Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Supervisors: Diana DiNitto and Yolanda Padilla. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Drexel University, 2007. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-186).

Thesis (M.M.) Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Frank Gunderson, Florida State University, College of Music. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed 5-14-2007). Document formatted into pages; contains 195 pages. Includes biographical sketch. Includes bibliographical references.

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Utifrån tidigare forskning om rasifiering undersöktes i denna studie hur elever med invandrarbakgrund gav mening åt erfarenheter och upplevelser av rasifiering. Rasifiering är en process där man skapar raskategoriseringar och genom vilken icke-vita har blivit socialt konstruerade. Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det finns en relation mellan rasifiering och självkänsla. Ambitionen var att ge en ny kunskap och ökad medvetenhet om rasifiering och dess påverkan på elevers självkänsla. Semistrukturerade intervjuer med nio gymnasieelever genomfördes. Intervjuerna transkiberades och analyserades med en tematisk analys. Genomgången av intervjuerna visade att gymnasieeleverna upplevde att de någon gång under sitt liv blivit rasifierade då de upplever känslor som utanförskap och underlägsenhet i förhållande till svenskheten. Resultatet visade att intervjupersonerna har en självbild i form av en rasifierad sådan. Självkänslan är intimt sammankopplad med kategorierna ”svensk” och ”invandrare” eftersom att man inte ser sig själv som ”svensk” då man har föräldrar födda utanför Sverige.

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PURPOSE. The purpose of this study was to quantify the biomechanical response of human posterior ocular tissues from donors of various racioethnic groups to better understand how differences in these properties may play a role in the racioethnic health disparities known to exist in glaucoma. METHODS. Sequential digital image correlation (S-DIC) was used to measure the pressure-induced surface deformations of 23 normal human posterior poles from three racioethnic groups: African descent (AD), European descent (ED), and Hispanic ethnicity (HIS). Regional in-plane principal strains were compared across three zones: the optic nerve stump (ONS), the peripapillary (PP) sclera, and non-PP sclera. RESULTS. The PP scleral tensile strains were found to be lower for ED eyes compared with AD and HIS eyes at 15 mm Hg (P = 0.024 and 0.039, respectively). The mean compressive strains were significantly higher for AD eyes compared with ED eyes at 15 mm Hg (P = 0.018). We also found that the relationship between tensile strain and pressure was significant for those of ED and HIS eyes (P < 0.001 and P = 0.004, respectively), whereas it was not significant for those of AD (P = 0.392). CONCLUSIONS. Our results suggest that, assuming glaucomatous nerve loss is caused by mechanical strains in the vicinity of the optic nerve head, the mechanism of increased glaucoma prevalence may be different in those of AD versus HIS. Our ONS strain analysis also suggested that it may be important to account for ONS geometry and material properties in future scleral biomechanical analysis.

This study examined whether African Americans could consolidate political power through a migration into a specific state or set of states in sufficient numbers to establish a voting majority within that state. In order to examine the feasibility and efficacy of this strategy, a variety of factors were reviewed, including the historical context leading to the current situation; the political benefits to be derived from the control of a state; and the population and migration patterns of African Americans. The results indicated that this strategy could succeed in providing significant substantive and symbolic political benefits to the African American community, but could also have some negative repercussions.