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Nesting, Behavior, Distribution And Speciation Of Patagonian And Andean Ground Tyrants (Myiotheretes, Xolmis, Neoxolmis, Agriornis And Muscisaxicola), Francois Vuilleumier Dec 2023

Nesting, Behavior, Distribution And Speciation Of Patagonian And Andean Ground Tyrants (Myiotheretes, Xolmis, Neoxolmis, Agriornis And Muscisaxicola), Francois Vuilleumier

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Change In Mobility Among Crepsular Ground-Living Birds In An Ecuadorian Cloud Forest During Overcast And Rainy Weather, Bent Otto Poulsen Dec 2023

Change In Mobility Among Crepsular Ground-Living Birds In An Ecuadorian Cloud Forest During Overcast And Rainy Weather, Bent Otto Poulsen

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Natural Range Expansion And Local Extirpation Of An Exotic Psittacine -- An Unsuccessful Colonization Attempt, James W. Wiley Dec 2023

Natural Range Expansion And Local Extirpation Of An Exotic Psittacine -- An Unsuccessful Colonization Attempt, James W. Wiley

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


New Distributional Records For Ecuadorian Birds, Manuel Marin A., Juan Manuel Carrion B., Fred C. Sibley Dec 2023

New Distributional Records For Ecuadorian Birds, Manuel Marin A., Juan Manuel Carrion B., Fred C. Sibley

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Notes On The Distribution And Natural History Of The Sun Parakeet Aratinga Solstitialis Solstitialis, Leo Joseph Dec 2023

Notes On The Distribution And Natural History Of The Sun Parakeet Aratinga Solstitialis Solstitialis, Leo Joseph

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Notes On Reproduction Of The Southern Lapwing In Colombia, Luis G. Naranjo Dec 2023

Notes On Reproduction Of The Southern Lapwing In Colombia, Luis G. Naranjo

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Additional Record Of The Black-Throated Green Warbler In Puerto Rico, With Some Observations On Foraging Behavior, Bryan Arroyo-Vazquez Dec 2023

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

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


An Annual Cycle Of Pelagic Birds In The Gulf Of Panama, Horace Loftin Dec 2023

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

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Ecology And Behavior Of The Zenaida Dove, James W. Wiley Dec 2023

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

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Tropical Bird Species Numbers In Second-Growth Vs Primary Forest Habitats At Large Scales, David A. Wiedenfeld Dec 2023

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

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Nest And Eggs Of Some Ecuadorian Birds, Manuel Marin A., Manuel Carrion B. Dec 2023

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

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Predation On Nestling Bare-Throated Tiger-Herons By A Great Black-Hawk, Susan E. Lewis, Robert M. Timm Dec 2023

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

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Ecologia Alimentaria De La Polla De Agua Negra Gallinula Chloropus Galeata (Aves: Rallidae) En Un Ambiente Lenitico Del Rio Parana Medio, Argentina, Adolfo Hector Beltzel, Rafael A. Sabattini, Maria C. Marta Dec 2023

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

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Alimentacion Invernal Del Siriri Colorado Dendrocygna Bicolor (Aves: Anatidae) En El Valle Aluvial Del Rio Parana Medio, Argentina, Eduardo D. Mosso, Adolfo H. Beltzer Dec 2023

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

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Biologia Alimentaria Del Verdon Comun Embernagra Platensis Platensis (Aves: Emberizidae) En El Valle Aluvial Del Rio Parana Medio, Argentina, Adolfo Hector Beltzer Dec 2023

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

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Editorial, Ornitología Neotropical Dec 2023

Editorial, Ornitología Neotropical

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.


Fintech Lending In India: Taking Stock Of Implications For Privacy And Autonomy, Vidushi Marda, Amber Sinha Dec 2023

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

Indian Journal of Law and Technology

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


Trauma And Stigma In Aids Literature: Tony Kushner’S Angels In America (1995) And Colm Tóibín’S The Blackwater Lightship (1999), J. Javier Torres-Fernández Dec 2023

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

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

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


“The Road Less Travelled”: The Longevity Of Anti-Apartheid Activism In The Life Of Helen Joseph (1905-1992), Sadie Marchesseault Dec 2023

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

Honors Program Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.


Modeling Of Functional Gene Regulation Through Machine Learning And Deep Learning Methods, Yuhao Chen Dec 2023

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

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

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


Synthesis And In‑Vitro Anti‑Proliferative With Antimicrobial Activity Of New Coumarin Containing Heterocycles Hybrids, Elbadawy A. Kamoun, Elbadawy A. Kamoun Dec 2023

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

Nanotechnology Research Centre

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


Synthesis And Characterization Of Porphyrin And Phthalocyanine-Based Photosensitizers For Energy And Biomedical Applications, Mavis Forson Dec 2023

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

Theses and Dissertations

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


The Impact Of Therapist Credentials On Perceptions Of The Psychotherapist, David Mackey Waugh Dec 2023

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

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

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


The Role Of Religiosity In Predicting Behavioral Economic Variables And Alcohol-Related Consequences Experienced By Black Emerging Adults, Alton Joe Withers Dec 2023

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

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

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


Is Seeing The Therapist Important? Perceptions Of Therapist Empathy And Skill, Jerry Lee Lovelace Dec 2023

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

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

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


Evaluation Of Koopman Operator Neural Decoding Scheme, Kyle Edwards Dec 2023

Evaluation Of Koopman Operator Neural Decoding Scheme, Kyle Edwards

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

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


An Interacting Segment Model For The Calculation Of Nonlinear Optical Properties: Theory And Application To Peptide Sequences, Aaron R. Jones Dec 2023

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

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

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


Trace Analysis Of Complex Matrices Samples By Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography Time Of Flight Mass Spectrometry, Drake Hunter Williams Dec 2023

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

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

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


Decolonization Of The Writing Classroom: Creating Space For Decolonial Theory, Tools, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, And Methods To Improve The Emerging Bilingual Student Experience, Desiree L. Brown Dec 2023

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

Masters Theses (Archived)

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


Pkc-Delta-I Inhibitor Formulations And Uses Thereof, Niketa A. Patel, Rekha S. Patel, Robert Pleasants Sparks, Wayne Charles Guida Dec 2023

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

USF Patents

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