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The Current Volume 29 : Issue 11, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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Stranger Danger!, Aimee Wodda

Journal of Family Strengths

This article discusses the historical origins of the “stranger danger” myth, including the conditions that fueled the spread of panic. It explains how the myth was bolstered by increased media coverage, emotional appeals by parents, and public awareness campaigns. A number of important terms are defined and statistical information about child abductions in the United States is provided. Constructionist critiques of the “missing children” problem are explored as well as work that looks at the phenomenon through the lens of moral panic. A variety of social, legal, and ethical implications are discussed. The final sections assert the dangers of the …

Reframing Human Trafficking: From A Criminal Justice Problem To A Social Justice Issue, Rebecca Pfeffer

Journal of Family Strengths

Laws addressing human trafficking have been passed in all 50 U.S. states as well as at the federal level. Although laws serve an important function in establishing social norms against a behavior, they can also create a belief that it is the responsibility of law enforcement to curb that behavior. Law enforcement and other actors in the criminal justice system have a critical role to play in addressing the problem of human trafficking, but this is not a problem that they can solve alone. A multipronged strategy engaging the fields of public health, medicine, social work, and criminal justice as …

Sez Who? Critical Legal History Without A Privileged Position, John Henry Schlegel

Contributions to Books

Published as Chapter 30 in Oxford Handbook of Historical Legal Research, Markus D. Dubber & Christopher Tomlins, eds.

Scholars active in the Critical Legal Studies movement of the 1980s regularly attacked the scholarship of liberal legalist scholars by using a variety of then contemporary epistemological theories that argued for the impossibility of any observer attaining a neutral position from which to observe social activities. Somewhat surprisingly, liberal legalist scholars seldom turned this criticism back at the work of CLS scholars who themselves never criticized their own work as they did that of other scholars. The examination of several pieces of …

Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling Of Students' Dietary Intentions/Behaviors, Bmi, And The Healthfulness Of Convenience Stores., Tanya M. Horacek, Elif Dede Yildirim, Kendra Kattelmann, Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Onikia Brown, Sarah E. Colby, Geoffrey Greene, Sharon Hoerr, Tandalayo Kidd, Mallory Koenings, Jesse Morrell, Melissa D. Olfert, Beatrice Phillips, Karla P. Shelnutt, Adrienne A. White

Health and Nutritional Sciences Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: When dietary behaviors are habitual, intentions are low, and environmental cues, such as the consumer food environment, might guide behavior. How might intentions to eat healthily and ultimately actual dietary behaviors, be influenced by the consumer food environment (including the availability and affordability of healthy foods) in convenience stores? This study will determine pathways between the healthfulness of convenience stores and college students' dietary intentions/behaviors, and body mass index (BMI).
METHODS: Through multilevel structural equation modeling, a comparison was made of students' healthful meal intentions (HMI); intake (fruits/vegetables, %kcal/fat, sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and whole-grains); and measured BMI; as well …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

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St-08 - North Dakota - 2001-04-21, Susan Dingle

State Representatives

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St-07 - New Mexico - 2018-10-23, Bradley Carrington

State Representatives

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A Novel Mode Of Capping Protein-Regulation By Twinfilin, Adam B. Johnston, Denise M. Hilton, Patrick Mcconnell, Britney Johnson, Meghan T. Harris, Avital Simone, Gaya K. Amarasinghe, John A. Cooper, Bruce L. Goode

Open Access Publications

Cellular actin assembly is controlled at the barbed ends of actin filaments, where capping protein (CP) limits polymerization. Twinfilin is a conserved in vivo binding partner of CP, yet the significance of this interaction has remained a mystery. Here, we discover that the C-terminal tail of Twinfilin harbors a CP-interacting (CPI) motif, identifying it as a novel CPI-motif protein. Twinfilin and the CPI-motif protein CARMIL have overlapping binding sites on CP. Further, Twinfilin binds competitively with CARMIL to CP, protecting CP from barbed-end displacement by CARMIL. Twinfilin also accelerates dissociation of the CP inhibitor V-1, restoring CP to an active …

Charles W. Bolen Faculty Recital Series, Isu Faculty Jazz Ensemble: Paul Nolen, Saxophone; Kevin Hart, Piano; Bill Koehler, Bass; Tom Marko, Drums; October 23, 2018, Paul Nolen, Kevin Hart, Bill Koehler, Tom Marko

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
October 23, 2018
Tuesday Evening
8:00 p.m.

Depth Estimation Based On Pyramid Normalized Cross-Correlation Algorithm For Vergence Control, A Mohamed, Pf Culverhouse, A Cangelosi, C Yang

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

OAPA A depth estimation algorithm based on vergence vision using a mechanical joint attached to two cameras is proposed. A Gaussian pyramid template-matching approach is used to align the view of the slave camera to the fixation point of the master camera. The master camera uses an object detection algorithm to find the target’s centroid and centers it relative to the image coordinates. Then, vergence movement of the slave camera is performed using a pyramid normalized cross-correlation algorithm. Simple geometric triangulation is employed to compute the depth of that target. This proposed method was implemented using an active binocular vision …

Synergistic Effects Of Temperature And Salinity On The Gene Expression And Physiology Of Crassostrea Virginica, Hollis Jones

LSU Master's Theses

Crassostrea virginica, the eastern oyster, forms reefs that provide critical services and benefits to the resiliency of the surrounding ecosystem. Changes in environmental conditions, including salinity and temperature, can dramatically alter the services oysters provide by affecting their population dynamics. Climate warming may further exacerbate the effects of salinity changes as precipitation events increase in frequency, intensity, and duration. Temperature and salinity independently and synergistically influence gene expression and physiology in marine organisms. We used comparative transcriptomics, physiology, and a field assessment experiment to investigate whether Louisianan oyster are changing their phenotypes to cope with increased temperature and salinity …

Tidal-, Wind-, And Buoyancy-Driven Dynamics In The Barataria Estuary And Its Impact On Estuarine-Shelf Exchange Processes, Linlin Cui

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

A three-dimensional, high-resolution, Finite-Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM) was used to study the dynamics of Barataria Estuary located in the Southeastern Louisiana. Three numerical experiments with different discharge scenarios, including the actual discharge (average ~ 160 m³ s^-1) from the Davis Pond Diversion (DPD) over three months from April to June 2010, no discharge (NO), and the proposed Mid-Barataria Diversion (MBD) with a constant discharge of 850 m³ s^-1, were conducted to investigate the impacts of river diversions on salinity gradients and residence times in the estuary. The three-month average salinity indicated that surface …

First-Principles Study On The Catalytic Role Of Cerium Dioxide In The Conversion Of Organic Compounds, Chuanlin Zhao

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Ceria is an earth-abundant material that has been widely used in heterogeneous catalysis, environmental catalysis, and energy applications thanks for its ability to readily convert between different oxidation states. The objective of this study is to theoretically elucidate the reaction mechanisms for the conversion of model organic compounds on ceria, in order to gain insights for the design of cost-effective and selective ceria-based catalysts. Acetaldehyde, acetic acid, and para-nitrophenyl phosphate monoester were selected as the model compounds to probe ceria surfaces. Density functional theory calculations can provide accurate predictions of adsorption and reaction energetics, which can be used to …

Equipping Tomorrow's Historical Ecologist: Priorities For Documenting Conditions Of The Terrestrial Fauna Of Santa Cruz Island, California, Christina L. Boser, T. Scott Sillett, Paul W. Collins, Kathryn R. Faulkner, W. Chris Funk, Cameron K. Ghalambor, Lyndal Laughrin, Gregory B. Pauly, Jeanne M. Robertson, Robyn Shea, Winston Vickers

Western North American Naturalist

Historical ecological research provides valuable insights for contemporary conservation management. Gaps in historical records, however, can limit the utility of that research. Future conservationists may therefore find themselves disadvantaged by the current societal trend of underinvestment in systematic collection of museum specimens and natural history information. To reduce that risk, we asked what managers and scientists could do today to better document the past and present conditions of Santa Cruz Island, California, as a means to improve both contemporary and future conservation. We focused our inquiry on the island’s terrestrial fauna, which includes numerous taxa of conservation concern. Here we …

Diffusion Tensor Imaging: Failing Daubert And Fed. R. Evid. 702 In Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation, Andrew Lehmkuhl

University of Cincinnati Law Review

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Research Rundown: Innovative Science At The Wet Lab, Jill Rodrigues

Featured News Story

A look at three students’ unique research projects that aim to advance marine science and improving the environment.

Pseudemys C. Texana, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Pseudemys c. texana

Pseudemys Felis, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Pseudemys felis

Pseudemys Felis, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Pseudemys felis

Pseudemys Felis, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Pseudemys felis

Pseudemys F. Hoyi, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Pseudemys f. hoyi

Pseudemys F. Peninsularis, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Pseudemys f. peninsularis

Pseudemys F. Peninsularis, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Pseudemys f. peninsularis

Pseudemys Rubriventris, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Pseudemys rubriventris

Pseudemys Nelsoni, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Pseudemys nelsoni

Deirochelys Reticularia, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Deirochelys reticularia

Pseudemys Rubriventris, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Pseudemys rubriventris

Deirochelys Reticularia, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Deirochelys reticularia

Deirochelys Reticularia, Roger W. Barbour

Roger W. Barbour Slide Collection

Deirochelys reticularia