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- FLORIDA PANTHER CONSERVATION.
- Creator
- Strzelewicz, Connor, Moore, Jon, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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The Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) is an endangered subspecies of puma (Puma concolor). There have been numerous conservation efforts done to protect the dwindling breeding population of P. c. coryi, which presently inhabits only 5% of its historic range in peninsular Florida, but few have been successful. Among the greatest threats to P. c. coryi is human-panther conflict, most notably automobile collisions. Through the analysis of panther-automobile collisions over a ten-year period,...
Show moreThe Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) is an endangered subspecies of puma (Puma concolor). There have been numerous conservation efforts done to protect the dwindling breeding population of P. c. coryi, which presently inhabits only 5% of its historic range in peninsular Florida, but few have been successful. Among the greatest threats to P. c. coryi is human-panther conflict, most notably automobile collisions. Through the analysis of panther-automobile collisions over a ten-year period, it has been made clear that there are certain areas of the southwestern Florida region that are hotspots for P. c. coryi fatalities. This research will help guide efforts to prevent road kill, such as the creation of wildlife corridors, and help P. c. coryi’s population to rebound.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012639
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- Document (PDF)
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- Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) Population Changes at Jonathan Dickinson State Park.
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- Morton, Emily M.N., Wetterer, James K., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Each June, surveys are conducted at Jonathan Dickinson State Park in order to monitor the population status of the Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens), the only avian species endemic to the state of Florida. These birds are limited to the rare oak scrub community, a habitat that is under constant threat due to human development. Florida Scrub-Jays are listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act and all of Florida’s populations are in decline. Jonathan Dickinson...
Show moreEach June, surveys are conducted at Jonathan Dickinson State Park in order to monitor the population status of the Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens), the only avian species endemic to the state of Florida. These birds are limited to the rare oak scrub community, a habitat that is under constant threat due to human development. Florida Scrub-Jays are listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act and all of Florida’s populations are in decline. Jonathan Dickinson State Park organizes surveys that collect vital information about the species to better understand how to conserve the fire-dependent oak scrub that they inhabit. The results of this study indicate that efforts to restore the scrub habitat through prescribed burning have been successful at JDSP since the population of Florida Scrub-Jays has stabilized and the birds have dispersed into new areas of the park.
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- 2016
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003683
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- FLOW CYTOMETRIC ASSAY TO MEASURE NUCLEOTIDE EXCISION REPAIR CAPACITY IN CELL LINES AND BLOOD.
- Creator
- Wade, Erin A., Yousefzadeh, Matt, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a disease caused by defects in gene products involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER) and lesion bypass. Individuals with XP are unable to repair DNA damage caused by UV light and thus are extremely sensitive to sunlight. XP is generally diagnosed by measuring unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in response to UV irradiation of cells. Low levels of UDS indicate a low or nonexistent capacity for NER and leads to diagnosis of XP. This is typically done using...
Show moreXeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a disease caused by defects in gene products involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER) and lesion bypass. Individuals with XP are unable to repair DNA damage caused by UV light and thus are extremely sensitive to sunlight. XP is generally diagnosed by measuring unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in response to UV irradiation of cells. Low levels of UDS indicate a low or nonexistent capacity for NER and leads to diagnosis of XP. This is typically done using autoradiography or a fluorescence assay on adherent fibroblasts collected from the patient. However, these methods are time and energy intensive, taking up to three months for results. My project involves development of an assay that uses fluorescently labelled nucleotides and flow cytometry to measure UDS in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. This assay gives results in 24 hours, allowing for more rapid diagnosis of XP.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012646
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Fluctuating craniodental asymmetry in the southern African cheetah Acinonyx jubatus jubatus.
- Creator
- Sabshin, Stephanie Julia., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) continues to be an object of intensive study with respect to its genetic heterozygosity and its drastic decline in the wild. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) has been used to evaluate the levels of inbreeding and monomorphism in the cheetah. A measurement of craniodental FA was undertaken to compare the southern African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) with previously collected craniodental FA measurements from the East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raineyi)....
Show moreThe cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) continues to be an object of intensive study with respect to its genetic heterozygosity and its drastic decline in the wild. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) has been used to evaluate the levels of inbreeding and monomorphism in the cheetah. A measurement of craniodental FA was undertaken to compare the southern African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) with previously collected craniodental FA measurements from the East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raineyi). Unlike their counterparts, the southern African cheetah did not show significant asymmetry. These findings suggest that fluctuating asymmetry cannot be used as a determination of genetic depletion in cheetahs.
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- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11598
- Subject Headings
- Endangered species, Wildlife conservation, Anthropometry, Craniometry
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- FLUOROGENIC PROBES TO DETECT PROTEIN SULFENYLATION.
- Creator
- Turner, Darren C., Carroll, Kate, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have traditionally been viewed as a harmful consequence of oxygen metabolism. However, scientists have discovered that ROS may oxidize cysteine residues of proteins, yielding sulfenic acid residues. This redox-mediated post-translational modification plays a significant biological role in cellular signaling, growth, and homeostasis. These processes were difficult to monitor in the past due to the lack of methods which can efficiently detect the changing redox...
Show moreReactive oxygen species (ROS) have traditionally been viewed as a harmful consequence of oxygen metabolism. However, scientists have discovered that ROS may oxidize cysteine residues of proteins, yielding sulfenic acid residues. This redox-mediated post-translational modification plays a significant biological role in cellular signaling, growth, and homeostasis. These processes were difficult to monitor in the past due to the lack of methods which can efficiently detect the changing redox states of cysteine residues. However, even with the advent of small molecule probes which selectively bind to oxidized cysteine residues, there is still work to be done in designing a more efficient probe, particularly for the sulfenic acid oxoform. Additionally, a probe that can characteristically fluoresce upon reacting with sulfenic acids would be extremely useful in biological imaging. Herein I describe a selective, reactive, and fluorogenic probe which can be used to detect protein sulfenylation.
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- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00057
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Folkway to National Religion: The Metamorphosis of Shinto during the Meiji Era.
- Creator
- Hernanez, Jorge Rafael, Ely, Christopher, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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During the Meiji era (1869-1912) a group of academics known as the National learning school helped create and then institute a civic religion known as State Shinto. This belief system took aspects of the folkway known as Shinto and modified it into a form of nationalism which centered on the figure of the Japanese Emperor. This Thesis examines the applications of State Shinto, how affected the lives of those living in Imperial Japan, and how State Shinto differs from its namesake.
- Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00145
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- FOR THE LOVE OF MY COUNTRY: INVESTIGATING PREDICTORS OF ANXIOUS AND AVOIDANT ATTACHMENT TO THE U.S.A.
- Creator
- Haman, Sara, Lanning, Kevin, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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National attachment refers to the emotional bond one forms with the abstract conception of a nation, similar to how one might imagine a relationship with a god. Although there is a multidisciplinary literature investigating the effects and antecedents of national attachment, there is a distinct lack of research into patterns of national attachment informed by attachment theory. I review the national attachment literature in order to frame the argument for why national attachment ought to be...
Show moreNational attachment refers to the emotional bond one forms with the abstract conception of a nation, similar to how one might imagine a relationship with a god. Although there is a multidisciplinary literature investigating the effects and antecedents of national attachment, there is a distinct lack of research into patterns of national attachment informed by attachment theory. I review the national attachment literature in order to frame the argument for why national attachment ought to be examined from an attachment theory approach. Then, I conduct a study with 217 American adults exploring the associations between two dimensions of national attachment (anxiety and avoidance) and four psychological constructs conceptually linked with national identity (political ideology, interpersonal attachment, moral concerns, and theory of mind) in order to empirically ascertain how national attachment styles are situated within social and political psychology. A consistent association between nationalism and low anxious attachment was found.
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- 2020
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003709
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- FORCED STERILIZATION: THE BLURRED LINE BETWEEN JUSTIFIED AND ILLEGITIMATE COERCION.
- Creator
- Román, Rosa M.E., Tunick, Mark, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Ninety years ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Virginia statute allowing state actors to forcibly sterilize those with hereditary forms of intellectual disability, in Buck v. Bell. Fifteen years later, the Court readdressed the concept of compulsory sterilization in the 1942 case, Skinner v. Oklahoma. Skinner v. Oklahoma failed to overturn Buck v. Bell, and as a result, the Supreme Court left an opening for state actors to forcibly sterilize members of their population....
Show moreNinety years ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Virginia statute allowing state actors to forcibly sterilize those with hereditary forms of intellectual disability, in Buck v. Bell. Fifteen years later, the Court readdressed the concept of compulsory sterilization in the 1942 case, Skinner v. Oklahoma. Skinner v. Oklahoma failed to overturn Buck v. Bell, and as a result, the Supreme Court left an opening for state actors to forcibly sterilize members of their population. I consider the history of forced sterilization and the broad spectrum of views present today. In questioning if there’s a right to procreate, this thesis concentrates on various scenarios when compelling state interests are so strong that the infringement of that right may be warranted. If an individual were to waive that right, at what point should the means of coercion be deemed illegitimate?
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012635
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- Document (PDF)
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- Forced to Vote: Evalution fo the Effects of Compulsory Voting on Citizens.
- Creator
- Hamalian,, Jakee, Keith, McGovern, Warren, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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Arend Lijphart claims low voter turnout plagues democratic countries because it causes elections to be unrepresentative of the electorate. Therefore, he believes that compulsory voting is the only way to solve this ―unresolved dilemma.‖ Proponents of compulsory voting also argue that increased voter participation has positive effects on a country. This paper will not only evaluate the effects of compulsory voting on certain aspects of citizens’ welfare, but also citizens’ overall satisfaction...
Show moreArend Lijphart claims low voter turnout plagues democratic countries because it causes elections to be unrepresentative of the electorate. Therefore, he believes that compulsory voting is the only way to solve this ―unresolved dilemma.‖ Proponents of compulsory voting also argue that increased voter participation has positive effects on a country. This paper will not only evaluate the effects of compulsory voting on certain aspects of citizens’ welfare, but also citizens’ overall satisfaction with their life and government. In order to measure each of these elements, I will look at income equality, level of government corruption, and democracy ranking. I will also use the World Values Survey to compare the feelings of citizens towards their life and government in countries with compulsory voting to those of citizens in countries with voluntary voting. I hypothesize that there will not be significant differences between the two electoral systems.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003581
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Foreign aid and economic growth.
- Creator
- Dimanche, Ketsia S., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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The effect of foreign aid on economic growth is still ambiguous in the economic literature. In this paper, we analyze the effect of foreign aid on economic growth in 79 developing countries from the Latin America Caribbean Region, Africa, and Asia. Using data for the year 2000, we find that foreign aid has an insignificant negative effect on economic growth when we control for other factors.
- Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3335020
- Subject Headings
- Sustainable development, Economic assistance, Developing countries, Economic indicators, Developing countries, Developing countries, Foreign economic relations, Statics and dynamics (Social sciences)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Forms of Mental Health Stigma Affecting Treatment and Help - Seeking in the Indian Population.
- Creator
- George, Evangeline A., Vernon, Laura, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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With the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, awareness of mental health and the mental health crisis increased sharply on the global stage. In some countries, strides have been made to understand and combat barriers that people encounter in recognizing and treating mental health problems. Some other countries have faced difficulties in this, including India. India has encountered particular challenges in the acceptance and expansion of mental health awareness and treatment. One driving factor...
Show moreWith the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic, awareness of mental health and the mental health crisis increased sharply on the global stage. In some countries, strides have been made to understand and combat barriers that people encounter in recognizing and treating mental health problems. Some other countries have faced difficulties in this, including India. India has encountered particular challenges in the acceptance and expansion of mental health awareness and treatment. One driving factor may be stigma. Stigma has been found to vary in different cultures as it is influenced by the cultural climate of the community. When there are high levels of stigma, there is typically less identification and treatment of mental health concerns. Stigma is vital to understand and combat in the cultural setting. This thesis will explore the role of Indian culture on stigma and its effects on treatment.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00257
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Free markets and free governments in Latin America.
- Creator
- Rossknecht, Timothy L., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Latin America has undergone a "third wave" of democratization and free market economic reforms, known as "neoliberalism." Neoliberalism radically altered what had been statist or corporatist economic systems, under austere programs that mandated deregulation, privatization, currency devaluation, and the elimination of protective tariffs and subsidies. Seventeen Latin American nations were examined in the aggregate, comparing levels of economic reform with measures of political and civil...
Show moreLatin America has undergone a "third wave" of democratization and free market economic reforms, known as "neoliberalism." Neoliberalism radically altered what had been statist or corporatist economic systems, under austere programs that mandated deregulation, privatization, currency devaluation, and the elimination of protective tariffs and subsidies. Seventeen Latin American nations were examined in the aggregate, comparing levels of economic reform with measures of political and civil rights and freedoms, poverty, inequality, and popular support for democratic institutions and practices. The tests were repeated within two in-depth case studies, Argentina and Mexico. In all three cases, neoliberalism was statistically linked with increased political rights and freedom, but failed to improve levels of poverty and inequality, and was shown to be partially responsible for downturns in popular support for democratic institutions (i.e. Parliament) and practices (i.e. labor unions, legal protests).
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- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11582
- Subject Headings
- Neoliberalism, Latin America, Economic conditions, Economic stabilization, Social aspects, Democratization, History
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- Document (PDF)
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- From borders to neighborhoods: explaining the shift toward state and local immigration law enforcement in the United States.
- Creator
- Cadena, Erika, Steigenga, Timothy J., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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Immigration law enforcement has historically been a federal responsibility. The 1996 enactment of section §287 (g) of the Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act represented a major change, allowing state and local officers to be trained to perform the legal functions of immigration officers through Memorandums of Understanding (MOAs) with the federal government. Despite this change, few states utilized the MOA process until after the terrorist attacks of September 11th,...
Show moreImmigration law enforcement has historically been a federal responsibility. The 1996 enactment of section §287 (g) of the Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act represented a major change, allowing state and local officers to be trained to perform the legal functions of immigration officers through Memorandums of Understanding (MOAs) with the federal government. Despite this change, few states utilized the MOA process until after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. Following the attacks, there has been a steady increase in both the number of MOAs and other forms of local and state immigration enforcement (such as Arizona's SB 1070). This thesis argues that the shift toward local immigration policy activism is a result of the post-9111 political atmosphere, the repeated failure of comprehensive immigration reform, and the rise of new migrant destinations. An analysis of these factors points to the primarily symbolic nature of local immigration enforcement initiatives.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003567
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- From Freeze to Thaw: Toward LGBTI Rights in Cuba Today.
- Creator
- Bodinski, Jake, Ely, Christopher, Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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In this paper, I examine transgender and gay rights in contemporary Cuba. While there is much written historically on the topic of gay rights in the years just after the Revolution, very little has been written about the modern day, and even less which focuses on transgender rights and health issues. I examine Cuba’s state-run healthcare system as well as their state sexual education department, CENESEX. I argue that Cuba has evolved alongside changing global attitudes about sexual and gender...
Show moreIn this paper, I examine transgender and gay rights in contemporary Cuba. While there is much written historically on the topic of gay rights in the years just after the Revolution, very little has been written about the modern day, and even less which focuses on transgender rights and health issues. I examine Cuba’s state-run healthcare system as well as their state sexual education department, CENESEX. I argue that Cuba has evolved alongside changing global attitudes about sexual and gender diversity and has adapted their education and healthcare systems to match their change of heart. To do this, I first provide brief historical context beginning in pre-Columbian Cuba and ending with the victory of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in 1959. From there, I first examine LGBTI rights under the early days of the Revolution and finally move into the sudden change of heart which occurred in the last three decades.
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- 2018
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00004
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- From mortality to connectedness: an experimental study of affiliation, punitiveness, and mood.
- Creator
- Rosenzweig, Garreth., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Terror Management Theory posits that induced death-related cognitions lead to anxiety. To relieve anxiety, individuals may bolster their self-esteem or current cultural worldviews. The current study hypothesizes that induced thoughts of social connectedness will be an anxiety-buffering mechanism that will reduce the need to defend one's worldview. Participants watched one of two films which were intended to either induce social connectedness or have no effect on the individual. Each...
Show moreTerror Management Theory posits that induced death-related cognitions lead to anxiety. To relieve anxiety, individuals may bolster their self-esteem or current cultural worldviews. The current study hypothesizes that induced thoughts of social connectedness will be an anxiety-buffering mechanism that will reduce the need to defend one's worldview. Participants watched one of two films which were intended to either induce social connectedness or have no effect on the individual. Each participant watched a short film clip then completed measures pertaining to moral transgressions, affiliative and agentic extraversion, self-esteem, and positive and negative affect. Females who were high on affiliation were found to defend their worldviews more often than males high on affiliation following the social connectedness induction. The experimental (42-Up) condition showed lower levels of punitiveness than the control (K-Web) condition.
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- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11602
- Subject Headings
- Experience, Psychological aspects, Interpersonal relations, Affect (Psychology), Mortality salience, Terror management theory
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- From snow white to brave: the evolution of the Disney princess.
- Creator
- Guizerix, Jaquelyn, Strain, Christopher B., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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This paper traces the evolution of the Disney Princess and critically evaluates the role of the Disney Princess icon in American history using a feminist perspective. The term Disney Princess refers to Disney’s ten animated female heroines who were either born royal or marry princes before the end of the film; collectively these princesses became iconic through the creation of the enormous Disney Princess marketing franchise in 2001. Since Snow White in 1937 and culminating with the 2012 film...
Show moreThis paper traces the evolution of the Disney Princess and critically evaluates the role of the Disney Princess icon in American history using a feminist perspective. The term Disney Princess refers to Disney’s ten animated female heroines who were either born royal or marry princes before the end of the film; collectively these princesses became iconic through the creation of the enormous Disney Princess marketing franchise in 2001. Since Snow White in 1937 and culminating with the 2012 film Brave, the Disney Princesses have undergone subtle developments in appearance, attitude, relationships, and cultural heritage that have expanded the function of the Disney Princess as a contemporary role model. By organizing Disney Princess films into three classifications based on time period of film production, this paper evaluates the historical successes and shortcomings of the Disney Princess.
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- 2013
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003514
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- Document (PDF)
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- From Treatment to Trauma: First-Line Cancer Treatment and Cancer-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- Creator
- Ly, An, Chandrasekhar, Chitra, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, Earles, Julie
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The epidemiology of cancer-related PTSD is well-documented, but the effect of first-line cancer treatments on the prevalence and severity of PTSD has yet to be consolidated. Unlike many other traumatic events preceding the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the cancer experience has ongoing stages of diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship that each present their own stressors. Due to the multifaceted nature of cancer-related trauma, it is important to understand how each...
Show moreThe epidemiology of cancer-related PTSD is well-documented, but the effect of first-line cancer treatments on the prevalence and severity of PTSD has yet to be consolidated. Unlike many other traumatic events preceding the onset of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the cancer experience has ongoing stages of diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship that each present their own stressors. Due to the multifaceted nature of cancer-related trauma, it is important to understand how each component of the experience plays a role in the onset of mental illness. Thus, I review the existing literature to elucidate how the biochemical changes induced by chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery influence the onset and prevalence of cancer-related PTSD. In being informed of the physiological processes underlying treatment and their implications for mental health, patients and clinicians alike can better predict the psychological changes that occur alongside cancer treatment.
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- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00148
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- From weekend retreat to commuter's paradise: the intrusion of suburbanization into dacha territory in post-Soviet Russia.
- Creator
- Clark, Sean., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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From the time of Peter the Great the dacha has fulfilled various roles in the environs of Russia's cities : in the 18th century it was the palatial mansions of the aristocratic elite outside of St. Petersburgand Moscow ; in the 19th century the dacha became a summer rental property for urbanites to escape the cramped and dirty cities ; in the Soviet dominated 20th century the dacha was organized into garden plot communities for subsistence farming. However, the privatization of land following...
Show moreFrom the time of Peter the Great the dacha has fulfilled various roles in the environs of Russia's cities : in the 18th century it was the palatial mansions of the aristocratic elite outside of St. Petersburgand Moscow ; in the 19th century the dacha became a summer rental property for urbanites to escape the cramped and dirty cities ; in the Soviet dominated 20th century the dacha was organized into garden plot communities for subsistence farming. However, the privatization of land following the collapse of the Soviet Union signaled a shift in the dacha's existence. Lamp-lined streets and perfectly pruned lawns began to fill the territory beyond the belt of gray, generic apartment structures where the dacha was once king. In light of the dacha's decline, this thesis explores the origins and development of suburbanization in post-Soviet Russia and discusses its shared and dissenting characteristics with that of the West.
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- 2012
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3359292
- Subject Headings
- Country homes, Social change, Cities and towns, Growth, Social life and customs
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- FROZEN STRAITS: AN ANALYSIS OF U.S-CUBA FOREIGN POLICY AS A MULTI-LEVEL GAME.
- Creator
- Garcia-Navarro, Ruben D., Steigenga, Timothy, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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This thesis analyses U.S.-Cuban relations through the lens of William LaGrande’s (1998) two level game theory. An historical analysis of the chills and thaws is in U.S.- Cuban relations prior to, during, and after the Cold War suggests that U.S. and Cuban policy makers consistently address both domestic and international concerns before deciding the course of their diplomatic actions. In other words, policy outputs are impacted by lobbyists, sub-national groups, the makeup of Congress,...
Show moreThis thesis analyses U.S.-Cuban relations through the lens of William LaGrande’s (1998) two level game theory. An historical analysis of the chills and thaws is in U.S.- Cuban relations prior to, during, and after the Cold War suggests that U.S. and Cuban policy makers consistently address both domestic and international concerns before deciding the course of their diplomatic actions. In other words, policy outputs are impacted by lobbyists, sub-national groups, the makeup of Congress, changing international contexts, and other factors not otherwise explained by systems level theories (Neorealism) or ideological differences. Understanding the multiple input factors in U.S. policy helps to explain why little progress has been made in U.S.-Cuban relations more than 30 years after the end of the Cold War.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00255
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Fundamental value and transaction frequency: a cross sectional study in residential lots.
- Creator
- Towers, Katherine, Jakee, Keith, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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The existence of market bubbles raises questions about economists‘ long held assumptions of rationality, costless arbitrage, and the efficient market hypothesis. I take a theoretical approach to the debate on market efficiency by modeling a ―no-value asset,‖ which are residential vacant lots that cannot be developed. I employ a data set that naturally controls for a number of market characteristics thought to contribute to inefficiency. I find that no-value assets traded persistently during...
Show moreThe existence of market bubbles raises questions about economists‘ long held assumptions of rationality, costless arbitrage, and the efficient market hypothesis. I take a theoretical approach to the debate on market efficiency by modeling a ―no-value asset,‖ which are residential vacant lots that cannot be developed. I employ a data set that naturally controls for a number of market characteristics thought to contribute to inefficiency. I find that no-value assets traded persistently during the market upturn, in the early 2000s, suggesting limits to arbitrage. In the absence of inefficiency-causing market characteristics, the behavior of agents is likely the cause. To corroborate this claim, I create an investor confidence index using a ratio of sales to stressed sales and find that inefficiencies were present when investor confidence was high, supporting the idea of “irrational exuberance” on the part of traders.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003608_0
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- Document (PDF)
