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Mapping Accuracy Of Close-Range Terrestrial Digital Photogrammetry, Y. Zhou, C. B. Weerasekara, A, Y, Sheshukov

School of Natural Resources: Documents and Reviews

No abstract provided.

A Profile Of Sophomore Inquiry Students Fall 2023, Rowanna L. Carpenter

University Studies Assessment Research

In order to better understand the students who enroll in Sophomore Inquiry (SINQ) courses and begin to identify areas where they may need support, University Studies (UNST) began collecting and compiling data on these students. This report presents a profile of SINQ students from Fall 2022. It presents an overview of all students enrolled in SINQ during Fall 2022 and then summarizes information from the Prior Learning Survey. It is organized around three areas that contribute to student success: academic preparation and concern; financial and physical wellbeing; and connectedness to campus.

Textiles From Cradle To Grave, Catherine Harper Ph.D

Arts and Design

It is a great pleasure to be invited to provide a keynote lecture for the Hangzhou Triennial 2022, and I would like to thank all the organisers, and especially Dr Jia Xu of the China Academy of Art, for their kind invitation and technical support in making it possible to be with you from a distance, using the greatest textile network – the world wide web of cosmic, digital and technical interconnection – to enable this communication.

This triennial is concerned with the dynamic relationships between text, texture, culture and civilization as they play out across time, geography, materiality and …

#Onygo, Géraldine Blattner, Amanda Dalola, Stéphanie Roulon

PDXOpen: Open Educational Resources

#OnYGo is an innovative first-year French language e-textbook, designed as Open Educational Resource (OER), for learning beginning French (equivalent to one year at an American university). It is inspired by a remix of task-based, multiliteracies and communicative approaches, which provides students with opportunities to engage with French language and culture in a variety of contexts and situations, across a range of modalities. Through a wide range of activities, students develop and practice their language skills, and reflect on their cross-cultural knowledge and positionality in their understanding of the vast francophone landscape. #OnYGo is a first-year textbook that takes a DEI-forward …

Differences In The Neurological Pathways Of Innate And Learned Fear, Efrat Jacob

The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences

Fear is a fundamental emotion for survival. However, not all fears are the same, leading to a necessary distinction between the two main subsections of fear; innate and learned. This research paper investigates whether the neural pathways underlying innate and learned fear are independent of each other. Using optogenetics and pharmacology, researchers have manipulated specific brain regions and circuits involved in fear processing, such as the amygdala, hypothalamus, and PAG (periaqueductal gray). By measuring the behavioral and physiological indicators of fear in rodents exposed to different types of stimuli, research suggests that there may be partial overlap between the neural …

Keratoconus: The Conical Corneal Conundrum And Its Evolving Treatments, Sima Friedman

The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences

Keratoconus is an eye disease that transforms the shape of the cornea from its normal oval shape to a conical shape. This can lead to a decrease in vision and, if not treated, can lead to a loss of vision. Depending on the severity and progression of each case, many treatment options are now available, ranging from cross linking procedures and special contact lenses to corneal transplants.

Winter 2023 Gsbms Alumni Connections, New York Medical College

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

• NYMC's Giving Tuesday Success Fuels Clinical Skills and Simulation Center Expansion
• NYMC Celebrates Opening of Newly Renovated BSB Laboratories
• GSBMS Pens Conditional Admittance and Guaranteed Interview Agreements with TUCOM
• NYMC Applauds Esteemed Leaders and Educators at Annual Founder’s Dinner
• Key Discovery Could Offer Hope in Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease
• Dr. Mitchell Cairo Awarded $2.6 Million Grant from Department of Defense for Pediatric Cancer Research
• Dr. Victor Garcia Empowers the Next Generation of Scientists
• NYMC Research | Drs. Marina K. Holz and Julie S. Di Martino
• Dr. Daohong Lin Awarded $2,050,000 NIH Grant
• Dr. Schwartzman Awarded $2.2 Million NIH Grant
• NYMC …

The Antibacterial And Anti-Inflammatory Properties Of Probiotics Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (Mrsa), Punploy Klawkla

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Background: Dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the types of microorganisms in a person’s natural f lora, associated with several diseases like asthma, type 2 diabetes, and atopic dermatitis (AD). Reports indicate that Staphylococcus aureuscolonizes about 60%-100% of AD skin, causing barrier dysfunction through virulence factors such as superantigens, enzymes, and other proteins. These factors disrupt skin homeostasis by affecting keratinocytes and immune cells. Additionally, dysbiosis in AD skin is marked by a reduction in commensal microbes like Staphylococcus epidermidis and Corynebacterium spp. In recent years, probiotics have been studied in both live bacteria and bacterial lysate forms. Most studies …

Bedbug Education, Treatment, And Prevention, Elizabeth Bedford

Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects

Bedbugs, Cimex lectularius, have become a severe issue in recent years due to human travel, immigration, and importation of products. Unfortunately, most people do not know bedbug biology and therefore do not manage these arthropods correctly. The information available to people online and from pest control professionals must be corrected. Education and proper treatment are necessary to eradicate pests and bedbugs in homes, commercial buildings, and other places. A1 Home Pest Control conducted a study to understand better bedbugs and how to help their clients with eradication and education in the safest manner possible. The study also aimed to …

Agricultural Pests Of The Dominican Republic, Sophia Acosta

Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects

Note on Profiles:

The following profiles are of the most common pests of the main crops grown in the Dominican Republic--avocado, citrus, coconut, mango, banana, plantain, pineapple, tomato, potato, cabbage, tobacco, pepper, garlic, onion, rice, beans, papaya, and melon. Many of these insects attack other crops not listed in this guide.

The intent of this guide is to help identify pest characteristics and environmentally friendly ways to control them (integrated pest management).

Chemical controls should always be the last resort. Try to conserve biodiversity and continue to monitor before turning to chemicals. Always consult local extension office for pesticide usage, …

Entomology Outreach Presentations To Four Audiences, Michael Goldman

Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects

I proposed that my master’s Project would be outreach on Entomology at four levels: School aged children, laymen, non-entomologists in a technical field, and entomologists. The idea here is basically how to talk about entomology to varying levels of expertise, from first graders to experts in both entomology and occupational health and safety. Presentations were given to audiences at each of the four levels. The specific topics varied for each audience. The determination was made by the inviting audience in the cases of school aged children and adult laymen and by me in the cases of Occupational Safety and Health …

A Review Of The Wheat Stem Sawfly, Cephus Cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae), Bethany Thomas

Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects

The wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton (Hymenoptera: Cephidae) is a native stem-mining insect pest of significant economic importance within the Northern Great Plains of the United States and the prairie provinces of Canada (Criddle, 1923). Cephus cinctus adult females specifically attack large-stemmed grasses, originally feral and later adapted to cultivated grasses, with dryland wheat, Triticum aestivum L. (Poaceae), as the most notable host (Morrill & Kushnak, 1996). As all but two weeks of the sawfly’s lifecycle is contained within a host-grass, understanding the ecological history, biological interactions, and economic impacts between C. cinctus and T. aestivum is …

Comparison Of Insecticide And Trap Crop Management Practices For The Control Of Acalymma Vittatum (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) In Cucumbers, Keely Wright

Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects

The striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum (F.)) is a specialist herbivore pest, feeding on plants in the Cucurbitaceae family across North America. Adult beetles migrate into cucurbit fields from the field edges to feed on the emerged plant parts. Control methods can include insecticides, cultural practices, and some biological control species, or a combination of multiple methods, each having their own advantages and disadvantages. A push-pull trap crop management system using blue hubbard squash (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne) and nasturtiums was established and compared to a lambda-cyhalothrin (Matador 120EC) foliar insecticide control approach in a cucumber crop. Lambda-cyhalothrin, applied …

Bugged By Bugs: A Comprehensive Guide To Pest Control, Brandon Runyon

Department of Entomology: Distance Master of Science Projects

This book aims to create a user-friendly guide tocommercial pest control practices covering German cockroaches, bed bugs, odorous house ants, pavement ants, brown recluse spiders, wolf spiders, house flies, and fruit flies. We will address these pests in the following locations: hotels, restaurants, apartments, and offices.

The Effects Of Exogenously Applied Antioxidants On Plant Growth And Resilience, Aline Rodrigues De Queiroz, Connor Hines, Jeremy Brown, Seema Sahay, Jithesh Vijayan, Julie M. Stone, Nate Bickford, Melissa Wuellner, Katarzyna Glowacka, Nicole R. Buan, Rebecca Roston

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Plant growth and resilience require balancing an inherently oxidative metabolism with powerful antioxidant systems that help maintain homeostasis. When the environment changes, reactive oxygen species are potent indicators of that change, allowing adaptation through re-balancing metabolism and antioxidant systems. A large body of evidence supports the use of exogenously applied antioxidants to improve both plant growth and their resilience to stress. Notably, some phenotypic effects are similar upon the application of chemically diverse antioxidants, while others are distinct. In this review, we analyze research from antioxidant treatment experiments and highlight the similarities in their practical applications and their effects on …

2023 Nsu Fact Book, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Fact Book

The 31st edition of the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Fact Book provides perspective on the university’s character, growth, and accomplishments. The 2023 Fact Book includes narrative, numeric, and graphic representation of the university, including history, characteristics, and development of the institution. Data are presented in both tabular and graphic formats to provide pertinent detail, and general trends are highlighted.

Like all previous editions of the Fact Book, this edition is a snapshot of the university during the academic year that concludes in the year of its publication. Therefore, the 2023 Fact Book represents NSU through fall 2022, unless otherwise …

Milk Thistle Supplementation And Exercise To Influence Bilirubin And Body Weight Outcomes, Don Arthur Matutina

Theses and Dissertations--Nutrition and Food Systems

Background: Traditional obesity treatment is ineffective as rates are still on the rise, thus necessitating novel treatments. Plasma bilirubin, once thought as only a clinical marker of liver disease, is now considered an important hormone, correlated with better outcomes within certain metabolic disease states such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This is largely due to bilirubin’s role in promoting fatty acid oxidation via its interaction with PPARα and its antioxidant capacities to reduce lipid peroxidation. Possible methods of mildly increasing plasma bilirubin may provide a novel obesity treatment. Objective: To evaluate if Silmarin supplementation via milk thistle, exercise, or a …

Galliformes Specialist Group Annual Report 2023, John P. Carroll, Rahul Kaul

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Reports and Other Materials

Annual report of the IUCN SSC Galliformes Specialist Group, 2023.

Investigating The Potential Effect Of Pollinators On The Alpine Plant Diversity Of The Southern Rocky Mountains: A Community Phylogenetic Approach, Jeremiah Westerman

2024 Award Winners

No abstract provided.

Manydogs Project: A Big Team Science Approach To Investigating Canine Behavior And Cognition, Daniela Alberghina, Emily E. Bray, Daphna Buchsbaum, Sarah- Elizabeth Byosiere, Julia Espinosa, Gitanjali E. Gnanadesikan, C.-N. Alexandrina Guran, Elizabeth Hare, Daniel J. Horschler, Ludwig Huber, Valerie A. Kuhlmeier, Evan L. Maclean, Madeline H. Pelgrim, Bryan Perez, Dana Ravid-Schurr, Liza Rothkoff, Courtney L. Sexton, Zachary A. Silver, Jeffrey R. Stevens

Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior: Faculty Publications

Dogs have a special place in human history as the first domesticated species and play important roles in many cultures around the world. However, their role in scientific studies has been relatively recent. With a few notable exceptions (e.g., Darwin, Pavlov, Scott, and Fuller), domestic dogs were not commonly the subject of rigorous scientific investigation of behavior until the late 1990s. Although the number of canine science studies has increased dramatically over the last 20 years, most research groups are limited in the inferences they can draw because of the relatively small sample sizes used, along with the exceptional diversity …

Harlem's Superhero: Social Interaction, Heterogeneity Of Thought, And The Superhero Mission In Marvel's Luke Cage, Justin Martin

Psychology Faculty Scholarship

The essay extends previous Luke Cage scholarship by analyzing him through a discipline rarely utilized in superhero scholarship: developmental psychology. Using the Luke Cage television series, the author centers Luke Cage's relationship to Harlem. In doing so, the author explores how the relationship can elucidate both the conceptual foundations of morally-relevant decision-making and the ways these concepts may be applied in varied and complex social interactions -- features of social life relevant to everyday persons as well as superheroes working within a fictionalized neighborhood.

Trash Island: Opportunities Of Conservation, Recreation And Education Of Spoil Islands In South West Florida, Olivia Murillo

Theses & ETDs

The phrase ‘Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle’ is one of the earliest introductions to environmentalism many of us are familiar with. Along with this phrase, we are made aware of large amounts of pollution such as plastics on land and our oceans. But the phrase is usually not extended to spaces. Have you ever considered reusing, reducing, or recycling a space? This phrase has been the approach to mitigating relatively new manmade spaces that can be found on many coasts: spoil mounds, a form of human byproduct that is often overlooked. Here in South West Florida, one of our waste spaces …

Toward A Non-Account Of Gender Identity, Marina Sidlow

Theses & ETDs

Most accounts of gender fail to be sufficiently trans-inclusive. Thalia Mae Bettcher’s account of gender as sincere self-identification is the only account of gender that can fully account for trans identities and experiences. Bettcher’s account can be considered a non-account of gender because it does not require any similarity in members of a gender-identity group besides their sincere avowal. In doing so, the account allows the concept of gender to be open to the interpretation of the individual. Sincere self-identification ought to be implemented in mainstream society by acknowledging ethical first-person authority over gender, or allowing speakers to have social …

How Life Trajectories Are Shaped By Choices: Diving Into The Decision-Making Process Among Young Mexican-American Adults Recounting Their High School Experiences, Vianey Jaramillo

Theses & ETDs

The purpose of this study is to explore how the use and availability of resources along with the perceptions of attainable opportunities for life after high school affect the decision-making process among Mexican American high school students. This project utilized both a quantitative and qualitative approach to gather information on participants' high school experiences and choices as they advanced into their journeys after high school. Participants were given a self-efficacy scale and took part in semi-structured interviews that ranged from 37 to 80 minutes. The thematic analysis highlights nine themes that reveal aspects of participants' journeys since high school while …

Efficacy Of An Inexpensive Flow Pump For Floral Volatile Sampling, Piper Cole

Theses & ETDs

This study examines one of the only low-cost vacuum source alternatives to expensive, commercial air samplers. The study utilizes common or easily sought materials to construct a DIY (Do It Yourself) air sampler with a total cost of $375.83. A GC-MS (gas-chromatography mass-spectrometer) was used to analyze floral volatile samples from eight orchid species and three hybrids. Standardized emission rates were calculated from the gas chromatograms for each sample and compared with each other based on the method. It was found that the DIY method and commercial air sampler did not differ significantly from each other when observing mean emission …

Stress Response In Relation To Gender, Adverse Experiences, And Personality, Alyssa Kramer

Theses & ETDs

Behavioral responses to stress have typically been characterized as “fighting” or “fleeing.” However, humans may show a more complex set of behavioral strategies that are influenced by factors such as gender socialization, trauma, and personality. Fawning has recently been introduced as a response to stress that involves conflict avoidance. Although this term has been used colloquially, there is little empirical research that explores the fawn response and how factors such as gender, trauma, and personality may be involved in this stress response. The purpose of this study is to conduct an initial exploration on these factors. Sixty-nine undergraduate participants were …

The Promising Role Of Music Therapies In Mitigating Developmental Challenges Associated With Pediatric Hydrocephalus: A Review And Analysis, Isaac Hunt Mingus

Theses & ETDs

Hydrocephalus, a neuropathic condition characterized by an imbalance between the production and absorption of cerebrospinal fluid and the resultant enlargement of the ventricles in the brain, is the leading cause of pediatric neurosurgery. Despite surgical interventions, children with hydrocephalus often face developmental challenges, including cognitive, motor, and social-emotional deficits. This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive review of hydrocephalus and its associated developmental challenges in children and adolescents while exploring the potential of music therapies as neurorehabilitative interventions for these patients. There is increasing interest in music therapies for neuropathic conditions due to their potential for enhancing motor skills, cognitive …

Investigating Ishikwaella Symbiont Transcriptome Analysis Concerning The Immune System Of Kudzu Bugs, Erika Calle

Theses & ETDs

This thesis investigated the roles of host-gut symbiotic interactions of Candidatus Ishikawella capsulate and Kudzu bugs in the Southeastern United States. Exploring the host-microbe interactions can provide insight into understanding the overall health of species. While the microbes get a habitat and nourishment from the host, these microbes, in turn, help the host by regulating various host physiological functions, including dietary digestion, and imparting protective immunity against pathogens (Khan et al.,2019). Megacopta cribraria or the Kudzu bug is an invasive species of stink bug from the Kyushu region of Japan that invaded the state of Georgia in 2009 (Eger et …

Estimating The Above Ground Biomass And Carbon In New College Of Florida’S Food Forest, Garcia Frank

Theses & ETDs

The New College Food Forest and Carbon Farm, as it was originally coined, was a thesis project planned and installed by Jay McWilliams and Orion Morton in 2016. The intention of the food forest was not only to create a space for fruit and food production, but also to replace the existing lawn area and sequester as much carbon as possible. By estimating the amount of biomass stored and carbon that the FF has been able to sequester since its establishment, the ability of this urban food forest system to combat climate change can be quantified. The litter in the …

Parkinson’S Disease And The Microbiome: Determining A Functional Link Between Microbiota Composition And Pd Pathogenesis, Emily Visiko

Theses & ETDs

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, however, there has been difficulty in determining the pathogenesis of PD. Recent evidence has supported the hypothesis that the gut microbiota may play a causal role in PD development. This thesis presents findings from human-based and animal-based models of PD that revealed differences in the abundances of PD patients’ gut microbiota when compared to those of healthy controls. Additionally, this review discusses proposed mechanisms and pathways involved in PD pathogenesis, specifically focusing on interactions involving the gut microbiota. The mechanisms and pathways discussed include the propagation and spread of …