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Melanism In Polymorphic Terrestrial Snakes: A Meta-Analysis And Systematic Review, Ryan A. Martin Sep 2024

Melanism In Polymorphic Terrestrial Snakes: A Meta-Analysis And Systematic Review, Ryan A. Martin

Faculty Scholarship

Background and Aim: Colour polymorphic populations constitute excellent model systems for testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses, as alternate colourations are associated with differences in various biological, behavioural and life-history traits. Melanism is the most common and most obvious form of polymorphism. In reptiles in general (and snakes in particular), thermal melanism has been a popular hypothesis used to explain the appearance of black individuals. It suggests that a trade-off exists between superior thermoregulation and reduced protection through the loss of crypsis. Surprisingly, despite the growing body of literature available, to date, there are only two qualitative reviews on the evolutionary …


Mutual Relationships Of Nanoconfined Hexoses: Impacts On Hydrodynamic Radius And Anomeric Ratios, Bridget L. Gourley, Mia R. Halliday, Samantha L. Miller, Christopher D. Gale, Jenna R. Deckard, Nancy E. Levinger Sep 2024

Mutual Relationships Of Nanoconfined Hexoses: Impacts On Hydrodynamic Radius And Anomeric Ratios, Bridget L. Gourley, Mia R. Halliday, Samantha L. Miller, Christopher D. Gale, Jenna R. Deckard, Nancy E. Levinger

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Although all hexose sugars share the same chemical formula, C6H12O6, subtle differences in their stereochemical structures lead to their various biological roles. Due to their prominent role in metabolism, hexose sugars are commonly found in nanoconfined environments. The complexity of authentic nanoconfined biological environments makes it challenging to study how confinement affects their behavior. Here, we present a study using a common model system, AOT reverse micelles, to study hexose sugars in nanoconfinement. We examine how reverse micelles affect the hexoses, how the hexoses affect reverse micelle formation, and the differences between specific hexoses: glucose, mannose, and galactose. We find …


Scattering Spectroscopy Of Granular Media For Remote Sensing Applications, Chris H. Lee Sep 2024

Scattering Spectroscopy Of Granular Media For Remote Sensing Applications, Chris H. Lee

Theses

The reflectance of a surface depends not only on the physical characteristics of the medium, but also on the geometry of how the surface is illuminated and viewed. Remote sensing data of a surface at multiple illumination and/or viewing angles can provide additional information that we can use to retrieve the physical properties of the surface and/or underlying medium as opposed to remotely sensed data at a single geometry. In this work, I characterized different aspects of angular reflectance, or scattering, spectroscopy of granular media for remote sensing applications. I applied polarimetry to various samples of olivine sand as a …


Comparing The Health Information Practices Of Sapphic People By Age Group And Generation, Vanessa Lynn Kitzie Sep 2024

Comparing The Health Information Practices Of Sapphic People By Age Group And Generation, Vanessa Lynn Kitzie

Faculty Publications

This qualitative research examines how sapphic people (i.e., umbrella term inclusive of lesbian, bisexual, and pansexual trans femmes, mascs, nonbinary people, and ciswomen) in South Carolina navigate informational barriers within healthcare systems. An information practices lens that examines how sapphic people create, seek, use, and share information to achieve desired healthcare outcomes describes such navigation. The research focuses on how intersectional identities, with a particular emphasis on age and considerations of race/ethnicity, geography, and gender, mediate these practices and their outcomes. The research uses participant data from semi-structured interviews and focus groups with 34 sapphic people about their health information …


Artificial Intelligence, Copyright Registration, And The Rule Of Doubt, Thomas B. James Sep 2024

Artificial Intelligence, Copyright Registration, And The Rule Of Doubt, Thomas B. James

Texas A&M Law Review

Artificial intelligence (“AI”) technology has detonated an explosive burst of seemingly creative expression. Stories, images, music, and even entire books are now being generated very quickly. This development is a major headache for copyright registrars because the copyrightability of works created in this way is uncertain. The almost limitless variability in the extent of human involvement in the creation of a work using an AI tool compounds the uncertainty. In some cases, copyrightability is easy to determine, such as where an author only claims rights in the selection and arrangement of AI-generated output rather than the output itself. But in …


Group Dynamics, Gender, And Field : An Ethnographic Study Of The Yo-Yoing Sport Subculture In Hong Kong, Ho Wang Kwong Sep 2024

Group Dynamics, Gender, And Field : An Ethnographic Study Of The Yo-Yoing Sport Subculture In Hong Kong, Ho Wang Kwong

Lingnan Theses (MPhil & PhD)

This research explores the yo-yoing sport subculture in Hong Kong, tracing its evolution from a popular pastime to a recognized sport with a global competition structure led by the International Yo-Yo Federation. By situating yo-yoing within lifestyle sports literature, this study offers a sociological understanding of yo-yo players’ experiences and challenges in Hong Kong. Yo-yoing is an interesting case to study because of its prevailing label as a toy hobby, thus players are generally positive to mainstreaming which differs from many lifestyle sports participants’ reluctant attitude. The central question of this study is: How does a subculture gain legitimation as …


A Generalized Machine Learning Model For Long-Term Coral Reef Monitoring In The Red Sea, Justin J. Gapper, Surendra Maharjan, Wenzhao Li, Erik Linstead, Surya Prakash Tiwari, Mohamed A. Qurban, Hesham El-Askary Sep 2024

A Generalized Machine Learning Model For Long-Term Coral Reef Monitoring In The Red Sea, Justin J. Gapper, Surendra Maharjan, Wenzhao Li, Erik Linstead, Surya Prakash Tiwari, Mohamed A. Qurban, Hesham El-Askary

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

Coral reefs, despite covering less than 0.2 % of the ocean floor, harbor approximately 35 % of all known marine species, making their conservation critical. However, coral bleaching, exacerbated by climate change and phenomena such as El Niño, poses a significant threat to these ecosystems. This study focuses on the Red Sea, proposing a generalized machine learning approach to detect and monitor changes in coral reef cover over an 18-year period (2000–2018). Using Landsat 7 and 8 data, a Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier was trained on depth-invariant indices (DII) derived from the Gulf of Aqaba and validated against ground …


Business Failure Mode And Effects Analysis: A Risk Based Holistic Strategy To Improve Success Rates Of Small Technology Businesses, Krishnakumar R. Nair Sep 2024

Business Failure Mode And Effects Analysis: A Risk Based Holistic Strategy To Improve Success Rates Of Small Technology Businesses, Krishnakumar R. Nair

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Multiple US and global statistics show that small businesses are vital to economic development but fail at a startling rate. Small technology businesses (STBs) are around 35% of this small business segment. The central problem addressed in this research is to reduce their short lives and enable growth and stability. The solution is a significant business management strategy iteratively developed by working with business owners and practitioners. A holistic approach to view the business as a whole to address premature failures is not available, and this research presents a comprehensive approach to solving that problem. The study developed a novel …


Perceived Anxiety Disorder Stigma: A Predictive Analysis, Shawn Nabors, Richard J. Cicchetti, Gary Michael Szirony, Craig R. Blum, Sri Banerjee Sep 2024

Perceived Anxiety Disorder Stigma: A Predictive Analysis, Shawn Nabors, Richard J. Cicchetti, Gary Michael Szirony, Craig R. Blum, Sri Banerjee

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

Anxiety remains one of the most commonly diagnosed mental health disorders. Systemic barriers to mental health treatment persist. Research on anxiety is robust, although research on perceived anxiety disorder stigma is limited. The purpose of this quantitative analysis was to determine whether factors including age, gender, level of education, and presence of a diagnosable anxiety disorder condition would predict perceived anxiety stigma in a population of adults from the Midwestern region of the United States who were in treatment for anxiety. Based on Goffman’s framework, we used the Generalized Anxiety Stigma Scale (GASS) to determine the presence and level of …


Loggerhead Shrike Predation On Henslow's Sparrow, Craig R. Fosdick Sep 2024

Loggerhead Shrike Predation On Henslow's Sparrow, Craig R. Fosdick

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Spring Diet Of The Barn Owl In North Mississippi, James L. Key Sep 2024

Spring Diet Of The Barn Owl In North Mississippi, James L. Key

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


The Mississippi Legacy Of Ben B Coffey, Jr, Jerome A. Jackson Sep 2024

The Mississippi Legacy Of Ben B Coffey, Jr, Jerome A. Jackson

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Avian Mortality During Spring Migration At A North Mississippi Television Tower, W. Marvin Davis Sep 2024

Avian Mortality During Spring Migration At A North Mississippi Television Tower, W. Marvin Davis

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


10-Volume Index To The Mississippi Kite:1965-1980, Judith A. Toups Sep 2024

10-Volume Index To The Mississippi Kite:1965-1980, Judith A. Toups

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


A Case Of Misidentification And Comments On The Value Of Photographic Records, Jerome A. Jackson Sep 2024

A Case Of Misidentification And Comments On The Value Of Photographic Records, Jerome A. Jackson

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Mississippi Kite Sep 2024

Front Matter, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


What Constitutes A Valid Rare Bird Record?, Jerome A. Jackson Sep 2024

What Constitutes A Valid Rare Bird Record?, Jerome A. Jackson

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Reviews, Ren Lohoefener, Wayne C. Weber, C. Dwight Cooley, J. A. Jackson Sep 2024

Reviews, Ren Lohoefener, Wayne C. Weber, C. Dwight Cooley, J. A. Jackson

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Mississippi Kite Sep 2024

Front Matter, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Constitution Of The Mississippi Ornithological Society, Mississippi Kite Sep 2024

Constitution Of The Mississippi Ornithological Society, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Impact Of Changing Trade Opportunities On Livestock Production In Developing Countries, J K. Camoens Sep 2024

Impact Of Changing Trade Opportunities On Livestock Production In Developing Countries, J K. Camoens

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

For the lesser developed countries (LDCs) and advanced countries (ACs), the paper identifies the determinants of "free" trade, analyses protectionism, examines the global trade picture with respect lo "free" trade, relates trade to production and the structure of demand, and finally predicts the impact of trade reforms. The analysis concludes that: (i) trade policies per se do not impact in any significant manner on domestic production or imports in the LDCs since world trade constitutes a small fraction of production; (ii) demand, and hence supply, of animal products are determined primarily by GNP, income distribution and price; (iii) grassland farming …


Mapping Of The Potential To Substitute Plastic In Food Packaging In Finnish Supermarkets, Taina Lahtinen, Kirsi Kataja, Jari Viitanen, Vinay Kumar, Jussi Lahtinen, Ali Harlin Sep 2024

Mapping Of The Potential To Substitute Plastic In Food Packaging In Finnish Supermarkets, Taina Lahtinen, Kirsi Kataja, Jari Viitanen, Vinay Kumar, Jussi Lahtinen, Ali Harlin

Journal of Applied Packaging Research

Single-use plastics (SUP), which are extensively utilized in food packaging, are one notable cause for the constantly growing littering issue. This novel study is one of the first attempts to systemically analyze food packaging data to reveal the potential for plastic packaging material reduction or substitution by utilizing a primary packaging material summary of single items sold in Finnish supermarkets. The outcome of the study indicates considerable dissimilarities among product groups concerning used packaging materials, weight, share of plastic, and sales volume. The analysis identified sweets and ready-to-eat meals as product groups for which there is a clear need, but …


High-Fidelity Machine Learning Techniques For Driver Drowsiness Detection, Yasser Ismail, Ebenezer Essel, Abeer Abdelhamid, Mahmoud Darwich, Fahmi Khalifa, Fred Lacy Sep 2024

High-Fidelity Machine Learning Techniques For Driver Drowsiness Detection, Yasser Ismail, Ebenezer Essel, Abeer Abdelhamid, Mahmoud Darwich, Fahmi Khalifa, Fred Lacy

Faculty Publications

It is devastating that daily, there is an ample number of car crashes that cause damage to automobiles, onboard passengers get injured, and others tend to lose their lives. Road crashes are fast rising across the globe and have drawn many road safety commissions and concerned individuals to discuss ways to reduce this menacing situation drastically. With the introduction of artificial intelligence and technological advancement, the government and state commissions have beckoned on the various universities and research institutions to develop methods to curb the rise of automobile crashes. Some causes of these crashes include drunk driving and drowsiness, the …


End Or New Beginning Of The 'Miracle Of Chile'?, Avery S. Holzworth Sep 2024

End Or New Beginning Of The 'Miracle Of Chile'?, Avery S. Holzworth

SURE (Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience)

This project explores political, economic, and constitutional developments in Chile. We focus on domestic perceptions of the failure to see the “Chilean economic miracle” produce a large middle class. The catalyst for this inquiry was the 2019 wave of protests across the country that led to the decision to adopt a new constitution. After 30 years of democratic stability and economic prosperity, from 1990 to 2019, Chile seems to be dividing over the legacy of the former dictator, Augusto Pinochet, and the future direction of Chile’s democracy and economy. This project explores the nature of these divisions and debates.


Bethel Jackson Property Records, Bethel United Methodist Church, Jackson Sep 2024

Bethel Jackson Property Records, Bethel United Methodist Church, Jackson

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.


Echoes Of Reform: The Excellent Care For All Act And Psychiatric Patient Advocacy In Ontario, Lucia De Fatima Costa Sep 2024

Echoes Of Reform: The Excellent Care For All Act And Psychiatric Patient Advocacy In Ontario, Lucia De Fatima Costa

LLM Theses

The passage of the Excellent Care for All Act (ECFAA) in June 2010 marked a significant juncture for healthcare reform in Ontario, aiming to enhance standards, optimize resources, and reduce costs across hospitals. One significant responsibility mandated under ECFAA was the requirement for a Patient Declarations of Values (PDoVs). This study delves into the foundational underpinnings of the PDoV development process, drawing from Mad Studies theory and the contemporary landscape of patient advocacy. I examine the integration of patient embodied knowledge in these PDoVs, while simultaneously identifying conspicuous absences by unpacking the assumptions within "patient engagement" and its role in …


Ai-Based Assistive Technologies & People With Disabilities: Privacy At Risk, Jasmine Madaan Sep 2024

Ai-Based Assistive Technologies & People With Disabilities: Privacy At Risk, Jasmine Madaan

LLM Theses

This thesis follows three research questions. First, it explores the potential privacy risks that people with disabilities (PWDs) face in the face of incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) in assistive technologies (ATs). It then investigates reasons that exacerbate PWDs’ vulnerability to such potential privacy risks. Since legal literature in the context of AI-based ATs is limited, this thesis adopts a combination of multidisciplinary and traditional legal doctrinal research by studying legal literature and empirical research in other disciplines. Lastly, the thesis reviews the current Canadian data protection legal framework to examine if there is any provision specifically addressing PWDs or …


Enomen Okogun V. Luke Miller Sep 2024

Enomen Okogun V. Luke Miller

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey


Antwyne Whaley V. Superintendent Philadelphia School District Sep 2024

Antwyne Whaley V. Superintendent Philadelphia School District

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania


Usa V. Craig Levin Sep 2024

Usa V. Craig Levin

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania