ABSTRACT: The present study revisits both historically and analytically the work of Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923), centering its interpretive lens primarily around his various theoretical and methodological contributions to Religionswissenschaft. Roughly analogous to what we today would call or recognize as the wide-ranging and arguably loosely-knit field of religious studies, Troeltsch's approach to Religionswissenschaft was an expression of foundational epistemological debates that affected the entire disciplinary matrix of the emerging cultural (Kultur-) or human sciences (Geisteswissenschaften). Troeltsch transcribed how the study of religion had reoccupied deep philosophical issues connected to the eighteenth-century question of the relationship between the Enlightenment ideal of Reason and the traditional or premodern theistic self-understanding of Western civilization. The dissolution of the dogmatic Christian worldview and its adjoining conception of Church authority was the starting-point for Troeltsch's multipronged justification of Religion as a viable category. The autonomy of scientific socio-historical inquiry meant that the operative "theoretical horizon" of the History-of-Religions School had turned "comparative" while being irreversibly "expanded to include the totality of human religions"; Troeltsch's liberal theology would also have to forego conversation-stopping appeals to "supernatural revelation" (übernatürlichen Offenbarung) (1991b, 87–88). Troeltsch's framework for Religionswissenschaft matured during the late nineteenth century and through the First World War. He was an early twentieth-century heir of German Idealism, suffering through a generational post-Hegelian philosophical malaise that culminated in collective fears about civilizational anomie, a crisis of values and meaning. Troeltsch interpreted Nietzsche's madman prophecies about the death of God—viz., the onset of European Nihilismus and the "overcoming" (Überwindung) of Christian metaphysics, morality, and culture by means of a triumphant will-to-power—as a condensed symbol and direct assault on both Enlightenment rationalism and Western religious consciousness. Haunted by Relativismus (both ethical and epistemological), Troeltsch's socio-cultural writings on the conflict-ridden modern "spirit" (Geist) had a taste for melodramatic mandarin themes of spiritual bankruptcy and cultural collapse. Sadly, the tragic course of historical events would prove that he was no alarmist: Troeltsch presciently foresaw that this profound irrationalist deformation in German philosophy was linked to a budding propensity for post-truth barbaric statolatry. Troeltsch retraced these cultural anxieties, which were aggravated by the dizzying pace of accelerated social change, to the modern scientific disenchantment of the cosmos and its heightened sense of "historical consciousness" (historische Bewußtsein)—defined loosely as a deepening insight into the plurality of worldviews and the contingency of religious reasons, cultural values, and practical forms of rationality. Troeltsch wrote seriously about "Die Krisis des Historismus" (1922) as an epistemological and cultural problem, and he fully integrated this concern into his thinking about Religionswissenschaft, Kulturgeschichte, and the post-WWI future of Europäismus. Troeltsch finalized his career in Berlin as a prestigious philosopher of culture dedicated to building a democratic Weimar Republic, critiquing nationalist power politics, and situating Christian liberal theology and ethics within the broader socio-historical discourse of comparative Weltreligionen. Analytic respect for the content of Troeltsch's constructive project reveals systematicity and coherence. Regarding the nature of historical consciousness and its relationship to religious consciousness, the foundational concerns of Religionswissenschaft steered Troeltsch headlong into many longstanding and definitive problems within the Western philosophical tradition. "The systematic study of religion," Troeltsch summarized in 1922, exhibits its greatest depth and power in the way it summons the mind to confront the antinomy of "metaphysics and history," placing "both sets of problems in intimate crossfertilization" (1991b, 366). The constructive portion of Troeltsch's Religionswissenschaft settled on critical idealism, a Baden Neo-Kantian conception of transcendental freedom and rationality that made ample room for faith while limiting philosophy's traditional metaphysical ambitions. Hegel's ontological excesses and theological oversteps rendered his teleological philosophy of history into a crude self-glorification fantasy, but Troeltsch found it important not to throw the idealist baby out with the Absolutist bathwater. Functioning as a Neo-Kantian "value theory" (Werttheorie), Troeltsch's Religionswissenschaft offered an epistemology and philosophy of culture which presupposed a normative conception of rationality that seeks out universal validity in its basic ends or value-orientations. Moreover, Troeltsch's philosophy of religion reincorporated Schleiermacher's mystical notion of "religious consciousness" (religiöse Bewußtsein) right into the very heart of Kant's tripartite economy of practical reason—that is, operative within and underlying rationality in its self-legislating theoretical, moral, and aesthetic forms. Troeltsch believed it was necessary to be suspicious and critical toward all concrete claims of Absoluteness, but idealism's obsession with the problem of normative rationality and its relation to das Absolute could not be completely vanquished or pragmatically deflated. Troeltsch's Werttheorie operates formally as a species of epistemological transcendentalism, holding that autonomous and valid ideals provide some sort of a priori bulwark against historicist relativism in its many guises (1999, 45). Troeltsch ultimately endorsed Platonismus—an ontologically grounded metaphysics of value—and theistic Personalismus. These overbeliefs carried him beyond the sphere of Religionswissenschaft proper, but Troeltsch nevertheless saw the scientific discipline as being compatible with a liberal and non-dogmatic Christian lifeworld (Lebenswelt) and faith (Glaubenslehre).
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Religion in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 21, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Historicism, History of Religions, Liberal Theology, Religionswissenschaft, Religious Ethics, Troeltsch
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): John E. Kelsay, Professor Directing Dissertation; George S. Williamson, University Representative; Martin T. Kavka, Committee Member; Aline H. Kalbian, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Ethics
SUBJECT: Religion--Philosophy
SUBJECT: Theology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hatcher_fsu_0071E_16947.pdf
TITLE: Large Rocks and Unwritten Rules: The Case of Financial Aid Fee Implementation at Florida's State Colleges
AUTHOR: Hatcher, Kristopher Lee,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Hu, Shouping
MEMBER (university representative): Myers, John P. (John Patrick)
MEMBER (committee member): Iatarola, Patrice
MEMBER (committee member): Schwartz, Robert A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (196 pages)
ABSTRACT: In the United States, postsecondary educational attainment positively correlates to the probability of a person being employed and the amount of money they earn (U.S. Department of Labor, 2018). Financial aid programs attempt to help students afford, remain in, and finish their postsecondary pursuits, but Levin (1989) asserted some forms of assistance produce more significant results than others. On one hand, researchers have found the more financial aid a student receives, the higher their chances are of being retained year over year or completing their studies (Bettinger, 2015; Castleman & Long, 2016; Millea et al., 2018; Upton, 2016). On the other hand, researchers have found financial aid to have little to no impact on retention or completion (Carruthers & Özek, 2016; Hawley & Rork, 2013; Welch, 2014). Further investigation was necessary to find and promote financial aid programs that can unequivocally improve postsecondary educational attainment. Although researchers have studied various financial aid programs, the financial aid fee at Florida's public postsecondary 2-year institutions stands out for its uniqueness and vagueness. This exceptional program is a mandatory charge students pay, but it is also financial assistance awarded to students. Florida's state colleges have considerable discretion to choose how much financial aid fees they charge and how to use the resulting revenue to award financial assistance (Florida K–20 Education Code Act, 2002a; Florida K–20 Education Code Act, 2002b). This dissertation was significant because it sought to fill an apparent gap in the literature by questioning how Florida's state colleges implement the financial aid fee—from both the fee and financial assistance perspectives—to address affordability, retention, and graduation problems. A mixed-method design was used to answer the central research question of how Florida's public state colleges implement the financial aid fee. Research was divided into three stages to triangulate findings. In Stage 1, public financial aid fee information available on the internet was collected from all 28 of Florida state colleges. Stage 2 involved surveying financial aid and business office staff from 25 of Florida's state colleges. Finally, a purposefully selected sample of 12 respondents from the second phase whose colleges met predetermined peer analysis criteria was interviewed in a semistructured format during Stage 3. Results suggested many college officials have not assessed, adjusted, or thought about their financial aid fee implementation for years. Those who have are sometimes suppressed by unwritten rules imposed by legislators. Accordingly, Florida's public state colleges seem to be implementing the financial aid fee in an uncomplicated and unconscious manner. Top-level executives appear practically responsible for financial aid fee decision making, despite stakeholders with different titles located within various departments being involved with implementation. Indicators insinuate athletics plays a pivotal role at numerous colleges, but politics, mission and vision, return on investment, "large rocks," "doughnut holes," and logistics are salient financial aid fee considerations. State politicians are advised to rescind unwritten tuition and fee rules, amend existing financial aid fee statutes, and create authority for colleges to charge a distinct athletic fee. Institutional administrators should improve financial aid fee communication and branding, evaluate program efficacy, and include a wider array of stakeholders in implementation processes. Researchers are asked to expand upon this study's foundational implementation knowledge by causally investigating financial aid fee outcomes.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Date of Defense): February 24, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Affordability, Financial Aid, Financial Aid Fee, Florida, Graduation, Retention
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Shouping Hu, Professor Directing Dissertation; John Myers, University Representative; Patrice Iatarola, Committee Member; Robert A. Schwartz, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Educational leadership
SUBJECT: School management and organization
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Helsper_fsu_0071E_16872.pdf
TITLE: Efficacy of Stem Cell-Derived Therapy for Ischemic Stroke: A Multi-Nuclear MR Toolbox
AUTHOR: Helsper, Shannon,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Grant, Samuel C.
MEMBER (university representative): Levenson, Cathy W.
MEMBER (committee member): Li, Yan
MEMBER (committee member): Guan, Jingjiao
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2021
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (148 pages)
ABSTRACT: Stroke is a leading causing of death and disability world-wide, and yet, few options for therapeutic treatment exist. Cell therapies, particularly human bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC), have elicited particular interest recently. Of the approximately 29 clinical trial studies worldwide, none however has yet established a robust hMSC approach to treat stroke, largely due to variance with in vivo stem cell response and varying preconditioning metrics. This work describes the development of unique magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/S) methods to assess early markers of tissue recovery in response to hMSC-derived therapies in ischemic stroke. Combining 23Na MRI and 1H MRS provides a highly sensitive, multinuclear approach enabling real time monitoring of the in vivo efficacy of hMSC therapies by probing ionic and energetic homeostasis, starting at therapeutic administration through the evolution of disease progression and recovery. Utilizing a preclinical cerebral ischemia model, this work demonstrates that these highly sensitive MR metrics can discern therapeutic efficacy and assess the differential impacts of 2D and 3D hypoxic preconditioning on hMSC when applied in vivo. The early assessment provided by MR evaluation correlate positively with extended neurological recovery assessed by neuromotor analysis and immunohistochemistry as well as with in vitro assays and ischemic challenges over extended cell culture. With the aid of a novel method to label hMSC-derived extracellular vesicles for investigating biodistribution and therapeutic efficacy of the hMSC secretome, enhanced MR sensitivity further provides insight into the mechanism of action by these stem cells. Overall, results demonstrate the superior benefits of intra-arterially injected hMSC that are pre-conditioned using 3D aggregation with respect to the recovery of ionic and metabolic homeostasis both at the lesion and systemically. However, hypoxically conditioned 2D hMSC and extracellular vesicles also displayed improvement in ionic and metabolic recovery over untreated ischemia. These approaches (e.g., 3D versus 2D culture or direct cell implantation versus extracellular vesicles) have significant ramifications for the feasible translation of hMSC into clinical use. With the ability to monitor treatment efficacy with MR techniques, these preconditioning steps can be developed further to aid in refinement of cell and extracellular vesicle preparation at clinically relevant scales as they are moved towards therapeutic implementation for ischemic stroke.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): December 13, 2021.
NOTE (Keywords): extracellular vesicles, human mesenchymal stem cells, ischemic stroke, magnetic resonance imaging, sodium, spectroscopy
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Samuel C. Grant, Professor Directing Dissertation; Cathy Levenson, University Representative; Cesario V. Borlongan, Committee Member; Yan Li, Committee Member; Jingjiao Guan, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Biomedical engineering
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hernandez_fsu_0071E_16963.pdf
TITLE: Mental Health Music Therapy with the Hispanic/Latino Community: Cultural Identity, Cultural Perspectives, Music Preferences and Repertoire
AUTHOR: Hernandez, Flor del Cielo,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Standley, Jayne M.
MEMBER (university representative): Holzman, Bruce
MEMBER (committee member): Gooding, Lori F. (Lori Fogus)
MEMBER (committee member): VanWeelden, Kimberly D.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (232 pages)
ABSTRACT: The diverse Hispanic/Latino population is the fastest-growing minority in the United States. This community faces specific barriers and multiple inequalities when seeking medical health care in the U.S. Moreover, there are particular challenges to seeking mental health services, such as language barriers, poverty, and cultural perceptions, among others. Music therapists must keep up with the changes in the overall population to ensure providing quality and ethical services to clients who identify as Hispanic or Latino. This research aims to present culturally relevant information to clinicians working with Hispanic or Latino persons.An extensive review of literature was completed, yielding cultural subsections addressing specific issues to be considered from a clinical standpoint. The topics addressed in this research were cultural overview, race taxonomy, identity, language and communication, religion, gender, immigration and generations, and mental health. Music therapists, educators, health care professionals, and individuals who identified as Hispanic or Latino were asked to authenticate this material via an interview process. These participants in this research provided feedback on the cultural subsections and shared their perspectives of commonalities and differences with the information presented. The researcher incorporated the participants' viewpoints into each cultural subsection. The mental health topics discussed in this dissertation followed the structure of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). The researcher included the DSM-5 suggested Cultural Formulation Interviews (CFI) at the end of each cultural subsection or topic. In addition, an annotated list of songs recommended for counseling-based interventions and a guide of sing-along songs was included as a resource for music therapists. Keywords: Hispanic, Latino, Latinx, music therapy, cultural overview, mental health, DSM-5
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): February 22, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): cultural overview, DSM-5, Hispanic/Latino, mental health, music therapy, repertoire suggestions
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Jayne M. Standley, Professor Directing Dissertation; Bruce Holzman, University Representative; Lori F. Gooding, Committee Member; Kimberly VanWeelden, Committee Member.
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hilton_fsu_0071E_16942.pdf
TITLE: The Mélodies of André Caplet: A Performance Guide
AUTHOR: Hilton, Kimberly,
MEMBER (professor directing treatise): Okerlund, David
MEMBER (university representative): Rogers, Nancy, 1966-
MEMBER (committee member): Stonikas, Marcy L.
MEMBER (committee member): Jones, Evan Thomas
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (106 pages)
ABSTRACT: This treatise presents information about the composer André Caplet (1878-1925) and selected poets whose works he set to music. The primary focus of this document will be the lesser known and performed published songs of Caplet for voice and piano: Chanson d'automne (Autumn Song), Deux Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire (Two Poems of Charles Baudelaire), Dans la Fontaine (In The Fountain), Détresse (Distress), Doux fut le trait (Sweet Was The Arrow), En regardant ces belles fleurs (Looking At These Beautiful Flowers), Hymne à la naissance du matin (Hymn to the Birth of the Morning), Lon lon la, La croix douloureuse (The Painful Cross), La part à Dieu The Part To God), Nuit d'automne (Autumn Night), Paroles à l'absente (Words to the Absent), Prière normande (Prayer from Normandy), and Tu nous souriais (You Were Smiling At Us). This guide will be useful for singers and coaches wishing to study or perform his repertoire. Brief biographical information about the composer and each poet will be included as well as historical information on Caplet's mélodies. Each poem will be transliterated using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and will include a word-for-word English translation in addition to a poetic translation. In addition to these translations, each piece will be evaluated addressing the following elements: voice type, singer expertise, range, tessitura, phrase concerns, rhythmic intricacy, coloratura requirements, poetic complexity, accompaniment issues, dynamic expectations, duration, and stamina to name a few. Availability of commercial recordings will also be provided.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 31, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): David Okerlund, Professor Directing Treatise; Nancy Rogers, University Representative; Marcy Stonikas, Committee Member; Evan T. Jones, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Music
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: HOSSAIN_fsu_0071E_17130.pdf
TITLE: Understanding the Role of Wire Architecture in Determining the Critical Current Performance of Bi-2212 Round Wire
AUTHOR: Hossain, S. Imam,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Hellstrom, Eric
MEMBER (university representative): Salters, Vincent J. M.
MEMBER (committee member): Larbalestier, D. (David)
MEMBER (committee member): Siegrist, Theo
MEMBER (committee member): Shatruk, Mykhailo
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
CORPORATE NAME: Program in Materials Science and Engineering
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (110 pages)
ABSTRACT: Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox (Bi-2212) round wire is one of the most promising candidates for high field magnet applications. The round wire geometry is preferred by the magnet designers as it shows isotropic superconducting properties independent of the direction of the applied magnetic field. The wire is multifilamentary and can be twisted, which ensures low screening current and AC loss. Over the last decade, significant advancement has been made in Bi-2212 conductor and coil technology. The advent of overpressure processing and improvement of powder quality have significantly improved the critical current density (Jc) of the wire while development of insulation and mechanical reinforcement of the coil winding pack have brought Bi-2212 on the verge of commercial applications. However, there are still areas that needs further development and better understanding. I have worked on some of those issues during my PhD.As part of this thesis, I have worked on TiO2 insulation of Bi-2212 wire. When the TiO2 insulation was developed, it was thought to be great replacement for the alumino-silicate insulation as it is much thinner (15-30 µm compared to 150 µm thickness of alumino-silicate), chemically compatible with the sheath and Bi-2212 and allows oxygen transfer during the heat treatment through the cracks and porosity present in TiO2 layer. However, attempts to use TiO2 as single layer insulation in a large test coil in our lab resulted in severe Ag protrusion through the insulation layer which electrically shorted the winding pack. We have found that, the application of overpressure and the uneven distribution of MgO particles in the sheath, which led to local difference in mechanical properties of the sheath, was responsible for the Ag protrusion for the wire used in that particular coil. The Ag protrusions were found to be depleted of the MgO particle and as a result, was squeezed through the TiO2 layer when the wire shrinked under the application of overpressure. However, later, when we studied 9 different wires from different time period, we found that Ag protrusions are not universal and most of the wires do not show any protrusion through the sheath. Different possible current limiting factors in Bi-2212 round wire was also investigated. Evidence of filament area variation along the length (sausaging) was found in as-received Bi-2212 wires (before heat treatment). This sausaging occurs from the wire drawing procees and some of the filaments showed a variation as high as 50% along the wire length in as received state. This type of sausaging is possibly a significant current limiting factor in Bi-2212 wire. The filament area variation along the length further deteriorates during the heat treatment with increased time spent in the melt state (tmelt). This area fluctuations in the melt state happen due to Raleigh instability and is more significant for smaller filaments. As a result, the performance of wires with smaller filaments were found to be more dependent on tmelt compared to larger filaments. The formation of interfilament bonds and their role in controlling the Jc of Bi-2212 round wire was examined. For years, the so-called type A interfilament bonding, which occur when the superconductor is in melt state and increases with increased tmelt and decreased interfilament separation, was believed to be the underlying reason for tmelt dependence of Jc. However, the mechanism of how the interfilament bonding impacts Jc was not fully understood. In my research, I have found that interfilament bonding significantly increase the Rayleigh instability driven area fluctuations in Bi-2212 filament cross-sections during the melt state. The larger bonded region grows at the expense of nearby unbonded regions to reduce the interfacial energy and create bottlenecks which is a possible reason for Jc dependence on the amount of type A bonding. This fluctuation is higher in wires with smaller interfilament separation, i.e. higher interfilament bonding, and filaments can undergo large area fluctuation and eventual pinch-off along the length with increased tmelt. We have also investigated the impact of filament size on the Jc of Bi-2212 wires. Our results show that the texture of Bi-2212 grains possibly depends on the filament size and decreased filament size can potentially lead to better aligned grains and higher Jc in bi-2212 round wires.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Program in Materials Science and Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 30, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Eric Hellstrom, Professor Directing Dissertation; Vincent Salters, University Representative; David Larbalestier, Committee Member; Theo Siegrist, Committee Member; Michael Shatruk, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Materials science
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: HU_fsu_0071E_17122.pdf
TITLE: International Doctoral Student Socialization and Leadership Development: A Phenomenological Study at a U.S. University
AUTHOR: Hu, Pei,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Jones, Tamara Bertrand
MEMBER (university representative): Ke, Fengfeng
MEMBER (committee member): Schwartz, Robert A.
MEMBER (committee member): Guthrie, Kathy L.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (133 pages)
ABSTRACT: College student leadership development is a commonly stated learning outcome in U.S. higher education including doctoral education. This dissertation study examines the leadership development of international doctoral students in Education at a U.S. university using a socialization lens. I employed a phenomenological qualitative inquiry and conducted nine semi-structured interviews with international doctoral students studying Education. The findings of this study indicate participants' socialization experiences were shaped by their motivations for pursuing doctoral degrees while they were prospective students. Additionally, part of these international doctoral students' socialization experiences including their academic and professional experiences and supports from their major professors contributed to their understanding of and development of leadership in their doctoral programs. Findings of this study provide valuable implications for higher education researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to better understand the socialization and leadership development experiences of international doctoral students with considering these students' pre-doctoral experiences holistically, from which specific programs or services can be offered to better meet international doctoral students' needs during their doctoral journey.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 31, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): International Doctoral Students, International Education, Leadership Development, Phenomenology, Qualitative, Socialization
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Tamara Bertrand Jones, Professor Directing Dissertation; Fengfeng Ke, University Representative; Robert A. Schwartz, Committee Member; Kathy L. Guthrie, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Education, Higher
SUBJECT: Education
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Huang_fsu_0071E_16876.pdf
TITLE: A Comparison of IRT Linking Approaches under the Nonequivalent Groups Anchor Test Design
AUTHOR: Huang, Jiajing,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Yang, Yanyun
MEMBER (university representative): Niu, Xufeng, 1954-
MEMBER (committee member): Becker, Betsy Jane, 1956-
MEMBER (committee member): Binici, Salih, 1974-
MEMBER (committee member): Zhang, Qian
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2021
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (142 pages)
ABSTRACT: The nonequivalent-groups anchor-test (NEAT) data-collection design is commonly used in large-scale assessments. Under this design, different test groups take different test forms. Each test form has its own unique items and all test forms share a set of common items. If item response theory (IRT) models are applied to analyze the test data, the estimates of item parameters in different test forms and ability scores of different test groups may not be on the same scale because of the IRT property of scale indeterminacy. To compare the items in different forms and examinees in different test groups, a statistical procedure, linking, is needed to convert the item parameters and ability scores to a common scale. There are several IRT linking approaches under the NEAT design. Some of the approaches make use of the common (anchor) items shared by test forms and are referred to as common-item linking approaches. The often used common-item linking approaches under the NEAT design include concurrent calibration, separate calibration with moments-linking approaches (e.g., mean/mean and mean/sigma), and characteristic-curve linking approaches (e.g., Haebara approach and Stocking-Lord approach). All common-item linking approaches hold the same key assumption – that common items perform in the same way across different test forms, which means the common-item parameters are assumed to be invariant. When the common-item parameters are non-invariant, the results of common-item linking might be affected. The other type of linking approach studied in this dissertation, common-population linking, does not assume the invariance of common items. This linking approach makes use of one group's ability distributions derived from different calibration runs to do linking, and assumes that the ability distributions of different test groups are the same in one of the steps involved. Under the NEAT design, the test groups possibly come from different populations, which means the equivalence assumption for group ability distributions might be violated. Violation of this assumption might threaten the accuracy of common-population linking results. Many studies have compared the performance of several popular common-item linking approaches under a variety of conditions. However, no study has compared the common-population linking approach with common-item linking approaches under the NEAT design. This study aimed to compare the performance of common-population linking and common-item linking approaches (specifically, concurrent calibration and separate calibration with Stocking-Lord linking approach) under some simulated conditions. The design factors included differences in ability distributions, parameter drift for some anchor (common) items, sample size, test length, and the numbers of anchor items. The simulated study findings showed that no one approach always outperformed the other two approaches across all conditions in the scenario that the scores of the focal group (taking the new form) were linked to the scale of the reference group (taking the old form). Generally, the type of parameter drift for anchor items impacted the performance of the Stocking-Lord and the concurrent calibration approaches, but even under conditions of drift, these two approaches still performed well. The concurrent calibration was more sensitive to sample size and the number of anchor items than the Stocking-Lord approach. For the common-population approach, when the ability distribution of the focal group had same mean and standard deviation as the reference group, this approach sometimes performed equally well or slightly better than the other two approaches. Once the two groups had different means and standard deviations, its performance was poor. In addition to a simulation study, empirical data from the Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) were used to demonstrate the applications of these approaches in a practical test setting. Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) applies separate calibrations with the Stocking-Lord linking approach. In this empirical study, concurrent calibration with nonequivalent groups and a common-population linking approach were applied and were compared with the original results generated from the FLDOE's separate calibration with Stocking-Lord linking. Results showed that the scale scores from the concurrent calibration and the common-population linking correlated strongly with the original FSA scale scores. The linked item parameters from the two linking approaches were also similar to the corresponding ones on the FSA scale. In conclusion, when some anchor items had parameter drift and the two test groups had different ability distributions, the Stocking-Lord approach generally performed the best; the common-population approach performed the worst in the majority of simulated conditions except when its underlying assumption of equal ability distributions across groups was not violated.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): December 16, 2021.
NOTE (Keywords): IRT, linking, measurement
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Yanyun Yang, Professor Directing Dissertation; Xufeng Niu, University Representative; Betsy J. Becker, Committee Member; Salih Binici, Committee Member; Qian Zhang, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Educational tests and measurements
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hughes_fsu_0071E_17047.pdf
TITLE: Paying the Price of Punitiveness: Examining the Effects of Extended Restrictive Housing Work on Prison Personnel
AUTHOR: Hughes, Maria Vivian,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Mears, Daniel P., 1966-
MEMBER (university representative): McWey, Lenore M.
MEMBER (committee member): Turanovic, Jillian J., 1985-
MEMBER (committee member): Schwartz, Joseph
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
CORPORATE NAME: College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (118 pages)
ABSTRACT: Beginning in the 1970s, an ideological, political, and legal shift toward more punitive policies to address crime occurred. The punitive turn can also be seen inside of prisons, and one example is the expanded use of extended restrictive housing (ERH). By design, ERH is used to house the most difficult-to-manage individuals in the correctional system. Those in ERH spend up to 24 hours a day confined to their cells, for months or years. ERH has been criticized for its potential adverse effects on incarcerated persons and, to date, the bulk of research on ERH has focused on its effects on those incarcerated, with little attention given the staff who work in it.This gap in research is notable in part because the work conditions in ERH differ markedly from those in general population prison facilities. Personnel work with individuals who may be more violent and face management challenges unique to a setting in which incarcerated individuals almost never leave their cells. The result may be impacts on personnel's physical and mental health and how they view and manage incarcerated persons. To address this research gap and contribute more broadly to scholarship on the impacts of the punitive turn on contemporary correctional systems, this dissertation examined the effects of ERH on prison personnel. The first study examined the effects of ERH work-related stressors on stress among personnel. The second examined emotional numbing as a possible response to work in ERH. And the third examined whether officers' empathy, punitiveness, and views about individual agency shape their perceptions about the impacts of ERH on incarcerated individuals. The dissertation analyses draw on survey, focus group, and interview data collected from Florida Department of Corrections personnel as part of a project focused on restrictive housing. These data were uniquely suited to the dissertation's focus because they included responses to questions about work experiences in ERH and personnel perceptions of incarcerated persons. Analyses of the data revealed several key findings. ERH work, for example, appears to entail exposure to more and unique stressors and to elevate stress and increase emotional numbing. In addition, lower levels of empathy and a greater belief in individual agency were associated with a lower likelihood of viewing ERH as causing mental health problems. The findings illuminate the need for more research on the use and effects of ERH on incarcerated persons, personnel, and prison systems, and, more broadly, the impacts of the punitive turn.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 24, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Correctional Officers, Prison, Prison Work, Restrictive Housing, Solitary Confinement, Stress
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Daniel P. Mears, Professor Directing Dissertation; Lenore M. McWey, University Representative; Jillian J. Turanovic, Committee Member; Joseph A. Schwartz, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Criminology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hunkapiller_fsu_0071E_17137.pdf
TITLE: Examining Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behaviors of Very Attacked People within a Hybrid Workforce
AUTHOR: Hunkapiller, William M., II
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Ke, Fengfeng
MEMBER (university representative): Ho, Shuyuan Mary
MEMBER (university representative): Metcalfe, Shuyuan Ho
MEMBER (committee member): Jeong, Allan C.
MEMBER (committee member): Klein, James D.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (92 pages)
ABSTRACT: Understanding individuals' attitudes towards cybersecurity and their performance of risky cyber behavior is essential to understanding the problem of cybersecurity. Technology cannot protect everyone from every cyber threat. If an individual is willing to engage in risky cyber behavior such as sharing personal information online, sharing passwords with friends, or placing their current location on social media, protective technologies are bypassed. At the start of the 2020 pandemic, many organizations worldwide moved into a remote work, or hybrid working environment, (O'Reardon, 2020). Organizations and individuals experienced new cybersecurity threats because of the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic (Kim, 2021). Not only did threat actors use COVID-19 as a subject line in phishing emails (Ramadad, 2021) but individuals home computers used to work remotely may be using technology that is past the end of life, missing security patches, have old anti-malware definitions (Retnowardhani, 2019). This study aims to better understand the perceived cybersecurity challenges when working remotely as well as if there is a relationship between attitudes towards cybersecurity and the self-reported risky cyber behavior. Most organizations, like most people, do not have an unlimited amount of resources, time or money. Focusing limited resources on the biggest risks will benefit all. In this study, the population is limited to those individuals identified as being attacked more frequently than other individuals.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 21, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Fengfeng Ke, Professor Directing Dissertation; Shuyuan Ho Metcalfe, University Representative; Allan Jeong, Committee Member; James Klein, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Instructional systems--Design
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hurley_fsu_0071E_17097.pdf
TITLE: Development of Organic Fluorophores Capable of Excitation-Dependent Multiple Emission
AUTHOR: Hurley, Joseph John Marvin,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Zhu, Lei, 1978-
MEMBER (university representative): Capstick, Simon, 1958-
MEMBER (committee member): Hanson, Kenneth G.
MEMBER (committee member): Ma, Biwu, 1980-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (299 pages)
ABSTRACT: The work contained herein describes the development of organic fluorophores capable of excitation-dependent multiple emission. Included are the design and synthesis of compounds that are a fusion of two known fluorophores: 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl)benzoxazole (HBO) and transstilbenoid, intersecting at the hydroxyphenyl moiety. Due to the HBO component, these molecules are capable of undergoing excited state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT), which gives rise to two emissive excited state species (enol and keto). A third species (the anion) may be generated via ground or excited state deprotonation of the phenol. Chapter 2 presents a systematic investigation of a series of compounds called PVHBOs. These compounds illustrate how the ESIPT process is sensitive both to the chemical environment in which the molecule is placed and the electronic distribution within the molecule. Chapter 3 contains the investigation into a bipyridyl substituted HBO molecule called bipyVPVHBO. This compound shows a more balanced emission spectrum between its enol and keto tautomers in solvents that preserve the intramolecular hydrogen bond (HB) while simultaneously displaying a sensitivity to the choice of excitation wavelength (i.e., excitation-dependent emission). Chapter 4 details an investigation into a series of HBO-based molecules incorporating a dicyanovinylene functional group at the 5'-position. The parent compound, DiCNVPVHBO, will be shown to possess a near-IR fluorescence emission band that is believed to come from an excited state intermolecular proton transfer to the solvent. The last content chapter, Chapter 5, concerns the effect of benzannulation on the PVHBO series that was presented in Chapter 2. This new series of compounds, dubbed PVHNOs, have an additional benzene ring attached to the benzoxazole component and display a fluorescence that is red-shifted relative to their PVHBO counterparts while also having a different distribution of enol and keto contributions.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 2, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Organic Synthesis, Photochemistry, Photophysics, Spectroscopy
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Lei Zhu, Professor Directing Dissertation; Simon C. Capstick, University Representative; Kenneth G. Hanson, Committee Member; Biwu Ma, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Chemistry, Organic
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Iguchi_fsu_0071E_16981.pdf
TITLE: Nonparametric and Semiparametric Nonlinear Profile Monitoring with Multiple Predictors
AUTHOR: Iguchi, Takayuki,
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Chicken, Eric, 1963-
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Barrientos, Andrés Felipe
MEMBER (university representative): Huffenberger, Kevin M., 1977-
MEMBER (committee member): Sinha, Debajyoti
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Statistics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (133 pages)
ABSTRACT: Monitoring data arising from a process a practitioner desires to be in-control is a typical task in Statistical Process Control (SPC). These data are generated sequentially over time, and the goal of a SPC tool called a control chart is to detect an out-of-control process with as little delay as possible while also minimizing false alarms. The assumptions made on the data generating process guides control chart design. We consider a general task called profile monitoring wherein the data being monitored are a set of noisy responses and predictors, and we wish to detect changes in the functional relationship $f$ between these two. Ideally, the profile monitoring method should minimize the number and strength of the assumptions about the data as much as possible while being computationally fast and having both desirable sensitivity and specificity. As such we consider estimating the functional relationship $f$ in either a semiparametric or nonparametric model. The dissertation involves two completed projects and preliminary results in a promising direction. The first project proposes a semiparametric approach using a single-index model (SIM), where we monitor an $l_2$ based statistic on the parametric component called the index parameter. The SIM approach outcompetes its competitors in detection delay and is the first profile monitoring method to use SIMs to model $f$. The second project provides a nonparametric control chart that is fast, has small detection delay, and is able to avoid false alarms magnitudes better than what is found in the control chart literature. Typically, control charts are designed to achieve an in-control average run length (ARL) of 200 or 370. The proposed eigenvector perturbation control chart achieves an in-control ARL that is greater that $10^6$ while needing only a small (often mere a single) number of out-of-control observations to correctly flag an alarm. The dissertation concludes with a promising direction of research. Although the estimate of a SIM in the first project is computationally fast enough for many applications, it is insufficient for streaming data. The final project aims to fill this gap and we provide preliminary results demonstrating a faster approach that empirically gives the same predictive power as its competitor.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Statistics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 4, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Profile Monitoring, Statistical Process Control
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Eric Chicken, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Andr´es F. Barrientos, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Kevin Huffenberger, University Representative; Debajyoti Sinha, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Statistics
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Irving_fsu_0071N_16952.pdf
TITLE: Using Lagrangian Model Simulations to Quantify the Sequestration Time of Remineralized CO2 in the California Current Ecosystem for Different Carbon Flux Pathways
AUTHOR: Irving, John P.,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Stukel, Michael R.
MEMBER (committee member): Kranz, Sven Alexander
MEMBER (committee member): Chassignet, Eric P.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (51 pages)
ABSTRACT: The biological carbon pump encompasses three main pathways that transport particulate organic carbon from the surface ocean to depth; gravitational sinking, subduction, and active transport by vertically-migrating organisms. These three pathways occur over different depth horizons leading to regeneration of CO2 at different depths and in different magnitudes. To assess the contribution of each POC pathway's ability to sequester CO2 within the ocean we conducted 500-year Lagrangian modeling simulations to quantify sequestration efficiency as a function of both depth and carbon flux pathway. Molecules were considered no longer sequestered when they were entrained into the mixed layer. CO2 molecules regenerated at 150-m depth remained sequestered for 237 years, and the max molecule regeneration depth of 1000m displayed a mean sequestration time of 1468 years. Most molecule entrainment occurred in the California Current or Equatorial Pacific. When modeling results were combined with field data from the California Current Ecosystem Long Term Ecological Research (CCE LTER) cruises, sinking was the carbon flux mechanism that showed the highest potential for carbon sequestration, with 58% of the relative contribution to total sequestration. Subduction was a substantial contributor to export from the euphotic zone, but due to a short remineralization length scale it was only responsible for 24% of total sequestration. Active transport was responsible for the least amount of sequestration (18%). In ENSO specific simulations molecules were sequestered for longer timespans when El Niño conditions persisted, yet evidence suggests reduced export productivity during these years which may make the effects of its sequestration potential negligible.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Date of Defense): November 22, 2021.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Michael Stukel, Professor Directing Thesis; Sven Kranz, Committee Member; Eric Chassignet, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Marine biology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: IsernMas_fsu_0071N_17196.pdf
TITLE: Friendship or Blame: How to Publicly Respond When the Immoral Is Your Friend
AUTHOR: Isern-Mas, Carme,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Clarke, Randolph K.
MEMBER (committee member): Westlund, Andrea C. (Andrea Carol)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Philosophy
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (36 pages)
ABSTRACT: Given a friend who has committed a grave moral transgression against someone else, how should one react to them in the public sphere? In this paper, I focus on cases of unacknowledged, grave transgressions with a human victim, involving public figures. Based on the impact of expressions of blame and expressions of friendship in the public sphere, I argue that in the public sphere one should not show friendship with a moral transgressor; instead, one should publicly blame their friend. The kind of blame at stake in these cases is expressed, third-party blame, that is, blame expressed by someone who is neither the victim nor the transgressor of the wrong at stake. I conduct my argument through three steps. First, I argue that expressions of friendship are incompatible with public expressions of blame in the public sphere because they convey incompatible public meanings to those outside the relationship. When we show publicly that we are friends with someone we make an implicitly normative assessment. As we tend to be friends with those who we value, when someone has friends, we interpret that person as being valued. On the other hand, expressing third-party blame conveys the message that the blamed person deserves retribution, revision of our relationships with them, or being held accountable, among others. This message seems to be at odds with the message that is conveyed through expressions of friendship. Secondly, after making the case that expressions of friendship might be perceived as expressions of support in some contexts, I argue that we should not express friendship with a wrongdoer in the public sphere because: (1) it might convey condonation; (2) it might generate testimonial injustice for the victims; and (3) it might serve to silence the victims. In reply to an objection from the supporting nature of friendship, which claims that friends should support each other especially in hard circumstances, I notice that my claim does not prevent private expression of friendship. My only concern has to do with the impact of expressions of friendship when performed in public, and hence perceived by bystanders and the victim. Thirdly, I argue that, given a friend who has committed a moral transgression outside the relationship of friendship, we should express third-party blame to them in the public sphere. In favour of this path of action, I provide four reasons. First, because it conveys the message to our friend, and to the moral community that we find that behaviour blameworthy, and that we condemn it. Second, because it expresses support to the victim. Third, because it conveys the message to the moral community that, in similar situations, we support the claims of other presumed victims, and that we condemn the behaviours of other presumed transgressors. And fourth, because it conveys the message that such behaviour should not be part of those behaviours that we normatively expect from each other. Finally, I reply to the objection from the business condition, that is, the claim that expressing third-party blame might be an instance of meddlesome blame. I rebut this objection by appealing to the privileged position that a friend might hold in relation to another friend and appealing to the position of that friend as a member of the moral community. Finally, I reply to three anticipated objections: the charge of judgmentalism, the objection that expressions of blame and of friendship are compatible, and the objection from disagreement. In response to the charge of judgmentalism, I have rejected this charge in cases involving friends, or severe moral transgressions; in response to the objection that expressions of blame and of friendship are compatible, I have argued that my argument works even though one rejects the incompatibility claim; and, finally, in response to the objection from disagreement, I have acknowledged it as a strategic assumption in my theoretical framework.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Philosophy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 8, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): blame, condonation, friendship, public sphere, silencing, third-party
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Randolph K. Clarke, Professor Directing Thesis; Andrea Carol Westlund, Committee Member; Marcela Herdova, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Ethics
SUBJECT: Philosophy
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Jackson_fsu_0071E_17012.pdf
TITLE: Changing the Narrative: The (Counter) Stories of Black Women Students' Experiences with Campus Sexual Assault Policy at an HBCU
AUTHOR: Jackson, Adrianne,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Jones, Tamara Bertrand
MEMBER (committee member): Khurshid, Ayesha
MEMBER (committee member): Cox, Bradley E.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (121 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation explores the campus climate of a Historically Black University in the Southeastern United Sates by providing an overview of the campus' sexual assault policy and Black women students' and administrators' perceptions of the climate surrounding sexual assault on the campus. The research questions that guided this study are (1) How does institutional context shape the policy development and implementation of campus sexual assault policy at an HBCU and (2) What are Black women students' experiences of campus sexual assault policy implementation and reporting at this HBCU? The research design consists of semi-structured interviews with six administrators and six student participants that were analyzed using Counterstory. The significance of this dissertation is to contribute to the body of research which exists about campus sexual assault policies at HBCUs. The findings of this study include several themes that were identified from participant interviews including how the institution views their stance on campus sexual assault policy and then student perceptions of the policies. This study provides administrators with information that can assist in the development and implementation of campus sexual assault policy. There are also implications that in practice, cultural relevant campus sexual assault policies and programs should be created and tailored to meet the needs of the student body.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 30, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Composite Counter Story, Critical Race Theory, HBCUs, Policy, Sexual Assault, Title IX
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Tamara Bertrand Jones, Professor Directing Dissertation; Norman Anderson, University Representative; Ayesha Khurshid, Committee Member; Bradley Cox, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Education, Higher--Administration
SUBJECT: Public policy
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Jiang_fsu_0071E_17115.pdf
TITLE: Novel Methods and Applications to Identify Risk Genes and Image-Derived Phenotypes for Alzheimer's Disease
AUTHOR: Jiang, Shengjie,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Wu, Chong
MEMBER (university representative): Nowakowski, Richard S.
MEMBER (committee member): Niu, Xufeng, 1954-
MEMBER (committee member): Zhang, Jinfeng, (Statistics Professor)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Statistics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (72 pages)
ABSTRACT: The genetic architecture of Alzheimer's disease is largely unknown. Imaging-wide association study (IWAS) that integrates brain imaging information with genome-wide association studies (GWAS) results have successfully enhanced the discovery of genetic risk loci for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, IWAS requires an individual-level reference panel that has matched brain imaging and genetic data. This reference panel can be limited in sample size and hard to acquire, which creates a challenge for IWAS. Here, we propose an integrative analysis method that directly integrates an arbitrary number of brain imaging GWAS summary results with the trait of interest GWAS results. As an illustration, we integrated GWAS summary results of several brain volume-related regions of interest from 8,428 individuals in UK Biobank with several late-onset AD GWAS results. For example, when reanalyzing to-date the largest AD GWAS results, our proposed method identified 98 AD-associated genes, 63 of which have been ignored by standard gene-based tests and transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS). On the other hand, the causation between AD and white matter microstructure remains largely unknown, although white matter abnormalities imply an early neuropathological event in Alzheimer's disease. To fill this gap, relying on existing GWAS datasets, we conducted Mendelian Randomization studies to identify the causal relationship between two pairs of phenotypes: 1) Alzheimer's disease and 105 tract-specific principal components for FA (top 5 PCs of FA measures for the 21 white matter tracts) and 2) Alzheimer's disease and 110 tract-average parameters (FA, MD, AD, RD, and MO for 21 white matter tracts and the whole brain average). MR results showed that the genetic responsibility of AD affects the first FA PC in cingulum (hippocampus), first FA PC in fornix-stria terminalis, second FA PC in corticospinal tract, second FA PC in genu of corpus callosum, fourth FA PC in corticospinal tract, mean FA of cingulum (hippocampus), mean FA of fornix-stria terminalis, mean MD of cingulum (hippocampus), mean RD of cingulum (hippocampus), mean AD of fornix-stria terminalis, mean MO of fornix-stria terminalis, and mean MO of fornix (column and body of fornix). In summary, these newly identified genes and brain imaging information provide new insights into the etiology of AD.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Statistics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 4, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Alzheimer's disease, Bidirectional Mendelian randomization, Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), Robust MR, Sum test, Summary IWAS
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Chong Wu, Professor Directing Dissertation; Richard Nowakowski, University Representative; Xufeng Niu, Committee Member; Jinfeng Zhang, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Biometry
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Jing_fsu_0071E_17108.pdf
TITLE: Statistical Methods for Meta-Analyses with Different Types of Outcome Measures
AUTHOR: Jing, Yaqi,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Lin, Lifeng
MEMBER (university representative): Zhou, Yi, (Graduate Research Assistant)
MEMBER (committee member): Niu, Xufeng, 1954-
MEMBER (committee member): Sinha, Debajyoti
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Statistics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (95 pages)
ABSTRACT: In meta-analysis practice, effect measures from individual studies are synthesized to produce an overall result. Researchers frequently face studies that report the same outcome differently. The first scenario is that continuous outcomes are measured on different scales. In this situation, the mean difference (MD) may not be pooled in the same meta-analysis. For transforming the outcomes on the same scale, the standardized mean difference (SMD) is commonly used to ensure the unit is uniform across studies. The first part of this dissertation investigates the performance of standardized mean differences when the continuous measures follow different types of distributions. We conducted simulation studies to compare the performance of standardized mean difference and mean difference.The second scenario is that some studies report a continuous variable (e.g., scores for rating depression), while others report a binary variable (e.g., counts of patients with depression dichotomized by certain latent, unreported depression scores). For combining these two types of studies in the same analysis, a simple conversion method has been widely used to handle standardized mean differences and odds ratios (ORs). This conventional method uses a linear function connecting the standardized mean difference and log odds ratio; it assumes logistic distributions for (latent) continuous measures. However, the normality assumption is more commonly used for continuous measures, and the conventional method may be inaccurate when effect sizes are large, or cutoff values for dichotomizing binary events are extreme (leading to rare events). The second part of this dissertation proposes a Bayesian hierarchical model to synthesize standardized mean differences and odds ratios without using the conventional conversion method. This model assumes exact likelihoods for continuous and binary outcome measures, which account for full uncertainties in the synthesized results. We performed simulation studies to compare the performance of the conventional and Bayesian methods in various settings. The Bayesian method generally produced less biased results with smaller mean squared errors and higher coverage probabilities than the conventional method in most cases. Two case studies were used to illustrate the proposed Bayesian meth-od in real-world settings.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Statistics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 31, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Bayesian hierarchical method, Effect measure, Mean difference, Meta-analysis, Odds ratio, Standardized mean difference
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Lifeng Lin, Professor Directing Dissertation; Yi Zhou, University Representative; Xufeng Niu, Committee Member; Debajyoti Sinha, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Biometry
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Johnson_fsu_0071E_17109.pdf
TITLE: Unveiling Castaldi: Arranging and Performing the Theorbo Music of Bellerofonte Castaldi on Guitar
AUTHOR: Johnson, Jacob,
MEMBER (professor directing treatise): Holzman, Bruce
MEMBER (university representative): Brewer, Charles E. (Charles Everett)
MEMBER (committee member): Sung, Benjamin
MEMBER (committee member): Ryan, Pamela
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (108 pages)
ABSTRACT: Some of the most innovative and exceptional music of the Seicento is found in the theorbo works of the Italian adventurer, poet, artist, musician, and composer Bellerofonte Castaldi. However, because his music is written for the theorbo, which has diminished in popularity since the seventeenth century, Castaldi has not gained any widespread notoriety. Many of his works remain unperformed. Therefore, to further promote interest in Castaldi and his music, arranging and performing his works on more popular instruments such as the guitar, which shares many traits with the theorbo, would be necessary. This effort would also benefit the guitar community, adding to the guitar's limited baroque repertoire. This study then serves as a guide to arranging and performing the solo theorbo works of Castaldi on guitar. It also adds to the currently limited literature and research on his life and music. The study begins with a brief biography focused on important life events and influences that molded Castaldi's eccentric compositional style. This provides an essential context for understanding the unique performance style needed to portray his music authentically. This is followed by a discussion on arranging his theorbo music for the guitar. This includes examining what Castaldi's playing style would have been like and how guitarists can imitate it. These methods are then put into practice by discussing the arrangement and performance of four of Castaldi's works in detail. These works, Tempestamento detta chiacchierino, Fantasia detta pegasea, Tasteggio soave, and Arpeggiata a mio modo are each taken from Castaldi's four most significant genres, the passeggio, fantasia, tasteggi, and prelude respectively. As many of the most prevalent and complex issues in Castaldi's repertoire are found in these works, they serve as excellent models for arranging and performing his other pieces. Examinations of each of these works include discussions on the style, background, interpretation, arrangement, and issues unique to each piece. This study concludes with an overview.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 6, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): arrangement, baroque, Castaldi, guitar, lute, theorbo
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Bruce Holzman, Professor Directing Treatise; Charles Brewer, University Representative; Benjamin Sung, Committee Member; Pamela Ryan, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Music
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Johnson_fsu_0071N_17214.pdf
TITLE: Music Theory and the Music Therapy Curriculum: A Descriptive Study and Implications for the Curriculum
AUTHOR: Johnson, Ryan,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Gooding, Lori F. (Lori Fogus)
MEMBER (committee member): Standley, Jayne M.
MEMBER (committee member): VanWeelden, Kimberly D.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (70 pages)
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to analyze music theory requirements in music therapy curricula across the United States. Since the 1950s, there have been calls for change in the music therapy curriculum, with scholars citing its fullness and stating they struggle to meet AMTA and NASM demands. Decreasing "studies in music" (i.e., music theory) requirements could make room for other areas and skills music therapists desire in the curriculum. Universities offering an undergraduate degree in music therapy were gathered from the AMTA directory and divided by AMTA region. Of the 83 universities found that offered an undergraduate degree in music therapy, 81 were analyzed. Results showed that universities require approximately 7 traditional theory courses (TTCs) and approximately 15 theory credit hours (TCHs) on average, but most commonly required 8 and 16, respectively, across the US. This reflects requirements established in 1952. Surprisingly, the minimum/maximum TTCs required across the US was between 3 and 12, with a range between 4 and 25. Although many universities followed the same theory sequence established in 1952, many universities had interesting variations to their theory sequence. Review of the NASM Handbook revealed flexibility in requirements as long as professional music standards are met. Notable variations from universities, implications, and radical ideas for the future of the music therapy curriculum are discussed. In conclusion, it is possible to alter universities' theory sequence in a variety of ways that could benefit music therapy students and in turn, the profession.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 5, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): American Music Therapy Association, Descriptive Research, Music Theory, Music Therapy, Music Therapy Curriculum
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Lori F. Gooding, Professor Directing Thesis; Jayne Standley, Committee Member; Kimberly VanWeelden, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Music
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Johnston_fsu_0071E_17078.pdf
TITLE: Development of High-Temperature Superconducting Resonators in NMR Probes for 13C NMR Spectroscopy
AUTHOR: Johnston, Taylor,
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Brey, William W.
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Miller, Brian G.
MEMBER (university representative): Grant, Samuel C.
MEMBER (committee member): Logan, Timothy M., 1961-
MEMBER (committee member): Cross, Timothy A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (155 pages)
ABSTRACT: Most biomolecular NMR experiments rely on 1H detection because it offers high sensitivity, but 1H NMR experiments are limited by the chemical shift dispersion of 1H which presents significant challenges for accurate peak identification and quantification. Direct detection 13C NMR experiments offer improved peak resolution and provide more information about molecular dynamics and structure, but 13C has inherently low sensitivity arising from its small magnetogyric ratio and the limited natural abundance of 13C. Therefore, improvements in 13C sensitivity which make direct detection 13C experiments feasible are especially advantageous in the metabolomics and natural products studies. This work is primarily focused on the application of high-temperature superconducting resonators in cryogenic microprobes with the aim of developing high sensitivity NMR probes for direct detection 13C experiments. It is challenging to design HTS resonators that produce a sufficient B1 field for 13C NMR experiments due to the limited current capacity of thin-film HTS resonators. In this project, the current distribution of HTS resonators with varying numbers of turns and numbers of arms has been simulated to better understand the limiting factors and opportunities for improvement. A trial multi-arm spiral was fabricated, and the current capacity compared experimentally to a similar single-arm design. The multi-arm spiral resonator design has an improved current capacity which results in a significant reduction in the B1 pulse length. Typically, high Q factor NMR probes offer significant sensitivity gains but also are challenged by distorted transmit pulse shapes and insufficient bandwidth due to long ring up and ring down times. NMR tests of a 1.5-mm 13C-optimized NMR probe are reported here. The probe demonstrated a 33% improvement in 13C mass sensitivity over the most sensitive 13C-optimized NMR probe. While 1H performance was unexpectedly poor in comparison to a previous version of this probe, it was adequate for 1H decoupling. Finally, we report progress towards designing a pulse sequence to simultaneously detect de novo lipogenesis and chain lengthening in fatty acids. By using selective pulses, the long T1 time of the carboxyl group can be leveraged against the relatively short T1 of the methyl group to create a nested pulse sequence. However, in uniformly labeled samples, phase distortions likely arising from long-range carbon-carbon coupling presented a significant challenge to quantification.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 30, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): William W. Brey, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Brian G. Miller, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Samuel C. Grant, University Representative; Timothy M. Logan, Committee Member; Timothy A. Cross, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Chemistry, Analytic
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Jolowsky_fsu_0071E_17118.pdf
TITLE: Carbon Fiber/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Composite Manufacturing, Mechanical Property and Microstructure Characterization Study for High-Performance Structural Applications
AUTHOR: Jolowsky, Claire,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Liang, Zhiyong (Richard)
MEMBER (university representative): Hellstrom, Eric
MEMBER (committee member): Vanli, Omer Arda
MEMBER (committee member): Kametani, Fumitake
MEMBER (committee member): Park, Jin Gyu
MEMBER (committee member): Maskell, Rob
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (167 pages)
ABSTRACT: Carbon fiber (CF) composites are implemented into more and more engineering applications due to their superior strength to weight ratio over traditional materials. However, inhomogeneous microstructures of composite laminates may bring some challenges when implemented into applications. For example, due to the manufacturing methods typically used to manufacture the composite parts, there may be a resin-rich layer between the carbon fiber layers which will ultimately end up reducing the overall mechanical properties of the composite. Use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are a promising step forward in composite materials as evidence shows an improved strength to weight ratio over that of carbon fiber with the addition of having multifunctional capabilities. Furthermore, CNTs are at the nano or sub-microscale, and are potentially able to reduce resin-rich issues that are present in traditional composites. In this research, we focus on the scale-up study of selected CNT and CNT/CF hybrid composite concepts using continuous CNT materials, aerospace certified resin matrices, and aerospace quality manufacturing processes. The goal of this research is to gain a fundamental understanding of new CNT/CF hybrid microstructures and microstructure-property relationships of these new composites.We manufactured highly aligned CNT sheet composites via stretching process, the results show the high mechanical properties which are comparable to unidirectional carbon fiber laminates. The high degree of alignment, self-assembling, and dense packing achieved within the CNT networks are major factors which contribute to the performance of the composite. We also successfully manufactured unidirectional yarn composites via filament winding and stretching processes. The results show an attractive method of scalability to manufacture high strength CNT panels. To study the effect of CNTs on the GIC of laminates, we manufactured aerospace-quality and ASTM standard double cantilever beam test samples with different CNT layer configurations, the preliminary results show the weak interfacial bonding present within the CNT networks resulting in the low GIC property. Finally, we manufactured CNT yarn/CF hybrid unidirectional laminates to the study the effect on the microstructure and mechanical properties with the addition of aligned CNT layers. The goal is to increase overall reinforcement volume fraction and simultaneously reduce resin rich areas. Each of these results advance the fundamental understanding of the effect of CNT sheets, socks and yarns on manufacturing processes, microstructure, mechanical properties, and failure modes on traditional carbon fiber laminates for potential scaled-up structural applications.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 23, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Zhiyong Liang, Professor Directing Dissertation; Eric Hellstrom, University Representative; Arda Vanli, Committee Member; Fumitake Kametani, Committee Member; Jin Gyu Park, Committee Member; Rob Maskell, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Industrial engineering
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Karaer_fsu_0071E_17051.pdf
TITLE: Traffic Data on-the-fly: Image-Based Big Data Analytics for Resilient and Connected Communities
AUTHOR: Karaer, Alican,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Ozguven, Eren Erman
MEMBER (university representative): Vanli, Omer Arda
MEMBER (committee member): Moses, Ren
MEMBER (committee member): Sobanjo, John Olusegun, 1958-
MEMBER (committee member): Li, Lichun
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (172 pages)
ABSTRACT: Applying 21st century machine intelligence to the evolving transportation management systems is under detailed investigation all around the world. The major goals of this investigation are quite noble and multifaceted including safety, mobility, resilience, energy conservation, and emission reduction. Computer vision and remote sensing are playing an integral role in this evolution contributing toward the smart, connected, and resilient transportation infrastructure systems. Considering the variety of imagery data sources (i.e., satellites, CCTV, drones) and their unique advantages and challenges, there is a need to conduct detailed research on using imagery with a specific focus on transportation big data analytics. Thus, this dissertation aims to use various imagery data with remote sensing applications combined with deep learning techniques and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based spatial and statistical analyses to provide end-to-end solutions and tackle challenging problems in transportation engineering and disaster resilience. Parallel with this goal, several case studies are conducted using variety of imagery sources and providing solutions to different aspects of transportation infrastructure.First, satellite imagery was used to evaluate the relationship between air pollution and vehicle traffic in the wake of COVID-19. The COVID-19 outbreak and ensuing social distancing behaviors resulted in a substantial reduction in traffic, making this a unique experiment on observing the air quality. Such an experiment is also supplemental to the smart city concept as it can help to identify whether there is a delay in air quality improvement during or after a sharp decline in traffic and to determine what, if any, factors are contributing to that time lag. As such, this case study investigated the immediate impacts of COVID-19 causing abrupt declines in traffic and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO¬¬2) concentrations in all Florida Counties through March 2020. Daily tropospheric NO¬¬2 concentrations were extracted from the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite and vehicle mile traveled (VMT) estimates were acquired from cell phone mobility records. It is observed that the overall impacts of the COVID-19 response in Florida have started in the first half of March 2020, two weeks earlier than the official stay-at-home orders, and resulted in 54.07% and 59.68% decrease by the end of the month on NO¬¬2 and VMT, respectively. Further, a cross-correlation based dependency analysis was conducted to analyze the similarities and the associated time lag between 7-day moving averages of VMT and NO¬¬2 concentrations of the 67 counties. Although such reduction is unprecedented for both data sets, results indicate a strong correlation, and this correlation increases with the identification of a time lag between VMT and NO¬¬2 concentration. The majority of the counties have no time lag between VMT and NO¬¬2 concentration; however, a cluster of South Florida counties presents an earlier decrease in NO¬¬2 concentration compared to VMT, which indicates that the air quality improvements in those counties are not traffic related. Investigation on the socioeconomic factors indicates that population density and income level have no significant impact on the time lag between traffic and air quality improvements in light of COVID-19. Second, satellite-based multispectral images were employed to evaluate post-hurricane vegetative debris, focusing on the faster recovery on roadway networks. Transportation systems are vulnerable to hurricanes and yet their recovery plays a critical role in returning a community to its pre-hurricane state. Vegetative debris is among the most significant causes of disruptions on transportation infrastructure. Therefore, identifying the driving factors of hurricane-caused debris generation can help clear roadways faster and improve the recovery time of infrastructure systems. Previous studies on hurricane debris assessment are generally based on field data collection, which is expensive, time consuming, and dangerous. With the availability and convenience of remote sensing powered by the simple yet accurate estimations on the vigor of vegetation or density of manufactured features, spectral indices can change the way that emergency planners prepare for and perform vegetative debris removal operations. Thus, this case study proposes a data fusion framework combining multispectral satellite imagery and various vector data to evaluate post-hurricane vegetative debris with an exploratory analysis in small geographical units. Actual debris removal data were obtained from the City of Tallahassee, Florida after Hurricane Michael (2018) and aggregated into U.S. Census Block Groups along with four groups of datasets representing vegetation, storm surge, land use, and socioeconomics. Findings suggest that vegetation and other land characteristics are more determinant factors on debris generation, and Modified Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (MSAVI2) outperforms other vegetation indices for hurricane debris assessment. The proposed framework can help better identify equipment stack locations and temporary debris collection centers while providing resilience enhancements with a focus on the transportation infrastructure. Similarly, the third case study employed satellite imagery from various Landsat missions for a comparative damage assessment among five historical hurricanes and storms. Performing an accurate damage evaluation and identifying the patterns based on the strengths of these extreme weather events are essential for emergency professionals. A critical problem associated with this damage assessment is the logistics of quickly coordinating and implementing an extensive ground-based damage survey. Another significant challenge in developing a predictive understanding of the long-term effects of storms on coastal communities is the development of quantitative models that can relate the storm intensity and the resulting severity of damage on the different zones of the impacted areas. It is also unclear how urbanization and critical infrastructure affect the extent of the damage caused by them. Thus, this case study introduces a remote sensing-based approach that can rapidly analyze the damage caused by catastrophic storms with different strengths while providing a weighted statistical comparative assessment. Additionally, an existing debris volume estimation method developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) was evaluated and the results were compared to validate the proposed model. Findings indicate that suburban and urban areas as well as moderate and high roadway density areas have generated more debris than rural and low roadway density areas. This relationship was also observed based on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) reductions. Findings of this study can help to perform more accurate and faster damage assessments using satellite imagery and remote sensing techniques. The fourth case study switched the focus from the remote sensing to computer vision as an object detection algorithm was retrained to identify crosswalks over high-resolution aerial images and develop a statewide inventory. Pedestrian fatalities have been rising sharply in the U.S. over the last decade. To reverse this trend, several pedestrian safety countermeasures were developed by the authorities, particularly for the uncontrolled crosswalks where majority of those fatalities occurred. Although geocoded and categorized crosswalk inventories are essential to determine where to implement the most appropriate countermeasure, building such an inventory database may take years with manual observations. Thus, this case study proposes a framework using Aerial Imagery and Artificial Intelligence (AI2) to map all crosswalks on Florida public roadways according to their control strategy. Freely available high-resolution aerial images and existing crosswalk locations in the OpenStreetMap database were used to retrain an object detection algorithm. Using this detector and a comprehensive preprocessing approach, approximately 160,000 crosswalks were identified and mapped. For validation, two case studies were conducted with a manually generated ground truth data set. It was found that the proposed approach can inventory the crosswalks with 85.9% completeness (recall) and 88.7% correctness (precision). Also, the performance of the model was significantly better on identifying signal crosswalks (92.5%) and uncontrolled major road crossings (96.6%) regardless of zebra or non-zebra pavement markings. The final results revealed that there are 861 mid-block, 30,784 signal, and 29,307 driveway crosswalks on the state roads in Florida. The proposed framework can be adapted in other locations where the appropriate imagery and vector data are available and is expected to contribute on the wider use of machine learning in transport policy. Finally, the fifth case study presented the literature review and the state of the art on drone utilization for traffic monitoring with the desired traffic data while providing the background on computer vision and particularly on the Multi Object Tracking (MOT) methodology with a preliminary case study to perform a real-time object detection on webcam. The provided summary of drone utilization among the U.S. transportation agencies can help stakeholders on how to benefit from UAS technology on their day-to-day work. Moreover, uniform traffic study manuals can be updated with the presented desired data analysis to help practitioners perform drone-based traffic monitoring. Furthermore, the benchmark MOT algorithms along with their data sets and performance metrics were introduced and a case study for real-time object detection was performed to pave the way for real-time naturalistic trajectory extraction and analysis. A small program was developed using python programing language, and the code was shared to apply real-time object detection on the images extracted from users' webcam. Overall findings of this dissertation depict that regardless of the imagery data source or image processing method, a comprehensive pre-processing step should be performed with a focus on the targeted end data. In addition, satellite imagery and remote sensing methods powered by GIS, provide free and exhaustive data that can be used for smarter cities. Deep learning methods have extensive power over image data; in fact, some models for certain tasks have already surpassed human performance. However, it requires serious understanding to convert commonly known neural network models to perform slightly different tasks than what they were initially trained for. Tethered drones have also been promising solutions to collect continuous and automated traffic data. However, there is a trade off since the operation is too sensitive to weather events such as wind.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 3, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Eren Erman Ozguven, Professor Directing Dissertation; Omer Arda Vanli, University Representative; Ren Moses, Committee Member; John O. Sobanjo, Committee Member; Lichun Li, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Transportation--Planning
SUBJECT: Civil engineering
SUBJECT: Remote sensing
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Kelly_fsu_0071E_17145.pdf
TITLE: My 21st Century Big Budget Apocalypse
AUTHOR: Kelly, Thomas V.,
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Kirby, David, 1944-
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Hamby, Barbara, 1952-
MEMBER (university representative): Graves, Brian
MEMBER (committee member): Kimbrell, James, 1967-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (96 pages)
ABSTRACT: My 21st Century Big Budget Apocalypse is a collection of free verse poetry which derives influence from the Romantics and 19th Century French prose poets. The manuscript's centerpiece is a long-form narrative journey through a post-modern consumeristic hellscape through which readers follow a protagonist known as "The Body" as well as his Virginity manifested as a talking head. Over the course of the episodic poem, the protagonist becomes increasingly enmeshed in the fabric of Hollywood and entertainment culture, as his Virginity ascends to the top of the internet's celebrity hierarchy. Ultimately, he comes to understand every mundane moment of his life is commodifiable; he agrees to reinvent himself in order to better fit the talking head's public narrative and the expectations of his Virginity's fans. In between the long poem's episodes, short-form pieces titled as 'simulations' and 'trailers' contribute to the manuscript's hyperreal ecology by panning outward to expand on the cartoony universe and primary rhetorical themes. In their formal arrangement, they also parody the way in which the long poem's protagonist finds his own story interrupted, buried, compromised, and distorted. So, the structural architecture functions as satire and a means of furthering the reader's immersion into the other worldly atmosphere. After a long first section, which culminates with the conclusion of "The Virginity that Goes Hollywood," readers are treated to three short sections arranged around tone and aesthetic choices. Section Two consists of humor poems, which provide the readers a bit of a breather. Section Three is a tiny offering of darker and more somber poems, which contrast with Section Two. Finally, Section Four consists of poems themed around change, new destinations, arrivals, and departures.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 8, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Humor, Poetry, Pop Culture, Post Modernism, Prose Poetry, Satire
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): David Kirby, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Barbara Hamby, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Brian Graves, University Representative; James Kimbrell, Committee Member.
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Khamitova_fsu_0071E_17135.pdf
TITLE: Faculty Training as a Tool to Support Active Learning Classroom Usage
AUTHOR: Khamitova, Aiman,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Dennen, Vanessa P., 1970-
MEMBER (university representative): Adams, Jonathan L.
MEMBER (committee member): Klein, James D.
MEMBER (committee member): Yoon, Eunhui
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (91 pages)
ABSTRACT: The study examines how a training workshop on teaching in a recently introduced active learning classroom at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan) helps faculty participants integrate active learning and shift their teaching to an active learning classroom. A case study approach was employed, with data collected through surveys, interviews, and embedded research. Out of 20 participants, two cases implemented active learning and prepared to teach in an active learning classroom, one case resulted in an integration of active learning with an interest to develop an active learning training program for Kazakh language teachers. For each case, activity systems analysis was used to explore the individual activities.During the training sessions, participants discussed the ways the active learning classroom could support their teaching and enrich learning experiences. Four barriers for active learning implementation were identified: time and workload, student participation, instructional design concerns, and concerns about university support. In general, the faculty members considered the training workshop helpful in reconsidering their teaching practices. These findings add to the body of research on active learning classrooms and faculty training, focusing on how teacher innovativeness can be supported by the university administration
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 30, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Vanessa Dennen, Professor Directing Dissertation; Jonathan Adams, University Representative; James Klein, Committee Member; Eunhui Yoon, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Education, Higher--Administration
SUBJECT: Instructional systems--Design
SUBJECT: Teachers--Training of
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Kierspe_fsu_0071E_17104.pdf
TITLE: A Theoretical Application of the Estill Voice Model for the Saxophone
AUTHOR: Kierspe, Jonathan,
MEMBER (professor directing treatise): Deibel, Geoffrey Scott
MEMBER (university representative): Jones, Evan Allan
MEMBER (committee member): Large, Karen McLaughlin
MEMBER (committee member): Keesecker, Jeff
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
CORPORATE NAME: College of Music
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (102 pages)
ABSTRACT: While most saxophonists are aware that the vocal tract is involved in playing the saxophone, the pedagogy surrounding the topic of the vocal tract is inconsistent; different lineages of pedagogy address it to varying degrees. Most pedagogical literature relies on imagery or trial and error-based practices, while research conducted on the vocal tract tends to be difficult to digest for younger players. This disconnect between how the saxophone is taught versus how the mechanics of the vocal tract function will persist unless we find a more specific way to approach saxophone pedagogy via a true understanding of the vocal tract. The Estill Voice model provides decades' worth of research and methods to enhance the performer's awareness and control over the vocal tract. This treatise aims to provide a more complete understanding of the vocal tract's function through the Estill Voice Model to help saxophonists gain a stronger understanding and awareness of their anatomy and physiology, how the anatomy functions in saxophone performance, and new pedagogical techniques to incorporate into their teaching.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 28, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): Anatomy, Estill Voice Model, Physiology, Saxophone, Vocal Tract, Voicing
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Geoffrey Deibel, Professor Directing Treatise; Evan Jones, University Representative; Karen Large, Committee Member; Jeffrey Keesecker, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Music
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Kim_fsu_0071E_17090.pdf
TITLE: Exploring Innovation Schools in South Korea Using Social Network Analysis: A Case Study of Networks, Trust, and Professional Learning Communities
AUTHOR: Kim, Bongyoung,
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Rutledge, Stacey A.
MEMBER (professor co-directing dissertation): Iatarola, Patrice
MEMBER (university representative): Berry, Frances Stokes
MEMBER (committee member): Park, Toby J.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (192 pages)
ABSTRACT: The current study examined (1) the characteristics of the advice networks of six Innovation schools among educators within grade-level PLCs in a city, South Korea, and (2) the extent to which these social network characteristics are related to the outcomes of teacher work, including collective actions, grade-level efficacy, and collective satisfaction. Building on social capital theory and using SNA, this study offered a unique contribution by focusing on teachers' advice and/or information-seeking networks around the discussion of teacher instructional practices. In particular, grade-level teams in six Innovation schools emerged as critical conduits of social capital as to course content, PLC knowledge, and student assessment. Results support the idea that the characteristics of teachers' social relationships at the collective and individual levels may be important elements for nurturing teachers' collective learning and productive outputs. Along with the social connections at work, the role of trust has given credence to the necessity of organizational improvement. This study also found that classroom teachers who occupied leadership roles (grade-level headteachers, academic affairs headteachers, etc.) played an important role in advice networks, but principals and assistant principals did not highly engage in the advice networks. Results indicate that for current Innovation PLC reforms to be successful, there needs to be an understanding of the teacher social networks embedded within professional learning communities. To improve teacher outcomes and eventually student achievement, policymakers and scholars have to highlight the significance of collaborative structures and targeted professional learning opportunities in the school context.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 10, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Stacey Rutledge, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Patrice Iatarola, Professor Co-Directing Dissertation; Frances Berry, University Representative; Toby Park, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Education and state
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Kozik_fsu_0071E_17123.pdf
TITLE: A Tour of Ordovician Paleoredox Conditions: A Primary Driver for Ancient Biodiversity
AUTHOR: Kozik, Nevin Paul,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Young, Seth A.
MEMBER (university representative): Wulff, Janie L.
MEMBER (committee member): Owens, Jeremy D.
MEMBER (committee member): Knapp, Angela Noel, 1976-
MEMBER (committee member): Wang, Yang, (Graduate Assistant in Teaching)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (147 pages)
ABSTRACT: After decades of research biogeochemists have identified several intervals of variable marine oxygenation throughout Earth's history. These fluctuations in oxygenation have been proposed to directly correlate to changes in ancient biodiversity, and potentially be primary drivers for these observed changes in faunal richness. The Ordovician was a dynamic time in terms of marine biodiversity, as it hosts the largest increase in biodiversity events in the Phanerozoic, which occurs in the Early to Middle Ordovician commonly referred to as the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE). This major marine radiation is subsequently terminated by the second largest mass extinction in Earth's history that occurs in the Late Ordovician, commonly referred to as the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME). While the primary causal mechanisms for both events remain under debate, an emerging field of study has associated an increase in marine oxygenation with the GOBE, while a decrease in marine oxygenation has been proposed for the LOME. Using a suite of paleoredox proxies, we present new geochemical datasets surrounding key intervals of the GOBE and LOME to elucidate the paleoredox landscape surrounding these events and link the known changes in biodiversity with fluctuations in marine oxygenation. These paleoredox proxies include local proxies that have previously been shown to constrain basinal changes in redox, which allows the use of global proxies to identify global changes in redox which might influence global biodiversity. These local redox proxies include manganese concentrations, iodine-to-calcium ratios, iron speciation, and pyrite sulfur isotopic compositions, while the global redox proxies include thallium isotopic compositions, vanadium, uranium and molybdenum concentrations, and carbonate-associated sulfate isotopic compositions. The major increase in faunal richness associated with the GOBE is thought to begin after the Cambrian‒Ordovician boundary, however paleoredox conditions surrounding this interval of time is largely under constrained. Currently a singular paleoredox dataset has been published to constrain paleoredox conditions across this boundary, however this dataset is limited in stratigraphic range, and is not tied to changes in biodiversity. New geochemical datasets from the Baltic Basin presented here from modern day southern Sweden (Scania) provide additional context for paleoredox conditions during the initiation of the GOBE. A progressive increase in oxygenation succeeding the Cambrian‒Ordovician boundary is interpreted based on trace metal dynamics and thallium isotopic compositions, which may be providing enhanced metabolic efficiency and new niche space due to newly oxygenated shelf areas leading into the later Ordovician. The Middle‒Late Ordovician is associated with peak faunal diversity which has been attributed to enhanced marine oxygenation. Similarly with the Cambrian‒Ordovician boundary, very few studies have provided direct paleoredox evidence for a progressive increase in marine oxygenation, and thus redox conditions surrounding this integral period of diversification. New geochemical datasets from the Baltic Basin show a long-term increase in marine oxygenation throughout this interval though novel thallium isotopic compositions. The primary causal mechanisms for the LOME remains unclear, however there is growing evidence that anoxia is playing a larger role than initially thought. Classically, the LOME occurs between two extinction pulses, the first being attributed to climatic cooling and subsequent expansion of Gondwanan glaciation which resulted in widespread habitat loss, while the second pulse is associated with climatic warming, deglaciation, and an expansion of globally reducing conditions. New geochemical evidence from three carbonate successions derived from hydrographically dispersed basins show evidence of persistent reducing conditions throughout the Late Ordovician though low iodine-to-calcium ratios, while carbonate-associated sulfate isotopic suggest an overall reduction of global pyrite burial. Lastly, new thallium isotopic compositions from two Upper Ordovician basins of predominantly organic-rich shales identify highly variable global burial of manganese oxides which is intimately linked to marine (de)oxygenation and the two extinction pulses of the LOME. These thallium isotopic trends show that there were two major fluctuations between oxygenated and reducing conditions, which suggests that dynamic changes in oxygenation levels is a primary control on marine biodiversity, rather than the magnitude of reducing conditions.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 6, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): biodiversity, extinction, Ordovician, redox
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Seth A. Young, Professor Directing Dissertation; Janie L. Wulff, University Representative; Jeremy D. Owens, Committee Member; Angela N. Knapp, Committee Member; Yang Wang, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Geobiology
SUBJECT: Biogeochemistry
SUBJECT: Geochemistry
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Kudelka_fsu_0071N_17176.pdf
TITLE: Stimming in the Stacks: An Exploration of Autistic Public Library Workers
AUTHOR: Kudelka, Michelle C.,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Gross, Melissa
MEMBER (committee member): Everhart, Nancy
MEMBER (committee member): Mardis, Marcia A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Communication and Information
CORPORATE NAME: School of Information
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (76 pages)
ABSTRACT: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can impact an individual's academic and employment pursuits. There is little literature that acknowledges autistic employment within librarianship or other information fields. This study explored the experiences of autistic public library workers to better understand (a) motives for seeking employment in public libraries, (b) challenges autistic public library workers face, (c) strengths of autistic public library workers, and (d) support measures that impact employment success and retention. Respondents provided their experiences and perceptions as well as additional insights related to disclosure of ASD diagnosis and camouflaging/masking while at work. Many respondents desired to work in public libraries specifically, based on previous experiences within libraries or their unique skills and interests. An MLIS or equivalent was common in this study, though not everyone who had earned an advanced degree worked in a professional position. Work in public libraries was frequently described as fulfilling. Challenges in the workplace were categorized as (a) social, (b) cognitive, (c) physical, and (d) emotional. Strengths were categorized into four themes: (a) cognitive advantage, (b) efficiency, (c) unique autism-specific perspective, and (4) personal qualities. Themes were identified in desired support measures: (a) adjustment of schedule or tasks, (b) reduction of sensory stimuli, and (c) adaptation of communication. Discussion centered around the strengths of autistic individuals that suit library tasks and duties, challenges that often derive from a lack of awareness and understanding of autism, and fear of disclosure due to stigmatization and potential retaliation.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the School of Information in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 25, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): autistic employees, exploratory study, public libraries
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Melissa Gross, Professor Directing Thesis; Nancy Everhart, Committee Member; Marcia Mardis, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Library science
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: KURIAKOSE_fsu_0071E_17131.pdf
TITLE: Design and Synthesis of Kekulé and Non-Kekulé Diradicaloids via Radical Peri-Annulation Strategy
AUTHOR: Kuriakose, Febin,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Alabugin, Igor V., (Professor)
MEMBER (university representative): Locke, Bruce R.
MEMBER (committee member): Zhu, Lei, 1978-
MEMBER (committee member): Hanson, Kenneth G.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (218 pages)
ABSTRACT: This work describes a simple and general approach to the design of new polyaromatic diradicaloids. The systematic approach starts with privileged core structures with the maximum number of Clar's sextets, and explores the electron pairing topology by addition of CH2 radicals as spin probes at different positions. Computational results clearly illustrate how, for the same core, gain of a larger number of Clar's sextets in the open-shell form increases the diradical character parameter y0 from 0 to 0.98 (where 1.0 indicates a perfect diradical). To test this design, we have synthesized a tridecacyclic polyaromatic system where a gain of five Clar's sextets in the open shell form overcomes electron pairing and leads to the emergence of high degree of diradical character. According to unrestricted symmetry-broken UCAM-B3LYP DFT calculations, the singlet diradical character in this core system is characterized by the y0 value of 0.98 (y0 = 0 for closed shell molecule, y0 = 1 for pure diradical). The efficiency of the new design strategy was evaluated by comparing the Kekulé system with an isomeric non-Kekulé diradical of identical size, i.e., a system where the radical centers cannot couple via resonance and the high-spin ground state is unavoidable. The calculated singlet-triplet gap, i.e., the ΔES-T values, in both of these systems approach zero: -0.2 kcal/mol for the Kekulé and +0.3 kcal/mol for the non-Kekulé diradicaloids. The isomeric Kekulé (K) and non-Kekulé (NK) systems were assembled using a sequence of radical peri-annulations, cross-coupling and C-H activation. Both molecules are NMR-inactive but EPR-active at room temperature. The magnetic properties of molecule K was further studied by superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) and experimentally measured singlet-triplet energy gap, ΔES-T (K) = -0.8 kcal/mol which is close to calculated values. The diradicals are kinetically stabilized by six tert-butyl substituents and (triisopropylsilyl)acetylene groups. The Kekulé diradicaloid has a half-life of 42h under ambient conditions (i.e., exposure to air at the room temperature) while the non-Kekulé diradicaloid has a half-life of 2h.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 6, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): clar's sextets, diradicaloids, diradicals, kekule, non-kekule, peri-annulation
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Igor V. Alabugin, Professor Directing Dissertation; Bruce R. Locke, University Representative; Lei Zhu, Committee Member; Kenneth Hanson, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Chemistry
SUBJECT: Chemistry, Organic
SUBJECT: Materials science
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Kuzel_fsu_0071N_17188.pdf
TITLE: Understanding Early-Life Telomere Length and Dynamics in a Long-Lived Neotropical Passerine
AUTHOR: Kuzel, Meredith Rose,
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): DuVal, Emily H.
MEMBER (committee member): Hughes, Kimberly A., 1960-
MEMBER (committee member): Inouye, Brian D.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Biological Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (109 pages)
ABSTRACT: Early-life experience can influence behaviors that are important for survival and reproduction, two key elements of individual fitness. However, identifying a mechanism linking early-life experience to late-life behavior is a major challenge for the field of evolutionary biology.  Telomeres are repeated nucleotide sequences at the ends of chromosomes that protect DNA during cell replication. The rate of telomere attrition is influenced by natural processes and in somatic cells telomeres shorten with individual age. Oxidative stress increases the rate at which telomeres shorten while telomerase influences the rate at which they may lengthen. Understanding the factors influencing initial telomere length (TL) and early-life TL attrition will provide a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying longevity and reproductive strategy decisions. This Master's thesis aims to understand how early-life events influence initial TL and dynamics by investigating: (1) How do pre-natal factors relate to initial telomere length? And (2) How does early-life experience predict telomere dynamics in nestling lance-tailed manakins? I answered these questions using a population of lance-tailed manakins in Western Panama. To address whether parental factors predict initial TL, I quantified chick sex, and parental TL and age in chick hatch year, and compared each of these to initial offspring TL using linear mixed effects models. To identify how rate of TL attrition is affected post-hatch, I addressed influences on TL from environmental and local nest factors experienced by chicks. I quantified change in nestling TL while in the nest and compare change in nestling TL to maternal age, presence of a sibling, and environmental effects of that hatch year. I found that pre-natal factors did not predict initial telomere length, but that in cooler and wetter months, chicks lost more telomere kilobase pairs during development than chicks hatched in hotter and drier months. These findings indicate that environmental factors play an important role in nestling telomere dynamics, but the effects of temperature and precipitation are clearly influential in the post-hatching period. This research emphasizes the importance of the early rearing environmental conditions for chick telomere dynamics, and identifies an important source of variation in telomere dynamics for young birds as they reach independence.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Biological Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 31, 2022.
NOTE (Keywords): life history strategy, Neotropical passerine, Oceanic Nino Index, parental effects, telomere
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Emily H. DuVal, Professor Directing Thesis; Kimberly A. Hughes, Committee Member; Brian Inouye, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Evolution (Biology)
SUBJECT: Ecology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Kviatkovsky_fsu_0071E_17165.pdf
TITLE: The Impact of Collagen Peptides Supplementation on Pain, Function, and Markers of Bone and Connective Tissue Turnover in Active Adults
AUTHOR: Kviatkovsky, Shiloah,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Ormsbee, Michael J.
MEMBER (university representative): Eccles, David W.
MEMBER (committee member): Salazar, Gloria
MEMBER (committee member): Berryman, Claire E. (Elizabeth)
MEMBER (committee member): Hickner, Robert C., 1962-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Health and Human Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2022
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (211 pages)
ABSTRACT: Aging is associated with decreased synthesis and increased degradation of muscle, bone, and connective tissue, leading to decrements in body wide structure and function. This depression in tissue turnover can lead to sarcopenia in skeletal muscle, and osteopenia/osteoporosis in bone, both of which are associated with increased injury risk and decreased function and are consequently widely studied. Surprisingly, age related losses in collagen is not well studied, even though it is the most abundant protein in the human body and a major constituent of muscle and bone. Collagen is not only a major component of the extracellular matrix (ECM), connecting muscles to bones, and bones to bones, but is also responsible for force transmission and locomotion. Additionally, age and activity related losses in collagen occur at a higher rate than muscle and bone, rendering collagen containing tissue, such as tendons and ligaments, more susceptible to injury. Injury to collagen containing tissue can lead to chronic inflammation and pain, resulting in decreased function and participation in sports. Approximately 19 % of the U.S. population is afflicted with chronic pain, with increasing incidence in active and aging populations. Pain can limit physical activity and activities of daily living (ADLs), resulting in declined mental, physical, and social health, as well as cause and proliferate disabilities. Long term pharmacological interventions to manage pain have negative side effects, which creates a need for alternative therapies. Currently, nutritional interventions for pain target inflammation or joint health, but few influence both. One such alternative therapy is supplementation with collagen peptides (CP). Supplementation of these peptides has shown positive effects on pain, function, and inflammation. The effects of collagen peptides on collagen containing tissue are thought to be due to bioactive peptides of the three main amino acids found in collagen—glycine, proline, and hydroxyproline—increasing collagen transcription and connective tissue repair. While short term studies have observed positive effect on pain and function, as well as body composition, a majority of the research has been conducted in diseased and injured populations, and few have assessed the effects of CP supplementation long term in healthy fit populations. PURPOSE: To determine the effects of daily CP consumption over 3, 6, and 9 months on a variety of measures of pain and function, range of motion, body composition, bone mineral density, inflammation, and bone and collagen turnover in healthy active older adults. METHODS: This study was a double-blind randomized control trial with three treatment groups (Placebo, 10 g/d, and 20 g/d). Survey measures of pain, range of motion, blood draws, and DXA to determine body composition and bone mineral density, were administered at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months. Mixed model ANOVAs assessed group by time (baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months) interactions in all primary measurement outcomes.  Significant interactions were further assessed via simple repeated measures ANOVA tests using Bonferroni corrections. RESULTS: Improvements in ADLs were observed with 10 g/d while, only slight differences were observed in the 20 g/d group over 6 months of supplementation. Pain was also reduced in the 10 g/d and 20 g/d groups over 6 months of supplementation, but only in high frequency exercisers. Additionally, survey measures of quality of life (QOL) related to mental health were improved in the 10 g/d group, while scores decreased in the 20 g/d group over 9 months of supplementation. The improvements in survey measures observed in the 10 g/d group were accompanied with favorable shifts in biomarkers, while few significant improvements were observed in the 20 g/d group, compared to the placebo group. Conclusion: These findings suggest that 10 g/d of CP supplementation for 3, 6, and 9 months compared to 20 d/g or placebo had benefits on ADLs, pain, mental health, and improvements in biomarkers of bone and collagen turnover, while 20 g/d seemed to not be as effective.
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 21, 2022.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Michael J. Ormsbee, Professor Directing Dissertation; David Eccles, University Representative; Gloria Salazar, Committee Member; Claire Berryman, Committee Member; Robert Hickner, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Physiology
SUBJECT: Nutrition
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Lamb_fsu_0071E_16853.pdf
TITLE: Large Scale Optimization of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Using an Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis Approach
AUTHOR: Lamb, James M.,
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Andrei, Petru
MEMBER (university representative): Vanli, Omer Arda
MEMBER (committee member): Bernadin, Shonda
MEMBER (committee member): Foo, Simon Y.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2021
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (117 pages)