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Additional Record Of The Black-Throated Green Warbler In Puerto Rico, With Some Observations On Foraging Behavior, Bryan Arroyo-Vazquez

Ornitología Neotropical

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An Annual Cycle Of Pelagic Birds In The Gulf Of Panama, Horace Loftin

Ornitología Neotropical

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Ecology And Behavior Of The Zenaida Dove, James W. Wiley

Ornitología Neotropical

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Tropical Bird Species Numbers In Second-Growth Vs Primary Forest Habitats At Large Scales, David A. Wiedenfeld

Ornitología Neotropical

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Nest And Eggs Of Some Ecuadorian Birds, Manuel Marin A., Manuel Carrion B.

Ornitología Neotropical

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Predation On Nestling Bare-Throated Tiger-Herons By A Great Black-Hawk, Susan E. Lewis, Robert M. Timm

Ornitología Neotropical

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Ecologia Alimentaria De La Polla De Agua Negra Gallinula Chloropus Galeata (Aves: Rallidae) En Un Ambiente Lenitico Del Rio Parana Medio, Argentina, Adolfo Hector Beltzel, Rafael A. Sabattini, Maria C. Marta

Ornitología Neotropical

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Alimentacion Invernal Del Siriri Colorado Dendrocygna Bicolor (Aves: Anatidae) En El Valle Aluvial Del Rio Parana Medio, Argentina, Eduardo D. Mosso, Adolfo H. Beltzer

Ornitología Neotropical

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Biologia Alimentaria Del Verdon Comun Embernagra Platensis Platensis (Aves: Emberizidae) En El Valle Aluvial Del Rio Parana Medio, Argentina, Adolfo Hector Beltzer

Ornitología Neotropical

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Ornitología Neotropical

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Fintech Lending In India: Taking Stock Of Implications For Privacy And Autonomy, Vidushi Marda, Amber Sinha

Indian Journal of Law and Technology

In the last five years, the Fintech sector has thrived in India, with Machine Learning (ML) driven credit scoring based on alternative data, emerging as a growing segment. The credit scoring industry in India needs to be viewed in light of a careful examination of rights, inclusion, appropriate safeguards and discrimination, currently missing from the discourse and practices. In this paper, we explain how ML-based credit scoring works, and the regulatory and commercial factors that have enabled and impeded its growth in India. Through legal and technological analysis, richened by insights from qualitative interviews with entrepreneurs and practitioners, we provide …

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Trauma And Stigma In Aids Literature: Tony Kushner’S Angels In America (1995) And Colm Tóibín’S The Blackwater Lightship (1999), J. Javier Torres-Fernández

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

This paper explores the representation of trauma and stigma tied to HIV/AIDS in The Blackwater Lightship (1999) by Colm Tóibín and Angels in America (1995) by Tony Kushner. Both works arguably respond to the socio-political and biomedical crisis that affected queer identities and international politics. These experiences of health and illness highlight the silenced and marginalized voices of those infected with HIV during the 80s and 90s. HIV/AIDS-related stigma and shame marked the LGBTQ+ community under the illness as punishment metaphor for their sexuality. The role of politics and religion remains fundamental in the historical silence around this illness and …

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“The Road Less Travelled”: The Longevity Of Anti-Apartheid Activism In The Life Of Helen Joseph (1905-1992), Sadie Marchesseault

Honors Program Theses and Projects

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Modeling Of Functional Gene Regulation Through Machine Learning And Deep Learning Methods, Yuhao Chen

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Genes are specific sequences of nucleotides within the genome that undergo transcription to generate products that can diffuse throughout the cell. These gene products can take the form of either proteins or RNAs and play crucial roles in virtually all cellular functions, encompassing structural support, enzymatic activities, and signaling functions. An essential focus of contemporary biological research revolves around unraveling the functions of genes and their resulting products across different organisms. One primary means to conduct this research is through the regulation of gene expression. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), short single-stranded non-coding RNAs, play vital roles in gene expression regulation. Both computational …

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Synthesis And In‑Vitro Anti‑Proliferative With Antimicrobial Activity Of New Coumarin Containing Heterocycles Hybrids, Elbadawy A. Kamoun, Elbadawy A. Kamoun

Nanotechnology Research Centre

series of new coumarin-N-heterocyclic hybrids, coumarin-quinolines 7a–e, coumarin-acridines 10b,c and coumarin-neocryptolepines 13b,c were synthesized and evaluated for their anticancer and antimicrobial activities. The structures of all synthesized hybrids were confirmed by FT-IR, 1HNMR, 13C-NMR, and MS spectrometry. The anti-proliferative activity of hybrids 7a–e, 10c and 13c were bio-evaluated using MTT-assay against colon (CaCo-2), lung (A549), breast (MDA-MB-231), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG-2) human cancer cell lines using doxorubicin as a reference drug. The results demonstrated that, all hybrids displayed moderate to good anti-proliferative activity against the cell lines. The most active hybrids were 7a–d and 10c against CaCo-2 cancer cell line …

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Porphyrin And Phthalocyanine-Based Photosensitizers For Energy And Biomedical Applications, Mavis Forson

Theses and Dissertations

Porphyrins have been widely used as photosensitizers in research due to their important role in many biological processes. Phthalocyanines have also gained interest in biological applications such as photodynamic therapy (PDT). This dissertation is focused on the synthesis of different photosensitizers for various applications. This dissertation's first section focuses on research involving synthesizing covalently bonded donor-acceptor systems as photosensitizers. Specifically in this work, two porphyrin-fullerene dyads were synthesized using a modified tetraphenyl porphyrin with varying bridges between the porphyrin and fullerene. Metal was incorporated in the porphyrin core to enhance the properties of the dyads as photosensitizers. Detailed photophysical properties, …

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The Impact Of Therapist Credentials On Perceptions Of The Psychotherapist, David Mackey Waugh

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Objective. The aim of the present study was to assess whether providing credential information about therapists from an online source would have an impact on perceptions of psychotherapists comparable to when such information is conveyed in physical settings. Method. Participants viewed two emulated psychotherapist websites, one in which credential information was included and another without these credential details. After viewing each website, participants rated the perceived skills and empathy of the therapist. Results. Analysis revealed that therapists were viewed as more expert when professional credentials were provided. Therapists were also viewed as more empathic with credential included, but only when …

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The Role Of Religiosity In Predicting Behavioral Economic Variables And Alcohol-Related Consequences Experienced By Black Emerging Adults, Alton Joe Withers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Psychosocial adversities increase alcohol use and consequences in emerging adults. Black Americans experience more adversities compared to other demographics and this may increase risk for misuse of alcohol. Religiosity may serve as a predictor of alcohol misuse, but little is known about longitudinal associations between alcohol misuse and religiosity in Black emerging adults (EAs). Behavioral economics (BE) posits that alcohol use is determined by the availability and price of alcohol compared to the availability and price of other reinforcements. Moreover, the value of these competing rewards is influenced by the delay of the rewards. Associations between sharply devaluing delayed outcomes …

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Is Seeing The Therapist Important? Perceptions Of Therapist Empathy And Skill, Jerry Lee Lovelace

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Psychotherapists have increasingly used alternate telehealth formats for providing treatment (e.g., videoconferencing, telephone, and online chat). In some modes, therapists may not be seen clearly or even at all. The current study aimed to assess visibility’s impact on observers’ perceptions of therapists’ empathy and skill. Participants were randomly assigned to evaluate vignettes of psychotherapy sessions with differing levels of visibility: a video of the session or an audio of the session. Analyses revealed that observers’ perceptions of therapists differed by visibility condition. The study found that in the non-visible condition, female presenting therapists were perceived as less skilled and empathetic. …

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Evaluation Of Koopman Operator Neural Decoding Scheme, Kyle Edwards

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Neural activity correlates with a wide variety of phenomena relating to the animal originating the activity. It is possible to exploit those correlations by measuring the activity and mathematically transforming it via a so-called decoding process to determine what, physically, the activity represented. The signals measured are typically nonlinear, and though classical statistical techniques exist for handling these signals, increasingly influential methods including neural networks and the Koopman operator formalism provide new avenues to explore for handling such nonlinear problems. We propose a method of decoding utilizing a neural network representation of the Koopman operator and test it on the …

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An Interacting Segment Model For The Calculation Of Nonlinear Optical Properties: Theory And Application To Peptide Sequences, Aaron R. Jones

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The aim of this thesis is to develop and refine an interacting segment model (ISM) for the accurate computational calculation of molecular electrical response properties. Traditional ab-initio quantum mechanical methods require a tremendous amount of computational resources to calculate these properties for larger molecular systems, rendering them infeasible for larger molecules. This ISM looks to address this issue, serving as a method that allows for accurate and timely calculation of properties of interest. It is found that the fits for both dipole moment and isotropic polarizability yield fantastic results when optimized against a set of ‘test molecules’, yielding errors of …

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Trace Analysis Of Complex Matrices Samples By Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography Time Of Flight Mass Spectrometry, Drake Hunter Williams

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This dissertation discusses the of method development, optimization, and results of trace analysis of complex matrix samples of sodium hypochlorite solutions and environmental samples for contaminants using mass spectrometry bases methods. Sodium hypochlorite solutions are analyzed for the presence and concentration of haloacetic acids (HAAs). These HAAs are possible carcinogens to humans and regulated disinfectant byproducts. HAAs are the result of chlorination of water containing natural organic matter. The regulation of HAAs require the need to quantify and identify them as well as determine their sources. These sources could include formation by reactions or from contamination of treatment chemicals used …

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Decolonization Of The Writing Classroom: Creating Space For Decolonial Theory, Tools, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, And Methods To Improve The Emerging Bilingual Student Experience, Desiree L. Brown

Masters Theses (Archived)

In this thesis, the author addresses the colonial roots of the secondary writing classroom and the origin of standard academic English which enables strict standardized testing and writing assessment requirements that in-turn incite linguistic violence towards emerging bilingual students. The author frames her study within the framework of April Baker-Bell and Asao B. Inoue through a reflective/reflexive study of her teaching in a ninth grade writing classroom in a primarily Hispanic school district in South Texas, which is assessed by the state of Texas through STAAR. This study seeks to identify instances of linguistic violence being perpetuated in the writing …

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Pkc-Delta-I Inhibitor Formulations And Uses Thereof, Niketa A. Patel, Rekha S. Patel, Robert Pleasants Sparks, Wayne Charles Guida

USF Patents

Provided herein are formulations that can contain an effective amount of a PKCÎ´ inhibitor. Also provided herein are methods of inhibiting a PKCÎ´ in a subject in need thereof, that can include the step of administering an effective amount of a compound that is capable of inhibiting a PKCÎ´.

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Strategy To Increase Anti-Viral, Anti-Microbial, And Anti-Fungal Defense, Hana Totary-Jain

USF Patents

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for inducing, promoting, or enhancing an immune response in a subject. For example, the disclosed compositions and methods can be used prophylactically to prevent viral/microbial infections or therapeutically to treat acute infections. In some embodiments, the disclosed method involves administering to the subject a composition comprising in vitro transcribed (IVT) RNA comprising short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs), such as Alu repeats. In some embodiments, the disclosed compositions and methods can be used to induce, promote, or enhance any immune response in a subject, including an anti-viral, anti-microbial, anti-fungal, or anti-parasite response. In some embodiments, …

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A Large-Scale Experiment Finds No Consistent Evidence Of Change In Mortality Or Commercial Productivity In Silverlip Pearl Oysters (Pinctada Maxima) Exposed To A Seismic Source Survey, Miles J G Parsons, Diego R. Barneche, Conrad W. Speed, Robert D. Mccauley, Ryan D. Day, Cecile Dang, Rebecca Fisher, Hosna Gholipour-Kanani, Stephen J. Newman

Fisheries Research Articles

High-intensity, impulsive sounds are used to locate oil and gas reserves during seismic exploration of the seafloor. The impacts of this noise pollution on the health and mortality of marine invertebrates are not well known, including the silverlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima), which comprises one of the world's last remaining significant wildstock pearl oyster fisheries, in northwestern Australia. We exposed ≈11,000 P. maxima to a four-day experimental seismic survey, plus one vessel-control day. After exposure, survival rates were monitored throughout a full two-year production cycle, and the number and quality of pearls produced at harvest were assessed. Oysters from two …

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Improving The Quality Of Micronutrient Food Composition Data In Sub-Saharan Africa Using Predictive Analytics, Junior Mbuyamba Muka

Theses and Dissertations

High-quality food composition data are indispensable for decision making in several health, agricultural, and nutrition-related activities. Analytical data are the most accurate type of food composition data (FCD). Yet, most food composition databases (FCDBs) compiled in Sub-Saharan Africa only contain a small amount of analytical data collected from foods consumed in this region. Most of the data are either borrowed / copied from FCDBs collected in other parts of the world, calculated, imputed, or presumed data. Even with these alternative types, FCDBs in Sub-Saharan Africa have not reached a satisfactory level of completeness, as they still have missing data for …

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Apolipoprotein E Adopts An Antiparallel Dimer In Discoidal Lipoproteins, Michael Ray Strickland

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is the major lipoprotein in the central nervous system and forms high density lipoprotein (HDL) like lipoprotein. ApoE is primarily secreted by astrocytes in the central nervous system and is thought to play an important role in cholesterol and lipid transport. The APOE gene has three major alleles, APOE2, APOE3, and APOE4. These alleles encode for 3 common APOE protein isoforms, ApoE2, ApoE3, and ApoE4. APOE3 is most common isoform of APOE with the other two isoforms differing by the loss (ApoE4, Cys112Arg) or gain (ApoE2, Arg158Cys) of a cysteine residue. APOE4 is the largest risk factor …

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Intragenic Egfr::Egfre1e8 Fusion (Egfrviii) In 4331 Solid Tumors, Lan Zheng, Rajyalakshmi Luthra, Hector A Alvarez, F Anthony San Lucas, Dzifa Y Duose, Ignacio I Wistuba, Gregory N Fuller, Leomar Y Ballester, Sinchita Roy-Chowdhuri, Keith J Sweeney, Asif Rashid, Richard K Yang, Wei Chen, Audrey Liu, Yun Wu, Constance Albarracin, Keyur P Patel, Mark J Routbort, Aysegul A Sahin, Qingqing Ding, Hui Chen

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Epidermal growth factor receptor variant III (EGFRvIII, the deletion of exons 2-7) is a recurrent intragenic EGFR::EGFR.E1E8 fusion that occurs in high-grade gliomas. The presence of EGFRvIII in other solid tumors has not been well characterized. We retrospectively reviewed advanced malignant solid tumor cases tested by a custom hybrid capture 610-gene next-generation sequencing platform from 2021 to 2022. EGFRvIII was identified in 17 of 4331 (0.4%) cases, including 16 of 238 (7%) brain tumors and 1/301 (0.3%) breast tumors. EGFRvIII-positive brain tumors were all glioblastoma IDH-wildtype, most with concurrent TERT promoter mutation (14 of 16), EGFR amplification (13 of …

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Blue-Shift Photoconversion Of Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins For Labeling And Tracking In Living Cells And Organisms, Francesca Pennacchietti, Jonatan Alvelid, Rodrigo A Morales, Martina Damenti, Dirk Ollech, Olena S Oliinyk, Daria M Shcherbakova, Eduardo J Villablanca, Vladislav V Verkhusha, Ilaria Testa

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Photolabeling of intracellular molecules is an invaluable approach to studying various dynamic processes in living cells with high spatiotemporal precision. Among fluorescent proteins, photoconvertible mechanisms and their products are in the visible spectrum (400-650 nm), limiting their in vivo and multiplexed applications. Here we report the phenomenon of near-infrared to far-red photoconversion in the miRFP family of near infrared fluorescent proteins engineered from bacterial phytochromes. This photoconversion is induced by near-infrared light through a non-linear process, further allowing optical sectioning. Photoconverted miRFP species emit fluorescence at 650 nm enabling photolabeling entirely performed in the near-infrared range. We use miRFPs as …

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Additional Record Of The Black-Throated Green Warbler In Puerto Rico, With Some Observations On Foraging Behavior, Bryan Arroyo-Vazquez

Ornitología Neotropical

An Annual Cycle Of Pelagic Birds In The Gulf Of Panama, Horace Loftin

Ornitología Neotropical

Ecology And Behavior Of The Zenaida Dove, James W. Wiley

Ornitología Neotropical

Tropical Bird Species Numbers In Second-Growth Vs Primary Forest Habitats At Large Scales, David A. Wiedenfeld

Ornitología Neotropical

Nest And Eggs Of Some Ecuadorian Birds, Manuel Marin A., Manuel Carrion B.

Ornitología Neotropical

Predation On Nestling Bare-Throated Tiger-Herons By A Great Black-Hawk, Susan E. Lewis, Robert M. Timm

Ornitología Neotropical

Ecologia Alimentaria De La Polla De Agua Negra Gallinula Chloropus Galeata (Aves: Rallidae) En Un Ambiente Lenitico Del Rio Parana Medio, Argentina, Adolfo Hector Beltzel, Rafael A. Sabattini, Maria C. Marta

Ornitología Neotropical

Alimentacion Invernal Del Siriri Colorado Dendrocygna Bicolor (Aves: Anatidae) En El Valle Aluvial Del Rio Parana Medio, Argentina, Eduardo D. Mosso, Adolfo H. Beltzer

Ornitología Neotropical

Biologia Alimentaria Del Verdon Comun Embernagra Platensis Platensis (Aves: Emberizidae) En El Valle Aluvial Del Rio Parana Medio, Argentina, Adolfo Hector Beltzer

Ornitología Neotropical

Editorial, Ornitología Neotropical

Ornitología Neotropical

Fintech Lending In India: Taking Stock Of Implications For Privacy And Autonomy, Vidushi Marda, Amber Sinha

Indian Journal of Law and Technology

Trauma And Stigma In Aids Literature: Tony Kushner’S Angels In America (1995) And Colm Tóibín’S The Blackwater Lightship (1999), J. Javier Torres-Fernández

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

“The Road Less Travelled”: The Longevity Of Anti-Apartheid Activism In The Life Of Helen Joseph (1905-1992), Sadie Marchesseault

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Modeling Of Functional Gene Regulation Through Machine Learning And Deep Learning Methods, Yuhao Chen

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Synthesis And In‑Vitro Anti‑Proliferative With Antimicrobial Activity Of New Coumarin Containing Heterocycles Hybrids, Elbadawy A. Kamoun, Elbadawy A. Kamoun

Nanotechnology Research Centre

Synthesis And Characterization Of Porphyrin And Phthalocyanine-Based Photosensitizers For Energy And Biomedical Applications, Mavis Forson

Theses and Dissertations

The Impact Of Therapist Credentials On Perceptions Of The Psychotherapist, David Mackey Waugh

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The Role Of Religiosity In Predicting Behavioral Economic Variables And Alcohol-Related Consequences Experienced By Black Emerging Adults, Alton Joe Withers

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Is Seeing The Therapist Important? Perceptions Of Therapist Empathy And Skill, Jerry Lee Lovelace

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Evaluation Of Koopman Operator Neural Decoding Scheme, Kyle Edwards

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

An Interacting Segment Model For The Calculation Of Nonlinear Optical Properties: Theory And Application To Peptide Sequences, Aaron R. Jones

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Trace Analysis Of Complex Matrices Samples By Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography Time Of Flight Mass Spectrometry, Drake Hunter Williams

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Decolonization Of The Writing Classroom: Creating Space For Decolonial Theory, Tools, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, And Methods To Improve The Emerging Bilingual Student Experience, Desiree L. Brown

Masters Theses (Archived)

Pkc-Delta-I Inhibitor Formulations And Uses Thereof, Niketa A. Patel, Rekha S. Patel, Robert Pleasants Sparks, Wayne Charles Guida

USF Patents

Strategy To Increase Anti-Viral, Anti-Microbial, And Anti-Fungal Defense, Hana Totary-Jain

USF Patents

Fisheries Research Articles

Improving The Quality Of Micronutrient Food Composition Data In Sub-Saharan Africa Using Predictive Analytics, Junior Mbuyamba Muka

Theses and Dissertations

Apolipoprotein E Adopts An Antiparallel Dimer In Discoidal Lipoproteins, Michael Ray Strickland

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications