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- Chemotherapy Education Methods for Patients with Cancer: A Literature Review.
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- Watt, Laura Michelle
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to complete a review of literature in an effort to determine if there is a relationship between specific instructional strategies of chemotherapy education and specific outcomes related to self-management of side effects, quality of life, and decreased anxiety. Results will be used to recommend best practice. Methods: CINAHL, Pubmed, and Cochrane databases were searched for controlled clinical trials where the intervention was chemotherapy education....
Show morePurpose: The purpose of this study is to complete a review of literature in an effort to determine if there is a relationship between specific instructional strategies of chemotherapy education and specific outcomes related to self-management of side effects, quality of life, and decreased anxiety. Results will be used to recommend best practice. Methods: CINAHL, Pubmed, and Cochrane databases were searched for controlled clinical trials where the intervention was chemotherapy education. Inclusion criteria narrowed the selection down to an analysis of 8 articles. Results: Among these various studies on chemotherapy education no comparisons exist to correlate a specific method of education to superior outcomes such as a higher quality of life, decreased anxiety or better self-management of side effects. However, all educational intervention’s improved quality of life as it relates to patient satisfaction in the studies analyzed. Conclusion: Through this literature review it can be concluded that further research needs to be done regarding the best methods of chemotherapy education. It reveals that research on how patients are tactfully educated on their treatments and conditions can greatly impact their quality of life.
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- 2016-04-22
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461353148
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- Thesis
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- Determination of the Differential Cross Section of the Photoproduction Reaction 𝛾p → 𝜙p using CLAS at Jefferson National Lab.
- Creator
- Hurley, Andrew D.
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In hadronic physics, photoproduction experiments, in complement with nucleon deep inelastic scattering experiments, seek to better understand the spectrum of excited baryons, as well as the structure and QCD interactions of the quarks and gluons inside them. In recent years, the amount of data for light-meson photoproduction has grown and expanded into higher energies. Because photons have the same spin-parity as vector mesons (JP = 1-), vector mesons have a significant contribution to the...
Show moreIn hadronic physics, photoproduction experiments, in complement with nucleon deep inelastic scattering experiments, seek to better understand the spectrum of excited baryons, as well as the structure and QCD interactions of the quarks and gluons inside them. In recent years, the amount of data for light-meson photoproduction has grown and expanded into higher energies. Because photons have the same spin-parity as vector mesons (JP = 1-), vector mesons have a significant contribution to the photoproduction cross section at energies above 1.7 GeV via t-channel production. The study of vector meson production is of interest for the study of both resonant production and t-channel production. Out of the vector meson decays, the reaction pp𝜑 has been studied the least. The |ss〉content of the 𝜑 makes this decay mode interesting considering the suppressed strange content of the proton. Here we analyze the aforementioned decay by using data taken at Jefferson Lab using the CLAS spectrometer with energy up to 4.1 GeV. Using the data for p,K+,K- final states (since 𝜑K+K- with a ~ 49% branching fraction), a cross section for this decay mode has been calculated in the energy range 1.7 - 4.1 GeV.
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- 2016-04-22
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_X1
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- The Historicity of Homeric Warfare: Battle in the 'Iliad' and the Hoplite Phalanx, c. 750 to 480 BCE.
- Creator
- Fernandez, Carlos Devin
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-22
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461346732
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- Thesis
- Title
- Design of a Batch Solution Crystallizer.
- Creator
- Chu, Winston Thomas
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Batch solution crystallization processes have applications in a multitude of scientific and industrial settings. One common application of single crystals is in optics. Crystals grown for optics can require sizes on the order of magnitude of 1 cubic meter and with minimal structural defects. Growing crystals of this size and quality can take multiple weeks using traditional methods. Thus, we are motivated to understand how to control solution crystallization processes. The purpose of this...
Show moreBatch solution crystallization processes have applications in a multitude of scientific and industrial settings. One common application of single crystals is in optics. Crystals grown for optics can require sizes on the order of magnitude of 1 cubic meter and with minimal structural defects. Growing crystals of this size and quality can take multiple weeks using traditional methods. Thus, we are motivated to understand how to control solution crystallization processes. The purpose of this research project is to design and build a batch solution crystallizer. To meet this end we were required to gain a thorough background in the crystallization process and then apply these principles to the design of the crystallizer. By building the reactor we developed a better understanding of the crystallization process as well as the feasibility of some prototype manufacturing techniques. The material that was used to first test our crystallizer design was KDP. KDP is a cheap, non-toxic compound that can form crystals through low-temperature solution crystallization. KDP is widely used in optics as a Second Harmonic Generator and is thus a well-studied system. We chose KDP in order to start with a known material that is relatively easy to grow. To grow the KDP crystals we focused on the Temperature Reduction Method. Batch solution crystallization can only occur in a supersaturated solution environment. The Temperature Reduction Method is to cool the solution as material precipitates out to maintain a constant state of supersaturation. Thus, the rate of temperature reduction dictates the quality and speed of a crystallization process. The first step in creating the crystallizer was to create a temperature control system. The goal of our system was to control the temperature of a 3.5 L tank of water in the range of 25 to 90 C to an accuracy of 0.1 C. We surpassed this target accuracy and were able to control the system to an accuracy of 0.03 C. The designed control system included two immersion heaters powered by a variac. The connection between the heaters and the power-source was regulated by a Solid State Relay that was controlled by an Arduino programmable microcontroller. The programmable microcontroller was designed to implement a Bang-Bang control algorithm as well as log the temperature response of the system. Four designs for the crystallizer were developed. The two designs that were built supported the inner reaction chamber from the bottom. One design implemented a magnetic stirring mechanism into the growth chamber while the other design did not include an agitation mechanism. We were able to complete three growth trials using the two apparatuses. The growth trials successfully produced large KDP crystals. Over the course of 6 days, we were able to increase the mass of one seed crystal by a factor of 9. From these growth trials, we observed that lower temperatures increased the stability of the solution. We also observed that stirring the solution improved the quality of the crystal growth but could also make the solution unstable.
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- 2016-04-22
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461346536
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- Changes in Predictors of STEM Career Aspirations in Elementary School Children.
- Creator
- Cunnien, Brittany J
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Research shows that there continues to be gender differences in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career choices, especially in certain STEM fields such as engineering. The present study examined the distribution of elementary school students’ career aspirations across gender, the accuracy of their perceptions of which careers use math, and how well gender, math performance, and math attitudes predict interest in pursuing a STEM career. Additionally, in the second year...
Show moreResearch shows that there continues to be gender differences in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career choices, especially in certain STEM fields such as engineering. The present study examined the distribution of elementary school students’ career aspirations across gender, the accuracy of their perceptions of which careers use math, and how well gender, math performance, and math attitudes predict interest in pursuing a STEM career. Additionally, in the second year of the study, we examined the stability of students’ career plans over one year of elementary school indicated by whether they switched to or from a STEM career or non-STEM career, as well as what predicts switching or not. We found a noticeable gender difference in career plans with more girls considering careers in medicine and more boys considering careers in physical sciences. Further, those choosing physical or biological science were significantly more likely to say math is used in their career compared to those choosing non-STEM. We found different predictors to be significant in Years 1 and 2, namely gender, math confidence, math importance, math anxiety, and math performance. We also found students’ career aspirations to remain fairly stable over one year, however we were unable to determine any predictors that may account for why student do or do not switch. By better understanding the predictors of students’ career plans early on, the research will point to ways parents and teachers can help motivate children toward higher education and careers in STEM fields in their future.
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- 2016-04-22
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461345276
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- A Darker Gaze: Visual Practice and the Augmented Identity of the Black Male.
- Creator
- Redway, Drexston G.
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A Darker Gaze is an interdisciplinary investigation that uses appropriated images to promote a postmodern representation of the American Black male within personal and national identity composites. As a visual practice, this work uses still and time-based media to analyze the idiosyncratic nature of the Black male aesthetic. Language is remixed with technology to generate glitches in the coded structure of images of the Black male, in turn recontextualizing him alongside other visual forms....
Show moreA Darker Gaze is an interdisciplinary investigation that uses appropriated images to promote a postmodern representation of the American Black male within personal and national identity composites. As a visual practice, this work uses still and time-based media to analyze the idiosyncratic nature of the Black male aesthetic. Language is remixed with technology to generate glitches in the coded structure of images of the Black male, in turn recontextualizing him alongside other visual forms. The process of this layered photographic representation unpacks the racial and ethnic nuances of my identity structure, and creates a public self-reflection and prolonged gaze at a subject that is often overlooked within the collective national identity.
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- 2016-04-22
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461346856
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- Thesis
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- A Hopeful Endeavor Into Palestinian Home Demolitions.
- Creator
- O'Neill, Colleen Ann
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-22
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461345864
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- In Search of Elements Controlling Replication Timing.
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- mrg12d@my.fsu.edu, Molly Gordon
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A cell must replicate its DNA once and only once during each cell cycle in a carefully choreographed process. Disruption of this process leads to genomic instability and eventual diseases. One poorly understood aspect of DNA replication control is replication timing (RT), the strict temporal manner in which segments of chromosomes replicate during the cell cycle. In all eukaryotic cells observed to date, certain regions of chromosomes replicate early while the other regions replicate late....
Show moreA cell must replicate its DNA once and only once during each cell cycle in a carefully choreographed process. Disruption of this process leads to genomic instability and eventual diseases. One poorly understood aspect of DNA replication control is replication timing (RT), the strict temporal manner in which segments of chromosomes replicate during the cell cycle. In all eukaryotic cells observed to date, certain regions of chromosomes replicate early while the other regions replicate late. Furthermore, RT is regulated throughout development such that about half of the genome switches RT as ESCs differentiate to defined cell types. Because many diseases, like cancer, exhibit a disrupted RT program compared to that of healthy cells, it is possible for the mechanism controlling RT to offer information about the origins of these diseases. Based on recent studies, it is expected that DNA sequence alone is sufficient to control the mechanism of changes in DNA RT. To test this hypothesis, I analyzed the propensity of DNA sequences to control RT switches in two situations: outside of chromosomal context as well as in different sub-nuclear locations. If my hypothesis is supported, proper regulation of RT will be recapitulated and manipulated, respectively, in these artificial systems. Furthermore, it will be possible to narrow down the smallest sequences necessary to regulate RT through targeted DNA sequence deletions. Having a small segment of DNA that can control RT will bring us closer to filling in gaps in the overall mechanism orchestrating proper RT, which can help us better understand misregulation events such as those observed in cancers.
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- 2016-04-22
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461355746
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- Analysis of Cellulose Hydrolysis Kinetics.
- Creator
- Bousalis, Deanna
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-22
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461355795
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- Semantic Representation in Language.
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- Boutzoukas, Emanuel, Peters, Ryan, Borovsky, Arielle
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Empirically derived semantic feature production norms have proven useful in exploring a wide array of psycholinguistic phenomena across the developmental spectrum. Currently, McRae, Cree, Seidenberg, and McNorgan (2005), has developed what is considered the “gold standard” for semantic feature production norms sets. Even so, a large gap exists in this set, as it does not include many important items from the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Developmental Inventory: Words and Sentences (MBCDI,...
Show moreEmpirically derived semantic feature production norms have proven useful in exploring a wide array of psycholinguistic phenomena across the developmental spectrum. Currently, McRae, Cree, Seidenberg, and McNorgan (2005), has developed what is considered the “gold standard” for semantic feature production norms sets. Even so, a large gap exists in this set, as it does not include many important items from the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Developmental Inventory: Words and Sentences (MBCDI, Fenson, Marchman, Thal, Dale, Reznick & Bates, 2007), used in a wide array of psycholinguistic developmental research. Thus, the chief goal of this project is to develop and validate a new tool to facilitate infant psycholinguistic research by extending the McRae set of semantic feature production norms to fill all the items on the MBCDI. In this paper, we employ the semantic categorization techniques provided by McRae and colleagues to contribute a higher-level analysis for our newly collected feature set. By filling the missing gaps on the MBCDI, we aim to further our understanding of semantic network clustering in toddlers and create a tool that will continue to progress developmental psycholinguistic research.
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- 2016-04-22
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461357044
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- Thesis
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- Liquid-Liquid Extraction Kinetics and Applied External Potential Effects in the Extraction of Dysprosium.
- Creator
- Velasquez, Ever
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-22
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461375415
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- Thesis
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- The Last Seven.
- Creator
- Boener, Ellen
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-22
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461374829
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- Thesis
- Title
- City of Light: History on Stage.
- Creator
- Wirsansky, Danielle
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-22
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461333989
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- Thesis
- Title
- Optimization of a Reversed Phase Liquid Chromatography Separation of Hormones Released from Islets of Langerhans.
- Creator
- Culver, Kevin
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-22
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461334550
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- Thesis
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- Optical Enhancement of Lipid Multilayer Gratings with Gold Nanoparticles.
- Creator
- Rainer, Quinn Carroll
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Nanotechnology is an interdisciplinary field which focuses on taking advantage of the unique properties of materials on the nanoscale. Nanotechnology holds promise to develop many fields of research, such as materials science, medicine, molecular biology, microfabrication, and even art. Personal past work in nanotechnology has involved developing biosensors patterned with lipid multilayer diffraction gratings to detect analytes, organic vapors, and pH. Lipids serve as a model for cell binding...
Show moreNanotechnology is an interdisciplinary field which focuses on taking advantage of the unique properties of materials on the nanoscale. Nanotechnology holds promise to develop many fields of research, such as materials science, medicine, molecular biology, microfabrication, and even art. Personal past work in nanotechnology has involved developing biosensors patterned with lipid multilayer diffraction gratings to detect analytes, organic vapors, and pH. Lipids serve as a model for cell binding with compounds, since they make up the membranes that monitor the cell’s interaction with an environment. The lipid diffraction gratings are constructed using a process termed nanointaglio to deposit the ink (lipid) onto a substrate. This thesis focuses on improving the optical properties of the lipid gratings constructed in order to lower the limit of detection, enhancing the sensor’s sensitivity. For this purpose, gold nanoparticles are being proposed as a possible means to amplify the diffraction intensity signal. Gold is recommended for this purpose due to its unique and well defined optical properties at the nanoscale, namely light scattering. Particles ranging from 20 to 80 nm were tested, each facing difficulties in incorporation. The results here show that producing lipid multilayer gratings from liposome encapsulation of hydrophilic gold nanoparticles provides the most reliable method of producing uniform gratings. 60 nm gold nanoparticles produced the strongest diffraction intensity relative to the other sized nanoparticles tested. These results require additional characterization in order to assure gold nanoparticle incorporation into the gratings and the replication of the intensities should be tested further.
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- 2016-04-22
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461299558
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- Thesis
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- The Intersection between Executives Influences and Political Action Committee Contributions.
- Creator
- Oyetoro, Esther Oyefunmibi
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This research examines the behavior of money in politics. It aims to understand the important role players in corporate Political Action Committees (PACs). The goal of this research is to quantify the degree to which CEOs and CFOs influence the decisions in the allocation of PAC contributions. The result from this specific area of PAC contributions will add to existing knowledge on the function of PAC contributions in corporate finance. In addition, results will reveal executives political...
Show moreThis research examines the behavior of money in politics. It aims to understand the important role players in corporate Political Action Committees (PACs). The goal of this research is to quantify the degree to which CEOs and CFOs influence the decisions in the allocation of PAC contributions. The result from this specific area of PAC contributions will add to existing knowledge on the function of PAC contributions in corporate finance. In addition, results will reveal executives political strategies, which might have regulatory implications on corporate ethics.
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- 2016-04-22
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461379954
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- Examining the educational bands system in Hong Kong and how it impacts students' self-concept.
- Creator
- Chung, Yin Shan
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Objective: To examine the relationship between the Hong Kong Education Band system (Band 1 -3) and students’ academic self-concept. Participants: participants were 129 enrolled high school students and recent graduates that were asked to complete a 26-question survey. Students’ academic self-concept was tested using analysis of variance test, chi-square analysis, and frequency analysis with multiple categorical variables on concepts such as efficacy, motivation, and overall self-concept....
Show moreObjective: To examine the relationship between the Hong Kong Education Band system (Band 1 -3) and students’ academic self-concept. Participants: participants were 129 enrolled high school students and recent graduates that were asked to complete a 26-question survey. Students’ academic self-concept was tested using analysis of variance test, chi-square analysis, and frequency analysis with multiple categorical variables on concepts such as efficacy, motivation, and overall self-concept. Results: Results have shown that Band 1 and Band 2 students have positive perception regarding the Band system compared to Band 3 students. Band 1 student also have higher self-efficacy. There was no significant differences between family income, academic self-concept and motivation among the three Bands.
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- 2016-04-22
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461347509
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- Unbound: A Screenplay.
- Creator
- Allgair, Diana
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-21
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461296500
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- Thesis
- Title
- Utilization of Non-thermal Plasma for Effective Dye/Surfactant Degradation.
- Creator
- Shahzeidi, Parastou
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-21
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461257269
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- Thesis
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- Studies of Mechanisms Underlying Cell Competition Induced by Imbalance of Energy Metabolism.
- Creator
- Arrington, Brooke Aileen
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Abstract Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the molecular currency for cells of all living organisms. When its synthesis, through ATP Synthase, is inhibited or “knocked down” cellular metabolic pathways will be compromised and, I hypothesize that, cell competition will result. Cell competition is a method by which tissue integrity and homeostasis is maintained. When neighboring cells differ in cell fitness, the fit cells will outcompete the weakened cells, leading to cell competition, and...
Show moreAbstract Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the molecular currency for cells of all living organisms. When its synthesis, through ATP Synthase, is inhibited or “knocked down” cellular metabolic pathways will be compromised and, I hypothesize that, cell competition will result. Cell competition is a method by which tissue integrity and homeostasis is maintained. When neighboring cells differ in cell fitness, the fit cells will outcompete the weakened cells, leading to cell competition, and therefore, tissue homeostasis. In this experiment, I explored the consequences of depriving cells of ATP Synthase. In order to see cell competition, a mosaic condition using the GeneSwitch Gal4 system was created, consisting of wild type and ATP Synthase knockdown cells. Using the Gal80TS System, a control was also set up creating a homogenous condition of only ATP Synthase knock down cells. Cell competition was visualized using DCP-1 (death caspase-1) staining which targets apoptotic cells. Apoptosis was seen in the mosaic condition, where cells of different fitness neighbored one another. No cell competition was seen in the homogenous condition. The intracellular signaling pathways followed during cell competition were then explored, comparing the deprivation of ATP to the deprivation of insulin. tGPH, which fluoresces green under a confocal microscope, was used in order to trace levels of PI3K following ATP Synthase knock down. When cells are deprived of insulin, tGPH localization to the cell membrane decreases substantially. Similar results were seen in this experiment when cells are deprived of ATP. This result leads to the hypothesis that the insulin and ATP intracellular signaling pathways may be similar or connected. These results allow for further research in this field of interest.
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- 2016-04-21
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461261313
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- Uncovering Pagan Identity in the Late Roman Empire.
- Creator
- Behrens, Colin
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-21
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461264805
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- Thesis
- Title
- Triangulated Structures on Stable Derivators.
- Creator
- Fuentes-Keuthan, Daniel
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Mac Lane's cubical complex gives a homology theory to compute the stable K-theory of a ring. McCarthy mimicked this construction to create a chain complex for the spectrum homology of the algebraic K-theory of an exact category. We provide an exposition of the works of Groth and Maltsitionis on stable derivators, showing that they give rise to triangulated categories in their images. Finally, we provide a cubical complex analog for a stable derivator, and show that this complex computes the...
Show moreMac Lane's cubical complex gives a homology theory to compute the stable K-theory of a ring. McCarthy mimicked this construction to create a chain complex for the spectrum homology of the algebraic K-theory of an exact category. We provide an exposition of the works of Groth and Maltsitionis on stable derivators, showing that they give rise to triangulated categories in their images. Finally, we provide a cubical complex analog for a stable derivator, and show that this complex computes the zeroth K theory group of a triangulated category. We conclude with further avenues of study that would provide further analogies between this complex and Mac Lane's construction.
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- 2016-04-21
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461258152
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- The Tweet Engine: Software Tools to Analyze Geographic Twitter Metadata.
- Creator
- Sosa, Andrew
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This thesis project creates a distributed software system, called the Tweet Engine, which serves as a simple yet powerful data analytics tool targeting Twitter, a popular social media platform. The Tweet Engine leverages Twitter’s Streaming API in order to create a real time heat-map of regional Twitter metadata. The goal of this project is not to derive meaning from the data the software gathers, but to provide a reliable, redistributable and modifiable tool by which the data can be gathered...
Show moreThis thesis project creates a distributed software system, called the Tweet Engine, which serves as a simple yet powerful data analytics tool targeting Twitter, a popular social media platform. The Tweet Engine leverages Twitter’s Streaming API in order to create a real time heat-map of regional Twitter metadata. The goal of this project is not to derive meaning from the data the software gathers, but to provide a reliable, redistributable and modifiable tool by which the data can be gathered and a meaning identified. As such, the Tweet Engine software was built in a manner to achieve those goals and be released open-sourced by the end of the project. The software primarily relies on Python and Javascript as foundations for the Engine’s components. Additionally, each component of the Engine uses several third-party libraries, frameworks, and services.
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- 2016-04-21
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461260228
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- Sam Shepard and Objects: Site-Specific Theatre.
- Creator
- Kellett, Jennifer Stephany
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The move towards a more experimental theatre has taken many forms over the past one hundred years. With the rise of television, the theatre community has been forced to ask the question, what makes us different? I, and many others, would argue that the singular difference is the presence and experience of being in the same space at the same time with the performers. This project explores this experience of presence by incorporating the audience into the story. It has three components: site...
Show moreThe move towards a more experimental theatre has taken many forms over the past one hundred years. With the rise of television, the theatre community has been forced to ask the question, what makes us different? I, and many others, would argue that the singular difference is the presence and experience of being in the same space at the same time with the performers. This project explores this experience of presence by incorporating the audience into the story. It has three components: site-specific theatre, immersive theatre, and theatre of objects. The project addresses the intersectionality of these three forms and evaluates their effect on the audience. In the experiment stage, we grappled with questions of how to create in an already existing space and how to act for immersive work. We spent a month on character work and creation of space before moving on to the text. Once there, we worked with a loose form script that would allow for audience input and interaction. This work culminated in a weekend of performance in a house in Tallahassee, where the audience would enter the house as if they were dinner guests at a party. They could walk, talk, smell, feel, and generally interact with all aspects of the environment. After this performance I sent participants a survey from which I have drawn the conclusions that follow.
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- 2016-04-21
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461254248
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- Characterization of Photo-Oxidized Wine by FT-ICR MS.
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- Bartges, Tessa Eve
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This thesis presents the first investigation of compositional changes in wine caused by photo-degradation characterized by high-resolution mass spectrometry. Native, dark, and irradiated red and white wine samples were analyzed by negative electrospray Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy. Significant changes in nitrogen-containing heteroatom classes where observed in both wines after irradiation. The irradiated white wine was...
Show moreThis thesis presents the first investigation of compositional changes in wine caused by photo-degradation characterized by high-resolution mass spectrometry. Native, dark, and irradiated red and white wine samples were analyzed by negative electrospray Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry and excitation-emission matrix spectroscopy. Significant changes in nitrogen-containing heteroatom classes where observed in both wines after irradiation. The irradiated white wine was found to contain less high oxygen number classes than the native or dark white wines. The irradiated red wine was found to contain higher oxygen number classes than the native or dark red wines.
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- 2016-04-21
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461259640
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- Interface Binding of the Escherichia coli Sulfite Reductase Flavoprotein Subunit.
- Creator
- Andrews, Rachel
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Sulfite Reductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the six-electron reduction of sulfite to sulfide for assimilation into biological sulfur-containing compounds, like L-cysteine for protein formation. The Sulfite Reductase holoenzyme is composed of eight copies of the flavoprotein (SiRFP, α subunit) and four copies of the hemoprotein (SiRHP, β subunit) to make a 780 kDa metalloenzyme. SiRFP contains two flavin cofactors, FAD and FMN, which shuttle electrons from NADPH onto the metal core of SiRHP....
Show moreSulfite Reductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the six-electron reduction of sulfite to sulfide for assimilation into biological sulfur-containing compounds, like L-cysteine for protein formation. The Sulfite Reductase holoenzyme is composed of eight copies of the flavoprotein (SiRFP, α subunit) and four copies of the hemoprotein (SiRHP, β subunit) to make a 780 kDa metalloenzyme. SiRFP contains two flavin cofactors, FAD and FMN, which shuttle electrons from NADPH onto the metal core of SiRHP. SiRHP uses the electrons from SiRFP in coordination with its two cofactors, siroheme and an Fe4S4 cluster, to reduce sulfite. How these two subunits assemble has not been fully characterized. Recent data shows the N-terminal 80 amino acids of SiRHP are necessary for complex formation, and one region of SiRFP is suspected of being important for complex formation. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to make SiRFP variants in that region to identify which amino acid residues are responsible for facilitating the formation of the holoenzyme. Point mutants were also made in the N-terminal FMN domain to test which amino acids are necessary for SiRFP function. In vivo analysis through complementation assays showed the variants retained the ability to reduce sulfite. Purification was completed using a nickel affinity column and size exclusion to perform analytical size exclusion.
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- 2016-04-21
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- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461260110
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- A Non-Peculiar People: Latter-day Saints and the American Family during the Twentieth-Century.
- Creator
- Piazza, Amanda Victoria
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-21
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461268847
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- The Changing Role of Social Media in Presidential Campaigns: Do Social Media Create Positive or Negative Effects on Political Decisions among Constituents age 18-29?.
- Creator
- Holland, Katherine Anne
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-21
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461264884
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- Thesis
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- Search for Electroweak Production of Supersymmetric Particles with two photons, an electron, and missing transverse energy.
- Creator
- Eugenio, Paul Myles
- Abstract/Description
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A search for Supersymmetry (SUSY) using a final state consisting of two pho- tons, an electron, and missing transverse energy. This analysis uses data collected by the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector from proton-proton collisions √ at a center of mass energy sqrt(s) =13 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.26 fb−1 . This search focuses on a R-parity conserving model of Supersymmetry where electroweak decay of SUSY particles results in the lightest supersymmetric...
Show moreA search for Supersymmetry (SUSY) using a final state consisting of two pho- tons, an electron, and missing transverse energy. This analysis uses data collected by the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector from proton-proton collisions √ at a center of mass energy sqrt(s) =13 TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.26 fb−1 . This search focuses on a R-parity conserving model of Supersymmetry where electroweak decay of SUSY particles results in the lightest supersymmetric particle, two high energy photons, and an electron. The light- est supersymmetric particle would escape the detector, thus resulting in missing transverse energy. No excess of missing energy is observed in the signal region of MET>100 GeV. A limit is set on the SUSY electroweak Chargino-Neutralino production cross section.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-21
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461279481
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- Thesis
- Title
- Fundamental Frequency of Low Front Korean Vowels by Korean Gyeongsang Speakers in Various Contexts.
- Creator
- Mercier, Erika Nicole
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-21
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461275644
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS SCIENCE PEDAGOGY AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY SPEND ON SCIENCE INSTRUCTION IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
- Creator
- White, Megan
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-21
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461250752
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- The Spectral Energy Distribution of Radio Galaxy Centaurus A at 100 GHz.
- Creator
- Young, Anthony James
- Abstract/Description
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The radio galaxy Centaurus A is the closest and largest active galaxy in the sky. In this thesis, we discuss the past observations of the galaxy, the physics of active galactic nuclei, and the radiation processes in Centaurus A. The emission from the galaxy’s radio lobes is primarily the result of synchrotron radiation, which follows a power law with spectral index α. We report on past measurements and our own values for α. We find that our observations were not properly calibrated, yielding...
Show moreThe radio galaxy Centaurus A is the closest and largest active galaxy in the sky. In this thesis, we discuss the past observations of the galaxy, the physics of active galactic nuclei, and the radiation processes in Centaurus A. The emission from the galaxy’s radio lobes is primarily the result of synchrotron radiation, which follows a power law with spectral index α. We report on past measurements and our own values for α. We find that our observations were not properly calibrated, yielding a spectral index far from what was expected. We also discuss the method of calibration that can be carried out in the future in order to calculate the accurate spectral index.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-21
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461293158
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- Thesis
- Title
- ROMANTIC ALLEGORY IN CHRISTIAN ROCK MUSIC.
- Creator
- Denton, Michael Blaise
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-21
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461701819
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- Crystallization Kinetics and Morphology of Polyethylene with Flourine Substitution.
- Creator
- Miguel Sanchez, Constanza
- Abstract/Description
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The effect of fluorine substitution and distribution along the polyethylene backbone on the crystallization behavior has been evaluated. Regardless of the small size of the fluorine atom, it is acting as defect impeding the formation of thick crystals. The crystallinity of the samples were found to decrease with increasing fluorine content, in reference to polyethylene, further confirming that fluorine acts as a perturbation in the lattice that hinders the development of crystallinity....
Show moreThe effect of fluorine substitution and distribution along the polyethylene backbone on the crystallization behavior has been evaluated. Regardless of the small size of the fluorine atom, it is acting as defect impeding the formation of thick crystals. The crystallinity of the samples were found to decrease with increasing fluorine content, in reference to polyethylene, further confirming that fluorine acts as a perturbation in the lattice that hinders the development of crystallinity. Compared to their random and precision analogues, unsaturated samples were found to have the lowest crystallinity and peak melting temperatures suggesting that double bonds act as an additional defect in the chain. Precision samples crystallize as homopolymers with the fluorine atom incorporated in the crystal lattice with orthorhombic structure. Random samples display a crystallization mechanism that selects longer methylene sequences first, followed by sequences with higher halogen content explaining the difference in melting temperature between precision and random samples. A crystallization model for precision polyethylene with fluorine substitution on every 21st carbon was proposed with one fold per chain and seven repeating units in the crystal stem. In this model, the ends of the chain are on the surface of the crystals explaining the large interfacial surface energy observed. Optical micrographs of these systems show that the samples crystallize as axialites due to the low molar mass of the samples.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-20
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461202531
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- Thesis
- Title
- Perception of Low Front Korean Vowels by Korean Speakers.
- Creator
- Knie, Jessica
- Abstract/Description
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Over time, the Korean language system has undergone phonetic changes including the merging of certain vowels. The loss of vowel length differences between /e/ and /ε/ over time makes older populations of Koreans able to perceive /e/ and / ε/ vowel differences, while younger populations may not be able to perceive the difference. The purpose of this study is to determine the ability of native Korean speakers to perceive the two vowels in sentences presented in familiar and unfamiliar contexts....
Show moreOver time, the Korean language system has undergone phonetic changes including the merging of certain vowels. The loss of vowel length differences between /e/ and /ε/ over time makes older populations of Koreans able to perceive /e/ and / ε/ vowel differences, while younger populations may not be able to perceive the difference. The purpose of this study is to determine the ability of native Korean speakers to perceive the two vowels in sentences presented in familiar and unfamiliar contexts. It is hypothesized that the listeners will have better perceptual accuracy in the familiar contexts than in the unfamiliar contexts. The talkers of the study will include 21 priests and deacons of the Pusan dialect of Korean. The recordings are randomly arrayed in a larger experimental file, which will be presented to the participants. They will then write down what they hear, which will be graded for accuracy and analyzed. The results show that the Korean participants perceived the vowels in the familiar context better than the unfamiliar context. Though there were trends regarding age and dialect, none of them proved to be significant.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-20
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461177181
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- Thesis
- Title
- Bilingual Education in Florida: Effect of Bilingual Education in Florida.
- Creator
- Perla, Meylin C.
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this thesis is to determine the impact of bilingual education in the state of Florida on students’ academic performance. In order to procure an unbiased assessment of the effects of bilingual education, the reading and mathematics FCAT 2.0 scores for the years 2011 to 2014 in two bilingual, two partially bilingual, and two monolingual K-8 schools will be examined. The goal is to determine if program type has an effect on passing rates. For the purpose of this thesis it was...
Show moreThe purpose of this thesis is to determine the impact of bilingual education in the state of Florida on students’ academic performance. In order to procure an unbiased assessment of the effects of bilingual education, the reading and mathematics FCAT 2.0 scores for the years 2011 to 2014 in two bilingual, two partially bilingual, and two monolingual K-8 schools will be examined. The goal is to determine if program type has an effect on passing rates. For the purpose of this thesis it was expected that bilingual education does not negatively affect the performance of students in FCAT 2.0 reading and mathematics. The results show that two-way immersion program has a positive impact on academic performance in the reading portion of standardized assessments. The type of program does not appear to have an effect on students’ performance in the mathematics assessment.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-20
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461133689
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- Thesis
- Title
- The Past is Not Behind Us: Exposing the Familiar Space.
- Creator
- Meola, Christian
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-20
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461126798
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- New York City Weather Effect on Firm-Specific Market Announcement Returns.
- Creator
- Rand, Logan Crawford
- Abstract/Description
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I find that investors in the New York City area are not statistically influenced by weather in their reactions to firm-specific information events, whether positive or negative. Sky Cloud Cover (SKC), a seasonally-adjusted value for cloudiness in the area, is used as a proxy for weather trends, as in prior literature, and is observed on days in which Seasoned Equity Offerings and Share Repurchases are announced. The Cumulative Abnormal Return of the stock in question shows no statistically...
Show moreI find that investors in the New York City area are not statistically influenced by weather in their reactions to firm-specific information events, whether positive or negative. Sky Cloud Cover (SKC), a seasonally-adjusted value for cloudiness in the area, is used as a proxy for weather trends, as in prior literature, and is observed on days in which Seasoned Equity Offerings and Share Repurchases are announced. The Cumulative Abnormal Return of the stock in question shows no statistically significant change due to the variation in SKC on either the current day, the day before the event, or the average of the two. I attempt to mitigate the noise in the data by segregating by Book-to-Market ratio, investor sophistication, and Sunny and Cloudy days. Finally, I do find a significant effect in my Limited Memory Theory test, illustrating that investors are more susceptible to larger short-term variations in weather in comparison to previous days. My results show that the exogenous variable of weather will influence market events, if only to a small degree under specific circumstances.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-20
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461282215
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- Thesis
- Title
- A Study of Nursing Attention to Stimuli in a Simulated Task Environment.
- Creator
- Smith, Megan Leigh, Whyte, Jim
- Abstract/Description
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Nurses engaged in practice make split-second decisions related to stimuli that they perceive in the clinical environment. There has been highly limited research in nursing that examined stimuli perception, with no research studies that directly measured nurses’ gaze and the subsequent quality of their decisions. The study used a descriptive design to examine participant behaviors in the simulated task environment, caring for a total of three simulated patients with a variety of health related...
Show moreNurses engaged in practice make split-second decisions related to stimuli that they perceive in the clinical environment. There has been highly limited research in nursing that examined stimuli perception, with no research studies that directly measured nurses’ gaze and the subsequent quality of their decisions. The study used a descriptive design to examine participant behaviors in the simulated task environment, caring for a total of three simulated patients with a variety of health related disorders. A total of 20 participants were recruited from a nursing school at a prominent university in the southeastern United States. Participants were fitted with eye tracking goggles that facilitated the recording of the focal point of their gaze. The videos of the gaze of the participant were then carefully coded to quantify their areas of focus. The analysis was performed primarily through comparisons between successful and unsuccessful participants. The results revealed a statistically significant difference in successful versus unsuccessful participants. In particular, successful participants focused on the patients, while unsuccessful participants had an innate focus on irrelevant cues in the environment. The results demonstrate a need for nurse educators to more innately focus participants on the patient, while guiding them to avoid becoming mired in task irrelevant foci and actions.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-20
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461195268
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- Thesis
- Title
- Species-specific soil legacy effects on the performance of seedlings of two dune plant species.
- Creator
- Niedzwiecki, Alexandra
- Abstract/Description
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Plants establish a feedback with the microbial community of the soil by influencing the microbial community and the changes feeding back into the plant performance. This feedback process creates lasting legacy effects in the soil. Both legacy effects and the microbial response directly influence plant performance and tolerance of abiotic stressors. The foredune habitat of the barrier islands of Florida are stressful places for plants and the dominant grass species, Uniola paniculata, has...
Show morePlants establish a feedback with the microbial community of the soil by influencing the microbial community and the changes feeding back into the plant performance. This feedback process creates lasting legacy effects in the soil. Both legacy effects and the microbial response directly influence plant performance and tolerance of abiotic stressors. The foredune habitat of the barrier islands of Florida are stressful places for plants and the dominant grass species, Uniola paniculata, has documented relationships with mycorrhizal components of the soil community to alleviate some of the stress. However, another species that inhabits the foredune, Cakile lanceolata, has no documented relationships with mycorrhizae. I was interested in how the existing legacy effects influenced the performance of these two dune plants. As such I conducted a greenhouse experiment using field-collected soil and seeds to identify the effect that a species-specific soil community had on a few measures of performance and competition. No significant effect of the soil community was identified for any measure of performance but a trend could indicate a negative conspecific and heterospecific legacy effect on dune plant seedlings less than ninety days old.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-20
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461251445
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- Evaluating Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer in Spinner-Flask Bioreactor for Culturing of Human Cortical Spheroids.
- Creator
- Madinya, Jason
- Abstract/Description
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Creating models of tissue constructs for disease modeling has become a vital part in research for treatment of brain diseases. The complexity of the human brain has made animal models insufficient for elucidating the pathophysiology of diseases like Schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease. Cortical spheroids derived from induced pluripotent stem cells have shown great promise as models for brain tissue. While there is a lot of research going into the differentiation protocols to derive the...
Show moreCreating models of tissue constructs for disease modeling has become a vital part in research for treatment of brain diseases. The complexity of the human brain has made animal models insufficient for elucidating the pathophysiology of diseases like Schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease. Cortical spheroids derived from induced pluripotent stem cells have shown great promise as models for brain tissue. While there is a lot of research going into the differentiation protocols to derive the desired cells, there is a need for more research into the effects on differentiation and aggregation from the physical environment. Mass transfer of key nutrients is affected by the hydrodynamic forces of the medium. Bioreactors like spinner flasks allow for control over the dynamic environment through the agitation rate. Computational fluid dynamics would allow experimenters to model the physical environment of the system, allowing for more precise experiment design. By controlling the shear stresses on the spheroid walls, the aggregate size, and thus the mass transfer of nutrients, can be controlled to optimize the production of cortical spheroid. We studied the hydrodynamics of the bioreactor by utilizing mixing correlations provided by literature. With these baseline values, we proceeded to simulate the hydrodynamic environment in the commercial computational fluid dynamics COMSOL. With the results of the simulation and correlation in hand, we turn to focusing on how the mass transfer is affected in the system. We develop of 1-D model of the oxygen concentration profile through the aggregates. The goal would be to conduct experiments to derive the different parameters so that a model utilizing both CFD and experimental data can be derived for the formation of human Cortical Spheroids.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-20
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461356901
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- Efficient Monte Carlo Simulation of Barrier Option Prices Under the Jump-Diffusion Framework.
- Creator
- Gordon, Chace Parrish
- Abstract/Description
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We present two efficient Monte Carlo algorithms for simulating the price of continuously monitored down-and-out barrier options when the underlying stock price follows a jump-diffusion process. Our algorithms are based on two variance reduction methods introduced by Ross & Ghamami and Joshi & Leung. We use numerical results to compare the efficiencies of these new algorithms with all of the Monte Carlo algorithms introduced in the literature. In addition, we present numerical results for...
Show moreWe present two efficient Monte Carlo algorithms for simulating the price of continuously monitored down-and-out barrier options when the underlying stock price follows a jump-diffusion process. Our algorithms are based on two variance reduction methods introduced by Ross & Ghamami and Joshi & Leung. We use numerical results to compare the efficiencies of these new algorithms with all of the Monte Carlo algorithms introduced in the literature. In addition, we present numerical results for implementing these algorithms when drawing from randomized quasi-Monte Carlo sequences and investigate their efficiencies compared to Monte Carlo approaches.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-19
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461099291
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- Thesis
- Title
- Drug modulation of the infralimbic cortex and its interaction with odor stimulated medial amygdala.
- Creator
- Peter, Shani
- Abstract/Description
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Abstract Social cues are essential for effective and proper communication and the amygdala has been shown to be involved in the processing of such cues. In rodents, social cues signal potential mating opportunities or the presence of other competitive males and are conveyed mainly through odors or chemosensory signals. Olfactory information is processed in the medial amygdala and may be modulated by the adjacent main intercalated nucleus (m-ICNc). Based on the similar circuitry for fear...
Show moreAbstract Social cues are essential for effective and proper communication and the amygdala has been shown to be involved in the processing of such cues. In rodents, social cues signal potential mating opportunities or the presence of other competitive males and are conveyed mainly through odors or chemosensory signals. Olfactory information is processed in the medial amygdala and may be modulated by the adjacent main intercalated nucleus (m-ICNc). Based on the similar circuitry for fear conditioning, which involves Infralimbic cortex (IL) influence on other intercalated nuclei in the amygdala, we hypothesized that modulating the activity in the IL will affect activity in the m-ICNc, which will, in turn, modify activity in the posterior medial amygdala (MeP) in response to the different types of chemosensory signals. We used glutamatergic agonist injections to excite the IL followed by animal exposure to conspecific or heterospecific odor stimuli to investigate the role of IL in the activation of m-ICNc and medial amygdala in response to these chemosensory signals, using immediate early gene expression as a measure of neuron activation. Following transcardial perfusion, response analysis was done by counting immediate early gene (FRA) positive cells using ImageJ and running two-way ANOVAs using the statistical software Minitab version 16. I expected to see a glutamate-injected IL paired with conspecific or heterospecific odor increase activity in the m-ICNc and anterior medial amygdala (MeA), but minimal activity in MeP. The results from this experiment have shown no significant differences under any of these conditions. These results might be due to the sample size being too small, the injection site being too low, improper slicing using the microtome, and other caveats to be discussed later.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-19
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461077956
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- Thesis
- Title
- Researching & Creating Adult - Oriented Animation for Television.
- Creator
- Klein, Christian
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-19
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461359786
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- The Staging of Missouri Hymns.
- Creator
- Carter, Jennifer
- Abstract/Description
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enn Carter's Creative Project Missouri Hymns is a play which explores the intimacy and theology of prayer and sacramental transformation in the realms of poetry, theatre, and worship. Missouri Hymns is a play comprised of stage poems that blur the boundaries between poetry and prayer as well as theatre and worship. These poems are often narrative. The speaker, primarily June, and at times her mother, embody the poems and create a living approach to poetry. Or as the character Holy Spirit...
Show moreenn Carter's Creative Project Missouri Hymns is a play which explores the intimacy and theology of prayer and sacramental transformation in the realms of poetry, theatre, and worship. Missouri Hymns is a play comprised of stage poems that blur the boundaries between poetry and prayer as well as theatre and worship. These poems are often narrative. The speaker, primarily June, and at times her mother, embody the poems and create a living approach to poetry. Or as the character Holy Spirit declares in her opening monologue, a kind of “living prayer.” The staging of poems provides a new intimate dimension of tonality, transforming the traditional relationship of reader and poem into one of a viewer and poem. This work is relevant to understanding how art and spirituality effortlessly co-exist.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-18
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461357212
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- Thesis
- Title
- Using multiple methodologies to explore variation in rainfall events in the southeastern United States.
- Creator
- Karmel, Thomas
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-18
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461000397
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- The Effect of Gender on Motivations for Volunteering: A qualitative study.
- Creator
- Nevitt, Marigny
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-18
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461026355
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- Modular House and Accompanying Short Stories: An Investigation in Family Structures.
- Creator
- Fernandez, Katrina
- Abstract/Description
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The term 'family structure' can be loosely defined as a support system. My current body of research is based around this term, and in this context, it’s definition is twofold. I define a family structure as the unseen support system that binds a family. I also use this term to describe the physical dwelling spaces that families inhabit. My research, and resulting creative endeavors, intend to link this concrete and abstract definition of a family structure through the investigation of objects...
Show moreThe term 'family structure' can be loosely defined as a support system. My current body of research is based around this term, and in this context, it’s definition is twofold. I define a family structure as the unseen support system that binds a family. I also use this term to describe the physical dwelling spaces that families inhabit. My research, and resulting creative endeavors, intend to link this concrete and abstract definition of a family structure through the investigation of objects, collections, and containers.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2016-04-18
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461349182
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- I wonder if the Ground has anything to say?: The visual aesthetics of knowing.
- Creator
- O'Connor, Laura
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-18
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461274016
- Format
- Thesis
- Title
- The Effects of Cognitive Load on Gait in Individuals with Parkinson Disease.
- Creator
- Stierwalt, Jordan D, LaPointe, Leonard L, Lansford, Kaitlin L, Kaschak, Michael P
- Abstract/Description
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Injurious falls are a major medical concern and a huge drain on resources in terms of monetary and personal costs. Aging results in a higher incidence of neuropathology, which often has harmful cognitive and motor effects. This research examines the effects of Azilect on gait in individuals with Parkinson Disease.
- Date Issued
- 2016-04-16
- Identifier
- FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461775145
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- Thesis
