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Minimum temperature drives community leaf trait variation in secondary montane forests along a 3000-m elevation gradient in the tropical Andes
No full textBackground: Leaf functional traits (LFT) influence resource acquisition and are important for understanding ecosystem processes. Climate and land use are key filters of community composition and LFT, however, how the relative importance of these filter changes with elevation has been little studied in the Andes. Aims: To gain insight into the functional response of Andean forests to climate and disturbance in naturally regenerated forest stands. Methods: We measured leaf blade thickness (LBT), leaf area (LA), specific leaf area (SLA), and leaf dry matter content (LDMC) from 13 secondary forest communities, along a 3000-m elevation transect. We derived basal area-weighted mean community (CWM) trait values to assess the effect of climate and disturbance on the functional structure of regenerating tree communities. Results: Community LFT progressively shifted along the elevation gradient driven by changes in temperature and successional stages towards communities with thicker leaves with low SLA. Reduction in LDMC with elevation suggested that both succulence and sclerophylly were important strategies in these forests. Conclusions: Our findings reinforce the validity of LFT as a powerful predictor to explore the ecological strategies of tree species in climate scenarios. Warmer conditions could result in a shift from slower to faster resource acquisition strategies at higher elevations
Relative bargaining power of residential home traders and real estate investors
No full textThis study uses a bargaining power model to examine the relative bargaining power of those who self-identify as being either residential home traders or investors, both in the Corsican housing market. In doing so, ours is the first study to measure investment advantages (disadvantages) related to property location and size. Results indicate that investors pay, on average, 6.5–10.5% more and sell, on average, for 6.5–10.5% less than those in the market for primary residences. Findings also show a significant and negative demand effect for investors. Investors are shown to gain more bargaining power as the property size increases and the distance from the sea is longer
Chaotic dynamics in a simple predator-prey model with discrete delay
No full textA discrete delay is included to model the time between the capture of the prey and its conversion to viable biomass in the simplest classical Gause type predator-prey model that has equilibrium dynamics without delay. As the delay increases from zero, the coexistence equilibrium undergoes a supercritical Hopf bifurcation, two saddle-node bifurcations of limit cycles, and a cascade of period doublings, eventually leading to chaos. The resulting periodic orbits and the strange attractor resemble their counterparts for the Mackey-Glass equation. Due to the global stability of the system without delay, this compli- cated dynamics can be solely attributed to the introduction of the delay. Since many models include predator-prey like interactions as submodels, this study emphasizes the importance of understanding the implications of overlooking delay in such models on the reliability of the model-based predictions, espe- cially since temperature is known to have an effect on the length of certain delays
Consideration of Future Consequences Influences Involvement in Romantic Partners’ Health
No full textThis study examined the influence of people’s short-term (e.g., convenience) and long-term (e.g., maintain weight) motives toward their romantic partner’s health on their provision of health-related social control and autonomy support for their partner’s health behaviors, as well as their indifference toward their romantic partner’s health. Data from a sample of cohabiting couples (N = 212) were analyzed using multilevel path models. Results showed having more long-term motives for a partner’s health lead to increased provisions of autonomy support and social control, and less indifference toward the partner’s health, especially when the partner had lower long-term health motives themselves. In contrast, having more short-term motives for a partner’s health was associated with providing less social control and autonomy support and showing more indifference toward the partner’s health. Thus, people motivated to improve their partner’s long-term health engage in more behaviors meant to improve their romantic partner’s health choices, particularly when the partner has low motivation to regulate their own health behaviors
Is this not Racism, Religious Supremacy, and Ethnocentrism? An Analysis of Two Editions of an Intercultural Communication Textbook
No full textColumbus State University Honors College: Senior Theses, Fall 2021/Spring 2022
Get PDFThis is a collection of senior theses written by honors students at Columbus State University during the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 semesters.
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- A Look at the Past: Rephotography in Person , by Samuel Belisle
- Liver Histopathology Evaluation as a Biomarker of Fish Health in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmonoides from Warm Springs National Fish Hatchery and the Chattahoochee River, Georgia, USA , by Savannah Bridges
- The Girls and The Gays Own God: The Christian Right, Queer, Community, and Religious Reclamation , by Sophia Brown
- A Study of Distortion in Translation Using Hombres Necios By Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz , by Meredith Cohen
- Mine Own Country: Christina Rossetti and the Italian Risorgimento , by Jessica Demarco-Jacobson
- The Effects of Ammonium Nitrate on Larval Amphibian Response to Predation Cues and Stimuli , by Samuel Dixon
- An Analysis of the Antibacterial Properties of the Indian Tulip Tree, Thespesia populnea, on Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii , by Carlie Dollar
- A Comparative Study of Toro Takemistu\u27s Toward the Sea and Kazuo Fukushima\u27s Mei , by Alexis Eubanks
- Anne of Green Gables Honors College Research Project , by Ariadna Gastou
- Media in Modern Business , by Spencer Gilland
- Diversity in Elementary Music , by Jali Hoehn
- A Perspective of Mental Health as Represented in Poetry and Prose , by Kailey Katzfey
- A Comparison of Liver Histopathological Features Between Spotted Bass (Micropterus punctulatus) and Largemouth Bass (Micropterus saloides) from Lake Oliver , by Nameera Khan
- Carlos Salzedo: The Innovator of the Harp , by Maria Paula Loria Valerin
- What Makes a Goof Film Adaptation? , by Katherine Lovern
- The Role of the YHR078W Gene in the Osmotic Stress Response , by Chelsea Nguyen
- Annotation and Bioinformatic Analysis of Three Drosphilia willistoni Genes , by Jessica Odum
- A Comparative Study: The Causes of Police Brutality in America and Brazil , by Heidi Parsons
- The Sunflower Search: a College Life Novel , by Dillion Power
- Analysis of the HSP33 Gene Function in Saccharomyce cerevisiawl , by Snhea Rajeev
- Identifying the Role of AIM29 in Biolfilm Formation in Yeasts , by Dwija Shah
- Transference of Presence, Value, and Assigned Role in Objects , by Ainsley Steeves
- Simple, but Not Easy: The Comparison of the Meisner Technique in Film/Television v. Live Theatre , by Gabby Story
- Exploring the Effects of Previous Injuries on Future Soccer Performance , by Adriana Tenorio-Zelada
- Quantifying Deformation Using Feldspars as a Strain Marker , by Stephanie Thompson
- Redrafting the Riverside Theatre Complex\u27s Studio Theatre , by Emma Wigingtonhttps://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/honors_theses/1003/thumbnail.jp
Tools that Facilitate the Reflective Process: Supporting the Learning and Development of College Educators
Get PDFThe author discusses an ongoing study that focuses on one particular concept, personal and professional reflection, as a means toward learning and development for educators working within the system of higher education. The purpose of this paper is to give greater attention to the tools component within the Event Path model, a reflective process that emerged from the data. Faculty members were asked to define reflection and discuss tools they use to facilitate their reflection. A thorough description of those tools and the characteristics associated with them is detailed. The author argues that faculty members and other professionals must realize that a diverse collection of tools exist and using the most appropriate tool can increase the likelihood that they will have an improved capacity to be reflective teachers and researchers, ultimately improving their professional practices
Millais’ Modern Christ: Religion and Critical Responses to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in Nineteenth Century England
Get PDFThis thesis explores how the press reviewed Pre-Raphaelite paintings in the years 1849 and 1850 with a partial review of 1851. In particular, the focus is on the controversial painting Christ in the House of his Parents by John Everett Millais. This painting became a physical symbol of the many fears that the new modern age brought to Victorian England. Catholic, Irish, and Protestant tensions had been mounting throughout the nineteenth century in England prior to the debut of the painting. Politics and law were beginning to relax restraints on Catholicism in addition to the increased immigration of Irish Catholics. The public appearance of Catholic biblical figures began to threaten Protestantism during a time when biblical representation was also under question in the art world. As the press became more accessible and widely read, media began to influence and be influenced by the public opinion. The sensational printed press reviews of Millais’s painting shed light on the tumultuous relationship that Victorian culture had with progress, religious life, and Catholicism. As society changed, Victorian religious life had to adapt, and this created a tumultuous relationship that has led to a polarized historiography of Victorian religious history.
Victorian England is said to have been either staunchly and rigidly religious or to have been overwhelmed with what historians have labeled the “Crisis of Doubt.” Past scholarship has used outdated theories on secularization, assuming the more modern a society becomes, the less important religion becomes in that society. Intellectual Victorian writings and statistical records have led to the conclusion that the new modern age of technology, science, and nature began a major shift away from religion. On the other hand, popular novels and societal norms tell that the Victorian people were deeply religious, particularly Protestants. Rather than assume one or the other, this thesis explores the incongruities represented in the printed reviews of Millais’s painting of the Holy Family. By analyzing the popular printed press’s reactions to religious themed artwork, it is possible to open a window into the religious discomfort of the age rather than paint a black and white picture of Victorian faith
Nursing implementation of a validated agitation and sedation scale: An evaluation of its outcomes on ventilator days and ICU length of stay
No full text© 2020 Elsevier Inc. Background: Intensive Care Units (ICU) often initiate mechanical ventilation (MV) in conjunction with sedation for patients who cannot maintain adequate oxygenation or ventilation on their own. Continuous use of sedation increases the likelihood of negative events associated with ventilators such as ventilator-associated pneumonia while, at the same time, continuing to increase the length of MV. OBJECTIVES: This study sought to analyze the effects of implementing a mandated Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale (RASS) entry with each sedative scan on a unit where no parameters were in place to monitor sedation levels. Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study which included chart-review of a Medical ICU. The data was gathered on ventilator days and sedation use for patients prior to and after the implementation of the RASS. Results: A median weighted analysis and Mann-Whitney U test of 138 pre-RASS ventilator patients and 86 post-RASS ventilator patients appears to indicate that implementation of the RASS resulted in a 31% decrease of ventilator days (p = .0002). The pulmonary diagnosis subgroup showed a significant 39% reduction in ICU length of stay (U = 324, p = .042). Conclusions: The results of this study lead to the conclusion that the implementation of the mandated RASS score entry limits over-sedation of ventilated patients, thereby reducing the number of MV days in the ICU. Sufficient evidence suggests that the mandated RASS entry also reduces the length of stay in the ICU
Listen to Your Outrage, Become a Warrior for Change
No full textThis video provides background information for Columbus State University Libraries\u27 presentation, African American Portraits of Leadership. This presentation was held on February 18, 2021 and highlighted Roberto Mighty\u27s recent documentary, Portraits of Purpose: Monologues of Leadership.https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/marketing/1061/thumbnail.jp