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Spatio-temporal modeling of seed dispersal and aquatic plant community restoration in the Kissimmee River floodplainUnknown Date (has links)
This study created an ecological spatial model, using a geographic information system, to visualize the influence of hydrochory on restoration of the three dominant wetland communities of broadleaf marsh, wetland shrub, and wet prairie across the floodplain of the Kissimmee River. Primary parameters incorporated into the model included floodplain hydrology, seed characteristics of buoyancy and dispersal rates, and species flood tolerance. S²rensen's similarity index, comparing spatial agreement among model output and observed community data, resulted in values of BLM-BB = 0.10, BLM = 0.07, WS = 0.21, and WP = 0.36. The significant discrepancies between modeled and observed community spatial coverage indicated a need for incorporation of more stochastic variables of climatic disturbances, nutrient availability, and soil characteristics. More research on species flood tolerance across smaller spatial scales is also needed, and base data incorporated into the model should also be reliable and consistent if accuracy is to be achieved. / by Stevee Kennard. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. / Includes bibliography. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / System requirements: Adobe Reader.
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Ethnographic Comparison of a Niche Fashion Group, LolitaUnknown Date (has links)
Lolita fashion is a small youth fashion that originated in Japan but is inspired by
historical western clothing. The clothing is not sexual in nature. Most studies look at the
style in Japan, but the fashion has also found popularity overseas. This paper takes an
ethnographic approach to studying the Lolita community in the United States by
comparing two regional communities, Houston and South Florida. The research found
that the largest difference between the two groups was size and community involvement,
with Houston as the larger group and the smaller South Florida group being more
concerned with group activity. The study found that compared to the strong subversive
element of the wearers in Japan, the United States community at large appears to be
motivated by Lolita as a creative outlet. There was no support of the idea that aging
played a role in what kind of Lolita fashion was worn. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Sequence stratigraphy of the arcadia formation, Southeast Florida: an integrated approachUnknown Date (has links)
The Arcadia Formation is a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic rock unit that existed as
a shallow carbonate ramp to platform environment during the Late Oligocene to Early
Miocene Epoch. It can be divided into two distinct, informal sections based on
lithological properties: the upper Arcadia Formation and lower Arcadia Formation. The
sections are part of a major, third-order sequence that can be further divided into four
higher-frequency, lower magnitude sequences: ARS1, ARS2, ARS3, and ARS4. The
sequence boundary separating ARS2 and ARS3 represents a drastic change in the
depositional regime from a high-energy, inner ramp/platform to a lower-energy, deep
outer ramp environment. ARS3 represents the period of maximum flooding and
constitutes a major portion of the regressive system tract (RST) of the third order depositional sequence. In certain sections, the Arcadia Formation is heavily bioturbated
including ichnotaxa from the glossifungites, cruziana, and scolithos inchofacies.
Thalassinoides sp. burrows of the glossifungites ichnofacies were found to be commonly
associated with firmground substrates and breaks in sedimentation. The lithofacies
associations were grouped into paleodepositional environments that ranged from
restricted marine to deep outer ramp with lithology ranging from grainstone to
wackestone to mudstone with variable amounts of siliciclastic and phosphatic
constituents. Each sequence boundary extends regionally south from Broward County to
southern Miami-Dade County utilizing gamma-ray geophysical signatures unique to each
sequence. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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The Influence of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) on Faculty LeadershipUnknown Date (has links)
The study was born out of a deep concern that there have been missed
opportunities to apply cultural intelligence to enrich leadership, instruction, and learning.
In particular, direct interaction and observation of students from multicultural
backgrounds have revealed the value in adjusting one’s mindset to creating a more
inclusive learning environment. The purpose of the study was to examine the influence
of cultural intelligence on faculty leadership. The problem addressed was the growing
need for faculty to expand their cultural intelligence to enable them to demonstrate
exemplary leadership in 21st century classrooms.
The study measured the cultural intelligence of faculty using the Cultural
Intelligence Scale (CQS). Faculty members’ leadership was measured using the
Leadership Practices Inventory Self (LPI-Self). This quantitative study used
associational and survey methods to predict scores and explain associations among variables.
Overall, behavioral CQ and cognitive CQ had a greater influence on the following
leadership practices: Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, and Challenge the Process.
For the private university, behavioral CQ had a greater influence on the following
leadership practices: Model the Way and Inspiring a Shared Vision. The public
university did not show preference for any of the five leadership practices. For the state
college, cognitive CQ had a greater influence on all leadership practices, except for
Model the Way.
The results of this study confirmed that cultural intelligence significantly
influenced leadership practices of faculty members. These findings provide important
information for faculty development programs, curriculum development, and hiring
practices. An urgent requirement for advancing teaching and learning in today’s higher
education classrooms is a keen understanding of the underlying values, beliefs, and
perceptions of students. These qualities affect students’ understanding and how they
express themselves in the classroom.
The decision to give instructional leaders leadership training in cultural
intelligence is highly recommended. While faculty members showed preference for
certain leadership practices, their preferences might be incorporated to develop a blended
leadership style that may be more suitable for today’s diverse academic community. The
association found between cultural intelligence and leadership practices confirms the
value of faculty development in cultural intelligence. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Modeling Long-Term Changes, 1958-2011, In The Reproduction And Territory Dynamics Of Bald Eagles Of Florida Bay, Southern Coastal EvergladesUnknown Date (has links)
As top-level piscivores, Bald Eagles are a compelling subject for the study of
territory dynamics and are highly representative of the distinctive suite of avian species
that occupy Florida Bay. Despite successful recovery of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus
leuocephalus) throughout the species range, the population breeding within Florida Bay
has not mirrored this trend. Beginning in the late 1980s, Florida Bay has suffered in its
capacity to support species diversity and abundance as a result of extreme changes in
hydrology related to altered flows of incoming freshwater. In fact, Bald Eagle territory
use in Florida Bay has declined by as much as 43% as year to year variation and
sensitivity to transitions between territory states have increased. Florida Bay’s
populations of other large, conspicuous fish-eating birds, including Ospreys, Great White
Herons, Roseate Spoonbills, and Reddish Egrets each exhibit a similar pattern of decline. The effects of environmental degradation throughout Florida Bay are magnified at higher
trophic levels. The negative trend in territory occupancy is most pronounced in southeast
Florida Bay whereas effects on territory occupancy in the northwest are minimal. The
presence of spatial patterns in territory occupancy, despite regionally available breeding
birds, suggests that individuals are evaluating differences in habitat quality for which
certain territories are no longer considered viable. Building on our current understanding
of the health of this population of Bald Eagles, we have successfully implemented
modeling approaches that identify key territory breeding decisions. Loss of early
breeding season activity (occupied and active territories) despite maintaining high
breeding success indicates that changes in territory dynamics are the result of a failure to
breed and not a reproductive failure. As such, future conservation actions should
promote early breeding season activity (decisions by breeding pairs to initiate nesting) in
areas of Florida Bay that were historically occupied but are now abandoned. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Mechanism of Carbamathione as a therapeutic agent for Stroke.Unknown Date (has links)
Stroke is the third leading cause of mortality in the United States, and so far, no clinical interventions have been shown completely effective in stroke treatment. Stroke may result in hypoxia, glutamate release and oxidative stress. One approach for protecting neurons from excitotoxic damage in stroke is to attenuate receptor activity with specific antagonists. Disulfiram requires bio-activation to S-methyl N, N-diethylthiolcarbamate sulfoxide (DETC-MeSO). In vivo, DETC-MeSO is further oxidized to the sulfone which is carbamoylated forming Carbamathione, a glutathione adducts. Carbamathione proved to be useful as a pharmacological agent in the treatment of cocaine dependence with the advantage that it lacks ALDH2 inhibitory activity. Carbamathione is a partial NMDA glutamate antagonist. The purpose of this dissertation study is to evaluate the neuroprotective effects of Carbamathione drug on PC-12 cell line and to understand the protective mechanisms underlying in three stroke-related models: excessive glutamate, hypoxia/reoxygenation and bilateral carotid artery occlusion (BCAO). Carbamathione was administered 14 mg/kg subcutaneously for 4 days with the first injection occurring 30 min after occlusion in the mouse BCAO stroke model. Mice were subjected to the locomotor test, and the brain was analyzed for infarct size. Heat shock proteins, key proteins involved in apoptosis and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, were analyzed by immunoblotting. Carbamathione reduced both cell death following hypoxia/reoxygenation and brain infarct size. It improved performance on the locomotor test. The level of pro-apoptotic proteins declined, and anti-apoptotic, P-AKT and HSP27 protein expressions were markedly increased. We found that Carbamathione suppresses the up- regulation of Caspase-12, Caspase-3 and significantly declined ER stress protein markers GRP 78, ATF4, XBP-1, and CHOP. Carbamathione can down- regulate ATF 4 and XBP1 expression, indicating that Carbamathione inhibits the ER stress induced by hypoxia/reoxygenation through suppressing PERK and IRE1 pathways. Carbamathione elicits neuroprotection through the preservation of ER resulting in reduction of apoptosis by increase of anti-apoptotic proteins and decrease of pro-apoptotic proteins. Carbamathione can suppress the activation of both PERK and IRE1 pathways in PC-12 cell cultures and has no inhibitory effect on ATF6 pathway. These findings provide promising and rational strategies for stroke therapy. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Dual Language Proficiencies of Second Generation Immigrants during Development and in AdulthoodUnknown Date (has links)
The current studies tested the hypothesis, that early exposure is sufficient for
nativelike proficiency. Study 1 compared the English skill of 116 5 year olds who had
been exposed to English and Spanish from birth with English monolingual and found that
the bilingual children had significantly lower levels of vocabulary skill. Study 2 assessed
65 adult bilinguals, comparing them to 25 English and 25 Spanish monolinguals on a
battery of language measures. The bilinguals had lower scores in Spanish in 7 of the 8
domains of language skill measured. The bilinguals were not different from the English
monolingual speakers in most, but not all, aspects of language proficiency. These
findings provide evidence that the monolingual-bilingual gap observed in childhood is no
longer evident among adult bilinguals, but that despite early exposure and continued use
into adulthood, second generation immigrants are not native-like in their heritage
language skills. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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A Critical Comparative Study of Media Literacy in Australia, England, And The United StatesUnknown Date (has links)
Ubiquitous media communications technology necessitates democratic and
critical media literacy education for developing an active 21st century polity. This study
analyzed the context of democratic and critical media competencies in national
curriculum standards across Australia, England, and the United States. This, based on
Lefebvre’s (1991) conception of conceived space, where standards operate as manifest
educational policy and as a basis for establishing good practice.
The study employed a multi-theoretical approach to textual analysis, within
Bereday’s (1964) comparative structure of inquiry. A critical policy lens supported the
contextualization of ideological influences that frame democratic and critical media
literacies in standards, per Bay-Cheng, Fitz, Alizaga, and Zucker’s (2015) neoliberal
subscales. A purposive sample of civics and citizenship, English/English language arts,
and media arts/studies was employed. Differences across three main indicators were
identified: socio-cultural and youth-based concerns, personal growth via media production and other skills development, and reasoning and communication skills
improvement. The neoliberal influences on curricular standards were subsequently
explored across three emerging themes: identity politics, problem-based and critical
inquiry experiences, and the inclusion of digital new media in curriculum inquiry.
Though recognized in the countries’ standards as multifaceted and complex, each
obfuscates identity in some way. Both England and the United States inadequately
confront race, class, gender, socio-economic status, cultural commodification, and youthbased
issues. Though not overtly neoliberal, the Australian standards present identity
hegemonically.
The role of media is somewhat siloed from the curriculum’s conceptions of
identity and active citizenship across all three countries. The English standards are least
adept at developing learners’ understandings of the influence of media on identity
development, whereas both England and the United States over-emphasize text to the
neglect of new media understandings. An apolitical view of media literacy, accompanied
by techno-economic terminology, is pervasive in U.S. standards.
Despite a counter-critical approach to the framing of its curriculum priorities,
Australia presents the most balanced view of democratic/critical media citizenship.
England’s standards reflect neoliberal-communitarian citizenship and largely neglect
critical questioning. Whereas the United States takes a similarly cosmopolitan view of
citizenship to Australia and England, the standards fail to comprehensively explore the
links between digital democracy and political engagement. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Florida middle grades pupil progression policies: their effects on middle school student achievement and retention ratesUnknown Date (has links)
Florida H.B. 7087 (2006a), otherwise known as A++legislation, was created and adopted as a means to increase the rigor and relevance of a public school education, specifically at the middle school and high school levels. The anticipated result of the implementation of this bill was to better prepare middle school students for high school and thereby increase high school student performance and decrease the dropout rate. However, in increasing the promotion standards for middle grade students, interpretation and implementation have created additional barriers to grade level advancement. As a result, the possibility now exists for more students and especially those already at-risk of failure will be subject to higher retention rates. This may place them further at-risk of poor academic performance and of potentially dropping out of school, an opposite effect of the intent of the bill. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of the revised policies on middle school students. / by Mary A. Murray. / Vita. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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CIVI Complejo de introducción a la vida independiente: — desarrollo personal, ocupacional y laboral para adultos con Síndrome de Down y otras discapacidades intelectualesSanhueza Hidalgo, Pamela January 2011 (has links)
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