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From Discovery To Implementation Of Organic Chemistry Learning Models In Secondary And Post-Secondary Classrooms, Joy Ballard

Chemistry Dissertations

Three projects will be discussed that shape my future as a science educator. Discovery of chemical probes as anti-cancer agents provided a deep chemistry knowledge base. Analysis of engagement protocols gave insights into how to structure and train a group for successful group work. The design and implementation of a learning module provided practice developing and assessing learning activities for the secondary classroom.

Effects Of Latinx Parental Deportation On U.S. Citizen Children: A Literature Review, Rafael Bernal

Psychology Honors Theses

Since the past presidential elections in 2016, the topic of deportation has become one of the most discussed subject matters by policymakers. Recent reports show that Latinx immigrants make for more than ninety percent of the total number of deportations; making them, without a doubt, a targeted population. Some research on this topic has focused on the effects on family dynamics and economic stability, while others focus on children’s cognitive, behavioral, and emotional changes. Many of these deportees have reported being parents of U.S. citizen children. Therefore, this thesis reviews the literature on the effects of parental deportation in U.S. …

Hybrid Entrepreneurs’ Intention To Transition To Full Entrepreneurship: A Career Approach, Simoon Cannon

Business Administration Dissertations

Entrepreneurship research has examined the process of becoming an entrepreneur and the variables that predict this transition. Recent research has found that many entrepreneurs do not immediately jump into being full entrepreneurs but may rather transition into that state via a hybrid status in which they are employed elsewhere while working on an entrepreneurial venture. Some hybrid entrepreneurs fully intend to make that transition to full entrepreneurship, while others remain in their hybrid status and have no such intention. It is important to investigate what factors influence hybrid entrepreneurs to either remain in a hybrid status or become full entrepreneurs. …

Social Networks, Supportive Behaviors, And Perceived Social Support As Predictors Of Drug Court Completion, Tasha M. Ramirez

AYSPS Masters Theses

Purpose: The understanding of sociodemographic variables and drug court completion is well documented in the drug court literature, but the application of theoretical predictors is often neglected, leading to a gap in theory and practice. To fill this gap, this study examined the utility of social support theory in explaining the differences between those who complete the drug court program and those who fail to do so. Using Cohen’s definition, social support was conceptualized as social networks, supportive behaviors, and perceived support.

Methods: Participant survey data and drug court data from the National Institute of Justice’s Multi-Site Adult …

Don Quixote: Freedom Of Interpretation Without Boundaries, Fabienne Payoute

World Languages and Cultures Theses

The objective of this thesis is to focus on techniques devised by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra to create several narratives around reality and the imagination. This thesis identifies these narratives, isolates them, and studies their functions within a larger narrative aim: the creation of the first modern novel. Cervantes uses different perspectives within a main plot and several subplots to create a complex narrative. This complexity is achieved by the creation of stories within stories, recounting the adventures of Don Quixote through different authorial voices, sources and times, as well as doppelgangers, pseudonyms, and an alter-ego. All the different narratives …

Criminalizing The School: An Investigation Of How Current School Safety And Disciplinary Policies Contribute To The Overrepresentation Of Traditionally Marginalized Students Within The Criminal Justice System, Dia Clark

Educational Policy Studies Dissertations

This study focuses on the nature of school discipline policies and their impact on student sentiments about how they are viewed by school staff. The study follows the research to illustrate a connection between unremitting surveillance and discipline and corresponding higher levels of violence, drop-out rates, and student, as well as teacher, dissatisfaction. The study concludes that while violence must be met with consequences, too often the perception of potential student violence or criminal behaviors is influenced by racial bias. I contend that hostile school environments in which trust is lacking between school staff and students develops poor student self-perceptions …

Residential Mobility, Parental Stress, & Parenting, Chelsea Barrows

Psychology Theses

The relationship between residential mobility, parental stress, and parenting is explored using a model based on the Family Stress Model. The roles of social support within this model are also explored. A secondary data analysis of the Fragile Families Child Wellbeing Study was conducted, providing a sample size of 4,300 families. The analyses did not support the indirect relationships hypothesized based on the FSM or stress buffering theories. However, residential mobility and parental stress had a direct effect on harsh parenting behaviors. Residential mobility was also found to reduce social support.

Associations Between Pupillary Response Patterns To Emotional Faces And Self-Reported Social Anxiety, Mary Fernandes

Psychology Theses

The present study examined associations between self-reported social anxiety (SA) and patterns of pupillary response to emotional faces that provided feedback to college student participants (n = 59) about their performance on a reaction time task. I hypothesized that self-reported SA would predict pupil dilation profile (peak, duration, and latency) in response to feedback stimuli of varying intensities (i.e., low vs. high intensity happy and angry). Results showed no evidence of significant associations between peak and sustained pupil diameter measures and SA; however, at 0.5 seconds post-stimulus onset, SA and pupil diameter were negatively associated, such that smaller pupil diameter …

Comparative Analysis Of Water Storage Dynamics And Storage-Discharge Relations Among Variably Urbanized Catchments Within South River Watershed, Dekalb County, Ga, Eimienwanlan Ibhagui

Geosciences Theses

The study of watershed storage is critical for understanding watershed hydrologic functions, ecosystem dynamics, and biogeochemical processes. However, few studies have quantified how much water lies in the subsurface in urban watersheds. In this study, dynamic storage was estimated, and storage-discharge relations evaluated in Atlanta, GA among variably urbanized watersheds. Streamflow data from 2012-2016 was utilized and the simple dynamical systems model employed. Dynamic storage values in these watersheds are small: ~3mm to ~9mm. The small dynamic storage values observed across the watersheds are linked to watershed urbanization; however, other subsurface properties of the watersheds may also account for this …

Dancing For Physical And Mental Health Benefits: Understanding The Attitudes, Beliefs, And Intentions Of Aging Black/African Americans, Briana Keith

Gerontology Theses

Aging Black adults remain disproportionately diagnosed with physical and mental health conditions. Behavioral interventions promoting healthy behaviors, such as dance therapy, can be used to manage many physical and mental health conditions successfully. Little is known about the willingness to participate in dance specifically for health benefits among this population. Using an exploratory research design, this study examined Black older adults’ preferences and perceptions about dancing in general and specifically for physical and mental health benefits. Thirty-six participants completed a semi-structured questionnaire that assessed demographics, health status, beliefs, attitudes, intentions, and dance therapy intervention structure and delivery preferences. Findings indicate …

“Roots Au Routes” : L’Identiteé Fractureé D’Une Noire Antillaise Dans Le Film Des Pieds, Mon Pied De Fabienne Kanor, Mary Fisher

World Languages and Cultures Theses

Ce projet de recherche offre une analyse sur le film de Fabienne Kanor, Des pieds, mon pied. Kanor une fille des parents martiniquais, venus en France métropolitaine pendant l’ère du BUMIDOM souffre d’identité ambiguë. Comme les autres qui font partie de la deuxième génération de la diaspora afro-caribéenne en France, elle cherche son identité qui est basée en France, en Martinique et en Afrique. Dans ce court métrage, Fabienne Kanor entreprend un voyage au cours duquel les pieds témoignent de l'histoire de l'oppression et de la domination de la France sur ses anciennes colonies ainsi que se conduise dans sa …

Re/Construction D'Identités Transatlantiques Dans Les Ouvrages Littéraires Et Cinématographiques De Fabienne Kanor, Maria Del Rosario Gonzalez Perez

World Languages and Cultures Theses

Ce projet de recherche offre une étude sur la construction des identités transatlantiques dans les œuvres de Fabienne Kanor. Se concentrant sur les films Des pieds mon pied (2009), La noiraude (2005), Jambé dlo (2009), et les romans D'eaux douces (2004) et Humus (2006) nous proposons de parcourir les problèmes rencontrés et les outils utilisés par les personnages, les acteurs, et Kanor elle-même. Ces questions de construction identitaire englobent la langue, le langage, la parole et l’écriture. Ces travaux démontrent comment l’entre deux et le sentiment d’appartenance compliquent la quête identitaire qui semble irrémédiablement butter contre les effets du colonialisme, …

The Effect Of Acute Heavy Metal (Cu And Cd) Toxicity On Ros Generation, Apoptosis, And Intracellular Glutathione Levels In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Jesse Gardner

Biology Theses

Heavy metal contamination is of growing concern as industrialization causes increasing levels to be released into the environment affecting all organisms. Cellular damage and coping mechanisms due to heavy metal toxicity vary depending upon the species of metal and organisms exposed. It is assumed that cellular damage can be attributed to the destructive effects of metal-induced ROS production, which is ameliorated, by the non-protein tripeptide glutathione, cycling between reduced (GSH) and oxidized (GSSG). We investigate the effects of acute cadmium and copper treatment on Saccharomyces cerevisiae and determine some of the immediate cellular responses to the exposure of these metals …

Shock And The Poststructural In Watt And Murphy, Emily B. Davis

English Theses

In Samuel Beckett’s early novel Watt, a servant’s stay in a manor house becomes the site of a great confrontation with the origins and limits of meaning. Murphy and Watt wearily engage with the Enlightenment rationalism that courses through many of his modernist contemporaries, only to subvert those ideas via processes of philosophical negation. This thesis argues that the novels’ negative, even abject gaze into the heart of anti-foundational truth – that reality is bound by subjectivity, and language is but a hollow vessel – leads to regressive disorder of speech and perception. A theoretical concept of shock …

Creative Industries: Behind The Scenes Inequalities, Sierra C. Nicely

Sociology Theses

Film has been a major influence since its creation in the early 20th century. Women have always been involved in the creation of film as a cultural product. However, they have rarely been given positions of power in major film productions. Using qualitative approaches, I examine the different ways in which men and women directors approach creating film. I examine 20 films, half were directed by men and half by women. I selected the twenty films out of two movie genres: Action and Romantic Comedy. These genres were chosen because of their very gendered marketing. My focus was on the …

Abundance And Distribution Of Invasive Woody Shrub Mahonia Bealei In The Metropolitan Atlanta Area, Adam W. Greim

Geosciences Theses

Woody invasive plants are a pernicious threat to the structure and function of ecosystems worldwide. However, due to the growing number of invasive species and the variable timeline of invasion, many invasive plants are unrecognized or underreported, leading to long-term ecological damage that is beyond the capability of cost-efficient management programs. Mahonia bealei is a woody shrub native to China that is invading the forests of the southeastern U.S. and is likely underreported. This study identified and mapped all occurrences of Mahonia bealei across 40 woodlots throughout DeKalb County, Georgia, and analyzed vital indicators in the habitats that may promote …

Computational Study On Protein Arginine Methyl-Transferases (Prmts), Zhenyu Wang

Chemistry Theses

Protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) are essential epigenetic players in living cells. The dysregulation of PRMTs is closely related to many diseases, including cancer. Based on previously reported PRMT1 inhibitors bearing the diamidine pharmacophore, a combinatorial high throughput screening strategy led to compound K313, which possesses a biochemical IC50 value of 0.84 µM against PRMT1.

Histone code is the post-translational modification patterns appear at histone, which regulates transcription and many other cellular events. H4R3 is one of the important substrates for both PRMT1 and PRMT5. PRMTs are important in establishing histone code. They are also regulated by the histone code. In …

Enhanced Electrochemiluminescence And Current Signals From Metal Nanoclusters And Their Surface Assemblies By Prototype Tertiary Amines, Meijun Yi

Chemistry Theses

Interactions between metal nanoclusters and tertiary amine compounds are demonstrated to generate and strengthen the near infrared electrochemiluminescence (ECL) and current signals upon electrode activation. The catalytic effects of aqueous soluble gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) on the oxidation of prototype tertiary amine are firstly established in solution measurements with the materials system of Au₂₂ lipoic acid (Au-LA) nanoclusters and a common pH buffer HEPES. The near IR ECL and current signals are correlated by potential scanning and step methods under systematic varied HEPES and nanocluster concentrations. Strategies to deposit the nanoclusters on electrode surface are developed to improve the …

Mutilation Génitale Féminine : Le Cas De La Région Du Haut Ghana Occidental Du Xixe Siècle Au Xxie Siècle, Juliet K. Doku

World Languages and Cultures Theses

RÉSUMÉ

Dans plusieurs sociétés du monde, surtout en Afrique, il existe des cultures et pratiques traditionnelles qui suppriment la liberté des femmes. L’une des pratiques dont on parle dans cette étude concerne la mutilation génitale féminine. Ces travaux se centre sur la Région du Haut Ghana occidental dans le but de comprendre les facteurs qui favorisent cette pratique et de proposer des solutions tangibles qui pourraient aider à mettre fin à cette tradition primitive et dangereuse dont les filles et les femmes sont les victimes au cœur de sociétés où cette tradition est toujours pratiquée.

Validation Of A Modified Balloon Analogue Risk Task And The Role Of Hormones On Risk Behavior In Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus Apella), Olivia Tomeo

Psychology Theses

Risk-taking behavior often has uncertain outcomes, which can sometimes be harmful. However, risk behavior presumably evolved due to its advantageousness. A comparative approach can help us better understand the evolution of risky decision-making and its underlying mechanisms. Literature suggests that increased risk-taking is associated with elevated testosterone levels, but this finding is inconsistent. Other literature suggests that cortisol influences the relationship between testosterone and risk-taking behavior. The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) is a standardized task that assesses risk-taking behavior in humans. I created a modified BART for standardized assessment of risk-taking behavior in adults, children, and nonhuman primates. The …

Residential Mobility In The Late Pre-Hispanic Osmore Drainage: Isotopic Analyses Of Hair From The Estuquiña, Danielle E. Carmody

Anthropology Theses

I examine, through isotopic analyses, individual and regional interactions in Peru following the collapse of the large polity, Tiwanaku. After its collapse in the 11th century, former territories experienced violent instability, as new communities formed during the Late Intermediate Period, or LIP (1000-1400s AD). I analyze naturally mummified human hair from the later LIP Estuquiña (1250-1470s AD) in the Moquegua Valley of southern Peru to examine patterns of regional mobility in the aftermath of political fragmentation. Reconstructing residential mobility through isotope analyses is methodologically established, and has been instrumental in understanding mobility, exchange, colonization, and regional interactions during Tiwanaku’s height. …

A Comparison Of Molar Morphology From Extant Cercopithecid Monkeys And Pliocene Parapapio From Makapansgat, South Africa Using Elliptical Fourier Analysis, Alexander Chil Kim*

Anthropology Theses

To determine whether the size and shape of Parapapio molars are similar to closely related cercopithecid taxa including Cercocebus and Papio and different from more distantly related Colobus, three first permanent maxillary molar molds of Parapapio (MP77 broomi, MP221 whitei, and MP223 whitei) were compared to Cercocebus agilis (n = 11), Papio anubis (n = 10) and Colobus angolensis (n = 11) using buccolingual and mesiodistal lengths, occlusal area, and elliptical Fourier analysis. PC1, accounting for 35% of the variance, polarizes Parapapio and Colobus at opposite extremes from the other taxa, whereas PC2, explaining 19.76%, separates …

Fully Automated Enzymatic Synthesis Of Glycans, Jiabin Zhang

Chemistry Dissertations

Oligosaccharides, together with oligonucleotides and oligopeptides, comprise the three major classes of natural biopolymers. Automated systems for oligonucleotide and oligopeptide synthesis have significantly advanced developments in biological science by allowing non-specialists to rapidly and easily access these biopolymers. Researchers have endeavored for decades to develop a comparable general automated system to synthesize oligosaccharides. Such a system would have a revolutionary impact on the understanding of the roles of glycans in biological systems. The main challenge to achieving automated synthesis is the lack of general synthetic methods for routine synthesis of glycans. Currently, the two main methods to access homogeneous glycans …

Profiling Ubiquitin Chain Specificity And Topology Using Di-Ubiquitin Probes, Han Zhou

Chemistry Dissertations

Ubiquitin chains of specific linkages are assembled by ubiquitin conjugating enzymes (E2s) and ubiquitin ligases (E3s) to encode unique signals in the cell. Nevertheless, ubiquitin chains are often trimmed by deubiquitinases to reverse encoded signals. Given that there are altogether eight linkage types of polyubiquitin chains, how E2s, E3s and DUBs mediate ubiquitin chains in a linkage-specific manner is still an open question. In this thesis, an interdisciplinary approach including organic synthesis, genetic code expansion, protein engineering has been investigated to stress this intriguing question. To this end, linkage-specific diUB featuring a thiol group embedded near the isopeptide bond site …

Experiences Of Uncertainty Among Latinx Immigrant Parents In The U.S., Claudia A. Delbasso

Psychology Theses

A large body of research has demonstrated that uncertain threats increase emotional arousal, negative mood, and worry. However, uncertainty in the context of political climate has been understudied. The current qualitative study examined the experiences of uncertainty and their perceived effects among Latinx immigrant parents with diverse documentation statuses (undocumented, TPS, permanent resident, and U.S. Citizen) during a restrictive immigration policy climate. The findings revealed seven major themes: immigration policy changes, discrimination/racism, enforcement actions, anticipated consequences, distrust, fear/anxiety, and preventative/preparatory action. Findings indicate that the unpredictable aspects of threats to personal, familial, and community safety contributed to uncertainty and related …

Building In Struggle: A Home Buying Cooperative As A Transformative Asset Accumulation Enterprise- A Case Study Analysis, Angela Yaa Jones

Africana Studies Theses

The object of this study is twofold: One of the objectives is to analyze predatory lending practices as a result of the subprime market crisis and the effects it posed to African Americans wealth accumulation. And the second objective is to explore how the cooperative structure and principles examined through a case study analysis and analyzed within a soci-economic black political economy framework, has the capacity to be transformative in alleviating correlates caused by economic discrimination and economic disenfranchisement experienced by African Americans.

Writing Women's Experiences: Twelve Memoirs Of Life In Iran And Abroad Since The 1940s, Kayla Abercrombie

History Theses

Iranian women have taken up memoir writing in response to the tumultuous recent history of their country and their own difficult experiences. My thesis explores twelve memoirs of women’s lives in Iran and abroad from the time of the Shah through the Islamic Revolution to the last couple of decades of reform and reaction under the Islamic Republic. The similarities and variations in the experiences of the women in these cohorts reveal the value of memoirs as historical evidence. These memoirs illuminate how changes in history have shaped changes in their authors’ consciousness, sense of self, identity, and sense of …

Risk Of Unintentional Opioid-Involved Overdose Death Among Decedents Of Industries With A High Risk Of Non-Fatal Work-Related Injury, Georgia, 2014, Emily Hosterman

Public Health Theses

INTRODUCTION: The opioid epidemic continues to be a major public health issue across the United States. From 2010 – 2018 the rate of opioid overdose death in the state of Georgia increased more than 70%. Until 2013 prescription opioids were the driving force of this increase, although in recent years illicit opioids such as heroin and fentanyl have been rapidly increasing. The literature has demonstrated nationally that certain occupations that have an increased risk of injury also have a higher risk of opioid-involved death. Occupational data for the state of Georgia has never been analyzed for a potential relationship with …

Trends In Testing Behavior Among Young Msm In The United States From 2013-2018, Justin B. Johnson

Public Health Theses

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2017 of the 27,000 new HIV diagnoses among the men who have sex with men (MSM) population, individuals between the ages of 13 to 34 made up 64% (17,194) of new HIV diagnoses. But, according to CDC's Atlas Plus data tool, the number of HIV diagnoses among MSM aged 13-24 years has been declining since 2014. The aim of this study was to assess changes over time in HIV testing among young MSM, as change in testing behavior is one potential reason for declining HIV diagnoses. Using survey data collected by …

Zika Virus Concern And Preventative Behaviors During Pregnancy: Analysis Of 2017 Georgia Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Data, Priya Nair

Public Health Theses

INTRODUCTION: Zika virus infection can cause severe health complications in pregnant women that include microcephaly and other congenital anomalies in the developing fetus. There is evidence that Zika virus can be spread through unprotected sex. Prevention is the only defense to protect pregnant women and their infants from Zika virus. What preventative behaviors these pregnant women take is most likely influenced by their concern about Zika virus. Little is known about the level of concern about Zika virus, and about preventative behaviors such as condom use, among pregnant women in Georgia.

AIM: The purpose of this study is to develop …