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Title: The Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee: Its Creation, Growth, and Development.
Creator: Zych, Frank A., Howard, Homer, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Purpose: To describe the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee, its structure, and functions; to trace its development from its inception in 1955; and to make projections respecting its mission in the future based on the findings in this study. Method: Records, correspondence, and various other materials in the office of the School were examined; also newspaper clippings, photographs, and various memorabilia were used in making a complete description of the School. Second, information...
Show morePurpose: To describe the Florida School for Boys at Okeechobee, its structure, and functions; to trace its development from its inception in 1955; and to make projections respecting its mission in the future based on the findings in this study. Method: Records, correspondence, and various other materials in the office of the School were examined; also newspaper clippings, photographs, and various memorabilia were used in making a complete description of the School. Second, information concerning the School was elicited from School administrators, guidance counselors, social workers, Finance Office personnel, and from the students in residence. Third, a further source of information about the School was gathered from The Tee Pee, a biweekly publication issued at the School.
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Date Issued: 1968
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000646
Subject Headings: Florida School for Boys, Correctional institutions--Florida--Okeechobee, Reformatories--Florida
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Title: Ocean Acidification Effects on Photosynthesis in Tropical Marine Macroalgae.
Creator: Zweng, Regina C., Koch, Marguerite, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract/Description: Field data from CO2 vents, a current model of future ocean acidification conditions, show a positive correlation between elevated seawater pCO2 and fleshy macroalgal abundance, as well as a negative correlation between elevated seawater pCO2 and calcareous macroalgal abundance on coral reefs. One underlying physiological mechanism for increases of fleshy macroalgae species in response to greater pCO2 could be an increase in their photosynthesis. Furthermore, inorganic carbon use mechanisms,...
Show moreField data from CO2 vents, a current model of future ocean acidification conditions, show a positive correlation between elevated seawater pCO2 and fleshy macroalgal abundance, as well as a negative correlation between elevated seawater pCO2 and calcareous macroalgal abundance on coral reefs. One underlying physiological mechanism for increases of fleshy macroalgae species in response to greater pCO2 could be an increase in their photosynthesis. Furthermore, inorganic carbon use mechanisms, irradiance and depth may influence species-specific responses to ocean acidification. Therefore, this thesis aimed to discern carbon use strategies and photosynthetic responses to elevated pCO2 of dominant tropical fleshy and calcareous macroalgae. All species studied were able to utilize HCO3 - for photosynthesis. 33% of calcifying macroalgae and 80% of fleshy macroalgae had increased photosynthetic rates in response to lower pH. Thus, future conditions of OA may perpetuate or exacerbate the abundance of fleshy seaweeds at the expense of calcareous species.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004879, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004879
Subject Headings: Marine algae--Ecophysiology., Algal communities--Monitoriing., Coral reef ecology.
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Title: Classification of mature Australian pines (Casuarina equisetifolia) using LIDAR data in Broward County, Florida.
Creator: Zumbado, Jennifer M., Florida Atlantic University, Roberts, Charles
Abstract/Description: The development of high resolution LIDAR DSM combined with digital infrared ortho-photography data enhances the ability to map canopy structures with a higher degree of accuracy and precision than with either data set alone. The purpose of this thesis is to map Australian Pine (Casuarina equisetifolia with a 85% or greater accuracy by creating a methodology that uses LIDAR and color infrared ortho-photography and to test it within three different landscape types within Broward County. LIDAR...
Show moreThe development of high resolution LIDAR DSM combined with digital infrared ortho-photography data enhances the ability to map canopy structures with a higher degree of accuracy and precision than with either data set alone. The purpose of this thesis is to map Australian Pine (Casuarina equisetifolia with a 85% or greater accuracy by creating a methodology that uses LIDAR and color infrared ortho-photography and to test it within three different landscape types within Broward County. LIDAR features below a determined height threshold (i.e. Deerpoint 25 ft) were eliminated and recoded to 0 to create Mask 1. NDVI technique separated non-vegetative features from vegetative features to create Mask 2. Mask 1 and Mask 2 were merged and overlaid on the raw LIDAR data set to perform isodata clustering, as well as density slicing to identify mature Australian Pines. Careful delineation of study areas is critical to obtain the highest possible accuracy. Density slicing proved to be a faster and less time consuming technique for achieving 85% level of accuracy than compared to isodata clustering.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13092
Subject Headings: Casuarina--Florida--Broward County, Aerial photography in forestry, Ecology--Remote sensing, Aerial photogrammetry
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Title: MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS FOR THE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF WEB ATTACKS.
Creator: Zuech, Richard, Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: The Internet has provided humanity with many great benefits, but it has also introduced new risks and dangers. E-commerce and other web portals have become large industries with big data. Criminals and other bad actors constantly seek to exploit these web properties through web attacks. Being able to properly detect these web attacks is a crucial component in the overall cybersecurity landscape. Machine learning is one tool that can assist in detecting web attacks. However, properly using...
Show moreThe Internet has provided humanity with many great benefits, but it has also introduced new risks and dangers. E-commerce and other web portals have become large industries with big data. Criminals and other bad actors constantly seek to exploit these web properties through web attacks. Being able to properly detect these web attacks is a crucial component in the overall cybersecurity landscape. Machine learning is one tool that can assist in detecting web attacks. However, properly using machine learning to detect web attacks does not come without its challenges. Classification algorithms can have difficulty with severe levels of class imbalance. Class imbalance occurs when one class label disproportionately outnumbers another class label. For example, in cybersecurity, it is common for the negative (normal) label to severely outnumber the positive (attack) label. Another difficulty encountered in machine learning is models can be complex, thus making it difficult for even subject matter experts to truly understand a model’s detection process. Moreover, it is important for practitioners to determine which input features to include or exclude in their models for optimal detection performance. This dissertation studies machine learning algorithms in detecting web attacks with big data. Severe class imbalance is a common problem in cybersecurity, and mainstream machine learning research does not sufficiently consider this with web attacks. Our research first investigates the problems associated with severe class imbalance and rarity. Rarity is an extreme form of class imbalance where the positive class suffers extremely low positive class count, thus making it difficult for the classifiers to discriminate. In reducing imbalance, we demonstrate random undersampling can effectively mitigate the class imbalance and rarity problems associated with web attacks. Furthermore, our research introduces a novel feature popularity technique which produces easier to understand models by only including the fewer, most popular features. Feature popularity granted us new insights into the web attack detection process, even though we had already intensely studied it. Even so, we proceed cautiously in selecting the best input features, as we determined that the “most important” Destination Port feature might be contaminated by lopsided traffic distributions.
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Date Issued: 2021
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013823
Subject Headings: Machine learning, Computer security, Algorithms, Cybersecurity
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Title: A JUNGIAN JOURNEY TO INDIVIDUATION IN "THE TEMPEST" (SHAKESPEARE).
Creator: ZUCKER, SCOTT., Florida Atlantic University, Faraci, Mary
Abstract/Description: The characterizations in The Tempest resemble the archetypes of the collective unconscious and appear to gather their momentum from Shakespeare's understanding of the individuation process. In depicting the unfolding dynamics of psychic change, the playwright anticipates Jung's theory of individuation by showing the compensatory influence these numinous figures have on the characters' conscious orientations as they move from separation to subsequent union. The characters' agitated and...
Show moreThe characterizations in The Tempest resemble the archetypes of the collective unconscious and appear to gather their momentum from Shakespeare's understanding of the individuation process. In depicting the unfolding dynamics of psychic change, the playwright anticipates Jung's theory of individuation by showing the compensatory influence these numinous figures have on the characters' conscious orientations as they move from separation to subsequent union. The characters' agitated and irrational responses to the archetypal manifestations are a reflection of the psychic division characteristic of the individuating mind. Harmony and reason are achieved as the characters heal their division by integrating the conscious contents of their projections. This enlarging of the personality and broadening of collective relationships transform The Tempest into a variation on the quest for individuation offering a psychic stage for the Jungian notions of process and renewal.
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Date Issued: 1985
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14254
Subject Headings: Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Tempest, Jung, C G--(Carl Gustav),--1875-1961--Psychology, Individuation (Philosophy)
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Title: Deep-Water Biogenic Sediment off the Coast of Florida.
Creator: Zuccarelli, Claudio L., Oleinik, Anton E., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
Abstract/Description: Biogenic “oozes” are pelagic sediments that are composed of > 30% carbonate microfossils and are estimated to cover about 50% of the ocean floor, which accounts for about 67% of calcium carbonate in oceanic surface sediments worldwide. These deposits exhibit diverse assemblages of planktonic microfossils and contribute significantly to the overall sediment supply and function of Florida’s deep-water regions. However, the composition and distribution of biogenic sediment deposits along these...
Show moreBiogenic “oozes” are pelagic sediments that are composed of > 30% carbonate microfossils and are estimated to cover about 50% of the ocean floor, which accounts for about 67% of calcium carbonate in oceanic surface sediments worldwide. These deposits exhibit diverse assemblages of planktonic microfossils and contribute significantly to the overall sediment supply and function of Florida’s deep-water regions. However, the composition and distribution of biogenic sediment deposits along these regions remains poorly documented. Seafloor surface sediments have been collected in situ via Johnson- Sea-Link I submersible along four of Florida’s deep-water regions during a joint research cruise between Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) and Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Sedimentological analyses of the taxonomy, species diversity, and sedimentation dynamics reveal a complex interconnected development system of Florida’s deep-water habitats. Results disclose characteristic microfossil assemblages of planktonic foraminiferal ooze off the South West Florida Shelf, a foraminiferal-pteropod ooze through the Straits of Florida, and pteropod ooze deposits off Florida’s east coast. The distribution of the biogenic ooze deposits is attributed to factors such as oceanographic surface production, surface and bottom currents, off-bank transport, and deep-water sediment drifts. The application of micropaleontology, sedimentology, and oceanography facilitate in characterizing the sediment supply to Florida’s deep-water regions.
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Date Issued: 2017
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004857
Subject Headings: Marine sediments., Sediment transport., Deep-sea ecology., Ecosystem management., Micropaleontology
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Title: Self-Directed Learning Readiness, Strategic Thinking and Leader Effectiveness in Directors of a National Nonprofit Organization.
Creator: Zsiga, Peter L., Guglielmino, Lucy M., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Levels of self-directed learning readiness, strategic thinking and leader effectiveness in nonprofit directors were obtained from a sample of YMCA directors who responded to an online survey. The resulting data were analyzed to determine if correlations between the measures were observed and if the relationships were moderated by employment, geographic or demographic variables. Self-directed learning readiness and strategic thinking were highly correlated. Analysis of the questionnaires from...
Show moreLevels of self-directed learning readiness, strategic thinking and leader effectiveness in nonprofit directors were obtained from a sample of YMCA directors who responded to an online survey. The resulting data were analyzed to determine if correlations between the measures were observed and if the relationships were moderated by employment, geographic or demographic variables. Self-directed learning readiness and strategic thinking were highly correlated. Analysis of the questionnaires from 471 respondents demonstrated that the correlations between self-directed learning readiness and strategic thinking were robust (r = .58, p < .001 ). Leader effectiveness was found to correlate with these two constructs at identical and significant levels (r = .1 0, p < .05). These correlations present evidence of positive relationships between self-directed learning levels, strategic thinking levels and leader effectiveness. Correlations were also found for self-directed learning readiness and each of the three subscales of strategic thinking, reframing, reflecting and systems thinking, and the leader effectiveness measure; and for the reframing subscale of strategic thinking with leader effectiveness. Responses to open-ended questions reflected the use of self-directed learning strategies and strategic thinking by the sample in preparing for challenges in education and leadership. Correlations between strategic thinking and leader effectiveness were moderated by ethnicity. Levels of correlation between self-directed learning readiness and strategic thinking were moderated by the variables of years of AYP membership and number of branches supervised, the level of performance rating desired, and years of similar employment. The YMCA directors in this study were determined to be effective leaders who used strategic thinking and self-directed learning strategies to meet the demands of their leadership roles. The results indicate that individuals who exhibit self-directed learning tendencies can be expected to use strategic thinking strategies; that those who are strategic thinkers reflect self-directed learning behavior; and that leader effectiveness is supported by the possession of strategic thinking and selfdirected learning skills.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000718
Subject Headings: Nonprofit organizations--Management, Leadership, Organizational effectiveness, Executive ability, Learning, Psychology of
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Title: Thermodynamic Origins of Selectivity in the Interactions of N- TIMP Variants and Metalloproteinases Catalytic Domains.
Creator: Zou, Haiyin, Brew, Keith, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Science
Abstract/Description: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) constitute the major class of enzymes capable of degrading all protein components of extracellular matrix (ECM) and have important roles in normal physiologic processes of maintaining tissue integrity and remodeling. However, excess MMP activities are associated with many diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, cardiomyopathy, and macular degeneration. The activity of MMPs is regulated by their endogenous protein inhibitors, the tissue...
Show moreMatrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) constitute the major class of enzymes capable of degrading all protein components of extracellular matrix (ECM) and have important roles in normal physiologic processes of maintaining tissue integrity and remodeling. However, excess MMP activities are associated with many diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, cardiomyopathy, and macular degeneration. The activity of MMPs is regulated by their endogenous protein inhibitors, the tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) which are avid broad-spectrum inhibitors of numerous human matrixins (MMPs and ADAMs). Uncontrolled matrix degradation occurs when the balance between TIMPs and MMPs is disrupted, resulting in serious diseases such as cancer, arthritis and chronic tissue ulcers. Thus, the engineering of TIMPs to produce highly selective and efficacious inhibitors of individual MMPs may be utilized for future treatment of diseases. Such engineering requires detailed analysis for the structural and biophysical information of MMP-TIMP interaction. Changes in the dynamics of proteins and solvent that accompany their associations with different binding partners, influence the specificity of binding through entropic effects. From the current studies it appears that the interactions of the inhibitory domains of TIMPs-1 and -2 (N-TIMPs) with MT1-MMP are driven by entropy increases that are partitioned between solvent and conformational entropy (ΔSsolv and ΔSconf), and a large conformational entropy penalty is responsible for the weak inhibition of MT1-MMP by NT1.We investigated how mutations that modify N-TIMP selectivity affect the thermodynamics of interactions with MMP1, MMP3 and MT1-MMP. The weak inhibition of MT1-MMP by N-TIMP-1 is enhanced by mutation of threonine 98, on the edge of the binding ridge, to leucine. This mutation increases the large ΔSconf cost for binding to MT1-MMP but this is offset by a greater increase in ΔSsolv. In contrast, this mutation enhances binding to MMP3 by increasing ΔSconf for the interaction. ΔSsolv and ΔSconf show mutual compensation for all interactions, with characteristic ranges for each MMP. Distinct electrostatic and dynamic features of MMPs are key factors in their selective inhibition.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004643
Subject Headings: Metalloproteinases -- Inhibitors., Proteolytic enzymes., Extracellular matrix proteins., Apoptosis.
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Title: Ethnicity, Education, and Linguistic Effects on Verbal Fluency Tasks in American Elders.
Creator: Zoller, Yaron Joseph, Rosselli, Monica, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Educational level affects various neuropsychological measures including performance on verbal fluency tasks. It is still unclear how this effect may differ across the different types of fluency tasks (i.e. animals,fruits, vegetables and clothing) and across American ethnic groups (Hispanics, Europeans, Africans, and African Carib beans) using different languages (English and Spanish). Using a sample of 140 normal elder Americans (ages 57 to 88; 38M/ 102F) divided into two education groups (7...
Show moreEducational level affects various neuropsychological measures including performance on verbal fluency tasks. It is still unclear how this effect may differ across the different types of fluency tasks (i.e. animals,fruits, vegetables and clothing) and across American ethnic groups (Hispanics, Europeans, Africans, and African Carib beans) using different languages (English and Spanish). Using a sample of 140 normal elder Americans (ages 57 to 88; 38M/ 102F) divided into two education groups (7-11 and> 12 years of education), results showed strong association with performance for education on the categories fruits and clothing and for ethnicity on the total items generated and number of switches for vegetables. Differences between Spanish and English speakers were found for the fruits category. Results suggest that the animal category is the best one to be used to reduce potential effects of education in individuals with more than 7 years of education.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000857
Subject Headings: Educational tests and measurements, Cognition--Social aspects, Cognition--Age factors, Neuropsychology--Cross-cultural studies, Ethnopsychology--Cross-cultural studies
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Title: Context-based Image Concept Detection and Annotation.
Creator: Zolghadr, Esfandiar, Furht, Borko, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: Scene understanding attempts to produce a textual description of visible and latent concepts in an image to describe the real meaning of the scene. Concepts are either objects, events or relations depicted in an image. To recognize concepts, the decision of object detection algorithm must be further enhanced from visual similarity to semantical compatibility. Semantically relevant concepts convey the most consistent meaning of the scene. Object detectors analyze visual properties (e.g., pixel...
Show moreScene understanding attempts to produce a textual description of visible and latent concepts in an image to describe the real meaning of the scene. Concepts are either objects, events or relations depicted in an image. To recognize concepts, the decision of object detection algorithm must be further enhanced from visual similarity to semantical compatibility. Semantically relevant concepts convey the most consistent meaning of the scene. Object detectors analyze visual properties (e.g., pixel intensities, texture, color gradient) of sub-regions of an image to identify objects. The initially assigned objects names must be further examined to ensure they are compatible with each other and the scene. By enforcing inter-object dependencies (e.g., co-occurrence, spatial and semantical priors) and object to scene constraints as background information, a concept classifier predicts the most semantically consistent set of names for discovered objects. The additional background information that describes concepts is called context. In this dissertation, a framework for building context-based concept detection is presented that uses a combination of multiple contextual relationships to refine the result of underlying feature-based object detectors to produce most semantically compatible concepts. In addition to the lack of ability to capture semantical dependencies, object detectors suffer from high dimensionality of feature space that impairs them. Variances in the image (i.e., quality, pose, articulation, illumination, and occlusion) can also result in low-quality visual features that impact the accuracy of detected concepts. The object detectors used to build context-based framework experiments in this study are based on the state-of-the-art generative and discriminative graphical models. The relationships between model variables can be easily described using graphical models and the dependencies and precisely characterized using these representations. The generative context-based implementations are extensions of Latent Dirichlet Allocation, a leading topic modeling approach that is very effective in reduction of the dimensionality of the data. The discriminative contextbased approach extends Conditional Random Fields which allows efficient and precise construction of model by specifying and including only cases that are related and influence it. The dataset used for training and evaluation is MIT SUN397. The result of the experiments shows overall 15% increase in accuracy in annotation and 31% improvement in semantical saliency of the annotated concepts.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004745, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004745
Subject Headings: Computer vision--Mathematical models., Pattern recognition systems., Information visualization., Natural language processing (Computer science), Multimodal user interfaces (Computer systems), Latent structure analysis., Expert systems (Computer science)
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Title: Application of wavelets to image and video coding.
Creator: Zolghadr, Esfandiar, Florida Atlantic University, Furht, Borko, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Abstract/Description: In this thesis we applied wavelet transforms to image and video coding. First, a survey of various wavelets and their features is presented, including continuous, discrete, and orthogonal wavelets. Theories and concepts underlying one and two-dimensional wavelet transforms are introduced and compared to Fourier transform and sub-band coding. The core of the thesis is the implementation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional codec architectures and their application to coding images and...
Show moreIn this thesis we applied wavelet transforms to image and video coding. First, a survey of various wavelets and their features is presented, including continuous, discrete, and orthogonal wavelets. Theories and concepts underlying one and two-dimensional wavelet transforms are introduced and compared to Fourier transform and sub-band coding. The core of the thesis is the implementation of two-dimensional and three-dimensional codec architectures and their application to coding images and videos, respectively. We studied performance of the wavelet codec by comparing it to DCT and JPEG coding techniques. We applied these techniques for compression of a variety of test images and videos. We also analyzed the adaptability and scalability of 2D and 3D codec. Experimental results, presented in the thesis, illustrate the superior performance of wavelets compared to other coding techniques.
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Date Issued: 2003
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13050
Subject Headings: Wavelets (Mathematics), Image compression, JPEG (Image coding standard)
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Title: Correlation between Specific Carcinogens and Mitotic Defects in Uterine Cancer.
Creator: Zlotcavitch, Leonid, Quintyne, Nicholas, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: The development of uterine cancer and its progression can be linked to external elements such as carcinogens, natural hormones and chemotherapeutic drugs. The goal of this project was to investigate the possible correlation between exposure to specific chemical and an increase of mitotic defects. These defects manifest themselves as lagging chromosomes, multipolar spindles, and anaphase bridges. Using the uterine cancer cell line MES-SA as a model, we established a baseline for the mitotic...
Show moreThe development of uterine cancer and its progression can be linked to external elements such as carcinogens, natural hormones and chemotherapeutic drugs. The goal of this project was to investigate the possible correlation between exposure to specific chemical and an increase of mitotic defects. These defects manifest themselves as lagging chromosomes, multipolar spindles, and anaphase bridges. Using the uterine cancer cell line MES-SA as a model, we established a baseline for the mitotic defects in the absence and presence of various chemicals using γ-tubulin and DAPI-immune stained fixed cells. The cells were treated with varying concentrations of Vinyl Chloride, β-estradiol, Fluvestrant, and were examined using Immunofluorescent microscopy. We found that an exposure to Vinyl Chloride, β-estradiol and Fulvestrant have increased the number of mitotic defects in this cell line.
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Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003611_0
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Title: CATECHIZED BY PARADISE LOST.
Creator: Zito, Charles, Leeds, John, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description: This work proposes to demonstrate how John Milton’s epic English poem Paradise Lost, a product of the contentious religious climate leading up to and surrounding its production, operates as a Christian catechism, or manual of belief. Spurred by the Protestant Reformation, the production of catechisms by Catholics and Protestants burgeoned during the century leading up to the composition of Paradise Lost. Catechisms structured as dialogues containing questions and answers were especially...
Show moreThis work proposes to demonstrate how John Milton’s epic English poem Paradise Lost, a product of the contentious religious climate leading up to and surrounding its production, operates as a Christian catechism, or manual of belief. Spurred by the Protestant Reformation, the production of catechisms by Catholics and Protestants burgeoned during the century leading up to the composition of Paradise Lost. Catechisms structured as dialogues containing questions and answers were especially popular during that time, and the several dialogues that exist within Paradise Lost serve as dialogue catechisms, which closely mirror the content and language of contemporaneous Reformed catechisms. Within the poem, implied readers are represented by characters, who elicit and provide lessons for real readers of the text. In this way, Paradise Lost catechizes its audience through dramatic dialogues, which introduce popular topics of theological inquiry and present answers the poem would have the reader accept, bringing the reader to a “proper” understanding of Christian faith through active and responsive reading.
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Date Issued: 2019
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013432
Subject Headings: Catechisms, Milton, John, 1608-1674 Paradise lost--Criticism and interpretation
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Title: The unguarded gate: Infiltrations of patriarchy in Sheri S. Tepper's "The Gate to Women's Country".
Creator: Zitner-Crawford, Thorun., Florida Atlantic University, McGuirk, Carol
Abstract/Description: Throughout The Gate to Women's Country, Sheri S. Tepper covers the patriarchal structures of her imagined society with a veneer of feminism. The novel contains many hallmarks of a feminist utopia, such as a concern for the environment and a distrust of men and technology; yet all are undercut by the traditional structures that she retains of class, military machismo, sexuality, and motherhood. An attempt to read The Gate to Women's Country as "a fortifying tonic" (Simmons 22) leads one...
Show moreThroughout The Gate to Women's Country, Sheri S. Tepper covers the patriarchal structures of her imagined society with a veneer of feminism. The novel contains many hallmarks of a feminist utopia, such as a concern for the environment and a distrust of men and technology; yet all are undercut by the traditional structures that she retains of class, military machismo, sexuality, and motherhood. An attempt to read The Gate to Women's Country as "a fortifying tonic" (Simmons 22) leads one instead into the "politics of despair" ("Reconsiderations" 44), as one realizes that Tepper is exaggerating, not resolving, the problematic relations that continue to exist between genders. Too perceptive to be overly optimistic about "surmounting humanity's most dangerous flaws" (Miller 15), Tepper's dystopian novel ultimately acknowledges that the genetic solutions of "Women's Country" are nearly futile. She leaves the struggling utopian and dystopian forces of the novel unresolved and men and women in perpetual conflict.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15720
Subject Headings: Tepper, Sheri S--Gate to women's country, Tepper, Sheri S--Criticism and interpretation, Patriarchy
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Title: ESTIMATING ECONOMETRIC MODELS OF THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS OF MEXICO.
Creator: ZIRION, ALEJANDRO, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This thesis presents estimations of two simple models of the Balance of Payments of Mexico, using econometric methods and techniques. The models are designed to explain features of the major aggregates of Mexico's foreign accounts. Two alternative approaches often applied to estimating the Balance of Payments are utilized, namely, the post-Keynesian approach, and the Monetary approach. The post-Keynesian model proved to be a good theoretical framework for explaining major accounts of the...
Show moreThis thesis presents estimations of two simple models of the Balance of Payments of Mexico, using econometric methods and techniques. The models are designed to explain features of the major aggregates of Mexico's foreign accounts. Two alternative approaches often applied to estimating the Balance of Payments are utilized, namely, the post-Keynesian approach, and the Monetary approach. The post-Keynesian model proved to be a good theoretical framework for explaining major accounts of the balance of payments. The Monetary model explained the overall movements of international reserves very well. Though using very different theoretical constructs, both approaches suggest that monetary policy is ineffective, both in terms of the authorities' ability to control the domestic monetary aggregates, and in terms of policy influence on capital flows, the latter reflected in the capital account of the balance of payments. For the authorities to maintain a fixed exchange rate, the growth in money supply must tend to be equal to the growth in money demand.
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Date Issued: 1979
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13998
Subject Headings: Balance of Payments--Mexico
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Title: Simulation, control and optimization of underwater vehicle performance.
Creator: Zipf, David Glenn., Florida Atlantic University, Dunn, Stanley E., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: This project addresses the simulation, control and optimization of underwater vehicle performance. An analytical model of underwater vehicle motion has been developed. This model is based on a set of six degree of freedom nonlinear differential equations of motion. These equations incorporate inertial, hydrodynamic, hydrostatic, gravity and thruster forces to define the vehicle's motion. The forces are calculated and the equations of motion solved using a finite difference method of...
Show moreThis project addresses the simulation, control and optimization of underwater vehicle performance. An analytical model of underwater vehicle motion has been developed. This model is based on a set of six degree of freedom nonlinear differential equations of motion. These equations incorporate inertial, hydrodynamic, hydrostatic, gravity and thruster forces to define the vehicle's motion. The forces are calculated and the equations of motion solved using a finite difference method of integration. An automatic closed loop control strategy has been developed and integrated into the motion model. The controller determines control plane deflection and thruster output based on sensor provided input, maneuver request and control gain constants. The motion model simulates the effects of these controller requests on the vehicle motion. The controller effects are analyzed and an optimal set of control gains is determined. These optimal gains are determined based on a quantitative comparison of a pre-defined Performance Index (PI) function. The PI is a function of critical performance values, i.e., energy consumption, and user defined weighted constants. By employing an iteration technique the PI is minimized to provide an optimal set of control gains.
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Date Issued: 1989
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14534
Subject Headings: Oceanographic submersibles--Automatic control, Oceanographic submersibles--Simulation methods, Vehicles, Remotely piloted
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Title: Differential effects of assessment report type on special educators' recommendations regarding identification of goals and choice of intervention.
Creator: Zinkil, Susan S., Florida Atlantic University, Taylor, Ronald L.
Abstract/Description: There has been a substantial amount of research supporting the use of functional behavioral assessment (FBA) for students with severe to profound disabilities. Many of the studies with these populations have shown to greatly impact the behavior of students when FBA-generated interventions, which match the function of the targeted behavior, are used to improve behavior. This research was the basis for the 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which...
Show moreThere has been a substantial amount of research supporting the use of functional behavioral assessment (FBA) for students with severe to profound disabilities. Many of the studies with these populations have shown to greatly impact the behavior of students when FBA-generated interventions, which match the function of the targeted behavior, are used to improve behavior. This research was the basis for the 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which specifically requires the use of the FBA to generate educative, positively-based interventions. Since IDEA '97, research has shown the effective use of the FBA to create interventions matching the function of the problem behavior for students with milder disabilities. This is promising as research has been lacking in what assessment data teachers use to select behavioral interventions. Furthermore, school personnel have been ineffective in dealing with the problem behavior of students with disabilities as evidenced by high suspension rates for students with disabilities. There is also very limited research in the area of what assessment data is used in the development of individualized education programs (IEP) for students with emotional disabilities. The psychological evaluation is used to determine eligibility for special education, yet there is no research indicating that the information contained within a psychological evaluation is used for either goal development or intervention selection. This is problematic in that IEPs developed for students with emotional disabilities are lacking in quality and effectiveness. This study examined the effect that types of assessment report played on teachers' selection of interventions and IEP goal development for a student with an emotional disability. After reviewing an FBA or psychological evaluation, participants were to develop a behavioral goal. These goals were rated for the presence or absence of five quality indicators that should be present in a well-developed goal. No significant differences were found in the frequencies of these goal indicators. Participants were then asked to indicate preference of use of three interventions to increase appropriate behavior and three interventions to decrease inappropriate behavior and then to rank order their potential use of the interventions. No significant differences were found in the indication of use on either measure. Participants did consistently indicate preferred use of the three positively-based interventions.
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12116
Subject Headings: Behavior modification, Problem children--Education, Children with disabilities--Education, Individualized instruction, Behavioral assessment of children
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Title: Seeds of the Suez Canal crisis: United States-Egyptian relations from 1950 to 1955. Egypt's quest for arms.
Creator: Zimmerman, Todd Paul., Florida Atlantic University, Reichard, Gary W.
Abstract/Description: On 26 July 1952 Gamal Abdul Nasser and the Revolutionary Command Council deposed the Egyptian monarchy. The new regime initially exhibited a pro-American attitude and requested armaments from the United States, but Washington had attached too many conditions. In addition, the American government feared that Egypt's nationalism might generate a pan-Arab nationalism that would disrupt the Western relationship with the Middle East. Frustrated with the lack of a positive American response and...
Show moreOn 26 July 1952 Gamal Abdul Nasser and the Revolutionary Command Council deposed the Egyptian monarchy. The new regime initially exhibited a pro-American attitude and requested armaments from the United States, but Washington had attached too many conditions. In addition, the American government feared that Egypt's nationalism might generate a pan-Arab nationalism that would disrupt the Western relationship with the Middle East. Frustrated with the lack of a positive American response and recognizing Egypt's vulnerability as a result of a February raid with Israel, Nasser sought and obtained armaments from the Soviet-bloc in September 1955. This permitted the Soviet Union, in effect, to hurdle America's containment policy. Thus, the Arab-Israeli arms race began.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14810
Subject Headings: United States--Foreign relations--Middle East, Egypt--History--Intervention, 1956, Suez Canal (Egypt)
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Title: Dante’s Lucifer in the Commedia: music, pride, and the corruption of the divine.
Creator: Zimmer, Rosina P., Keaton, Kenneth, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Music
Abstract/Description: The entity of Lucifer has long been an area of study and confusion throughout history. Among notable literary minds, Dante Alighieri stands out as an illuminating poet who brings to light the essence and nature of this nefarious character and his influence on mankind. In his revelatory work, the Commedia, Dante touches on but does not explicitly detail the scope and importance that music and specifically, song, has on the redemptive purgation of the soul. This work provides a more in depth...
Show moreThe entity of Lucifer has long been an area of study and confusion throughout history. Among notable literary minds, Dante Alighieri stands out as an illuminating poet who brings to light the essence and nature of this nefarious character and his influence on mankind. In his revelatory work, the Commedia, Dante touches on but does not explicitly detail the scope and importance that music and specifically, song, has on the redemptive purgation of the soul. This work provides a more in depth investigation into the generally overlooked issue, that is, the origin and initial intent of song, the perversion of which, by whom and why, and Dante’s perception of the subject revealed in his missive to mankind. Along scientific theory, along with other works by Dante to provide a link between Lucifer, music, the sin of pride, and the corruption of the divine.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004241, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004241
Subject Headings: Dante Alighieri -- 1265-1321 -- Divina commedia -- Criticism and interpretation, Dante Alighieri -- 1265-1321 -- Divina commedia -- Songs and music -- Criticism and interpretation, Hell -- Christianity -- History of doctrines, Italian literature -- To 1400 -- History and criticism
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Title: Three Assassins: Women, Revolution and Violence in Modern World History.
Creator: Zigmond, Ashleah, Ely, Christopher, McGetchin, Douglas, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines three women who committed the unprecedented crime of attempting to assassinate a key male figure in three separate times and places. It involves the government’s and society’s reaction and implications about the role of gender in the violent deeds transforming society at times of revolutionary upheaval. The women examined are Charlotte Corday from eighteenth century France, Vera Zasulich from nineteenth century Russia, and Shi Jianqiao from twentieth century China. These...
Show moreThis thesis examines three women who committed the unprecedented crime of attempting to assassinate a key male figure in three separate times and places. It involves the government’s and society’s reaction and implications about the role of gender in the violent deeds transforming society at times of revolutionary upheaval. The women examined are Charlotte Corday from eighteenth century France, Vera Zasulich from nineteenth century Russia, and Shi Jianqiao from twentieth century China. These women shared numerous qualities that, when combined, provided the women with the ability to see themselves as equals in the patriarchal societies in which they lived, allowing them to participate in the typically male dominated public sphere.
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Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003610_0
Format: Document (PDF)

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