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High Altitude Exercise, Autophagy, And Angiogenesis, Quint Nikolas Berkemeier Aug 2023

High Altitude Exercise, Autophagy, And Angiogenesis, Quint Nikolas Berkemeier

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Environmental hypoxia, as a result of decreased barometric pressure upon ascent to high altitudes (>2500m) presents increased physiological demands compared to low altitudes. Competitive athletes, mountaineers, wildland firefighters, military personnel, miners, and outdoor enthusiasts commonly participate in, or are exposed to, forms of exercise or physical labor at moderate to high altitudes. Interestingly, however, the majority of research on intermittent hypoxic exposure is centered around hematological markers and the skeletal muscle cellular responses to exercise in hypoxic environments remain largely unknown. Two processes that are integral for maintenance of cellular health in skeletal muscle include autophagy and angiogenesis. We …


Witchy Politics: Witches And Witchcraft As Political Tropes From Malleus Malleficarum (1487) To Les Sorcières De La République (2016) And The Mercies (2020), Mallaury Joëlle Marie Gauthier Aug 2023

Witchy Politics: Witches And Witchcraft As Political Tropes From Malleus Malleficarum (1487) To Les Sorcières De La République (2016) And The Mercies (2020), Mallaury Joëlle Marie Gauthier

Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs

The focus of this thesis are two recent novels featuring witches: Chloé Delaume’s Les Sorcières de la République(The Witches of the Republic, 2016) and Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s The Mercies (2020). The first is a futuristic dystopia set in 2062, during the witch trial of the Sibyl of Cumae. The second is a work of historical fiction based on witch trial records and set in seventeenth-century Finnmark (Norway). Both are feminist novels, and both emphasize the political valence of the witch as a gendered figure. This figure emerged from the misogyny of early modern demonology but acquired its contemporary contours …


Queer Crises: Movements From Queerness And Feelings Of White Religion In The United States, Austin Williams Miller Aug 2023

Queer Crises: Movements From Queerness And Feelings Of White Religion In The United States, Austin Williams Miller

Communication ETDs

Anchored by contemporary crises surrounding queer and trans people in the United States, I employ movements from queerness within an affective queer phenomenological framework to understand how arrangements of “white religion” (Schaefer, 2015, p. 63), a process whereby U.S. American Christian forms escape ideology into religious affective economies in the United States, relegate queer people “to the background… to sustain a certain direction” (Ahmed, 2006, p. 31). I assemble a queer rhetorical context analyzing white religious space in documentary film, secular sexual regulation through contemporary U.S. legal contexts around marriage, and settler colonial Christian nationalist political imaginations to critique how …


Slavery And Architecture Across The Mediterranean, John Behnken Aug 2023

Slavery And Architecture Across The Mediterranean, John Behnken

History ETDs

Enslaved people as architectural material, found in the cultural examples of the Great Mosque of Cordoba and the Hagia Sophia, provide a lens from which scholars can re-envision the historical narrative. The scholarship surrounding the development and transition of the Great Mosque of Cordoba from a mosque to a church, elicits new research into what medieval people thought about race, race-making, and cultural ownership. The conceptions of race are evident through the medieval paradigms of enslavement. Who could and could not become enslaved establish social, cultural, and phenotypic classifications which in turn become race. The work of scholars such as …


Growth Of Purple Sulfur Bacteria Allochromatium Vinosum On Solid Phase Metal Sulfides As Sulfur And Electron Sources, Hugo Alarcon Aug 2023

Growth Of Purple Sulfur Bacteria Allochromatium Vinosum On Solid Phase Metal Sulfides As Sulfur And Electron Sources, Hugo Alarcon

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Purple sulfur bacteria (PSB) are photosynthetic microorganisms known for their vital roles in geochemical cycles, especially the sulfur cycle, within anoxic photic environments. PSB are also key contributors to the nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen cycles. This study focuses on the autotrophic growth of Allochromatium vinosum, a model strain of PSB, that utilize solid-phase metal sulfides (MS) as both sulfur and electron donors. Through characterizing the growth profiles of A. vinosum on pyrite (FeS2), nickel sulfide (NiS), and iron monosulfide (FeS) nanoparticles, respectively, and investigating the bacteria-MS interaction mechanisms, this work expands our current knowledge of the metabolic capabilities and flexibility …


Dental Pulp Stem Cells And Current In Vivo Approaches To Study Dental Pulp Stem Cells In Pulp Injury And Regeneration, Dongwook Yang, Jea Giezl Niedo Solidum, Dongsu Park Aug 2023

Dental Pulp Stem Cells And Current In Vivo Approaches To Study Dental Pulp Stem Cells In Pulp Injury And Regeneration, Dongwook Yang, Jea Giezl Niedo Solidum, Dongsu Park

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) have garnered significant interest in dental research for their unique characteristics and potential in tooth development and regeneration. While there were many studies to define their stem cell-like characteristics and osteogenic differentiation functions that are considered ideal candidates for regenerating damaged dental pulp tissue, how endogenous DPSCs respond to dental pulp injury and supply new dentin-forming cells has not been extensively investigated in vivo. Here, we review the recent progress in identity, function, and regulation of endogenous DPSCs and their clinical potential for pulp injury and regeneration. In addition, we discuss current advances in new …


Understanding Undergraduate Student Borrowing In China: A Qualitative Analysis, Hanwen Zhang Jul 2023

Understanding Undergraduate Student Borrowing In China: A Qualitative Analysis, Hanwen Zhang

Journal of Student Financial Aid

As China moved from elite to mass higher education, student borrowers as the product of state intervention have surged. Yet little attention has been paid to their voices. This study conducts reflexive thematic analysis with a qualitative inquiry into lived experiences of 41 current borrowers. A five-factor typology of debt attitudes yields a dynamic explanation of debt and repayment complexities. Students perceive borrowing as an investment in human and social capital. They are, however, cautious of consumer credit. Far from being a deterrent or added burden, educational indebtedness grants them a measure of freedom and autonomy in college. And they …


The Representation Of Garuda Character In A Comic Entitled Garudayana Saga By Is Yuniarto, Dhityana Ayu Bestania, Prapto Yuwono Jul 2023

The Representation Of Garuda Character In A Comic Entitled Garudayana Saga By Is Yuniarto, Dhityana Ayu Bestania, Prapto Yuwono

International Review of Humanities Studies

Garudayana Saga is a comic that tells the story of Garuda. Garudayana Saga has the concept of Garuda, which is also found in Adiparwa. Adiparwa is the first book of the Mahabharata story. The Garuda character in the Adiparwa narrative is illustrated with manga-style drawings in Garudayana Saga. This research aims to explain the representation of the Garuda character seen in the Garuda character image in the Garudayana Saga, based on a quote that contains the character of Garuda in Adiparwa. The research is conducted using Creswell's qualitative method (2014), combined with Damono's transmedia theory (2018) and Peirce's semiotic theory …


Family Caregivers’ Preparedness With Death And Dying: An Ethnographic Study, Erna Rochmawati, Rick Wiechula Jul 2023

Family Caregivers’ Preparedness With Death And Dying: An Ethnographic Study, Erna Rochmawati, Rick Wiechula

Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia

Death and dying is a complex process and influenced by belief and culture. Understanding the cultural practice is therefore important to enable providing quality end-of-life care. This paper focus in reporting how family caregivers prepare and deal with death and dying within palliative care context. This study was a contemporary ethnographic study that deriving data from observations and informal interviews. Field observation and informal interviews were conducted over three months with 21 patients’ relatives. Data was analyzed using ethnographic data analysis framework. Dealing with death and dying relates to how this was experienced and managed by the patient’s relatives. Three …


Deconstructing Beauty Standards: Unpad Geulis Instagram Account, Muhammad Wisnu Danang At Thariq, Aditya Candra Lesmana, Wahyu Gunawan Jul 2023

Deconstructing Beauty Standards: Unpad Geulis Instagram Account, Muhammad Wisnu Danang At Thariq, Aditya Candra Lesmana, Wahyu Gunawan

Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi

This study aims to deconstruct the discourse of beauty standards represented by Unpad Geulis' Instagram account. Using Derrida's framework of deconstruction, the authors dismantle the text structure on Unpad Geulis' beauty standards, in the form of a slim body, clean, smooth face, white skin color and healthy hair as a dominative, hegemonic, and discriminative. Furthermore, the authors employ the reading of différance, to explore the possibility that Unpad Geulis' beauty standards would not exist without the marginalized beauty standards. Such a reading is done by reading horizontally the text structure of Unpad Geulis, to find a new meaning that was …


The “Best Test” For Success In Academic Advising: Exploring The Purpose Of Advising Through The Lens Of Servant-Leadership., Jeffrey Mcclellan Jul 2023

The “Best Test” For Success In Academic Advising: Exploring The Purpose Of Advising Through The Lens Of Servant-Leadership., Jeffrey Mcclellan

Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice

For years, advising has been associated with student success and retention. However, while these are valuable byproducts of effective academic advising, they do not represent the purpose of advising. This article explores the purpose of academic advising through the lens of servant-leadership theory with an emphasis on Greenleaf’s (2002) best test, which asks, “Do those served grow as persons? Do they, while being served, become healthier, wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?” (p. 27). The outcomes alluded to in this statement are examined and explored as they relate to the purpose of academic advising and student …


Selective Framing And Narrative As Anthropocentric Agents In Yellowstone: America’S Eden, Breanna Lee Hansen Jul 2023

Selective Framing And Narrative As Anthropocentric Agents In Yellowstone: America’S Eden, Breanna Lee Hansen

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Yellowstone: America’s Eden is but one example of nature documentaries tackling the complexities of nature-culture relationships during the age of the Anthropocene. Yellowstone National Park, the first to be named, is a primary example of how our relationship to the natural world developed through conservation and commodification. Yellowstone: America’s Eden demonstrates how film techniques conceal nature as a human construct through selective framing and narrative. By analyzing editing techniques made in the representation of Yellowstone National Park, this thesis bridges anthropocentrism to nature documentaries. Drawing on interdisciplinary research from media studies, environmental humanities, and anthropology, this thesis analyzes the ways …


Language And The Mind: How Language Shapes Our Thinking, Xiaodi Zhou Jul 2023

Language And The Mind: How Language Shapes Our Thinking, Xiaodi Zhou

Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications

This paper analyzes languages and their connections to thinking and culture using an autoethnographic lens. This autoethnography utilized personal examples and those from the author’s students’ compositions as evidence of the link between languages and cultures. Both named languages and dialects of those languages are contemplated for the basis of how their traits influence perceptions. A neuroscientific rationale is also made between human languages and human cultures. The link between culture and language, including dialects, is made, positioning the act of translanguaging as real time dialogue between cultures. Finally, classroom implications are presented with actual student writing and multimodal performances …


Stimuli Of Creative Thinking In Andalusia Between The Two Centuries 2-4 Ah And 8-11 Ad (A Historical And Cultural Study), Nouf Bandar Al-Bunyan Dr. Jul 2023

Stimuli Of Creative Thinking In Andalusia Between The Two Centuries 2-4 Ah And 8-11 Ad (A Historical And Cultural Study), Nouf Bandar Al-Bunyan Dr.

Journal of Arabic Sciences and Humanities

This research deals with a civilized historical topic, he studies the stimuli of creative thinking among scholars Andalusian, in the extended period between the 2-5 centuries AH / 8-11 AD; which will Command stands out the importance of the catalysts as an essential factor from factors that distinguishes the Andalusian civilization on other from civilizations and he was this aspect absent from a lot studies talked about the scholars of Andalusia, and their civilized creations. and has adepend the study on historical method. after collected the information linked to its subject; through different historical the sources, and from then discuss …


Finding Aid For The Kenneth S. Goldstein Collection (Mum00200) Jul 2023

Finding Aid For The Kenneth S. Goldstein Collection (Mum00200)

Archives & Special Collections: Finding Aids (alphabetical)

The Kenneth S. Goldstein Collection primarily contains research and audiovisual materials on folk music and folklore from the greater Anglo-Celtic diaspora, as well as materials from various world folk traditions.


A Mechanistic Evaluation Of Naturally Occurring Igf1r 3’Utr Gene Variants Altering Disease Outcomes In Women, Theron Niel Jul 2023

A Mechanistic Evaluation Of Naturally Occurring Igf1r 3’Utr Gene Variants Altering Disease Outcomes In Women, Theron Niel

Natural Sciences and Mathematics | Biological Sciences Master's Theses

The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis, including its IGF1R receptor and IGF-1 ligand, is evolutionarily conserved and essential for normal organismal growth, development, and longevity. However, when dysregulated, this IGF growth axis can also drive disease and cancer development. In the human genome there are many naturally occurring IGF axis gene variants, especially within the IGF1R gene locus. A subset of these variants are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and while none of these are known to be pathogenic, some (like rs2016347) are considered functional given their location within the IGF1R 3’ untranslated region (UTR), where they can potentially control tissue …


Artistic Approaches: A Study Of Creative Writers Who Teach First-Year Writing, Tyler Gillespie Jul 2023

Artistic Approaches: A Study Of Creative Writers Who Teach First-Year Writing, Tyler Gillespie

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Currently, Writing Studies and Creative Writing occupy different disciplinary positions, but this relationship doesn’t need to be adversarial. This project illustrates “line-crossing” pedagogies of creative writers who teach first-year writing (FYW) to further discussions of how they can situate themselves into Writing Studies. To help bridge disciplinary gaps, I narrate the practices of participants and put them in conversation with existing Writing Studies scholarship and the field’s expertise. For several years, I interviewed 26 creative writers who teach FYW at 15 different institutions, which included R1s, Community Colleges, Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), Private Art Schools, Small Liberal Arts …


The Survival Of Manuscripts: Resistance, Adoption, And Adaptation To Gutenberg's Printing Press In Early Modern Europe, Kaitlin Jean Kojali Jul 2023

The Survival Of Manuscripts: Resistance, Adoption, And Adaptation To Gutenberg's Printing Press In Early Modern Europe, Kaitlin Jean Kojali

The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research

This paper seeks to provide a brief survey of three types of responses to Gutenberg’s moveable type printing press and its effect on early modern Europe: resistance, adoption, and adaptation. Analyzing the respective examples of these three responses to print will help to explain why manuscript production survived in a world that was seemingly dominated by print. Although several different arguments for the survival of the manuscript may be derived from the exhaustive examples of print reactions, the theme of the newfound overabundance of information is the most prominent. This paper opens with an introduction, which is followed by a …


An Analysis Of Communication-Related Information And Services Offered To Parents Of Deaf Children In Puerto Rico, Brenda Belcher Jul 2023

An Analysis Of Communication-Related Information And Services Offered To Parents Of Deaf Children In Puerto Rico, Brenda Belcher

Capstone Collection

The period from birth to five years is a critical stage for human language acquisition, and inadequate access to language during this period can cause far-reaching negative effects. Young deaf and hard-of-hearing children face barriers to acquiring language through speaking and listening techniques, and their parents must make consequential decisions about what communicative strategies to pursue for their child. In Puerto Rico, information and support around communication approaches flow to parents from a variety of sources, including the Island’s local Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) system, three dedicated schools for the deaf, and a variety of community-based organizations. This …


The Cultural Meaning In Ritual Traditions For The Character Of Osing People Banyuwangi, Indonesia, Imam Suyitno, Yuni Pratiwi, Kusubakti Andajani, Heni Dwi Arista Mrs. Jul 2023

The Cultural Meaning In Ritual Traditions For The Character Of Osing People Banyuwangi, Indonesia, Imam Suyitno, Yuni Pratiwi, Kusubakti Andajani, Heni Dwi Arista Mrs.

The Qualitative Report

This study examined the cultural meaning of the ritual tradition for the character of the Osing people, Banyuwangi. The study focused on describing (a) the personal character in ritual tradition, (b) the social character in ritual traditions, and (c) the character values in ritual traditions. This study was qualitative research with the hermeneutic approach to interpret and explain the meaning of ritual tradition by involving three culturalists and community leaders as data resources. The study found that ritual tradition has cultural meaning for Osing people to build (a) personal character, which includes responsible, consistent, caring, sincere in their work, willing …


An Intercultural Study Of Refusal Strategies Used In Jordanian Arabic And American English, I. F. Huwari, F. M. Al-Khasawneh, L. M Rababah, K. A. Alruzzi, M. H. Alqaryouti Jul 2023

An Intercultural Study Of Refusal Strategies Used In Jordanian Arabic And American English, I. F. Huwari, F. M. Al-Khasawneh, L. M Rababah, K. A. Alruzzi, M. H. Alqaryouti

Information Sciences Letters

The present study compares and contrasts the refusal speech act in Jordanian Arabic and American English. The refusal speech act is among the most dominant issues in disciplines such as educational environment and social work. Researchers become more interested in such topics as it helps them to compare and contrast between native and non-native speakers of English. Therefore, the topic is quite common regarding identifying the strategies among non- native speakers. However, very little research discovered the similarities and differences between native and non-native speakers of English. Thus, the researchers of this study tried to fill the gap by presenting …


Architectura Transtopica: Totems Of A Journeyman, Ioannis Galanopoulos Papavasileiou Jul 2023

Architectura Transtopica: Totems Of A Journeyman, Ioannis Galanopoulos Papavasileiou

All Works

The project Architectura Transtopica: Totems of a Journeyman argues in favour of using and interpreting fixed architectural structures as metaphors and symbols of expatriation. The primary inquiry of this paper is to consider how autobiographic re-enactments of lived experiences with architecture, triggered by non-country specific places, illustrate one’s life journey. Building on studies that are at the intersection of social and cultural studies, humanistic geography, evolutionary ecology, anthropology, art and architecture (Alahdadi, 2018; Avci et al., 2017; Kunz, 2016; Martin et al., 2015; Cotton, 2015; Mathur, 2011; Cresswell, 2006; Relph, 1977), I argue here that producing creative parallels of expatriation …


People And Power: Person-First Language Usage And The Criminal Justice System, Casey E. Orr Jul 2023

People And Power: Person-First Language Usage And The Criminal Justice System, Casey E. Orr

Amplify: A Journal of Writing-as-Activism

Language is power. Word choice and terminology, especially those referring to people, are expressions of societal norms and institutional power. Dehumanizing crime-first terms and labels are abundant and common in criminal justice contexts despite being protested by system-involved individuals and activists. Instead, many advocate for person-first terms wherein identifying language emphasizes an individual’s humanity. With a peace-focused anthropological framework, this paper presents the case for person-first language in criminal justice contexts. It is evident that adopting first-person language usage regarding the criminal justice system is necessary after analyzing and considering the multiple sources, such as the voices of those who …


Too Tired To Codeswitch: Analyzing The Prophetic Rhetoric Of Critical Black Language Awareness, Lionnell Smith Jul 2023

Too Tired To Codeswitch: Analyzing The Prophetic Rhetoric Of Critical Black Language Awareness, Lionnell Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This dissertation examines the rhetorical discourses of three critical Black Language teacher-scholar-activists through the lens of Black or African American prophetic rhetoric. This transdisciplinary project aims to expand the conversation regarding the role of rhetorical communication in the activity of instruction. This research brings teaching and instruction to the forefront as a rhetorical situation in which the cultural politics of Black languages and literacies are prophetically addressed. Based on close reading of selected texts, this dissertation offers the development of three rhetorical frameworks: (a) womanist prophetic rhetoric, (b) Black prophetic fugitivity, and (c) prophetic rehabilitation. Each framework indexes a specific …


Plant Stem Undergraduate Symposium, David Britt Jul 2023

Plant Stem Undergraduate Symposium, David Britt

Biological Engineering Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Antiracist Challenges To Whitewashed Pedagogies: Diversifying First-Year Writing Through A Position Of Whiteness, Angela Morris Jul 2023

Antiracist Challenges To Whitewashed Pedagogies: Diversifying First-Year Writing Through A Position Of Whiteness, Angela Morris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Within the current kairotic moment where political attacks against Critical Race Theory and “woke” curriculums continue to gain traction, this dissertation refutes such attacks by offering investigations on how to best implement more inclusive classrooms that explore and examine the intersections of race and writing using antiracist pedagogical approaches. This dissertation features three separate mixed-methods studies all set within first-year writing (FYW) classrooms. Each study engages with one of the three questions: (1) how do we challenge white language supremacy in our writing classrooms through encouraging and investigating code-meshing, (2) how do challenge predilections towards white meritocratic discourse through the …


Defending Whiteness: The Psychic Life Of Anti-Blackness On Grindr, Luis M. Andrade, Deven Cooper Jul 2023

Defending Whiteness: The Psychic Life Of Anti-Blackness On Grindr, Luis M. Andrade, Deven Cooper

Contemporary Argumentation and Debate

On September 19, 2018, Grindr, the most popular gay men’s dating application, released a video titled Kindr to increase consciousness about sexual racism and make the virtual space a comfortable environment for users. This essay archives users’ comments and conversations that occurred prior to and after the release of Kindr to showcase the specificity of and pervasiveness of anti-Blackness ideology, which goes hand in hand, but is more insidious than racism on Grindr that is not addressed by the video. Drawing from recent theorizations of racism and anti-Blackness ideology and “the psychic life of racism” as theoretical frameworks, we utilize …


Evaluation Of The Drug-Free Village Program (Program Desa Bersinar) In Indonesia, Christian Nataludin, Palupi Lindasari Samputra Jul 2023

Evaluation Of The Drug-Free Village Program (Program Desa Bersinar) In Indonesia, Christian Nataludin, Palupi Lindasari Samputra

Journal of Strategic and Global Studies

The Government of Indonesia, has established the Drug-Free Village Program (Program Desa Bersih Narkoba – Desa Bersinar) to overcome the problem of drug abuse and illicit trade at the village level. This research aims to assess the effectiveness of the program implementation and map its constraints nationally. It uses descriptive quantitative methods on formal evaluation approaches and constraint mapping methods. We survey BNNP / BNNK's Prevention and Community Empowerment sub-coordinators throughout Indonesia, with 108 participants participating. Using the effectiveness evaluation criteria, based on the success indicators, according to the Desa Bersinar program implementation technical guidelines. The result shows that two …


Triggered By Socialbots: Communicative Anthropomorphization Of Bots In Online Conversations, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, Kaisa Laitinen, Minna Koivula, Tanja Sihvonen Jul 2023

Triggered By Socialbots: Communicative Anthropomorphization Of Bots In Online Conversations, Salla-Maaria Laaksonen, Kaisa Laitinen, Minna Koivula, Tanja Sihvonen

Human-Machine Communication

This article examines communicative anthropomorphization, that is, assigning of humanlike features, of socialbots in communication between humans and bots. Situated in the field of human-machine communication, the article asks how socialbots are devised as anthropomorphized communication companions and explores the ways in which human users anthropomorphize bots through communication. Through an analysis of two datasets of bots interacting with humans on social media, we find that bots are communicatively anthropomorphized by directly addressing them, assigning agency to them, drawing parallels between humans and bots, and assigning emotions and opinions to bots. We suggest that socialbots inherently have anthropomorphized characteristics and …


Archipelagic Human-Machine Communication: Building Bridges Amidst Cultivated Ambiguity, Marco Dehnert Jul 2023

Archipelagic Human-Machine Communication: Building Bridges Amidst Cultivated Ambiguity, Marco Dehnert

Human-Machine Communication

In this commentary, I call for maintaining the archipelagic character of human-machine communication (HMC). Utilizing the metaphor of the archipelago or a chain of connected islands indicates that HMC entails a variety of islands differing in shape, size, location, and proximity to one another. Rather than aiming for conceptual unity and definitional homogeneity, I call for embracing a cultivated ambiguity related to HMC key concepts. Ambiguity in the sense of allowing these concepts to be flexible enough to be explored in different contexts. Cultivated in the sense of demanding resonance across individual studies and theoretical lineages to allow for cumulative …