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 2007

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Thicknesses and Density-Current Velocities of a Low-Aspect Ratio Ignimbrite at the Pululagua Volcanic Complex, Ecuador, Derived from Ground Penetrating Radar, John A. Petriello Jr.

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Safety impacts of right turns followed by U-turns, Fatih Pirinccioglu

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Computer simulation of stand-off LIBS and Raman LIDAR for remote sensing of distant compounds, Dzianis Pliutau

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Privacy in Database Designs: A Role Based Approach, Gary A. Poe

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Modifiable factors for disability: Is there potential for reducing racial disparities in disability in older age?, Mihaela A. Popa

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The Relationship between Parent Identified Sleep Problems, Internalizing Behaviors, Externalizing Behaviors, and Adaptive Functioning in a Pediatric Population, Kyle Marissa Popkave

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Real challenges, virtual challengers: The Democracy for America movement, Noah Porter

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Third grade retention and Florida's pupil progression plan: Individual and school characteristics associated with long-term outcomes in reading performance, Heather A. Powell

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Analysis of VTOL MAV use during rescue and recovery operations following Hurricane Katrina, Kevin S. Pratt

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Perception of educational experiences by at-risk African-American students in an undergraduate teacher education program, Sharman Pride-McRae

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An existential-phenomenological investigation of self-cutting among adolescent girls, Amanda A. Privé

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WARM: Wearable Assistant with Remote Monitoring, Lisa Michelle Provenzano Heugel

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Perceptions of senior faculty concerning doctoral student preparation for faculty roles, Jennifer M. Purcell

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Linkage-based prosthetic fingertips: Analysis and testing, Issa A. Ramirez

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Automatic geo-referencing by integrating camera vision and inertial measurements, Duminda I. B Randeniya

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The influence of the Loop Current on the diversity, abundance, and distribution of zooplankton in the Gulf of Mexico, Katie Rathmell

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Hurricane Forecasting, Warning and Response Systems: A Lake Wales Public Perception Study, April E. Raulerson

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Factors perceived to contribute to mathematics avoidance or mathematics confidence in non-traditional age women attending a community college, Jo Ann K Rawley

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Parenting Style, Home-Based Involvement, and Educational Expectations of Black Parents: Their Roles in the Development of Pre-literacy Readiness of Black Children, Iravonia Rawls

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Psychopathy, Attitudinal Beliefs, and White Collar Crime, James V. Ray

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Determining habitat preferences of the juvenile gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) using spatially modeled vegetation on a central Florida sandhill, Kristan Marie Nicole Raymond

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Relationship between nurses' management of pediatric oncology patients' symptoms and job satisfaction, Jennifer I. Rheingans

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A 1400-year multi-proxy record of climate variability from the northern Gulf of Mexico, Julie N. Richey

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The impact of organizational climate variables of perceived organizational support, workplace isolation, and ethical climate on salesperson psychological and behavioral work outcomes, Robert J. Riggle

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Determinants of female labor force participation in Venezuela: A cross-sectional analysis, Betilde Rincon de Munoz

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Effects of Time-Compressed Audio and Adjunct Images on Learner Recall, Recognition, and Satisfaction, Albert Dieter Ritzhaupt

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Destabilization and characterization of LiBH4/MgH2 complex hydride for hydrogen storage, Luis A. Rivera

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The Historical Production of Elemental Phosphorus in Pinellas County, Florida: An Environmental Assessment, Stephen D. Robinson

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Bcl-2 related ovarian killer, Bok, is cell cycle regulated and sensitizes to stress-induced apoptosis, José M. Rodríguez

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An experimental study of pro-dieting and anti-dieting psychoeducational messages: Effects on immediate and short-term psychological functioning and weight control practices in college women, Megan Roehrig

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Major tea catechin inhibits dendritic cell maturation in response to microbial stimulation, James L. Rogers

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Children’s Perceptions of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Parental Rearing in White and Hispanic Families, Ariz Rojas-Cifredo

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Examining the issues surrounding violating the assumption of independent observations in reliability generalization studies: A simulation study, Jeanine L. Romano

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Manifestations of Ebenezer Howard in Disneyland, Michelle M. Rowland

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Credibility perceptions of television and online news, Charmy G. Sabigan

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In-vivo radiation diode dosimetry for therapeutic photon beams, Amarjit Singh Saini

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Geomorphology of Submarine Spring West of Fort Myers, Florida, Shihadah M. Saleem

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Generation and characterization of an attenuated mutant in a response-regulator gene of Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain (LVS), Wendy L. Sammons

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Prediction of English and Spanish Early Literacy Skills of English Language Learners in the Primary Grades, Giselle Sanchez

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The art of existentialism: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer and the American existential tradition, J'aimé L. Sanders

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Design of surface acoustic wave sensors with nanomaterial sensing layers: Application to chemical and biosensing, Subramanian K.R.S Sankaranarayanan

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The communicative two-way pre-writing task performed via asynchronous and synchronous computer-mediated communication and its influence on the writing expertise development of adult English language learners: A mixed design study, Iona Sarieva

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The assimilation of the marvelous other: Reading Christoph Weiditz's Trachtenbuch (1529) as an ethnographic document, Andrea McKenzie Satterfield

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The molluscan and brachiopod fauna of the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale (Baculites compressus/Baculites cuneatus biozones) near Kremmling, Colorado, Lanora Ann Sava

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How do proficient intermediate grade writers percieve[sic] writing in school?, Tammy Weiss Schimmel

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The effect of thin slicing on structured interview decisions, Gregory F. Schmidt

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Thermochemical Treatment of TiO2 Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Applications, Mark Schmidt

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Methods to improve bond on FRP wrapped piles, Andy Schrader

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An experimental analysis of activist message strategy effect on receiver variables, Andrea Schuch

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Vadose zone processes affecting water table fluctuations: Conceptualization and modeling considerations, Nirjhar Shah