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UCF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Hunting Down Pigs, Anna-Lisa Astudillo

Internal Degrees of Freedom and Spin Transitions in Single Molecule Magnets, James Atkinson

Tourist responses to potential climate change impacts and adaptation measures in Florida's coastal destinations, Roberta Atzori

An Investigation of Information Literacy of International Graduate Students: Skills, Challenges, and Needs, Yousef Ayoub

Analysis of Alternative Convoy Route Patrol Procedures for Countering Improvised Explosive Devices Deployed During Asymmetric Warfare in Afghanistan-like Rural Settings, Larry Baca

Emergency Room Utilization Disparities among Older Adults Treated by Rural Health Clinics, Matt Bagwell

Stochastic-Based Computing with Emerging Spin-Based Device Technologies, Yu Bai

Mathematical Modeling of Heart Rate Deflection Point in Relation to Respiratory Compensation and Treadmill Running Performance, Kayla Baker

Gesture Assessment of Teachers in an Immersive Rehearsal Environment, Roghayeh Barmaki

Bioremediation of a Trichloroethene DNAPL Source Zone Utilizing a Partitioning Electron Donor - Field Implementation, Joseph Bartlett

Identifying the Most Common Errors in Saudi University Students' Writing: Does the Prompt Matter?, Amal Barzanji

The Mothers: An Exploration of Memory and Secondary Knowledge, Taylor Battle

Saturn's Rings: Measuring Particle Size Distributions Using Cassini UVIS Occultation Data, Tracy Becker

A Hermeneutic Study of Secondary English Language Arts Teacher Candidates' Writing Instruction Experiences in ESOL Methods Courses, Paula Bello

An Analysis of the Impact of K-12 Educational Leadership Program Graduates: 1992-2012, Roseann Bennett

From Pet to Pest? The Potential Global Range and Food Web Effects of a Generalist Carnivore, Hannah Bevan

Quantitative Framework For Social Cultural Interactions, Taranjeet Singh Bhatia

A Comparison of Concurrent Correctness Criteria for Shared Memory Based Data Structure, Dipanjan Bhattacharya

Structure-preserving Finite Difference Methods for Linearly Damped Differential Equations, Ashish Bhatt

The Effect of Recycled Backwash Water Operations on Fouling in a Coagulation-Ultrafiltration Process and Impact of Preozonation on Membrane Productivity, Paul Biscardi

Enhanced Hardware Security Using Charge-Based Emerging Device Technology, Yu Bi

Anthropogenic Organic Chemical Removal from a Surficial Groundwater and Mass Transfer Modeling in a Nanofiltration Membrane Process, Samantha Black

Investigation of Real Gas Effects on Centrifugal Compressor Analytical Methods for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles, Lauren Blanchette

Examining Elementary Preservice Teacher Efficacy to Teach Writing in a Title 1 School: A Mixed Method Study of a School-based Teacher Education Course Intervention, Norine Blanch

The Influence of Online Dating on Emerging Adults' Levels of Empathy, Objectification of Others, and Quality of Romantic Relationships, Zachary Bloom

A Simulation-Based Evaluation Of Efficiency Strategies For A Primary Care Clinic With Unscheduled Visits, Afrifah Bobbie

Examining the Role of Music Streaming Motives, Social Identification, and Technological Engagement in Digital Music Streaming Service Use, Heidi Bolduc

Don't Let the World Rot: Anarchism, Hardcore Music, and Counterculture, Pearson Bolt

Application of Landfill Treatment Approaches for the Stabilization of Municipal Solid Waste, Stephanie Bolyard

The WOZ Recognizer: A Tool For Understanding User Perceptions of Sketch-Based Interfaces, Jared Bott

Comrades In Arms?: Russian & Muslim Soldiers In The Red Army During World War II, Daniel Bradfield

Wounded Warrior or War Hero? Or Maybe, Neither?: Resisting Common Tropes of the Veteran and Developing Digital Literacy Practices via Narrative Building and Identity Presentation in Social Networking Spaces, Cassandra Branham

A Correlational Study of Emerging Modalities of Developmental Education and Learning Styles in a Florida State College., John Britt

By Book and School: The Politics of Educational Reform in France and Algeria during the Early Third Republic, Michael Brooks

Decision Making in Corporate Taxation, Bonnie Brown

The Actor Process: Playing Multiple Characters, Danielle Brown

Improved Interpolation in SPH in Cases of Less Smooth Flow, Oddny Brun

Perspectives on Creativity: Theoria, Praxis, and Poiesis, Kathryn Bryan-Bethea

Marriage and Other Trouble, Benjamin Buckingham

Mixed Reality Experiences in the M.Ed. Educational Leadership Program: Student Perceptions, Hilary Buckridge

A Study of Crystallization Behavior in Phase Separated Chalcogenide Glasses, Andrew Buff

Effects of Mixed-reality Peer Interactions on Workplace Problem-solving of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, Caitlyn Bukaty

On Randic Energy of Graphs, Brittany Burns

Emotional Labor and Identity Management Among HIV Counselors, James Dillon Caldwell

Patient Violence and Aggression in Non-Institutional Health Care Settings: Predictors of Reporting By Healthcare Providers, Colleen Campbell

Though I Know the River is Dry, Victoria Campbell

Can Best Practices in Writing Instruction and Standardized Testing Coexist?, Karen Cannavino

Aeroelastic Investigation of a Circumferentially Varying Tip Gap in an Axial Compressor Rotor, Ornan David Canon

Electrical properties of polymer-derived silicoaluminum carboxide ceramics (SiAlCO) and their applications in micro-sensors, Yejie Cao

Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases with Latency: Homogeneous Mixing and Contact Network, Keith Carlson

From Ashes To Ashé: Memorializing Traumatic Events Through Participatory Digital Archives, Patricia Carlton

Evaluation of Real World Toll Plazas Using Driving Simulation, Kali Carroll

Mutable Means: An Exploration of Communication and Identity Through Visual and Verbal Deconstruction, Reina Castellanos

Taxonomy of Affective Curriculum for Gifted Learners, Derek Cavilla

An Analysis of School-District Level Policy and Guidelines Related to English Language Learners' Enrollment and Achievement in Advanced Courses, Marjorie Ceballos

Visual Scanpath Training for Facial Affect Recognition in a Psychiatric Sample, Chi Chan

Keeping Quiet: Investigating the Maintenance and Policing of Male-dominated Gaming Space, Christopher Charles

The Religious Beliefs and Behaviors of Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the Millennials: are there still gender differences?, Jessica Chase

Hybrid Integrated Photonic Platforms and Devices, Jeffrey Chiles

Female student services staff perceptions of safety on a state college campus: An exploratory study, Catherine Chimera

Inquiry as Practice for Continuous Improvement: A Framework for the Curricular Redesign of the Education Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction Research Continuum at the University of Central Florida., Paola Clark

The Effects of a Loving-Kindness Meditation on Positive Emotions, Social Connectedness, and Problem Behaviors in Second and Third Grade Students., Doreen Collins-McHugh

Transient CFD analysis of autorotation using hybrid LES and adaptive mesh morphing techniques, Patricia Coronado Domenge

Extracurricular Activities and Substance Use Among Adolescents: A Test of Social Control and Social Learning Theory, Lynnette Coto

Dining with the Cyborgs: Disembodied Consumption and the Rhetoric of Food Media in the Digital Age, Maggie Cotto

Battle on the Homefront: An Auto-Ethnographic Perspective on Domestic Violence Post-Deployment, Michelle Craske

No Ground to Stand Upon?: Exploring the Legal, Gender, and Racial Implications of Stand Your Ground Laws in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence., Denise Crisafi

La influencia de la medicina: Relación entre literatura y cultura en la temprana edad moderna española, Nicole Cruz

Childhood Trauma, Reflective Functioning and Attributions, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Parenting Competence: What Happens When the Traumatized Child Grows Up and Becomes a Mother?, Annelise Cunningham

Applied Advanced Error Control Coding for General Purpose Representation and Association Machine Systems, Bowen Dai

An Ethnographic Study of the Culture of Twelfth Grade Upward Bound Students in the Midwest, Neffisatu Dambo

Christ on the Postmodern Stage: Debunking Christian Metanarrative Through Contemporary Passion Plays, Joseph Dambrosi

Determining the Feasibility of using Micro Simulation to asses safety of Pedestrian Crossings, Jenner Darius

Giving Theatrical Life, Quentin Darrington

Analysis of Commutativity with state-chart graph representation of concurrent programs., Kishore Debnath

Kinematical Modelling and Its Analytical Inverse Kinematic Solution for the Handling Mechanism of an Agricultural Robot, Sinem Gozde Defterli

Global Data Association for Multiple Pedestrian Tracking, Afshin Dehghan

K-12 Transition Framework for Students with Disabilties, Clydia Delaney

The Russian Connection: How Russia Became a Leader in the World's Human Trafficking Market, Anthony De Mauro

Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Chronic Arthritis Pain Group Intervention in an Outpatient Healthcare Setting, Natasha DePesa

Declarative Memory, Theory of Mind, and Community Functioning in Schizophrenia, Andrew Deptula

TryOpenJML - A Verily based web application for learning about the Java Modeling Language, Tushar Deshpande

Evaluation of the Expectancy Challenge Alcohol Literacy Curriculum (ECALC) for High School Students, Alyssa Dietz

Fabrication and Characterization of Spatially-Variant Self-Collimating Photonic Crystals, Jennefir Digaum

Re-Thinking the Intentionality of Fraud: Constructing and Testing the Theory of Unintended Amoral Behavior to Explain Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Andrew Dill

Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression, Jun Ding

A Study on the Influence of Perceptual Distortion in the Scoring of Musical Performances by Florida Bandmasters Association Adjudicators, Raymond Donato

Design of a JMLdoclet for JMLdoc in OpenJML, Arjun Mitra Reddy Donthala

Could Dietary Peroxidized Lipids provoke an Intestinal Inflammatory Response?, Mitsushita Doomra

The mauC gene encodes a versatile signal sequence and redox protein that can be utilized in native and non-native protein expression and electron trnasfer systems, Brian Dow

Weighted Low-Rank Approximation of Matrices:Some Analytical and Numerical Aspects, Aritra Dutta

Characterization of SLM-Manufactured Turbine Blade Microfeatures from Superalloy Powders, Brandon Ealy

On-orbit Inter-satellite Radiometric Calibration of Cross-track Scanning Microwave Radiometers, Hamideh Ebrahimi

The Impact of Elementary Mathematics Workshops on Mathematics Knowledge for Parenting (MKP) and Beliefs About Learning Mathematics, Heidi Eisenreich

Optical Parity Time Metasurface Structures, Ahmed El Halawany

Rivalry-Prone Dyads? Interstate Religious Differences and Military Conflict, Manar Elkhaldi

Under-Researched Areas of Audit Quality: Inputs, Firms, and Institutions, Jared Eutsler

Novel Photodynamic Cancer Therapy Agent and Biochemical Phosphate Sensor Based on Nanomaterials, Alaa Fadhel

The Relationship Between Extracurricular STEM Activities and Performance on the Florida Science Assessment, Karin Fisher

Navigating new relationships during recovery from intimate partner violence: A phenomenological investigation of female survivors' experiences, Paulina Flasch