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"And I / Am The Arrow": The Narrative, Personae Construction, And Language Ideology Of Confessional Poets' Identity Performance, Madison Fuchs

Theses and Dissertations--Linguistics

This thesis argues for consideration of linguistic features in service of raising the postmodern confessionalist poet identity as an utterance and an act of loyalty to performance. The embodiment of the confessionalist identity, attributed to the features used to adhere to the confessional mode, is realized through the invention of confessional personae. These confessional personae merge the responsibilities of the speaker and the narrator to convey a pseudo-autobiographical utterance to a designated audience. In this thesis, I analyze a sequence of poems that either possess taboo subjects or utilize linguistic functions, like indexicality and audience design, that mark its mode. …

Effect Of Admixtures On Rapid Hardening, Self-Consolidating Concrete, Haley Johnson

Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering

Self-consolidating, rapid-hardening concrete is a sought-after product in the market now, however the effects of admixtures on fresh and hardened concrete rheology are still uncertain. This study aims to create a self-consolidating concrete (SCC) using calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement for its rapid-hardening properties, and tests two set time retarders and two viscosity-modifying admixtures (VMAs) to determine how they affect the properties of concrete. The properties studied in this thesis are workability, viscosity, set times, air content, compressive strength, and freeze-thaw resistance of self-consolidating concrete. It was found that tartaric acid creates a very workable SCC with consistent results regardless of …

Quantitative Sustainable Design Of Urban Tree Soil Cells For Stormwater Management, Jamaya Wilson

Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering

Urban trees are critical assets to cities around the world. They act as a green infrastructure system to provide various environmental, economic and social benefits to their surrounding environments. However, the quality of life of urban trees is severely threatened by uncontrolled urbanization and climate change. The compaction of urban soils to meet the structural stability requirements for buildings and pavements directly restricts tree growth. Soil cells are green infrastructure placed in tree wells to transfer active and static loads to pavements. This allows for reduced soil compaction and increased tree root expansion. However, because the technology is still in …

Instructional Practices To Foster The Development Of Autonomy: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study Of The Resident Experience, Rachelle Musgrave Aker

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

A growing concern in graduate medical education (GME), research indicates that some graduating residents are unprepared to enter unsupervised practice. The aim of this qualitative phenomenological study is to illuminate the resident experience surrounding the development of autonomy in clinical decision making relative to teaching practices. Research questions include: (1) What is the dual role of learner/teacher like for residents as they attend to their own and others’ development of autonomy in clinical reasoning and decision making? (2) Which teaching methods do they commonly experience as the learner and practice as the teacher relative to this development, and which methods …

Engaging Multilingual Learners In Mathematics Learning, Parastoo Zareie

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

As the number of Multilingual Learner (ML) students attending public schools rises, so does the demand for those who can teach them. Research shows that due to the existence of gaps between different types of knowledge, theory, and practice, the results of teacher preparation programs are often fragmented and do not fully benefit participating teachers (Ball, 2000). To address these gaps, a Professional Development (PD) framework, called PrimeD (Professional Development, Research, IMplementation, and Evaluation) has been proposed. It organizes PD for preservice teachers into four phases of Design, Implementation, Evaluation, and Research, and works in a cyclic nature to provide …

Understanding The Construction Workforce Needs Of The Future: Technology, Skills, Diversity, Bassam Ramadan

Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering

The U.S. construction industry stands at a crossroads. The looming age cliff is about to present its most serious challenges yet, coinciding with a shortage of qualified skilled professionals. As the demands of the construction industry continue to grow, it continues to lack the manpower to meet those demands. In order to meet the rising demands of construction needs in the near future, the construction industry needs to focus on improving workforce performance and productivity, and increasing the size of the construction labor force. Existing research highlights the importance of technological adoption and workforce skills, and that gender and ethnic …

The Effects Of Secretion Regulators, Α-Synuclein And Cysteine String Protein-Α, In Thrombosis And Hemostasis, Alexis N. Smith

Theses and Dissertations--Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Platelets play many critical roles in the vasculature ensuring proper hemostasis and maintaining vascular integrity. They can mediate these different processes via the release of different cargo molecules from granules. Cargo release from the granules is mediated by a family of proteins called Soluble NSF Attachment Protein Receptors (SNAREs). This process is complex and is regulated by several protein-protein interactions that are not completely characterized. SNARE chaperones have been identified for the t-SNAREs such as Munc18b/STXBP2 for Syntaxin-11, but none have been identified for the VAMPs and SNAP proteins. Proteins of interest as potential chaperones for VAMPs and SNAP proteins …

Revolutionizing Our Understanding Of Specific Platelet-Pathogen Interactions, Hammodah Rawhi Hammodah Alfar

Theses and Dissertations--Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Aside from their classical role in maintaining hemostasis, platelets are considered first-line vascular guardians that influence both the innate and adaptive immune systems. This is mediated by either direct interactions with immune cells or through the release of pre-stored cytokines and chemokines upon interacting with pathogens such as viruses. While this establishes platelets as potential players in the response to pathogens, it remains unclear what platelets can do with pathogens and how important that is to immune responses, especially against viruses. Most systemic viremias, such as HIV-1, present with mild thrombocytopenia, which is mediated through several mechanisms such as a …

Agn Storm 2. Vii. A Frequency-Resolved Map Of The Accretion Disk In Mrk 817: Simultaneous X-Ray Reverberation And Uvoir Disk Reprocessing Time Lags, Collin Lewin, Erin Kara, Aaron J. Barth, Edward M. Cackett, Gisella De Rosa, Yasaman Homayouni, Keith Horne, Gerard A. Kriss, Hermine Landt, Jonathan Gelbord, John Montano, Nahum Arav, Misty C. Bentz, Benjamin D. Boizelle, Elena Dalla Bontà, Michael S. Brotherton, Maryam Dehghanian, Gary Ferland, Carina Fian, Michael R. Goad, Juan V. Hernández Santisteban, Dragana Ilić, Jelle Kaastra, Shai Kaspi, Kirk T. Korista, Peter Kosec, Andjelka B. Kovačević, Missagh Mehdipour, Jake A. Miller, Hagai Netzer, Jack M. M. Neustadt, Christos Panagiotou, Ethan R. Partington, Luka Č. Popović, David Sanmartim, Marianne Vestergaard, Martin J. Ward, Fatima Zaidouni

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

X-ray reverberation mapping is a powerful technique for probing the innermost accretion disk, whereas continuum reverberation mapping in the UV, optical, and infrared (UVOIR) reveals reprocessing by the rest of the accretion disk and broad-line region (BLR). We present the time lags of Mrk 817 as a function of temporal frequency measured from 14 months of high-cadence monitoring from Swift and ground-based telescopes, in addition to an XMM-Newton observation, as part of the AGN STORM 2 campaign. The XMM-Newton lags reveal the first detection of a soft lag in this source, consistent with reverberation from the innermost accretion flow. These …

Agn Storm 2. V. Anomalous Behavior Of The C Iv Light Curve Of Mrk 817, Y. Homayouni, Gerard A. Kriss, Gisella De Rosa, Rachel Plesha, Edward M. Cackett, Michael R. Goad, Kirk Korista, Keith Horne, Travis Fischer, Tim Waters, Aaron J. Barth, Erin A. Kara, Hermine Landt, Nahum Arav, Benjamin D. Boizelle, Misty C. Bentz, Michael S. Brotherton, Doron Chelouche, Elena Dalla Bontà, Maryam Dehghanian, Pu Du, Gary Ferland, Carina Fian, Jonathan Gelbord, Catherine J. Grier, Patrick B. Hall, Chen Hu, Dragana Ilić, Michael D. Joner, Jelle Kaastra, Shai Kaspi, Andjelka B. Kovačević, Daniel Kynoch, Yan-Rong Li, Missagh Mehdipour, Jake A. Miller, Jake Mitchell, John Montano, Hagai Netzer, Jack M. M. Neustadt, Ethan Partington, Luka Č. Popović, Daniel Proga, Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann, David Sanmartim, Matthew R. Siebert, Tommaso Treu, Marianne Vestergaard, Jian-Min Wang, Martin J. Ward, Fatima Zaidouni, Ying Zu

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

An intensive reverberation mapping campaign of the Seyfert 1 galaxy Mrk 817 using the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on the Hubble Space Telescope revealed significant variations in the response of broad UV emission lines to fluctuations in the continuum emission. The response of the prominent UV emission lines changes over an ∼60 day duration, resulting in distinctly different time lags in the various segments of the light curve over the 14 month observing campaign. One-dimensional echo-mapping models fit these variations if a slowly varying background is included for each emission line. These variations are more evident in the C IV light …

Agn Storm 2. X. The Origin Of The Interband Continuum Delays In Mrk 817, Hagai Netzer, Michael R. Goad, Aaron J. Barth, Edward M. Cackett, Keith Horne, Chen Hu, Erin Kara, Kirk T. Korista, Gerard A. Kriss, Collin Lewin, John Montano, Nahum Arav, Ehud Behar, Michael S. Brotherton, Doron Chelouche, Gisella De Rosa, Elena Dalla Bontà, Maryam Dehghanian, Gary Ferland, Carina Fian, Yasaman Homayouni, Dragana Ilić, Shai Kaspi, Andjelka B. Kovačević, Hermine Landt, Luka Č. Popović, Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann, Jian-Min Wang, Fatima Zaidouni

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

The local (z = 0.0315) active galactic nucleus (AGN) Mrk 817 was monitored over more than 500 days with space- borne and ground-based instruments as part of a large international campaign, AGN STORM 2. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of the broadband continuum variations using detailed modeling of the broad line region (BLR), several types of disk winds classified by their optical depth, and new numerical simulations. We find that diffuse continuum (DC) emission, with additional contributions from strong and broad emission lines, can explain the continuum lags observed in this source during high- and low-luminosity phases. Disk illumination …

Detailed Report On The Measurement Of The Positive Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment To 0.20 Ppm, Muon G − 2 Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

We present details on a new measurement of the muon magnetic anomaly, aμ=(gμ-2)/2. The result is based on positive muon data taken at Fermilab's Muon Campus during the 2019 and 2020 accelerator runs. The measurement uses 3.1 GeV/c polarized muons stored in a 7.1-m-radius storage ring with a 1.45 T uniform magnetic field. The value of aμ is determined from the measured difference between the muon spin precession frequency and its cyclotron frequency. This difference is normalized to the strength of the magnetic field, measured using nuclear magnetic resonance. The ratio is then corrected for small contributions from beam motion, …

Observation Of Strong Nuclear Suppression In Exclusive J/Ψ Photoproduction In Au + Au Ultraperipheral Collisions At Rhic, Star Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

We report a measurement of exclusive J/ψ and ψ(2s) photoproduction in Au+Au ultraperipheral collisions at sNN=200 GeV using the STAR detector. For the first time, (i) the ψ(2s) photoproduction in midrapidity at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider has been experimentally measured; (ii) nuclear suppression factors are measured for both the coherent and incoherent J/ψ production. At average photon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 25.0 GeV, the coherent and incoherent J/ψ cross sections of Au nuclei are found to be 71±10% and 36±7%, respectively, of that of free protons. The stronger suppression observed in the incoherent production provides a new experimental handle to study …

Strangeness Production In √Snn = 3 Gev Au+Au Collisions At Rhic, The Star Collaboration

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

We report multi-differential measurements of strange hadron production ranging from mid- to target-rapidity in Au+Au collisions at a center-of-momentum energy per nucleon pair of √sNN = 3 GeV with the STAR experiment at RHIC. K0 S meson and Λ hyperon yields are measured via their weak decay channels. Collision centrality and rapidity dependences of the transverse momentum spectra and particle ratios are presented. Particle mass and centrality dependence of the average transverse momenta of Λ and K0 S are compared with other strange particles, providing evidence of the development of hadronic rescattering in such collisions. The 4π yields of each …

The Present And Future Of Qcd, P. Achenbach

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

This White Paper presents an overview of the current status and future perspective of QCD research, based on the community inputs and scientific conclusions from the 2022 Hot and Cold QCD Town Meeting. We present the progress made in the last decade toward a deep understanding of both the fundamental structure of the sub-atomic matter of nucleon and nucleus in cold QCD, and the hot QCD matter in heavy ion collisions. We identify key questions of QCD research and plausible paths to obtaining answers to those questions in the near future, hence defining priorities of our research over the coming …

The Role Of Microglia In Sex- And Region-Specific Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity During Nicotine Withdrawal, Mohit Kumar, Jack V. Keady, Surya P. Aryal, Marissa Hessing, Christopher I. Richards, Jill R. Turner

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Smoking is the largest preventable cause of death and disease in the United States, with ,5% of quit attempts being successful. Microglia activation and proinflammatory neuroimmune signaling in reward neuro- circuitry are implicated in nicotine withdrawal symptomology. Microglia are integral regulators of blood-brain barrier (BBB) functionality as well; however, whether the effects of nicotine withdrawal on microglia function impact BBB integrity is unknown.

METHODS: Mice were treated with chronic nicotine (12 mg/kg/day) and subjected to 48 hours nicotine withdrawal. Regional BBB permeability, together with messenger RNA and protein expression of tight junction proteins, were assessed. PLX5622 chow was used …

Computational Methods For Oi-Modules, Michael Morrow

Theses and Dissertations--Mathematics

Computational commutative algebra has become an increasingly popular area of research. Central to the theory is the notion of a Gröbner basis, which may be thought of as a nonlinear generalization of Gaussian elimination. In 2019, Nagel and Römer introduced FI- and OI-modules over FI- and OI-algebras, which provide a framework for studying sequences of related modules defined over sequences of related polynomial rings. In particular, they laid the foundations of a theory of Gröbner bases for certain classes of OI-modules. In this dissertation we develop an OI-analog of Buchberger's algorithm in order to compute such Gröbner bases, as well …

Chemical Control Of Turfgrass Diseases 2024, Bruce B. Clarke, Paul Vincelli, Paul Koch, Ming-Yi Chou

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Turfgrasses under intensive management are often subject to outbreaks of infectious diseases. Diseases usually are most damaging when weather or cultural conditions favor the disease-causing agent but not plant growth and vigor. Cultural conditions that predispose turfgrass to diseases include close mowing, inadequate or excessive fertility, light or frequent irrigation, excessive thatch, poor drainage, and shade. Good turf management practices often greatly reduce the impact of disease by promoting healthy plants that are better able to resist infections. Even under good management, however, diseases sometimes cause excessive damage to highly managed turfgrasses. The proper use of fungicides in these instances, …

Wine, Sparkling, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

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Wine, Other, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

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Table B: Generally Recognized As Safe (Gras) Food Additives Containing Aluminum, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

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Mineral, Spring, Table, And Bottled Water, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

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Liquors And Spirits, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

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Wine, Red, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

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Wine, White, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

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Table D: Aluminum-Containing Additives Allowed By The Eu And Fao/Who, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

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Table C: Some Other Fda-Approved Sources Of Aluminum In Food, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

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Table E: Aluminum Lakes Of Permitted Colors Allowed By The European Union, Robert Yokel

Aluminum in Beverages and Foods: A Compilation

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Beyond Grotesque: Contemporary Artists Confronting Abjection, Katherine Gemperline

Graduate Thesis Exhibition Catalogue Gallery, 2024

The artists in Beyond Grotesque: Contemporary Artists Confronting Abjection address the monstrous aspects of life by portraying repulsive encounters in a direct manner. In its abject nature, the grotesque defies conventional notions of art as beautifying. The contemporary artists in Beyond Grotesque subvert the idea that beauty is an indication of good moral character and instead, they assert the grotesque as a device that challenges our expectations of the good and expands our humanity.

Yvonne Petkus delves into the intricacies of struggle, survival, and vulnerability within the human experience. Through pieces like Headwind, Collapse, and Colossus, Petkus portrays the …

Empowering Caregivers In The Prevention Of Clinical Delirium For At Risk Older Adults Boarding In The Emergency Department Setting, Danielle Brewer

DNP Projects

Background: Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding is a global healthcare crisis documented in the literature for more than a decade, impacting patient outcomes and resource availability. While awaiting delayed transfer to an inpatient room, older adults in the ED remain vulnerable to developing acute delirium. Boarding potentiates the risk for worsening health outcomes, which are further compounded by delirium. Scarcity of resources and time constraints delay delirium detection and increase risk for down-stream hospital-acquired complications, higher cost, and prolonged length of stay. Current ED models do not prioritize caregiver partnership or involvement in delirium-conscious care, which is a holistic approach to …