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Population Genetics Of Shallow And Mesophotic Corals And Sponges In The Gulf Of Mexico And Florida, Ryan J. Eckert

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Population genetic analyses provide critical insights into biodiversity and resilience on coral reefs. This dissertation investigated the genetic connectivity and cryptic diversity of multiple foundational reef species, the corals Stephanocoenia intersepta, Orbicella faveolata, Montastraea cavernosa, and the sponge Xestospongia muta, across shallow and mesophotic reefs in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) and across marine protected areas on the Florida Reef Tract. Using a reduced representation genotyping approach, 2bRAD-seq, we generated genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) datasets for each species to assess patterns of population structure across regions and depth zones. Analyses uncovered cryptic lineages …

Institutional Learning And International Student Enrollment: A Case Study Of Perceptions Of Practice, Debra Szabo

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the application of Peter Senge’s Learning Organization Theory at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), focusing on administrators' perceptions of institutional learning amid increasing international student enrollment. Higher education institutions must balance market-driven behaviors with collaborative learning environments as they navigate a competitive global landscape.

The study stresses the need to investigate institutional learning outcomes and the impact of rising international student enrollment on university policies, procedures, and organizational learning. It explores the relationship between espoused theories, strategic goals designated by FAU, and theories-in-action, which reflect actual practices in recruiting and supporting international students. By integrating Argyris and Schön's …

The Administrative State's Second Face, Emily R. Chertoff, Jessica Bulman-Pozen

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

We often assume that there is one administrative state, with one body of administrative law that governs it. In fact, the administrative state has two distinct faces: one turned toward regulation and benefits distribution, and one turned toward physical force and surveillance. The two faces are growing further apart under the Roberts Court, which has hemmed in the first face with decisions like Loper Bright while showing solicitude for national security and law enforcement agencies.

This Article delineates the two faces of the administrative state. It provides a descriptive account of the second face and the distinctive administrative law that …

Promoting Public Health And Public Safety By Ending The Exclusion Of Incarcerated Children From Access To Medicaid, Eduardo R. Ferrer

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This essay is a response to Professor Den Houter's article entitled Children are Not Inmates in which she effectively calls eliminating the exclusion of indigent incarcerated children from Medicaid coverage pursuant to the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP). This essay affirms and builds upon Professor Den Houter's recommendation. Part I of this response provides additional support for why ensuring system-involved youth receive timely, uninterrupted, high-quality behavioral health services is critical to improving both public health and public safety. Part II analyzes the benefits and risks attendant to excluding indigent incarcerated children from the MIEP. Part III proposes the implementation of …

Mental And Physical Health, Impulse Control, And Intimate Partner Violence Within A Veteran Sample, Hannah L. Grigorian, Helen P. Hailes, Kathleen Palm Reed, Erin D. Reilly

Psychology

Introduction: Psychiatric (e.g., PTSD, alcohol use disorder) and physical issues (e.g., chronic pain, sleep problems) are robustly associated with the use of intimate partner violence (IPV). These chronic conditions can amplify the likelihood of IPV use by increasing perceived threat, poor relationship quality, and negative affect while simultaneously decreasing the ability to inhibit violent behavior. However, the research in this area has largely been examined in limited samples or by examining a single chronic condition above diagnostic cut-offs or specific dual diagnosis (e.g., PTSD and alcohol use disorder). Further, potential mechanisms of action such as impulse control difficulties are rarely …

“I Didn’T Think Many Teachers Cared:” Using Youth Participatory Action Research With Middle Schoolers To Advance Trauma-Informed Practice In Schools, Jesse Chanin, Stacy Overstreet, Allisyn Swift, Samantha Francois

Psychology

Student voice has been largely absent in the trauma-informed schools movement. Student perspectives on trauma-informed approaches are particularly critical for students who identify as Black and Hispanic. Black and Hispanic students consistently report more negative school experiences than their white peers, including negative school climate and lower levels of school equity and personal belonging. This article describes a youth participatory action research (YPAR) program with 18 Black and Hispanic middle school students. We describe how YPAR was integrated with trauma-informed principles to engage student voice. We outline student-led research projects and results related to core features of trauma-informed schools. Finally, …

Tiny-Physics: A Compact Large Language Model For Physics Word Problems On Mobile Devices, Akhil Vallala

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis offers Tiny-Physics, a compact large language model optimized for solving physics word problems on mobile devices. While Small Language Models (SLMs) offer potential for on-device learning, there is a lack of domain-specialized models for physics. This research fine-tunes smolLM2-360M, a state-of-the-art SLM, using a combination of publicly available datasets (e.g., camel-ai/physics) and a novel synthetic dataset generated through a multi-agent system based on GPT-4o and 1000 Solved Problems in Classical Physics.

The fine-tuning process incorporates both supervised and instruction-tuning methods, including LoRA for parameter-efficient training. The resulting model is converted to GGUF format for deployment on resource-constrained mobile …

Dynamic Quantile Positioning: A Visual Approach To Financial Ratio Benchmarking Against Industry Peers, Wojciech Kuryłek

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

Purpose: This paper introduces an innovative visualization method for financial ratio benchmarking that enables comprehensive evaluation of a company’s financial performance relative to industry peers, addressing the challenge of information overload in financial analysis.

Design/methodology/approach: The method analyses data from nearly 200,000 Polish companies classified by PKD codes (aligned with NACE Rev. 2). It evaluates 14 financial ratios across five categories: sales characteristics, profitability, financial leverage, liquidity, and working capital. Each ratio is mapped against industry distributions divided into five quantiles ranging from ‘far below average’ to ‘far above average’. The visualization displays current and previous year positions …

The Csr Authenticity Crossroads: A Comparative Analysis Of Greenwashing In The Cosmetics And Food Sectors, Magdalena Klimczuk-Kochańska

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

Purpose: The article aims to investigate the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategies, manifestations of greenwashing, and their underlying motivations in selected companies from the cosmetics and food sectors.

Methodology: The study employs a qualitative, comparative case study methodology. Six companies (L’Oréal, Natura & Co., Bielenda, Nestlé, Maspex, and Tony’s Chocolonely) were analysed based on publicly available secondary data, including corporate reports, NGO analyses, and media coverage.

Findings: The study identifies and defines two distinct sectoral logics: companies in the cosmetics sector follow a ‘brand-centric logic’, where greenwashing manifests as product-level marketing claims. In contrast, firms …

Ict Technologies: Origins, Development, And Applications In Selected Examples From The Economy And Society, Tomasz Parys

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

Purpose: The primary purpose of this paper is to present information and communication technologies, collectively referred to as ICT, as a determinant of the development and functioning of the modern world through the prism of tools, models, concepts and platforms that enable their application. This is accomplished in the article by presenting selected technologies along with illustrating the scope and possibilities of their use.

Methodology: The scope of the research included ICT technologies, their development and evolution, as well as their application in various fields. Extensive source material was collected, with a primary focus on academic publications, including …

Remote Education And Well-Being In Academia During (Post) Pandemic Times: Insights From Business Schools In V4 Countries, Agnieszka Brzozowska, Jana Kajanová, Michał Ludek, Kamila Matysová, Magdaléna Musilová, Norbert Sipos, Brigitta Szabó-Bálint, Aleksandra Wąsowska, Timea Venczel-Szakó, Jitka Volfová

Studia i Materiały Wydział Zarządzania Uniwersytet Warszawski

Purpose: The study aims to explore the dynamics shaping online education processes in the Visegrad countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary) during the transition to remote learning.

Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative study was conducted among 40 university students and 40 academic teachers from the four countries. The data analysis focused on identifying recurring patterns and challenges in online teaching and learning experiences.

Findings: The research revealed two negative cycles influencing online education. The first, called the cycle of declining engagement, shows how decreasing student engagement led to lower lecturer involvement, which in turn further reduced students’ motivation. The …

Ghosts Of Bilateralism: Collaborative Research On The Afterlives Of A Finnish-Kenyan Water Development Project, Yonatan N. Gez, Claire Médard, Eunice Kamaara, Eric Masese, Carla Bertin, Nathaniel Chimhete, Berenike Eichhorn, Marie-Aude Fouéré, Hellen Githogori, Ilmari Huotari, Raquel Jerobon, Anna-Riikka Kauppinen, Manya Kagan, Mercy Kosgei, Lena Kroeker, Keren Kuenberg, Anselmo Matusse, Munene Mugambi, Lucy W. Mule, George Mutalemwa, Francis Ngure, Orlando Nipassa, Samuel Owiwa, Stephen Nyagaya, Manuel João Manuel, Elisabeth Schubinger, Ali Umulkher, Esther Wahome

Education and Child Study: Faculty Publications

With rising academic interest in heterodox perspectives on international development interventions, including their unintended consequences and so-called “afterlives” (Rudnyckyj and Schwittay 2014; McKay 2012; Gez 2021), identifying suitable research approaches to capture such complex aftermaths emerges as a new challenge for development studies. In what follows, we share insights from our attempt to adapt an existing research approach to generate evidence on development’s afterlives, including the cascading and unintended effects of past development projects, both tangible and intangible.1 In particular, we explore the valence of qualitative-ethnographic methods for diving deeply into the plurality of projects’ lasting legacies, well beyond …

Factors Associated With Contraceptive Discontinuation Among Women In The U.S., Moradi Aljadani

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Background: Contraceptive discontinuation is a significant public health concern in the United States, contributing to unintended pregnancies and associated health, social, and economic consequences. Despite the availability of a wide range of contraceptive methods, many women discontinue use prematurely due to a variety of personal, social, cultural, and systemic factors. However, limited research has comprehensively examined these factors at the national level, particularly within a theoretical framework that captures the multidimensional influences on contraceptive decision-making. Objective: This study aimed to assess the factors associated with contraceptive method discontinuation among women in the U.S, guided by Ray’s Theory f …

Sogar: Self-Supervised Spatiotemporal Attention-Based Social Group Activity Recognition, Naga Venkata Sai Raviteja Chappa, Pha Nguyen, Alexander H. Nelson, Han-Seok Seo, Xin Li, Page Daniels Dobbs, Khoa Luu

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Social group activity recognition is crucial for various applications including surveillance, human-robot interaction, and behavioral analysis. Current approaches often require extensive manual annotations and rely heavily on pre-trained detectors, limiting their practical applications. Additionally, existing methods struggle to effectively model long-term spatiotemporal relationships in group activities. This paper introduces a novel approach to Social Group Activity Recognition (SoGAR) using Self-supervised Transformers network that can effectively utilize unlabeled video data. To extract spatio-temporal information, we create local and global views with varying frame rates. Our self-supervised objective ensures that features extracted from contrasting views of the same video are consistent across …

Quackery Unmask’D: Defining Quackery In English And American Vernacular Medical Works, C. 1600-1800, Katherine Rose Horan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis argues that, from 1600 to 1800, healers in both England and America conceptualized quackery through an evolving understanding of what made a medical practitioner “acceptable.” Through a close examination of vernacular medical print published in both England and America throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this thesis complicates earlier understandings of quackery as being disconnected from politics and social biases. Instead, medical authors used social position—specifically gender, race, and religion—and medical philosophy as ways to identify quacks. In England, the Royal College of Physicians used quackery to delegitimize their opponents, while critics of the College did the same. …

Lis1 Depletion In Adult Mouse Projection Neurons Causes Neurodegeneration And Severe Neurological Phenotypes, Anne Ventrone

Theses and Dissertations

Proper LIS1 function is crucial for human brain development, as mutations in LIS1 lead to lissencephaly, a severe neurodevelopmental disorder caused by defective proliferation, differentiation and migration of neural precursors. Our understanding of LIS1's functions after brain development is limited. LIS1 regulates cytoplasmic dynein 1 (dynein), an essential microtubule motor protein in cell division and migration, but also a cellular transport motor. We previously showed that tamoxifen (TX)-induced global knockout of LIS1 using a Cre/Lox system (Act-Lis1iKO) in young adult mice results in severe neurological defects and rapid lethality. This strongly supports LIS1's critical post- developmental role, but the underlying …

Attachment Technique As Orthodontic Aligner Retention Reinforcement: An In Vitro Study, Riandri C. Runizar, Retno Widayati, Miesje K. Purwanegara, Sugeng Supriadi, Giri W. Alam, Galih Taqwatomo

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of Endodontic File Separation And Treatment Options Among Dental Practitioners In Chennai, Subodh S. Satheesh, Sneha Baskar, Krishnapriya Balachandar

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Link Between Bmi, Oral Health, Salivary Flow And Veillonella Parvula Among Adolescents In An Islamic Boarding School In Indonesia, Putri G. Asturini, Eva Fauziah, Mochamad F. Rizal

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Preschool Parents’ Knowledge Before And After Reading The Electronic Book ‘Trauma To The Primary Teeth’: Experimental Study, Vania Anindita, Eva Fauziah, Mochamad F. Rizal

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Opg And Rankl Expression Of Bone Remodelling After Application Of Stichopus Hermanii In Cavia Cobaya, Bahruddin Talib, Asmawati Amin, Astri A. Aziz, Probo D. Putra, Mohammad D. Utama, Alqarama M. Thalib, Aryadi Arsyad, Delvi S. Reni

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Conservative Approach In The Management Of Dentigerous Cyst And Horizontal Impaction Tooth Through Marsupialization: Case Report, Swarantika A. Rarasati, Melita Sylvyana, Endang Sjamsudin

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Advancing Oral Health Through Multidisciplinary Innovation: From Molecular Insights To Equitable Care - An Editorial Review, Hasanuddin, Acing H. Mude, Muhammad Ikbal, Erni Marlina, Muhammad Ruslin

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Four Modified Methods Of Ligation Induction Of Periodontitis In Wistar Rat Model: A Pilot Study, Rio Simanjuntak, Budi, Pitu Wulandari, Martina Amalia, Denny Satria

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

The Effectivity Of The Combination Of Tricalcium Silicate Cement And Galam Leaf Extract (Melaleuca Cajuputi Subsp. Barlow) As Direct Pulp Capping Materials Reviewed From Vegf, Fgf-2, And Tgf-Β: A Systematic Review, Sherli Diana, Irene E. Rieuwpassa, Juni J. Nugroho, Rasmidar Samad, Risfah Yulianty, Nurhayaty Natsir

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Effectiveness Of Gelatin Extracted From Mackerel Bone (Rastrelliger Sp) On Cell Count In Wistar Rats Mandibular Bone Healing-In Vivo, Isnandar, Gostry A. Dohude, Hendry Rusdy, Muhammad F. Lubis, Lokot D. Lubis, Kevin Marpaung, Monica L. Romauli, Aulia I. Sari

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Toothpaste Containing Uncaria Gambir Roxb. Extract In Oral Health, Siti Rp. Dewi, Clarissa I. Arif, Aquila H. Tuzzahra, Pudji Handayani

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Surgical Correction Of Multiple Malunion Fracture In The Mandible: A Case Report, Vera Julia, Amirul I. Hiroshi, Arbi Wijaya, Ditha Noviantika, A. Surya Darma

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science

No abstract provided.

Racial Disparities In Adherence To Diabetes Management Guidelines: The Impact Of Immigration Status Among Asian Populations In The U.S., Aliya Kuerban Phd, Fnp-Bc, Ms, Ma, Rn, Yuging Zhang

Nursing: Faculty Presentations

Background/Purpose

Asian populations in the U.S. demonstrate lower adherence to diabetes management guidelines compared to other racial groups. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends a minimum of two annual A1C tests to manage diabetes effectively. This study examines racial disparities in adherence to these guidelines, focusing on the impact of immigration-related factors and patient perceptions of provider communication. The findings aim to identify barriers and inform strategies to enhance diabetes management and improve patient-provider interactions in underserved communities.

Theoretical/Conceptual Framework

This study employs a modified patient-provider communication model as its theoretical framework, emphasizing how effective communication can influence adherence to …

Investigating The Lyoprotective Properties Of An Antifreeze Protein From A Broadleaf Desert Shrub, Alexzandria Sheppard

Honors Theses and Capstones

Lyophilization, or freeze-drying, is an important preservation method for protein-based products, such as protein pharmaceuticals. However, the process introduces both freezing and drying stresses that can harm proteins. Here, we have studied the efficacy of AnAFP, a dehydrin-like antifreeze protein isolated from the broadleaf desert shrub Ammopiptanthus nanus, in reducing enzyme damage during freeze-drying, or lyophilization. We have shown that AnAFP can protect the model enzyme lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) from both freezing and dehydration damages during lyophilization with similar or better efficacy than 10% w/v sucrose and superior to that of another known antifreeze protein.