Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Dissertation: Attachment Style and Psychological Sense of Community in the Context of 12-Step Recovery, Amy Elizabeth Ellis
Dissertation: Predictors of Post Foster Care Functioning: Assessing Emotional Intelligence in Foster Alumni, Nicole Englebert
Dissertation: Sex Tourism in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands: An Exploratory Study, Elizabeth Estes
Dissertation: Measuring the playfulness of children with special needs in occupational therapist led, caregiver-included community playgroups, Sarah Fabrizi
Dissertation: A Cognitive Apprenticeship Approach for Teaching Abstract and Complex Skills in an Online Learning Environment, Reinaldo Fernandez
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of Technology on the Study of Talmud, Shmuel Fink
Thesis: A Mitogenomics View of the Population Structure and Evolutionary History of the Basking Shark Cetorhinus maximum, Kimberly A. Finnegan
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Spoken Language Identification from Processing and Pattern Analysis of Spectrograms, George Harold Ford
Dissertation: Assistive Technologies used by Students with Asperger’s Syndrome to Improve Performance in the General Education Classroom, Sara (Beth) Cardwell Foreman
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Contextual Model for Identity Management (IdM) Interfaces, Nathaniel J. Fuller
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Evaluating the Role of Seagrass Beds as a Food Resource in Port Everglades, Florida, Christina Gabriel
Dissertation: The Impact of Islam as a Religion and Muslim Women on Gender Equality: A Phenomenological Research Study, Sonia D. Galloway
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Study of the Impacts of Navigational Links, Task Complexity, and Experience with the Older User on Website Usability in a Community College Domain, Robin Eileen Garrett
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Nursing students' attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control and intent regarding implementation of gerontological competencies, Christopher Garrison
Dissertation: Unsupervised Learning Trojan, Arturo Geigel
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Enhanced Deployment Strategy for Role-based Hierarchical Application Agents in Wireless Sensor Networks with Established Clusterheads, Audrey A. Gendreau
Capstone: Adapting the Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer’s Caregivers Health (REACH) program for use in a nursing home setting, Edward Golden
Thesis: Global Population Structure of the Dusky Shark and Geographic Sourcing of Shark Fins from Commercial Markets, Teagen K. Gray
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Social Networking: Closing the Achievement Gap Between Regular and Special Education Students, Steven E. Gregor
Thesis: The Effects of an Extended Power Plant Shutdown on the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Port Everglades, Florida, Christopher Grissett
Thesis: Distribution, Growth, and Impact of the Coral-Excavating Sponge, Cliona delitrix, on the Stony Coral Communities Offshore Southeast Florida, Ari Halperin
Thesis: Habitat and Seasonal Distribution of the North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) and Vertebrate Species Assemblages in Two Protected Areas of the Florida Everglades, Catherine Faye Hamilton
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, but Are They the Words That Matter? - An Analysis of the Effects of Image Comments on Social Networking Sites, Bennet Hammer
Dissertation: Helping Children with Autism Learn with Mathematics Software, Michelle Hansen
Dissertation: Factors impacting information security noncompliance when completing job tasks, Martha Nanette Harrell
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Emotional & Social Intelligence and Conflict Management Behavior in Leadership, Suzzette A. Harriott
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Instrumental Case Study on Declining Enrollment Conditions for an Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Degree Program Within a Private University, Alcee L. Hastings II
Thesis: Changes in Coral Community Composition at Devil's Crown, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: A 7,700 Year Perspective, Katharine Jane Hendrickson
Dissertation: Security Policies That Make Sense for Complex Systems: Comprehensible Formalism for the System Consumer, Rhonda R. Henning
Dissertation: A Method to Reduce the Cost of Resilience Benchmarking of SelfAdaptive Systems, Steve Hernandez
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Leadership Studies Program, James Peter Hopkins
Capstone: Role expectations and job functions of dermatology nurses, Denise Howard
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Examination of the Influences of Organizational Context on Knowledge Sharing, Huei-Min Hsu
Dissertation: Role Theory as an informative lens for understanding the familial and political power struggles of Henry VIII and Mary I of England, Niki Incorvia
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Unlucky In Love? Your Parents May Be To Blame, Veronica Isidron
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Strategies for Improving Instruction for English Language Learners and Culturally Diverse Student Populations, Turanza Whipple Jackson
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Phenomenological Study of the Effects of Reported Workplace Bullying, Camika S. Jerido
Dissertation: Follow Me! Followership, Leadership and the Multigenerational Workforce, Ronald M. Johnson
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Childcare center directors' oral health literacy and attitudes towards pediatric oral health, Ajay Joshi
Dissertation: EFFECTS OF A SUPPORT SYSTEM ON A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE'S CAREER DEVELOPMENT, Matthew Kaufman
Dissertation: Validating the OCTAVE Allegro Information Systems Risk Assessment Methodology: A Case Study, Corland Gordon Keating
Dissertation: Effects of high-fidelity simulation on the self-confidence and clinical competence of pre-licensure nursing students in the final semesters of an associate degree nursing program, Mary Keegan
Dissertation: Academic Ethics Conflict in the Age of Wikipedia and Turnitin.com: A Study Assessing the Opinions of Exiting College Students, Consuelo Doria Kelley
Dissertation: Assessing Clinical Competency: The Simulated Patient Assessment and Research Collaboration, Jessica Ketterer
Dissertation: A Thin Blue Line and the Great Black Divide: The Inter and Intra Departmental Conflict Among Black Police Officers, Their Agencies, and the Communities in which They Work Regarding Police Use of Force Perception By Black Americans in a Southwestern State, Vance DeBral Keyes
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Hunter's Quest, Kimberli Kidd
Dissertation: An Investigation of the Key Factors that Affect the Adoption of Smartphones in Global Midmarket Professional Service Firms, Mark S. Kocour
Dissertation: Improving the Selection of Surrogates During the Cold-Start Phase of a Cyber Foraging Application to Increase Application Performance, Brian Kowalczk
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Computer and Internet Training for Health Information with Rural Older Adults, Shelia R. Krajkik
Thesis: Cephalometric regional superimpositions -- digital vs. analog accuracy and precision : 1. the maxilla, Glenn Krieger
Thesis: BMP2 induced osteogenic differentiation of human umbilical cord stem cells in a peptide-based hydrogel scaffold, Shruthi Lakshmana
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Use of a Direction Tolerance System (DTS) in Patients with Low Back Pain: Intra-Rater Reliability and Outcome, Martin Lambert
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Improving IT Portfolio Management Decision Confidence using Multi-Criteria Decision Making and Hypervariate Display Techniques, John Andrew Landmesser
Dissertation: The New Drug War or the New Race War: Incarceration's Impact on Minority Children, Families, and Communities, Karen P. Lawrence
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Relationship of Computer Self-Efficacy and Self-Directed Learning Readiness to Civilian Employees’ Completion of Online Courses, Joan Lenahan-Bernard
Dissertation: Identifying the Factors That Influence Changes in Aggregate Sentiment Among the Masses: An Analysis of the Measure of Consumer Sentiment Through a Conflict Analysis and Resolution Lens, Michael Carl Letamendi
Dissertation: Examination of selection of factors for admission to an associate degree nursing program, Mary Lewis
Thesis - NSU Access Only: A Diary of Jack Spoon, Kevin C. Lichty
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Bayesian Approach to International Distributor Selection for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Software Industry, Joseph Ping Lui
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Preparing First-Generation College Students for Doctoral Persistence: A Formative Evaluation of the McNair Scholars Program, Michelle Waiters Martinez
Dissertation: Do Parent and Teacher Ratings of Behavior Measure What They Are Intended to Measure?, Phillip Martin
Thesis - NSU Access Only: An Evaluation of Inclusion Criteria for Highly Migratory Species in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Shawn Martin
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Measuring Interestingness in Outliers with Explanation Facility using Belief Networks, Adnan Masood
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: OWL Ontology for Scalable Vector Graphics, Regina Mitzie Mathis
Thesis: Cephalometric regional superimpositions -- digital vs. analog accuracy and precision: 2. the mandible, Kevin McCaffrey
Thesis: Reproduction and Population of Porites divaricata at Rodriguez Key: The Florida Keys, USA, John McDermond
Dissertation: Evaluating Heuristics and Crowding on Center Selection in K-Means Genetic Algorithms, William McGarvey
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Influence of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Audit Quality: Evidence from Nonprofit Hospitals Subject to the Single Audit Act, Michele M. McGowan
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Predicting Transition to Postsecondary Programs of GED® Earners in a College Setting, Isabel Medina
Dissertation: TWO ESSAYS ON GOVERNANCE AT THE NATIONAL AND CORPORATE LEVEL, Laura Savory Miller
Capstone: Evidence-Based Health Literacy Training Program for Occupational Therapy Professionals : Program Development and Evaluation, Cheryl Miller-Scott
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Investigation of the Attrition of African-American Students in an Online Undergraduate Program, Diana Moore
Thesis: Trophic Dynamics and Feeding Ecology of the Southeast Florida Coastal Pelagic Fish Community, Travis Allan Moore
Thesis: Microbial Community Assembly found with Sponge Orange Band Disease in Xestospongia muta (Giant Barrel Sponge), Rebecca Mulheron
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Analysis of Teacher Perceptions of Self-Efficacy in Working with English Language Learners, Joanne Negrin
Dissertation: Evaluating the Spacing Effect Theory on the Instructional Effectiveness of Semester-Length versus Quarter-Length Introductory Computer Literacy Courses in Institutions of Higher Learning, Emelda S. Ntinglet
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Ethnic Minority Endorsement of Rape Myths, Bianca Oney
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Value-focused Assessment of Knowledge Sharing in a Closed Information Environment, Stephen Robert Orr IV
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Diseño de una Actividad de Aprendizaje Basada en la Argumentación Dialógica en un curso Virtual de Biotecnología y su Incidencia en el Desarrollo de Competencias Científicas, Fedra Lorena Ortiz-Benavides
Dissertation: An Information Security Control Assessment Methodology for Organizations, Angel Rafael Otero
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Consideration of Conflict and Crisis Impact of Autism on Single Parenthood: A Hermeneutical Transformative Approach, Andrew Ahimiejiese Ovienloba
Dissertation: TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES AND RADICAL TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES: A study of performance in comparison to other multinational companies, Jorge Alejandro Palacios
Capstone: Promoting exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life, Theresa Parenteau
Thesis: In vitro comparison of microabrasion, CPP-ACP, CPP-ACFP and combination therapies on the remineralization of white spot lesions, Tetyana Parsons
Dissertation: An Investigation of the Dayton Regional STEM School Public-Private Partnerships, Kimberly S. Poole
Thesis: Modeling Flightless Galapagos Seabirds as Impacted by El Nino and Climate Change, Brian Seth Putman
Dissertation: Teacher Perceptions of Violence Prevention Approaches and Self-Efficacy: Where Do We Go from Here?, Kristie Jo Redfering
Dissertation: The Effects of Mental Illness on Trust Between Military Veterans, Kristina Marie Reihl
Thesis: Measuring Viability of the Red-Tide Dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra Following Treatment with Ultraviolet (UV) Light, Scott Riley
Dissertation: The Neuropsychological Application of the WAIS-IV over the WAIS-III, Jessica Robbins
Thesis: Long-Term Stony Coral Transplantation Success Offshore Southeast, Florida, USA, Theresa Elizabeth Robitaille
Thesis - NSU Access Only: Some Things Just Happen, Chelsea Rodriguez
Dissertation: Coming Out, Coming Together, Coming Around: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Families' Experiences Adjusting to a Young Family Member's Disclosure of Non-Heterosexuality, Denise M. Fournier Rodriguez
Thesis: Comparison of leakage among different screw-access sealing materials for temporary implant-supported screw-retained crowns, Katherine Roman
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluation of the Wisconsin Career Pathways Web Site: A Comprehensive Plan for Ongoing Development, Margaret A. Rubin
Dissertation: Evaluation of an Early Intervention System at a Law Enforcement Agency, Robert Scott Russell
Dissertation: Improving Professional Skills through Adversity: A Phenomenological Study of Mergers and Acquisitions, Randy Anita Rutledge
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Effects of Interactive Read-Aloud and Literature Discussion on Reading Comprehension for First-Grade Students With Language Impairments in a Title 1 School, Elizabeth Vultaggio Salah
Dissertation: Core professional nursing values as experienced by baccalaureate nursing students who are men, Bonnie Schmidt
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Faculty Members' Experiences with Integrating Mobile Devices Into an Undergraduate Teacher Education Program: A Phenomenological Perspective, Carmen Lavern Session