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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 2020 2020

The Effects of Socioscientific Issues on Informal Reasoning and the Transference to Controversial Issues in a Social Studies Context, Thomas J. Dolan

Effects of the 340B Drug Pricing Program on Hospitals’ Prescribing Behavior, Patient Mix, and Quality of Care, Yilu Dong

Asking Why: Analyzing Students' Explanations of Organic Chemistry Reaction Mechanisms using Lexical Analysis and Predictive Logistic Regression Models, Amber J. Dood

Humanistic Climate Philosophy: Erich Fromm Revisited, Nicholas Dovellos

Examining Role Breadth, Efficacy, and Attitudes Toward Trauma-Informed Care in Elementary School Educators, Mikayla J. Drymond

Role of ceramide-1 phosphate in regulation of sphingolipid and eicosanoid metabolism in lung epithelial cells, Brittany A. Dudley

In Post-Extubated Patients What are the Preferred Methods of Communication During Their Experience of Endotracheal Intubation with Mechanical Ventilation, Lanette Dumas

Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Improve Hepatitis C Virus Screening, Linh M. Duong

Allosteric Control of Proteins: New Methods and Mechanisms, Nalvi Duro

This, or Something like It: Socrates and the Problem of Authority, Simon Dutton

Villains or Vermin? The Differential Effects of Discrimination and Dehumanization on Immigrant Cardiovascular Responses, Mona El-Hout

Quantifying the Impact of Chronic Stress on Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Disease, Nnadozie Emechebe

Family Response to a Diagnosis of Serious Mental Illness in Teens and Young Adults: A Multi-Voiced Narrative Analysis, Douglas J. Engelman

Unifying Security Policy Enforcement: Theory and Practice, Shamaria Engram

Opportunities Provided in Mathematics Methods Textbooks for Pre-Service Teachers to Develop Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Fractions, Irem Ercan

Do Similar Exposure Groups (SEG) differ from Air Force base to Air Force base? A Combat Arms Training and Maintenance (CATM) noise exposure comparison of Moody AFB and MacDill AFB., Miriam F. Escobar

PsiDB: A Framework for Batched Query Processing and Optimization, Mehrad Eslami

SSH1 Impedes p62/SQSTM1 Flux and Tau Clearance Independent of Cofilin Activation, Cenxiao Fang

Alcohol Expectancy Associates as a Probe of the Motivational Processes that Lead to Drinking, Daniel C. Faraci

A Case Study on Black Twitter’s Reactions to the Framing of Blacks in Dove’s 2017 Facebook Advertisement, Shereena Farrington

Features of borderline personality and related psychopathologies as a contemporaneously and temporally connected network, Haya Fatimah

Toxic Colonialism and Green Victimization of Native Americans: An Examination of the Genocidal Impacts of Uranium Mining, Averi R. Fegadel

Editing the Self Away: The Effects of Photo Manipulation on Perceptions of the Self, Roxanne N. Felig

Composition of Atomic-Obligation Security Policies, Danielle Ferguson

Clarifying the Relationship of Design Thinking to the Military Decision-Making Process, Thomas S. Fisher

Assessing Teacher Data Use: A Validation Study of the Teacher Data Use Survey (TDUS), Alice Renee Foran

Roots in Antiquity: A Comparative Study of Two Cultures, Lara Younes Freajah

On the p(x)-Laplace equation in Carnot groups, Robert D. Freeman

Rapid Cross-Section Imaging with Magnetic and Impedance Sensors for Grout Anomaly Detection in External Post-Tensioned Tendons, Hani Freij

Growth and Characterization of 2D layered Materials, Algene Fryer II

Networks in the Norm Life Cycle and the Diffusion of Environmental Norms, James E. Fry

GoFundTransitions: Narratives of Transnormativity and the Limits of Crowdfunding Livable Futures, Hayden J. Fulton

Biomechanics of Independent Wheelchair Transfer in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury, Ashleigh L. Fults

Unwritten Records: Crime and Punishment in Early Virginia, Jessica L. Gantzert

Enhanced Nitrogen, Organic Matter and Color Removal from Landfill Leachate by Biological Treatment Processes with Biochar and Zeolite, Bisheng Gao

Predictors of Economic Outlook in Stability Operations, Juan Carlos Garcia

Testing Glutathione-S-Transferase Mu 1 (GSTM1) in Protecting Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells from Oxidative Stress, Inyoung C. Garner

The Design and Development of a Wrist-Hand Orthosis, Amber Gatto

Using Geospatial Data to Predict the Locations of Groundwater Discharge to Salmon-Bearing Streams, Alaska, Mary Gerlach

Role of Thyroid Hormone Modulating Astrocyte Activation, Payal Ghosh

Bidirectional Influences of Decisions and Outcomes on Organizational Identity and Sustainable Viability in Small, Private, Nonprofit, Mission-Focused Higher Education Institutions, Brian J. Gilliam

Motivation Matters: The Interaction of Approach and Avoidance Alcohol Motivation and Self-Control Demands in College Drinkers, Becky K. Gius

Algorithms To Profile Driver Behavior From Zero-permission Embedded Sensors, Bharti Goel

Voices of Success: Exploring Black Male Students’ Perspectives on Their Academic Success, Carmen Goldsmith

Spontaneous Raman Scattering Enhancement with Microcavities and Multipass Resonators for Trace Gas Detection, Juan Sebastian Gomez Velez

Race, Gender and Power: Afro-Peruvian women’s experiences as congress representatives, Sharun Gonzales Matute

Synthesis of a Targeted pH Responsive Nanoparticle for Controlled Release of Actinomycin D, Alejandro Jesus Gonzalez

Microfluidically Reconfigurable Millimeter-Wave Switches, Antenna Arrays and Filters with Fast-Actuation Using Movable Metallized Plates and Integrated Actuation, Enrique J. Gonzalez Carvajal

Atomistic Simulations of Novel Materials at Ambient and High Pressures, Joseph M. Gonzalez

Microbial Community Structures in Three Bahamian Blue Holes, Meghan J. Gordon