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 2021

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Narratives of Success: How Honors College Newcomers Frame the Entrance to College, Cayla Lanier

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Labor-Based Grading Contracts in the Multilingual FYC Classroom: Unpacking the Variables, Kara Kristina Larson

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Machine Learning for Species Habitat Analysis, Abigail Lavallin

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Exploring the Use of Neural Transformers for Psycholinguistics, Antonio Laverghetta Jr.

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Cultural Values as a Moderator of the Emotion Suppression to Strain Relationship: A Comparison of Two Dominant Theoretical Mechanisms, Roxanne C. Lawrence

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How Enduring is Global Precedence?, Jong Lee

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Success and Sustainability of Sponsored International Development Programs in Education: A Narrative Inquiry, Sara Beth Leikin

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Instructional Experiences: A Case Study of Perceptions of High School American Sign Language Teachers Who are Hearing, Rhonda S. Leslie

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Secure VLSI Hardware Design Against Intellectual Property (IP) Theft and Cryptographic Vulnerabilities, Matthew Dean Lewandowski

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Feasibility of Epoxy Bond Enhancement on High-Strength Concrete, Amanda A. Lewis

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Adaptive Mobile EEG Noise Cancellation Using 2D Convolutional Autoencoders for BCI Authentication, Tyree Lewis

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Fire Severity Effects on Herpetofaunal Diversity in Florida Scrub Communities of the Lake Wales Ridge, Michelle Lindsay

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Improving Environmental Protection: One Imagined Touch at a Time, Luke Ingalls Liska

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Modeling the Ambient Conditions of a Manufacturing Environment Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Yang Liu

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Bone Microenvironmental Control of Skeletal Malignancy, Chen Hao Lo

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Tourism, Education, and Identity Making: Agency and Representation of Indigenous Communities in Public Sites within Florida., Timothy R. Lomberk II

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"25 years later and I'm still here...still positive": Older Black Males' Lived Experiences of Aging with HIV in Hillsborough County, FL, Bernice Kathleen Lopez-McCoy

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The Media Reproduction of Racial Violence: A Content Analysis of News Coverage Following the Death of George Floyd Jr., Keylon Lovett

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Design, Development, and Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Chatbot for Honors College Student Advising in Higher Education, Reginald Saint-Aude Lucien

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Application of Gold Nanoshells for Photothermal Therapy in Lung Cancer Cells, Yva K. Luc

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The Multifaceted Role of CCAR-1 in the Alternative Splicing and Germline Regulation in Caenorhabditis elegans, Doreen Ikhuva Lugano

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Security Attacks and Defenses in Cyber Systems: From an AI Perspective, Zhengping Luo

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Native and Non-native English-speaking Doctoral Students' Strategies to Understand Idiomatics in Comics and Comic Strips, Himelhoch Luz-Aydé

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Mealtimes in Early Childhood Education Centers During COVID-19: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Responsibilities, Interactions, and Best Practices, Joanna Mackie

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Pregnancy and Fertility Amongst Women with the MTHFR C677T Polymorphism: An Anthropological Review, Caroline A. MacLean

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Remote Sensing and GIS Integration for Amazon Rainforest Wildfires Applications, Cong Ma

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Field and Remote Sensing Analysis of the 2015 Pyroclastic Density Currents at Colima (Mexico) and Calbuco (Chile) Volcanoes: Implications for Hazard Assessment and Crisis Management, Elodie Macorps

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Development and Validation of an Isothermal Amplification Assay for Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus, Mikayla D. Maddison

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Credibility of Spokespersons and E-cigarette Prevention Messages: Elaboration Likelihood Model and The Moderating Role of Perceived Risk, Emmanuel Maduneme

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Presenting Selves and Interpreting Culture: An Ethnography of Chinese International Tourism in the United States, Fangheyue Ma

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Peminist Performance in/as Filipina Feminist Praxis: Collaging Stand-Up Comedy and the Narrative Points in Between, Christina-Marie A. Magalona

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Theory and Algorithms for Systems Optimization, Vahid Mahmoodian

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Students’ Perceptions of Factors Contributing to Enrollment in Arabic Courses at a College Level, Qays Q. Majeed

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Leaf Cutter Ant Nest Soil Cement Stabilized Earthen Bricks: Materials and Methods for Engineering Field Applications, Faith Malay

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Exploring Prokaryotic and Viral Communities within Florida’s Freshwater Springs, Kema Saydoon Malki

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Persistence Like a Mother: Nursing the Narrative toward Doctoral Completion in English Education—A Poetic Autoethnography, Krista S. Mallo

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Quantifying the Gametogenic Cycle and Reproductive Efforts in the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in Florida Estuaries, Nicole Patrice Maloney

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Power System Optimization Methods: Convex Relaxation and Benders Decomposition, Minyue Ma

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Data-Driven Analytical Modeling of Multiple Myeloma Cancer, U.S. Crop Production and Monitoring Process, Lohuwa Mamudu

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An Evaluation of Distributed and Accumulated Reinforcer Arrangements on Skill Acquisition and Preference, Natalie R. Mandel

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Evaluating the Development and Implementation of Campus-based Sexual and Interpersonal Violence Prevention Programming, Robyn Manning-Samuels

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The Mass is the Medium: Marshall McLuhan and Roman Catholic Liturgical Change, Ashil D. Manohar

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Minimum Cut-Sets for the Identification of Critical Water Distribution Network Segments, Xiliang Mao

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Synthesizing Laccol Based Polymers/Copolymers and Polyurethanes; Characterization and Their Applications, Imalka Marasinghe Arachchilage

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¿De dónde eres?: Negotiating identity as third culture kids, Sophia Margulies

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Bait-and-Kill: Targeting a Novel Heme Biochemical Pathway in Hundreds of Cancers, Christopher G. Marinescu

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Multidimensional Well-Being Across Time Scales in Caregivers and Non-Caregivers, Victoria R. Marino

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Unraveling the Role of Novel G5 Peptidase Family Proteins in Virulence and Cell Envelope Biogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus, Stephanie M. Marroquin

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Drug Candidates Targeting Hsp90/Cdc37 for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disease, Ryan Martin

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Quality of Life of Older Adults with Complicated Grief Receiving Accelerated Resolution Therapy: A Mixed Methods Study, Tina M. Mason