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Body Image, Self-Esteem And Eating Disturbance Among Chinese Women: Testing The Tripartite Influence Model, Weiwei Wang

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study is to confirm the reasons behind young Chinese women’s eating disturbances and self-esteem. The researcher uses the Tripartite Influence model to illustrate the relationship between internalization and pressures in the form of peer, family, and media pressure. It further reveals the relationship between internalization and self-esteem and eating disorders. Besides conforming with the mode of young Chinese females, it aims at finding out the reasons behind each relevant relationship. One point of the study is the different impact of media pressure on young Chinese females; the influence of media tends to be much lower in …

Effect Of Heating On Heat Capacity Of Vegetable Oils Used For Biofuel Production, Sailee Nitin Nagpurkar

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Biodiesel has become a major renewable fuel for diesel engines particularly from various waste sources. New biodiesel production technologies are emerging with data demands for efficient process design. This project highlights the data requirements, gaps in the thermo-physical property data, and consolidation of experimental and estimation methods for effective process development. Knowing the thermodynamic properties of a substance is important in order to know what process or procedures it has to go under. The aim of this project is to assess the potential of vegetable oils to serve as feedstock for biofuel production by determining their heat capacity (Cp). Such …

Electrospun Cactus Mucilage Nanofibers, Sylvia W. Thomas, Norma A. Alcantar, Yanay Pais

USF Patents

Novel electrospun nanofibers and nanofibrous membranes, methods of manufacturing the same, and methods of using the same are provided. The nanofibers include a cactus mucilage, such as mucilage from Opuntia ficus-indica. An organic polymer can be added to the cactus mucilage before electrospinning. The nanofibrous membranes can be used in water filtration.

White-Nose Syndrome Is Associated With Increased Replication Of A Naturally Persisting Coronaviruses In Bats, Christina M. Davy, Michael E. Donaldson, Sonu Sobudhi

KIP Articles

Spillover of viruses from bats to other animals may be associated with increased contact between them, as well as increased shedding of viruses by bats. Here, we tested the prediction that little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) co-infected with the M. lucifugus coronavirus (Myl-CoV) and with Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the fungus that causes bat white-nose syndrome (WNS), exhibit different disease severity, viral shedding and molecular responses than bats infected with only Myl-CoV or only P. destructans. We took advantage of the natural persistence of Myl-CoV in bats that were experimentally inoculated with P. destructans in a previous study. Here, we show …

A Longitudinal Exploration Of Drive For Leanness: Potential Uniqueness, Sex Neutrality, Adaptive Nature, And Sociocultural Fit, Brittany Lang

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Historically disordered eating research has been gendered with models focusing on women’s pursuit of a thin ideal, as well as men’s attempts to obtain a muscular ideal. The motivations to achieve these ideals are called the drive for thinness (DT) and drive for muscularity (DM). More recently, a cultural shift has been noted in that ideal bodies are converging across sexes to a lean ideal, with the associated motivation being labeled the drive for leanness (DL). As DL is a nascent construct, little is known about its relationships with DT and DM, or if it predicts or is predicted by …

A Biological Switching Valve Evolved In The Female Of A Sex-Role Reversed Cave Insect To Receive Multiple Seminal Packages, Kazunori Yoshizawa

KIP Articles

We report a functional switching valve within the female genitalia of the Brazilian cave insect Neotrogla. The valve complex is composed of two plate-like sclerites, a closure element, and in-and-outflow canals. Females have a penis-like intromittent organ to coercively anchor males and obtain voluminous semen. The semen is packed in a capsule, whose formation is initiated by seminal injection. It is not only used for fertilization but also consumed by the female as nutrition. The valve complex has two slots for insemination so that Neotrogla can continue mating while the first slot is occupied. In conjunction with the female penis, …

An Essential Staphylococcus Aureus Cell Division Protein Directly Regulates Ftsz Dynamics, Prahathees J. Eswara, Robert S. Brzozowski, Marissa G. Viola, Gianni Graham, Catherine Spanoudis, Catherine Trebino, Jyoti Jha, Joseph I. Aubee, Karl M. Thompson, Jodi L. Camberg, Kumaran S. Ramamurthi

Molecular Biosciences Faculty Publications

Binary fission has been well studied in rod-shaped bacteria, but the mechanisms underlying cell division in spherical bacteria are poorly understood. Rod-shaped bacteria harbor regulatory proteins that place and remodel the division machinery during cytokinesis. In the spherical human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, we found that the essential protein GpsB localizes to mid-cell during cell division and co-constricts with the division machinery. Depletion of GpsB arrested cell division and led to cell lysis, whereas overproduction of GpsB inhibited cell division and led to the formation of enlarged cells. We report that S. aureus GpsB, unlike other Firmicutes GpsB orthologs, directly …

Impact Of Motivational Interviewing On Outcomes Of An Adolescent Obesity Treatment: Results From The Mi Values Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial, M. K. Bean, K. S. Ingersoll, P. Powell, Marilyn Stern, R. K. Evans, E. P. Wickham Iii, S. E. Mazzeo

Child and Family Studies Faculty Publications

The aim of this study is to examine outcomes from MI Values, a motivational interviewing (MI) intervention implemented adjunctive to obesity treatment. Adolescents (n = 99; 73% African American; 74% female; mean body mass index [BMI] percentile = 98.9 ± 1.2) were randomized to receive two MI sessions or education control. All adolescents participated in structured behavioural weight management treatment. Baseline, 3‐ and 6‐month assessments of anthropometrics, dietary intake and physical activity were obtained. Both groups had significant reductions in BMI z‐scores and energy intake and increased physical activity at 3 and 6 months (P <  0.05). MI participants reported greater reductions in 3‐month energy intake compared with controls. Participation in MI is associated with reduction in energy intake, consistent with better adherence to dietitian visits previously reported from MI Values. MI might be an effective adjunct to adolescent obesity treatment; future research is needed to determine if motivational interviewing can enhance BMI outcomes, via greater adherence to behavioural intervention.

Effects Of The Namaste Care Family Programme On Quality Of Life Of Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Dementia And On Family Caregiving Experiences: Study Protocol Of A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial, Hanneke J. A. Smaling, Karlijin J. Joling, Peter M. De Ven, Judith E. Bosmans, Joyce Simard, Ladislav Volicer, Wilco P. Achterberg, Anneke L. Francke, Jenny T. Van Der Steen

Aging Studies Faculty Publications

Introduction: Quality of life of people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes is often suboptimal. Family caregivers can feel frustrated with limited contact with their relatives, which results in visits that are perceived as stressful and not very meaningful. Few psychosocial interventions are specifically developed for people with advanced dementia, and actively involve family caregivers or volunteers. Also, interventions usually stop when it becomes difficult for people to participate. The Namaste Care Family programme aims to increase the quality of life of people with advanced dementia, and improve family caregiving experiences through connecting to people and making them comfortable. …

The Weekly Challenger, September 27, 2018, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The September 27, 2018, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Agenda And Reports, Juvenile Welfare Board Regular Board Meeting, September 5, 2018, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda and reports for the September 5, 2018, meeting of the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County's regular Board.

Assessing Abstinence In Infants Greater Than 28 Days Old, Genieveve J. Cline

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

There are currently no published scoring instruments with prior empirical evidence to support the validity and reliability of the accuracy of the drug withdrawal scores generated in infants greater than 28 days of life with a diagnosis of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). This study was done to identify the signs of withdrawal in infants greater than 28 days of life with NAS and determine if further adaptation of the modified-FNAST was necessary to accurately measure the severity of drug withdrawal in this sub population of infants. This aim could not analyzed due to limitations of the data.

The study was …

Sociodemographics And Access To Organic And Local Food: A Case Study Of New Orleans, Louisiana, Chuo Li, Amir Ghiasi, Xiaopeng Li, Guangqing Chi

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

This study examined the association between physical accessibility to organic and local food, and sociodemographic factors in New Orleans, Louisiana. Spatial regression models were used to investigate how sociodemographic variables such as income, race/ethnicity, education, and age correlate with driving, bicycling, and walking distances to stores that sell organic or local food. The distances were calculated from GIS and real-time speed information from Google Maps. The results indicated that physical access to such stores is positively associated with population density, median housing value, education, non-Hispanic Blacks, and Hispanics, and is negatively associated with median housing age. We found no disparities …

Daily Zeaxanthin Supplementation Prevents Atrophy Of The Retinal Pigment Epithelium (Rpe) In A Mouse Model Of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress, Manas R. Biswal, Bradley D. Justis, Pingyang Han, Hong Li, Dennis Gierhart, Cheryl K. Dorey, Alfred S. Lewin

Pharmacy Faculty Publications

Oxidative damage is implicated in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The dry form of AMD (geographic atrophy) is characterized by loss of RPE, photoreceptors, and macular pigments. The cumulative effects of oxidative stress impact mitochondrial function in RPE. In Sod2flox/floxVMD2-cre mice, the RPE specific deletion of Sod2, the gene for mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), leads to elevated oxidative stress in retina and RPE, and causes changes in the RPE and underlying Bruch’s membrane that share some features of AMD. This study tested the hypothesis that zeaxanthin supplementation would reduce oxidative stress and preserve RPE …

Employee Wellness Innovations In Hospitality Workplaces: Learning From High-Tech Corporations, Tingting Zhang

Journal of Global Business Insights

Employee wellness programs are known to bring many benefits to companies. However, due to the unique hospitality job conditions and requirements, employee wellness programs usually suffer from low participation and engagement. This paper reviews various innovations of employee wellness programs in high-tech corporations as well as some hospitality enterprises that are well known for great places to work for. Based on the review findings, the paper suggests effective and plausible solutions to generate high participation and engagement with employee wellness programs in the hospitality workplaces. Limitations and future research directions are discussed in the end of the paper.

School-Based Health Centers In High Poverty Schools, Felicia Davis

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This capstone project was part of a team project completed by two school principals in Hillsborough County, Florida. The project began because of our passion for meeting the needs of our students in urban high poverty schools being supported by varying district turnaround initiatives. We looked at our district’s previous and current attempts to increase student success in high poverty schools. We questioned the ways in which supports and resources were provided, and we explored ways through which success in high poverty schools might be increased by redefining the supports and resources provided. Our appreciative exploration of the topic was …

Trichoderma Polysporum Selectively Inhibits White-Nose Syndrome Fungal Pathogen Pseudogymnoascus Destructans Amidst Soil Microbes, Amanpreet Singh, Erica Lasek-Nesselquist, Vishnu Chatervedi

KIP Articles

Background Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), the causative fungal agent of white-nose syndrome (WNS), has led to the deaths of millions of hibernating bats in the United States of America (USA) and Canada. Efficient strategies are needed to decontaminate Pd from the bat hibernacula to interrupt the disease transmission cycle without affecting the native microbes. Previously, we discovered a novel Trichoderma polysporum (Tp) strain (WPM 39143), which inhibited the growth of Pd in autoclaved soil samples. In the present investigation, we used culture-based approaches to determine Tp-induced killing of native and enriched Pd in the natural soil of two bat hibernacula. We …

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, August 4, 2018, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholars - Katlyn Eastridge, James Garrett, Gautam Krishna Koipallil, Kayla Li, and Olivia Taylor; Outstanding Graduate - Barbora Skopalova; Global Citizens Award - Kayla Li, Phoung Ly, and Hannah Seamans

The Weekly Challenger, August 2, 2018, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The August 2, 2018, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Unpacking Hispanic Ethnicity—Cancer Mortality Differentials Among Hispanic Subgroups In The United States, 2004–2014, Dina Martinez-Tyson, Patricia Medina-Ramirez, Ann M. Flores, Rebecca Siegel, Claudia Aguado Loi

Community and Family Health Faculty Publications

Introduction: National data on the epidemiology of cancer are commonly reported by broad racial/ethnic categories, such as “Hispanic.” However, few studies have disaggregated Hispanic groups and explored mortality differentials in this heterogeneous population. This paper aims to further examine cancer mortality differentials among Hispanic subgroups in the U.S.

Materials and Methods: The study examined cancer deaths in the United States from 2004 to 2014 among decedents classified as Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central/South American and non-Hispanic white on the death certificate among those who were 20 years or older at the time of death. Data were obtained from the …

Evolutionary History Of Plant Hosts And Fungal Symbionts Predicts The Strength Of Mycorrhizal Mutualism, Jason D. Hoeksema, James D. Bever, Sounak Chakraborty, V. Bala Chaudhary, Monique Gardes, Catherine A. Gehring, Miranda M. Hart, Elizabeth A. Housworth, Wittaya Kaonongbua, Marc J. Lajeunesse

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

Most plants engage in symbioses with mycorrhizal fungi in soils and net consequences for plants vary widely from mutualism to parasitism. However, we lack a synthetic understanding of the evolutionary and ecological forces driving such variation for this or any other nutritional symbiosis. We used meta-analysis across 646 combinations of plants and fungi to show that evolutionary history explains substantially more variation in plant responses to mycorrhizal fungi than the ecological factors included in this study, such as nutrient fertilization and additional microbes. Evolutionary history also has a different influence on outcomes of ectomycorrhizal versus arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses; the former …

Wendy Z. Goldman And Donald Filtzer (Eds), Hunger And War: Food Provisioning In The Soviet Union During World War Ii, Golfo Alexopoulos

School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Does The Mexican Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Have A Signaling Effect? Ensanut 2016, Cristina Álvarez-Sánchez, Isobel Contento, Alejandra Jiménez-Aguilar, Pamela Koch, Heewon L. Gray, Laura A. Guerra, Juan Rivera-Dommarco, Rebeca Uribe-Carvajal, Teresa Shamah-Levy

Community and Family Health Faculty Publications

Objective: To evaluate the potential signaling effect of the Mexican tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) by analyzing the association between awareness of and opinions about its effectiveness with current consumption of taxed SSBs and with a self-reported change in consumption of SSBs since the implementation of the tax. We also examined the association between psychosocial and environmental determinants of SSB consumption with current consumption of taxed SSBs and with a reported change in consumption of SSBs.

Methods: Cross-sectional analyses of survey and food-frequency questionnaire data from the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2016. Participants were Mexican adults (20–59 years, …

Changes In Hypertension-Related Knowledge And Behavior And Their Associations With Socioeconomic Status Among Recently Urbanized Residents In China: 2013–2016, Wenjie Zhang, Hongdao Meng, Shujuan Yang, Honglin Luo, Danping Liu

Aging Studies Faculty Publications

The rapid urbanization in China has brought with it some health benefits, but it also brought about a negative influence on the lifestyle of residents. We conducted this study to assess the change in hypertension-related knowledge and behavior from 2013 to 2016 among recently urbanized residents and determine their association with socioeconomic status (SES). This research used data from two cross-sectional studies conducted in Hezuo community in Chengdu, Sichuan province of China. A total of 2268 and 2601 individuals, respectively, participated and completed standard questionnaires. According to the results, the median (IQR) scores of health knowledge was 1 (0,3) and …

The Effect Of Diet On Improved Endurance In Male C57bl/6 Mice, Jin Yu, Hong Zhu, Saeid Taheri, Stephen Perry, Mark S. Kindy

Pharmacy Faculty Publications

The consumption of fruits and vegetables appears to help with maintaining an adequate level of exercise and improves endurance. However, the mechanisms that are involved in this process are not well understood. In the current study, the impact of diets enriched in fruits and vegetables (GrandFusion^®) on exercise endurance was examined in a mouse model. GrandFusion (GF) diets increased mitochondrial DNA and enzyme activity, while they also stimulated mitochondrial mRNA synthesis in vivo. GF diets increased both the mRNA expression of factors involved in mitochondrial biogenesis, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha (PGC-1α), mitochondrial transcription factor A …

Virtual Medical Modality Implementation Strategies For Patient-Aligned Care Teams To Promote Veteran-Centered Care: Protocol For A Mixed-Methods Study, Jolie N. Haun, Margeaux Alana Chavez, Wendy Ann Hathaway, Nicole Antinori, Christine Melillo, Bridget A. Cotner, Julie Mcmahon-Grenz, Brian Zilka, Shilpa Patel-Teague, William Messina, Kim Nazi

Community and Family Health Faculty Publications

Background: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is making system-wide efforts to increase integrated use of health information technology (HIT), including My HealtheVet (MHV), the Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic patient portal, Vet Link kiosks, telehealth, and mobile apps. Integrated use of HIT can increase individual and system efficiency, maximize resources, and enhance patient outcomes. Prior research indicates that provider endorsement and reinforcement are key determinants of patient adoption of HIT. HIT implementation strategies need to reflect providers’ perspectives to promote adoption and endorsement of these tools; however, providers often lack awareness or are unmotivated to incorporate HIT into clinical …

From Reforestation To Research Duke Engage 2018 Symposium, 2018, Tevin Brown, Grant Larson, Sofia Calvo

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Research question: Does the new forest provide the same services and functions as the secondary forest?

Leader Self-Renewal: Mind, Body, Spirit Connection Inherent In Sustainable Leadership, Lasonja Roberts

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation builds upon stress and burnout research on school leaders by exploring the beliefs and practices regarding well-being and self-renewal of principals identified as successful. This study utilized a 3-fold framework that consisted of mind, body, and spirit, falling under the all-encompassing umbrella of thriving, asserting the three domains work together to support the optimal well-being of the leader. The research questions were as follows: (1) In what ways are principals' well-being and self-renewal supported by principals' personal beliefs and practices, district policies and practices, and educational programs and organizations? (2) To what extent does attentiveness to well-being and …

Agenda And Reports, Juvenile Welfare Board Regular Board Meeting, July 12, 2018, Juvenile Welfare Board Of Pinellas County

Juvenile Welfare Board Agendas, Minutes, and Historical Audits

Agenda and reports for the July 12, 2018, meeting of the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County's regular Board.

“I Want Ketchup On My Rice”: The Role Of Child Agency On Arab Migrant Families Food And Foodways, Faisal Kh. Alkhuzaim

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This exploratory research study examines changes in food and foodways (food habits) among Arab migrant families in a small community in Tampa, Florida. It also explores how those families’ children may play a role in the process of change. Within this community, I conducted my research study at a private school, where I recruited families with children between the ages of eight and seventeen. In applying the ecological model of food and nutrition and the developmental niche theoretical framework, this research draws on qualitative methods, including structured interviews with parents; focus group discussion with parents; a food survey; and children’s …