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Effects Of Maternal Employment And Prematurity On Child Outcomes In Single Parent Families, Joanne M. Youngblut, Dorothy Brooten, Lynn T. Singer, Theresa Standing, Haejung Lee, Willard L. Rodgers

Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Background

Effects of maternal employment for preschool children vary based on specific characteristics of the mother’s employment, the family’s economic status, and the mother’s attitudes about employment. However, there is limited research on a growing group of children at developmental risk—those born prematurely and living in a single-parent family.

Objective

To examine the effects of maternal employment and prematurity on child cognition and behavior in single-parent families.

Methods

Sixty preterm and 61 full-term preschool children were recruited through NICU admission records and birth records. Data were collected with the Kaufmann Assessment Battery for Children, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Child Behavior …

Construction And Screening Of A Cdna Library For The C3 Gene(S) Of The Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma Cirratum), Janette Cristina Builes

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Mammalian C3 is a complement protein which consists of an α chain (125kDa) and β chain (75kDa) held together by a disulfide bond. The a chain contains a conserved thiolester site which provides the molecule with opsonic properties. The protein is synthesized as a single pro-C3 molecule which is post-translationally modified. C3 genes have been identified in organisms from different phyla, however, the shark C3 gene remains to be cloned. Sequence data from the shark will contribute to understanding further the evolution of this key protein. To obtain additional sequence data for shark C3 genes a cDNA library was constructed …

The Impact Of Dieting Status And Restraint On Post-Exercise Energy Intake In Overweight Females, Cristina Visona Andersen

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the impact of an acute bout of physical activity on postexercise energy intake (PE-EI) in overweight females who were dieting with high restraint (D-HR) and non-dieting with either high restraint (ND-HR) or low restraint (ND-LR). PE-EI at lunch and 12-hours after was compared on the exercise (E) and a nonexercise (NE) day.

There was a significant interaction (F _(2,33)= 4.12, p = 0.025) of dieting/restraint status and condition (E vs. NE day) on the 12-hour El. The D-HR ate 519 ± 596 kcal more on the E than on the NE day; while the ND-HR ate …

Factors Affecting Bmi And Hemoglobin Levels Of Mothers And Infants In Kuwait, Ahmad R. Al-Haifi

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Personality, Motivation, And Training Performance Of Firefighter Candidates, Gregory David Anderson

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to investigate the validity of personality for predicting training and job performance in a sample of firefighters, and to determine if motivation could act as a moderator in the personality-performance relationship. Personality and motivation inventories were administered to 109 firefighter candidates from three academy classes. At the termination of each academy, all candidates were assessed on their overall performance.

Correlation coefficients were used to measure the relationship between personality inventory scales, motivation inventory scales, and the overall training performance measures. A multiple regression procedure was used to investigate the relationship between personality, motivation, and …

Diet As A Measure Of Acculturation In Diabetic And Non Diabetic Cuban Americans, Frances Dianne Asencio

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to establish baseline information on the way in which acculturation affects Cuban Americans' dietary habits. In addition, the study explored differences in post-migration food preference between diabetic and non-diabetic Cuban Americans. The study was a cross-sectional survey utilizing a convenient sample of Cuban Americans living in Miami-Dade County. One hundred seventy-eight first generation Cuban Americans completed the Multidimensional Acculturation Survey for Cuban Americans (MAS-CA) which included a Dietary Bidimensional Acculturation Scale (D-BAS). Food acculturation scores for Cuban and American food choices were calculated from the D-BAS. Overall, the mean Cuban food score (CFS) (31.8 …