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 2006

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Ranking-Based Methods for Gene Selection in Microarray Data, Li Chen

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Performance based design of degrading structures, Mouchir Chenouda

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The effects of multimedia annotations on L2 vocabulary immediate recall and reading comprehension: A comparative study of text-picture and audio-picture annotations under incidental and intentional learning conditions, Zhaohui Chen

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Monitoring water quality in Tampa Bay: Coupling in situ and remote sensing, Zhiqiang Chen

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Traumatic loss and transformative life experiences: The lived experience of Green Cross traumatologists deployed to the New York City World Trade Center disaster, Carron C. Cherrie

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Genetic variation in the chloroplast genome of a newly described Aster species, Chrysopsis delaneyi, Justine Ann Clark

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Investigation of normalized streamflow in West Central Florida and extrapolation to ungaged coastal fringe tributaries, Kim Beth Clayback

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Framing requests for parental participation in family research, David Clay

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Bacteriophage for the elimination of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization and infection, Angela Clem

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Implementing school-wide positive behavior support: Exploring the influence of socio-cultural, academic, behavioral, and implementation process variables, Rachel Mara Cohen

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The influence of performance background on instrumentalists' ability to discriminate and label cornet and trumpet timbre, Gary Compton

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The effects of community-based service-learning on preservice elementary teachers' self-efficacy beliefs about equitable science teaching and learning, Neporcha T. Cone

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Behavioral and auditory evoked potential (AEP) hearing measurements in odontocete cetaceans, Mandy Lee Hill Cook

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The association of head circumference with selected cognitive outcomes in older adults in Charlotte County, Florida, Cathleen Copenhaver

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Herbivory by leaf-miners on Florida scrub oaks, Tatiana Cornelissen

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Control of Hydrogen Sulfide from Groundwater Using Packed-Bed Anion Exchange and Other Technologies, Camilo Romero Cotrino

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A descriptive analysis of the relationship between specific teacher characteristics and teacher efficacy in Florida's low-performing public high schools, Pamela S. Craig

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Risk and protective factors related to resilience in adolescents in an alternative education program, Kelly M. Crawford

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Biomechanical evaluation of independent transfers and pressure relief tasks in persons with SCI: Pilot study, Tony J. Cresta

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The Effect of DEM Resolution on the Computation of Hydrologically Significant Topographic Attributes, David Alexander Crosby

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Hydrogen Isotopic Ratios of Algal and Terrestrial Organic Matter in Lake Tulane, Florida: From a Modern Calibration to the Reconstruction of Paleoclimatic and Paleohydrologic Conditions, Eric Charles Cross

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An Investigation into the Antifungal Activities of N-Thiolated Beta- Lactams Against Selected Candida Species, Marci Culbreath

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Some problems on products of random matrices, Edgardo S. Cureg

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A New Type of Insurgency? A Case Study of the Resistance in Iraq, Stephen D. Curtas

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The identification of functional, sequestered, symbiotic chloroplasts in Elysia clarki: A crucial step in the study of horizontally transferred, nuclear algal genes, Nicholas E. Curtis

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Resonance ultrasonic vibrations (RUV) for crack detection in silicon wafers for solar cells, William Dallas

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Parent involvement: Differences between African Americans and European Americans in one Florida school district, Michelle Darter-Lagos

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Investigation of Cretaceous Molluscan Shell Material for Isotopic Integrity: Examples and Implications from the Baculites compressus/cuneatus Biozones (Campanian) of the Western Interior Seaway, Ashley da Silva

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The Development of Leibniz’s Substance Ontology From 1666-1688, Justin Sean Davis

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The Characterization of Non-Ionic Surfactant Vesicles: A Release Rate Study for Drug Delivery, Kristina Ok-Hee Dearborn

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Reconstructing 20th century SST variability in the southwest pacific: A replication study using multiple coral Sr/Ca records from New Caledonia, Kristine L. DeLong

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The commodification of yoga in contemporary U.S. culture, Michelle E. Demeter

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Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in lung tissue using a fiber optic biosensor, Kimberly A. Denton

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The role of Src homology 2 domain containing 5' inositol phosphatase 1 (SHIP) in hematopoietic cells, Caroline Desponts

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Pain as a motivator of smoking: Effects of pain induction on smoking urge and behavior, Joseph W. Ditre

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Product design: A conceptual development of product remanufacturing index, Swapnil B. Dixit

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Chemical Investigation of two Antarctic Invertebrates, Synoicum adareanum (Chordata: Ascidiaceae; Enterogona; Polyclinidae) and Austrodoris kergulenensis (Molusca; Gastropoda; Nudibranchia; Dorididae), Thushara Kelum Kaviraj Diyabalanage

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A Determination of Phylogeny and Hybridization History Within Clematis L. (Ranunculaceae) Using Actin and Nitrate Reductase Intron Sequences, Kimberly Fearn Do

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Characterization of asbestos exposure among automotive mechanics servicing and handling asbestos-containing materials, Gary Scott Dotson

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The impacts of the handoffs on software development: A cost estimation model, Michael Jay Douglas

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Evalutaion of certain exponential sums of quadratic functions over a finite fields of odd characteristic, Sandra D. Draper

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Drug resistant patterns of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections in the State of Florida in 2003, Michael T. Drennon

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Optical imaging of radiolabeled drugs in tissue sections using the microImager, Paul Dungel

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Improving long-term resettlement services for refugees, asylees, and asylum seekers: Perspectives from service providers, Kristina M. Dunman

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Vibration level characterization from a needle gun used on U.S. naval vessels, Scott E. Dunn

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Spatially resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy of quantum dots, Maciej Dybiec

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Monitoring and modeling water quality at the C.W. Young Regional Reservoir, Daniel Robert Dye

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An examination of the experiences of five African American male students with regard to school discipline practices, Simon Yohann Earle

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Evaluation of the long term effect of inorganic leachate on geosynthetic clay liners, Darwish El-Hajji

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Storm-influenced sediment transport gradients on a nourished beach, Nicole A. Elko