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On Some Test Statistics for Testing the Population Skewness and Kurtosis: An Empirical Study , Yawen Guo

A Study on Residents' Perceptions and Attitudes Towards the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge in Puerto Rico , Ana C. Guzman

Database-Assisted Analysis and Design of Wind Loads on Rigid Buildings , Filmon Fesehaye Habte

Hydrogeochemical Modeling of Saltwater Intrusion and Water Supply Augmentation in South Florida , Yonas T. Habtemichael

Three Essays on International and Intranational Trade and Economic Growth , Rooholah Hadadi

Nanofabrication and Spectroscopy of Magnetic Nanostructures Using a Focused Ion Beam , Ali Hadjikhani

A Feminist Perspective on the Lack of Full Ordination for Burmese Buddhist Nuns , Darbee Nicole Hagerty

Water Quality Modelling Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Remote Sensing in South Florida , Mohammad Hajigholizadeh

(Un)Making the Food Desert: Food, Race, and Redevelopment in Miami's Overtown Community , William Hall

Exhaled Breath Analysis of Smokers Using CMV-GC/MS , D'Nisha D. Hamblin

Sulfur Based Electrode Materials For Secondary Batteries , Yong Hao

Pesticides and Pollination of Imperiled Plants of the Lower Florida Keys , Brittany M. Harris

Reward Responsivity in Parenting: Development of a Novel Measure in Mothers , Chelsey M. Hartley

Informal Urban Displacement in Rio de Janeiro: Ecolimits and Disaster Biopolitics in the Favela Santa Marta , Charles L. Heck

Peer-Assisted Social Learning In Urban After-School Programs , Sarah A. Helseth

The Relationship Between Undergraduate Hispanic Students' Choice of Living Arrangements and Retention, Academic Achievement and Graduation at a Hispanic-Serving Institution , Lynn N. Hendricks

The Degradation of Pharmaceutical Pollutants in Wastewater Catalyzed by Chloroperoxidase and the Construction of Chloroperoxidase H105R Mutant , Qinghao He

The Politics of Democratization: Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the Lavalas Movement in Haiti , Dimmy Herard

Simulation and Application of Binary Logic Regression Models , Jobany J. Heredia Rico

Help Me Chat: Eliciting Communicative Acts from Young Children Using Speech-Generating Devices , Rebecca A. Hernandez-Cartaya

A Study on the Dissolution of Autunite Minerals by Facultative Bacteria in Bicarbonate Media , Sandra C. Herrera Landaez

Doping as a Possible Means to create Superconductivity in Graphene , Kiar Holland

Impacts of User Heterogeneity and Attitudinal Factors on Roadway Pricing Analysis - Investigation of Value of Time and Value of Reliability for Managed Lane Facilities in South Florida , Md Sakoat Hossan

Characterizing the Molecular Structure and Reactivity of Natural Organic Matter in The Everglades , Wenxi Huang

Going Beyond the Analysis of Common Contaminants: Target, Suspect, and Non-Target Analysis of Complex Environmental Matrices by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry , Anna Katarina Huba

Identification of the Active Odors From Illicit Substances for the Development of Optimal Canine Training Aids , Adhly M. Huertas-Rivera

Optimal and Miniaturized Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonant Systems , Hao Hu

Characterizing Community-Based Usual Mental Health Care for Infants , Gabriela Marie Hungerford MS

Patient-centered care process enabled by Integrative Social Media Platform in an outpatient setting , Inkyoung Hur

Three Essays on Diversification and Corporate Policies , Catalina Hurwitz

Fragile Saints , Mary-Claire Ibarra

Analyzing Decision Making in Alternative Contracting for Highway Pavement Rehabilitation Projects , Mohamed Ibrahim

Channel and Noise Variance Estimation for Future 5G Cellular Networks , Jorge Iscar Vergara

Negotiating Globalization from Below: Social Entrepreneurship, Neoliberalism, and the Making of the New South African Subject , Oceane Jasor

Combined Computational-Experimental Design of High-Temperature, High-Intensity Permanent Magnetic Alloys with Minimal Addition of Rare-Earth Elements , Rajesh Jha

Mercury Sulfide Dissolution in Environmental Conditions: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Approaches , Ping Jiang

Innovative Two-Stage Fuzzy Classification for Unknown Intrusion Detection , Xueyan Jing

Qualities of Informal Leaders, Factors Influencing the Formation of Informal Leadership, and the Paradox of Formal Power , Kyungchool Joe

The Ecology of Extrafloral Nectar in Senna mexicana var. chapmanii , Ian M. Jones

EEG Spectral Changes Before and After an Eight-week Intervention Period of Preksha Meditation , Chintan Joshi

A Quantitative Investigation Exploring Illicit Drug Use Inside and Out of the Foodservice Industry , Kristen Kaminski

Evaluation of Surface Layer Parameterizations Using In-Situ Observations , Jeremy Katz

The Field View: An Initial Examination of an Exploratory Eyewitness Identification Procedure , Melissa Kavetski

Magnetoelectric Nanoparticles: Paradigm Shift in Biomolecular Diagnostics , Chooda Mani Khanal

Design and Development of Smart Brain-Machine-Brain Interface (SBMIBI) for Deep Brain Stimulation and Other Biomedical Applications , Muhammad S. Khan

Ethnographic Investigations of Commercial Aquaculture as a Rural Development Technique in Tamil Nadu, India , Brittany L. Kiessling

Corrosion Behavior of Steel in Deficient Grout with Enhanced Sulfate Ion Concentrations , Krishna Vigneshwaran Konda Krishnamurthy

Nationalism as a Process for Making the Desired Identity Salient: Bosnian Muslims Become Bosniaks , Mirsad Krijestorac

Where Are All the Bonefish? Using Angler Perceptions to Estimate Trends of Bonefish (Albula vulpes) Decline in South Florida , Emily K.N. Kroloff

Microbial Functional Diversity and the Associated Biogeochemical Interactions Across Miami-Dade County, Florida Soils , Priyanka Kushwaha

Mapping Integrity in the Domain of Trait Personality , Andrew J. Laginess

Status Competition Between the U.S. and China on the Stage of Africa , Vanessa C. Leon

Gold Nanoparticle-Based Colorimetric Sensors for Detection of DNA and Small Molecules , Pingping Liang

Maximizing Environmental Sustainability and Public Benefits of Highway Construction Programs , Charinee Limsawasd

Creation and Evaluation of Polymer/Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Films for Structural Vibration Control and Strain Sensing Properties , weiwei lin

Power Comparison of Some Goodness-of-fit Tests , Tianyi Liu

Optical Coherence Photoacoustic Microscopy (OC-PAM) for Multimodal Imaging , Xiaojing Liu

The Effect of Shortened Reporting Lag on the Usefulness of Form 20-F , Zhenfeng Liu

Sonic Activation: a Multimedia Performance-Installation , Alex Joseph Lough

Sustainable Resource Management for Cloud Data Centers , A. S. M. Hasan Mahmud

Childbirth Education in Jordan: Content, Feasibility and Challenges of Implementing a Childbirth Education Program in Jordan , Fatima Malkawi Ms

Firm Foundation: Rebuilding the Early Modern State in Lima, Peru after the Earthquake of 1687 , Judith M. Mansilla

Simple Models for Underdamped Slug Tests in High Permeability Aquifers , Maria E. Marquez

The Optimization of Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT) for Differential Extraction of Sexual Assault Casework , Vanessa Martinez

The Pneuma Network: Transnational Pentecostal Print Culture In The United States And South Africa, 1906-1948 , Lindsey Brooke Maxwell

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Confronts the Death of the Author , Justin Philip Mayerchak

Responses of Four Non-tidal Forest Communities of the Florida Everglades to Hurricane Impact over 21 Years , Jeremy L. May

Use It or Lose It: Canadian Identity and the Construction of Arctic Security Policy , Michael P. McCormack

Carotenoids and Fatty Acids in Early Lactation: A Study of a Peruvian Population , Vanesa Mendez

Economic Aspects of Climate Change Adaptation and Natural Hazard Risk Mitigation , Sisi Meng

Stochastic Geometry Based Analysis of Capacity, Mobility and Energy Efficiency for Dense Heterogeneous Networks , Arvind Merwaday

The Effect of Project ProHEART- Promoting Healthy Eating and Activity using Robot-assisted Training- on Healthy Eating Habits and Physical Activity in School-Aged Children , Nadine Mikati

Transnational Capitalism and the Middle East: Understanding the Transnational Elites of the Gulf Cooperation Council , Seyed Ahmad Mirtaheri

Analysis and Modeling of Advanced Power Control and Protection Requirements for Integrating Renewable Energy Sources in Smart Grid, , Amirhasan Moghadasiriseh

Wind Performance Based Design for High-Rise Buildings , Alireza Mohammadi

But I Do Remember the Moon , Ellene Glenn Moore

Using a Repeated Measures ANOVA Design to Analyze the Effect Writing in Mathematics Has on the Mathematics Achievement of Third Grade English Language Learners and English Speakers , Zoe A. Morales

An Optical Design Configuration for Wireless Data Transmission , Seyed Mohammad Amin Motahari Bidgoli

Insight Into the Inhibition of Ribonucleotide Reductases by 2'-chloro-2'-deoxynucleotides and 2'-azido-2'-deoxynucleotides: Biomimetic Studies with Model Substrates , Mukesh M. Mudgal Dr.

Antenatal Stressful Life Events and Postpartum Depression in the United States: the Role of Women’s Socioeconomic Status at the State Level , Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Using Culturally Responsive Teaching with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Specific Learning Disabilities to Increase Performance in Algebra I , Lorena R. Munoz

Role of Students’ Participation on Learning Physics in Active Learning Classes , Binod Nainabasti

The Crafting of the Self in Private Letters and the Epistolary Novel: El hilo que une, Un verano en Bornos, Ifigenia, Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela, and Cartas apócrifas , Angelica A. Nelson

Institutional Investors, Insiders and the Firm , Vinh Huy L. Nguyen

Novel In Situ Study of Magnetocaloric Heusler Alloy , Roozbeh Nikkhah Moshaie

Effects of Catastrophic Seagrass Loss and Predation Risk on the Ecological Structure and Resilience of a Model Seagrass Ecosystem , Robert J. Nowicki

The Symphony of State: São Paulo's Department of Culture, 1922-1938 , Micah J. Oelze

Supporting Web-based and Crowdsourced Evaluations of Data Visualizations , Mershack B. Okoe

Training Through Serious Games: The Relationship Between Travel Agent Engagement, Knowledge of Cruise Products and Cruise Sales , Lizette Cruzie Pabon

The Association of Real Earnings Management with: Enterprise Resource Planning Systems, Audit Effort, and Future Financial Performance , Angel Arturo Pacheco Paredes

Carbon Nanotube- and Gold Nanoparticle-Based Materials For Electrochemical and Colorimetric Sensing Applications , Janak Paudyal 9255967

The Tensions of Karma and Ahimsa: Jain Ethics, Capitalism, and Slow Violence , Anthony Paz

Community-Governed Multifunctional Landscapes and Forest Conservation in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico , Barbara Pazos Almada

Anarchy and Anti-Intellectualism: Reason, Foundationalism, and the Anarchist Tradition , Joaquin A. Pedroso

Peers as an Academic Resource: An Investigation of an Afterschool Program to Socialize At-risk Students with Disabilities into Greater Academic Engagement , Cynthia Pellegrini-Lafont

Synthetic Studies Toward a Novel Hydroxylamine of Potential Utility in the Preparation of Mitochondriotropic Nitrones , Gloria Patricia Perez

On the Role of the Pore Water Chemistry of Deficient Post-Tension Grout to Promote Steel Corrosion , Samanbar Permeh

Edwidge Danticat and Shadows: The Farming of Bones As a Vehicle for Social Activism , Jessica Petit-Frere

Evaluation of Redundancy of Twin Steel Box-Girder Bridges , Huy V. Pham

Conformational Dynamics and Stability Associated with Magnesium or Calcium Binding to DREAM in the Regulation of Interactions between DREAM and DNA or Presenilins , Khoa Ngoc Pham

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All doctoral students are expected to complete a doctoral dissertation: a supervised original research project that makes a novel and substantive scientific contribution to the student's area of interest or specialization.

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For locating general dissertations follow these instructions:

• Start on the FIU library homepage: library.fiu.edu
• Hover your cursor over the  "Find"  drop down menu
• Select  "A-Z List" 
• Once on the A-Z database list, click the middle  "All Database Types"  drop down menu
• Select  "Dissertations & Theses"  from this menu to filter the database results.

If you are looking for any dissertations, you can search the  "Dissertation Abstracts - With Fulltext" database from ProQuest.

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• Select "Dissertations & Theses" from this menu to filter the database results.
• Scroll until you find the "Dissertations & Theses @ Florida International University" or "FIU Electronic Theses & Dissertations: Digital Commons @ FIU" .

First check the Dissertations & Theses @ Florida International University  database. This database indexes FIU graduates' theses and dissertations with full text available from 1996. You can also search the FIU Digital Commons .

For print copies , search the FIU catalog and type in "Florida International University Dissertations and Theses" and any keyword you choose to see if we have a print copy in Special Collections, in storage, or on the shelf.

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