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- The violence comes soon after: LGBTQ+ perceptions of safety and its effects on mental health in Pensacola.
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- Harshman, Brenna
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In Pensacola, Florida, there are many conservative residents who object to the presence of LGBTQ+ members in the community despite the long, rich history of relative LGBTQ+ tolerance. Due to the outward display of intolerant behavior, many LGBTQ+ people question their ability to safely express their sexual orientation and gender identity. This paper explores the primary data on main stressors that affect the perception of safety among the LGBTQ+ community in the Pensacola area as well as the...
Show moreIn Pensacola, Florida, there are many conservative residents who object to the presence of LGBTQ+ members in the community despite the long, rich history of relative LGBTQ+ tolerance. Due to the outward display of intolerant behavior, many LGBTQ+ people question their ability to safely express their sexual orientation and gender identity. This paper explores the primary data on main stressors that affect the perception of safety among the LGBTQ+ community in the Pensacola area as well as the mental health consequences linked with the stress of feeling unsafe. Data was gathered through participant observation and semi-structured interviews. I hypothesize that the LGBTQ+ community in Pensacola is more likely to have poor mental health and this inequity is linked to discrimination and feeling unsafe.
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- 1151767416, WFE0000685
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- Attitudes about menstruation: a qualitative study of implicit and explicit attitudes.
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- Baldwin, Kaitlyn
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Studies have been conducted to understand menstrual stigma, supporting the hypothesis that women internalize stigma and feel required to modify their behaviors to adapt to societal rules surrounding menstruation. Conflicting results have been reported regarding current attitudes toward menstruation, with some reporting that the stigma is still prevalent, while others have found no evidence of stigma. The purpose of the current research is to expand on these studies, further exploring the...
Show moreStudies have been conducted to understand menstrual stigma, supporting the hypothesis that women internalize stigma and feel required to modify their behaviors to adapt to societal rules surrounding menstruation. Conflicting results have been reported regarding current attitudes toward menstruation, with some reporting that the stigma is still prevalent, while others have found no evidence of stigma. The purpose of the current research is to expand on these studies, further exploring the prevalence of and reasons for menstruation stigma and to explore individual perceptions surrounding the discussion of women's menstrual cycles in college women and men. In a pilot study (Study 1) we found that, on a 7-point Likert scale, women and men self-report neutral to slightly positive attitudes toward menstruation, averaging slightly positive. In contrast, 87.7% of women and 76.9% of men have witnessed menstruation related bullying, and 52.3% of women have personally experienced it. These findings expose a discrepancy between experienced menstruation stigma and expected biases. As such, we modified our previous survey with more direct questions to better reveal the true attitudes of college students. The modified survey (Study 2) included questions regarding perceived stigma, internalized stigma, experienced stigma, and menstruation related stereotypes and an Implicit Association Task (IAT) to measure internalized menstruation stigma. We expected that Study 2 would replicate previous results regarding societal perceptions of menstrual stigma and personal attitudes toward menstruation trending positively. In addition, we expect to find that the IAT reveals participants to hold implicit negative associations about menstruation.
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- 2020
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- 1151766549, WFE0000684
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- Document (PDF)
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- Ideological caucus membership and committee assignments in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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- Kinnard, Benjamin
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The most important step in passing legislation in Congress lies in the committees where legislation is marked up and sent to the floor of the chamber for a vote. Understanding the composition of these committees is an important step in understanding why legislation is passed and why legislation is shaped the way it is. Ideological caucuses have been described as formal organizations that seek to use their votes to achieve policy outcomes counter to the desires of party leadership. The...
Show moreThe most important step in passing legislation in Congress lies in the committees where legislation is marked up and sent to the floor of the chamber for a vote. Understanding the composition of these committees is an important step in understanding why legislation is passed and why legislation is shaped the way it is. Ideological caucuses have been described as formal organizations that seek to use their votes to achieve policy outcomes counter to the desires of party leadership. The relationship between the two is what this project covers. This project analyzes why ideological caucuses get the seats in committees in the House of Representatives that they do. Using the partisan theory of committee assignments and the assumption that caucuses wish to achieve goals counter to those of party leadership, with data from the House from 2005- 2010, three hypotheses regarding the relationship between caucus membership and committee assignments were tested. The results show that ideological caucus members do not tend to be assigned to desirable committees more often than non-caucus members in most cases. However, the Democratic party does assign moderate members to constituency committees significantly more often than extreme members, whereas the reverse is true for the Republican party, pointing to a difference in the two parties not accounted for in the models. This research shows that while ideological caucuses may be a factor in committee assignments, there is not enough evidence to prove that caucus membership significantly predicts committee assignments. Rational choice models of members of Congress only go so far in explaining the variance in committee assignments.
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- 1151767436, WFE0000686
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- Neuromuscular control and movement variability in adolescent female soccer athletes during simulated soccer jump header landing task.
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- Grammer, Emily Elizabeth
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The lateral ankle sprain (LAS) is the most common orthopedic injury in athletics and is the result of simultaneous excessive inversion of the ankle and supination of the foot. Following initial LAS, degenerative changes have been found in over 70% of participants for extended periods of time. With the aforementioned degenerative changes typically come alterations in movement patterns, muscle activation patterns, and arthrokinematics. The current study aimed to investigate the effects of LAS...
Show moreThe lateral ankle sprain (LAS) is the most common orthopedic injury in athletics and is the result of simultaneous excessive inversion of the ankle and supination of the foot. Following initial LAS, degenerative changes have been found in over 70% of participants for extended periods of time. With the aforementioned degenerative changes typically come alterations in movement patterns, muscle activation patterns, and arthrokinematics. The current study aimed to investigate the effects of LAS history on neuromuscular control during a soccer specific jump-landing task and to illustrate the impact of limb (injured vs. non-injured) on neuromuscular control during a soccer specific jump-landing task in female adolescent athletes (n = 14, age = 16 ± 1.0 yr). A control group (n = 7) and a group designated as the "ankle sprain" group (n = 7) were used. The injured ankles in the ankle sprain group and the dominant limbs of the control group were labeled "affected," while the uninjured limbs of the ankle sprain group and the non-dominant limbs of the control group were labeled "unaffected." Electromyography (EMG) sensors were placed on 6 lower-limb muscles of each participant bilaterally, totaling 12 sensors per participant -- Lateral Gastrocnemius (LG), Peroneus Longus (PL), Tibialis Anterior (TA), Vastus Lateralis (VL), Vastus Medialis (VM), and Biceps Femoris (BF). Each participant completed a 5-minute low-to-moderate intensity warm-up on a cycler ergometer, then completed 10 soccer-header jump-landing trials. There were no significant limb by group interactions (p > 0.05) or group main effects (p > 0.05) found in the current study. Pre-landing data showed significant limb main effects for the vi standard deviation (SD) of the unaffected PL (p = 0.017) and the affected VL (p = 0.048). Furthermore, significant limb main effects were discovered for the COV of pre-landing muscle activation for the PL (p = 0.043), LG (p = 0.049), and VL (p = 0.048). During the post-landing period, significant limb main effects were recorded for the average activation (p = 0.001) and SD (p = 0.003) of the PL and the COV of the VL (p = 0.038). Reduced activation of the nondominant limbs illustrated increased neuromuscular control in the distal musculature (PL), while the proximal musculature (VL) demonstrated reduced neuromuscular control on the unaffected limbs. The current study discovered that limb dominance was a more prominent factor in altered lower-leg neuromuscular control compared to ankle injury history. Limb differences were mostlikely the result of the sport-specific demands placed on the dominant and non-dominant limbs during soccer, which elicited increased muscular responses of the non-dominant limb during jump-landing tasks.
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- 2019, 2019
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- 1152894502, WFE0000692
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- Document (PDF)
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- The marine pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, as a model for developmental neurogenesis and retinal development.
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- Moseley, Patience Elizabeth
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In contrast to mammals, the fish CNS produces new neurons throughout life and, following injury, neurons fully regenerate and function is restored. Understanding how and why persistent neurogenesis and CNS regeneration occur in fish, but not in mammals, is crucial for developing the ability to treat CNS injury and disease in humans. The zebrafish has a relatively simple early developmental period compared with many marine fish species and does not represent the full diversity of developmental...
Show moreIn contrast to mammals, the fish CNS produces new neurons throughout life and, following injury, neurons fully regenerate and function is restored. Understanding how and why persistent neurogenesis and CNS regeneration occur in fish, but not in mammals, is crucial for developing the ability to treat CNS injury and disease in humans. The zebrafish has a relatively simple early developmental period compared with many marine fish species and does not represent the full diversity of developmental mechanisms among vertebrates. Therefore, our objective is to develop the pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides, as a marine fish laboratory model that will improve our understanding of the complex factors that affect retinal neurogenesis. In early experiments, the Rhodopsin gene, a critical visual pigment in rod photoreceptors, was cloned from the pinfish retina and sequenced. Next generation sequencing was used to sequence the entire pinfish genome, which will be gradually assembled. Additionally, pinfish have been maintained in fiberglass tanks equipped to control light cycle, temperature, and other environmental factors that usually induce spawning in marine fish. Manipulating these factors to simulate the ideal conditions for the spawning will allow this project to be carried out throughout the year. Spawning has been induced, and larvae have been raised up to metamorphosis. Early data suggest that salinity may influence the timing of metamorphosis. In lower salinity, the onset of metamorphosis was observed at 9 days. However, in higher salinity, metamorphosis was not observed up to 17 days post hatch. The next step is to determine whether salinity affects timing xi of metamorphosis. Subsequently, we will determine the timing of photoreceptor genesis during development.
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- 2019, 2019
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- 1152895571, WFE0000694
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- Document (PDF)
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- Trend features and additive feature selection methods for churn models under property and casualty insurance business paradigms.
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- Anderson, Jacob Foster
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ABSTRACT: The P&C Small Commercial Insurance industry presents a signiαcant policy retention challenge given the presence of independent intermediaries. Current retention models generally follow traditional relational marketing paradigms and therefore do not account for the complexities introduced by the presence of an independent intermediary. Given an anonymous policy dataset consisting of correlated, high-dimensional, and high-cardinality categorical/numeric data; current data mining...
Show moreABSTRACT: The P&C Small Commercial Insurance industry presents a signiαcant policy retention challenge given the presence of independent intermediaries. Current retention models generally follow traditional relational marketing paradigms and therefore do not account for the complexities introduced by the presence of an independent intermediary. Given an anonymous policy dataset consisting of correlated, high-dimensional, and high-cardinality categorical/numeric data; current data mining methods are used to construct a retention model with practical applications. Additionally, predictive features that capture intermediary-related information are engineered and designated as candidate features. Candidate features are selected for αnal model inclusion using various data mining approaches to feature importance measurement and feature selection.
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- 2018.
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- 1128024057, WFE0000646
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- Document (PDF)
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- Unlocking "The womb of chaos": freedom and agency in Anna Letitia Barbauld's "A summer evening's meditation".
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- Barcomb, Kyndall Jenee
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Anna Letitia's "A Summer Evening's Meditation" exhibits a feminine poetics of space that portrays not only the poetic speaker but also the universe itself as distinctly feminine and feminist. This poetics genders the cosmos and permits the poetic speaker to express her longing to explore the universe just as it allows Barbauld to engage in the scientific discourse of astronomy. The speaker herself fulfills her longing as she exercises agency to explore and recreate space in terms of what...
Show moreAnna Letitia's "A Summer Evening's Meditation" exhibits a feminine poetics of space that portrays not only the poetic speaker but also the universe itself as distinctly feminine and feminist. This poetics genders the cosmos and permits the poetic speaker to express her longing to explore the universe just as it allows Barbauld to engage in the scientific discourse of astronomy. The speaker herself fulfills her longing as she exercises agency to explore and recreate space in terms of what Elizabeth Grosz identifies as a "freedom from" constraint or oppression and a "freedom to" respond with action (140). The poem's embracing "freedom to" is a radical move that eliminates the woman's need to attain freedom from an oppressor and instead urges her to perform her freedom through agentic action. Agency, in this sense, produces an embodied female subject and empowered female voice able to contribute to ways of knowing and being. As such, the action of "Meditation" functions metaphorically as a critique of eighteenth-century British culture that reinforced male control over scientific discovery, knowledge production, and agency. Reading Barbauld's "Meditation" through Groszean feminist theory re-envisions the poem as an argument for female freedom in its fullest, freest sense.
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- 1128868965, WFE0000647
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- Measuring depression, anxiety and stress in nursing students using the DASS-21 scale.
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- Snow, Morgan
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Nursing school students were predicted to have high levels of depression, anxiety, and stress due to academic and career pressures. Academic literature research showed that the DASS-21 was a reliable tool to measure depression, anxiety, and stress in nursing students and registered nurses. Before the assessment, a pilot study with two volunteers was completed; their responses are not included in the final data set. A sample of 50 nursing students from the Fall 2019 University of West Florida...
Show moreNursing school students were predicted to have high levels of depression, anxiety, and stress due to academic and career pressures. Academic literature research showed that the DASS-21 was a reliable tool to measure depression, anxiety, and stress in nursing students and registered nurses. Before the assessment, a pilot study with two volunteers was completed; their responses are not included in the final data set. A sample of 50 nursing students from the Fall 2019 University of West Florida Bachelor of Science in Nursing program volunteered to take the DASS-21 using a secure online survey tool, Qualtrics. Depression levels were the lowest of the three domains. The average scores for depression, anxiety, and stress were 4.84 out of 14, 7.96 out of 10, and 9.08 out of 17 respectively.
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- 2020
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- 1153935905, WFE0000702
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- Document (PDF)
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- Oral hygiene regimes: how oil pulling and conventional mouthwashes affect dental biofilms, focus on Cariogenic Streptococci.
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- Bercier, Charles H.
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This research addresses whether nontraditional oral hygiene regimes provide antimicrobial efficacy comparable to commercially available synthetic mouthwashes. A common interest among holistic communities is "oil pulling"--a practice originating in ancient Ayurveda oral hygiene. It consists of rinsing the mouth with vegetable oils, of which sesame and coconut oils are preferred, to enhance oral hygiene. This study focused on whether oil pulling reduces cariogenic Streptococcus mutans to the...
Show moreThis research addresses whether nontraditional oral hygiene regimes provide antimicrobial efficacy comparable to commercially available synthetic mouthwashes. A common interest among holistic communities is "oil pulling"--a practice originating in ancient Ayurveda oral hygiene. It consists of rinsing the mouth with vegetable oils, of which sesame and coconut oils are preferred, to enhance oral hygiene. This study focused on whether oil pulling reduces cariogenic Streptococcus mutans to the same degree as does common mouthwash. Volunteers above age 18 were to participate in this UWF-IRB-approved study. Participants would provide oral rinses of 20mL with sterile saline before and after treatments of Listerine®, or pulling oil; the rinses were transported to the lab to test for S. mutans and other oral bacteria. After the first round of treatments were complete, a 1-week "reset" period allowed normal microbial flora to re-establish, after which another treatment regime began; the cycle continued until all participants underwent all treatments. Samples were plated on a highly selective medium, favoring growth of S. mutans. Samples were also used to inoculate two broth dilution-tube series consisting of 1) a non-selective general medium TSB, and 2) a S. mutans-selective medium. Preliminary trials of this protocol showed that Listerine® reduced S. mutans and other oral bacteria by over 1-thousand-fold. Furthermore, almost all visible background growth was eliminated from the media plates after Listerine® treatment.
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- 2020
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- 1153936619, WFE0000704
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- Document (PDF)
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- The resilient warrior: a Lakota ethnography in hemp economics.
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- Brazelton, Elizabeth Ellis
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This research followed Oglala Lakota Alex White Plume, whom I met in 1992, tracing issues of sovereignty and unjust U.S. policies against Native Americans. White Plume sought to become America's first industrial hemp farmer, planting in 2000, 2001, and 2002. He was supported by tribal law, but received a federal injunction prohibiting hemp farming, in place until 2016. Using ethnographic field methods, I examined his case through participant observation, interviews, talks, and photographs,...
Show moreThis research followed Oglala Lakota Alex White Plume, whom I met in 1992, tracing issues of sovereignty and unjust U.S. policies against Native Americans. White Plume sought to become America's first industrial hemp farmer, planting in 2000, 2001, and 2002. He was supported by tribal law, but received a federal injunction prohibiting hemp farming, in place until 2016. Using ethnographic field methods, I examined his case through participant observation, interviews, talks, and photographs, documenting the 2018 White Plume Victory Celebration and Annual Lakota Pony Races on the Pine Ridge Reservation and answered: How is sovereignty and resilience conceptualized and interpreted by White Plume and the Lakota? How are the Lakota resilient in overcoming historic oppression to enrich their cultural heritage? What role does the National Park Service play in federal-tribal relations within a resiliency context? My findings define the Resilient Warrior and document methods of resiliency against historic oppression and social injustice. These methods include sharing cultural traditions, language revitalization, and asserting sovereignty through practices including plant gathering and hemp farming. I also document evolving NPS policies that expand tribal programs in recognizing and honoring Native Americans and seek to braid Native American and U.S. histories.
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- 2019, 2019
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- 1152892487, WFE0000689
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- Document (PDF)
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- Infant mortality and structural determinants of health in Northwest Florida.
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- Atwell, Ashley Lena Marie
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The Northwest Florida Counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa are connected by land and industry but possess very different public health outcomes. In this study, I examine the possible causes behind a greater-than national level infant mortality rate for two of the counties and why one of these counties possesses a much lower rate. Through semi-structured interviews and geospatial analysis, I examine indicators of health that contribute to higher infant mortality. A theoretical lens...
Show moreThe Northwest Florida Counties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa are connected by land and industry but possess very different public health outcomes. In this study, I examine the possible causes behind a greater-than national level infant mortality rate for two of the counties and why one of these counties possesses a much lower rate. Through semi-structured interviews and geospatial analysis, I examine indicators of health that contribute to higher infant mortality. A theoretical lens of structural violence, habitus, and structural determinants of health brings attention to the invisible violence that is causing infant death within Northwest Florida. Research questions include the following: What factors are contributing to infant mortality in NWFL? How might health care access and literacy contribute to poor infant health outcomes? What interventions could help improve health literacy and health care access for those experiencing significant barriers to care in NWFL? Indicators that were found as possible contributors to higher infant mortality rates were poor health literacy, poor access to resources like health care, transportation, education, and poverty.
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- 2019, 2019
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- 1152891788, WFE0000688
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- Document (PDF)
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- Spatial and temporal variability of abiotic and biotic components of Thompson Bayou.
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- Wagner, Nicholas
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Freshwater wetlands are unique habitats with notable levels of diversity. Interest and research regarding wetlands have increased in the past several decades, leading to legislation for their protection with the "Protection of Wetlands" executive order, the Clean Water Act of 1972, and the subsequent regulations and stipulations (Votteler 2002). Most research has focused primarily on functional aspects of freshwater microbial ecology, rather than elucidating microbial composition (Bodelier...
Show moreFreshwater wetlands are unique habitats with notable levels of diversity. Interest and research regarding wetlands have increased in the past several decades, leading to legislation for their protection with the "Protection of Wetlands" executive order, the Clean Water Act of 1972, and the subsequent regulations and stipulations (Votteler 2002). Most research has focused primarily on functional aspects of freshwater microbial ecology, rather than elucidating microbial composition (Bodelier 2013). This study was carried out in Thompson Bayou near the University of West Florida (UWF) with the objective of correlating microbial flora composition to varable spatial and temporal factors in the topwater of a temperate bayou ecosystem. Results indicated that pH, water temperature, and salinity displayed a consistent linear trend spatially, as well as significant temporal variability. The presence of 16S rRNA, pufM, and "Marine Groups" genes was detected.
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- 2020
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- 1156322305, WFE0000706
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- Document (PDF)
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- The Haunting truth: crime mapping around cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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- Barrett, Elizabeth
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New Orleans, Louisiana is a famed tourist location in the United States. It is known for hosting elaborate Mardi Gras celebrations, creating mystery through the popularization of Voodoo, and calling itself home to major sports teams such as the New Orleans Saints. Alongside these claims to fame, New Orleans is also a city known for its high crime rate and elaborately designed cemeteries. Cemeteries are often a highly visited area within the city due to their unique history and architecture....
Show moreNew Orleans, Louisiana is a famed tourist location in the United States. It is known for hosting elaborate Mardi Gras celebrations, creating mystery through the popularization of Voodoo, and calling itself home to major sports teams such as the New Orleans Saints. Alongside these claims to fame, New Orleans is also a city known for its high crime rate and elaborately designed cemeteries. Cemeteries are often a highly visited area within the city due to their unique history and architecture. This project aims to educate tourists to the city about what crimes are most prevalent around the cemeteries in the city so they can stay safe while paying homage to the deceased of New Orleans. This project examines crime within a half mile radius of all New Orleans cemeteries from 2011-2018 by utilizing ArcGIS Pro to spatially examine the calls for service for the city during that time frame. By examining patterns of crime in these areas, tourists can be properly informed as to the crime they could experience while visiting the unique cemeteries in the city.
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- 2020
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- 1154769909, WFE0000705
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- Document (PDF)
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- Incest and feminine bodies in the garden of "Rappaccini's Daughter".
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- Reyes-Wright, Lydia Faith Gyulavics
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This thesis examines sexual connotations of the garden space in Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter." Its focus is the sexuality of the protagonist Beatrice within the traditional patriarchal family unit. Her sexuality is a fixation for her biological father and her courter-turned-brother, and is reflected in the poisonous flowers that surround her. She, too, is envenomed from having cultivated the plants. As a result, they come to take on a familial relation. This shared toxicity shows the...
Show moreThis thesis examines sexual connotations of the garden space in Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter." Its focus is the sexuality of the protagonist Beatrice within the traditional patriarchal family unit. Her sexuality is a fixation for her biological father and her courter-turned-brother, and is reflected in the poisonous flowers that surround her. She, too, is envenomed from having cultivated the plants. As a result, they come to take on a familial relation. This shared toxicity shows the dangerous nature of feminine sexuality. Beatrice and the plants have provocatively sexual beauty on display for the men in the garden to fixate on, fear, and punish, manifesting in incest. This thesis reveals parallels between Beatrice's experiences in the garden and the biblical Eden concerning sexual awareness of the physical body. This inverted Eden makes its few inhabitants, including Beatrice's sister-plants, into a quasi-family. It becomes the stage where incestual taboos and their repercussions play out. Ultimately, Hawthorne's text is a cautionary tale for when feminine beauty is flaunted and male control turns perverse.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1201532566, WFE0000708
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- Document (PDF)
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- Using ocean circulation models to explore factors influencing variability in hatchling sea turtle dispersal.
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- DuBois, Morgan Jaime
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When sea turtles hatch, they journey offshore to the open ocean. Currents are one of the factors that influence the success of this journey. The spatial ecology influencing hatchling turtles must be evaluated to protect them most effectively. Here, I examine how spatial, temporal, and climatological factors impact the dispersal of turtle hatchlings via ocean currents. I use the HYCOM global model combined with the Ichthyop particle simulator to measure the current driven dispersal of sea...
Show moreWhen sea turtles hatch, they journey offshore to the open ocean. Currents are one of the factors that influence the success of this journey. The spatial ecology influencing hatchling turtles must be evaluated to protect them most effectively. Here, I examine how spatial, temporal, and climatological factors impact the dispersal of turtle hatchlings via ocean currents. I use the HYCOM global model combined with the Ichthyop particle simulator to measure the current driven dispersal of sea turtles. In a global analysis, spatial traits are a key factor driving dispersal. Annual variability in ocean currents also impact how far turtles can go. The differences in dispersal distance expand across sites and years the longer the turtles are in the water. I also evaluated the spatiotemporal variability in dispersal distance for the Gulf of Mexico endemic Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) and related that variability to the frequency and severity of hurricanes. There are important spatiotemporal differences in dispersal that suggest varying levels of hatchling dispersal for each rookery. Further, increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes decreases the dispersal of hatchlings in the Gulf of Mexico. These findings can assist in model building and conservation planning for sea turtles worldwide.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1201541370, WFE0000711
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- Document (PDF)
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- Another brick in the wall: a pedagogical approach to excavations at a 19th-century brickyard.
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- Dietrich, Emily Elizabeth
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Incorporating archaeology within the high school curricula fosters an interest in archaeology and site preservation. The Milton High School Archaeology Project provides students the opportunity to experience and participate in archaeological research. At a 19th-century brickyard, students learn anthropology and their local history through hands-on excavations. Through the use of Project-Based Learning (PBL), students conducted archaeological and historical research and presented their work in...
Show moreIncorporating archaeology within the high school curricula fosters an interest in archaeology and site preservation. The Milton High School Archaeology Project provides students the opportunity to experience and participate in archaeological research. At a 19th-century brickyard, students learn anthropology and their local history through hands-on excavations. Through the use of Project-Based Learning (PBL), students conducted archaeological and historical research and presented their work in the form of a museum exhibit at the Florida Public Archaeological Network's Destination Archaeology Resources Center museum for the public and their parents. The Milton High School Archaeology Project provides an example of how archaeology can easily and effectively be integrated into high school educational standards. Quantitative and qualitative data collected throughout the 2016-2017 school year shows how archaeology education leads to increased awareness of and appreciation for heritage sites.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1233055172, WFE0000744
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- Document (PDF)
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- Assessment of bancs and streambank erosion rates in the northwest Florida Panhandle.
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- Finch, Bryce Douglas
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A previous study performed in the Northwest Florida Panhandle found the bank assessment of non-point source consequences of sediment (BANCS) model to be a relatively poor predictor of streambank erosion rates. Concern for whether these errors were related to how the project was constructed prompted the need for additional research. Some of the presumed errors were associated with the size of the study area and sites' exposure to extreme weather events during the study period. This study aims...
Show moreA previous study performed in the Northwest Florida Panhandle found the bank assessment of non-point source consequences of sediment (BANCS) model to be a relatively poor predictor of streambank erosion rates. Concern for whether these errors were related to how the project was constructed prompted the need for additional research. Some of the presumed errors were associated with the size of the study area and sites' exposure to extreme weather events during the study period. This study aims to utilize the BANCS model across a smaller study area than previously practiced with a focus on identifying specific flow events and drainage watersheds that are primarily undeveloped. Flow events were identified through the use of constructed gages and watersheds were verified with aerial imagery. Erosion incurred at the 18 study sites selected was measured over a given year following identified flood and bankfull events. These practices resulted in an improvement of BANCS' ability to predict streambank erosion rates. In particular, the bank erosion hazard index (BEHI) demonstrates strong relationships with erosion rates when plotted independently. The findings of the study indicate that a better understanding of return intervals of specific flow events, such as bankfull and floods, would enhance the capability to predict streambank erosion.
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- 2020, 2020
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- 1232475100, WFE0000738
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- Document (PDF)
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- Antioxidant mechanisms and bioactivity of phenolic compunds found in Dioscorea Bulbifera.
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- Rees, Patricia Elizabeth
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Accumulation of oxidative damage has been implicated in numerous diseases bringing antioxidant investigations and plant phenolics to the forefront of medicinal research. The species Dioscorea bulbifera has been used in both traditional and modern medicinal systems and has good overall antioxidant capacity. Yet little work has been done to assess which chemical components may contribute to this action. The goals of this study were to investigate the antioxidant activity of individual phenolic...
Show moreAccumulation of oxidative damage has been implicated in numerous diseases bringing antioxidant investigations and plant phenolics to the forefront of medicinal research. The species Dioscorea bulbifera has been used in both traditional and modern medicinal systems and has good overall antioxidant capacity. Yet little work has been done to assess which chemical components may contribute to this action. The goals of this study were to investigate the antioxidant activity of individual phenolic compounds in the plant D. bulbifera; to compare the in vitro antioxidant assays with human cell studies; for this information to contribute to future investigations in treating human disease. Methanolic extracts of the D. bulbifera bulbils were analyzed using HPLC-MS/MS and NMR. Positively identified compounds were used for in vitro antioxidant assays (Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP), iron chelation, and Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC), followed by human cell assays. Several phenolic species were tentatively identified. (+)-catechin was positively identified and used for further testing. In vitro assays showed potential for electron transfer antioxidant activity but not iron chelation. The hydrogen transfer mechanisms could not be assessed due to assay complications. Cell assays also suffered complications rendering them inconclusive.
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- 1129599262, WFE0000671
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- Arthur Penn and the doors of Avalon.
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- Andrews, Zoe
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Fifteen-year-old Arthur Penn has had a rough week. Not only has her ghostly companion, Merlin, been disappearing and keeping more secrets than before, but the girl Arthur saved over the winter holiday from a dangerous encounter has attempted to take her own life. Unable to ignore her own guilt and sense of responsibility towards the girl, Mel-Rose, Arthur decides to visit her in the hospital, even if Mel-Rose can't respond. Only moments after arriving, a sudden blackout at the hospital is the...
Show moreFifteen-year-old Arthur Penn has had a rough week. Not only has her ghostly companion, Merlin, been disappearing and keeping more secrets than before, but the girl Arthur saved over the winter holiday from a dangerous encounter has attempted to take her own life. Unable to ignore her own guilt and sense of responsibility towards the girl, Mel-Rose, Arthur decides to visit her in the hospital, even if Mel-Rose can't respond. Only moments after arriving, a sudden blackout at the hospital is the perfect cover for a newly awoken Mel-Rose to lead Arthur to the hospital's basement. Arthur follows, only to discover that not only has Merlin possessed MelRose's body, but that something called a breach has opened in the hospital's basement, and Merlin needs Arthur's help fighting off the gremlins and plants which have appeared in order to close it. When all is said and done, Merlin finally explains what is going on to Arthur. Not only is she the reincarnation of the fabled King Arthur, but it is up to her and Merlin to shut the doors of Avalon before more magic spills into the world, polluting and mutating the world as they know it.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019, 2019
- Identifier
- 1152882631, WFE0000687
- Format
- Document (PDF)