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Disordered Caffeination: A Biocultural Analysis Of Adverse Reactions To Caffeine, Carlyn M. Porter

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

While coffee culture has long since been positively associated with intellectual and working life, the health and safety of its primary stimulant, caffeine, has recently fallen under scrutiny by the FDA. This medical anthropology thesis provides a biocultural synthesis of caffeine culture, health effects, and biological variation in adverse effects related to pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. Supporting evidence for variation in responses to caffeine was found through surveying 100 participants, investigating caffeine consumption levels, perceptions and health beliefs, adverse effects experienced, and medical encounters. Increased rates of adverse effects were found for students, pharmaceutical and over-the-counter drug users, and for participants …

Determining Functionality And Living Patterns: A Phosphate Analysis Of Two Prehistoric Structures In Río Blanco, Ecuador, Brittany L. Reneau

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Archaeologists have identified many prehistoric structures affiliated with the Manteño culture (500 CE to 1532 CE) of coastal Ecuador, but the function of those constructions is rarely understood. As part of an ongoing project by Florida Atlantic University to explore the function of these buildings, I conducted systematic soil phosphate testing in and around two archaeological structures and, for ethnoarchaeological comparison, four contemporary households. The two prehistoric structures are located 200 meters from each other and on two different river terraces within the same river valley. They are part of a larger site (C4-084). I found clear spatial patterning in …

Dosimetric Comparison Of Inverse Planning By Simulated Annealing (Ipsa) And Dosepoints Optimized Treatment Plans In High Dose Rate (Hdr) Brachytherapy Of Skin Lesions Using Freiburg Flap Applicator, Bereket Tewolde Ghebremichael

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

A detailed dosimetric comparison between Inverse Planning by Simulated Annealing (IPSA) and Dose Points (DP) optimized treatment plans has been performed for High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy of skin lesions using Freiburg Flap applicator in order to find out whether or not IPSA offers better clinical dosimetric outcomes for lesions categorized into four different curvatures. Without compromising target coverage, IPSA reduced the volume of Planning Target Volume (lesion) that received at least 125% of the prescription dose on average by 41%. It also reduced the volume of the healthy skin surrounding the lesion that receives at least 100% of the …

Does Leadership Matter?: The Relationship Of School Leadership To A Safe School Climate,Bullying, And Fighting In Middle School, Jonathan M. Leff

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there is a relationship between transformational principal leadership style, a safe school climate, and school safety (specifically, the number of reported fights and reported bullying incidents) in Broward County, Florida’s middle schools. This study also investigated if a relationship exists between transformational leadership and a safe school climate, transformational leadership, and the number of bullying incidents and student fights, and a safe school climate and the number of bullying incidents and student fights. The study surveyed 12 middle schools located in a large, urban district in south Florida. Principal leadership …

Documentary Theatre: Pedagogue And Healer With Their Voices Raised, Kathryn M. Morris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The beginning of the new millennium finds documentary theatre serving as teacher and “healer” to those suffering and in need. By providing a thought provoking awareness of the “other,” it offers a unique lens with which to examine the socio-political similarities and differences between various cultures and ethnicities in order to promote intercultural understanding. Documentary is also used by teachers, therapists, and researchers as a tool for healing. By sharing personal stories of trauma and illness with others who are experiencing similar difficulties, emotional pains are alleviated and fears are assuaged. Documentary theatre has expanded in definition from the “epic …

Effects Of The Four Pillars On Statewide High School Graduation Rates, Harry M. Daniel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This study investigated the relationship of statewide high school graduation rates of student ethnic groups from 2002 to 2006 to the four policy pillars of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001: Accountability for Results; Expanded Flexibility and Local Control; Expanded Options for Parents, Strengthening Teacher Quality. The quantitative, non-experimental, multivariate, correlational design addressed four research questions and six hypotheses. The research population was composed of high school students in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The predictor variables were the four policy pillars themselves. Data were collected through archival reports from the Education Commission of …

Durability Of A Recycled Aggregate Concrete Base Course Material Under Coupled Environmental Exposure And Cyclic, Lillian Gonzalez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Long term durability is a major concern for wide-scale use of recycled aggregate materials in civil engineering construction. The purpose of this study is to provide an insight into the damaging effects of combined wet-dry cycles and repeated mechanical loading in a recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) base course material made from recycled crushed concrete aggregate and cement. A coordinated experimental program followed by a mechanistic pavement modeling and life cycle analysis was conducted as part of this research study. This laboratory investigation was divided into three phases each consisting of both wet-dry exposed specimens (WD), and control or non wet-dry …

Electromagnetic Field Emissions From Underwater Power Cables, Christopher Dibiasio

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This study is performed as a partial aid to a larger study that aims to determine if electromagnetic fields produced by underwater power cables have any effect on marine species. In this study, a new numerical method for calculating magnetic fields around subsea power cables is presented and tested. The numerical method is derived from electromagnetic theory, and the program, Matlab, is implemented in order to run the simulations. The Matlab code is validated by performing a series of tests in which the theoretical code is compared with other previously validated magnetic field solvers. Three main tests are carried out; …

Ecosystem Health And Environmental Influences On Innate Immune Function In The Loggerhead (Caretta Caretta) And Green (Chelonia Mydas) Sea Turtle, Patricia L. Sposato

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) turtles recruit to nearshore environments as juveniles. These often degraded habitats are associated with emerging diseases such as green turtle fibropapillomatosis (GTFP), however there are few studies on immune function in sea turtles. The objective of this research was to quantify phagocytosis of the innate immune system by flow cytometry and compare levels between animals from a degraded habitat (the Indian River Lagoon, FL) to a more pristine environment (the Trident Basin, Port Canaveral, FL), and across a range of temperatures. While in vitro temperatures did not alter rates of phagocytosis, it was …

An Implementation Of The Ieee 1609.4 Wave Standard For Use In A Vehicular Networking Testbed, Kyle Kuffermann

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

We present an implementation of the IEEE WAVE (Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments) 1609.4 standard, Multichannel Operation. This implementation provides concurrent access to a control channel and one or more service channels, enabling vehicles to communicate among each other on multiple service channels while still being able to receive urgent and control information on the control channel. Also included is functionality that provides over-the-air timing synchronization, allowing participation in alternating channel access in the absence of a reliable time source. Our implementation runs on embedded Linux and is built on top of IEEE 802.11p, as well as a customized device …

An Interactive System To Enhance Social And Verbal Communication Skills Of Children Withautism Spectrum Disorders, Maria Jose Minan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Affecting one in every 68 children, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is one of the fastest growing developmental disabilities. Scientific research has proven that early behavioral intervention can improve learning, communication, and social skills. Similarly, studies have shown that the usage of of-the-shelf technology boosts motivation in children diagnosed with ASD while increasing their attention span and ability to interact socially. Embracing perspectives from different fields of study can lead to the development of an effective tool to complement traditional treatment of those with ASD. This thesis documents the re-engineering, extension, and evolu- tion of Ying, an existing web application designed …

An Investigation Of The Teaching Practices Of Music Teaching Artists Participating In Four Selected Elementary School Arts Integration Projects, Olga M. Vazquez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This mixed methodology study investigated the arts integration practices of music teaching artists participating in four selected elementary school arts integration projects in the United States. This study also explored the possibility that music teaching artists’ formal education, arts integration training and professional development, and their own attitudes as well as different stakeholders’ attitudes about arts integration and music education impacted their arts integration practices. The explanatory two-phase design of this study began with the collection and analysis of quantitative data and was followed by the collection and analysis of qualitative data, thus connecting the results from the former to …

An Exploratory Multiple Case Study Of Succession Planning For Higher Education Community Engagement Practitioners In Selected Higher Education Institutions In Thesoutheastern Region Of The United States, Heidi Louisy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Succession planning is a relatively new construct within higher education institutions (HEIs). The researcher explored the extent to which selected HEIs employ succession planning strategies in reference to the Higher Education Community Engagement Practitioner (HECEP) role and in support of HEIs earning the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification (CCEC). Four HEIs served as study sites for this research, along with a nationally recognized professional development program. Study results revealed that HEIs are not currently using succession planning strategies for the HECEP role. Further, although the study revealed that professional development opportunities for HECEPs exist, only 50% of institutional study participants were …

Breastfeeding And Kangaroo Care: Biobehavioral Measures Of Dyadic Bonding, Infant Cortical Maturation, And Infant Hpa Reactivity, Jillian Hardin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The current study examined the effects of kangaroo care on breastfeeding practices, infant stress reactivity, and biobehavioral measures of mother-infant bonding across the first 3 months postpartum. Additionally, the role of breastfeeding in infant cortical maturation in the frontal lobe was examined. Thirty two mother-infant dyads participated in the current study; 16 mother-infant dyads were randomly assigned to the kangaroo care group and 17 mother-infant dyads were assigned to the control group. Mothers in the kangaroo care group received training on proper kangaroo care procedures by a trained administrator during the first 1-2 weeks postpartum. Mothers in the kangaroo care …

Attentional Basis Of Deontic Reasoning About Permission Rules In 3-5 Year-Old Children, Patrick D Ii Sellers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Deontic reasoning is a domain of reasoning concerning permissions, obligations, and prohibitions often utilizing conditional logic (Wason, 1968). Correct identification of rule violations is bolstered by the addition of a social valence to the rule for both adults (Tooby & Cosmides, 1992) and children (Harris & Nunez, 1996). This “deontic advantage” for violation-detection is taken as evidence for evolved social-cognitive mechanisms for reasoning about cheaters in the context of social contracts (Fiddick, 2004), and the early development of this advantage supports an evolutionary account of such abilities (Cummins, 2013). The current research hypothesized that differential attention to rule elements underlies …

Nanotechnology And Its Implication In Medical Science, Syed Ahsan Ali, M. Tariq

Department of Medicine

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Consciousness And Mental Qualities For Auditory Sensations, Adriana Renero

Publications and Research

The contribution of recent theories of sound and audition has been extremely significant for the development of a philosophy of auditory perception; however, none tackle the question of how our consciousness of auditory states arises. My goal is to show how consciousness about our auditory experience gets triggered. I examine a range of auditory mental phenomena to show how we are able to capture qualitative distinctions of auditory sensations. I argue that our consciousness of auditory states consists in having thoughts that organize our experience. Although my proposals could be adapted to fit with other theories of consciousness, here I …

Proceedings Of The 1st Annual Cuny Games Festival, Robert O. Duncan, Joe Bisz, Francesco Crocco, Carlos Hernandez, Kathleen Offenholley, Leah Potter, Maura A. Smale, Cuny Games Network

Publications and Research

Proceedings of the CUNY Games Conference, held from January 17-18, 2014, at the CUNY Graduate Center and Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Topics in Game Design - Teaching with Virtual and Augmented Realities - Writing with Games - Breaking the Magic Circle: Games & Real Life - Interactive Game Design (What's Your Game Plan? - Designing Ethical Games - Games and Gender - Gaming English Language and Literature - Game, Narrative, Literacy - Teaching with Games - Games, Storytelling, and Narrative - Games and STEM - Learning by Design - Students as Game Designers - Experiencing Reality in Popular Games …

Neutrosophic Refined Similarity Measure Based On Cosine Function, Said Broumi, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Pauli Exclusion Principle And The Law Of Included Multiple-Middle, Fu Yuhua

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Hierarchical Clustering Algoritms, Ridvan Sahin

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Entropy Based Grey Relational Analysis Method For Multi-Attribute Decision Making Under Single Valued Neutrosophic Assessments, Pranab Biswas, Surapati Pramanik, Bibhas C. Giri

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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The Characteristic Function Of A Neutrosophic Set, A. Salama, Florentin Smarandache, S. A. Alblowi

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Expanding Newton Mechanics With Neutrosophy And Quadstage Method. New Newton Mechanics Taking Law Of Conservation Of Energy As Unique Source Law, Fu Yuhua

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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A New Methodology For Neutrosophic Multi-Attribute Decision Making With Unknown Weight Information, Pranab Biswas, Surapati Pramanik, Bibhas C. Giri

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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A Study On Problems Of Hijras In West Bengal Based On Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps, Kaylan Mondal, Surapati Pramanik

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Introduction To Image Processing Via Neutrosophic Techniques, A. A. Salama, Florentin Smarandache, Mohamed Eisa

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Using Mobile Learning To Support Students’ Understanding In Geometry: A Design-Based Research Curriculum Study, Helen Crompton

Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications

Mobile learning offers new affordances to teaching and learning, such as learning that is contextualized, personalized, and unrestricted by temporal and spatial constraints (Crompton, 2013a). In this study, the affordances of mobile learning were utilized as students learned about angles. Using a design-based research methodology a local instruction theory was developed on how students can learn about angle concepts through mobile learning activities. The local instruction theory is comprised of two components: (a) an exemplary mobile learning curriculum for 4th grade students to study angle concepts, and (b) additions to the scholarly theories in how students learning about angle using …