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A Covid-19 Induced Shift: From Introducing High School Females To Computing Careers To An Assessment Of Technological Readiness Among Stem Teachers, Jareau Almeyda

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

Prior to the global COVID-19 pandemic, this study aimed to explore how exposure to information systems (IS) project management impacts perceptions of computing careers among high school female participants. Given the demand for computing professionals continues to grow, enrollment in some computing disciplines across institutions of higher education have experienced declining enrollments. Studies have shown that one of the reasons high school students do not enroll in computing disciplines is because they perceive computing as difficult, boring, and irrelevant.

As a computing discipline, information systems is focused on developing professionals who are able to integrate technologies into systems that run …

2020 F1rst Look, Nova Southeastern University

First Look

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Shark Parent Summer 2020, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Parent Newsletter

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Teriparatide, Hacen Vall, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine, Lucia Soca Gallego, Alvio Dominguez, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Reserpine, Michelle Cheung, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Fosinopril, Kaitlyn Alessi, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Fluorescein, Amy-Grace Pothen, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Dornase Alfa, Rida Altaf, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Flucytosine, Inderbir S. Padda, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Lisinopril, Edgardo Olvera Lopez, Mayur S. Parmar, Venkata Satish Pendela, Jamie M. Terrell

HPD Articles

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Indinavir, Eliyah B. Pollak, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Lamivudine, Katherine Taylor, Kristina Fritz, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Sodium Oxybate, Alvio Dominguez, Lucia Soca Gallego, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Pralidoxime, Rishab Gupta, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Tolterodine, Shreya Narain, Mayur S. Parmar

HPD Articles

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Appreciative Inquiry Of An Exemplary Trauma Informed Wellness Center Created For The Community And Families Affected By A School Shooting, Halle Solomon

Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects

Gun violence has flooded our society with human-caused disasters, making mass shootings an unfortunate new normal. In the wake of large- scale shootings, the United States Government and other agencies provide financial support and resources to the affected community in hopes of bringing solidarity to the fractured system. This financial reinforcement and other funding sources have been utilized to build resiliency centers within a certain distance of the unnerving events. Resiliency facilities play a pivotal role in helping communities recover from human-caused disasters such as mass shootings. These resources are becoming customary across the country, with resiliency centers in Newton, …

Sin Papeles: The Experiences Of Undocumented Central American Immigrants In The United States, Elizabeth Jarquin

Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects

In the United States, the topic of immigration represents a source of intense debate, which has escalated in recent years. Research indicates that Latinx immigrants are negatively impacted by current immigration policies— they are feeling afraid, angry, exhausted, defeated, overwhelmed, and concerned about themselves and their family (Castrellón, Rivarola, & López, 2017; Wray-Lake et al., 2018). This research, however, has largely neglected the Central American subgroup and the experiences of undocumented immigrants. The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of undocumented Central American immigrants and their families within the current sociopolitical context. I utilized interpretative phenomenological analysis …

Happy Tears: An Evocative Autoethnography On An Adoptee’S Development Of Identity Through Reunification, Jessica Popham

Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects

The story of adoption reunions is a story of many others. With the invention of the internet and DNA profiling websites, what was once impossible, or very difficult, is now as simple as submitting saliva to a DNA profiling company. This easier way to explore family backgrounds has created new experiences for adoptees. After a reunification, adoptees can reevaluate their identity with the new information to help develop a broader and deeper view of themselves (Henze-Pederson, 2019; Kiecolt & LoMascolo, 2003; Palmer, 2011; Schooler & Norris, 2002). In this study, I looked at how my adoptive identity changed after reunification …

Exploring The Professional Development Of Mft Students Enrolled In Equine Assisted Family Therapy Coursework: An Experiential Learning Modality, Natalie Rothman

Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects

Equine assisted activities have been utilized in various manners with multiple populations in therapeutic and educational environments. A graduate level marriage and family therapy program in South Florida is currently offering Equine Assisted Relational Learning (EARL) activities focused on teaching a specific sub-model of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP), known as Equine Assisted Family Therapy (EAFT). The experiential nature of EAP and EARL transforms abstract concepts such as thoughts and mannerisms into tangible experiences, as well as highlights behavioral patterns. The unique and innovative theoretical foundation of EAFT is being taught, demonstrated, and utilized to assist graduate level therapists with professional …

The Conundrum Of Both/And In A World Of Either/Or: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis Of Resilience And Intersectional Identities In Queer Women Of Afro-Caribbean Descent, Stephane Louis

Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects

Queer people of color are more at risk for bias and brutality than other sexual or racial minority groups (Follins, Walker, & Lewis, 2014). Homophobic violence is embedded in Afro-Caribbean culture and even substantiated by some of those countries’ laws (Calixte, 2005). While more research is being increasingly done on LGBTQ+ black lived experiences, studies have focused more on discriminatory trauma than everyday triumph. Movements like Black Girls Rock (Bond, 2018) and intersectional black feminism (Nash, 2018) celebrate women of color surviving and thriving the compound effects of racism and sexism. In addition to misogynoir, this research gave consideration to …

The Impact Of Grief Work On Hospice Mental Health Providers Through A Bowen Family Systems Lens, Joshua Hernandez

Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects

Marriage and family therapists and other mental health professionals and clients can be thought of as their own, divine emotional unit, generating and distributing the anxiety of one to the other. In fact, Kerr and Bowen (1988) described anxiety as a driving force exchanged by every living organism, and the energy surrounded by every human relationship. Within a hospice setting, anxiety can be heightened due to catering to end-of-life care, which can potentially affect the emotional response and reactivity of the mental health professional, changing the course of treatment for the patient and their family. Emerging research within healthcare has …

Nsu Florida Student Handbook 2020-2021, Nova Southeastern University

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Course Catalogs

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An Investigation Of The Factors That Contribute To The Perceived Likelihood Of Compliance With The Hipaa Security Rule Among Healthcare Covered Entities And Business Associates, James Furstenberg

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule (SR) mandate provides a national standard for the safeguard of electronically protected health information (ePHI). SR compliance enforcement efforts started in 2005; however, U.S.-based covered entities and business associates (CEs & BAs) remain challenged to comply with the HIPAA SR regulatory strategy. Although there is a significant volume of academic research on HIPAA compliance, research specific to the SR is sparse.

This study addressed the research gap by designing a unique conceptual model that assessed factors affecting CEs & BAs compliance (or non-compliance) with the SR regulatory strategy. The primary …

Examining The Creation Of Information Privacy Culture In Healthcare Organizations To Achieve Collective Hipaa Compliance Practice, Osborne Obeng

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

The digitization and transfer of patient records has increased the risk of patient data being improperly handled by healthcare organizations. In light of this growing concern, the United States government and state authorities have implemented various regulations to mitigate the privacy concerns. Beside privacy regulations, healthcare organizations have been forced by other pressures such as organization’s competitive pressures, resources, ethical responsibilities, and legitimacy to implement privacy safeguards. However, surveys show that healthcare organizations fail to achieve information privacy compliance. This study examined the creation of information privacy culture from the different occupational communities in healthcare organizations to help achieve information …

Improvements To Iterated Local Search For Microaggregation, Tracy Bierman

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

Microaggregation is a disclosure control method that uses k-anonymity to protect confidentiality in microdata while seeking minimal information loss. The problem is NP-hard. Iterated local search for microaggregation (ILSM) is an effective metaheuristic algorithm that consistently identifies better quality solutions than extant microaggregation methods. The present work presents improvements to local search, the perturbation operations and acceptance criterion within ILSM.

The first, ILSMC, targets changed clusters within local search (LS) to avoid vast numbers of comparison tests, significantly reducing execution times. Second, a new probability distribution yields a better perturbation operator for most cases, significantly reducing the number of iterations …

An Empirical Assessment Of Audio/Visual/Haptic Alerts And Warnings To Mitigate Risk Of Phishing Susceptibility In Emails On Mobile Devices, Molly Marie Cooper

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

Phishing emails present a threat to both personal and organizational data. Phishing is a cyber-attack using social engineering. About 94% of cybersecurity incidents are due to phishing and/or social engineering. A significant volume of prior literature documented that users are continuing to click on phishing links in emails, even after phishing awareness training. It appears there is a strong need for creative ways to alert and warn users to signs of phishing in emails.

The main goal of the experiments in this study was to measure participants’ time for recognizing signs of phishing in emails, thus, reducing susceptibility to phishing …

Sns As An Educational Tool: Effect On Academic Performance And Learners’ Perceptions, Nawwaf Mohssen Altalhi

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

With Social Networking Sites (SNSs) being extensively used by students, there has been extensive research in relation to their ability to enhance students’ academic performance in various learning environments, although the advent of research on online learning is a recent development.

Studies regarding the use of SNSs indicated that there was a negative relationship between students’ use of SNSs and students’ academic performance. However, it is unknown whether the implementation of an instructional training course utilizing SNSs as an educational tool might lead to improvements in students’ academic performance. Many students have admitted to not knowing how to properly use …

An Approach To Twitter Event Detection Using The Newsworthiness Metric, Jonathan Adkins

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

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Development Of Criteria For Mobile Device Cybersecurity Threat Classification And Communication Standards (Ctc&Cs), Emmanuel Jigo

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

The increasing use of mobile devices and the unfettered access to cyberspace has introduced new threats to users. Mobile device users are continually being targeted for cybersecurity threats via vectors such as public information sharing on social media, user surveillance (geolocation, camera, etc.), phishing, malware, spyware, trojans, and keyloggers. Users are often uninformed about the cybersecurity threats posed by mobile devices. Users are held responsible for the security of their device that includes taking precautions against cybersecurity threats. In recent years, financial institutions are passing the costs associated with fraud to the users because of the lack of security.

The …