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Evolutionary Dynamics Of Tree Invasions: Complementing The Unified Framework For Biological Invasions, Rafael D. Zenni, Ian A. Dickie, Michael J. Wingfield, Heidi Hirsch, Casparus J. Crous, Laura A. Meyerson, Treena I. Burgess, Thalita G. Zimmermann, Metha M. Klock, Evan Siemann, Alexandra Erfmeier, Roxana Aragon, Lia Montti, Johannes J. Le Roux

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Evolutionary processes greatly impact the outcomes of biological invasions. An extensive body of research suggests that invasive populations often undergo phenotypic and ecological divergence from their native sources. Evolution also operates at different and distinct stages during the invasion process. Thus, it is important to incorporate evolutionary change into frameworks of biological invasions because it allows us to conceptualize how these processes may facilitate or hinder invasion success. Here, we review such processes, with an emphasis on tree invasions, and place them in the context of the unified framework for biological invasions. The processes and mechanisms described are pre-introduction evolutionary …

Opinion 2/13 Of The Court (C.J.E.U.), Daniel Halberstam

Articles

Opinion 2/13 of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared the draft agreement on European Union accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) incompatible with the Treaty on European Union. The Opinion comes toward the end of a long and gradual process of incorporating human and fundamental rights principles into the legal system of the European Community and its successor, the European Union. Opinion 2/13 sends the Commission back to the drawing board on what has long been seen as the capstone of that process—EU accession to the Strasbourg human rights regime as an external …

Comparative Study Of School And Science Teacher Technology Leaderships In High And Middle Schools In The United States And China, Ying Tang

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Researchers found that various schools took different technology leadership approaches and that school leadership practices were empirically associated with outcomes for teacher performance and student learning. To date, few studies systematically examined the salient aspects of school technology leadership (STL) and science teacher technology leadership (STTL), and the effects of country and grade-level on school and science teacher technology leaderships. A comprehensive technology leadership model was lacking for secondary school science education. Therefore, this research study focused on the status of school technology leadership, science teacher technology leadership, and their relationships and differences across country and grade. In this study, …

Investigating The Psychometric Properties Of The Self-Compassion Scale: Using Confirmatory And Exploratory Factor Models, Jennifer Marie Barton

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Self-compassion has quickly gained recognition for its many cognitive, emotional, and psychological benefits (Neff, 2003b). The Self-Compassion Scale (SCS; Neff, 2003a) is currently the only instrument measuring self-compassion and is commonly used. The current model contains six factors: self-kindness, self-judgment, common humanity, isolation, mindfulness, and over-identification. However, the SCS has recently come under fire due to limited evidence of its psychometric properties (Lopez et al., 2015). Researchers who have attempted to replicate the factor structure proposed by Neff have found mixed results using both exploratory and confirmatory methods. Our primary aim is to establish the factor structure of the SCS …

Analysis Of A Long-Term Record Of Nearshore Currents And Implications In Littoral Transport Processes, Carolina Burnette

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A seasonal and long-term analysis of the vertical structure of currents in the nearshore is conducted to determine the role of the wind in driving currents and consequently affecting littoral transport processes. Approximately ten years (January, 2002 – October, 2011) of nearshore current profiles are examined using the data collected with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) installed off of Spessard Holland North Beach Park located in Melbourne Beach, Florida. Additionally, wind data collected with a directional anemometer from September, 2002, until October, 2008, are used to further characterize the long-term hydrodynamic forcing. With the shoreline oriented nominally 17^{o …}

The Mechanics And Fixed Operations Of Human Experience, James Dominick Di Netta

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This paper will use the natural laws of the universe and amassed evidence to support a dynamic systems theory approach to explain the mechanics and fixed operations of the human experience taking place inside a causally determined universe without the possibility of free will. By reductionary methods, the universe and all its’ contents, including human agents, will be exemplified as complex dynamic systems. In so doing, the human experience is reduced to being comprised of information acting and reacting with other information existing in the universe, specifically ideas. Allowing ideas to take on a physical manifestation shows how the feedback …

The Relationship Between Goal Orientation And Compliance With A Rehabilitation Program Among Ncaa Division I Football Players, Kaitlyn E. Maloney

Research Papers

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Politics Of Identity In Nepal - Implications For Theories Of Regionalism, Kedar P. Badu

Research Papers

Due to incredible socioeconomic stratification of society in the context of extreme demographic and regional diversity, regionalism has been a crucial political issue for Nepal during the recent democratic transition. The traditional power elite belonging to hill “high caste” groups are trying to maintain the centralized power structure to protect their own interests. On the other hand, various ethnic and regional identity groups, who have fought for autonomy and self-rule, want their identity and rights to be recognized. Despite the promulgation of the federal constitution by the Constitutional Assembly in 2015, many ethnic and regional identity groups have expressed their …

การจัดการเรียนรู้โดยใช้ทฤษฎีกำกับตนเองเพื่อส่งเสริมพฤติกรรมสุขภาพของนักเรียนประถมศึกษาปีที่ 5, กชมล ธนะวงศ์, จินตนา สรายุทธพิทักษ์

Journal of Education Studies

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กลยุทธ์การบริหารโรงเรียนเอกชนเพื่อเสริมสร้างความสามารถทางภาษาอังกฤษของนักเรียนประถมศึกษา, จันทร์ฤทัย พานิชศุภผล

Journal of Education Studies

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การวิเคราะห์การบริหารโรงเรียนเพื่อส่งเสริมความผาสุกของนักเรียนประถมศึกษา, ดวงพร อุ่นจิตต์

Journal of Education Studies

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กลยุทธ์การพัฒนาสมรรถนะทางวิชาชีพของครูอาชีวศึกษา ในสถานศึกษาของสถาบันการอาชีวศึกษาภาคเหนือ 4, ดัชนีย์ จะวรรณะ

Journal of Education Studies

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กระบวนการเรียนรู้เพื่อการดำรงอยู่ของเครือข่ายอาหารปลอดภัยอย่างยั่งยืนของหมู่บ้านห้วยน้ำใส, เทพสุดา จิวตระกูล, วีระเทพ ปทุมเจริญวัฒนา

Journal of Education Studies

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การเปรียบเทียบปัญหาและแนวทางการแก้ปัญหาการปฏิบัติการสอนในสถานศึกษาของนิสิตหลักสูตร ครุศาสตรบัณฑิต (5 ปี) ระหว่างกลุ่มนิสิตวิชาเอกต่างกันที่ผ่านการปฏิบัติการสอน ณ โรงเรียนสาธิตจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย, น้ำผึ้ง ศุภอุทุมพร

Journal of Education Studies

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กลยุทธ์การพัฒนาภาวะผู้นำของผู้บริหารโรงเรียนเรียนร่วมตามแนวคิดภาวะผู้นำที่ยั่งยืนเพื่อเสริมสร้างชุมชนการเรียนรู้ทางวิชาชีพ, ปภาวี พิพัฒนลักษณ์

Journal of Education Studies

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คุณลักษณะที่พึงประสงค์ของเจเนอเรชั่นแอลฟาที่เหมาะสมกับสังคมไทยในอนาคต, พัชราภา ตันติชูเวช, จรูญศรี มาดิลกโกวิท

Journal of Education Studies

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เปิดประเด็น, ประยุทธ หลักคำ

Journal of Education Studies

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แนะนำหนังสือ, เฟื่องอรุณ ปรีดีดิลก

Journal of Education Studies

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Comparison Of Schema And Strategies Of Topic Selection Between Thai And Japanese People For The Conversation With People Met For The First Time(การเปรียบเทียบโครงสร้างความรู้ (Schema) และกลยุทธ์การเลือกหัวข้อสนทนา เมื่อพบกันเป็นครั้งแรกของผู้พูดชาวไทยกับผู้พูดชาวญี่ปุ่น), ยุพวรรณ โสภิตวุฒิวงศ์

Journal of Letters

The conversation between people who first meet each other is important because of both parties have good feelings towards each other, they can build further relationship. Therefore, the objective of this study is to explore the schema that appears in the conversation between people meeting each other for the first time by comparing the cases of Thai students and the cases of Japanese students. The total number of the participants of each nationality is 8 pairs. All participants are the female. The conversation of each pair is recorded without any adjustment. The findings from the study reveal that the schema …

Game Localisation: A Process Overview And Translation Issues(การแปลวิดีโอเกม: ภาพรวมของกระบวนการและประเด็นศึกษาด้านการแปล), ฐานันดร วงศ์กิตติธร

Journal of Letters

At the present time, messages, information, and texts that need to be translated with the purposes of distribution and communication are drastically increasing both in form and number. From the traditional printed material translation to audio-visual media translation, now it is the era of multimedia translation: website and software localisation. This article aims to study the translation of a new type of interactive entertainment software, namely video game. Video game is a new marked entertainment media which has a significant influence, parallels to movie, on current media and entertainment industry; this fact encourages all other relevant parties to develop their …

Common Lexical Hedges And Their Functions In Medical Research Articles On Oncology: A Comparative Study Of Thai And Native Writers Of English(รูปและหน้าที่ของรูปเบี่ยงบังระดับคำที่พบบ่อยในบทความวิจัยทางการแพทย์ด้านมะเร็งวิทยา: การศึกษาเปรียบเทียบในผู้เขียนที่เป็นเจ้าของภาษาและที่ไม่ใช่เจ้าของภาษา), Worawanna Petchkij

Journal of Letters

This study examined and compared the frequencies and functions of common lexical hedges used by non-native (Thai) and native writers in the discussion sections of medical research articles in the area of oncology. A corpus of sixty research articles written in English by both groups were selected and analyzed through descriptive statistics in terms of frequency and a standardized size of 1000 words was employed to provide a basis for comparison. The list of common lexical hedges suggested by Hyland (2005) was used as a guideline. Their frequencies reflect the different preferences of both groups and may also indicate the …

The Factors Of Prosodic Phrasing In Thai(ปัจจัยในการสร้างหน่วยประกอบทางสัทสัมพันธ์ในภาษาไทย), มนต์ชัย เดชะพิพัฒน์สกุล, พิทยาวัฒน์ พิทยาภรณ์

Journal of Letters

This paper aims to investigate the factors which influence prosodic phrasing in Thai. The data comprise 107 utterances consist of simple, compound, and complex sentences. The complex sentences are structurally different among thîi or wâa verb-complement clause constructions, thîi noun-complement clause constructions, thîi or sɨ̂ŋ relative clause constructions, hâi or thamhâi causative constructions, and clauses preceded by sɨ̂ŋ or dooj discourse markers. To find prosodic constituent boundaries in each utterance, an online experimental test was conducted. 37 informants were asked to phrase the utterance by assigning a pause or pauses in certain positions in the utterances. The finding shows that …

Kaanthii- And Khwaamthii- As Clausal Nominalizers In Thai(การที่- และ ความที่- ในฐานะตัวบ่งชี้นามวลีแปลงเชิงอนุประโยคในภาษาไทย), ภีมพสิษฐ์ ภีมพสิษฐ์, อมรา ประสิทธิ์รัฐสินธุ์

Journal of Letters

In previous studies, there have been disagreements over the analyses on kaanthii- and khwaamthii- constructions which are analyzed as 5 different types of constructions. This article aims to examine these two constructions on two unsettled major issues. The first is whether kaan/khwaam and thii are two separated units as [kaan/khwaam][thii-], i.e., the head nouns kaan/khwaam modified by the thii- noun-modifying clause, or are counted as a single grammatical morpheme as [kaanthii-] and [khwaamthii-]. The other issue is what grammatical functions of kaanthii- and khwaamthii- truly are, in other words, what kinds of constructions the clauses preceded with kaanthii- and khwaamthii- …

Her Serene Highness Princess Philai-Lekha Diskul And Modern Art In Thailand(หม่อมเจ้าหญิงพิไลยเลขา ดิศกุล กับศิลปะสมัยใหม่ในประเทศไทย), สิทธิธรรม โรหิตะสุข

Journal of Letters

Her Serene Highness Princess Philai-lekha Diskul (B.E.2440-2528) was a Thai elite lady who had great interest in work of arts. This research is a historical study during the Princess's lifetime from art studying, art creating, pattern and influence of arts including her role in Modern Art of Thailand.The study presents that Her Serene Highness Princess Philai-lekha Diskul had studied arts from Italian architect and artisan who served king and the government of Thailand. Her remarkable teachers were Prince Narisara Nuvadtivongs and Mr. Corrado Feroci or Silpa Bhirasri who inspired her to study Academic Art both in Thai Traditional Art; Western …

From The Art Of Textiles To The Literary Techniques Of Love: The Significance Of Textiles In Sepha Rueang Khun Chang Khun Phaen(ศิลปะแห่งผ้า วรรณศิลป์แห่งรัก: ความสำคัญของผ้าในเสภาเรื่องขุนช้างขุนแผน), ธานีรัตน์ จัตุทะศรี

Journal of Letters

This paper aims to examine the significance of textiles related to characters' love lives in Sepha Rueang Khun Chang Khun Phaen. The study finds that the textiles in the story have wide-ranging significance as regards love. The textiles are used as symbols of the beloved; to emphasize and develop feelings of love; to remind the character of his past love; to reflect and foreshadow love lives, and to be metaphors of love. The significance of textiles in Sepha Rueang Khun Chang Khun Phaen demonstrates the role of the minor arts as literary techniques to express various dimensions of love in …

Exploring How First-Year Experiences In Higher Education Influence Student Acceptance Of Biological Evolutionary Theory, Lauren A. Winter

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

In the current study, I investigated whether changes occurred in the acceptance of evolution for students majoring in elementary education during their first semester of college and if so, what factors influenced the change. Thirty participants in their first semester of college completed pre-and post-tests that included the Inventory of Student Evolution Acceptance to measure changes in student acceptance of evolution over the course of one academic semester. Ten of those participants completed interviews to elaborate on those factors that may have affected their acceptance in evolution. Mixed methods analysis utilizing a cognitive constructivist framework revealed that religious beliefs, explicit …

Dying To Live Forever Sophia Harris Journal 1860 To 1861, Shirley Ilene Davis

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Sophia Harris’s journal is a window into one woman’s experiences in an area that transformed from a frontier outpost to a market-oriented and increasingly urbanized society. It also sheds light on how she made sense of the meaning of these changes in her personal life: specifically how her religious understandings of death shaped her understanding of the world she lived in.

Biomechanical Differences In The Weightlifting Snatch Between Successful And Unsuccessful Lifts, Jack Rummells

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to determine what differences exist between several kinematic variables between failed and successful attempts in the snatch lift. Six female Weightlifters at the 2015 American open were measured for kinematic variables via videotape during competition. The results show that differences existed in the angle of the shoulder at peak barbell height and the catch height, along with the amount of separation between the lifter and barbell at peak height. Significant differences were also found at the angle between the barbell and lifter center of mass. This study was a first step toward understanding the …

Field Ecology Curriculum On White Tail Deer Population In Maine, Shellbe Flynn '20

Capstones, Research Projects, and Curricula

Essential question:

How do scientists use ecological data to make decisions about populations and ecosystems?

Guiding questions:

How do matter and energy flow through biological and physical systems?

How are species interdependent and interrelated?

How do populations respond to positive and negative inputs?

How do ecosystems respond to positive and negative inputs?

How Undergraduates' Involvement Affects Sense Of Belonging In Courses That Use Technology, Leroy L. Long Iii

Publications

In order to increase the number of American degree recipients in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), academics must continually develop ways to improve students’ interest, retention, and success in fields like engineering. Prior researchers have studied the use of educational technology as a way to improve student outcomes and skills. Previous scholars have also investigated students’ perceptions of the usefulness of technology. However, it is unclear if a statistically significant relationship exists between students’ involvement in courses that use technology and their sense of belonging to others on campus. The present study addressed this gap by examining the relationship …