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- Aquatic phobias permeated through African American culture, economics, and politics.
- Creator
- Groover, Jon Eric., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
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This Project involves looking at African American culture as it relates to swimming, water safety awareness, and water skills. The paper explores the myths and cultural norms associated with drowning phobias in African Americans to discover the root causes. Through historic accounts of African American culture one begins to uncover reasons why this culture became, in a sense aqua phobic. The paper will show what water sport professionals are up against, when working with a culture that is...
Show moreThis Project involves looking at African American culture as it relates to swimming, water safety awareness, and water skills. The paper explores the myths and cultural norms associated with drowning phobias in African Americans to discover the root causes. Through historic accounts of African American culture one begins to uncover reasons why this culture became, in a sense aqua phobic. The paper will show what water sport professionals are up against, when working with a culture that is several generations removed from the water and their water skills. The ultimate goal is to draw attention to the importance of water safety and the ability to swim as a life skill.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3170955
- Subject Headings
- Swimming pools, Social conditions, Minorities, Social conditions, Racism, African Americans, Economic conditions, African Americans in popular culture
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- American perceptions of allergies.
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- Hilpert, Micheline M., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
- Abstract/Description
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Allergies have taken on cultural meanings other than those offered by biomedicine. Interviews with allergic and non-allergic Americans were used to investigate the explanatory models of the lay population. This thesis uses ethnographic data to examine explanatory models of allergic conditions, highlighting metaphorical uses of allergies in American culture. The explanatory models of the subjects were contrasted to the biomedical model and the stereotypes created by the media in the United...
Show moreAllergies have taken on cultural meanings other than those offered by biomedicine. Interviews with allergic and non-allergic Americans were used to investigate the explanatory models of the lay population. This thesis uses ethnographic data to examine explanatory models of allergic conditions, highlighting metaphorical uses of allergies in American culture. The explanatory models of the subjects were contrasted to the biomedical model and the stereotypes created by the media in the United States. Important topics addressed in the analysis of the interview material were: what are the explanatory models of allergies in America, how do allergies influence the selfimage of someone with that condition, and how Americans with and without allergies perceive the allergic individual.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3171399
- Subject Headings
- Allergy, Environmental aspects, Hypersensitivity, Medical anthropology, Social medicine, Philosophy
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Electrochemical aspects of magnetohydrodynamic thrusters.
- Creator
- Moreno, Juan E., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
- Abstract/Description
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The concept of using Magnetohydrodynamics to provide thrust has been around for decades. However little work has been carried out in one of the fundamental aspects that allows for these systems to operate in seawater. Therefore a series of tests were carried out to determine how the electrochemical reactions occurring at the electrodes affect the seawater system. These tests were used to determine the effects magnetic fields have on seawater conductivity, the pH changes around the electrodes,...
Show moreThe concept of using Magnetohydrodynamics to provide thrust has been around for decades. However little work has been carried out in one of the fundamental aspects that allows for these systems to operate in seawater. Therefore a series of tests were carried out to determine how the electrochemical reactions occurring at the electrodes affect the seawater system. These tests were used to determine the effects magnetic fields have on seawater conductivity, the pH changes around the electrodes, and consider the double layer capacitance model as a means to decrease the amount of gas bubbles created at the electrodes. As a result significant increases in resistivity in seawater were observed when the magnetic field was introduced, pH changes were seen on both the cathode and anode, and pulsing of the applied potential may stimulate further work to be considered.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3171720
- Subject Headings
- Electric power production, Metrohydrodynamic generation, Fluid mechanics, Magnetohydrodynamics
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Drawing meaning: recording detail and mapping accumulations.
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- Taylor, Jillian., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
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With the commitment of a nineteenth century objectivist scientist, I established a rigorous methodology in my studio practice through drawing, cutting and sorting that asserts meticulous attention to and recording of detail. This resulted in an overwhelming accumulation of components - pieces of information that no longer functioned to create the "whole." Interested in how information adds up to meaning, I am preoccupied with sorting out meaning from my accumulations. With each work, I create...
Show moreWith the commitment of a nineteenth century objectivist scientist, I established a rigorous methodology in my studio practice through drawing, cutting and sorting that asserts meticulous attention to and recording of detail. This resulted in an overwhelming accumulation of components - pieces of information that no longer functioned to create the "whole." Interested in how information adds up to meaning, I am preoccupied with sorting out meaning from my accumulations. With each work, I create a map that works less to mark a destination than to structure a journey. No longer "lost" in the details, these accumulated works effect a "whole" where the inflection of my hand in each discreet decision I made adds up to marking my place. This offers the viewer the possibility that asserting one's place is meaning enough.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3174077
- Subject Headings
- Drawing, Philosophy, Semiotics and art, Object (Aesthetics), Thematic maps
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- Document (PDF)
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- Feature selection techniques and applications in bioinformatics.
- Creator
- Dittman, David, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Possibly the largest problem when working in bioinformatics is the large amount of data to sift through to find useful information. This thesis shows that the use of feature selection (a method of removing irrelevant and redundant information from the dataset) is a useful and even necessary technique to use in these large datasets. This thesis also presents a new method in comparing classes to each other through the use of their features. It also provides a thorough analysis of the use of...
Show morePossibly the largest problem when working in bioinformatics is the large amount of data to sift through to find useful information. This thesis shows that the use of feature selection (a method of removing irrelevant and redundant information from the dataset) is a useful and even necessary technique to use in these large datasets. This thesis also presents a new method in comparing classes to each other through the use of their features. It also provides a thorough analysis of the use of various feature selection techniques and classifier in different scenarios from bioinformatics. Overall, this thesis shows the importance of the use of feature selection in bioinformatics.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3175016
- Subject Headings
- Bioinformatifcs, Data mining, Technological innovations, Computational biology, Combinatorial group theory, Filters (Mathematics), Ranking and selection (Statistics)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Effects of a severe winter on invasive green iguanas (Iguana iguana).
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- Campbell, Ashley B., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
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The green iguana (Iguana iguana) is an herbivorous lizard native to South America and is invasive in south Florida. The severe weather in January 2010 negatively impacted many species and significantly reduced the green iguana population, specifically adult females and juveniles of both sexes. Fifteen adult iguanas from two locations in Palm Beach County were tagged and had blood drawn for blood chemistry and HPLC steroid hormone analysis. Individuals were tracked for home range/territory...
Show moreThe green iguana (Iguana iguana) is an herbivorous lizard native to South America and is invasive in south Florida. The severe weather in January 2010 negatively impacted many species and significantly reduced the green iguana population, specifically adult females and juveniles of both sexes. Fifteen adult iguanas from two locations in Palm Beach County were tagged and had blood drawn for blood chemistry and HPLC steroid hormone analysis. Individuals were tracked for home range/territory analysis and behavioral observations. Blood chemistry values of cold-stunned individuals showed abnormal values similar to those reported in cold-stunned sea turtles. Territoriality and breeding behaviors, including nesting and head-bob displays, decreased or ceased during the following months. Steroid hormone concentrations were detected by HPLC and were not consistent with results from RIA studies in the literature.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3174507
- Subject Headings
- Weather, Environmental aspects, Adaptation (Biology), Climate changes, Environmental aspects, Conservation biology
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Female orgasm across the menstral cycle.
- Creator
- Marczyk, Jesse B., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
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Forty-one women filled out surveys about their heterosexual sexual behavior over the course of 30 days. These surveys tracked their menstrual cycles, sexual behavior, sexual desires, and orgasm frequency. Although the sample size was small, a number of borderline statistically significant (p
Show moreForty-one women filled out surveys about their heterosexual sexual behavior over the course of 30 days. These surveys tracked their menstrual cycles, sexual behavior, sexual desires, and orgasm frequency. Although the sample size was small, a number of borderline statistically significant (p < .10) trends emerged from the analysis: women experienced more copulatory orgasms on average when fertile and women who were not in relationships tended to have more frequent non-copulatory orgasms. Naturally cycling women also experienced significantly more non-copulatory orgasms when fertile. Although no strong conclusions can be drawn from the current sample, the results suggest many avenues for future research.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3318666
- Subject Headings
- Women, Sexual behavior, Generative organs, Female, Female orgasm, History, Sexual behavior surveys, Menstruation, Physiological aspects
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Nurtured beauty: cultivating balance between chance, control, extravagance, and restraint.
- Creator
- Spivey, Kim., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
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Interested in nurturing beauty, I create paintings that reference life processes through layers of struggle, discovery, recovery and generation. Employing a metaphor of the garden, my paintings can be seen as spaces where I determine what grows, stays, is mulched, or weeded out. I seek a balance between coexisting desires of restraint and control and extravagance with a sense of coming unbound. I emphasize the painting field as a whole, while also paying deep attention to the minute, inviting...
Show moreInterested in nurturing beauty, I create paintings that reference life processes through layers of struggle, discovery, recovery and generation. Employing a metaphor of the garden, my paintings can be seen as spaces where I determine what grows, stays, is mulched, or weeded out. I seek a balance between coexisting desires of restraint and control and extravagance with a sense of coming unbound. I emphasize the painting field as a whole, while also paying deep attention to the minute, inviting the viewer to discover complex worlds at different scales within each environment I create. My intimate, domesticated painted environments offer the viewer the possibility to experience the spaces I find beautiful and to add to the conversation of where beauty resides today in contemporary art.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3172945
- Subject Headings
- Symbolism in literature, Painting, Modern, Themes, motives, Self-perception in art, Mimesis in art, Postmodernism
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Modeling of linear induction machines for analysis and control.
- Creator
- Sinisterra, Armando Jose, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
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In this thesis, the analysis of the dynamic response of a Linear Induction Motor as an electromechanical system is done, accounting for all the governing equations implied in the process which are used to develop the corresponding simulation models. Once this model is presented, a feedback control system is implemented in order to analyze the controlled response of the motor, considering the applications and conditions analogue to aircraft launcher systems. Also a comparison between the...
Show moreIn this thesis, the analysis of the dynamic response of a Linear Induction Motor as an electromechanical system is done, accounting for all the governing equations implied in the process which are used to develop the corresponding simulation models. Once this model is presented, a feedback control system is implemented in order to analyze the controlled response of the motor, considering the applications and conditions analogue to aircraft launcher systems. Also a comparison between the Linear and Rotary induction motors describing the differences, similarities and equivalences will be developed.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3172944
- Subject Headings
- Electric motors, Induction, Mathematical models, Electric propulsion, Control theory
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Pitting potential of high performance duplex stainless steels reinforcements.
- Creator
- Sanchez, Erika Maria., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
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A cyclic polarization procedure was designed to evaluate the pitting potentials of high performance stainless steels in synthetic concrete pore water at different chloride concentrations. Cyclic polarization scans were performed on high performance stainless steel reinforcements, S32201, S32305 and S32205. Pitting initiation was observed below the oxygen evolution potential for high chloride concentrations. S32201 and S32304 showed the presence of metastable pitting before reaching its...
Show moreA cyclic polarization procedure was designed to evaluate the pitting potentials of high performance stainless steels in synthetic concrete pore water at different chloride concentrations. Cyclic polarization scans were performed on high performance stainless steel reinforcements, S32201, S32305 and S32205. Pitting initiation was observed below the oxygen evolution potential for high chloride concentrations. S32201 and S32304 showed the presence of metastable pitting before reaching its pitting potential. Pitting resistance performance, based on cyclic polarization, was consistent with each material's respective Pitting Resistance Equivalent Number (PREN) value. For S32201 and S32304, pitting potential decreased as the chloride concentration increased, whereas S32205 did not pit at the chloride concentrations tested.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3334100
- Subject Headings
- Reinforced concrete construction, Steel, Structural, Testing, Corrosion and anti-corrosives
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Multivariate finite operator calculus applied to counting ballot paths containing patterns [electronic resource].
- Creator
- Sullivan, Shaun, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences
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Counting lattice paths where the number of occurrences of a given pattern is monitored requires a careful analysis of the pattern. Not the length, but the characteristics of the pattern are responsible for the difficulties in finding explicit solutions. Certain features, like overlap and difference in number of ! and " steps determine the recursion formula. In the case of ballot paths, that is paths the stay weakly above the line y = x, the solutions to the recursions are typically polynomial...
Show moreCounting lattice paths where the number of occurrences of a given pattern is monitored requires a careful analysis of the pattern. Not the length, but the characteristics of the pattern are responsible for the difficulties in finding explicit solutions. Certain features, like overlap and difference in number of ! and " steps determine the recursion formula. In the case of ballot paths, that is paths the stay weakly above the line y = x, the solutions to the recursions are typically polynomial sequences. The objects of Finite Operator Calculus are polynomial sequences, thus the theory can be used to solve the recursions. The theory of Finite Operator Calculus is strengthened and extended to the multivariate setting in order to obtain solutions, and to prepare for future applications.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3174076
- Subject Headings
- Combinatorial probabilities, Lattice paths, Combinatorial enumeration problems, Generating functions
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Theoretical study of binary alloy thin film growth.
- Creator
- Bouwens, Mark R., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Physics
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Computer simulations of the growth of binary alloy thin films in two and three dimensions were performed using an extension of the Solid on Solid model. Snapshots for a range of interactions and diffusion rates are presented and critically compared to experiment. A wide variety of distinct phases is identified and their growth conditions analyzed. These findings are summarized in a phase diagram. In addition, a fractal analysis of the domains is performed. It is found that for negative...
Show moreComputer simulations of the growth of binary alloy thin films in two and three dimensions were performed using an extension of the Solid on Solid model. Snapshots for a range of interactions and diffusion rates are presented and critically compared to experiment. A wide variety of distinct phases is identified and their growth conditions analyzed. These findings are summarized in a phase diagram. In addition, a fractal analysis of the domains is performed. It is found that for negative interactions the islands are two-dimensional, while for positive interactions, regardless of diffusion rate, a fractal dimension of 1.78 is obtained.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3174504
- Subject Headings
- Binary systems (Metallurgy), Mathematical models, Thermal diffusivity, Phase diagrams, Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
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- Document (PDF)
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- Very high frequency MIMO underwater acoustic communications in ports and shallow waters.
- Creator
- Real, Gaultier., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis presents the development of a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) capable high bit rate acoustic modem operating at high frequencies. A MIMO channel estimation technique based on Least-Squares (LS) estimation is developed here. Channel deconvolution is completed using a Minimum Mean-Square Error (MMSE) Linear Equalizer (LE). An Interference Cancellation Linear Equalizer (ICLE) is used to provide the theoretical limit of the MIMO deconvolution process. The RMSE of the channel...
Show moreThis thesis presents the development of a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) capable high bit rate acoustic modem operating at high frequencies. A MIMO channel estimation technique based on Least-Squares (LS) estimation is developed here. Channel deconvolution is completed using a Minimum Mean-Square Error (MMSE) Linear Equalizer (LE). An Interference Cancellation Linear Equalizer (ICLE) is used to provide the theoretical limit of the MIMO deconvolution process. The RMSE of the channel estimation process was 1.83 % and 6.1810 %, respectively for simulated and experimental data. Using experimental data, the RMSE before MIMO deconvolution process was 141.3 % and dropped down to 60.224 % and to 4.4545 %, respectively after LE and ICLE. At raw reception, the RMSE was 101.83 % and dropped down to 9.36 % and to 1.86 % using respectively LE and ICLE with simulated data.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3333309
- Subject Headings
- MIMO systems, Wireless communication systems, Underwater acoustics, Fluid dynamics
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An analysis of accountability in public-private health care programs serving vulnerable populations.
- Creator
- Cleare, Thomas W., School of Public Administration, College for Design and Social Inquiry
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References to accountability are common throughout public administration literature. However, a clear model to assess accountability in government programs is not fully developed. This research fills this gap and provides policymakers with a tool they can use to assess accountability in both public and contracted programs and enables them to make more informed contracting-out decisions. In addition, the Integrated Accountability Framework introduced in this research will serve as a guideline...
Show moreReferences to accountability are common throughout public administration literature. However, a clear model to assess accountability in government programs is not fully developed. This research fills this gap and provides policymakers with a tool they can use to assess accountability in both public and contracted programs and enables them to make more informed contracting-out decisions. In addition, the Integrated Accountability Framework introduced in this research will serve as a guideline for how public administrators can improve accountability in the programs they administer and oversee. For the public and private health care programs analyzed in this study, the findings indicate that the publicly delivered programs provided more accountability to the vulnerable populations served than the contracted-out health care programs.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3169917
- Subject Headings
- Health services administration, Public administration, Moral and ethical aspects, Municiipal services, Contracting out, Administrative responsibility
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Young children's artifact conceptualization: a child centered approach.
- Creator
- Schultz, Patricia P., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
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One of the most fundamental functions of human cognition is to parse an otherwise chaotic world into different kinds of things. The ability to learn what objects are and how to respond to them appropriately is essential for daily living. The literature has presented contrasting evidence about the role of perpetual features such as artifact appearance versus causal or inductive reasoning in chldren's category distinctions (e.g., function). The present project used a child-initiated inquiry...
Show moreOne of the most fundamental functions of human cognition is to parse an otherwise chaotic world into different kinds of things. The ability to learn what objects are and how to respond to them appropriately is essential for daily living. The literature has presented contrasting evidence about the role of perpetual features such as artifact appearance versus causal or inductive reasoning in chldren's category distinctions (e.g., function). The present project used a child-initiated inquiry paradigm to investigate how children conceptualize artifacts, specifically how they prioritize different types of information that typify not only novel but also familiar objects. Results underscore a hybrid model in which perceptual features and deeper properties act synergistically to inform children's artifact conceptualization. Function, however, appears to be the driving force of this relationship.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3320103
- Subject Headings
- Cognition in children, Child development, Reasoning in children, Reasoning (Psychology)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The role of middle childhood attachment styles in peer liking and target-specific aggression.
- Creator
- May, Alexzandria., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
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Attachment, a vital part of human life, is defined as a strong emotional bond with a caregiver that is formed through repetitions of behaviors that children adjust to accordingly. One forms a view on relationships that transfers from parents to peers as a result of their internal working model (IWM). A secure attachment can form a healthy model while an insecure one may form an unhealthy, negative model. The present study assesses preadolescents' attachment styles toward their friends and...
Show moreAttachment, a vital part of human life, is defined as a strong emotional bond with a caregiver that is formed through repetitions of behaviors that children adjust to accordingly. One forms a view on relationships that transfers from parents to peers as a result of their internal working model (IWM). A secure attachment can form a healthy model while an insecure one may form an unhealthy, negative model. The present study assesses preadolescents' attachment styles toward their friends and examines whether their attachment styles interact with peers' attachment styles to predict liking of the peers and aggression toward the peers.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3332723
- Subject Headings
- Parenting, Psychological aspects, Attachment behavior in children, Peer pressure in children, Social interaction in adolescence, Interpersonal relationships in children
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- Document (PDF)
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- The nature of elementary students' science discourse and conceptual learning.
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- Parks, Melissa Y., College of Education, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry
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This qualitative study examined the nature of 5th-grade students' oral and written discourse in relation to their conceptual learning during six science inquiry-based lessons. Qualitative data were collected using small group observations, transcriptions of small group discourse, students' science notebooks, and student interviews. These data were used to create an in-depth illustration of 5th-grade students' discourse and the impact of that discourse on their science conceptual learning....
Show moreThis qualitative study examined the nature of 5th-grade students' oral and written discourse in relation to their conceptual learning during six science inquiry-based lessons. Qualitative data were collected using small group observations, transcriptions of small group discourse, students' science notebooks, and student interviews. These data were used to create an in-depth illustration of 5th-grade students' discourse and the impact of that discourse on their science conceptual learning. Findings indicated students spoke in three main discourse classifications during small group inquiries and two of these discourses were also present in the science notebook entries. Findings further indicated gender did not impact the nature of students' oral or written discourse regarding their conceptual learning. Implications for classroom practice and suggestions for further research in elementary science education are offered.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3318675
- Subject Headings
- Science, Study and teaching (Elementary), Learning, Psychology of, Cognition in children
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- Document (PDF)
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- A philosophical analysis of America's transformation to universal health care: implications for responsibility and justice.
- Creator
- Mantoni, Jennifer Lynn., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Philosophy
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Human beings have two apparently conflicting fundamental rights. On the one hand, individuals have a right to health care as the United Nations declared in 1948. On the other hand, individuals have a right to liberty; that is, the freedom to make one's own health related choices, even poor ones. One goal of this essay is to show how to reconcile these two apparently conflicting core American values. This reconciliation is important, because a universal health care system that is fair and just...
Show moreHuman beings have two apparently conflicting fundamental rights. On the one hand, individuals have a right to health care as the United Nations declared in 1948. On the other hand, individuals have a right to liberty; that is, the freedom to make one's own health related choices, even poor ones. One goal of this essay is to show how to reconcile these two apparently conflicting core American values. This reconciliation is important, because a universal health care system that is fair and just must account for individual rights in tandem with attempts to address matters of social justice. In order for this reconciliation to occur, matters of individual responsibility, social responsibility, and social justice must be central to health care reform.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3171680
- Subject Headings
- Health care reform, Health services accessibility, Insurance, Health, Government policy, Political science, Philosophy, Health care rationing, Moral and ethical aspects, Social justice, Responsibility
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Understanding group emotional intelligence in the public sector.
- Creator
- Ghuman, Umar., College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Public Administration
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In recent years behaviroal management literature has created and utilized the concept of group emotional intelligence in work groups and work teams. This dissertation is a re-conceptualization and an empirical analysis of group emotional intelligence in the context of public administration work groups. This dissertation proposes a new conceptualization of GEI and utilizes it for the empirical measurement of GEI. By critically reviewing previous theoretical and empirical literature on group...
Show moreIn recent years behaviroal management literature has created and utilized the concept of group emotional intelligence in work groups and work teams. This dissertation is a re-conceptualization and an empirical analysis of group emotional intelligence in the context of public administration work groups. This dissertation proposes a new conceptualization of GEI and utilizes it for the empirical measurement of GEI. By critically reviewing previous theoretical and empirical literature on group level phenomena and their measurement, this dissertation offers a re-conceptualization of group emotional intelligence. it also defines group emotional intelligence (GEI), creates a model for GEI, provides an empirical means of measuring (GEI) and demonstrates how GEI in groups can afect group performance and group learning ability.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3353085
- Subject Headings
- Emotional intelligence, Group relations training, Organizational behavior, Social psychology
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- Document (PDF)
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- The effects of compression socks on perception of post exercise muscle soreness.
- Creator
- Feil, Friederike., College of Education, Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion
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Purpose: To evaluate the influence of compression socks worn post exercise on the perceived rating of muscle soreness. Methods: In a randomly cross over design, 16 subjects performed a soreness inducing protocol. Below knee CG (Compression garments) were worn for the next 6 hours post exercise. HR (Heart Rate), RPE (rate of perceived exhaustion) and time to complete one cycle was measured throughout the intervention. PS (Perceived Soreness) was assessed prior, immediate post, 6h, and 24h post...
Show morePurpose: To evaluate the influence of compression socks worn post exercise on the perceived rating of muscle soreness. Methods: In a randomly cross over design, 16 subjects performed a soreness inducing protocol. Below knee CG (Compression garments) were worn for the next 6 hours post exercise. HR (Heart Rate), RPE (rate of perceived exhaustion) and time to complete one cycle was measured throughout the intervention. PS (Perceived Soreness) was assessed prior, immediate post, 6h, and 24h post exercise. Results: There was no significant difference in perception of soreness between compression and no compression at 6h post exercise (p=.136) and at 24h post exercise (p=286). Conclusion: Compression socks worn post exercise did not significantly alter ratings of perceived soreness after a soreness inducing protocol.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3332181
- Subject Headings
- Exercise, Physiological aspects, Physical fitness, Physiological aspects, Musculoskeletal system, Wounds and injuries, Prevention
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- Document (PDF)