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Title: “Americans all!” re-imaging ethnicity in America, 1939-1945.
Creator: May, Jacqueline S., Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176831
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: “Carole Lombard as silent spectacle”.
Creator: Kiriakou, Olympia, Sim, Gerald
Date Issued: 2012-04-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3350909
Subject Headings: Silent films, Motion picture actors and actresses, Film criticism, Epic films --History and criticism, Motion pictures --United States --Plots, themes, etc., Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942, Silent films --History and criticism, Comedy films --History and criticism
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Title: “Guilty” untill proven innocent: Interrogation tactics and false confessions.
Creator: Wailes, Meridith, Tunick, Mark
Date Issued: 2012-04-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3350928
Subject Headings: Deception --Psychological aspects, Police questioning, Interviewing in law enforcement, Criminal investigation, False confessions, Self-incrimination
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A Bird’s Eye View: Assessing Sea Turtle Presence in Florida’s Gulf Stream and Coastal Waters.
Creator: Bovery, Caitlin M., Wyneken, Jeanette, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Assessing the presence or absence of marine turtles in an open system poses both observational and analytical challenges due to the migratory nature of marine turtles and their use of large current systems. Concentrations can shift as turtles shift between oceanic and neritic stages and migrate between breeding and foraging grounds. We conducted standard aerial surveys monthly from 2011-2012 to capture seasonal snapshots of sea turtle presence. Each survey covered the area from a northern...
Show moreAssessing the presence or absence of marine turtles in an open system poses both observational and analytical challenges due to the migratory nature of marine turtles and their use of large current systems. Concentrations can shift as turtles shift between oceanic and neritic stages and migrate between breeding and foraging grounds. We conducted standard aerial surveys monthly from 2011-2012 to capture seasonal snapshots of sea turtle presence. Each survey covered the area from a northern boundary near West Palm Beach, Florida 26°43′N to a southern boundary near Miami, Florida 25°40′N, USA with transects up to 20-50 km offshore. 218 turtles were observed during the course of this study 2011: n 79; 2012: n 139. We summarize our sightings by season: Winter December-February, Spring March-May, Summer June-August, and Fall September-November to examine trends in presence of sea turtles. A variety of sizes were observed throughout the year, indicating the presence of several life stages of marine turtles in Florida’s waters during all four seasons. While it is understood that marine turtles use the waters off the eastern coast of Florida, here we document the magnitude of the shift in turtle presence each season throughout two years and where the turtles occur most frequently. Our assessment of marine turtles in the waters off of southeast Florida provide valuable metrics describing the in-water biology of these turtles and for the first time, provide a quantitative assessment of annual and inter-annual fluctuations in presence in the major current and along our coast.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005804
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Title: A Generalized Population Model based on Indian River Lagoon Dolphins.
Creator: Stonger, Jon, Noonburg, Erik G., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: For over a decade, researchers at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have conducted surveys of the population of bottlenose dolphins, Tersiops truncatus, in Indian River Lagoon along the east coast of Florida. I have constructed a detailed 4-stage population model using the statistical program R. The model is used as a tool for conducting a viability analysis that projects the dolphin population into the future by analyzing the relationship between birth, calf survival and adult survival...
Show moreFor over a decade, researchers at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute have conducted surveys of the population of bottlenose dolphins, Tersiops truncatus, in Indian River Lagoon along the east coast of Florida. I have constructed a detailed 4-stage population model using the statistical program R. The model is used as a tool for conducting a viability analysis that projects the dolphin population into the future by analyzing the relationship between birth, calf survival and adult survival rates. The model also includes a power analysis, which compares survey frequency to expected confidence intervals in estimating abundance. The model shows a strong chance of viability over a 50 year time span, primarily due to the large population size of approximately 700 adult dolphins. The population is vulnerable to long periods of decline if birth, calf or adult survival rates fall below certain thresholds. The sensitivity analysis, based on the partial derivatives of the eigenvalue with respect to each matrix element, shows that the population is most sensitive to changes in adult survival, followed by birth rate and calf survival. Overall, the model simulates the future impacts of demographic change, and thereby provides a tool for conservation efforts.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005853
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A methodology to design fault tolerant and reliable architectures.
Creator: Buckley, Ingrid A., Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176261
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A survey of Red Mangrove Rhizophora mangle prop root community diversity along a latitudinal gradient.
Creator: Aquino-Thomas, Jessene, Proffitt, C. Edward, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Climate change is causing shifts in species geographic distributions. This trend is seen throughout the globe but the impact is especially noticeable in marine environments, which are highly sensitive to phenological and ecological alterations. Here, systemic shifts have cascading effects on the food web, productivity, and event timing. Throughout the tropics and the subtropics, mangrove trees act as the primary foundation species that dominate the intertidal zone. In particular, red...
Show moreClimate change is causing shifts in species geographic distributions. This trend is seen throughout the globe but the impact is especially noticeable in marine environments, which are highly sensitive to phenological and ecological alterations. Here, systemic shifts have cascading effects on the food web, productivity, and event timing. Throughout the tropics and the subtropics, mangrove trees act as the primary foundation species that dominate the intertidal zone. In particular, red mangroves Rhizophora mangle play a crucial role by acting as substrate for sessile species within their ecosystems. In these ecosystems, secondary foundation species that can colonize the prop roots of the red mangroves thereby further affecting the structure of the community. The original habitat architecture limits species variety and the effectiveness of species to utilize the space. Habitat architecture is strongly influenced by the foundation species that form the base for community structure. Investigating the connections between a primary foundation species, secondary foundation species, and the resulting biodiversity of sessile species is critical to understanding the variability of the ecosystem. Association with certain foundation species may provide a more positive environment for certain taxa than others and thus ease stressors that otherwise could functionally eliminate a species from the ecosystem. In addition, these associations can have cascading effects on neighboring species and neighboring ecosystems. Here, we conducted a presence/absence survey from Key West to the Kennedy Space Center to identify the species that utilized mangrove prop roots as habitat, their associations, and distributions.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005800
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Ad tracking on broadcast TV.
Creator: Possos, Sebastian, Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3352276
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Alternative conceptualizations of social vulnerability and resilience: focus on scaled poverty indicator and measures.
Creator: Mitchell, Christine M., Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176848
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An Examination of Biomedical Intellectual Reputation in Relationship to Graduates’ Productivity, Regional Innovation and Absorptive Capacity at Selected Universities Worldwide.
Creator: Cavanaugh, Gesulla, Wright, Dianne A., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was first to determine factors associated with intellectual reputation. Second, the study aimed to examine intellectual reputation in relationship to doctoral graduates’ productivity in the biomedical sciences and in relationship to organizational biomedical advancement and productivity. Third, the study aimed to visualize a spatial relationship between intellectual reputation and local organizational biomedical advancement and productivity. Finally, a simulated...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was first to determine factors associated with intellectual reputation. Second, the study aimed to examine intellectual reputation in relationship to doctoral graduates’ productivity in the biomedical sciences and in relationship to organizational biomedical advancement and productivity. Third, the study aimed to visualize a spatial relationship between intellectual reputation and local organizational biomedical advancement and productivity. Finally, a simulated research-based model was proposed for understanding hospital productivity. The study used quantitative analysis and The Geographic Information System GIS. The findings from this study suggest that university’s research intensity, having a Nobel Laureate on staff, Hirsch Index of the most prominent researcher on staff, scientific patent, scientific publications, and affiliation with multiple countries are good predictors of intellectual reputation. Correlation analysis suggests that university intellectual reputation is associated with doctoral graduates’ productivity. When examining the relationship between the university and hospitals, university intellectual reputation was positively correlated with hospital biomedical advancement. Hospital productivity was significantly correlated with university intellectual reputation. University intellectual reputation was significantly correlated with hospital capacity to absorb knowledge and knowledge spillover. Regression analysis also reveals that hospital capacity to absorb knowledge and knowledge spillover are good predictors of hospital biomedical advancement, F 2, 176 62.637, p 0.001.Visual examination of the hospitals suggests that when universities publish at a large quantity, this influences hospitals within the area to publish as well. Additionally, hospitals that are more productive tend to cluster around universities with higher intellectual reputation.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005807
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Title: Analyzing software repository data to synthesize and visualize relationships between development artifacts.
Creator: Mulcahy, James J., Huang, Shihong, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: As computing technology continues to advance, it has become increasingly difficult to find businesses that do not rely, at least in part, upon the collection and analysis of data for project management and process improvement. The cost of software, for example, tends to increase over time due to its complexity and the expense of employing humans to develop, maintain, and evolve it. To help control costs, organizations often seek to improve the process by which software systems are developed...
Show moreAs computing technology continues to advance, it has become increasingly difficult to find businesses that do not rely, at least in part, upon the collection and analysis of data for project management and process improvement. The cost of software, for example, tends to increase over time due to its complexity and the expense of employing humans to develop, maintain, and evolve it. To help control costs, organizations often seek to improve the process by which software systems are developed and evolved. Improvements can be realized by discovering previously unknown or hidden relationships between the artifacts generated as a result of developing a complex software system. The objective of this the work was to engineer a visualization software tool that helps managers and engineers better plan for future projects by helping them discover new knowledge gained by synthesizing and visualizing data mined from software repository records from their own previous projects.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005841
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Title: Antibiotic resistance in the oral bacterial community.
Creator: Famuyiwa, Toluleke, Esiobu, Nwadiuto, Jia, Kailiang, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Purpose: This study was designed to define the antibiotic resistance index of the cultivable oral microbiome to Amoxiacilin Clavulanic acid, Vancomycin, Ciprofloxacin, Clarithomycin, Chlorotetracyclin, Bacitracin, Kanamycin and Tobramycin using a new method adapted from the Kirby Bauer assay. Method: Oral wash samples were collected from 2 current smokers and 2 nonsmokers. Bacterial community were pelleted by centrifugation and used to create a lawn for the assay employing standard disk...
Show morePurpose: This study was designed to define the antibiotic resistance index of the cultivable oral microbiome to Amoxiacilin Clavulanic acid, Vancomycin, Ciprofloxacin, Clarithomycin, Chlorotetracyclin, Bacitracin, Kanamycin and Tobramycin using a new method adapted from the Kirby Bauer assay. Method: Oral wash samples were collected from 2 current smokers and 2 nonsmokers. Bacterial community were pelleted by centrifugation and used to create a lawn for the assay employing standard disk diffusion assay. Zones of inhibition and number of colonies in the zone were recorded. Mean values of inhibition zones were compared to established databases to draw conclusions. Result: The zones of inhibition of Bacitracin antibiotics shows that several bacteria from one of the non smokers were resistant to Bacitracin, while the smokers showed marked susceptibility. Conclusion: The new method developed in our lab yielded consistent set of data which serve as criteria for determining resistance of the oral microbiome to antibiotics. Quite remarkably, it is known that pathogenic beta Streptococci are susceptible to Bacitracin while non-pathogens are not; confirming that healthy persons harbor the healthy strains of streptococci. However the unanswered question is …. Could these normal biota pick up genes and become resistant too? Only time and human habits will decide but we have developed a baseline and an easy method for testing.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005814
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Title: Applying Roach’s Six C’s of Caring to Gather Health Data through Telephone Interviewing.
Creator: Moffa, Christine M., Tappen, Ruth M., Liehr, Patricia, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: The use of the telephone to speak to study participants about health-related issues is useful when logistics make it difficult for participant and researcher to meet in person. However, gaining the trust of the participant can be a challenge, partly due to fears of fraud and identity theft. A spirit of openness and caring must come across the telephone lines between interviewer and interviewee. Roach’s six C’s can be applied to convey a sense of caring, thereby relaxing the participant and...
Show moreThe use of the telephone to speak to study participants about health-related issues is useful when logistics make it difficult for participant and researcher to meet in person. However, gaining the trust of the participant can be a challenge, partly due to fears of fraud and identity theft. A spirit of openness and caring must come across the telephone lines between interviewer and interviewee. Roach’s six C’s can be applied to convey a sense of caring, thereby relaxing the participant and increasing their sense of safety to enhance the quantity and quality of health data being collected. According to Roach, caring is manifested through six C’s – compassion, competence, confidence, conscience, commitment, and comportment. Interviewers can be trained through role playing and scripting using Roach’s caring model. Compassion is expressed by being sensitive to the anxiety and apprehension they may feel toward receiving a call from a stranger, who is asking about health-related issues. Competence is expressed by being able to give the participant the information they need to have an understanding as to what they are consenting. Confidence is achieved by ensuring the participant that the information they share will be used appropriately and for the greater-good. Conscience is expressed by following ethical research protocols, adhering to confidentiality, and respecting the relationship with the research participant. Finally, interviewers manifest caring through comportment by identifying themselves with their name, credentials, and institution; addressing the participant formally; using language the participant can understand; and projecting caring through tone of voice.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005839
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Title: Behavioral and physiological changes in invasive green iguanas (Iguana iguana).
Creator: Campbell, Ashley B., Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176269
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Caring for Caregivers: Challenges of Paid Caring Labor in the United States Home Health Industry.
Creator: Tunick, Rachel, Beoku-Betts, Josephine, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: My paper critically examines the U.S. home health aide industry through a feminist analysis of the relationships between home health aides, their patients, and the medical establishment. This research adds to current feminist scholarship on care work by focusing on the social, legal and personal relationships impacting the lives of those who give and receive care. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, home health aides are one of the lowest paid members of the healthcare field,...
Show moreMy paper critically examines the U.S. home health aide industry through a feminist analysis of the relationships between home health aides, their patients, and the medical establishment. This research adds to current feminist scholarship on care work by focusing on the social, legal and personal relationships impacting the lives of those who give and receive care. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, home health aides are one of the lowest paid members of the healthcare field, and hiring agencies expect high turnover rates and few long-term careers. Aides provide basic care services such as bathing, dressing, and meal preparation for elderly and disabled clients. This industry is situated at the boundary between the public/private divide, leading to many challenges as paid care work is performed in private homes. Historically, care work was an expected duty done freely by the women of the family, but today much of the vital intimate caring labor is relegated to a workforce made up predominantly of immigrant and women of color. I add to feminist debates on gender and caregiving using intersectional analysis and standpoint theory; discussing how race and class impact women’s ability to care for their own families as they are paid very little caring for others. I address the implications for the medical establishment to promote sustainable caring relationships between care recipients and providers, and conclude that caring for the caregiver is essential in order to ensure a successful model for patient care.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005859
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Title: Catastrophic event planning and response optimization for urban areas through dynamic traffic assignment and departure time-slot allocation.
Creator: Degnan, William C., Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176761
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Changing cooperation to competition disrupts attitudes and valence: first test of a dynamical model.
Creator: Michaels, Jay L., Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176846
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Title: Chitinase-3 like-protein-1 CHI3L1 expression associated with pulmonary inflammation accelerates breast cancer metastasis.
Creator: Libreros, Stephania, Areas, Ramon Garcia, Iragavarapu-Charyulu, Vijaya, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Disseminated metastasis accounts for a majority of breast cancer deaths. Recently, elevated serum levels of a glycoprotein known as chitinase-3 like-protein-1 CHI3L1 has been correlated with poor prognosis in both breast cancer and asthmatic patients. We have combined mouse models of breast cancer and pulmonary inflammation to determine if CHI3L1 associated pulmonary inflammation accelerates metastasis. We found that allergic pulmonary inflammation significantly enhances primary tumor growth...
Show moreDisseminated metastasis accounts for a majority of breast cancer deaths. Recently, elevated serum levels of a glycoprotein known as chitinase-3 like-protein-1 CHI3L1 has been correlated with poor prognosis in both breast cancer and asthmatic patients. We have combined mouse models of breast cancer and pulmonary inflammation to determine if CHI3L1 associated pulmonary inflammation accelerates metastasis. We found that allergic pulmonary inflammation significantly enhances primary tumor growth in 4T1, 4T07 and 67NR mammary tumors by 10- fold, while decreasing survival. 4T1 tumor bearers with allergic pulmonary inflammation showed a 100-fold increase in metastatic tumor formation. We also assessed CHI3L1 levels and myeloid cells in the lungs of wild type and CHI3L1 knockout mice with allergic pulmonary inflammation and 4T1 mammary tumors. CHI3L1 levels were higher in the lungs of mammary tumor bearers with allergic pulmonary inflammation and correlated with increased metastasis. Wild type mammary tumor bearers with allergic inflammation had higher numbers of myeloid cells in the lungs in comparison to CHI3L1 knockout tumor bearers with allergic pulmonary inflammation. CHI3L1 knockout mice tumor bearers had significantly fewer myeloid cells in the lungs, decreased tumor growth and metastasis, along with increased survival. We propose that increased CHI3L1 in the lungs attracts myeloid cells that promote tumor growth and breast cancer metastasis.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005832
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Title: City in the sky: the utopian architecture of Buckminster Fuller.
Creator: Ando, Erica, Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176193
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Cohesion and Non-separating Trees in connected graphs.
Creator: Gottipati, Chenchu B., Locke, Stephen C., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: If T is a tree on n vertices, n 3, and if G is a connected graph such that dudvd u,v 2n for every pair of distinct vertices of G, it has been conjectured that G must have a non-separating copy of T. In this note, we prove this result for the special case in which dudv du,v 2n 2 for every pair of distinct vertices of G, and improve this slightly for trees of diameter at least four and for some trees of diameter three. We also characterize the graphs on at most 8 vertices with dudvdu,v 7 for...
Show moreIf T is a tree on n vertices, n 3, and if G is a connected graph such that dudvd u,v 2n for every pair of distinct vertices of G, it has been conjectured that G must have a non-separating copy of T. In this note, we prove this result for the special case in which dudv du,v 2n 2 for every pair of distinct vertices of G, and improve this slightly for trees of diameter at least four and for some trees of diameter three. We also characterize the graphs on at most 8 vertices with dudvdu,v 7 for every pair of distinct vertices of G, and no non-separating copy of K_{1,3}
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005818
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