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Cinematic Portrayals Of Ancient Women: Cleopatra Vii, Livia Augusta, Servilia Caepionis And The Three Waves Of Feminism, Andrea Schwab Jan 2016

Cinematic Portrayals Of Ancient Women: Cleopatra Vii, Livia Augusta, Servilia Caepionis And The Three Waves Of Feminism, Andrea Schwab

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This project examines the modern perception of ancient women, specifically through the creative (and often anachronistic) lens of film. All three women examined, Cleopatra VII, Livia Augusta, and Servilia Caepionis, all exemplify the modern influence on interpreting historical sources, resulting in all three becoming agents of feminism in their own times. Each woman did not culminate the probable influence they had in Roman society, but they are instead reflective of the patriarchal paradigms understood by 20th and 21st century audiences. The burgeoning feminist ideologies of the 20th century would influence the depictions of each character in an anachronistic fashion, distorting …

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Allusions, Khaulah Naima Nuruddin Jan 2016

Allusions, Khaulah Naima Nuruddin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Allusions explores the volatile nature of intimate relationships by revisiting and recovering my memory of dramatic experiences in my own intimate relationships then translating them into painted psychological scenes. These scenes are activated by symbolically charged objects and interrupted by openings or portals serving as points of entry or exit. The people involved are referred to by pieces of carefully chosen furniture situated in a space that has shifting perspectives and illogical planes, referencing the complexity of memory and the subjectivity of experience. Discordant color, texture, and layered information are used to heighten the drama of the moment. These painted …

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A Study On The Potential Role Of Stress Granules And Processing Bodies In Eliminating Oxidatively Damaged Rna, Delaram Pourkalbassi Jan 2016

A Study On The Potential Role Of Stress Granules And Processing Bodies In Eliminating Oxidatively Damaged Rna, Delaram Pourkalbassi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Oxidative stress (OS) is strongly implicated in age-related neurodegeneration and other diseases. Under OS, the production of excessive oxidants leads to increased damages to cellular components. Recently, RNA has been discovered as a major target of oxidative damage, including the creation of abasic sites. In this work, we developed a method for quantifying abasic RNA in cell. Using this method, we have examined the potential role of the RNA-processing cellular foci, stress granule (SG) and processing bodies (PB) in eliminating abasic RNA in situ. We demonstrated that RNA is a major target of oxidative damage, constituting the majority of OS-induced …

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Adult Learners’ Preferred Methods Of Learning Preventative Heart Disease Care, Nasim Alavi Jan 2016

Adult Learners’ Preferred Methods Of Learning Preventative Heart Disease Care, Nasim Alavi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this study was to investigate the preferred method of learning about heart disease by adult learners. This research study also investigated if there was a statistically significant difference between race/ethnicity, age, and gender of adult learners and their preferred method of learning preventative heart disease care. This research study further explored the effectiveness of adult education on reducing or preventing serious, life-threatening heart disease, including heart attack. This research is of significant importance as the adult population and age in many developed countries is increasing. It was anticipated that the study would unearth the effectiveness of various …

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Assessing Situations On Social Media: Temporal, Demographic, And Personality Influences On Situation Experience, David G. Serfass Jan 2016

Assessing Situations On Social Media: Temporal, Demographic, And Personality Influences On Situation Experience, David G. Serfass

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Social media posts are used to examine what people experience in their everyday lives. A new method is developed for assessing the situational characteristics of social media posts based on the words used in these posts. To accomplish this, machine learning models are built that accurately approximate the judgments of human raters. This new method of situational assessment is applied on two of the most popular social media sites: Twitter and Facebook. Millions of Tweets and Facebook statuses are analyzed. Temporal patterns of situational experiences are found. Geographic and gender differences in experience are examined. Relationships between personality and situation …

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Coming Soon From A Screen Near You: The Camera’S Gaze In The Age Of Surveillance, Fayez Kloub Jan 2016

Coming Soon From A Screen Near You: The Camera’S Gaze In The Age Of Surveillance, Fayez Kloub

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Within the past thirty years, privacy concerns among American citizens are rising with counter-terrorist surveillance going beyond targeting people of interest. These concerns are reflected in American cinema where many contemporary films have explored surveillance in society. The textual analyses presented in the thesis will focus on three such films, Strange Days (1995), Southland Tales (2005), and Nightcrawler (2014). Throughout this thesis, I examine how each of these films offers a unique, reflexive take on surveillance, adhering to generative mechanisms that evoke differing attitudes about surveillance through their form. My analysis draws on Laura Mulvey and Patricia Pisters’ theories on …

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Approaching Authentic Assessment: Using Virtual School Teachers’ Expertise To Develop An Understanding Of Full Time K-8 Virtual School Teacher Practices, Christina Lambert Seamster Jan 2016

Approaching Authentic Assessment: Using Virtual School Teachers’ Expertise To Develop An Understanding Of Full Time K-8 Virtual School Teacher Practices, Christina Lambert Seamster

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

According to Molnar (2014), full time virtual school education lacks a measurement tool that accurately measures effective virtual teacher practice. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods, the current study sought to understand the common practices among full time K-8 virtual school teachers, the extent to which teachers believed such practices impacted student learning, as well as the methods in which current standards, recommendations and practices were implemented in the full time K-8 virtual school setting. The relationship between virtual school teacher practices and their Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) was also explored. Using the standards, practices and recommendations developed …

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Aggressive Behaviors Of Adult Male Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella Frontalis) During Intraspecific And Interspecific Aggressive Interactions, Cassandra L. Volker Jan 2016

Aggressive Behaviors Of Adult Male Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella Frontalis) During Intraspecific And Interspecific Aggressive Interactions, Cassandra L. Volker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are two sympatric species resident to the Bahamas. The visibility of the Bahamian water provided a unique opportunity to study spotted dolphin communication during aggression. This study’s main focus was to decipher any similarities or differences in the behaviors used by spotted dolphins during interspecific and intraspecific aggression. Both similarities and differences were discovered. Biting, following, and chasing behavioral events were used more during interspecific aggression, while the display behavioral class was used more than the contact behavioral class during intrabut not interspecific aggression. This study showed that spotted dolphins …

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An Analysis Of High-Performing Science Students’ Preparation For Collegiate Sciences Courses, Karen Walter Jan 2016

An Analysis Of High-Performing Science Students’ Preparation For Collegiate Sciences Courses, Karen Walter

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This mixed-method study surveyed first year high-performing science students who participated in high-level courses such as International Baccalaureate (IB), Advanced Placement (AP), and honors science courses in high school to determine their perception of preparation for academic success at the collegiate level. The study used 52 students from an honors college campus and surveyed the students and their professors. The students reported that they felt better prepared for academic success at the collegiate level by taking these courses in high school (p<.001). There was a significant negative correlation between perception of preparation and student GPA with honors science courses (n=55 and Pearson’s r=-0.336), while AP courses (n=47 and Pearson’s r=0.0016) and IB courses (n=17 and Pearson’s r=-0.2716) demonstrated no correlation between perception of preparation and GPA. Students reported various themes that helped or hindered their perception of academic success once at the collegiate level. Those themes that reportedly helped students were preparedness, different types of learning, and teacher qualities. Students reported in a post-hoc experience that more lab time, rigorous coursework, better teachers, and better study techniques helped prepare them for academic success at the collegiate level. Students further reported on qualities of teachers and teaching that helped foster their academic abilities at the collegiate level, including teacher knowledge, caring, teaching style, and expectations. Some reasons for taking high-level science courses in high school include boosting GPA, college credit, challenge, and getting into better colleges.

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Enhancing Independent Task Performance Of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities Through The Use Of An Ipad Application, Kerri Morse Jan 2016

Enhancing Independent Task Performance Of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities Through The Use Of An Ipad Application, Kerri Morse

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

There has been a dramatic increase in the utilization of technology within the fields of education and rehabilitation in the past two decades. Two studies focused on technology intended to assist a total of seven young adults with developmental disabilities to increase independence, decrease the need for paid supports, and improve task performance. Participants completed food preparation tasks in an employee break room, adhering to an industry specific protocol, while using a task application on an iPad that provided audio and video prompts. A multiple baseline across participants was used to show effects of the intervention on task performance and …

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Elucidating The Role Of Semaphorin 7a In Breast Cancer, Ramon A. Garcia-Areas Jan 2016

Elucidating The Role Of Semaphorin 7a In Breast Cancer, Ramon A. Garcia-Areas

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Solid tumors can hijack many of the same programs used in neurogenesis to enhance tumor growth and metastasis, thereby generating a plethora of neurogenesis-related molecules including semaphorins Among them, we have identified Semaphorin7A (SEMA7A) in breast cancer We first used to the DA-3 mammary tumor model to determine the effect of tumor-derived SEMA7A on immune cells We found that tumor-derived SEMA7A can modulate the production of proangiogenic chemokines CXCL2/MIP-2 and CXCL 1, and prometastatic MMP-9 in macrophages We next aimed to determine the expression and function of SEMA7A in mammary tumor cells We found that SEMA7A is highly expressed in …

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Elementary School Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding The Inclusion Of Lgbtq Themed Literature, Dominic Grasso Jan 2016

Elementary School Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding The Inclusion Of Lgbtq Themed Literature, Dominic Grasso

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This critical explanatory mixed methods study examined elementary teachers’ perceptions regarding the inclusion of LGBTQ-themed literature in the curriculum. An electronic survey questionnaire and focus group sessions were used to collect both quantitative and qualitative data that described the perceived benefits and barriers of LGBTQ-themed literature and teachers’ level of interest in attending professional developing on this topic. The sample population for this study consisted of 100 participants. All 100 participants completed the electronic survey questionnaire, and a subset of 10 of the survey respondents participated in focus groups to explore further the perceived benefits and barriers relating to the …

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Embodied Mimicry: Lightening Black Bodies In The Visual Rhetoric Of Popular 20th Century Black Media, Janéa Judge-Hemans Jan 2016

Embodied Mimicry: Lightening Black Bodies In The Visual Rhetoric Of Popular 20th Century Black Media, Janéa Judge-Hemans

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This study analyzes various forms of visual and textual rhetoric found in popular black-owned print media from 1900-1970, including: beauty product advertisements, magazine cover photography and feature articles in order to contribute to a rhetorical history of color bias within the African-American community. The imagery included here validated and encouraged the transformation and lightening of African-American bodies through what I call embodied mimicry in order to achieve dominance within the racial group and a semblance of acceptance outside of it. Mimicry of white societal standards by African-Americans including: formatting of print media, circulation of beauty ads and physical embodiment of …

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Establishing The Bondmother: Examining The Categorization Of Maternal Figures In Toni Morrison’S Beloved And Paradise, Ashely Tisdale Jan 2016

Establishing The Bondmother: Examining The Categorization Of Maternal Figures In Toni Morrison’S Beloved And Paradise, Ashely Tisdale

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Literary scholars have been examining and recreating the experiences of “bonded” female characters within Toni Morrison’s novels for decades. However, the distinct experiences of these enslaved women, that are also mothers have not been astutely examined by scholars and deserves more attention. My thesis fleshes out the characterization of several of Morrison’s bonded-mothers and identifies them as a part of a developing controlling image and theory, called the bondmother. Situating these characters within this category allows readers to trace their journeys towards freedom and personal redemption. This character tracing will occur by examining the following Toni Morrison novels: Beloved (1987) …

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Evaluating The Demand For Tax Professionals, Leigh Rosenthal Jan 2016

Evaluating The Demand For Tax Professionals, Leigh Rosenthal

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Taxpayers who hire tax professionals to assist with tax matters have a choice as to which type of tax professional to hire. This study looks at the choice between hiring a tax accountant or a tax attorney. Stephenson (2010) identifies four constructs that explain a taxpayer’s motivation to hire a tax professional—legal compliance, time savings, money savings, and a protection from/avoidance of the Internal Revenue Service. A taxpayer may be motivated by one or more of these demand constructs. Further, the context of the advice—whether given in a planning or compliance setting—may influence the choice of a specific type of …

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Exploring The College Choice And Sense Of Belonging Of Haitian Students At A Highly Selective Hbcu, Paul-Arthur Pierre-Louis Jan 2016

Exploring The College Choice And Sense Of Belonging Of Haitian Students At A Highly Selective Hbcu, Paul-Arthur Pierre-Louis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The growing Haitian population in the United States is directly affecting all institutions of higher education As institutions continue to diversify across the country, HBCUs are also responding to this trend According to Ricard and Brown (2008), HBCUs are changing in order to keep up with the growing demand of institutional diversity, and they recognize that having a diversified student body will make the institutions more competitive Although their historic mission focuses on educating Black students, there remains a gap in the literature on HBCUs on one of the largest Black groups in the United States: the Haitian immigrant In …

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Factors Related To The Experience Of Situations: Time Of Day, Gender, And Employment Status, Nicolas A. Brown Jan 2016

Factors Related To The Experience Of Situations: Time Of Day, Gender, And Employment Status, Nicolas A. Brown

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Throughout the course of a day, individuals experience a number of different situations that affect how they think, feel, and behave. However, until recently, there was little research aimed at describing what factors may be related to the psychological properties of situations in individuals' everyday lives. Recent theoretical (e.g., the Situational Eight DIAMONDS) and methodological (e.g., experience sampling, Day Reconstruction Method) advances make the present research tractable. Based on the extant literature, three studies, employing different methodologies, were designed to explore whether three specific factors are related to the experience of situations: time of day, gender, and employment status. Study …

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Foam Fighting: Technology And Culture, David Wichinsky Jan 2016

Foam Fighting: Technology And Culture, David Wichinsky

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Foam fighting is a form of Live Action Role Playing (LARP) that focuses on mock combat and recreational battle, with role-playing aspects taking a less prominent role. It is sometimes referred to as a “poor man’s martial art”.While there does not appear to be any clear documentation concerning the origins, research on foam fighting suggests the sport began in Maryland in the 1970’s and slowly spread throughout the United States. This research will illustrate how the sport of foam fighting demands a level of critical thinking that takes both the participant and audience beyond the sight of a swinging stick. …

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Food Buzzwords: Understanding How Schemas Of Proper Dieting Are Formed, Sacha Franklin-Jeune Jan 2016

Food Buzzwords: Understanding How Schemas Of Proper Dieting Are Formed, Sacha Franklin-Jeune

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

In the modern United States, the concept of food has become as much of a social phenomenon as it is a biological need. The process of eating has become highly structured into a system of communication. Food terms used to share ideas are referred to as food buzzwords, terms rife with additional meanings whose values are continuously debated, discussed, and altered. Such terminology has swayed how middle-class Americans interpret the proper status quo of food consumption and production. This thesis analyzes how middle-class Americans form their view of a proper diet based on their understanding of food buzzwords and other …

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Fostering Creativity Using Special Library Collections: A Case Study Of The Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center For The Book Arts, Andrew D. Binder Jan 2016

Fostering Creativity Using Special Library Collections: A Case Study Of The Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center For The Book Arts, Andrew D. Binder

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This dissertation examines the Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for the Book Arts (JCBA) at Florida Atlantic University, focusing on creativity. Sixteen artists whose artwork is collected by the center were chosen to provide an overview of the creative process of book artists: Susan Allix, Julie Chen, Béatrice Coron, Johanna Drucker, Timothy Ely, Karen Hanmer, Linda K. Johnson, Marie Marcano, Bea Nettles, Matthew Reinhart, Robert Sabuda, Susan Joy Share, Keith Smith, Beth Thielen, Carol Todaro, and Marshall Weber. The artists and the JCBA were selected for this study not only because these artists‘ books provide a unique opportunity to explore …

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Florida University Faculty Compensation: Market Competitive Or Not?, Lori Allen Ford Jan 2016

Florida University Faculty Compensation: Market Competitive Or Not?, Lori Allen Ford

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The most important asset of any organization is its people (Danish & Usman, 2010). Whatever the market segment, they are the driving force behind creating and delivering on the organization’s strategic and financial objectives. The ability to attract, retain and motivate the necessary workforce, through use of financial rewards, is a main determinant in the degree to which these objectives are met (Fong & Tosi, 2007; Gomez- Mejia & Balkin, 1992b; Newman, Gerhart, & Milkovich, 2016). While there are many approaches to pay strategy, a key aspect, and the focus of this dissertation, is the market positioning of cash compensation. …

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Here, Let Me Show You: The Use Of Senior Exhibitions In Conjunction With Traditional Assessments, Christopher Mimbs Jan 2016

Here, Let Me Show You: The Use Of Senior Exhibitions In Conjunction With Traditional Assessments, Christopher Mimbs

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This case study examined how senior exhibitions function in a progressive educational environment that employs traditional assessments. The researcher interviewed 18 students and three faculty members of The Crefeld School about the Creative Expression, one of the 14 exhibitions that students are required to complete for graduation. The researcher conducted a document analysis and content analysis of rubrics for two essays and the Creative Expression. The researcher conducted a survey of student participants and a questionnaire to assess students’ perceptions of authenticity. The researcher observed three students present their Creative Expression in front of faculty, students, and family. The researcher …

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Frames Trump Facts, Joshua David Calhoun Jan 2016

Frames Trump Facts, Joshua David Calhoun

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This thesis investigates the discourse patterns of Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Jeb Bush during the Republican primary campaign from August 2015 through January 2016. The goal of this study is to identify differences among the candidates’ discourse patterns, particularly those distinct to the discourse style of Donald Trump, on the basis of a newly compiled corpus from their respective debates and speeches. This corpus analysis reveals differences in terms of readability and lexical choice that distinguish the speech style of Donald Trump from Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio and identifies metaphors utilized by Donald Trump. Drawing heavily from the …

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Healing Transcendence: Social Media Use By Persons In The Transplant Journey, Valarie S. Grumme Jan 2016

Healing Transcendence: Social Media Use By Persons In The Transplant Journey, Valarie S. Grumme

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

An increasing number of individuals are looking for health information, interacting with health care providers, and participating in health-related online support groups The virtual landscape of the internet offers the opportunity for individuals to establish contact and relationships with persons having similar health concerns anywhere, anytime The phenomenon of health-related social media use generated an interest in why persons in the transplant journey chose to participate in an online support community, how they interacted and made use of the online community, and how this knowledge could assist nursing in improving care for this growing population A six month sample of …

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Health Challenges Of Family Members In End Of Life Situations, Janet Sopcheck Jan 2016

Health Challenges Of Family Members In End Of Life Situations, Janet Sopcheck

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The growing older adult population, their age-related morbidities, and lifelimiting chronic illnesses increase the demand for quality yet cost-effective end of life (EOL) care. Losing a loved one creates emotional turmoil, heightened uneasiness, and EOL uncertainties for family members. Understanding the complex needs of family members and supportive actions deemed most significant to them can guide nurses to enhance EOL care, encouraging palliation and peaceful death experiences. This study used a qualitative descriptive exploratory design guided by story theory methodology to explore the dimensions of the health challenge of losing a loved one who had been in an acute care …

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Historians Of 19th Century Baseball: Exploring Their Experiences Regarding Their Avocation, Wade Berstler Jan 2016

Historians Of 19th Century Baseball: Exploring Their Experiences Regarding Their Avocation, Wade Berstler

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The following document offers a qualitative case study in the field of adult and community education from an educational leadership perspective using baseball as an adult learning tool. Relevant existing theories (adult education, lifelong learning, adult learners, and certain leadership practices) for successful facilitation of historical baseball research were examined. The study focused on a purposeful sample population upon which a pilot study was conducted, revealing the experiences of adult self-directed learners who produce the seminal work in their field as an avocation. The findings of this study included, but are not limited to, the passionate approach the study group …

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Implementation Of A Vanet Geo-Fence Based Adaptive Traffic Light Control Scheme, Alain D. Edwards Jan 2016

Implementation Of A Vanet Geo-Fence Based Adaptive Traffic Light Control Scheme, Alain D. Edwards

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

In this thesis we extend the VANET-based approach to counting vehicles at a traffic light by implementing a Geo-fence Based Vehicle Counting Algorithm which supports the use of RFID technology. This implementation utilizes the concept of geo-fencing to create a Zone of Interest (ZOI) that sections off a roadway that is relevant to a traffic intersection. All vehicles in this ZOI are used to determine the required length of the green-cycle time. By utilizing vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technologies, we broadcast beacons that are propagated to all vehicles in the ZOI from the infrastructure which in this case is …

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Human Trafficking As A Brand Within The Framework Of Human Rights: Case Studies In The U.S, Tam Mai Jan 2016

Human Trafficking As A Brand Within The Framework Of Human Rights: Case Studies In The U.S, Tam Mai

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Recent concern in the United States about human trafficking has been directed primarily on the foreign victims that are brought into the United States rather than on U.S. citizenship who become involved. However, the topic has broadened and has significant impact on the daily lives of U.S citizens. Taking a human rights perspective, this dissertation explores how human trafficking has been used as a “brand” to achieve political and/or economic objectives. Human trafficking has taken away the human rights for individuals and threatens their security. This dissertation is grounded in Critical Theory and uses narrative analysis as a methodological framework. …

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Improving The Mechanical Properties Of Nano-Hydroxyapatite, Suraj P. Khanal Jan 2016

Improving The Mechanical Properties Of Nano-Hydroxyapatite, Suraj P. Khanal

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Hydroxyapatite (HAp) is an ideal bioactive material that is used in orthopedics. Chemical composition and crystal structure properties of HAp are similar to the natural bone hence it promotes bone growth. However, its mechanical properties of synthetic HAp are not sufficient for major load-bearing bone replacement. The potential of improving the mechanical properties of synthetic hydroxyapatite (HAp) by incorporating carboxyl functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes (CfSWCNT) and polymerized ɛ-caprolactam (nylon) is studied. The fracture toughness, tensile strength, Young’s modulus, stiffness and fracture energy were studied for a series of HAp samples with CfSWCNT concentrations varying from 0 to 1.5 wt. …

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Integrin Αvβ5-Mediated Removal Of Apoptotic Cell Debris By The Eye Lens And Its Inhibition By Uv-Light Exposure, Olga Bakina Jan 2016

Integrin Αvβ5-Mediated Removal Of Apoptotic Cell Debris By The Eye Lens And Its Inhibition By Uv-Light Exposure, Olga Bakina

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The lens is a crystallin tissue of the anterior part of the eye that focuses light onto the retina. Aged-related cataract, which is the result of loss of lens transparency, is the most common cause of blindness in the world. Being constantly exposed to UV-light, lens is significantly affected by its UVA spectrum. UV-light exposure has been shown to result in apoptosis of lens cells which can lead to cataract formation. This suggests the need for molecular mechanisms to remove apoptotic debris from the lens. In the set of experiments it was proven that integrin αvβ5-mediated pathway is involved in …

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