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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 2006 2006

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 β-Lactam Antibiotics: Synthesis and Structure-Activity Studies of C3- Oxygenated Derivatives and Attachment 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 φHSIC 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 Critical 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

Cannabinoids Suppress Dendritic Cell-Induced T Helper Cell Polarization, Tangying (Lily) Lu

Postcolonial Herstory: The Novels of Assia Djebar (Algeria) and Oksana Zabuzhko (Ukraine): A Comparative Analysis, Oksana Lutsyshyna

Copper and Iron Complexes of Linear and Crosslinked Polymers as Catalysts for Phosphoester Hydrolysis and Oxidative Transformation of Phenolic and Catecholic Substrates, Vasiliki Lykourinou

Geophysical Investigations and Groundwater Modeling of the Hydrologic Conditions at Masaya Caldera, Nicaragua, Richard Eric MacNeil

Virginia Woolf and the Persistent Question of Class: The Protean Nature of Class and Self, Mary C. Madden

Access to Public Transportation: An Exploration of the National Household Travel Survey Appended Data, Edward Maggio

Quantitative Biological Microscopy by Digital Holography, Christopher J. Mann

Video-Based Person Identification Using Facial Strain Maps as a Biometric, Vasant Manohar

Explaining Gender Differences in Salary Negotiations, Meisha -Ann Martin

The Role of the Home Literacy Environment in the Development of Early Literacy Skills and School Readiness in Kindergarten Children from Low Socioeconomic and Minority Families, Nicole R. Martin

Analysis of Acoustic Emission in Cohesionless Soil, Jeyisanker Mathiyaparanam

Investigation of the Effects of Increased Levels of O-GlcNAc Protein Modification on Protein Kinase C and Akt, Jason Aaron Matthews

Moderating Effect of Negative Affectivity on the Job Satisfaction-Turnover Intentions and Justice-Turnover Intentions Relationships, Joseph J. Mazzola

Joyce...Beckett...Dedalus...Molloy: A Study in Abjection and Masochism, Patricia A. McCabe-Remmell

Endothelial Cell Mediators of Angiogenesis inBartonella henselae Infection, Amy M. McCord

Electrogenetherapy of Established B16 Murine Melanoma by Using an Expression Plasmid for HIV-1 Viral Protein R, Andrea Nicole McCray

Examining the Characteristics of Teachers in a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program in Varying Exceptionalities: Responding to the “Highly Qualified” Teacher Mandate, Erica Djuan McCray