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- Title
- Post-2008 voting bills and their partisan origins.
- Creator
- Rosendorf, Stephanie, Kim, Duhkong
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361167
- Subject Headings
- Voting, Legislation, Politics
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Attention deficit caused by MDMA ('ecstasy').
- Creator
- Rudacille, Mary C., Tao, Rui
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361175
- Subject Headings
- Ecstasy (Drug), MDMA (Drug), Attention deficit disorder
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Ejection of rear facing, golf cart passenger.
- Creator
- Schau, Kyle A., Masory, Oren
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361177
- Subject Headings
- Golf carts, Seat Belts, Passenger
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Does allometric growth in juvenile marine turtles have survival benefits? A morphological test with a gape-limited predator.
- Creator
- Scholl, Joshua, Salmon, Michael
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361191
- Subject Headings
- Allometry, Marine turtles, Predators
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An examination of immediate outcomes following a single session of mindfulness meditation.
- Creator
- Stiksma, Melissa, Levy, Morgan, Vernon, Laura
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361193
- Subject Headings
- Meditation, Mindfulness in behavioral health
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A model of CA2+ channel opening in response to action potential widening.
- Creator
- Tranquil, Elizabeth, Rowan, Matthew, Christie, Jason
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361215
- Subject Headings
- Calcium channels, Action Potentials
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Visualization of salt fingers and double diffusive convection.
- Creator
- Tsai, Christina, Su, Tsung-Chow
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361217
- Subject Headings
- Ocean mixing, Diffusion, Convection (Meteorology)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Characterization of Lis-1 loss of function at the neuromuscular junction of Drosophila melangaster larvae.
- Creator
- Vargas, Leticia, Boerner, Jana, Godenschwege, Tanja A.
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361219
- Subject Headings
- Lissencephaly, Drosophila melanogaster, Mutations
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Hippocampal involvement in object recognition memory.
- Creator
- Velez, Elisa M., Cohen, Sarah J., Stackman, Robert W.
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361221
- Subject Headings
- Hippocampus (Brain), Spatial ability
- Format
- 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
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- LPS-activated obese human PBMCs produce a BDNF and IL-6 associative response.
- Creator
- Wilson, Alan, Mari, David, Shibata, Yoshimi, Huang, Chun-Jung
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361231
- Subject Headings
- Lipopolysaccharides, Obesity, Neurodegenerative diseases, IL-6 (Biomolecule)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Evaluating the effectiveness of seed banks for the recovery of sawgrass in A.R.M Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge.
- Creator
- Yeyati, Nestor, Lange, James J., Benscoter, Brian
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361240
- Subject Headings
- Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge (Fla.), Cladium, Everglades (Fla.), Soil seed banks
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Fecundity of the gopher tortoise (gopherus polyphemus) in a degraded and fragmented southeastern Florida scrub habitat.
- Creator
- Zeiger, Ariel, Frazier, Evelyn
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361241
- Subject Headings
- Gopher tortoise, Fecundity, Habitat fragmentation, Gopher tortoise--Florida--Reproduction
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The construction of metal-organic hybrid materials based on benzophenone-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid.
- Creator
- Zribi, Dan, Torres, Melissa, De Lill, Daniel T.
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361243
- Subject Headings
- Dicarboxylic acids, Benzophenones, Lanthanides, Transition metals
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Significance of Adult Day Care.
- Creator
- Waligora, Kyra, Tappen, Ruth M.
- Abstract/Description
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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.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005040
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Use of Drosophila melanogaster larvae to evaluate cardioactive peptides.
- Creator
- Alishaev, Zahava, Godenschwege, Tanja A., Mari, Frank
- Abstract/Description
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Conopeptides are found in the venom of marine cone snails, aiding in the paralysis of their prey, and have been shown to have potential therapeutic uses in humans. Conopressins are conopeptides that target vasopressin/oxytocin receptors in vascular smooth muscle cells that are found within blood vessels. The crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) is a homologous peptide found in crustaceans and has been shown to behave as a cardioaccelerator in a homologous system. This study describes the...
Show moreConopeptides are found in the venom of marine cone snails, aiding in the paralysis of their prey, and have been shown to have potential therapeutic uses in humans. Conopressins are conopeptides that target vasopressin/oxytocin receptors in vascular smooth muscle cells that are found within blood vessels. The crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) is a homologous peptide found in crustaceans and has been shown to behave as a cardioaccelerator in a homologous system. This study describes the effects of CCAP in Drosophila larvae. We find that CCAP has an inotropic effect by causing a change in the contraction of blood vessels. We further investigate the effects of another possibly cardioactive conopeptide, γ-conopressin-vil, in Drosophila larvae. Elucidating the effects of conopetides in Drosophila larvae may translate to cardioactive therapeutic uses in mammalian systems.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005000
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Identification of putative endocannabinoid N-acyltransferases in C. elegans.
- Creator
- Armesto, Jose, Reis-Rodrigues, Pedro, Lone, Museer A., Gill, Matthew S.
- Abstract/Description
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The N-acyltransferase enzyme (NAT) is responsible for synthesizing N-acyl-phospatidylethanolamines which is the first step in the synthesis of N-acylethanolamines, an important class of lipids that are used by the endocannabinoid system as signaling molecules. A calcium dependent NAT enzyme has been characterized biochemically but has not been cloned. The purpose of this study was to identify NAT enzyme in Caenorhabditis elegans. The strain MGL107 overproduces NAEs and as a result exhibits...
Show moreThe N-acyltransferase enzyme (NAT) is responsible for synthesizing N-acyl-phospatidylethanolamines which is the first step in the synthesis of N-acylethanolamines, an important class of lipids that are used by the endocannabinoid system as signaling molecules. A calcium dependent NAT enzyme has been characterized biochemically but has not been cloned. The purpose of this study was to identify NAT enzyme in Caenorhabditis elegans. The strain MGL107 overproduces NAEs and as a result exhibits delayed growth. We have found that 10 of 35 genes with N-acyltransferase activity are able to restore growth of MGL107. Interestingly, acl-10, acl-12, and acl-13 also showed increased mRNA levels in a strain with reduced NAEs, possibly indicating a compensatory mechanism. These data suggests that these three genes could potentially code for the calcium dependent NAT and should be further analyzed biochemically.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005001
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Re-directing Traffick.
- Creator
- Aurigemma, Audrey, Beuses, Adrian, Metzler, Veronica
- Abstract/Description
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Human Trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labor, or commercial sexual exploitation. It is an ever-growing issue with more slaves now than at any other point in history, totaling to roughly 27 million victims of the Human Trafficking Slave Trade. More specifically, Miami, Florida is the third largest site for human trafficking in the United States. By studying human behavior and targeting portals for slave trade, the redesigned objects will be placed in...
Show moreHuman Trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of sexual slavery, forced labor, or commercial sexual exploitation. It is an ever-growing issue with more slaves now than at any other point in history, totaling to roughly 27 million victims of the Human Trafficking Slave Trade. More specifically, Miami, Florida is the third largest site for human trafficking in the United States. By studying human behavior and targeting portals for slave trade, the redesigned objects will be placed in airports and suspected establishments in our environment. The irony created by the graphics, specifically on site, will capture attention and stir a public concern about human trafficking. Furthermore, it will also provide the audience with the means to take action. Our objective of this research is to find creative solutions through the redesigning of common items, such as traffic signs, and placing them in the environment to raise public awareness.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005002
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Felix Mendelssohn's Bach revival.
- Creator
- Barna, Charlotte, Joella, Laura
- Abstract/Description
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Johann Sebastian Bach is considered to be one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. However, the modern audience might not realize that it took almost 70 years after Bach’s death for his music to emerge as a part of an important cultural heritage. Even though some of Bach’s organ pieces were continually played in smaller settings, the wider audience only became exposed to his music after the success of Felix Mendelssohn’s performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829. It...
Show moreJohann Sebastian Bach is considered to be one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. However, the modern audience might not realize that it took almost 70 years after Bach’s death for his music to emerge as a part of an important cultural heritage. Even though some of Bach’s organ pieces were continually played in smaller settings, the wider audience only became exposed to his music after the success of Felix Mendelssohn’s performance of the St. Matthew Passion in 1829. It was this concert that catapulted Bach among the ranks of the important Baroque composers such as Georg Frideric Handel or Antonio Vivaldi.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005003
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- A Method for Estimating Egg Numbers in Egg Clutches of The Exotic Apple Snail Pomacea maculata Without Affecting Clutch Viability.
- Creator
- Cantaloube, Michael, Markwith, Scott, Sharfstein, Bruce, Monette, Dean
- Abstract/Description
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The exotic apple snail Pomacea maculata appears to be gradually extending its range and increasing its density through much of south Florida. As a consequence, there is increasing interest in understanding its life history. One difficulty encountered in studying P. maculata is that it lays large, multilayered clutches of very small eggs that are impossible to count without disaggregating the egg mass; which results in the loss of viability. Using a previously described dis-aggregation...
Show moreThe exotic apple snail Pomacea maculata appears to be gradually extending its range and increasing its density through much of south Florida. As a consequence, there is increasing interest in understanding its life history. One difficulty encountered in studying P. maculata is that it lays large, multilayered clutches of very small eggs that are impossible to count without disaggregating the egg mass; which results in the loss of viability. Using a previously described dis-aggregation technique, we weighed, dis-aggregated, photographed, and counted 70 egg masses of P. maculata collected from various locations in Lake Okeechobee. Using the resulting mass and egg numbers we developed an algorithm that reliably relates clutch mass to the number of eggs in a clutch, allowing the estimation of the number of eggs in a clutch without impacting the eggs’ viability and paving the way for investigations into studies on fecundity, hatching rate, etc.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA0005004
- Subject Headings
- College students --Research --United States.
- Format
- Document (PDF)