Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Evaluation of the Habits of Mind Character Education Program, William Royce
Dissertation: "The Classical School, Deterrence Theory, and Zero Tolerance" An analysis of a mandatory zero tolerance sanctioning policy in relation to The Classical School of Criminology and Deterrence Theory, Adam Saeler
Dissertation: Most effective intervention for reducing posterior shoulder tightness acutely in the post-operative population : a single blinded randomized control trial, Paul A. Salamh
Thesis: Seasonal Warm-Water Refuge and Sanctuary Usage by the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Kings Bay, Citrus County, Florida, Danielle C. Sattelberger
Thesis: Connectivity of Reef Fishes Between Mangroves and Coral Reefs in Broward County, Florida, Jennifer Savaro
Dissertation: Formative Research on an Instructional Design Theory for Virtual Patients in Clinical Education: A Pressure Ulcer Prevention Clinical Reasoning Case, Manon Maitland Schladen
Dissertation: Exploring the Item Difficulty and Other Psychometric Properties of the Core Perceptual, Verbal, and Working Memory Subtests of the WAIS-IV Using Item Response Theory, Sara Ann Schleicher-Dilks
Thesis: Feeding Ecology of the Invasive Lionfish (Pterois spp.) and Comparison with Two Native Species: Schoolmaster Lutjanus apodus (Walbaum, 1792) and Graysby Cephalopholis cruentata (Lacepède, 1802), Jesse J. Secord
Dissertation: Investigating Roles of Information Security Strategy, Roger V. Seeholzer
Dissertation: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Accessibility Awareness Among Faculty in Online Learning Environments, Rachael Sessler Trinkowsky
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of Direct Writing Conventions Instruction on Second Grade Writing Mechanics Mastery, Kristen Sheehan
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of Direct Writing Conventions Instruction on Second Grade Writing Mechanics Mastery, Kristen I. Sheehan
Dissertation: An Examination of the Practice of Aligning Speech-Language Therapy Goals to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, Gerard Francis Shine
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Investigation of the Dropout Rates of Caucasian High School Students in a Rural North Carolina High School, Otis L. Smallwood
Thesis: Hallowed Be Thy Fall, Kristina Smeriglio
Dissertation: Afghan Muslim Male Interpreters and Translators: An Examination of Their Identity Changes and Lived Experiences During Pre and Post-Immigration to the United States During the Afghanistan War (2003-2012), Michael Tyrone Solomon
Dissertation: Motivating the Solicited and Unsolicited Sharing of Tacit Knowledge Through the Process of Externalization, Sheila Yvonne Sorensen
Dissertation: The Impact of Image Synonyms in Graphical-Based Authentication Systems, Jonathan William Sparks
Dissertation: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Marriage and Family Therapy Students Who Study Bowen Family Systems Theory, and Relating Those Experiences to Concepts of Differentiation of Self and Emotional Intelligence: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Tracey-Ann Dushane Spencer
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Demise of an Antebellum College: A History of Illinois State University, Robert Allen Stevens
Dissertation: Age Related Decline in Memory: Examining the Mediation Effect of Processing, Executive Functioning and Intelligence in Normal Adults, Jada J. Stewart
Thesis: A Comparative Evaluation of Mitigation Wetlands in Broward County, Florida, Using Chironomid (Ditera) Pupal Exuviae: A Potential Technique for Assessing Mitigation Success, Ryan St. George
Capstone: Shared governance for advanced registered nurse practitioners, Maria Suarez
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Causal Comparative Study of the Academic Effects of Voluntary Prekindergarten Participation, Jessica Lynn Swere
Dissertation: A Phylogenetic Revision of Superfamily Himerometroidea (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), Kristian Taylor
Dissertation: Analysis of Attitudes, Gender, and Beliefs of Adolescent Students Concerning Interactive Technology, Courtney L. Teague
Dissertation: The Impact of Acculturation on Perceptions of Elder Abuse and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Elderly Polynesians, Myra Halaevalu Te’o Aukusitino
Dissertation: Exploration of the Wechsler Memory Scale Fourth Edition and Measures of Executive Function Combined Components Model, Isaac Tourgeman
Dissertation: Technology and Legal Research: What Is Taught and What Is Used in the Practice of Law, Rebecca Sewanee Trammell
Dissertation: Employment Needs of the Age 21 and Over ID Population in South Florida : An Occupational Therapy Perspective, Ingris Treminio
Dissertation: Building Cloud-Based Information Systems Lab Architecture: Deriving Design Principles that Facilitate the Effective Construction and Evaluation of a Cloud-Based Lab Environment, Thomas J. Trevethan
Thesis: Assessing orthodontic-bracket impacts on lip profile at bonding and debonding stages, Martin Trockel
Dissertation: Adoption Factors Impacting Human Resource Analytics Among Human Resource Professionals, Roslyn Vargas
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluation of an Innovative Leadership-Development Program at a Private, Not-for-Profit University, Renee Venezia
Thesis: Bacterial Community Dynamics In Marine Sponge Cinachyrella kuekenthali Under Irradiance and Antibiotics, Nidhi Vijayan
Dissertation: Feature Selection and Classification Methods for Decision Making: A Comparative Analysis, Osiris Villacampa
Thesis: Un-becoming: A Confluence of the Poetic Voice and the Sociological Imagination, Stephanie Walls
Dissertation: Implicit Measures and Online Risks, Lucinda W. Wang
Thesis: Assessment of Nursery-Raised Acropora cervicornis Transplants in the Upper Florida Keys, Matthew Ware
Dissertation: Gathering the Requirements for a Mobile Device Tutorial for Older Adults, Michele A. Washington
Thesis: Acute and Chronic Effects of Large-Vessel Anchoring on Coral Reef Communities Inside a Designated Commercial Anchorage, Lauren Waters
Dissertation: An Empirical Investigation into the Role that Boredom, Relationships, Anxiety, and Gratification (BRAG) Play in a Driver’s Decision to Text, Nathan White
Thesis: Effect of surface preparation on the shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets bonded to zirconia : an in-vitro study, Nathaniel Wieder
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Developing Student Competencies in Information Literacy Sessions Through Web-Based Instruction for Distance Learners, Paula A. Williams
Dissertation: Hope-Focused Solutions: A Relational Hope Focus of the Solution-Building Stages in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Jenna A. Wilson
Dissertation: Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Explained Through Student’s Narratives, Brian Louis Wright
Thesis: Microtensile bond strength of resin-dentin bonds following application of a chemical collagen cross-linker using different dentin bonding systems, Bassam Naoraldean Zidane
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Dissertation: Investigating the Determinants of Disaster Recovery Technology Investment Choice in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Faranak Afshar
Thesis: Reproductive parameters of two coastal pelagic fishes off southeast Florida: Blackfin Tuna Thunnus atlanticus and Little Tunny Euthynnus alletteratus, Sonia Ahrabi-Nejad
Dissertation: Conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran: An Examination of Critical Factors Inhibiting their Positive Roles in the Middle East, Ghadah Alghunaim
Thesis: Diet of the Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Belize, Central America, Aarin Conrad Allen
Thesis: Effect of resin cement, aging process and root level on the bond strength of the resin-fiber posts, Khalid Almulhim
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Adaptation to Spectacle Wear in Children and Adolescents Diagnosed with Autism, Anette Bade
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Cheating in Online Classes: A Preliminary Investigation, Mirella G. Baker Bemmel
Dissertation: Harlemites' Preconceptions of Unmet Human Needs and TheLoss of Harlem Culture: A Quantitative Study of The Causes of Conflict and Gentrification, Arnold John Banks
Dissertation: Information System Security Commitment: A Study of External Influences on Senior Management, Kevin Andrew Barton
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Population Connectivity in the Ocean: A Genetic View of Upper Trophic Level Fishes Displaying Contrasting Life Histories, Andrea M. Bernard
Thesis: Assessment of Macroinvertebrate Communities and Heavy Metal Contamination Along the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Robert Bernhard
Thesis: Conch Population Demographics and Habitat Association Near Port Everglades Inlet, Florida, Charlotte A. Berry
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Constructing a Cyber Preparedness Framework (CPF): The Lockheed Martin Case Study, Dawn Marie Beyer
Dissertation: The Contribution of Forced Medical Retirement to Symptoms of Depression, Anxiety and Stress in Law Enforcement Officers, Kimberley Blackmon
Dissertation: Same-Sex Couples' Lived Experiences of the Repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act's (DOMA) Section Three, Alicia Anne Bosley
Dissertation: Contextual aspects influencing mothers' placement considerations for their children with autism, Margaret E. Moffett Boyd
Dissertation: Understanding Usability-related Information Security Failures in a Healthcare Context, Edward D. Boyer
Thesis: The Detection of Amazonian Manatees (Trichechus inunguis) Using Side-Scan Sonar and the Effect of Oil Activities on Their Habitats in Eastern Ecuador, Caitlin E. Brice
Dissertation: Alternative Approaches to Correction of Malapropisms in AIML Based Conversational Agents, Walter A. Brock
Dissertation: Quality of Care From a Parent’s Point of View: An Examination of an Early Childhood Education Center Located at a Community College, Jennifer Brown
Dissertation: Application of Cellular Automata to Detection of Malicious Network Packets, Robert L. Brown
Dissertation: The Impact of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems on Small and Medium Enterprises, Miguel Buleje
Thesis: Prokaryotic Diversity of the Wastewater Outfalls, Reefs, and Inlets of Broward County, Alexandra Mandina Campbell
Thesis: A Principal Component Analysis of Vertical Temperature Profiles for Tracking Movements of Swordfish Xiphias gladius, Kathryn G. Carmody
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Identifying E-Commerce Strategy-making Modes in Small Firms, Robert M. Cartelli
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Study on Reading Achievement and Teachers' Perceptions of Struggling Readers in a Middle School, Jewel Charles
Dissertation: Increase of Excavating Sponges on Caribbean Coral Reefs: Reproduction, Dispersal, and Coral Deterioration, Andia Chaves-Fonnegra
Thesis: Evaluation of the effect of enamel deproteinization on shear bond strength of orthodontic adhesives and resulting white spot lesion formation, Kelly Chioffe
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Effects of an Entrepreneurship Program as an Instructional Intervention to Improve Reading Skills of Ninth-Grade Students in an Urban High School, Lorraine Renee Clemons
Capstone: Pilot project designed to improve the medicationreconciliation processes for medical/telemetry nurses at a suburban south Florida hospital, Elizabeth ClemowTilly
Dissertation: A Causal Model to Predict Organizational Knowledge Sharing via Information and Communication Technologies, Simon Cleveland
Capstone: Pilot study to evaluate an evidence-based pain management protocol for adults with Sickle cell disease, Claude Coombs
Capstone: What are the experiences of nurse practitioners when communicating bad news to cancer patients?, Virginia Corey
Dissertation: Secure Mobile Deployment of NFL Training Materials, Alexander R. Corris
Thesis: Effect of CAD/CAM processing on esthetic characteristics of porcelain veneers, Eduardo Cortes-Contreras
Capstone: Perceptions of stress and quality of life of primary caregivers exposed to a Hospital-At-Home program, Pavel Costa-Armas
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Exploring the Career Experiences of Caribbean Women in Leadership, Sharon Alicia Marie Crooks
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluation of Unsupervised Learning Techniques for Intrusion Detection in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Binh Hy Dang
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Time-Series Analysis of a Caring Nursing Student Success and Retention Program, Mattie Jane Davis-Wolfe
Thesis: Biophysical Interactions in the Straits of Florida: Turbulent Mixing Due to Diel Vertical Migrations of Zooplankton, Cayla Whitney Dean
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Using Speech Recognition Software to Improve Writing Skills, Felix Diaz
Dissertation: Living with Uncertainty: The Impact on Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Intimate Partners, Kimberley Dockery
Thesis: Human gingival mesenchymal stem cells and self-assembling peptide PuraMatrix(TM) scaffold for bone formation, Don Do
Thesis: Post Disturbance Coral Populations: Patterns in Live Cover and Colony Size Classes from Transect Studies in Two Oceans, Claire A. Dolphin
Dissertation: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Telehealth Champions, Ragan A. DuBose-Morris
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Living in two worlds : experiences of non-native english speakers in an accelerated second-degree baccalaureate nursing program, Kimberly Dudas
Dissertation: Illuminating Capacity-Building Strategies for Landscape-Scale Collaborative Forest Management Through Constructivist Grounded Theory, Marcelle Elise DuPraw
Thesis: Influence of immediate dentin sealing on the bond strength of indirect bonded restorations, Alexander Duque
Thesis: Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) Hatchling Disorientation in Broward County, Florida, Allison Durland Donahou
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SERVICE ORIENTATION AND SERVICE CLIMATE IN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIAN HOTEL INDUSTRIES, Gary A. Dusek
Capstone: Implementation of a cardiovascular health-promotion program in a rural Africa-American community, Cheryl Eastmond
Thesis: Global summation of radial frequency patterns and the effect of sudden onset glare on shape discrimination, Edgar Ekure
Dissertation: Student and clinical instructor perceptions of credentialed and noncredentialed clinical instructors, Lindsay Elchert