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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 2005 2005

Prehistoric Human Subsistence Patterns in Northern Patagonia, Argentina: Isotopic Evidence for Reconstructing Diet, Scott Grammer

Reducing Pollutants in Industrial Stormwater Runoff: Improved Water Quality Protection Using Prioritized Facility Regulation, Lindsay M. Griffen

Reducing Pollutants in Industrial Stormwater Runoff: Improved Water Quality Protection Using Prioritized Facility Regulation, Lindsay M. Griffen

Self-Guided Micro Vehicle: An Autonomous Vehicle with GPS Navigation and 802.11b Communications, Roberto J. Guerra

Ground Penetrating Radar Response to Thin Layers: Examples from Waites Island, South Carolina, Swagata Guha

Attenuation of Bromobenzene-Induced Hepatotoxicity by Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors, Kelly Waggoner Hall

Multiculturalism, Public Policy, and the High School United States and American Literature Canon: A Content Analysis of Textbooks Adopted in the State of Florida in 1991 and 2003, Angela L. Hansen

Development of a DNA Vaccine Against Streptococcus mutans: a Novel Approach to Immunization Against Dental Caries, Thomas Han

Light Element and Lithium Isotope Signatures of the EMII Reservoir - The Society Islands, French Polynesia: Geochemical Results and an Educational Application, Judy Ann Harden

Reliability of Hand Measures of Ultrasound Analysis, Sarah A. Hardin

The Position of the Ophiuroidea within the Phylum Echinodermata, Mary C. Harmon

An Examination Of The Relationship Between Urbanicity and Children With Emotional Disturbances Served In Restructuring Public Schools, Karen Monk Harris

A Discourse Concerning Two New Compositions, Stanley D. Harrison

The Cost of Professionalization: A Case Study Of Osteopathic Medicine In the United States, Rochelle Harris

Service-Learning Literacies: Lessons Learned from Middle School Youth, Steven Michael Hart

Spatial Analysis of Pedestrian Accidents, Tomoyuki Hashimoto

“Ethnographizing” Service-Learning: Creating Politically Engaged Anthropology, Wendy Ann Hathaway

Florida's Civil War Soldiers, Jennifer J. Hawley

Performance Oriented Scheduling with Power Constraints, Brian C. Hayes

Simulating the Electric Field Mediated Motion of Ions and Molecules in Diverse Matrices, Joseph Hickey

Standardizing the Auditory Evoked Potential Technique: Ground-Truthing Against Behavioral Conditioning in the Goldfish, Carassius auratus, Randy J. Hill

Fat Commentary and Fat Humor Presented in Visual Media: A Content Analysis, Susan Himes

The Effects of a Comprehensive Post-Treatment Recovery Program for Breast Cancer Survivors, Keri Ann Hockett

Development and Initial Validation of the Work-Family Facilitation Scale, Sheila K. Holbrook

The Effects of an Internet-Based Program on the Early Reading and Oral Language Skills of At-Risk Preschool Students and Their Teachers’ Perceptions of the Program, Mary Huffstetter

Lessons Learned About Boys’ and Girls’ Mathematical Problem Solving: The Solution Processes, Performance, Linguistic Explanations, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Assessment of Fifth-Grade Students of Varying Reading and Mathematics Abilities, Patricia D. Hunsader

Concerted Evolution in SM50, a Gene with Unusual Repeat Structure, Sofia Hussain

The Effects of Small-Scale Heterogeneities on Aquifer Storage Recovery Systems, William C. Hutchings

Influence of Gender on Heart Rate and Core Temperature at Critical WBGT for Five Clothing Ensembles at Three Levels of Metabolic Rate, Maeen Zakaria Islam

Opportunistic Maintenance Policy of a Multi-Unit System Under Transient State, Sulabh Jain

All the News That’s Fit to Print? Media Reporting of Environmental Protection Agency Penalties Assessed Against the Petroleum Refining Industry, 1997-2003, Melissa L. Jarrell

A Comparison of Traditional Physical Laboratory and Computer Simulated Laboratory Experiences in Relation to Engineering Undergraduate Students’ Conceptual Understandings of a Communication Systems Topic, Giti Javidi

Molybdenum As a Back Contact for CuCl Treated CdS/CdTe Solar Cells, Matheshkumar Jayabal

Understanding ROI Metrics for Software Test Automation, Naveen Jayachandran

Occupational Role Portrayals of African-American Women on Prime-Time Television, Shani Tyhirah Jefferson

Florida: Presidential Elections and Partisan Change, 1952-2004, Matthew Thomas Jefferys

“The Wil of his Wif:” Discourse, Power, and Gender in Chaucer’s The Tale of Melibee, Sara D. Jenkins

Systematic Study of Amyloid Beta Peptide Conformations: Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease, Jeffy Pilar Jimenez

Hydrogen Fluoride Method Development For The OgawaTM Passive Sampling Device, Ilsa Johansson

The Effects of an Education/Behavioral Intervention on Knowledge, Perceived Risk and Self-Efficacy for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women., Versie Johnson-Mallard

Rational Fraction Approximations for Passive Network Functions, William Joel Dietmar Johnson

Shape Based Stereovision Assistance in Rehabilitation Robotics, Michael Ulrich Jurczyk

Multichannel Functional Data Decomposition and Monitoring, Hani Kababji

Polytetrahydrofuran-and Dendrimer-Based Novel Sol-Gel Coatings for Capillary Microextraction (CME) Providing Parts Per Trillion (ppt) and Parts Per Quadrillion (ppq) Level Detection Limits in Conjunction With Gas Chromatography and Flame Ionization Detection (FID), Abuzar Kabir

USFKAD: An Expert System For Partial Differential Equations, Sami M. Kadamani

UWB and WLAN Coexistence: a Comparison of Interference Reduction Techniques, Nikhil Vijay Kajale

Partial Evaluation Based Triple Modular Redundancy For Single Event Upset Mitigation, Sujana Kakarla

Use of Random Subspace Ensembles on Gene Expression Profiles in Survival Prediction for Colon Cancer Patients, Vidya Kamath

Adolescents and Their Fathers: Do Dads Make a Difference?, Dimitra Kamboukos

Assessment of Resource Selection Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Two Vertebrates in Disparate Habitats: the Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus Polyphemus) and the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena Glacialis), Cherie A. Keller