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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Aida, Amy A. (2025), Analysis of port traffic growth for optimization of traffic flow: A microscopic traffic simulation study of JAXPORT's Blount Island Marine Terminal
Alqhtani, Jelawi A. (2025), Solar energy prediction using advanced hybrid machine learning models
Ambrose, Kyle T. (2025), Analysis of bin packing variants
Baker, Ziena (2025), Diversity makes me uncomfortable: Effects of diversity language on university student belonging
Bennett, Preston P. (2025), Impact of an online teaching faculty development course on student social engagement
Berna, Jacob Michael (2025), Spatial and temporal patterns in short-term surface sediment deposition and accretion at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve: Implications for resilience of coastal wetlands to sea-level rise
Bohn, Peter S. (2025), Continuing development of an unmanned vehicle for conducting scientific and engineering operations in the littoral zone
Borges, Catalina M. (2025), The role of parental self-efficacy during the preschool years: Links to parenting behaviors and parent-child relationship quality in dual-risk families
Bretzel, Katelyn (2025), Retrospective recall of food parenting practices during childhood, current adult health outcomes, and intuitive eating
Bridenbaugh, Jennifer R. (2025), The development and initial validation of an empathy scale for higher education instructors
Buchanan, Seth P. (2025), Regulation of the activity of mtDNA helicase, Twinkle
Bwire, Dennis B. (2025), Assessment and optimization of electric vehicles charging infrastructure: Addressing accessibility disparities in urban and rural areas
Conklin, Kerri R. (2025), Leucine catabolism is associated with longevity in female eastern lubber grasshoppers
Cronin, Eleanor G. (2025), Urban heat island effects on arthropod populations and communities in Jacksonville, FL
Demirseren, Nevzat U. (2025), RodCast interaction: A novel technique for dense virtual reality environments
Diller, John (2025), Polynomial invariants for classical invariant groups
Djokoto, Felix Dela (2025), Dynamics of prey-prey mutualism with varying carrying capacity and herd behavior in the presence of predator
DuBois, Blaine (2025), Geometric properties of positive definite matrices: Means, order, and metrics
Farrell, Ryan (2025), Lipschitz conditions on operators and matrices
Fiore, McKenna (2025), Teachers' use of food rewards in the classroom environment
Fiorio, Mara O. (2025), Parental sources of nutrition information and their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors: Impact on children's dietary intake in ages 2-5 – A cross-sectional study
Ghannad Zadeh, Rojin (2025), Targeting Wnt signaling with GSK3 inhibition restores pathway activity in NGLY1-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts
Herrington, Kristine (2025), Undergraduate students' perceptions of philanthropy, importance of affinity-based giving and impact on student giving
Homrighausen, Salem C. (2025), Design, fabrication, & laboratory testing of a strain gage instrumentation system for marine applications
Horne, Hudson (2025), Niobium titanium nitride thin film deposition, optimization, and characterization
Hossain, Sabrina (2025), Fourier transformation of non-periodic functions and its application in computed tomography
Ishengoma, Dennis (2025), Evaluating the erosion response of beach sand treated with low-volume surface focused MICP applications
Kasuwi, Ally O. (2025), Assessment of wave climate conditions at an important historical and ecological site along the Fort George River in Northeast Florida
Keeney, Patrick J. (2025), Investigating the roles of intrinsic point defects and transition metal doping in monolayer and bulk TiS2
Kraft, Diane NMN (2025), Mediterranean diet adherence is a strong predictor of TIC severity in U.S. children and adolescents with Tourette Syndrome
Lattomus, Morgan E. (2025), The presence of mercury (Hg) and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Guana and Tolomato Rivers
Leon, Kalie (2025), The effects of personalization on homelessness stigma
Longo, Gabrielle (2025), Assessment of dietary intake of persons of Mexican heritage in Texas to inform a culturally relevant nutritional intervention
Lynn, Joanna (2025), Exploring the connections between social media posts about intimate partner violence and their influence on women’s physical and mental health
Majuto, Maige (2025), Understanding fare capping in public transit: Socioeconomic predictors and ridership outcomes
Marlin, Connor J. (2025), Assessment of surface area application ratios for beach sand treated via surface percolated MICP-Bioslurry for erosion mitigation
Martin, Charlotte Amanda (2025), Saturated facts: Leveraging artificial intelligence to identify and analyze dietary fat-related nutrition misinformation on social media
Masoudi, Mohammad Hadi (2025), Development of a low-cost portable dexterity assessment system
Matyenyi, Janeroza W. (2025), Traffic safety in Tacoma: A dual study on community perceptions of vision zero and the application of the safe system framework
McCarthy, Ula (2025), A pilot study of the freeze response: Physiological markers under threat versus safety video conditions
Mrema, Raphael Y. (2025), Connecting bicyclists and transit: A multimodal routing tool with bicycle facilities scoring
Mustafa, Avalon F. (2025), Food allergies and quality of life in older adults: Development of a food allergy questionnaire
Nguy, Juliane Leigh (2025), Interactions between lipopolysaccharide and capsule retention in Klebsiella pneumoniae and the resultant effects on macrophages
Nolan, Conor J. (2025), Precision haptics for rehabilitation: Quantifying directional bias and force threshold effects on motor learning
O'Gorman, Aidan (2025), Long-term assessment of the morphological behavior of the beaches north of Sebastian Inlet, Florida
Pearl, Samuel (2025), The role of math anxiety in U.S. adults’ ability to monitor and seek help during an arithmetic task
Pennella, Jenna L. (2025), The gut-brain axis: Investigating the effects of diet, physical activity, and prior adversity on anxiety via autonomic nervous system
Rainge, Shaquille D. (2025), Forks and knives and shower times: Pro-environmental spillover after emotion appeals
Rios, Andrew W. (2025), The limits of strategic adaptation: Continuity and change in German and Russian strategic culture
Rogers, Carson (2025), Dielectric performance of fused filament fabricated ULTEM 9085 for naval radome application
Russo, Susan M. (2025), Volunteer teachers’ experience in hospitality in church-based ESL ministries
Salt, Kaylee A. (2025), Antisocial behavior among students in Florida school districts and their associated disciplinary approaches: A cross-lagged panel design
Sapp, Emily (2025), Use of coelomic fluid as a noninvasive indicator of reproductive status in elasmobranchs
Senaratne, Samarasuriyage Sayura Sankalpa (2025), A two-stage design for choosing among several normal treatments in comparison with a control: The case of common, known variance
Shariful, FNU (2025), Fast-sparse-spanner: A practical algorithm for constructing low-stretch sparse geometric graphs
Sharma, Anju (2025), Dietitian led low FODMAP nutrition intervention improves gastrointestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome patients at Emory Digestive Health Clinic
Sheaffer, Amanda (2025), Demographic influences on knowledge and attitudes of health insurance leaders on the role of registered dietitian nutritionist: Implications and future directions
Shingledecker, Morgan Rose (2025), Do recent experiences with whole numbers bias U.S. adults’ fraction number line estimates? The role of prior fraction knowledge, math anxiety, and math attitudes
Simkins, Emily (2025), Severe aggression among zoo-housed coconut (Trichoglossus haematodus) and rainbow (Trichoglossus moluccanus) lorikeets: Wellbeing considerations for free-flight aviaries
Stavola, Samantha (2025), Do synbiotics provide healthful benefits in gastrointestinal related issues in weight loss surgery patients?
Stokes, Danyelle Nichole (2025), The impact of STEM self-efficacy and sense of belonging on academic performance for students of color in introductory STEM courses
Suren, Vaishnavi (2025), The cultural mechanisms of mental health stigma in Asian Americans
Swinehart, Andrea Leigh (2025), What’s for dinner? A multi-pronged approach investigating the foraging habits and diet of St. Johns River bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops erebennus)
Tarimo, Joseph (2025), Quantifying the mobility impact of urban arterials–rail grade crossings: Case study of Jacksonville, Florida
Vemuri, Tejaswi (2025), Computational pangenomics and machine learning for genotype-phenotype analysis
Verkamp, Brian (2025), Understanding shifts in student satisfaction between peak and post pandemic
West, Carolyn (2025), Exploration of physicians’ and registered dietitians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to current nutritional concerns in adult Cystic Fibrosis patients
Wilkins, Allison L. (2025), Long-term abundance estimates of a Northeast Florida estuarine dolphin community: Evaluating the impacts of the 2013–2015 Cetacean morbillivirus unusual mortality event
Wilson, Evan M. (2025), Frustrated quantum magnetism: The interplay of isotropic and anisotropic interactions with application to α-RuCl3
Winfrey, Brandi Sheree Wynne (2025), Leaving it all behind: A storied experience
Yesmin, Asrafi (2025), Bifurcation and index theory with applications to nonlinear differential equations
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Asare, Irene (2024), Development of targeted training programs through exploration of barriers and enablers for the use of the Nutrition Care Process among a diverse sample of registered dietitian/nutritionists
Asbury, Nicholas Dean (2024), Processing of NiTi SMA for high reflectivity applications
Beaudrie, Mikayla (2024), Rhetorical (re)inscription practices among black intercollegiate football participants in the era of name, image and likeness
Bennett, Alyah (2024), Assessing unoccupied aircraft and ground-based methods for detecting differences in intertidal oyster (Crassostrea virginica) reef structure
Best, Lisa C. (2024), Clearing ethnic minority roadblocks to entry into the field of dietetics: A mixed analysis
Bhakharia, Harsh S. (2024), Implementation of algorithms for sorting by strip swaps using alternating cycle graphs
Bongiovanni, Valentina (2024), Exploring parental engagement in a family STEM program leveraging social media spaces
Booshi, Saeed (2024), Development of erosion functions for MICP-treated beach sand
Brown, Easter M. (2024), The perceptions of black women in principalships on navigating and negotiating the racial contexts of their equity-focused leadership: A Q methodology study
Canoura, Deborah G. (2024), Autonomy, motivation, and creativity in the visual art room: An educational criticism and exploratory case study of a TAB studio
Cantor, Jeremy A. (2024), A memory efficient deep recurrent Q-learning approach for autonomous wildfire surveillance
Chavarria, Raul A. (2024), Functional investigation of shaggy, an inhibitor of canonical Wnt signaling, in the tardigrade Hypsibius exemplaris
Crawshaw, Charlene H. (2024), Passperfect: A secure one time password authentication system
Datta, Partha Protim (2024), A clustering-based approached to analyze impacts of digital divide on undercounting issues in census in Florida
Diaz Luquis, Giselle Marie (2024), Impact of gastrostomy feeding tube placement among veterans with dementia: A retrospective analysis
Dobrow, Molly (2024), Investigating the role of tesserae in energy absorption in shark cartilage
Dunton, Megan Elizabeth (2024), An enhanced evaluation of bioslurry for use in coastal erosion mitigation
Flanagan, Kira (2024), Integrating therapy into play: Stand-on ride-on for a child with cerebral palsy
Foley, Katherine E. (2024), Florida queer K12 teachers perceptions of school climate under “don’t say gay”
Gandhi, Dharani (2024), Enhancing manufacturing efficiency through advanced vision system and RFID technology integration
Gaubert, Allison (2024), An exploration of the use of nutrition care process terminology by registered dietitian nutritionists in providing medical nutrition therapy to breastfeeding dyads
Geller, Jessica (2024), Examining potential causal associations of sedentary time and physical activity with heart failure using subjective and objective measures: A mendelian randomization analysis
Goldman, Barbara Jan (2024), Food insecurity and eating disorders in college students: Two scoping reviews
Harrigan, Christopher (2024), Analysis of shoreline erosion at Cumberland Island using advanced circulation (ADCIRC) modeling
Iannone, Jamie Mikelle Pearson (2024), Navigating unknown complexities: School superintendent perspectives of leading during COVID
Jackson, Stephanie Gomez (2024), Examining teachers' perceptions of culturally responsive teaching practices and the impact on the academic and social-emotional success of black and brown boys in voluntary prekindergarten classrooms: A qualitative study
Jenkins, Marlena L. (2024), Infusing universal design for learning with trauma-informed educational practice: What early childhood personnel think and how they'll pull it off
Kambagha, Walid (2024), Comparative analysis: Advanced model improvements from YOLOv8, YOLOv9 and YOLOv10 in traffic analysis
Komeilian, Pooya (2024), Spatial equity in accessing critical facilities during hurricanes