Honors Student Theses
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Interspecies interactions between Hemidactylus mabouia, Hemidactylus garnotii, and Osteopilus septentrionalis
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Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Moore, Jon, Voirin, Connor
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Exotic species are a substantial threat to native species and understanding
their interactions is important. The focus of this study is to analyze the competition
between two non-native gecko species, Hemidactylus mabouia and Hemidactylus
garnotii. These two species occupy similar niches on buildings in Florida, with H.
mabouia being the more successful of the two species,, leading to higher… more
Full Text: INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS AMONG HEMIDACTYLUS MABOUIA, HEMIDACTYLUS GARNOTII, AND OSTEOPILUS SEPTENTRIONALIS By Connor Voirin A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of …
effect of mutated aconitase on yeast longevity
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Year: 2012, 2012
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Kwan, CJ.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Aconitase is an important enzyme in the citric Acid Cycle, is needed for maintenance of mitochondrial DNA, is a key regulator of iron in the cell, and is very sensitive to oxidative stress. We have isolatd the yeast ACO1 gene, which codes for aconitase, and randomly mutated it to create a mutant library of cells each expressing a different version of ACO1. We will select for oxidative stress… more
Full Text: THE EFFECT OF MUTATED ACONITASE ON YEAST LONGEVITY by CJ Kwan A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a Concentration in …
The antecedents of attitudes toward homosexuality: a comparison of the effects of disgust, openness, religion and contact on anti-gay attitudes
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Year: 2011, 2011, 2011, 2011
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Lanning, Kevin, Newton, Jessica
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: In this study, I examined the structure of predictors of attitudes toward homosexuality in a sample of nearly 800 respondents. Predictors included measures of personality (Openness to Experience), emotion (Disgust), beliefs (Religiosity), other attitudes (Social Dominance Orientation and Right-Wing Authoritarianism), as well as prior exposure to homosexuals (Contact). These variables were… more
Full Text: THE ANTECEDENTS OF ATTITUDES TOWARD HOMOSEXUALITY: A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF DISGUST, OPENNESS, RELIGION AND CONTACT ON ANTI-GAY ATTITUDES by Jessica Newton A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the …
Economic growth in Ecuador provided by dollarization
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Year: 2010, 2010
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Salcedo-Saltos, Rosanna L.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: In an attempt to reduce runaway inflation, the Ecuadorian government froze citizens' checking and savings accounts for a year in March 1999. Nevertheless, Ecuador still experienced hyperinflation later that year. On January 9, 2000, Ecuador established dollarization as a desperate attempt to restore confidence in the economy. In order to test for dollarization's impact on economic… more
Full Text: ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ECUADOR PROVIDED BY DOLLARIZATION by Rosanna L. Salcedo-Saltos A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences …
Using C. elegans as a Model System to Discover Antiepileptic Drugs
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Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Merritt, Mckenzie D., Wetterer, James K.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Novel antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are commonly tested using rats and mice as model systems. These animals, however, require a great deal of time, money, and lab space to maintain. In contrast, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) potentially can provide a faster, and less expensive model system for testing AEDs. C. elegans are simple to maintain and have a very short generation time,… more
Full Text: USING C. ELEGANS AS A MODEL SYSTEM TO DISCOVER ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS by Mckenzie Merritt Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences …
Use of multisensory therapy by adolescents with co-occurring autism and profound intellectual disability
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Year: 2010, 2010
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Leichner, Jared.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: The education of profoundly intellectually disabled individuals requires identifying motivators to help them learn basic tasks and skills. When these individuals also suffer from Autism Spectrum Disorder, one promising method of therapy, multisensory therapy, has been shown to relax patients, facilitating the educational process. Relaxation drastically minimizes maladaptive behaviors such as… more
Full Text: USE OF MULTISENSORY THERAPY BY ADOLESCENTS WITH CO-OCCURRING AUTISM AND PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY by Jared Leichner A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College in Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts …
A Regression Analysis of Past Hurricane Patterns and a Projection for the 2016 Hurricane Season
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Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: McGovern, Warren W., Sanders, Colleen
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: I have been discussing the ways in which mathematics is used in the process of hurricane prediction. My thesis analyzes some of the methods of calculation as well as the recent changes in meteorology in order to find more effective methods of predicting the number and intensity of hurricanes. The methods discussed include the use of statistics in the generation of trends and in the calculation of… more
Full Text: A Regression Analysis of Past Hurricane Patterns and a Projection for the 2016 Hurricane Season By Colleen Sanders A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts …
OPTOGENETIC CONTROL OF GROOMING IN NF1 MUTANT DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER
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Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Byrnes, Éamonn, King, Lanikea
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Neurofibromatosis is an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in
the tumor suppressor gene NF1 in humans. Symptoms include nerve tumors, learning
impairment, and ADHD. The cognitive effects of neurofibromatosis were studied by using
grooming as a behavioral phenotype of Nf1 mutations in Drosophila melanogaster. Previous studies indicate Nf1 mutations increase grooming up to… more
Full Text: OPTOGENETIC CONTROL OF GROOMING IN NF1 MUTANT DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER by Éamonn Byrnes A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Liberal …
PROTEIN REPLACEMENT THERAPY TO TREAT NEURONAL STRUCTURAL DEFECTS CAUSED BY MUTATION OF THE AUTISM RISK GENE PTEN
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Year: 2017, 2017, 2017, 2017
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Maldonado, Monica, Walters, Vanessa Marie
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Heterozygous mutations in PTEN are known to cause features of head overgrowth
(macrocephaly) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). PTEN is a lipid phosphatase that
functions as a negative regulator of the PI3K-AKT-mTOR cell signaling pathway, which
is crucial to cell growth and proliferation. In this study, we utilized a transgenic mouse
model of macrocephaly/autism syndrome (Pten haploinsufficient… more
Full Text: PROTEIN REPLACEMENT THERAPY TO TREAT NEURONAL STRUCTURAL DEFECTS CAUSED BY MUTATION OF THE AUTISM RISK GENE PTEN By Vanessa Marie Walters A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement …
We Had No Eye-dea; The Effect of EnChroma Glasses on the Experience of Art and Color Vision
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Year: 2019, 2019, 2019, 2019
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Earles, Julie, Seepersad, Vrishan
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: This study examined how the use of EnChroma glasses affects the color perception of individuals with color blindness. Differences in color vision were measured with the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Color Vision Test and the Ishihara test. The participants were individuals of varying ages with color blindness and individuals with normal color vision (matched by their age). I tested how the EnChroma… more
Full Text: We Had No Eye-dea; The Effect of EnChroma Glasses on the Experience of Art and Color Vision by Vrishan Seepersad A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts …
EVERYTHING THAT’S BLACK AND WHITE
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Year: 2018, 2018, 2018, 2018
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Earles, Julie, Welliever, Britton
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: While testing the effects of the Enchroma glasses on individuals with and without
color blindness, a black and white image search task was given. This task was to test how
quickly a participant could locate a hidden image within a black and white photo. A 30
second time limit was set for each image to test the speed of each participant, and find out
whether participants with or without color… more
Full Text: EVERYTHING THAT’S BLACK AND WHITE by Britton Welliever A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a Concentration in …
Diplomatic Immunity: Ethics in Vaccine Policy
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Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Kennedy, Ashley Graham, Stewart, Kendyl
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: In this thesis, I first describe three strategies used around the world to encourage or enforce vaccination. I then review the vaccine standards of both the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization and present a number of common reasons used by individuals to justify vaccine refusal. I then outline a number of ethical tenets that can be used to evaluate vaccine… more
Full Text: DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY: ETHICS IN VACCINE POLICY by Kendyl Stewart A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a …
Discovery and Analysis of Novel Non-Electrophilic Agonists of the Nrf2-Mediated Antioxidant Response Pathway
Type: Text
Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Kirchman, Paul, Rohr, Michael W.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Cellular oxidative stress occurs when oxidant formation rate exceeds neutralization rate, shifting intracellular redox homeostasis and leading to cytotoxicity. Oxidants stimulate the Antioxidant Response Pathway (ARP) which activates Nrf2 transcription factor, increasing expression of antioxidant genes. Oxidative stress is implicated in many diseases and thus chemically targeting the ARP… more
Full Text: DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS OF NOVEL NON-ELECTROPHILIC AGONISTS OF THE NRF2-MEDIATED ANTIOXIDANT RESPONSE PATHWAY by Michael W. Rohr A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of …
Hot-cold medicine revisited
Type: Text
Year: 2005, 2005
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: Bourget, Sarah.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Anthropologists like George Foster have argued over the origin of Latin American hot-cold medicine since the 1950s. Some argue that it originated within the indigenous populations of Latin America while others argue that hot-cold medicine originated from European humoral medicine. In this paper, I take another look at this debate, focusing on how its practice varies from community to community… more
Full Text: Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Honors Theses Florida Atlantic University Libraries Year Hot-cold medicine revisited: another look at the debate over its origin Sarah Bourget Florida Atlantic University, This paper is posted at …
Fishes of Savannas Preserve State Park
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Year: 2007, 2007
Member of: Honors Student Theses
Contributors: McKee, Kristy.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: Freshwater marshes are a harsh wetland ecosystem classified by seasonal water level fluctuation. Dry down periods are common in some marshes, making life difficult for fish and other aquatic organisms. The goal of this study was to compile an updated species list of fishes inhabiting the freshwater marsh system within Savannas Preserve State Park. Twenty-three fish species were collected between… more
Full Text: FISHES OF SAVANNAS PRESERVE STATE PARK by Kristy McKee A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Wilkes Honors College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a Concentration in Marine …