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- The Effectiveness of Nonpharmacological Pain Reduction Methods in Preterm Infants.
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- Hensley, Emma, Francis, Toni, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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Medical intervention is required for positive growth and improvement in newborns, especially preterm infants. Premature infants often require heel-pricking procedures, such as the Guthrie test, in order to determine if the child has a variety of diseases such as sickle cell anemia. The Guthrie test can have a negative effect on the patients’ behavior and psychological state: pain management in this procedure is critical. There are several ways to reduce pain in the patient including, but not...
Show moreMedical intervention is required for positive growth and improvement in newborns, especially preterm infants. Premature infants often require heel-pricking procedures, such as the Guthrie test, in order to determine if the child has a variety of diseases such as sickle cell anemia. The Guthrie test can have a negative effect on the patients’ behavior and psychological state: pain management in this procedure is critical. There are several ways to reduce pain in the patient including, but not limited to: swaddling, breastfeeding, Kangaroo Mother Care method, oral glucose, and lullaby music. The Kangaroo Mother Care method and oral glucose are some of the more effective pain management tools used during the Guthrie test in preterm infants.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005622
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- The Effects of Arousal on the Recall of Individuals Involved in Violent or Disgusting Events.
- Creator
- Yarnell, Jordy, Earles, Julie, Kersten, Alan
- Abstract/Description
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FAU's Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry hosts an annual symposium where students engaged in undergraduate research may present their findings either through a poster presentation or an oral presentation.
- Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005452
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Effects of Cultural Differences on the Therapeutic Alliance.
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- Leite, Rafael, Peluso, Paul R., Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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The increasing diversity of the United States raises the probability that therapists will encounter clients with a different cultural background than their own. Thus, evaluating the relationship between the culturally different therapists and clients is essential in producing effective cross-cultural therapy. The objective of this study is to determine any significant effects that culturally similar or different clients and therapists have on the therapeutic alliance. The alliance was...
Show moreThe increasing diversity of the United States raises the probability that therapists will encounter clients with a different cultural background than their own. Thus, evaluating the relationship between the culturally different therapists and clients is essential in producing effective cross-cultural therapy. The objective of this study is to determine any significant effects that culturally similar or different clients and therapists have on the therapeutic alliance. The alliance was measured using the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) for both the clients and therapists. By using this measure in therapist-client dyads, we are able to evaluate the influences that cultures have on the overall therapeutic alliance. The results of the research can be used to show the importance of multicultural competence in counseling relationships in order to provide the best outcomes for culturally diverse clients.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005625
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The effects of leptin on glucocorticoid sensitivity of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in non-obese and obese subjects.
- Creator
- Randazzo, Christopher, Huang, Chun-Jung, Shibata, Yoshimi
- Date Issued
- 2012-04-06
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3349045
- Subject Headings
- Leptin, Glucocorticoid sensitivity, Obesity --epidemiology, Leptin-induced cytokine production, Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)
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- The Effects of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase (Msr) Deficiency During Anoxia in Drosophila melanogaster.
- Creator
- Victoria Beck, David Binninger
- Date Issued
- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000003
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- The elephant in the room: why is it difficult for hospice workers to discuss death with their terminally ill patients?.
- Creator
- Beroldi, Kristi, Earles, Julie
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361070
- Subject Headings
- Hospice nurses, Terminally ill, Death, Hospice care
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- Document (PDF)
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- The Impact of Family Planning on Global Oil.
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- Izadirad, Daniel, Holloway, Kenneth
- Abstract/Description
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In China, one surprising factor in mitigating the growth of fossil fuel consumption has been the widely criticized One Child Policy. Without this unpopular policy, the demand for foreign oil would actually be dramatically higher. According to the Chinese defense scientist Song Jian, before the one child policy was implemented, the average fertility in China was 3 children per woman and that the population would reach 4 billion by 2080. By forcefully restricting fertility to 1 child per woman,...
Show moreIn China, one surprising factor in mitigating the growth of fossil fuel consumption has been the widely criticized One Child Policy. Without this unpopular policy, the demand for foreign oil would actually be dramatically higher. According to the Chinese defense scientist Song Jian, before the one child policy was implemented, the average fertility in China was 3 children per woman and that the population would reach 4 billion by 2080. By forcefully restricting fertility to 1 child per woman, the government managed to slow the nation’s population growth. With 1.4 billion people today, China still has attained the status of the largest oil importer in the world, and this correlates with their surpassing the US in automobile sales. Nations often face difficult challenges in deciding how to balance development goals with other factors. This poster will demonstrate the importance of an expanded scope of factors in weighing these decisions.
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- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000040
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Impact of Obesity on Plasma Calprotectin in Response to Acute Aerobic Exercise.
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- Fico, Brandon G., Slusher, Aaron L., Whitehurst, Michael, Maharaj, Arun, Huang, Chun-Jung, College of Education
- Abstract/Description
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The secular issue of obesity has been linked to increased inflammatory mediators, such as calprotectin (S100A8/A9). This study examined the effect of acute aerobic exercise on plasma calprotectin response in obese and normal-weight subjects and its relationship with inflammatory cytokine (IL-6). All subjects (11 obese and 10 normal-weight) performed 30 minutes of treadmill exercise at 75% maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max). Blood samples were collected prior to, immediately following...
Show moreThe secular issue of obesity has been linked to increased inflammatory mediators, such as calprotectin (S100A8/A9). This study examined the effect of acute aerobic exercise on plasma calprotectin response in obese and normal-weight subjects and its relationship with inflammatory cytokine (IL-6). All subjects (11 obese and 10 normal-weight) performed 30 minutes of treadmill exercise at 75% maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max). Blood samples were collected prior to, immediately following exercise, and one hour after exercise. Our results showed higher baseline levels of calprotectin in obese subjects than normal-weight subjects. While acute aerobic exercise increased an elevation in calprotectin and IL-6, no difference was found between two groups. Furthermore, a positive relationship was observed between calprotectin area-under-the curve “with respect to increase” (AUCi) and IL-6 AUCi, even after controlling for cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max). Our results support previous finding that IL-6 may potentially regulate calprotectin expression in skeletal muscle during exercise.
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- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005187
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- The impact of TLR agonists on nicotine exposed human immune cells.
- Creator
- Nourishirazi, Erika, Guinet, Elisabeth, Nouri-Shirazi, Mahyar
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361159
- Subject Headings
- Toll-Like Receptors, Immune system, Nicotine, Vaccines
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- Document (PDF)
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- The Importance of Roles, Power and Ethical Standards of Drug Court Officials.
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- Andrews, Sondra, Sloas, Lincoln, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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Often, in the traditional adversarial court system, prosecutors work to secure a conviction of drug offenders whereas the defense seeks dismissal of the charges or a less punishable sentence. The judge acts as a neutral entity hearing testimony and sustaining or overruling arguments made by opposing sides. In drug courts, which is a type of non-adversarial problem-solving court, these members of the courtroom work group work together to enhance the likelihood of drug offenders reducing their...
Show moreOften, in the traditional adversarial court system, prosecutors work to secure a conviction of drug offenders whereas the defense seeks dismissal of the charges or a less punishable sentence. The judge acts as a neutral entity hearing testimony and sustaining or overruling arguments made by opposing sides. In drug courts, which is a type of non-adversarial problem-solving court, these members of the courtroom work group work together to enhance the likelihood of drug offenders reducing their substance abuse and future criminal activity. With the growing incarceration rate in the United States, some states have opted to use drug courts as a way to divert offenders away from prisons. In this poster, I present data collected via one drug court observation and film notes discussing the roles, power and ethical standards of drug court officials and how they differ from the traditional adversarial system.
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005555
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- The infinite gravity of a black hole.
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- Younan, Mark, Nikolova-Popova, Daniela, Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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The black hole is one of the most interesting phenomena’s that exist in our world, it’s said that the gravity of a black hole is super strong that in can literally pull anything including light, but the speed of the light is said to be infinite because nothing in the known physical form can actually stay in the form on reaching the speed of light. That means that for the light to be pulled the gravity of whatever the object that’s pulling it has to be infinite as well , which can only come as...
Show moreThe black hole is one of the most interesting phenomena’s that exist in our world, it’s said that the gravity of a black hole is super strong that in can literally pull anything including light, but the speed of the light is said to be infinite because nothing in the known physical form can actually stay in the form on reaching the speed of light. That means that for the light to be pulled the gravity of whatever the object that’s pulling it has to be infinite as well , which can only come as a result of having so much mass condensed in a singular point, called “black hole”.
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005608
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- The Patient Caregiver Relationship and its Effect on the Progression of Lewy Body Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.
- Creator
- Elizabeth Robertson, Magdalena I. Tolea, James E. Gavin
- Date Issued
- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000020
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- The Power of the Apology.
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- Miller, Chad, Shaykhutdinov, Renat
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When conflict arises our society suffers, and if it is not dealt with in a manner that appeals to both sides, then further conflict can arise. Apologies are often a means to prevent further conflict so that both parties can improve their futures. Apologies quell feelings of anger toward the aggressor and promote addressing the past. When an apology is presented it is a sign that the aggressor is willing to discuss its past with the aggrieved to create a permanent resolution. My research...
Show moreWhen conflict arises our society suffers, and if it is not dealt with in a manner that appeals to both sides, then further conflict can arise. Apologies are often a means to prevent further conflict so that both parties can improve their futures. Apologies quell feelings of anger toward the aggressor and promote addressing the past. When an apology is presented it is a sign that the aggressor is willing to discuss its past with the aggrieved to create a permanent resolution. My research documents and categorizes apologies in civil and international conflict over the last few decades to evaluate an apology’s effectiveness at preventing further conflict. I expect the findings to show that cases in which an apology was offered and accepted by both parties will have a lower level of conflict reemergence than cases in which an apology was only offered or only demanded.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005029
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- The regulation of mitophagy in a cellualr model of Huntington's disease.
- Creator
- Lambrinos, Nikolle, Sacino, Matthew, Wei, Jianning
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361110
- Subject Headings
- Huntington's disease, Autophagy, Mitochondrial disorders
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- Document (PDF)
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- The Road to Redemption of a Conquistador: Alvaro Nunez Cabeza de Vaca.
- Creator
- Claudia Schmucker
- Date Issued
- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAU_SR00000023
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
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- The role of methionine sulfoxide reductase in thermal stress response.
- Creator
- Martin, James, Bruce, Lindsay, Schey, Karin, Binninger, David
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361149
- Subject Headings
- Hyperthermia, Heat shock proteins, Methionine, Oxidative stress
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- Document (PDF)
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- The Role of Mitophagy in the Longevity of Caenorhabditis elegans.
- Creator
- Ochoa, Laura, Jia, Kailiang
- Abstract/Description
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FAU's Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry hosts an annual symposium where students engaged in undergraduate research may present their findings either through a poster presentation or an oral presentation.
- Date Issued
- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005444
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- Document (PDF)
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- The Role of Persuasion Theory and Advertising Message Strategy: Implications for attacking a market Leader.
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- Salcedo, Joseph, Berkheimer, Blake, Smith, Allen E., Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
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Competitive theory suggests market challengers embrace either a head-to-head attack or flanking maneuver as alternative strategies to attack the market leader. Our research-in-progress, a threephase systematic research plan of action, will reveal whether Monster Energy drink should convey action sports (head-to-head attack) or academic performance (flanking strategy) in advertising targeting college students to challenge Red Bull, the market leader. Phase I, Content Analysis of Red Bull...
Show moreCompetitive theory suggests market challengers embrace either a head-to-head attack or flanking maneuver as alternative strategies to attack the market leader. Our research-in-progress, a threephase systematic research plan of action, will reveal whether Monster Energy drink should convey action sports (head-to-head attack) or academic performance (flanking strategy) in advertising targeting college students to challenge Red Bull, the market leader. Phase I, Content Analysis of Red Bull Advertising, revealed emphasis on action sports. However, Phase II (i.e., secondary, qualitative, and survey research) revealed college students use energy drinks to increase academic performance. Phase III, Experimental Research, estimates the relative persuasive effectiveness of action sports versus academic themes in Monster advertisements. Ho: no different in persuasive effectiveness among action sports, academic performance, and neutral theme (control) on dependent variables (likeability, relevance, intention to buy). Ethical standards were met by using valid scales borrowed from scholarly marketing journals, consent form, and APA standards.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005635
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Significance of Adult Day Care.
- Creator
- Waligora, Kyra, Tappen, Ruth M.
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The purpose of this research project is to investigate the impact adult day care centers have on cognitively impaired older adults and their caregivers. I extracted data from records of the Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center participants who have given consent and attended the center for a minimum of six months. I have discovered that participants benefit from this day center because they experience an improved quality of life, maintain a higher level of functioning, have more...
Show moreThe purpose of this research project is to investigate the impact adult day care centers have on cognitively impaired older adults and their caregivers. I extracted data from records of the Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center participants who have given consent and attended the center for a minimum of six months. I have discovered that participants benefit from this day center because they experience an improved quality of life, maintain a higher level of functioning, have more opportunities for socialization, and establish friendships and connections. Caregivers of participants enrolled in the day center also benefit because they receive access to caregiver support groups, are temporarily freed from the responsibility to care, and are pleased that participants attend the center and enjoy attending the center. These findings contribute to the current body of research literature that supports the contributions of adult day care centers.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005040
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The South Florida life sciences industry cluster: a regional innovation system (RIS) approach.
- Creator
- Vizcardo, Gonzalo, Oner, Asli Ceylan
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361223
- Subject Headings
- Industrial clusters, Knowledge economy, Florida
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- Document (PDF)