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Ethics As Obligation: Reconciling Diverging Research Practices With Marginalized Communities, Jill Mccracken

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

This article argues that research design is impacted by ideological frameworks, and when conducting community-based participatory research (CBPR), can create challenges and conflicts throughout the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and other institution’s approval processes. I explore the ideological frameworks that underpin conventional and CBPR methodologies to show how collaboration can influence the questions asked and answered, the roles of researchers in the project, and how research findings can better impact the community at the center of the research. I offer a snapshot of our CBPR project with women who were currently and formerly incarcerated and document the challenges we encountered …

Using A Rapid Assessment Methodology To Identify And Address Immediate Needs Among Low-Income Households With Children During Covid-19, Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

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Objective: Brighter Bites is a school-based health promotion program that delivers fresh produce and nutrition education to low-income children and families. Due to COVID-19-related school closures, states were under "shelter in place" orders, and Brighter Bites administered a rapid assessment survey to identify social needs among their families. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the methodology used to identify those with greatest social needs during this time ("high risk"), and to describe the response of Brighter Bites to these "high risk" families.

Methods: The rapid assessment survey was collected in April 2020 across Houston, Dallas, Washington DC, and …

Guidelines For Tms/Tes Clinical Services And Research Through The Covid-19 Pandemic, Marom Bikson, Colleen A. Hanlon, Adam J. Woods, Bernadette T. Gillick, Leigh Charvet

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The COVID-19 pandemic has broadly disrupted biomedical treatment and research including non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS). Moreover, the rapid onset of societal disruption and evolving regulatory restrictions may not have allowed for systematic planning of how clinical and research work may continue throughout the pandemic or be restarted as restrictions are abated. The urgency to provide and develop NIBS as an intervention for diverse neurological and mental health indications, and as a catalyst of fundamental brain research, is not dampened by the parallel efforts to address the most life-threatening aspects of COVID-19; rather in many cases the need for NIBS is …

The Impact Of Covid-19 On Hiv Treatment And Research: A Call To Action., Tiffany Chenneville, Kemesha Gabbidon, Patricia Hanson, Cashea Holyfield

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is far reaching, with devastating effects on individuals, communities, and societies across the world. People with chronic health conditions may be at greater risk of contracting or experiencing complications from COVID-19. In addition to illness or death for those who contract the virus, the physical distancing required to flatten the curve of new cases is having a negative impact on the economy, the effects of which intersect with mental health and other existing health concerns, thus affecting marginalized communities. Given that HIV also has a disproportionate impact on marginalized communities, COVID-19 is affecting people …

Test–Retest Reliability Of The Friedreich’S Ataxia Rating Scale, Christian Rummey, Theresa A. Zesiewicz, Santiago Perez-Lloret, Jennifer M. Farmer, Massimo Pandolfo, David R. Lynch

Neurology Faculty Publications

The modified Friedreich Ataxia Rating Scale (mFARS) is a disease specific, exam-based neurological rating scale commonly used as a outcome measure in clinical trials. While extensive clinimetric testing indicates it’s validity in measuring disease progression, formal test–retest reliability was lacking. To fill this gap, we acquired results from screening and baseline visits of several large clinical trials and calculated intraclass correlation coefficients, coefficients of variance, standard error, and the minimally detectable changes. This study demonstrated excellent test–retest reliability of the mFARS, and it’s upright stability subscore.

Vision Loss Among Delaware Nursing Home Residents, Robert B. Å. Andersson, Mashael Al-Namaeh, William A. Monaco, Hongdao Meng

Aging Studies Faculty Publications

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of vision loss among Delaware nursing home residents for further data collection to expand the existing evidence about the vision loss among nursing home residents on a national level.

Methods: This cross-sectional study involved the statistical analysis of comprehensive eye examination records of 1,856 nursing residents residing in 20 Delaware nursing homes from 2005 to 2011. Descriptive statistical analyses were conducted to identify age-specific prevalence rates of vision loss (moderate-to-severe vision impairment and blindness).

Results: The mean age of nursing home residents was 82.54 years (range: 65–111 years), and 61.70% were over the age of …

The Aspet Mentoring Network: Enhancing Diversity And Inclusion Through Career Coaching Groups Within A Scientific Society, Veronica Y. Womack, Bhoomi K. Thakore, Christine V. Wood, David C. Jewett, Remi F. Jones, Susan L. Ingram, Janet A. Clark, Catherine L. Fry, Lynn Wecker, Richard Mcgee

Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences Faculty Publications

Over the past decades, two persisting priorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) training have been: 1) increasing the knowledge of and access to careers beyond academic scientist; and 2) increasing the diversity of the STEM workforce. Previous studies show that a uniquely constructed career coaching group provides strong support and progress for both priorities. This report extends this design into a more sustainable model that is positioned within the professional context of rising young scientists. This new model is based in the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)—the ASPET Mentoring Network. Groups of PhD students and …

Factors Associated With Current And Severe Pain Among People Living With Hiv: Results From A Statewide Sample, Verlin Joseph, Abenaa Jones, Shantrel Canidate, Zachary Mannes, Huiyin Lu, Nicole Ennis, Gladys Ibanez, Charurut Somboonwit, Robert Cook

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

Background: People living with HIV (PLHIV) are more likely to suffer from pain compared to the general public. Pain often clusters with mental health symptoms and substance use. This study sought to evaluate mental health and substance use factors associated with any pain and severe pain intensities among PLHIV.

Methods: Data were derived from HIV+ adults (N=733) recruited from community health centers across Florida who completed questionnaires regarding demographics, chronic pain, HIV clinical outcomes, mental health symptoms, and substance use information. Pain was assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) short form. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was utilized to assess …

“Why The H**L Is There A White House Correspondents’ Dinner?” Boundary Work In Political Journalism, Gregory P. Perreault, Kellie Stanfield, Shelby Luttmann

School of Advertising & Mass Communications Faculty Publications

Political journalism is a pertinent part of newsrooms across theworld. This study aimed to analyze the shifting role conceptionsof U.S. political journalists, primarily in reference to the WhiteHouse Correspondents’Dinner. Researchers conducted 32 long-form phone interviews with political journalists from news outletsranging from theLos Angeles Timesto VICE. The study found mostjournalists uncomfortable with the White House Correspondents’Dinner, especially after the response to Michelle Wolf’s speech atthe 2018 event. This particular event helped journalists identifyhow the event works in opposition to their role conception.Through the lens of boundary work, this study argues the comedyformat of the dinner, which ceased following 2018, pushedoutside …

Examining Older Adults’ Perspectives On The Built Environment And Correlates Of Healthy Aging In An American Age-Friendly Community, Kathy Black, Dylan J. Jester

Aging Studies Sarasota Manatee Campus Faculty Publications

Population aging has led to an increased focus on the environmental context in which we age. While researchers have identified significant health benefits associated with built community features such as housing, transportation and outdoor spaces and buildings, less attention has focused on the correlates of healthy aging and other characteristics via the perspective of community-dwelling older adults. This study utilized cluster analysis to examine health-related subgroups of older adults (n = 598) in an age-friendly community located in the United States, of which nearly half of its residents are age 60 and older. Linear regression was used to associate the …

Aca Medicaid Expansion Associated With Increased Medicaid Participation And Improved Health Among Near-Elderly: Evidence From The Health And Retirement Study, Melissa Mcinerney, Ruth Winecoff, Padmaja Ayyagari, Kosali Simon, M. Kate Bundorf

Economics Faculty Publications

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically expanded health insurance, but questions remain regarding its effects on health. We focus on older adults for whom health insurance has greater potential to improve health and well-being because of their greater health care needs relative to younger adults. We further focus on low-income adults who were the target of the Medicaid expansion. We believe our study provides the first evidence of the health-related effects of ACA Medicaid expansion using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Using geo-coded data from 2010 to 2016, we estimate difference-in-differences models, comparing changes in outcomes before and after …

Metajournalistic Discourse On The Rise Of Gaming Journalism, Gregory P. Perreault, Tim P. Vos

School of Advertising & Mass Communications Faculty Publications

Gaming journalism, which finds its origins in public relations-oriented gaming magazines, discursively attached itself to traditional journalism in the wake of the 2014 GamerGate controversy. Yet it had remained unclear where gaming journalism fits within the ecology of journalism. This study examines metajournalistic discourse regarding gaming journalism from 2010 to 2018 and analyzes 53 articles about gaming journalism from that period in order to understand how the broader journalistic field conceptualized gaming journalism’s place within it. This study argues that gaming journalism is discursively marked as a lower, marginal form of journalism based on perceived differences in professional values and …

2020 Accountability Plan Usf, Usf

USF Accountability Reports

No abstract provided.

Florida Birds Exposed, By Juanita N. Baker, Bill Pranty

Florida Field Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Space-Time Hierarchical Clustering For Identifying Clusters In Spatiotemporal Point Data, David S. Lamb, Joni Downs, Steven Reader

School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Finding clusters of events is an important task in many spatial analyses. Both confirmatory and exploratory methods exist to accomplish this. Traditional statistical techniques are viewed as confirmatory, or observational, in that researchers are confirming an a priori hypothesis. These methods often fail when applied to newer types of data like moving object data and big data. Moving object data incorporates at least three parts: location, time, and attributes. This paper proposes an improved space-time clustering approach that relies on agglomerative hierarchical clustering to identify groupings in movement data. The approach, i.e., space–time hierarchical clustering, incorporates location, time, and attribute …

A Comprehensive Review Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd) In Children, Kailey Marie Pate

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

Post-traumatic stress disorder in children under six years old has been formally recognized since 2013 (Veteran’s Affairs, 2019), yet the body of research is still lacking for this age group. An important step towards helping these youngest sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder is to determine whether symptomology assessments, social supports, and treatments that exist for older children can apply to those who are younger than six suffering from the disorder. This comprehensive literature review compiles the research on post-traumatic stress disorders in children from six to seventeen years old in Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic (WEIRD) countries. Topics covered in …

The Never-Ending Sentence: An Examination Of Policies And Programs Targeting Post-Secondary Education Among Currently And Formerly Incarcerated Individuals, Julianne Shumake

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

Education serves as potentially the greatest instrument of change and self-improvement within the modern society. With higher education comes a variety of skills and opportunities that foster success within the modern world including lucrative employment, personal growth in relation to skills and knowledge, as well improved mental health, and sense of belonging (Runnel, 2015). Unfortunately, the university system within the United States is designed to exclude a large population of people, those with a felony convictions. As of 2019, the United States has an estimated 24 million individuals with a felony status on their records (Eberstadt, 2019). For these 24 …

Climate Change, Environmental Terrorism, Eco-Terrorism And Emerging Threats, Paola Andrea Spadaro

Journal of Strategic Security

The footprint of human advancement has accelerated a climate variability with no precedents, further driving devastating natural and social events. The decrease in basic resources like water, has already been identified as a driver of violent conflicts, which have given way to the strengthening of terrorist organizations that used the environment as a tool of coercion. The damage caused to the earth’s ecosystem has additionally raised a wave of defensive activism that was initially considered as eco-terrorism. While the original eco-movements had not induced fatalities, recent extremist organizations are showing a more violent anti-progress and pro-environment agenda. Added to these, …

Materials And Methods For Detecting And Monitoring Edema And Related Conditions, Shekhar Bhansali, Karina Rincon, Jessica Ramella-Roman, Sanjukta Bhanja

USF Patents

Provided is a Coupled Domain Sensor (CDS) that can be used to, for example, evaluate hydration and occlusion of blood in patients with edema using electrical and optical measurements. Advantageously, the CDS provides a quicker, more effective and accurate way of monitoring this medical condition.

Disrupting The Heteronormative Mindset In Teacher Preparation Through Inclusive Children's Literature, Denise I. Donahue

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Because of discrimination that presents itself through bullying based on identity, and the lack of positive LGBTQIA+ representation within classroom lessons, there is a need for a higher quality of preparation for teachers in order to create inclusive environments.

All teachers, particularly new teachers, need to know how to effectively work with diverse learners to meet their needs academically, emotionally and socially. This includes preparing teachers to instruct students and work with families who include LGBTQIA+ members. LGBTQIA+ students are often marginalized, discounted, harassed or invisible. (Kosciw, Greytak, Zongrone, Clark, & Truong, 2018). There is a need for a higher …

Scenarios Of Intractability: Reframing Intractable Conflict And Its Transformation, Kerry Whigham

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

For those working toward long-term conflict transformation and atrocity prevention, cases of so-called “intractable conflict” are an enduring source of frustration, continually resisting what seems to be an otherwise useful toolbox of "lessons learnt" and "best practices." Referring to these cases as intractable, however, only serves to naturalize their intractability, rendering it an essential and immutable quality of the conflicts, and thus foreclosing options for engagement and prevention. Moreover, it obscures interventions that may have already emerged from within these conflicts that are transforming the way they play out. This article suggests, instead, to perceive these cases as scenarios of …

Critical Genocide And Atrocity Prevention Studies, Andrew Woolford, Alexander Hinton

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

An introductory essay for the special issue on "Critical Approaches to Genocide and Atrocity Prevention."

Film Review: Operation Finale, Melanie O'Brien

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

In 1960, the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, undertook an operation in Argentina to capture the architect of the Final Solution, Adolf Eichmann, and bring him to Israel to stand trial. Operation Finale [Chris Weitz, 2018] tells the story of this intelligence operation: the actions of and challenges for the agents involved, in a way that captures the banality of Eichmann’s personality before it was put on show for the world to see in his televised trial. Operation Finale is available on Netflix, rendering it a Holocaust film with an extraordinarily large reach.

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Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

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Salutogenesis And The Prevention Of Social Death: Cross-Cultural Lessons From Genocide-Impacted Rwandans And Indigenous Youth In Canada, Jobb D. Arnold

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

Combining trans-disciplinary theories with cross-cultural ethnographic research, this paper explores community-based approaches to genocide prevention among Canadian-Indigenous groups as well as with Rwandan student genocide survivors. A Salutogenic framework is used to examine community responses to the micro-foundations of genocide (Antonovsky 1987). These processes are explored using first-hand accounts from “New Family” networks of student genocide survivors in Rwanda and members of a Canadian urban-Indigenous “Village.” These perspectives shed light on how locally adaptive, socially networked practices can help promote emergent forms of genocide prevention (Williams 1977). This paper focuses on three areas of local practice that have helped build …

Film Review: Radical Evil, Raya Morag

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, December 19, 2019, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 19, 2019, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

The Weekly Challenger, December 12, 2019, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 12, 2019, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Biomimetic Prosthetic Device, Millicent Kay Schlafly, Tyagi Ramakrishnan, Kyle B. Reed

USF Patents

A prosthetic device includes a phalanges portion, a metatarsals portion that is movably coupled to the phalanges portion, an ankle portion that is movably coupled to the metatarsals portion, and a calcaneus portion that is movably coupled to the ankle portion.

The Efficacy Of Comedy, Mark Anthony Castricone

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Efficacy of Comedy: Focusing on the efficacy of comedy as a genre, utilizing Aristotle, Nietzsche, and Heidegger’s philosophy. It begins with a historical analysis of the efficacy of comedy in Ancient 4th and 5th century Athens focusing on Aristotle’s conceptions of comedy. It analyses what Aristotle wrote about comedy and attempts a reconstruction of what his book on comedy from the poetics may have said. It then examines the shift to aesthetics rather than the Philosophy of Art with a focus on Kant and the Critique of Judgment. Comedy here is used as an interpretive tool in order to …