Skip to main content

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 2006 2006

Tampa's Lafayette Street bridge: Building a New South city, Lucy D. Jones

A comparability analysis of the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program, Peggy K. Jones

Tyrosinase-like activity of several Alzheimer's disease related and model peptides and their inhibition by natural antioxidants, Kashmir Singh Juneja

A new approach to kainoids: Total syntheses of (-)-kainic acid and (+)-allokainic acid, Young Chun Jung

Spring break: Image, identity, and consumer culture in a Florida rite of passage, Meeghan Kane

Practical applications of molecular dynamics techniques and time correlation function theories, Christina Ridley Kasprzyk

The Realism of Hans Morgenthau, Brian A. Keaney

Assessing Human-Environmental Impacts on Colorado's 14,000- Foot Mountains, Jon J. Kedrowski

The Application of a Modified Human Development Index: Spatial Modeling of Socioeconomic Well-being for Florida Counties, Clay Kelsey

Investigations of fiber optic temperature sensors based on Yb:Y3Al5O12, Jermaine L. Kennedy

Measurement and modeling of oxides of nitrogen from vehicular contributors, Kerstin Lesley Kenty

Micro- and nano-scale switches and tuning elements for microwave applications, Thomas P. Ketterl

Measuring culture: The development of a multidimensional culture scale, Haitham A. Khoury

Tropical Atlantic and Caribbean climate variations during the past eight centuries, Kelly Halimeda Kilbourne

Novel sol-gel titania-based hybrid organic-inorganic coatings for on-line capillary microextraction coupled to high-performance liquid chromatography, Tae-Young Kim

Vigilance In African Americans: Cardiovascular reactivity and phasic heart period reactions to cued threat and nonthreat stimuli, Thomas Starr King

Optimizing Biofuel Cell Performance Using a Targeted Mixed Mediator Combination, Jason C. Klar

The case for high-order, pleistocene sea-level fluctuations in Southwest Florida, Paul Octavius Knorr

Landscape Change In The South Prong Alafia River Basin, Kimberly Sarah Koenig

Workers, unions, and the globalization of production: Structural and institutional challenges for organized labor in the United States, Matthew Kohen

Laboratory analysis of Staphylococcus aureus in Florida from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005 with an emphasis on methicillin resistance, Stephanie Kolar

The Feasibility of Establishing a Telecenter in an Urban Corridor: A Case Study of the SR 836/Dolphin Expressway Corridor in Miami, Florida, Anurag Komanduri

Tracking Fluid Flow in a Spinning Disk Reactor, Valentina N. Korzhova

Understanding Eating Boundaries: A Study of Vegetarian Identities, Susan Kremmel

Reef recovery following the Late Devonian mass extinction: evidence from the Dugway Range, west-central Utah, Joseph G. Krivanek

Be active! An examination of social support's role in individual vs. team competition in worksite health promotion, Lauren Kriz

Structured light for three-dimensional microscopy, Leo G. Krzewina

Part-time faculty job satisfaction: A study of the influence of instructional technology on part-time faculty in post-secondary institutions, John P. Kurnik

Predictors and outcomes of hospice use among Medicare and Medicaid dual-eligible nursing home residents in Florida: a comparison of non-Hispanic Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites, Jung, Kwak

Occupancy and function of the hepatic HMG-CoA reductase promoter, William Raymond Lagor

Coastal Processes and Anthropogenic Factors Influencing the Geomorphic Evolution of Weedon Island, Florida, Jeanne Lambert

Rethinking the Monumental: The Museum as Feminist Space in the Sexual Politics Exhibition, 1996, Devon P. Larsen

Three science teacher educators With elementary teaching experience: What do we bring to science teacher education?, Cyndy S. Leard

Measuring Social Competence in Preschool-Aged Children Through the Examination of Play Behaviors, Eun-Yeop Lee

Variation in pediatric gastroenteritis admissions among Florida counties, 1995-2002, Jean Lee

Measuring social stressors in organizations: The development of the Interpersonal Conflict in Organizations Scale (ICOS), Valentina Bruk Lee

Measuring Social Stressors in Organizations: The Development of the Interpersonal Conflict in Organizations Scale (ICOS), Valentina Bruk Lee

Saharan dust and phosphatic fidelity: A three dimensional biogeochemical model of Trichodesmium on the West Florida shelf, Jason M. Lenes

N-Thiolated b-lactam antibiotics: Synthesis and structure-activity studies of C3 oxygenated derivatives and attachement to new, functionalized caprolactone monomers and polymers, J Michelle Leslie

The signature poetics of Sharon Olds and John Cage, Walter E. Lewallen

An evaluation of a pedagogical reform designed for college chemistry teaching with large classes, Scott Edwin Lewis

Evaluation of the operational effects of u-turn movement, Pan Liu

Patterns and dynamics of ocean circulation variability on the West Florida shelf, Yonggang Liu

Electrically charged sol-gel coatings for on-line preconcentration and analysis of zwitterionic biomolecules by capillary electrophoresis, Wen Li

Sub-Centennial Scale Climatic and Hydrologic Variability in the Gulf of Mexico during the Early Holocene, Jenna Meredith LoDico

Control of lysogeny in marine bacteria: Studies with phiHSIC and natural populations, Amy K. Long

A Mechanized Horseback Riding Simulator as an Aid to Physical Therapy, Jennifer Lott

Gender differences during heat strain at ctitical WBGT, Christina L. Luecke

Palladium Doped Nano Porous Silicon to Enhance Hydrogen Sensing, Kevin Luongo

Breathing easier: Ethnographic study of acute respiratory infection in children in rural Ecuador, John S. Luque