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The Impact Of A Face To Face Sports Nutrition Session On Athletes' Nutrition Knowledge And Disordered Eating Attitudes, Jill M. Snyder

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The primary objective of this study was to determine the impact of a face-to-face nutrition education session on college athletes’ nutrition knowledge and disordered eating attitudes. One hundred and thirteen student athletes attended a 60-minute face to face education session related to sports nutrition and disordered eating, created by a registered dietitian. One hundred and three athletes completed the pre and post surveys to determine nutrition knowledge and disorder eating attitudes. A paired t test determined the sports nutrition knowledge post test scores were higher than the pretest scores (M = 3.92, SE = .86), t (102) = -9.024, p …

Field Assessment Of The Pervious Oyster Shell Habitat: Enhancement Of Intertidal Habitat For The Eastern Oyster And Associated Nekton In Northeast Florida, Hunter Mathews

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A dramatic global decline in oyster reef habitat has led to widespread deployment of oyster restoration projects. Efforts are underway to move away from polluting methods like plastic mesh bags in oyster deployments. Additionally, increasing pressure on our estuaries from recreational boat wakes and intensified storms requires more robust structures for shoreline protection. The “Pervious Oyster Shell Habitat” (POSH) is a novel artificial reef structure composed of oyster shell bound by a thin layer of Portland cement, into the shape of a dome. The structure’s makeup greatly reduces its environmental impact, while providing quality substrate for provision of oyster reef …

Less Meat, Less Heat: Analyzing Meat Consumption Through The Theory Of Planned Behavior, Identity, Past Behavior, And Conservatism, Madeleine Powers

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Meat reduction is a largely underutilized means of combatting climate change that warrants further investigation. The current study utilized an extended model of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to predict intention to eat red meat. In addition to traditional TPB components of attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control, this study adds to the literature by including meat-eating identity, past meat-eating behavior, and conservatism as predictors of meat consumption intentions. 744 participants were recruited via Mturk and compensated $1 for completing surveys assessing the extended TPB constructs related to meat consumption. The sample was 57% men, and 81% white, …

Investigation On The Influence Of Augmented Reality Adoption And Cybersecurity In The Architecture, Engineering And Construction Industry, Kavyaa Boopathy

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Augmented Reality (AR) applications and the digitization of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry processes, such as the online building permit process (BPP), have introduced new developments that simplifies tasks, and enhanced data accessibility for stakeholders. This created a digital landscape where sensitive information and critical processes are intertwined, making them vulnerable to cyber-attacks. Existing studies and frameworks on a) AR adoption doesn’t provide essential information (e.g., material availability and costs from different suppliers) and AR features to cater to the diverse needs of different stakeholders. b) threat modeling requires a domain and context specific need investigation, process exploration, critical …

Exploring Of User Experience And Evaluating Mobility Benefits Of Micromobility Systems And Golf Carts: Case Study Of Florida, Kabhabhela C. Bukuru

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Micromobility devices and golf carts (GCs)/Low speed vehicles(LSVs) are urban transportation solutions that provide short-distance travel options, including first- and last-mile trips. They mostly operate at speeds of 15 mi/h to 35 mi/h. The micromobility devices include e-scooters and e-bikes. The micromobility devices and golfcarts are increasing rapidly in the transportation system, and thus, it is necessary to explore their various factors. The objective of this study is to explore the user experience and evaluate the mobility benefits of the micromobility systems in Florida.

A survey was conducted in various cities with a substantial user base of micromobility devices. Various …

Early Screening For Depression In Adults With Diabetes In The Outpatient Setting, Chito A. Ezeobinwa, Dawn Stewart-Brown, Angela M. Toledo

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Abstract

Diabetes can be an overly complicated chronic illness that not only affects a person's physical health but may additionally affect their mental well-being. Screening for depressive symptoms in individuals with diabetes in an endocrine office may be helpful in the early detection and treatment of depression in people diagnosed with type I and type II diabetes.

Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement (QI) project was to evaluate if administering the Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) form to those who have type I or type II diabetes in an endocrinologist's office setting can help detect symptoms of depression …

งานนิพนธ์ทีปนีของพระสิริมังคลาจารย์และความสัมพันธ์กับงานนิพนธ์ของพระพรหมโมลี (วิลาศ ญาณวโร), พระมหาอนุกูล เงางาม

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ดุษฎีนิพนธ์นี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาลักษณะเฉพาะของงานนิพนธ์ทีปนีของพระสิริมังคลาจารย์อันเกิดจากการสืบทอดและสร้างสรรค์จากงานอรรถาธิบายภาษาบาลี และความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างงานนิพนธ์ทีปนีของพระสิริมังคลาจารย์กับงานนิพนธ์ภาษาไทยจานวน 10 เรื่องของพระพรหมโมลี (วิลาศ ญาณวโร) ผลการวิจัยพบว่า ทีปนีของบาลีของพระสิริมังคลาจารย์ทั้ง 3 เรื่องมีองค์ประกอบของวรรณคดีบาลีแบบเดียวกันกับปกรณ์วิเสส ประกอบด้วยคันถารัมภกถา นิทาน วรรณนา และนิคมนกถา มีรูปแบบอรรถาธิบายรวมทั้งสิ้น 16 วิธี มีการอธิบายศัพท์ 4 วิธี ได้แก่ (1) การอธิบายไวยากรณ์ (2) การแสดงรูปวิเคราะห์ (3) ปทวิจยะ และ (4) ไวพจน์ การอธิบายเนื้อหา 9 วิธี ได้แก่ (5) การตั้งประเด็นเพื่ออธิบาย (6) การขยายความ (7) การอ้างอิง (8) การแนะนาคัมภีร์เพิ่มเติม (9) การแสดงลักษณะ (10) การตั้งปุจฉา-วิสัชชนา (11) การอุปมา (12) การแสดงนิทานแสดงเหตุและตัวอย่าง (13) การสรุปประเด็น การอภิปรายข้อมูล 3 วิธี ได้แก่ (14) ตั้งประเด็นและชี้แจง (15) วิเคราะห์น้าหนักของหลักฐาน และ (16) นาเสนอความเห็น วิธีการเหล่านี้คือรูปแบบของปทวรรณนา, อัตถวรรณนา, และปกิณกวรรณนา ซึ่งเป็นหลักการอธิบายในวรรณคดีบาลี พระสิริมังคลาจารย์จัดโครงสร้างของนิทเทสให้เป็นระบบ เน้นวิธีการอธิบายและเพิ่มการอภิปรายด้วยวิธีอื่น จนเกิดเป็นแนวทางเฉพาะตัวในงานทีปนีของท่าน ส่วนงานนิพนธ์พุทธศาสนาภาษาไทยของพระพรหมโมลี เป็นงานเขียนเชิงวิชาการที่มีชื่อเรียก องค์ประกอบ และโครงสร้างวรรณนาแบบเดียวกับปกรณ์วิเสส พบรูปแบบของอรรถาธิบายในวรรณคดีบาลี และวิธีการทางวรรณกรรมไทย ดังนั้น จึงถือว่างานนิพนธ์ของพระพรหมโมลีได้รับอิทธิพลจากงานทีปนีของพระสิริมังคลาจารย์ส่วนหนึ่ง แม้รูปแบบอรรถาธิบายจะแสดงถึงอิทธิพลของวรรณคดีบาลีและทีปนีของพระสิริมังคลาจารย์ แต่ก็แสดงถึงความเป็นสากลของงานวิชาการที่จาแนกเป็นประเด็นย่อย และอธิบายด้วยการขยายความคาศัพท์ ความหมาย และประเด็น เพื่อให้ผู้อ่านเข้าใจ

Personal Jurisdiction And The Fairness Factor(S), Megan La Belle

Scholarly Articles

It has been more than seventy-five years since the Supreme Court decided International Shoe Co. v. Washington, yet questions surrounding the personal jurisdiction doctrine loom large. Over the past decade, the Roberts Court has issued a handful of personal jurisdiction opinions, including Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, a case decided in 2021 that addressed an issue related to specific jurisdiction. What is more, courts across the country, including several state supreme courts, have been grappling with the question whether a corporation’s registration to do business constitutes consent to personal jurisdiction in that state. This …

The Elevation Of Reality Over Restraint In Dobbs V. Jackson Women’S Health Organization, Kevin C. Walsh

Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.

The Originalist Jurisprudence Of Justice Samuel Alito, J. Joel Alicea

Scholarly Articles

Since Justice Alito’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 2006, constitutional theorists have struggled with how to characterize his approach to constitutional adjudication. Many scholars have argued that “Justice Alito is not to any significant extent an originalist” but is, instead, “a methodological pluralist” who uses both originalist and non-originalist tools of constitutional adjudication. Others have contended that “Justice Alito’s jurisprudence is originali[st], though not in the traditional sense.”

Traditionalism Rising, Marc O. Degirolami

Scholarly Articles

Constitutional traditionalism is rising. From due process to free speech, religious liberty, the right to keep and bear arms, and more, the Court made clear in its 2021 term that it will follow a method that is guided by “tradition.”

This paper is in part an exercise in naming: the Court’s 2021 body of work is, in fact, thoroughly traditionalist. It is therefore a propitious moment to explain just what traditionalism entails. After summarizing the basic features of traditionalism in some of my prior work and identifying them in the Court’s 2021 term decisions, this paper situates these recent examples …

Establishment As Tradition, Marc O. Degirolami

Scholarly Articles

Traditionalism is a constitutional theory that focuses on concrete political and cultural practices, and the endurance of those practices before, during, and after the ratification of the Constitution, as the presumptive determinants of constitutional meaning and constitutional law. The Supreme Court has long interpreted traditionally but now says explicitly that it uses a method of “text, history, and tradition” in several areas of constitutional law. Foremost among these is the Establishment Clause. This Essay examines two questions about traditionalism, both of which concern the Establishment Clause in distinct but related ways. First, why has traditionalism had special salience in this …

2023-2024 Usf Libraries Annual Report, Usf Libraries

Library Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Is, Ought, And The Limited Competence Of Experts, Adam J. Macleod

Scholarly Articles

The moral innovators whom C. S. Lewis criticized in The Abolition of Man supposed that they could draw imperatives out of their superior understanding of sentiment and instinct. They assumed that to know what human beings want to do is to know what human beings should do. But people want to do all sorts of things that are irrational, pointless, harmful, and even downright evil. And people want inconsistent things. So the innovators are incoherent. As Lewis correctly affirmed, no amount of knowledge about nature or the world is sufficient by itself to direct us to do what is good …

Building Sustainable Antiracist Coalition: Developing A Research Team For Studying Diverse Language And Literacy Practices At The University, Nicole L.G. Varty, Adrienne Jankens, Linda Jimenez, Anna Lindner, Mariel Krupansky

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

In the face of so many current challenges, teachers may feel overwhelmed at the thought of engaging in antiracist work, or they may be discouraged by seemingly slow progress. This article presents present a narrative of building and maintaining an antiracist research coalition across departments at our university. By grounding our work in the important work of key black scholars, we describe our process of naming whiteness, inviting collaboration, grappling with definitions, and even identifying a few small victories along the way. Members of our group contribute their voices and perspectives from across the past two years of developing our …

Reading On The Ropes: A Pilot Study Of An Accelerated Remediation Program With Alternative High School Students, Joanne V. Coggins, Laura C. Briggs

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

High school students must read to learn curriculum, yet few interventions are proven to substantially help close literacy gaps for older students with reading deficits. Students with large literacy deficits particularly benefit from explicit, systematic instruction of interventions emphasizing the structure of language (i.e., phonology, orthography, syntax, morphology, semantics, pragmatics), aspects of cognition (i.e., problem solving, attention, reasoning, and inferencing), and organization of spoken and written language.

A 14-week pilot study of Readable English, a reading intervention using these structured literacy elements, provided embedded interactive orthography to scaffold online grade level content for students at two alternative high schools ( …

Resilience In Young Adult Literature, Margaret Saelens, Brian Larsen

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Young adult literature focuses on teenage main characters, telling the stories of their relationships, situations, challenges, and beliefs as they transition from children to adults. One main component in young adult literature is resilience. Resilience is the ability to adapt to difficult or challenging life experiences. The characters in young adult literature come from diverse backgrounds, and are all engaged in different human dilemmas. Young Adults will enjoy reading Life As We Knew It, The Poet X, Copper Sun, and Unwind, which all include characters who show their resilience in many different ways. These books span multiple genres, from …

Community Spotlight: Brandi Ely-Ayres, Brandi Ely-Ayers

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

New Possibilities For The Esl Classroom: Toward An Appreciation Of Creative Writing, Alyssa A. Jewell

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

This article addresses the gap between ESL and creative writing in college-level ESL writing courses. In ESL classrooms, creative writing activities may be implemented sporadically, but rarely, if ever, prove part of a standard, long-term curriculum. However, the benefits of utilizing creative writing in ESL classrooms are manifold. Highlighted here are various short-term studies and personal accounts that examine smaller creative writing assignments used in college ESL classroom settings. Gloria Anzaldúa has provided a philosophical rationale and springboard for engaging in this pedagogy and its potential wider applications, especially through her bi-lingual approach to creative scholarship. Felicia Rose Chavez’s anti-racist …

Call For Spotlights

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Fall/Winter 2023: Continuing The Marathon Through Reflection, Rest, And Resistance: A Call To Action

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

No abstract provided.

Teaching Social Justice Through Gothic Young Adult Literature, Lindsey I. Carman Williams, Ashley S. Boyd

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

In this article, authors argue that teaching young adult Gothic novels helps secondary students reflect on social justice issues, such as racism and sexism. We selected four young adult novels (The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White, Dark Companion by Marta Acosta, Open Mic Night at Westminster Abbey by Mary Amato, and Black Spring by Alison Croggon) and paired them with Gothic texts (Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Edgar Allan Poe’s tales, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, and Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre) to draw readers’ attention to issues of privilege and oppression . We offer in-class activities …

White-Tailed Deer In A Winter-Wonderland: Long-Term Deer Yard Use And Methodological Considerations For Ungulate Fecal Dna Metabarcoding, Melanie A. Ottino

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Northern white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) mitigate the increased energetic costs of severe winter conditions through obligate migration to densely congregated areas with abundant conifer cover, a behavior referred to as yarding. “Deer yards” in the Western Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan are principally located within the reduced snowpack and increased ambient temperature microclimates of densely canopied eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) stands, but specific drivers of long-term site fidelity and utilization are largely uncharacterized. As an important game species of high economic and cultural value and a keystone herbivore with critical impact of plant community composition and structure, identifying winter yarding …

Wavelet-Based Real-Time Harmonic Phasor Estimation In Complex Signals With Inter-Harmonics And Transient Events, M A Aziz Jahan

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Addressing the evolving challenges in modern power systems induced by the integration of Inverter Based Resources (IBRs), such as solar inverters, wind turbine converters, electric vehicle charging stations etc is the main goal of this research. The study focuses on the critical task of harmonic phasor estimation in the presence of sub-harmonics, inter-harmonics, time-varying harmonics, DC offset, transient events, and other power quality disturbances. A novel wavelet-based harmonic phasor estimation method is proposed to enhance accuracy, particularly during transient events, ensuring a nuanced understanding of phase angle variations. The research emphasizes the versatility of wavelet analysis for both steady-state and …

Comprehensive Analysis Of Seismic Signals From Pacaya Volcano Using Deep Learning Event Detection, Jessica L. Devlieg

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Pacaya volcano located 30 km SW of Guatemala City, Guatemala, has been erupting intermittently since 1961. Monitoring of seismicity is crucial to understanding current activity levels within Pacaya. Traditional methods of picking these small earthquakes in this noisy environment are imprecise. Pacaya produces many small events that can easily blend in with the background noise. A possible solution for this problem is a machine learning program to pick first arrivals for these earthquakes. We tested a deep learning algorithm (Mousavi et al., 2020) for fast and reliable seismic signal detection within a volcanic system. Data from multiple deployments were used, …

Surface Reconstruction In Iron Garnets, Sushree Dash

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

This dissertation presents the results of a study investigating the physical mechanisms underlying an unexpectedly large increase in magneto-optic efficiency observed in iron garnet. Such materials are technologically important for telecommunications due to their nonreciprocal optical action. In the past, our group had found evidence of an enhanced Faraday rotation in bismuth-substituted iron garnet films less than 50 nm thick. Subsequent investigation revealed that this enhancement could be traced to surface effects. This is significant because understanding these phenomena could be used to formulate engineering solutions for device miniaturization. In this dissertation, we present the result of a research project …

Fiber Optic Sensors For Liquid Identifications, Wassana Naku

Doctoral Dissertations

"The fiber optic Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) is a widely utilized sensing configuration, offering numerous advantages over conventional electronic sensors, including high accuracy, distributed sensing capabilities, immunity to electromagnetic interference, and compact size. In this study, we propose a remarkably simple fiber optic-tip sensor system combined with machine learning techniques for the identification of pure and volatile organic liquids (VOLs).

A liquid droplet forms an extrinsic FPI (EFPI), with its effective reflectance being a function of the droplet's length. As the droplet evaporates, its length decreases. We conducted immersion tests using optical fiber tip sensors and monitored the time-transient responses of …

Characterization And Improvement Of Powder Properties Through Plasma Spheroidization For Use In The Laser Powder Bed Fusion Process, M. Hossein Sehhat

Doctoral Dissertations

"This research was conducted to characterize the powder properties using different characterization techniques to enhance the powder behavior in the Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) process. One of the shortcomings of LPBF process is the high cost of gas-atomized powder feedstock. To overcome this downside, the cheaper water-atomized powder was characterized and used in LPBF process, and its performance was compared with those of gas-atomized powder. Also, the plasma spheroidization process was used to improve the powder characteristics; if the spheroidized powder could function as well as the virgin powder, plasma spheroidization process could be applied to the used powders …

Sustainable Development: A Data Analysis Investigation For A New Conceptual Model, Case Study Comparison And Validation Techniques, Tiffanie Marie Toles

Doctoral Dissertations

"The three pillars model for sustainability, often represented with three intersecting circles described as economic, environmental, and social factors with sustainability being at the center is a complex and philosophically open model [1]. As society promotes efforts to reduce carbon impacts, there becomes a need to critically review the models employed for understanding. This research presents a validated methodology, an updated conceptual configuration of sustainability for overall use, as well as a sustainable development performance measurement system. Using the 2020 Sustainable Development Goals Index Data, 232 indicators from 193 countries were used to evaluate the efficacy of using more than …

Effect Of Soil Ph And Indigenous Bacterial Populations In Selecting Rhizobial Endophytes Within Soybean Root Nodules, Brianne Danielle Edwards

Graduate Theses/Dissertations

Soybean plants fulfill most of their nitrogen requirement by developing symbiotic associations with four different rhizobial genera, including Bradyrhizobium, Sinorhizobium, Mesorhizobium, and genus Rhizobium. In general, members of Bradyrhizobium and Sinorhizobium have been reported as dominant root nodule endophytes under acidic soils and alkaline soil conditions, respectively. So far, it is unknown whether the selection of rhizobial endophytes is regulated by their ability to survive under different soil pH or driven by host plants regardless of their relative abundance in soil. This study was focused on the assessment of the potential role of soil pH in …