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Journal Of Hip Hop Studies Jan 2014

Journal Of Hip Hop Studies

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

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The Influence Of Hip Hop On Zimbabwe's Urban Culture, Shingirayi Sabeta Aka Mau Mau Jan 2014

The Influence Of Hip Hop On Zimbabwe's Urban Culture, Shingirayi Sabeta Aka Mau Mau

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

A transcription of the author's presentation at the Hiphop Symposium that took place at the University of Zimbabwe on February 27th, 2013, which is a personal reflection about the Zimbabwean Hip Hop scene, its beginnings in the 1980s and the directions it is currently taking.

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Interview: Hip Hop And Activism In Kenya, Moses Mbasu Aka Buddha Blaze Jan 2014

Interview: Hip Hop And Activism In Kenya, Moses Mbasu Aka Buddha Blaze

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Buddha Blaze is a Kenyan-based Hip Hop activist who participated and presented at the Hiphop Symposium in Nairobi on April 17th, 2013. He is a well-respected writer, organizer and promoter of Hip Hop in Kenya and beyond and is the co-founder of WAPI, one of the biggest platforms for underground Hip Hop artists in Kenya. The following piece is an interview that a member of the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan organising team and guest editor of this anthology, Katja Kellerer, held with Buddha Blaze via email in September 2013. The set of questions addresses a wide range of issues. In addition …

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Refocusing And Redefining Hip Hop: An Analysis Of Lecrae's Contribution To Hip Hop, Travis Harris Jan 2014

Refocusing And Redefining Hip Hop: An Analysis Of Lecrae's Contribution To Hip Hop, Travis Harris

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Hip Hop scholarship has overlooked and separated emcees who publicly identify themselves as Christians who exist to make God famous. This deficiency contributes to an inadequate understanding of Hip Hop and places Hip Hop in a dangerous position of alienating ostracized voices. This paper aims to draw attention to these shortcomings by analyzing Lecrae's contribution to Hip Hop. Influenced by his worldview, Lecrae leads a socially conscious movement and helps to bridge the "sacred" and "secular" gap. Lecrae redirects Hip Hop back to its roots. I will examine Lecrae's lyrics, websites, social media and interviews. Interviews of Lecrae will come …

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The Journal Of Social Theory In Art Education Jan 2014

The Journal Of Social Theory In Art Education

Journal of Social Theory in Art Education

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Annual Higher Ground Women's Leadership Conference 2014, The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute At Virginia Commonwealth University Jan 2014

Annual Higher Ground Women's Leadership Conference 2014, The Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute At Virginia Commonwealth University

GEHLI - 2026 VCUL Team Project Publications

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Healthcare Utilization Among Hispanic Immigrants With Diabetes: Investigating The Effect Of Us Documentation Status, Elizabeth K. Do, Robin K. Matsuyama Jan 2014

Healthcare Utilization Among Hispanic Immigrants With Diabetes: Investigating The Effect Of Us Documentation Status, Elizabeth K. Do, Robin K. Matsuyama

Social and Behavioral Sciences Publications

Previous studies have not examined whether documentation status has an effect on healthcare utilization among US Hispanic immigrants with diabetes. A secondary analysis was conducted using data from the Pew Hispanic Center and Robert Johnson Wood Foundation’s 2007 Hispanic Healthcare Survey. Hispanic immigrants diagnosed with diabetes were included in analyses. The association between documentation status and healthcare utilization was assessed using logistic regressions. Of N = 577 Hispanic immigrants with diabetes, 80 % were documented immigrants and 81 % reported having visited a healthcare provider in the last 6 months. Adjusting for confounders, those who were undocumented faced higher odds …

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Cover, Editors And Editorial Board, Sponsors, Table Of Contents Jan 2014

Cover, Editors And Editorial Board, Sponsors, Table Of Contents

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

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The Hip In Hip Hop: Toward A Discipline Of Hip Hop Studies, Monica Miller, Daniel White Hodge, Jeffrey Coleman, Cassandra D. Chaney Jan 2014

The Hip In Hip Hop: Toward A Discipline Of Hip Hop Studies, Monica Miller, Daniel White Hodge, Jeffrey Coleman, Cassandra D. Chaney

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Editorial.

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Journal Of Hip Hop Studies Jan 2014

Journal Of Hip Hop Studies

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

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Listen To The Story: Banksy, Tyler The Creator, And The Growing Nihilistic Mindset, Duri Long Jan 2014

Listen To The Story: Banksy, Tyler The Creator, And The Growing Nihilistic Mindset, Duri Long

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Art, as an expression of feelings, worldviews, and personal beliefs, is a reflection of our environment and how we interact with it. In this way, urban art such as rap music and graffiti can serve as a lens through which we are able to examine the state of the urban environment. Building on community literature that addresses the presence of nihilism in rap music, this work will establish that nihilism is a prevalent theme in the work of two artists: Tyler the Creator's rap music and BANKSY's graffiti art. By examining the growing subculture and appeal of urban art in …

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Breaking Grahamstown; Breakin' The Dance: Exploring The Role Of Break Dancing In The Construction Of A Break Dancer's Identity, Lauren Kent Jan 2014

Breaking Grahamstown; Breakin' The Dance: Exploring The Role Of Break Dancing In The Construction Of A Break Dancer's Identity, Lauren Kent

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Presented at the Hiphop Symposia in Johannesburg, this article is a shortened version of an Honours research paper that the author wrote in fulfillment of her B.A. degree in Anthropology at Rhodes University in 2010. In the paper, she explores the complex interplay between break dancing and identity formation processes by offering a case-study of a break-dancing crew based in Grahamstown, South Africa.

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Message To Our Brothers And Sisters In Hip Hop: Africa!, Mumia Abu-Jamal Jan 2014

Message To Our Brothers And Sisters In Hip Hop: Africa!, Mumia Abu-Jamal

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

A letter to the peoples of Africa.

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The Afrikan Hiphop Caravan: Building A Revolutionary Counterculture, Biko Mutsaurwa Jan 2014

The Afrikan Hiphop Caravan: Building A Revolutionary Counterculture, Biko Mutsaurwa

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

In this article, the author provides a brief outline of the lessons to be learned from a decade of Hip Hop activism on the African continent. In addition to providing a short historical overview of the roots of the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan, he outlines the vision of the project: the creation of a coherent Afrikan Hiphop Movement based upon a strategic orientation towards social movements of the working class and the oppressed.

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Stunning The Nation: Representation Of Zimbabwean Urban Youth Identity In Some Songs By Stunner, Pauline Mateveke Jan 2014

Stunning The Nation: Representation Of Zimbabwean Urban Youth Identity In Some Songs By Stunner, Pauline Mateveke

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

In this article, presented at the Hiphop Conference in Harare on February 27th, 2013, the author examines the impact local rap music has on identity construction of urban youth in Zimbabwe by analyzing songs of Stunner, a famous rap and Urban Grooves artist.

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Emanata: A Vcu Student Comics Anthology (2014) Jan 2014

Emanata: A Vcu Student Comics Anthology (2014)

Emanata, 2014-

Started by illustrator and comics artist Chris Kindred in 2014 with Weird, Vol. 1, Emanata is VCU’s first-ever comics anthology.

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The Constant Innovator: A New Organizational Mode Of Experimentation, Megan Hodge Jan 2014

The Constant Innovator: A New Organizational Mode Of Experimentation, Megan Hodge

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

Libraries should function more like Google, institutionalizing and rewarding time spent experimenting with and inventing new programs or products that could improve library services and replace what our vendors currently offer. This chapter envisions concrete ways that libraries might embrace the 20% rule and become more proactive.

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A Foray Into Library Digital Publishing: The British Virginia Project At Virginia Commonwealth University, Kevin Farley Jan 2014

A Foray Into Library Digital Publishing: The British Virginia Project At Virginia Commonwealth University, Kevin Farley

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Publications

The British Virginia project involves a collaboration between Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries and faculty members in the departments of English and History at VCU, with the project led by Dr. Joshua Eckhardt (English). As of April 25, 2013, the project has published its first title: an online edition of a sermon preached to the Virginia Company by William Symonds. To ensure the success of this project, a number of details required careful planning, including library outreach, IT involvement, and digital publishing protocols. Our example has deepened a move toward a dynamic and creative digital environment for researchers across campus. …

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Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 91, No. 4, 2014) Jan 2014

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 91, No. 4, 2014)

Virginia Dental Journal

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Modified Seed Growth Of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles In Benzyl Alcohol: Magnetic Nanoparticles For Radio Frequency Hyperthermia Treatment Of Cancer, Stanley E. Gilliland Iii Jan 2014

Modified Seed Growth Of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles In Benzyl Alcohol: Magnetic Nanoparticles For Radio Frequency Hyperthermia Treatment Of Cancer, Stanley E. Gilliland Iii

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Iron oxide nanoparticles have received sustained interest for biomedical applications as synthetic approaches are continually developed for precise control of nanoparticle properties. This thesis presents an investigation of parameters in the benzyl alcohol synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles. A modified seed growth method was designed for obtaining optimal nanoparticle properties for magnetic fluid hyperthermia. With a one or two addition process, iron oxide nanoparticles were produced with crystallite sizes ranging from 5-20 nm using only benzyl alcohol and iron precursor. The effects of reaction environment, temperature, concentration, and modified seed growth parameters were investigated to obtain precise control over properties …

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Tissue Engineering Scaffold Fabrication And Processing Techniques To Improve Cellular Infiltration, Casey Grey Jan 2014

Tissue Engineering Scaffold Fabrication And Processing Techniques To Improve Cellular Infiltration, Casey Grey

Theses and Dissertations

Electrospinning is a technique used to generate scaffolds composed of nano- to micron-sized fibers for use in tissue engineering. This technology possesses several key weaknesses that prevent it from adoption into the clinical treatment regime. One major weakness is the lack of porosity exhibited in most electrospun scaffolds, preventing cellular infiltration and thus hosts tissue integration. Another weakness seen in the field is the inability to physically cut electrospun scaffolds in the frontal plane for subsequent microscopic analysis (current electrospun scaffold analysis is limited to sectioning in the cross-sectional plane). Given this it becomes extremely difficult to associate spatial scaffold …

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Using Structural Analysis To Investigate The Function Of Suppressor Of Ikk-Epsilon (Sike), Sean W. Mckinley Jan 2014

Using Structural Analysis To Investigate The Function Of Suppressor Of Ikk-Epsilon (Sike), Sean W. Mckinley

Theses and Dissertations

The innate immune system provides the body’s first line of defense against pathogenic challenge through pathogen recognition and initiation of the immune response. Among the various cellular mechanisms of pathogen recognition in mammals, Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) recognizes viral dsRNA. Stimulation of TLR3 signaling pathway leads to transcription of pro-inflammatory cytokines and type-1 Interferons. Suppressor of IKKε (SIKE) interacts with two kinases in the signaling pathway, IKKε and TANK binding kinase 1 (TBK1), inhibiting the transcription of type I interferons. Recently, the Bell Laboratory discovered that SIKE blocks TBK1-mediated activation of type I interferons by acting as a high affinity, …

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Queer Alchemies: Radical Futurity In The Shell Of The Now, Elizabeth R. Canfield Jan 2014

Queer Alchemies: Radical Futurity In The Shell Of The Now, Elizabeth R. Canfield

Theses and Dissertations

This work operates at the intersection of academics, art, and activism. Within queer studies there is a tension between assimilation and liberation, sometimes situated as between pragmatism and utopia. This work re-examines Frankfurt school Marxist views of utopia through a queer theoretical lens in order to employ the radical imagination and queer futurity to examine new ways of practicing liberation. Drawing from theorists like Judith Butler, Jose Esteban Munoz, and Gloria Anzaldua, this work uses art (film, writing, zine-making, and sound) as a way to envision and enact a better world situated in the present.

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Dr. Who?: The Science And Culture Of Medical Wear Design, Patricia Duignan Jan 2014

Dr. Who?: The Science And Culture Of Medical Wear Design, Patricia Duignan

Theses and Dissertations

The multi-million-dollar medical uniform industry has not utilized advancements in garment and textile technology that could positively impact the protection of healthcare professionals and patients. In most cases the uniforms meet basic requirements – they clothe the professional in a recognizable way. Little innovation in design, function and performance, has been applied to these garments. This is particularly evident in the case of the stereotypical white lab coat worn by many physicians, despite evidence indicating that these lab coats may carry contamination and play a role in the spread of deadly bacteria. Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) are among the most …

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Pursuing The Roles Of Non-Invasive Biomarkers In Chronic Renal Allograft Dysfunction, Mba Uzoma U. Mba Jan 2014

Pursuing The Roles Of Non-Invasive Biomarkers In Chronic Renal Allograft Dysfunction, Mba Uzoma U. Mba

Theses and Dissertations

Kidney failure affects over 600,000 people in the United States with over 100,000 new cases of kidney failure diagnosed every year. Chronic allograft dysfunction (CAD), a disease state highlighted by a decreased eGFR and a histo-pathological diagnosis interstitial fibrosis and renal tubular atrophy, has emerged as one of the leading causes of kidney transplantation. Gene expression analysis can identify reproducible patterns of disease in ribonucleic acid (RNA) expression and may provide insights into the quality of kidney donations heretofore overlooked by current clinical analytical methods. Additionally, genetic expression profiles can be obtained from patient blood or urine samples, diminishing the …

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We Are Not Hiding So Why Can't You Find Us? Attracting Users To Special Collections & Archives, Margaret T. Kidd, Elizabeth Mcdaniel Jan 2014

We Are Not Hiding So Why Can't You Find Us? Attracting Users To Special Collections & Archives, Margaret T. Kidd, Elizabeth Mcdaniel

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Special Collections & Archives have become the focal point for many research libraries due to the unique materials. However, there are still many faculty and students who are unaware of the potential research value of these collections. This session explores strategies to improve awareness and use.

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The Troublesome Document, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa Jan 2014

The Troublesome Document, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa

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An essay concerning the development of documentary photography, its relationship to political norms, conventions of realism in visual culture, and the form of the photographic book.

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Reorientation: A Journey Through Spatial Sequence, Eman Alsulaimani Jan 2014

Reorientation: A Journey Through Spatial Sequence, Eman Alsulaimani

Theses and Dissertations

Introduction | The building for this thesis project is one with a long history. Originally built as the First Baptist Church, it was converted over the years to fulfill a role completely different from its original intent; a student center! During this process and after a series of renovations, the Broad Street main grand entrance lost its place and the arrival into the building became much less choreographed. Essentially, over time one could say that this building had been flipped around, it has lost its original intent, grandeur and purpose. Hypothesis | I challenge the idea of flipping the building …

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A Mixed-Methods Examination Of Racial Differences In Females' Perceptions And Experiences Of Sexual Objectification, Ellyn Leighton-Herrmann Jan 2014

A Mixed-Methods Examination Of Racial Differences In Females' Perceptions And Experiences Of Sexual Objectification, Ellyn Leighton-Herrmann

Theses and Dissertations

Sexual objectification has become a pervasive problem, negatively affecting the mental and physical health of many women. Understanding the influence of visual media, social-support networks and social interactions on young women's health is essential to addressing issues related to objectification. We do not have an in-depth understanding of how Black and White young adult women make meaning of objectification. Further, the existing literature suggests that experiences of objectification are likely different for Black and White women. The current research employed two studies, one qualitative and one quantitative, to address these particular gaps. Study 1 used focus groups to assess young …

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Characterization Of Tonb-Dependent Metal Transporters Within Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Mary Kathryne Dickinson Jan 2014

Characterization Of Tonb-Dependent Metal Transporters Within Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Mary Kathryne Dickinson

Theses and Dissertations

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the etiologic agent of gonorrhea, utilizes TonB-dependent transporters to import essential nutrients such as iron. Study of TonB-dependent transporters is extremely important due to the fact that they make excellent vaccine targets. In order to learn more about the structure, function, expression, and regulation of selected TonB-dependent transporters, three goals were established for this study. The first goal was to examine the role of two highly conserved regions of TbpB in lipidation. One of the conserved regions of TbpB, the LSAC motif, was shown to be critical for lipidation. The second goal was to determine whether MisR/MisS regulates …

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