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Florida Atlantic Undergraduate Research Journal

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Florida Atlantic Undergraduate Research Journal

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Understanding The Gaming Disorder–Depression Co-Occurrence: A Narrative Literature Review, An-Pyng Sun, Stephanie Diez

Social Work Faculty Research

Because gaming disorder (GD) often co-occurs with depression, understanding how both disorders work together enables clinicians to better treat individuals with GD–depression comorbidity. The extant literature on GD–depression comorbidity is unsystematic and contradictory, with some studies suggesting depression predicts GD but not vice versa, some claiming GD predicts depression but not vice versa, and some proposing a bidirectional relationship between the two. The goal of this narrative review is to explore and organize these findings to establish a holistic and coherent conceptual framework that explains how GD co-occurs with depression.

The PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Sciences databases were searched …

Impacts Of Climate Change On Vertical Migration Of Zooplankton Species, Camila Rimoldi Ibañez

Florida Atlantic Undergraduate Research Journal

Vertical migration in marine and freshwater environments stands as one of Earth’s largest daily animal movements concerning biomass. It serves as a crucial life pump, shaping phytoplankton grazing patterns, facilitating nutrient transport through the water column, and providing vital sustenance for deep-water organisms lacking access to surface phytoplankton. Despite enduring millennia of climatic shifts, contemporary anthropogenic climate change surpasses historical rates of change, posing unprecedented challenges. Climate-induced phenomena increasingly affect various species, including vertical migrators. This paper delves into Diel Vertical Migration’s ecological significance and anticipates detrimental effects of climate change on individual animals’ physiology and migration patterns. Foremost, rising …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Voicing Systems In Tagalog And Hiligaynon, Ty Craaybeek

Florida Atlantic Undergraduate Research Journal

Tagalog and Hiligaynon are both languages from the Philippines that use the unique Philippine-style topic marking system. This system illustrates a special relationship between the verb and the subject or object through an affix marking focus. Tagalog is well-studied, but there is much debate on its voicing system. Hiligaynon and its voicing system are understudied. This paper explores the voicing system in both languages to better understand their similarities. Tagalog and Hiligaynon have related voicing systems, however, Tagalog uses five voices, separating the beneficiary and locative voices, while Hiligaynon has four, combining these two voices into the referential voice. Even …

Financial Literacy: An Inside Look On Americans' Investing Habits, Alexander Georgiev

Florida Atlantic Undergraduate Research Journal

There has been a large influx of investment platforms and increasing opportunities over the last century, with investment becoming much more widespread and heavily advertised. It is important for Americans to be knowledgeable about different investing opportunities; thus, this study aims to reveal the different factors that may affect someone’s investing choices. It was anticipated that those with more education and younger people would be more comfortable in and likely to invest and save for retirement. Using an 18-question survey, this study was sent out to United States citizens over the age of 18 through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Receiving 202 …

Exploring Infant Toy Interactions In Free Play Environments, Emma Bermudez, Jacqueline Hammack

Florida Atlantic Undergraduate Research Journal

Infants’ interactions with toys play a crucial role in their early cognitive and motor development, yet much of the research on this topic has been conducted in controlled laboratory settings, which may not accurately reflect the diversity of toys and interactions infants experience in their natural environments. This study uniquely examined these interactions in a home setting by utilizing an online video conferencing platform. This study investigated how toy properties influence manual infant-object interactions during dyadic tabletop free play, where mothers selected the toys for the session. Within the confines of this study, results show that infants spend significantly more …

Fast Fashion: Discovering American Consumers' Opinions, Ava Vignola

Florida Atlantic Undergraduate Research Journal

The effects of fast fashion range from human rights violations to environmental devastation. This study uncovers the views of Americans on fast fashion. It was expected to find that many Americans prioritize price when shopping, due to the growth of these companies. The study had 193 people complete a questionnaire on Amazon Turk that contained 16 questions. It found that most Americans consider the price to be more important than the ethics when shopping, with there being a statistically significant difference (p < .001) in that older consumers are more likely to prioritize price. It also found that males are more likely to disagree than females with the statement that fast fashion is unethical (p < .001). This data can be used to create marketing strategies to encourage American consumers to purchase from sustainable companies.

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Florida Atlantic Undergraduate Research Journal

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Florida Atlantic Undergraduate Research Journal

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Prioritising Time-Critical Injuries And Interventions For Trapped Motor Vehicle Collision Patients: A Delphi Study, Tim Nutbeam, Rob Fenwick, Ian Marritt, Brian Lee, Luke Staveley-Wadham, Nigel Lang, Louise Johnson, Nicolas Mattock, Jane Ogilvie, Emily Foote, Francis Screech, Lara Lebeau–Humarau, Caroline Leech

Peninsula Medical School

Background Physically trapped patients following motor vehicle collisions are at high risk of time-critical injuriesand poor outcomes. Despite this, there is limited consensus on which injuries should be prioritised and which earlyinterventions are both necessary and feasible in the prehospital setting. This study aims to develop expert consensuson injury categorisation and the delivery of early care interventions to guide clinical and operational decision-makingat the scene.Methods A modified Delphi method was used to gather consensus from a multidisciplinary panel of subjectmatter experts, including clinicians, paramedics, and members of fire and rescue services. In Round 1, participantscontributed to the development of draft …

Zero/Low Textbook Cost Syllabus For [39335 Eng 2100 - Htrf Writing I], Ju Ly Ban

Open Educational Resources

This class is a warm-up for the many writing assignments you will encounter, no matter your major. We will read, write, and talk through texts in different genres, learning how to (1) understand what a writing task is asking for (2) build clear arguments (3) find strong evidence and (4) manage time and writing anxiety. These skills will help you revisit, rethink, and expand your own resources.

You are the writer. (Yes, even if you use ChatGPT. We will talk about how to use it well, too.) And you already have your resources. Let’s begin in an imaginary living room—the …

Enhancing Co-Occurring Disorder Screening In Outpatient Substance Abuse Patients, Christianah Farinloye

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Co-occurring disorders (CODs) are often underdiagnosed in outpatient behavioral health settings due to fragmented care and lack of standardized, interprofessional screening. Mental health professionals lack unified screening guidelines for CODs, limiting early detection and coordinated care, especially in high-risk populations. This project aims to develop an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) to promote interprofessional consensus and improve COD screening and management. Guided by the Johns Hopkins EBP Model and the AGREE II instrument to ensure rigor. Twelve expert reviewers (5 PMHNPs, 4 LCPCs, and 3 psychiatrists) assessed a CPG developed from nine critically appraised studies sourced from EBSCO, CINAHL, and …

Sac Newsletter 2025, South Asia Center

Newsletters from the South Asia Center

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Editorial: Disclosure In Sexual And Reproductive Health, Pooja Chitneni, Shan Qiao Ph.D., Simon M. Manga, Janet M. Turan

Faculty Publications

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Heart Failure And Death In Older Adults With Elevated Cardiac Biomarkers But Without Risk Factors: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities Study, Xiaoming Jia, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Chiadi Ndumele, Amil Shah, Elizabeth Selvin, Salim S Virani, Ron C Hoogeveen, Biykem Bozkurt, Christie M Ballantyne, Vijay Nambi

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

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Global Drivers And Local Management Of Groundwater Stress: A High-Resolution Economic Analysis Of Land, Water, And Food Systems, Iman Haqiqi, Thomas Hertel, Kavitha Srikanth

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications

Groundwater stress, a critical challenge for global water security and food production, has intensified due to the interaction of global change drivers and rapidly evolving local conditions. This paper investigates the individual and combined impacts of water availability, heat, population growth, income dynamics, and technological advancements on global groundwater stress over a historical period from 1997 to 2017. Utilizing the gridded Simplified International Model of agricultural Prices, Land use, and the Environment (SIMPLE-G), the study attributes local changes in water and land use patterns to these key global drivers. Furthermore, it evaluates an alternative, counterfactual scenario in which sustainable management …

Putting Genai On Notice: Genai Exceptionalism And Contract Law, David Atkinson

NULR Online

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Strategies To Improve Psychiatrist Understaffing In Psychiatric Hospitals In Rural And Underserved Communities: Addressing Administrative Challenges, Carla Aramouni

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Psychiatric hospitals across the United States face a worsening shortage of psychiatrists, particularly in rural and underserved communities, which limits timely mental health care, increases wait times, and places unsustainable strain on the psychiatric workforce. The purpose of this integrative review was to identify administrative strategies that can mitigate psychiatrist understaffing and support sustainable care delivery in psychiatric hospitals. An integrative review methodology was used to explore both empirical and nonempirical literature, resulting in 92 articles, including 32 peer-reviewed sources and several supporting studies selected through a systematic search, screening, and critical appraisal. Thematic analysis of the evidence revealed five …

Canada’S Indigenous Social Workers’ Medicinal Plant Knowledge: A Land-Based Way Of Knowing For Indigenous Practice, Iris Kim Plain Eagle

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Canada’s Indigenous people of Treaty 7 region have experienced intergenerational trauma resulting from colonization perpetrated by the Canadian government. While the use of medicinal plants, are employed by Indigenous social workers, their integration into mainstream human services organizations remains limited. The gaps in Indigenous social work practice hinders client culturally competent care and the acknowledgement of Indigneous knowledge systems in colonial systems. This generic qualitative study explored the experiences of participants who integrate medicinal plant healing and ancestral knowledge into practice. Informed by indigenous wholistic theory, the study aimed to understand how Indigenous social workers navigate the challenges and opportunities …

Gm-Csf Production By Immune Cells In Steady State And Autoimmune Neuroinflammation Mapped Using Fate Reporting Mice, Gholamreza Azizi, Javad Rasouli, Hamed Naziri, Michael V. Gonzalez, James Garifallou, Guang-Xian Zhang, Bogoljub Ciric, Abdolmohamad M. Rostami

Department of Neurology Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: GM-CSF is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that promotes an inflammatory phenotype in myeloid cells. The extent and pattern of GM-CSF expression in immune cells have not been fully elucidated. Our goal was to advance this topic using novel GM-CSF reporter/fate reporter transgenic mice.

METHODS: We tracked ongoing and past GM-CSF expression in various immune cells from multiple organs, in steady-state and autoimmune inflammation of the central nervous system (CNS).

RESULTS: The GM-CSF expression patterns varied by cell type and organ, with CD4

DISCUSSION: These findings identified distinct GM-CSF cellular sources across organs, highlighting the transient nature of GM-CSF expression and …

Dissatisfaction And Residual Symptoms In Younger And Older Adult Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty, Nicholas Pohl, Parker Brush, Adrian Santana, Sebastian Fras, Eleanor Jenkins, Arjun Saxena

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty Papers

INTRODUCTION: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an increasingly used treatment option for younger patients with osteoarthritis. Previous research has found only 66% patients < 60 years who underwent TKA postoperatively reported that their knees felt normal. However, the prior studies did not compare underlying causes for dissatisfaction based on age. This study compared the satisfaction and residual symptom rates between patients ages < 60 and ≥60 years and identified specific reasons for their dissatisfaction between the age groups.

METHODS: Patients who underwent unilateral TKA for osteoarthritis from 2014 to 2016 were electronically sent a 15-question survey pertaining to surgery satisfaction. Following patient identification and survey completion, patient demographics, medical history, surgical time, and length of stay were collected through manual review of medical records. Patients who completed surveys were grouped by age (< 60 years or ≥60 years) for analysis.

RESULTS: In total, 1189 ≥ 60-year-old patients and 388 < 60-year-old patients were included. Most patients in both cohorts reported satisfaction with overall knee function (< 60: 68.6%; ≥60: 71.8%; P = 0.175). Fewer < 60-year patients reported normal knee function (66.5% vs. 75.2%; P < 0.001). The most common residual symptom in both cohorts was continued pain.

CONCLUSION: Patients younger than 60 years reported less satisfaction with performing normal activities …

Effect Of Bond Strength Variation And Ionizing Radiation On Mutations In Cytosine-Guanine Islands, Joshua Robert Bedwell, Yan Poniatovskyi, Vola Andrianarijaona

Achieve

Ionizing radiation produces free electrons within cells which then ionizes DNA and has the potential to cause carcinogenic mutations. Cytosine-Guanine (CpG) islands are regions that are rich in cytosine and guanine bases and are common sites of single point mutations and strand breaks. In this study, density function theory (DFT) is used to calculate the potential energy of DNA nucleotide dimers varying bond lengths in five different ionized states. Crossing between two ionized states can be seen in the potential energy curves, indicating the possibility of natural transition between the two states. Potential energy curves are used to determine bond …

Analyzing The Strength Of The Amine Bond Of Guanine Via Potential Curve Analysis: A Computational Approach, Yan Poniatovskyi, Joshua Robert Bedwell, Vola Andrianarijaona

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The deamination of guanine can be a cause of single point DNA mutations. In this study, the strength of the amine bond was examined using DFT and B3LYP to map out the bond’s potential curves under conditions of various charges being imposed on the molecule. Such an approach yielded a few potential curves that do not exhibit the expected behavior and rather, show crossings in potential energy curves. Discussions regarding the suspected causes of these unexpected behaviors are included in the poster presentation. The Mulliken charge analysis of guanine under these conditions is coherent with the proposition that the deamination …

Conceptual Model And Design Of An Initiative To Build Nurses’ Resilience And Ethical Practice, Cynda Hylton Rushton, Sandra M. Swoboda, Nancy Reller, Laura C. Sarver, Erin M. Wright, Krysia Warren Hudson, Robie Victoria Hughes, Ginger C. Hanson, Rita D’Aoust

College of Nursing Faculty Papers & Presentations

Background: Healthcare faces a nursing crisis with high turnover, burnout, and faculty shortages, which requires innovative educational approaches that bridge the gap between education and practice. Purpose: To present the conceptual model and design of a statewide, trans-institutional academic-practice collaboration that holistically builds nurses' resilience and ethical practice across the education-to-practice continuum. Method: Development of the Renewal, Resilience, and Retention (R³) Initiative based on adaptation of the Mindful Ethical Practice and Resilience Academy (MEPRA), social ecological framework, and stakeholder input across eight schools of nursing and five hospitals in Maryland. Results: The R³ Initiative created a scalable …

An Educational Intervention Focused On Identifying Adverse Childhood Experiences, Laconia Bacon

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refer to traumatic childhood experiences that individuals may have been exposed to during their youth, such as child maltreatment, domestic violence, or interparental violence. Research has demonstrated that experiencing ACEs in childhood may result in physical and mental illnesses that led to dangerous lifestyle patterns in adulthood. In the local organization, several patients with ACEs presented in the emergency department (ED). The nurses, unaware of ACEs, were unable to detect and respond to the consequences of ACEs. Thus, the purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to determine whether an educational intervention focused …

Strategies For Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment And Retention, Teddy Gene Abbey

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Volunteer fire departments (VFDs) provide essential services in rural areas that cannot afford full-time staff, and they are negatively impacted by declining recruitment and retention. VFD administrators who lack strategies to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters risk reduced emergency services and increased costs for hiring paid firefighters. Grounded in Herzberg’s two-factor theory, the purpose of this qualitative pragmatic inquiry project was to identify and explore strategies some VFD administrators use to recruit and retain members and maintain necessary emergency services. Participants were six administrators from VFDs in Oklahoma and Arkansas with community populations of 1,500 citizens or fewer residents who …

The Perceived Impact Of Officer-Involved Domestic Violence On Law Enforcement Administrators, Victoria Smith

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The frequency of officer-involved domestic violence (OIDV) is a serious problem in the law enforcement profession. This qualitative phenomenological study aimed to determine what measures and specific domestic violence policies are working well and what is working poorly in Florida. This study is critical because it can aid upcoming law enforcement administrators (LEAs) and current LEAs in improving the policies and measures they use in their agency to combat OIDV among their officers and recruits. Jacques’s organizational culture theory (OCT) provided a framework for this study. I used purposeful snowball sampling methods to recruit participants for this study. Six law …

Women Veterans' Use Of Gender-Specific, Online, Social Support Systems For Social Identity After Military Service, Katie M. Baillio

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The number of women veterans serving in the military is growing. This qualitative study explored women veterans' perspectives and experiences with gender-specific online social support services, and how that contributes to their social identity after military service. A generic qualitative design was used, and data were collected through semistructured interviews for 10 women veterans who had transitioned out of the military within the last 5 years. Five themes emerged: (a) big picture: connecting with other women veterans was helpful; (b) veteran forums were used for federal or state benefits, but women used gender-specific forums for questions specific to women's issues; …

Educating Nurses On The Agency Of Healthcare Research And Quality Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program To Reduce The Rate Of Pressure Ulcers, Marie France Destaul

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

A staff development project was conducted to address the practice problem encountered in a healthcare setting. The identified gap in practice was related to a lack of knowledge of pressure ulcer injury prevention among inpatient staff. Leadership deemed it essential to address this practice problem in nursing care because the prevalence of pressure ulcer injuries in hospitalized patients was high. The following practice-focused question guided the project: For staff in an inpatient setting, will education on the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program increase knowledge toward the goal of decreasing the incidence of pressure ulcers? …