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Title: The aspirations and motivations of women law students : a study of the effects of significant others.
Creator: Benton, Cheryl Regina
Date Issued: 1985
Identifier: 158925, FSDT158925, fsu:18182
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Aspiring Music Educators' Understandings of Advocacy and Politics in Music Education.
Creator: Burk, Andrew Robert
Abstract/Description: Music education as an academic subject in American schools owes much of its existence and current success to advocacy. Beginning with Lowell Mason’s 19th century public performance in Boston and continuing today with legislative agendas promoted by the National Association for Music Education, advocacy is inseparable from the history of music education in the United States. In a culture where public policy often impacts the success of music in schools, it is important to consider that...
Show moreMusic education as an academic subject in American schools owes much of its existence and current success to advocacy. Beginning with Lowell Mason’s 19th century public performance in Boston and continuing today with legislative agendas promoted by the National Association for Music Education, advocacy is inseparable from the history of music education in the United States. In a culture where public policy often impacts the success of music in schools, it is important to consider that educators in the field may be best poised to develop and advocate for effective policies that enhance music education for all. While there is a great deal of information available regarding best advocacy practices for current and past teachers, little is known about the political understanding and experiences of pre-service music educators currently enrolled in undergraduate programs. What do pre-service music educators in Florida think and know about music education advocacy and the political systems that run our country, and what can we infer about the potential political consequences that may occur in music education when these undergraduates enter the profession? Through ten focus group sessions with participants studying music education and other fields of education across the state of Florida, I collected qualitative statements that spoke to their current knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors related to advocacy and political engagement. Analyzing my findings, I explore the theories that undergraduate students studying music education today are likely to think that their local communities are a more important audience for advocacy than their elected officials, that pre-service music educators fail to articulate the problems that they think they will face when they become teachers, and that they vote more often than and can describe more ways to engage with the American political system than their peers studying other subjects in education.
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Date Issued: 2016-12-09
Identifier: FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1481314247
Format: Thesis

Title: Asserting indigenous nationalism: Bolivia and the struggle for self-determination.
Creator: Weiss, Olivia V.
Date Issued: 2006-05-24
Identifier: 160495, FSDT160495, fsu:18938
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Assessing Barriers To Healthcare.
Creator: Gaillard, Garrett L., Pappas, Cara, College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The continuity of care (COC) in the United States is vast and complex in nature. While COC has well-established positive correlations with lower hospitalization rates and better outcomes of care, chronic disease individuals still suffer from barriers that prevent access to care in the United States. Chronic conditions as well as socio-demographic factors play a major role in health disparities across the country, with decreases in primary care appointments and increases in emergency...
Show moreThe continuity of care (COC) in the United States is vast and complex in nature. While COC has well-established positive correlations with lower hospitalization rates and better outcomes of care, chronic disease individuals still suffer from barriers that prevent access to care in the United States. Chronic conditions as well as socio-demographic factors play a major role in health disparities across the country, with decreases in primary care appointments and increases in emergency department visitation. This has become a pervasive problem for healthcare in the United States. The selected studies in this review of the literature look at the outcomes and effects before and after the Affordable Care Act. Additionally the health disparity population was assessed in regards to missed appointments and as to what their barrier to care was at that time for the specific appointment. Demographics and variables that were included were diagnoses, age, gender, marital status, race and ethnicity. Continuing statistical analysis is being performed via a multivariate logistical regression to identify predictors and commonalities of those who are most likely to miss their scheduled healthcare appointment. Data collection is still on going and inconclusive at this time.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0432
Format: Thesis

Title: Assessing Causes and Interventions for Preventing Congestive Heart Failure Readmissions: A review of literature.
Creator: Davis, Ashton
Date Issued: 2018-03-23
Identifier: FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1523300153_de12e64e
Format: Thesis

Title: Assessing the Effectiveness of Domestic Violence Shelters for Indigenous Clients in the United States and Canada.
Creator: Chivers, Catherine J
Date Issued: 2016-05-20
Identifier: FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461267563
Format: Thesis

Title: Assessing the effects of a new parent-training program through the use of in-home videotaped observations.
Creator: Harrison, Kelly
Date Issued: 1985
Identifier: 157567, FSDT157567, fsu:17484
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Assessing the role of conditioned reinforcers in contigent reward programs of behavior modification.
Creator: Murray, Marie R.
Date Issued: Unknown
Identifier: 158485, FSDT158485, fsu:17968
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Assessment of content in reading instruction: the development of an observational instrument.
Creator: Rocco, Francisco
Date Issued: 1998
Identifier: 159389, FSDT159389, fsu:18405
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The assessment of depression in incarcerated women.
Creator: Gallagher, Amanda
Date Issued: 2005-07-25
Identifier: 160653, FSDT160653, fsu:19013
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Assessment of peer relations among low income kindergarten children.
Creator: Taylor, Kathryn L.
Date Issued: 1984
Identifier: 158508, FSDT158508, fsu:17980
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Assessment of Synthetic Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors by Fluorogenic Substrate Assay.
Creator: Lively, Ty J., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Abstract/Description: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of metzincin enzymes that act as the principle regulators and remodelers of the extracellular matrix (ECM). While MMPs are involved in many normal biological processes, unregulated MMP activity has been linked to many detrimental diseases, including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, stroke, and cardiovascular disease. To develop tools to investigate MMP functions and potential new therapeutics, matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors (MMPIs) have...
Show moreMatrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of metzincin enzymes that act as the principle regulators and remodelers of the extracellular matrix (ECM). While MMPs are involved in many normal biological processes, unregulated MMP activity has been linked to many detrimental diseases, including cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, stroke, and cardiovascular disease. To develop tools to investigate MMP functions and potential new therapeutics, matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors (MMPIs) have been designed, synthesized, and tested to regulate MMP activity. Inhibitor potencies were evaluated in terms of half maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50 point) and apparent inhibition constants (Kiapp) for a series of YHJ cyclopentane and pyrolidine-based mercaptosulfonamide inhibitors using collagenase (MMPs-1), gelatinase A (MMP-2), matrilysin (MMP-7), and gelatinase B (MMP-9). MMPs with a shallow S1' binding pocket (MMP-1 and -7) were unable to distinguish between inhibitors showing low potency for nearly all synthetic analogs, the exception being GM6001. Conversely, potency levels of inhibitors tested with MMPs with an intermediate S1' pocket (MMP-2 and -9) varied among inhibitor. The most interesting variation occurred with YHJ-6-286 which was more than 30-fold more selective for MMP-2 than MMP-9, despite belonging to the same gelatinase class. To investigate the role stereoselectivity plays in enzyme inhibition, a dye-conjugate of inhibitor YHJ-7-52, YHJ-7-207, was tested for MMP-9. Results gathered suggest that the dye component of YHJ-7-207 produces a significant amount of steric hindrance as inhibition assays against MMP-9 revealed YHJ-7-207 having a larger IC50 point and Kiapp value than YHJ-7-52.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0536
Format: Thesis

Title: An assessment of the growth and development in the museum shop industry.
Creator: Felter, Lela Lovett
Date Issued: 1995
Identifier: 157399, FSDT157399, fsu:17405
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An assessment of the potential for karst development in the Lake Bradford area, Leon County, Florida.
Creator: Maher, Carrie A.
Date Issued: 1997
Identifier: 157205, FSDT157205, fsu:17313
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An assessment of the victim services movement.
Creator: Brown, Jessica T.
Identifier: 158427, FSDT158427, fsu:17939
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The association between adolescent conduct problems and bulimic tendencies.
Creator: Fowler, Stevie Nichole
Date Issued: 2007-07-13
Identifier: 160864, FSDT160864, fsu:19112
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Association Between Depression and Family, Romantic, and Peer Support in Adults.
Creator: Jones, Alyssa, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Low levels of social support in relationships are an important indicator of the risk of the development of depression in adulthood. This study investigated how family, friends, and romantic relationships affected the prevalence of depressive symptoms. This study tested the hypothesis that family relationships would not have significant effect on depression when the effect of romantic relationships and friendships are controlled. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses of responses from...
Show moreLow levels of social support in relationships are an important indicator of the risk of the development of depression in adulthood. This study investigated how family, friends, and romantic relationships affected the prevalence of depressive symptoms. This study tested the hypothesis that family relationships would not have significant effect on depression when the effect of romantic relationships and friendships are controlled. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses of responses from participants from the Transition Wave II questionnaire revealed that lower support from family relationships and romantic relationships was significantly associated with higher depression scores, while support from friendships was not. When controlling for support from friendships and relationships, romantic relationships had the strongest effect. This suggests that in adulthood, one's romantic relationships are more indicative of depression than friendships or family relationships.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0268
Format: Thesis

Title: The association between parent and child psychopathy.
Creator: Huntenburg, Angela E.
Date Issued: 2004-12-28
Identifier: 160715, FSDT160715, fsu:19040
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The Association Between Prenatal Depression and Mental Health Treatment Among Birth Outcomes.
Creator: McBride, Nicole, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Women are more susceptible to depression than men and depression around the childbearing years has shown to have deleterious birth outcomes. This study investigated the associations between depression and mental health treatment among particular birth outcomes. Participants included a total of 611 pregnant women, from two separate obstetrics clinics in the southeast, who completed the PHQ-9, a depression screening measure. Birth outcome information was gathered via medical record search and...
Show moreWomen are more susceptible to depression than men and depression around the childbearing years has shown to have deleterious birth outcomes. This study investigated the associations between depression and mental health treatment among particular birth outcomes. Participants included a total of 611 pregnant women, from two separate obstetrics clinics in the southeast, who completed the PHQ-9, a depression screening measure. Birth outcome information was gathered via medical record search and completed on all subjects. About 12% of women scored above the cutoff for elevated depression. Significant differences between education, race, and income were found among most birth outcomes. No significant association was found between depression, mental health treatment, and birth outcomes, but those who had adverse birth outcomes rated higher in terms of severity on particular depressive symptoms of the PHQ-9. Though the possible effectiveness of mental health treatment was not observed based on this cross-sectional study, future research should aim at understanding the role treatment has during pregnancy to treat depression and its relationship to relative birth outcomes.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0272
Format: Thesis

Title: Associational Effects: Variation in Plant-Herbivore Interaction at Different Distances of Heterospecific Plants.
Creator: Spells, Kyle H, Inouye, Brian, Underwood, Nora
Abstract/Description: Certain plants are known to influence pest attack on other plants in a phenomenon termed “associational effects” (AE). AE has long been exploited in agriculture by means of companion planting or intercropping, where one or more species in a polyculture of plants confers indirect benefits to another. Many plants in these types of interactions emit volatile compounds that effectively repel insect pests from themselves and surrounding plants (Held, Gonsiska & Potter 2003). Giant red mustard...
Show moreCertain plants are known to influence pest attack on other plants in a phenomenon termed “associational effects” (AE). AE has long been exploited in agriculture by means of companion planting or intercropping, where one or more species in a polyculture of plants confers indirect benefits to another. Many plants in these types of interactions emit volatile compounds that effectively repel insect pests from themselves and surrounding plants (Held, Gonsiska & Potter 2003). Giant red mustard greens have been shown to be an effective neighbor plant using this mechanism, significantly reducing whitefly oviposition on focal collard greens in a greenhouse experiment (Legaspi 2010). However, collards planted in a field 2.4m – 12.2m away from a central mustard plot did not significantly affect attraction or oviposition of whiteflies in the same study. Given these inconsistent results, it is possible that collards planted in the field experiment were too far from the mustard plot to experience repellent effects. The goal of this study was to to determine if AE on collard greens from mustard greens depend on the distance between plants. To quantify AE, we planted giant red mustard greens (Brassica juncea) 10cm – 70cm from collard greens (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) at discrete distances and measured plant damage and various pest abundances on collard greens. Contrary to our expectations, we found a marginally significant negative relationship between plant damage and neighbor distance. We also found a significant negative relationship between whitefly (Aleyrodidae) abundance and neighbor distance, indicating associational susceptibility of collard greens from nearby mustard greens. Our analyses may have been limited by a below-average pest abundance during data collection. Despite previous studies indicating otherwise, mustard greens may not be an effective companion crop for reducing pest attack in the field.
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Date Issued: 2016-04-28
Identifier: FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1461873241
Format: Thesis

Title: Assortative Mating in the Tropical Sea Urchin Lytechinus Variegatus.
Creator: Moscoso, Jose A., Department of Biological Science
Abstract/Description: Lytechinus variegatus, a widely known species of sea urchins, exist in different color morphs. Previous studies have shown that gamete recognition proteins are related to color expression in Echinoderms. In this study, crosses within and between color morphs of L. variegatus were done to assess assortative fertilization, and field measurements of aggregation and color frequency to determine behavioral and genetic components of assortative mating. Differences in fertilization success were...
Show moreLytechinus variegatus, a widely known species of sea urchins, exist in different color morphs. Previous studies have shown that gamete recognition proteins are related to color expression in Echinoderms. In this study, crosses within and between color morphs of L. variegatus were done to assess assortative fertilization, and field measurements of aggregation and color frequency to determine behavioral and genetic components of assortative mating. Differences in fertilization success were discovered between color morphs and evidence was found for color aggregation as well as phenotypic effects in the distribution of colors in a population of L. variegatus.
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Date Issued: 2015
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0490
Format: Thesis

Title: Asterisk Comics: Visual Rhetoric and Digital Media in Writing Instruction.
Creator: Salamanca, Valentina, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Asterisk* Comics seeks to provide visual and interactive tools through which young adults can develop their writing skills. The website's primary focus is to serve as a medium for instructional materials and to promote writing by marketing it in a new, fresh way. Up to this point, most writing advice offered online takes the form of a textbook pasted unto the web, and this means college and high school students have to weed through protracted explanations to have a simple question answered....
Show moreAsterisk* Comics seeks to provide visual and interactive tools through which young adults can develop their writing skills. The website's primary focus is to serve as a medium for instructional materials and to promote writing by marketing it in a new, fresh way. Up to this point, most writing advice offered online takes the form of a textbook pasted unto the web, and this means college and high school students have to weed through protracted explanations to have a simple question answered. Googling for writing instruction can become a tortuous experience for anyone, but Asterisk* Comics seeks to break this tedious trend. Asteriskcomics.org will house the same type of information offered by instructional writing websites, but they will be made available through interactive and visual means. Writing instruction and advice will be conveyed to its audience through comics and illustrated texts. It aspires to house videos and interactive media in the future.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0239
Format: Thesis

Title: Astoria Stories.
Creator: Maceira, Gabriela Gema
Date Issued: 2018-04-27
Identifier: FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1524836587_6b3eb86b
Format: Thesis

Title: Asymptotic solutions for convective-diffusive heat transfer problems in couette flows.
Creator: Mills, Melissa A.
Date Issued: 1994
Identifier: 159219, FSDT159219, fsu:18325
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An attempt to determine the functional interactions between nerves of the labyrinth and lateral line systems of the longnose gar lepisosteus osseus.
Creator: Roberts, Eugene L.
Date Issued: 1999
Identifier: 158798, FSDT158798, fsu:18122
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Kv1.3: Evaluating a Potential Disease Model.
Creator: Hoffman, Carlie, Department of Biological Science
Abstract/Description: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition characterized by excessive levels of impulsivity, inattention, and hyperactivity. Mice subjected to deletion of the Kv1.3 potassium ion channel (knockout, KO) were observed to display behavioral symptoms of ADHD, indicating they may model this disorder. Due to the comorbidity between ADHD and anxiety disorders, the anxiety levels of KO and wildtype (WT) mice were determined as a precursor for the presence of additional ADHD-type...
Show moreAttention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition characterized by excessive levels of impulsivity, inattention, and hyperactivity. Mice subjected to deletion of the Kv1.3 potassium ion channel (knockout, KO) were observed to display behavioral symptoms of ADHD, indicating they may model this disorder. Due to the comorbidity between ADHD and anxiety disorders, the anxiety levels of KO and wildtype (WT) mice were determined as a precursor for the presence of additional ADHD-type behaviors using marble burying, elevated plus maze, and light-dark box testing. Because ADHD affects children and adults alike, inattentive and hyperactive behaviors were quantified for young and aged mice of both genotypes. Methylphenidate (MPH) or saline were also administered to the mice via oral gavage to determine the influence of MPH on behavior. Anxiety testing indicated that KO mice trended towards having decreased anxiety levels compared to their WT counterparts. Object-based attention testing indicated young and aged KO mice had attention deficits and treatment with MPH ameliorated this symptom. However, metabolic chamber testing revealed that WT and KO mice had equivalent activity levels and MPH treatment had no influence on locomotor activity. Based on these findings, there is a link between enhanced olfactory ability and decreased anxiety, and KO mice may be used as behavioral models of the inattentive subtype of ADHD.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0316
Format: Thesis

Title: Attention, affect, and altruism.
Creator: Lang, Linda L.
Date Issued: 1976
Identifier: 158493, FSDT158493, fsu:17972
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Attention: the underlying mechanism of context-dependent memory?.
Creator: Shif, Ofie
Date Issued: 1996
Identifier: 157598, FSDT157598, fsu:17500
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The attitude of the southern states toward nullification in South Carolina in 1833.
Creator: Parks, Frances Taliaferro
Identifier: 159739, FSDT159739, fsu:18576
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Attitude strength as a determinant of attitude-behavior consistency.
Creator: Pentecost, Heather C.
Date Issued: 1999
Identifier: 158360, FSDT158360, fsu:17908
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Attitudes toward only children.
Creator: Hege, Ericka Kaplan
Date Issued: 1975
Identifier: 158713, FSDT158713, fsu:18079
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Attitudes toward suicide: a cross-cultural study.
Creator: Hendrix, Douglas M.
Date Issued: 1972
Identifier: 158063, FSDT158063, fsu:17754
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Attractiveness, self-confidence and communication behavior.
Creator: Head, Margaret J.
Date Issued: 2006-05-23
Identifier: 160695, FSDT160695, fsu:19032
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Attributions and gender differences in post-breakup adjustment.
Creator: Wilburn, Jennifer Elise., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: The study of relationship failure and adjustment has fueled the majority of research with the topic of divorce. This study attempts to replicate the findings in divorce studies on attributions and adjustment using 188 college-age premarital couples who have ended a committed romantic relationship within six weeks of assessment. Different causal attributions for relationship failure were inspected for different levels of adjustment. Adjustment was assessed by examining the variables of...
Show moreThe study of relationship failure and adjustment has fueled the majority of research with the topic of divorce. This study attempts to replicate the findings in divorce studies on attributions and adjustment using 188 college-age premarital couples who have ended a committed romantic relationship within six weeks of assessment. Different causal attributions for relationship failure were inspected for different levels of adjustment. Adjustment was assessed by examining the variables of loneliness, depression, and alcohol use. We further examined for gender differences in adjustment by examining men and women separately. Using structural equation modeling, we analyzed adjustment at the initial time of their breakup and again several weeks later to assess how well they were adjusting over time. We found that attributions did not significantly predict adjustment for men and women together, but became closely associated with alcohol use. Specifically, individuals who reported the relationship attribution drank more alcohol. Men drank significantly more alcohol than women at both times in the assessment. In the overall adjustment examination, regardless of attributions, men appeared to have poorer adjustment than women over time. Though there were gender differences, the finding did not reach significance.
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Date Issued: 2009
Identifier: 643068800, 2181901, FSDT2181901, fsu:19191
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Auction IPOs: An Experimental Look.
Creator: Taylor, Brennan M
Abstract/Description: The main way IPOs are issued onto the market is through the underwriting process. This process requires that an investment bank be a middle-man and assume most of the risk while trying to sell IPOs. Most of the risk is whether or not the investment bank can raise the stated amount of capital in the contact with the firm, if not, they will eat the missing investments. This effectively allows the investment to underprice the IPO and in turn, make the firm lose potential investment while also...
Show moreThe main way IPOs are issued onto the market is through the underwriting process. This process requires that an investment bank be a middle-man and assume most of the risk while trying to sell IPOs. Most of the risk is whether or not the investment bank can raise the stated amount of capital in the contact with the firm, if not, they will eat the missing investments. This effectively allows the investment to underprice the IPO and in turn, make the firm lose potential investment while also gaining from the expenses charged to the firm. With the introduction of the Auction IPO it is intriguing as to why firms have not completely switched over to using markets instead of investment banks. The Auction IPO, in theory, gets rid of the ability to underprice IPOs. This would cut out the middle-man and limit the underpricing of IPOs, which allows the firm to extract most of its potential capital from investment. However, firms are not switching over from the underwriting process to the auction. This thesis attempts to help explain why firms are not switching while also using experimental methods to compare each system of issuing.
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Date Issued: 2016-12-09
Identifier: FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1481270748
Format: Thesis

Title: Audience costs, autocratic regimes, and militarized conflict.
Creator: Uzonyi, Gary., Florida State University
Abstract/Description: Traditionally, political science literature has focused on why a democratic peace exists. That is, why are two democratic states less likely to engage in conflict with one another than two dictatorships (or a democracy and a dictatorship) would be? The argument explaining this peace that has gained the most support is based on the idea that democratic leaders are less likely to make international threats that they do not plan to follow through on because their domestic audiences are more...
Show moreTraditionally, political science literature has focused on why a democratic peace exists. That is, why are two democratic states less likely to engage in conflict with one another than two dictatorships (or a democracy and a dictatorship) would be? The argument explaining this peace that has gained the most support is based on the idea that democratic leaders are less likely to make international threats that they do not plan to follow through on because their domestic audiences are more likely to hold them responsible for their actions. This accountability is known as an audience cost faced by the leader. Recently, some scholars have begun investigating variation in types of dictatorships to discover whether or not the type of autocracy - military junta, monarchy, personalist dictatorship, etc. - has any effect on the likelihood of conflict as well. My project builds upon this research. Instead of simply using regime type as a proxy for institutional variation, though, I am examining domestic institutions directly to see how this institutional variation among dictatorships affects a leader's likelihood of engaging in international conflict. I argue that dictatorships with institutions that impose higher levels of constraints on the executive will be less likely to enter into conflict than dictatorships with low levels of constraints would be. I test my hypotheses on a dataset containing approximately 200 countries in the post-war period and find empirical support for my theoretical predictions.
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Date Issued: 2008
Identifier: 471798481, 341760, FSDT341760, fsu:19329
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Auditory perceptual and composite spectral approaches to voice identification.
Creator: Shannon, Sharon
Date Issued: 1984
Identifier: 158455, FSDT158455, fsu:17953
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Authigenic smectite clay mineral distribution in Cenozoic sediments of the Cape Roberts Project (CRP-3 Drillco RE), Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica.
Creator: Priestas, Anthony Michael
Date Issued: 2005-08-30
Identifier: FSDT160371_parent
Format: Set of related objects

Title: The author, narrator, hero and the problem of objectivity in contemporary American fiction.
Creator: Wooley, Stephanie
Date Issued: 1994
Identifier: 157405, FSDT157405, fsu:17408
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: AUTHORITARIANISM IN AMERICAN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR & THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Creator: Monell, Kevin Norberto
Abstract/Description: This paper analyzes what conditions led to the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. The introduction sets the stage for the research question by examining the Trump campaign in the months leading to Election Day. Examination of the campaign’s rhetoric and Trump’s actions indicates that Trump tapped into the electorate’s authoritarian attitudes. Incorporating a measure of authoritarian dispositions that is valid among white non-Hispanic Americans, six linear...
Show moreThis paper analyzes what conditions led to the election of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States. The introduction sets the stage for the research question by examining the Trump campaign in the months leading to Election Day. Examination of the campaign’s rhetoric and Trump’s actions indicates that Trump tapped into the electorate’s authoritarian attitudes. Incorporating a measure of authoritarian dispositions that is valid among white non-Hispanic Americans, six linear regression models were estimated to test the hypothesis that those having a high authoritarian disposition were more likely to vote for Donald Trump. The results suggest that having a high authoritarian disposition made a white non-Hispanic voter more likely to vote for Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton.
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Date Issued: 2018-04-02
Identifier: FSU_libsubv1_scholarship_submission_1522782841_9efae325
Format: Thesis

Title: Auto-Tune in Africa: A Study of the Factors Leading to the Phenomenon.
Creator: Stanley, Andrew, College of Music
Abstract/Description: Auto-Tune is a fascinating phenomenon in the modern music industry. It has gained a large amount of popularity over the past ten years, and it is constantly heard in popular music hits and on the radio. However, in most discussions involving music, Auto-Tune is often regarded as a novelty, or as something that serious musicians do not bother using. This stigma has followed it into scholarship, where there has been little to no study of its impact. Auto-Tune's use is not only limited to the...
Show moreAuto-Tune is a fascinating phenomenon in the modern music industry. It has gained a large amount of popularity over the past ten years, and it is constantly heard in popular music hits and on the radio. However, in most discussions involving music, Auto-Tune is often regarded as a novelty, or as something that serious musicians do not bother using. This stigma has followed it into scholarship, where there has been little to no study of its impact. Auto-Tune's use is not only limited to the United States. It is particularly popular throughout the African continent, which is the region I chose to focus on in this thesis. This thesis seeks to answer why Auto-Tune has become so popular in modern African popular music, and to provide evidence of said popularity. I believe that this question can be answered by looking at three facets of modern society. First, Auto-Tune appears to have become a globalized commodity that links and unifies different regions and the mindsets that utilize it. Additionally, the music industry has been working towards a goal of near total control over music production since its creation, and the influence from the large record companies around the world has grown over the last ten years, leading to a dispersal of this mindset, in form of a musical "standard" of production. Furthermore, Auto-Tune presents itself with a number of qualities that appeal to the musical mentality that exists throughout the African continent. These qualities reflect the importance of community and language, a variety of technical features reflected in the music, and also fit into the established history of hybridity within the African continent.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0127
Format: Thesis

Title: Autobiographical false memories in younger adults.
Creator: Brewer, Lauren
Date Issued: 2006-04-19
Identifier: 160548, FSDT160548, fsu:18963
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Autocorrect Awareness: Categorizing Autocorrect Changes and Measuring Authorial Perceptions.
Creator: Wood, Nicola, Department of English
Abstract/Description: This thesis studies changes made by Autocorrect software and authorial awareness and perceptions of those changes through analysis of case studies conducted on five volunteers aged 19 to 22. The study consisted of two phases: 1. three writing tasks, and 2. a post-writing survey given to the authors. For the first task, each subject completed three predetermined writing prompts: an email message, a text message, and a Facebook status—each with a specific intended audience—on their iPhones....
Show moreThis thesis studies changes made by Autocorrect software and authorial awareness and perceptions of those changes through analysis of case studies conducted on five volunteers aged 19 to 22. The study consisted of two phases: 1. three writing tasks, and 2. a post-writing survey given to the authors. For the first task, each subject completed three predetermined writing prompts: an email message, a text message, and a Facebook status—each with a specific intended audience—on their iPhones. Subjects then completed the survey to self-report their level of awareness of AutoCorrect's changes. Correction data was coded and categorized into one of four types of changes. The change type was determined by analyzing video recordings of each prompt. Type B changes—made when the subject accidentally hit the wrong key—proved to be the most common, followed by Type A changes (made when the subject seemed unable to spell the word), Type C changes (made as a result of incorrect capitalization or punctuation), and Type D changes (changes that did not fit into another category). Four out of five subjects self-reported that AutoCorrect changed their writing over 10 times. The fifth participant reported that AutoCorrect made 6-10 changes, though the program had actually altered his work 18 times. His response suggests that AutoCorrect may be becoming invisible to some users. The observations in this thesis are not generalizable; instead, they serve to provide a starting point for further exploration into authorial awareness in digital writing contexts.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0351
Format: Thesis

Title: Automated Analysis of Protein Side Chain Spectra.
Creator: Hart, Andrew, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Abstract/Description: Manual Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectral analysis of proteins is a time intensive effort with methods often specific to each analysis. The method described in this thesis automates the resonance assignment of protein side chains using a TOCSY (Totally Correlated Spectroscopy) NMR experiment. The system under study is Ubiquitin (8.6 kDa). 54 of the 70 available amino acid side chains were identified by a single TOCSY spectrum in less than 5 min of local computer runtime using the...
Show moreManual Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectral analysis of proteins is a time intensive effort with methods often specific to each analysis. The method described in this thesis automates the resonance assignment of protein side chains using a TOCSY (Totally Correlated Spectroscopy) NMR experiment. The system under study is Ubiquitin (8.6 kDa). 54 of the 70 available amino acid side chains were identified by a single TOCSY spectrum in less than 5 min of local computer runtime using the algorithms described. Automation of spectral analysis can enhance reproducibility and create standards of spectral analysis.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0244
Format: Thesis

Title: Autonomous RC Aircraft with Collision Avoidance Capabilities.
Creator: Timmons, Cristopher, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abstract/Description: This thesis directly deals with setting up all of the electrical components to create an inexpensive automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) receiver that can transmit the ADS-B data received to a ground control station (GCS) using a Raspberry Pi (single chip computer), operating an autopilot system from the same GCS, and sending the telemetry data to and from the autopilot system and the GCS also using the Raspberry Pi. Furthermore, it will discuss how this setup allows the system...
Show moreThis thesis directly deals with setting up all of the electrical components to create an inexpensive automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) receiver that can transmit the ADS-B data received to a ground control station (GCS) using a Raspberry Pi (single chip computer), operating an autopilot system from the same GCS, and sending the telemetry data to and from the autopilot system and the GCS also using the Raspberry Pi. Furthermore, it will discuss how this setup allows the system to be capable to performing autonomous collision avoidance maneuvers. Finally, it will show how these capabilities can be demonstrated in a Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (HILSim). As the member in charge of performing autonomous flight for the Autonomous Aerial Vehicle senior design team last year, it was ideal to continue research in the field of autonomous flight. The original goal was to compete in the Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Airspace Operations Challenge (AOC) NASA Centennial Challenge, however, not enough funds were acquired to enter this competition. Therefore, the focus of the thesis shifted to setting up the electrical components of an RC aircraft that would be able to meet the general requirements of the competition.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: FSU_migr_uhm-0338
Format: Thesis

Title: Autumn : a collection of short stories and one poem.
Creator: Betancourt, Mariel
Date Issued: 1998
Identifier: 157339, FSDT157339, fsu:17375
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The availability heuristic and judgments of romantic attraction.
Creator: Land, Margo Caryn
Date Issued: 2007-07-13
Identifier: 160886, FSDT160886, fsu:19123
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Avoiding TLB accesses on physically addressed caches.
Creator: Meier, Yugala
Abstract/Description: With the advent of shared memory multicore processors, designers have had to rethink how even low level caches are designed. In this paper we propose a pipeline modification to the TLB and register file to bypass TLB access requirements when low level caches are physically indexed. This approach exploits regularity in how addresses are calculated to reduce the need to perform virtual to physical address translation using a TLB. This eliminates most of the performance loss in using physically...
Show moreWith the advent of shared memory multicore processors, designers have had to rethink how even low level caches are designed. In this paper we propose a pipeline modification to the TLB and register file to bypass TLB access requirements when low level caches are physically indexed. This approach exploits regularity in how addresses are calculated to reduce the need to perform virtual to physical address translation using a TLB. This eliminates most of the performance loss in using physically addressed caches, making them a viable choice when trying to reduce the complexity of cache coherence in SMMP designs.
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Date Issued: 2008-01-30
Identifier: 160966, FSDT160966, fsu:19164
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An axiomatic theory of theory construction.
Creator: Love, George G.
Identifier: 158304, FSDT158304, fsu:17880
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Axonal targeting of the olfactory bulb in Kv1.3 knockout mice.
Creator: Perkins, Randa M.
Date Issued: 2004
Identifier: 160154, FSDT160154, fsu:18778
Format: Document (PDF)

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