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Trauma-Focused Models For Caregivers: A Systematic Review Of Empirical Research, Wesley Paul May 2013

Trauma-Focused Models For Caregivers: A Systematic Review Of Empirical Research, Wesley Paul

HIM 1990-2015

Child and Adolescent caregivers are rarely the focus of research and/or trauma-focused or informed models when working with traumatized children (Baynard, Englund, & Rozelle, 2001; Chapman, Dube, & Anda, 2007). It has been shown that use of caregivers in the treatment of children who have suffered trauma can have a significant impact on not only the child, but also reduce the trauma symptoms of the caregivers themselves (Cohen, Mannarino, & Staron, 2006). The purpose of this study is to critically review the empirical research of trauma-focused and trauma-informed trainings and treatment models for children who have suffered some form of …

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Music Influences On Health Compromising Behaviors, Erum Qureshi May 2013

Music Influences On Health Compromising Behaviors, Erum Qureshi

HIM 1990-2015

Considering the vast number of youth that participate in sexual behavior and start using illicit drugs at a young age, it is imperative to investigate the prevalence of media filled with both subliminal and blatant messages about drugs and sexuality. It is hypothesized that lyrical content of music and the content and imagery of music videos will contain conscious messages about drug and alcohol use, and sexual behaviors. Content analysis that used the frequency method determined the amount of sexual and drug messages within five songs from each artist. Additionally, it is postulated that participants who frequently listen to specific …

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Little Women: Study Of Female Representations In Teen Films And How Those Representations Have Affected Gender Perceptions, Maillim Santiago May 2013

Little Women: Study Of Female Representations In Teen Films And How Those Representations Have Affected Gender Perceptions, Maillim Santiago

HIM 1990-2015

Although teen film is littered with tales of young women coming of age, the messages presented in most of these films follow a formula centered on a patriarchal nuclear family ideal, which leads to damaging perceptions regarding gender roles in teenage society. There is the main traditional model of stay at home mother with a father in the role of the breadwinner; the rise of rape culture; and the glass ceiling in the workplace. The young females consuming a mass amount of this media then reflect negatively on themselves. The research following this conundrum was broken into two parts: the …

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Arts Integration: Learning "Through" And "With" The Arts, A Curricular Process And As A Collaborative Engagement, Sonja Shank May 2013

Arts Integration: Learning "Through" And "With" The Arts, A Curricular Process And As A Collaborative Engagement, Sonja Shank

HIM 1990-2015

The world of education is constantly changing. As our culture and society evolves and grows, our educational practices must follow suit to reach the minds of tomorrow in a meaningful way. Arts integration is the teaching practice of using the arts as a lens through which students can view and articulate other subject matter. Integration of dance, music and visual arts promotes creativity and interest but also nurtures a meaningful educational experience. This confluence of educational disciplines will engage our students and excite them about learning. It is important to recognize that " culture populated by a people whose imagination …

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The Relationship Between Consumer Debt And Mental Health, Jennifer Simmons May 2013

The Relationship Between Consumer Debt And Mental Health, Jennifer Simmons

HIM 1990-2015

Consumer debt is a growing phenomenon in the US and throughout the world. The beginning of the 21st century has been defined by such an incredible growth in consumer debt that American families have increased their debt relative to personal income four times faster than in the 1990s. Since the Federal Reserve began measuring the amount of American consumer debt and consumer income in the 1980s, consumer debt never exceeded consumer income until 2004 when it reached 104.8% of income. In the last two decades, researchers have observed a significant correlation between debt and mental health. The purpose of this …

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The Use Of Wet-To-Dry Dressings For Mechanical Debridement, Katherine Villa May 2013

The Use Of Wet-To-Dry Dressings For Mechanical Debridement, Katherine Villa

HIM 1990-2015

Clinical management of complex wounds is essential to promote wound healing. Prolonged healing time may lead to longer and more costly hospitalizations and poorer patient outcomes. The removal of nonviable, necrotic tissue via debridement is vital to the healing process. One of the most common debridement techniques, in the United States, is the use of wet-to-dry dressings. There are no defined guidelines or protocols for the timing of dressing changes and subsceequent debridement. The purpose of this study was to perform a review of literature to determine the rationale for the use of wet-to-dry dressings, explore alternative time sequences of …

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Manipulating Aktivated Metabolism Via Mtorc1, Ivan Von Hack Prestinary May 2013

Manipulating Aktivated Metabolism Via Mtorc1, Ivan Von Hack Prestinary

HIM 1990-2015

Although poorly understood, normal cells and cancerous cells of the same type exhibit different patterns of nutrient consumption, processing and utility of metabolic substrates. Differences in substrate uptake, preference, and alternately emphasized metabolic pathways offer opportunities for selective targeting of cancer versus stroma. This may be accomplished by using a sequential approach of nutrient deprivation and pharmaceutical perturbation of metabolic pathways to inhibit cellular proliferation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of restricting glucose and glutamine concentrations, in vitro, to levels that resemble a potential human fasting state. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a mediator …

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Personality And Interpersonal Aspects Of The Work Environment, Roseann Swiden Wick May 2013

Personality And Interpersonal Aspects Of The Work Environment, Roseann Swiden Wick

HIM 1990-2015

Workplace arrogance has emerged as a research focus area for many industrial-organizational psychologists. Employees who demonstrate arrogance tend to demonstrate poor job performance, executive failure and poor overall organizational success. The present study investigates arrogance measured by the Workplace Arrogance Scale (WARS: Johnson et al., 2010) in relation to the Honesty Humility facet of the HEXACO Personality Index-Revised (HEXACO PI-R: LEE & Ashton, 2004). A total of 273 participants completed the WARS and HEXACO PI-R Honesty-Humility Facet of the HEXACO. Results show significant, strong negative correlations between the Honesty-Humility subfacets and the overall Honesty Humility facet score with the WARS …

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Production, Control And Actuation Of Micron-Sized Particles In A Microfluidic T-Junction, James Wilson May 2013

Production, Control And Actuation Of Micron-Sized Particles In A Microfluidic T-Junction, James Wilson

HIM 1990-2015

This research is directed towards understanding the mechanisms associated with the manufacture of solid microspheres less than 100 [micrometers], from liquid droplets with nanosuspensions in a microfluidic T-junction, which are heated downstream of the channel. Preliminary material characterization tests on colloidal suspensions of alumina and copper oxide demonstrate promising temperature dependent viscosity results indicating solidification in the temperature range of 40°C-50°C. The solidification mechanism is referred to as Temperature Induced Forming and is described by polymeric bridges formed between nanoparticles in suspension at elevated temperatures, resulting in a solid structure. The polymer network results from the ionization of alumina at …

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An Intersectional Comparison Of Female Agency In Toni Morrison's Sula And Wang Anyi's Song Of Everlasting Sorrow, Jordan Lynton May 2013

An Intersectional Comparison Of Female Agency In Toni Morrison's Sula And Wang Anyi's Song Of Everlasting Sorrow, Jordan Lynton

HIM 1990-2015

The opportunities created by the end of the Mao Era and legislature promoting the rights of African Americans and women in the mid-twentieth century allowed women of both cultures to break further into the literary scene and negotiate their own sense of agency through their work. Although Western feminism also grew rapidly throughout this period, its ethnocentric centering of gender prevented it from being a reliable lens with which to analyze the work of Chinese and African American women who experienced issues of race, class, and gender simultaneously. This caused Western feminists to evaluate the work of Chinese and African …

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University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2013 - 2014, University Of Central Florida May 2013

University Of Central Florida Graduate Catalog, 2013 - 2014, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

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University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2013 - 2014, University Of Central Florida May 2013

University Of Central Florida Undergraduate Catalog, 2013 - 2014, University Of Central Florida

UCF Catalogs

No abstract provided.

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Microfludic Mixer Having Channel Width Variation For Enhanced Fluid Mixing, Hyoung Cho, Ranganathan Kumar, Ehsan Yakhshi Apr 2013

Microfludic Mixer Having Channel Width Variation For Enhanced Fluid Mixing, Hyoung Cho, Ranganathan Kumar, Ehsan Yakhshi

UCF Patents

A micromixing apparatus includes a mixing microchannel formed in a top surface of a substrate having channel length and a variable channel width defined by a first sidewall surface and a opposing second sidewall surface. The channel width varies from a minimum channel width h to a maximum channel width H in a ratio of H:h greater than or equal to 1.1:1.0. A first inlet is for injecting a first fluid into the mixing microchannel and a second inlet for injecting a second fluid into the mixing microchannel. The first and second fluid flow in a flow direction in the …

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Sandspur, Vol 119, No 19, April 25, 2013, Rollins College Apr 2013

Sandspur, Vol 119, No 19, April 25, 2013, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

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Service-Learning Helps Students Tackle World's Tough Issues, Linda Walters Apr 2013

Service-Learning Helps Students Tackle World's Tough Issues, Linda Walters

UCF Forum

The end of each spring semester brings out the best in academia. Not only is graduation soon to occur, but campuses everywhere celebrate excellence – of faculty, staff and students.

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Methods And Compositions For Inhibiting The Proliferation Of Cancer Cells (Con), Ratna Chakrabarti Apr 2013

Methods And Compositions For Inhibiting The Proliferation Of Cancer Cells (Con), Ratna Chakrabarti

UCF Patents

We have identified LIM kinase 1 as potetial target for functional inactivation using antisense RNA for prevention and or treatment of prostate cancer metastasis

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Fluorescent Cytotoxic Compounds Specific For The Cellular Polyamine Transport System, Otto Phanstiel Apr 2013

Fluorescent Cytotoxic Compounds Specific For The Cellular Polyamine Transport System, Otto Phanstiel

UCF Patents

Cyano-substituted anthracene containing polyamines were synthesized and shown to be efficient polyamine transporter ligands. Moreover, these agents (3 and 4) had improved fluorescence properties over previous anthryl-polyamine conjugates, which facilitated their intracellular trafficking by confocal microscopy. These cytotoxic fluorescent agents may find use as molecular probes which traffick into cells via the polyamine transport system and may also be viable anticancer drugs which are readily quantified in human tissues due to their excellent fluorescence properties: (excitation: ? 405 nm) and emission (420 nm) occurs in the visible light range. The ability to excite and emit in the visible range provides …

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Aqueous Method For Making Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, J. Manuel Perez Figueroa, Sudip Nath Apr 2013

Aqueous Method For Making Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, J. Manuel Perez Figueroa, Sudip Nath

UCF Patents

The invention discloses an aqueous method of making polymer coated superparamagnetic nanoparticles. The method comprises providing a mixture of iron salts in an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid. A solution of ammonium hydroxide is added to the mixture and stirred. Stirring continues with an aqueous solution of one or more biocompatible polymers so as to promote formation of polymer coated iron nanoparticles in suspension, wherein optionally at least one of the polymers in the coating may be aminated. Centrifuging the suspension leaves a supernatant without large particles. Filtering the supernatant through an ultrafiltration membrane and collecting the filtrate recovers polymer …

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The Learning Marketspace, April 2013, Bob Heterick, Carol Twigg Apr 2013

The Learning Marketspace, April 2013, Bob Heterick, Carol Twigg

The Learning MarketSpace (4/03 - 4/14)

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Sandspur, Vol 119, No 15, April 01, 2013, Rollins College Apr 2013

Sandspur, Vol 119, No 15, April 01, 2013, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

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Facing Continual Challenges, Oysters Need Our Help, Linda Walters Feb 2013

Facing Continual Challenges, Oysters Need Our Help, Linda Walters

UCF Forum

Most of us either love to eat oysters or think that pond scum might actually taste better. While I can’t stomach them raw, roasted oysters with cheese, bacon and wine are a delightful treat after a hard day at work.

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Mesenchymal Stem Cells With Increased Developmental Potency By Expressing Nanog, Kiminobu Sugaya, Angel Alvarez Jan 2013

Mesenchymal Stem Cells With Increased Developmental Potency By Expressing Nanog, Kiminobu Sugaya, Angel Alvarez

UCF Patents

CON filing for non-elected claims 7 and 12

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Multimodal Nanoparticles For Non-Invasive Bio-Imaging, Swadeshmukul Santra, Niclas Bengtsson, Scott Brown, Stephen Grobmyer, Huabei Jiang, Brij Moudgil, Edward Scott, Parvesh Sharma, Glenn Walter, Qizhi Zhang Jan 2013

Multimodal Nanoparticles For Non-Invasive Bio-Imaging, Swadeshmukul Santra, Niclas Bengtsson, Scott Brown, Stephen Grobmyer, Huabei Jiang, Brij Moudgil, Edward Scott, Parvesh Sharma, Glenn Walter, Qizhi Zhang

UCF Patents

The present teachings provide multimodal nanoparticles that can act simultaneously as contrast agents for one or more of PAT, fluorescence imaging, x-ray imaging, and/or MRI. Exemplary multimodal nanoparticles can have a size between 50-100 nm and can be tunable to large sizes. In various embodiments, these nanoparticles can also be used for therapeutic purposes.

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Cubic Semiconductor Alloys For Deep Uv Applications, Winston Schoenfeld Jan 2013

Cubic Semiconductor Alloys For Deep Uv Applications, Winston Schoenfeld

UCF Patents

Disclosed are progestin agonists having the following formula: ##STR1## W is absent or --CH-CH--; R1 are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, --CF3, and NO2, or both R1 may be joined to form a bi-radical which is --CH-CHCH-CH--;R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-6 branched or linear alkyl, halogen and --CF3, with the proviso that R3 at the 3-position must be H where R3 at the 4-position is H, or both R3 may be joined to form a bi-radical selected from the group consisting of --CH-CHCH-CH--, --C(NC1-4 alkyl2)=CHCH-CH-- and --(CH2)4 --; R5 is selected …

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A Comparison Between Male Perpetrators Of Intimate Partner Violence And Child Sexual Abuse: A Feminist Perspective, Christelle Schafer Jan 2013

A Comparison Between Male Perpetrators Of Intimate Partner Violence And Child Sexual Abuse: A Feminist Perspective, Christelle Schafer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore whether attributes of sex role identity and gender role stress differed between perpetrators of child sexual abuse (CSA) and perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV). The primary research question posed in the research sought to determine if participants’ attitudes on gender role stereotyping or gender role stress were significantly different between perpetrators of CSA and perpetrators of IPV. Participants in this study were a convenience sample of adult males with histories of CSA and IPV from two different outpatient counseling programs. Participants completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory-Short Form (BSRI-SF) and the …

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Cholera Toxin Activates The Unfolded Protein Response Through An Adenylate Cyclase-Independent Mechanism, Neyda Vanbennekom Jan 2013

Cholera Toxin Activates The Unfolded Protein Response Through An Adenylate Cyclase-Independent Mechanism, Neyda Vanbennekom

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Cholera toxin (CT) is a bacterial protein toxin responsible for the gastrointestinal disease known as cholera. CT stimulates its own entry into intestinal cells after binding to cell surface receptors. Once internalized, CT is delivered via vesicle-mediated transport to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where the CTA1 subunit dissociates from the rest of the toxin and is exported (or translocated) into the cytosol. CTA1 translocates from the ER lumen into the host cytosol by exploiting a host quality control mechanism called ER-associated degradation (ERAD) that facilitates the translocation of misfolded proteins into the cytosol for degradation. Cytosolic CTA1, however, escapes this …

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The Innovator, Volume 1 Issue 2, Winter 2012-13, Christa Santos Jan 2013

The Innovator, Volume 1 Issue 2, Winter 2012-13, Christa Santos

The Innovator

No abstract provided.

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University Of Central Florida Factbook 2012-2013, University Of Central Florida Jan 2013

University Of Central Florida Factbook 2012-2013, University Of Central Florida

Historical Fact Book and Enrollment

Historical fact book and enrollment data for the University of Central Florida.

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Femtosecond Filament Interaction As A Probe For Molecular Alignment, Erik Mckee Jan 2013

Femtosecond Filament Interaction As A Probe For Molecular Alignment, Erik Mckee

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Femtosecond laser filamentation is a highly nonlinear propagation mode. When a laser pulse propagates with a peak power exceeding a critical value Pcr (5 GW at 800 nm in air), the Kerr effect tends to collapse the beam until the intensity is high enough to ionize the medium, giving rise to plasma defocusing. A dynamic competition between these two effects takes place leaving a thin and weakly ionized plasma channel in the trail of the pulse. When an ultrafast laser pulse interacts with molecules, it will align them, spinning them about their axis of polarization. As the quantum rotational wave …

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Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 Attenuates Inflammation And Apoptosis And Improves Cardiac Function In Diabetes, Princess Urbina Jan 2013

Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 Attenuates Inflammation And Apoptosis And Improves Cardiac Function In Diabetes, Princess Urbina

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 (BMP-7) belongs to the transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) family of cytokines has is known to have potent anti-inflammatory properties. It has been used in patients to treat osteoporosis clinically and has been reported to treat diabetic nephropathy in murine models. Moreover, studies show that inflammation is up-regulated in patients with pre-diabetes (PD). We, therefore, hypothesize that the administration of BMP-7 will attenuate inflammation in the heart of Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced PD mice. In this study, we divided C57Bl/6 mice into three groups: CONTROL, PD, and PD+BMP-7. CONTROL mice received intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of Sodium Citrate Buffer while PD …

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