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- Rethinking education: Anthony Benezet and the Quakers.
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- Garland, Megan Elizabeth
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Examining the education practices in early America provides a glimpse into the structure of colonial society as a whole. More specifically, the education system sheds light on how traditionally marginalized groups gained improved opportunities within society. This thesis examines the education of three key groups of people: women, Africans, and Native Americans. More specifically, this thesis traces the increase in educational opportunities made available to each of these groups in eighteenth...
Show moreExamining the education practices in early America provides a glimpse into the structure of colonial society as a whole. More specifically, the education system sheds light on how traditionally marginalized groups gained improved opportunities within society. This thesis examines the education of three key groups of people: women, Africans, and Native Americans. More specifically, this thesis traces the increase in educational opportunities made available to each of these groups in eighteenth-century Philadelphia. With the Quakers at the forefront, traditionally marginalized people began to receive improved educational opportunities. Writings from a Quaker central to education reform, Anthony Benezet, are examined in order to show how the Quakers in eighteenth-century Philadelphia created a unique system of educational inclusivity. Benezet was an early abolitionist and educator who played a significant role in the education of women and minorities in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania. Benezet and the Quakers reimagined education by providing quality educations to less-fortunate groups of people. Their work served as an example of how women and minorities were capable of high-level academic achievement.
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- 2021, 2021
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- 1293868060, WFE0000756
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- Can delivery modality influence test performance?: comparing traditional and digital formats.
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- Moyer, Gage H.
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This paper presents a mixed group experimental design to examine whether how students take a test within the classroom affects exam performance and test delivery preferences. In this study, I randomly assigned 35 students in a social psychology course to take their first exam in either a paper-based format or an online mode in the same context. Students switched to the alternative format for their second exam. I measured average exam scores, speed of completion, attitudes towards computer...
Show moreThis paper presents a mixed group experimental design to examine whether how students take a test within the classroom affects exam performance and test delivery preferences. In this study, I randomly assigned 35 students in a social psychology course to take their first exam in either a paper-based format or an online mode in the same context. Students switched to the alternative format for their second exam. I measured average exam scores, speed of completion, attitudes towards computer testing, testing anxiety, and modality preference. As predicted, the testing format made no difference in mean test performance on each exam. There also was no majority preference for one modality over the other when given a choice of how students wanted to take the final exam in the class. Format preference was unrelated to testing anxiety or exam performance. However, attitudes towards computer-based testing appear to correlate with modality preference. Therefore, online-based testing modalities do not appear to have any significant disadvantages when compared to paper-based formats and can possibly serve as a convenient, resource saving alternative.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1202267393, WFE0000723
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- Document (PDF)
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- Freedom for hire: free black apprenticeship in New Orleans.
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- Crain, Maggie Eleanor
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During the early 1700s and into the early 1800s in Louisiana, a unique community of free black people created a fluid political and cultural identity within New Orleans. Surrounded by plantation slavery, free black people living in this important urban port city accumulated a degree of wealth, property, and agency that free and enslaved people of color did not have access to in other areas of the South. Though this community faced many obstacles and limitations due to their precarious place...
Show moreDuring the early 1700s and into the early 1800s in Louisiana, a unique community of free black people created a fluid political and cultural identity within New Orleans. Surrounded by plantation slavery, free black people living in this important urban port city accumulated a degree of wealth, property, and agency that free and enslaved people of color did not have access to in other areas of the South. Though this community faced many obstacles and limitations due to their precarious place within a hostile and rigid racial system, free black people, as individuals and as a community, used the often confusing and fluid nature of their racial identity to bolster their agency and place in New Orleans. One such way free black people accomplished this was through the extensive practice of apprenticeship, a labor practice that allowed young people to learn a skill from an artisan, who in exchange for their training, used the free or low wage labor from their apprentice. Using over four hundred contracts between free children of color, local artisans, and a sponsor, this research explores how apprenticeship was in part a formal educational opportunity for black youth. The role that family members, especially black mothers and white fathers, played in acquiring and sponsoring apprenticeships for their children attests to the importance of education and establishing relationships with local artisans and business owners in New Orleans. Using the data collected from these documents, as well as supporting public records, this research reveals the complex and interconnected ways that the free community navigated their material and cultural environment to survive, and often thrive, in the face of increased racial hostility and threats to free black agency in the decades leading up to the Civil War.
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- 1294639545, WFE0000775
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- Document (PDF)
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- South Springs.
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- Brehm, Faith Danielle
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When South Springs resident Allison Cooper is found dead at the local dam, it sparks a frenzy in the usually quiet small town as residents speculate on what exactly happened to her the last night of her life. A murder? Accident? Suicide. No one seems to know and the police are out of their depth. South Springs follows the lives of those closest to Allison in the months following her death. As they struggle to come to terms with her loss, they find themselves under the increased scrutiny and...
Show moreWhen South Springs resident Allison Cooper is found dead at the local dam, it sparks a frenzy in the usually quiet small town as residents speculate on what exactly happened to her the last night of her life. A murder? Accident? Suicide. No one seems to know and the police are out of their depth. South Springs follows the lives of those closest to Allison in the months following her death. As they struggle to come to terms with her loss, they find themselves under the increased scrutiny and fascination of the rest of the town. Each manages their grief through different facets as they attempt to reestablish their lives without her
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- 2021
- Identifier
- 1293880388, WFE0000761
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- Document (PDF)
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- Growing pains: investigating satellite tag epoxy attachments on juvenile turtles.
- Author
- Vidal, Alexander
- Abstract/Description
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While nesting behavior of sea turtles is well understood, gaps in knowledge exist for inwater movements. This is especially true for neonate and small juvenile turtles, which are overall data poor at pelagic and early neritic stages. The use of satellite-linked platform terminal transmitters (PTTs) allows scientists to study sea turtle movements; however, long-term tracking of sea turtles comes with a unique set of challenges. Tracking durations can be brief and limited by technical failures....
Show moreWhile nesting behavior of sea turtles is well understood, gaps in knowledge exist for inwater movements. This is especially true for neonate and small juvenile turtles, which are overall data poor at pelagic and early neritic stages. The use of satellite-linked platform terminal transmitters (PTTs) allows scientists to study sea turtle movements; however, long-term tracking of sea turtles comes with a unique set of challenges. Tracking durations can be brief and limited by technical failures. Most PTTs on small juveniles fail within one year. There is a general consensus among many biologists who tag small juvenile turtles that tags are failing due to premature detachment from carapace expansion. I tested this growth-caused detachment hypothesis through a series of controlled experiments. First, using empty red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) shells, I conducted axial load testing with model transmitters attached. Second, using juvenile red-eared sliders with model PTTs, I recreated the stress of shell growth on the epoxied-tag attachment. In both experiments, a suite of epoxies were tested, expansion factors were measured, and data was compared to sea turtle growth rates. This research contributes to the knowledge of how adhesives interact with a growing turtle shell.
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- 1294313663, WFE0000769
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- Document (PDF)
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- Mathematics learning support center visits and college students' mathematics anxiety and self-efficacy.
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- Johnson, Hannah Ada
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College students' inability to complete necessary mathematics coursework due to elevated mathematics anxiety levels can hinder degree completion and affect graduation rates. Institutes of higher education should offer students enrolled in a developmental mathematics course opportunities outside of the classroom that potentially lower mathematics anxiety levels and increase self-efficacy levels. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the correlation between the...
Show moreCollege students' inability to complete necessary mathematics coursework due to elevated mathematics anxiety levels can hinder degree completion and affect graduation rates. Institutes of higher education should offer students enrolled in a developmental mathematics course opportunities outside of the classroom that potentially lower mathematics anxiety levels and increase self-efficacy levels. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to examine the correlation between the frequency of visits to a mathematics learning support center and mathematics anxiety levels and self-efficacy among nontraditional developmental mathematics students at a 2-year college in Florida. The study applied Bandura's (1986) social cognitive theory that explains interactions that exist between behavior (mathematics anxiety), personal factors (self-efficacy), and environmental events (learning support centers) as the theoretical framework. I utilized convenience sampling to collect survey data from 16 participants. The data analysis revealed a statistically significant difference between preintervention and postintervention mathematics anxiety levels (p = 0.028) and self-efficacy levels (p = 0.0075). However, a statistically significant correlation did not exist between the frequency of visits to a mathematics learning support center and participant levels of mathematics anxiety (p = 0.241) and self-efficacy (p = 0.850). The study results have implications for current policies by examining the correlation between attendance at learning support centers and developmental mathematics students' mathematics anxiety and self-efficacy levels. Because the sample size was significantly reduced due to COVID-19 restrictions, I suggest future research with a larger sample size should be conducted.
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- 1294314080, WFE0000770
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- Document (PDF)
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- Short story collection: fermented summer.
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- Waller, Chaise Jurnee
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Fermented Summer is a collection of three stories: Fermented, Evaporated, and Distilled that explore themes of Southern Gothic American Literature in a modern, short story format in a small fictional Floridian town surrounded by swamp land. The characters experience troubles of southern culture: alcoholism, prejudice, alienation, poverty, transgression, and decayed settings. Each story depicts encounters of a different time in the same place whilst switching between central figures' narration...
Show moreFermented Summer is a collection of three stories: Fermented, Evaporated, and Distilled that explore themes of Southern Gothic American Literature in a modern, short story format in a small fictional Floridian town surrounded by swamp land. The characters experience troubles of southern culture: alcoholism, prejudice, alienation, poverty, transgression, and decayed settings. Each story depicts encounters of a different time in the same place whilst switching between central figures' narration. The expectation of Fermented Summer is to examine the multifaceted relationship of humanity and its ecological surroundings, putting pressure on the already brittle bonds with nature. Its purpose is to explore the degree to which humanity is recognizable without its ancestral and nearly primal synergy with the land and life. The figures of Fermented Summer highlight not the struggles of impoverished southerners, but the degrading relation of humanity to the earth itself. Each character has their own conflicts and challenges, ultimately placing the troubles with Del, the youngest, to sort through the remains of her dying homeland and familial relations.
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- 1296378801, WFE0000778
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- Document (PDF)
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- Vergil in the "Wracke" and the "Comming to Virginia": William Strachey's structural, literary, and ideological adaptation of the Aeneid.
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- Scott, Teresa Yates
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This paper investigates William Strachey's A True Reportory, a stylized eyewitness account of Strachey's 1609-1610 voyage to the Jamestown colony, showing how the text utilizes Vergil's Aeneid to set a precedent for the British colonization of the New World. By using the Aeneid as a resource for A True Reportory, I argue that Strachey is committed to creating a new and active history for Jamestown by connecting the ongoing foundation of Jamestown to that of the Roman Empire, an empire...
Show moreThis paper investigates William Strachey's A True Reportory, a stylized eyewitness account of Strachey's 1609-1610 voyage to the Jamestown colony, showing how the text utilizes Vergil's Aeneid to set a precedent for the British colonization of the New World. By using the Aeneid as a resource for A True Reportory, I argue that Strachey is committed to creating a new and active history for Jamestown by connecting the ongoing foundation of Jamestown to that of the Roman Empire, an empire destined for greatness, in the attempt to align his account with the promotional goals of the Virginia Company. In particular, I will show that Strachey leverages Rome's greatness to induce the British population to take a more active role in the larger North American colonial project, while also using uniquely Roman paradigms of colonialism to legitimize Britain's possession of Jamestown and place the British experience within a known colonial framework.
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- 1296381331, WFE0000779
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- Document (PDF)
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- I can barrel-ly contain myself: identifying types of wooden casks within the Emanuel Point II artifact assemblage.
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- Elmore, John Robert III
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Wooden casks served as essential tools for economic development for thousands of years by storing and transporting various commodities. Though they no longer play as significant of a role for commerce in the modern era, their utility is still remembered because of their long-lasting reign of use. Historians and archaeologists alike study both casks as well as the individuals who make them (coopers) to further understand the significance each held as contributors toward economic growth....
Show moreWooden casks served as essential tools for economic development for thousands of years by storing and transporting various commodities. Though they no longer play as significant of a role for commerce in the modern era, their utility is still remembered because of their long-lasting reign of use. Historians and archaeologists alike study both casks as well as the individuals who make them (coopers) to further understand the significance each held as contributors toward economic growth. Archaeologists have recovered numerous types of wooden casks from across the globe, with each discovery shedding light on the cultural significance held by different cask types during different eras. Though archaeologists have yet to recover a fully intact cask from any of the archaeological sites affiliated with the Tristan de Luna expedition of 1559, one of the site's artifact assemblages (the Emanuel Point II's (EPII)) contains a collection of objects identified as wooden cask components. An analysis of these components contributes toward the identification of cask types within the EPII artifact assemblage, thereby shedding light on the types of casks utilized by 16th-century Spanish colonists.
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- 1296381613, WFE0000780
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- Document (PDF)
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- Control of hybrid generation microgrids based on consensus algorithm.
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- Albaz, Rakan Khaled Kamal
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Utility grid companies are currently facing many challenges. These challenges include energy management, efficiency, and power quality issues. It is well known that improving power systems' management, control, and quality results in better economic benefits, increased electronic device lifetime, and reduced power interruptions, leading to the satisfaction of utility and consumer. Many research efforts were done in the past decades focusing on power systems control, quality, and management....
Show moreUtility grid companies are currently facing many challenges. These challenges include energy management, efficiency, and power quality issues. It is well known that improving power systems' management, control, and quality results in better economic benefits, increased electronic device lifetime, and reduced power interruptions, leading to the satisfaction of utility and consumer. Many research efforts were done in the past decades focusing on power systems control, quality, and management. The need for more green energy resources has inspired these researchers to find ways to integrate renewable energy resources into the grid. The current grid is facing issues due to a number of reasons such as increased Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) types and number, increased loads' types and number, and the increased distance between the DERs, loads, and the grid. The study of this thesis aims at finding creative energy management and control solutions through observing and understanding the characteristics of the utility grid and implement these solutions in a simulation software called MATLAB/Simulink. Consensus-based control will be implemented in a hybrid generation microgrid which will support the grid and work on restoring voltage and frequency levels with optimum power sharing between the DER.
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- 1295678222, WFE0000777
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- Document (PDF)
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- Characterizing the effects of atypical antipsychotics on the neutrophil model cell line, PLB-985.
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- Robbs, Emily J.
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Atypical antipsychotics (AAPs) are a class of drug used to treat several mental diseases like bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia. However, these substances are also known to cause a rare, yet severe and sometimes fatal syndrome known as neutropenia. Neutropenia (and its more acute form, agranulocytosis) is characterized by a significant decrease in an individual's circulating neutrophils--the most abundant white blood cell. Neutrophils are essential for proper...
Show moreAtypical antipsychotics (AAPs) are a class of drug used to treat several mental diseases like bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia. However, these substances are also known to cause a rare, yet severe and sometimes fatal syndrome known as neutropenia. Neutropenia (and its more acute form, agranulocytosis) is characterized by a significant decrease in an individual's circulating neutrophils--the most abundant white blood cell. Neutrophils are essential for proper innate immunity, and depletion can result in higher risk of developing life-threatening illnesses. How atypical antipsychotics induce neutropenia is not well-understood, though research is ongoing. In this study, we aim to characterize the effects of four AAPs--clozapine, olanzapine, quetiapine and aripiprazole--on PLB-985 cell viability, as assessed by the XTT Cell Viability Assay. We found that only aripiprazole is able to significantly decrease dPLB-985 cell viability after 48-hour treatment. We hypothesized that aripiprazole's negative effect on cell viability is through its unique mechanism of action as a partial dopamine agonist; however, our results suggest that aripiprazole's effects are independent of dopamine receptor agonism.
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- 1294639220, WFE0000774
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- Document (PDF)
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- Development of a new unreacted equation of state for LX-17 with a genetic algorithm and a semiparametric model.
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- Ginoza, Reid Rikio
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Modeling the detonation of high explosives requires accurate simulations of shock propagation within the material of interest. The shock behavior is largely captured with the Hugoniot curve of an equation of state model, which describes the thermodynamic behavior of the unreacted material. While there are parametric forms for these models, such as linear and quadratic fits, that can be fit to shock data, in this work, a semiparametric Hugoniot curve was developed with cubic b-splines to allow...
Show moreModeling the detonation of high explosives requires accurate simulations of shock propagation within the material of interest. The shock behavior is largely captured with the Hugoniot curve of an equation of state model, which describes the thermodynamic behavior of the unreacted material. While there are parametric forms for these models, such as linear and quadratic fits, that can be fit to shock data, in this work, a semiparametric Hugoniot curve was developed with cubic b-splines to allow more flexibility in fitting the shock data. In order to optimize the fit, a genetic algorithm that respects convexity constraints performed a global search. In two test cases, the spline Hugoniot model was fit to artificial experimental data and resulted in good agreement with the known truth. Finally, we examined the existing Hugoniot, pop plot, and overdriven data for LX-17, an insensitive TATB-based explosive, and fit a new equation of state to this expanded data set with our semiparametric form. While previously published parameterizations of models did not satisfy all constraints, this new model was fit to all the collected data and respected all the constraints.
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- 2021
- Identifier
- 1293880214, WFE0000760
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- Document (PDF)
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- Thermal acclimation dynamics of Atlantic stingrays.
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- Morris, Alexandra Anne
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Acclimation dynamics are an important, but little studied, aspect of fish thermal ecology, that quantify the pattern and speed with which fish readjust to acute changes in water temperature. When exposed to an acute temperature shift, fish implement a sequence of behavioral, physiological and/or molecular changes to ameliorate adverse temperature and restore homeostasis. Homeostatic changes due to temperature change can be tracked by monitoring shifts in critical thermal maximum values....
Show moreAcclimation dynamics are an important, but little studied, aspect of fish thermal ecology, that quantify the pattern and speed with which fish readjust to acute changes in water temperature. When exposed to an acute temperature shift, fish implement a sequence of behavioral, physiological and/or molecular changes to ameliorate adverse temperature and restore homeostasis. Homeostatic changes due to temperature change can be tracked by monitoring shifts in critical thermal maximum values. Acclimation dynamics have been determined for several species of bony fish but are unknown in other fish groups. In this study acclimation dynamics were determined for three groups of Atlantic stingrays (Hypanus sabinus) acutely transferred to higher temperatures. Atlantic stingrays acutely transferred from 15 to 23°C, 23 to 30°C, or 30 to 34°C, accrued heat tolerance relatively quickly, with most of the acclimation process completed between 2 and 3 days. Atlantic stingrays acclimate more quickly to temperature change than teleost fishes. For example, guppies (Pocillia reticulata) require 15 days to fully acclimate. Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) took 15-20 days to reach full acclimation. Sheepshead minnow -- a hyperthermic specialist capable of enduring temperatures of nearly 45° - took 17 days to reach full acclimation (Fangue et al., 2014). Atlantic stingrays are regularly exposed to rapid, unexpected temperature shifts and the ability to acclimate quicklyr allows stingrays to exploit shallow thermally variable habitats.
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- 2021
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- 1293874302, WFE0000758
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- Document (PDF)
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- Professional industry certifications as the guiding factor for cybersecurity course content delivery.
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- Arenas, Victor Ramón
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Cybersecurity faculty do not have the time to respond to the rapid and pervasive cybersecurity academic landscape. For faculty to respond to this challenge, they are expected to continuously adapt to remain competitive. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the cybersecurity faculty's perceptions of their need to embark on an ongoing and sustained professional development to transfer commercial content in the form of professional certifications to the course...
Show moreCybersecurity faculty do not have the time to respond to the rapid and pervasive cybersecurity academic landscape. For faculty to respond to this challenge, they are expected to continuously adapt to remain competitive. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the cybersecurity faculty's perceptions of their need to embark on an ongoing and sustained professional development to transfer commercial content in the form of professional certifications to the course content delivery at the Opportunity Learning Center (referred to hereafter as O.L.C.) in South Florida. This study's methods aligned with a qualitative descriptive phenomenological process supported by Carroll's (1963) degree of learning based on the concepts of opportunity to learn, quality of instruction, perseverance, and aptitude. The data I collected via interview described faculty's perceptions regarding these concepts to learn a pervasively changing subject. Five participants at O.L.C. perceived professional certifications as beneficial. Most professional certifications are valuable; besides, Florida's state's Department of Education encourages state colleges to include them. The data revealed that despite the likelihood of obtaining a certification, increases in faculty receiving high-level instruction, learning experience, and quality of teaching resources, faculty face a significant challenge in preparing and getting ready to obtain professional certifications. Despite the challenge, the study showed that faculty have no other option but to leverage various open educational resources to remain competitive. The study recommends expanding research to determine the correlation between the absence of professional development in the cybersecurity academic context and faculty's motivation to self-train to remain competitive.
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- 1294536245, WFE0000772
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- Document (PDF)
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- Characterization of calpain activity in response to microplastic exposure in Donax variabilis.
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- Schroeder, Hans Erik
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Coquina clams (Donax variabilis) are small multicolored bivalve mollusks that inhabit the intertidal zones of various southeastern beaches along the eastern coast of the United States where they are in great abundance and an essential part of the beach ecosystem. Because they are filter-feeders that are exposed to environmental hazards, Donax variabilis populations are a sign of the beach's ecological health. Potentially, this mollusk may be effective as a "canary in a coal mine" if...
Show moreCoquina clams (Donax variabilis) are small multicolored bivalve mollusks that inhabit the intertidal zones of various southeastern beaches along the eastern coast of the United States where they are in great abundance and an essential part of the beach ecosystem. Because they are filter-feeders that are exposed to environmental hazards, Donax variabilis populations are a sign of the beach's ecological health. Potentially, this mollusk may be effective as a "canary in a coal mine" if biological changes are easily measurable that may be sensitive to important environmental changes. One such mechanism are the calpains. Calpains are Ca2+-dependent cysteine proteases that are expressed in nearly all eukaryotes, but have rarely been studied in invertebrates like the Coquina clam. It is well established that calpains are essential to cellular homeostasis and have been implicated in a multitude of cellular functions, such as apoptosis and cellular stress. In recent years, microplastics, plastic particles that range in size but are less than 5mm, have become a serious hazard to the environment. Accumulation of microplastics have only recently been recognized to be harmful to marine organisms that ingest them and cause tissue damage on a cellular and subcellular level that may alter calpain activity. Although Coquina clams are in great abundance on the beaches and their ecological patterns have been studied thoroughly, the cellular and subcellular processes of the Coquina clam have not been studied extensively. Specifically, it is not understood how calpains function under normal conditions or how these molecules would be affected due to large ecological impacts in the form of contaminants like microplastics. It is our contention that Coquina clams can be used as a bioindicator of healthy beaches and aid in assessing the presence or absence of pollutants such as microplastics that can occur in the ecosystem, using cellular and subcellular processing by calpains as a measure.
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- 2019, 2019
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- 1153167661, WFE0000699
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- Document (PDF)
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- A climatology of single-day rapid drought cessation events in the southwestern United States.
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- Harris, Emily Pearl
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Drought is a common and important component of the hydroclimatology of the southwestern USA. However, less attention has been paid to drought termination in the region, especially Rapid Drought Cessation Events (RDCEs). Here, the "Southwest" was defined by drought region using Principal Components Analysis (PCA) of the annual average Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) for all NOAA state climate divisions in the U.S.A. For the Southwest, 765 droughts occurred between 1895 to 2017; 575 (6.2%)...
Show moreDrought is a common and important component of the hydroclimatology of the southwestern USA. However, less attention has been paid to drought termination in the region, especially Rapid Drought Cessation Events (RDCEs). Here, the "Southwest" was defined by drought region using Principal Components Analysis (PCA) of the annual average Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) for all NOAA state climate divisions in the U.S.A. For the Southwest, 765 droughts occurred between 1895 to 2017; 575 (6.2%) of these droughts ended abruptly (for one month's time). Furthermore, 54 (0.6%) of those RDCEs occurred in a single-day. The majority of RDCEs, and single-day RDCEs, occurred in the cool season. Droughts of short (<1 months) and long (>76months) duration were ended by single-day RDCEs. Similarly, RDCEs ended droughts of varying severity, the extreme being a -5.68 (PDSI; November 1951). While there is no significant trend when SD-RDCEs occur, the results showed that most occur in the winter season and most occurring in Arizona. Analyses are in progress to identify the storm type responsible for every occurrence of RDCE and describe the spatiotemporal properties of RDCE and associated storm type.
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- 1129015296, WFE0000656
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- Document (PDF)
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- Oldenburg, Ray. Photograph.
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- Oldenburg, Ray
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Photograph of Dr. Ray Oldenburg, Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology/Anthropology. University of West Florida Faculty, 1967-2001. Photograph from the 1998 Spring Alumline, the University of West Florida's alumni magazine.
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- uwfwfhc_m1982_11_oldenburgphoto, uwfwfhcm8211oldenburg
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- Image (JPEG)
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- Oldenburg, Ray. Archives Publication List.
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- Oldenburg, Ray [Oldenburg, Ramon Almich, 1932- ]
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The department maintains an ongoing faculty publications file wherein notes are added to existing bibliographies of new publications and materials produced by a University of West Florida faculty member or staff. These are undated but continually added to. This listing for Dr. Ray Oldenburg comes from these files and includes materials that he made us aware of, even after his retirement. It may be similar to other bibliographies provided.
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- uwfwfhc_m1981_42_oldenburgfacpublist
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- Document (PDF)
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- Oldenburg, Ray. Inclusive Publication List, 2014.
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- Ray Oldenburg [Oldenburg, Ramon Almich, 1932- ]
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"Inclusive publications list" for Ray Oldenburg. Donated to WFHC by Ray Oldenburg via Robert Dugan.
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- uwfwfhc_m1982_11_oldenburg
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- Document (PDF)
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- Faculty acceptance of the peer assessment collaboration evaluation tool: a quantitative study.
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- Podsiad, Megan Elizabeth
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The problem this study sought to address was faculty reluctance to use new online peer-assessment tools. The purpose of this study was to examine the motivational factors that influence acceptance of the Peer Assessment Collaboration Evaluation (PACE) Tool among faculty employed at a mid-sized university in the Southeastern United States. This study used Davis's (1986) technology acceptance model (TAM) and motivational constructs "attitude toward using, perceived usefulness and perceived ease...
Show moreThe problem this study sought to address was faculty reluctance to use new online peer-assessment tools. The purpose of this study was to examine the motivational factors that influence acceptance of the Peer Assessment Collaboration Evaluation (PACE) Tool among faculty employed at a mid-sized university in the Southeastern United States. This study used Davis's (1986) technology acceptance model (TAM) and motivational constructs "attitude toward using, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use" (p. 44). The researcher used simple linear regression and standard multiple regression to determine if there was a significant relationship, if any, between the motivational constructs. The simple linear regression analyses indicated large, significant linear relationships for the following pairs of constructs: "attitude toward using and perceived usefulness" (Davis, 1986, p. 133) with R2 = .761, F(1, 49) = 156.043, p < .05, f2 = 3.18; "attitude toward using . . . and perceived ease of use" (Davis, 1986, p. 44) with R2 = .394, F(1, 50) = 32.479, p < .05, f2 = .65; and "perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use" (Davis, 1986, p. 24) with R2 = .544, F(1, 52) = 21.865, p < .05, f2 = .42. Additionally, the standard multiple regression found perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of the PACE Tool to be predictors of attitude toward using the PACE Tool with R2 = .776, F(2, 48) = 83.130, p < .05. Cohen's f2 was 3.46 for this analysis, indicating a large effect size.
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- 1129598261, WFE0000668
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- Document (PDF)
