: A Formal Analysis of the Contextual and Iconographic Characteristics of Ancient Mexican Ceramic Stamps, Elizabeth Rose Lyon Peabody
In Quest of Bernstein Inequalities Rational Functions, Askey-Wilson Operator, and Summation Identities for Entire Functions, Rajitha Puwakgolle Gedara
A Landscape of Death: A Comparison of Non-adult to Adult Burials at the Late Bronze Age Site of Tell el-Far'ah (South), Rebecca Reeves
The African Puzzle: A Study of Democratic Backsliding in Sub Saharan Africa, Ailbhe Rice
Don't Do the Crime If You Can't Do a Man's Time: Examining Sentencing Disparities Using Offender Demographics, Vanessa Rinker
An Analysis of Terrorism and Mental Health in Mass Shootings as Perceived by the Media, Amairini Sanchez
Analysis of Nucleus Properties of the Enigmatic Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, Charles Schambeau
The Conditionality of Vulnerability: Three Analyses of Risk and Opportunity in Civil Military Relations, Rebecca Schiel
Eye Movements and Spatial Ability: Influences on Thinking During Analogical Problem Solving, Bradford Schroeder
An Examination of Beta Diversity Indices and Their Predictors in Two Large-scale Systems, Philip Schroeder
Leader Psychology and Civil War Behavior, Gary Smith
The Evolution of Shared Responsibility and Instructional Risk Communication in Brazil's Campaign against the Zika Virus, Rodrigo Soares
Childhood Experiences and Domestic Violence: The Role that Interpartner Violence Plays in Relationship Functioning and Parenting Behaviors in Adulthood., J'Nelle Stephenson
Sleep Disturbances Among Firefighters: The Impact Of Shift Work On Sleep And Cognition, Jeremy Stout
Evolution and Distribution of Phenotypic Diversity in the Venom of Mojave Rattlesnakes (Crotalus scutulatus), Jason Strickland
Hilbert Series of Graphs, Hypergraphs, and Monomial Ideals, Kyle Trainor
Serial Murder Mysteries: Revisiting Definitional Issues, Data Challenges, Archaic Theories, and Myths Using Empirical Evidence, Jolene Vincent
Qualitative and Quantitative Elemental Composition Analysis of the Surrounding Pollen Coating via ICP-MS, Brandy Voyer
Undergraduate Student Agreement With Reformed Introductory Physics Classes, Matthew Wilcox
Categorical Change: Exploring the Effects of Concept Drift in Human Perceptual Category Learning, Andrew Wismer
Quasi-Gorenstein Modules, Alexander York
The Evolution of Peristenus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): Taxonomy, Phylogenetics and Ecological Speciation, Yuanmeng Zhang
Light Scattering Property of Gold Nanoparticles with Applications to Biomolecule Detection and Analysis, Tianyu Zheng
Optical Properties of Single Nanoparticles and Two-dimensional Arrays of Plasmonic Nanostructures, Yadong Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Growth and doping of MoS2 thin films for electronic and optoelectronic applications, Hussain Abouelkhair
Predicting Gun Ownership in America: Birth Cohort, Political Views, and Attitudes Towards Gun Control Legislation, Jared Adams
Charge and Spin Transport in Low-Dimensional Materials, Amin Ahmadi
Damned to Hell: The Black Church Experience for College Educated Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals, Edwanna Andrews
Spin and Charge Transport in Graphene Based Devices, Marta Anguera Antonana
Getting the Upper Hand: Natural Gesture Interfaces Improve Instructional Efficiency on a Conceptual Computer Lesson, Shannon Bailey
A Place in the Pew: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals' Perceptions of Religious Traditions, Mandi Barringer
Light Trapping in Thin Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, Javaneh Boroumand Azad
Using Biomarkers to Assess the Migratory Ecology and Reproduction of the Florida Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas), Ryan Chabot
Against the Flow: A Nineteenth Century Watermill in Central Florida, Elizabeth Chance Campbell
Sampling and Reconstruction of Spatial Signals, Cheng Cheng
Dimensions of State Fragility: Determinants of Violent Group Grievance, Political Legitimacy, and Economic Capacity, Jason Christensen
Intrinsic Factors Affecting Decomposition Changes in Archaeological Head Hair from Kellis 2 Cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, Kathleen Cole
Optimizing Laboratory Pyrolysis Methods to Compliment Real World Fire Debris, Richard Coulson
The Effect of Parental Population Density on Offspring Immune Function, Dana Davis
An Anthropological Study of Eating Perspectives, Meal Composition, and Food Choices Among Diverse Student Populations, Chelsea Daws
How Does Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Work? Potential Mechanisms of Action for Veterans with Physical and Psychological Comorbidities, Frances Deavers
Computational Approach to Electrocatalysis, Nagendra Dhakal
From Tunnel Vision to Bird's-Eye View: The Development of a Broad Harassment Construct, Lindsay Dhanani