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 2012

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It's a Support Club, Not a Sex Club: Narration Strategies and Discourse Coalitions in High School Gay-Straight Alliance Club Controversies, Skyler Lauderdale

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Studying Socioeconomic Trends through Cemetery Sales Records: A Case Study of Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, Florida, Victoria Abigail Kennedy Lawrence

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Evaluation of Urinary Pesticide Biomarkers Among a Sample of the Population in the United States, Alex Lance Lebeau

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Investigation of Stress Changes at Mount St. Helens, Washington, and Receiver Functions at the Katmai Volcanic Group, Alaska, with an Additional Section on the Assessment of Spreadsheet-based Modules., Heather L. Lehto

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Precarious Manhood and Men's Attributional Biases in Partner Conflict, Joshua Guy Lenes

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Vent-Fault Spatial Study of Selected Volcanic Fields of Southwestern North America and Mexico, Michelle Leonard

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Innovative Desalination Systems Using Low-grade Heat, Chennan Li

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Precipitation of Phosphate Minerals from Effluent of Anaerobically Digested Swine Manure, Alex Y. Lin

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The Impact of Arranging Music for the Large Ensemble on the Teacher: A Phenomenological Exploration, James Teodor Lindroth

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Expatriates' Acculturation Strategies: Going Beyond "How Adjusted Are You?" To "How Do You Adjust?", Matthew Lineberry

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Two Essays on the Sell-side Financial Analysts, Xi Liu

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Reconfigurable Antenna and RF Circuits Using Multi-Layer Stretchable Conductors, Riaz Ahmed -. Liyakath

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Remote Sensing of Whitings in the Bahamas, Ryan Allen Lloyd

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Detection and Classification of DIF Types Using Parametric and Nonparametric Methods: A comparison of the IRT-Likelihood Ratio Test, Crossing-SIBTEST, and Logistic Regression Procedures, Gabriel E. Lopez

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Sediment transport and distribution over continental shelves: a glimpse at two different river-influenced systems, the Cariaco Basin and the Amazon Shelf., Laura Lorenzoni

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The Creation of a Robotics Based Human Upper Body Model for Predictive Simulation of Prostheses Performance, Derek James Lura

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An Exploration of the Organization-Public Relationship Through Online Media: The Case of the Tampa Bay Rays, Steven Lynch

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Program Evaluation: An NGO's Attempt to use Volunteerism to Promote Community Development, Adrienne Sage Mael

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Protein Profiling of Adenine Nucleoside and Nucleotide Analogs Binding Proteins Using N6-Biotinylated-8-azidoadenosine Analogs as Affinity Based Protein Profiling Probes, Shikha Mahajan

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Low Level Exposure to Air Pollution and Risk of Adverse Birth Outcomes in Hillsborough County, Florida, Maria B. Mainolfi

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Linear Mixed-Effects Models: Applications to the Behavioral Sciences and Adolescent Community Health, Lizmarie Gabriela Maldonado

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Human Motion Tracking for Assisting Balance Training and Control of a Humanoid Robot, Ahmad Adli Manasrah

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When Bad Things Happen to Good Mothers: Rethinking Motherhood Through the Single Mother Image in American Films from the 1930s to the 1970s, Tanna Alice Mancini

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Design of Colloidal Composite Catalysts for CO2 Photoreduction and for CO Oxidation, Bijith D. Mankidy

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Evaluation of Transfer Technologies to Preserve Shoulder Function in SCI, Karen Michelle Mann

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Investigation of Various Surface Acoustic Wave Design Configurations for Improved Sensitivity, Greeshma Manohar

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Technical and Economic Assessment of Adobe as the Primary Building Material On the Water Yield of a Single Basin Solar Still, Nathan Daniel Manser

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Examining the Economic Costs and Sources of Potable and Nonpotable Water in Northern Mexico, Kathryn Marie Marlor

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Non-pharmaceutical Intervention Strategies for Pandemic Influenza Outbreaks, Dayna Lee Martinez

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A Novel Ultrasonic Method to Quantify Bolt Tension, Jairo Andres Martinez Garcia

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Schooling, Community, and Identity: The Perspectives of Muslim Girls Attending an Islamic School in Florida, Vanessa Martinez

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Systematic review of core muscle electromyographic activity during physical fitness exercises, Jason Martuscello

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The Effects of Oxygen on the Electrophysiology of CO2/H+-Chemosensitive and -Insensitive Neurons of the Solitary Complex of the Rat, Michael Patrick Matott

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Renegotiating Identities, Cultures and Histories: Oppositional Looking in Shelley Niro's "This Land is Mime Land", Jennifer Danielle Mccall

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Federal Neighborhood Stabilization Policy Deployment in Select Florida Jurisdictions, Kevin Carl Mccarthy

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A Study of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica, in Tampa Bay: Effects of Perkinsus marinus on Reproduction and Condition, Bridgit Melora Mccrickard

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Women's Political Representation in Europe: An Analysis of Structural and Attitudinal Factors, Jenna Elaine Mcculloch

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Lenalidomide targets the T-cell co-stimulatory pathway to mediate immune modulation, Jessica Marie Mcdaniel

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Masculinity, Sexuality, and Soccer: An Exploration of Three Grassroots Sport-for-Social-Change Organizations in South Africa, Sarah Theresa Mcghee

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"You have to have children to be happy:" Exploring Beliefs About Reproduction with Burmese Refugee Women in the United States, Kara E. McGinnis

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The Role Of Dysregulation in Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: An Examination of Symptom Severity, Impairment and Treatment Outcome, Joseph F. Mcguire

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A Longitudinal Examination of High School Students' Group Membership in a Dual-Factor Model of Mental Health: Stability of Mental Health Status and Predictors of Change, Melanie M. Mcmahan

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"Bite on Boldly": Staging Medieval and Early Modern Heretics, Cameron Hunt Mcnabb

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"Planting Wholesome Seeds": Organic Farming and Community Supported Agriculture at Sweetwater Organic Community Farm, Philip R. Mcnab

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Effects of Short Shoot Number and Presence of an Apical Meristem on Rhizome Elongation, New Short Shoot Production, and New Rhizome Meristem Production of Thalassia Testudinum Banks and Solander Ex König Planting Units in Tampa Bay., Michael Vearl Meads

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Willingness-to-Pay for Maintenance and Improvements to Existing Sanitation Infrastructure: Assessing Community-Led Total Sanitation in Mopti, Mali, Justin Vern Meeks

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A Framework for Participatory Sensing Systems, Diego Mendez Chaves

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Bi-Integrable and Tri-Integrable Couplings and Their Hamiltonian Structures, Jinghan Meng

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Design and Construction of Functional Metal-Metalloporphyrin Frameworks, Le Meng

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Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Uptake in Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL–2 is ATP–sensitive and Enhances RubisCO–mediated Carbon Fixation, Kristy Jae Menning