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USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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.

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Effectiveness of Contact-Based Strategies on Improving Mental Illness Stigma and Help-Seeking Behaviors Within Families, B. Michelle Wilks

Did I Do That?: Lived Experience and Media Representation of the Awkward Black Girl, Kendra Williams

Spectral Properties of Wetlands in Michigan Using Remote Sensing to Identify and Classify Wetlands in Roscommon County, Michigan, Kolin Williamson

Patient Reported Outcomes Amidst Isolated and Concomitant Chronic Cardiopulmonary Illnesses, Walter B. Wills

Disability, Blackness, and Online Community: Black Twitter as Self-Narrative, Morgan S. Wilson

An Analysis of (hu)MANid Using the USF Donated Skeletal Collection: Estimating Sex and Ancestry for Edentulous Individuals, Natalie S. Wise

Determining the Role of the Histone Demethylase KDM5B in Microglial Reactivity to Ethanol, Jessica Wohlfahrt

Community-Centered Early Warning for Outbreaks in Humanitarian Emergencies: Evaluating Community-Based Surveillance for Priority Communicable Diseases among Internally Displaced Populations in Iraq, Caitlin M. Wolfe

Differentiating Magic: a Call for a Differential Approach, Weston L. Wright

The Association between Oral Microbiome, Oral Inflammation, Periodontal Disease, and Systemic Metabolism in Individuals With/Without Type 1 Diabetes, Mianli Xiao

Essays on Machine Learning and Corporate Disclosure, Zicheng (Leo) Xiao

Regioselective Hydroamination of Unactivated Olefins with Diazirine and Total Synthesis of Nostodione A and Scytonemin, Qingyu Xing

Childbirth, Later-life Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, and Health-Related Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women, Zailing Xing

Comparative Analysis of Time Series Models on U.S. Stock and Exchange Rates: Bayesian Estimation of Time Series Error Term Model Versus Machine Learning Approaches, Young Keun Yang

The Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy and Symptom Distress in the Relationship Between Symptom Occurrence and Quality of Life Among Cancer Patients, Kailei Yan

Emergent Magnetism and Magneto-Transport Phenomena in Helimagnet-Based Heterostructures for Spin-Based Device Applications, Nivarthana Waruni Yapa Abeyrathna Yapa Mudiyanselage

Enhancing the Performance of Interdependent Stormwater Drainage and Roadway Systems Under Future Conditions, Chao Ye

Control of Multiagent Networks with Misbehaving Nodes, Emre Yildirim

Infiltration of Immune Cells and Lipid Nanoparticle-Mediated Drug Delivery in a Skin Cancer Model, Aynur Sanem Yilmaz

Introductory Chemistry Student Success: Evaluating Peer-Led Team Learning and Describing Sense of Belonging, Jessica D. Young

Migrant Advocates' Perceptions of School-based Collaboration, Michael Young

Effects of a Treatment Package of Video Self-Modeling and Contingency Mapping Procedures on Decreasing Aggressive Behavior in Children with Autism, Valerie Younis

Tuning Polymer Glass Formation Behavior and Understanding Time-temperature Superposition Breakdown with Oligomeric Additives, Peijing Yue

Revealing Long Vehicle Dynamics: A Comprehensive Journey from Visualization Tools for Heavy Vehicles to Conversion Factors and Public Transit Performance Analysis, Eren Yuksel

Moral of the Story: Secondary Language Arts Teachers’ Perceptions of Students’ Moral Intelligence, Sadia Fauzia Zaman

Essays on Information Technology in Healthcare, Gleb Zavadskiy

The Ensemble Code As a Constructed Working Memory, Jacob Zepp

Explorations on Non-Covalent Interactions: From Supramolecules to Drug-Like Molecules, Zhanpeng Zhang

The Dialectics of Faith: Kierkegaard, Irony, and Conversion, Douglas Zimmerman

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

The Effects of an Interactive E-Book on Promoting Idiomatic Competence and Motivation Among L2 Learners of Arabic Language in Saudi Arabia, Alfaifi Adel

Brain Metastasis-Associated Fibroblasts Secrete Fucosylated PVR/CD155 That Induces Breast Cancer Invasion, Emma Adhikari

Refining the Machine Learning Pipeline for US-based Public Transit Systems, Jennifer Adorno

Applications of Seismic and Geodetic Data to Earthquake Hazard Research, Mahsa Afra

Machine Learning for Electronic Design Automation: Specification Mining and High-Level Synthesis, Md Rubel Ahmed

An Experimental Analysis of the Effect of Crisis Response Message Strategies on Consumer Emotions, Perceptual Beliefs and Intended Behavior, Valentina Ahumada

Great Power Cyberpolitics: Re-interpreting Offensive Realism and Power Transition Theory for Cyber Deterrence, Yavuz Akdaǧ

The Influence of Corrosion Mitigating Fluids on Post Tensioned Tendon Grout Properties and Steel to Grout Bond Strength, Sarita Ale Magar

Play-Based Pedagogies in Saudi Kindergartens: Examining Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices, Manal O. Alharbi

Developing a Point-of-Care Detection kit for Parkinson’s Disease Using Gold Nanoparticle-Based Lateral Flow Assay, Ali Aljassabi

Needs Assessment for a Web-Based Support Resource for Patients with a Pathogenic Variant in LMNA, Dylan M. Allen

Understanding Controls on Spring Hydrographs in an Eogenetic Karst Aquifer in North-Central Florida, Ryan Almeqhem

Factors to Consider for Effective Implementation of AAC With Students With Autism: Saudi special education teachers’ perspectives, Mazen Abdurhman Almethen

Training Parents via Telehealth to Teach Manding to Children with ASD to Replace Problem Behavior, Sukarah Almulhim

Saudi Parents as Advocates for Their Young Children with Disabilities: Reflections on The Journey, Sadeem A. Alolayan

Saudi Teachers' Perceptions of Accommodating Diverse Students, Including Those with Special Needs, in Inclusive Classrooms, Ahmed Ali Alqahtani

Durability of CFRP/Steel Bond in Natural Weather, Mastour Alsulami

Saudi Mothers’ Perspectives and Experiences about Family-School Partnership in Early Childhood: A Qualitative Study, Mona Mohsen Alzahrani

Influence of Thickness and Capping Materials on the Static and Dynamic Properties of Ferrimagnetic Thin Films, Noha Alzahrani

Self-Determination and The Lived Experience of Employed Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Abdelrahman Mohammad Alzarie

Crossing Schools, Language, and Migration Borders: The Experiences of Latinx and Caribbean Emergent Multilingual Mothers in K-12 Public Schools, Michelle Angelo-Rocha