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Evaluation Of The Cytotoxic Profile Of Metformin And Y15 In Platinum Resistance Ovarian Cancer Cells, Keerthi Thallapureddy, Sam Batko, Zara Khan Apr 2016

Evaluation Of The Cytotoxic Profile Of Metformin And Y15 In Platinum Resistance Ovarian Cancer Cells, Keerthi Thallapureddy, Sam Batko, Zara Khan

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Metformin, an antidiabetic drug, has been previously shown to induce cytotoxicity in platinum resistant ovarian cancer cells and increase phosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK), a tyrosine kinase implicated in the development of this platinum resistance. Therefore, we evaluated the combined cytotoxic efficacy of Metformin and the focal adhesion kinase inhibitor 1,2,4,5-Benzene Tetra amine tetra hydrochloride (Y15) in platinum resistant OVCAR 3 ovarian cancer cells. The cells were treated with concentrations of Y15 and Metformin to determine IC50 values, which were then used to treat cells with Y15 and Metformin separately and in combination. DNA fragmentation and poly ADP …

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How To Get The Word Out, Kathleen Bowman Apr 2016

How To Get The Word Out, Kathleen Bowman

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The survey, “How to get the Word Out”, was taken by 185 students of the NSU community at the end of April 2015. This survey was handed out as well as taken online. Thirty-six students took the online survey, while the other 149 students took the handout version. The surveys were collected from Parker, the UC, Flight Deck, and the Library Deli. The goal was to make sure to get a variety of different people represented in this data.

The purpose of this survey was to figure out a better way for student organizations to advertise on campus. The questions …

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Frozen Brain Atlas: Individualized Brain Mapping For Receptor Autoradiography Analysis, Samantha Bergoine Apr 2016

Frozen Brain Atlas: Individualized Brain Mapping For Receptor Autoradiography Analysis, Samantha Bergoine

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The Frozen Brain Atlas provides students, educators, and scientists with a tool to further explore the architecture of the brain. Current brain atlases allow users to navigate sectioned brain tissue using histological staining; however, they fail to capture naturally visible structures post sectioning. Through immediate post sectioning image collection, the natural contrast of the brain reveals unique structural details that are rarely seen by traditional staining procedures. By utilizing indexing and interactive labeling, the Nova Southeastern University Frozen Brain Atlas will allow identification of brain regions when used as a correlative tool for modalities including receptor autoradiography, immunofluorescence, and other …

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Jurassic Dark, Ian Bates Apr 2016

Jurassic Dark, Ian Bates

Undergraduate Student Symposium

This presentation focuses on the tonal differences between Jurassic Park, the novel by Michael Crichton, and Jurassic Park, the film directed by Steven Spielberg. The novel contains scenes of explicit violence only alluded to in the film, while all sense of childlike wonder derived from the dinosaurs is absent. This sort of change at first seems without importance due to the frequency of directors altering source material beyond recognition. Evidence gathered from interviews with Michael Crichton and additions made to his own sequel novel, The Lost World, suggest that Spielberg’s film comes closer to the vision Crichton had for the …

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Life In Verse: Historical Figures Reimagined, Qaas Shoukat Apr 2016

Life In Verse: Historical Figures Reimagined, Qaas Shoukat

Undergraduate Student Symposium

This presentation will revolve around the discussion of the lives of several historical figures (e.g. Rene Descartes, William Shakespeare, and John Lennon), and the reading of first-person autobiographical spoken word pieces in which the presenter assumes the roles of the historical figures. Through the use of the spoken word format, the stories of these individuals will be brought to life, shedding light on their ideas, their bodies of work, and their lasting legacies. The goal is to provoke interest in history and biographical research, and to showcase the impact and effectiveness of presenting information through new, creative means.

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Love Another Day, Emalee Shrewsbury Apr 2016

Love Another Day, Emalee Shrewsbury

Undergraduate Student Symposium

“Love Another Day” is a short dramatic film about Tucker, who shuns love after a series of blind dates go wrong, all in an attempt to lead a life he feels is more suitable and happy. The film is directed by Emalee Shrewsbury. Other crew members and actors include Sandra Badrous, Kirin Kaur, Gabby McCue, Ashley Rivera, Shannon Alivio, and Joshua Haeffner.

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J.U.L.E.S., Juliet Romeo Apr 2016

J.U.L.E.S., Juliet Romeo

Undergraduate Student Symposium

J.U.L.E.S. is a documentary about people with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell is a hereditary, debilitating illness that affects millions of people on a global scale. Along with medical research, the film J.U.L.E.S. highlights the trials, crisis, and pain that sickle cell warriors like myself experience and triumph over on a daily basis. This film is directed by Juliet Romeo. Other crew members include Ricardo Lugo, Liz Burbano, and Aaron Abelto.

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Late, Stephen Rafferty Apr 2016

Late, Stephen Rafferty

Undergraduate Student Symposium

“Late” is a short comedic film about a day in the life of college student Curtis Randolph, an obsessivecompulsive perfectionist turned bumbling klutz, as the wrong setting on his alarm clock causes Curtis to oversleep on the day of his final class presentation. It is up to Curtis to get to the class before he fails his presentation. The film is directed by Stephen Rafferty.

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Phycocyanin Enhances The Cytotoxic Profile Of Cisplatin In Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells By A Mechanism That Is Focal Adhesion Kinase Dependent, Syed Hussain, Shona Joseph Apr 2016

Phycocyanin Enhances The Cytotoxic Profile Of Cisplatin In Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells By A Mechanism That Is Focal Adhesion Kinase Dependent, Syed Hussain, Shona Joseph

Undergraduate Student Symposium

A major treatment approach in ovarian cancer is platinum based therapy. Initially more than 80% of cancer patients with advanced stage ovarian cancer achieve remission with platinum therapy. However, the majority of these patients relapse and develop drug-resistant disease over time. The overexpression of the tyrosine kinase, focal adhesion kinase (FAK) causes this resistance, which can promote cancer cell survival and metastasis. Prior experiments report that Phycocyanin (C-PC), an accessory pigment in the Cyanobacteria spirulina, demonstrates cytotoxicity towards multiple cancer cell lines and enhances cisplatin activity in lung cancer. This study evaluated the ability of C-PC to sensitize the …

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Porphyrin Basicity Competition Studies Of Octa Alkyl Substituted Porphyrins With H2tpp, Alfredo Lam Apr 2016

Porphyrin Basicity Competition Studies Of Octa Alkyl Substituted Porphyrins With H2tpp, Alfredo Lam

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Competition studies of the free base octa alkyl substituted porphyrins for the protons were carried out using H2TPP. The reaction with H2OEP produces the free base H2OEP, the dication H4OEP+2, and the monocation H3OEP+1. Although the monocation is easily seen in the solution, it is difficult to isolate. The cause appears to be a type of disproportionation reaction taking place upon crystallization, where the dication is formed at the expense of the monocation. In each experiment, an equimolar solution of two free-bases was made. Since H …

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Quantitative Measurement Of Learning And Memory In Caenorhabditis Elegans In Response To An Engineered Nematicidal Bacterium, Krunal Patel, Natalie Neves Apr 2016

Quantitative Measurement Of Learning And Memory In Caenorhabditis Elegans In Response To An Engineered Nematicidal Bacterium, Krunal Patel, Natalie Neves

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Despite their global prevalence, there are very few strategies to prevent infections due to parasitic nematodes. Recent studies have shown that bacteria engineered using the principles of synthetic biology may serve as an alternative approach to intoxicating nematodes. While these engineered bacteria were initially shown to be relatively efficacious in intoxicating the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the nematodes quickly learned to avoid the engineered bacteria through aversive associative learning, rendering them less effective as biocontrols. In this study, we sought to quantify the rate at which C. elegans learns to avoid the engineered nematicidal bacteria. Using nematode learning assays, …

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Role Of Chinese Foreign Aid Upon Educational Infrastructure Development In Africa, Afrin Naz Apr 2016

Role Of Chinese Foreign Aid Upon Educational Infrastructure Development In Africa, Afrin Naz

Undergraduate Student Symposium

The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of Chinese foreign aid upon educational infrastructure development in Africa. This study will discuss the origin of Sino-African relations, the current framework of cooperation between the two nations, and the overall effect this collaborative effort has on the hierarchy of education development in Africa and its other outcomes. The basis to Sino-African relations along with other developing nations are founded upon mutual respect, noninterference, equality, and sovereignty. The education plan directed under the Forum of ChinaAfrica Cooperation (FOCAC) focuses on human resource training, student and teacher exchange programs, higher education …

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The Linguistics Of Terrorism, Leigh-Ana Mumford Apr 2016

The Linguistics Of Terrorism, Leigh-Ana Mumford

Undergraduate Student Symposium

With the inequities present around the world, the nature of terrorism is both puzzling and ruinous. What remains irrefutable about terrorism is how its connotation translates into its accepted definition. Political rhetoric often utilizes “terrorism” to create a narrative, often to justify the use of state violence to preserve “national security.” This research investigates to what extent the definition of terrorism has been altered to serve as a mask for naked self-interest by the US state and political elites. Emphasis will be placed on spikes of anti-terrorism rhetoric in US foreign policy since the 1980’s. Three case studies display the …

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The Loss Of Modernism In Nazi Germany, Taylor Duggan Apr 2016

The Loss Of Modernism In Nazi Germany, Taylor Duggan

Undergraduate Student Symposium

Modernism in Germany was ultimately detested, ridiculed, and outlawed by Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany but in turn was the movement that assured his position in power. In the year 1929, an opportunist and German Art Society organizer, Feistal-Rohmedar, designed the artistic revolution within Germany and first introduced the thought regarding the extermination of modern artwork. Between the years of 1933 and 1937, the Third Reich and the German Art Society were also on a mission to rid Germany of Modernism and it wasn’t until 1936 that Modernism was completely ruled out. The Third Reich believed that artistic manifestation and …

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The Role Of Cheating Behavior And Personality Traits In Deception Detection Ability, Joshua Braverman Apr 2016

The Role Of Cheating Behavior And Personality Traits In Deception Detection Ability, Joshua Braverman

Undergraduate Student Symposium

In this study we examined the relationship that propensity for cheating, as well as several other personality traits, have with deception detection ability. Participants were first administered a behavioral measure of their tendency to cheat on a short mathematics exam, as well as a measure of anger toward hypothetical cheaters. Second, participants viewed a series of video clips of NSU students making truthful and deceptive statements; participants attempted to discriminate between truthful and deceptive statements, and also rated the personality traits of the NSU students. Third, participants attempted to discriminate between truthful and deceptive statements in 8 media clips of …

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Yoga - Beyond The Asana, Christa Barone Apr 2016

Yoga - Beyond The Asana, Christa Barone

Undergraduate Student Symposium

“Yoga - Beyond the Asana” is a documentary that explores the yoga lifestyle, demonstrating that yoga is for everyone. This documentary shatters preconceived notions, one yoga class at a time. The documentary is directed by Christa Barone.

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The Role Of The Brain Atlas In Research And Education With A Specific Focus On The Allen Brain Atlas And A Novel Fresh Brain Atlas, Rebecca Nosal Apr 2016

The Role Of The Brain Atlas In Research And Education With A Specific Focus On The Allen Brain Atlas And A Novel Fresh Brain Atlas, Rebecca Nosal

Undergraduate Student Symposium

In the post-genomic era, brain atlases are key resources in education and research. They are critical to establishing a foundation to further the understanding of gene expression, neural connectivity, and development. This review focuses of the development of a model brain atlas, the Allen Brain Atlas, and the current construction of a novel brain atlas, the Frozen Brain Atlas. The Allen Brain Atlas, specifically the mouse atlas, was created in an effort to map the distribution pattern of mRNAs expressing the entire mouse genome in the brain. The goal is to use the mapped connectivity as a basis for future …

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Above The Skyline, Ricardo Lugo Apr 2016

Above The Skyline, Ricardo Lugo

Undergraduate Student Symposium

“Above the Skyline” is a short down-and-dirty rock-and-roll documentary about an independent rock band. The film details the band’s struggles to get through the music industry, from dealing with crooked film producers and music producers to the fight for gigs. The film is directed by Ricardo Lugo. Other crew members include Lauren McGarrett, Jordan McGarrett, and Steven McGarrett.

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The Impact Of Cultural Values On Chinese Students In American Higher Education:, Min Wang Apr 2016

The Impact Of Cultural Values On Chinese Students In American Higher Education:, Min Wang

The Qualitative Report

Chinese students who pursue their higher education in America benefit from the high quality of education in this country, which includes a richness and diversity of subjects, facility of research resources, and high academic standards. At the same time, they are under pressure, which results from culture shock and includes fear of failing, the language barrier, lack of class participation, homesickness, and isolation from their host culture, resulting in mental problems such as depression, frustration, and students dropping out. This study reveals the negative influence of Chinese cultural values on these students in American higher education by making use of …

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A Qualitative Research On Foreign Language Teaching Anxiety, Selami Aydin Apr 2016

A Qualitative Research On Foreign Language Teaching Anxiety, Selami Aydin

The Qualitative Report

While research mainly focuses on identification of anxiety, its causes and effects on the learning process and the ways to allay anxiety among foreign language learners, foreign language teaching anxiety has remained a research area that has not attracted much attention. Therefore, in the context of teaching anxiety among pre-service teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL), the current study aims to investigate the sources of foreign language teaching anxiety (FLTA). The sample group in the study consisted of 60 pre-service teachers. A background questionnaire, interviews, reflections and essay papers were used to collect qualitative data. The results indicated …

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An Identification Of The Social And Emotional Needs Of People Living With Post-Lingual Hearing Loss, Dianne Briffa, Fiona Davidson, Danielle Ferndale Ms Mar 2016

An Identification Of The Social And Emotional Needs Of People Living With Post-Lingual Hearing Loss, Dianne Briffa, Fiona Davidson, Danielle Ferndale Ms

JADARA

Hearing loss is associated with challenges in achieving effective communication which can constrain an individual’s ability to participate in social and work environments, affecting their social and emotional well-being. Through a thematic analysis of focus groups, interview and survey responses from 41 people experiencing post-lingual hearing loss, we identified an overarching theme of adjusting to impaired communication and three sub-themes in which we were able to identify the unmet social and emotional needs of people who are hard of hearing. In light of our analysis we discuss and offer recommendations specific to meeting the needs of this population.

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Peace Building In Bosnia And Herzegovina: Effects Of Ingroup Identification, Outgroup Trust And Intergroup Forgiveness On Intergroup Contact, Melinda A. Leonard, Branka Damjanovic, Goran Simic, Gul Aldikacti Marshall Mar 2016

Peace Building In Bosnia And Herzegovina: Effects Of Ingroup Identification, Outgroup Trust And Intergroup Forgiveness On Intergroup Contact, Melinda A. Leonard, Branka Damjanovic, Goran Simic, Gul Aldikacti Marshall

Peace and Conflict Studies

The current study examines the effects of ingroup identification, outgroup trust, and intergroup forgiveness on intergroup contact quantity in the diverse cities of Sarajevo and Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A total of 455 individuals ranging in age from 14 to 102 self-reported as either Muslim, Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, or Other completed a questionnaire. Analyses revealed that ingroup identification was significantly and negatively correlated with intergroup contact quantity; however, ingroup identification was not significantly correlated with outgroup trust or intergroup forgiveness. The comparison between groups revealed significant group differences across all predictor and criterion variables. To confirm whether age …

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A Concomitant Of Conflict And Consensus: Case Of A Chieftaincy Succession In Ghana, Kaderi Noagah Bukari Mar 2016

A Concomitant Of Conflict And Consensus: Case Of A Chieftaincy Succession In Ghana, Kaderi Noagah Bukari

Peace and Conflict Studies

Ghana is often seen as peaceful, but is faced with many chieftaincy conflicts that result mainly from succession to the throne (skin or stool) for traditional political power. Ghana has more than 230 chieftaincy disputes dotted across many parts of the country. However, the Bulsa Traditional Area (Buluk) of Ghana has had a stable and resilient chieftaincy succession despite conflicts arising out of the selection of chiefs. In the selection of chiefs, the adoption of a voting system is said to lead to consensus based decision-making which is largely responsible for the non-violent nature of the Buluk chieftaincy …

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Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis From A Realist Perspective, Hyeseung Jeong, Juliana Othman Mar 2016

Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis From A Realist Perspective, Hyeseung Jeong, Juliana Othman

The Qualitative Report

The article presents how a study that investigated the acquisition of second language academic literacy skills practised the qualitative methodology, interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), from a realist perspective. We share the rationale behind the methodological decisions made in the study, which is followed by a detailed description of the methodological practice. In addition, the evaluation of the study against the realist criteria is reported, and some implications of using IPA based on realism for educational research are discussed. Overall, we suggest that IPA practice from a realist perspective helps go beyond postmodernism paradigms that seems to exert considerable influence on …

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Dialogues: Quant Researchers On Qual Methods, Nick Pilcher, Martin Cortazzi Mar 2016

Dialogues: Quant Researchers On Qual Methods, Nick Pilcher, Martin Cortazzi

The Qualitative Report

Qualitative researchers commonly perceive that positivist hard-science researchers and policies of governments deprecate qualitative methods and approaches. Curiously though, we could not see anyone asking quantitative researchers ‘What do you think about qualitative approaches and methods?’ We did this in interviews with 17 assumed quantitative researchers in the fields of advanced materials construction, civil engineering, transport modelling, computer science, and geotechnics. Surprisingly, these researchers rarely described themselves as purely quantitative, and were rarely against the five qualitative methods discussed. Moreover, many actually used qualitative methods, often in ways we had not anticipated. Drawing on a Bakhtinian …

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I Can’T Say I Wasn’T Anticipating It, But I Didn’T See It Coming In This Magnitude: A Qualitative Fieldwork Experience In The North West Region Of Cameroon, Beryl Bamu, Elisabeth De Schauwer, Geert Van Hove Feb 2016

I Can’T Say I Wasn’T Anticipating It, But I Didn’T See It Coming In This Magnitude: A Qualitative Fieldwork Experience In The North West Region Of Cameroon, Beryl Bamu, Elisabeth De Schauwer, Geert Van Hove

The Qualitative Report

This article draws explicitly on the fieldwork challenging experiences of an ongoing PhD study which seeks to explore the role of the community in the inclusion of people with disabilities in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. It is apparent that every qualitative researcher undertaking fieldwork anticipate being confronted with challenges and difficulties in the process. Nevertheless, in spite of the anticipation of these challenges and complexity that exist in the field, as well as prior preparation, fieldwork can still be a very intense and challenging experience. This is because many unanticipated encounters arise during fieldwork, which the researchers did not …

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Reflexively Conducting Research With Ethnically Diverse Children With Disabilities, Amanda Ajodhia-Andrews Feb 2016

Reflexively Conducting Research With Ethnically Diverse Children With Disabilities, Amanda Ajodhia-Andrews

The Qualitative Report

This reflexive paper explores the process of engaging ethnically diverse children with disabilities within participatory and narrative research concerning their school life via a multi-method qualitative approach. It contemplates the use of participatory research methods, involving children with disabilities as co-researchers, establishing relaxed research environments, and maintaining qualitative rigour while supporting children’s voice and agency. This paper addresses possibilities of qualitative research to access and amplify voices and differing social experiences of children with disabilities, whilst underscoring their capacity and right to contribute to research regarding their lives. The author advocates re-envisioning ways to conduct ethical research with children with …

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The Ombatse Crisis In Nigeria: Background, Recent Developments And Possible Solutions, Simeon Onyemachi Hilary Alozieuwa Ph.D. Feb 2016

The Ombatse Crisis In Nigeria: Background, Recent Developments And Possible Solutions, Simeon Onyemachi Hilary Alozieuwa Ph.D.

Journal of Interdisciplinary Conflict Science

This paper focuses on the hegemonic politics between the Eggon and Hausa/Fulani ethnic groups in Nasarawa, North-Central Nigeria, which eventually erupted into the Ombatse crisis of May 2013- a precursor to the 2015 general elections. It addresses four research questions seeking to unravel whether or not: (1a) the crisis truly reflects a spiritual revivalist agenda as projected by the Ombatse promoters or merely espouses Eggon rejection of Muslim-Hausa/Fulani ethnic hegemony- mirroring broadly the identity, hegemonic and exclusionary politics in the area cum the larger Nigerian society;(b) the Eggon-Hausa-Fulani feud has the potential to exacerbate the sectarian strife in Nigeria’s northern …

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Certified Peer Support Specialists: Advancing Peer Support Services In Deaf Mental Health Care, Michael John Gournaris Ph.D, Lp Jan 2016

Certified Peer Support Specialists: Advancing Peer Support Services In Deaf Mental Health Care, Michael John Gournaris Ph.D, Lp

JADARA

The Peer Support Services is now considered an important element in the present-day mental health care delivery systems. In some states, this type of service is slowly gaining in Deaf Mental Health Care. This article covers several important areas in Peer Support Services including learning about the role of a Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS). This also consists of research, billing, code of ethics, CPSS training curricula, estimates of deaf CPSS in the United States, and Minnesota’s CPSS program model including its outcomes & recommendations. This article also justifies why we must advance Peer Support Services in Deaf Mental Health …

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The Art Of Managing Expectations: Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors As Mediators Of Expectations Between Clients Who Are Deaf And Potential Employers, Stephanie W. Cawthon, Rachel Leppo, Duncan Dickson, Sarah Schoffstall, Erica Wendel Jan 2016

The Art Of Managing Expectations: Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors As Mediators Of Expectations Between Clients Who Are Deaf And Potential Employers, Stephanie W. Cawthon, Rachel Leppo, Duncan Dickson, Sarah Schoffstall, Erica Wendel

JADARA

Services for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) often include tailored strategies for successful employment placement. Using Oliver’s (1980) Expectation Confirmation Theory, this study utilized exploratory and confirmatory analyses of semi-structured interviews of 10 VR professionals to examine their view of the role expectations play in their assessment of important factors that lead to successful outcomes for DHH clients. Analysis revealed a complex, multilevel system in which VRCs operate as active mediators of the expectations of both clients who are DHH and their potential employers.

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