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Examining The Factor Structure Of The Riverside Situational Q-Sort, Ashley Bell Jones Jan 2014

Examining The Factor Structure Of The Riverside Situational Q-Sort, Ashley Bell Jones

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Situations are important in relation to behavior and personality (Lewin, 1946, 1951; Ross & Nisbett, 1991; Zimbardo, 2007). However, historical studies of situations have suffered from disagreement about their structure. The Riverside Situational Q-sort (RSQ: Wagerman & Funder, 2009) was developed as a tool to comprehensively measure situation characteristics. Because the RSQ is still relatively new, the factor structure of the RSQ has yet to be examined. Identifying the factor structure of the RSQ is important in order to provide an interpretation of the dimensions of situations and to make the first step in creating a smaller measure of situation …

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Evaluation Of Speak For Myself™ With Patients Who Are Voiceless, Rebecca S. Koszalinski Jan 2014

Evaluation Of Speak For Myself™ With Patients Who Are Voiceless, Rebecca S. Koszalinski

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Patients who are hospitalized and are without voice would like to participate in their care. This requires clear communication. Speak for Myself™ (SFM) was developed for use at the bedside so that communication may be facilitated between patient and nurse when the patient is voiceless. The objective of this study was to evaluate Speak for Myself™ at the bedside and to measure the outcomes. This was a mixed methods, one group pre-test-post-test, quasi-experimental study. Twenty adult patients in three hospitals in South Florida agreed to use Speak for Myself™ during their acute care hospital stay (M = 8.86 hours). This …

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Enhancing The Effectiveness Of Online Video Advertising Through Interactivity, Arnold Robinson Jan 2014

Enhancing The Effectiveness Of Online Video Advertising Through Interactivity, Arnold Robinson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This research examines how incorporating interactivity into online video advertisements effects the following key marketing dependent variables: a) Involvement with the Advertisement, b) Ad Recall, c) Attitude towards the website, d) Attitude towards the Advertisement, e) Attitude towards the Brand, and f) Purchase Intention. Deriving from past Interactivity research, three important facets of interactivity are identified; User Control, Two-way Communication and Synchronicity. In order to test an Internet based 2 (User Control: high or low) X 2 (two-way communication: high or low) X 2 (synchronicity: high or low) between subjects experimental design, 8 different online video platforms were created. The …

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Family Resiliency, Sense Of Coherence, Social Support And Psychosocial Interventions: Reducing Caregiver Burden And Determining The Quality Of Life In Persons With Alzheimer’S Disease, Havovi B. Shroff Jan 2014

Family Resiliency, Sense Of Coherence, Social Support And Psychosocial Interventions: Reducing Caregiver Burden And Determining The Quality Of Life In Persons With Alzheimer’S Disease, Havovi B. Shroff

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain's nerve cells, or neurons, resulting in loss of memory, thinking and language skills, and results in behavioral changes and lack of communication. Family members and caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease can assume added responsibilities and stress due to the progressive and degenerative component of this disability and places an added strain on the family system. This study was designed to examine predictors of quality of life of persons living with AD and to examine caregiver burden and predictors of quality of life of persons living with AD. …

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Foraging Ecology Of Wading Birds In A Sub-Tropical Intertidal Zone, Leonardo Calle Jan 2014

Foraging Ecology Of Wading Birds In A Sub-Tropical Intertidal Zone, Leonardo Calle

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The first of five chapters describe the study area and study species, including a short description about the impetus for this research. The second chapter describes a unique hydrologic model for application in tidal ecosystems. The second chapter represents new information on the effects of various abiotic and biotic factors on foraging wading birds in this highly dynamic environment. The third chapter identifies important factors affecting the abundance of foraging wading birds in intertidal environments. The fourth chapter presents a study of the foraging habitat preferences of two wading bird species in intertidal environments. The fifth chapter describes a conceptual …

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Generating Space-Time Hypotheses In Complex Social-Ecological Systems, Dolores J. Forbes Jan 2014

Generating Space-Time Hypotheses In Complex Social-Ecological Systems, Dolores J. Forbes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

As ecosystems degrade globally, ecosystem services that support life are increasingly threatened. Indications of degradation are occurring in the Northern Indian River Lagoon (IRL) estuary in east central Florida. Factors associated with ecosystem degradation are complex, including climate and land use change. Ecosystem research needs identified by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) include the need to: consider the social with the physical; account for dynamism and change; account for complexity; address issues of scale; and focus on ecosystem structure and process. Ecosystems are complex, self-organizing, multi-equilibrial, non-linear, middle-number systems that exist in multiple stable states. Results found are relative to …

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Hevc Optimization In Mobile Environments, Ray Garcia Jan 2014

Hevc Optimization In Mobile Environments, Ray Garcia

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Recently, multimedia applications and their use have grown dramatically in popularity in strong part due to mobile device adoption by the consumer market. Applications, such as video conferencing, have gained popularity. These applications and others have a strong video component that uses the mobile device’s resources. These resources include processing time, network bandwidth, memory use, and battery life. The goal is to reduce the need of these resources by reducing the complexity of the coding process. Mobile devices offer unique characteristics that can be exploited for optimizing video codecs. The combination of small display size, video resolution, and human vision …

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Infrastructure To Model Complex Systems: Hydrological Modeling, Frank Wissinger Jan 2014

Infrastructure To Model Complex Systems: Hydrological Modeling, Frank Wissinger

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This research proposes an Infrastructure to model complex systems for hydrological modeling. Currently, the three main hydrological packages are: i) SEAWAT (modeling groundwater flow); ii) HECRAS (modeling surface water flow); iii) HEC-HMS (modeling atmospheric water flow). Each of these models is self-contained and has a different timescale and simulation speed. Consequently, any integrated model will only run as fast as the slowest of the models. This makes it difficult to provide reliable and dynamic information on water levels and water availability for a given geographical region in a timely manner. The goal of this research is to facilitate the integration …

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In-Country: Identification Of Transformational Learning And Leadership In Human Rights Observers, Nancy D. Mcdonald Jan 2014

In-Country: Identification Of Transformational Learning And Leadership In Human Rights Observers, Nancy D. Mcdonald

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere, has suffered through centuries of disenfranchisement, poverty, slavery, environmental disasters, internecine racial prejudice, and foreign infringement. Its people won independence from France in 1804 but only at the cost of huge human and financial losses. Since then, Haiti has known little freedom or democracy. In 1991, the first truly democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was elected (with a 67% majority). Nine months later, he was deposed by a military coup d'état. During that time and the chaotic years that followed, groups of human rights observers traveled to Haiti in an attempt to …

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Kangaroo Care With Full-Term Infants: Maternal Behaviors And Mother-Infant Bonding, Melannie Pineda Jan 2014

Kangaroo Care With Full-Term Infants: Maternal Behaviors And Mother-Infant Bonding, Melannie Pineda

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Kangaroo care (KC), has been shown to promote healthy development for both pre-term and full-term infants, and to improve mother-infant bonding (Ludington-Hoe, 2011; Charpak et al., 2005). Current research on the maternal benefits of kangaroo care is scarce, primarily focuses on early KC, and is mostly qualitative in nature (Fegran, Helseth, & Fagermoan, 2008; Matos et al., 2010). The present study examined the effect of late KC on maternal behaviors, sensitivity, and mother-infant interactive mutuality when infants were 3 months of age. Mothers who used kangaroo care as directed were found to have greater bonding scores and less anxiety about …

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Chocorua Lake, Cooperative Extension Jan 2014

Chocorua Lake, Cooperative Extension

UNH Cooperative Extension

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Great East Lake, Cooperative Extension Jan 2014

Great East Lake, Cooperative Extension

UNH Cooperative Extension

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Lake Wentworth, Cooperative Extension Jan 2014

Lake Wentworth, Cooperative Extension

UNH Cooperative Extension

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Lovell Lake, Cooperative Extension Jan 2014

Lovell Lake, Cooperative Extension

UNH Cooperative Extension

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Milton Three Ponds, Cooperative Extension Jan 2014

Milton Three Ponds, Cooperative Extension

UNH Cooperative Extension

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Diabetic Ketoacidosis Following Administration Of Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection In A Non-Diabetic, Andrew C. Berry, Matthew E. Tick, Brijesh B. Patel, Cheryl W. O'Malley, Rahman Nakshabendi, Jason Bellardini, Ariel Caplan, Nick A. Berry, Warren L. Reuther 3rd Jan 2014

Diabetic Ketoacidosis Following Administration Of Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection In A Non-Diabetic, Andrew C. Berry, Matthew E. Tick, Brijesh B. Patel, Cheryl W. O'Malley, Rahman Nakshabendi, Jason Bellardini, Ariel Caplan, Nick A. Berry, Warren L. Reuther 3rd

Student Publications

Our case describes a 56-year-old African-American female who underwent fluoroscopy-guided epidural steroid injection for recurrent neck and arm pain. The administration of steroid injections has been shown to diminish peripheral glucose metabolism and to stimulate gluconeogenesis, thus elevating blood glucose concentration and worsening insulin resistance. Though uncommon, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) can arise following both epidural steroid treatments in diagnosed diabetics or in cases of coinciding infection. At the time of the epidural injection, the patient showed no signs of acute infection, concomitant drug use or any documented diabetes, all potential causes of DKA. Our case is unique because it describes …

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Exertional Rhabdomyolysis: A Case Of Markedly Elevated Creatine Kinase Without Acute Kidney Injury, Andrew C. Berry, Joshua D. Lenchus, Danny J. Avalos, Ariel Caplan, Bruce B. Berry, Michael J. Monzel Jan 2014

Exertional Rhabdomyolysis: A Case Of Markedly Elevated Creatine Kinase Without Acute Kidney Injury, Andrew C. Berry, Joshua D. Lenchus, Danny J. Avalos, Ariel Caplan, Bruce B. Berry, Michael J. Monzel

Student Publications

Rhabdomyolysis describes a clinical syndrome in which striated muscle breaks down and intracellular contents are released into the circulation. Exertional rhabdomyolysis can be caused by a new, intense workout routine or a change in intensity of an existing one. The severity of presentation varies from asymptomatic creatine kinase (CK) elevations to life-threatening renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation, cardiac dysrhythmias and/or compartment syndrome. Our case describes a patient with exertional non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis caused by a mild workout routine change with markedly elevated CK level. There was no evidence of any concomitant renal failure or other aberrancies, such as compartment syndrome, electrolyte …

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Creative Engagements Indeed! Open "Disciplines," The Allure Of Others, And Intellectual Fertility, David A. Westbrook Jan 2014

Creative Engagements Indeed! Open "Disciplines," The Allure Of Others, And Intellectual Fertility, David A. Westbrook

Journal Articles

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Seventeenth-Century Foodways Of British Puritans At Preacher’S Cave, Eleuthera, Bahamas: Zooarchaeological And Historical Evidence, Rose E. Gualtieri Jan 2014

Seventeenth-Century Foodways Of British Puritans At Preacher’S Cave, Eleuthera, Bahamas: Zooarchaeological And Historical Evidence, Rose E. Gualtieri

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

British colonization of the Bahamian island of Eleuthera began in the mid-­‐ seventeenth century with the arrival of Puritans who came from Bermuda, seeking refuge from religious persecution. Funded by a group of British investors called the Eleutherian Adventurers, This first group of settlers shipwrecked and took refuge in a cave, now known as Preacher’s Cave, where they adapted to the island’s maritime tropical environment. Archaeological excavations conducted at Preacher’s Cave recovered a large quantity of faunal remains. This thesis presents an analysis of these materials and compares the resultant findings to existing historical records pertaining to this settlement. Whereas …

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Virtual K-12 Leadership: A Postmodern Paradigm, Tommy N. Tucker Jan 2014

Virtual K-12 Leadership: A Postmodern Paradigm, Tommy N. Tucker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This phenomenological, mixed-method study compared and contrasted virtual K- 12 school leadership with traditional face-to-face leadership. All 106 participants served for a minimum of two years in each setting. The study was conducted in two phases in order to reveal consensus and dissensus points of view. Conceptually, a postmodern framework was used to deliberately create spaces for new leadership ideas to emerge through surveys and interviews. The data included teachers and leaders from charter, district, and state virtual K-12 schools. Phase one of the study used a modified Delphi methodology, consisting of an Internet-based survey and semantic differential survey. The …

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Neuroplasticity And The Developing Brain: The Psychophysiological Effects Of Mindfulness Meditation On School-Aged Children, Sarah M. Worch Jan 2014

Neuroplasticity And The Developing Brain: The Psychophysiological Effects Of Mindfulness Meditation On School-Aged Children, Sarah M. Worch

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Many studies have supported the overall health benefits of mindfulness meditation practices for adults, but research exploring such benefits for children is sparse. The present study explored the psychophysiological effects of mindfulness meditation over a 10 week-period on a sample of 2nd-and 4th-grade children. Electroencephalograph (EEG) asymmetry and coherence were recorded at baseline and immediately after the meditation intervention for the experimental group, and at baseline and after 10 weeks for the control group. Measures of affect, behavioral motivation, creativity, and depression were also administered. The primary findings indicated that when improvement in depressive symptoms occurred for 4th-grade students who …

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An Examination Of Biomedical Intellectual Reputation In Relationship To Graduates’ Productivity, Regional Innovation And Absorptive Capacity At Selected Universities Worldwide, Gesulla Cavanaugh Jan 2014

An Examination Of Biomedical Intellectual Reputation In Relationship To Graduates’ Productivity, Regional Innovation And Absorptive Capacity At Selected Universities Worldwide, Gesulla Cavanaugh

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this study was first to determine factors associated with intellectual reputation, specifically among selected biomedical departments worldwide within the university setting. Second, the study aimed to examine intellectual reputation in relationship to doctoral graduates’ productivity in the biomedical sciences and in relationship to organizational biomedical advancement and productivity. Third, the study aimed to visualize a spatial relationship between intellectual reputation and local organizational biomedical advancement and productivity in the United States and the United Kingdom. Finally, a simulated research-based model was proposed for understanding hospital productivity. The study used quantitative analysis in order to achieve these goals. …

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The Presentation Of Self, Kandy G. Lopez Jan 2014

The Presentation Of Self, Kandy G. Lopez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Curious to understand my fascination with and attraction to certain individuals who live and work in urban, often economically disadvantaged environments, my thesis exhibition explores properties of paint and image to develop a personal and compelling visual vocabulary that communicates as well as celebrates the strength, power, confidence and swag of these individuals. This work investigates the "face" people front in public in order to survive their situations. Representing individuals within my own community in Miami, these portraits help me come to terms with the way I too have adopted and performed identities of survival. Additionally, I want this work …

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The Effect Of Ready For Success, A Counselor-Led Intervention Program, On Reading Scores Of Hispanic And African American 3rd Grade Students In Title One Elementary Schools, Sherron N. Brown Jan 2014

The Effect Of Ready For Success, A Counselor-Led Intervention Program, On Reading Scores Of Hispanic And African American 3rd Grade Students In Title One Elementary Schools, Sherron N. Brown

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This study focused on evaluating the impact of a school counselor-led program, Ready for Success (RFS), on the academic achievement of third grade students. The research questions that were investigated in the study were: (a) Does participation in the Ready for Success Program, a counselor-led classroom intervention, increase reading scores among 3rd grade African American, Hispanic, and White students as measured by the FCAT third grade reading test? and (b) Does participation in the Ready for Success Program, a counselor-led classroom intervention, increase reading scores among third grade African American, Hispanic, and White students as measured by the SSSDT reading …

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Wavelet De-Noising Applied To Vibrational Envelope Analysis Methods, Edward Max Bertot Jan 2014

Wavelet De-Noising Applied To Vibrational Envelope Analysis Methods, Edward Max Bertot

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

In the field of machine prognostics, vibration analysis is a proven method for detecting and diagnosing bearing faults in rotating machines. One popular method for interpreting vibration signals is envelope demodulation, which allows a technician to clearly identify an impulsive fault source and its severity. However incipient faults -faults in early stages - are masked by in-band noise, which can make the associated impulses difficult to detect and interpret. In this thesis, Wavelet De-Noising (WDN) is implemented after envelope-demodulation to improve accuracy of bearing fault diagnostics. This contrasts the typical approach of de-noising as a preprocessing step. When manually measuring …

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Testing The Theory Of Dominant Institutionalized Policy Narratives Using Florida’S “Stand Your Ground” Discourse, Amanda Gillespie Jan 2014

Testing The Theory Of Dominant Institutionalized Policy Narratives Using Florida’S “Stand Your Ground” Discourse, Amanda Gillespie

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Narratives are a very important part of public policy negotiations and deliberations. Public policy research has shown that policy narratives are manipulated to fit the motives of the creators and enforcers of that narrative (Stone, 2002). The creators and enforcers of these narratives use symbols, language, and other techniques to ensure that the narrative survives and dominates the political and social environment by becoming the favored policy prescription (Stone, 2002; Miller, 2012; Jones & McBeth, 2010; Schneider & Ingram, 1993). This study employs a qualitative content analysis to trace the genealogy of the following narratives that make up the “Stand …

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Three-Dimensional Geomodeling To Identify Spatial Relations Between Lithostratigraphy And Porosity In The Karst Carbonate Biscayne Aquifer, Southeastern Florida, Richard Westcott Jan 2014

Three-Dimensional Geomodeling To Identify Spatial Relations Between Lithostratigraphy And Porosity In The Karst Carbonate Biscayne Aquifer, Southeastern Florida, Richard Westcott

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

In southeastern Florida, the majority of drinking water comes from the Biscayne aquifer. This aquifer is comprised of heterogeneous limestones, sandstones, sand, shell and clayey sand with zones of very high permeability. Visualizing the spatial variations in lithology, porosity and permeability of heterogeneous aquifers, like the Biscayne, can be difficult using traditional methods of investigation. Using the Roxar IRAP RMS software multi-layered 3D conceptual geomodels of the lithology, cyclostratigraphy and porosity were created in a portion of the Biscayne aquifer. The models were built using published data from borehole geophysical measurements, core samples, and thin sections. Spatial relations between lithology, …

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The Effect Of Acute Moderate-Intensity Continuous And High Intensity Interval Exercise On Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor In Recreationally Trained Males, Thomas J. Mock Jan 2014

The Effect Of Acute Moderate-Intensity Continuous And High Intensity Interval Exercise On Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor In Recreationally Trained Males, Thomas J. Mock

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

BDNF is a neurotrophin that enhances neural health and is increased by exercise. PURPOSE: To compare moderate continuous (MCE) and high-intensity interval exercise (HIE) effects on serum BDNF levels, and examine the relationship between BDNF and lactate. METHODS: Seven males completed a VO2peak test and two protocols on separate days, (MCE) 28 min at 60% Workrate max (WRmax) and (HIE) 28 min of intervals at 90%WRmax (10- 1 min intervals separated by 2 min of rest). Serum BDNF and lactate were determined prior, during, and following both protocols. RESULTS: BDNF levels (pg/mL) increased from baseline during HIE and MCE (p<.05). The BDNF response to HIE correlated with lactate for area under the curve (AUC) (r=0.901; P<0.05). CONCLUSION: HIE is an effective alternative to MCE at increasing BDNF. Additionally, lactate may act as a measure of intensity or a mediator of the BDNF response to exercise.

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The Effects Of Gesturing, Blocked Order, And Incremental Presentation In Foreign Language Learning, Simone L. Chin Jan 2014

The Effects Of Gesturing, Blocked Order, And Incremental Presentation In Foreign Language Learning, Simone L. Chin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Research in second language acquisition reveals that adults have difficulty learning the grammatical aspects of a foreign language. The present study investigated the efficacy of three teaching methods that were predicted to help adults better learn the grammar of a foreign language. First, lessons were presented in small pieces that gradually increased to full sentences. Second, lesson trials were blocked such that multiple examples of sentences with the same object or verb were presented consecutively. Third, participants were instructed to gesture the actions of the verbs within sentences. All three methods were predicted to increase the likelihood of learning the …

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The Distribution Of Predaceous Fire Ant Species On Important Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches In St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Kavita Balkaran Jan 2014

The Distribution Of Predaceous Fire Ant Species On Important Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches In St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Kavita Balkaran

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The tropical fire ant, Solenopsis geminata is a New World species with a wide native range including South America as well as several Caribbean islands. The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta is native to parts of South America. Both species are known for preying on sea turtles’ eggs and hatchlings. The objectives of this thesis research were to conduct follow-up and baseline ant species distribution surveys on four sea turtle nesting beaches in St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands. Tuna baits were set out at beaches; specimens were collected, frozen, preserved then identified. Results show that there was a …

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