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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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Thesis: Biological and Physical Analysis of Currents and Water Masses Off the Coast of Southeast Florida, Stephanie Healey

Thesis: Creation of de novo dental pulp using scaffolds and growth factors, Douglas Herrera

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Lateralized and Overall Olfactory Identification Ability in Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, Daniel Heyanka

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Thesis: Applying a Molecular Genetics Approach to Shark Conservation and Management: Assessment of DNA Barcoding in Hammerhead Sharks and Global Population Genetic Structuring in the Gray Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos., Rebekah L. Horn

Thesis: Regulation of dental pulp stem cell migration and regenerative endodontics, Cameron Howard

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Seasonal Movement Patterns, Migratory Behavior and Habitat Utilization of the Bblue Shark (Prionace glauca) in the Western North Atlantic, Lucy A. Howey

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Analysis of the Influence of Media Characteristics on Online Donor Behavior, Janine M. Jacques

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: THE IMPACT OF MARKETING EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION ON SERVICE QUALITY, George B. Jewell

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Spatial Analysis of the Invasion of Red Lionfish, Pterois volitans/miles, in the Western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, Matthew W. Johnston

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Multi-Experimental Examination of Haemulon Species (Haemulidae) Early-Life Ecology on Southeast Mainland Florida Coral Reefs, Lance K. B. Jordan

Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Visual Physiology of the Smooth Dogfish (Mustelus canis): Temporal Resolution, Irradiance and Spectral Sensitivities, Mieka Kalinoski

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Dissertation: Assessing Burnout in Mental Health Providers of Chronic Clients: An Exploration of Predictors, Jessica Karle

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Dissertation: Attributional Style, Presenting Symptoms, And Readiness to Change in Female Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors, Eric Ford Kebker

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Effect of Eating Rate on Food Consumption, Michael Joseph Kellen

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Comparing the Cultural Dimensions and Learners' Perceived Effectiveness of Online Learning Systems (OLS) among American and Malaysian Learners, Seng C. Keng

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Truck Driver Determinants of Service Quality as Perceived by Commercial Cargo Recipients, Jeff William Kennedy

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Dissertation: Judges' Awareness, Understanding, and Application of Digital Evidence, Gary Craig Kessler

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Predicting Machining Rate in Non-Traditional Machining using Decision Tree Inductive Learning, Ramesh Konda

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Quality Market: Design and Field Study of Prediction Market for Software Quality Control, Janaki Krishnamurthy

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: VALUES AND HEALTH CARE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNINSURED AND INSURED STATUS PURSUANT TO THE ROKEACH VALUE SURVEY, Linda Carol Lamb

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Thesis: Establishment of an Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn Coral) Nursery: an Evaluation of Survivorship and Growth, Elizabeth Anne Larson

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Peer selection Algorithm in Stochastic Content Delivery Networks to Reduce File Download Time, Michael Richard Lehrfeld

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Thesis: The Unity of Division: A Rhetorical Analysis of Selected Speeches from Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign, Reymond Levy

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING STYLE ROTATION IN U.S. EQUITY MARKETS, Natcha Limthanakom

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Users' and Preparers' Perception of Sustainability Reporting and Corporate Sustainability, I-HSIANG Lin

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: ALTERNATIVE GENERIC STRATEGIES STUDY FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE FIRMS IN TAIWANESE ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, Kuang-Tai Liu

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Characteristics of the upper extremity in female recreational tennis players with and without lateral epicondylalgia, Ann M. Lucado

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Executive Function In Pediatric Patients With Intractable Epilepsy Following Hemispherectomy, Jennifer Lundmark

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Dissertation: An Analysis of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology Implementation within an Independent Public Library System: A Case Study of the North Canton, Ohio Public Library, Keith P. Lyons

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: A Predictive Habitat Model for Rainbow Parrotfish Scarus guacamaia, Ethan G. P. Machemer

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Latent Semantic Analysis as a Method of Content-Based Image Retrieval in Medical Applications, Gennadiy Makovoz

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Customer Lifetime Value: Investigating the relationships among the key determinants; Commitment, Loyalty and Purchase Behavior, Norman Wolsey Marshall

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Body Composition, Fitness Levels and Quality of Life in Overweight and Obese 8-17 Year Olds, Sharon Ann Martino

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Empirical Investigation of Information Systems Success in Terms of Net Benefits: A Study on the Success of Implementing a Building Automation System, Michael Charles McCabe

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Dissertation: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE WITHIN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, Bradley Michael McCain

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Training and Optimizing Distributed Neural Networks Using a Genetic Algorithm, Shannon Dale McMurtrey

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Lived experiences of older mothers of adults with intellectual disabilities, Susan Cook Merrill

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: THE RELIABILITY OF FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS IN THE MD&AS OF FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES, Anita Rae Morgan

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Spirituality and Job Satisfaction: A Comparative Diversity Study of African American, Anglo, and Hispanic Protestant Clergy, William Carthage Morrison Jr.

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Dissertation: Quantum Algorithm Animator, Lori Eileen Nicholson

Dissertation: The Efficacy of Repeated Reading for Building Reading Fluency of Fourth-Grade Students at a Rural Elementary School in South Carolina, Clarice B'yonca Norman

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Thesis: Seasonal and Salinity Effects on the Distribution of Higher Filamentous Marine Fungi at Rookery Bay, FL., Julia Ossler

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Thesis: Re-centering Students’ Attitudes About Writing: A Qualitative Study of the Effects of a High School Writing Center, Katherine Palacio

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Predicting "Essential" Genes in Microbial Genomes: A Machine Learning Approach to Knowledge Discovery in Microbial Genomic Data, Krishnaveni Palaniappan

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Dissertation: Developing a Framework for Evaluation of Corporate Non-Transactional Business-to-Consumer Web Sites: A Descriptive Study, Karen Denise Pate

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: ARE INVESTORS ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY USE THE VAST AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES? A DECISION THEORY APPROACH TO INVESTOR INFORMATION ANALYSIS, Carolyn Payne

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Variations in Composition, Abundance and Cover of Reef Tract Sponge Assemblages in Broward County, Florida, 2002-2006., Melinda R. Peddycoart

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Range Limited UAV Trajectory using Terrain Masking under Radar Detection Risk, Michael Joseph Pelosi

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Participatory action research to examine the current state of practice in the wheelchair assessment and procurement process, Teresa Plummer

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Influence of Perceived Risk on Corporate Reputation in the B2B Market, ANGELA Poulakidas

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Passive Versus Active Management of Mutual Funds: Evidence from the 1995-2008 Period, Dale Prondzinski

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Role of the Follower's Self-Concept and Implicit Leadership Theories in Transformational Leadership and Leader-Member Exchange, Douglas L. Rahn

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Dissertation: Early Detection of Online Auction Opportunistic Sellers Through the Use of Negative-Positive Feedback, Gregory J. Reinert

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Trail Making Test Quotient (Trails B/ Trails A): A comparison with measures of executive functioning, Stephanie Lei Renfrow

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: AN EXAMINATION OF BELIEF AND ATTITUDE BASED REPUTATION AND ITS IMPACT ON BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES, Jamie Michelle Ressler

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Saving Supergirl, Margaret Richardson

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Genetic Connectivity and Microevolution of Reef Associated Taxa, Vincent P. Richards

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Influence of exercise training frequency and predictors of clinical outcome associated with lumbar extensor strengthening exercises in adults with chronic low back pain, Lee C. Rielly

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: TURNOVER IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS IN THAILAND, Rattanachai Sakchaicharoenkul

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Parent-Child Estrangement in High-Conflict Divorce, Sara Salter

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Linkage Between Mangrove Fish Community and Nearshore Benthic Habitats in Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA: A Seascape Approach, Rolando O. Santos

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Dissertation: Assistive Technology Attrition: Identifying Why Teachers Abandon Assistive Technologies, Michael Edward Sharpe

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Dissertation: The Relationship Between the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition and the Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities in a Clinically Referred Pediatric Population, Lindsay Anne Shaw

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Investigating Wikis as Agents for Virtual Team Activity Awareness, David Mark Shulman

Dissertation: Prediction of functional outcome six months following total hip arthroplasty, Emily Joan Slaven

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of Geographic Expansion on Intended Identity of an Organization, Ryan Spittal

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Nova Multilingual Neuropsychological Battery: A Pilot Study, Michelle Elena Stack

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Abuse Severity, Family Environment, and Caregiver Distress as Predictors of Adjustment Among Sexually Abused Youth, Lindsay McKenna Stewart

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Reproductive Ecology of Siderastrea siderea: Histological Analysis of Gametogenesis, Spawning, and Latitudinal Fecundity Variation, Adam T. St. Gelais

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluation of the Business and Leadership Components of a Registered Nursing to Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program, Linda Strommen

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Examination of Ethical Leadership and Organizational Commitment, Mitchell A. Sutherland

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Dissertation: Physician Information Seeking Behaviors: Are Physicians Successful Searchers?, Janice Swiatek-Kelley

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Examination of Competency Restoration in a South Florida Community-Based Setting, Josephine Jessica Tang

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Spiral Valve Parasites of Selected Tropical Pelagic Elasmobranchs and Internal Parasites of Mesopelagic Teleosts, Mae Taylor

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Dissertation: Trust and Trustworthiness: A Framework for Successful Design of Telemedicine, James Robert Templeton

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Determining the Value of Handwritten Comments within Work Orders, Daniel Thombs

Thesis - NSU Access Only: Water Chemistry Effects on Apple Snail (Pomacea paludosa, Say) Reproductive Patterns in the Northern Everglades, Tiffany Lorraine Trent

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Dissertation: A Macroeconomic Approach of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Post-Castro Cuba, Orlando Raimundo Villaverde

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Analysis of a Partial Expressed Sequence Tag (EST) Library and Differential Expression of Genes in Biochemical Morphotypes of the Marine Sponge Discodermia dissoluta, Patricia A. Waikel

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Thesis: Diurnal Movements and Site Fidelity of the Florida Manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris, in Fort Lauderdale, FL., Kym Walsh

Dissertation: Effectiveness of an ergonomic program for cosmetologists, Jacqueline Walter

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Effect of Knowledge of Online Security Risks on Consumer Decision Making in B2C E-Commerce, Ping An Wang

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Application of Altman, Zmijewski and Neural Network Bankruptcy Prediction Models to Domestic Textile-Related Manufacturing Firms: A Comparative Analysis, Paula Weller

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Goal Orientation, Organizational Commitment and Intent to Leave among Students Enrolled in a Non-traditional Education Program, Paul White

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Thesis: Occurrence, Density, and Distribution of the Larvae of Three Commercially Important Crab Species in the Florida Current off the Southeast Coast of Florida, U.S., Gabriela L. Wisniewski

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Study of the Efficacy of Literacy-based Assistive Technology for Undergraduate Second Language Learners, Daniel Thomas Yakimchuk

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Performance Analysis on the WISC-IV Working Memory and Processing Speed Index Among ADHD subtypes, Stephen Francis Zieman

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Examination of the Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Practices, Barbara Anne Alston

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Dissertation: ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES AS PREDICTORS OF EFFECTIVE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION, Kimberly K. Anderson

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Characterization of Nocturnal Fish Assemblages on Vessel and Natural Reefs of Broward County, Florida, USA, Rachel Lynn Anderson

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Oceanographic Effects on the Behavior of Shallow-Set Pelagic Longline Fishing Gear in the Western North Atlantic, Bryan Armstrong

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Using Collaborative Technologies in Remote Lab Delivery Systems for Topics in Automation, Joe Ed Ashby

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Dissertation: Student Perceptions of Streaming-Media Effectiveness, Sara Floyd Baber

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Feature Structure Approach for Disambiguating Preposition Senses, Venkatesh Baglodi

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Abundance and Site Fidelity of Minke Whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Off the Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia, Canada Using Photo-identification Methodology, Gemma Barnacle

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Comparing Catches and Catch Rates by Variable Strength Hooks from Pelagic Longlines to Determine Their Bycatch Reduction Potential for Pilot Whales in the MidAtlantic Bight., Shannon Michael Bayse

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Analyzing the Relationship between Non-clinical Narcissism and Creativity, and the Development of Two Creativity Measures, Blake Bazel

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Bridging the Proficiency Gap: A Study of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy of Nontraditional College Students in Accelerated Learning (AL) Programs, Dianne Marie Bell

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SUBORDINATE'S PERCEPTION OF THE LEADERSHIP STYLE OF IT MANAGERS AND THE SUBORDINATE'S PERCEPTIONS OF MANAGER'S ABILITY TO INSPIRE EXTRA EFFORT, TO BE EFFECTIVE, AND TO ENHANCE SATISFACTION WITH MANAGEMENT., Thomas M. Bennett

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Psychological Factors in Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery, Jessica Biren-Caverly