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- Utopias Imagined and Real: The Communities of George Rapp and Robert Owen in Relation to the Utopias Conceived by Plato and Sir Thomas More.
- Creator
- Zimmer, Rosina P., Keaton, Kenneth, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2011-04-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3172443
- Subject Headings
- Plato, More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535, Utopias
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- Document (PDF)
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- An algorithm for the integrated scheduling problem of a container handling system within a container terminal.
- Creator
- Zhao, Yueqiong, Kaisar, Evangelos I., Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2011-04-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164731
- Subject Headings
- Algorithms, Cargo handling, Container terminals
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- 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
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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.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005866
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Isolation and Relative Configuration Determination of Two Pairs of Bioactive diastereomers from Cacospongia cf. linteiformis.
- Creator
- Zhang, Long, West, Lyndon, Graduate College
- Abstract/Description
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Cacospongia cf. linteiformis is a marine sponge collected from Bahamas possessing various bioactive compounds. Two pairs of diastereomers spongianolides E&F were isolated for the first time through function group modification acetylation, and their relative configurations were determined based on Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy NOESY. The mixture of isomers of spongianolides E&F are exhibiting inhibition against Schnurri-3. Bioassays will be repeated to unveil the assignment of the...
Show moreCacospongia cf. linteiformis is a marine sponge collected from Bahamas possessing various bioactive compounds. Two pairs of diastereomers spongianolides E&F were isolated for the first time through function group modification acetylation, and their relative configurations were determined based on Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy NOESY. The mixture of isomers of spongianolides E&F are exhibiting inhibition against Schnurri-3. Bioassays will be repeated to unveil the assignment of the bioactivities for the four isomers.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005865
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Visual wavelength discrimination by the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta.
- Creator
- Young, Morgan, Salmon, Michael, Forward, Richard B., Jr., Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2011-04-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164729
- Subject Headings
- Loggerhead turtle, Spectral sensitivity, Phototaxis
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Experimental Hydrodynamic Performance Assessment Of the SNMREC’s 20 kW Ocean Current Turbine.
- Creator
- Young, Matthew T., VanZwieten, James H., Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2011-04-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3172440
- Subject Headings
- Water-power --Technological innovations --United States, Fluid dynamics, Ocean currents
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The effect of parasite infection on reproductive potential of bony fish.
- Creator
- Young, Joy M., Whittington, Jim, Graduate College, Hughes, Colin
- Abstract/Description
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Accurate predictions of population growth, including reproduction, are vital for the effective management of fisheries. However, factors effecting reproductive potential in boney fishes are not entirely understood. In several species of fish, parasite infection has been associated with decreased fecundity including fewer and smaller eggs, shortened spawning season, and decreased larval survival. We examined the effect of parasite infection and life history parameters on egg quality of 40...
Show moreAccurate predictions of population growth, including reproduction, are vital for the effective management of fisheries. However, factors effecting reproductive potential in boney fishes are not entirely understood. In several species of fish, parasite infection has been associated with decreased fecundity including fewer and smaller eggs, shortened spawning season, and decreased larval survival. We examined the effect of parasite infection and life history parameters on egg quality of 40 spawning capable female common snook, Centropomus undecimalis, collected from 3 inlets on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the summer of 2013. Egg quality was measured as fatty acid DHA, PI, and EPA composition of eggs. Six major taxons of parasites were identified: Cestoda 1 adult, 68 trypanorhyncha larvae, Copepoda 1 Lernae sp., 62 Lernanthropus sp., Digenea 1 adult, Monogenea 1 adult, Nematoda 861 Contracecum sp., and Pentastomida 36 Sebekia sp.. In addition, dead parasites of unknown taxa 262 total were counted. Parasite infracommunities were described as total number of live parasites per individual, total number of dead parasites per individual, the Shannon Wiener Index H as a measure of diversity, and the Berger-Parker Index BPI as a measure of numerical dominance. Total number of dead parasites and BPI had a significant, negative effect on percent composition of DHA of eggs. Individuals with higher amounts of dead parasites 20 were predicted to drop below a 13 DHA composition threshold needed for hatching and larval success.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005174
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Power based wide collision attacks on AES.
- Creator
- Ye, Xin, Eisenbarth, Thomas, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2011-04-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164806
- Subject Headings
- Computer networks, Data encryption (Computer science), Computer security
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sequence stratigraphy of the arcadia formation in southeastern Florida: an integrated stratigraphic approach.
- Creator
- Wright, Caroline Marie, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-12
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361375
- Subject Headings
- Lithofacies, Stratigraphic correlation
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Is there a Future for the Study of Religion at American Universities? A Content Analysis of Selected Higher Education Institutions.
- Creator
- Wolfe, Kathryn A., Graduate College
- Abstract/Description
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The researcher began to notice that religion and religious studies courses were starting to disappear off of course lists and that religion as a discipline was not as prevalent in many university departments. Additionally, noting from her teaching experience at various universities, the study and approach to teaching religion differed at the type of institution it was and the mission of that university. Therefore, this study aimed at discovering just how religion is taught in institutions of...
Show moreThe researcher began to notice that religion and religious studies courses were starting to disappear off of course lists and that religion as a discipline was not as prevalent in many university departments. Additionally, noting from her teaching experience at various universities, the study and approach to teaching religion differed at the type of institution it was and the mission of that university. Therefore, this study aimed at discovering just how religion is taught in institutions of higher education at selected universities in the United States of America.
The rationale behind this study was twofold: first, to determine if religion is currently being taught at selected institutions of higher education in the U.S. and second, how the instruction and teaching of religion is approached within these institutions. And so, the purpose of this study was to determine if universities are still teaching religion and religious studies courses; if so, what are the structures and approaches that are used when teaching religion at both top-tiered and southeastern universities; and what are the similarities and differences between the two aforementioned types of institutions’ programs. Thus, we may infer from the data whether or not there is a future for these programs within higher education in the U.S.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005173
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Synaptic Architecture of Cortical Columns.
- Creator
- Wilson, Daniel E., Fitzpatrick, David, Graduate College
- Abstract/Description
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The visual cortex of higher mammals, including humans, is arranged as to achieve a continuously varying map of features such as the orientation of contours in the environment. Previous studies used intrinsic signal and two-photon imaging to examine the functional composition of these cortical maps, but lacked the functional resolution to resolve the underlying synaptic architecture. Here, we exploited recent advances in genetically encoded calcium indicators to perform in vivo two photon...
Show moreThe visual cortex of higher mammals, including humans, is arranged as to achieve a continuously varying map of features such as the orientation of contours in the environment. Previous studies used intrinsic signal and two-photon imaging to examine the functional composition of these cortical maps, but lacked the functional resolution to resolve the underlying synaptic architecture. Here, we exploited recent advances in genetically encoded calcium indicators to perform in vivo two photon imaging of dendrites and dendritic spines in an animal with a mapped visual cortex. We found sharp orientation and direction tuning when we presented drifting gratings and imaged synaptic calcium transients from large numbers of dendritic spines in single neurons, obtaining synaptic maps of orientation preference. In addition, we implemented a newly developed two-photon microscope that uses acousto-optical deflectors to rapidly steer a pulsed laser in three dimensions. This technology allowed us to image 320 single cells in an 800x800x200 micron three-dimensional volume, which yielded a three-dimensional orientation map with single-cell resolution. In the future, we will perform fast, three-dimensional imaging of a single cell and its entire dendritic tree to monitor functional properties of a cell’s inputs and its somatic spiking output. These experiments will yield important insight into synaptic integration and sensory processing in cortical maps and how such organizing principles might be disrupted in disease states.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005864
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Preliminary Census of Free Ranging Vervet Monkeys, Chlorocebus sabaeus,in Dania Beach, Forida.
- Creator
- Williams, Deborah, Broemel, Erin T., Graduate College, Detwiler, Kate M.
- Abstract/Description
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Observations of vervet monkeys, Chlorocebus sabaeus, have been documented in 3700 hectares of mangrove preserves of Dania Beach, Florida since the 1950’s. A scientific census in 1995 provided confirmation of this population. Endemic to West Africa, research suggests this primate has adapted to the ecology of the mangrove environment in Southeast Florida. The 1995 census showed the population consisted of two groups with a total of 36 individuals. We resurveyed the population from January...
Show moreObservations of vervet monkeys, Chlorocebus sabaeus, have been documented in 3700 hectares of mangrove preserves of Dania Beach, Florida since the 1950’s. A scientific census in 1995 provided confirmation of this population. Endemic to West Africa, research suggests this primate has adapted to the ecology of the mangrove environment in Southeast Florida. The 1995 census showed the population consisted of two groups with a total of 36 individuals. We resurveyed the population from January-February 2014 by visiting sites where monkeys have been reported either in the media or by local residents. We found the vervets inhabit two geographically isolated areas, separated by a man-made waterway. The population is divided into three groups with a total of 18 individuals. Group A, which occupies the northern most part of the mangroves consists of 3 adult males, 1 juvenile male, 5 adult females, and 1 infant. Group B, which occupies the central part of the mangroves consists of 1 adult male, 2 adult females, 1 sub-adult female, and 2 juveniles. Group C, which occupies the southern part of the mangroves consists of 2 adult females. In the 1995 study, this southern group ranged in size from 19-23 individuals. Our results indicate the total population decreased significantly in size over the past 19 years. To confirm this population decrease, research will expand surveys into unexplored areas of the mangrove preserve to document the presence or absence of additional groups. Ongoing research will investigate day ranges, behavior, and feeding ecology of this feral primate population.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005172
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Exploring the stability of an eigenvalue problem approximation technique used to define the angular momentum of almost spherical black holes.
- Creator
- Wilder, Shawn M., Beetle, Christopher, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2011-04-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3164804
- Subject Headings
- Eigenvalues, Black holes (Astronomy), Deformations (Mechanics)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Exploring a generalization of a definition for angular momentum on arbitrary Riemannian manifolds.
- Creator
- Wilder, Shawn M., Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2012-03-30
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3342458
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Approximate Isometries as an Eigenvalue Problem and Angular Momentum.
- Creator
- Wilder, Shawn M., Beetle, Christopher, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-12
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361373
- Subject Headings
- Black holes (Astronomy), Eigenvalues
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The downside of self-esteem stability: does stability impede flexibility?.
- Creator
- Wiese, Susan L., Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2010-04-09
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176914
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Basic knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease in rural populations.
- Creator
- Wiese, Lisa Kirk, Williams, Christine L., Tappen, Ruth M., Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-12
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361371
- Subject Headings
- Alzheimer's disease, Rural population
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The role of chemical and visual cues in habitat location and selection by the Sargassum crab Portunus sayi.
- Creator
- West, Lorin E., Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2012-03-30
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3342457
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Peace, Justice and Human Rights: Constructing an Inequality Index for South Florida.
- Creator
- Weisner, Meagan L., Graduate College
- Abstract/Description
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South Florida’s racial and ethnic diversity make it an interesting, as well as significant region to examine issues of inequality. Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties represent a unique demographic and cultural milieu that composes south Florida. As part of Florida Atlantic University’s Peace, Justice and Human Rights Initiative, we are working towards creating a report card that reveals various health, social, economic and other disparities experienced by local populations....
Show moreSouth Florida’s racial and ethnic diversity make it an interesting, as well as significant region to examine issues of inequality. Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties represent a unique demographic and cultural milieu that composes south Florida. As part of Florida Atlantic University’s Peace, Justice and Human Rights Initiative, we are working towards creating a report card that reveals various health, social, economic and other disparities experienced by local populations. This project promotes a greater awareness centered on the issues of inequality by looking specifically at datasets that highlight demographic information within south Florida. Constructing a human rights report card requires an assiduous effort in locating and analyzing relevant and available data. Healthcare, education, crime and poverty were among the indicators for which data was collected. All data was gathered from various government agencies including the U.S. Census Bureau, Florida Department of Education, National Vital Statistics, among others. Statistics were then compared between the four counties, the state of Florida, and the United States to demonstrate south Florida’s current status as it relates to state and national levels of inequality. This report card highlights the various areas of socioeconomic disparities present between south Florida’s communities by analyzing county-level demographic data. The analysis of various health, social and economic data contributes towards a more comprehensive understanding of the adversities that local populations experience.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005918
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Three suites: a celebration of klezmer.
- Creator
- Weiner, Alison, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2010-04-09
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3176903
- Format
- Document (PDF)