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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

Organizational culture and change management : an investigation of how organizational culture affects individuals' ability to strategically manage change, Ada L. Lyle

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

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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

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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

Development of a computer control system with self-tuning growth rate control for the czochralski crystal growth process, Haihong Qiu

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

The impact of experience, education and training on the prosocial decision-making of school board members and school district superintendents in Florida, Sandra G. Rowe

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