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Residue: Worlds That Inhabit Us, Corrine Binnings Jan 2019

Residue: Worlds That Inhabit Us, Corrine Binnings

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

As humans, we walk through this world hauling remnants of all our individual and collective experiences. We are composites of the things we have seen, been through, the things that have touched our lives and marked us permanently. We are, ourselves, residues of the things that shape the worlds we inhabit and the worlds that inhabit us. On a collective level, people of the Caribbean, particularly those of African descent, are residues of a colonial past that was fraught with violence on every level and a successive local legislature that continues to perpetuate much of the exploitative practices of colonialism. …

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Predicting Melanoma Risk From Electronic Health Records With Machine Learning Techniques, Aaron N. Richter Jan 2019

Predicting Melanoma Risk From Electronic Health Records With Machine Learning Techniques, Aaron N. Richter

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Melanoma is one of the fastest growing cancers in the world, and can affect patients earlier in life than most other cancers. Therefore, it is imperative to be able to identify patients at high risk for melanoma and enroll them in screening programs to detect the cancer early. Electronic health records collect an enormous amount of data about real-world patient encounters, treatments, and outcomes. This data can be mined to increase our understanding of melanoma as well as build personalized models to predict risk of developing the cancer. Cancer risk models built from structured clinical data are limited in current …

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Punctuated Identities In Contemporary Italian Cinema, Vincenza Iadevaia Jan 2019

Punctuated Identities In Contemporary Italian Cinema, Vincenza Iadevaia

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

At a time of major political disruption in Italy, this dissertation aims to explore the landscape of contemporary Italian Cinema in connection with the nation’s new demographic trends and social configurations. Focusing on a selected, inherently representative group of filmmakers, the current study proposes a new form of film theory that sees the emergence and recognition of multi-ethnic filmmaking in a hitherto largely monocultural context as an indicator of a profound cultural transformation rather than a mere aesthetic tendency. The critical terminology I propose, “punctuated identitties,” document the characteristics of contemporary filmmakers, since they cannot be easily defined under the …

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Semi-Autonomous Control Of Robotic Arm With Haptic Feedback And Closed Loop Force Controller, Mostapha Al-Saidi Jan 2019

Semi-Autonomous Control Of Robotic Arm With Haptic Feedback And Closed Loop Force Controller, Mostapha Al-Saidi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This thesis presents the work done to deliver a robotic system that provides assistance to operators at nuclear waste cleaning facilities. The work done to deliver such system was focused on robotic control and tactile sensing abilities. Haptic feedback mechanism was also added to the system to convey information for the operator. First chapter of the thesis introduces the goals and objectives of this project as well as a detailed literature review on the subsystems used. Second chapter presents previous work done in the area of soft robotics. Such work proved important as the haptic feedback mechanism utilizes a soft …

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Role Of The N-Terminal Hydrophilic Region Of Amyloid Beta Peptide In Amyloidogenesis, Membrane Interaction And Toxicity Associated With Alzheimer’S Disease, Clifford M. Morris Jan 2019

Role Of The N-Terminal Hydrophilic Region Of Amyloid Beta Peptide In Amyloidogenesis, Membrane Interaction And Toxicity Associated With Alzheimer’S Disease, Clifford M. Morris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a deleterious neurodegenerative disease caused in major part by the aberrant processing and accumulation of amyloid beta peptides. In this dissertation, we systematically investigated the role of N-terminal region (NTR) residues of amyloid (1-40) (Aβ40) peptide in amyloidogenesis, lipid bilayer membrane interaction and damage, as well as neurotoxicity. Herein, we investigated the role of NTR residues on the aggregation and amyloid fibril formation process, to gain understanding on the electrostatic and hydrophobic constituents of the mechanism. This was achieved by substituting specific charged residues located in the NTR of Aβ40 and investigating their effects through a …

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Self-Assembling Of Neutral And Charged Nanoparticles Into Core-Shell Nanohybrids Through Heteroaggregation With Size Control, Kazi Albab Hussain Jan 2019

Self-Assembling Of Neutral And Charged Nanoparticles Into Core-Shell Nanohybrids Through Heteroaggregation With Size Control, Kazi Albab Hussain

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Core-shell nanohybrids have wide applications in pollutant degradation. In this study, core-shell nanohybrid was formed through heteroaggregation between neutral nanoparticles (i.e., hematite nanoparticles or HemNPs) and charged nanoparticles (i.e., carboxylated polystyrene nanoparticles or PSNPs). In the dispersant solution of 1 mM NaCl at pH 6.3, HemNPs were neutral and underwent favorable homoaggregation, whereas PSNPs were negatively charged and underwent no homoaggregation. When the two types of particles were mixed, homoaggregation of HemNPs and heteroaggregation between HemNPs and PSNPs took place simultaneously, forming HemNPs-PSNPs heteroaggregates. The transmission electron microscopy images of heteroaggregates show that HemNPs and PSNPs formed core-shell structure in …

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Skeletons In The Closet: Missed Collections And Nagpra Compliance At Florida Atlantic University, Branden S. Young Jan 2019

Skeletons In The Closet: Missed Collections And Nagpra Compliance At Florida Atlantic University, Branden S. Young

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) curates several collections containing Native American human skeletal remains. Some of these collections have not been inventoried nor have they been registered in the National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) database. As such, FAU is out of compliance with federal regulation and at risk of incurring penalties. I have inventoried the human remains and determined the minimum number of individuals for three of these collections (Canal Point 2, Canal Point 3 and Belle Glade Mound). I have also compiled both an archaeological and cultural history for these sites, as well as participated in …

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Stroke Prevention In A Neighborhood With A High Incidence Of Stroke: Exploring A Community’S Understanding, Joy Sessa Jan 2019

Stroke Prevention In A Neighborhood With A High Incidence Of Stroke: Exploring A Community’S Understanding, Joy Sessa

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Stroke continues to plague the United States, affecting 795,000 people annually. Although stroke mortality has decreased, the overall incidence of stroke appears essentially unchanged. With a population that is projected to increase in age and stroke risk over the next 10-15 years, this is concerning. Current stroke prevention education may not be adequately tailored to community learning needs. Analyzing existing demographic data within electronic medical records may allow healthcare systems to identify high-risk neighborhoods by geocoding stroke diagnoses and then completing a qualitative analysis within the target community of specific stroke knowledge deficits. That information may then inform stroke prevention …

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Survival And Resistance: ‘Disidentification’ In British Migrant Literature, Taylor Blasko Eftimov Jan 2019

Survival And Resistance: ‘Disidentification’ In British Migrant Literature, Taylor Blasko Eftimov

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This thesis examines different forms that ‘disidentification,’ as defined by Lisa Lowe and José Esteban Muñoz, takes in Bluebird: A Memoir by Vesna Maric and The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. I further define ‘disidentification’ by narrowing down to two types that I coin ‘social disidentification’ and ‘political disidentification.’ I use ‘social disidentification’ as a model of survival and ‘political disidentification’ as a model of resistance. Throughout, I examine how the construct of multiculturalism effects the formation of migrant identities and because of this I look at which type of ‘disidentification’ the migrant will align with. By examining migrant identities …

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Summary Judgement At Dachau: Exploiting The Massacre Of Ss Guards By Allied Liberating Troops At Dachau, Stephen C. Krzeminski Jan 2019

Summary Judgement At Dachau: Exploiting The Massacre Of Ss Guards By Allied Liberating Troops At Dachau, Stephen C. Krzeminski

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This research analyzes how American soldiers reacted to the Dachau concentration camp, and offers statistics that counter the arguments made by Holocaust deniers and revisionists. It compares how the Soviets, British, and Americans conducted themselves as they freed other prisoners, and discusses why every camp liberation was dissimilar. Evidence gathered from the liberators who executed the SS disproves the argument that they were premediated killers and emphasizes how unique Dachau’s conditions were on the day of liberation, when compared to other concentration camps. It also directly refutes many arguments made by Holocaust deniers, and addresses their erroneous narratives, statistics, and …

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Streamlining Clinical Detection Of Alzheimer’S Disease Using Electronic Health Records And Machine Learning Techniques, Michael J. Kleiman Jan 2019

Streamlining Clinical Detection Of Alzheimer’S Disease Using Electronic Health Records And Machine Learning Techniques, Michael J. Kleiman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Alzheimer’s disease is typically detected using a combination of cognitive-behavioral assessment exams and interviews of both the patient and a family member or caregiver, both administered and interpreted by a trained physician. This procedure, while standard in medical practice, can be time consuming and expensive for both the patient and the diagnostician especially because proper training is required to interpret the collected information and determine an appropriate diagnosis. The use of machine learning techniques to augment diagnostic procedures has been previously examined in limited capacity but to date no research examines real-world medical applications of predictive analytics for health records …

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The Competing Roles Of Legal And Social Oppression On Black Americans, Katherine Wilson Mccoy Jan 2019

The Competing Roles Of Legal And Social Oppression On Black Americans, Katherine Wilson Mccoy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

It is an axiom among both researchers and the public that American perceptions of the police are racially divided. Previous studies have traditionally focused on interracial perceptions, and have found support for social variables (e.g. education) and legal variables (e.g. prior arrest). The current study seeks to determine if legal oppression or social oppression are better predictors of negative attitudes toward the police among a sample of black university students. Ordinary least squares regression seeks determine which set of factors better predict police perceptions. This intra-racial examination allows future research to parse nuances among police perceptions in the black community. …

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Symbolic Meanings Of The Pacific Ocean Among The Peruvian Fishermen–Surfers From Huanchaco Beach, Ricardo M. Sabogal–Suji Jan 2019

Symbolic Meanings Of The Pacific Ocean Among The Peruvian Fishermen–Surfers From Huanchaco Beach, Ricardo M. Sabogal–Suji

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Traditional Peruvian fishermen–surfers from Huanchaco Beach have been surfing the waves of the Pacific Ocean and fishing from their caballitos de totora (reed fishing boats) since ancient times. To some, the near Apu Campana (tutelary mountain) protects the fishermen–surfers form the dangers of sea fishing. And according to the forensic iconographical (corresponding human remains and iconography) and ethnohistorical data, the fishermen–surfers or Huanchaqueros have been fishing and surfing in the waters for at least 1900 years. Huanchaco Beach’s modern events such as The Sea Festival, The Salty Foot Contest, The Saint Peter Festival, and various surfing events are related to …

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The Effect Of The Mentoring Experience On The Mentors Of College Students With Intellectual Disabilities, Gwendolyn C. Carey Jan 2019

The Effect Of The Mentoring Experience On The Mentors Of College Students With Intellectual Disabilities, Gwendolyn C. Carey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Peer, staff, and faculty members who mentored college students with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) completed self-reflections and digital interviews, and participated in focus groups. The information was used to determine whether the mentoring experience affected their attitudes and beliefs regarding individuals with ID as well as whether mentor personal growth occurred as a result of participation in the mentoring experience. The research suggested that participants from all groups of mentees did experience a change in their attitudes and beliefs regarding those with ID. Those changes in attitude and beliefs were overwhelmingly positive. Peer, staff, and faculty mentors also reported many benefits …

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The Effects Of Motivational Interviewing On Minority Clients In Vocational Rehabilitation, Cindy Khan-Jordan Jan 2019

The Effects Of Motivational Interviewing On Minority Clients In Vocational Rehabilitation, Cindy Khan-Jordan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Motivation can foster engagement in the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program leading to benefits that can potentially result in sustainable employment. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of Motivational Interviewing using the Motivation Curriculum for Vocation Rehabilitation Consumers (MCRC) on stages of change, self-determination, functional disability limitations awareness and life satisfaction on minority and non-minority VR clients with disabilities that had open cases with The Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.

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The Effects Of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy On Mindfulness, Self-Reflection, Insight, And Psychological Well-Being In Veterans, Carol A. Reive Jan 2019

The Effects Of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy On Mindfulness, Self-Reflection, Insight, And Psychological Well-Being In Veterans, Carol A. Reive

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to investigate the effects of equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP) on mindfulness, self-reflection, insight, and psychological well-being in an adult veteran population with mental health concerns. Specific aims were (1) to determine the effect of EAP on mindfulness, self-reflection, insight, and psychological well-being in veterans with psychiatric diagnoses or mental health concerns; and (2) to describe the relationship of the sociodemographic characteristics (age, ethnicity, gender, education level, income, and deployment history) to mindfulness, self-reflection, insight, and psychological well-being of adult veterans with mental health concerns engaged in EAP. Smith’s (1999) theory of unitary caring provided …

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The Engagement Practices Of Teachers In A Select Elementary School Of Palm Beach County: Qualitative Study, Amgad Hirmina Jan 2019

The Engagement Practices Of Teachers In A Select Elementary School Of Palm Beach County: Qualitative Study, Amgad Hirmina

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to describe the interactive teaching methods of full-time elementary school teachers who worked in a highly ranked public elementary school located in Palm Beach County in South Florida, United States (the School District of Palm Beach County, 2019). The dissertation identified methods used by these teachers to enhance interaction between themselves and students in their classes. Objectives of the study were to explore: (1) the verbal and non-verbal activities used by the teachers to engage their students in the learning process in their classes; (2) the creative thinking process of the teachers; …

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The Impact Of 21st Century Television Representation On Women Of Color: Colorism Myth Or Reality, Alisha Renae Erves Jan 2019

The Impact Of 21st Century Television Representation On Women Of Color: Colorism Myth Or Reality, Alisha Renae Erves

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This thesis examined how colorism impacts the representation of young women of color in 21st century television shows. The thesis focused on how colorism affects one’s idea of beauty and self-esteem, and how young women are portrayed. A content analysis of five television programs (Black-ish, Dear White People, Empire, Grown-ish, and The Carmichael Show) were analyzed. Through the analysis, darker complexion women were analyzed and it was found negative attributes were used to describe them in terms of beauty, and for lighter skinned females positives attributes were used throughout the show. In the five episodes examined that aired in the …

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The Gendered Rhetoric Of Product Design: Why Are You Over Paying For Your Gender?, Shannon Rose Mcginley Jan 2019

The Gendered Rhetoric Of Product Design: Why Are You Over Paying For Your Gender?, Shannon Rose Mcginley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This thesis identifies the price inconstancies between male and female consumer personal care products, such as razors and deodorants. Economic research suggests consumers purchase products based on their willingness to pay, which depends upon satisfaction granted from the product. If this is true, the question must be asked: what grants these consumers high satisfaction from product purchasing? To answer this question, this thesis investigates the rhetorical effect that stems from product design. Using a rhetorical criticism technique, I analyze how product design allows consumers to project their gender identity. I assert that consumers are interpellated to choose products based on …

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The Impact Of Florida Senate Bill 1720 On Student Performance In Mathematics, Olivia Aleida Shand Jan 2019

The Impact Of Florida Senate Bill 1720 On Student Performance In Mathematics, Olivia Aleida Shand

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of Florida Senate Bill 1720 on student performance in Mathematics. Prior to its enactment, placement testing was mandatory in the State of Florida. The results determined if a student was required to enroll in any developmental courses prior to enrolling in college-level Mathematics courses. For many students, particularly those at the State College level, this extended the number of required courses, lengthening the path to completion for a volume of students. The results over time proved a costly burden on institutions that serve populations of students not prepared to …

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The Impact Of Female English Language Arts Teachers’ Intersectionality On Pedagogy, Jillian Berson Jan 2019

The Impact Of Female English Language Arts Teachers’ Intersectionality On Pedagogy, Jillian Berson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This mixed-methods phenomenological bounded case study sought to uncover how who teachers are as people impacts what they do in their classrooms. The study examined how teachers’ personal lives (e.g., backgrounds and prior knowledge), their experiences with intersectionality (e.g., race, class, gender, and sexual orientation), and professional lives (e.g., pedagogical beliefs and curricular choices) influence one another. The sample for this student consisted of seven high school female English Language Arts teachers who were teaching the required text, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Lee (1960). Through the use of survey questionnaires, interviews, document analysis of unit lesson plans, and a …

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The Impacts Of Living Arrangements, Healthy Aging, And Well-Being Among Older Thai Adults, Usar Suragarn Jan 2019

The Impacts Of Living Arrangements, Healthy Aging, And Well-Being Among Older Thai Adults, Usar Suragarn

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this exploratory-descriptive study was to compare the different living arrangements of older Thai adults on healthy aging and well-being in those attending the elderly school. The specific aims of this study were (1) to describe demographic characteristics, and (2) to identify differences between the outcomes the Thai Healthy Aging Instrument (HAI) and the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) in older Thai adults 60 years and older based on the types of living arrangements. The Convoy Model of Social Relations was used as a guide for understanding the multifactorial nature of the social connection (Kahn & Antonucci, 1980). A …

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The Influence Of Context And Perceptual Load On Object Recognition, Mohammed Islam Jan 2019

The Influence Of Context And Perceptual Load On Object Recognition, Mohammed Islam

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Forster and Lavie (2008) and Lavie, Lin, Zokaei and Thoma (2009) have demonstrated that meaningful stimuli, such as objects, are ignored under conditions of high perceptual load but not low. However, objects are seldom presented without context in the real world. Given that context can reduce the threshold for object recognition (Barenholtz, 2013), is it possible for context to reduce the processing load of objects such that they can be processed under high load? In the first experiment, I attempted to obtain similar findings of the aforementioned studies by replicating their paradigm with photographs of real-world objects. The findings of …

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The Influence Of State Performance-Based Funding On Public Historically Black Colleges And Universities: A Case Study Of Race And Power, Kayla C. Elliott Jan 2019

The Influence Of State Performance-Based Funding On Public Historically Black Colleges And Universities: A Case Study Of Race And Power, Kayla C. Elliott

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

More than 30 states currently implement some form of outcomes or performancebased funding for public two-year and/or four-year institutions of higher education. Thirteen of these states have public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Every state’s higher education governance and power relationships are a unique compilation of internal and external entities such as the governor, governing boards, policymakers, higher education staff and advisors, and the institution’s administration, faculty, students, and alumni. Each entity holds power over the HBCU or its state policy context.

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The Interplay Of Dominance, Power, And Prosociality In Interpersonal Relationships, Corinne Gilad Jan 2019

The Interplay Of Dominance, Power, And Prosociality In Interpersonal Relationships, Corinne Gilad

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The current studies examined the interplay of dominance and power in their effects on various forms of prosociality, along with potential mechanisms that may account for their differential effects. Study 1 found that dominance and power had opposing effects on general prosocial tendencies, with dominance negatively relating to and power positively relating to general prosociality. Study 2 found the negative effects of dominance to be consistent both for general and relationship-specific prosociality. The effects of power were not replicated for the outcomes shared with Study 1, but other positive associations were found between power and prosocial propensities. Indirect effects in …

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The Physiological And Psychological Effects Of Breastfeeding On Subsequent Mother-Infant Bonding, Jamayne F. Potts Jan 2019

The Physiological And Psychological Effects Of Breastfeeding On Subsequent Mother-Infant Bonding, Jamayne F. Potts

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This work examines the individual and comprehensive effects of oxytocin, maternal depression, and breastfeeding on the mother-infant bond. Self-report measures are used to illustrate differences in behavior, temperament, and maternal feelings towards her infant and her experiences associated with motherhood. Based on previous literature highlighting the protective and beneficial effects of oxytocin during maternity, results from this longitudinal study examining mother-infant dyads from prenatal to three-months postpartum are aimed to combine psycho-social and biological components associated with child rearing to form a complete understanding of the mother-infant bonding system. While our research provides support for certain psycho social components by …

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The Perspectives Of Black Church Leaders On Their Roles In The Empowerment Of Black Male Students, Deborah King Mcewan Jan 2019

The Perspectives Of Black Church Leaders On Their Roles In The Empowerment Of Black Male Students, Deborah King Mcewan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This qualitative interpretive study was designed to understand the perspectives of Black church leaders on their roles in addressing the educational concerns of Black male students. The underlying theoretical framework drew from critical/social justice pedagogy contextualized in the transformative role of Black churches as advocated by scholars. The study investigated the critical reflections and praxis of 13 leaders, who represented three generational eras, which included Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y. In a two-phase interview process, participants reflected on their roles in addressing the systems of power and privilege, which impairs the academic performance of Black male students. An …

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The Women Behind The Camera: The Reclamation Of Body, Pleasure, And Physical Space Through Experimental Film And Video, 1965-1975, Erin M. Herbert Jan 2019

The Women Behind The Camera: The Reclamation Of Body, Pleasure, And Physical Space Through Experimental Film And Video, 1965-1975, Erin M. Herbert

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This study investigates the use of film and video as political tools for women to promote collectivity, raise consciousness, and incite both social and political change. Through textual analysis of seven experimental films and videos, from the years 1965-1975, it is apparent that women used techniques of reclamation of three major aspects of identity formation—namely, body, pleasure, and physical space—to individually take steps toward liberation, while adding to the social phenomenon of second-wave feminism. Through this analysis the following question is addressed: how, and why, did the female media makers of the women’s liberation movement and sexual revolution implement both …

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Thermodynamic Profiles Of The Interactions Of Suramin, Chondroitin Sulfate, And Pentosan Polysulfate With The Inhibitory Domain Of Tissue Inhibitor Of Metalloproteinases 3, Timothy Logue Jan 2019

Thermodynamic Profiles Of The Interactions Of Suramin, Chondroitin Sulfate, And Pentosan Polysulfate With The Inhibitory Domain Of Tissue Inhibitor Of Metalloproteinases 3, Timothy Logue

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-3 (TIMP-3) is a protein with multiple functions that include regulating the turnover of the extracellular matrix (ECM) by inhibiting members of the metzincin family. Extracellular levels of soluble TIMP-3 are low, reflecting its binding to components of the ECM including sulfated glycosaminoglycans (SGAGs) and its endocytosis by low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1. Because TIMP-3 inhibits ECM-degrading enzymes, the ability of SGAG mimetics to elevate extracellular concentrations of TIMP3 is of interest for osteoarthritis treatment. However, previous studies of such interactions have utilized immobilized forms of the protein or ligands. Here we have quantified the thermodynamics …

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The Relationship Among Healthy Work Environments, Nurse Caring, And Nursing-Sensitive Patient Outcomes In Magnet Hospitals, Linda Franciose Cassidy Jan 2019

The Relationship Among Healthy Work Environments, Nurse Caring, And Nursing-Sensitive Patient Outcomes In Magnet Hospitals, Linda Franciose Cassidy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among Healthy Work Environments (HWEs), nurse caring behaviors, and nursing-sensitive patient outcomes, specifically catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), patient falls with injury, and hospital-associated pressure injuries (HAPIs) Stage 2 and above in Magnet hospitals. A descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative, study was conducted between January 1, 2018, and February 28, 2018, in seven Magnet-designated hospitals in a large faith-based system in the United States. A convenience, non-probability, purposive sample of permanently employed, direct-care RNs assigned to inpatient adult medical-surgical, telemetry, progressive care, stepdown, and critical care units were eligible to participate in …

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