All theses, dissertations, capstones, and applied clinical projects from graduate students at Nova Southeastern University.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Effective Leadership and Individual Education Plan Development, Hillary A. Crissinger

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: La Evaluación del Liderazgo en la Práctica de Trabajo Social Escolar en el Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico, Jomara Trinta Cruz

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Thesis: Optimizing Coral Sexual Propagation Ex Situ: Synergistic Effects of Multiple Cues on the Larval Settlement of Caribbean Corals, Chloe Daniel

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Dissertation: Parent Social Validity Ratings of Receiving Functional Communication Training, Shani Davies

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Factores Que Inciden en El Uso de la Tecnología Como Estrategia Didáctica en El Rendimiento Académico de Las Matemáticas en Escuelas de La Oficina Regional Educativa del Este de Puerto Rico, Javier I. Dávila Rodríguez

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Entry Level Capstone: Tools for Transitions: Occupation-Based Resources Across the Lifespan, Sophie R. DeAnnuntis

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Estrategias de Liderazgo Transformacional Para Garantizar los Servicios de Terapia Conductual Aplicada a Niños Autistas en Época de Crisis: Estudio de Caso, Ileana Artidiello Delgado

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Dissertation: Foster Care Placement and Law Enforcement Contact, Tranika Guerrero De Los Reyes

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Religion and Poverty: Prosperity Gospel Leaders, Tithing, and Miseducation, Marie Ghislaine Désir Nelson

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Dissertation: Efectividad de La Capacitación en Competencias Digitales en El Desempeño de Docentes en Una Institución de Educación Superior, Emily Diaz Acevedo

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Thesis: Christian Identity and Commercialization: A Rhetorical Case Study of Faith-Based NIL Branding in College Athletics, Santiago Diaz Finochietto

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Capacitación del Docente en el Área de Educación del Adulto y las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación en un Colegio Comunitario en Puerto Rico., Miguel A. Díaz Peña

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Dissertation: A Policy Analysis of Performance Based Funding in Colorado, Nicholas G. Dix

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Effects of Utilizing Response Cards in a Secondary Self-Contained Classroom for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Danielle Doherty

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Entry Level Capstone: Occupation-Based Foster Caregiver Toolkit, Jane L. Donat

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: How Social Media Distorts Adolescents’ Self-Identity: A Qualitative Exploration, Eneidys Donato

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Thesis: Acute Toxicity of Arsenate and Arsenite in Two Scleractinian Coral Species: Acropora cervicornis and Orbicella faveolata, Cailey Dorman

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Entry Level Capstone: Supporting the Fourth Trimester: An Occupational Therapy Approach to Maternal Function and Recovery, Cedrica Durham

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: La Relación Entre el Conocimiento de Los Docentes y la Efectividad de Las Estrategias Para El Desarrollo de Las Destrezas Grafomotoras en Los Estudiantes de Niñez Temprana, Silvia Ivette Echevarría León

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Dissertation: Efectividad de la Educación a Distancia Usando la Plataforma del Microsoft Teams Entre los Maestros de las Escuelas Intermedias de Puerto Rico, Minelly Irizarry Echevarría

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Dissertation: Teachers’ Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Tier 3 Academic Interventions, Dana Esposito

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Rendimiento Académico y Satisfacción Estudiantil en un Grupo de Educación Continua de una Universidad en Puerto Rico, Yolanda Candelaria Feneque

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Acceptance of Smartphone Applications by Mental Health Providers After COVID-19, Tamara F. N. Ferebee

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Dissertation: Legislative Impacts on K-12 Social Studies Teacher Identity, Curricular Decision-Making, and Receptiveness to Professional Development, Staci Fisher

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Dissertation: Examining the Disclosure of Sensitive Information Through Mobile Applications: A Privacy Calculus and Warning Experiment on Location-Based Services, Dwayne A. Ford

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Institutional, Cultural, and Familial Factors That Influence the Retention and Persistence of African American Students in STEM Programs at Technical Colleges, Joseph T. Ford Jr.

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Dissertation: Homeschooling and Online Learning Technologies From a Parent’s Perspective, Karla M. Forti

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Assessment of the Strong Kids and Strong Teens Curriculum: A Between Groups Pretest and Posttest Design to Examine Gains in Social-Emotional Competence, Laurel Foust

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Dissertation: Perspectives of Corporate Instructional Design Experts on Effectiveness, Personal Traits and Attributes, and Technology, Thomas A. Gant

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Dissertation: Percepción de los Docentes de las Escuelas Públicas Secundarias de Puerto Rico Sobre el Uso de las Herramientas de Inteligencia Artificial en el Salón de Clases, Alice M. García Cardoza

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Dissertation: Law Enforcement and the Need for Mental Health Collaboration, Jacquline Gillins-Hatcher

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: La Integración de la Danza en el Currículo Académico de Estudiantes de Educación Especial Como Proceso Cognitivo Para la Memorización en Una Escuela Especializada en el Norte de Puerto Rico., Nilka Marie Gómez Heredia

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Impacto de la Educación Virtual en el Dominio de Destrezas Técnicas de Cursos Ocupacionales Durante la Pandemia COVID-19, Lydia E. Gómez Rodríguez

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Impacto de la Usabilidad del Entorno Virtual Frente al Aprendizaje de la Estadística Descriptiva en un Programa Presencial de una Universidad Privada Colombiana, Ana Lucy Gómez Tulcán

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Integración de la Tecnología en el Proceso de Enseñanza-Aprendizaje de la Lectoescritura en una Escuela de Puerto Rico, Carmen Diaz González

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Entry Level Capstone - NSU Access Only: A Step Towards Independence: Empowering Adults on the Autism Spectrum, Jailine Gonzalez and Jailine Gonzalez

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Factores en el Uso de las Herramientas Tecnológicas LockDown Browser Monitor y RPNow en la Administración de Evaluaciones en Línea de Cursos de Programas Subgraduados en Puerto Rico, José M. Nieves González

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Dissertation: Using Satellite Tracking and Stable Isotopes to Characterize the Movements, Core-use Areas, and Distribution of Loggerhead and Green Turtles Nesting in South Florida, USA: Internesting, Foraging, and Migration, Glenn D. Goodwin

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Understanding College Choice: A Qualitative Case Study of Black Students at a Community College in Louisiana Through the Lens of Self-Efficacy Theory, AcQueena Grant

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Exploring How Professional Learning Communities Inform the Implementation of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices and Teacher Perceptions of Culturally Responsive Teaching in Mathematics, Miriam J. Greener

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Research Study on the Extent of Sexual Child Abuse in Guatemala and Jamaica, Yanique S. Green

Dissertation: Competencias Digitales en Educación Superior en pro de las Didácticas para los Aprendizajes desde una Revisión Sistemática entre los años 2020 a 2024, Edgar Arturo Grimaldos Falla

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Diversidad Generacional en el Profesorado de Educación Secundaria: Factores Intrapersonales, Prácticas Pedagógicas y Estrategias de Integración Intergeneracional, Dowlatee E. Gunness Sánchez

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Entry Level Capstone: Administrative Leadership Digital Hub to Expand Access to Occupational Therapy for Underserved Veterans ​, Bianca N. Haddock

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Deficient Retention of Educators in a Southern Metropolitan County, Sheree Hankerson

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Challenges of Remote Learning for Underprivileged and Disabled Undergraduate Students as Perceived and Delineated by Instructors in Florida, Maryam Harkas

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Dissertation: When They See Us: The Lived Experiences of BGLO Members at a PWI, Brittany Harris-Nelson

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Persistence Constraints of First Generation College Students, Daniel Haupt

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: If These Walls Could Talk: A Qualitative Study Among Black Women Senior Leaders at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominantly Black Institutions, V’Rhaniku Haynes

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Survey to Determine the Availability and Implementation of Mathematics Intervention Classes in Middle Schools, Suzanne Mills Hedberg

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Entry Level Capstone: Addressing the Occupational Therapy Faculty Shortage: A Capstone Experience in Academic Administration at Nova Southeastern University, Tiesha N. Henley

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluación de Competencias Pedagógicas y Tecnológicas en la Enseñanza de Inglés Con la Modalidad a Distancia en Escuelas de la Oficina Regional Educativa del Área Oeste de Puerto Rico, Jennifer Hernández

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Trascendencia del Programa de Inglés para Estudiantes Aprendices con otros Idiomas (ESOL) y su Efecto en el Rendimiento Académico. Broward, Florida, María Elena Hernández

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación en la Enseñanza de la Lectoescritura y su Relación con el Aprovechamiento Académico en Niños de Kinder a Tercer Grado de Escuelas Elementales de Puerto Rico, Teddy V. Hernández Vélez

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: High School Administrators' Perceptions of Out-of-School Suspension and Existing Alternatives, Darlene Hester-Slade

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Prodigies Music Program: Examination of Music Curriculum for Students With Intellectual and Cognitive Disabilities, Kristen B. Hill

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Thesis: Influence of Lunar Light on Vertical Distributions of Myctophid, Hygophum taaningi, Meta Hughes

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Dissertation: A Qualitative Study for Parental Involvement in Middle School: Perspectives of Parents and Teachers, Twana Ivory

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Implementation of Social Emotional Learning in a High-Needs Middle School: A Single Case Study, MarTrice L. Jackson

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Dissertation: The Lived Experiences of Project Rebound Students in California, Jeffrey R. Jacobs

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of Theater Arts Participation on End-of-Year Reading Achievement: An Analysis of Program Involvement and Gender Differences, Mootchie Jacques-Alcin

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Exploring Faculty and Leadership Experiences With the Diffusion of Generative Artificial Intelligence and Instructional Technologies: Perspectives on Organizational Change in Higher Education, Mohja Jerbi

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Dissertation: The Relationship of Parent IEP Meeting Attendance on African American and Hispanic Middle School Students’ Attendance and Behavior, David W. Johnny

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Qualitative Phenomenological Study: Exploration of Perceptions of Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioners About Culturally Responsive Education and Practices, Rasjnik Scott Johnson

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Exploration and Interpretation of Employee’s Decision to Remote or Hybrid Work by Generational Differences, Aisha Jones

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Effect of School District Superintendents’ Leadership Styles on Student Achievement, Daphne M. Jones Hill

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Entry Level Capstone: Class of 2025 Capstone Round Table program, Christina Kane

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Dissertation: Perceptions of Victims on the Influence of Domestic Violence Programs on the Decision to Leave, Tiffany Kleiman-Bourdeau

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of Establishing an Early College Program in a North Texas High School, Tyrus Lacey

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Dissertation: Assessing Teachers’ Conceptual Leadership Perceptions of School-Site Administrators as an Approach to Improve Teacher Morale, Darlene C. Landy

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Entry Level Capstone: Empowering Occupational Therapists: Navigating Cancer Care through the Lens of MOHO​, Luis G. Lares

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Dissertation: Incarcerated Youth Returning to Society as Adults: An Examination of Their Lived Experiences and Challenges, Kimberly R. Lawrance

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Tech-Forward Learning: Text-to-Speech Impact on Catholic High School Students, Dennise A. Leyva

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Dissertation: The Impact of the Annapolis Police Athletic League on Youth Crime Prevention and Police-Youth Relationships, Talia Carol Lisko

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluation of the Inclusion Program at a Southwestern Florida High School, Jonathan Litsky

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Entry Level Capstone: Occupational Therapist’s Role in Medicolegal, Danyl (JJ) W. Litumbe Jr.

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Eficacia de las Estrategias Para Desarrollar la Psicomotricidad Como Factor Determinante del Aprendizaje en Edad Preescolar, Andrea Lozada

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Entry Level Capstone: Identifying and Addressing Maternal Health Needs: Using Occupational Therapy to Empower, Educate, and Support Mothers, Anne K. Lyles

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Thesis: Identification of Crustose Coralline Algae Species in Florida and Their Ability to Induce Larval Settlement of Caribbean Corals, Danielle Macias

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Thesis: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Population Change in Gorgonia ventalina on Florida's Coral Reef, Michelle Mair

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Providing Professional Development for Kindergarten Through Eighth Grade Teachers to Ensure Rigorous Instruction in a Remote Learning Setting, Tapuwanashe Makaya

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Faculty Members’ Perception of Career Readiness Courses as They Relate to Student Retention, Lisa Mann

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Teacher Perceptions of Students Experiencing Homelessness and Intersectionality of Students With Disabilities, Darlene Marcelin

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Exploring the Qualities and Components of a Viable Teacher Mentoring Program for a Southeastern U.S. School District, Erica N. Marshall

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Actitudes, Conocimientos y Uso de Las Tecnologías de La Información y La Comunicación en Los Docentes de Una Universidad Colombiana, Carlos Eduardo Martínez Albarracín

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Factores que Inciden en la Deserción de Estudiantes en la Escuela de Psicología en una Institución Pública de Educación Superior de la República Dominicana, María del Carmen Martínez Vicioso

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Examination of Financial Stress: Human Capital and the Impact of Borrowing on Health and Well-Being, Kevin L. McCarthy

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Necesidades de Desarrollo Continúo de Competencias en La Gestión de Líderes Académicos-Administrativos de Universidades Puertorriqueñas, Janice D. Meléndez-Rondón

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Dissertation: Instructional Design and Technology Professionals: Why Are Some Laggards?, Hayley Mendelson Smith

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Percepción de los Directores Escolares Sobre el Uso de la Tecnología de Información y Comunicación En las Escuelas Primarias de Una Región Educativa de Puerto Rico, Gisel Méndez González

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Percepciones de Egresados de Programas de Posgrado Sobre la Escritura Académica, Luis A. Mendez

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Dissertation: Effects of Parent Involvement in Their Children’s Academic and Behavioral Performance, Megan Menozzi

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Thesis: Algal turf-sediment dynamics across Florida’s Coral Reef, Nicole Messerlian

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Educators' Perceptions of Computer-Mediated Communication Tools' Effectiveness in Foreign Language Teaching, Annabelle Victoria Montilla Bizoso

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Percepción de Los Estudiantes Sobre el Uso del Podcast Como Estrategia Didáctica En La Enseñanza de La Asignatura Historia Universal en Una Escuela de Puerto Rico, Christian Morales-Arocho

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Dissertation: A Hybrid Deep Learning Model for IoT Network Anomaly Detection, Yonas Getachew Mulissa

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: La Retroalimentación Bidireccional en el Proceso de la Enseñanza y Aprendizaje Con Modalidad Hibrida en Una Institución Secundaria de Puerto Rico., Annette Muñiz Andújar

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Qualitative Research Study on The Effects of Special Education Teachers on Students With Autism, Jeffrey Murray

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Thesis: Genomic Annotation and Biological Characterization of Three Novel Gordonia rubripertincta Bacteriophages, Sri Rishitha Nannapaneni

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Dissertation: Foster Care Students and Their Success in Academic Achievements in School, Kirsten Nassiff