Thesis Title List Spring 2006

The following Masters and Ed.S. theses have been reviewed and certified as acceptable for permanent filing in the University Library. Please note that this list does not indicate graduation status, only that the thesis listed has been approved by the students committee and the University Graduate School.

Last Name 1. 2. 3. Aguinaldo Ansley Anstey

First Name Jorge Shannon Erica

College Department EN AS AS Civil & Environmental Engineering Biology Women's Studies

Degree M.S.E.S. M.S. M.A.

Title Precipitative Softening and Ultrafiltration Treatment of Beverage Water Secondary Seed Dispersal of Longleaf Pine, Pinus palustris, and Sand Live Oak, Quercus geminata, in Florida Sandhill A Feminist Perspective on the Precautionary Principle and the Problem of Endocrine Disruptors Under Neoliberal Globalization Policies Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Chlorophyll on the West Florida Shelf Mocking Mohammad: Mark Twains Depiction of Arabs and Muslims in The Innocents Abroad Bel-Imperia: The (Early) Modern Woman in Thomas Kyd's Spanish Tragedy Synthesis and Characterization of Type II Silicon and Germanium Clathrates Attitudinal Antecedents of the First- and Third-Person Effects of Alcohol Advertising on College Students Gene Expression Profiles and Clinical Parameters for Survival Prediction in Stage Two and Three Colorectal Cancer Chemo-Enzymatic Route to Synthesis of Biodegradable Polymers and Glycolipid Analogs
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4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Ault Bakht Basso Beekman Begin Begum Bhatt

Danylle Nancy Ann Matthew Georgia Mubeena Surbhi

MS AS AS AS AS PH AS

Marine Science English English Physics Mass Communications Epidemiology & Biostatistics Chemistry

M.S. M.A. M.A. M.S. M.A. M.S.P.H. M.S.

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11.

Binitie

Idia

AS

Psychology

M.A.

Breaking Down the Wall: An Examination of Mental Health Service Utilization in African American and Caucasian Parents Modeling the 100-Year Flood Using GIS: A Flood Analysis in the Avon Park Watershed Cracker Etiquette: Stories From Somebody's South An Evaluation of the Along Track Reef Imaging System (ATRIS) for Efficient Reef Monitoring and Rapid Groundtruthing of EAARL Lidar How U.S. Audiences View Korean Films: A Case Study of Old Boy Nanoindentation of Layered Materials With a Nonhomogeneous Interface Ranking-Based Methods for Gene Selection in Microarray Data An Hour of Light and Other Stories The Effect of DEM Resolution on the Computation of Hydrologically Significant Topographic Attributes Mothers' Versus Fathers' Ratings of Child Behavior Problems A New Type of Insurgency: A Case Study of the Resistance in Iraq Investigation of Cretaceous Molluscan Shell Material for Isotopic Integrity: Examples and Implications From the Baculites compressus/cuneatus Biozones (Campanian) of the Western Interior Seaway The Characterization of Non-Ionic Surfactant Vesicles: A Release Rate Study for Drug Delivery

12. 13. 14.

Booker Booth Caesar

Alan James Nicole

AS AS MS

Geography English Marine Science

M.A. M.A. M.S.

15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

Cha Chalasani Chen Cochran Crosby Curley Curtas da Silva

Sung Taik Praveen Li Andrew David Jessica Stephen Ashley

AS EN EN AS AS AS AS AS

Mass Communications Mechanical Engineering Computer Science & Engineering English Geography Psychology Government & International Studies Geology

M.A. M.S. M.S.C.S. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.S.

23.

Dearborn

Kristina

EN

Chemical Engineering

M.S.Ch.

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24.

Do

Kimberly

AS

Biology

M.S.

A Determination of Phylogeny and Hybridization History Within Clematis L. (Ranunculaceae) Using Actin and Nitrate Reductase Intron Sequences Drug Resistant Patterns of Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections in the State of Florida in 2003 An Analysis of the United Nations Two Peace Operations in the Congo Spelling Development in Young School Age Children Genetic Algorithm Based Two-Dimensional and ThreeDimensional Floorplanning for VLSI ASICs Nurse Exposure to Waste Anesthetic Gases in a Post Anesthesia Care Unit Middle Woodland Mound Distribution and the Ceremonialism in the Apalachicola Valley, Northwest Florida The Effect of Computer-Delivered Phonological Awareness Training on the Early Literacy Skills of Students Identified as At-Risk for Reading Failure A Modular Onboard Processing System for Small Unmanned Vehicles Modeling the Advantages and Disadvantages of the CoralAlgal Symbiosis Prototype and Testing of a MEMS Microcooler Based on Magnetocaloric Effect Altered States of Reality: The Theme of Twinning in David Lynch's Lost Highway Gender Differences in Age of Onset for Delinquency: Risk Factors and Consequences

25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31.

Drennon Fargo Fawcett Fernando Flack II Frashuer Gale

Michael Sofia Kelly Pradeep Larry Anya Deanne

PH AS AS EN PH AS ED

Epidemiology & Biostatistics Government & International Studies Communication Sciences & Disorders Computer Science & Engineering Environmental & Occupational Health Anthropology Psychological & Social Foundations Computer Science & Engineering Marine Science Electrical Engineering English Criminology

M.S.P.H. M.A. M.S. M.S.C.P. M.S.P.H. M.A. Ed.S.

32. 33. 34. 35. 36.

Garcia Gaydos Ghirlanda Green, Jr. Gulledge

Richard Dana Simone Alan Laura

EN MS EN AS AS

M.S.C.S. M.S. M.S. M.A. M.A.

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37. 38.

Gustafson Haller

Steven Logan

MS PH

Marine Science Public Health

M.S. M.S.P.H.

Assessment of Image Analysis as a Measure of Scleractinian Coral Growth Developement of a Micropshere-Based Immunoassay for the Detection of IgM Antibodies to West Nile Virus and St. Louis Encephalitis Virus in Sentinel Chicken Sera Stress, Coping, and their Prediction of Mental Health Outcomes in International Baccalaureate High School Students Strategic Geographic Positioning of Sea Level Gauges to Aid in Early Detection of Tsunamis in the Intra-Americas Sea The Middle Class Religious Ideology and the Underclass Struggle: A Growing Divide in Black Religion Detection of Cracks in Single-Crystalline Silicon Wafers Using Impact Testing Echoes: A Novel Abiding Tampa's Lafayette Street Bridge: Building A New South City Assessing Human-Environmental Impacts on Colorado's 14,000-Foot Mountains The Application of a Modified Human Development Index: Spatial Modeling of Socioeconomic Well-Being for Florida Counties Optimizing Biofuel Cell Performance Using a Targeted Mixed Mediator Combination Tracking Fluid Flow in a Spinning Disk Reactor Coastal Processes and Anthropogenic Factors Influencing the Geomorphic Evolution of Weedon Island, Florida

39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47.

Hardesty Henson Hills Jr. Hilmersson Hulseman Jacobson Jones Kedrowski Kelsey

Robin Joshua Franklin Christina George Rebecca Lucy Jon Clay

ED MS AS EN AS AS AS AS AS

Psychological & Social Foundations Marine Science Religious Studies Mechanical Engineering English English Humanities Geography Geography

Ed.S. M.S. M.A. M.S.M.E. M.A. M.A. M.L.A. M.A. M.A.

48. 49. 50.

Klar Korzhova Lambert

Jason Valentina Jeanne

EN EN AS

Mechanical Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Environmental Science & Policy

M.S.M.E. M.S.C.S. M.S.

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51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59.

Larsen LoDico Luongo Lutsyshyna Manohar McCabe-Remmell McKallip-Moss Meehan Murray

Devon Jenna Kevin Oksana Vasant Patricia Shannon Ryan Marcy

FA MS EN AS EN AS GS AS AS

Art Marine Science Electrical Engineering Women's Studies Computer Science & Engineering English Applied Behavior Analysis English English

M.A. M.S. M.S.E.E. M.A. M.S.C.S. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A.

Rethinking the Monumental: The Museum as Feminist Space in the Sexual Politics Exhibition, 1996 Sub-Centennial Scale Climatic and Hydrologic Variability in the Gulf of Mexico During the Early Holocene Palladium Doped Nano Porous Silicon to Enhance Hydrogen Sensing Postcolonial Herstory: The Novels of Assia Djebar (Algeria) and Oksana Zabuzhko (Ukraine): A Comparative Analysis Video-Based Person Identification Using Facial Strain Maps as a Biometric Joyce ... Beckett ... Dedalus ... Molloy: A Study in Abjection and Masochism Response Cards in the Elementary School Classroom: Effects on Student and Teacher Behavior The Enthymeme's Role in Modern Discourse Cross-Dressing in Sarah Grands The Tenor and the Boy and E.D.E.N Southworths The Hidden Hand: Gender, Class, and Power A Damage Assessment and Wind Loading Analysis of Residential Structures Built Post-1996 in Punta Gorda in the Wake of Hurricane Charley Ashes from Falling Stars An Inquiry Concerning the Teaching of Critical Thinking in an Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Class Measurement of Nerve Growth Factor in Induced Sputum and Exhaled Breath Condensate The True Picture of the IndianAs Jackson Viewed It: The Portrayal of Alessandro as an Atypical Native American
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60.

Newberry

James

EN

Civil & Environmental Engineering English English Environmental & Occupational Health English

M.S.C.E.

61. 62. 63. 64.

Nieves Northcutt Nwiloh Olin

John A. Minnette Victor Carrie

AS AS PH AS

M.A. M.A. M.S.P.H. M.A.

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65. 66. 67. 68. 69.

Peck-Janssen Pickard Pierrissaint Plank, Jr. Porter

Shannon Brian Virgilet Larry Larry

AS EN EN ED ED

Anthropology Civil & Environmental Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering Educational Leadership Psychological & Social Foundations Applied Behavior Analysis Computer Science & Engineering Mass Communications Applied Behavior Analysis Civil & Environmental Engineering Electrical Engineering Electrical Engineering Political Science

M.A. M.S. M.S.C.E. Ed.S. Ed.S.

Animal Husbandry at Tell el Hesi (Israel): Results From Zooarchaeological and Isotopic Analysis Development of a GIS Based Infrastructure Replacement Prioritization System: A Case Study Post-Charley Evaluation of Undamaged Homes in Punta Gorda Isles Intelligent Design and Evolutionary Theory: Legal Battles and Classroom Relevance for School Leadership An Exploratory Analysis of the Effects of a Statewide Mandatory Grade Retention Policy and Student Academic Achievement The Effects of a Parent Training Course on Coercive Interactions Between Parents and Children Association of Sound to Motion in Video Using Perceptual Organization Image Restoration Theory: An Empirical Study of Corporate Apology Tactics Employed by the U.S. Air Force Academy The Effects of Role-Playing on the Development of Adaptive Skills in a Parent Training Program Control of Hydrogen Sulfide From Groundwater Using Packed-Bed Anion Exchange and Other Technologies A Platform for Research on Localization and Tracking Using Wireless Sensor Networks Towards the Realization of Cognitive Radio: Coexistence of Ultrawideband and Narrowband Systems Path Dependencies and Unintended Consequences: A Case Study of Britain's Entry into the European Community

70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77.

Powell Ravulapalli Roberts

Lezlee Sunil Babu Glen

GS EN AS GS EN EN EN AS

M.A. M.S.C.S. M.A. M.A. M.S.E.E. M.S.E.E. M.S.E.E. M.A.

Rodriguez-Del Valle Chantell Romero Cotrino Rupanagudi Sahin Schrefer Camilo Sai Kiran Mustafa Emin Justin

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78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86.

Schwab Shelnut Sierra Simpson Singh Smeltzer Smith Stearns Taylor

Autumn Nicole Melissa Dava Harkanwal Brandon Gregory Adrienne Rush

AS AS AS AS EN EN AS AS AS

Geography Anthropology Sociology Communication Civil & Environmental Engineering Chemical Engineering English Communication Sciences & Disorders American Studies

M.A. M.A. M.A. M.A. M.S.C.E. M.Ch.E. M.A. M.S. M.L.A.

The Influence of Roads on the Florida Panther Before the Inca: Prehistoric Dietary Transitions in the Argentine Cuyo Chronic/Life Threatening Illnesses From the Perspective of Latino Men Stormtroopers Among Us: Star Wars Costuming, Connection, and Civic Engagement A Benefit-Cost Analysis of a State Freeway Service Patrol: A Florida Case Study The Solubility of Triton X-114 and Tergitol 15-S-9 in High Pressure Carbon Dioxide Solutions The Faceless Mountain and the Key West Route: Interdisciplinary Study of the Pilgrimage Archetype Production and Perception of Place of Articulation Errors "This is Not a Politburo, But a Madhouse" The Post World War II Sovietization of East Germany Up to the 1953 Worker's Uprising. Fit for the Reception of Ladies and Gentlemen: Power, Space and Politeness in Eighteenth-Century Anglo-Atlantic Playhouses Piety and Other Afflictions The Relationship Between Anxiety and Spirituality in Persons Undergoing Chemotherapy for Cancer "Viva Wallace": Tampa Latins, the Politics of Americanization, and the Progressive Party Campaign of 1948 Cicero and St. Augustine's Just War Theory: Classical Influences on a Christian Idea
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87.

Thompson

Troy

AS

History

M.A.

88. 89. 90. 91.

Tipton Tofthagen Toney Van Neste

Holly Cindy Jared Berit

AS NR AS AS

English Nursing History Religious Studies

M.A. M.S. M.A. M.A.

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92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97.

Van Dyke Vogt, III Voicu Wafula Wagganer Weiss

John Albert Laura Alfred Andrea Matthew

AS AS EN AS AS AS

English Humanities Computer Science & Engineering Physics Sociology Geology

M.A. M.L.A. M.S.C.S. M.S. M.A. M.S.

"Landslide" and Other Stories "Trust Yourself to God:" Friar Francisco Pareja and the Franciscans in Florida, 1595-1702 Modeling the Throughput Performance of the SF-SACK Protocol Dynamic Monitoring of Cytotoxicity by Using Electric Cell Substrate Impedance Sensing Feminine Beauty and the Cancerous Beast: Appearance Management at the Cancer Hospital Salon Evaluation of Geophysical and Thermal Methods for Detecting Submarine Groundwater Discharge (SGD) in the Suwannee River Estuary, Florida Blood Lead Concentrations in the Cat Population of Tampa, Florida The Effects of Fluency Training on Performance, Maintenance and Generalization of Parenting Skills The Mucilage of Opuntia Ficus Indica: A Natural, Sustainable, and Viable Water Treatment Technology for Use in Rural Mexico for Reducing Turbidity and Arsenic Contamination in Drinking Water

98. 99.

Wiesen Williams

Liesl Gertie Kevin

AS GS EN

Environmental Science & Policy Applied Behavior Analysis Chemical Engineering

M.S. M.A. M.S.Ch.

100. Young

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