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Title: "Chill" Cool Shirt.
Creator: Jocic, Alek, Corbin, Adam, Benda, Patrick, Saqib, Rafia, Varvaro, Ian, Ungvichian, Vichate
Abstract/Description: 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/FA00005436
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A Caenorhabditis elegans Model of Age-dependent Neurodegeneration.
Creator: Jia, Kailiang, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: The probability of humans developing neurodegenerative diseases increases as one ages. So the purpose of this study is to use the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a genetic model for determining if they develop age-dependent neuronal changes.
Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005151
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A camera trap study of the cryptic, terrestrial guenon Cercopithecus lomamiensis in central Democratic Republic of Congo.
Creator: McPhee, Steven G., Ayali, Pablo, Graduate College, Hart, John A., Detwiler, Kate M.
Abstract/Description: From October-December 2013, we conducted a camera trap study of the newly discovered primate species lesula, Cercopithecus lomamiensis, in the Lomami River Basin, DR Congo. The primary aim of the study was to examine how lesula fares in the presence of uncontrolled bushmeat hunting. We placed 41 camera traps inside a 4-km2 grid located in the Yawende community conservation area outside the proposed Lomami National Park LNP. We compared an analysis of 72 lesula events over 842 camera trap days...
Show moreFrom October-December 2013, we conducted a camera trap study of the newly discovered primate species lesula, Cercopithecus lomamiensis, in the Lomami River Basin, DR Congo. The primary aim of the study was to examine how lesula fares in the presence of uncontrolled bushmeat hunting. We placed 41 camera traps inside a 4-km2 grid located in the Yawende community conservation area outside the proposed Lomami National Park LNP. We compared an analysis of 72 lesula events over 842 camera trap days from the heavily hunted Yawende site to a pilot camera trap study 38 lesula events over 462 camera trap days at the Losekola study site within the LNP. Our data show an unexpected result: capture probability of lesula 0.08 is the same at both the hunted and non-hunted sites. This is in contrast to the sharp decline in capture probability of all other medium to large terrestrial mammals at the Yawende site. These findings suggest lesula’s cryptic behavior is an important adaptation buffering the species from the impact of hunting. However, hunting pressure on lesula may increase in the near future as hunters adjust effort in response to the decline of less cryptic prey species. Our study also expands knowledge on lesula’s diet, group composition, minimum group size, phenotypic traits, and home range. These findings represent the first new data on lesula since its discovery.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005157
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A Comparative Stable Isotope Analysis of Two Archaeological Sites in Broward County.
Creator: Thomas, Alexandra N., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Understanding people through the foods eaten has proven a formidable method to uncover subsistence patterns and infer lifestyle of the earliest inhabitants of an area. With previously examined paleodiet from East Okeechobee Area, Tatham Mound, and Fort Center, particular areas of Florida’s prehistory have begun to resurrect thorough the eye of the scientist. When we understand the foods consumed, we also corroborate that with the environment where the individual resided. Reconstructing foods...
Show moreUnderstanding people through the foods eaten has proven a formidable method to uncover subsistence patterns and infer lifestyle of the earliest inhabitants of an area. With previously examined paleodiet from East Okeechobee Area, Tatham Mound, and Fort Center, particular areas of Florida’s prehistory have begun to resurrect thorough the eye of the scientist. When we understand the foods consumed, we also corroborate that with the environment where the individual resided. Reconstructing foods eaten not only helps researchers understand the ecology of the habitat, but also the social structure of the group the person belonged to. The conglomeration of these factors enables investigators to understand the people, culture, and environment of a region when photographs and written records are unavailable and unaccountable. Using the stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, a molecular analysis of the collagen and apatite of bones and tooth enamel signifies the quantities and qualities of proteins and carbohydrates eaten by an individual. This method will be utilized and highlighted in the paleodietary analysis of two sites from the inland zone of southeastern Florida. Two South Florida archaeological sites were discovered housing human remains in the early 1970s. Markham Park and Lauderhill Mound are the two sites used for this analysis. Because of the pottery sherds associated in chronological stratigraphic layers, the date range for each site has been shown to differ by about 500 years. This is significant to assess if the diet compares or contrasts throughout the different time periods.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005916
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A computational approach analyzing global dynamics.
Creator: Kasti, Dinesh, Van der Vorst, R.C.A.M., Kalies, William D., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: We describe the lattice structure of attractors in a dynamical system and the lifting of sublattices of attractors, which are computationally less accessible, to lattices of forward invariant sets and attracting neighborhoods, which are computationally accessible. We also show how the use of these algebraic structures of lattices to help us to capture the information about underlying dynamical system in a more elegant way and with lesser computational cost. For example, they can be used to...
Show moreWe describe the lattice structure of attractors in a dynamical system and the lifting of sublattices of attractors, which are computationally less accessible, to lattices of forward invariant sets and attracting neighborhoods, which are computationally accessible. We also show how the use of these algebraic structures of lattices to help us to capture the information about underlying dynamical system in a more elegant way and with lesser computational cost. For example, they can be used to develop a much efficient algorithm to compute a global lyapunov function that describes the overall gradient dynamics.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005888
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Title: A Computational Study on different penalty approaches for constrained optimization in radiation therapy treatment planning with a simulated annealing algorithm.
Creator: Mohammadi Khoroushadi, Mohammad Sadegh, Shang, Charles, Ouhib, Zoubir, Graduate College, Leventouri, Theodora, Kalantzis, Georgios
Abstract/Description: Simulated Annealing algorithm is utilized for Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy IMRT optimization. The goal in IMRT is to give the prescribed radiation dose to the tumor while minimizing the dose given to normal organs.
Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005891
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A conserved cysteine framework of toxins from Viola tricolor and Conus brunneus characterized in the Drosophila melanogaster Giant Fiber System.
Creator: Hoggard, Mickelene F., Mari, Frank, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Conotoxins are disulfide rich peptides present in the venom of cone snails, a genus of marine mollusks that prey upon fish, worms, and other mollusks. Conotoxins are promising drugs leads with great prospects in the treatment of diseases and disorders such as chronic pain, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. Similar compounds can be found in plants; for example, cyclotides, which are cyclic peptides isolated from the Violaceae violet, Rubiaceae coffee, and...
Show moreConotoxins are disulfide rich peptides present in the venom of cone snails, a genus of marine mollusks that prey upon fish, worms, and other mollusks. Conotoxins are promising drugs leads with great prospects in the treatment of diseases and disorders such as chronic pain, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. Similar compounds can be found in plants; for example, cyclotides, which are cyclic peptides isolated from the Violaceae violet, Rubiaceae coffee, and Cucurbitaceae cucurbit families and they have a wide range of biological activities, such as anti-HIV, uterotonic, and antimicrobial. Cyclotides have a cyclic cysteine knot motif characterized by a cyclic backbone and six conserved cysteine residues that form the three disulfide bridges of the “knot”. This motif provides cyclotides with superior stability against thermal, chemical, and enzymatic degradation; marking them as potential frameworks for peptide drug delivery. Cysteine framework IX conotoxins C-C-C-CXC-C, isolated from the venom of Conus brunneus, contain the same cysteine framework, homologous sequences, and similar 3D structures to cyclotides. Presented are details on the isolation of these conotoxins and cyclotides, from Viola tricolor, and the characterization of their activity in the Drosophila melanogaster Giant Fiber System GFS, which contains GAP, acetylcholine, and glutamate synapses.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005149
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A forensic entomological and anthropological investigation into the decomposition rates in South Florida: the insecta that colonize sus scrofa.
Creator: Ebanks, Ryan, Schuss, Stephen, Unger, Jeremy, Frazier, Evelyn
Date Issued: 2013-04-05
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361080
Subject Headings: Decomposition (Biology), Biodegradation, Sus scrofa
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Title: A Lime Softening System for Individual-Household Use Powered through Solar Energy.
Creator: Slater-Williams, Alexandria, Abtahi, Homayoon, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: In a study conducted by the World Health Organization WHO and United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF, approximately 768 million people worldwide are not receiving sanitary drinking water suitable for consumption. The greatest levels of water contamination are within the less developed countries where individuals are unable to afford modern water treatment facilities. While there are many water treatment methods, lime softening proves to be one of the more effective approaches as it removes...
Show moreIn a study conducted by the World Health Organization WHO and United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF, approximately 768 million people worldwide are not receiving sanitary drinking water suitable for consumption. The greatest levels of water contamination are within the less developed countries where individuals are unable to afford modern water treatment facilities. While there are many water treatment methods, lime softening proves to be one of the more effective approaches as it removes calcium, magnesium, arsenic, barium, beryllium, chromium, cooper, fluoride, lead, mercury, cadmium, nickel, uranium, radium, and radionuclides under the correct conditions. The US Environmental Protection Agency EPA has even defined lime softening as the best available technology BAT for removing uranium and radium. The issue with lime softening is that it is typically used for larger systems that serve whole communities. This project utilizes previous knowledge of lime softening to design a cost-efficient water clarification system with the ability to function on an individual-household basis while being powered by a solar unit. By condensing the system, we hope to make lime softening technology available for a wider spectrum of societies and expend the applications of lime softening.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005167
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Title: A Local Regression Approach to Computing the Cauchy Green Strain Tensor.
Creator: Kepley, Shane, Kalies, William D., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: The Cauchy Green strain tensor provides an effective tool for understanding unsteady flows. In particular, the dominant eigenvalue of this tensor has been seen to be a reliable estimator of the finite time Lyapunov exponent. We propose a new method for computing the CG strain tensor using a local quadratic regression LOESS technique. We compare this LOESS method with several classical methods using closed form flows, noisy flows, and simulated time series. In each case, the CG strain tensor...
Show moreThe Cauchy Green strain tensor provides an effective tool for understanding unsteady flows. In particular, the dominant eigenvalue of this tensor has been seen to be a reliable estimator of the finite time Lyapunov exponent. We propose a new method for computing the CG strain tensor using a local quadratic regression LOESS technique. We compare this LOESS method with several classical methods using closed form flows, noisy flows, and simulated time series. In each case, the CG strain tensor produced by the LOESS method is remarkably accurate and robust compared to classical methods.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005890
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A Misuse Pattern for Retrieving Data from a Database Using SQL Injection.
Creator: Alder, Ernst, Bagley, Richard, Fernandez, Eduardo B.
Abstract/Description: 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/FA00005426
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
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Title: A Robust Converse Lyapunov Theorem for Systems with Disturbances Taking Values in a Banach Space.
Creator: Gallolu Kankanamalage, Hasala Senpathy, Wang, Yuan, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: This paper presents a converse Lyapunov theorem for robust global asymptotic stability. The main result extends previous converse Lyapunov theorems to systems with disturbances taking bounded values in an arbitrary Banach space.
Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005878
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A Survival Analysis of Adolescent Friendships: The Downside of Dissimilarity.
Creator: Hartl, Amy C., Laursen, Brett, Cillessen, Antonius H. N., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Friendships are important for adolescent adjustment and development; however, adolescent friendships are fleeting. Friend dissimilarity and undesirable individual attributes have been hypothesized to predict friendship dissolution. The present study tests each as predictors of adolescent friendship dissolution. A sample of 410 U.S. adolescents participated in a total of 573 reciprocated friendships originating in the 7th grade. These friendships were followed annually from 8th-12th grade to...
Show moreFriendships are important for adolescent adjustment and development; however, adolescent friendships are fleeting. Friend dissimilarity and undesirable individual attributes have been hypothesized to predict friendship dissolution. The present study tests each as predictors of adolescent friendship dissolution. A sample of 410 U.S. adolescents participated in a total of 573 reciprocated friendships originating in the 7th grade. These friendships were followed annually from 8th-12th grade to determine when each friendship dissolved. In the 7th grade, participants completed a peernomination inventory, and teachers completed a survey of each participant’s school competence. Discrete-time survival analyses used 7th grade friend dissimilarity and individual characteristics of sex, age, ethnicity, number of friends, peer acceptance, peer rejection, leadership, physical aggression, relational aggression, peer victimization, and school competence as predictors of the occurrence and timing of friendship dissolution. Friendships originating in the 7th grade were at greatest risk for dissolution during the first year. Only 1 percent of friendships that started in the 7th grade lasted 5 years. Friend dissimilarity on sex, peer acceptance, physical aggression, and school competence predicted friendship dissolution. At each grade, the odds of friendship dissolution were higher for friends dissimilar on these characteristics. Individual characteristics failed to predict friendship dissolution. The findings suggest compatibility is a function of similarity between friends rather than the presence or absence of a specific individual trait. Adolescents seeking friendships with individuals dissimilar from them on school-related characteristics risk suffering the downside of dissimilarity, namely rapid friendship dissolution.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005882
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Title: Abamectin: ant toxin or antifeedant?.
Creator: Kissner, William, Kaul, Christopher, McGuire, Megan, Pick, David, Dragojlovic, Veljko
Date Issued: 2012-04-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3348829
Subject Headings: Abamectin, Toxin, Antifeedant, Chemistry techniques, Pest control
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Adapting the pin-intercept method to estimate emergent biomass in sawgrass-dominated communities of the Florida Everglades.
Creator: Lauck, Marina, Benscoter, Brian
Date Issued: 2013-04-05
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361111
Subject Headings: Biomass, Everglades (Fla.), Ecology--Research
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Adult neural stem cell proliferation is not altered in trans-genic mice overexpressing BDNF or mutant HTT in forebrain.
Creator: Bahga, Dalbir, Guthrie, Kathleen M.
Date Issued: 2012-04-06
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3348622
Subject Headings: Neural stem cells, Subventricular zone, Brain-derived neuro-trophic factor, Stem cell proliferation
Format: Document (PDF)

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Title: Adult olfactory neuron turnover and the asscociation between fractalkine and microglia.
Creator: Mello, Rebecca Femandes, Guthrie, Kathleen M.
Date Issued: 2013-04-05
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361154
Subject Headings: Olfactory Receptor Neurons, Olfactory Bulb--physiology, Cell death, Microglia, Chemokines
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Age-related differences in unconscious plagiarism.
Creator: Baugh, Arely B., Strasberg, Michelle, Earles, Julie
Date Issued: 2013-04-05
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361068
Subject Headings: Plagiarism, Age
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: American Sentiments on Behavioral & Cognitive Qualifications within Elected Officials.
Creator: Lopez Pelaez, Kevin, Escaleras, Monica
Abstract/Description: This study examines Americans' attitudes toward the likeliness of public officials' conduct to be a factor in vote choice. Correspondingly, by expanding the umbrella of Political Psychology to explore perceptions of the behavioral sciences - this study also examines Americans' viewpoint for the disqualification of public officials due to cognitive decline.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauir000386
Format: Document (PDF)

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