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- AN EXPLORATION OF FERTILITY PRESERVATION-RELATED DECISION-MAKING IN CHILDHOOD CANCER PATIENTS.
- Creator
- Addepalli, Vani, Kennedy, Ashley, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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As medical research expands to include a vast variety of new treatments and the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the ethics involving patient care and treatment plan development also become extremely important to consider. One of the most novel and widely unexplored fields of reproductive health is oncofertility, a field of medicine that aims to minimize the negative impacts of cancer treatment on fertility. For many childhood cancer patients, cancer treatment involves oncofertility...
Show moreAs medical research expands to include a vast variety of new treatments and the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the ethics involving patient care and treatment plan development also become extremely important to consider. One of the most novel and widely unexplored fields of reproductive health is oncofertility, a field of medicine that aims to minimize the negative impacts of cancer treatment on fertility. For many childhood cancer patients, cancer treatment involves oncofertility-related discussions that involve their families, physicians, and many other people. This paper serves primarily to evaluate the quality of educational and clinical resources available to childhood cancer patients regarding fertility preservation, the current approach to these cases from an ethical perspective, and to propose a procedure for treatment plan development and decision making that carefully considers the values and beliefs of the patient, his/her family members, physicians, and ethics board members involved with the case to help standardize the process.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2020
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003699
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Manufacture of Munitions.
- Creator
- Addison, Christopher Viscount
- Abstract/Description
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This item is part of the Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM) digital collection, a collaborative initiative between Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM).
- Date Issued
- 1916
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002550
- Subject Headings
- Great Britain
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- 1,8-Naphthridine Based Receptors for Selective Monosaccharide Binding in Aqueous Media.
- Creator
- Addo-Mensah, Alfred Kwesi, Cudic, Predrag, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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In this dissertation the synthesis, characterization, and binding properties of carbohydrate receptors 34-38 was described. Macrocyclic receptor 34 and macrobicyclic receptor 35 bind monosaccharides in aqueous media through combination of hydrophobic, electrostatic and hydrogen bonding interactions. The dissociation constants (Kd) for the complexes between 1 ,8-naphthyridine receptors 34, and 35 with a variety of neutral and negatively charged monosaccharides in aqueous media were determined...
Show moreIn this dissertation the synthesis, characterization, and binding properties of carbohydrate receptors 34-38 was described. Macrocyclic receptor 34 and macrobicyclic receptor 35 bind monosaccharides in aqueous media through combination of hydrophobic, electrostatic and hydrogen bonding interactions. The dissociation constants (Kd) for the complexes between 1 ,8-naphthyridine receptors 34, and 35 with a variety of neutral and negatively charged monosaccharides in aqueous media were determined by fluorimetric and UV /vis titration. The observed values are in the range from ~0.3 to >10 mM, within the Kd range reported for lectin/monosaccharide complexes. However, among monosaccharide substrates tested receptor 34 showed the strongest affinity for sialic acid (Kd = ~0 . 3 mM), a monosaccharide that plays many important roles in a wide variety of physiological and pathological processes. Macrocyclic receptor 34 recognizes not only sialic acid in solution, but also binds selectively in vitro to human cancer cell surface carbohydrate antigens containing terminal sialic acid moieties. In addition, besides their binding selectivity, receptors 34 and 35 display also the ability to discriminate between closely related monosaccharide substrates by opposite variation of the fluorescence emission intensity. Structure-binding relationship study of receptor 34 revealed that H-bonding donor/acceptor pattern and presence of positive charge on receptor's side arms are crucial for selective monosaccharide binding in aqueous media.
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- 2008
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000844
- Subject Headings
- Monosaccharides--Synthesis, Sensory receptors--Testing, Organic compounds--Synthesis, Electrochemical analysis
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- DEVELOPMENT OF A HIFI-Α LENS SPECIFIC KNOCKOUT MOUSE AS A MODEL FOR HYPOXIA DRIVEN LENS DIFFERENTIATION.
- Creator
- Adele, Adedamola, Kantorow, Marc, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
- Abstract/Description
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During eye lens development the lens receives oxygen from a network of capillaries that comprise of the tunica vasculosa lentis and the anterior pupillary membrane. In development there is regression of this capillaries with the vitreous and aqueous humor, which is the lens only source of oxygen, leaving the lens in low oxygen state. The lens contains a decreasing oxygen gradient from the surface to the core that parallels the differentiation of immature surface epithelial cells into mature...
Show moreDuring eye lens development the lens receives oxygen from a network of capillaries that comprise of the tunica vasculosa lentis and the anterior pupillary membrane. In development there is regression of this capillaries with the vitreous and aqueous humor, which is the lens only source of oxygen, leaving the lens in low oxygen state. The lens contains a decreasing oxygen gradient from the surface to the core that parallels the differentiation of immature surface epithelial cells into mature core transparent fiber cells. These properties of the lens suggest a potential role for hypoxia and the master regulator of the hypoxic response, hypoxia-inducible transcription factor 1 alpha (HIF1a), in the regulation of genes required for lens fiber cell differentiation, structure, and transparency. Previous studies by our lab discovered the HIF1a-dependent gene expression patterns of lens genes by utilizing a Multiomics approach that integrated analysis from CUT&RUN, RNA-seq, and ATACseq. Additionally, our lab also established a hypoxia and HIF1a-dependent mechanism for the non-nuclear organelle degradation process required to form mature transparent fiber cells.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014167
- Subject Headings
- Cell differentiation, Lens, Crystalline, Eye lens
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE KNOWLEDGE OF AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG NIGERIAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS.
- Creator
- Adenmosun, Elizabeth Opeyemi, Archibald, Cynthia, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
- Abstract/Description
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The disproportionate representation of African American adolescents engaging in sexual risk behaviors (SRB) compared to their other racial counterparts is stark. This SRB disparity can be eliminated by addressing ethnic group-specific populations, such as Nigerian American adolescents (NAAs), and requiring an intentional effort and sensitivity regarding the methodology. Protection Motivation Theory and selected Roach's Cs guided this study in a virtual setting, and the uniqueness of NAAs...
Show moreThe disproportionate representation of African American adolescents engaging in sexual risk behaviors (SRB) compared to their other racial counterparts is stark. This SRB disparity can be eliminated by addressing ethnic group-specific populations, such as Nigerian American adolescents (NAAs), and requiring an intentional effort and sensitivity regarding the methodology. Protection Motivation Theory and selected Roach's Cs guided this study in a virtual setting, and the uniqueness of NAAs surfaced. Twenty-five male and female participants were recruited through Nigerian American Foundation. Each participant met the inclusion criteria of self-identification as Nigerian American, male, and female adolescents aged 13 –17 years old, being able to read and provide written assent in English, South Florida residence, Nigerian parentage, or Nigerian birth living in the US within five years. An exploratory, descriptive design employed a mixed-methods study to identify SRB knowledge and attitudes among NAAs. Quantitatively, SRB knowledge and attitudes were assessed using the West Virginia Youth Risk Behavior Inventory, acculturation measure for Afro-Caribbean youths was adapted for the NAAs, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. For the qualitative component, a developed guide was used in focus group discussions.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013786
- Subject Headings
- Nigerian Americans, Sexual Behavior--Adolescent, Unsafe sex
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- GENOTYPIC SPERM SORTING: A less invasive “ART” to prevent Genetic Disorders in Newborns.
- Creator
- Adenmosun, Olumide O., Kumi-Diaka, James, Asghar, Waseem, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
- Abstract/Description
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Genetic disorders like Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and X-linked Diseases (XLD) are inherited by offspring from parents who are healthy carriers of the autosomal recessive or allosomal genes. About 10-million Americans are healthy carriers of a mutant cysticfibrosis gene (predominantly F508del) and about 4% of newborns are at risk of being born with an X-linked disease. The current clinically approved mitigation plan for preventing genetic disorders in newborns from “at-risk couples” is to consider...
Show moreGenetic disorders like Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and X-linked Diseases (XLD) are inherited by offspring from parents who are healthy carriers of the autosomal recessive or allosomal genes. About 10-million Americans are healthy carriers of a mutant cysticfibrosis gene (predominantly F508del) and about 4% of newborns are at risk of being born with an X-linked disease. The current clinically approved mitigation plan for preventing genetic disorders in newborns from “at-risk couples” is to consider Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Monogenetic diseases (PGT-M). PGT-M involves an invasive microsurgical procedure that requires the removal of cells from 3-5day old embryos. To minimize this invasiveness, we proposed a less invasive approach to prevent genetic disorders in newborns by genotypically sorting sperm cells which may be used for fertilization events (IUI/IVF/ICSI) with specially characterized antigens on the sperm surface membrane. For the disease models being adopted in our study – CF and XLD; we utilized certain monoclonal antibodies (mab) to target the H-Y male antigen and the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein which are both selectively expressed on the sperm surface.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013805
- Subject Headings
- Genetic disorders--Prevention, Genetic Testing, Reproductive technology, Cystic fibrosis
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- EVALUATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING SPORULATION IN THE MARINE DEUTEROMYCETETRICHOCLADIUM ACHRASPORUM.
- Creator
- ADER, ROBIN DENNIS., Florida Atlantic University, Hartmann, James X.
- Abstract/Description
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Comparative studies were performed on mycelial cultures of Trichocladium achrasporum (Meyers and Moore) Dixon and conidial cultures of T. achrasporum derived from long-term, cold-stored specimens. Responses to variation in incubation temperature, pH and salinity of culture medium, and growth morphology on various mycological media were investigated. Microcycle conidiation was dffnonstrated in this organism. A sucrose density centrifugation method was devised for estimating spore to mycelium...
Show moreComparative studies were performed on mycelial cultures of Trichocladium achrasporum (Meyers and Moore) Dixon and conidial cultures of T. achrasporum derived from long-term, cold-stored specimens. Responses to variation in incubation temperature, pH and salinity of culture medium, and growth morphology on various mycological media were investigated. Microcycle conidiation was dffnonstrated in this organism. A sucrose density centrifugation method was devised for estimating spore to mycelium ratios of this non-desiduous fungus. Attempts to induce microcycle conidiation in mycelial cultures were made.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1982
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14139
- Subject Headings
- Fungi imperfecti, Plant spores
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Embodied Biological Computers: Closing The Loop on Sensorimotor Integration of Dexterous Robotic Hands.
- Creator
- Ades, Craig, Engeberg, Erik D., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Abstract/Description
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The sensation of touch is an integral part of using our hands. As different researchers work toward the restoration of afferent sensation in prosthetic hands, it becomes urgent to better understand how an artificial hand’s afferent inputs are affected by the efferent muscular outputs, and vice-versa. Current methods of neuroprosthetic research have many regulatory hurdles, time, cost, and associated risk to the patient. To circumvent these hurdles, we developed a non-invasive, closed-loop (CL...
Show moreThe sensation of touch is an integral part of using our hands. As different researchers work toward the restoration of afferent sensation in prosthetic hands, it becomes urgent to better understand how an artificial hand’s afferent inputs are affected by the efferent muscular outputs, and vice-versa. Current methods of neuroprosthetic research have many regulatory hurdles, time, cost, and associated risk to the patient. To circumvent these hurdles, we developed a non-invasive, closed-loop (CL) neuroprosthetic research platform, integrating artificial tactile signals from an artificial hand with biomimetically-stimulated biological neuronal networks (BNNs) cultured in a multielectrode array (MEA) chamber. These living embodied biological computers (EBCs) can provide a non-invasive alternative for investigating invasive neuroprosthetic interfaces. With them we can explore a variety of control techniques, tactile sensation encoding methods, and neural decoding methods to increase the rate of research in this area with minimal regulatory approval, greatly reduced cost and time, and no risk to the patients. In the first stage of this integration, our EBC was programmed to embody neuronal spiking from spontaneously active “efferent” receptive fields in cultured BNNs as intentional signals for movement. Bursts were transferred to a robotic hand and initiated a tapping motion of the index finger laid in proximity to a surface. Contact elicited artificial sensations, which were registered by a biotac tactile sensor array fit to the robotic fingertip.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014092
- Subject Headings
- Artificial hands, Neuroprostheses, Neurotechnology (Bioengineering), Robotics
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Cognitive Dissonance and Auditor Professional Skepticism.
- Creator
- Adikaram, Ruwan K, Higgs, Julia, Florida Atlantic University, College of Business, School of Accounting
- Abstract/Description
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I show that auditors experience cognitive dissonance when they fail to take appropriate professionally skeptical (hereafter PS) action in line with high PS judgment I specifically show that cognitive dissonance leads auditors to revise their attitudes on low ranking audit actions upward and lower their risk assessments, consequently, lower overall professional skepticism I also find that auditor cognitive dissonance leads to exaggerated ex-post auditor self-assessments professional skepticism...
Show moreI show that auditors experience cognitive dissonance when they fail to take appropriate professionally skeptical (hereafter PS) action in line with high PS judgment I specifically show that cognitive dissonance leads auditors to revise their attitudes on low ranking audit actions upward and lower their risk assessments, consequently, lower overall professional skepticism I also find that auditor cognitive dissonance leads to exaggerated ex-post auditor self-assessments professional skepticism Professional skepticism is fundamental to performing an audit according to auditing standards and critical to audit quality Extant research that investigates treatments to enhance professional skepticism predominantly treats both skeptical judgment and skeptical action as analogous outcomes of professional skepticism If, however, there is a breakdown between PS judgment and PS action, the overall benefits of these treatments will be trivial I show that cognitive dissonance due to the incongruence between PS judgments and PS actions leads to an unforeseeable corollary of lower overall professional skepticism I also demonstrate a specific mechanism of how auditor incentives lead to lower professional skepticism, hence, lower audit quality Both researchers and practitioners can benefit from this study by better understating the intricacies in the critical link between PS judgment and action Additionally, I provide an empirical investigation of the components in Nelson’s (2009) model of professional skepticism and extend the model to reflect the intricacies between PS judgment and PS action I test my hypotheses via a three-group research design with attitude change as a proxy measure of cognitive dissonance
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004772
- Subject Headings
- Cognitive dissonance, Auditing--Standards, Accounting--Standards, Accounting--Moral and ethical aspects, Accountants--Professional ethics, Auditors--Psychology, Behaviorism (Psychology)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An empirical study of module order models.
- Creator
- Adipat, Boonlit., Florida Atlantic University, Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M.
- Abstract/Description
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Most software reliability approaches classify modules as fault-prone or not fault-prone by way of a predetermined threshold. However, it may not be practical to predefine a threshold because the amount of resources for reliability enhancement may be unknown. Therefore, a module-order model (MOM) predicting the rank order of modules can be used to solve this problem. The objective of this research is to make an empirical study of MOMs based on five different underlying quantitative software...
Show moreMost software reliability approaches classify modules as fault-prone or not fault-prone by way of a predetermined threshold. However, it may not be practical to predefine a threshold because the amount of resources for reliability enhancement may be unknown. Therefore, a module-order model (MOM) predicting the rank order of modules can be used to solve this problem. The objective of this research is to make an empirical study of MOMs based on five different underlying quantitative software quality models. We examine the benefits of principal components analysis with MOM and demonstrate that better accuracy of underlying techniques does not always yield better performance with MOM. Three case studies of large industrial software systems were conducted. The results confirm that MOM can create efficient models using different underlying techniques that provide various accuracy when predicting a quantitative software quality factor over the data sets.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2001
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12783
- Subject Headings
- Computer software--Quality control, Software measurement
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Helden der sozialen Revolution.
- Creator
- Adler, Max
- Date Issued
- 1926
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3345436
- Subject Headings
- Socialists -- Biography.
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Parties and the common good.
- Creator
- Adler, Mortimer Jerome
- Date Issued
- 1939
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3358577
- Subject Headings
- Political parties.
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- DOWNLOADING MOBILE APPS: ARE STUDENTS AWARE OF THE SECURITY RISKS?.
- Creator
- Adnan A. Chawdhry, Karen Paullet, David M. Douglas, Joseph Compomizzi
- Abstract/Description
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Mobile applications (apps) are taking the world by storm. Currently, end users have downloaded over 225 billion apps on their mobile devices. Security concerns surrounding the downloading of apps are often overlooked. The apps on our smart phones can be accessed by the tip of our fingers or the sound of our voice. One must think about the interactive risks to our privacy and the security concerns that can affect our digital lives. This study explores awareness and security risks associated...
Show moreMobile applications (apps) are taking the world by storm. Currently, end users have downloaded over 225 billion apps on their mobile devices. Security concerns surrounding the downloading of apps are often overlooked. The apps on our smart phones can be accessed by the tip of our fingers or the sound of our voice. One must think about the interactive risks to our privacy and the security concerns that can affect our digital lives. This study explores awareness and security risks associated with downloading mobile apps. A total of 124 students were surveyed at two mid-Atlantic Universities. The study found that many students are downloading mobile apps without fully understanding the security risks associated with such action.
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000481
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- La mise á feu de la bibliothéque de baghdad.
- Creator
- Adnan, Etel (Author), Cappanera, Loretta (Printer)
- Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/2672335
- Subject Headings
- Broadsides, Letterpress, Art
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- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- EXISTENTIALIST FEMINISM IN SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR.
- Creator
- ADNOT, GINETTE J., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
- Abstract/Description
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De Beauvoir's Existentialist works , primarily Pour une morale de l'ambiguite and Existentialisme et la sagesse des nations, and her feminist work Le Deuxieme sexe, affirm that women are fully as capable of attaining Existentialist authenticity and liberty as men. The novels, however, portray women who often fail the Existentialist ideal, and always fail the feminist ideal. Indeed the major novels, including L'Invitee, Le Sang des autres, Les Mandarins, suggest an almost inverse relationship...
Show moreDe Beauvoir's Existentialist works , primarily Pour une morale de l'ambiguite and Existentialisme et la sagesse des nations, and her feminist work Le Deuxieme sexe, affirm that women are fully as capable of attaining Existentialist authenticity and liberty as men. The novels, however, portray women who often fail the Existentialist ideal, and always fail the feminist ideal. Indeed the major novels, including L'Invitee, Le Sang des autres, Les Mandarins, suggest an almost inverse relationship between feminist convictions and personal success. Having chosen not to depict female characters as social activists or revolutionaries but as women in love, de Beauvoir presents unhappy lovers unable to achieve independence from the dominant male. In accord with Existentialist precepts of realism, De Beauvoir's fiction illustrates not her feminist ideal hut her view of women's contemporary condition.
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- 1982
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14113
- Subject Headings
- Literature, Romance
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Para el sur: analyzing contemporary Mexican return migration with a case study of Jupiter, Florida immigrants.
- Creator
- Adolfson, Dawn Fae, Corr, Rachel, Steigenga, Timothy J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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Recent data show that migration from Mexico to the United States has significantly decreased while return migration to Mexico has increased, producing a net reduction in the total number of Mexican migrants in the U.S. Some argue that the increase in immigration enforcement within the United States is the leading cause for this change because it has altered the cost/benefit balance enough to make migration less appealing and to encourage people to self-deport. The “self-deportation”...
Show moreRecent data show that migration from Mexico to the United States has significantly decreased while return migration to Mexico has increased, producing a net reduction in the total number of Mexican migrants in the U.S. Some argue that the increase in immigration enforcement within the United States is the leading cause for this change because it has altered the cost/benefit balance enough to make migration less appealing and to encourage people to self-deport. The “self-deportation” hypothesis is based on the neo-classical theory of immigration. This case study offers an alternate explanation. Interviews with migrants in Jupiter, FL and returned migrants in Mexico suggest that the reasons for return are more complex. Family reunification, access to networks, and changing demographics are all important reasons driving the recent change in Mexican immigration. These findings suggest that the “self-deportation” approach to U.S. immigration policy may be misguided.
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- 2013
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003500
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The big cold: Health beliefs of elderly Haitians related to influenza immunizations.
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- Adonis-Rizzo, Marie Tamara., Florida Atlantic University, Jett, Kathleen F.
- Abstract/Description
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Influenza is responsible for 20,000 deaths per year in the United States, with adults 65 and older accounting for most of these deaths. In this qualitative study, ten Haitian elders were interviewed in Creole and data were hand-written and simultaneously translated in English, to better understand their health beliefs regarding influenza immunizations. Purnell's model (1998) of Cultural Competence was utilized as organizing framework for description of the sample, analysis and discussion....
Show moreInfluenza is responsible for 20,000 deaths per year in the United States, with adults 65 and older accounting for most of these deaths. In this qualitative study, ten Haitian elders were interviewed in Creole and data were hand-written and simultaneously translated in English, to better understand their health beliefs regarding influenza immunizations. Purnell's model (1998) of Cultural Competence was utilized as organizing framework for description of the sample, analysis and discussion. Several themes emerged during thematic analysis of the participants' responses. Participants identified influenza as a "big cold" which can initially be prevented with traditional home remedies and practices as well as with prayers. Lack of knowledge of the vaccine, uncertainty of the effectiveness of the vaccine, reliance on the recommendations of their children, doctors, and as well as the researcher, and lack of access were all factors reported as affecting their acceptance of the vaccine.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2004
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13186
- Subject Headings
- Immunization of older people--Florida, Health promotion--United States, Transcultural medical care--United States, Health attitudes, Patient compliance, Haitian Americans--Medical care--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- ¿QUÉ ES GAY?: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF SEXUALITY AND GENDER EXPRESSION IN SOUTHERN MANABÍ PROVINCE, ECUADOR.
- Creator
- Adorisio, Alessandra, Harris, Michael S., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Anthropology, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis explores how gender and sexuality are expressed in southern Manabí Province, Ecuador. The study employs ethnographic methods to recruit local people who identify as LGBTQ (called LGBTI regionally) to participate in interviews on sexuality and gender identity/expression. Based on this research, I explore the construction of “gay” in this part of Ecuador as identity and performance; additionally, reflective viewpoints of those who self-identify as “gay” are thematically incorporated...
Show moreThis thesis explores how gender and sexuality are expressed in southern Manabí Province, Ecuador. The study employs ethnographic methods to recruit local people who identify as LGBTQ (called LGBTI regionally) to participate in interviews on sexuality and gender identity/expression. Based on this research, I explore the construction of “gay” in this part of Ecuador as identity and performance; additionally, reflective viewpoints of those who self-identify as “gay” are thematically incorporated. The term “gay” is used to describe a spectrum of identities that include: homosexual, transformista, travestí, transexual, and transgénero. These identities are not necessarily static, as many individuals traverse categories in a culturally specific progression that I describe. I propose that coastal Ecuadorians utilize a structuring of sexualities and genders within the region that challenges Western LGBTQ+ labels. This research suggests a new regional depiction of non-conforming identities and their manifestations through language, shared strife, communal beliefs, and individual experience.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013733
- Subject Headings
- Ecuador, Sex, Gender identity
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- From Economics to Resources: Teaching Environmental Sustainability in Peru's Public Education.
- Creator
- Adriazola-Rodriguez, Ana, Keaton, Kenneth, Diaz, Carlos F., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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This dissertation examines the teaching of environmental awareness in Peru's public educational system and how it needs to be consciously taught and improved in order to overcome contamination and pollution of resources and decrease poverty. This is a situation afflicting a significant percentage of Peruvians, who face difficulty in surviving and living well because the scarcity of clean air and water, unpolluted land, and affordable energy, which are basic environmental resources. The...
Show moreThis dissertation examines the teaching of environmental awareness in Peru's public educational system and how it needs to be consciously taught and improved in order to overcome contamination and pollution of resources and decrease poverty. This is a situation afflicting a significant percentage of Peruvians, who face difficulty in surviving and living well because the scarcity of clean air and water, unpolluted land, and affordable energy, which are basic environmental resources. The teaching of environmental awareness, as mandated by Educational Peruvian Laws and curriculum, should be redesigned to promote environmental ethical awareness and sustainability to guard Peru's natural and cultural resources, bounty and beauty before it is too late. In this way, education will promote a better level of life for the majority of Peruvians. Peruvian public education is presently in a state of emergency, as has been recognized by the former minister of education Javier Sota Nadal (2004-2006). Only 1 0% of students leaving high school understand what they read and only 4% do well in mathematics. A number of reasons contribute to this tragedy. Among them is principally the low quality of teaching and the inadequate budget available for public education. Peru's laws, echoing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and mandate good and free education and guarantee the right to live well. The reality is that none of these rights are properly given to the majority of poor Peruvians. This dissertation offers a course of action to teach and spread out not only environmental awareness, but also environmental ethics and sustainability from a personal perspective. This rounded concept, if applied, will form citizens able to guard, protect, and preserve natural and cultural resources. The needed environmental ethics and sustainability education will gradually guarantee, from early in life, a truthful way to love, care, protect and preserve the ecosystem. Also encompassed within this concept is to positively influence the behavior of professionals, economists, politicians, and citizens. It envisions interconnectedness between humans and the environment based on the teaching of environmental ethics and sustainability, educating children to develop critical thinking, and creativity, as well as adopting eco-design principles. This different approach could definitely better the new generation's contribution to preserve natural and cultural resources and to reduce poverty as well as contribute an example to other countries. Present and future Peruvian generations will be able to connect, care, protect, and sustain resources, so when it comes to sustainable development, they will be fully aware of the consequences of their actions toward the environment, themselves and their children's well being. In this way, education would truly fulfill its responsibility.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000564
- Subject Headings
- Education and state--Peru, Environmental education--Peru, Sustainable development--Study and teaching--Peru
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- La representacion de la aniquilacion de la creatividad artistica femenina en obras seleccionadas de Elena Poniatowska.
- Creator
- Adriazola-Rodriguez, Ana, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
- Abstract/Description
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The annihilation of women's artistic creativity in selected works by the Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska is a result of societal conditioning. Two short stories from Lilus Kikus and the short novel Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela portray the process of deterioration and demeaning obliteration of women's creative faculties, as they are conditioned to accept the conventional roles of wife and mother. Poniatowska's texts posit that, upon assuming these roles, the exercise of the creative artist...
Show moreThe annihilation of women's artistic creativity in selected works by the Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska is a result of societal conditioning. Two short stories from Lilus Kikus and the short novel Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela portray the process of deterioration and demeaning obliteration of women's creative faculties, as they are conditioned to accept the conventional roles of wife and mother. Poniatowska's texts posit that, upon assuming these roles, the exercise of the creative artist's use of her imagination is postponed or detrimentally transformed forever. In the selected texts, women's artistic creativity is chronicled first at its best while the characters are girls or adolescents. The neglect, procrastination, and attention to domestic and repetitive tasks as opposed to the pursuit of their creative vein is observed in the adult women characters. Poignantly portrayed is Quiela, Diego Rivera's common-law wife of ten years, who destroys her life and creative power by trying to be the perfect wife. These literary works speak forcefully to the social issues and institutions that place women artists in a bind; are the roles of artist, mother/wife incompatible?
Show less - Date Issued
- 2000
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15786
- Subject Headings
- Literature, Latin American, Women's Studies
- Format
- Document (PDF)
