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Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis Invicta) Infesting American Alligator (Alligator Mississippiensis) Nests, Ashley Osuna

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) is known for its impacts on Florida wildlife; hatchlings of ground-nesting herpetofauna are particularly vulnerable. This study examined factors correlated with fire ant infestation of American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) nests. We were particularly interested in determining whether having floating nests afforded any protection from these ants. We surveyed ants on 24 alligator nests at Orange Lake located in Alachua County, Florida, using tuna baits left for ~2h. We found S. invicta was the most commonly observed species at nests, present at 12 of the 24 nests. There was no significant difference in the …

An Indefinite Punishment After Justice Has Been Served: Jones V. Governor Of Florida Is A Fundamentally Flawed Decision, Alexandra Russo

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

The right to vote is a fundamental part of a representative democracy. As of 2020, 48 states have laws limiting a felon’s participation in the franchise, resulting in 5.2 million United States citizens being unable to vote. In 2018, Florida passed Amendment 4 with a 65% popular vote, allowing felons to be re-enfranchised after the terms of their sentence are completed. In 2019, the state enacted a law defining “terms of the sentence” to include court costs and fees, barring indigent felons from regaining their constitutional right. In Jones v. Governor of Florida, Judge Pryor upheld this law. I critically …

Targeting Health Care Inequalities Among Racial And Ethnic Minorities In The United States, Rami Radwan

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

Statistics within different modes of health care suggest that inequalities exist between differing racial and ethnic subgroups, with some groups experiencing higher rates of positive health care outcomes as opposed to others. This thesis is a review of different sectors of health care and focuses to determine rates of inequalities between treatment of patients, rates of incidence among disseminating groups and focuses on representation of ethnic and racial minorities and to better illuminate how these problems affect people’s lives. It was found that discrepancies exist between the health care outcomes and incidence between Non-Hispanic White and Asian populations versus Non-Hispanic …

Altruistic Behavior Amoung Captive Chimpanzees, Esha Ranaweera

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

Altruism plays an essential role in maintaining cooperative societies. From September 2021 to January 2022, I studied a group of seven chimpanzees (two males and five females) living in Lion Country Safari, recording acts of altruism related to grooming, food and water sharing, and border patrol. I found males on average both gave and received more grooming sessions. Among the few food and water sharing events I observed, males-males sharing was the most common. The two males performed almost all the border patrol. Altruistic behaviors among chimpanzees help bind their social groups in ways analogous to the human behaviors.

The Science Of Food Addiction, Prisca Sanford

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

Food addiction has become a critical concern that has reached pandemic proportions throughout the entire world and especially in America. Due to this condition, many diseases and deaths have occurred; however, this issue does not garner as much attention as necessary despite its seriousness and impact on individuals. This is due to how the condition is viewed, diagnosed, and treated. The mechanism of action of food addiction is homogenous with other forms of addiction, but differences in treatment options remain at issue. Diagnosis and treatment for food addiction, a psychological disorder must fall in line with treatment protocols of other …

The Genetics Of Atherosclerosis And Coronary Artery Disease, Craig Stridinger

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

Atherosclerosis is a disease characterized by plaque lesion formation in arteries resulting in the narrowing and hardening of the vessel. This process causes a restriction in blood flow and can lead to further complications including the development of coronary artery disease, heart disease, and myocardial infarction. For many years, atherosclerosis was thought to be a disease resulting from hypercholesterolemia, but it is now known that the inflammatory process is a greater contributor to the pathogenesis of the disease. Numerous genes have been identified that play a role in the development of atherosclerosis, and novel therapeutics are being developed to treat …

The Influence Of Athlete Protests In American Society, Corey Sturgis

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

On September 1st, 2016, 49ers star Quarterback, Colin Kaepernick made the decision to kneel during the national anthem. His actions immediately sparked political polarization as many NFL executives, along with US President Donald Trump, viewed his demonstration as a complete betrayal to his country, while others felt that his actions were strongly needed to help bring national attention to continued racial injustices in America. Many people were appalled by his actions and believe it was a new response intended to promote the Black Lives Matter Movement, failing to realize the historical significance of how athletes and activism intersect. This thesis …

The Focus Of Non-Military Threats: Biodefense And The Redefining Of National Security, Javier Suarez

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

National security is not an easily defined concept. Over time, technological advances, globalization, and climate change have changed our perceptions of national security and how we approach policies to effectively contain potential hazards. This work aims to examine the emergence of zoonotic disease and the implications climate change has on humans and animals, the theories of international relations and their usefulness in formulating strategy, and why biodefense measures should be made priority in national security policy.

An Analytical Study And Description Of Coloboma And Charge Syndrome, Ana Toledo

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

Coloboma and CHARGE Syndrome are rare congenital conditions that arise in about 1 in 10,000 children. Coloboma is a defect in the eyes. CHARGE Syndrome involves Coloboma, Heart defects, Atresia choanae (also known as choanal atresia), Restricted growth and development, Genital abnormalities, and Ear abnormalities. This thesis aims to spread awareness about the medical and physical complications that come with these conditions and the impacts they have on individuals. This thesis not only meticulously studies and characterizes the mutations and symptoms involved in Coloboma and CHARGE Syndrome, but also provides insight on treatment and possibilities of a cure.

On Humility In Medicine, Frida Zavala

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

The importance of medical virtues has allowed physicians to flourish within their fields as they interact and form relationships with their co-workers, themselves, and, most importantly, their patients. Though much attention has been paid to virtues like compassion and integrity, the virtue of humility has been overlooked. This is unfortunate because humility, I will argue, is deeply important to being a virtuous physician. The humble physician collaboratively works with their patients to understand their concerns and find a solution in the patient’s best interest. In addition, I will argue that humility can indeed be taught and offer how it can …

Emotional Villages In The Medieval Mediterranean: Territorial Language Of Emotional Expression, 644–1508 C.E., Eden Vigil

History ETDs

This thesis examines the concept of an emotional village as one that embodies territorial emotions. The emotions themselves are categorically defined based on modern conventions, but utilizes the author’s words to expose the fluidity of emotion language amongst cultures and traditions. My research presents emotional villages in four sections to expose these modalities of feeling amongst cultures. The first section looks at devotion, wonder, and reverence; the second, loss, grief, and nostalgia; the third, fear and anger; the fourth, disgust and hatred. The fifth section is dedicated to the emotional village that is medieval Jerusalem. Emotions are merely the language …

Staging The Modern Woman: Antonieta Rivas Mercado, María Izquierdo, And Performance’S Double Life In The Contemporáneos Orbit, Joseph Shaikewitz

Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas

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“Who Is Eating Whom?”: Wet Nursing And White Cannibalism In Brazil, Grace Sparapani

Hemisphere: Visual Cultures of the Americas

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Unm Pathology Pathfinder Winter 2022, Unm Department Of Pathology

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Reduced Cleavage Of Von Willebrand Factor By Adamts13 Is Associated With Microangiopathic Acute Kidney Injury Following Trauma, William E. Plautz, Shannon H. Haldeman, Mitchell R. Dyer, Jason L. Sperry, Francis X. Guyette, Patricia A. Loughran, Jurgis Alvikas, Adnan Hassoune, Lara Hoteit, Nijmeh Alsaadi, Brian S. Zuckerbraun, Marian A. Rollins-Raval, Jay S. Raval, Roberto I. Mota, Matthew D. Neal

Pathology Research and Scholarship

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common after trauma, but contributory factors are incompletely understood. Increases in plasma von Willebrand Factor (vWF) with concurrent decreases in ADAMTS13 are associated with renal microvascular thrombosis in other disease states, but similar findings have not been shown in trauma. We hypothesized that molecular changes in circulating vWF and ADAMTS13 promote AKI following traumatic injury. VWF antigen, vWF multimer composition and ADAMTS13 levels were compared in plasma samples from 16 trauma patients with and without trauma-induced AKI, obtained from the Prehospital Air Medical Plasma (PAMPer) biorepository. Renal histopathology and function, vWF and ADAMTS13 levels were …

Competing For Seafaring Labour: Social Security And Agency Employment In Chinese Shipping, Gang Chen, Lijun Tang

Plymouth Business School

This paper discusses one strategy that Chinese crewing agencies adopt to compete with eachother in the global seafarer labour supplying market. This strategy is related to Chineseseafarers’ social insurance participation. It shows that crewing agencies utilised a dualworkforce – ‘company-owned seafarers’ and ‘externally hired seafarers’. Externally hiredseafarers, though in precarious employment, are offered higher salaries in place of socialinsurance coverage. By contrast, company-owned seafarers are paid less, though enjoy socialinsurance arranged by agencies. This strategy serves to segment the seafarer labour market,conceal the level playing field, and help agencies recruit seafarers cost-effectively, though inviolation of labour rights. This paper argues …

Revisiting The Innovation–Export Entry Link Through A Configuration Approach, Carmen Lopez, Haddoud M Yacine, Dulekha Kasturiratne

Plymouth Business School

Findings on the innovation–export entry nexus remain inconclusive, which may be attributable to methodological issues. Most research has focused on the separate effects of single predictors and has investigated only one or two types of innovation. However, firms’ exporting behavior is complex, and is likely to be determined by interactions between innovation types. Drawing on resource orchestration theory, we adopt a configuration approach to uncover combinations of innovation types (considered here as resources) associated with exporting, rather than investigating them in isolation. The study incorporates four types of innovation: product, process, organizational and marketing innovation. The findings from a sample …

Main Concept, Sequencing, & Story Grammar (Mssg) Analyses Of The Cinderella Story In Primary Progressive Aphasia, Janet Adams, Sarah Grace Dalton, H Isabel Hubbard, Erika Partridge, John Adair, Janice Knoefel, Elizabeth Ott, Gary Rosenberg, Jessica D. Richardson

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative condition where speech and language deficits are the initial and most prominent symptoms. There are three recognized PPA variants with distinctive speech-language features, areas of atrophy, and underlying neuropathology. In the early stages of all variants, language symptoms may be very mild, such that they can only be seen on more complex and generative tasks (e.g., discourse production) rather than naming, repetition, etc. Previous work by Dalton et al. (2020) focused on MCA and Core Lexicon demonstrated that, compared to HCs, PWPPAs produced discourse that was less informative and efficient, with fewer typical …

Impact Of Isolation During The Covid-19 Pandemic On Non-Motor Symptoms Of Parkinson’S Disease: A Pmd Alliance Survey, Neal Hermanowicz, Maria Cristina Ospina, Yasar Torres-Yaghi, Sherrie Gould, Kelly Papesh, Jason Rivera, Susan Miller, Sarah Jones, Kelli Musick, Damian May

Brain & Behavioral Health Research Day

Introduction: Social isolation impairs physical and mental health, particularly among the elderly. As Parkinson’s disease (PD) usually affects the elderly, we hypothesized that social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic could exacerbate non-motor symptoms of PD. This survey aimed to assess the impact of social isolation on self- or proxy-reported symptoms PD during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: The survey was distributed online between 01/06/21 and 02/27/21 among 7,109 subscribers of the Parkinson and Movement Disorders Alliance (PMD Alliance) newsletter. It was open only to people with PD (PwP) and Care Partners (CP, defined as main caregivers of PwP, and serving as …

New Development Of Neutrosophic Probability, Neutrosophic Statistics, Neutrosophic Algebraic Structures, And Neutrosophic Plithogenic Optimizations, Florentin Smarandache, Yanhui Guo

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This collective book presents state-of-the-art papers on new topics related to neutrosophic theories, such as neutrosophic algebraic structures, neutrosophic triplet algebraic structures, neutrosophic extended triplet algebraic structures, neutrosophic algebraic hyperstructures, neutrosophic triplet algebraic hyperstructures, neutrosophic n-ary algebraic structures, neutrosophic n-ary algebraic hyperstructures, refined neutrosophic algebraic structures, refined neutrosophic algebraic hyperstructures, quadruple neutrosophic algebraic structures, refined quadruple neutrosophic algebraic structures, neutrosophic image processing, neutrosophic image classification, neutrosophic computer vision, neutrosophic machine learning, neutrosophic artificial intelligence, neutrosophic data analytics, neutrosophic deep learning, and neutrosophic symmetry, as well as their applications in the real world.

Introduction To Superhyperalgebra And Neutrosophic Superhyperalgebra, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In this paper we recall our concepts of n th-Power Set of a Set, SuperHyperOperation, SuperHyperAxiom, SuperHyperAlgebra, and their corresponding Neutrosophic SuperHyperOperation, Neutrosophic SuperHyperAxiom and Neutrosophic SuperHyperAlgebra. In general, in any field of knowledge, one actually encounters SuperHyperStructures (or more accurately (m, n)- SuperHyperStructures).

Neutrosophic Statistics Is An Extension Of Interval Statistics, While Plithogenic Statistics Is The Most General Form Of Statistics (Third Version), Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

: In this paper we prove that Neutrosophic Statistics is an extension of the Interval Statistics, since it may deal with all types of indeterminacies (with respect to the data, inferential procedures, probability distributions, graphical representations, etc.), it allows the reduction of indeterminacy, and it uses the neutrosophic probability that is more general than imprecise and classical probabilities, and has more detailed corresponding probability density functions. While Interval Statistics only deals with indeterminacy that can be represented by intervals. And we respond to the arguments by Woodall et al. [1]. We show that not all indeterminacies (uncertainties) may be represented …

Neutrosophic Number Sequences: An Introductory Study, Hasan Gokbas, Selcuk Topal, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In this paper, Neutrosophic definitions and properties of some special number sequences which are frequently found in the science literature, called Neutrosophic Number Sequences (NNSq) via Horadam sequence are studied for the first time. Especially for Neutrosophic Fibonacci (NFNq) and Neutrosophic Lucas (NLNq) number sequences, fundamental properties and identities such as Ruggles, Honsberger, Cassini, Catalan, d’Ocagne, and Tagiuri are given. In addition, Neutrosophic definitions of the sequences of Pell (NPNq), Pell-Lucas (NPLNq), Jacobsthal (NJNq), Jacobsthal-Lucas (NJLNq), Mersenne (NMNq), Mersenne-Lucas (NMLNq), Balancing (NBNq), and Lucas-Balancing (NLBNq) numbers are introduced. Besides defining these numbers and their sequences, since fuzzy and intuitionistic fuzzy …

Soft Set Product Extended To Hypersoft Set And Indetermsoft Set Product Extended To Indetermhypersoft Set, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In this paper we define the Soft Set Product as a product of many soft sets and afterwards we extend it to the HyperSoft Set. Similarly, the IndetermSoft Product is extended to the IndetermHyperSoft Set. We also present several applications of the Soft Set Product to Fuzzy (and fuzzy-extensions) Soft Set Product and to IndetermSoft Set and IndetermHyperSoft Set.

Collected Papers (On Various Scientific Topics), Volume Xiii, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This thirteenth volume of Collected Papers is an eclectic tome of 88 papers in various fields of sciences, such as astronomy, biology, calculus, economics, education and administration, game theory, geometry, graph theory, information fusion, decision making, instantaneous physics, quantum physics, neutrosophic logic and set, non-Euclidean geometry, number theory, paradoxes, philosophy of science, scientific research methods, statistics, and others, structured in 17 chapters (Neutrosophic Theory and Applications; Neutrosophic Algebra; Fuzzy Soft Sets; Neutrosophic Sets; Hypersoft Sets; Neutrosophic Semigroups; Neutrosophic Graphs; Superhypergraphs; Plithogeny; Information Fusion; Statistics; Decision Making; Extenics; Instantaneous Physics; Paradoxism; Mathematica; Miscellanea), comprising 965 pages, published between 2005-2022 in different …

نيوتروسوفيك أوفرسيت ، نيوتروسوفيك أونديرست ، وإزاحة نيوتروسوفيك [Neutrosophic Overset, Neutrosophic Underset, And Neutrosophic Offset], Florentin Smarandache, Riad K Al-Hamido (Translator From English To Arabic)), Khaled Adnan Alabdullah (Translator From English To Arabic)

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

تم تعريف Neutrosophic Over-/ Under- / Off-Set and -Logic لأول مرة بواسطة Smarandache في عام 1995 ونشر في عام 2007. وهي مختلفة تمامًا عن المجموعات / المنطق / الاحتمالات الأخرى. قام بتمديد مجموعة العدلات على التوالي إلى Neutrosophic Overset {عندما يكون بعض مكونات neutrosophic> 1} ، Neutrosophic Underset {عندما يكون بعض مكونات neutrosophic <0} ، وإلى إزاحة Neutrosophic {عندما تكون بعض مكونات العدلات خارج الفاصل الزمني [0 ، 1] ، أي بعض مكونات العدلات> 1 ومكونات أخرى نيوتروسوفيك <0}. هذا ليس مفاجئًا فيما يتعلق بالمجموعة / المنطق الغامض الكلاسيكي ، أو المجموعة / المنطق الغامض الحدسي ، أو الاحتمال الكلاسيكي / غير الدقيق ، حيث لا يُسمح بالقيم خارج الفاصل الزمني [0 ، 1] ، نظرًا لأن عالمنا الحقيقي به العديد من الأمثلة و تطبيقات المكونات الزائدة / السفلية / البعيدة عن العدلات

Neutrosophic Over-/Under-/Off-Set and -Logic were defined for the first time by Smarandache in 1995 and published in 2007. They are totally different from other sets/logics/probabilities. He extended the neutrosophic set respectively to Neutrosophic Overset {when some neutrosophic component is > 1}, Neutrosophic Underset {when …

Lost And Found In Mathematics, Victor Christianto, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This book is inspired by a German theoretical physicist, Sabine Hossenfelder’s publication: “Lost in Mathematics”. Her book seems to question highly mathematical and a lot of abstraction in the development of physics and cosmology studies nowadays. There is clear tendency that in recent decades, the physics science has been predominated by such an advanced mathematics, which at times sounding more like acrobatics approach to a reality. Through books by senior mathematical-physicists like Unzicker and Peter Woit, we know that the answer of TOE is not in superstring theories or other variations of such 26 dimensional bosonic string theory, of which …

From Logic To Realism To Brighter Future For Humanity, Victor Christianto, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This collection of published papers at International Journal of Neutrosophic Science actually began with just a simple request by Dr. Broumi Said, the editor of IJNS, to us, to submit an article for his new journal. Then we submitted a series of new articles discussing various applications of Neutrosophic Logic, a new kind of logic as developed by one of us (FS). We explore a wide range of subject, from Godel’s incompleteness theorem, to possible technocalypse and neutro-futurology, and also additional sections. Hopefully you will find these articles interesting for better understanding of nature.

Collected Papers (On Neutrosophic Theory And Its Applications In Algebra), Volume Ix, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This ninth volume of Collected Papers includes 87 papers comprising 982 pages on Neutrosophic Theory and its applications in Algebra, written between 2014-2022 by the author alone or in collaboration with 81 co-authors from 19 countries.

Collected Papers (On Neutrosophic Theory And Applications), Volume Viii, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This eighth volume of Collected Papers includes 75 papers comprising 973 pages on (theoretic and applied) neutrosophics, written between 2010-2022 by the author alone or in collaboration with 102 co-authors from 24 countries.