A collection of Sciences Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations.
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
A Meta-Analytic Integration of What Matters in Training Transfer, Ashley Hughes
Self-assembly of Rous Sarcoma Virus capsid protein, probed by Solid-state NMR and TEM, Jaekyun Jeon
Public Opinion and the President's Use of Executive Orders: Aggregate- and Individual-Level Analyses Across Time, Brett Jones
The Owl Sensor: A Smart Nanostructure for Single Nucleotide Variation Analysis, Rebekah Karadeema
Asylum in Crisis: Structural Violence and Refugees in Siracusa, Italy, Adam Kersch
Provider Recommendation of HPV Vaccination: Bridging the Intention-Behavior Gap, Erica Landis
Assessment of Staphylococcus aureus Genetics: Clinical versus Community Epidemiology, Matthew Lawrance
Interactive Amusement Park Queues: Examining the Indirect Effect of Task Work Load on Guests' Perception of Wait Duration Through Task Immersion, Jonathan Ledbetter
Psychometric Properties of a Social Skills Assessment Using Virtual Environment, Thien-An Le
The Crossed Bands Motif: What does it mean?, Brittany Luther
Effects of harmful algal blooms caused by Aureoumbra lagunensis (brown tide) on larval and juvenile life stages of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), Panagiota Makris
Habitat distribution and abundance of crayfishes in two Florida spring-fed rivers, Tiffani Manteuffel
Re-Conceptualizing Compassion Fatigue: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Madeline Marks
Development of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Forensic Applications, Sara Martinez
Comparing the Variational Approximation and Exact Solutions of the Straight Unstaggered and Twisted Staggered Discrete Solitons, Daniel Marulanda
Making the Invisible Visible: Exploring the Experiences of Black Male Professionals in Postsecondary Education, Claudine McLaren Turner
Role of Sleep in Exposure Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in OIF/OEF Combat Veterans, Franklin Mesa
Identifying Archetypal Attributes of Maya Ceremonial Architecture: Clues to the Late Classic Sociopolitical Status of Pacbitun, Belize, George Micheletti
An Investigation of the Biomechanical Implications of Lower Limb Fractures and Leg Length Disparity, Elizabeth Mills
Vulture Scavenging of Child-sized Pig Carcasses in Central Florida: Utilizing GIS to Analyze Site Variables Affecting Skeletal Dispersal, Alexander Mitchell
Cardiac Autonomic Control in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome, Jonathan Mitchell
On the Back of the Crocodile: Extent, Energetics, and Productivity in Wetland Agricultural Systems, Northern Belize, Shane Montgomery
Multidimensional Room-Temperature Fluorescence Microscopy for the Nondestructive Analysis of Forensic Trace Textile Fibers, Nirvani Mujumdar
"I Kid You Not, I am Asked a Question about Children At Least Once a Week": Exploring Differences in Childbearing Habitus in Pronatalist Fields, Alyssa Mullins
Juvenile-Perpetrated Homicide and Family Disorganization, Brittany Murray
From the Yellow Peril to the Model Minority: An Experimental Survey Examining Racial Attitudes towards Asian Americans, Jenny Nguyen
Examination of Attitude-Behavior Discrepancy in Familism and its Relation to Symptoms of Depression among Latinos, Andel Nicasio
Zooming In On The Money Shot: An Exploratory Quantitative Analysis of Pornographic Film Actors, Erin O'Neal
Optimizing Strategies for In Vivo Exposure in the Traditional Clinical Setting, Maryann Owens
An Examination of Domestic Violence Perpetration: A Further Look into the Gender Symmetry Debate., Michelle Parra
She's Not Fit for the Business World: An Initial Examination of Gender, Age, and Weight, Miranda Pelkey
Supporting situation awareness through robot-to-human information exchanges under conditions of visuospatial perspective taking, Elizabeth Phillips
The Gold Wrapper Standard: An Investigation into the Preference for Larger Sized Condoms, Diego Plaza
An Examination of Serial Arguing and Marital Satisfaction in Premarital Cohabiters and Direct Marriers, Rachel Reymann
Women With Influence: Creating A Powerful Woman Leader Identity Through Impression Management, Alex Rister
Cognitive Flexibility: Using Mental Simulation to Improve Script Adaptation, Javier Rivera
Electrostatic control over temperature-dependent tunneling across single-molecule junctions, Alvar Rodriguez Garrigues
Navigating Sociotechnical Power Structures: Dynamics of Conflict in World of Warcraft's Player versus Player Events, Rachael Root
Ideas, Beliefs, Strategic Culture, and Foreign Policy: Understanding Brazil's Geopolitical Thought, Marcos Rosas Degaut Pontes
Diet and Migration in Coastal Oaxaca: Identifying Effects of Political and Social Collapse through the Utilization of Stable Isotope Analysis, Jacklyn Rumberger
Building Lax Integrable Variable-Coefficient Generalizations to Integrable PDEs and Exact Solutions to Nonlinear PDEs, Matthew Russo
Examining presence and influence of linguistic characteristics in the Twitter discourse surrounding the women's right to drive movement in Saudi Arabia, Abdulsamad Sahly
Habitat selection in transformed landscapes and the role of novel ecosystems for native species persistence, Lina Maria Sanchez Clavijo
Individual Differences in Trust Toward Robotic Assistants, Tracy Sanders
Flying under the LiDAR: relating forest structure to bat community diversity, Anna Schneider Swanson
Cerebrovascular Burden and Depression: Examining a Process Model of Geriatric Developmental Psychopathology, Rosanna Scott
Investigating the Influence of the Built Environment on Energy-Saving Behaviors, Brittany Sellers
A mathematical model for feral cat ecology with application to disease., Jeff Sharpe
Attitudes Toward Cohabitation: A Cross Sectional Study, Kensington Shields-Dutton
SuperWhoLock: An Analysis of Subculture in a Microblogging Setting, Dean Short
Transforming the Aquatic Urban Landscape: Nutrient Status and Management of Stormwater Basins, Lindsay Skovira
Pasture Management, the Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) and Dung Beetle Mediated Ecosystem Services, Christen Steele
Modeling rogue waves in deep water, Maria Strawn
Food Insecurity, Social Inequality, and Social Policy, Sara Strickhouser
Transitions in Polyamorous Identity and Intercultural Communication: An Application of Identity Management Theory, Allison Table
Combat Related Guilt and the Mechanisms of Intensive Exposure Therapy, Benjamin Trachik
Hegemony of the Fourth and Fifth Estates: Exploration of Ideology and False Consciousness in the Media, Anna Turner
Theoretical-Experimental Study of the Two-Photon Circular Dichroism of Helicenes and Aromatic Amino Acids in the UV Region: From the Structure-Property Relationship to the Final Implementation, Yuly Katherine Vesga Prada
The Ontological Sociology of Cryptocurrency: A Theoretical Exploration of Bitcoin, Omar Eliud Villarreal Robledo
Chasing "Plan A": Identity Development of First-Generation College Student-Athletes, Alexandra Warner
Preparing for the Inevitable: Sensemaking in Parent-Child Discussions of Death, Carrie Ann Wartmann
Development of a Definition and Measure for the Study of Violent Mass Victimization, Mindy Weller
The Effects of Tactile Displays on the Perception of Target Distance, Timothy White
Dynamical Formation of Protoplanetesimals, Akbar Whizin
Relationships Between Information Adequacy, Illness Perceptions, and Distress Among Survivors of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Chelsea Wiener
The Impact of Automation Reliability and Fatigue on Reliance, Ryan Wohleber
Preliminary Investigation into Biological Sex Estimation Using Trace Element Analysis in Human Hair, Abigail Woltering
Transparency in human-agent teaming and its effect on complacent behavior, Julia Wright
Impact of Gamma-Irradiation on the Characteristics of III-N/GaN Based High Electron Mobility Transistors, Anupama Yadav
Devising Strategies, Managing Needs: A Multi-Level Study of Homelessness in Central Florida, Rebecca Young
Computational Study of Traveling Wave Solutions and Global Stability of Predator-Prey Models, Yi Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Translocation of a Semiflexible Polymer Through a Nanopore, Ramesh Adhikari
The Bridging Technique: Crossing Over the Modality Shifting Effect, Thomas Alicia
The influence of trait anxiety on information processing: An elaboration likelihood study, Michael Appelbaum
On the Theory of Zeta-functions and L-functions, Almuatazbellah Awan
Synthesis, Linear and Nonlinear Photophysical Characterization of Two Symmetrical Pyrene-terminated Squaraine Derivatives in Solution, Alfonso Ballestas Barrientos
Women and Time: Food Work Politics of Self Defined Healthy Men, Juan Barredo
Reconciling Ex Ante Expectations with the Ex Post Reality: A Look at the Effectiveness of Third-Party Diplomatic Interventions in Civil Wars, Matthew Benchimol
Development of human and rodent based in vitro systems toward better translation of bench to bedside in vivo results, Bonnie Berry
Investigation of Optical and Electronic Properties of Au Decorated MoS2, Udai Bhanu
Observations, Thermochemical Calculations, and Modeling of Exoplanetary Atmospheres, Jasmina Blecic
Practical Use of Ground Penetrating Radar: A Survey of Coastal Historic Cemeteries in Brevard County, Florida, William Boynton
Using Technology in the Treatment of Selective Mutism: The Incorporation of Mobile Applications, Brian Bunnell
Quantifying the effects of boat wakes on intertidal oyster reefs in a shallow estuary, Donna Campbell
The Darkside of Stereotypes: The Effects of Crime in the Media on Racial Identity and Emotions, Shantel Campbell
Modeling and analysis of a three-species food web with facilitated and intraguild predation, Joshua Castro
Multiculturalism as Reported by the European Online Press: A Qualitative Study on the Manifestation of Othering Discourses, Shomik Chakrabarti