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Title: Electropositive metals as potential shark deterrents.
Creator: McCutcheon, Sara M., Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176832
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Title: Embedding convex polyhedral metrics using the adiabatic isometric mapping (AIM) algorithm.
Creator: Ray, Shannon, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Alexandrov proved that any simplicial complex homeomorphic to a sphere with strictly positive Gaussian curvature at each vertex could be isometrically embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space as a convex polyhedron. Due to the nonconstructive nature of his proof, there have yet to be any algorithms that realize the Alexandrov Embedding in polynomial time. Following his proof, we produced the adiabatic isometric mapping AIM algorithm. The AIM algorithm is approximately quadratic in time...
Show moreAlexandrov proved that any simplicial complex homeomorphic to a sphere with strictly positive Gaussian curvature at each vertex could be isometrically embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space as a convex polyhedron. Due to the nonconstructive nature of his proof, there have yet to be any algorithms that realize the Alexandrov Embedding in polynomial time. Following his proof, we produced the adiabatic isometric mapping AIM algorithm. The AIM algorithm is approximately quadratic in time and reproduces edge lengths up to arbitrary accuracy.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005163
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Embodied identity in cancer related alopecia.
Creator: Koszalinski, Rebecca S., Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176803
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Emotional Response during Human-Virtual Partner Interaction.
Creator: Zhang, Mengsen, Dumas, Guillaume, Kelso, J. A. Scott, Graduate College, Tognoli, Emmanuelle
Abstract/Description: Emotion and coordinated movement complimentarily depicts our social experiences. How is motion colored? This study investigates variations in emotional responses during social coordination. Subjects were instructed to coordinate their finger movement with a Virtual Partner (VP), whose homologous movement was displayed as a video on the computer screen. The partner was driven by the Haken-Kelso-Bunz equations, an empirically validated model that captures behavioral and social coordination. It...
Show moreEmotion and coordinated movement complimentarily depicts our social experiences. How is motion colored? This study investigates variations in emotional responses during social coordination. Subjects were instructed to coordinate their finger movement with a Virtual Partner (VP), whose homologous movement was displayed as a video on the computer screen. The partner was driven by the Haken-Kelso-Bunz equations, an empirically validated model that captures behavioral and social coordination. It has been shown that people perceive VP as an intentional human agent. In each of 80 trials, subjects coordinated for 8 sec inphase or antiphase with VP, and then rated the partner’s intention (cooperation -VP intend same coordination pattern as human-, or competition) and subjective response to a Turing test of partners’ humanness. VP cooperated for half of the time, and could change its intention in the middle of a trial. Skin potential response (SPR) quantified the intensity of emotional responses. After validating the SPR measurements, we compared emotional responses by coordination pattern, cooperative~competitiveness, and humanness attribution. Subjects experienced higher emotional responses when they believed that their partner was human. This was observed both during coordination (ANOVA, p=0.020), and during rating (p=0.012). Furthermore during the rating period, higher emotional responses were found for cooperative behavior (p=0.012), modulated by VP’s change of intention and coordination pattern. This study suggests that emotional responses are strongly influenced by features of the partner’s behavior associated with humanness, cooperation and change of intention. Implications for mental health (e.g. autism) and design of socially cooperative machines will be discussed.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005866
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Empirical Evidence and the Roberts Court: How Conservative Justices treat Social Science Research Data.
Creator: Bastidas, Boris, Lenz, Timothy, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: This article examines the treatment of empirical research data by conservative Supreme Court Justices. Supreme Court case decisions have throughout the 20th and 21st centuries cited social science research that contribute to judicial decision making, with conservative justices often showing a pattern of skepticism justices towards social science research. 21 case rulings are examined to see how the conservative justices on the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts treat empirical...
Show moreThis article examines the treatment of empirical research data by conservative Supreme Court Justices. Supreme Court case decisions have throughout the 20th and 21st centuries cited social science research that contribute to judicial decision making, with conservative justices often showing a pattern of skepticism justices towards social science research. 21 case rulings are examined to see how the conservative justices on the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts treat empirical evidence in their decision-making. The treatment of evidence presented by the U.S. Government or Congress in considering the constitutionality of legislation is also examined. Analyzing the opinions found that the conservative justices tend to be skeptical of social science research and often criticize its use by liberal justices, but will cite data depending on the framing of the issue and their view on the reliability of the evidence. The opinions also suggest that while the conservative justices may cite empirical evidence in majority and dissent opinions such evidence does not take precedence over legal and ideologically influenced decision-making.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005802
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Endosymbiotic Algal Community Dynamics within Corals at St. Lucie Reef, FL.
Creator: Klepac, Courtney, Voss, Joshua, Graduate College, Beal, Jeff
Abstract/Description: The coral reef habitat at St. Lucie Reef Stuart, FL persists despite environmental instability resulting from extensive freshwater discharges, summer upwelling, and seasonality. By examining the symbiotic algae, or zooxanthellae, that reside in corals, we can gain insight to overall coral physiology during stress events. Two hermatypic corals, Montastraea cavernosa and Pseudodiploria clivosa were sampled over a year and a half, representative of wet and dry seasons. Zooxanthellae were...
Show moreThe coral reef habitat at St. Lucie Reef Stuart, FL persists despite environmental instability resulting from extensive freshwater discharges, summer upwelling, and seasonality. By examining the symbiotic algae, or zooxanthellae, that reside in corals, we can gain insight to overall coral physiology during stress events. Two hermatypic corals, Montastraea cavernosa and Pseudodiploria clivosa were sampled over a year and a half, representative of wet and dry seasons. Zooxanthellae were isolated from each coral fragment and responses to water quality fluctuations were quantified by measuring cell density and chlorophyll a and c2. Both coral species varied in the amount of zooxanthellae harbored as well as chlorophyll concentrations. Pseudodiploria clivosa had a higher density of cells than Montastraea cavernosa, but chlorophyll concentrations per cell were greater in M. cavernosa. Morphological differences between both coral species and their zooxanthellae concomitant with the inverse relationship between cell density and chlorophyll could be indicative of photosynthetic capabilities. Genotypes of zooxanthellae within each host species were evaluated by amplifying the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA and sequencing on Illumina’s MiSeq platform. Patterns in fine-scale diversity and genetic variation may explain the observed physiological differences among corals at St. Lucie Reef.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005153
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Engaging Eats: The Impact of Cuisine on the Tourist Immersion Experience in a Theme Park Setting.
Creator: Broemel, Erin T., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Each year over 300 million people visit theme parks, making them the major vacation destination worldwide. Theme parks are known for their elaborate spectacle, the creation of artificial realities through intricate immersive experiences including costumed characters, stage shows, and extravagant decor. A unique avenue of research, themed spaces are becoming of greater interest to scholars particularly in regards to the authenticity of the experience and the creation of a hyperreality. Though...
Show moreEach year over 300 million people visit theme parks, making them the major vacation destination worldwide. Theme parks are known for their elaborate spectacle, the creation of artificial realities through intricate immersive experiences including costumed characters, stage shows, and extravagant decor. A unique avenue of research, themed spaces are becoming of greater interest to scholars particularly in regards to the authenticity of the experience and the creation of a hyperreality. Though many aspects of the theme park experience have been reviewed, little focus has been given to the role of food in the overall immersion, particularly how food extends the spectacle theme into a created reality. This study examines the function of food within a highly immersive theme park setting, and how it contributes to the spectacle. Research was conducted from December 2014 to February 2015 at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Orlando Resort. A total of 363 survey responses and 21 semi-structured interviews were collected. Themed food was found to further immerse the guest in the themed experience, though visual cues remained the primary sensory stimulus. However, guests considered the location to be more authentic when coupled with a themed food item, as opposed to a generic food choice. This study determined that themed food functions as an extension of the spectacle by means of maintaining the illusion, and contributes to the overall exhibition of the themed space. Further research is needed to understand the overall function theme parks serve to society.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005871
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Environmental hotspots for antibiotic resistant bacteria arb.
Creator: Dawkins, Karim, Esiobu, Nwadiuto, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: The overuse and misuse of antibiotics in environmental and clinical settings have been a driving force for the prevalence of bacterial resistance. In constant interaction with these chemicals which can harm them, adaptively and inherently, bacteria have devised resistance mechanisms to combat the deleterious effects posed. In the presence of a particular antibiotic, it is expected there will be selection of resistant micro-organisms and their associated resistance genes if present. In this...
Show moreThe overuse and misuse of antibiotics in environmental and clinical settings have been a driving force for the prevalence of bacterial resistance. In constant interaction with these chemicals which can harm them, adaptively and inherently, bacteria have devised resistance mechanisms to combat the deleterious effects posed. In the presence of a particular antibiotic, it is expected there will be selection of resistant micro-organisms and their associated resistance genes if present. In this study, a set of 10 samples were taken from recreational beaches in Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and Hollywood and four different agricultural soils. These soils were enriched after being collected aseptically with three commonly used antibiotics; Ciprofloxacin, Tetracycline and Vancomycin to select for resistant organisms, which produced 29 total samples. A metagenomic analysis was done with 16S rDNA amplification with primers 27F and 1492R which produced 14 out of 29 amplicons producing the expected ~1400 bp fragment from the conserved SSU 16S rDNA region using Agarose gel electrophoresis. From these 14 samples amplified, a second PCR would be run from each enriched antibiotic sample with their respective antibiotic resistance primers eg. vanA-D, tetO and qnrA to identify the resistance genes present expecting that the antibiotic used for enrichment would select for the resistant organisms. Future work includes the sequencing of the amplified resistance genes to help identify novel genetic alterations indicative of new adaptive mechanisms.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005810
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Title: Environmental Restoration and Water Circulation Improvement of the Guachinanga Channel, San Jose Lagoon, PR.
Creator: Dougherty, Rebecca R., Hague, Erin, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Urbanization has increased over the last 50+ years around the San José Lagoon, San Juan, Puerto Rico significantly degrading the Lagoon’s ecosystem. The nutrient and sediment loading has caused excessive vegetative growth along the Caño Martín Peña and Guachinanga Channel due to encroachment of infrastructure along the banks of the eastern portion of the river combined with increased nutrient and sediment loading from untreated sewage and stormwater runoff. This has resulted in decreased...
Show moreUrbanization has increased over the last 50+ years around the San José Lagoon, San Juan, Puerto Rico significantly degrading the Lagoon’s ecosystem. The nutrient and sediment loading has caused excessive vegetative growth along the Caño Martín Peña and Guachinanga Channel due to encroachment of infrastructure along the banks of the eastern portion of the river combined with increased nutrient and sediment loading from untreated sewage and stormwater runoff. This has resulted in decreased tidal exchange between San Juan Bay and San José Lagoon, and around Guachinanga Islet. The restoration plan seeks to 1) restore the habitat on Guachinanga Islet by removing a vegetated land bridge used by non-native species that access the Islet and potentially impact native populations, and 2) improve water quality by removing sediment, debris and vegetation to allow flushing in the Guachinanga Channel, around the Islet and adjacent Caño Martín Peña 3) dispose of the comprised dredged resources in a beneficial use manner. An innovative dredge process seeks to address the logistical challenges of the project area. The resulting beneficial use skate and recreational park seeks partnering opportunities of the various social, ecological and health initiatives of the adjacent Caño Martín Peña restoration plan.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005144
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Title: Environmental Siting Suitability Analysis for Commercial Scale Ocean Renewable Energy: A Southeast Florida Case Study.
Creator: Mulcan, Amanda, Hanson, Howard P., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: The main goal of this study is to facilitate the siting and full-scale implementation of Florida Atlantic University Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (FAU SNMREC) ocean current energy (OCE) projects as well as other future ocean projects offshore southeastern Florida through the analysis of benthic anchoring conditions. To realize this goal, this thesis will address the following objectives: 1) Assemble a comprehensive database of geologic and benthic parameters relevant to...
Show moreThe main goal of this study is to facilitate the siting and full-scale implementation of Florida Atlantic University Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (FAU SNMREC) ocean current energy (OCE) projects as well as other future ocean projects offshore southeastern Florida through the analysis of benthic anchoring conditions. To realize this goal, this thesis will address the following objectives: 1) Assemble a comprehensive database of geologic and benthic parameters relevant to offshore southeast Florida OCE siting 2) Analyze seafloor geology core and grab samples in order to locate suitable substrate for anchoring 3) Analyze benthic biologic data to identify biologically sensitive areas which should be avoided in offshore southeast Florida OCE siting 4) Determine pathways for cables that avoid biologically sensitive areas 5) Create a finalized spatial layer identifying most likely offshore southeast Florida suitable areas based on seafloor geology, benthic communities and proximity to cables routes and 6) Discern what additional datasets are required to address offshore southeast Florida OCE siting. Preliminary results suggest near shore areas are unsuitable for OCE due to their high amounts of biologic activity, while areas further offshore likely contain sparse biologic presence and therefore are better suited for siting OCE. However, higher resolution benthic and seafloor core data will be necessary to gain a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of the substrate offshore southeastern Florida for the purposes of OCE development.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005842
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Title: Ethical issues related to implantable cardioverter defibrillators in older adults.
Creator: Lucas, Louise A., Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176823
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Evaluation of LRT impact on traffic operations at 1300 S & 2100 S Arterials in Salt Lake City.
Creator: Mitrovic, Nikola, Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176851
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Title: Evidence for the emergence of relative navigational responding in male C57BL/6J mice in a land-based task.
Creator: Lora, Joan C., Stackman, Robert W., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: We recently reported that male C57BL/6J mice navigate in spatial tasks, such as the Morris water maze MWM, by swimming in a particular direction to a location relative to poolbased cues, rather than to an absolute location defined by room-based cues. Neural mechanisms supporting this bias in rodents for relative responding rather than absolute responding in spatial tasks are not yet understood. Anterior thalamic neurons discharge according to the current directional heading of the animal. The...
Show moreWe recently reported that male C57BL/6J mice navigate in spatial tasks, such as the Morris water maze MWM, by swimming in a particular direction to a location relative to poolbased cues, rather than to an absolute location defined by room-based cues. Neural mechanisms supporting this bias in rodents for relative responding rather than absolute responding in spatial tasks are not yet understood. Anterior thalamic neurons discharge according to the current directional heading of the animal. The contribution of head direction HD cell activity to navigation has been difficult to elucidate. Selective inactivation of anterior thalamic nuclei ATN by microinfusion of muscimol or fluorophore-conjugated muscimol caused a near complete shift in preference from relative to absolute responding. Interestingly, inactivation of the dorsal CA1 region of the hippocampus did not affect relative responding. A land based version of the MWM has been developed to permit the recording of anterior thalamic HD cells during spatial search behavior. These experiments have been conducted to further examine the contribution of the HD cell activity to relative responding during spatial navigation.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005834
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Title: Experimental Archaeology and Hominid Evolution: Establishing a Methodology for Determining Handedness in Lithic Materials as a Proxy for Cognitive Evolution.
Creator: Ruck, Lana, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Many acknowledge that stone tool manufacture, handedness, and brain evolution are intricately linked in Homo sapiens and other hominids, and there is extensive literature on the value of lithic analysis in understanding hominid biological, cognitive, and cultural evolution. Analyses of handedness as preserved in the paleoarchaeological record, however, are rare, despite their relevance and importance to understanding structural and functional asymmetries in the human body and brain. I will...
Show moreMany acknowledge that stone tool manufacture, handedness, and brain evolution are intricately linked in Homo sapiens and other hominids, and there is extensive literature on the value of lithic analysis in understanding hominid biological, cognitive, and cultural evolution. Analyses of handedness as preserved in the paleoarchaeological record, however, are rare, despite their relevance and importance to understanding structural and functional asymmetries in the human body and brain. I will attempt to address the inherent issues in analyzing certain aspects of hominid evolution—particularly evidence of handedness as a proxy for hemispheric specialization of the brain—via experimental archaeology. Three people, including myself, assessed Acheulean handaxes and associated debitage created by two right- and two left- handed expert flintknappers using previously established methods, including: Toth’s 1985, Rugg & Mullane’s 2001, and Bargalló & Mosquera’s 2013 methods. While these publications form the basis of handedness-related lithic analysis, they have methodological inconsistencies that have lead to poor reliability and replicability. The goals of this project are to address issues within this scope of analysis, particularly the combination of expert and novice subjects and a lack of objectivity. Improving the existing methodologies will encourage analysis of fossil evidence from Paleolithic assemblages in the future. The ultimate goal of this approach is to be able to track population-level hominid handedness rates through time via preserved stone tools, and use them as a proxy for the development of human lateralities, cognitive evolution, and the acquisition of language.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005165
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Title: Experimental assessment of moisture effects on loggerhead sea turtle sex ratios.
Creator: Lolavar, Alexandra, Wyneken, Jeanette, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Nest sand temperature strongly influences development of sea turtle embryos and sex differentiation; however in nature eggs experience temperature along with other environmental factors. We tested the hypothesis that moisture effects sea turtle hatchling sex ratios. We studied the relationships among moisture, temperature, and loggerhead Caretta caretta sex ratios in an experimental study. Eggs were incubated in sterile nest sand in the laboratory under different moisture regimes to test the...
Show moreNest sand temperature strongly influences development of sea turtle embryos and sex differentiation; however in nature eggs experience temperature along with other environmental factors. We tested the hypothesis that moisture effects sea turtle hatchling sex ratios. We studied the relationships among moisture, temperature, and loggerhead Caretta caretta sex ratios in an experimental study. Eggs were incubated in sterile nest sand in the laboratory under different moisture regimes to test the role of humidity at a constant incubation temperature. Incubator temperature was set at 29.4 degrees C, a temperature that is slightly above the temperature that should yield a 1:1 sex ratio. Nest moisture was maintained by daily DI water treatments and high relative humidity was maintained with the aid of a mist humidifier throughout incubation. All hatchlings were collected, raised for several months and sexed laparoscopically to establish sex ratios for each treatment. The experimental treatments tested the effects of i very high moisture, ii moisture with potential for evaporative cooling, and iii moisture added at average rain temperatures plus the potential for evaporative cooling. The nests were expected to produce a moderate female bias if moisture played no role. We found 87-96 males across all experimental treatments. Our results support our hypothesis. High moisture conditions can produce shifts in developmental response from that expected based on temperature alone.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005897
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Title: Exploring Appropriate Offset Values for Pencil Beam and Monte Carlo Dose Optimization in Lung Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Encompassing the Effects of Respiration and Tumor Location.
Creator: Evans, Grant, Shang, Charles, Leventouri, Theodora, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Purpose: To explore offset values in dose optimization with pencil beam (PB) algorithm to minimize dosimetric differences with plans calculated with Monte Carlo (MC) for lung cancer treatment with Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT). Methods: 20 cases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, treated with gated full motion range SBRT were selected. According to the proximity of the Gross Tumor Volume (GTV) to the chest wall, two groups are defined. Treatment plans were created on 4D average intensity...
Show morePurpose: To explore offset values in dose optimization with pencil beam (PB) algorithm to minimize dosimetric differences with plans calculated with Monte Carlo (MC) for lung cancer treatment with Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT). Methods: 20 cases of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, treated with gated full motion range SBRT were selected. According to the proximity of the Gross Tumor Volume (GTV) to the chest wall, two groups are defined. Treatment plans were created on 4D average intensity projection (AIP) CT set with Brainlab iPlanDose® 4.1.2 planning system. The D97 of PTV was normalized to 50Gy using the fast PB and compared with MC. The optimized plan was then recomputed over each 4D respiratory phase, and compared with MC. Results: The mean difference in the PB and MC D97 of the ITV was 10.5% (±0.8%) of the prescription dose (50Gy). PB algorithm showed 2.3-2.4% less overestimation to the D97 of the ITV, when comparing to MC, in the maximum exhalation phase than in the maximal inhalation phase. Significantly smaller dose difference between PB and MC is also shown in plans for peripheral lesions (7.7 ± 0.7%) versus for central lesions (12.7±0.8%) (p< 0.01). Conclusions: The dosimetric differences between PB and MC can be reasonably predicted depending on the location of lesion in the lung, and may be used as offset value in dose optimization with PB. Caution is suggested when using the maximum inhalation phase for treatment planning.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005813
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Title: Exploring the Risk Factors for Schizophrenia in Afro-Caribbeans in the United States: A Meta-Synthesis.
Creator: Gall-Ojurongbe, Sandra, Williams, Christine L., Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Aim: This meta-synthesis explores the potential for schizophrenia in at risk Afro-Caribbeans living in the United States U.S. Background: African Americans are diagnosed with schizophrenia 9 to 32 more than Caucasians. However, this percentage does not distinguish the percentage of schizophrenia in Afro- Caribbeans from the Afro-Caribbean population. Extensive studies conducted in the United Kingdom U.K. reported higher rates of schizophrenia in Caribbean Blacks in Britain when compared to...
Show moreAim: This meta-synthesis explores the potential for schizophrenia in at risk Afro-Caribbeans living in the United States U.S. Background: African Americans are diagnosed with schizophrenia 9 to 32 more than Caucasians. However, this percentage does not distinguish the percentage of schizophrenia in Afro- Caribbeans from the Afro-Caribbean population. Extensive studies conducted in the United Kingdom U.K. reported higher rates of schizophrenia in Caribbean Blacks in Britain when compared to White British citizens. However, there is a paucity of information about schizophrenia in Caribbean Blacks living in the U.S. Method: A review of literature conducted between 1990 and 2014, using a qualitative approach, identified four journal articles; the results of which were analyzed with the aid of NVivo software, using thematic synthesis. Results: The analysis identified six themes; racism and drug use were themes consistent with those identified in some of the primary studies. However, four new themes emerged: Effects of migration; disintegration of family; powerlessness and a rush to diagnose; all were acknowledged as significant factors that may have contributed to the onset of schizophrenia.Discussion: The themes unveiled by this review exposed a number of complex sociopolitical and economic factors that can possibly potentiate schizophrenia. However, these studies were the experiences of Afro-Caribbeans in the U.K. There is a great need for research in the U.S. to further explore the risk factors for schizophrenia in Afro- Caribbean communities.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005911
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Title: Extended web service resource framework access from mobile devices.
Creator: Kunzel, Adriana Garcia, Graduate College
Date Issued: 2010-04-09
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176809
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Title: Factors influencing wetland reptile and amphibian community composition.
Creator: Holbrook, Joshua D., Dorn, Nathan, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: Purpose: To quantify Reptile and Amphibian community assemblages in freshwater wetlands and determine biotic and abiotic factors e.g., wetland permanence and presence of large fish that may influence assemblage structure. Methods: Wetland Reptile and Amphibians were monitored via passive trapping at 20 wetland sites at Jonathan Dickinson State Park JDSP in Hobe Sound, FL. Trapping at JDSP occurred over a single wet season June-November period and community assemblages were analyzed...
Show morePurpose: To quantify Reptile and Amphibian community assemblages in freshwater wetlands and determine biotic and abiotic factors e.g., wetland permanence and presence of large fish that may influence assemblage structure. Methods: Wetland Reptile and Amphibians were monitored via passive trapping at 20 wetland sites at Jonathan Dickinson State Park JDSP in Hobe Sound, FL. Trapping at JDSP occurred over a single wet season June-November period and community assemblages were analyzed statistically using multivariate techniques. Results: Hierarchical clustering revealed two primary assemblages, which included 70 of wetlands. One assemblage, typical in wetlands containing large-bodied fish, consisted of two or three snake species and low abundances of anurans in the family Ranidae. The second assemblage, typical of fishless wetlands, generally had abundant anurans in the families Hylidae and Ranidae. Conclusion: Though distance from other wetlands as well as wetland permanence also influenced assemblage structure, fish presence/absence was a larger determinant of herpetofaunal communities.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005822
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Title: FAU 2016 3MT® Three Minute Thesis Championship - Alberto Padilla.
Creator: Padilla, Alberto, Graduate College
Abstract/Description: The 3MT® competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The first 3MT® competition was held at the University of Queensland in 2008 with 160 students competing. In 2009 and...
Show moreThe 3MT® competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. Developed by The University of Queensland (UQ), the exercise cultivates students’ academic, presentation, and research communication skills. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes, in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The first 3MT® competition was held at the University of Queensland in 2008 with 160 students competing. In 2009 and 2010 the 3MT® competition was promoted to other Australian and New Zealand universities and enthusiasm for the concept grew. Since 2011, the popularity of the competition has increased and 3MT® competitions are now held in over 170 universities across more than 18 countries worldwide.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005376
Subject Headings: College students --Research --United States.
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