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CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT: STUDENT PERCEPTIONS AND ENGAGEMENT OF NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA’S BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
No full textThis paper explores the eclectic campus of New College of Florida, documenting emerging patterns of student perceptions relating to their built and natural environments. The study aims to compile personal accounts with digestible data to guide contributors to future master plans for NCF\u27s campus. Utilizing past research at New College addressing the sense of community across dormitory halls and conducting new surveys and interviews regarding observations, narrative opinions, placemaking values, and the diffusion of engagement. I examine the prioritization of placemaking values and land engagement across spatial planes of the current student body, as well as their interactions, values, connection, and criticism of the campus environment. The findings reveal that students tend to have stronger relationships with the natural environment than the built environment, contributing higher to students’ decision to enroll. The paper concludes with recommendations for enhancing the campus environment to promote student well-being and a stronger sense of community. Of the emergent qualities from interviews, resident’s autonomy over communal spaces aligns most with NCF’s academic mission and will have the easiest path to fruition
ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC FOR ONLINE TERTIARY INDUSTRIES
No full textThis thesis will be focusing on the Covid-19 Pandemic while looking at some of the tertiary industries such as the streaming service Netflix and the gaming Company Steam. Throughout this paper, the methods used are linear/multiple linear regression, k means clustering, and total lag cross-correlation. This is important since most research papers mention primary industries like the housing market, and the hospitality industries, and negative impacts like the number of deaths and the businesses that had filed for bankruptcy. The main method of this thesis revolves around the use of linear/multiple linear regression of time series-based data. In doing so, other models and different types of plots such as clustering and total lag correlation plots are also formulated. The most significant result is Netflix shows a small but noticeable jump in total revenue earned over the course of the Pandemic, but Steam has a much larger and noticeable jump in popularity over the course of the Pandemic. The results show that there is no correlation between the Covid-19 pandemic and these industries, but the plots of linear regression and cluster analysis prove otherwise
Toward a Non-Account of Gender Identity
No full textMost accounts of gender fail to be sufficiently trans-inclusive. Thalia Mae Bettcher’s account of gender as sincere self-identification is the only account of gender that can fully account for trans identities and experiences. Bettcher’s account can be considered a non-account of gender because it does not require any similarity in members of a gender-identity group besides their sincere avowal. In doing so, the account allows the concept of gender to be open to the interpretation of the individual. Sincere self-identification ought to be implemented in mainstream society by acknowledging ethical first-person authority over gender, or allowing speakers to have social authority over their gender identity for moral reasons
SO LONG, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH: UNDERSTANDING AND IDENTIFYING CONTRIBUTOR DISENGAGEMENT IN OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE
No full textOpen-Source contributors push security updates, new features, and bugfixes to our digital infrastructure. Previous research has shown that the loss of just a single contributor can have disastrous effects on the health of an open-source project. The loss of a single project can leave ripples in both other projects, and the various software that implements said project. This thesis explores and identifies the various reasons why contributors disengage from open-source software. Using an alternative approach to finding contributors, I identified 45 contributors who have either disengaged from an open-source project, or from open-source entirely. This approach utilizes grey literature that often provides us with an in-the-moment look at the factors that caused disengagement. Through the process of qualitative coding, I coded 117 different reasons why contributors disengaged and identified categories in relationship to said codes
CAUSES & PREDICTIONS OF PUBLIC OPINION SHIFTS ON ABORTION: A REGRESSION ANALYSIS
No full textAlthough abortion is one of the most extensively studied and hotly debated topics today, there are significant gaps in public opinion literature as it relates to the effect of intersectional impacts on abortion attitudes. It has been less than a year since the overturning of Roe v. Wade with the decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022, and as such, the examination of historical and current trends in American public opinion is critical to understanding the future of abortion policy. In this thesis, I explore the intersectional impacts of religious, demographic, and attitudinal positions as they apply to public opinion on abortion. I do this through a chronologically conducted literature review that incorporates a review of classic literature on public opinion, an analysis of abortion history as well as current abortion politics, and an overview of the significance of the related variables I am choosing to examine. I then explore fifty years of data on religious, demographic, and attitudinal variables sourced from the General Social Survey through regression analysis in R to explore their connections and relative impact on abortion attitudes. Through my analysis, I find the most significant relationship to abortion attitudes are religious identification as Jewish, none, or other; identifying as divorced or separated; identifying as liberal; and supporting capital punishment
INVESTIGATING THE INTERSECTION OF AUTISM AND VISUAL PERCEPTION: CAN THE EYE CONTACT INTIMIDATION FACTOR BE LESSENED IN PRESENCE OF ANIMATED STIMULI?
No full textThe present study investigated the intersection between autism spectrum disorder (ASD), animated figures and eye contact. Additionally, the data collection attempted to measure differences in visual perception between autistic and allistic populations. There were a total of 14 autistic participants and 13 allistic participants. All participants were tested with eye tracking technology in the presence of animated and realistic figures. It was hypothesized that the autistic participants would view the eyes of both faces less in comparison to the allistic population. Autistic participants were predicted to be more likely to engage in eye contact with animated faces compared to realistic faces. Findings did not show a significant difference between the performance of autistic and allistic individuals. The amount of time allistic participants spent viewing both animated and realistic stimuli was shown to be higher than that of autistic participants. The type of stimuli did not have an observable effect on the performance of participants. It could not be concluded from the data provided that autistic participants had increased engagement with animated figures. This study is important for the purpose of contributing to research that studies both eye contact and response to stimuli types in autistic participants. The implications for research include knowledge on how autistic and allistic individuals alike respond to different types of facial stimuli
CONNECTION IS THE GOLDEN THREAD: WRITING PERSONAL NARRATIVES FOR SELF-TRANSFORMATION AND RADICAL CHANGE
No full textConnection is the Golden Thread: Personal Narratives as Self-Transformation and Radical Change examines the life-writing genre as grounds for interpersonal connection, self-revelation, and radical social change, and asks how these qualities are amplified through the anthology format. I analyze the non-fiction personal essays of Gloria Anzaldua and Audre Lorde, among other feminists, to identify rhetorical devices often found in women’s personal narrative writing and critically examine their affective qualities. I first argue that women’s personal narrative writing challenges the Western conception of selfhood as “discrete” and “individual” through a recontextualization of the self as relational. By privileging stereotypically “feminine” relational modes - experiential epistemology as a valid way of knowing, embracing emotional response, and the use of personal language - these personal narratives effectively collapse distance between writer and reader, fostering spaces that establish vulnerability and cultivate genuine connection. I implement these rhetorical strategies in my own writing in order to demonstrate this collapsing of distance, drawing from my own raw, sensory experiences in my process of meaning-making. In my second section, I explore the anthology as a space in which multiple subjective realities can exist among each other, both embracing commonalities and recognizing differences in experience. I thus conclude the thesis with an edited anthology of my own comprised of writings from women of differing times, places, and identities. I structure the anthology using two radical powers inherent in personal narrative writing: its ability to validate subjective experience and its transformational potential for both reader and writer
THE ROLE OF NON-TRADITIONAL MEDICAL SPACES IN FOSTERING COMMUNITY AND ADVOCACY FOR HEALTHCARE REFORM
No full textThis paper explores the role of non-traditional medical spaces within the healthcare system, with a focus on their increased use after the COVID-19 pandemic. These spaces are primarily utilized for vulnerable populations and have become an important tool for alleviating the burden placed on the traditional medical settings. The study consists of three chapters that delve into different aspects of non-traditional medical spaces. Chapter One examines the creation of these spaces through meaning-making, while Chapter Two explores how community is formed within them through education, networking, and celebration. The Third Chapter investigates the structural issues affecting non-traditional medical spaces and the need for reform. The paper argues that community is established within non-traditional medical spaces which enables grassroots advocacy to occur to reform health policy
PLAYING IN THE FLOW: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF CREATIVE FLOW STATE
No full textFlow state in an experience of total engagement in an activity that is enjoyable in and of itself. Individuals can experience flow state alone or in groups in countless types of activities, ranging from everyday conversations to athletic competitions and creative endeavors. The current study investigated how the characteristics of creative flow state, a type of flow state in creative activities, differ from the nine core dimensions of flow state established by previous research. Using a qualitative research method, six participants were interviewed in audio-only, virtual meetings about their experiences of creative flow state. Each interview was audio-recorded and transcribed. Transcripts were thematically analyzed for the nine core characteristics of flow state, as well as any unique aspects of creative flow state that emerged as central, reoccurring themes. Overall, participants’ experiences of creative flow state partially aligned with the nine core characteristics of flow, although some differences did arise for certain characteristics. Notably, a majority of the participants described a distinct absence of clear goals in their creative flow state experiences. There were also some unique aspects of creative flow state that emerged, such as the experience of “sharing” flow state with an audience and/or collaborators. Due to a limited sample size, no substantial conclusions can be drawn, but the results of the present study suggest that creative flow experiences may have some unique aspects that differ from the nine core characteristics of flow state. The possible implications of this are varied and wide-reaching, including in creative and educational settings
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF RU(II) COMPLEXES BEARING BIPHEP-TYPE LIGANDS AND A CHELATING PHOSPHINE-BROMOARENE LIGAND
No full textOur research group has been focused on preparing a series of new BIPHEP-type ligands bearing -P(ortho-substituted aryl)2 units and their corresponding Ru(II) complexes. This thesis will highlight progress toward synthesizing the target ligand 2,2\u27- bis(di(2-ethylphenyl)phosphino)biphenyl (4, Chapter 2). Several literature C-C crosscoupling procedures for the preparation of BIPHEP were adapted in attempt to couple two equivalents of (2-bromophenyl)(di-(2-ethylphenyl)phosphine (3) to yield 4. Rather than obtaining 4, most likely due to the steric bulk of the ortho-ethyl groups, several new phosphines were isolated and characterized. In the future, our lab will pursue C-C coupling catalyzed by larger transition metals and explore AAD catalysis. This thesis also reports the synthesis of three new Ru(II) complexes ([CpRu(MeCN)(BIPHEP)]PF6 (6), [CpRu(MeCN)(η2-3)]PF6 (7), and [CpRu(H-3)(MeCN)2]PF6 (8)) and their characterization by NMR, HRMS, and single-crystal X-ray analysis (Chapter 3)