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The Weekly Challenger, January 10, 2019, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The January 10, 2019, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

‘If He Hits Me, Is That Love? I Don’T Think So’: An Ethnographic Investigation Of The Multi-Level Influences Shaping Indigenous Women’S Decision-Making Around Intimate Partner Violence In The Rural Peruvian Andes, Isabella Li Chan

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines how the intersections of gender, ethnicity, place, and class shape indigenous women’s risks for and experiences of intimate partner violence and related decision-making in Carhuaz province, an underserved, resource-poor setting in the Peruvian Andes. This dissertation applied a mixed-methods, community-based approach to 11 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Peru, which included 82 face-to-face surveys using the World Health Organization’s Multi-Country Study Instrument, 38 semi-structured interviews with survivors, community members, and IPV-related service providers, and 6 participatory action research workshops (n=64).

Through this dissertation, the voices of indigenous women struggling with intimate partner violence illuminate the lived realities …

Health Sciences/Allied Health, 2019-2020, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

Academic Learning Compacts

The Academic Learning Compact for the Bachelor's of Science in Health Sciences or Allied Health, 2019-2020.

2019 Women's Soccer Media Guide, University Of South Florida. Athletic Communications Office, Erin Beck, Tom Zebold, Lori Garnett, Dan Hamilton

Women's Soccer Media Guides

The media guide for the University of South Florida's (USF) 2019 women's soccer season. Included are sections on the 2019 season outlook, coaches and staff, player biographies, a 2018 season review, program records, program history, and USF Athletics media information. The team finished the season 16-5-0 and won the American conference tournament.

Psychology, 2019-2020, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

Academic Learning Compacts

The Academic Learning Compact for the Bachelor's of Arts in Psychology, 2019-2020.

Population Dynamics Of Pinfish In The Eastern Gulf Of Mexico (1998-2016), Meaghan E. Faletti, Dinorah H. Chacin, Jonathan A. Peake, Timothy C. Macdonald, Christopher D. Stallings

Marine Science Faculty Publications

Forage fishes play an important role in marine ecosystems by transferring energy and nutrients through the food web. The population dynamics of forage species can therefore have cascading effects across multiple trophic levels. Here, we analyzed a 19-year dataset on Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) across four eastern Gulf of Mexico estuaries to investigate population dynamics, inter- and intra-annual synchrony, metapopulation portfolio effects, growth, and habitat effects. Young-of-year growth rates did not differ among estuaries. The population dynamics of these four systems were stable in the long-term, but highly dynamic inter-annually. Intra-annual dynamics were stable and predictable despite variation in long-term means. …

Neurobiological Differences Between Aggression And Agitation In Persons With Dementiaaffiliation, Ladislav Volicer

Aging Studies Faculty Publications

Background: Controversy exists about definition of agitation and especially about inclusion of aggression as a part of agitation in people with dementia.

Methods: Papers describing neurobiological indices related to behavioral symptoms of dementia were reviewed. Papers comparing indices in persons exhibiting aggression and persons exhibiting agitation were selected for this review.

Results: The survey found seven papers which compared neuroanatomical indices and three papers which compared neurochemical indices. The neuroanatomical indices differentiating agitation and aggression included changes in brain perfusion, sizes of brain areas, distribution of neurofibrillary tangles, and white matter changes. The neurochemical indices differentiating agitation and aggression included …

The Use Of Mobility Devices And Personal Assistance: A Joint Modeling Approach, Hongdao Meng, Lindsay J. Peterson, Lijuan Feng, Debra Dobbs, Kathryn Hyer

Aging Studies Faculty Publications

Objective: To examine whether mobility device use substitutes for personal assistance among U.S. older adults.

Method: Using the National Health and Aging Trends Study, we identified 3,211 community-living older adults (aged 65 and older) who reported mobility difficulties at baseline. We used recursive bivariate probit models to simultaneously estimate the effect of covariates on the likelihood of using (a) mobility devices and (b) personal assistance to accommodate mobility difficulty. Independent variables included age, gender, race, physical/mental health status, cognition, and comorbidities.

Results: Predictors of the use of personal assistance and mobility devices exhibit important similarities and differences. Device use reduced …

Understanding Health-Related Behavior Among Adolescents Living With Hiv In Lima, Peru, Carly A. Rodriguez, Emiliano Valle, Jerome Galea, Milagros Wong, Lenka Kolevic, Maribel Muñoz, Leonid Lecca, Molly F. Franke

Social Work Faculty Publications

Background: The global HIV burden among adolescents ages 10–19 is growing. This population concurrently confronts the multifaceted challenges of adolescence and living with HIV. With the goal of informing future interventions tailored to this group, we assessed sexual activity, HIV diagnosis disclosure, combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) adherence, and drug use among adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) in Lima, Peru.

Methods: Adolescents at risk or with a history of suboptimal cART adherence completed a self-administered, health behaviors survey and participated in support group sessions, which were audio recorded and used as a qualitative data source. Additionally, we conducted in-depth interviews with …

Public Concern About Terrorism: Fear, Worry, And Support For Anti-Muslim Policies, Murat Haner, Melissa M. Sloan, Francis T. Cullen, Teresa C. Kulig, Cheryl Lero Jonson

Criminology Faculty Publications

In the era of 9/11, terrorist attacks occur with sufficient frequency and lethality to constitute a realistic threat to the well-being of the American public. Sensing this concern, politicians emphasize the threat of violent attacks to advance a platform of making public safety a priority. In this context, the authors assess the extent, sources, and emotional impact of the public’s concern about terrorism. On the basis of a national survey of 1,000 Americans, the authors examine levels of fear of a terrorist attack and worry about terrorism relative to other potential harms. They also determine whether concern about terrorism translates …

Collaboration In Palliative Care Networks In Urban And Rural Regions Of Switzerland, R. Schweighoffer, N. Nagy, E. Reeves, B. Liebig

Department of Leadership, Policy, and Lifelong Learning

Due to aging populations, the need for seamless palliative care provision is of central interest for western societies. An essential aspect of palliative care delivery is the quality of collaboration amongst palliative care providers. Therefore, the current research is based on Bainbridge's conceptual framework, which provides an outline for the evaluation of palliative care provision. This study is the first one to investigate the predictive validity of spatial distribution on the quantity of interaction amongst various palliative care providers. Furthermore, based on the familiarity principle, we examine whether the extent of collaboration influences the perceived quality of collaboration among palliative …

Factors Associated With Patient Trust In Primary Care Physicians In The United States, Emily Grace Lind

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

For a patient to efficiently communicate medical history and sensitive medical information, and to properly adhere to treatment plans put forward by his or her physician, a relationship of trust must be established. Data suggests that compassion and empathy shown by doctors, along with the encouragement they give their patients to play an active role in their treatment, contributes to the trust they earn. Outside the scope of the patient-physician interaction, multiple extrinsic factors play a role in the patients’ social trust of the physician and the institution of healthcare. This study aimed to gain a better understanding of areas …

“But In A Story, I Can Steal [Its] Soul”: Vietnam War Veterans And The Literature Of Catharsis, Gina P. E. Marks

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

How does a returning veteran cope with the consequences of their experiences in a war they were drafted to fight? How do they face a society that sees that war only in statistics, only in the clips seen on the nightly news across the dinner table, only from what seems like another world? How do they explain how it felt to watch his friends get shot down with a sudden pop or step on a grenade and explode in the sky? How do they explain how it felt to kill someone, to take the life of a stranger because they …

The Rise Of The Md/Mba Dual Degree: Revitalizing Healthcare Through Physician Leadership, Nicholas D'Souza

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

Shortcomings of healthcare are evident on multiple fronts: the monstrosity of costs for patients, the complex relationship between physician and patient, and the controlling atmosphere created by hospital administrators, to name a few. Often, doctors run into a myriad of problems while caring for patients and think, “Why does this system not work better? Why has it not been fixed yet? If I were in charge...” In recent years, more physicians are indulging in the mindset of leading by making decisions and appropriately assuming roles as hospital administrators and executives. Thanks to the growing number of medical schools offering the …

Usft Collection Assessment Dss Annual Report Digital Collections 2018-2019fy, Usf Libraries

All Assessment Data

No abstract provided.

State Emotion Regulation As A Mediator Of The Relationship Between State Attachment Security And State Mindfulness, Jamie Onufrak

USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)

Recent research has found associations between attachment security and mindfulness, such that individuals who are more secure in their relationships are more mindful, while those less secure in their relationships are less mindful. However, not much is known about the directionality and underlying mechanisms of this relationship. Recent research has suggested that emotion regulation is a mediator of this relationship. The present study tests if priming attachment security leads to an increase in state mindfulness, and if this relationship is mediated by state emotion regulation. Participants recruited using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (N = 205) were randomly assigned to complete one …

Psychological Factors Related To Resilience And Vulnerability Among Youth With Hiv In An Integrated Care Setting., Tiffany Chenneville, Kemesha Gabbidon, Courtney Lynn, Carina Rodriguez

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

Approximately 22% of HIV diagnoses in 2015 occurred among youth aged 13–24. Much is known about the risk factors and psychopathology present in youth living with HIV (YLWH), however, relatively little is known about resiliency in this population. The current study sought to assess factors related to resilience and vulnerability among YLWH as well as the impact of psychosocial factors on these constructs using existing clinical data from an integrated care clinic serving YLWH in the southeastern United States. Data included findings from mental health screeners administered as part of the standard protocol of care for youth aged 13–24 including …

Usft Services Assessment Dss Annual Report 2018-2019fy, Usf Libraries

All Assessment Data

No abstract provided.

Intrinsically Disordered Proteins And Their “Mysterious” (Meta)Physics, Vladimir N. Uversky

Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications

Recognition of the natural abundance and functional importance of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), and protein hybrids that contain both intrinsically disordered protein regions (IDPRs) and ordered regions, is changing protein science. IDPs and IDPRs, i.e., functional proteins and protein regions without unique structures, can often be found in all organisms, and typically play vital roles in various biological processes. Disorder-based functionality complements the functions of ordered proteins and domains. However, by virtue of their existence, IDPs/IDPRs, which are characterized by remarkable conformational flexibility and structural plasticity, break multiple rules established over the years to explain structure, folding, and functionality of …

Harbor Notes, January 2019, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Office Of University Advancement.

Harbor Notes

The January 2019, issue of Harbor Notes.

Cognitive And Functional Status Of Persons Newly Enrolled At Dementia-Specific Adult Day Centers And Burden Of Their Caregivers, David A. Chiriboga, Nan S. Park, Karen Gilbert, Victor A. Molinari, Mary Barnes

Child and Family Studies Faculty Publications

Background and Objectives: Recognizing the important role that dementia-specific adult day centers have in maintaining persons with a neurocognitive disorder in their home, this article examines three critical indicators at the time when people first enroll in such a center: cognitive and functional impairment of the enrollee, and burden reported by their family caregivers. We also considered variations in these 3 indicators by race/ethnicity and by the relationship of caregiver to the new enrollee.

Research Design and Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of data collected by a nonprofit organization operating 11 dementia-specific adult day centers located on the east …

Psychological And Social Factors Associated With Sleep Health Across Adulthood, Soomi Lee, Orfeu M. Buxton

Aging Studies Faculty Publications

Sleep is associated with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, as well as daily social interactions and productivity. Studies often have focused on sleep duration only, lacking the ability to comprehensively understand the importance of age-related changes in varied facets of sleep health. Moreover, psychological and social factors that may be associated with sleep health in adulthood are still poorly understood. This symposium showcases contemporary endeavors towards understanding how diverse indicators of sleep health relate to psychological and social factors across adulthood. Paper 1 uses perceived job discrimination as a social stressor to test associations between perceived job discrimination and …

Comparison Of Access And Linkage To Care Among People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus When Enrolled In Florida Aids Drug Assistance Program (Adap), Greg Matthew E Teo, Nisha Sunku, Suraj Nagaraj, Sadaf Aslam, Rahul Mhaskar, Liwei Chen, Zhi Zhou, Robert L. Cook, Jamie P. Morano, Charurut Somboonwit

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

Background: The Southeast region of the United States contains nine out of the 10 states with the most severe syndemic of poverty and HIV infection.1 The Florida AIDS Drug Assistance Program (FL-ADAP) and Ryan White network are crucial for linkage to care services. Data from FL-ADAP are available but seldom published; thus this study quantifies this program’s impact on Florida PLWH access and linkage to care.

Methods: Data were obtained from the Florida Cohort, an ongoing cross-sectional survey among health clinics across the State of Florida from 2015 to 2018. Chi-square and binomial multivariate logistic regression analyses correlated anti-retroviral therapy …

How We Experience Eating Disorders: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, Elise Hummel

USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)

There is very little existing qualitative research about the lived experience of individuals with eating disorders (ED) from the lens of a researcher who also identifies as a member of that community. To that end, this project asks: “What is the lived experience of having an ED? And how does my perspective as someone who identifies as having an ED inform my research process and findings?” In this thesis, I draw on feminist practices that recognize participants as collaborators and co-researchers, and I conduct open-ended interviews with four women who were diagnosed with, and sought treatment for, an ED. I …

Teaching Mathematics Through Concept Motivation And Action Learning, Sergei Abramovich, Arcadii Z. Grinshpan, David L. Milligan

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

This is a practice-led, conceptual paper describing selected means for action learning and concept motivation at all levels of mathematics education. It details the approach used by the authors to devise insights for practitioners of mathematics teaching. The paper shows that this approach in mathematics education based on action learning in conjunction with the natural motivation stemming from common sense is effective. Also, stimulating questions, computer analysis (internet search included), and classical famous problems are important motivating tools in mathematics, which are particularly beneficial in the framework of action learning. The authors argue that the entire K-20 mathematics curriculum under …

Retrospective Case Series Of Traumatic Brain Injury And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, R. Douglas Shytle, David J. Eve, Soel-Hee Kim, Allan Spiegel, Paul R. Sanberg, Cesar V. Borlongan

Neurosurgery and Brain Repair Faculty Publications

Returning veterans are frequently diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Considering a recent case-controlled study of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) reporting a reduction in suicidal ideation, we investigated retrospectively three veterans with chronic TBI/PTSD symptoms who were treated with multiple rounds of HBOT with neurophysiological testing performed before and after treatment. Improvements were detected on parameters within neurocognitive domains, including reductions in suicide-related symptoms. These findings independently confirm that HBOT may be effective in treating specific symptoms of TBI/PTSD that are not currently addressed with existing therapeutic approaches.

Annual Report, Research & Instruction Department, 2018-2019, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Library Department and Committee Reports

2018-2019 annual report for the Research and Instruction Department at Nelson Poynter Memorial Library at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Evaluating Psychosocial Mechanisms Underlying Stem Persistence In Undergraduates: Scalability And Longitudinal Analysis Of Three Cohorts From A Six-Day Pre–College Engagement Stem Academy Program, Sophie Kuchynka, Danielle Findley-Van Nostrand, Richard S. Pollenz

Psychology Faculty Publications

In a previous report, we validated that a cohort of first-year undergraduates who participated in a weeklong pre–college engagement STEM Academy (SA) program were retained in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at a higher rate than a matched comparison group (MCG). In addition, SA students yielded increases in science identity and sense of belonging to STEM and to the university. Here, we report the ability to scale the size of the SA program to accommodate more students and replicate the previous findings with two additional cohorts. Longitudinal analysis of the 2015 and 2016 program cohorts demonstrate that both groups …

The Hiv Seers Project: A Qualitative Analysis Of Program Facilitators’ Experience, Tiffany Chenneville, Kemesha Gabbidon, Hunter Drake

Psychology Faculty Publications

HIV-related stigma creates barriers to HIV testing, medication adherence, and retention in care. Guided by the principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and in collaboration with community health workers (CHWs), the Stigma-reduction through Education, Empowerment, and Research (SEERs) project was developed with and for youth living in Nakuru, Kenya to reduce HIV-related stigma. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the experiences of the CHWs serving as SEERs facilitators. To evaluate SEERs, 37 facilitators completed open-ended survey questions to gather their experiences and recommendations for future program implementation and sustainability. Participants’ mean age was 30.58 (standard deviation = …

Distinct Effects Of Acute Versus Chronic Corticosterone Exposure On Zebra Finch Responses To West Nile Virus, Lynn B. Martin, Meredith E. Kernbach, Thomas R. Unnasch

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

Wild animals are exposed to both short- (acute) and long-term (chronic) stressors. The glucocorticoid hormones, such as corticosterone (CORT), facilitate coping with such stressors, but these hormones can have quite distinct effects contingent on the duration of their elevation. Previously, we found that experimental elevation of CORT for 2 days (via implantation) affected zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) responses to West Nile virus (WNV). CORT-elevated birds had higher viremia for at least 2 days longer than controls, and West Nile virus (WNV)-associated mortality occurred only in CORT-elevated birds. Here, we queried how acute elevations of CORT, via injection an …