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Toward A Uniform Domestic Violence Civil Protection Order Law, Ashley Hahn

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Refryed Forensics: Screening Expert Testimony In Criminal Cases Through Frye Plus Reliability, Joanne A. Epps, Kevin Todorow

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

On The Future Of Antidepressant Treatments: Targeting Neurotrophic Factors And Plasticity, Stephen W. White

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

For 60-plus years the explanatory model for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) has been the monoamine theory, which states that low levels of monoamine neurotransmitters or alterations in their post-synaptic receptors are responsible for depressive symptoms. Drugs designed to elevate synaptic monoamine levels have remained the first line of pharmacotherapy prescribed by clinicians for MDD patients. However, these drugs have shortcomings. Despite evidence that current antidepressants elevate synaptic monoamine levels within hours of administration, these drugs require four to six weeks of daily administration before symptom relief appears. Furthermore, approximately half of patients taking typical antidepressants never achieve full symptom relief. …

Too Intimate To Speak : Regional Cinemas And Literatures, Victor Fan

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

In this essay, I look back at a moment in Chinese literature and cinema, the 1930s and 1940s, when writers, filmmakers, and critics were driven by a series of political crises to conceptualize the relationship between “mother language” and “national language” from a very different perspective than Song’s. I do so by scrutinizing film and literary criticisms from this period. A national language, literature, and cinema are not static, unified, and internally coherent entities that naturally subsume their regional counterparts under them. While Putonghua 普通話 (literally, common language) required—and still requires—an ongoing process of putong hua 普通化 (communalization), regional topolects, …

The Contradictions Of Exile : Escape, Testimony, And Ethics In Gao Xingjian’S One Man’S Bible, Sebastian Veg

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

The present essay proposes to focus more closely on One Man’s Bible as encapsulating some of the tensions and contradictions of exile as a theme in Gao’s work and worldview.

Lost At Home : Jia Zhangke’S Journey Toward Modernity, Wei Menkus

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

In this essay, I take a close look at three of Jia’s films that have prominently engaged the topic of home in relation to place, identity, and nation: Still Life 三峽好人 (2006), 24 City 24城記 (2008), and A Touch of Sin 天註定 (2013). Set at the turn of the twenty-first century, these films employ various modes of representation concerning the reality of space. Still Life, a quiet and contemplative cinematic essay on change and obsolescence, tracks two strangers’ separate journeys to the Three Gorges city of Fengjie as they look for their missing spouses in the disappearing land. 24 City …

“Krue Seumangat; Kehamilan Sehat Tanpa Anemia” Booklet Effect To Anemia Among Pregnant Women At Kota Langsa Indonesia : A Quasi Experimental Study, Putri Nahrisah

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Purpose : To assess the effect of education interventional program by previously developing ane education material (booklet of anemia and supplement reminder) upgrade dietary and iron-folic acid te intake of anemic pregnant women in province Aceh. Patients and methods: It was quasi experimental study using a pre- and posttest design, purposively applied at two municipalities having more than 40% anemic pregnancy. The intervention group (n=70) received two home visits for individual counseling session and was given the paper-based reminder, the control group (n=70) followed the usual antenatal care. The knowledge regard anemia and nutritional anemia score, average daily iron intake …

Model Matching Theory: A Framework For Examining The Alignment Between Game Mechanics And Mental Models, Rory Mcgloin, Joe A. Wasserman, Andy Boyan

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The primary aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive review and elaboration of model matching and its theo- retical propositions. Model matching explains and predicts individuals’ outcomes related to gameplay by focusing on the interrelationships among games’ systems of mechanics, relevant situations external to the game, and players’ mental mod- els. Formalizing model matching theory in this way provides researchers a unified explanation for game-based learning, game performance, and related gameplay outcomes while also providing a theory-based direction for advancing the study of games more broadly. The propositions explicated in this article are intended to serve as the …

Apple Pomace Consumption Favorably Alters Hepatic Lipid Metabolism In Young Female Sprague-Dawley Rats Fed A Western Diet, Roy Chris Skinner, Derek C. Warren, Soofie N. Lateef, Vagner A. Benedito, Janet C. Tou

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Apple pomace, which is a waste byproduct of processing, is rich in several nutrients, particularly dietary fiber, indicating potential benefits for diseases that are attributed to poor diets, such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD affects over 25% of United States population and is increasing in children. Increasing fruit consumption can influence NAFLD. The study objective was to replace calories in standard or Western diets with apple pomace to determine the effects on genes regulating hepatic lipid metabolism and on risk of NAFLD. Female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned (n = 8 rats/group) to isocaloric diets of AIN-93G and …

Cavitons And Spontaneous Hot Flow Anomalies In A Hybrid-Vlasov Global Magnetospheric Simulation, Xochitl Blanco-Cano, Markus Battarbee, Lucile Turc, Andrew P. Dimmock, Emilia K.J. Kilpua, Sanni Hoilijoki, Urs Ganse, David G. Sibeck, Paul A. Cassak, Robert C. Fear, Riku Jarvinen, Liisa Juusola, Yann Pfau-Kempf, Rami Vainio, Minna Palmroth

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Abstract. In this paper we present the first identification of foreshock cavitons and the formation of spontaneous hot flow anomalies (SHFAs) with the Vlasiator global magne- tospheric hybrid-Vlasov simulation code. In agreement with previous studies we show that cavitons evolve into SHFAs. In the presented run, this occurs very near the bow shock. We report on SHFAs surviving the shock crossing into the down- stream region and show that the interaction of SHFAs with the bow shock can lead to the formation of a magnetosheath cavity, previously identified in observations and simulations. We report on the first identification of long-term …

A Motion Capture System Framework For The Study Of Human Manufacturing Repetitive Motions, Francis Mendez, David Wierschem, Jesus Jimenez

15th IMHRC Proceedings (Savannah, Georgia. USA – 2018)

Our research proposes a framework to obtain and analyze real time data concerning the dynamic and natural motion of individuals in manufacturing-like processes that involve human labor. The framework that we propose consists of five main components: a tracking system, a system of sensors, a processor that collects time series data, data processing and discovery module, and an alert or reporting component. Using motion capture cameras, data is collected on a variety of human subjects performing simulated labor-intensive manufacturing operations. This data is analyzed for identification of actual and optimal activity motions. This project has significant potential impact for contribution …

Overview Of Big Data And Its Visualization, Richard S. Segall, Gao Niu

Faculty Publications

Big Data is data sets that are so voluminous and complex that traditional data processing application software are inadequate to deal with them. This chapter discusses what Big Data is and its characteristics, and how this information revolution of Big Data is transforming our lives and the new technology and methodologies that have been developed to process data of these huge dimensionalities. This chapter discusses the components of the Big Data stack interface, categories of Big Data analytics software and platforms, descriptions of the top 20 Big Data analytics software. Big Data visualization techniques are discussed with real data from …

Concert Recording 2018-09-18, Ismaelena Serrano, Ann Rye

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Ah! vous dirai-je, maman / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; arranged by A. Adam Schmidt -- [04:55]. Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68. Mein gläubiges Hezre / Johann Sebastian Bach -- [ 07:28]. 0 Nehmt meinen Dank, K. 383 / W.A. Mozart -- [10:40] Vignettes: Letters from George to Evelyn / Alan Louis Smith -- [24:10]. I Puritani . Qui la voce sua soave....Vien diletto / Vincenzo Bellini -- [29:07]. Verborgenheit Nimmersatte liebe Begegnung / Hugo Wolf -- [36:18]. Canciones Clasicas Espaniolas. I. La mi sola, Laureola ; II. Al almor ; III. Corazón, porqué pasáis ; IV. …

Characterizing The Role Of The Cellular Protein Schlafen 11 In Flavivirus Replication, Federico Valdez

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Schlafen 11 (Slfn11) is a ubiquitously expressed interferon stimulating gene (ISG) that controls synThesis of proteins by regulating tRNA abundance. Through this mechanism Slfn11 has previously been shown to impair human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) infection and the expression of codon-biased open reading frames. Because replication of positive-sense single- stranded RNA [(+)ssRNA viruses] requires the immediate translation of the incoming viral genome whereas negative sense, single stranded [(-)ssRNA] viruses carry at infection an RNA replicase that makes multiple translation competent copies of the incoming viral genome, we reasoned that (+)ssRNA viruses will be more sensitive to the effect of Slfn11 …

Genomic-Enabled Prediction Models Using Multi-Environment Trials To Estimate The Effect Of Genotype × Environment Interaction On Prediction Accuracy In Chickpea, Manish Roorkiwal, Diego Jarquin, Muneendra K. Singh, Pooran M. Gaur, Chellapilla Bharadwaj, Abhishek Rathore, Reka Howard, Samineni Srinivasan, Ankit Jain, Vanika Garg, Sandip Kale, Annapurna Chitikineni, Shailesh Tripathi, Elizabeth Jones, Kelly R. Robbins, José Crossa, Rajeev K. Varshney

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Genomic selection (GS) by selecting lines prior to field phenotyping using genotyping data has the potential to enhance the rate of genetic gains. Genotype × environment (G × E) interaction inclusion in GS models can improve prediction accuracy hence aid in selection of lines across target environments. Phenotypic data on 320 chickpea breeding lines for eight traits for three seasons at two locations were recorded. These lines were genotyped using DArTseq (1.6 K SNPs) and Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS; 89 K SNPs). Thirteen models were fitted including main effects of environment and lines, markers, and/or naïve and informed interactions to estimate prediction …

Gene Expression Profiling Of Iron Deficiency Chlorosis Sensitive And Tolerant Soybean Indicates Key Roles For Phenylpropanoids Under Alkalinity Stress, Brian M. Waters, Keenan Amundsen, George L. Graef

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Alkaline soils comprise 30% of the earth and have low plant-available iron (Fe) concentration, and can cause iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC). IDC causes soybean yield losses of $260 million annually. However, it is not known whether molecular responses to IDC are equivalent to responses to low iron supply. IDC tolerant and sensitive soybean lines provide a contrast to identify specific factors associated with IDC.We used RNA-seq to compare gene expression under combinations of normal pH (5.7) or alkaline pH (7.7, imposed by 2.5mM bicarbonate, or pH 8.2 imposed by 5mM bicarbonate) and normal (25μM) or low (1μM) iron conditions from …

Managing Grazing Lands To Improve Soils And Promote Climate Change Adaptation And Mitigation: A Global Synthesis, Marcia Delonge, Andrea D. Basche

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The potential to improve soils to help farmers and ranchers adapt to and mitigate climate change has generated significant enthusiasm. Within this discussion, grasslands have surfaced as being particularly important, due to their geographic range, their capacity to store substantial quantities of carbon relative to cultivated croplands and their potential role in mitigating droughts and floods. However, leveraging grasslands for climate change mitigation and adaptation will require a better understanding of how farmers and ranchers who rely on them for their livelihoods can improve management and related outcomes. To investigate opportunities for such improvements, we conducted a meta-analysis of field …

เทเลเอสเทติกส์: การสร้างสรรค์นิตยสารอิเล็กทรอนิกส์มัลติมีเดียออนไลน์เกี่ยวกับศิลปะสื่อใหม่, ให้แสง ชวนะลิขิกร

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ในปัจจุบันศิลปะสื่อใหม่มีบทบาทในศิลปะร่วมสมัยในประเทศไทย ทว่าในการเข้าถึงข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับศิลปะสื่อใหม่ในประเทศไทยนั้นไม่มีความแพร่หลาย คนรุ่นใหม่ที่สนใจศิลปะสื่อใหม่นั้นเข้าถึงข้อมูลได้ยาก มีช่องว่างในการรับรู้ข้อมูลศิลปะสื่อใหม่ การเรียนการสอนในระดับมหาวิทยาลัยส่วนใหญ่ไม่มีการเน้นย้ำหรือกล่าวถึง งานเขียนภาษาไทยไม่มีการจัดทำเป็นตำรา และงานแปลมีจำกัดหนังสือเพียงไม่กี่เล่มเท่านั้น เมื่อกล่าวถึงธรรมชาติของการหาความรู้ของคนรุ่นใหม่ที่สนใจศิลปะพบว่ากลุ่มคนดังกล่าวได้ใช้อินเทอร์เน็ตในการหาข้อมูลเป็นหลัก แต่น้อยที่จะมีความสนใจในเนื้อหาที่เป็นการเขียนที่มีรายละเอียดเยอะโดยเฉพาะข้อมูลภาษาอังกฤษ ดังนั้น จากแนวความคิดเพื่อออกแบบชุดความรู้ ลดช่องว่างในการเข้าถึงข้อมูลเกี่ยวกับศิลปะสื่อใหม่สำหรับคนไทยรุ่นใหม่ที่สนใจ มาสู่การวิจัยการทำความเข้าใจองค์ความรู้ศิลปะสื่อใหม่ นำมาสร้างชุดข้อมูลนำเสนอแก่กลุ่มเป้าหมายเพื่อเข้าถึงและพัฒนาองค์ความรู้ต่อได้ การออกแบบชุดความรู้ดังกล่าวได้ถูกนำเสนอผ่านนิตยสารอิเล็กทรอนิกส์มัลติมีเดียออนไลน์บนเว็บไซต์ที่มีชื่อว่าเทเลเอสเทติกส์โดยมีการกำหนดขอบเขตของงานวิจัยของงานวิจัยเผยแพร่ออกมา 2 ฉบับคือ เทเลเอสเทติกส์ฉบับที่หนึ่งเน้นไปที่การปูพื้นความรู้เกี่ยวกับศิลปะสื่อใหม่ ส่วนเทเลเอสเทติกส์ฉบับที่สองเป็นการนำต่อยอดองค์ความรู้จากฉบับที่หนึ่งและเน้นไปที่ศิลปะแห่งเสียงเป็นแขนงที่คาบเกี่ยวกับศิลปะสื่อใหม่ให้กลุ่มเป้าหมายเรียนรู้เนื้อหาดังกล่าว

A Performance Guide For Baritone: A Pedagogical Analysis Of Beethoven’S Sechs Lieder Nach Gedichten Von Gellert, Eric Charles Brown

Theses and Dissertations--Music

This project provides International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions, translations and a vocal pedagogical analysis of “Six Songs of Poetry by Gellert” by Ludwig van Beethoven. There is discussion of technical concepts applicable to singing, vocal relationships between text and poetry; and background information concerning Ludwig van Beethoven, Christian Gellert, and Christian Neefe. This document addresses possible vocal challenges a baritone might encounter when studying the Gellert Lieder. This guide provides suggestions for vowel modification in the passaggio, as well as a section dedicated to appoggio, aggiustamento, and vocal registration. Finally, this research provides a concise preparation for performance manual for …

Frank Zappa And His Conception Of Civilization Phaze Iii, Jeffrey Daniel Jones

Theses and Dissertations--Music

When Frank Zappa died in 1993, he left Civilization Phaze III as a last testament to both his musical and thematic purpose. The work received a handful of reviews in the popular music press, and has subsequently been ignored by both the popular press and, with few exceptions, academia.

Many are the composers whose careers have been thought describe a mid-period mastery, followed by later decline. This presumption seems to have fallen upon Frank Zappa, apparently due to his retirement from the concert stage, and final years writing music on the Synclavier. This thesis seeks to demonstrate that Zappa's compositional …

Targeting Ovarian Cancer And Endothelium With An Allosteric Ptp4a3 Phosphatase Inhibitor, Kelley E. Mcqueeney, Joseph M. Salamoun, James C. Burnett, Nektarios Barabutis, Paula Pekic, Sophie L. Lewandowski, Danielle C. Llaneza, Robert Cornelison, Yunpeng Bai, Zhong-Yin Zhang, John D. Catravas

Bioelectrics Publications

Overexpression of protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP4A oncoproteins is common in many human cancers and is associated with poor patient prognosis and survival. We observed elevated levels of PTP4A3 phosphatase in 79% of human ovarian tumor samples, with significant overexpression in tumor endothelium and pericytes. Furthermore, PTP4A phosphatases appear to regulate several key malignant processes, such as invasion, migration, and angiogenesis, suggesting a pivotal regulatory role in cancer and endothelial signaling pathways. While phosphatases are attractive therapeutic targets, they have been poorly investigated because of a lack of potent and selective chemical probes. In this study, we disclose that a potent, …

It's Not Me, It's You: Motor Vehicle Screen Use Intervention, Rachael De Lorenzo

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

A film-aided intervention was created in an attempt to reduce motor vehicle screen use while driving by focusing drivers' attention on the moral (other-harm) compared to prudential (self-harm) aspects of such transgressions. It was hypothesized that focusing participants on the moral implications of engagement ofMotor Vehicle Screen Use would elicit empathy-related guilt and lead to a reduction in the behavior. Participants in the first wave (70.8% female; 28.8% male) were asked to imagine that they engaged in MVSU and had a head-on collision. They were then randomly assigned into one of three conditions, where either they (!-prudential condition) or the …

A Preliminary Study Of Mental Health And Wellness In The Veterinary Field In Pinellas County Florida, Mary L. Winemiller

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

The suicide rate for veterinarians has been steadily increasing over the last half-century, both across America and the world. However, there is a lack of awareness in the veterinary field regarding this issue as well as what increases veterinarians risk for suicidal ideation. The purpose of this study was to examine what work-related stressors are most common and most influential in the field of veterinary medicine in order to understand the underlying causes of the increased suicide rate among veterinarians. A Qualtrics© made questionnaire was sent through email messaging to 107 Pinellas County veterinarians from September 17 to October 22, …

The Politics Of Organic Food Consumption, Recycling And Solar Power Use, Ana Maria Quintero

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

The Republican and Democratic parties have long had different agendas, and I want to see if there is any evidence to suggest that Republicans are less supportive of environmental issues while Democrats are more supportive of environmental issues.1 There are many environmental issues, but I am interested in organic food consumption, recycling and solar energy. This research contains a literature review of these environmental subjects, a review of the two major political party platforms, an online survey of more than 100 USFSP students, and an analysis of the survey results. The most important finding is that there is no relationship …

What Type Of Training Predicts Adherence To Cbt-I Among Professionals Specializing In The Treatment Of Insomnia?, Mark D. Delguercio

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

This study explored the relationship between certain educational and professional variables that influence the adherence to empirically supported practices in cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I). The variables of interest included the practitioner’s level of training as measured by the number of hours of advanced training in CBT-I, the total number of hours practicing CBT-I out of the total annual clinical practice hours, and the total number of years practicing CBT-I. The final variable of interest was treatment preference and practice knowledge. The study used a one-time, cross-sectional, web-based survey. The participants consisted of 165 mental health and medical professionals of …

Instructing Students With Pediatric And Mental Health Conditions: Predictors Of Teachers’ Self-Efficacy, Rachel Allen

PCOM Psychology Dissertations

Teachers face unique challenges when teaching children who have individualized education plans (IEPs) and/or 504 plans, including managing problematic behaviors and knowing about the symptoms and accommodations necessary when children present with health conditions. The factors that predict teachers’ self-efficacy when working with these children have not been established. This was a quantitative retrospective design utilizing a survey of teachers’ past experiences teaching children with IEP’s and/or 504 plans. K-8 elementary school teachers were surveyed using the Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale for Children with IEP/504 Plans (2017), which was developed by the authors and was adapted from a previous measure, the …

Overexpression Of The Alfalfa Dnaj-Like Protein (Msdjlp) Gene Enhancestolerance To Chilling And Heat Stresses In Transgenic Tobacco Plants, Ki-Won Lee, Md. Atikur Rahman, Ki-Yong Kim, Gi Jun Choi, Joon-Yung Cha, Mi Sun Cheong, Abdullah Mohammad Shohael, Chris Jones, Sang Hoon Lee

Turkish Journal of Biology

n plant development and abiotic stress response processes. In this study, we examined the role of a HSP, the Medicago sativa DnaJ-like protein (MsDJLP), in alfalfa and its potential application for the development of abiotic stress tolerance in plants. We found that expression of the MsDJLP gene was induced by chilling (4 °C) and heat (42 °C), but not by cadmium (500 µM) or arsenic (500 µM) stresses. We then cloned the MsDJLP gene downstream of the strong constitutive CaMV 35S promoter and transformed it into tobacco plants. Ectopic expression of MsDJLP conferred enhanced tolerance to both chilling and heat …

Ultrasound-Enhanced Gene Delivery To Alfalfa Cells By Hpamam Dendrimer Nanoparticles, Amin Amani, Nasser Zare, Asadollah Asadi, Rasool Asghari Zakaria

Turkish Journal of Biology

Cationic polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers are highly branched nanoparticles with unique molecular properties, which make them promising nanocarriers for gene delivery into cells. This research evaluated the ability of hyperbranched PAMAM (hPAMAM)-G2 with a diethylenetriamine core to interact with DNA, its protection from ultrasonic damage, and delivery to alfalfa cells. Additionally, the effects of ultrasound on the efficacy of hPAMAM-G2 for the delivery and expression of the gusA gene in the alfalfa cells were investigated. The electrophoresis retardation of plasmid DNA occurred at an N/P ratio (where N is the number of hPAMAM nitrogen atoms and P is the number of …

Deep Sequencing Reveals Two Jurkat Subpopulations With Distinct Mirna Profiles During Camptothecin-Induced Apoptosis, İpek Erdoğan, Mehmet İlyas Coşacak, Ayten Nalbant Aldanmaz, Bünyami̇n Akgül

Turkish Journal of Biology

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs of about 19-25 nt that regulate gene expression posttranscriptionally under various cellular conditions, including apoptosis. The miRNAs involved in modulation of apoptotic events in T cells are partially known. However, heterogeneity associated with cell lines makes it difficult to interpret gene expression signatures, especially in cancer-related cell lines. Treatment of the Jurkat T-cell leukemia cell line with the universal apoptotic drug, camptothecin, resulted in identification of two Jurkat subpopulations: one that is sensitive to camptothecin and another that is rather intrinsically resistant. We sorted apoptotic Jurkat cells from nonapoptotic ones prior to profiling miRNAs …

Recombinant Outer Membrane Protein Q And Putative Lipoprotein From Bordetella Pertussis Inducing Strong Humoral Response Were Not Protective Alone In The Murine Lung Colonization Model, Çi̇ğdem Yilmaz, Erkan Özcengi̇z, Gülay Özcengi̇z

Turkish Journal of Biology

Despite high vaccination coverage after introduction of whole cell (wP) and acellular pertussis (aP) vaccines, pertussis resurgence has been reported in many countries. aP vaccines are commonly preferred due to side effects of wP vaccines and formulated with aluminum hydroxide (Alum), which is not an effective adjuvant to eliminate Bordetella pertussis. Low efficiency of current aP vaccines is thought to be the main reason for the resurgence for which newer generation aP vaccines are needed. In the present study, immunogenicity and protective efficacy of outer membrane protein Q (OmpQ) and a putative lipoprotein (Lpp) from B. pertussis were investigated in …