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- IDENTIFICATION OF NOTES AND STRUCTURES IN MUSIC THROUGH FOURIER TRANSFORMS.
- Creator
- Romero, Andy, Fily, Yaouen, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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Can we use the mathematical rules that govern waves to characterize notes and chords from a sound sample? For this project I designed a python program that uses Fourier transforms, a mathematical technique to extract the frequencies that make up a sound wave, to do just that. I will describe the method and explain how this can be used to identify musical structures in a piece of music.
- Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00174
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- Document (PDF)
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- THE ETHICS OF TERRITORIES: THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF PUERTO RICO’S STATUS AS AN UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY.
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- Rosa, Annabelle, Tunick, Mark, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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The fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution states that all persons “born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens. The island of Puerto Rico has been a territory of the U.S. since 1898, after it was acquired following the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. Subsequently, the citizens of Puerto Rico are considered U.S. citizens, however, there are certain constraints to that citizenship. The Insular Cases, a series of Supreme...
Show moreThe fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution states that all persons “born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens. The island of Puerto Rico has been a territory of the U.S. since 1898, after it was acquired following the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. Subsequently, the citizens of Puerto Rico are considered U.S. citizens, however, there are certain constraints to that citizenship. The Insular Cases, a series of Supreme Court Opinions from 1901, decided the status of the territories acquired following the conclusion of the Spanish-American War (i.e. Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines). Through these opinions, the Court created a distinction between incorporated and unincorporated territories. Despite their citizenship, citizens of unincorporated territories are not afforded the same rights and privileges of mainland citizens. In this paper, Puerto Rico will be used as a case study to determine not only the ethics of maintaining territories, but also the constitutionality of partial incorporation of such territories.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00269
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- Document (PDF)
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- CONCENTRATIVE MEDITATION ON MEMORY OF EMOTIONALLY-VALENCED STIMULI.
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- Rosas-Merritt, Alexandra R., Vernon, Laura, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Concentrative meditation derives from mindfulness practices; it is a meditation for beginners which helps meditators focus on specific stimuli such as sounds or breathing patterns. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of concentrative meditation on memory for positively, negatively, and neutrally valenced visual stimuli. In the current study, undergraduate student participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: concentrative meditation or mind-wandering...
Show moreConcentrative meditation derives from mindfulness practices; it is a meditation for beginners which helps meditators focus on specific stimuli such as sounds or breathing patterns. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of concentrative meditation on memory for positively, negatively, and neutrally valenced visual stimuli. In the current study, undergraduate student participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: concentrative meditation or mind-wandering meditation (active control). Participants were presented with positive, neutral, and negative still images and completed a free recall task. We hypothesized that participants in the concentrative meditation condition would perform best at free recall memory tasks and that participants in both conditions would remember emotionally-valenced stimuli best. Findings suggest that participants remembered more emotionally-valenced stimuli than neutral stimuli. Contrary to expectations, the mind-wandering active control condition performed better at free recall memory tasks than the concentrative meditation condition.
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- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00100
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- Document (PDF)
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- From mortality to connectedness: an experimental study of affiliation, punitiveness, and mood.
- Creator
- Rosenzweig, Garreth., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Terror Management Theory posits that induced death-related cognitions lead to anxiety. To relieve anxiety, individuals may bolster their self-esteem or current cultural worldviews. The current study hypothesizes that induced thoughts of social connectedness will be an anxiety-buffering mechanism that will reduce the need to defend one's worldview. Participants watched one of two films which were intended to either induce social connectedness or have no effect on the individual. Each...
Show moreTerror Management Theory posits that induced death-related cognitions lead to anxiety. To relieve anxiety, individuals may bolster their self-esteem or current cultural worldviews. The current study hypothesizes that induced thoughts of social connectedness will be an anxiety-buffering mechanism that will reduce the need to defend one's worldview. Participants watched one of two films which were intended to either induce social connectedness or have no effect on the individual. Each participant watched a short film clip then completed measures pertaining to moral transgressions, affiliative and agentic extraversion, self-esteem, and positive and negative affect. Females who were high on affiliation were found to defend their worldviews more often than males high on affiliation following the social connectedness induction. The experimental (42-Up) condition showed lower levels of punitiveness than the control (K-Web) condition.
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- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11602
- Subject Headings
- Experience, Psychological aspects, Interpersonal relations, Affect (Psychology), Mortality salience, Terror management theory
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- It's not easy being brownish-green.
- Creator
- Ross, Benjamin J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Sorites dominicensis is a common epiphytic foraminifera living throughout the Carribean and South Florida, and is commonly found living on turtle grass, Thalassia Testudinum. S. dominicensis plays host to algal symbionts related to those found in coral. Estimates for the numbers in these symbiotic populations are few, of limited scale, and vary widely. In this thesis we performed a large scale survey of the populations of algal symbionts living within the S. dominicensis population of Jupiter...
Show moreSorites dominicensis is a common epiphytic foraminifera living throughout the Carribean and South Florida, and is commonly found living on turtle grass, Thalassia Testudinum. S. dominicensis plays host to algal symbionts related to those found in coral. Estimates for the numbers in these symbiotic populations are few, of limited scale, and vary widely. In this thesis we performed a large scale survey of the populations of algal symbionts living within the S. dominicensis population of Jupiter Sound. We then used this data to propose a linear model for the relationship between foraminiferal size and endosymbiont population, and to suggest explanations for the variability seen in the Jupiter Sound population.
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- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77684
- Subject Headings
- Algae, Ecology, Endosymbiosis, Marine ecology, Molecular evolution
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- Document (PDF)
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- Free markets and free governments in Latin America.
- Creator
- Rossknecht, Timothy L., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Latin America has undergone a "third wave" of democratization and free market economic reforms, known as "neoliberalism." Neoliberalism radically altered what had been statist or corporatist economic systems, under austere programs that mandated deregulation, privatization, currency devaluation, and the elimination of protective tariffs and subsidies. Seventeen Latin American nations were examined in the aggregate, comparing levels of economic reform with measures of political and civil...
Show moreLatin America has undergone a "third wave" of democratization and free market economic reforms, known as "neoliberalism." Neoliberalism radically altered what had been statist or corporatist economic systems, under austere programs that mandated deregulation, privatization, currency devaluation, and the elimination of protective tariffs and subsidies. Seventeen Latin American nations were examined in the aggregate, comparing levels of economic reform with measures of political and civil rights and freedoms, poverty, inequality, and popular support for democratic institutions and practices. The tests were repeated within two in-depth case studies, Argentina and Mexico. In all three cases, neoliberalism was statistically linked with increased political rights and freedom, but failed to improve levels of poverty and inequality, and was shown to be partially responsible for downturns in popular support for democratic institutions (i.e. Parliament) and practices (i.e. labor unions, legal protests).
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- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11582
- Subject Headings
- Neoliberalism, Latin America, Economic conditions, Economic stabilization, Social aspects, Democratization, History
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Evaluation of the PrO2-021 oxygen delivery system in a side-by-side comparison of recirculating aquaponics systems.
- Creator
- Roth, David, Moore, Jon, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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A priority of the aquaponics industry is increasing sustainable production yields on a large scale. In partnership with Morning Star Fishermen and Greener Planet Solutions, I conducted a side-by-side experimental comparison of two backyard-sized aquaponics systems with an equal biomass composed of tilapia, lettuce, and kale. One system received supplemental dissolved oxygen using Greener Planet Solutions’ PrO2-021 Oxygen Delivery System while the control system received no supplemental oxygen...
Show moreA priority of the aquaponics industry is increasing sustainable production yields on a large scale. In partnership with Morning Star Fishermen and Greener Planet Solutions, I conducted a side-by-side experimental comparison of two backyard-sized aquaponics systems with an equal biomass composed of tilapia, lettuce, and kale. One system received supplemental dissolved oxygen using Greener Planet Solutions’ PrO2-021 Oxygen Delivery System while the control system received no supplemental oxygen treatment. The systems were monitored for a period of three months. At the conclusion of the experiment, I found the biomass of all the observed plants species to be significantly higher in the supplemental oxygen system than in the control system, while the difference in fish growth between the systems was found to be nonsignificant (4.44g/cm vs. 4.62g/cm respectively).
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003690
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- Document (PDF)
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- Wolf perception and policy in the United States: an analysis of two red wolf reintroduction programs.
- Creator
- Rouse, Sarah., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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Throughout the course of North American history, wolves have been persecuted with a vengeance. Negative wolf perceptions have in the past created and continue to create controversial policies and views towards wolves. While most of these attitudes are geared towards gray wolves, as gray wolves are the most common and prominent, unfavorable perceptions have also extended to the less well-known red wolf. This study compares two red wolf reintroduction programs, one in the Tennessee-Kentucky...
Show moreThroughout the course of North American history, wolves have been persecuted with a vengeance. Negative wolf perceptions have in the past created and continue to create controversial policies and views towards wolves. While most of these attitudes are geared towards gray wolves, as gray wolves are the most common and prominent, unfavorable perceptions have also extended to the less well-known red wolf. This study compares two red wolf reintroduction programs, one in the Tennessee-Kentucky area and the other in North Carolina, as well as the Yellowstone Gray Wolf Reintroduction program. After analyzing these three programs, it can be concluded that the perceptions towards wolves regardless of the type of wolf or location remain largely negative and that wolves continue to face persecution.
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- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359331
- Subject Headings
- Wildlife reintroduction, Gray wolf, Reintroduction, Red wolf, Reintroduction, Wolves, Reintroduction, Social aspects, Endangered species, Wildlife management
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- Document (PDF)
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- INVASIVE PLANTS FOR SALE AT MAJOR HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
- Creator
- Routledge, Arielle, Moore, Jon, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Every two years, the FLEPPC publishes a list of invasive plants found in Florida. Listed species are separated into two categories. Category I includes exotics that alter native plant communities, and Category II includes those that have increased in abundance but have not yet altered native communities to the same extent. Per the 2017 FLEPPC list, only 35% of species in Category I and 9.4% of species in Category II are regulated by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services....
Show moreEvery two years, the FLEPPC publishes a list of invasive plants found in Florida. Listed species are separated into two categories. Category I includes exotics that alter native plant communities, and Category II includes those that have increased in abundance but have not yet altered native communities to the same extent. Per the 2017 FLEPPC list, only 35% of species in Category I and 9.4% of species in Category II are regulated by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. That means the majority of invasive plants can still be sold in Florida nurseries, promoting their spread into native communities. In this project, I survey 20 home improvement stores for the presence of 37 different invasive species that are said to be of top concern for eight state parks in south Florida. My efforts reveal that at least nine of these invasive plants are being sold in stores today.
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- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00119
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Intraspecific aggression in the brown rover ant, Brachymyrmex obscurior.
- Creator
- Ruddock, Whitney A., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Invasive ant species often show unicoloniality, forming networks of connected colonies (i.e. supercolonies), which may extend hundreds or even thousands of kilometers. These "supercolonies" lack intraspecific aggression, thus fighting between colonies is absent. Unicoloniality may be an adaptive mechanism that allows for invasive ant species to reach higher population density and achieve ecological dominance. We used aggression assays to study unicoloniality within and between colonies of the...
Show moreInvasive ant species often show unicoloniality, forming networks of connected colonies (i.e. supercolonies), which may extend hundreds or even thousands of kilometers. These "supercolonies" lack intraspecific aggression, thus fighting between colonies is absent. Unicoloniality may be an adaptive mechanism that allows for invasive ant species to reach higher population density and achieve ecological dominance. We used aggression assays to study unicoloniality within and between colonies of the invasive brown rover ant, Brachymyrmex obscurior on the Florida Atlantic University campus in Jupiter, FL. We found that the four B. obscurior colonies could be behaviorally divided into two areas: workers from both colonies in either region never showed intraspecific aggression while workers from colonies in opposing areas always showed intraspecific aggression, often fighting to the death. Thus, B. obscurior appears to show very localized unicoloniality, with neighboring colonies forming small supercolonies.
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- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/77685
- Subject Headings
- Ants, Behavior, Insect societies, Predation (Biology)
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- Document (PDF)
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- AN INDEFINITE PUNISHMENT AFTER JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED: JONES V. GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA IS A FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED DECISION.
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- Russo, Alexandra, Tunick, Mark, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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The right to vote is a fundamental part of a representative democracy. As of 2020, 48 states have laws limiting a felon’s participation in the franchise, resulting in 5.2 million United States citizens being unable to vote. In 2018, Florida passed Amendment 4 with a 65% popular vote, allowing felons to be re-enfranchised after the terms of their sentence are completed. In 2019, the state enacted a law defining “terms of the sentence” to include court costs and fees, barring indigent felons...
Show moreThe right to vote is a fundamental part of a representative democracy. As of 2020, 48 states have laws limiting a felon’s participation in the franchise, resulting in 5.2 million United States citizens being unable to vote. In 2018, Florida passed Amendment 4 with a 65% popular vote, allowing felons to be re-enfranchised after the terms of their sentence are completed. In 2019, the state enacted a law defining “terms of the sentence” to include court costs and fees, barring indigent felons from regaining their constitutional right. In Jones v. Governor of Florida, Judge Pryor upheld this law. I critically evaluate the majority and concurring opinions. I will argue the opinion is flawed for failing to use intermediate scrutiny, and by appealing to social contract theory, and theories of punishment. I argue that the law not only fails to serve a legitimate governmental interest, but undermines democracy, perpetuates racial disparities, and makes felons an unequal party in the social contract solely because of their indigent status.
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- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00214
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- Document (PDF)
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- Satan's imprisoning words: examining the value of language in John Milton's Paradise Lost.
- Creator
- Ryan, Victoria., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Through a critique of Satan's misuse of language, John Milton's Paradise Lost makes the greater argument that language should coincide with God's creation narrative. The poem proposes a theory of how language should be used: to connect the mutable world of humans to the immutable world of God. I propose that Milton uses Satan to portray both a fear and a faith in the power of language. Satan makes language the accomplice to his sin, attempting to use language, which has the power of creating...
Show moreThrough a critique of Satan's misuse of language, John Milton's Paradise Lost makes the greater argument that language should coincide with God's creation narrative. The poem proposes a theory of how language should be used: to connect the mutable world of humans to the immutable world of God. I propose that Milton uses Satan to portray both a fear and a faith in the power of language. Satan makes language the accomplice to his sin, attempting to use language, which has the power of creating a world that seems true, to replace God's Truth. Milton's poem neither solely endorses the theory that language points directly to absolute Truth, nor does it endorse the theory that language is an arbitrary system of signs which impose meaning the world. Milton blends these two theories of language, connecting the Idealist system to what will be Friedrich Nietzsche's.
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- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/209999
- Subject Headings
- Criticism and interpretation, Language, Devil in literature, Narration (Rhetoric)
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- Document (PDF)
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- A Literature Review of Cannabidiol’s Strategies of Synthesis, Pharmacological Properties, and Potential Therapeutic Applications.
- Creator
- Ryland, Kyle C., Cudic, Predrag, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Cannabidiol is a natural phytocannabinoid product isolated from Cannabis sativa (marijuana). The diversity of its biological applications combined with its non-addictive properties and neuroprotective ability make this natural product a particularly attractive candidate for the discovery of novel therapies to treat a wide variety of diseases. This review will discuss and summarize cannabidiol’s composition and structure, its various synthetic strategies, its pharmacodynamics, how it is...
Show moreCannabidiol is a natural phytocannabinoid product isolated from Cannabis sativa (marijuana). The diversity of its biological applications combined with its non-addictive properties and neuroprotective ability make this natural product a particularly attractive candidate for the discovery of novel therapies to treat a wide variety of diseases. This review will discuss and summarize cannabidiol’s composition and structure, its various synthetic strategies, its pharmacodynamics, how it is currently being used in modern medicine and its shortcomings as therapeutic agent, and its potential uses in the future.
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- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00101
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- What remittances can't buy: the social costs of migration and transnational gossip on women in Jacaltenango, Guatemala.
- Creator
- Sabbagh, Jocelyn., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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The academic debate on gender and migration has missed some of the key factors that impact women's lives and communities of origin. Interviews conducted in Jacaltenango, a Mayan sending community in Guatemala, suggest that while the migration of a spouse does bring substantial financial benefits there are significant individual and social costs that result from migration. More importantly, the interviews uncovered the crucial impact of transnational gossip on women's lives, a feature that has...
Show moreThe academic debate on gender and migration has missed some of the key factors that impact women's lives and communities of origin. Interviews conducted in Jacaltenango, a Mayan sending community in Guatemala, suggest that while the migration of a spouse does bring substantial financial benefits there are significant individual and social costs that result from migration. More importantly, the interviews uncovered the crucial impact of transnational gossip on women's lives, a feature that has been absent in previous academic treatments of gender and migration. Transnational gossip has exacerbated the negative effects of migration for women in migrant-sending locations, pushing women to stay in the "private sphere" and serving as a form of social control that keeps women from actively participating in their communities. For many women, long periods of time living apart from their spouses combined with fears about transnational gossip have brought severe loneliness, anxiety, health problems and even seclusion. This phenomenon is helping define the contemporary social structures of Jacaltenango, and represents one of the most important effects of migration in terms of the lived reality of spouses and families of the predominantly male immigrants who leave Mayan communities in Guatemala to seek work in the United States.
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- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11603
- Subject Headings
- Women heads of households, Guatemalans, Family, Emigration and immigration, Social life and customs
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- PRENATAL OXYCODONE EXPOSURE AND THE IMPACTS ON BRAIN CONNECTIVITY IN MICE.
- Creator
- Sabbineni, Yasasvi, Vaissiere, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Over the past years, prescription drug abuse has increased drastically. This problem often results in the exposure of prescription drugs to neonates, causing neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Prenatal Oxycodone exposure occurs from oxycodone abuse during the gestation period by a pregnant mother. The aim of this project is to explore the impacts of prenatal exposure of Oxycodone which leads to altered brain connectivity and behavioral disorders. Our data from the Miller lab investigates...
Show moreOver the past years, prescription drug abuse has increased drastically. This problem often results in the exposure of prescription drugs to neonates, causing neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Prenatal Oxycodone exposure occurs from oxycodone abuse during the gestation period by a pregnant mother. The aim of this project is to explore the impacts of prenatal exposure of Oxycodone which leads to altered brain connectivity and behavioral disorders. Our data from the Miller lab investigates brain connectivity in the prefrontal cortex and amygdala to identify the structural causes of the behavioral abnormalities caused by oxycodone exposure. The hypothesis of this research is that prenatal oxycodone exposure causes altered connectivity of reciprocal amygdala-prefrontal cortex (AMY-PFC) circuits.
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- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00049
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Introducing Anthropology in K-12 Schools.
- Creator
- Sabino, Mellanie, Fewkes, Jacqueline, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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Educational anthropology is a field of study that concerns both studying education as a whole and developing methods of teaching anthropology. National policies such as the No Child Left Behind Act have resulted in national high stakes standardized testing that does not allow space in the curriculum for teachers to discuss subjects not covered on standardized testing. Anthropology is not a subject that is typically included in curriculum or a subject that students are typically required to...
Show moreEducational anthropology is a field of study that concerns both studying education as a whole and developing methods of teaching anthropology. National policies such as the No Child Left Behind Act have resulted in national high stakes standardized testing that does not allow space in the curriculum for teachers to discuss subjects not covered on standardized testing. Anthropology is not a subject that is typically included in curriculum or a subject that students are typically required to take, so the benefits of teaching anthropology as a stand-alone subject are typically not considered. This thesis carefully considers these points and discusses the benefits of afterschool clubs versus other formal and informal alternatives, while also laying out materials, curricula, and suggested changes for crafting an afterschool anthropology club at any K-12 level.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00270
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Fluctuating craniodental asymmetry in the southern African cheetah Acinonyx jubatus jubatus.
- Creator
- Sabshin, Stephanie Julia., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) continues to be an object of intensive study with respect to its genetic heterozygosity and its drastic decline in the wild. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) has been used to evaluate the levels of inbreeding and monomorphism in the cheetah. A measurement of craniodental FA was undertaken to compare the southern African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) with previously collected craniodental FA measurements from the East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raineyi)....
Show moreThe cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) continues to be an object of intensive study with respect to its genetic heterozygosity and its drastic decline in the wild. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) has been used to evaluate the levels of inbreeding and monomorphism in the cheetah. A measurement of craniodental FA was undertaken to compare the southern African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) with previously collected craniodental FA measurements from the East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raineyi). Unlike their counterparts, the southern African cheetah did not show significant asymmetry. These findings suggest that fluctuating asymmetry cannot be used as a determination of genetic depletion in cheetahs.
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- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11598
- Subject Headings
- Endangered species, Wildlife conservation, Anthropometry, Craniometry
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Tolan Committee and the internment of Japanese Americans.
- Creator
- Saccento, Matthew., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Within three months of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which allowed military commanders to establish zones of military importance within which they could remove any person considered dangerous, specifically those of Japanese descent. The Tolan Committee, a House committee examining the logistics of the new wartime economy, was immediately sent to the West Coast in order to evaluate the merit of the President's policy. They were...
Show moreWithin three months of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which allowed military commanders to establish zones of military importance within which they could remove any person considered dangerous, specifically those of Japanese descent. The Tolan Committee, a House committee examining the logistics of the new wartime economy, was immediately sent to the West Coast in order to evaluate the merit of the President's policy. They were presented with the most complete set of arguments both supporting and opposing internment, and were therefore in a unique position to make a well-informed decision regarding the internment of over 100,000 persons. Despite the strength of the arguments of the opposition, the Committee abdicated their power and submitted to the will of the President and the military. In succumbing to fear, the Committee legitimized the policy of internment without making a truly objective decision.
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- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/210001
- Subject Headings
- Japanese Americans, Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, Japanese Americans, Civil rights, World War, 1939-1945, Evacuation of civilians, World War, 1939-1945, Concentration camps, Tolan, John H. (John Harvey)
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- Document (PDF)
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- THE STING THAT CURES: BEE VENOM AND ITS THERAPEUTIC FUTURE.
- Creator
- Sadek, Mark, Wetterer, James, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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The potential that honeybees hold to help treat or even cure chronic illnesses should not be overlooked. The venom from honeybees (Apis mellifera) includes enzymes and amino acids that can greatly affect different ailments. There has been research done in both in vivo and in vitro environments to determine if a direct bee sting or some type of injectable form of the venom can potentially treat several complications. There is an ongoing debate of whether it is morally acceptable for bee venom...
Show moreThe potential that honeybees hold to help treat or even cure chronic illnesses should not be overlooked. The venom from honeybees (Apis mellifera) includes enzymes and amino acids that can greatly affect different ailments. There has been research done in both in vivo and in vitro environments to determine if a direct bee sting or some type of injectable form of the venom can potentially treat several complications. There is an ongoing debate of whether it is morally acceptable for bee venom to be injected in the testing process of developing a plausible treatment option. With properties such as anti-protozoan, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer in it, the revolutionary discoveries that can come from bee venom therapy are endless.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00271
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- Document (PDF)
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- Economics in Literature: An Analysis of Economic Theory in John Milton’s Paradise Lost.
- Creator
- Saide, Thalita, Harrawood, Michael, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, Nur-tegin, Kanybek
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John Milton’s Paradise Lost is a poetry text rife with economic thought that precedes the publications of the most prominent thinkers in modern economics. Centered mostly around ideas of Christianity, Milton’s work uses allegory and imagery to emphasize the economic dynamics that are embedded in religious thought. I will analyze Paradise Lost as a theoretical economic framework that consolidates the never-ending struggle between free-market capitalism and communism—represented by the Devil...
Show moreJohn Milton’s Paradise Lost is a poetry text rife with economic thought that precedes the publications of the most prominent thinkers in modern economics. Centered mostly around ideas of Christianity, Milton’s work uses allegory and imagery to emphasize the economic dynamics that are embedded in religious thought. I will analyze Paradise Lost as a theoretical economic framework that consolidates the never-ending struggle between free-market capitalism and communism—represented by the Devil and God. Looking closely at key features of Christian theology and analyzing it through the lens of Milton’s work, I will relate key events in Genesis to modern economic theory.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00158
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- Document (PDF)
