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Title: A Pillar Pluckt: The Body in Funeral Sermons of Colonial New England.
Creator: Adkins, Tucker Frederick, Porterfield, Amanda, Corrigan, John, McVicar, Michael J., Drake, Jamil William, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of...
Show moreAdkins, Tucker Frederick, Porterfield, Amanda, Corrigan, John, McVicar, Michael J., Drake, Jamil William, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Religion
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Abstract/Description: This study examines clergy in colonial New England and how they depicted dead bodies in their funeral sermons. Whether it was second generation Puritan ministers like William Hubbard and Samuel Willard, or third generation ministers like Benjamin Colman and Benjamin Wadsworth, ministers imagined their resting subjects as a "pillar," "shield," "withering grass," or "vapor." I argue their language of the body, such as the use of specific terms within certain contexts, reflected social and...
Show moreThis study examines clergy in colonial New England and how they depicted dead bodies in their funeral sermons. Whether it was second generation Puritan ministers like William Hubbard and Samuel Willard, or third generation ministers like Benjamin Colman and Benjamin Wadsworth, ministers imagined their resting subjects as a "pillar," "shield," "withering grass," or "vapor." I argue their language of the body, such as the use of specific terms within certain contexts, reflected social and religious trends in New England, from its Puritan origins to its welcoming of moderate Christianity in the eighteenth-century. Chapter Two observes Puritan funeral sermons and their relation to King Philip's War and second generation perception of natural depravity. Chapter Three discusses funeral sermons and their reflection of the third generation's shift toward English intellectualism and religious optimism. In conclusion, I argue funeral sermons and their generational developments spoke to more than specific superlatives of the dead. With the body of the dead as their canvas, New England ministers illustrated prevailing mentalities about religious and cultural thought. They spoke to how authority was mediated and to what extent human nature could be trusted. New England clergy entered into public discourse about the inherent abilities, or disabilities, their congregations were defined by. Through their imaginative definitions of dead bodies, they ventured to define survivors and their place in the Church.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_2017SP_Adkins_fsu_0071N_13875
Format: Thesis

Title: Accelerated Slab Replacement Using Temporary Precast Panels and Self Consolidating Concrete.
Creator: Squillacote, Steven C., Tawfiq, Kamal Sulaiman, Rambo-Roddenberry, Michelle Deanna, Spainhour, Lisa, Kampmann, Raphael, Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering...
Show moreSquillacote, Steven C., Tawfiq, Kamal Sulaiman, Rambo-Roddenberry, Michelle Deanna, Spainhour, Lisa, Kampmann, Raphael, Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Abstract/Description: As it stands, many of Florida’s roads have already reached their designed service life and are now in the process of being renewed. The current method in rehabilitation of concrete pavement requires the expired piece of pavement to be cut and removed, place new dowel bars, and then epoxied into the surrounding slabs. Once the slab area has been prepared, fresh concrete is poured, and finished. The concrete is then cured and monitored to achieve a strength requirement of 2,200 psi in the...
Show moreAs it stands, many of Florida’s roads have already reached their designed service life and are now in the process of being renewed. The current method in rehabilitation of concrete pavement requires the expired piece of pavement to be cut and removed, place new dowel bars, and then epoxied into the surrounding slabs. Once the slab area has been prepared, fresh concrete is poured, and finished. The concrete is then cured and monitored to achieve a strength requirement of 2,200 psi in the shortest possible time before the lanes can be opened for traffic. This event has been known to take a long time and on major highways lane where lane closure may not exceed 8 hours. This restriction limits the number of slabs that can be replaced. The types of concrete used on these projects are also problematic. In the past, high amounts of cementitious material was used and this can lead to premature cracking. To improve production levels, accelerate construction time at a reduced cost, and provide long lasting pavement, the current research study presents an alternative method of using precast slab panels and self-consolidating concrete. This was accomplished by testing several SCC mixes in the laboratory to achieve concrete with high workability without, high early strength and without segregation. Then, precast panels were designed and built for quick installation and removal. This study also necessitated full scaled field tests where precast slab panels with the proper SCC mix were used. The slabs were tested by a loaded truck moving over it repeatedly and the slab was monitored for any movement and displacements caused by driving and braking on it. After the data was collected from the precast panels, the slabs were then removed and fresh SCC was then poured into the empty pit. The SSC slab was left to cure and the maturity of the concrete was monitored to achieve the required strength for lane opining. In this study, three techniques were used to monitor the concrete maturity. These techniques involved the use of the conventional thermocouples, thermal camera, and laser gun. The traffic load was then applied by driving a dump truck loaded to 25000 pounds over the track for 100 laps. The SCC mix behaved as designed and presented in this study. It achieved a high workability and retained a high slump for nearly an hour. It also exceeded the required FDOT strength requirement of 2200 psi for lane opening. The precast panels proved to be highly durable during the installation, testing, removal and can be reused for other similar applications. Results from this study proved proved that using this method has several benefits including greater productivity, reduced maintenance of traffic, shorter project completion time. Further, it may reduce the case of premature cracking due to the increase amount of curing time.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Su_Squillacote_fsu_0071N_13474
Format: Thesis

Title: Accessibility to SNAP Accepting Retail Locations.
Creator: Wood, Brittany S. (Brittany Suzanne), Horner, Matthew I. (Matthew Ian), Kobayashi, Tetsuo (Professor of Geography), Uejio, Christopher K., Florida State University, College of...
Show moreWood, Brittany S. (Brittany Suzanne), Horner, Matthew I. (Matthew Ian), Kobayashi, Tetsuo (Professor of Geography), Uejio, Christopher K., Florida State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Department of Geography
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Abstract/Description: Research suggests that inaccessibility to food stores contributes to poor diet and health status of individuals living in predominantly low income or racial minority geographic areas. Previous studies on geographic access to food stores have focused on defining or examining `food deserts' using a variety of methods to quantify the environmental effects of inaccessibility. This paper extends past work by comparing specific at-risk populations' accessibility to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
Show moreResearch suggests that inaccessibility to food stores contributes to poor diet and health status of individuals living in predominantly low income or racial minority geographic areas. Previous studies on geographic access to food stores have focused on defining or examining `food deserts' using a variety of methods to quantify the environmental effects of inaccessibility. This paper extends past work by comparing specific at-risk populations' accessibility to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) accepting locations using network-based representations of specific personal transportation costs. The SNAP program attempts to alleviate food insecurity among low-income groups who qualify for assistance. Despite these monetary benefits, researchers note that it is difficult to determine whether food insecurity has been relieved or not within households accepting SNAP benefits. Using spatial analytic methods, this paper focuses on understanding distribution of potentially vulnerable demographic populations at the Census block group level and their accessibility to SNAP accepting locations. Leon County, Florida is used as a test case. Network-based approaches are employed using GIS to gauge access in terms of walking, automobile, and public transit. Ultimately, the goal of this thesis is to better understand possible differences in accessibility across socioeconomic groups, emphasizing characteristics such as vehicle ownership, race, and income. Potential policy implications of the work include addressing questions of whether certain transportation costs should be subsidized for individuals receiving SNAP benefits. Findings will contribute to the burgeoning literature at the intersection of geography, health policy, urban planning, and transportation that seek to alleviate the causes of food insecurity.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: FSU_SUMMER2017_Wood_fsu_0071N_11504
Format: Thesis

Title: Aerodynamic Characteristics of an Ogive Cylinder Body with Fins.
Creator: Dawson, David P. (David Peter), Kumar, Rajan, Moore, Carl A., Shih, Chiang, Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: A detailed experimental study was carried out to compare basic aerodynamic characteristics of a generic axisymmetric projectile configuration (cone cylinder model) obtained at the FSU polysonic wind tunnel with a large-scale test facility and predictive methods of varying fidelity. In order to generate an aerodynamic database and study the control effectiveness of AFRL boost configuration and investigate the effect of protrusions on the aerodynamic characteristics measurements were carried...
Show moreA detailed experimental study was carried out to compare basic aerodynamic characteristics of a generic axisymmetric projectile configuration (cone cylinder model) obtained at the FSU polysonic wind tunnel with a large-scale test facility and predictive methods of varying fidelity. In order to generate an aerodynamic database and study the control effectiveness of AFRL boost configuration and investigate the effect of protrusions on the aerodynamic characteristics measurements were carried out over a range of test conditions. The aerodynamic characteristics of an axisymmetric tangent ogive body with and without fins at supersonic speeds were compared to the existing wind tunnel data and predictive methods. Measurements conducted at the Florida State University Polysonic Wind Tunnel (PWST) were compared to the retired Defence Evaluation Research Agency (DERA) wind tunnel database and numerical simulations performed using Cobalt and Cart3D flow solvers and Missile Datcom at DSTL-UK. The results show a good agreement among the test facilities. Three prediction methods, Cart3D, Cobalt and Missile Datcom, were also compared to the large-scale facility and FSU data for a baseline cone cylinder. It was determined that the Cobalt predictive results agreed best with the data from both wind tunnels, the Cart3D had a generally good agreement, besides the angle of attack range of 5° < α < 10° where the inviscid solver didn’t account for the crossflow vortices and other viscous effects. Missile Datcom also had good agreement overall but was seen to overpredict the coefficient of normal force at high angle of attacks. The trends for each predictive method were seen to stay the same for the most part for the deflected fin cases, with Missile Datcom having slight improvements. It was also determined that for the Reynolds number range of 0.6 million to 1.2 million at Mach 3 the axial force was seen to be affected for the baseline cone cylinder. The baseline cone cylinder with fins was also tested in this Reynolds number range and it was seen that the Reynolds number had a negligible effect on the coefficient of normal force, side force, axial force and center of pressure. A detailed experimental study was also carried out to develop an aerodynamic database for a Tangent Ogive Axisymmetric Body with Fins (Boost Model) and determine the maximum pitch and roll effectiveness for this. Measurements were carried out over a range of Mach numbers from 0.5 to 4, Reynolds number based on body diameter of 1.9 million, and fin deflection angles of 0°, ±5º, ±10º, ±15º, ±20º and ±30º. The maximum control angle was found for a subsonic (Mach 0.5), transonic (Mach 1.1) and supersonic (Mach 3) condition. It was seen that as the Mach number increased the effective control surface angle also increased, and the fins effectiveness in terms of producing pitch moment and roll moment is linear with fin deflection. The Boost Model was also tested with the addition of two protrusions added to the underside of the model to understand the effects which they will have on the basic aerodynamics. The twin pipes were seen to increase the coefficient of drag at supersonic speeds and have little to no effect at subsonic speeds. Additionally, the twin pipes were seen to have no effect on the coefficient of normal force at subsonic and supersonic speeds. At high angles of attack, the asymmetry cause by the twin pipes increased the drag coefficient as the model was rolled. Flow visualization using high-speed shadowgraphy and surface oil flow were carried out to study flow features on around the twin pipes and fins.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Fall_Dawson_fsu_0071N_15634
Format: Thesis

Title: The African Easterly Jet: Double Core Structure and Effect on Easterly Wave Development.
Creator: Hosten, Amana, Nicholson, Sharon E., Chagnon, Jeffrey M., Hart, Robert E., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric...
Show moreHosten, Amana, Nicholson, Sharon E., Chagnon, Jeffrey M., Hart, Robert E., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
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Abstract/Description: The African Easterly Jet (AEJ) is one of the phenomena driving regional as well as global atmospheric circulation. Specifically, within the Sahel region, the AEJ and African Eastern Waves (AEWs) are main features that are linked and associated with the West African Monsoon. Both features determine rainfall and tropical cyclone development in this region. For certain years, the AEJ has a double core structure during the month of August when the jet is the strongest. The goal of this study is...
Show moreThe African Easterly Jet (AEJ) is one of the phenomena driving regional as well as global atmospheric circulation. Specifically, within the Sahel region, the AEJ and African Eastern Waves (AEWs) are main features that are linked and associated with the West African Monsoon. Both features determine rainfall and tropical cyclone development in this region. For certain years, the AEJ has a double core structure during the month of August when the jet is the strongest. The goal of this study is to identify distinct cases of the AEJ structure and determine the possible effect on AEW development. For this study, zonal and meridional wind data at 600 hPa was obtained from NCEP reanalysis during the month of August from 1948 to 2016. Maps of zonal wind were made to show the structure of the AEJ. Hovmöller diagrams of the 2.5 to 6-day meridional wind and maps of meridional wind variance were made to show the strength and track of AEWs. Results identified distinct cases where the structure of the AEJ deviated from its long-term mean, including the western (eastern) core being located north relative to the eastern (western) core. The double core cases with the southward eastern core has significantly stronger AEW activity with longer average tracks. However, on inter-annual scales, there is not a strong link between the AEW activity and east Atlantic tropical cyclone activity. The difference between the cases provide valuable insight about the relationship between the AEJ, easterly waves and tropical cyclone formation at the West African coast.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Su_Hosten_fsu_0071N_14570
Format: Thesis

Title: Against Modernity: New Perspectives on the Catholic Worker Communal Movement and the Fight for Dignity in Labor, 1936 to 1945.
Creator: Austin, Nicholas Scott, Drake, Jamil William, Kalbian, Aline H., Corrigan, John, McVicar, Michael J., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Religion
Abstract/Description: This thesis examines the Catholic Worker movement’s understanding of antimodernism and modernity through its first farming commune, Maryfarm. Created during the middle of the Great Depression, Maryfarm became the initial foray into Peter Maurin’s ideal of the agronomic university. As part of Maurin’s three-point program for social reconstruction, the agronomic university would conceptually seek to re-humanize individuals through the land. According to the Catholic Worker movement’s co...
Show moreThis thesis examines the Catholic Worker movement’s understanding of antimodernism and modernity through its first farming commune, Maryfarm. Created during the middle of the Great Depression, Maryfarm became the initial foray into Peter Maurin’s ideal of the agronomic university. As part of Maurin’s three-point program for social reconstruction, the agronomic university would conceptually seek to re-humanize individuals through the land. According to the Catholic Worker movement’s co-founders, persons had lost their inherently dignified, selfless, and communal nature through modernity’s demystification of the divine, its reliance on science, and its industrial work ethic. By working together, living together, and owning machinery together on the land, modern individuals would relearn their authentic nature, return to modern urban cores, and reconstruct modernity from within. Yet, Maryfarm’s reality proved anathema to its ideal. Within and without, Maryfarm’s critics increasingly perceived the commune’s disorganization through its lax work ethic and its decentralized structure. While some principled Catholics Workers tilled the land, others failed to realize Maurin’s embodied ethic of self-discipline and personal responsibility for the common good. As the Depression’s unemployed and transient homeless congregated at the commune, the reality of Maryfarm’s decentralized structure grew increasingly discordant with Maurin’s ideal. To understand the discrepancy between Maryfarm’s conception and reality, this thesis argues that the Catholic Worker sought to decenter modernity (as epitomized by industrial capitalism) through its personalist philosophy and its understanding of urban and rural space. The Catholic Worker movement rejected modernity’s individuality, profit-drive, and dehumanizing labor ethos. Through a theology of the Body of Christ, it appropriated the era’s emphases on personal responsibility, thrift, and self-discipline and utilized them to address industrial capitalism’s woes. By seeing Christ in others, Catholic Workers would cultivate selfless personal responsibility for the preservation of community. The movement’s conception of the agronomic university also decentered modernity through its emphasis on rural spaces. With the spiritual and degrading hollowness of industrial cities, the land provided an outlet to reconceive one’s personhood. After this cultivation, Catholic Workers would return to urban spaces and spread their revolution of the heart. But as seen through the reality of Maryfarm, Maurin’s notions of self-discipline and personal responsibility only would reify modern conceptions of individuality and independence. To undertake this study, this thesis historiographically intervenes with two new theoretical perspectives. First, it analyzes Catholic Worker personalism through modern art and, subsequently, embodied practice. To situate personalism historically, this thesis uses modern art as a lens to understand an American antimodern milieu, which challenged modernity and industrial capitalism’s perceived hollowness. By seeking something tangible, Catholic Workers utilized the theology of the Body of Christ to discipline the body to articulate notions of individuals working for the common good. From this antimodern aesthetic, this thesis transitions to another perspective, spatial analysis, to evaluate the conceived agronomic university. The farm’s conceived space sought to reorient individuals out of modernity and into a contemporary manifestation of an envisioned medieval community. Yet, the founders recognized the inextricable connection between urban and rural spaces, the former for its food and the latter for its workers. Eventually, these reconstructed persons would return to urban cores to spread their work ethic. With these two perspectives, this thesis examines conceived bodies and conceived space on Maryfarm’s physical land. As a confluence for unemployed workers, Maryfarm became home to various flows of modern individuals, who brought their experiences, hopes, and desires with them. Because of personalism, Maryfarm rejected any emplaced authority. Instead, workers had to cultivate self-discipline and selflessness on their own. As a contested space, Maryfarm allowed individuals to derive their own meanings and work ethics from their experiences, particularly along gendered lines.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Spring_Austin_fsu_0071N_15195
Format: Thesis

Title: Agenda Setting in Your Inbox: The Effect of Daily Email Newsletters.
Creator: McClaran, Sharon-Nicole, Merle, Patrick F., Clayton, Russell B., Harlow, Summer, Florida State University, College of Communication & Information, School of Communication
Abstract/Description: Extant research has demonstrated that the media are rarely able to tell audience members what to think, but are remarkably successful in telling audiences what to think about; this is known as an agenda-setting effect (McCombs & Shaw, 1972). However, little research has examined whether such effects occur when audiences are exposed to news within daily email newsletters- emailed news bulletins sent by aggregator news media featuring important stories of the day. A 2 (topic) x 2 (placement) x...
Show moreExtant research has demonstrated that the media are rarely able to tell audience members what to think, but are remarkably successful in telling audiences what to think about; this is known as an agenda-setting effect (McCombs & Shaw, 1972). However, little research has examined whether such effects occur when audiences are exposed to news within daily email newsletters- emailed news bulletins sent by aggregator news media featuring important stories of the day. A 2 (topic) x 2 (placement) x 3 (message) mixed online experiment was conducted to examine whether topic and placement of articles within daily email newsletters produced agenda-setting effects over a period of three days. News topic was manipulated as being either health or education content, and placement of articles was manipulated as being the first or last article presented in the newsletter. News topic and placement served as between subjects factors. Participants (N = 108) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions. Participants read one newsletter everyday over the course of three days; thus message repetition was a within subjects factor. Results showed that participants in the health condition exhibited stronger agenda-setting effects relative to participants in the education condition. This difference was stronger when placement of the news story was presented first, indicating prominence as a cue of salience within the newsletters. However, placement of topic was non-significant across both topics, as the cue of placement specifically produced conflicting results within the education condition. The results from this study contribute to the growing body of agenda setting research within the digital news era.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_2017SP_McClaran_fsu_0071N_13915
Format: Thesis

Title: Agreement between Parent and Teacher Ratings of Problem Behaviors: The Role of Children's Executive Function.
Creator: Osborne, Colleen M., Lonigan, Christopher J., Kofler, Michael J., Schatschneider, Christopher, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: Discrepancies between parent and teacher ratings of problem behaviors have been reported consistently throughout the literature. This study is built on the Attribution Bias Context Model, which suggests that the differences in the ratings of behavior may reflect different observable behaviors across contexts rather than different interpretations of the behavior by the informants. The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which discrepancies in parents’ and teachers’ ratings of...
Show moreDiscrepancies between parent and teacher ratings of problem behaviors have been reported consistently throughout the literature. This study is built on the Attribution Bias Context Model, which suggests that the differences in the ratings of behavior may reflect different observable behaviors across contexts rather than different interpretations of the behavior by the informants. The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which discrepancies in parents’ and teachers’ ratings of behaviors of young children were associated with children’s executive function (EF). Using a sample of 125 children attending first and second grade in North Florida, EF was directly assessed using a battery of EF measures that was developed for use with this age group, and both parents and teachers completed the Strengths and Weakness of ADHD-related and Normal Behavior (SWAN) questionnaire and Connors Teacher Rating Scale-15 (CTRS) to assess problem behaviors. Quantile regression was used to assess the changes in the relation of the discrepancy between parent and teacher ratings of externalizing problem behaviors and the children’s level of EF using a difference score for each subscale of both questionnaires. Although results from the SWAN inattention subscale were consistent with the hypothesis, results from other subscales and the CTRS were not consistent with the hypothesis. Scores for the Dimension Change Card Sorting (DCCS) task was significantly related to all of the difference scores except for both hyperactivity/impulsivity subscales.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Spring_Osborne_fsu_0071N_15021
Format: Thesis

Title: Aleshkovsky's Post-Modern Treatment of the Soviet 'New-Man' and Soviet Reality.
Creator: Wittman, Robert John, Efimov, Nina A., Wakamiya, Lisa Ryoko, Romanchuk, Robert, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Program in Interdisciplinary Humanities
Abstract/Description: In Yuz Aleshkovsky's prose, the writer creates the literary image of the Soviet Union's 'new man' and his reflection on Soviet history. Representing the third wave of Russian Literature in immigration, Aleshkovsky published his samizdat works in the West. This thesis includes an in-depth coverage of three Aleshkovsky novels: The Hand and Kangaroo written in the Soviet Union and circulated in the underground, and A Ring in a Case, a work compiled and published in the United States which covers...
Show moreIn Yuz Aleshkovsky's prose, the writer creates the literary image of the Soviet Union's 'new man' and his reflection on Soviet history. Representing the third wave of Russian Literature in immigration, Aleshkovsky published his samizdat works in the West. This thesis includes an in-depth coverage of three Aleshkovsky novels: The Hand and Kangaroo written in the Soviet Union and circulated in the underground, and A Ring in a Case, a work compiled and published in the United States which covers the intra-collapse era of the Soviet Regime. The goal of this argument is to explore through the prism of Bakhtin's carnival, Aleshkovsky's literary image of the 'new-man' versus the ordinary man as an alternative to the literary images of socialist realism; and discuss the depictions of history and historical figures as Aleshkovsky's post-modern response to the state-mandated socialist-realist aesthetic. In Aeshkovky's works the main protagonists suffer from the complication of sexual impotence. This artistic method provides Aleshkovsky the necessary framework to present his treatment of the theme of masculinity and how it was affected by the Soviet experiment, contrasting the 'new-man' with who is referred to as either a 'regular' or ordinary man. To depict the Soviet reality in which the 'new-man' lives, Aleshkovsky portrays Soviet history using mennipean satire. This thesis explicates Aleshkovsky's image of Soviet history by applying Mikhail Bakhtin's characteristics of the mennipea. This methodology illuminates how Aleshkovsky renders history as carnival, creating the inverted paradigm in which the grotesque and absurd allow the reader a truer depiction of the Soviet reality than any official history. Aleshkovsky's use of demonic imagery works to contradict the socialism and radicalism of the revolutionaries in his works. Those who created the Soviet state did so in service of the Ideal, Truth, and Purpose. They believed that their ends would justify their means. Portraying those who worked for the good of the people as demonic is the complete reversal of the official Party line, adding to Aleshkovsky's alternative yet parallel world omnipresent in his works. The absurdist depiction of the revolutionaries underscores Aleshkovsky's aversion to fanatical ideology, notably socialism. The man of the new type, being so possessed by the idea of historical necessity is concerned not with his own fate but the fate of the collective, and if the new-man is not concerned with his own fate how could he be with that of another? The men lack any sense of reason; unable to think for themselves, they believe to sit in prison is their duty in the building of socialism. To accomplish his rejection of the effects of communism on society and history within the Soviet Union and then the emerging Russian state, Aleshkovsky employs the literary devices of skaz and constructs a poetic, carnivalesque world in which the absurd and grotesque are more realistic depictions than any official history.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Fall_Wittman_fsu_0071N_14953
Format: Thesis

Title: Alexander Pushkin and Gannibal: A Self Reclamation.
Creator: Pryor, Caroline M., Wakamiya, Lisa Ryoko, Romanchuk, Robert, Efimov, Nina A., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
Abstract/Description: Alexander Pushkin, the father of Modern Russian literature, has influenced every great contemporary Russian writer. His timeless poetry and insightful prose solidify him as a leading voice in Russian culture. During his lifetime, Pushkin dealt with racism and discrimination because his African great-grandfather, Abram Gannibal. In combating negative framing of his identity and his ancestry, Pushkin reveals a defense and reclamation of self seldom seen in contemporaries of his day. In...
Show moreAlexander Pushkin, the father of Modern Russian literature, has influenced every great contemporary Russian writer. His timeless poetry and insightful prose solidify him as a leading voice in Russian culture. During his lifetime, Pushkin dealt with racism and discrimination because his African great-grandfather, Abram Gannibal. In combating negative framing of his identity and his ancestry, Pushkin reveals a defense and reclamation of self seldom seen in contemporaries of his day. In asserting ownership over his ancestry, he takes back his narrative and dignity. Through his literary works, Pushkin shows how he navigated his blackness in a world that sought to undermine it.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Pryor_fsu_0071N_14550
Format: Thesis

Title: All I Need Is the Air I Breathe: Music, Media, and the Practice of Collegiate A Cappella.
Creator: Griffin, Drew Blake, Jackson, Margaret R., Gunderson, Frank D., Brewer, Charles E. (Charles Everett), Florida State University, College of Music
Abstract/Description: Collegiate a cappella is a communal singing tradition historically localized to universities in the United States. It is a genre whose practitioners explore vocal harmonies and the imitation of instruments solely through use of the human voice and without instrumental accompaniment. In its contemporary manifestation, collegiate a cappella has become a powerful cultural force and is the primary way thousands of students and their diverse audiences engage with music daily. With the ever...
Show moreCollegiate a cappella is a communal singing tradition historically localized to universities in the United States. It is a genre whose practitioners explore vocal harmonies and the imitation of instruments solely through use of the human voice and without instrumental accompaniment. In its contemporary manifestation, collegiate a cappella has become a powerful cultural force and is the primary way thousands of students and their diverse audiences engage with music daily. With the ever-increasing number of dramatized or semi-dramatized depictions of the genre, its presence in American popular media extends far beyond the university sphere. In this thesis I explore the contemporary practice of collegiate a cappella, the simultaneously negotiated and contested spaces of the genre's practice and performance, and its transformation through mass-mediatization. My primary collaborators in this process are the members of All-Night Yahtzee, a co-ed collegiate a cappella from Florida State University. Drawing on a combination of historical investigation, performance observation, media and textual analysis, and ethnography, I investigate style and space in collegiate a cappella practice, situating the genre within Manuel Castells's network society model. I then draw on the work of Michel Foucault to explore popular dramatized portrayals of collegiate a cappella, arguing that despite their popularity, most televised and filmic depictions create problematic representations of the genre by presenting a utopian vision of a fundamentally heterotopian practice. These distorted renderings of collegiate a cappella influence the genre's global network, shaping the experience of both participants and audiences alike.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_2017SP_Griffin_fsu_0071N_13894
Format: Thesis

Title: All the Good Numbers.
Creator: Whitworth, Richard Casey, Winegardner, Mark, Stuckey-French, Elizabeth, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English
Abstract/Description: This novel represents the culmination of my work over the last three years at Florida State University, featuring many of the thematic elements I've explored in short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. ALL THE GOOD NUMBERS is an extended study of familial dysfunction, grief, unrequited (and also unconditional) love, religion, Caribbean myth, the fallibility of memory, the insidiousness of racism and sexism, and the bitterness of familial estrangement.
Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Fall_Whitworth_fsu_0071N_14937
Format: Thesis

Title: Amateurism, Player Compensation, and College Sports an Analysis of the Perceived Effects of a Free Market Model on the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Three Stakeholders of Division I Athletics.
Creator: Hart, Steven, Kim, Amy C. H. (Amy Chan Hyung), James, Jeffrey D. (Jeffrey Dalton), Xue, Hanhan, Florida State University, College of Education, Department of Sport Management
Abstract/Description: The debate about student-athlete compensation in college athletics has received increased media attention in the past decade. As many parties continue to call for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (the NCAA) to reform its organizational model and rulebook, commentators have proposed several alternatives to the current amateurism model. Among the most commonly discussed is a free market model. This model, arguably, would have the most significant impact on the NCAA and its...
Show moreThe debate about student-athlete compensation in college athletics has received increased media attention in the past decade. As many parties continue to call for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (the NCAA) to reform its organizational model and rulebook, commentators have proposed several alternatives to the current amateurism model. Among the most commonly discussed is a free market model. This model, arguably, would have the most significant impact on the NCAA and its stakeholders. Critics and proponents of such a model disagree as to what the impacts would be on the NCAA and its ability to achieve its organizational purposes, including governing the fairness of competition and establishing rules defining the amateur status of student-athletes (Beggs et. al., 2004). The purpose of this study was to investigate managers and stakeholder groups' perceptions of a free market system on the organizational structure and the ability of the NCAA to achieve its organizational goals, and the impact on three key stakeholders: Division I athletic departments, Division I student-athletes, and sports law attorneys. Since much of the current discussion about the future of the NCAA is proffered by industry commentators, celebrities, and sports writers, there is a need to identify and gain perspective from key stakeholders who would directly affect and be affected by a change to the current student-athlete compensation model. Stakeholder theory was used as a framework for substantiating the importance of key stakeholders in college athletics. Stakeholder theory helps an organization explore the interests, expectations and perspectives of those who affect and are affected by its actions insomuch a decision maker can accordingly develop appropriate strategies and policies for responding to both internal and external influences (Hester, Bradley, & Adams, 2012). The three stakeholder groups chosen for this study included division I intercollegiate athletic administrators, division I student-athletes, and sports law attorneys. These stakeholder groups were selected because of their potential to be impacted by the implementation of a free market model. By way of understanding the importance of the three key stakeholders, this thesis focuses on exploring their perception of: 1) what a free market model is for intercollegiate athletics, and 2) how such a free market model would potentially impact the development of the NCAA and stakeholders themselves. To facilitate the study, semi-structured interviews with eight participants were conducted. The participants included two members from each of the above-mentioned stakeholder groups (i.e. two division I student-athletes, two sports law attorneys and two division I athletic administrators) as well as two NCAA committee members. Those participants were chosen through a process of purposive sampling created through a set of specific criteria (e.g. only student athletes who played football or basketball were selected to participate). Semi-structured interview questions were developed based on the research questions listed in this study. All interviews were recorded and participants' answers were transcribed. The transcribed interviews were reviewed and key words and themes emerging from the interviews were identified. The data was then analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis. Results of the study revealed that stakeholders of the NCAA have varying ideas of what a free market model is for intercollegiate athletics. Both NCAA committee members described a free market for intercollegiate athletics as a pay-for-play model. The attorneys' perceptions were related to a traditional economic definition of a free market. Other ideas were similar to a professional model where salary caps are negotiated through a process of collective bargaining. A key finding from this study is that there are differences in stakeholder perceptions of how a free market model would potentially impact the development of the NCAA and stakeholders. Many of the perceptions identified amongst all or most of the stakeholders interviewed are uncommon in the media narratives about the future of the NCAA. Future implications of the findings on stakeholder theory were discussed.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Summer_Hart_fsu_0071N_15451
Format: Thesis

Title: The American Revolution Bicentennial in Florida State Authority, Grassroots Organizing, and the Creation of Memory and Patriotic Comemmoration.
Creator: Belcher, Breaden James, Koslow, Jennifer Lisa, Frank, Andrew, Mooney, Katherine Carmines, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History
Abstract/Description: The American Revolution Bicentennial in Florida: State Authority, Grassroots Organizing, and the Creation of Memory and Patriotic Commemoration examines the ways in which the national bicentennial was celebrated in Florida. Using a cultural historical approach, this thesis looks at how government officials, politicians, and private citizens constructed patriotic historical narratives during a time of heightened social and political divisiveness. Doing so illuminates the ways in which...
Show moreThe American Revolution Bicentennial in Florida: State Authority, Grassroots Organizing, and the Creation of Memory and Patriotic Commemoration examines the ways in which the national bicentennial was celebrated in Florida. Using a cultural historical approach, this thesis looks at how government officials, politicians, and private citizens constructed patriotic historical narratives during a time of heightened social and political divisiveness. Doing so illuminates the ways in which Floridians adapted consensus narratives of history to contemporary political needs. Furthermore, this thesis examines the legacy of the national bicentennial on the practice of patriotic commemoration and remembrance in the United States today. The records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Florida serve as the chief source of material for this thesis. These records are housed at the State Archives of Florida in Tallahassee, and include institutional records, American Revolution Bicentennial Administration literature, newspaper articles, and tourism brochures. Each of these pieces are vitally important to analyzing the dialectic of commemoration between government officials and the public throughout the 1970s.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_2017SP_Belcher_fsu_0071N_13749
Format: Thesis

Title: Analyse der Identität in der Fremdliteratur.
Creator: Meyer, Katja, Soldat-Jaffe, Tatjana, Maier-Katkin, Birgit, Weber, Alina Dana, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
Abstract/Description: Germany can be considered a country of immigration due to the fact that there have been several waves of immigrants moving to Germany from different countries due to various circumstances. One of the immigrant groups addressed in this thesis is the group of young Turks who were invited to work in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1960. This group is referred to as the pioneer generation of the guest workers. Whereas the second and third-generation of guest workers are known as the...
Show moreGermany can be considered a country of immigration due to the fact that there have been several waves of immigrants moving to Germany from different countries due to various circumstances. One of the immigrant groups addressed in this thesis is the group of young Turks who were invited to work in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1960. This group is referred to as the pioneer generation of the guest workers. Whereas the second and third-generation of guest workers are known as the foreigner generation and the resident generation, respectively. Additionally, another group addressed in this thesis is the more recent group of refugees who fled from the civil war in Syria, which started in 2011. In order to investigate the guest workers’ and refugees’ identities within the foreign literature, I will use Anthony Gidden’s identity concept of choice of identity. Moreover, the notion of identity will be further analyzed through both the rhetorical and linguistic choices as well as the topics discussed in the literature. The aim of this thesis is first to analyze the identity of authors that belong to different groups (author identity) of foreign literature (pioneer literature, foreigner literature, resident literature, and refugee literature), and secondly to examine the identity of the foreign literature itself (literature identity). Thus, I will also address the question of what foreign literature (especially refugee literature) means to German literature. In regards to the author identity, the rhetorical and linguistic choices reveal the following: First, the pioneer generation unites the parts of its Turkish and German identity into a personal identity; secondly, the foreigner generation forms its identity by integrating elements from Turkish and German, as well as other languages or dialects (e. g., English, slang, North German dialect); and lastly, the resident generation’s identity is more deeply rooted in the guest culture (Germany) than the identities of the other two groups. In contrast, the refugee’s identity cannot be analyzed based on language because it is not originally written in German but rather translated. Finally, in regard to the literature identity, it is evident that through the distribution of refugee literature, the readership should become more informed about Arabic-speaking countries, as well as more aware of the stereotypes towards Arabic-speaking people that should be reduced.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Meyer_fsu_0071N_14540
Format: Thesis

Title: Analysis of Composite Timber Studs: An Optimization of Tall Wall Structures.
Creator: Solek, Ashley, Rambo-Roddenberry, Michelle Deanna, Jung, Sungmoon, Kampmann, Raphael, Spainhour, Lisa, Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of...
Show moreSolek, Ashley, Rambo-Roddenberry, Michelle Deanna, Jung, Sungmoon, Kampmann, Raphael, Spainhour, Lisa, Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Abstract/Description: The National Design Specification for Wood Construction (NDS) outlines different factors and equations necessary for designing structures exploiting timber. While analyzing a timber shear wall there are several specific equations and restraints that the design must satisfy. These limitations come from not only the NDS, but also the Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE7), the Florida Building Code (FBC), and the International Residential Code (IRC). ASCE7, paired with...
Show moreThe National Design Specification for Wood Construction (NDS) outlines different factors and equations necessary for designing structures exploiting timber. While analyzing a timber shear wall there are several specific equations and restraints that the design must satisfy. These limitations come from not only the NDS, but also the Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE7), the Florida Building Code (FBC), and the International Residential Code (IRC). ASCE7, paired with the NDS, provide a standard design methodology. The FBC and IRC focus their framework around the minimum requirements. These manuals focus on the design strength of the individual components, rather than how they react once affixed to one another. The sheathing is the foremost structural component which combats against the wind loads. Several different types of sheathing, as well as nail sizes and patterns were analyzed as a connected structure. The methodology used was similar to that of reinforced concrete, in that the properties of the nails and sheathing were transformed into that of the sawn lumber stud. This facilitated an analytical comparison between the standard design method and that of a "composite I-beam". Increases and decreases in strength were found, due to the complexity of the design equations, the addition of the sheathing component did not always enable a higher wall capacity. Deflection as the ultimate failure of the member still rang true for the new method of design.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Fall_Solek_fsu_0071N_14938
Format: Thesis

Title: An Analysis of Music Therapy and Music Education Intergenerational Programs and Their Importance to the Psychosocial, Physical, and Cognitive Needs of Older Adults.
Creator: Camareno, Nicole, Gooding, Lori F. (Lori Fogus), Standley, Jayne M., Gregory, Sarah Dianne, Florida State University, College of Music
Abstract/Description: The purposes of this study were to: (a) analyze trends in music therapy and music education intergenerational programs pertaining to older adults; (b) identify the most important components pertaining to the psychosocial, physical, and cognitive needs of older adults in intergenerational programs; and (c) demonstrate their importance to the older adult population. Results indicated that intergenerational music programs were increased community engagement and were more effective in larger...
Show moreThe purposes of this study were to: (a) analyze trends in music therapy and music education intergenerational programs pertaining to older adults; (b) identify the most important components pertaining to the psychosocial, physical, and cognitive needs of older adults in intergenerational programs; and (c) demonstrate their importance to the older adult population. Results indicated that intergenerational music programs were increased community engagement and were more effective in larger groups because more people could benefit from the outcomes of such programs. Furthermore, a systematic literature search indicated that both music therapy and music education intergenerational programs encompass the psychosocial, physical, and cognitive needs of older adults through interventions such as increasing breath support, interacting with a younger generation, and including choreographed movements. In conclusion, both music therapy and music education intergenerational programs are important to the older adult population; while the areas focus on dissimilar interventions at times, the goal is always the same: increase the quality of life in those actively aging.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Spring_Camareno_fsu_0071N_15243
Format: Thesis

Title: Analysis of the 10–20-Day Intraseasonal Oscillation in the Indian Ocean Using Surface Winds from Composite Satellite Data.
Creator: Roman-Stork, Heather Leigh, Bourassa, Mark Allan, Misra, Vasubandhu, Wu, Zhaohua, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth, Ocean and...
Show moreRoman-Stork, Heather Leigh, Bourassa, Mark Allan, Misra, Vasubandhu, Wu, Zhaohua, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
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Abstract/Description: The 10–20-day mode of surface winds is examined in the Indian Ocean, with special reference to the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the equatorial Indian Ocean during a strong (1994), weak (2002), and normal (1995) Indian summer monsoon. The winds are from the Cross Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) gridded wind product version 2.0. Results indicate the 10–20-day mode of latitudinally averaged surface winds have zonal propagation in the western Indian Ocean (west of 75°E) and the signal...
Show moreThe 10–20-day mode of surface winds is examined in the Indian Ocean, with special reference to the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the equatorial Indian Ocean during a strong (1994), weak (2002), and normal (1995) Indian summer monsoon. The winds are from the Cross Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) gridded wind product version 2.0. Results indicate the 10–20-day mode of latitudinally averaged surface winds have zonal propagation in the western Indian Ocean (west of 75°E) and the signal appears stationary in the eastern Indian Ocean (east of 75°E) during May through September. The meridional propagation of the 10–20-day mode of longitudinally averaged surface winds appears weak during summer monsoon periods. The 10–20-day mode of surface winds in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal is more energetic than in the equatorial Indian Ocean. The signal of the 10–20-day mode appears more robust during a strong monsoon than during a weak monsoon in the Arabian Sea; however, no significant difference is found in the Bay of Bengal and equatorial Indian Ocean between strong and weak monsoons. Ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) analysis is used on a time series from the Arabian Sea to create an index for the 10–20-day mode in surface winds. Using this index, 75 cases of 15-phase 10–20-day events are identified and used to create composites of surface winds. Through these composites, a positive surface wind anomaly is found to appear at 60°E, centered on 15°S, and propagate zonally eastward to 90°E before reflecting back to propagate westward and then disperse off the coast of Madagascar. It is proposed that this oscillating positive wind anomaly is a feature of the southernmost cell of the 10–20-day convective double-cell structure that has extended farther south into the southern Indian Ocean and that this mode connects the Arabian Sea and southern Indian Ocean through the Somali Jet and surface winds.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Su_RomanStork_fsu_0071N_14803
Format: Thesis

Title: An Analysis of the Ethnographic Significance of the Iñupiaq Video Game Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna).
Creator: Williams, Peter Keough, Dowell, Kristin L., Joos, Vincent Nicolas, Thorner, Sabra G., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: In 2014 the Iñupiaq Native American tribe of Alaska published Never Alone, a video game that adapts a traditional folktale into a cooperative puzzle platformer. The game is an assertion of sovereignty for the Iñupiaq people in its role as self-representation in media after centuries of others speaking for them, as an assertion of economic agency beyond their own borders, and as a decolonization of their youth’s education. It has also served to create important hubs for the community, both...
Show moreIn 2014 the Iñupiaq Native American tribe of Alaska published Never Alone, a video game that adapts a traditional folktale into a cooperative puzzle platformer. The game is an assertion of sovereignty for the Iñupiaq people in its role as self-representation in media after centuries of others speaking for them, as an assertion of economic agency beyond their own borders, and as a decolonization of their youth’s education. It has also served to create important hubs for the community, both inside and online. The game is an important piece of media within both the culture and indigenous media studies.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Williams_fsu_0071N_14583
Format: Thesis

Title: An Analysis of Two Dimensional Materials: Monolayer and Bulk.
Creator: Murray, Andy, Mendoza-Cortes, Jose L., Manousakis, Efstratios, Huang, Chen, Florida State University, Graduate School, Program in Materials Science
Abstract/Description: Two Dimensional Materials has been the focus of much research in the past decade. We review 145 stable two dimensional materials in both bulk and monolayer. We compare their final electronic properties and discuss the results. Specifically, we discuss notable materials that have transitions between bulk and monolayer. Additionally, we use both the bulk and monolayer data to search for structural trends that may be corralated with the electronic properties using machine learning techniques. We...
Show moreTwo Dimensional Materials has been the focus of much research in the past decade. We review 145 stable two dimensional materials in both bulk and monolayer. We compare their final electronic properties and discuss the results. Specifically, we discuss notable materials that have transitions between bulk and monolayer. Additionally, we use both the bulk and monolayer data to search for structural trends that may be corralated with the electronic properties using machine learning techniques. We find that our machine was able to produce results that predict the basic electronic properties with approximately 65% accuracy.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Su_Murray_fsu_0071N_14806
Format: Thesis

Title: And the Hills Burned.
Creator: Umeozor, Obiomachukwu Calvin, Winegardner, Mark, Stuckey-French, Elizabeth, Howard, Ravi, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Set sometime in 2002, And the Hills Burned tells the story of Chidi, a boy whose father – former Minister of Petroleum in the Nigerian Military administration of the early 90s, and current environmental activist – runs afoul of the military regime that had taken control of the country by the end of the 20th century. The family has no choice but to seek asylum in the States, three years after Chidi’s mother had died in a freak accident. But after six years of a relatively peaceful life in...
Show moreSet sometime in 2002, And the Hills Burned tells the story of Chidi, a boy whose father – former Minister of Petroleum in the Nigerian Military administration of the early 90s, and current environmental activist – runs afoul of the military regime that had taken control of the country by the end of the 20th century. The family has no choice but to seek asylum in the States, three years after Chidi’s mother had died in a freak accident. But after six years of a relatively peaceful life in North Florida – and this is where the narrative begins – things start to unravel when Chidi’s aunt comes to spend the summer with them on St George Island. Chidi finds a letter and some documents, all pointing to a jarring truth: that his mother didn’t die that night nine years before, and whatever had become of her has much to do with Marist Academy, a notorious Catholic Missionary boarding school in Eastern Nigeria. Chidi gets to work, setting into motion a series of events that would land him back in Nigeria as an enrolled Marist student spending the holidays with his aunt. It is in Marist that he meets Virginia, and Jonah the only son of the American Ambassador to Nigeria, and everything he thought he once knew about his family and about himself is soon turned on its head. On a thematic level, this narrative explores immigration, and race, and the tyranny of power.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Umeozor_fsu_0071N_14577
Format: Thesis

Title: Application of Thermal Network Model for Designing Superconducting Cable Components.
Creator: Indrakanti, Shiva Charan, Pamidi, Sastry V., Foo, Simon Y., Moss, Pedro L., Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer...
Show moreIndrakanti, Shiva Charan, Pamidi, Sastry V., Foo, Simon Y., Moss, Pedro L., Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Abstract/Description: High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) have the advantage of carrying direct current at zero resistance when operated below their critical temperature. At lower temperatures, these superconductors have the capability of carrying higher current densities. HTS power systems have applications in electrical power grids, defense, naval, aircraft, and industrial sectors. HTS devices enable higher efficiency while providing resiliency and reliability to power systems. This study developed models for...
Show moreHigh Temperature Superconductors (HTS) have the advantage of carrying direct current at zero resistance when operated below their critical temperature. At lower temperatures, these superconductors have the capability of carrying higher current densities. HTS power systems have applications in electrical power grids, defense, naval, aircraft, and industrial sectors. HTS devices enable higher efficiency while providing resiliency and reliability to power systems. This study developed models for superconducting cable system with two terminations, HTS cable, and cryo-cooler. The models combined electrical and cryogenic thermal aspects of the superconducting cable system. Several operating scenarios were simulated. Some contingencies such as cryo-cooler failure, circulation system failure were also modeled. A comparison of AC and DC cables was also analyzed in the system. The simulation models help in the analysis of the effects of system failure and to estimate the time required to turn off the system before the cable is affected. The results indicate that most of the heat load into the system is due to the terminations which are the interfaces between the superconducting cable and the room temperature components. In the contingency situations such as cryo-cooler failure, the time required to turn-off the system is several minutes. These results help us protect the cable from catastrophic damage during unexpected situations. Through these models, it is possible to calculate the maximum current that can be run through the system before the cable reaches a potential quench.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_FALL2017_Indrakanti_fsu_0071N_14273
Format: Thesis

Title: Aquatic Resource Management on the Gulf Coast: Examining the Mound Field Site (8Wa8) as a Woodland Period Fishery.
Creator: Merrick, Megan D., Peres, Tanya M, Marrinan, Rochelle A., Halligan, Jessi J, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The Northwest Coast of Florida is dotted by Woodland Period sites that speak to the richness and complexity of the populations in that region. Mound Field (8Wa8), located in Wakulla County, is a Woodland Period site whose faunal assemblage is indicative of a maritime-adapted society that relied heavily on aquatic resources. Through an examination of the vertebrate faunal remains recovered from the site, this research investigates Mound Field as a Woodland Period fishery that was actively...
Show moreThe Northwest Coast of Florida is dotted by Woodland Period sites that speak to the richness and complexity of the populations in that region. Mound Field (8Wa8), located in Wakulla County, is a Woodland Period site whose faunal assemblage is indicative of a maritime-adapted society that relied heavily on aquatic resources. Through an examination of the vertebrate faunal remains recovered from the site, this research investigates Mound Field as a Woodland Period fishery that was actively managed by the population. This thesis contributes to the zooarchaeological research on the importance of aquatic resources for prehistoric populations, and the potential ways in which those populations modified and managed their environments.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Su_Merrick_fsu_0071N_14781
Format: Thesis

Title: Aqueous Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) with Homogeneous Ruthenium Benzylidene Catalyst.
Creator: Kim, Sundol, Chung, Hoyong, Guan, Jingjiao, Ali, Jamel, Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Abstract/Description: An important recent issue of polymer synthesis is a green polymerization that uses water as a solvent due to sustainability and environmental concern. Desirable ligand design is important for a highly active homogeneous aqueous transition metal catalyst. Ruthenium (Ru) is the first transition metal used as a catalyst for modern controlled/living radical polymerizations. In particular, Ru- N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyst is an effective catalyst in not only ATRP but also metathesis...
Show moreAn important recent issue of polymer synthesis is a green polymerization that uses water as a solvent due to sustainability and environmental concern. Desirable ligand design is important for a highly active homogeneous aqueous transition metal catalyst. Ruthenium (Ru) is the first transition metal used as a catalyst for modern controlled/living radical polymerizations. In particular, Ru- N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyst is an effective catalyst in not only ATRP but also metathesis reaction. In this research, we have synthesized NHC containing homogeneous Ru catalyst to perform ATRP of commonly used vinyl monomers, acrylate derivatives. The NHC of catalyst possesses poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) as a water-soluble component. Another important part of the catalyst is Ru benzylidene (Grubbs 2nd generation analog) which leads ATRP of vinyl monomers as well as metathesis reactions. The new Ru catalyzed polymerization of Acrylamide, [2-(Metha cryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium hydroxide(SBMA), and PEG methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMEMA) demonstrated typical ATRP behavior showing low molecular weight distribution, linear increase of molecular weights with conversion, and first-order kinetics. The used alkyl bromide initiator was water-soluble PEG methyl ether 2-bromoisobytyrate. Specifically, polyacrylamide of molecular weight 341.8 kDa (PDI: 1.25) was prepared with 95% conversion at 6 hours of reaction time (reaction temperature 80 ℃) with 0.05 mol% catalyst loading ([catalyst]:[monomer] = 1:2000). Unlike the Ru-catalyzed ATRP, thermally-initiated polymerization without catalyst showed completely uncontrolled polymerization (non-linear kinetics) of acrylamide monomer. Additional solvent, acetonitrile, and zwitterionic monomer ([2-(Methacryloyloxy)ethyl]dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium hydroxide) methacrylate monomer also underwent ATRP in the presence of the new Ru catalyst. The more detailed studies of temperature, initiator amount, solvent concentration, catalyst amount effects are completed. The new ATRP will be greatly advantageous to polymer science as an initial example of Ru-catalyzed ATRP in neat water which has significant benefits of inexpensive, non-toxic, and readily available solvent features.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Fall_Kim_fsu_0071N_15585
Format: Thesis

Title: Art Therapy and Body Image: Developing Positive Art Therapy Interventions for Adults with Body Image Concerns.
Creator: Schattie, Amanda, Parker-Bell, Barbara Faye, Gussak, David, Van Lith, Theresa, Florida State University, College of Fine Arts, Department of Art Education
Abstract/Description: With the widespread application of art therapy in the treatment of eating disorders, this research investigated the effectiveness of art therapy for addressing an essential aspect of eating disorder prevention and recovery: increasing positive body image, also referred to as body appreciation (Tylka &Wood-Barcalow, 2015). This study implemented a mixed-methods research design to explore the effect of positive art therapy for increasing body appreciation in adults. A review of literature is...
Show moreWith the widespread application of art therapy in the treatment of eating disorders, this research investigated the effectiveness of art therapy for addressing an essential aspect of eating disorder prevention and recovery: increasing positive body image, also referred to as body appreciation (Tylka &Wood-Barcalow, 2015). This study implemented a mixed-methods research design to explore the effect of positive art therapy for increasing body appreciation in adults. A review of literature is included to provide an overview of body image, causes and prevalence of body image concerns and eating disorders, and current research in psychology and art therapy for treatment of body image concerns. Details of the procedure of the study are provided as well as an explanation of the instrumentation implemented to measure body appreciation. As there is currently no standardized protocol in art therapy for improving body image, the interventions in this study were designed using positive psychology concepts and positive art therapy interventions. Participants consisted of three young adults with self-reported body image concerns who took part in a 4-week art therapy group. Qualitative results provided insight into the value of the art therapy group, and quantitative data revealed a modest increase in body appreciation following participation in the art therapy group.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Su_Schattie_fsu_0071N_14795
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Title: Assessing the Clinical Utility of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in the Treatment of Anxious Arousal and Sensory Hypersensitivity: A Targeted Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation Study.
Creator: Clancy, Kevin J., Li, Wen, Sachs-Ericsson, Natalie J., Eckel, Lisa A., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: The ability of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) to augment underlying rhythmic fluctuations of neuronal activity provides meaningful implications in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by aberrations in neural oscillations. However, in evaluating its clinical utility, evidence is lacking for the efficacy of tACS to induce long-term (> 24 hours) plastic changes that translate to lasting behavioral outcomes. Here, we repeatedly administered alpha...
Show moreThe ability of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) to augment underlying rhythmic fluctuations of neuronal activity provides meaningful implications in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by aberrations in neural oscillations. However, in evaluating its clinical utility, evidence is lacking for the efficacy of tACS to induce long-term (> 24 hours) plastic changes that translate to lasting behavioral outcomes. Here, we repeatedly administered alpha-frequency tACS across 4 consecutive days in 38 healthy adults to evaluate lasting changes in local alpha power and directed connectivity as well as clinically-relevant indices of anxious arousal and affective sensory processing. Replicating previous findings, participants who received active stimulation (vs. a sham control group) demonstrated transient increases in resting occipito-parietal alpha power that lasted 30 minutes post-stimulation, reflecting acute entrainment to the exogenous electrical stimulation. However, these effects were short-term, returning to baseline levels 24 hours after stimulation. Conversely, long-term increases in intrinsic posteriorfrontal alpha-frequency connectivity emerged and persisted across all 4 days, reflecting plastic-changes in directed cortico-cortical networks. These lasting connectivity changes were paralleled by sustained decreases in anxious arousal and increases in perceived pleasantness of auditory stimuli. These findings suggest that while local oscillatory activity may be constrained by a self-sustaining thalamo-cortical loop that restores cortical oscillations to baseline, long-range oscillatory connectivity may strengthen over time through plastic synaptic changes in intrinsic cortico-cortical networks. The lasting augmentation of this inter-areal oscillatory network via tACS provides meaningful implications in an array of affective and cognitive processes that are orchestrated through the integrity of these global networks. This provides novel extensions of tACS applications, shifting neuromodulatory targets from local oscillations to global oscillatory networks to progress the clinical utility of this technology.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_FALL2017_Clancy_fsu_0071N_14146
Format: Thesis

Title: Assessing the Independence of Explicitly- and Implicitly- Assessed Relationship Evaluations: A Meta-Analysis.
Creator: Hicks, Lindsey L. (Lindsey Lee), McNulty, James K., Plant, Ashby, Schatschneider, Christopher, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description: In light of dual-process models of social cognition, relationship scientists have utilized measures designed to bypass deliberative processing in order to capture spouses' more automatic attitudes about their partners and their relationships. Here, we review the theoretical distinctions between deliberative and automatic evaluations as laid out by dual process models of social cognition, discuss the implications of these distinctions in the context of romantic relationships, and present a...
Show moreIn light of dual-process models of social cognition, relationship scientists have utilized measures designed to bypass deliberative processing in order to capture spouses' more automatic attitudes about their partners and their relationships. Here, we review the theoretical distinctions between deliberative and automatic evaluations as laid out by dual process models of social cognition, discuss the implications of these distinctions in the context of romantic relationships, and present a meta-analysis of correlations between explicitly and implicitly-measured relationship evaluations. A fixed-effects meta-analysis of 65 correlations summarizing the relationship evaluations of 2688 total participants revealed that the overall association between the two types of measures was significant but small (r = .05), indicating that explicit and implicit evaluations capture distinct relationship phenomena. We end by discussing several theoretical implications, including when implicit versus explicit measures of relationships may be more appropriate, the contexts in which implicit and explicit relationship evaluations might be more or less correlated, and why studying romantic relationships can offer unique insights for dual process models of social cognition.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_2017SP_Hicks_fsu_0071N_13903
Format: Thesis

Title: Assessing Variation in Dispersal Decisions in a Cooperatively Breeding Passerine.
Creator: Dietz, Samantha Lauren, DuVal, Emily H., Underwood, Nora C., Burgess, Scott C., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Science
Abstract/Description: Natal dispersal, the period where an organism moves from its birthplace to the area where it settles and attempts to breed, may have significant consequences for individual fitness. Individuals vary in both the decision to initiate dispersal and the decision to settle and attempt reproduction. In cooperative species, some individuals delay their departure from the natal territory and forego reproduction for one or more breeding seasons, while others disperse much sooner. The timing of when...
Show moreNatal dispersal, the period where an organism moves from its birthplace to the area where it settles and attempts to breed, may have significant consequences for individual fitness. Individuals vary in both the decision to initiate dispersal and the decision to settle and attempt reproduction. In cooperative species, some individuals delay their departure from the natal territory and forego reproduction for one or more breeding seasons, while others disperse much sooner. The timing of when individuals depart their natal site can affect their ability to locate and establish a breeding territory. Availability of local breeding sites, competition among the natal group, and an individual's development are hypothesized to influence dispersal initiation. Once an individual departs the natal territory, they also must choose a settlement area that will affect their access to potential mates, resources, and exposure to predators. Understanding how a juvenile's experience prior to dispersal influences their timing and settlement decisions may help explain variation in fitness among individuals within a population. Despite the importance of settlement site, individuals often appear to settle in low-quality habitat when high-quality habitat is available. The Natal Habitat Preference Induction hypothesis posits that individuals may choose breeding habitat that is similar to their natal habitat, rather than habitat of the highest quality. I investigated factors that influenced variation in dispersal behavior in a population of cooperatively breeding Brown-headed Nuthatches (Sitta pusilla) by addressing two questions: (1) What factors influence whether and when individuals depart from the natal territory? and (2) How do individuals make settlement decisions? I found that males dispersed earlier when they experienced more competition within the natal group, and females dispersed earlier when they were smaller in size relative to their siblings, and when local breeding opportunities were constrained. I found no evidence that individuals were choosing settlement sites based on habitat cues as predicted by the Natal Habitat Preference Induction hypothesis. My thesis broadens understanding of how multiple aspects of an individual's experience might affect dispersal decisions, and assesses one hypothesis that potentially explains how dispersers make settlement decisions.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Summer_Dietz_fsu_0071N_15341
Format: Thesis

Title: Assortative Mating in the Tropical Sea Urchin Lytechinus Variegatus.
Creator: Nunez, Jose Alberto Moscoso, Levitan, Donald R., Hughes, Kimberly A., Burgess, Scott C., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Science
Abstract/Description: Non-random mating is presumed to be an important mechanism that allows for the maintenance of genetic variation. Assortative mating has been studied extensively in organisms that possess defined ways in which sperm is transferred to eggs (e.g. via copulation, courtship or vector assisted pollination in plants), but rarely in broadcast spawners. Broadcast spawning is perceived as a mating event that allows for mixing of gametes and promotes random mating. However, there are multiple pathways...
Show moreNon-random mating is presumed to be an important mechanism that allows for the maintenance of genetic variation. Assortative mating has been studied extensively in organisms that possess defined ways in which sperm is transferred to eggs (e.g. via copulation, courtship or vector assisted pollination in plants), but rarely in broadcast spawners. Broadcast spawning is perceived as a mating event that allows for mixing of gametes and promotes random mating. However, there are multiple pathways in which spawning adults can affect fertilization of gametes in non-random ways. For example, positive assortative mating can occur in broadcast spawners if similar phenotypes spawn closer together in space or time, or possess similar gamete recognition proteins that expedite fertilization. Here, I propose to examine assortative fertilization, patterns of aggregation and gamete recognition protein genotype of the sperm bindin gene as a function of spine color in the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus as well as evaluating deviations from Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) based on color. Results indicate that laboratory crosses of urchins within color morphs yielded higher fertilization success than crosses between color morphs. Field surveys determined that these sea urchins are aggregating by color at times of their reproductive season when they are more likely to spawn. Tests for HWE using field data of urchin phenotypes suggest strong deviations from HWE. However, DNA sequences of regions of the sperm bindin gene for sea urchins of different color do not show evidence of genetic structure of the population. Paternal success in broadcast spawners is largely determined by the proximity of males to spawning females and the compatibility between them at the time they release their gametes. Selection is predicted to favor traits and behaviors that increase the likelihood of spawning near a more compatible neighbor. These results provide strong evidence for assortative mating and an explanation for the maintenance of color variation in this species.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_SUMMER2017_Moscoso_fsu_0071N_14093
Format: Thesis

Title: Athlete Coping and the Influence of Coach Leadership Behaviors in Elite Figure Skaters.
Creator: Allen, Taylor Sonia, Chow, Graig Michael, Tenenbaum, Gershon, Canto, Angela I., Florida State University, College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology and Learning...
Show moreAllen, Taylor Sonia, Chow, Graig Michael, Tenenbaum, Gershon, Canto, Angela I., Florida State University, College of Education, Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
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Abstract/Description: Athletes experience and cope with stressful performance situations throughout their careers. Many coping studies examine athletes’ self-reported coping strategies in past stressful events or ask athletes to report the types of coping strategies they utilized during non-specific stressful events (Crocker & Graham, 1995; Gould et al., 1993b; Gould et al., 1993c; Madden et al., 1989). Coping research is limited in that previous studies examined participants’ competitive stressor and reported...
Show moreAthletes experience and cope with stressful performance situations throughout their careers. Many coping studies examine athletes’ self-reported coping strategies in past stressful events or ask athletes to report the types of coping strategies they utilized during non-specific stressful events (Crocker & Graham, 1995; Gould et al., 1993b; Gould et al., 1993c; Madden et al., 1989). Coping research is limited in that previous studies examined participants’ competitive stressor and reported coping strategies in incomparable situations (Gaudreau et al., 2002; Gaudreau et al., 2001). Research demonstrates the importance of athlete perception of coach leadership behaviors on athlete outcomes in general, but is limited when specifically related to athlete coping (Chelladurai, 1984; Chelladurai, 1990; Chelladurai, 2007; Garland & Barry, 1988; Poczwardowski et al., 2002; Schliesman, 1987; Vallerand & Losier, 1999; Weiss & Friedrichs, 1986). The purpose of the proposed study was to examine the extent to which perceived coach leadership behaviors contributed to athlete coping strategies in sport-specific, stressful performance situations. Current and former senior level pairs and singles figure skaters completed the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire to report perceived coach leadership behaviors (MLQ; Bass & Avolio, 2004). Each participant then read two sport-specific, stressful coping scenarios and completed the Modified COPE for each coping scenario, respectively, in order to examine the relationship between perceived coach leadership behaviors and athlete coping (MCOPE; Crocker, 1992). Findings from this study indicate that active leadership positively predicted problem-focused coping for scenario I, transactional and active leadership positively predicted problem-focused coping for scenario II, active and passive/avoidant leadership positively predicted emotion-focused coping for scenario II, and passive/avoidant leadership positively predicted avoidance coping for scenario II.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_SUMMER2017_Allen_fsu_0071N_14106
Format: Thesis

Title: Automatic Detection and Correction of Errors in Video Tutorial Transcripts.
Creator: Snow, Jordan Storm, Haiduc, Sonia, Chakraborty, Shayok, Yuan, Xin, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Scientific Computing
Abstract/Description: Speech-to-text technologies continues to become more accessible and more accurate. But while automated personal assistants and transcription software is improving, it still falters in many cases that involve domain-specific terminology, like medicine and technology. If spoken clearly and concisely, some terms can be correctly transcribed, but there are many confounding variables like accents that can make it unlikely to transcribe the correct word or phrase. To fix these errors in domain...
Show moreSpeech-to-text technologies continues to become more accessible and more accurate. But while automated personal assistants and transcription software is improving, it still falters in many cases that involve domain-specific terminology, like medicine and technology. If spoken clearly and concisely, some terms can be correctly transcribed, but there are many confounding variables like accents that can make it unlikely to transcribe the correct word or phrase. To fix these errors in domain-specific terminology, I suggest a post-processing step to find and correct these errors. To find the mistakes, I trained a language model is trained on relevant data—in this test case, Stack Overflow posts that were tagged with Java-related keywords. The model is used to find words in automated transcripts that are likely mis-transcribed. Using n-gram and a long short-term memory neural network trained on 80% of the manual audio transcriptions, suggestions for replacements of the mis-transcribed words are offered. The accuracy of these suggestions are found by comparing corrections to the test case manual transcription corresponding with the automated transcription. These results are a mixed bag that reveal an issue with the language model but that the neural network can successfully suggest word corrections for technical words with almost a 70% accuracy.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Snow_fsu_0071N_14574
Format: Thesis

Title: Availability of Information on the Web Regarding National Roster Music Therapy Internships: A Content Analysis.
Creator: McCrea, Casie Rose, Gooding, Lori F. (Lori Fogus), Standley, Jayne M., Gregory, Sarah Dianne, Florida State University, College of Music
Abstract/Description: Music therapy is a rapidly growing allied health profession. In order to become a board-certified music therapist (MT-BC), one must complete a college degree program approved by the American Music Therapy Association, which includes an AMTA approved program of study and a six-month internship under the supervision of an MT-BC in good standing with the Certification Board of Music Therapy. This study focused on the six-month internship aspect of training. A content analysis was conducted to...
Show moreMusic therapy is a rapidly growing allied health profession. In order to become a board-certified music therapist (MT-BC), one must complete a college degree program approved by the American Music Therapy Association, which includes an AMTA approved program of study and a six-month internship under the supervision of an MT-BC in good standing with the Certification Board of Music Therapy. This study focused on the six-month internship aspect of training. A content analysis was conducted to determine what information is available on the web to aid prospective music therapy interns in deciding where they will apply, and to aid internship sites to receive applicants who are likely to fit well with the existing program. A web search was conducted using the National Roster Internship link found on the "Education and Careers" tab of the American Music Therapy Association website, which yielded 64 results (N=64). Of the sample (N=64), 52 sites were active and 12 were inactive, 31 had a website/tab/link, and 33 did not. Additionally, five internship sites had a Facebook page. Twenty-nine (45.3%) of the National Roster Internship sites did not have information available on the web to be assessed, meaning (n=35) internship sites remained for consideration in data collection. A total of 15 categories of information were assessed for all websites included in the analysis, and "music therapy" was the only category investigated listed consistently across 100% of all websites. The lack of consistent information may inhibit accurate internship comparisons for students as they seek information about internship placements.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Summer_McCrea_fsu_0071N_15372
Format: Thesis

Title: Because Hialeah.
Creator: Roque, Laura, Stuckey-French, Elizabeth, Winegardner, Mark, Kirby, David, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Because Hialeah follows the life of Franca, a teenage Cuban-American girl growing up in Miami's Cuban exile community of Hialeah, Florida. Figuratively, Hialeah floats in the ocean, somewhere between the Caribbean its inhabitants came from, and where it's actually located. Hialeah's stores, supermarkets, and human beings are entirely in Spanish, and more specifically, in Cuban, and even American-born residents will not learn English until they start school. Franca navigates life tugged by...
Show moreBecause Hialeah follows the life of Franca, a teenage Cuban-American girl growing up in Miami's Cuban exile community of Hialeah, Florida. Figuratively, Hialeah floats in the ocean, somewhere between the Caribbean its inhabitants came from, and where it's actually located. Hialeah's stores, supermarkets, and human beings are entirely in Spanish, and more specifically, in Cuban, and even American-born residents will not learn English until they start school. Franca navigates life tugged by opposites, torn between the conservative worldview of her Cuban family and by Miami's risqué and greedy lifestyle, all the while grappling with the ghost of her murdered father, the image of the hyper-sexual, promiscuous Latina, and the expectation that all Latinas must be chaste and obedient, during four distinct experiences with love, the last being one that almost kills her.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_2017SP_Roque_fsu_0071N_13844
Format: Thesis

Title: Before, during, and Beyond: Historical Time and the German Revolutions of 1848 and 1849.
Creator: Thomas, Trevor, Williamson, George S., Gellately, Robert, Herrera, Robinson A., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History
Abstract/Description: This study explores the ways by which notions of historical time informed those involved in the German revolutions of 1848 and 1849. Building on the theories of historical time offered by the German historian and theorist Reinhart Koselleck, this study argues that those opposing and supporting the revolutions operated within a temporal schema that was ideologically constructed. The ubiquitous presence of the French Revolution in German revolutionary and counterrevolutionary discourse, the...
Show moreThis study explores the ways by which notions of historical time informed those involved in the German revolutions of 1848 and 1849. Building on the theories of historical time offered by the German historian and theorist Reinhart Koselleck, this study argues that those opposing and supporting the revolutions operated within a temporal schema that was ideologically constructed. The ubiquitous presence of the French Revolution in German revolutionary and counterrevolutionary discourse, the deliberate creation of an ideologically-charged “revolutionary moment,” and the multi-layered perceptions of time common to those involved in Germany’s failed constitutional project all demonstrate the malleable nature of the past, present, and future. The study employs the stenographic reports of the German National Assembly, pamphlets, petitions, memoirs, diaries, political tracts, and cultural productions to back these claims.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Spring_Thomas_fsu_0071N_15224
Format: Thesis

Title: Behind the Red Curtain: Nationalism and Satie's Parade.
Creator: Duncan, Julian, Broyles, Michael, Eyerly, Sarah, Boutin, Aimée, Florida State University, College of Music, College of Music
Abstract/Description: This thesis analyzes Jean Cocteau’s (1889–1963), Erik Satie’s (1866–1925), and Pablo Picasso’s (1881–1973) ballet Parade in the context of wartime nationalism. During the war, the dominant aesthetic was defined by traditionalism and Classicism. This aesthetic was rooted in the nation and opposed to the external threat of German culture and the internal threat of subversive and revolutionary art. Drawing on the writings of Guillaume Apollinaire as well as on Cubism and Futurism, Cocteau sought...
Show moreThis thesis analyzes Jean Cocteau’s (1889–1963), Erik Satie’s (1866–1925), and Pablo Picasso’s (1881–1973) ballet Parade in the context of wartime nationalism. During the war, the dominant aesthetic was defined by traditionalism and Classicism. This aesthetic was rooted in the nation and opposed to the external threat of German culture and the internal threat of subversive and revolutionary art. Drawing on the writings of Guillaume Apollinaire as well as on Cubism and Futurism, Cocteau sought to invert the dominant aesthetic, recasting modernism as a Classicism for its own time. Thus, for Cocteau, Parade’s avant-garde nature advanced nationalism and the war effort. For Satie and Picasso, the ballet’s provocative aspects were anti-nationalist and subversive. Satie’s aesthetic was rooted in the popular music of Parisian cabarets. Seeing a correlation between progressive politics and progressive art, he incorporated the techniques of the avant-garde and irreverently parodied wartime Classicism in Parade. In keeping with his self-image as a revolutionary, Picasso similarly parodied the dominant Classical aesthetic. His Rideau rouge suggests the wartime Classical aesthetic, but undermines it by eschewing perspective and proportion. Additionally Picasso incorporates primitivist techniques, recalling the opposition of the French Left to colonialism. Satie’s and Picasso’s Left-wing convictions undermined Cocteau’s vision, such that Parade retained a subversive character, and their opposition to militarism and nationalism left Parade open to the charge that it was an assault on the cultural and political status quo. As a result, Parade both supports and undermines wartime nationalism.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Duncan_fsu_0071N_14585
Format: Thesis

Title: Biological Reduction of Selenate and Recovery of Elemental Selenium from Wastewater in a Continuous-Flow System.
Creator: Adedeji, Itunu Comfort, Tang, Youneng, Chen, Gang, Clark, Clayton J., Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Abstract/Description: The biological degradation of selenate to elemental selenium and recovery of valuable selenium nanoparticles has been extensively studied and reported by researchers throughout literature. The major challenges in degradation and recovery processes are the reduction of high concentration of selenium oxyanions and effective separation of bacterial cells and sludge from these economically beneficial elemental selenium nanoparticles. This study seeks to investigate the efficacy of a novel...
Show moreThe biological degradation of selenate to elemental selenium and recovery of valuable selenium nanoparticles has been extensively studied and reported by researchers throughout literature. The major challenges in degradation and recovery processes are the reduction of high concentration of selenium oxyanions and effective separation of bacterial cells and sludge from these economically beneficial elemental selenium nanoparticles. This study seeks to investigate the efficacy of a novel combination system comprising a biological reactor, a separating chamber and a tangential-flow ultrafiltration module (TFU). The biological reactor was investigated for its ability to reduce selenate at high loading rates. The separating chamber containing the inclined bacterium-nanoparticle separator was investigated for its ability to separate bacteria from nanoparticles. The TFU was investigated for its ability to induce a water-bacterium-nanoparticles separation even at high selenate loading rates. The reactor system worked in synergism to remove high concentration of selenate from wastewater and simultaneously recover the valuable elemental selenium nanoparticles thereby eliminating the additional use of chemicals or post-treatment operations.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Fall_Adedeji_fsu_0071N_14970
Format: Thesis

Title: Black Nova.
Creator: Kineman, Kyle, Hamby, Barbara, Franklin, Russ, Kirby, David, Epstein, Andrew, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Black Nova is a collection of poems written before, during, and after the death of the poet's mother. Split into three sections, each section represents a construction of identity through the fictional and nonfictional, through superheroes and personal relationships. The first section, "The Skin I'm In or Baptist Fire," explores the costumes we wear in the past to make it to our present. The second section, "Fever Dream in Black," invokes Marvel's Black Bolt, King of the Inhumans, as a friend...
Show moreBlack Nova is a collection of poems written before, during, and after the death of the poet's mother. Split into three sections, each section represents a construction of identity through the fictional and nonfictional, through superheroes and personal relationships. The first section, "The Skin I'm In or Baptist Fire," explores the costumes we wear in the past to make it to our present. The second section, "Fever Dream in Black," invokes Marvel's Black Bolt, King of the Inhumans, as a friend and companion as well as a constant source of resentment, yet jealousy to explore who we think we would like to be. The final section, "Death is a Nova," confronts mortality and the complicated relationship we have with our conjured heroes, real or imaginary.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Kineman_fsu_0071N_14546
Format: Thesis

Title: Blue Wasp Women.
Creator: Vilá, Mikayla Ávila, Suárez, Virgil, Stuckey-French, Elizabeth, McGregory, Jerrilyn, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English
Abstract/Description: The stories in this collection are an exploration of the diasporic Puerto Rican identity, and span both Puerto Rico and the U.S. American south to make sense of the overlapping fascination with death, the grotesque, and the fabulous. Each story is carried by a female voice, typically an adolescent, to more honestly explore the power dynamics in families shaped by movement, religion, and culture. While each story in Blue Wasp Women lays out a clear conflict for its central character to...
Show moreThe stories in this collection are an exploration of the diasporic Puerto Rican identity, and span both Puerto Rico and the U.S. American south to make sense of the overlapping fascination with death, the grotesque, and the fabulous. Each story is carried by a female voice, typically an adolescent, to more honestly explore the power dynamics in families shaped by movement, religion, and culture. While each story in Blue Wasp Women lays out a clear conflict for its central character to traverse, there are echoes through the collection of how each protagonist copes with their inherited trauma – whether caused by family or history, or parses their intra-feminine relationships through a culturally filial lens. Haunting each story is a sense of horror and grotesque wonderment, staples of fabulism and the Southern Gothic. Ultimately, I have three major goals for this collection: to analyze trauma, establish the Latinx presence in the south by showing that there is, in fact, common ground, and to be in conversation with writers like Edwidge Danticat, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Jesmyn Ward.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_SUMMER2017_xC1vilaVilxE1_fsu_0071N_13979
Format: Thesis

Title: Bolen Projectile Point Use-Life: An Expended Utility Study of Bolen Points from Early Archaic Florida.
Creator: Cross, Austin F., Halligan, Jessi J., Leppard, Thomas P., Peres, Tanya M., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The end of the Pleistocene and subsequent transition into the early Holocene marked a time of great environmental, climatic, and geological flux in Florida. Furthermore, these changes influenced a shift in the technologies of people inhabiting the Southeast at this time. Late Paleoindian groups at the end of the Pleistocene utilized lanceolate-shaped projectile points, whereas the Early Archaic groups of the transitional Holocene utilized side- and corner-notched points. Past research on...
Show moreThe end of the Pleistocene and subsequent transition into the early Holocene marked a time of great environmental, climatic, and geological flux in Florida. Furthermore, these changes influenced a shift in the technologies of people inhabiting the Southeast at this time. Late Paleoindian groups at the end of the Pleistocene utilized lanceolate-shaped projectile points, whereas the Early Archaic groups of the transitional Holocene utilized side- and corner-notched points. Past research on these Early Archaic groups has shown that the shift in technology may have been influenced by the Dalton culture entering the region from the greater Southeast, sharing their ideas and technologies and spreading the notched point type around the region. Furthermore, the earliest notched points in the Florida record are extremely varied in terms of size and overall shape. Because of this, it has been believed that Early Archaic points in Florida, Bolen points specifically, had many subtypes, sometimes up to six or seven depending on the source. However, due to the success of curation studies being applied to Dalton points of the Paleoindian/Archaic transition, it is possible that the large variation in Bolen point styles is not reflective of varying subtypes of Bolen points, but instead the variation is representative of successive stages of resharpening a projectile point throughout its use-life. The research in this thesis focuses on applying methods of studying tool curation over time to a set of Bolen points from the archaeological record in Florida.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Fall_Cross_fsu_0071N_15574
Format: Thesis

Title: Boys & Girls & God: Essays.
Creator: Symanovich, Alaina Janelle, Stuckey-French, Elizabeth, Ribo, John, Shacochis, Bob, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English
Abstract/Description: Boys & Girls & God: Essays concerns itself with the intense and needless loneliness of the human experience. As David Shields writes (or, given the project of his book, likely (mis)quotes) in his genre-bending treatise Reality Hunger: “I’m interested in knowing all the secrets that connect human beings. At the deepest level, all our secrets are the same” (27). I believe that secrets—my secrets, your secrets, your enemy’s secrets—are unnecessary, banal, and not nearly as earth-shattering or as...
Show moreBoys & Girls & God: Essays concerns itself with the intense and needless loneliness of the human experience. As David Shields writes (or, given the project of his book, likely (mis)quotes) in his genre-bending treatise Reality Hunger: “I’m interested in knowing all the secrets that connect human beings. At the deepest level, all our secrets are the same” (27). I believe that secrets—my secrets, your secrets, your enemy’s secrets—are unnecessary, banal, and not nearly as earth-shattering or as well-hidden as you or I or your enemy like to think. Therefore, my thesis aims to flout secrecy. Whether I’m writing against my or other people’s impulses to hide, I seek to create art that discomfits. I like to risk something when I write; in fact, risky writing is the only kind I elect to read. Practically speaking, my anti-secrets thesis takes the form of personal essays that run the gamut of social taboos; I tackle everything from masturbation to religion (sometimes in the same essay), and I strive to let each essay’s content dictate its form. Some essays, for example, abide by the conventional narrative style; I look to works such as Marguerite Duras’ The Lover and Mary Karr’s Cherry for inspiration on those works. Other essays, though, demand more dynamic forms: collage, quotations from outside sources, lists, text messages, and more. I love to juxtapose dissimilar genres and topics—for example, to examine sexual fetishes through an academic lens, as I do in my essay “Me, Myself & Matthew Gray Gubler,” or to muse upon missing children alongside moving to Las Vegas in “Parallel (Intersecting) Lives.” For these quirky works, I look to contemporary writers such as Elissa Washuta, author of My Body Is a Book of Rules; Roxane Gay, author of Hunger and Bad Feminist; and Maggie Nelson, author of Bluets and The Art of Cruelty; the eclectic work of these writers reflects the same fearless anti-secrecy that undergirds this project.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Symanovich_fsu_0071N_14369
Format: Thesis

Title: Business, Life, and Bourbon: R.P. Drake of Madisonville, Kentucky.
Creator: Gamblin, Katherine, Marrinan, Rochelle A., Peres, Tanya M, Halligan, Jessi J, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Bourbon has been distilled in Kentucky throughout the history of the Commonwealth and has influenced how cities in Kentucky have grown, both physically and economically, over time. Throughout the 1870s until Prohibition, a large boom in the number of distilleries in Kentucky occurred with bourbon barons purchasing small, family-run distilleries and expanding them into a large-scale, booming industry that aimed to answer the demand for bourbon throughout the United States. In the mid-1890s and...
Show moreBourbon has been distilled in Kentucky throughout the history of the Commonwealth and has influenced how cities in Kentucky have grown, both physically and economically, over time. Throughout the 1870s until Prohibition, a large boom in the number of distilleries in Kentucky occurred with bourbon barons purchasing small, family-run distilleries and expanding them into a large-scale, booming industry that aimed to answer the demand for bourbon throughout the United States. In the mid-1890s and early 1900s, R.P. Drake owned and operated a distillery and a number of taverns that added a new industry to Madisonville and Hopkins County, bringing in revenue, shaping social practices, and testing the limits of legislation that had been passed to limit the ways in which bourbon could be produced. In this thesis, I analyze the R.P. Drake Distillery and associated artifacts in order to provide new information on how this small-scale, spring-based distillery was able to find success in the bourbon industry. Particular attention will be paid to how R.P. Drake adapted to legislation that placed limitations on his distillation and distribution methods.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Gamblin_fsu_0071N_14556
Format: Thesis

Title: The Case of "Big M" Musicology at Florida State University: A Historical and Ethnographic Study.
Creator: Clapper, Laura M., Eyerly, Sarah, Seaton, Douglass, Gunderson, Frank D., Florida State University, College of Music
Abstract/Description: The Florida State University musicology program comprises a community of like-minded individuals in both the faculty member and student cohorts. The umbrella concept of “Big M” Musicology is valued and central to creating identity and cohesion among FSU’s musicology community members. This thesis serves to understand the FSU musicology program’s history and how community members understand, define, and embody “Big M” Musicology based on their lived experiences in the program. This thesis...
Show moreThe Florida State University musicology program comprises a community of like-minded individuals in both the faculty member and student cohorts. The umbrella concept of “Big M” Musicology is valued and central to creating identity and cohesion among FSU’s musicology community members. This thesis serves to understand the FSU musicology program’s history and how community members understand, define, and embody “Big M” Musicology based on their lived experiences in the program. This thesis examines FSU’s musicology program through historical and ethnographic study. I first provide an institutional history of Florida State University’s musicology program by examining the institutional structures, administrative involvement, and the influence of faculty member research areas and relationships on the program’s development. I recount how the ideal of “Big M” Musicology was born out of the FSU School of Music’s desire for comprehensive programming through the establishment of an ethnomusicology program, the implementation of a terminal degree in musicology, and an emphasis on applied musicology and performance. I also argue that the collegiality among faculty members contributed to the program’s growth and to the musicology department’s shared “Big M” vision. In the subsequent chapters of this thesis, I analyze survey data that I collected from current students, alumni, and current and former faculty members affiliated with the program from the years 1988–2018 to understand individual community members’ experiences of “Big M” Musicology. First, I synthesize the definitions of “Big M” provided by FSU musicology affiliates, and I explore their perspectives on how this philosophy manifests in FSU’s program. I then analyze individual community members’ experiences in the program in order to reconcile the policy of “Big M” with its implementation and practice. I conclude by placing “Big M” Musicology in the context of contemporary trends in the field to demonstrate how the inclusivity inherent in this ideal might foreshadow a future path for musicology and its subdisciplines.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Spring_Clapper_fsu_0071N_15048
Format: Thesis

Title: Case Study of a Psycholinguistic Approach to Assessment and Treatment of Speech Sound Disorder.
Creator: Berteau, Emily A. (Emily Anne), Macrae, Toby, Ingvalson, Erin, Lansford, Kaitlin L., Florida State University, Florida State University College of Communication and Information,...
Show moreBerteau, Emily A. (Emily Anne), Macrae, Toby, Ingvalson, Erin, Lansford, Kaitlin L., Florida State University, Florida State University College of Communication and Information, School of Communication Science and Disorders
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Abstract/Description: The psycholinguistic model is a theoretical framework that details the speech processing system at various levels of input, storage, and output. In the case of a child with complex speech-language impairment, this study sought to determine if: (1) a psycholinguistic approach to assessment was effective in identifying the participant’s level(s) of speech and language deficit and (2) if intervention targeted to the identified level(s) of deficit was effective in treating the participant’s...
Show moreThe psycholinguistic model is a theoretical framework that details the speech processing system at various levels of input, storage, and output. In the case of a child with complex speech-language impairment, this study sought to determine if: (1) a psycholinguistic approach to assessment was effective in identifying the participant’s level(s) of speech and language deficit and (2) if intervention targeted to the identified level(s) of deficit was effective in treating the participant’s speech and language difficulties. First, a comprehensive battery of assessments was administered to identify the participant’s speech processing difficulties and relative strengths. Then, treatment was targeted to specific areas of deficit indicated by assessment. Results indicate that psycholinguistic assessment was effective in identifying the participant’s levels of breakdown in speech processing. Treatment results were variable, although considerable gains were made on primary objectives such as phonological awareness, reading and spelling, and speech production. Overall, findings suggest that a psycholinguistic approach may be appropriate for some children with complex speech-language impairment, although rapid gains may not be seen in each targeted area.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_SUMMER2017_Berteau_fsu_0071N_13876
Format: Thesis

Title: Case-Base Devaluation of a Physical Initialization Technique for Assimilating Precipitation in NWP.
Creator: Chaney, Kirsten Maria, Chagnon, Jeffery M., Hart, Robert E. (Robert Edward), Misra, Vasubandhu, Ross, Robert S., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences,...
Show moreChaney, Kirsten Maria, Chagnon, Jeffery M., Hart, Robert E. (Robert Edward), Misra, Vasubandhu, Ross, Robert S., Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
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Abstract/Description: A novel method for assimilating precipitation observations into a numerical weather prediction model is presented and evaluated for a case study of a monsoon rainfall event over the Asian subcontinent. The method, known as physical initialization (Krishnamurti et al. 1991), involves the iterative adjustment of the vertical moisture profile towards a configuration that would permit simulated precipitation where there is observed precipitation. The physical initialization procedure was...
Show moreA novel method for assimilating precipitation observations into a numerical weather prediction model is presented and evaluated for a case study of a monsoon rainfall event over the Asian subcontinent. The method, known as physical initialization (Krishnamurti et al. 1991), involves the iterative adjustment of the vertical moisture profile towards a configuration that would permit simulated precipitation where there is observed precipitation. The physical initialization procedure was incorporated into the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. Evaluation of the technique was accomplished through the comparison of two simulations: one with the physical initialization and one without. Both simulations were evaluated against TRMM rainfall. The impact of physical initialization was shown to be beneficial to the two-day typical Indian Summer Monsoon case study with respect to the rainfall forecast skill as well as the mesoscale circulation and vertical redistribution of moisture. Specifically, the correlation between simulated and observed 3-hour accumulated precipitation is higher throughout the two-day forecast period in the run with physical initialization. The probability distribution of rainfall amounts in the run with physical initialization was also more similar to the observations, whereas the control WRF run exhibited a large bias of widespread light to moderate rain. Additionally, the run with physical initialization improves the forecast location of mesoscale precipitation features and removes regions of spurious rain from the forecast. Simulations were conducted and evaluated for this case only.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_SUMMER2017_Chaney_fsu_0071N_14094
Format: Thesis

Title: Characteristic Classes and Local Invariants of Determinantal Varieties and a Formula for Equivariant Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson Classes of Hypersurfaces.
Creator: Zhang, Xiping, Aluffi, Paolo, Piekarewicz, Jorge, Aldrovandi, Ettore, Petersen, Kathleen L., Hoeij, Mark van, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department...
Show moreZhang, Xiping, Aluffi, Paolo, Piekarewicz, Jorge, Aldrovandi, Ettore, Petersen, Kathleen L., Hoeij, Mark van, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics
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Abstract/Description: Determinantal varieties parametrize spaces of matrices of given ranks. The main results of this dissertation are computations of intersection-theoretic invariants of determinantal varieties. We focus on the Chern-Mather and Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson classes, on the characteristic cycles, and on topologically motivated invariants such as the local Euler obstruction. We obtain explicit formulas in both the ordinary and the torus-equivariant setting, and formulate a conjecture concerning the...
Show moreDeterminantal varieties parametrize spaces of matrices of given ranks. The main results of this dissertation are computations of intersection-theoretic invariants of determinantal varieties. We focus on the Chern-Mather and Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson classes, on the characteristic cycles, and on topologically motivated invariants such as the local Euler obstruction. We obtain explicit formulas in both the ordinary and the torus-equivariant setting, and formulate a conjecture concerning the effectiveness of the Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson classes of determinantal varieties. We also prove a vanishing property for the Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson classes of general group orbits. As applications we obtain formulas for the sectional Euler characteristic of determinantal varieties and the microlocal indices of their intersection cohomology sheaf complexes. Moreover, for a close embedding we define the equivariant version of the Segre class and prove an equivariant formula for the Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson classes of hypersurfaces of projective varieties.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Zhang_fsu_0071N_14521
Format: Thesis

Title: Characterization of a High-Lift, Supercritical Airfoil with Microjets.
Creator: Aley, Kade Stephen, Kumar, Rajan, Oates, William, Shoele, Kourosh, Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering (Tallahassee, Fla.), Department of Mechanical...
Show moreAley, Kade Stephen, Kumar, Rajan, Oates, William, Shoele, Kourosh, Florida State University, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering (Tallahassee, Fla.), Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Abstract/Description: Active flow control (AFC) has the potential for substantial performance gains and meeting the challenges of next-generation high-lift aircraft. High-lift wings employ multi-element trailing edge flaps during takeoff and landing. When the aircraft is at cruise speed, these flaps are not required and are retracted to reduce drag. These aircraft wings with high-lift mechanisms enhance the lift characteristics at slower speeds, but suffer due to the added weight of these deployment/retraction...
Show moreActive flow control (AFC) has the potential for substantial performance gains and meeting the challenges of next-generation high-lift aircraft. High-lift wings employ multi-element trailing edge flaps during takeoff and landing. When the aircraft is at cruise speed, these flaps are not required and are retracted to reduce drag. These aircraft wings with high-lift mechanisms enhance the lift characteristics at slower speeds, but suffer due to the added weight of these deployment/retraction mechanisms. In the present study, we have investigated the effect of active flow control using microjets to enhance the performance of a two-dimensional high-lift supercritical airfoil with a simply hinged flap. The airfoil used in the study is the NASA Energy Efficient Transport (EET) and the wind-tunnel tests were conducted at a freestream velocity of 20 m/s. Two different scaled models were used corresponding to Reynolds numbers of 1.3 x 105 and 3.4 x 105. The experiments pertaining to the small scaled model were carried out with two angles of incidence of 0° and 4° at a constant flap deflection of 20°. For the large scale model, a constant angle of incidence of 0° and flap deflection angles of 20° and 30° were investigated. A range of microjet momentum ratios and microjet orientations were studied for both models. Particle Image Velocimetry was carried out to study the mean velocity field and the effect of microjet control at the flap region of the airfoil. For the first model, the baseline flow at both the angles of incidence separates at the hinge line and remain separated over the entire flap region. The size of the re-circulation region is found to gradually decrease with an increase in microjet momentum ratio. Microjets oriented normal to the airfoil surface were relatively more effective and successful in re-attaching the flow over the entire airfoil at both the angles of incidence. Experiments for the second model consisted of both Planar and Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry. The baseline flow is separated over a third of the flap at 20° and over the entire flap at 30°. Microjets oriented at a more tangential angle are able to completely re-attach the flow at both flap angles. In general, active flow control using high-momentum microjets was very effective in eliminating/reducing flow separation, however, its effectiveness was dependent on the geometric and flow parameters.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: 2019_Summer_Aley_fsu_0071N_15353
Format: Thesis

Title: Characterization of a Monoclonal Antibody Specific to Hen Alpha-Livetin.
Creator: Mu, Han, Rao, Qinchun, Sathe, Shridhar K., Yang, Wei, Florida State University, College of Human Sciences, Department of Nutrition, Food, and Exercise Science
Abstract/Description: Egg is one of the major allergens with specific labeling requirements. α-livetin, which also called chicken serum albumin (CSA), is one of the major allergens in egg need to be detected in food matrix. A monoclonal antibody (mA) specific to α-livetin was developed, but the property of this mAb is not clear. The relationship between matrix effect, extractability of α-livetin and their thermostability during in vitro study need to be elaborated. Our research aims (1) to characterize this mAb...
Show moreEgg is one of the major allergens with specific labeling requirements. α-livetin, which also called chicken serum albumin (CSA), is one of the major allergens in egg need to be detected in food matrix. A monoclonal antibody (mA) specific to α-livetin was developed, but the property of this mAb is not clear. The relationship between matrix effect, extractability of α-livetin and their thermostability during in vitro study need to be elaborated. Our research aims (1) to characterize this mAb that is specific for α-livetin; (2) to develop a novel extraction buffer for α-livetin (CSA) in egg yolk and chicken blood; (3) we hypothesis matrix-induced thermal instability of α-livetin (CSA) because of hydrophobic effect (hydrophobic effect) and chemical interaction (thiol-disulfide interchange) interaction. mAb was purified from the supernatant using immunoaffinity. Indirect non-competitive ELISA was performed to study the selectivity of mAb. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was performed to further investigate the isoelectric point (pI). SDS PAGE was performed to study the molecular integrity and solubility of the target protein with different pH conditions. BCA assay was performed to study the solubility of the target protein with different heating conditions. Western blot was performed to study the mAb selectivity; to verify the target protein’s molecular weight; to optimized the extractability of the extraction buffer; to investigate antigenicity of the target protein under extraction buffer with different pH conditions; to test the antigenicity of the target protein under different heat treatment conditions. As to the results of this study, the target protein of the mAb is α-livetin (chicken serum albumin) (70 kDa). As for buffer selection, on one hand, detergent increased the solubility of the target protein, on the other hand, based on the property of this mAb reducing reagent was required to cleave the disulfide bond of α- livetin to enhance antigenicity intensity. As for pH effect, α-livetin remained its antigenicity under neutral condition after heat treatment in the novel extraction buffer, and its immunoreactivity did not change significantly (P > 0.05) after heat treatment. Finally, a novel extraction buffer (10mM DTT with 0.1% SDS in PBS under neutral pH) was developed. The target protein was successfully isolated. The target’s antigenicity reaction with the mAb decreased after heat treatment was confirmed.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_FALL2017_Mu_fsu_0071N_14238
Format: Thesis

Title: Characterization of Supersonic Flow Around a Hemispherical Model.
Creator: Carnrike, Daniel Andrew, Kumar, Rajan, Cattafesta, Louis N., Collins, E. (Emmanuel), Florida State University, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description: Propagation of laser beams through complex flow field caused by radar system housing has been an important topic for many years dating back to the mid 1960s. Applications for radar systems range from missile defense, directed energy to target designation and tracking. Complications are introduced when laser systems are no longer stationed on the ground, but instead mounted on airplanes traveling at subsonic, transonic and supersonic speeds. Housing systems have been developed with a variety...
Show morePropagation of laser beams through complex flow field caused by radar system housing has been an important topic for many years dating back to the mid 1960s. Applications for radar systems range from missile defense, directed energy to target designation and tracking. Complications are introduced when laser systems are no longer stationed on the ground, but instead mounted on airplanes traveling at subsonic, transonic and supersonic speeds. Housing systems have been developed with a variety of different designs with some designs more optimal for decreasing laser aberrations than others. The work presented strives to characterize flow around a hemispherical configuration (D = 10.16 cm) for a turret housing system in the supersonic flow regime. Multiple diagnostic tests were conducted at the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion in the Polysonic Wind Tunnel Facility. Shadowgraph visualization, surface oil flow visualization, static pressure and unsteady pressure data characterized the complicated supersonic flow field around a hemisphere. Observations were conducted at Mach 2 while Reynolds number changed, ReD = 1.8 ∗ 106 and ReD = 3.6 ∗ 106. Complex shock system consisting of a lambda shock and detached bow shock were observed upstream of the hemisphere center through shadowgraph images. While a shock-let system was developed between the foot of the lambda shock and the detached bow shock from the unsteady boundary layer shockwave interaction. Surface oil flow visualization accented the development of an axisymmetric horseshoe vortex and the presence of a secondary shock location upstream of the hemisphere. A centerline static pressure distribution quantified the visualization techniques. A stagnation point of 30◦ was observed on the body for both ReD case. While, flow separation occurred at slightly different locations on the hemisphere; flow separated at 103◦ for ReD = 1.8∗106 and 107◦ for the ReD = 3.6 ∗ 106. Location of flow separation is further strengthen by the unsteady pressure data as the energy fluctuations are less on the separation line for the different Re cases. The study found that flow structures for different ReD cases were similar, except for the strength of the different flow features; as the flow feature magnitudes were greater for ReD = 3.6 ∗ 106 case. Also observed from the unsteady pressure measurement data, the wake structure behind the hemisphere were different in nature as the wake structure for the ReD = 1.8 ∗ 106 case was larger than the ReD = 3.6 ∗ 106 case. Planar Particle Image Velocimetry was conducted in the Pilot Wind Tunnel Facility at the Florida Center for Advanced Aero-Propulsion on a dynamically similar flow (M = 2,ReD = 1.8∗106). Planar PIV for different Z/D planes were also measured on a D = 19.05 mm hemisphere, which highlighted the presence of an expansion fan at the apex of the hemisphere with decreasing effects on the external flow field as flow moved further away from the centerline of the hemisphere. The results presented in this work characterized supersonic flow around a hemisphere and has laid the groundwork for the development of active or passive flow control techniques in order to minimize flow structures, which ultimately lead to less aero-optical aberrations.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_FALL2017_Carnrike_fsu_0071N_14262
Format: Thesis

Title: Characterization of the Flow-Field for Dual Normally Impinging Axi-Symmetric Jets.
Creator: Harmon, Malcolm Jerrod, Alvi, Farrukh S., Kumar, Rajan (Professor of Mechanical Engineering), Collins, Emmanuel G., Florida State University, College of Engineering, Department...
Show moreHarmon, Malcolm Jerrod, Alvi, Farrukh S., Kumar, Rajan (Professor of Mechanical Engineering), Collins, Emmanuel G., Florida State University, College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Abstract/Description: In this study, the flow and acoustic field characteristics of dual high-speed axi-symmetric impinging jets will be examined. Initially, the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) facility was redesigned by adding a second jet to the existing model there by achieving a dual jet configuration. This modified facility was designed to simulate aircraft hover in proximity to the ground. Emphasis is placed on the complex behavior of the jets as the nozzle pressure ratio (NPR) is varied to...
Show moreIn this study, the flow and acoustic field characteristics of dual high-speed axi-symmetric impinging jets will be examined. Initially, the short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) facility was redesigned by adding a second jet to the existing model there by achieving a dual jet configuration. This modified facility was designed to simulate aircraft hover in proximity to the ground. Emphasis is placed on the complex behavior of the jets as the nozzle pressure ratio (NPR) is varied to produce over-expanded, ideally-expanded and under-expanded jet flows. Two nozzle configurations were chosen to simulate dual impinging jets: 1) two converging nozzles (Mach design, Md = 1.00) and 2) a converging nozzle (Md = 1.00) and a converging-diverging (CD) nozzle (Md = 1.50). The experimental results described in this thesis include shadowgraph flow visualization, surface pressure measurements, and near-field acoustic measurements. Shadowgraph flow visualization was used to observe the acoustic field and the coupling between dual jets for various NPR combinations. Mean surface pressure measurements were obtained for impinging jet configurations which analyzed the jet behavior for ground plane separations ranging from x/D = 2 to 10. These measurements provided information regarding the footprint of the flow-field, particularly the fountain flow behavior. It was found that there is a shift in the fountain flow region which occurs when the NPR of one jet was substantially higher than the supplementary jet. Unsteady pressure measurements and near-field acoustic measurements investigated the presence of a feedback loop that occurs for both free and impinging jets, under certain conditions. The presence of tones, either screech or impingement, was clearly evident from the spectral peaks in the near-field noise spectra. When such tones are present, the corresponding flow-field images show strong acoustic waves.
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Date Issued: 2017
Identifier: FSU_SUMMER2017_Harmon_fsu_0071N_14049
Format: Thesis

Title: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Effect of Video Modeling on Social Initiations to Engage in Traditional vs Musical Play.
Creator: Ra, Seung Hwan, Darrow, Alice-Ann, Gooding, Lori F., Gregory, Sarah Dianne, Florida State University, College of Music, College of Music
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of video modeling on social initiations by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to engage in traditional versus musical play. The researcher produced two video models. Video model one (VM-TT) demonstrated how to ask a peer to play with three traditional toys: ball, puppets, and crayon/paper. Video model two (VM-MT) demonstrated how to ask a peer to play with three musical instruments: egg shakers, small frame drums, and a large...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine the effect of video modeling on social initiations by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to engage in traditional versus musical play. The researcher produced two video models. Video model one (VM-TT) demonstrated how to ask a peer to play with three traditional toys: ball, puppets, and crayon/paper. Video model two (VM-MT) demonstrated how to ask a peer to play with three musical instruments: egg shakers, small frame drums, and a large gathering drum. VM-TT and VM-MT videos followed the basic video modeling format guidelines given in Video Modeling for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Practical Guide for Parents and Professionals (Murray & Noland, 2012). All the participants (N=10) in this study had a primary diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two alternating treatment designs: ABAC or ACAB. Condition A represents the baseline conditions; Condition B represents VM-TT; and Condition C represents VM-MT. The independent variables were video modeling to engage in play with traditional toys, and video modeling to engage in play with musical toys. The dependent variable for this study was the frequency of participants’ social initiations. Results indicated no significant difference in the mean number of participant social initiations between the baseline conditions and the VM-TT and VM-MT conditions; however, the VM-MT condition resulted in the highest mean number of participant social initiations. Furthermore, analysis of the data indicate the VM-MT condition resulted in the fewest mean number of participant prompts to initiate play.
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Date Issued: 2018
Identifier: 2018_Sp_Ra_fsu_0071N_14569
Format: Thesis

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