USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations is a collection of completed and approved graduate works. These works are collected through the Office of Graduate Studies submission process and are approved by the Faculty, Student, and University of South Florida. You can search the entire collection below or you may browse by College here.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Still Waters Run Deep: Landscaping Practices, Community Perceptions, and Social Indicators for Stormwater Nonpoint Source Pollution Management in Manatee County, Florida, Ann Rebecca Persaud

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A Monte Carlo Study: The Consequences of the Misspecification of the Level-1 Error Structure, Merlande Petit-Bois

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Investigation of TiO2 and InVO4-TiO2 Semiconductors for the Photocatalytic Degradation of Aqueous Organics, Sandra L. Pettit

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Examining Activity Organization in Plazas through Geochemical Analysis at Tlalancaleca, Puebla, Mexico (800 BC-AD 100), Paige Gale Phillips

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Achievement of Transplantation Tolerance: Novel Approaches and Mechanistic Insights, Joseph Pidala

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Cancer and Infection, Kathleen Hope Plummer

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Targeting Cancer Metabolism with Ketosis and Hyperbaric Oxygen, Angela M. Poff

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The Effects of Emotive Reasoning on Secondary School Students' Decision-Making in the Context of Socioscientific Issues, Wardell Anthony Powell

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Adolescent Behavioral Adjustment in Girls Adopted from China: Examining Pre-adoption and Post-adoption Factors, Derek Justin Powers

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Continuation in US Foreign Policy: An Offensive Realist Perspective, Bledar Prifti

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Statistical and Prognostic Modeling of Clinical Outcomes with Complex Physiologic Data, Monica A. Puertas

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Solution Processable Novel Organic Electronic Devices for New Generation Biomedical Applications, Munish Puri

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"Die Mauer im Kopf": Aesthetic Resistance against West-German Take-Over, Arwen Puteri

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Transcriptional control of Toxoplasma development, Joshua Byran Radke

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The Syrian Civil War: Four Concentric Forces of Tensions, Majid Rafizadeh

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Multilayer Nanomagnetic Systems for Information Processing, Srinath Rajaram

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Ontology Driven Model for an Engineered Agile Healthcare System, Balaji Ramadoss

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Asymmetric Unilateral Transfemoral Prosthetic Simulator, Tyagi Ramakrishnan

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Pseudo-Rigid-Body Models for Approximating Spatial Compliant Mechanisms of Rectangular Cross Section, Issa Ailenid Ramirez

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Thermal Assessment of a Latent-Heat Energy Storage Module During Melting and Freezing for Solar Energy Applications, Antonio Miguel Ramos Archibold

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Self-Control and Alcohol Expectancies, John M. Ray

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Potential Targeted Therapeutic Strategies for Overcoming Resistance in BRAF Wild Type Melanoma, Vito William Rebecca

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Medical Pluralism in a Neoliberal State: Health and Deservingness in Southern Belize, Douglas Carl Reeser

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SiC For Advanced Biological Applications, Joseph Register

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The Use of Behavior Specific Praise and the Caught Being Good Game to Improve Class-Wide Behavior, Emily Rhodes

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An Analysis of Public Perception and Response to Hurricane Sandy, Lindsay L. Rice

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Theoretical and Experimental Investigations to Improve the Performance of Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Biosensors, Mandek Richardson

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A Decision Support Model for Personalized Cancer Treatment, Florentino Antonio Rico-Fontalvo

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Development of a New Guidewire Torque Device, Erika Rigaud

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Interagency Collaboration for the Provision of Services to Migrant Children with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study, Georgina Rivera-Singletary

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Motherhood Bound by State Supervision: An Exploratory Study of the Experiences of Mothers on Parole and Probation, Kaitlyn Robison

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Using Otolith Elemental Composition to Track the Habitat Use, Movements, and Life History Patterns of Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis) and Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in the Tampa Bay Estuary, Holly Jacqueline Rolls

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(Dis)Abled Gaming: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Decreasing Accessibility For Disabled Gamers, Kyle David Romano

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Improving Middle School Students' Subjective Well-Being: Efficacy of a Multi-Component Positive Psychology Intervention Targeting Small Groups of Youth and Parents, Rachel Anne Roth

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A Functional Approach to Resolving the Biogeocomplexity of Two Extreme Environments, Haydn Rubelmann III

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Growing Children: The relationship between food insecurity and child growth and development., Ernesto Ruiz

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Student Identity Considerations and Implications Associated with Socioscientific Issues Instruction, Mitchel James Ruzek

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Novel Models and Efficient Algorithms for Network-based Optimization in Biomedical Applications, Seyed Javad Sajjadi

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Elective Early Term Delivery and Adverse Infant Outcomes in a Population-Based Multiethnic Cohort, Jason Lee Salemi

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Federal Disaster Declarations and Denials: Analyzing Spatial Equity in the Implementation of the Stafford Act, Richard Salkowe

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Reflections in the Classroom: Perspectives on Teaching for Social Justice from Secondary Social Studies Educators, Gregory Lee Samuels

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Forecasting Corrosion of Steel in Concrete Introducing Chloride Threshold Dependence on Steel Potential, Andrea Nathalie Sanchez

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Science Fiction/Fantasy and the Representation of Ethnic Futurity, Joy Ann Sanchez-Taylor

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Quantification of Protein Adhesion Strength to Surface Attached Poly (N- isopropylacrylamide) Networks by Hydrodynamic Detachment Shear Stresses, Gulnur Sanden

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Spatial Analysis of Foreclosures in Hillsborough County, Brian Arthur Sandrock

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Using Contingency Mapping to Decrease Problem Behavior and Increase Social Communication Skills in Children with Autism, Diana Carolina Sanguino

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Analysis of Water Quality for Lake Tarpon, Pinellas County, Florida, Kristi Nichole Savio

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Ontogenetic Diet Shifts and Prey Preference of a Generalist Predatory Fish, Brittany Jalene Scharf

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A Case Study of the Roles and Perceptions of Writing Coaches, Amy June Schechter

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Novel Roles of the Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase SHP2 in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Valentina Schneeberger