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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2001

Dissertation: Reliability of the Hareau thumb opposition goniometer, Janine Hareau Bonomi

Dissertation: Long-term effectiveness of two occupational therapy interventions on the lives of people with MS : a randomized controlled trial, Sherrilene Classen

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Thesis: Abundance and Distribution of Commensal Amphipods From Common Marine Sponges of Southeast Florida, Stacie E. Crowe

Dissertation: A Model for the Delivery and Evaluation of Asynchronous and Interactive Synchronous Library Services at Southern Adventist University, Ann T. Greer

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Dissertation: Guidelines for Development of Courses for Delivery Over The Iowa Communications Network, Gary F. Hasman

Dissertation: Intellectual Capital Management Among Project Managers in the Information Technology Domain, Diane S. Hayes

Dissertation: The Design of a Logarithmic File Data Allocation Algorithm for Extent Based File Systems, Dominique A. Heger

Dissertation: Computer-Aided Performance Analysis using Product-Form Queueing Networks to Model Steady-State Behavior: An Examination of a Medical Device Communications Network, David B. Hendrickson

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Classification of Acropora cervicornis in Nearshore Waters of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Scott A. Herber

Dissertation: Development of Computer Skills in Physical Therapist Students, Cheryl J. Hill

Dissertation: An XML Based Authorization Framework for Web-based Applications, David Jacobs

Dissertation: Faculty Attitudes Toward Educational Technology: An Extension of Bullard's Analysis of Selected Variables, Sallie J. Johnson

Dissertation: A Software Reengineering Method for Evolving a Structured Legacy System to an Object-Oriented System Model Using the Unified Modeling Language, David R. Jones

Dissertation: Relationship between sensory processing and self care for children with autism ages two to four, Sonia Kay

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Dissertation: The Extraction of Classification Rules and Decision Trees from Independence Diagrams, Robert W. Kerbs

Dissertation: The Value of Distance Learning MBA Programs to Employers and Employees, Amy E. Koresdoski

Dissertation: Effectiveness of two different occupational therapy interventions with individuals with multiple sclerosis : a randomized controlled trial, Catherine Peirce

Dissertation: A Firm Level Study of Information Technology Productivity Using Financial and Market Based Measures, Alan R. Peslak

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Dissertation: Dynamic Update Techniques for Online Maps and Attributes Data, Thanh H. Pham

Dissertation: Newborn hearing screening justification and guidelines for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Paola Poullet-Veguilla

Dissertation: Constraints of Migrating Transplant Information System's Legacy Data to an XML Format For Medical Applications Use, Kenneth W. Revels

Dissertation: Electronic Commerce and Internet Advertising, Virginia L. Rosenkrans

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Dissertation: Comparison of Student Performance and Attitude in a Lecture Class to Student Performance and Attitude in a Telecourse and a Web-based Class, William J. Ryan

Dissertation: The Development of an Intranet-based Electronic Performance Support System for Knowledge Management Workers, Patricia M. Sperano

Dissertation: Practice patterns of occupational therapists related to driving, Wendy Stav

Dissertation: The Linkage of Competitive Strategy, Information Technology (IT) Maturity and Size With Strategic Response to Financial Liberalization: An Investigation of Thai Financial Institutions, Triroj Virojtriratana

Dissertation: Constructing Virtual Internet Agents to Improve Learning, Giocondo E. Weiner

Dissertation: A Study of The Correlation of The ISO-9000 Quality Control Program on The Financial Results of Information Technology Companies Who Have Achieved ISO-9000 Certification, John W. Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

Dissertation: A Comparison of Internet Training Programs with Traditional Classroom Instruction for Local Government Employees, Manuel Astte

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Manuscript 1: Elasmobranch Bycatch Observed on Pelagic Longlines Off the Southeastern U.S. Coast, 1992-1997, Lawrence R. Beerkircher

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Manuscript II: A Demographic Analysis of the Silky Shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, Population Off the Southeastern United States, Lawrence R. Beerkircher

Dissertation: Web Information System(WIS): Information Delivery Through Web Browsers, Joseph Bianco

Dissertation: Finding a Fitness Function to be Used with Genetic Algorithms to Solve a Protein Folding Problem: The ab initio Prediction of a Protein Using Torsion Angles, Noni McCullough Bohonak

Dissertation: An Adaptive Neural Network Approach to Intrusion Detection and Response, James D. Cannady Jr.

Dissertation: Approximation of Marginal Probabilities While Learning Bayesian Networks, Joseph E. Cannon

Dissertation: A Study to Determine Technological Skills and Competencies Needed for Office Employment as Reported by Selected Employers in the South Central Kentucky Lake Cumberland Area Development District, Patricia H. Cowherd

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Comparative Studies of the Development and Survival of Litopenaeus vannamei Larvae Grown Entirely on Single or Multiple Species of Phytoplankton, Erik DeMicco

Dissertation: Problem-Based Learning in Computer-Mediated Versus Face-to Face Groups: A Comparison of Learning Behaviors and Outcomes of Entry-Level Physical Therapy Students in a Module on Women's Health, Jancis K. Dennis

Dissertation: Mathematics Software and Achievement on the Ohio Ninth Grade Proficiency Test, Patricia M. Deubel

Dissertation: An Investigation of Critical Thinking in Synchronous and Asynchronous Computer Conferencing Environments, Lisa Deziel-Evans

Dissertation: Success Factors Among Community College Students in an Online Learning Environment, Paula B. Doherty

Dissertation: Professionalism and the audiology student : characteristics of Master's versus Doctoral degree students, Lucas W. Doyle

Dissertation: An Expandable Markov Model for the Design of Intelligent Communicative Agents in managed Health Care, Douglas T. Dune

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Dissertation: Middle School Reading Clubs: A First Step Toward Increasing Pleasure-Reading Time, James Fazzone

Dissertation: An Object-Oriented Model for Interorganizational Collaborative Planning, Robert H. Grenier

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Dissertation: Complete Randomized Cutting Plane Algorithms for Propositional Satisfiability, Stephen Lee Hansen

Dissertation: Survey of current workplace requirements and financial benefits in the profession of audiology, Charles L. Harvey

Dissertation: A Data-Driven Soft Real-Time Expert System for Producing Coral Bleaching Alerts, James C. Hendee

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: An Investigation of Temporal and Spatial Variability of Egg Production in the Gulf of Mexico: A Study of Six Calanoid Copepods, Lee A. Houchin

Dissertation: The Design of an Interoperable and Adaptable Workflow Management System Using XML, Tesera L. Ju

Dissertation: Structural Design of a Fast Convergence Algorithm: A Semi-Universal Routing Protocol, Gabriel Kengni

Dissertation: A Bayesian Framework to Determine Patient Compliance in Glaucoma Cases, Raghu B. Korrapati

Dissertation: Perceived experiences of well senior women engaged in occupational lifestyle redesign, Elysa Lipschutz

Dissertation: The Requirement for a Contemporary X 400 Mall System for Distributed Networks, James S. Logan

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Dissertation: Smart Card Systems: Development of a Paradigm for a University-Wide Smart Card Student Identification System, Joanne M. Marlowe

Dissertation: Technology-Based Training for Teachers of the Visually Impaired in the Use of Speech-Supported Telecommunications, Margaret F. Marston

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Colonization Rates, Annual Temporal Variation, and Some Ecological Interactions of the Microbial Epibiont Community on the Prop Roots of the Red Mangrove Tree, Rhizophora mangle, Brian Todd Maybruck

Dissertation: A Model for an Agent-Based Information System, George G. McKevitt

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Seasonal Distribution of Marine and Non-Marine Fungi Along the New River Estuary, Fraser Mickle

Dissertation: Minimizing Parallel Virtual Machine [PVM] Tasks Execution Times Through Optimal Host Assignments, Progress Q. T. Mtshali

Dissertation: Knowledge Acquisition using Multiple Domain Experts in the Design and Development of an Expert System for Disaster Recovery Planning, Frank W. Nasuti

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Salt Water Intrusion in Cape Coral, Florida 1980-1999, Keith B. Overton

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: Effectiveness of Chemical Inducers on Settling and Settlement of Scleractinian Coral Larvae on Various Substrates, Christopher David Petrie

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Thesis: A Taxonomic Evaluation of the Comatulid Genus Stephanometra (Echinodermata:Crinoidea), Dana Lin Rankin

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Dissertation: Persistence Differences in Community College Courses Taught in Classrooms and Through Alternative Formats, Andrew A. Runyan

Dissertation: A Comparison of the User Interface Features of the Free Versions of MEDLINE on the Internet World Wide Web, Lynette C. Schneider

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Studies on the Roles of Reef Design and Site Selection in Juvenile Fish Recruitment to Small Artificial Reefs, Robin L. Sherman

Dissertation: The Failure Analysis Matrix: A Usable Model for Ranking Solutions to Failures in Information Systems, Michael C. Signor

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Dissertation: The Feasibility of Developing a Computer Based Expert System to Mitigate Nuclear Power Plant Accidents, Jesse E. Smith

Dissertation: An Investigation of Computer-based Training user Satisfaction, and Transfer of Knowledge in Industrial Safety Training, Kenneth Mason Spencer

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Dissertation: Implementing a Virtual Reality Paradigm in Human Anatomy/Physiology College Curricula, Helen St. Aubin

Dissertation: A Performance Comparison of Tree-Based Genetic Programming versus Stack-Based Genetic Programming versus Stack-Based Genetic Programming Using the Java Virtual Machine, Robert J. Steinhoff

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Dissertation: A Model for Transforming Legacy Systems in a client/Server Environment Based on the Unified Modeling Language(UML), Leon Stevens

Dissertation: A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Three Models of Distance Education on Student Achievement and Level of Satisfaction, Virgelean J. Thorn

Dissertation: Implication of Contrats and Sizze Sensitivities in Information Cueing, John J. Viren

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: A Comparison of Fauna Between Littoral Shelf Mitigation Areas of Varying Design Parameters, Brian P. Voelker

Dissertation: Families, children with autism and everyday occupations, Elizabeth Werner

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Thesis - NSU Access Only: The Initial Inquiry Into the Phylogeny of the Family Comasteridae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) From Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Data, Christopher M. White

Dissertation: Training Aviation Maintenance Technicians with Information Retrieval Systems, Michael J. Williams

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Dissertation: State Government Cost Recovery for Electronic Information Dissemination: A Comparative Study, Donald R. Wismer

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

Dissertation: Designing Computer Systems to Control Several Small Experiments in a Space Environment, Eric S. Ackerman

Dissertation: An Expert System for the Selection of Electronic Payment Systems Based on Organizational Security Requirements, Archie N. S. Addo

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Dissertation: Multi-User Domain Object Oriented (MOO) as a High School Procedure for Foreign Language Acquisition, James A. Backer

Dissertation: Design of the Electronic Classroom Graphical User Interface: Nova Southeastern University's Multimedia Electronic Classroom Project, Kathleen J. Cahalan

Dissertation: Effects of Student Participation in a Self-Contained Fifth Grade Multimedia Classroom On Student Achievement and Adjustment To The Middle School Setting, Dorthea A. Camp-White

Dissertation: The Critical Distance-Learning Metrics for Student Needs and Satisfaction, Ruey-Ming Chao

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Dissertation: Linking Printed Books to Computerized Speech, Edward D. Crook

Dissertation: Impact of classroom amplification on literacy measures in first grade, Beata Darai

Dissertation: A Project Management Prototype for Collaborative Projects on the Internet, Yaw Frimpong

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Juvenile Reef Fish Recruitment Processes in South Florida: A Multifactorial Field Experiment, David S. Gilliam

Dissertation: The Design of an Expert System for Academic Advising at a Two-Year Community College, William R. Groover

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Dissertation: The Use of Cooperative Groups in Learning How to Use New Software Programs, James R. Grunwald

Dissertation: Requirements and Architecture for a Group Memory in the Any-Time/Any-Place Domain of Computer Supported Cooperative Work, William L. Hafner

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Influence of Salinity on Dynamics, Thermodynamics and Mixed-Layer Physics in the Indian Ocean, Weiqing Han

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Dissertation: International Usability, Design Guidelines and Effectiveness of a World Wide Web-Based Instructional Program for High School Students in a Cross-Culture Learning Environment, Hajime Hayakawa

Dissertation: An Experimental Comparison of Student Performance in a Web-based Versus a Lecture-based Classroom, Marc H. Ingle

Dissertation: Color Calibration of Computer Display Devices, Douglas L. Jacobs

Dissertation: Planning Genetic Algorithm: Pursuing Meta-knowledge, Maury E. Johnson

Dissertation: Active Database Rule Set Reduction by Knowledge Discovery, Kittisak Kerdprasop

Dissertation: The Application of Inductive Logic Programming to Support Semantic Query Optimization, Nittaya Kerdprasop