MIUS News: Maps and Imagery User Services @ FIU Green Library: Vol. 4, Issue 2 Spring/Summer 2013

Florida International University\u27s Spring/Summer 2013 Map and User Imagery Services Newsletter.https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/mius_news/1007/thumbnail.jp

Dating Violence in Adolescent Relationships

During the adolescent developmental stage, an individual begins to experience various physical, social, and emotional changes. At times, the effect of these various changes can cause an adolescent to become more vulnerable to risk taking behaviors and exposure to violence. Additionally, adolescents also begin to explore relationships outside of their family of origin including developing relationships with peers and pursuing dating relationships. According to Sutherland (2011), one in five adolescents reported having a boyfriend or girlfriend in the fifth grade and more than half of a group of sixth graders surveyed reported having a girlfriend or boyfriend within the last three months. These data reveal a significant number of adolescents become involved in dating relationships. With such a high number of adolescents in dating relationships, it is important to understand how these early dating experiences may influence shaping their views of intimate relationships and their behavior in future adult intimate relationships (Sutherland, 2011).&nbsp

ECONOMICS OF BIOMASS GASIFICATION/COMBUSTION AT FUEL ETHANOL PLANTS

Published in Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Vol. 25(3): 391‐400Ethanol, Biomass, Economics, CHP, Emissions, Process heat, Electricity production, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

INTEGRATING BIOMASS TO PRODUCE HEAT AND POWER AT ETHANOL PLANTS

Published in: Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Vol. 25(2): 227‐244Biomass, Renewable, Sustainable, Model, Gasification, Combustion, Emissions, Ethanol production, Combined heat and power, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

The Influence of Visuospatial Intervention on Mathematical Ability

The research proposal of this study intends to identify whether visuospatial interventions improve mathematical ability in college students. Visuospatial skills are important for identifying the distance between two objects, memory of images, and visualizing objects by mentally rotating them. The two important concepts relating to visuospatial ability are spatial relations and spatial visualizations. These are the abilities to mentally rotate two dimensional and three dimensional objects. Prior research has shown that visuospatial interventions are an effective tool for the improvement mathematical performance. This study is designed to see whether mathematical aptitude improves from pre-test to post-test after participation in visuospatial interventions. A visuospatial assessment, a mathematical assessment, and a demographic survey were utilized to provide data on factors such as age, prior visuospatial experience, gender, and intelligence; factors which we believe could be extraneous variables. After pilot testing, participants scored 60% and 50% on the visuospatial and mathematical diagnoses test, respectively. These preliminary results suggest that further pilot testing and assessment revision is needed in order to accurately measure baseline visuospatial and mathematical ability

Fall Risk Reduction Using Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE)

As the population and longevity of older adults’ increases, the prevalence of falls is becoming an ever-growing issue. One in three adults aged 65 years and older experience a fall each year. Falls in older adults may lead to sedentary behavior, decreased independence, and lower quality of life. Evidence has shown that traditional exercise programs emphasizing strength and balance exercises can decrease the fall risk in older adults, but may be difficult to sustain over time. Emerging evidence suggests that exercises that are integrated into daily life may have a more lasting effect in reducing fall risk in older adults. This study explored the effectiveness of an integrated exercise program, the modified-LiFE program, in decreasing fall risk in community-dwelling older adults. Results supported integrative exercise programs may decrease fall risk in community-dwelling older adults with previous history of falls. Therefore, integrating exercises into daily life offers occupational therapists an effective occupation-based intervention that promotes safety, independence, and quality of life for older adults.https://scholar.dominican.edu/ug-student-posters/1021/thumbnail.jp

Testing Optimized Principal Component Analysis on Coronagraphic Images of the Fomalhaut System

We present the results of a study to optimize the principal component analysis (PCA) algorithm for planet detection, a new algorithm complementing ADI and LOCI for increasing the contrast achievable next to a bright star. We apply PCA to our Fomalhaut VLT NACO Apodizing Phase Plate NB4.05 dat

Prospectus, November 2, 1994

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