University of Georgia Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Liberation as the commitment of critical transformation: how "waking up" to injustice influences multicultural and social justice competency of counseling trainees
(uga, 2018-12)Graduate counseling programs across the United States have made commitments to prepare counselor trainees to work with diverse clientele (Lewis, Ratts, Paladino, & Toporek, 2011; Chung & Bemak, 2013; Brown, Collins, & ... -
Genetic sequence classification and phylogenetic construction with N-gram methods
(uga, 2018-12)This work presents two papers in which machine learning techniques are used to analyze genetic sequence information. In the first paper feature vectors were created from protein data of the influenza virus using N-gram ... -
Beneath the undergrowth
(uga, 2018-12)Neurodevelopmental disorders affect one in one thousand births in the United States alone. While genetic and environmental factors drive normal development, they also have the potential to contribute to neurodevelopmental ... -
Responsiveness of the chicken germinal disc region to testosterone and corticosterone
(uga, 2018-12)Female birds skew offspring sex ratios based on environmental and social stimuli, but the mechanism mediating these skews remains unknown. Testosterone and corticosterone may influence meiosis, as they skew sex ratios when ... -
Automated generating CTF challenges with program analysis tools resistance
(uga, 2018-12)Capture the Flag(CTF) games and competitions have become popular today. Good CTF exercises are not only good approach for learning Cyber Security concepts and techniques in fun, but also useful benchmarks to measure all ... -
Normal and average
(uga, 2018-12)Confusing the meanings of the words normal and average is common in many published reports in the media. Furthermore, disciplines such as medicine and meteorology use these terms either interchangeably or differently from ... -
From fallback to fluidity
(uga, 2018-12)The scholarly literature describing how adults make meaning via constructivist theories of adult development is robust. Theories in this paradigm depict a hierarchical series of stages, or logics, in which meaning-making ... -
Daily self-weighing and holiday-associated weight gain in adults
(uga, 2018-12)Obesity is a worldwide health concern and is linked to the development of several chronic diseases. The rise in obesity prevalence has remained somewhat stable in the past few years. However, almost one-third of the United ... -
The faculty advisor
(uga, 2018-12)Faculty serve in a variety of capacities within the university. One of the roles commonly held by faculty members is to engage with students through advising. Likewise, since the founding of the higher education system ... -
Microbial treatments to reduce or eliminate campylobacter from broiler carcasses, parts and livers
(uga, 2018-12)The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service implemented stricter performance standards to reduce Campylobacter within poultry processing facilities. As the world’s main cause of bacterial gastroenteritis, Campylobacter ... -
Personality, motivation, and financial risk tolerance
(uga, 2018-12)Over 200 million Americans are hoping to increase their wealth beyond their own daily labor by investing in a marketplace. Almost all financial investments involve risk. Thus, understanding risk is essential to describing ... -
Evaluation of the effects of a generic-icon based speech-generating device and an individualized-icon based speech-generating device on independence of mands
(uga, 2018-12)The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of generic icons and individualized icons on a speech generating device (SGD) on the independence of mands and assess preference for icon type. The researcher used a ... -
Rightful machines
(uga, 2018-12)In this thesis, I set out a new, Kantian approach to resolving dilemmas and other conflicts of obligation for semi-autonomous machine agents such as self-driving cars. The approach begins with the modern distinction between ... -
Effects of after-school program attendance dosage on academic outcomes and teacher ratings for elementary school children
(uga, 2018-12)After school programs have long been studied to evaluate their effects. It is generally agreed upon that high quality programs benefit academic, behavior, and socio-emotional outcomes. However, research has been less clear ... -
Reducing degradation of intracellular cofactors to improve bioconversion to oxidized chemicals and production of recombinant proteins by escherichia coli
(uga, 2018-12)Microorganisms are widely used to synthesize chemicals. One set of microbial conversions involves the transfer of electron from a starting material to a microbial electron carrier (such as NAD+): A + NAD+ to B + NADH. ... -
Elucidation of fundamental chemical systems through the use of high-level ab initio quantum chemical methods
(uga, 2018-12)A goal of any scientist is to gain an understanding for the subject matter at hand. Within quantum chemistry understanding can be achieved through the in-depth study of small systems which retain key features of larger, ... -
Tracking and managing non-point source pollution at Lake Herrick Watershed, Athens, Georgia
(uga, 2018-12)The Lake Allyn M. Herrick watershed is about 131 ha and covers portions of the University of Georgia’s East campus, the Oconee Forest and residential and commercial land use. Lake Herrick, a 6-ha water body established in ... -
Integrated pest management systems for sugarcane aphid in grain sorghum
(uga, 2018-12)Studies were conducted utilizing an integrated pest management approach to control the invasive pest the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari, in grain sorghum. The study took place from 2016-2017 at Griffin, Tifton and ... -
The politics of cultural heritage management in Tunisia
(uga, 2018-12)This thesis examines the development and evolution of cultural heritage management in Tunisia by presenting the legal, political and social overview of National Heritage concept from the colonial period into the years of ... -
Jurisdiction requests to USDA - CVB for the regulation of biological products for animals in the United States
(uga, 2018-12)Biotechnology based products for animals may be regulated by one or more federal agencies. This prompted research into whether the acts, laws, regulations and guidance available were sufficient for an individual to write ...