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9/11 Exposure And Parental Monitoring, Heather Zemeck
9/11 Exposure And Parental Monitoring, Heather Zemeck
Theses and Dissertations
This paper investigates the effects of 9/11/01 exposure on parental monitoring, and how depression and anxiety are associated with these effects. This research utilizes data collected from Evacuees, First Responders, and non-exposed Controls. Results revealed moderate 9/11 exposure is associated with increased parental monitoring; while, depression is associated with decreased parental monitoring.
"Mute Flesh": Women's Death-Worlds In David's Story And Waiting For The Barbarians, Kate Finley
"Mute Flesh": Women's Death-Worlds In David's Story And Waiting For The Barbarians, Kate Finley
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis expands upon Achille Mbembe's theory on necropower and death-worlds to incorporate the consideration of gender. This is done using the lens of violence against women during South African apartheid and through an examination of two novels: Zoë Wicomb's David's Story and J.M. Coetzee's Waiting for the Barbarians.
A Bite Of The Big Apple: The Anthropology Of Pesticide Use In New York City, Faye O'Brien
A Bite Of The Big Apple: The Anthropology Of Pesticide Use In New York City, Faye O'Brien
Theses and Dissertations
Pesticide exposure in the developing world is well described in anthropology. How pesticide use and exposure is ordered and experienced socially, economically and culturally in Western urban communities is less well studied. The long-term consequences of synergistic pesticide exposure is not easily measurable, which this research addresses through social inquiry.
Words Are A Pipe, Kyle Michael Utter
Words Are A Pipe, Kyle Michael Utter
Theses and Dissertations
A painter retraces the steps he took in making one of his paintings from beginning to end. Rather than explicitly ascribing a series of concerns or goals to his studio practice in general, he recounts the material choices he made over an 8 month period of making a specific painting of an interior landscape. The essay begins with a consideration of the written word and its potential shortcomings in describing the creative process. Warned of writing’s pitfalls, the reader proceeds onto a meandering path of written introspection as the painter reflects on his art-historical references, his sources of imagery, his …
Contextually Modulated Avoidance Behavior In Rats Post-Pavlovian Extinction, Lauren Branigan
Contextually Modulated Avoidance Behavior In Rats Post-Pavlovian Extinction, Lauren Branigan
Theses and Dissertations
The following study sought to examine the psychological substrates of renewal (e.g.., context dependent extinction processes) for conditioned avoidance behaviors in rats. Using signaled active avoidance conditioning, rats acquired two-way shuttle responding, to two different auditory stimuli. These behaviors were then extinguished through exposure to the auditory stimuli where shuttling behavior was now without consequence. Subjects were then tested for renewal of avoidance in three distinct renewal sequences (e.g., ABA vs ABB, AAB vs AAA, and ABC vs ABB) in three separate groups of rats. It was found that subjects showed more responding to a stimulus presented outside of its …
The Impact Of Working Memory Load And Anxiety On Attention Bias Modification Training, David Lloyd Yap
The Impact Of Working Memory Load And Anxiety On Attention Bias Modification Training, David Lloyd Yap
Theses and Dissertations
The effect of attention bias modification training (ABMT) on anxiety-related attention bias (AB) in a large (N=204) non-clinical sample was sensitive to working memory load (WML). ABMT produced expected changes in AB in the low-WML, low-anxiety group only. High WML and high anxiety alone and in interaction disrupted ABMT.
Dolphins In Space: Quantifying The Relative Positions Of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus), Megan S. Mcgrath
Dolphins In Space: Quantifying The Relative Positions Of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops Truncatus), Megan S. Mcgrath
Theses and Dissertations
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are socially sophisticated mammals with high fission-fusion dynamics and complex communication. The relative positioning of individual dolphins as they swim within their social group may aid in the expression of social roles. This study sought to quantify relative positioning in a small social group of female bottlenose dolphins at the National Aquarium in Baltimore that included two mother-daughter pairs, maternal and paternal half-sisters, a half-aunt and niece, and one unrelated female. We devised a method for scoring relative positioning in three dimensions. We found that the two mothers and their juvenile and adult daughters …
The Effects Of Tactile And Visual Deterrents On Honey Badger Predation Of Beehives, Abigail S. Johnson
The Effects Of Tactile And Visual Deterrents On Honey Badger Predation Of Beehives, Abigail S. Johnson
Theses and Dissertations
As human and elephant populations grow in Kenya so does human-elephant conflict. One of the most substantial contributors to this conflict, the crop-raiding behavior of elephants (Loxodonta africana), is alleviated through the use of Elephants and Bee Project's beehive fences. A threat to these beehives are the honey badgers (Mellivora capensis) who try to obtain honey, causing damage to the hive and the hive to abscond. The objective of this study was to improve the effectiveness of these beehive fences through identifying and testing novel honey badger deterrent methods. On-farm experiments in Taita Taveta County, Kenya …
The Effects Of Environmental Education On Children's Knowledge Of Elephant Conservation In Rural And Urban Thailand, Tamara Aird
The Effects Of Environmental Education On Children's Knowledge Of Elephant Conservation In Rural And Urban Thailand, Tamara Aird
Theses and Dissertations
Think Elephants International’s EE program educated students on issues surrounding elephant conservation. One open-ended response question from surveys was analyzed to determine whether there was a knowledge difference between locations. After participation, urban students referenced more information about HEC, while rural students talked more about elephants’ role as keystone species.
Attachment And Relationship Quality: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Panel Model Examining The Association Of Attachment Styles And Relationship Quality In Married Couples, Meagan Cahoon Alder
Attachment And Relationship Quality: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Panel Model Examining The Association Of Attachment Styles And Relationship Quality In Married Couples, Meagan Cahoon Alder
Theses and Dissertations
This is a longitudinal cross-lagged panel model examining the bi-directional association of attachment styles and relationship quality in a community sample of 355 married couples, with at least one child between 10-14 years of age at the beginning of the study and 17-21 years of age at the end of the study. An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM), was used to test for actor and partner effects, thereby accounting for the non-independent nature of the data. Two separate APIM models were tested with Male Attachment predicting Female Relationship Quality and Female Attachment predicting Male Relationship Quality. Results indicate that own attachment …
The Implementation Of Building Information Modeling (Bim) Towards Sustainable Construction Industry In Egypt "The Pre-Construction Phase", Amira Elshazly Mohamed
The Implementation Of Building Information Modeling (Bim) Towards Sustainable Construction Industry In Egypt "The Pre-Construction Phase", Amira Elshazly Mohamed
Theses and Dissertations
Global environmental changes, energy consumption, and the scarcity of water have all imposed the need to implement sustainable development strategies worldwide. The construction industry and its healthy practices are not exception, as it should take more strides to alleviate harmful impacts of unsustainable construction practices on the built environment. Sustainable construction has many aspects such as passive design, selection of the appropriate materials and construction techniques, energy efficient systems, and water conservation. In Egypt, current situation regarding energy consumption, accelerated urbanization, and high pollution rates are urging the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) professionals to convert current conventional construction approaches …
Teachers' Perceptions On Reflective Practices In Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study, Samar Wahba
Teachers' Perceptions On Reflective Practices In Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study, Samar Wahba
Theses and Dissertations
This study examines the perceptions of teachers on their reflective practices in private higher education institutions.The aim of the study is to understand how teachers' perceptions on their practices may impact the development of their teaching methods. The research investigates the views of teachers on their reflective practices and examines the teachers' approaches in applying such practices in teaching to establish whether these reflective practices are important and to what extent they benefit the teacher. This research focuses on English departments within the context of private institutions: The American University in Cairo (AUC) and Misr International University (MIU). A qualitative …
Fabrication Of Pomegranate Peel Extract/Honey Nanofibers Loaded With Bee Venom As Effective Antibacterial Wound Dressings, Sara Abouzekry
Fabrication Of Pomegranate Peel Extract/Honey Nanofibers Loaded With Bee Venom As Effective Antibacterial Wound Dressings, Sara Abouzekry
Theses and Dissertations
In spite of the emerging advances in the field of wound dressings, there is still a deep need for the development of novel natural based dressings to offer a safe alternative for traditional wound dressings and most importantly fight against antibacterial resistance. The aim of this study is to develop novel honey based nanofibrous wound dressing for achieving both effective and safe treatment and investigate the dressings for antibacterial activity, cytotoxicity and in vivo wound healing effect in a rat wound model. Natural products; Honey, Pomegranate peel extract (PPP), and bee venom (BV), known for their antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties, …
Greywater Treatment Using Aquatic Filtration For Possible Reuse In Landscape Irrigation, Lana Mahmoud
Greywater Treatment Using Aquatic Filtration For Possible Reuse In Landscape Irrigation, Lana Mahmoud
Theses and Dissertations
Fresh water scarcity continues to present itself as an underlying global problem as we steadily approach 2025 (UN 2006). Egypt is no exception to the rule, facing several water pollution problems extending from all sectors in the country and negatively affecting water quality and public health. According to the Ministry of Water resources and irrigation (1997), the average water uses in the Egyptian household comprises 18% for shower and bath, 18% for toilet flushing, 8% for laundry, 14% for dishwashing and drinking, 10% for cooking, 30% for irrigation and 2% for other activities which makes onsite treatment and reuse of …
Assessing The Resilience Of Adolescents Who Were Raised In Orphanages In Cairo, Egypt, Noha Emam Hassanin
Assessing The Resilience Of Adolescents Who Were Raised In Orphanages In Cairo, Egypt, Noha Emam Hassanin
Theses and Dissertations
Orphans in Egypt face discrimination at school, in the work place and when finding a marriage partner. They also are at risk for developing physical, emotional and intellectual delays as a result of residing in an orphanage. The small amount of research conducted on orphans in Egypt has focused on these deficits and the hardships. However, it may be more empowering and more effective to focus on the strengths and capabilities of these youth. In particular, during adolescence when Egyptian orphans must leave their institutions, it is especially important to understand how to support resilience and give them the tools …
Phyt-Dewatering Of Sewage Sludge, Amira Galal Ahmed
Phyt-Dewatering Of Sewage Sludge, Amira Galal Ahmed
Theses and Dissertations
Over-population has resulted in an alarming rise in waste water production. This lead to an increased amount of sludge and this can cause serious environmental problems and health risks. This is because it carries different types of pollutants. In Egypt, some sludge dewatering techniques are depending on natural evaporation (ex-ample, drying bed). However, this need very wide land areas. The other techniques are depending on mechanical ways (example, belt press). However, this is considered a high cost technology. This research study investigated the potential efficacy of using water plants in expediting the process of sludge dewatering in drying bed. The …
Through The Keyhole: Ethnographic Analysis Of Cyber Violence In Egypt, Radwa Fouda
Through The Keyhole: Ethnographic Analysis Of Cyber Violence In Egypt, Radwa Fouda
Theses and Dissertations
Internet has long existed in Egypt, however sudden scholarly interest came after the 2011 revolution. The global scholarly body tended to couple internet accessibility to the so-called Arab-spring, without studying the other forms and politics of internet as an evolution, and almost none have delved in the dungeons of Cyber violence in the MENA Region, needless to say in Egypt. It focuses mainly on individual-to-individual perpetration of violence, how, when and why people variably define unsolicited intervention with their data as "violence", and how, when and why, they choose other notions to define such incident(s). By doing so, it opens …
Users' Obstacles To Ict Adoption In Egyptian Construction Companies., Ahmed Azzam
Users' Obstacles To Ict Adoption In Egyptian Construction Companies., Ahmed Azzam
Theses and Dissertations
Construction companies often face resistance from some employees when adopting a new Information and Communication Technology “ICT†at the workplace. Technology Acceptance Models in the literature indicated the factors affecting the employees’ behavior. However, none of these models were applied in the Egyptian Construction Industry context to test their validity. In this thesis, 10 factors were collected from different Technology Acceptance models and their validity were tested in the Egyptian Construction Industry context through questionnaires survey. The behavior of employees in Egyptian Construction companies was validated to be consistent with the described behavior in the literature. The 10 factors were …
Physical And Biological Insights Of Nanostructured Ti-8mn Alloy For Coronary Drug Eluting Stent Material, Alaa Mohyeldin Soliman
Physical And Biological Insights Of Nanostructured Ti-8mn Alloy For Coronary Drug Eluting Stent Material, Alaa Mohyeldin Soliman
Theses and Dissertations
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the main cause of death worldwide. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the common cause of heart failure. In CAD, lipids and fats that are circulating with the blood may get accumulated within the injured arteries' walls and restrict the blood flow to the myocardium, which in turn results in atherosclerosis. Since the approval of Drug Eluting Stents (DES) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment option for CAD, multidisciplinary research is being conducted to introduce biomaterials with adequate physical properties as well as excellent clinical outcomes. …
Nano Particle Formulation Of Phoenix Dactylifera L. (Ajwah And Black Date) Seed And Peel And Investigating Their Antioxidant And Antibacterial Properties, Jailan Essam Badawi
Nano Particle Formulation Of Phoenix Dactylifera L. (Ajwah And Black Date) Seed And Peel And Investigating Their Antioxidant And Antibacterial Properties, Jailan Essam Badawi
Theses and Dissertations
Bacterial infection is one of the leading causes of death world-wide. Antibiotics have always been the first choice to be used against bacterial infections especially in post-surgery, diabetes mellitus due to their lack of immunity and in organ transplantation as well. On the other side the medical antibiotics have a major problem which is the resistance; meaning that after sometime the body begins to resist them and they became with no action on bacteria. That is why it is a global trend now to shift back to the natural resources from plant origin which exhibit potent antibacterial action. As an …
Utilizing Wastewater As Nutrition Source For The Cultivation Of Chlorella Vulgaris, Ali Mohamed Roshdy
Utilizing Wastewater As Nutrition Source For The Cultivation Of Chlorella Vulgaris, Ali Mohamed Roshdy
Theses and Dissertations
Investigating alternatives for fossil fuels have always been an area of interest for scientist around the globe. The decline in the oil & gas stock along with the increasing demand for energy that accompanies the increase in population has created the need for an alternative energy solution. From the renewable energy solution, microalgae stand out as a very promising source for biofuel production due to its high lipid content. However, the production of biofuel from microalgae is still of a high cost compared to production of the same amount from fossil fuels. The unfeasibility commercial production for biofuel from microalgae …
The "Second Sex" Vs. The Forgotten Sex: Exploring The Missing Masculinity Component And The Involvement Of Men In Gender And Development In Egypt, Heba Wanis
Theses and Dissertations
This research explores the masculinity component of gender and development (GAD) interventions in Egypt. Women's empowerment has been the center of interventions in most developing countries, including Egypt. Men's engagement has been peripheral and limited to certain issues. The objective of this research was to gain insights about missing aspects regarding the involvement of men in developmental interventions, including suggestions for enhancing male engagement in communities. The research employed qualitative research methodology for data collection through focus groups with men in four villages in Assiut, and in-depth interviews with stakeholders of GAD. Analysis and coding of data was carried out …
Electroactive Nanomaterials For Environmental And Pharmaceutical Sensing, Ibrahim Hassan Abdullah
Electroactive Nanomaterials For Environmental And Pharmaceutical Sensing, Ibrahim Hassan Abdullah
Theses and Dissertations
Sensing is an important emerging technology in the current industrial era. It covers a plethora of applications from medical personalized devices to aerospace oxygen level detectors. Of those applications, environmental and pharmaceutical sensors are significantly important. Specifically, electrochemical sensors are easy to use and develop besides being cost-effective and accurate. The work in this thesis concerns the development of two sensing platforms for the detection of Hg(II) as a water pollutant, and the detection of Lornoxicam (LOR) as a pharmaceutical compound. The materials fabricated were morphologically, structurally, and electrochemically characterized. They were also tested against their analytical targets in spiked …
The Challenges Of Urban Sprawl And Its Impacts On The Fragmented Agricultural Lands: A Case Study Of Tersa, Giza, Aya Farid Youssef
The Challenges Of Urban Sprawl And Its Impacts On The Fragmented Agricultural Lands: A Case Study Of Tersa, Giza, Aya Farid Youssef
Theses and Dissertations
Parallel to the fast growing population, the whole world in general and the developing countries in particular are experiencing an unusual rapid rate of urbanization. Unmanaged urban sprawl is one of the major challenges in the urbanization process. Urban sprawl occurs as an expansion over the limited fertile land and therefore adds more stress to agricultural resources, food security as well as stressing the available infrastructure. This research aims to study and highlight the influences of urban sprawl on the agricultural lands in Egypt with particular emphasis on the fragmented agricultural lands produced by it. The study sheds light on …
Deferred Cooling System, Maha Farouk El Bedaiwy
Deferred Cooling System, Maha Farouk El Bedaiwy
Theses and Dissertations
The thesis is concerned with the development of a system for dissipating heat from a thermodynamic cycle operating in environments where fresh water is scare and ambient temperatures are high, therefore evaporative cooling is not an option whereas ambient temperatures are too high most of the day for adequate air cooling. An example of this is solar driven vapor compression cycles in desert climates. The proposed system exploits the substantially cooler night time ambient temperatures and the highly effective net radiation exchange with night sky. Since solar driven equipment require to operate during daytime when solar energy is available and …
Mining For Specialized Metabolism Genes In Red Sea Brine Pool Prokaryotic Metagenomes For Antibacterial And Anticancer Activities, Laila Ziko
Theses and Dissertations
Antibiotic and anticancer drug resistance are current global health threats, thus new antibiotics and anticancer agents are required to treat the strains and cancers that are currently untreatable with the available drug spectrum. One way to search for new chemotherapeutics is to search nature, particularly metagenomes of un-cultured microbial communities. A subset of specialized metabolites (SMs) produced by microbes confer activities of pharmaceutical importance, such as antibacterial and anticancer effects, and are coded by specialized metabolism gene clusters (SMGCs) in the organisms’ genomes. We aimed to search for SMGCs in the metagenomes of Red Sea brine microbial communities by employing …
Characterization And Effects Of Halloysite Nanotubes And Date Palm Fibers On Thermoplastic Starch Based Nanocomposites, Ahmed Mostafa Aboelsoud
Characterization And Effects Of Halloysite Nanotubes And Date Palm Fibers On Thermoplastic Starch Based Nanocomposites, Ahmed Mostafa Aboelsoud
Theses and Dissertations
Great attention was paid to develop new eco-friendly “green” materials with growing environmental awareness in recent years. Composites of environmental friendly reinforcements and resins that provide high performance at affordable costs are in continuous progress. In this work, completely biodegradable thermoplastic starch (TPS) based matrix was reinforced with Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) and date palm fibers (DPFs) individually with different HNTs weight fractions (2.5 to 10 wt. %) in order to investigate their effect on composite mechanical properties. HNTs and DPFs were then combined to reinforce TPS- based matrix at the optimum fiber weight content. Thermoplastic starch (TPS) was obtained by …
Fabrication Of Layer-By-Layer Ecm/Polysaccharides/Electrospun Composite Nanofibrous Scaffolds And Hydrogels For In-Vitro Skin Cell Regeneration, Fatma Nabil El-Shishiny
Fabrication Of Layer-By-Layer Ecm/Polysaccharides/Electrospun Composite Nanofibrous Scaffolds And Hydrogels For In-Vitro Skin Cell Regeneration, Fatma Nabil El-Shishiny
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Skin burn wounds is a crucial issue that could reduce life quality. The novel tri-layered asymmetric porous scaffold has been innovated to mimic the natural skin layers. The scaffold constitutes of upper electrospun Cs-PVA layer and lower xerogel layer that made of effective skin ECM components. Both layers were stuck together by fibrin glue. The developed scaffold resulted in promising swelling capability suitable for absorbing wound exudates, followed by constant degradable weight over time which is appropriate for burn wounds environment. SEM images revealed the presence of significant pore distribution among the electrospun and xerogel layers confirmed by BET analysis. …
Potable Water Quality Issues In Upper Egypt: A Comparative Qualitative Study On Drinking Water Quality In The Rural Villages Of Minya, Upper Egypt, Tamer Alia
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Water is life and Egypt faces an ongoing problem of unsafe water quality. People, especially in rural areas, are becoming ill and might not even be aware it is partially due unclean water they are consuming. This is a qualitative study that, from both social and public health lenses, aims at comparing the perception of families in Egyptian villages (end users) towards the water they are receiving in their homes with the situation as described (and seen by the author) by the service provider (government) within the entire process of clean water provision. In-depth interviews were conducted with families from …
Life, Death, And Corporeal Resistance In Immigration Detention, Jana Michelle Moss
Life, Death, And Corporeal Resistance In Immigration Detention, Jana Michelle Moss
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This thesis analyzes corporeal strategies of resistance used by immigration detainees in the global North. Corporeal resistance is defined as an act of protest that physically harms the actor but is not intended to harm anyone else. Examples include hunger strikes, lip sewing, self-immolation, and other forms of public suicide. In response to the prevailing public opinion that detainees' acts of self-harm or suicide are simply acts of desperation by disenfranchised people who have nothing to lose, I argue that they can be a logical and strategic response to state necropolitics. Detainees take back corporeal necropower by reasserting control of …