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- COASTAL ABSENCES IN ANDEAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHLAND-CENTRIC INDIGENEITY.
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- Crawford, Ben, Corr, Rachel, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
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As a tangible linkage to the past, archaeological material culture plays a vital role in constructing contemporary identities. In Ecuador, archaeology focused on the state societies of the Andean highlands has long informed a hill-centric national narrative about the indigenous past, leaving coastal peoples on the margins. Conversely, more recent efforts at investigating overlooked coastal sites have paralleled the process of coastal communities publically reclaiming their indigenous status....
Show moreAs a tangible linkage to the past, archaeological material culture plays a vital role in constructing contemporary identities. In Ecuador, archaeology focused on the state societies of the Andean highlands has long informed a hill-centric national narrative about the indigenous past, leaving coastal peoples on the margins. Conversely, more recent efforts at investigating overlooked coastal sites have paralleled the process of coastal communities publically reclaiming their indigenous status. This thesis investigates the historical trends in the field of Andean archaeology which have contributed to a popular conception of highland indigeneity in Ecuador that excludes coastal peoples. However, coastal peoples’ recent expressions of indigeneity have reciprocally drawn from and shaped the work of contemporary archaeologists working in coastal sites, articulating a vision of indigenous ethnicity rooted in a living relationship to the archaeological record which subverts predominant highland centric narratives.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUHT00286
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- Document (PDF)
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- Test SAV data file.
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauirtestsavfile
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- Downloadable file
- Scholar's name
- Douglas Cumming
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Status
- current
- Format
- Institutional Scholar
- Title
- Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our redemption 1778 : being the second year of American independence and the second after leap-year : calculated for the meredian of Boston, lat. 42ʹ 25° N. : containing, besides what is necessary in an almanack, a variety of useful and interesting pieces.
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- West, Benjamin, 1730-1813., Russell, Ezekiel, 1743-1796, printer.
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Includes verse. Cover title. Isaac Bickerstaff is the pseudonym of Benjamin West. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴. Woodcut drawings of George Washington and Horatio Gates on title page titled: The glorious Washington and Gates. Print shows side view of faces. Washington's illustration is first known American print of Washington and this is its 2nd printed appearance (1st use is on a 1776 Salem printing of the Declaration of Independence). "The anatomy of man's body as governed by the 12 constellations"...
Show moreIncludes verse. Cover title. Isaac Bickerstaff is the pseudonym of Benjamin West. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴. Woodcut drawings of George Washington and Horatio Gates on title page titled: The glorious Washington and Gates. Print shows side view of faces. Washington's illustration is first known American print of Washington and this is its 2nd printed appearance (1st use is on a 1776 Salem printing of the Declaration of Independence). "The anatomy of man's body as governed by the 12 constellations", page [2]. "Roads to the principal Towns on the Continent, &c. from Boston : with the names of those who keep houses of entertainment": pages [22-24]. Printer's advertisement, page [24]. Advertised in the Independent chronicle, Boston, Dec. 11, 1777. Title and text printed within ruled border.
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- 1778
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fawab2f2
- Subject Headings
- Almanacs, American -- Massachusetts -- Boston
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- E-book
- Title
- Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our Lord 1769; being the first year after leap year.
- Creator
- West, Benjamin, 1730-1813., Dickinson, John, 1732-1808.
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Cover title.The author, whose preface is signed "Isaac Bickerstaff," was Benjamin West. Cf. Nichols, C.L. "Notes on the almanacs of Massachusetts." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. v. 22 (1912): 34-35, and the Dictionary of American biography. The columns on the calendar pages, eclipse predictions, and other astronomical material duplicate those in West's The New-England almanack, or Lady's and gentleman's diary, for 1769 (Boston : Mein and Fleeming). "Distances of the...
Show moreCover title.The author, whose preface is signed "Isaac Bickerstaff," was Benjamin West. Cf. Nichols, C.L. "Notes on the almanacs of Massachusetts." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. v. 22 (1912): 34-35, and the Dictionary of American biography. The columns on the calendar pages, eclipse predictions, and other astronomical material duplicate those in West's The New-England almanack, or Lady's and gentleman's diary, for 1769 (Boston : Mein and Fleeming). "Distances of the principal towns on the Continent from Boston, with the intermediate miles": pages [21]-[24]. "The liberty song. In freedom we're born, etc." With music: page[34]. "Table of the kings and queens..." pages [36]-[39] "A chronological table of the most remarkable events in the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, from the year 1602..." pages [38]-[41]. Advertisements for books, stationery and medicine, pages [43]-[44]. Title vignette is a framed portrait of "John Wilkes, Esq" surrounded by figures and books. Parenthesis substituted for square bracket in imprint transcription. Woodcut illustrations. Title and text printed within ruled border. Advertised in the Boston chronicle, Oct. 31-Nov. 7, 1768.
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- 1769
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwab2f1
- Subject Headings
- Almanacs, American -- 1769, Almanacs, American -- Massachusetts -- Boston
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- E-book
- Title
- Mixed Method of Health Literacy and Diabetes Self- Management Among Saudi Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
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- Almashni, Ibtisam Y., Hain, Debra, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
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The worldwide threat of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has been increasing rapidly, and is now an estimated 463 million, of which 55 million people originate from Middle East and Nort African (“MENA”) region (international Diabetes Federation [“IDF’], 2020). In Saudi Arabia, the prevalence of diabetes has roughly reached a ten-fold increase in the past three decades, placing Saudi Arabia’s incidence as one of the highest globally (Almubark et al., 2022). The purpose of the study was to examine the...
Show moreThe worldwide threat of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has been increasing rapidly, and is now an estimated 463 million, of which 55 million people originate from Middle East and Nort African (“MENA”) region (international Diabetes Federation [“IDF’], 2020). In Saudi Arabia, the prevalence of diabetes has roughly reached a ten-fold increase in the past three decades, placing Saudi Arabia’s incidence as one of the highest globally (Almubark et al., 2022). The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between health and diabetes self-management among Saudi adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). The study further aimed to explore how Saudi adult with T2DM seek and utilize diabetes knowledge to self-manage their diabetes. The study was guided by Leininger’s Culture Care Diversity and Universality Theory (2002). Leininger’s Sunrise Enabler- Model provided a framework to explore the various factors that affect diabetes self-management through a cultural lens. This model provides a comprehensive understanding pf multiple factors influencing diabetes self-management. A sample of 66 Saudi adults with T2DM aged 40-61 and older was recruited from diabetes center and Primary Healthcare Center (PHCC) at National Guard Hospital King Abdulaziz Medical City Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A Parallel Mixed Method (PPM) design was applied, using semi-structured interviews, Diabetes Self-management Questionnaire (DSMQ), Short Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adult (S-TOFHLA), and sociodemographic surveys.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014326
- Subject Headings
- Diabetes, Health literacy, Self Management, Saudi Arabians, Health education
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Death Conjunct Living.
- Creator
- Bates, Samantha, Furman, Andrew, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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“Death Conjunct Living” is a collection of flash essays that explores the interconnectedness between life and death—births, miscarriages, childhoods, funerals— as well as the term “empty stomach.” How a stomach can be empty of child or empty of food; how it can indicate a birth, a miscarriage, or an eating disorder. “Death Conjunct Living” is an exploration of the flash medium and how micro nonfiction can tackle macro themes.
- Date Issued
- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014343
- Subject Headings
- Essays, Creative writing, Flash fiction
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- EXPLORING THERAPIST FACTORS ON PREMATURE TERMINATION AND THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP.
- Creator
- Beattie, Erin L., Peluso, Paul, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Counselor Education, College of Education
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The present study investigates therapist factors (such as conversation analysis, affectual interactions, and therapist facilitative skills) on client premature termination and the therapeutic relationship. The interactions of clients and therapists in a total sample of 76 psychotherapy sessions were analyzed using Hills Skills System (2017), Gottman, Woodin, and Coan’s (1998) Specific Affect Coding System, and scales of the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) and Real Relationship Inventory (RRI...
Show moreThe present study investigates therapist factors (such as conversation analysis, affectual interactions, and therapist facilitative skills) on client premature termination and the therapeutic relationship. The interactions of clients and therapists in a total sample of 76 psychotherapy sessions were analyzed using Hills Skills System (2017), Gottman, Woodin, and Coan’s (1998) Specific Affect Coding System, and scales of the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) and Real Relationship Inventory (RRI). Coded data were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests which found significant differences between clients who dropout and the types of questions being asked in session (HSS). There were also significant differences between clients who dropout and the therapist and client SPAFF scores, SPAFF and HSS scores on the WAI and RRI, as well as the quality of questions being asked (HSS) over time (from initial session to fourth session). Coded data for differences between clients who dropout and the therapist and client assessment of the quality of the working alliance and real relationship were assessed using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests and found no significant differences. Analysis of the results support the presence of therapist factors on the therapeutic relationship and client premature termination. These findings can also be added to the literature regarding the outcomes of the therapeutic relationship on client premature termination. The implications for psychotherapy practice, education, and research are discussed.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014322
- Subject Headings
- Therapist and patient, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Conversation analysis
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- VETERANS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE MEANING OF THEIR WELL-BEING EXPERIENCE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY.
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- Birmingham, Cheryl Lynn, Chiang-Hanisko, Lenny, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
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The veterans are a unique community shaped by past military experiences that may have positive and negative effects on their well-being as soldiers. With nearly half of the 18.4 million veterans in the United States living beyond 61 years, age-related physical and mental health conditions may impact the veterans’ well-being. Promoting veterans’ well-being has been studied extensively but literature on how they define it is scanty. It is critical to understand how veterans define well-being to...
Show moreThe veterans are a unique community shaped by past military experiences that may have positive and negative effects on their well-being as soldiers. With nearly half of the 18.4 million veterans in the United States living beyond 61 years, age-related physical and mental health conditions may impact the veterans’ well-being. Promoting veterans’ well-being has been studied extensively but literature on how they define it is scanty. It is critical to understand how veterans define well-being to inform future program development to address mental health needs. The purpose of this study is to discover the meaning and the lived experience of well-being among veterans. The methodology used for this study was a qualitative hermeneutic interpretative phenomenological approach to understand the meaning of veterans’ well-being. It allowed the phenomena to surface while exposing the essence of and the experience. The sampling method for recruiting participants was purposive sampling, with semi structured interviews conducted via ZOOM and direct observations at Veteran Service Organizations (VSOs) to obtain data. Fourteen veterans participated in this study, comprising eight males and six females with majority aged over 61 years. In terms of race/ethnicity, 64 % were White, 21% Hispanic and 15 % African American. With the use of Max van Manen’s analysis strategy, seven major themes emerged: (a) A Connection With A Special Bond To The Military Sisterhood/Brotherhood, (b) The Lingering Effects Of Military Service Continue To Simmer In Veteran life, (c) Feeling Grateful/Prideful Through Appreciation For Their Military Service, (d) Healthy Companionships/Relationships With Mutual Respect Yield Veteran Equilibrium, (e) Creating A Veteran Framily/Fraternity, (f) Self-fulfilment By Giving Back And Making A Life With A Purpose and (g) Veterans Living A Healthy Life Caring For Self. Six of the seven themes addressed the veterans’ well-being. The lingering effects have persisted and challenged the Veterans’ emotional well-being. However, they were able to express their military camaraderie even in the veterans’ life. Programs based on social relationships that allow connections with veterans and/or their significant others need to be established.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014317
- Subject Headings
- Veterans, Veterans--Mental health, Well-being, Caring
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE INFLUENCE OF THE INVISIBLE: THE AGENCY OF MYTH AND ABSENCE IN FRANCO’S SPAIN AND FRANCOIST HISTORICAL FICTION.
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- Bresciano, Cora, Hagood, Taylor, Florida Atlantic University, Department of English, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Both research and lived experience indicate that intangible things such as myths and absences may acquire agency, becoming Latourian actants and causing changes in people’s thoughts, beliefs, and actions. This dissertation focuses on myths and absences located in Spain’s 20th century—specifically Francoist-generated political myths, the absences of those disappeared by the Franco regime, and the literary myths created by authors of historical fiction set during the Spanish Civil War, the...
Show moreBoth research and lived experience indicate that intangible things such as myths and absences may acquire agency, becoming Latourian actants and causing changes in people’s thoughts, beliefs, and actions. This dissertation focuses on myths and absences located in Spain’s 20th century—specifically Francoist-generated political myths, the absences of those disappeared by the Franco regime, and the literary myths created by authors of historical fiction set during the Spanish Civil War, the resulting dictatorship, and the Transition to Democracy. The argument is made that these three actants— political myth, absence, and literary myth—have acted and interacted in the following sequence: the political myths put forth by the Francoists and presented as facts led to the complicity of many of the Spanish people in the extermination of those considered dangerous or undesirable to the regime; once released into the popular imagination, the political myths gained agency, spurring the bigoted beliefs and persecutory actions that led to the absences of the maligned people. The presence of these tragic absences in the lives of their surviving loved ones then gained agency, indelibly marking the survivors and causing grief, anger, and bewilderment as well as fear, humiliation, silence, and transgenerational trauma. The absences also caused the desire among contemporary writers of historical fiction, some of them descendants of the disappeared who grew up under the cloud of fear and silence perpetuated by those disappearances, to write alternate histories pointing out the absurdities and atrocities connected to the earlier political myths and the resulting absences of undesirables. These literary myths thus acquired their own agency, changing the thoughts, beliefs, and actions of readers who were able to finally see through the truths and tragedies that lay hidden for so long behind the hostile myths. In these chapters, eight historical fictions—five novels, two plays, one film—and one non-fiction account, described by its author as “a novel without fiction”—are analyzed for evidence of the presence and the agency of political myth, absence, and literary myth.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014318
- Subject Headings
- Francoism, Literature, Myths
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- EXPOSURE TO ALGAL BIOTOXINS: EXPLORING HEALTH EFFECTS IN GREEN SEA TURTLES (CHELONIA MYDAS).
- Creator
- Brown, Hunter, Page, Annie, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Marine Science and Oceanography, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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In the inter-coastal waters of Florida, green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) are regularly exposed to regional blooms of harmful algae which produce biotoxins. A retrospective analysis was conducted on stranded green sea turtles along the Indian River Lagoon, FL, USA. Stranding, necropsy, and histopathology reports were analyzed for 40 juvenile turtles. Liver (N=40) and kidney (N=36) tissues were analyzed for a suite of 14 harmful algal bloom (HAB)-associated biotoxins. Thirty-four (85%)...
Show moreIn the inter-coastal waters of Florida, green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) are regularly exposed to regional blooms of harmful algae which produce biotoxins. A retrospective analysis was conducted on stranded green sea turtles along the Indian River Lagoon, FL, USA. Stranding, necropsy, and histopathology reports were analyzed for 40 juvenile turtles. Liver (N=40) and kidney (N=36) tissues were analyzed for a suite of 14 harmful algal bloom (HAB)-associated biotoxins. Thirty-four (85%) turtles tested positive for at least one biotoxin, including 21(53%) liver and 22(61%) kidney tissues. Statistically significant relationships were identified between the presence of common histopathological abnormalities and biotoxins of: melanomacrophage/hyperplasia and brevetoxin-3 (P=0.03) in liver tissues, and renal fibrosis and nodularin (P = 0.04) and lymphocytosis and neosaxitoxin (P=0.03) in kidney tissues. These data demonstrate that wild turtles are commonly exposed to HAB-associated biotoxins with potential chronic health effects that contribute to strandings in the Indian River Lagoon.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014363
- Subject Headings
- Chelonia mydas, Green sea turtles, Algal toxins, Indian River (Fla. : Lagoon)
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- Document (PDF)
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- LIMITED PARTNER ESG STRATEGIES AND ESG APPROACHES BY PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS.
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- Buehler, Robert G., Cumming, Douglas, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Finance, College of Business
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This study utilized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data to analyze how institutional investors' strategies relate to the approaches of the private equity (PE) funds they invest in. Using limited partner (LP) investor and general partner (GP) PE fund data from Preqin, I created ESG scores for both LP and PE funds. Ordinary least-squares regression showed a significant, positive relationship between LP/GP ESG strategies. However, the relationship became negative and significant...
Show moreThis study utilized environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data to analyze how institutional investors' strategies relate to the approaches of the private equity (PE) funds they invest in. Using limited partner (LP) investor and general partner (GP) PE fund data from Preqin, I created ESG scores for both LP and PE funds. Ordinary least-squares regression showed a significant, positive relationship between LP/GP ESG strategies. However, the relationship became negative and significant when firm-, fund-, and country-level controls were added. This misalignment between statements and action, often called greenwashing, suggests that firms are driven to ESG reporting due to external factors and do not feel accountable for investment decisions that follow strategic disclosures. Investor environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) strategies had different relationships with GP ESG approaches. Public institutional investors, fund size, and the presence of a civil law system were positive contributing factors to the LP/GP ESG relationship. Fund performance was negatively associated with the relationship. There was also a significant difference in the LP/GP ESG approach between European PE funds versus those in North America. These findings show that E, S, and G factors may be more accurately analyzed separately than as one combined cluster. The findings also show that local conditions influence ESG strategic alignment between LPs and GPs. They suggest policymakers consider unique country-level attributes and differences in fund-level characteristics when attempting to influence ESG disclosure. ESG rating services could consider including factors that measure alignment between investors’ strategic statements and their investment decisions. The results provide valuable information on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in private markets, which has yet to be broadly studied compared to the extensive CSR literature available on public companies.
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- 2023
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- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014300
- Subject Headings
- Private equity funds, Limited partnership, Social responsibility of business
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- ADVOCATING STUDENT WITHIN ENVIRONMENT IN APPLICATION: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS’ PARTICIPATION IN A SMALL GROUP INTERVENTION.
- Creator
- Campbell, Kadeem, Bowers, Hannah, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Counselor Education, College of Education
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A sense of belonging is instrumental to an individual’s mental health. The American School Counselor Association outlined that school counselors are responsible for helping students manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills. The school setting plays an integral part in the development of student’s social and emotional competencies. Approaches to school counseling, such as Advocating Student-within-Environment (ASE), are pivotal in efforts to help students expand their social/emotional...
Show moreA sense of belonging is instrumental to an individual’s mental health. The American School Counselor Association outlined that school counselors are responsible for helping students manage emotions and apply interpersonal skills. The school setting plays an integral part in the development of student’s social and emotional competencies. Approaches to school counseling, such as Advocating Student-within-Environment (ASE), are pivotal in efforts to help students expand their social/emotional skills. This study examined the phenomenological experience of sixth grade students who participated in an ASE-influenced counseling program. One objective for this study was to advance the current literature regarding school counseling’s efficacy in promoting greater connectedness among students and their school environment. The study was conducted using the Student Success Skills (SSS) small group intervention, led by a school counselor already trained in the program. The research questions under investigation were: What is the phenomenological experience of middle school students’ participation in an ASE-aligned evidence-based guidance curriculum? Does the phenomenological experience of middle school students’ participation in an ASE-aligned evidence-based guidance curriculum translate to connectedness among the students in the intervention? Does the phenomenological experience of middle school students’ participation in an ASE-aligned evidence-based guidance curriculum lead to coregulatory relationships among students and school faculty?
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014301
- Subject Headings
- Educational counseling, Belonging (Social psychology), Middle school students
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- TIMELINE OF NUTRIENT INCORPORATION FROM BROODSTOCK DIET TO EGG IN CALIFORNIA YELLOWTAIL, SERIOLA DORSALIS.
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- Chin, Li Sun, Mejri, Sahar, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Marine Science and Oceanography, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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Existing brood fish research has ascertained that eggs are heavily influenced by broodstock diet but there is no information regarding this timeline of nutritional incorporation. The objective of this study is to determine duration of nutritional incorporation from diet to eggs through fatty acids. Nine California Yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis) broodstock were fed alternating diets of commercial pellets (Vitalis PRIMA: Skretting) and cutbait. Biochemical and biometric data from spawns were...
Show moreExisting brood fish research has ascertained that eggs are heavily influenced by broodstock diet but there is no information regarding this timeline of nutritional incorporation. The objective of this study is to determine duration of nutritional incorporation from diet to eggs through fatty acids. Nine California Yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis) broodstock were fed alternating diets of commercial pellets (Vitalis PRIMA: Skretting) and cutbait. Biochemical and biometric data from spawns were collected and analyzed for differences and similarities throughout the alternating diets. Eggs were observed to selectively incorporate higher sources of linolenic and linoleic acid from the pelleted diet, and eicosapentaenoic acid from the cutbait diet. Interestingly, results showed overall fatty acids from both diets were fully incorporated by eggs within 9 days following the diet switch. These findings provided new insight towards the selective incorporation of nutrients and will open new doors for future broodstock nutrition research.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014327
- Subject Headings
- Seriola dorsalis, Yellowtail, Aquaculture, Fishes—Feeding and feeds, Brood stock assessment
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- SHALLOW-WATER ENCRUSTERS AND THE TAPHONOMY OF THE HOLOCENE STORM RIDGE OFF POMPANO BEACH, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.
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- Ciesinski, Carson Park, Oleinik, Anton, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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Encrusters have a proven history as indicators of environmental conditions in nearshore habitats and are useful in both ecological and paleoenvironmental research within benthic ecosystems. Off the coast of Pompano Beach, Florida, a Holocene storm deposit contains large accumulations of subfossil Acropora palmata fragments with these same encrusting organisms attached to their surfaces. The objective of this research was to create an inventory of encrusters found within the storm deposit and...
Show moreEncrusters have a proven history as indicators of environmental conditions in nearshore habitats and are useful in both ecological and paleoenvironmental research within benthic ecosystems. Off the coast of Pompano Beach, Florida, a Holocene storm deposit contains large accumulations of subfossil Acropora palmata fragments with these same encrusting organisms attached to their surfaces. The objective of this research was to create an inventory of encrusters found within the storm deposit and document their successional outgrowth to determine the post-depositional history of sampled coral fragments. Foraminifera and coralline algae were the most common species found, and various sequences of successional outgrowth were observed that indicated fragments were either deposited gradually, immediately buried, or reworked after initial burial. This information is vital for understanding modern biodiversity on the Pompano coast, and the development of nearshore benthic marine ecosystems during the mid-late Holocene.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014344
- Subject Headings
- Taphonomy, Corals, Acropora palmata, Pompano Beach (Fla.), Environmental sciences
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- Document (PDF)
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- CHARACTERIZATION OF DIFFERENTIATED HUMAN NEUROBLASTOMA SH-SY5Y CELLS IN CULTURE.
- Creator
- Condikey, Siri, Prentice, Howard, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases affecting an estimated 20 million worldwide. The primary pathology of AD is the progressive loss of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons, which is responsible for the cognitive decline experienced by AD patients. The mechanisms underlying this selective vulnerability have not been fully elucidated. Furthermore, oxidative stress is a key factor behind the pathology of AD leading to this neuronal loss. The current...
Show moreAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases affecting an estimated 20 million worldwide. The primary pathology of AD is the progressive loss of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons, which is responsible for the cognitive decline experienced by AD patients. The mechanisms underlying this selective vulnerability have not been fully elucidated. Furthermore, oxidative stress is a key factor behind the pathology of AD leading to this neuronal loss. The current literature suggests that there are limited in-vitro models available to accurately simulate the hallmark symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The SH-SY5Y cell line has been used extensively to study neuronal stress responses but the undifferentiated cell type has been predominantly used. Undifferentiated SH-SY5Y versus differentiated SH-SY5Y have been shown to have different interaction, expression and localization with AD hallmark, amyloid-b -42. This project sought to use differentiated cholinergic cells from the line SH-SY5Y to further isolate and elucidate, in-vitro, the mechanisms behind the oxidative stress response, a key stressor in the pathology of AD. Building upon previous studies, a protocol to differentiate SH-SY5Y cells with retinoic acid (RA) and neurotrophin (BDNF) to mature neurons of the cholinergic phenotype was optimized and implemented. The results showed successful differentiation into the cholinergic phenotype as evidenced via immunofluorescence imaging of choline acetyl transferase (ChAT) expression and mature neurite morphology. To simulate oxidative stress, we exposed both undifferentiated and differentiated SH-SY5Y cells to hypoxic conditions. Results indicated a stress response to mild hypoxic conditions with higher sensitivity in cholinergic differentiated SH-SY5Y. Understanding these hallmark mechanisms behind oxidative stress is crucial to developing mechanism-based therapeutics for AD.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014347
- Subject Headings
- Alzheimer Disease, Cholinergic Neurons, Alzheimer Disease--pathology
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- Document (PDF)
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- REEF WARS: MONITORING AND PREDICTING PHASE SHIFTS ON FLORIDA CORAL REEFS.
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- Conkling, Megan, Pomponi, Shirley A., Hindle, Tobin, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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Reefs off the coast of Florida face threats from stressors associated with climate change which leads to phase shifts. Under rapid climate change, a clear understanding of how reefs and their benthic organisms respond is still lacking and needs to be investigated. Using in situ imagery, a sponge cell model, and long-term benthic biota surveys, the effects of climate change on reef dynamics were explored in this dissertation project. Results from the in situ imagery found that differences in...
Show moreReefs off the coast of Florida face threats from stressors associated with climate change which leads to phase shifts. Under rapid climate change, a clear understanding of how reefs and their benthic organisms respond is still lacking and needs to be investigated. Using in situ imagery, a sponge cell model, and long-term benthic biota surveys, the effects of climate change on reef dynamics were explored in this dissertation project. Results from the in situ imagery found that differences in spectral signatures are found between functional groups (i.e., corals, sponges, and algae) and different species from substrate. Results based on a sponge cell model and transcriptomics data have found a resilience of these sponges to the predicted thermal extremes. Results from benthic biota surveys suggested that depth and light attenuation have the largest influence on the predicted distribution of corals, sponges, and algae at Pulley Ridge. Climate change has been impacting reef benthic biota starting at the organismal scale up to the reef scale. This research demonstrates the importance of monitoring reefs at a finer scale and determining the thresholds and limits of benthic biota to projected thermal extremes to better inform resource managers to preserve these irreplaceable ecosystems.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014323
- Subject Headings
- Reefs--Florida, Climate change, Coral reef ecology
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON DUAL ENROLLMENT INCLUDING ACCESS, EQUITY, AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE SECONDARY AND POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO FACILITATE THESE PROGRAMS.
- Creator
- DeRosa, Adam, Floyd, Deborah L., Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology, College of Education
- Abstract/Description
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While students are the center of dual enrollment programs, high school counseling professionals, often called guidance counselors, and college/university administrators are vital to the success of these programs. High school guidance counselors coordinate schedules and ensure student awareness, registration, and participation in the program. College/University administrators facilitate dual enrollment partnerships between the school district and the post-secondary institution, guided by...
Show moreWhile students are the center of dual enrollment programs, high school counseling professionals, often called guidance counselors, and college/university administrators are vital to the success of these programs. High school guidance counselors coordinate schedules and ensure student awareness, registration, and participation in the program. College/University administrators facilitate dual enrollment partnerships between the school district and the post-secondary institution, guided by formal articulation agreements. COVID-19 has impacted both secondary and post-secondary school systems. Since dual enrollment is a formal bridge program between these systems, the pandemic may have long-term effects on access, equity, and the learning environment associated with dual enrollment. This case study focused on high school guidance counselors and school district administrators in Broward County, Florida schools as well as the college/university staff and administrators who oversee dual enrollment programs at three post-secondary institutions that offer classes for Broward County students. By collecting the participants’ perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 on dual enrollment programs, this study found out what worked, what did not work, and the lessons learned.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014302
- Subject Headings
- Dual enrollment, COVID-19, School management and organization, Education, Higher--Administration
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 12-STEP KNOWLEDGE AND OPIOID USE DISORDER COUNSELING SELF-EFFICACY.
- Creator
- D’Urso, Matthew A., Canfield, Brian, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Counselor Education, College of Education
- Abstract/Description
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Research indicates that opioid use disorder (OUD) is the most fatal and rapidly growing substance use disorder (SUD) in the United States, affecting over three million Americans with nearly a million overdose deaths since 1999 (Azadfard et al., 2021; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2023). Despite the pervasiveness of this diagnosis, research fails to evaluate counselors’ efficacy beliefs regarding the clinical treatment of the OUD client population. Similarly, despite the...
Show moreResearch indicates that opioid use disorder (OUD) is the most fatal and rapidly growing substance use disorder (SUD) in the United States, affecting over three million Americans with nearly a million overdose deaths since 1999 (Azadfard et al., 2021; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2023). Despite the pervasiveness of this diagnosis, research fails to evaluate counselors’ efficacy beliefs regarding the clinical treatment of the OUD client population. Similarly, despite the support that exists for affiliation with 12-step recovery groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous improving recovery outcomes for those diagnosed with OUD (Costello et al., 2019; Humphreys et al., 2020; Kelly et al., 2020), studies assessing counselors’ knowledge of 12-step recovery are scarce in the counseling literature. The present study targeted these two under-represented constructs by examining the relationship between counselors’ knowledge of 12-step recovery and their opioid use disorder counseling self-efficacy (OUDCSE). Counselors’ addiction beliefs and personal substance use experience (PSUE) were chosen as variables in this study, as both have a clinically significant influence on the counseling process and efficacy beliefs (Bawden, 2020; Cronin et al., 2014; Nielson, 2016). The researcher obtained approval from the university’s Institutional Review Board and used convenience and snowball sampling to recruit 161 licensed mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and certified clinical rehabilitation counselors for participation.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014303
- Subject Headings
- Opioid-Related Disorders, Drug abuse counseling, Mental health counselors
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- MITOCHONDRIAL GENETIC DIVERSITY OF THE RED-TAILED MONKEY, CERCOPITHECUS ASCANIUS, IN AFRICAN RAINFORESTS.
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- Dutra, Vitor Daniel, Detwiler, Kate M., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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Cercopithecus ascanius is an African primate species encompassing five geographic types with unresolved taxonomy. Recent publications have analyzed C. ascanius genetic diversity and taxonomy; however, few publications have addressed the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of C. ascanius from wild populations. My objectives for this thesis were to determine mtDNA diversity within the C. Ascanius species and investigate C. ascanius genetic structure. Results from this thesis...
Show moreCercopithecus ascanius is an African primate species encompassing five geographic types with unresolved taxonomy. Recent publications have analyzed C. ascanius genetic diversity and taxonomy; however, few publications have addressed the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of C. ascanius from wild populations. My objectives for this thesis were to determine mtDNA diversity within the C. Ascanius species and investigate C. ascanius genetic structure. Results from this thesis support findings from previous studies wherein C. ascanius depicted high mitochondrial diversity and all C. ascanius subspecies form a monophyletic clade within the Cercopithecus genus. Analyzing additional samples of C. ascanius monkeys will strengthen molecular diversity estimation and clarify genetic structure within the C. ascanius lineage.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014325
- Subject Headings
- Mitochondrial DNA, Cercopithecus ascanius, Genetics, Phylogeny
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- Document (PDF)
