ABSTRACT: This dissertation establishes an original solution for allocating populations onto networks, which is demonstrated through empirical examples within the comprising census geographies of a single census tract and the comprising census geographies for an entire county. The novel method, populated polygons to networks (pp2n), is shown to perform as accurately as a current state-of-the-art method, while being less computationally complex. Benchmark datasets are utilized to represent household-level population distributions. Datasets generated from the methods of network allocation are applied to optimal facility location modeling scenarios. Networks are an underlying part of the human experience and, as such, attention must be given to their study in the spatial analysis of anthropocentric phenomena. However, transformations in spatial data must frequently be performed in order to allow for the integration of original disparate data formats. Such is often the case with spatial population data, which are generally available as polygons. As a means to build network-based models for analysis, certain methods have been developed for allocating populations onto networks for the purpose of calculating origin-to-destination cost (distance) matrices. Two of these methods include (1) simply snapping polygon centroids onto the nearest network segment and (2) dividing population values by area and proximity to the network. Here the new method, pp2n, is proposed that incorporates the strengths of both the existing methods, while mitigating their weaknesses. The traditional approach, the state-of-the-art approach, and the pp2n method are tested against a benchmark dataset representing population-weighted estimates for property parcels. It is shown that the pp2n method is less computationally complex in the worst-case scenario than the current state-of-the-art method and more representationally accurate that the traditional method. Further, in an empirical example within one census tract in Leon County, FL, the pp2n method is found to perform with comparable accuracy to the state-of-the-art approach when compared to both the traditional approach and the benchmark dataset. Also, it is shown that the algorithm for generating pp2n population weights runs in significantly less realtime. Extending the empirical example within a single census tract (and comprising geographies), another complete empirical example is performed on the full spatial extent of Leon County, Florida. Here the focus shifts from purely how the population data are being allocated to the network, to validating the spatial data utilized in modeling and understanding the inherent associated uncertainty. Permission to access a highly-restricted address data file, the Master Address File (MAF), was granted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Within this study, the MAF functions as an ultimate gold-standard benchmark to test all the methods used in this dissertation within the context of the 2010 Decennial Census. Disclosure and privacy are discussed and a critique is given for the method used to produce the population-weighted estimates for property parcels. It is then shown, as in the single census tract example, that the pp2n method performs as well as the state-of-the-art method, while doing so in substantially less runtime. Further, the property parcel dataset is validated as an acceptable surrogate for true housing units available from the MAF. Facility location modeling is utilized to determine the effects of the network allocation methods on optimal site selection. Following a review of mathematical programming and the uncertainty involved in spatial optimization, the network allocation methods are tested with four fundamental models within a spatial optimization framework: the location set covering problem, maximal covering location problem, p-median problem, and p-center problem. The linear integer programs are solved for each model, for each method at each spatial extent with 15 sets of parameters. In total, 780 models are solved to optimality. The results of the abstract population representation models are compared again to the population-weighted estimates for property parcels, which act as a surrogate for the benchmark truth of census microdata. Results show that the method of network allocation has a non-negligible effect on the solutions to facility location models. Specifically, optimal facility configurations of the location models are affected within the selected spatio-temporal study area: 2010 Leon County, FL.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Geography in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 12, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): geocompuatation, GIS, spatial networks, spatial optimization
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): David C. Folch, Professor Directing Dissertation; Michael J. Brusco, University Representative; Mark W. Horner, Committee Member; Chris K. Uejio, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Geographic information systems
SUBJECT: Geodesy
SUBJECT: Geography
SUBJECT: Operations research
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Gao_fsu_0071E_15365.pdf
TITLE: Towards Terrain-Adaptive Feedback Control for Legged Locomotion via Understanding of Dynamic Interaction with Uncertain Rough Terrains
AUTHOR: Gao, Wei
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Clark, Jonathan E.
MEMBER (university representative): Roberts, Rodney G.
MEMBER (committee member): Oates, William
MEMBER (committee member): Hollis, Patrick J.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Mechanical Engineering
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (128 pages)
ABSTRACT: Legged locomotion is advantageous on difficult natural terrains due to it only requiring discrete ground contacts. Biological systems with limbs have developed multiple levels of control to afford such fast and robust legged locomotion. Similarly, bio-inspired controls on legged robots can also be divided into equivalent levels. The high-level controllers, including the brain and the reflex level controllers, process the environmental information and communicate with muscles that are denoted as low-level controllers, or the preflex level controllers. The low-level controllers then directly contribute to dynamics of the legs. Currently, various low-level controllers have been developed and shown to have the capability of overcoming rough but certain terrains, i.e. terrains with height variation but are infinitely hard. However, uncertain rough terrains universally exist in the natural world. To traverse such terrains, the high-level controllers need to estimate terrain characteristics and adjust the low-level controllers to accommodate the terrain changes as the robots are operating. This dissertation provides the necessary techniques to create a feedback control routine to accomplish such high-level tasks and achieve terrain-adaptive legged locomotion. It starts from studying the effect of leg stiffness and damping on locomotion performance, which necessitates careful leg design for successful legged locomotion and advanced low-level leg controllers for improved performance. The direct collocation method is then introduced to optimize spring modulation trajectories as an advanced leg controller. However, the power of the optimization results cannot be sufficiently exploited unless terrain characteristics are known beforehand. As a result, the Maximum Entropy method is developed to estimate terrain characteristics using data from sensors onboard. This method allows fusion of data from heterogeneous sources to obtain objective uncertainty quantification of terrain characteristics. With the statistical information about terrain characteristics from the Maximum Entropy method, the routine can finally update the low-level leg controller such that the robots can survive traversing uncertain rough terrains.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 9, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): legged locomotion, legged robots, spring modulation, terrain adaptive, uncertainty quantification, viscoelastic legs
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Jonathan E. Clark, Professor Directing Dissertation; Rodney G. Roberts, University Representative; William S. Oates, Committee Member; Patrick J. Hollis, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Mechanical engineering
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Garris_fsu_0071E_15391.pdf
TITLE: A Content Analysis of Parental Outreach and Assistance within English Language Learner Plans by School Districts in Florida
AUTHOR: Garris, Carol Y. (Carol Yanira)
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Rutledge, Stacey A.
MEMBER (university representative): Lewis, Sandra
MEMBER (committee member): Park, Toby J.
MEMBER (committee member): Herrington, Carolyn D.
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, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (220 pages)
ABSTRACT: Over the last several decades, Florida has been a destination for immigrants from ¬¬around the world, many for whom English is not their first language. In 1990, diverse groups of community leaders and activists came together to file a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) to address the need of programs for English language learner (ELL) students. As a result of the lawsuit, Florida’s Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy (META) Consent Decree provided a framework for compliance with federal and state laws and jurisprudence, mandating all districts to ensure ELL students are provided with equal access to programming appropriate to their level of English proficiency, academic achievement, and special needs. In this dissertation, I used a content analysis to systematically investigate the contents of District ELL Plans from all 67 school districts in Florida related to their reports regarding their engagement in communication and outreach to ELL parents, the functions and composition of PLCs and to understand, using Epstein’s Parent Involvement Framework, the nature of services to parents. The study focused on the following two sections of the META Consent Decree: Section 8 (Parent, Guardian, Student Notification and Rights), and Section 9 (The Parent Leadership Council). In my analysis of Section 8, I found that districts relied mostly on translated school-to-home communication documents and bilingual professionals to communicate with ELL parents. Also, the data showed that districts collaborated with various community stakeholders to expand ELL parent and student services. As for Section 9, I found that 37% of 67 PLCs (n=25) across the state only used PLCs to develop, revise and approve the District ELL Plan while 36% of districts used PLCs to provide ELL parents with an opportunity to have a voice and share their concerns and needs. In general, 69% of districts implemented their PLCs only at the local education agency level, rather than at the school level. Lastly, 100% of the districts reported at least one sample practice for Epstein et al.’s (2018) Parent Involvement Framework’s through parenting, communicating, volunteering, and decision-making. In contrast, 49% of districts did not report a practice for the involvement of families through learning at home and 34% of districts did not report a practice deriving from the involvement collaborating with the community.
NOTE (embargo): 0
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 (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 8, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): District ELL Plans, English Language Learner, English to Speakers of Other Languages, Florida META Consent Decree, Parent Leadership Council, Parent Outreach and Communication
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Stacey Rutledge, Professor Directing Dissertation; Sandra Lewis, University Representative; Toby Park-Gaghan, Committee Member; Carolyn Herrington, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Educational leadership
SUBJECT: School management and organization
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Gates_fsu_0071E_15169.pdf
TITLE: Bickering Brass: Interservice Rivalry, Defense Unification, and the Pacific War
AUTHOR: Gates, Allyson
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Piehler, G. Kurt
MEMBER (university representative): Souva, Mark A.
MEMBER (committee member): Culver, Annika A., 1975-
MEMBER (committee member): Creswell, Michael, 1958-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of History
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (291 pages)
ABSTRACT: Interservice rivalry between the United States’ military services during the Second World War often proved problematic. Although the Americans and their allies emerged victorious from the conflict, they did so in part due to the even worse rivalries between the military services of the German and Japanese armies. These problems that came to a head during the war had a lasting effect on the military structure that continues to be felt to this day. The present structure of the American military is the result of decades of efforts to unify the services, which culminated with the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act. However, whereas most studies of the subject place the Cold War as the central, defining factor of the unification of the defense structure, my work argues that it was not tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union that created the foundations of the semi-joint American national security state, but instead the lessons of the Second World War. The conflicts between the Army and the Navy in the Pacific Theater provided the impetus for efforts to unify the services. Those same conflicts also led to a much less unified result than had originally been hoped for by the proponents of unification, which is, in part, the reason the unification process lasted so long after the passage of the National Security Act.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 22, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): American military, defense, Interservice rivalry, national security, Pacific War, World War II
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): G. Kurt Piehler, Professor Directing Dissertation; Mark Souva, University Representative; Annika Culver, Committee Member; Michael Creswell, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: United States--History
SUBJECT: Military education
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Gonsoroski_fsu_0071N_15431.pdf
TITLE: Evaluating the Relationship between Indoor Heat Exposure and Emergency Calls in New York City, Ny during Summer 2016
AUTHOR: Gonsoroski, Elaina
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Uejio, Christopher K.
MEMBER (committee member): Elsner, James B.
MEMBER (committee member): Folch, David C.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Geography
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (57 pages)
ABSTRACT: Heat-related mortality rates increase significantly during heat waves, in some instances even more than doubling. Climate change projections indicate that the frequency and intensity of these extreme heat events may increase. Well-known events such as the Chicago 1995 and European 2003 heat wave led to a thorough investigation of the social and environmental risk factors that resulted in large numbers of excess mortality. However, most studies have focused on outdoor conditions while few published studies have attempted to investigate the relationship between heat waves, indoor environments and human health. Understanding the role of indoor environments may prove critical to reducing heat-related illness, especially in countries such as the U.S. where a large proportion of the population spends most of their time indoors. The goal of this study is to investigate this relationship and inform future public health studies and interventions. Data from the summer of 2016 were compiled for New York City, New York, U.S. in order to conduct a case-control study with specific interest in heat-related morbidity. Paramedics carried sensors which recorded indoor temperature and relative humidity observations while responding to emergency calls. Indoor conditions were related to Patient Care Reports containing medical and demographic information of the 911 calls provided by the New York City Emergency Medical Services. Additional analyses focused on outdoor weather conditions and their effect on indoor conditions using weather data provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Center for Environmental Information. These data were then compared to the data collected indoors to quantify the relationship that exists between outdoor and indoor conditions. The study provides insight into two research questions: 1) do outdoor conditions relate to indoor conditions, and 2) do indoor temperature and humidity relate to the composition of emergency calls. Results from the study show a linear relationship between outdoor and indoor temperature and specific humidity. In addition, the case-control study results suggest an increased risk of heat-related illness associated with temperatures equal to or greater than 28℃.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Geography in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 3, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Case-control study, Emergency medical services, Extreme heat, Heat wave, Indoor, Temperature
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Christopher K. Uejio, Professor Directing Thesis; James B. Elsner, Committee Member; David C. Folch, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Geography
SUBJECT: Environmental health
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Gortsema_fsu_0071N_15226.pdf
TITLE: Using App-Based Organizational Strategies to Promote Neurodiverse and Typical Students' Success
AUTHOR: Gortsema, Jessica
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Cripe, Juliann J. Woods, 1952-
MEMBER (committee member): Therrien, Michelle
MEMBER (committee member): Hinnant, Lynne
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College Ofcommunication and Information
CORPORATE NAME: School of Communication Science and Disorders
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (75 pages)
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perceptions of both neurodiverse and typical college students on organizational applications targeting support of executive functioning and overall college success. The study utilized a mixed method, exploratory design, collecting both qualitative and quantitative data through online surveys and web interviews. Student perceptions of organizational apps and individualized consultative services were measured, as well as frequency of use and types of apps chosen. Results showed that student participants significantly increased how frequently they used organizational apps. Students participants reported that they would utilize such services again and would refer other students to the services. Aspects that were liked best about the services and suggestions for improvement were collected. These results can be used to shape future services for neurotypical and neurodiverse college students as well as in research to further develop evidence-based supports.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the School of Communication Science and Disorders in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 24, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Apps, College, Neurodiversity, Supports
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Juliann Woods, Professor Directing Thesis; Michelle Therrien, Committee Member; Michael Meth, Committee Member; Lynne Hinnant, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Speech therapy
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Griffis_fsu_0071E_15299.pdf
TITLE: Democratic Blind Spots: Organized Labor and the Persistence of Subnational Authoritarianism in Mexico
AUTHOR: Griffis, John Garland
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Reenock, Christopher
MEMBER (university representative): Frank, Andrew, 1970-
MEMBER (committee member): Driscoll, Amanda M.
MEMBER (committee member): Kern, Holger Lutz
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Political Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (168 pages)
ABSTRACT: Newly transitioned democracies frequently exhibit authoritarian traits at the subnational level. The literature on subnational authoritarianism tends to focus on how these enclaves interact with national governments, ignoring how they maintain support in their own regions. This dissertation seeks to explain authoritarian persistence in the case of Mexico. I propose subnational autocrats maintain their local coalitions from the previous autocratic regime. Where they are able to successfully maintain these coalitions through economic and political shocks they can persist indefinitely into a nationally democratic regime. My empirical analysis looks specifically at Mexico, where organized labor remained an important supporter of the Institutional Revolutionary Party well after the democratic transition. I use data on organized labor mobilization, PRI electoral support, and social spending to see if there is an electoral and social spending connection between organized labor and the PRI. I find no clear evidence that labor served as a critical player in local electionsfor the PRI.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Political Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 29, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Chris Reenock, Professor Directing Dissertation; Andrew Frank, University Representative; Amanda Driscoll, Committee Member; Holger Kern, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Political science
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Groenen_fsu_0071E_15282.pdf
TITLE: Diagnosing the Atmospheric Phenomena Associated with the Onset and Demise of the Rainy Season in Mesoamerica
AUTHOR: Groenen, Danielle Elizabeth
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Bourassa, Mark Allan
MEMBER (university representative): Elsner, James B.
MEMBER (committee member): Hart, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1972-
MEMBER (committee member): Sura, Philip
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, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (142 pages)
ABSTRACT: Mexico and Central America (Mesoamerica) are situated in a complex and unique geographical position with the Caribbean Sea to the East and the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean to the West. The weather patterns of this region are driven by winds, temperatures, moisture, and orography of several mountain ranges. This study finds the dates of the onset and demise of rainfall regimes on a specific day using NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) rainfall for years 1998-2012, area-averaged over land. Using NASA’s MERRA-2 Reanalysis data, we also look at the phenomenology of the triggers of the rainy season onset and demise on the daily time-scale instead of the monthly scales used by previous studies. We find that the Mesoamerican Rainy Season can be distinguished into two parts: the Early Spring Rainfall (ESR) associated with light rains and the Late Spring Rainfall (LSR) associated with heavy rains. Two algorithms are used to obtain these rainy season distinctions. A new algorithm was developed during this study, called the SLOPE algorithm, to calculate when the rain rates first start to increase. In the second method, the daily cumulative anomalies of rainfall are compared to the climatological rainfall to find the time of onset of the heavy rains, called the MINCA algorithm. To better understand the phenomenology associated with the timing of the rainfall, we look at the monsoon trough, moisture flux convergence, moist static energy anomalies, and the weakening/strengthening of the winds associated with the Caribbean Low-Level Jet and Panama Jet. The light rain rates begin, on average, in mid-March, approximately one month after the peak of the winter Caribbean Low-Level Jet and the Panama Jet. The ramp-up between the light rains and heavy rains is associated with a significant weakening of both jets and the northward progression of a monsoon trough off the western coast of Central America. The heavy rain rates begin, on average, in mid-May, and are associated with the timing when the Panama Jet goes to near zero magnitude and a strong monsoon trough in the eastern Pacific. At the demise of the rainfall, approximately in mid-November, the Panama Jet strengthens again, the total moisture flux convergence decreases significantly, and the monsoon trough retreats southward and eastward. The results of this study have positive implications in agriculture and water resources for Mesoamerica, as this information may help resource managers better plan and adapt to climate variability.
NOTE (embargo): 0
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 (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): March 28, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Mark A. Bourassa, Professor Directing Dissertation; James Elsner, University Representative; Robert E. Hart, Committee Member; Philip Sura, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Meteorology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Gumber_fsu_0071E_15267.pdf
TITLE: Identification and Characterization of Linker of Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton (Linc) Complex Components in Maize (Zea mays L.) Meiosis and Development
AUTHOR: Gumber, Hardeep Kaur
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Bass, Hank W.
MEMBER (university representative): Gunjan, Akash
MEMBER (committee member): McGinnis, Karen M.
MEMBER (committee member): Yu, Hong-Guo
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Biological Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (123 pages)
ABSTRACT: The LINC (Linker of Nucleoskeleton to Cytoskeleton) complex is an essential multi-protein structure spanning the nuclear envelope in all eukaryotic organisms. The core of the LINC complex is comprised of SUN (Sad1/Unc-84) domain proteins in the inner nuclear membrane, physically interacting in the periplasmic space, with the KASH (Klarsicht/ANC-1/Syne homology) domain proteins of the outer nuclear membrane. The N-terminus of SUN domain proteins interact with chromatin and lamin or lamin-like proteins at the nuclear periphery, whereas, the N-terminus of KASH domain proteins interact with the cytoskeletal components in the cytoplasm, making a bridge across the nuclear envelope. LINC complex is essential for maintaining the shape and size of the nucleus; nuclear migration; and chromosome movements during meiosis. Despite of being an essential component of the cell, the knowledge of LINC complex is limited in plants, especially in monocots which include grasses, the most important agronomic crops. To fill this knowledge gap, using bioinformatic and biochemical approaches, we identified 17 new maize candidate genes coding for core LINC or associated proteins. These include 10 Maize LINC KASH (MLK) proteins, 3 inner nuclear membrane Nuclear envelope Associated Proteins (NEAP), 2 lamin functional homologs NMCP/CRWN homolog (NCH) proteins and 2 NCH-interacting KAKU proteins. Several of these candidates have been verified for their nuclear envelope localization and SUN-interaction by FRAP and co-immunoprecipitation assays in heterologous expression system. In previous studies from our lab, 5 SUN proteins were identified in maize and SUN2 was characterized for its meiotic functions in tethering telomeres to the nuclear envelope, while the KASH protein remained unknown. In second part of the dissertation, I have reported the functional characterization of Maize LINC KASH AtSINE-like2, MLKS2, which encodes a SINE-group KASH protein with characteristic armadillo repeats (ARM) at its N-terminus. Genetic analysis of transposon-insertion mutations, mlks2-1 and mlks2-2, showed defects in multiple aspects of meiosis. 3D cytology of mutant meiocytes show defects in nuclear positioning, bouquet formation and aneuploidy resulting in inviable grains. The mutants show defects in perinuclear actin accumulation. An ARM-dependent MLKS2-actin co-localization was observed in heterologous expression system. Together, these studies support a working model in which the nucleus is connected to F-actin cytoskeleton through a possible VELCRO-type mechanism provided by the MLKS2 ARM-domain on the nuclear surface. This places MLKS2 in the meiotic chromosome segregation pathway, likely mediated by a chain connecting chromosomes to actin through SUN-MLKS2 LINC complex.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Biological Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 15, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): KASH, LINC, Maize, Meiosis, SUN
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Hank W. Bass, Professor Directing Dissertation; Akash Gunjan, University Representative; George W. Bates, Committee Member; Karen M. McGinnis, Committee Member; Hong-Guo Yu, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Molecular biology
SUBJECT: Cytology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hamilton_fsu_0071E_15429.pdf
TITLE: How Adolescent African American Females Make Sense of Stem Learning
AUTHOR: Hamilton, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Leigh)
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Jakubowski, Elizabeth M.
MEMBER (university representative): Iatarola, Patrice
MEMBER (committee member): Davis, Angela F.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: School of Teacher Education
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (147 pages)
ABSTRACT: Despite increasing attention given to STEM education in the United States, little focus is given on how adolescent African American females make sense of STEM education in a middle grades’ context. Framed within the situated cognition theory, this study explores how young Black females make sense of STEM learning through engaging with structured STEM-based activities while participating in one of two different middle grades classroom settings. Furthermore, data from one-on-one interviews, task observations, and a focus group discussion were triangulated to show how the participants made sense of their learning. As a result of this study, participants’ sensemaking of STEM emerged in three unique cases and was identified in light of how they defined the acronym STEM, how they verbalized and demonstrated the practices used by scientists and engineers, and the types of academic resiliency they either referred to or displayed throughout the process.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the School of Teacher Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 15, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): African American Females, Perceptions of STEM, STEM Education
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Elizabeth Jakubowski, Professor Directing Dissertation; Patrice Iatarola, University Representative; Angela Davis, Committee Member; Jane Lo, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Education
SUBJECT: Science--Study and teaching
SUBJECT: Middle school education
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Han_fsu_0071E_15242.pdf
TITLE: Essays on the Disposition Effect and Asset Prices
AUTHOR: Han, Hope Hyeun
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Autore, Donald M.
MEMBER (university representative): Zuehlke, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1957-
MEMBER (committee member): Liu, Baixiao
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Business
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Finance
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (87 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation is comprised of two essays that focus on the role of disposition effect to market reactions in seasoned equity offerings and the importance of considering the dynamics of reference price in disposition effect. The first essay investigates the association between the disposition effect and the stock price reaction to announcements of seasoned equity offers (SEOs). I find that SEO issuing firms in which investors have greater unrealized capital gains exhibit a more severe SEO announcement reaction. This result is consistent with the well-known disposition effect, whereby investors tend to sell stocks in which they have unrealized capital gains and hold stocks with unrealized losses. I also find supporting evidence that investors’ behavioral biases contribute more to SEO announcement reactions for firms with lower institutional ownership. The results suggest that the disposition effect can influence SEO announcement reactions. In the second essay I study the disposition effect using highest price as a reference point. Recent literature shows that investors’ selling propensity is V-shaped with respect to unrealized profits, challenging the predicted monotonic relationship. I find that such monotonic relationship exists between the selling propensity and the perceived return when gains and losses are measured relative to a new reference point: the highest price experienced by the investor since purchase. I find consistent evidence when using the highest price in the past 52 weeks as a reference point. Further evidence shows that stocks with higher perceived returns subsequently underperform. Overall, my findings suggest that accounting for the dynamics of the reference point in measuring perceived trading profits is crucial for understanding the disposition effect, and that the highest-price-based disposition effect may be driven by informed trading.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Finance in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 29, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): disposition effect, reference point, Seasoned Equity Offers, unrealized capital gains
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Don M. Autore, Professor Directing Dissertation; Thomas Zuehlke, University Representative; Danling Jiang, Committee Member; Baixiao Liu, Committee Member; Lin Sun, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Finance
SUBJECT: Animal behavior
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hanson_fsu_0071N_15322.pdf
TITLE: The Perception of the Interdental Fricative in Second Language Spanish
AUTHOR: Hanson, Stacey
MEMBER (committee member): Leeser, Michael J.
MEMBER (committee member): Reglero, Lara
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (156 pages)
ABSTRACT: The interdental fricative /θ/, present in North-Central Spain, has proven to be difficult for second language learners to acquire, even after time spent abroad in Spain (Geeslin& Gudmestad, 2008; Knouse, 2012). Explicit pronunciation training helps to improve learners’ pronunciation of the L2 (Ausín & Sutton, 2010; González-Bueno & Quintana-Lara, 2011), as does increased exposure to dialectal variation (Schmidt, 2018). Previous research, however, has only focused on the production of the interdental fricative /θ/. Contradictory evidence related to the order in which sounds are perceived versus produced, calls for further investigation of the link between perception and production (Nagle, 2017; Chan, 2011). The current study investigates the perception of the Spanish /θ/, and the impact of explicit training, proficiency level, and instructor dialect on its acquisition. One discrimination and three identification tasks were designed to examine learners’ perception of the fricative /θ/. Learners were tasked with identifying two stimuli as sounding the same or different, listening to stimuli and writing down what they heard, identifying words as native or not native to Spain, and listening to a list of words and choosing the correct response from a provided list. Consistent with previous studies, it was hypothesized that more advanced learners would better perceive the fricative /θ/ than beginners (H1), that learners who received explicit training would better perceive the fricative /θ/ than learners without explicit training (H2), and that learners with an instructor speaking a Peninsular accent would better perceive the fricative /θ/ than learners with instructors from other dialectal areas (H3). A total of 102 L2 participants were recruited from beginner, low-intermediate, intermediate, and advanced Spanish courses; approximately half received explicit training on the use of the /θ/ in Spanish. Half of the participants also had an instructor with a Peninsular accent. xiv In addition, 5 native Spanish speakers also participated in the study to provide a baseline. The study used a pretest, posttest design and repeated measures ANOVAs; significance was set at p≤.05.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 2, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Explicit Training, Fricatives, Phonology, Second Language Acquisition
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Carolina González, Professor Directing Thesis; Michael Leeser, Committee Member; Lara Reglero, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Languages, Modern
SUBJECT: Linguistics
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Harris_fsu_0071E_15373.pdf
TITLE: Making a Way out of No Way: Black Progress & the Ame Church in Early County, Georgia to 1918
AUTHOR: Harris, Kyle Quinton
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Jones, Maxine Deloris
MEMBER (university representative): Montgomery, Maxine Lavon, 1959-
MEMBER (committee member): Mooney, Katherine Carmines
MEMBER (committee member): Piehler, G. Kurt
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME:
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (188 pages)
ABSTRACT: Utilizing the historical and cultural frameworks of Stephen Hahn and bell hooks and their scholarly predecessors and contemporaries, this study focuses on the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Early County, Georgia, as a counter-hegemonic rural space for refuge, resistance, ingenuity and community-building, paying close attention to the activities at county seat, Blakely, which rippled through Early County. Chapter 1 of this study will examine the historical presence and significance of Blacks in Early County and their encounters with Methodism. The writer builds the argument that Africans in Early County always exercised varying degrees of ingenuity and autonomy, even under the yoke of slavery. As a consequence of the 13th and 14th Amendments, Blacks in the county were legally placed in a new space wherein they could make permanent inroads and influence AND develop this society. Utilizing the official media organ of the AME Church, The Christian Recorder and correspondence from AME Bishops, Elders, and laity, the writer shows how the national thrust of the AME church influenced the work of freedom and progress at the local level, evidenced through the accomplishments and collaborative efforts of AMEs and community leaders in Early County. In order for freedom and democracy to expand and be firmly rooted in a community, education must be at its core. Chapter 2 examines the AME Church’s role in the field of education in Georgia, paying particular attention to African Methodist educational work in Early County and its influences across the state. Using the framework of Hooks, the establishment of the AME Church --- its educational and political arm created new “worlds” for Blacks in Early County. Moreover, it provided a “safe space” for the building of community. Chapter 3 will examine the political role of the AME Church in Early County, Georgia, highlighting how the firmly-bound ties of the connectional AME church, worked to undermine White Supremacy in Blakely, focusing on the leaders of this political movement and their religious background and influence. Efforts at Black progress, freedom and autonomy in Early County were not met with open arms from the county’s White citizens, at times it was met with violent retaliatory measures. Chapter 4 will examine violence in the county, analyzing two instances of overt race violence, where AME Churches and congregants, among others, were targeted. It will also examine the AME Church’s national stance on race violence, highlighting the viewpoint of leaders at the national and local levels and how they mitigated polarized race relations at the county seat. Overall, this study seeks to add to the historical scholarship of the AME Church’s role in Black progress in America. In hooks’ “Choosing the Margin As A Space of Radical Openness” she emphasizes a significant line from the South African Freedom Charter which states, “Our struggle is also a struggle of memory against forgetting” in her discussion on radical politics in the perceived Black peripheral space. It is hoped that this work will highlight the efforts of the AME church and Black people in Early County who embraced a radical and transformative movement of forward progress, outside of the scope of White Supremacy. In addition to this study creating an accurate historical record for the halls of academia, this work also encourages readers to remember, identify, examine, enhance and reimage the historical tenets of Black political progress and implement them to galvanize civic participation, societal justice and inclusive education in the rural South.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 21, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Maxine D. Jones, Professor Directing Dissertation; Maxine Montgomery, University Representative; Katherine Mooney, Committee Member; G. Kurt Piehler, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: African Americans--History
SUBJECT: United States--History
SUBJECT: African Americans--Study and teaching
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hart_fsu_0071N_15451.pdf
TITLE: Amateurism, Player Compensation, and College Sports an Analysis of the Perceived Effects of a Free Market Model on the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Three Stakeholders of Division I Athletics
AUTHOR: Hart, Steven
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Kim, Amy C. H. (Amy Chan Hyung)
MEMBER (committee member): James, Jeffrey D. (Jeffrey Dalton)
MEMBER (committee member): Xue, Hanhan
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Sport Management
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (205 pages)
ABSTRACT: The debate about student-athlete compensation in college athletics has received increased media attention in the past decade. As many parties continue to call for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (the NCAA) to reform its organizational model and rulebook, commentators have proposed several alternatives to the current amateurism model. Among the most commonly discussed is a free market model. This model, arguably, would have the most significant impact on the NCAA and its stakeholders. Critics and proponents of such a model disagree as to what the impacts would be on the NCAA and its ability to achieve its organizational purposes, including governing the fairness of competition and establishing rules defining the amateur status of student-athletes (Beggs et. al., 2004). The purpose of this study was to investigate managers and stakeholder groups’ perceptions of a free market system on the organizational structure and the ability of the NCAA to achieve its organizational goals, and the impact on three key stakeholders: Division I athletic departments, Division I student-athletes, and sports law attorneys. Since much of the current discussion about the future of the NCAA is proffered by industry commentators, celebrities, and sports writers, there is a need to identify and gain perspective from key stakeholders who would directly affect and be affected by a change to the current student-athlete compensation model. Stakeholder theory was used as a framework for substantiating the importance of key stakeholders in college athletics. Stakeholder theory helps an organization explore the interests, expectations and perspectives of those who affect and are affected by its actions insomuch a decision maker can accordingly develop appropriate strategies and policies for responding to both internal and external influences (Hester, Bradley, & Adams, 2012). The three stakeholder groups chosen for this study included division I intercollegiate athletic administrators, division I student-athletes, and sports law attorneys. These stakeholder groups were selected because of their potential to be impacted by the implementation of a free market model. By way of understanding the importance of the three key stakeholders, this thesis focuses on exploring their perception of: 1) what a free market model is for intercollegiate athletics, and 2) how such a free market model would potentially impact the development of the NCAA and stakeholders themselves. To facilitate the study, semi-structured interviews with eight participants were conducted. The participants included two members from each of the above-mentioned stakeholder groups (i.e. two division I student-athletes, two sports law attorneys and two division I athletic administrators) as well as two NCAA committee members. Those participants were chosen through a process of purposive sampling created through a set of specific criteria (e.g. only student athletes who played football or basketball were selected to participate). Semi-structured interview questions were developed based on the research questions listed in this study. All interviews were recorded and participants’ answers were transcribed. The transcribed interviews were reviewed and key words and themes emerging from the interviews were identified. The data was then analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis. Results of the study revealed that stakeholders of the NCAA have varying ideas of what a free market model is for intercollegiate athletics. Both NCAA committee members described a free market for intercollegiate athletics as a pay-for-play model. The attorneys’ perceptions were related to a traditional economic definition of a free market. Other ideas were similar to a professional model where salary caps are negotiated through a process of collective bargaining. A key finding from this study is that there are differences in stakeholder perceptions of how a free market model would potentially impact the development of the NCAA and stakeholders. Many of the perceptions identified amongst all or most of the stakeholders interviewed are uncommon in the media narratives about the future of the NCAA. Future implications of the findings on stakeholder theory were discussed.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Sport Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 16, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Amy Kim, Professor Directing Thesis; Jeffrey James, Committee Member; Hanhan Xue, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Sports administration
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Hasan_fsu_0071E_15378.pdf
TITLE: A Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for pH.D. Supervisor Selection: A Hybrid Approach
AUTHOR: Hasan, Mir Anamul
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Schwartz, Daniel G.
MEMBER (university representative): Meyer-Bäse, Anke
MEMBER (committee member): Haiduc, Sonia
MEMBER (committee member): Wang, An-I Andy
MEMBER (committee member): Whalley, David B.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Computer Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (119 pages)
ABSTRACT: Selection of a suitable Ph.D. supervisor is a very important step in a student's career. This dissertation presents a multi-criteria decision support system to assist students in making this choice. The system employs a hybrid method that first utilizes a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to extract the relative importance of the identified criteria and sub-criteria to consider when selecting a supervisor. Then, it applies an information retrieval-based similarity algorithm (TF/IDF or Okapi BM25) to retrieve relevant candidate supervisor profiles based on the student's research interest. The selected profiles are then re-ranked based on other relevant factors chosen by the user, such as publication record, research grant record, and collaboration record. The ranking method evaluates the potential supervisors objectively based on various metrics that are defined in terms of detailed domain-specific knowledge, automating part of the decision making process. In contrast with other existing works, this system does not require the professor's involvement and no subjective measures are employed.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Computer Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 26, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Academic Search, Expert Recommendation, Fuzzy AHP, MCDM, Ph.D. Supervisor Selection
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Daniel Schwartz, Professor Directing Dissertation; Anke Meyer-Baese, University Representative; Sonia Haiduc, Committee Member; An-I Wang, Committee Member; David Whalley, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Computer science
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hernandez_fsu_0071E_15183.pdf
TITLE: Embodied Scholar-Activism: Testimonios from Chicana Doctoral Students
AUTHOR: Hernandez, Esteebaliz
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Jones, Tamara Bertrand
MEMBER (university representative): Dennen, Vanessa P., 1970-
MEMBER (committee member): Guthrie, Kathy L.
MEMBER (committee member): Perez-Felkner, Lara
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, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (185 pages)
ABSTRACT: Understanding the experiences of Chicanas in doctoral study remains salient because of pervasive doctoral program attrition rates and severe underrepresentation in the professoriate. Chicanas doctoral students engage in these unfamiliar and isolating academic environments with few Chicana faculty or peer mentors to help socialize us. Without such mentors, it is difficult for Chicana doctoral students to develop a scholarly identity. The purpose of this study is to better understand the scholarly identification processes among Chicana doctoral students aspiring to the professoriate. This study adds activism to the scholarly identification process, aiming to understand how Chicana doctoral students become scholar-activists and the ways in which they embody a scholar-activist identity on social media.
NOTE (embargo): 4
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 (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 3, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): activism, Chicana, Chicana feminism, doctoral students, graduate students, testimonio
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Tamara Bertrand Jones, Professor Directing Dissertation; Vanessa Dennen, University Representative; Kathy Guthrie, Committee Member; Lara Perez-Felkner, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Education, Higher
SUBJECT: Latin America
SUBJECT: Women's studies
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Hirsch_fsu_0071N_15440.pdf
TITLE: Familiarization of Dysarthric Speech Generalization between Speakers of Different Sex
AUTHOR: Hirsch, Megan Elizabeth
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Lansford, Katlin L.
MEMBER (committee member): Morris, Richard Jack, 1950-
MEMBER (committee member): Kaschak, Michael P.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Communication and Information
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Communication Science and Disorders
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (37 pages)
ABSTRACT: Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder that affects various aspects of speech production, such as breath support, speech rate, articulation, and prosody. Traditional speech therapy involved behavioral changes to how a person with dysarthria speaks. Emerging evidence shows familiarization may be a viable alternative option for treatment. Familiarization targets the listener’s perceived intelligibility of speech produced by a speaker with dysarthria through training with speakers with dysarthria. Recent evidence showed familiarization effects generalize between test and training speakers with dysarthria who were the same sex, especially if the speech of the two speakers was perceptually similar. The current study investigates whether generalization occurs between speakers of different sex and the effect perceptual similarity has on this generalization. Listeners were recruited via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and were presented with speech samples from a speaker with dysarthria. Listeners were assigned to one of two training conditions and completed a pre-test and post-test transcription task to measure level of intelligibility. Data collected was compared to and analyzed with historical data from Borrie et al. (2017a). Results showed a significant effect for level of similarity, indicating the listeners trained with a perceptually similar speaker to the test speaker showed greater improvements in intelligibility compared to listeners trained with a dissimilar speaker, regardless of the speaker’s sex. The listeners in the dissimilar training speaker conditions had variable intelligibility improvement scores following training. Results indicate familiarization effects generalize between speakers of different sex and that improvement is enhanced when trained with a perceptually similar speaker.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Communication Science and Disorders in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 11, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Adults, Dysarthria, Familiarization, Perceptual Learning
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Kaitlin L. Lansford, Professor Directing Thesis; Richard Morris, Committee Member; Michael Kaschak, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Speech therapy
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Hollingshead_fsu_0071N_15326.pdf
TITLE: Geoarchaeological Investigations at Half Mile Rise Sink (8Ta98)
AUTHOR: Hollingshead, Analise Marie
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Halligan, Jessi J.
MEMBER (committee member): Mehta, Jayur M. (Madhusudan)
MEMBER (committee member): Young, Seth A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Anthropology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (126 pages)
ABSTRACT: Half Mile Rise Sink (8TA98) is a submerged prehistoric site located approximately one hundred meters downriver from the Page-Ladson site in the Aucilla River of Northwest Florida. Here, all known Floridian Paleoindian projectile point types, numerous Archaic projectile point styles, and associated paleontological material were recovered from excavations during the 1960s. Through a multi-disciplinary approach, I present my results from new investigations at Half Mile Rise Sink in the aim to 1) define the geologic context and 2) discuss Half Mile Rise Sink as a multi-component prehistoric site. Half Mile Rise Sink is a unique site containing multiple cultural components due to fluctuating water levels, presenting the uniqueness of submerged prehistory coupled with terrestrial archaeology to understand what and how past peoples interacted with their landscape.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 18, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Archaic, geoarchaeology, lithic analysis, Paleoindian, southeastern archaeology, submerged prehistory
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Jessi J. Halligan, Professor Directing Thesis; Jayur M. Mehta, Committee Member; Seth A. Young, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Archaeology
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Howell_fsu_0071E_15411.pdf
TITLE: Insights into Proteasome Quality Control: A Mechanistic Analysis of Proteasome Biogenesis and Clearance
AUTHOR: Howell, Lauren Anne
MEMBER (university representative): Zhu, Fanxiu
MEMBER (committee member): Wang, Yanchang, (Biomedical Sciences Professor)
MEMBER (committee member): Megraw, Timothy L.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Medicine
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Biomedical Sciences
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (128 pages)
ABSTRACT: Maintaining the balance of protein synthesis and degradation is essential for efficient proteostasis and organismal health. The 26S proteasome is a large, multisubunit proteolytic complex that functions as the primary mechanism for regulated protein degradation in eukaryotes. Nearly every biological pathway depends on proteasome-mediated catabolism to perform cellular functions or ensure the integrity of its components, making the maintenance of proteasome quality critical. The elaborate architecture and large size of the proteasome necessitates dedicated quality control mechanisms to ensure the integrity, abundance, and functionality of the complex. The mechanisms governing proteasome quality control have been implicated in numerous disease pathologies, emphasizing the importance of gaining insight into these cellular processes, which remain poorly understood. Toward this goal, the work set forth in this dissertation aims to elucidate the mechanistic underpinnings of proteasome quality control, focusing on the regulation of proteasome assembly and destruction. A cooperative network of regulatory mechanisms function to rapidly and faithfully assemble dozens of canonical subunits into a highly-organized, functional proteasome. Several alternative proteasome species with non-canonical subunit arrangements have been identified and are linked to diverse physiological and pathophysiological processes. The mechanisms that control canonical versus non-canonical proteasome biogenesis remain largely unknown. The first chapter of this dissertation aims to clarify the quality control mechanisms governing subunit incorporation during proteasome biogenesis. Failure of proteasome quality control can compromise the integrity of the complex and result in the accumulation of aberrant species that can disrupt the proteostatic balance, necessitating the critical requirement for a clearance pathway that has only recently been identified and remains poorly understood. The second chapter of this dissertation aims to study the spatial control of the proteasome during autophagic clearance and identify new factors mediating proteasome destruction. Together, the work presented in this dissertation provides new insight into the mechanisms of proteasome quality control and furthers our understanding into how these processes may be compromised to contribute to disease pathology.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Biomedical Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 11, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Robert J. Tomko, Jr., Professor Directing Dissertation; Fanxiu Zhu, University Representative; Yanchang Wang, Committee Member; Timothy Megraw, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Biology
SUBJECT: Cytology
SUBJECT: Molecular biology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Izci_fsu_0071E_15416.pdf
TITLE: An Exploratory Study of Mother-Child Interactions Around Digital Media Applications
AUTHOR: Izci, Burcu
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Jones, Ithel
MEMBER (university representative): Roehrig, Alysia D., 1975-
MEMBER (committee member): Dennis, Lindsay Rae
MEMBER (committee member): Myers, John P. (John Patrick)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: School of Teacher Education
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (142 pages)
ABSTRACT: In recent years, touch screens and digital technologies have permeated all aspects of our lives and increasing numbers of children engage with those devices and digital media every day. Children age 8 or younger use tablets and digital applications for various activities including watching videos, playing digital games or reading e-books. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents should use high-quality educational media as well as engage in meaningful parent-child interactions in conjunction with tablet device use. In the literature, there is currently limited research that investigates parent-child joint activities and talk around touch screen tablets. The main goal of the study was to examine mother-child talk as they engaged in three distinct digital activities (e-book reading, video watching, and game playing) on a touch screen tablet device. It was expected that different types of mother-child talk would be observed during each digital activity. Three hypotheses were tested in the study. The first hypothesis predicted that there would be a difference in the total number utterances generated by mothers and children during three digital activities. The second hypothesis predicted that there would be a difference in the total number of utterances generated during e-book reading, compared to video watching and game playing. The third hypothesis predicted that there would be a positive correlation between children’s utterances across three digital activities and the measure of their receptive vocabulary. The current study’s research design was a within subjects (repeated measures) design where all participating mothers and children were engaged in three different digital activities in a different order. The findings of the current study suggest that mothers generated more utterances than their children across three digital activities. In addition, the type of digital activity caused differences in the total number of utterances generated by mothers and children. The findings of the study also demonstrated that the measure of children’s receptive vocabulary was not statistically correlated with the type or frequency of child utterances observed across the three digital activities.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the School of Teacher Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 12, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): digital game play, e-book reading, mother-child talk, parent-child interactions, touch screen tablet, video watching
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Ithel Jones, Professor Directing Dissertation; Alysia Roehrig, University Representative; Lindsay Dennis, Committee Member; John Myers, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Early childhood education
SUBJECT: Educational technology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Jackson_fsu_0071E_15317.pdf
TITLE: Using Visual Supports to Increase the Comprehension of Science Texts for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
AUTHOR: Jackson, Elizabeth M. (Elizabeth Marie)
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Hanline, Mary Frances
MEMBER (university representative): Cortese, Juliann
MEMBER (committee member): Whalon, Kelly J.
MEMBER (committee member): Steacy, Laura M., 1981-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Education
CORPORATE NAME: School of Teacher Education
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (151 pages)
ABSTRACT: This study originally proposed a multitreatment (ABACAC) study design. This design was altered to an ABAB reversal design when both participants showed an increase in correct responding to science comprehension questions when just visual supports were introduced (e.g.,concept map and visual cues). Two Kindergarten boys diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) participated in this study. This study presented the visual supports (e.g., concept map and visual cues) via iPad. The findings from this study support the findings found in accommodating students with ASD with concept maps, visual cues, and the use of technology. In addition, this study adds to the literature by helping participants make meaning and understand relationships with visual supports that accommodate the weak central coherence theory. Social validity measures collected from both the participants and their mothers show this study was socially important, socially acceptable, and socially significant.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the School of Teacher Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 14, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Mary Frances Hanline, Professor Directing Dissertation; Juliann Cortese, University Representative; Kelly Whalon, Committee Member; Laura Steacy, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Special education
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Jensen_fsu_0071E_15249.pdf
TITLE: Between Past(S) and Future(S): Translating the Space of Appearance in Middle English Arthurian Literature
AUTHOR: Jensen, Christopher
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Johnson, David F. (David Frame), 1956-
MEMBER (university representative): Leushuis, Reinier, 1969-
MEMBER (committee member): Fumo, Jamie
MEMBER (committee member): Boehrer, Bruce Thomas
MEMBER (committee member): Coldiron, A. E. B. (Anne Elizabeth Banks)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (204 pages)
ABSTRACT: The genre of Arthurian literature is defined by its presentation of a noble society of knights and ladies, most often utilized in literary texts as a kind of medieval shorthand for acceptable social behavior, perhaps especially in aristocratic settings. Knighthood is configured most often in French-language literature of the “twelfth-century renaissance” as an aspirational masculine social identity, an office ordained by God for the elite class. When that literature was translated into Middle English in the following centuries, however, the different social functions and expectations of literary chivalry in England provided a distinct terroir in which it might grow, producing narratives with a courtly cast for a decidedly broader audience, an audience perhaps far removed from the literal offices of king and knight. Arthur’s knights in Middle English literature thus often embody a more generalized ethos, but the imaginary space of Arthurian Britain ensures that its specular capacity for social commentary and the stimulation of aspirational identity remains intact, even when the practicable nobility of Arthur’s court does not necessarily cohere across texts and traditions.
NOTE (embargo): 0
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 (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 20, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): affect, chivalry, King Arthur, Middle English, Old French, translation
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): David F. Johnson, Professor Directing Dissertation; Reinier Leushuis, University Representative; Jamie C. Fumo, Committee Member; Bruce T. Boehrer, Committee Member; A. E. B. Coldiron, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Literature, Medieval
SUBJECT: Ethics
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: KLEIN_fsu_0071E_15412.pdf
TITLE: Rif1 Is Necessary to Maintain Epigenetic State in Human Cells
AUTHOR: Klein, Kyle N.
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Gilbert, David M.
MEMBER (university representative): Gunjan, Akash
MEMBER (committee member): Bass, Hank W.
MEMBER (committee member): Yu, Hong-Guo
MEMBER (committee member): Chadwick, Brian P.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Biological Science
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (107 pages)
ABSTRACT: DNA is replicated in a defined temporal order termed the RT program. Ordered DNA replication is conserved in eukaryotes, yet its biological significance remains enigmatic. 3D genome organization as assayed by Hi-C has revealed that RT is highly correlated with genome architecture at two scales. Developmentally programmed changes in RT occur in units that align with sub-megabase chromatin architectural units known as TADs and early and late replicating chromatin is segregated into separate A and B sub-nuclear compartments respectively. Transcriptionally permissive histone modifications are associated with early replication and A nuclear compartmentalization. Conversely, transcriptionally repressive histone modifications are associated with late replication and B nuclear compartmentalization. However, studies of mechanisms linking RT and chromatin architecture with epigenetic chromatin modifications have been difficult since mutation of chromatin regulatory proteins have found only small, localized changes in the RT program, not global disruption of ordered replication. Indeed, depletion of key architectural proteins such as CTCF and cohesin disrupts TAD structure but has little effect on compartments or RT. RIF1 is the only protein shown to have a conserved role in regulating RT genome wide. To address the role of RT in organizing epigenetic chromatin modifications and genome structure we have generated RIF1 knockouts via CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in hESCs and the cancer cell line HCT116. While RT changes in HCT116 mirrored those seen in previously published human and mouse RIF1 null cell lines, remarkably, hESC null cells lose almost all detectable temporal replication specificity, despite retaining pluripotency, a nearly normal transcriptome, and cell cycle progression. In both cell lines, the effect on RT was due to increased stochastic cell to cell variation in RT, rather than discrete RT changes as previously thought. Hi-C detected significant changes in compartments driven by changes in interactions between peaks of specific histone marks that coordinately increase or decrease in intensity. Heterochromatic H3K9me3 peaks were globally reduced in intensity, but highly enriched in both peak intensity and interaction strength at certain loci that remained late replicating. H3K27me3 showed cell line specific changes, becoming enriched or excluded from H3K9me3-rich domains in hESCs or HCT116, respectively. H3K27ac peaks also showed a global decrease in peak intensity and interactions between peaks were significantly weakened. H3K4me3 peak intensity and inter-peak interactions were depleted in the A nuclear compartment and enriched in the B nuclear compartment. TAD architecture and Rad21 binding was largely unaffected in both cell lines. We conclude that RIF1 is necessary to maintain the global epigenetic landscape and suggest a model in which RT regulates chromatin and compartment identity in human cells.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Biological Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 15, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): epigenetic state, genome organization, human embryonic stem cells, Replication Timing, RIF1
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): David M. Gilbert, Professor Directing Dissertation; Akash Gunjan, University Representative; Hank W. Bass, Committee Member; Hong-Guo Yu, Committee Member; Brian P. Chadwick, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Molecular biology
SUBJECT: Cytology
SUBJECT: Genetics
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: KellerIII_fsu_0071E_15285.pdf
TITLE: The Fall
AUTHOR: Keller, Raymond Allen, III
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Stuckey-French, Elizabeth
MEMBER (university representative): Stover, Tim
MEMBER (committee member): Kirby, David, 1944-
MEMBER (committee member): Horack, Skip
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (145 pages)
ABSTRACT: This novel, whose title is The Fall, attempts to tell a modern day story of the fall of man (traditionally found in the Book of Genesis), from a greater, more humane and moral state characterized by goodness toward himself and others, to a lesser state characterized by selfishness, narrow ambition and the manipulation and oppression of those around him. The protagonist’s name is Nullius Nominis (which means “no name” in Latin), but at the beginning of the novel, a passage in which he is unexplainably falling from a very tall building known as The Capitol, seat of the Republic, he is only described as “the falling man” because he has lost his memory. Unaware of what has set his current circumstance in motion, he only knows that he is falling. Somewhat miraculously, Nullius is saved from death in the fall, and is rescued by a maintenance man named Minos, who takes him beneath the Capitol and cares for him. But, eager to find out what has happened to himself, Nullius leaves in the middle of the night, only to find that there are posters with his picture on it hung inside the Capitol: he is wanted for questioning regarding the mysterious death of the Governor. What follows is a journey of sorts, from the bowels of the Capitol to the top floor, fraught with danger and intrigue, as, in his attempt to acquit himself, Nullius learns of his own strange history, as well as that of humanity itself, and how all this fits in to the very future of the Republic.
NOTE (embargo): 4
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 (Degree Awarded): Spring Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): April 2, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Professor Directing Dissertation; Timothy Stover, University Representative; David Kirby, Committee Member; Bruce “Skip” Horack, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: American literature
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: King_fsu_0071E_15332.pdf
TITLE: An Exploration of the Effects of Primary and Secondary Trauma on Child Welfare Workers' Mental Health and Commitment to the Field
AUTHOR: King, Erin A. (Erin Albrecht)
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Wilke, Dina J.
MEMBER (university representative): McWey, Lenore M.
MEMBER (committee member): Tripodi, Stephen J.
MEMBER (committee member): Randolph, Karen A.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Work
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (174 pages)
ABSTRACT: The field of child welfare continues to suffer due to high rates of worker turnover. The child welfare workforce plays a crucial role in promoting child well-being and preventing abuse and neglect. When workers leave their jobs, sometimes after only a few months, at-risk children are negatively impacted. Work-related trauma exposure of workers is an understudied area. This study revealed three categories of trauma workers experience as a part of their jobs. Analyses examined the relationship between type of trauma exposure and personal and work-related outcomes of child welfare workers in the state of Florida. This study examined workers’ exposure to trauma from a stress-response framework. Conservation of resources theory and identity theory informed the conceptual model for this study. This model examined how different typologies of trauma influence workers’ mental health and commitment to the field of child welfare. Mental health was examined as a potential mediator in the relationship between trauma and commitment to the field. A sample of child welfare workers who had been employed in the field for 18-months (n=657) responded to items relating to their experiences of client perpetrated violence, deaths or injuries on their caseloads, and secondary trauma. They also completed scales measuring their current levels of depression, anxiety, PTSD (at 18 months), and their overall commitment to the field of child welfare (measured at 2 years post-hire). T-tests, ANOVA analyses, and structural equation modeling (consisting of confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis) were used to determine the prevalence, severity, and effects of trauma exposure on workers. Three typologies of trauma emerged: primary trauma, caseload trauma, and secondary trauma. Threat emerged as the most reported form of primary trauma in this sample (78.4%), followed by non-physical violence (44.8%), and then assault (5.7%). Twenty-six percent (26%) of workers met the criteria for moderate to severe secondary trauma symptomatology. Relating to caseload trauma, 7.7% (n=49) of workers reported death of a child on their caseload due to maltreatment, 16.7% (n=106) reported the death of a child due to accident/injury, and 29.4% (n=187) reported the severe illness/injury of a child on their caseload. Moderate to severe levels of anxiety and PTSD were found in 4.3% and 3.7% of these child welfare workers. Depression levels for workers were higher, with 16.6% reporting moderate levels of depression. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis indicated that primary trauma had a small, but positive relationship with commitment to the field (B=.17, p<.05). Caseload trauma predicted workers’ levels of secondary trauma (B=.14, p<.05), and secondary trauma had a strong, predictive relationship with worker mental health (B=.77, p<.001). Each type of trauma contributed differentially to workers’ personal and organizational outcome. These findings contribute important information about the prevalence and effects of different types of trauma child welfare workers face as a part of their job. Results of this study have implications for administrative practice, training, and intervention development in child welfare. Limitations of this study included participant attrition, a limited measurement period for mental health, and the use of dichotomous variables to measure primary and caseload trauma. Future research should focus on exploring these relationships between worker trauma exposure and personal/organization outcomes longitudinally and by using qualitative research methods to examine workers’ experiences in more depth.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the College of Social Work in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 24, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): child welfare workforce, client-perpetrated violence, mental health, secondary trauma, trauma exposure
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Dina J. Wilke, Professor Directing Dissertation; Lenore McWey, University Representative; Stephen J. Tripodi, Committee Member; Karen A. Randolph, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Social service
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Klemp_fsu_0071E_15360.pdf
TITLE: Efficacy of Nighttime Protein Feeding during 12 Weeks of Resistance Training on Functional and Cognitive Adaptations in Older Adults
AUTHOR: Klemp, Alex
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Kim, Jeong-Su
MEMBER (university representative): Contreras, Robert J.
MEMBER (committee member): Ormsbee, Michael J.
MEMBER (committee member): Panton, Lynn B. (Lynn Biship)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Human Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (191 pages)
ABSTRACT: Introduction. A growing body of evidence suggests a strong relationship between age-related declines in muscle mass, strength, and power with impaired cognitive function. To mitigate these effects, current recommendations consist of resistance exercise training (RET) with additional protein intake. The benefits of RET and additional protein intake are purposed to be attributed to increases in muscle protein synthesis (MPS), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), and improved sleep. Previous data indicated that immediate post-exercise protein consumption optimizes adaptations to RET, while some long-term data are equivocal. Moreover, nighttime pre-sleep protein intake may be important as overnight MPS can be lower than basal rates, which is problematic in older adults who exhibited blunted MPS to protein intake. However, this has not been well examined in older adults, except for one recent study with a suboptimal protein dose. The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of nighttime pre- sleep protein intake on functional and cognitive adaptations during 12 weeks of RET in older adults in comparison to the traditional recommendation of immediate post-exercise protein intake. Our central hypothesis was that nighttime pre-sleep protein intake would significantly improve functional, and cognitive adaptations as much as immediate post-exercise protein group in comparison to the exercise only group. Methods. Healthy, sedentary, older males (N=30) between the ages of 60-75 years were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: 1) Protein immediately post-exercise (Post-ex, n=9), 2) Protein 30 minutes prior to sleep (Pre-sleep, n=11), or 3) No protein supplementation (Ex only, n=10). All 3 groups performed the same 12-week RET program, 2x/wk. The dependent variables consisted of pre to post changes in body composition (e.g., lean mass, fat mass, % body fat), nitrogen balance, free plasma IGF-1, profile of mood states (POMS), sleep evaluation (sleep quantity and quality), and cognitive processing speed (digit symbol substitution task and pattern comparison). Maximum muscular strength (1-RM), muscular power, and quadriceps muscle hypertrophy (via muscle thickness) were assessed at pre-, mid-, and post-intervention. Results. Post-ex exhibited a significant reduction in % body fat (-6%, p = 0.018), but there was no significant change in Pre-sleep (0%, p > 0.999) or Ex only group (–4%, p = 0.077). Post-ex demonstrated accelerated quadriceps muscle hypertrophy from pre to mid (+9%, p = 0.003); however, pre to post increases were similar between groups. Pre to post 1-RM improvements were not different between groups; however, Post-ex (+6%, p = 0.009) and Pre-sleep (+9%, p = 0.003) demonstrated significant increases in chest press 1-RM from mid to post, while Ex only did not (+4%, p = 0.226). Peak power was significantly enhanced in Pre-sleep (+10%, p = 0.040) with a similar increase observed in Post-ex (+13%) but not in Ex only (+2%). All groups were not effective for improving cognitive processing speed. Satiety was significantly higher in Pre- sleep compared to Ex only at post (+89%, p = 0.019). There were no significant changes in POMS or sleep evaluation. Post-ex (+27%, p = 0.022) and Pre-sleep (+40%, p < 0.001) displayed significant increases in free plasma IGF-1, while Ex only (+18%, p = 0.080) did not. Free IGF-1 levels were inversely related to fat mass and % body fat, which demonstrated significant negative (p = 0.002 and 0.046, respectively) moderate (r = -0.667) and low (r = - 0.463) correlations, respectively. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that during a 12-week RET program, 40 g of additional protein intake, but not specifically at post-exercise or pre-sleep time points, augmented the rate of upper body strength adaptations, enhanced peak power, and increased morning satiety levels in older adults to a greater extent than exercise only. Our findings also indicate that post-exercise protein consumption can further enhance resistance exercise-induced improvements in body composition, primarily though fat mass loss, and accelerate muscle hypertrophy in comparison to pre-sleep and exercise only interventions. The reduced fat mass is associated with increased free IGF-1 levels, although the mechanism is not clear.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 1, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Hypertrophy, Older Adults, Protein, Resistance exercise, Skeletal muscle, Strength
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Jeong-Su Kim, Professor Directing Dissertation; Robert J. Contreras, University Representative; Michael J. Ormsbee, Committee Member; Lynn B. Panton, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Kinesiology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Kleuver_fsu_0071E_15147.pdf
TITLE: Using State Policy Determinants to Predict for-Profit Undergrraduate Enrollment Share at Degree-Granting Institutions
AUTHOR: Kleuver, Steven A.
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Park, Toby J.
MEMBER (committee member): Hu, Shouping
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, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (148 pages)
ABSTRACT: For-profit institutions are thought to fill the educational gap when traditional nonprofit colleges fail to serve the needs of an evolving student population. Over the past several decades, the enrollment share of undergraduate students attending for-profit institutions in lieu of traditional nonprofit institutions has expanded substantially. While this growth has been noted by researchers, comparatively little is known about what determinants impact the state enrollment share of students attending for-profit institutions. Furthermore, the chronicling of state policy directed at for-profit institutions has not been completed in a concise and accessible manner. This study uses a panel dataset spanning the years 1997 to 2015 to measure for-profit enrollment to determine the effects of select state-level policy variables on the undergraduate enrollment share of for-profit institutions. Results of this study showed that state policies do impact for-profit enrollment share. After cataloging relevant state policies, 18 laws across 10 states were found to directly address the for-profit sector. As predicted, laws favorable to for-profit institutions (positive laws) were found to increase for-profit enrollment share and laws regulating for-profit institutions (negative laws) were found to decrease for-profit enrollment share. Educational appropriations per student FTE and the existence of a consolidated governing board were also found as controllable variables that impact for-profit enrollment share.
NOTE (embargo): 0
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 (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 9, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): difference-in-difference, enrollment share, federal policy, for-profit education, proprietary schools, state policy
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Toby Park-Gaghan, Professor Directing Dissertation; James Bowman, University Representative; Shouping Hu, Committee Member; Robert Schwartz, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Education, Higher
SUBJECT: Public administration
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Kochman_fsu_0071E_15283.pdf
TITLE: Trauma and Aging: Dramatic Women Escaping the Presumption of Decline
AUTHOR: Kochman, Deborah A.
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Dahl, Mary Karen, 1945-
MEMBER (committee member): McKelvey, Patrick T. (Patrick Timothy)
MEMBER (committee member): Salata, Kris
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Fine Arts
CORPORATE NAME: School of Theatre
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (158 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the aging woman trope and the idea of the “trauma and aging” in theatre and performance. I argue that the pervasiveness of negative imagery associated with aging women as well as decline narratives of age contribute to individual as well as cultural trauma that necessitates active resistance and creative responses to the violence enacted upon the aging. I maintain that trauma and aging is not solely an individual phenomenological experience resulting from a singular moment of violence or traumatic event, but can be the result of insidious or everyday trauma. I argue that identifying negative images helps to identify stereotype threats and decline narratives to distinguish them from individualized stories of aging and fuller, more expansive narratives/experiences. The project engages literary theory, theatre studies, and age studies as well as theories of violence and trauma to examine the aging female trope as a popular literary and theatrical trope within Anglo-American media. I analyze the dramatic text or script, the text or script in performance, and the relationship of the text or performance to its social, political, and cultural context as well as how the objects (images of aging women) might offer counter-examples to the decline narrative of age. The primary goal of the project is to provide tools with which to unpack and analyze other objects regarding ageism and potentially identify ways that views of aging women are circulated in society to a similar effect. The analysis follows a chronology of representations beginning with Albee’s "Three Tall Women" and continues with textual and performance analysis of Paula Vogel’s "The Oldest Profession" and Caryl Churchill’s "Escaped Alone." Each chapter in this dissertation presents its own research question(s) and case study analysis that advances my argument with regard to 1) the so-called experience of “trauma and aging,” 2) how images in theatre and performance have supported negative stereotypes of aging, and 3) how counter-examples from theatre and performance might broaden the conversation, perception, and awareness about the experience of aging, particularly for women. The goal of the project is to go beyond simply identifying plays and performances where stereotypes and tropes reinforce, as Ann David Basting points out, the “stubbornly persistent” decline narrative of age. The project seeks to complicate the discussion about aged figures in theatre and performance expand the conversation to offer counter-examples that contribute to an archive of aging narratives that offer fuller, more expansive views aging. These conversations are crucial to the humanities not only because theatre scholars have largely ignored the discussion of aging, but also particularly in this social-cultural moment when ageism, particularly against older women, remains a pervasive and dangerous human rights violation.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the School of Theatre in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 16, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Aging, Older women, Theatre, Trauma
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Mary Karen Dahl, Professor Directing Dissertation; Anne Barrett, University Representative; Patrick T. McKelvey, Committee Member; Kris Salata, Committee Member; Aaron C. Thomas, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Theater
SUBJECT: Aging
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: LHeureux_fsu_0071N_15437.pdf
TITLE: Preserving Regional Identity in an Urbanizing Landscape: A Neighborhood Smart Growth Plan
AUTHOR: L'Heureux, Gabriel Gerard
MEMBER (professor directing thesis): Ransdell, Marlo E.
MEMBER (committee member): McLane, Yelena
MEMBER (committee member): Webber, Steven B.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Fine Arts
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Interior Architecture and Design
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (117 pages)
ABSTRACT: A true understanding of urbanism means acknowledging the paradoxical relationship that exists between established community and constant development. Originally, an approach to balancing the growing congestion of overpopulated suburbs, urbanization in many regional towns has become more of a trend than a means of necessity. Effects such as gentrification are changing the social make-up of communities and re-shaping regional design aesthetics. The new aesthetics seen in redeveloped communities are rooted in International and Postmodern design styles that are a stark contrast to the existing regional vernacular, creating a sense of territorial aesthetic autonomy. Preserving the past can only be accomplished through striving to counter the lack of place and identity of International and Postmodern styles, with an emphasis on modern tradition that is tied to the cultural and geographical context of a region (Framton, 2007). This ideology seeks to prevent a nationalist view of architectural style while attempting to mediate between the local and global languages of design. The focus of this research explores performative approaches to architectural regionalism in Tallahassee FL, and the extirpative effects that these practices have on the town’s regional identity as it pertains to aesthetic. This study chose Levy Park in Tallahassee due to the visible effects of gentrification that are currently ongoing in the area. Levy Park is a neighborhood located in mid-town comprised of pre and post WWII houses that have a deep intrinsic connection to Florida’s history. Characteristics such as urban amenities, artistic individuality, and charming vernacular style make this area highly desired, but major changes in development practices have occurred in the past ten years which threaten the neighborhoods authenticity. The data collection methods for this research will include a layered approach consisting of two phases. Phase one consists of a collection of demographic statistics and phase two includes a detailed cataloging of recent infill projects, historical and archival data of demolished and renovated structures, and local/ municipal city codes and policies that have affected the area. The research findings will identify the effects that performative practices in design have on determining and maintaining a regional identity in Tallahassee, FL. It will also look at the efficacy of current design trends pertaining to urban infill in the neighborhood of Levy Park. Further, it will provide smart growth solutions that promote a critical understanding of regionalism and celebrate the historic architectural styles that aid in maintaining a strong regional identity.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Thesis submitted to the Department of Interior Architecture and Design in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 2, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): In-fill Development, Preservation, Regional Identity, Regionalism, Smart Growth, Urbanism
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Marlo Ransdell, Professor Directing Thesis; Yelena McLane, Committee Member; Steven Webber, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Architecture
SUBJECT: Demography
SUBJECT: History
DEGREE: Masters
FILENAME: Latinsky_fsu_0071E_15284.pdf
TITLE: Weathering the Storm: An Examination of Fetal Loss, Maternal Age, and Norms of Race and Sexuality
AUTHOR: Latinsky, Andrew
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Ueno, Koji
MEMBER (university representative): Grzywacz, Joseph G.
MEMBER (committee member): Burdette, Amy M.
MEMBER (committee member): Waggoner, Miranda R.
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Sociology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (104 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation tests if fetal loss can be applied as an extension of prior literature on the weathering hypothesis. To do so, this study extends upon the weathering hypothesis: the observation that blacks experience substantially higher levels of stress than their white counterparts in the United States, that this gap only increases as individuals become older, and that this resulting stress is correlated with negative health outcomes, especially chronic disease. This outcome is proposed to be caused by subtle racist events and broader institutional racism, resulting in the literal accumulation of stress in the body. The outcome of weathering can be measured in physical responses of the individual’s body such as cortisol levels and blood pressure (referred to collectively as allostatic load). Because negative events lead to these stress responses being more common in blacks than whites, resulting in higher allostatic load, there is a corresponding increase in the incidence of health problems such as chronic inflammation. In prior research, the impact of weathering on maternal and child health has been tested for by examining the choice of early childbearing among black mothers. This is a time period where the gap in allostatic load measures is smaller across race. Prior studies examining the weathering hypothesis have determined that for minority women, and minority women only (particularly black women), the risk of maternal mortality, premature birth, low birth weight, and infant mortality is smaller when women become pregnant in adolescence as opposed to young adulthood. However, in spite of a fetal loss gap by race that is similar to the aforementioned maternal and child health outcomes, there is a lack of research into if effects associated with the weathering hypothesis occur with fetal loss. Two analyses are performed to test this relationship. The first analysis consists of a series of multilevel logistic models on approximately seventeen thousand pregnancy outcomes in the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), examining the relative risk of fetal loss based on racial and age characteristics of mothers at the time of pregnancy. The second analysis follows with a series of logistic regressions examining approximately four million pregnancies in the National Vital Statistics Survey (NVSS) for the years 2016 and 2013, also examining the influence of the mother’s race, age, and its interaction on fetal loss risks in each year. These analyses find that for each sample (including both years of the NVSS), black women overall have higher risks of fetal loss than their white counterparts. However, for black and Hispanic-black women, the risk of fetal loss was lower in adolescent pregnancies than adult pregnancies, consistent with the weathering hypothesis. The findings from this dissertation suggest that the effects of weathering on maternal and child healthcare outcomes can in fact be extended to the issue of fetal loss, thereby suggesting that stress resulting from racism has a broader collection of harms than previously recognized.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Sociology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 29, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): Health, Life Course, Maternal and Child Health, Quantitative, Race, Weathering
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Koji Ueno, Professor Directing Dissertation; Joseph Grzywacz, University Representative; Amy Burdette, Committee Member; Miranda Waggoner, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Sociology
SUBJECT: Medical sciences
SUBJECT: African Americans--Study and teaching
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Lehn_fsu_0071E_15336.pdf
TITLE: A Renewed Critical Pedagogy: Rethinking Activism within Writing Program Administration
AUTHOR: Lehn, Jeanette Louise
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Graban, Tarez Samra
MEMBER (university representative): Jones, Tamara Bertrand
MEMBER (committee member): Neal, Michael R.
MEMBER (committee member): Lathan, Rhea Estelle, 1961-
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of English
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (195 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a qualitative study of activism within writing program administration though the lens of the term critical pedagogy. The study responds to calls in the field of rhetoric, composition, and writing studies to address inequalities and to forward social justice ends. This disciplinary desire can be evidenced in chairs’ addresses at the flagship conference, The Conference on College Composition and Communication, in institutional mission statements and in the pedagogy of individual instructors. In the past, local efforts to respond to social justice have been classified under the term critical pedagogy. While the term critical pedagogy has fallen out of favor, I argue that the term still holds utility for conceiving of a contemporary response to progressive desires for teaching. The term critical pedagogy, often associated with Paulo Freire, a Chilean activist, is commonly associated with designing classroom practice. The term evolved into more frequent parlance in the 1960s and 1970s as institutional structures changed, and again in the 1990s, as issues of identity and culture were more centrally the focus of composition studies. One conception of critical pedagogy is that individual teachers can create social change through classroom practice. It is difficult to address global or systemic problems solely at the local level, and in reconceiving of critical pedagogy for contemporary exigencies, the need to theorize activism on a systemic level is salient. This dissertation study accounts for that critique of critical pedagogy by theorizing critical pedagogy from institutional and systemic angles utilizing a method called Critical Systems Theory (CST). To theorize critical pedagogy and activism from both individual and institutional angles simultaneously, this dissertation utilizes qualitative methods, chiefly interviews, chosen for their ability to reveal relationships between actors within the educational system. Ten writing program administrators from “research extensive” universities (Carnegie Classification D/RU-E) were interviewed about institutional contexts, activism, critical pedagogy, multiculturalism, and the treatment of race and racism within TA training. The research utilizes an ecological framework and is done for the purpose of institutional critique. Participants were recruited via e-mail and the “snowball” referral method. Interviews were conducted over Skype and transcripts of the interviews were coded for patterns. Interviewees were offered three levels of participation to allow for confidentiality: confidential participant (name and institution withheld); named participant (name and institution present); and collaborator (name and institution present with the option for collaborators to give feedback on data and results). Within the study, the writing program is conceived of as an entity within multiple ecologies and the results of this research reflect that by presenting the results in terms of “inner” and “outer” spaces. The inner spaces refer to aspects of the data pertaining to classroom pedagogy and the internal administration of writing program administration. The outer spaces refer to aspects of writing program administration connected to the institutional, external stakeholders and the discipline. Opportunities for administrative agency within writing programs or “points of leverage” as they are referred to in the dissertations included dialogue, the design of both curriculum and assignments and the mentoring of teaching assistants within graduate programs. Opportunities for administrative agency in outer spaces included outreach, positive collaboration and acting as a representative for writing studies outside of department spaces. Additionally, the study describes intersectional factors that modified writing program administrator agency including identities or philosophies, location, geography, and pre-existing exigencies that modified available resources. This data can be used for the purposes of describing the dynamic and situated positionality of a writing program administrator. Limitations of this study included the limitations of qualitative research related to the small sample size and the difficulty of creating findings from narrative data. Future research can be done in terms of replicating this study on a larger scale or looking more extensively into more detailed and specific aspects of social justice action within writing programs.
NOTE (embargo): 0
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 (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 10, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): activism, composition, critical pedagogy, Institutional critique, rhetoric, writing program administration
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Tarez Samra Graban, Professor Directing Dissertation; Tamara Bertrand Jones, University Representative; Michael Neal, Committee Member; Rhea Lathan, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Education
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Lerner_fsu_0071E_15136.pdf
TITLE: General versus Specific Aspects of Self-Regulation as Predictors of Academic Skills and Internalizing Symptoms: A Model Comparison Approach
AUTHOR: Lerner, Matthew Daniel
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Lonigan, Christopher J.
MEMBER (university representative): Catts, Hugh W. (Hugh William), 1949-
MEMBER (committee member): Kofler, Michael J.
MEMBER (committee member): Cougle, Jesse R. (Jesse Ray), 1975-
MEMBER (committee member): Schatschneider, Christopher
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Psychology
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (120 pages)
ABSTRACT: The relation between self-regulation and both academic skills and internalizing symptoms is well-established. However, open questions remain regarding the nature of this relation and about whether similar or different aspects of self-regulation are most strongly related to academic skills vs. internalizing symptoms. Similarly, available evidence suggests that self-regulation, as measured by self-report (i.e., effortful control; EC), moderates the relation between temperament-based risk and internalizing psychopathology, but less is known regarding the status of direct, behavioral measures of self-regulation (i.e., executive function; EF) as potential moderators of that relation. This study tested competing models of EF in a sample of high school students (M age = 16.09 years, SD = 1.04 years). The preferred model was a bifactor model including a general EF factor (EFg) and specific working memory (WM) and shifting (SH) factors. This model was used to examine the relation between EF and skills in reading and math and to test specific EF components, as well as EC, as potential moderators of temperament-based risk for internalizing symptoms. The WM specific factor was strongly, positively related to reading and math, but the EFg and SH factors were not. EC moderated the relation between negative affectivity and panic symptoms. The SH-specific EF factor moderated temperament-based risk for depression symptoms, but the EFg and WM factors did not, nor did EC.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 18, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): anxiety, depression, executive function, mathematics, reading, self-regulation
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Christopher J. Lonigan, Professor Directing Dissertation; Hugh W. Catts, University Representative; Michael Koffler, Committee Member; Jesse Cougle, Committee Member; Christopher Schatschneider, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Psychology
SUBJECT: Clinical psychology
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Li_fsu_0071E_15255.pdf
TITLE: Enhancement of Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Mitigation of Nitrous Oxide Emission in Agricultural Fields
AUTHOR: Li, Simeng
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Chen, Gang, 1969-
MEMBER (university representative): Sang, Qing-Xiang
MEMBER (committee member): Clark, Clayton J.
MEMBER (committee member): Tang, Youneng
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, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (209 pages)
ABSTRACT: Recent intensification of agriculture in face of the continuously increasing food demand has caused many environmental and socioeconomic problems. Excessive use of nitrogen (N) fertilizers is prevalent on many farms today. However, a large proportion of the N applied to agricultural soil contributes very little to crop production. Instead, a considerable amount of N is lost via leaching into groundwater, via runoff into surface water, and via nitrous oxide (N2O) emission into the atmosphere. As a result, the ecosystem is negatively impacted. Sustainable N management should aim at supplying sufficient N for optimum crop growth and development, while keeping losses to the environment to a minimum. Towards this goal, it is essential to enhance N retention and at the same time mitigate N2O emission in agricultural soil. Being the leader of one USDA project, I investigated the effects of different N management approaches that are based on the use of biochar, dicyandiamide (nitrification inhibitor) and polyacrylamide (superabsorbent hydrogel) in agricultural soils. It was found that a significantly higher amount of ammonium (NH4+) could be retained in the biochar-amended soil, comparing to the control soil. However, the retention of other ionic forms of N, such as nitrite (NO2-) and nitrate (NO3-), was barely improved. In fertilized soil, nitrification is a common process that transforms NH4+ into NO2- and eventually NO3-. To limit this transformation, the effects of one of the most commonly used nitrification inhibitor, i.e., dicyandiamide (DCD), was studied in combination with biochar. Based on the experimental data, mathematical models were developed to estimate the rate of nitrification impacted by the inhibition of persistently degrading DCD. It was discovered that the presence of biochar accelerated the biodegradation of both DCD and NH4+, but effectively reduced the spatial separation between the two. Depending on the soil properties and environmental conditions, the combined use of DCD and biochar can have versatile effects on nitrification inhibition. Also, considering the great amount of field data reported in the literature, statistical methods such as data synthesis and meta-analysis were also exploited to excavate the insightful information on the effectiveness of different soil amendments (e.g., biochar) in terms of N retention, crop production and N2O emission. Lastly, the recalcitrance of biochar, which is directly related to biochar’s soil carbon sequestration potential, was also discussed. In order to quantify and compare the soil carbon sequestration potential of biochar produced from different conditions and feedstock types, a carbon-based recalcitrance index was developed using a state-of-the-art thermochemical technique.
NOTE (embargo): 0
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 (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): May 6, 2019.
NOTE (Keywords): biochar, carbon sequestration, hydrogel, meta-analysis, nitrification inhibition, recalcitrance
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Gang Chen, Professor Directing Dissertation; Qing-Xiang Amy Sang, University Representative; Clayton J. Clark, II, Committee Member; Youneng Tang, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Environmental engineering
SUBJECT: Chemical engineering
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Li_fsu_0071E_15420.pdf
TITLE: Ultrafast Dynamics in Warm Dense Matter Materials and Halide Perovskite
AUTHOR: Li, Dong
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Cao, Jianming
MEMBER (university representative): Yang, Wei
MEMBER (committee member): Bonesteel, N. E.
MEMBER (committee member): Chiorescu, Irinel
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Arts and Sciences
CORPORATE NAME: Department of Physics
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (102 pages)
ABSTRACT: The dissertation presents the recent development of the third-generation femtosecond electron diffractometer in Professor Jim Cao’s group. Two techniques, femtosecond electron shadow imaging and deflectometry (FESID) and femtosecond electron diffraction (FED), were developed and applied to study ultrafast dynamics in laser-induced warm dense matter and quantum dots in real time. FESID provides both a global view and local prospect of the transient electric field, associated with laser-induced electron emission. The research activities cover two main objects: dynamics of ejected electron expansion from warm dense nanofilms and hyperthermal electron transport mechanisms in warm dense nanofilms. With FED, we measure laser-induced ultrafast structural dynamics of halide perovskite CsPbBr3 in real time. In the first project, we conduct ultrafast electron shadow imaging and deflection measurements of the laser-produced warm dense copper nanofilm. The results show that a significant number of electrons is ejected from the nanofilm, forming electron clouds of hundreds of microns on both sides of the pumped film. Furthermore, even for a thin 30-nm copper film, we find that the electron clouds develop asymmetry between the pumped front side and the rear side at the pump fluence of 4.5 J/cm2. The possible mechanisms leading to this ejected charge asymmetry and its implication are discussed. Next, we report a systematic study of the ejected charge dynamics surrounding laser produced 30-nm warm dense gold films using single-shot femtosecond electron shadow imaging and deflectometry. The results reveal a two-step dynamical process of the ejected electrons under the high pump fluence conditions: an initial emission and accumulation of a large number of electrons near the pumped surface region followed by the formation of hemispherical clouds of electrons on both sides of the film, which escape into the vacuum at a nearly isotropic and constant velocity with an unusually high kinetic energy of more than 300 eV. We also develop a model of the escaping charge distribution that not only reproduces the main features of the observed charge expansion dynamics but also allows us to extract the number of ejected electrons remaining in the cloud. In the second project, we investigate hyperthermal electron transport by single-shot measurements of warm dense gold and aluminum nanofilms using ultrafast electron shadow imaging and deflectometry. The results show a clear fluence limit of 0.26 J/cm2 and 0.83 J/cm2 for ballistic transport of nonthermal electrons for both two metals, respectively. This nonuniform heating is attributed to diffusive electrons. The last project, we have measured the ultrafast structural dynamics in halide perovskite CsPbBr3 in real time with Femtosecond electron diffraction. We observed CsPbBr3 experience significant ultrafast impulsive heating. This heating causes the CsPbBr3 to undergo an orthorhombic-to-cubic phase transition observable through FED. The photo induced phase transition occurs on the timescale of 1.1 ± 0.3 ps at fluences of 2.5 mJ/cm2.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Physics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 12, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Jianming Cao, Professor Directing Dissertation; Wei Yang, University Representative; Nicholas Bonesteel, Committee Member; Irinel Chiorescu, Committee Member; Edmund Myers, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Physics
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Li_fsu_0071E_15467.pdf
TITLE: Subnational Political Competition, Policy Change and Performance
AUTHOR: Li, Tianfeng
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Feiock, Richard C.
MEMBER (university representative): Barrilleaux, Charles
MEMBER (committee member): Yang, Kaifeng
MEMBER (committee member): Berlan, David G. (David Gregory)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
CORPORATE NAME: Askew School of Public Administration and Policy
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (99 pages)
ABSTRACT: This dissertation contributes to the public policy literature by examining subnational political competition, policy change and performance in the context of U.S. and China. In a three paper format, this dissertation investigates different dimensions: Policy, patronage measurement, and performance. The first paper examines what factors cause states to experience both incremental and large-scale policy changes. This study argues that electoral incentives might influence the search, supply and processing of information on constituency issues, as well as the associated cognitive or institutional frictions, and thus determine the presence and variation of punctuated policies. This article develops and evaluates this claim within a systemic framework consisting of policy transparency, political institutions, and electoral incentives by analyzing the budget spending data collected from FY 1988 to FY 2008 for all 50 American states. The second paper constructs a new index to measure patronage appointment on city managers in China. The third paper investigates how the interactions of patronage appointment with political competition facing public managers in the local governments shape government performance by looking at 1,085 city mayors across 279 Chinese cities from 2002 to 2012.
NOTE (embargo): 0
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): July 19, 2019.
NOTE (Bibliography Note): Includes bibliographical references.
NOTE (Advisory Committee): Richard C. Feiock, Professor Directing Dissertation; Charles Barrilleaux, University Representative; Kaifeng Yang, Committee Member; David Berlan, Committee Member.
SUBJECT: Public administration
DEGREE: Doctoral
FILENAME: Lim_fsu_0071E_15286.pdf
TITLE: Interpretive Leadership Skill in the Meaning-Making Nature of Nonprofit Leadership: A Constructive-Developmental Model of Leadership Development
AUTHOR: Lim, Sungdae
MEMBER (professor directing dissertation): Brower, Ralph S.
MEMBER (university representative): Ferris, Gerald R.
MEMBER (committee member): Berry, Frances Stokes
MEMBER (committee member): Yang, Kaifeng
MEMBER (committee member): Berlan, David G. (David Gregory)
CORPORATE NAME: Florida State University
CORPORATE NAME: College of Social Sciences and Public Policy
CORPORATE NAME: Askew School of Public Administration and Policy
PUBLICATION: Tallahassee, Florida: Florida State University, 2019
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1 online resource (147 pages)
ABSTRACT: This thesis elaborates and tests a model of nonprofit leadership development. Nonprofit leaders create meaning for other nonprofit participants through their activities and words and thus need to possess skills for interpreting the ongoing actions, interests, and values of various stakeholders. Because of the importance of these meaning-making activities, this study advances a model of interpretive leadership skill as an essential nonprofit leader competency with three distinctive dimensions. Interpretive leadership skill is defined as the individual leader’s ability to discover, reflect on, and coordinate the organization’s ongoing construction of reality. I also illustrate how leadership skills are articulated through three levels of development that correspond to cognitive capacity, identity formation, and leader competency. This research suggests that interpretive leadership skill arises from the nonprofit leader’s ongoing cognitive processes of developmental sensemaking, which are mediated through forming one’s identity as a leader, developing values, and engaging in leadership practice. Constructive-developmental theory of leadership (Day et al., 2009; McCauley et al., 2006; Mumford et al., 2000) underlies the model development. This template illuminates the importance and evolving nature of meaning-making leadership in nonprofits. This model is examined through multiple analytical procedures: scale development and validation of interpretive leadership skill and structural equation modeling analysis of the leadership development model. Data are drawn from a national survey of nonprofit executive directors administered by the researcher. Findings of this research support the theory building as well as suggest noteworthy implications for nonprofit-sector leadership.
NOTE (embargo): 4
NOTE (Submitted Note): A Dissertation submitted to the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
NOTE (Degree Awarded): Summer Semester 2019.
NOTE (Date of Defense): June 3, 2019.