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

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Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Dissertation: El Modelo de Respuesta de Intervención y la Percepción de los Maestros de Escuela Elemental Sobre las Prácticas para el Pre-Registro de Estudiantes de Escuela Elemental, Omar Octavio Mercado Rivera

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Thesis: Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Internal Wave Interactions on Conch Reef, Florida Keys, Megan Miller

Entry Level Capstone: A Guide for the Treatment of Tendonitis, Dominic Montalto

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Dissertation: Medical Imaging Professionals Experiencing Workplace Interprofessional Conflict: A Phenomenological Study, Robert Carroll Moody

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Dissertation: Beyond Human Error: Seafarers’ Perceptions About Their Interpersonal Conflicts in a Multicultural Workplace A Typology of Seafarers’ Conflicts Contributing to Maritime Accidents, Eugenio Moreno

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Dissertation: Understanding the Lived Experiences of Instructors Establishing Teaching Presence in Online Higher Education Programs in Jamaica, Venesse Morrison-Leon

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Dissertation: Human Trafficking: The Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Trafficking in the US, Anthony A. Mottola

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Teachers’ Perceptions of Technology Preparedness in an Urban Elementary School Setting, Vanessa Muhammad

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Thesis: Cytokine Profiles in Peruvian Pinnipeds and Their Relationships with Environmental Stressors, Mykenzee L. Munaco

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Dissertation: Cause for Complaint: A Case Study Exploring Office for Civil Rights Complaints and Resolutions Related to Digital Accessibility at Public Colleges and Universities, Helen Gema Muñiz Bermudez

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Dissertation: Living a Nightmare: A Study on the Reluctance of Native American Women to Report Violent Crimes to Police, Misty Marie Neal

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Entry Level Capstone: Therapeutic Gardening Program for Adults in a Behavioral Health Facility, Tam-Dan Nguyen

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Entry Level Capstone: Improving Sleep Quality in Human Trafficking Survivors, Shanon Ninan

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Dissertation: An Investigation of Methods for Improving Spatial Invariance of Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Classification, David Noel

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Thesis: An Ecological Assessment of the Deep-Pelagic Fish Genus Cyclothone (Gonostomatidae; Stomiiformes), Possibly the World’s Most Abundant Fishes, in the Gulf of Mexico, Olivia C. North-Menthonnex

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Thesis: The Materiality of Waka and Ikebana: Locating Ecological Relationships Between Delivery and Arrangement, Bianca Oliveira

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: International Response to the Anglophone Crisis of Cameroon and Challenges to R2P: Russia and China Perspectives in Affirming or Dismissing R2P-Related Issues, Radar Jones Onguetou Essiene

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Dissertation: Evaluating the Effects of Video Modeling and Visual Supports on Preschoolers’ Compliance With Dental Procedures, Karly L. Orsi-Cordova

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Dissertation: Examining Teachers’ Experiences With Mindfulness Practices to Promote Positive Relationships and Student Engagement in the Classroom, Hiram Ortega

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Dissertation: Adaptive Functioning and Autism Spectrum Disorder Symptom Severity in Childhood: Parent Perception vs Clinician Rating, Corin Lillian Osborn

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Percepción del Dominio de Competencias Profesionales y Necesidad de Formación de Profesores de Humanidades en una Institución Universitaria Puertorriqueña, Sonia M. Pacheco Collado

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Transición en la Formación Académica Presencial a Virtual en los Cursos de Ley de Una Escuela Naval en Colombia, Diego Fernando Patrón Cáceres

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Dissertation: The Digital Footprint Effect: A Grounded Theory on the Influence of Social Media on Human Resource Managers’ Hiring Decisions, Tanya Pawlowski

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Thesis: Twenty Years of Change in a Southeast Florida Acropora Cervicornis Thicket, Daniel Perez

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Correlación entre la Metodología Andragógica Aplicada por los Docentes y el Aprovechamiento Académico de los Estudiantes Adultos en el Programa de Educación para Adultos del Departamento de Educación en Puerto Rico, Damaris Esther Pérez Gullón

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Dissertation: Percepción de Docentes en Integración de Herramientas Tecnológicas Utilizando el Modelo PICRAT en una Institución de Nivel Superior, Marangely Perez Montalvo

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Thesis: Exploring Host-Parasite Interactions in the Euhaplorchis Californiensis-Fundulus Parvipinnis System, Bennett J. Perry

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Dissertation: Comparison of Achievement Differences Based on Years of Participation in a One-to-One Laptop Program, Anne Petersen-Carnell

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Dissertation: How COVID-19 Impacted the Suicide Rates: A Qualitative Research Analysis, Midline Pierre

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Dissertation: Improving the Quality of Academic Advisors' Practices to Aid Distance Learners’ Retention, Kenyeta R. Pino

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Dissertation: Diseño Instruccional en la Planeación Didáctica del Programa Académico de Contaduría Pública en una Universidad Privada de Colombia, Rafael Humberto Pinzon Alfonso

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Thesis: Coral Castles: Protecting Polyps from Parrotfish Predation, Kyle Anthony-Kicking Bear Pisano

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Improving Attention Spans in Reading of Pre-K Students in a Head-Start Program, Ternesha Pittman

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Thesis: Optimization of Light Spectrum During Coral Grow-out, Daisy N. Ponce

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Dissertation: The Impact of Job Demands and Job Resources on Clery Officers’ Feelings of Self-Efficacy, Jacqueline Pontius-Hogan

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Retrospective Study Examining Special Education Speech and Language Referrals in an Urban School District, Nichelle Porter

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Dissertation: Exploring the Influence of School Location on School Resource Officers’ Perceptions of Their Roles and Priorities, Larry A. Potts

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Dissertation: The Lived Experience and Perceived Challenges of Child Protective Investigators Who Place Children in Foster Care, Elizabeth Presume

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Thesis: Investigating the Effects of a Southward Flow in the Southeastern Florida Shelf Using Robotic Instruments, Alfredo Quezada

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Thesis: The Endoparasite Fauna of Mesopredatory Mesopelagic Teleosts, Alexander U. Rayburn

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Thesis: Applying Integrative Systematics to the Poorly Explored Symbiotic Relationships Between Echinoderms and Zoanthidea, Savannah Renken

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: La Eficacia del Docente como Líder Transformacional en Entornos Virtuales de Aprendizaje y su Impacto en el Aprovechamiento Académico del Estudiante Virtual en una Universidad de Puerto Rico, Alberto J. Rentas García

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Thesis: Evaluating Post-Release Survival and Distribution of Juvenile Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Caught on Buoy Gear Within the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Straits, Cody Rewis

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Thesis: Cnidae in Integrative Systematics of Zoanthidea: A Sticking Point, Melissa Rex

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Teacher Perceptions Concerning the Instruction of Social Justice at the Elementary School Level, Clara I. Reyes

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Dissertation: Teacher Perceptions of the Implementation of a Digital Token Economy in Inclusive Classrooms, Richard Thomas Richardson

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Personalización de un Entorno Virtual de Aprendizaje: Un Ejemplo de Aplicación de Inteligencia Artificial, Noé Rafael Rivera Leiva

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Dissertation: La Percepción de los Consejeros Escolares como Líderes Educativos en las Escuelas Privadas del Área Este de Puerto Rico, Sol Yary Rivera Rosario

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Entry Level Capstone: Expanding the Occupational Therapy Oncology Rehabilitation Program at James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Annalisa M. Rodriguez

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Liderazgo Femenino y su Relación con el Desempeño Laboral del Empleado en una Industria Farmacéutica de Puerto Rico, Lila Rodríguez Hernández

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Dissertation: La Enseñanza Acorde con Estilos de Aprendizajes y Capacidades Sensoriales, Optimiza la Efectividad del Aprendizaje en los Estudiante de una Universidad de Florida-USA: Mito o Realidad, Juan Ramon Rodriguez

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Dissertation: Cultural Diversity in Education: Examining the Challenges and Issues of LGBTQ Students Enrolled in a Tertiary Education Institution in The Bahamas, Terry Laverne Rolle

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Identidad del Rol de Exalumnos Universitarios en Puerto Rico y su Perfil como Mentores: Implicaciones para una Vinculación Efectiva de Exalumnos en la Educación Superior, René S. Ronda Ramírez

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Dissertation: An Empirical Assessment of the Use of Password Workarounds and the Cybersecurity Risk of Data Breaches, Michael Joseph Rooney

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Thesis: Parameterizing the Spillage Left Behind: Datafication, Machine Learning Algorithms, and the Question of Ecological Agency, Courtney Rosenthal

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Dissertation: An Examination of a Traditional Business Curriculum and Its Effect on Students’ Level of Moral Decision Making, Brian M. Rothschild

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Entry Level Capstone: Occupational Therapy’s Role in Pain Management Within the Chiropractic Setting, Samantha J. Royer

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Case Study of an At-Risk African American Female Student Using Chickering’s Seven Vectors of Identity Development, Eddie Runner

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Case Study of an Elder Village and its Sustainability, Annemarie Russell

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Dissertation: Teacher Attrition Rates in a Large Urban Elementary School in the Southeastern United States, Yvonne Joy Russ

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Entry Level Capstone: Fall Prevention & Vision Therapy Program for Inpatient Rehab, James P. Ryan

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Thesis: Addressing Water Hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) Impacts on Aquatic Biota in Lake Okeechobee, Joseph Salerno

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Entry Level Capstone: The Impact of Occupational Therapy Involvement in Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), Alexis C. Sambuco

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Dissertation: Understanding the Circumstances That Contribute to Teacher Retention and Attrition in an Urban School District and the Impacts of Financial Incentives on Teacher Retention, Meshelley Sams

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Thesis: Effects of Cyanobacteria Harmful Algal Blooms on the Microbial Community Within Lake Okeechobee, FL, USA, Paisley S. Samuel

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Liderazgo Efectivo a Distancia y sus Beneficios con el E-Learning, Blanca I. Sánchez Rivera

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Dissertation: Comparing Phishing Training and Campaign Methods for Mitigating Malicious Emails in Organizations, Jackie Christopher Scott

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Educación Tutorial Centrada en el Estilo de Aprendizaje en Estudiantes de Enfermería, Astrid G. Seguí Rodríguez

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Dissertation: La Incidencia en el Desarrollo de Competencias Digitales de los Estudiantes de una Universidad Virtual en Texas, Elga D. Sepulveda Suarez

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Thesis: Using Carbon Source Preference to Modulate the Antibiotic Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in Co-Culture., Elinor Sevy

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Entry Level Capstone: A Transitional Program from Elementary to Middle School, Savannah S. Shontere

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: A Qualitative Study of Novice Primary Grade Teachers’ Challenges of Teaching Reading, Jo Yolanda Smith

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Dissertation: Multilevel Modeling of Academic Self-Concept and Moderation of the Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect in Math and Science for TIMSS 2019 Participating Countries, Heather Marie Spangler

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Dissertation: A Phenomenology of Mental Health Practitioners’ Experiences With Low-Income Black Youth Seeking Mental Health Support in Massachusetts, Audrey A. Spataro

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Dissertation: Examining Campus Crime at Massachusetts’ Colleges and Universities, Kimberly Beskalo Stewart

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Thesis: Heavy Metals within the Hawaiian Islands Archipelago as Evidenced in the Hawaiian Monk Seal and Their Prey, Yvanna M. Strait

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Entry Level Capstone: Creating a Veteran Suicide Prevention Module in an Entry-level Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program, Christina A. Swoyer

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Dissertation: Adversarial Training of Deep Neural Networks, Anabetsy Termini

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Thesis: Fishing and Fear Effects Interact to Shape Herbivory on Coral Reefs, Bethany M. Tilton

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Entry Level Capstone: The Role of Occupational Therapy in the Prevention of Playing-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Musicians, Cristina Lucia Torres

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Revisión Sistemática Sobre el Uso de Blog como Objeto de Aprendizaje en Estudiantes de Postgrado en la Modalidad de Aprendizaje Semipresencial, Sonia N. Torres Díaz

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Re-Engineering Education: Exploring Teacher Responses to STEAM-Based Professional Development Training, Rhonda M. Townsend-Abraham

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Thesis: Behavioral Skills Training for Reducing Challenging Behaviors in Students With Down Syndrome With or Without Co-Occurring Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jacqueline Tudor

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Dissertation: Student Response to Varied Instructional Methods in Level I Fieldwork Experiences, Camille CJ Turner

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Dissertation: Microscale to Mesoscale Modeling of the Ocean Under Tropical Cyclones: Effects of Sea Spray and Surfactants on Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Air-Sea Gas Exchange, Breanna Lynn Cain Vanderplow

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Percepción del Grado de Efectividad sobre Liderazgo Educativo y las Competencias Digitales Docentes en Enfermería, Geraline Vega Martínez

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Dissertation: Integrating the Spatial Pyramid Pooling into 3D Convolutional Neural Networks for Cerebral Microbleeds Detection, Andre Accioly Veira

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Dissertation: A Case Study Investigating the Strategies Used by Preclinical Osteopathic Medical Students to Successfully Transition to Their Clinical Years, Natacha Villedrouin

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Dissertation: Denationalization and Statelessness: An Exploratory Case Study Assessing the Impact of Dominican Republic Judgment TC 168-13, the Effects of Naturalization Law 169-14, and the International Community's Involvement, Ernst Pierre Vincent

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Dissertation: When Speaking Up Fails: Experiences of Unsubstantiated Equal Employment Opportunity Allegations on the Workforce, Scottie Visser

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Dissertation: Evaluation of Novice Teacher Practical Implementation of Applied Behavior Analysis Strategies: A Single-Subject Research Design Using Behavioral Skills Training, Toniece Walker

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Investigating Perceptions of Mentorship to Address the Needs of Novice Principals, Valerie B. Ward

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Dissertation: Qualitative Study of Influences of an Educational Support Program for Novice Teachers Relative to Their Feelings of Support, Job Satisfaction, and Teacher Self-Efficacy, Sonya Welch

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Capstone: A Review of Endoparasites Found in Order Pelecaniformes and Order Ciconiiformes Birds of Southeast Florida, Kaya C. Wells

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: An Exploratory Study of Honors College Students’ Conceptualizations About Social Justice on and Off Campus, Quakish B. Williams Liner

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Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Teacher and Parent Perceptions of Involvement in an Urban High School: A Generic Qualitative Study, LaTarsha Dionne Wilson

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Dissertation: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Lived Experiences of Adults Diagnosed With ADHD, Carole Larson Yokell

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Thesis: Evaluating Post-release Survival and Habitat Utilization of Undersized Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Caught by the U.S Pelagic Longline Fishery in the Western North Atlantic, Zachery Young

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Dissertation: El Uso del Modelo de Aula Invertida en la Educación Superior: Revisión Sistemática de sus Ventajas y Retos, Gabriel Zepeda Martínez

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Entry Level Capstone: Incorporating Poi as a Therapeutic Modality for Preschool Aged Children in the CARE Clinic, Danielle Zirkle