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Development And Characterization Of Polyethylene Terephthalate (Pet)-Cotton Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites From Waste Materials, Israel Alejandro Carrete
Development And Characterization Of Polyethylene Terephthalate (Pet)-Cotton Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites From Waste Materials, Israel Alejandro Carrete
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Unprecedented levels of production and consumption have caused a rapid exhaustion of the Earth's virgin resources, which is coupled with a fast accumulation of contaminants in the form of solid waste, especially in landfills. Two significant landfill constituents come from textile waste and discarded plastic bottles. Since there is a finite amount of space that can be feasibly used for landfills, solutions that make use of these post-consumer products are imperative. This study presents one possible solution by using surface modifications of cotton fibers to produce a natural fiber-reinforced polymer composite (NFRPC) from post-consumer textile waste and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) …
Nietzsche And The Aestheticization Of The Natural Sciences, Sean Dillard
Nietzsche And The Aestheticization Of The Natural Sciences, Sean Dillard
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
This Thesis is an exploration of Friedrich Nietzsche's dictum that life only justifies itself aesthetically. Given his attempt to physiologize aesthetics, this project attempts to show the value of the parallels and reciprocities between taste, style, beauty, and good health for scientists - especially natural scientists. It hopes to show something valuable about what late-modern scientific practice lost, especially in the context of the departmentalization of the sciences in universities. Specifically, I argue, disentangling scientific practice from philosophical concerns - the death of what used to be natural philosophy - has resulted in worse scientists, worse scientific practice, and a …
Exploring The Association Between Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder And Social Connectedness With Quality Of Life Among High-Risk Hispanic Women Living In The U.S.-Mexico Border: A Mixed Methods Approach, Tamanna Ferdous
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Quality of life (QOL) is an emerging significant public health concern. The QOL among the women living in the U.S.-MX border region is different than that of other parts of the United States. The unique characteristics of U.S.-MX border include lower socioeconomic status, immigration and acculturation challenges. These along with social, structural, and regional norms place individuals, particularly women, living in this region at high-risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorder (SUD), weakened social connectedness, and domestic violence, which in turn affect their QOL. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of PTSD and social …
Psychologically Satisfying: Exploring Client Experiences With Dynamics Of Shared Decision-Making In Care From Prescribing Psychologists, Ashley Graboski-Bauer
Psychologically Satisfying: Exploring Client Experiences With Dynamics Of Shared Decision-Making In Care From Prescribing Psychologists, Ashley Graboski-Bauer
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to explore the field of prescribing psychology as it is practiced by providers and experienced by clients in New Mexico. Prescribing psychology is an emerging field of hybrid mental healthcare in which psychologists with special post-doctoral training can obtain prescriptive authority in certain jurisdictions. The study sought to take a client-centered approach to investigating the type and quality of care provided to clients by prescribing psychologists (RxPs). This study included a provider survey of knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding health literacy and shared decision-making, and a client survey of satisfaction and experiences with care …
Unveiling Veiled Voices: Understanding The Experiences Of Muslim Women Who Wear The Hijab In Public Spaces, Mohammed Sakip Iddrisu
Unveiling Veiled Voices: Understanding The Experiences Of Muslim Women Who Wear The Hijab In Public Spaces, Mohammed Sakip Iddrisu
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
In view of the invisibility of Arab(ic)-Islamic rhetorics and the dominance of scholarship on Christian rhetorical traditions in rhetorical studies alongside an increased visibility of public rhetorics about Islamic women in American politics, this research explores the experiences and performances of veiled Muslim women in public spaces. While much of rhetorical scholarship on public spheres focuses on public talk or the circulation of public texts, in this study, I, together with six veiled Muslim women in El Paso, Texas, explore how veiled Muslim women navigate the hijab's visibility as a marker of difference with strangers-simultaneously performing and provoking performative public …
Art As A Mediating Tool: Children And Learning In A Music And Arts-Based After School Program, Claudia Saldana
Art As A Mediating Tool: Children And Learning In A Music And Arts-Based After School Program, Claudia Saldana
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
This study explores the experiences of primarily Latina/o children with learning music in a Music and Arts-Based Program (MABP) the context of a low-income neighborhood on the U.S- Mexico border. This year-long ethnographic study was conducted in an after-school art program in the Rio Grande Elementary School, in a low-income neighborhood located within one-mile of the U.S.-Mexico border. The purpose of the study is to understand how music and art can be used as a mediating tool for children to construct social and cognitive learning within a culturally diverse community, thus, enhancing the social environment in which they interact. The …
Reanimation (Afterlife Rebellion Book 1), Nicole A. White
Reanimation (Afterlife Rebellion Book 1), Nicole A. White
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Reanimation (Afterlife Rebellion Book 1) is the first book in a young adult science fiction and fantasy duology about a group of ghosts and a teenage necromancer who must come to terms with a corrupted afterlife. The overarching goal was to craft an accessible fantasy, with its characters being unfamiliar with genre conventions so that readers who were as well could have an entry point into the category, and familiar readers could enjoy new interpretations of the canon. Traditional character archetypes and stereotypes that have been proven to impede representation in the genre and deter new readership are subverted or …
Fishers' Ecological Knowledge And Stable Isotope Analysis: A Social-Ecological Systems Approach To Endangered Species Conservation, Kathryn Rose Wedemeyer-Strombel
Fishers' Ecological Knowledge And Stable Isotope Analysis: A Social-Ecological Systems Approach To Endangered Species Conservation, Kathryn Rose Wedemeyer-Strombel
Open Access Theses & Dissertations
Identifying developmental habitat is essential for understanding population structure and species resiliency, especially for critically endangered species. In long-lived, oceanic, migratory animals such as sea turtles, elucidating developmental grounds is particularly difficult. When data are deficient or challenging to acquire, scientists often lean towards traditional quantitative methods when a social-ecological systems approach could better provide crucial baseline data and guiding information. Fishers ecological knowledge (FEK), the combination of experiential and culturally transmitted knowledge, is expert knowledge and should be treated as such. In 2008, FEK led to the rediscovery of the critically endangered eastern Pacific (EP) population of hawksbill sea …
Quantitative Analysis Of Adult Social Group Participation On Autism Symptomology, Social Skills, And Loneliness, Alison B. Bourdeau
Quantitative Analysis Of Adult Social Group Participation On Autism Symptomology, Social Skills, And Loneliness, Alison B. Bourdeau
Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to measure the impacts of attendance in a three-month series of social groups on the self-perceptions of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptomology, social skills, and loneliness for adults with ASD. The study also measured the impacts of attendance in a three-month series of social groups on perceptions of ASD symptomology and social skills for the caregivers of adults with ASD. This study utilized a convenience sample of adults that were existing members of Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (FAU CARD) Adult Social Group and an identified caregiver. Data was …
Rethinking Affect Through Social Justice: Teresa Brennan, Energetics, And Living Attention, Erica J. Nelson
Rethinking Affect Through Social Justice: Teresa Brennan, Energetics, And Living Attention, Erica J. Nelson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019
This work seeks to explore the possibilities of applying affect theory to practices of social justice, specifically, through the affect theories based on energetics described by Teresa Brennan. The first section gives an overview on Brennan’s main arguments and how I interpret her through a Spinozistic lens. This project then explores the positive and negative roles that happiness, anger, grief, and humor have had in various social movements and how they have often been mis- or underused in these moments. The final section offers Brennan’s theory of “Living Attention” as a means of understanding our own affects and the affects …
Residue: Worlds That Inhabit Us, Corrine Binnings
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. …
Summary Judgement At Dachau: Exploiting The Massacre Of Ss Guards By Allied Liberating Troops At Dachau, Stephen C. Krzeminski
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 …
Streamlining Clinical Detection Of Alzheimer’S Disease Using Electronic Health Records And Machine Learning Techniques, Michael J. Kleiman
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 …
The Communicative Power Of Social Media During The Never Again Msd Movement Media, Ashley Fenelon
The Communicative Power Of Social Media During The Never Again Msd Movement Media, Ashley Fenelon
Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019
Social media played a pivotal role during The Never Again MSD Movement. This study examines the communicative tools social media, specifically Twitter, provides its users in order to communicate and distribute information. Authors Evans, Twoney, and Talan describes Twitter as “a valuable tool because it allows for instant communication to a wide audience” (9). Twitter is a valuable tool for communication because it fosters an online space where activists utilize the following communication tools: conversation, community, connection, collaboration, and accessibility. The study describes how activists use those tools in the type of messages being communicated on digital spaces. Through a …
The Effects Of Case Conceptualization Training And Deliberate Practice Coaching On Counselor Competence, Scott L. Lipp
The Effects Of Case Conceptualization Training And Deliberate Practice Coaching On Counselor Competence, Scott L. Lipp
Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019
The primary purpose of this longitudinal, quasi-experimental study was to investigate the effects of a bipartite, standardized case conceptualization training among participants in comparison to those who were exposed to both the training and deliberate practice coaching. The secondary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of the training and aspects of deliberate practice, along with participants’ attitudes toward evidence-based practice (EBP). A total of 84 counselor trainees were recruited from two South Florida universities. Participants in both the experimental group (n = 35) and comparison group (n = 49) received two, three-hour training lectures, which explained the …
The Competing Roles Of Legal And Social Oppression On Black Americans, Katherine Wilson Mccoy
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. …
The Effects Of Motivational Interviewing On Minority Clients In Vocational Rehabilitation, Cindy Khan-Jordan
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.
The Effects Of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy On Mindfulness, Self-Reflection, Insight, And Psychological Well-Being In Veterans, Carol A. Reive
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 …
The Engagement Practices Of Teachers In A Select Elementary School Of Palm Beach County: Qualitative Study, Amgad Hirmina
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; …
The Impact Of 21st Century Television Representation On Women Of Color: Colorism Myth Or Reality, Alisha Renae Erves
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 …
The Gendered Rhetoric Of Product Design: Why Are You Over Paying For Your Gender?, Shannon Rose Mcginley
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 …
The Impact Of Ceo Past Professional Experience And Social Capital On Corporate Policies And Firm Performance, Matthew Faulkner
The Impact Of Ceo Past Professional Experience And Social Capital On Corporate Policies And Firm Performance, Matthew Faulkner
Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019
Increasing evidence suggests the personal traits of chief executive officers (CEOs) can influence corporate policies. We examine how one dimension, past professional experiences, can affect corporate payout policy. Exploiting exogenous CEO turnovers and future employment, we hypothesize that CEOs experiencing a distress event in their past career alter the corporate payout policy at their subsequent firm of employment. We discover that CEOs having experienced prior professional career distress are less likely to pay dividends and use repurchases and pay out lower levels for each type of payout. Additionally, when CEOs with distress do have a payout policy greater than zero …
The Impacts Of Living Arrangements, Healthy Aging, And Well-Being Among Older Thai Adults, Usar Suragarn
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 …
The Influence Of Context And Perceptual Load On Object Recognition, Mohammed Islam
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 …
The Influence Of Reflective Practice On The Case Conceptualization Competence Of Counselor Trainees, Vassilia Binensztok
The Influence Of Reflective Practice On The Case Conceptualization Competence Of Counselor Trainees, Vassilia Binensztok
Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019
The purpose of this quasi-experimental, longitudinal study was to measure the effects of reflective practice coaching on 35 participants, as compared to participants who did not receive coaching. Data was collected over a period of eight weeks. A secondary purpose was to examine the effects of a standardized case conceptualization training lecture on 84 participants. A third purpose was to examine the relationships between counselor trainee demographic variables, their attitudes towards evidence-based practice, disposition towards reflective reasoning, and competence in writing case conceptualizations. This was the first study to contribute to the reflection in counseling literature. A convenience sample of …
The Influence Of State Performance-Based Funding On Public Historically Black Colleges And Universities: A Case Study Of Race And Power, Kayla C. Elliott
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.
The Interplay Of Dominance, Power, And Prosociality In Interpersonal Relationships, Corinne Gilad
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 …
The Physiological And Psychological Effects Of Breastfeeding On Subsequent Mother-Infant Bonding, Jamayne F. Potts
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 …
The Women Behind The Camera: The Reclamation Of Body, Pleasure, And Physical Space Through Experimental Film And Video, 1965-1975, Erin M. Herbert
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 …
The Relationship Among Healthy Work Environments, Nurse Caring, And Nursing-Sensitive Patient Outcomes In Magnet Hospitals, Linda Franciose Cassidy
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 …