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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Dissertation: A Study of First- and Continuing-Generation College Students' Use of Internet Communication Technologies in Social Capital and Its Contribution to Their Persistence in College, Gail Dianne (Hodge) Hayes

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Thesis: Diet Composition of Swordfish, Xiphias gladius, within the Straits of Florida, Amy Marie Heemsoth

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Dissertation: An Analysis of the Impact of Information Security Policies on Computer Security Breach Incidents in Law Firms, Faith M. Heikkila

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Dissertation: Responsibility Factors of Reducing Inefficiencies in Information System Processes and Their Role on Intention to Acquire Six Sigma Certification, Sara Hejazi

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Coral Schlerochronology and the Relationship Between Coral Growth Records and Climate Change, Kevin P. Helmle

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Relationship between Executive Functioning and Attention in a Clinically Referred Pediatric Sample, Lindsay June Hines

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Dissertation: THE EFFECT ON CORPORATE PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS THAT WON THE MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD, John Richard Horne

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Model and Intelligent Software Agent for the Selection and Implementation of Open Source Software, Terry Carl House

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Relationship between service quality and market orientation: an empirical study in the Taiwan advertising industry, An-Chi Hsu

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Dissertation: Teaching Problem-Solving to Improve Family Functioning and Decrease Suicidality, Erin Shae Johns

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Utilizing the Technology Acceptance Model to Assess Employee Adoption of Information Systems Security Measures, Cynthia Jones

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Safety in the Workplace: An Investigation into the Perceptions of a Behavioral Safety Modification Process in an Industrial/Manufacturing Setting, Joy Maria Jones

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluation of the Reward System on Employee Innovation and Motivation in a Manufacturing Company, Ruinian Kang

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Taxonomic Review and Ultrastructural Analysis of the Commensal Amphipod genus Paraleucothoe (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Magdalena Kwapinska

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluation of Didactic Curriculum in a Clinical-Science Program, Cecelia W. Landin

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Dissertation: An Investigation of Training in Creative Problem Solving and its Relationship to Affective and Effective Idea Generation of Entrepreneurial Learners, Charles Edward Leach

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Data Mining for Induction of Adjacency Grammars and Application to Terrain Pattern Recognition, Brian David Leighty

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEB-BASED SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER LOYALTY, Wan-Jin Leu

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Maintaining a News Perspective Remotely through Online Information Retrieval: Task-based Web Experiences of Foreign News Correspondents, Kuanyuh Tony Lin

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of Culture on the MCMI-III Scores of African American and Caribbean Blacks, Althea Marjorie Lloyd

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Comparative Evaluation of Academic and Career-Based Small Learning Community Models, Merewyn E. Lyons

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY CONTRACT SALES ORGANIZATION IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS, Anthony Madpak

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Aspect Mining Using Self-Organizing Maps With Method Level Dynamic Software Metrics as Input Vectors, Sayyed Garba Maisikeli

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Thesis: Segregation of Palaemonid Shrimp Along the Shark River Estuary: Implications for Trophic Function, Lauren C. McCarthy

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Internal market orientation as an antecedent to industrial service quality, Gary Edward McGrath

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Dissertation: Administrative Support for Online Teaching Faculty, John David Meyer

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: High-Performance Knowledge-Based Entity Extraction, Anthony M. Middleton

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Distribution of Phyllosoma Larvae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palinura: Palinuridae, Scyllaridae and Synaxidae) in the Florida Current, Off Port Everglades, Florida, USA, Madhura P. Mokashi

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Environmental Enhancement Gone Awry: Characterization of an Artificial Reef Constructed From Waste Vehicle Tires, Danielle M. Morley

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Efficacy of Felony Mental Health Court Combined With Mental Health Probation, Gretchen Michelle Moy

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A STUDY ON THE PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS DURING PERIODS OF ABSENTEEISM IN THE CLINICAL SETTING, Robert Jason Mullaney

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Morphological and Physiological Features of Selected Acanthamoeba Strains: Clues to Opportunistic Pathogenicity, Liam Murphy

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Negotiating with Dominicans: An Analysis of the Negotiation Style Used by Dominicans, Nazly Katherine Nardi

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Microbial Communities with Emphasis on Coral Disease-Associated Bacteria within Florida Reef Sponges, Karita L. Negandhi

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Country of Origin Labeling Impact on Consumer Purchasing Decisions, Scott R. Neils

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Relationship Between Physical Therapist Assistant Faculty Characterisitics and Program Outcomes on the National Physical Therapy Examination, Malorie Kosht Novak

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Development and Validation of a Scale for Measuring e-Government User Satisfaction, Marcel C. Obi

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Voluntary Turnover: An Empirical Study of the Factors Influencing the High Turnover of Bank Tellers, Rolando Mario Ochoa

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: AN ATTRIBUTIONAL APPROACH TO THE FORMATION OF RECOVERY EXPECTATIONS IN THE INTERNET-BASED SERVICE ENCOUNTERS AFTER SERVICE FAILURE AND RECOVERY, AKINS TUNJI Ogungbure

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Assessing Job Satisfaction and Professional Development: Division Directors in Connecticut Community Colleges, Patricia T. Owen

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Population Dynamics and Predictions for the Calcareous Green Algae, Halimeda, on the Coral Reefs of South Florida, Katherine E. Peach

Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Information Retrieval Strategies of Millennial Undergraduate Students in Web and Library Database Searches, Brandi Porter

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Dissertation: The Influence of Artificial Reef Associated Fish Assemblages and Varying Substrates On Coral Recruitment, T. Patrick Quinn

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Tidal Cycle Effects on the Occurrence of the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) at the Port Everglades Power Plant, Gina Rappucci

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Impact of Information Technology (IT) Industry Certification on the Achievement of High School Students Enrolled in Technology Courses, Karl Walter Reimers

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Dissertation: TOWARD A THEORY OF MORALITY: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF COGNITIVE MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN MARKET CHANNEL DYADS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY USING THE DEFINING ISSUES TEST, James Nicholas Reischl

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Dissertation: Section 508 Adherence by Industry Professionals: Improving Universal Design through Training, Antonio Rincon

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Interactive Whiteboards in Third Grade Science Instruction, Grier Kivette Rivers

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Relationship Between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Subsequent Parenting, Ana M. Rodriguez

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of Critical Friends Groups on Special-Education Teacher Morale, Angel L. Rodriguez

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Dissertation: A Model for Using Managed Services in Designing and Supporting a Wireless Local Area Network for the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, Joseph L. Roth

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Scleractinian Coral Recruitment to Reefs Physically Damaged by Ship Groundings, Ewelina Rubin

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of Bullying: Gender and Occupational Differences, Ashley Russom

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Domestic Violence Within Asian-Indian Communities: Does Acculturation Affect The Rate of Reported Domestic Violence?, Tarmeen K. Sahni

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of Activity-Based Costing on Organizational Performance, Robin Ann Sanford

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Impact of Feedback on the Paper Recycling Behavior and Attitudes of College Employees, Judy L. Schmelzer

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Effects of Laurencia and Palisada Spp. on Epifaunal Composition Within Thalassia Testudinum Beds on Abaco, the Bahamas, Megan Rebecca Seese

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Process-Oriented Ontology for Representing Software Engineering Project Knowledge, Steven Jay Sherman

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Dissertation: A Formal Concept Analysis Approach to Association Rule Mining: The QuICL Algorithms, David T. Smith

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Development of a Method for Determining Contact Hours for Physical Therapy Online Continuing Education Courses, Cynthia B. Sosnowski

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Moral Maturity, Ethics and Business: A Cultural Comparative Analysis, Mary Catherine Starusko

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Thesis: Extraction and Analysis of Coral Reef Core Samples from Broward County, Florida., Anastasios Stathakopoulos

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Cultural Competency Instruction in a 3D Virtual World, Robin Steed

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Reputation in Electronic Markets: An Experimental Study, Nelson Stewart

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Empowerment and Leadership Development in an Online Story-Based Learning Community, Brenda Jane Stutsky

Thesis: Survey of tobacco control among Florida dentists : a randomized trial of electronic versus paper : impact on completeness, response rate, and choice, Claudia Succar

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Geomorphic Changes to Florida Bay Within the Past Century, Kristian H. Taylor

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Dissertation: Parallel Mining of Association Rules Using a Lattice Based Approach, Wessel Morant Thomas

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Dissertation: A Model for the Evaluation of IS/IT Investments, Paul M. Tuten

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluación de la Efectividad del Programa de Educación a Distancia en una Universidad de México, Francisco Velazco-Bórquez

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Tailoring Software Inspections for Aspect-Oriented Programs, Charlette Ward Watkins

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Dissertation: An Online Community for Computer Technology Support and Training for College Office Support Staff, Mava F. Wilson

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Thesis: An Analysis of Policies and Conservation Techniques to Reduce the Accidental Deaths of Sea Turtle Hatchlings due to Light Pollution in Broward County, FL., Megan Wilson

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Dissertation: An Investigation of the Contributions of Gender, Shopping Orientation, Online Experience, and Website's Interactive Features to Consumers' Intentions to Engage in Apparel E-commerce Shopping, Amanda Wynn

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Empirical Analysis of the Antecedents of Knowledge Management Strategies, Yan Xie

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Novel Approach to Iris Localization and Code Matching for Iris Recognition, Steven Zhou

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Dissertation: The Design and Implementation of an Intensive English-as-a-Second-Language Program, Georgina Arguello

Dissertation: A Selective-Phrase-Based Preprocessor for Improved Spam Filtering, Ajay Arora

Dissertation: An Empirical Investigation of the Contribution of Computer Self-Efficacy, Computer Anxiety, and Instructors' Experience with the Use of Technology to Their Intention to Use Emerging Educational Technology in Traditional Classrooms, Diane M. Ball

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Evaluating the Library Training Program for Graduate Psychology Students, Arlene Batson-George

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Thesis: A Comparison of Scleractinian Coral Abundance Between Natural and Artificial Substrata in a High-Latitude Environment Off Broward County, Florida, USA, Deron James Bauer

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Crinoid Genus Endoxocrinus in the Bahamas: an Assessment of Morphological Variability., Patrick H. Bellew

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: The Relationships of Locus of Control, Service Connection, and Time Since Injury with Depression and Quality of Life for Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury, Silvia Patricia Bermudez

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Spatial and Temporal Variation in South Florida Heterotrophic Diatom Communities: Taxonomic Identification and Ecological Implications, Michele V. Blackburn

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Study of the Contributions of Attitude, Computer Security Policy Awareness, and Computer Self-Efficacy to the Employees' Computer Abuse Intention in Business Environments, Sandra Jetton Blanke

Thesis: Acuity and aberrations in rose K lenses for keratoconus, Gilbert C. Blanks

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Dissertation: An Event Monitor and Response Framework Based on the WSLogA Architecture, Todd Christopher Brett

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Increasing Teachers’ Implementation of Differentiated Instruction Through Job-Embedded Professional Development, Kristen E. Brittingham

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Effects of a Teacher-Mentor Model on a Teen Mother Support Program, Cassandra Brooks

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Benchmark-Based Skills Training Program for Police Detectives in a Metropolitan Sex Crimes Unit, Elizabeth C. Buchholz

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: New Methodology for Measuring Information, Knowledge, and Understanding versus Complexity in Hierarchical Decision Support Models, Scott Alan Carpenter

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Effect of transverse abdominus muscle activation on a pelvic muscle exercise program in women with stress urinary incontinence, Linnette Clark

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Evolution: Beyond Humanity, Nicole Coombs

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Quality Programs for Children With Autism and Administrator Qualifications: A Correlational Study, Colleen Cornwall

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: XML Process Modeling for Disruptive Change Planning: A Case Study of Newspaper Circulation Processes, Bill Dafnis

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Genetic Connectivity and Phylogeography of the Branching Vase Sponge (Callyspongia vaginalis) Across Florida and the Caribbean, Melissa B. DeBiasse

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Effects of Diversity Training on Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Gays and Lesbians, Frederick DiCarlo

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: In the Shadow of Turtle Mountain, Lyndsay Dustan

Dissertation: The Impact of ERP Investments on Organizational Performance, Nooredin Etezady

Thesis: Diode laser debonding of ceramic brackets, Paul Feldon