The RTD (retrospective thesis or dissertation) collection contains electronic versions of theses and dissertations previously published only in print. UCF Library's RTD project includes all theses or dissertations published at UCF since the first thesis was published in 1972 through mid-2004, after which theses and dissertations were automatically digitized.
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Theses/Dissertations from 1997
The effect of the Florida explores! (exploring and learning the operations and resources of environmental satellites!) program on the science process skills of fourth grade students, Susan Rosemary LaVigne
Third order optical nonlinearities and spatial solitary waves in polydiacetylene toluene sulfonate, Brian Lee Lawrence
Using biomechanics to study injuries suffered due to pointe work in ballet dancers, Irene J. Ligon
Dynamic modeling and control of rigid and flexible robot manipulators, Jinbiao Li
Study on long-term oxidation and hot corrosion behavior of gas turbine superalloys, Ming Li
African american cultural health beliefs and coronary revascularization procedures, Lincoln Celeen Lindsay
A historical perspective of Florida's human resource management development program, Joanne C. Loggins
Optimization of flux tube and computer interface design parameters for the measurement of landfill gas methane emissions, David W. Loper
Ensemble density functional theory for quantum hall systems, Mark I. Lubin
The cultivation of celebrity : a case study of lily pons, Kristin Beall Ludecke
The simulation information filtering tool (sift) : an information filtering application for decision makers participating in combat training simulation exercises, Rodney L. Lusher
Optical turbulence measurements and analysis, Giovanni Luvera
Techniques for enhancing gallium content in CuIn1-xGaxSe2 solar cells, Kevin W. Lynn
Performance of electrically injected inhibitors for the corrosion protection of reinforced concrete, Roger D. MacDonald
Medieval man under siege : a perspective on the contributions of the engineer and common man in siege warfare, Jason S. Maddox
Chf : combating heart failure in older americans, Kathleen R. Mader
Multiresolution representation of terrain databases using wavelet techniques, C. Rajkumar Madhuram
Team rater characteristics as sources of bias in assessment center ratings, Sabine Brigitte Maetzke
An Investigation of the Interpretation of Uncertainty Information Displays by Decision Makers, Lois S. Mahoney
A goal-directed model for replanning in military simulations, Howard B. Mall
Countertransference and abuse : a literature review, Rebecca Lynn Hochreiter Margerum
A little band of brothers against the whole world : nineteenth-century manliness and the male homosocial bond in Tom Brown's Schoolday's, Huck Finn, and Little Men, Christy Alison Marks
Characterization and statistical modeling of the salinity regime in the St. Sebastian River, Frank E. Marshall
Examination of the Florida validation and standard setting procedures for the national teacher examination, Susan Marie Marsh
The effect of construction bond on confinement with frp composites, Juan Carlos Mastrapa
A cognitive task model of a tactical expert for unit performance diagnosis within the close combat tactical trainer simulation system, John M. McCarthy
The Effects of Humor on Secretory Immunoglobulin A in AIDS Patients and Non-Immunodeficients, Howard Scott McGregor
The christian paradox : the acceptance and divestiture of the modernist self in the poetry of T.S. Eliot, Shannon Gail McNally
A slow walk of trees : trees and ancestors in Tone Morrison's novels, Traci Meadows
Impact of shrinkage and bulkage factors on fdot earthwork, Ravindra Vipin Mehta
Factors which influence training efficiency in an industrial setting : an exploratory study, Thomas D. Metcalf
Strength and ductility of welded-bolted steel connections, Tameka Dawn Mikesell
Measurement of time-dependent losses in prestressed concrete bridges, Christopher John Mills
Design and analysis of prestressed concrete bridges for time-dependent losses, Antonio A. Montiel
The Effect of Water Immersion on Lactic Acid Kinetics During Swimming Interval Training Recovery Periods, Richard P. Morris
Adrenal gland circulatory anatomy in the Florida manatee, trichechus manatus latirostris, Mario Jorge Mota
A replicated concurrent-read architecture for scalable shared-memory multiprocessing, Bahman Shahir Motlagh
Running head : purchasing a mobil health unit, Debra Moulavi
Visual search performance within figure/ground areas, John Kurt Muller
Application of a closed-loop graphical path-planning algorithm to a redundant manipulator in a simulated environment, Albert Michael Narcum
Production of monoclonal antibodies to unique cell surface markers on human hematopoietic stem cells, Rajkumar Nathaniel
A framework for validation and verification of simulation models in semiconductor manufacturing environment, Nirupama Nayani
Shrinkage and bulkage factors of Florida soils used in earthwork calculations, Carlos Alberto Negron
Modeling and simulation for air defense force allocation planning, John J. Nelson
A study to determine the effects of heater array orientation and confined spacing in liquid nitrogen pool boiling, Duong N.T Nguyen
The relationship between teachers' pedagogical beliefs and the level of instructional computer use, Carol Gutek Olech
Necessary conditions for optimization of multiple response functions and a new multiple response surface methodology, Deborah M. Osborne
Imagining the buddha : sir Edwin Arnold and the victorian construction of buddhism, Scott Robert Osborne
Partial analytical numerical method : an unconditionally stable explicit numerical scheme, Xing Ouyang
From laissez-faire capitalism to the centralized economy, Diane Costlow Oyler
Comparison of methods used to calculate the radius of curvature of a yaw mark, Jeffrey D. Palmer
Distributed object models in java, George Paltakis
A risk analysis of customer-supplier partnership in a "ship-on-demand" jit system, Purnima Panathula
Comparison of glycosylation patterns of phytase from aspergillus niger (syn. a. ficuum) nrrl 3135 and recombinant phytase, Tanvi D. Panchal
Studies of far-infrared/submillimeter p-type germanium laser, Kijun Park
Model based inversiona algorithm for ground penetrating radar signal processing with correlation for target classification, Mark D. Patz
Effects of phase changes on weld pool shape in laser keyhole welding, Wisanu Pecharapa
Build it and they will come : Tampa Bay's pursuit of a relationship with and a home for major league baseball, Paul Mark Pedersen
A dynamic greedy heuristic for scheduling training scenarios, Cecil Ray Pettit
Computational geometry techniques for terrain reasoning and data distribution problems in distributed battlefield simulation, Mikel D. Petty
A framework for designing academic industrial engineering computer facilities, Debra Ann Phillips
Confinement effectiveness of square frp tubes in hybrid columns, Odell G. Pico
Alzheimer's disease and the generation effect, Catherine E. Price
A framework for multiple agents and memory recall within the context-based reasoning paradigm, Rodolfo Proenza
Characterization of marine turtle population utilizing neritic reefs in northern Indian River County, Florida, Jamie L. Prusak
Ant fauna in three plant communities within Wekiwa Springs State Park, Florida : assessment of diversity and comparion of collecting methods, Zachary Andrew Prusak
Alexander McGillivray : flexible cultural roles and cultural coalescence, 1750-1793, Ronald M. Pryor
A study of the geometric dilution of precision (gdop) for the lighting detection and ranging systems (ldar) and methods of solution compensating for gdop, Bradford A. Pyle
Chemical characterization of some aqueous leachates from hydroponically grown potato biomass, Jun Qian
Academic Procrastination: A Critical Review of Why Students Procrastinate and Suggestions for Interventions, Especially When Writing a Thesis, Juliette L. Raffa
Automated verification of constraints in constraint-based system, Premalatha Ramasamy
AC methods for detection and monitoring of crevice corrosion, Ashwani Kumar Rawat
Validation of the use of the day-type classification in an ann approach to electrical load forecasting, Syed Humayun Rayhan
Population structure and feeding ecology of green turtles utilizing the trident submarine basin, Cape Canaveral, Florida as developmental habitat, William Edward Redfoot
The role of promotional literature in the creation and demise of trustee Georgia, 1717-1752, Roger L. Rice
Finding a voice : the female heroines of Ellen Glasgow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Eudora Welty, Jennifer Rieben
Design and fabrication of an apparatus to measure the effects of large accelerations on two-phase spray cooling, Daniel Porter Rini
Design method for municipal solid waste landfill liner system subjected to sinkhole cavity under landfill site, Lymari Luz Rivera
Thermally induced motions in laminated composite plates, Patrick Roberts
Purification of allergenic components from the plant pollens of paspalum notatum, melaleuca leucadendron and callistemon citrinis, Nydia Milagros Rodriguez
An analytical and experimental investigation of concrete-filled fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) tubes, Michel Sabri Samaan
A comparison of older vs. younger adults in their ability to process various precision levels of knowledge of results, Vickie Lynn Sanchez
Performance analysis of dead reckoning algorithms for distributed interactive simulation, Govinda Raju Sangam
Prediction of embankment settlements using the boundary element method, William David Sartor
Ethnicity and Client Satisfaction in a Nurse Managed Clinic for Older Adults, Susan T. Scovell
The use of Genetic algorithms for selecting weights on priority rule heuristics, Basma R. Selim
Mentoring adolescents : the effects of participation in a compact mentoring program, Sandra T. Sellin Wolters
Determining optimal usage, probabilities and minimum and mazimum testing times for markov chain usage models, Glenn S. Semmel
Potential measures for usage model complexity, Madan Arumugam Sendhil
The transformation of technical writing in the classroom to technical writing in the workplace, Suzanne Seymour
Evaluating solid waste through a well defined waste composition study, Hala A. Sfeir
Analysis and modeling of physical mechanisms contributing to the A1GaAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistor reliability, Shyh horng Sheu
Perceptions of community college registrars regarding five essential components of enrollment management, Renee K. Simpson
Short-term electrical load forecasting using a fuzzy artmap neural network, Stefan Edvard Skarman
Development of a neuroblastoma vaccine utilizing recombinant dna technology, Alicija Slusarczyk
Reproduction and growth in relocated and resident gopher tortoises (gopherus polyphemus) on reclaimed phosphate-mined lands, Christine R. Small
Wekiva river basin Florida scrub-jay (aphelocoma coerulescens) population, Parks E. Small