scholarly journals Collection Development from Scratch: Supporting a New Degree Program in Construction Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Reycraft
Keyword(s):  
Construction Management ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Building Codes ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Cost Data ◽  
Academic Librarians ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
Florida Gulf Coast ◽  
Job Prospects

Construction management is a growing field with strong job prospects and expanding educational opportunities. It is closely related to business and engineering. The article provides an introduction and overview of collection development for academic librarians supporting construction management, from the perspective of the author’s experiences at Florida Gulf Coast University. Information types specific to the field include building codes and cost data. Relevant journals, conferences, books, and databases are also discussed.

scholarly journals Women Serial Killers in a Climate of Changing Gender Norms

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Benkart
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Regression ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Serial Killer ◽  
Serial Killers ◽  
Florida Gulf Coast ◽  
Time Period ◽  
American Society ◽  
Second Wave ◽  
The Waves

Existing research suggests that patterns of both men and women serial killers are hyper-gendered. In American society, however, gender norms for women have dramatically changed over time. This study proposes that the patterns of women serial killers reflect the femininity ideals of the time period in which they operated in. The shifts in gender norms are operationalized by three time periods representative of the waves of feminism. The Radford/Florida Gulf Coast University’s serial killer database is used to establish a sample of 1,321 serial killers. Using multivariate regression analyses and controlling for age of last kill, which could potentially alter the kill method but be unrelated to gender, women serial killers do appear to be impacted by the femininity ideals of their time period but not as clearly as initially anticipated. Men serial killers were also found to be affected by changes in femininity ideals. Both women and men serial killers had more feminine kill patterns during the first wave of feminism, but men serial killers had a very violent, hyper-masculine peak during the second wave of feminism that women serial killers did not have.

scholarly journals Characterization of prodiginine compounds produced by a Vibrio species isolated from salt flat sediment along the Florida Gulf Coast

Fine Focus ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Morgan ◽  
Matthew J. Thomas ◽  
Katherine M. Walstrom ◽  
Eric C. Warrick ◽  
Brittany J. Gasper
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Medicinal Uses ◽  
Salt Flat ◽  
Florida Gulf Coast ◽  
Flash Column Chromatography ◽  
Vibrio Genus ◽  
Pink Pigment

Prodiginines are secondary metabolites produced by several known species of bacteria. These metabolites are known for their bright pigmentation and their potential medicinal uses. Biosynthesis of prodiginine compounds, including the well-studied prodigiosin, has been well characterized in Serratia marcescens and other bacterial species, including several marine bacteria. In an effort to isolate and identify natural products from marine organisms, an environmental sample was taken from a salt flat along the Florida Gulf Coast and cultured for bacterial growth. A bacterial species that produces a vibrant pink pigment was isolated and identified as a member of the Vibrio genus and was named MI-2. Whole genome sequencing identified a 13-gene operon with homology to the S. marcescens prodigiosin biosynthetic operon. The pigment produced by MI-2 was hypothesized to be composed of prodigiosin or related prodiginine compounds and was purified by flash column chromatography and identified by mass spectrometry.

scholarly journals Rare pre-Columbian settlement on the Florida Gulf Coast revealed through high-resolution drone LiDAR

2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (47) ◽  
pp. 23493-23498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry E. Barbour ◽  
Kenneth E. Sassaman ◽  
Angelica Maria Almeyda Zambrano ◽  
Eben North Broadbent ◽  
Ben Wilkinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Oyster Shell ◽  
Marine Gastropods ◽  
Florida Gulf Coast ◽  
Regional Demand ◽  
Political Economies ◽  
Ring Complex ◽  
Shell Ring ◽  
Ring Architecture

Drone-mounted, high-resolution light detection and ranging reveals the architectural details of an ancient settlement on the Gulf Coast of Florida without parallel in the Southeastern United States. The Raleigh Island shell-ring complex (8LV293) of ca. 900 to 1200 CE consists of at least 37 residential spaces enclosed by ridges of oyster shell up to 4 m tall. Test excavations in 10 of these residential spaces yielded abundant evidence for the production of beads from the shells of marine gastropods. Beads and other objects made from gulf coastal shell were integral to the political economies of second-millennium CE chiefdoms across eastern North America. At places as distant from the coast as the lower Midwest, marine gastropods were imported in raw form and converted into beads and other objects by craftspeople at the behest of chiefs. Bead making at Raleigh Island is exceptional not only for its level of production at the supply end of regional demand but also for being outside the purview of chiefly control. Here we introduce the newly discovered above-ground architecture of Raleigh Island and outline its analytical value for investigating the organization of shell bead production in the context of ancient political economies. The details of shell-ring architecture achieved with drone-mounted LiDAR make it possible to compare the bead making of persons distributed across residential spaces with unprecedented resolution.

Importance of Storm Events in Controlling Ecosystem Structure and Function in a Florida Gulf Coast Estuary

2004 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 1198-1208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen E. Davis ◽  
Jaye E. Cable ◽  
Daniel L. Childers ◽  
Carlos Coronado-Molina ◽  
John W. Day ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Structure And Function ◽  
Ecosystem Structure ◽  
Storm Events ◽  
Florida Gulf Coast ◽  
And Function ◽  
Ecosystem Structure And Function

The Weeden Island Culture: A Preliminary Definition

1945 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon R. Willey
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Present Writer ◽  
Major Portion ◽  
Secondary Importance ◽  
Florida Gulf Coast ◽  
Weeden Island ◽  
Existing Data

This paper presents a major portion of the existing data concerning the Weeden Island complex of the Florida Gulf Coast. The most important sources of these data are the writings of the late Clarence B. Moore which deal with the results of several years of investigation of northwest and west Florida and adjacent regions. In the course of these investigations, Moore surveyed and excavated well over one hundred sites along this coast. Sources of secondary importance are various smaller exploration reports of S. T. Walker, F. H. Cushing, J. W. Fewkes, M. W. Stirling, and the present writer. In addition, available but unpublished notes and collections on Florida and reports dealing with geographically and culturally related areas of the Southeast were consulted.

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