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Nancy And Neruda: Poetry Thinking Love, Joshua M. Hall

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

My intention in this paper is to respond to Jean-Luc Nancy’s claim that poetry, along with philosophy, is essentially incapable of what Nancy describes as “thinking love.” To do so, I will first try to come to an understanding of Nancy’s thinking regarding love and then of poetry as presented in his essay “Shattered Love.” Having thus prepared the way, I will then respond, via Pablo Neruda’s poem “Oda al Limón,” to Nancy’s understanding of poetry vis-à-vis “Shattered Love.” This response, in acting out Nancy’s thinking regarding love, will suggest a greater plurality within poetry than Nancy acknowledged

Smell And Anosmia In The Aesthetic: Appreciation Of Gardens, Marta Tafalla

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

In his Critique of the Power of Judgment, Kant defined the garden as a visual art and considered that smell plays no role in its aesthetic appreciation. If the Kantian thesis were right, then a person who has no sense of smell (who suffers from anosmia) would not be impaired in his or her aesthetic appreciation of gardens. At the same time, a visually impaired person could not appreciate the beauty of gardens, although he or she could perceive them through hearing, smell, taste, and touch. In this paper I discuss the role of smell and anosmia in the aesthetic …

Food For Thought: Genetically Modified Seeds As De Facto Standard Essential Patents, Benjamin M. Cole, Brent J. Horton, Ryan G. Vacca

Akron Law Faculty Publications

For several years, courts have been improperly calculating damages in cases involving the unlicensed use of genetically-modified (GM) seed technology. In particular, when courts determine patent damages based on the hypothetical negotiation method, they err in exaggerating these damages to a point where no rational negotiator would agree. In response, we propose a limited affirmative defense of an implied license due to the patent’s status as a de facto standard essential patent. To be classified as a de facto standard essential patent, the farmer must prove three elements that reflect the peculiarities of GM seeds used in farming: (1) dominance, …

The Farmer In Chief: Obama's Local Food Legacy, Sarah J. Morath

Akron Law Faculty Publications

As criticism over America’s food policy has grown, many scholars have offered suggestions for reform. Complementing this body of scholarship, The Farmer In Chief identifies and assesses recent changes to federal laws and policies as they affect ‘local food’ and describes local farmers’ awareness of and reaction to these changes. These changes and the farmers’ responses show greater recognition of local food by the President and federal government in three ways: increased inclusion of local food in legislation and policy discussions; increased awareness of the benefits of local food production and consumption; and increased consumer access to local food. But …

Should States Ban The Use Of Non-Positive Interventions In Special Education? Re-Examining Positive Behavior Supports Under The Idea, Elizabeth Shaver

Akron Law Faculty Publications

In the 1980s and 1990s, behavior analysts vigorously debated ethical concerns about the use of certain behavioral interventions to address severe behavior of disabled children. In 1997, while that debate was still ongoing, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was amended to require educators to consider the use of “positive behavioral interventions and supports,” among other strategies, to address problem behavior that impedes a disabled child’s learning. Since 1997, the “positive behavioral interventions and supports” framework has shifted focus, but IDEA’s language essentially has stayed the same. In addition, some states have enacted poorly-worded statutes or regulations in order …

Continuously Flattening Polyhedra Using Straight Skeletons, Zachary Abel, Erik D. Demaine, Martin L. Demaine, Jin Ichi Itoh, Anna Lubiw, Chie Nara, Joseph O'Rourke

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

We prove that a surprisingly simple algorithm folds the surface of every convex polyhedron, in any dimension, into a at folding by a continuous motion, while preserving intrinsic distances and avoiding crossings. The attening respects the straight-skeleton gluing, meaning that points of the polyhedron touched by a common ball inside the polyhedron come into contact in the at folding, which answers an open question in the book Geometric Folding Algorithms. The primary creases in our folding process can be found in quadratic time, though necessarily, creases must roll continuously, and we show that the full crease pattern can be exponential …

The Leader’S Age As A Factor Influencing Mission Effectiveness In The North American Division Of The Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Stanley E. Patterson

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.

Christ In The City: A Brief Theology, Skip Bell

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.

Contemporary Aesthetics: Perspectives On Times, Space And Content, Ossi Naukkarinen

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

What is contemporary aesthetics? The answer to this question is often simply stated rather than carefully elaborated, even if the current nature and scope of the discipline is far from self-evident. To examine how both the concept and the field of contemporary aesthetics can be understood, I suggest that it is useful to consider three themes: the time, space, and content of aesthetics, i.e., the questions of when, where, and what contemporary aesthetics is. Through this, it is possible to construe a conceptual space of contemporary aesthetics and to compare different instantiations of it with each other.

Numbing The Heart: Racist Jokes And The Aesthetic Affect, Tanya Rodriguez

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

People sometimes resist the idea that racist humor fails on aesthetic grounds because they find it funny. They make the case that we can enjoy its comic aspects by controlling our attention, by focusing on a joke’s rhythm or delivery rather than on its racist content. Ironic intent may reside with the joke teller and/or the audience. I discuss how arguments for the immorality of racist jokes fall short. Ironic racist jokes may be acceptable to an audience that already rejects racism but is comfortable with such ironic racist joking precisely because as individuals they feel confident in their own …

Pushing The Limits: Risk And Accomplishment In Musical Performance, David Clowney, Robert Rawlins

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

Using examples from musical performance of several kinds, we argue that risk-taking, showing off, virtuosity, and other forms of musical showmanship are in many cases, though not in all, an integral and appropriate part of the music as performed on that occasion. We reflect on the difference between cases where this is so and cases where it is not, using insights from John Dewey’s aesthetics as articulated in Art as Experience.

The Point Of Everyday Aesthetics, Kevin Melcionne

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

The point of everyday aesthetic activity is well-being

Harnessing The Imagination: The Asymmetry Of Belief And Make-Believe, Elisa Galgut

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

Contemporary philosophical discussion on the nature of the imagination has been influenced by recent empirical work in cognitive science. Our imaginative and emotional engagement with works of fiction has been explained by appealing to the similarities between our ordinary cognitive functioning and the workings of our imagination. Believing and imagining, it is argued, are governed by a “single code.” I argue against this claim, and suggest that our imagination – and in particular our literary imagination – in many respects functions very differently from ordinary cognition.

Controlling Our Vocabulary: Language Consistency In A Library Context, Mark Aaron Polger

Publications and Research

As a result of his experience as an interim academic web/systems librarian, Mark Aaron Polger embarked on a study of consistency of terminology in a library context, looking at usage across three media - promotional material, signage and websites. In this article, after reviewing the literature, he reports the results of his study, points out its limitations, and suggests ways in which the work could be taken forward.

Egg Cannibalism In A Gull Colony Increases With Sea Surface Temperature, Lynelle M. Weldon, Shandelle M. Henson, James Hayward, Brianna G. Payne, Libby C. Megna, Andre E. Moncrieff

Faculty Publications

Cannibalism occurs regularly across a broad range of taxa with a variety of ecological and evolutionary consequences. Rises in sea surface temperature (SST) have been linked to increased cannibalism in some species, including polar bears (Ursus maritimus), Peruvian anchovy (Engraulis ringens), and Peruvian hake (Merluccius gayi peruanus), and might be expected in birds that depend on marine food webs for sustenance. Increased SSTs are associated with lowered ocean thermoclines and weakened upwellings. These changes, in turn, lead to decreased productivity in surface water and movement of surviving forage fish to deeper water, thereby food-stressing surface feeders such as gulls, diminishing …

The Anomaly Of Entrapment, Jessica A. Roth

Articles

Now in our second decade after 9/11, we are firmly in the prevention era of law enforcement. Faced with the unacceptable consequences of identifying threats too late, government agents are moving aggressively to identify potential terrorists before they strike. Undercover agents and confidential informants necessarily play a large role in such efforts. As a result of such operations, we have seen a number of cases brought to trial in the federal courts in which defendants have asserted the entrapment defense. To date, the defense has not succeeded. However, as a consequence of these cases, the United States Supreme Court may …

The Priest-Penitent Privilege Revisited: A Reply To The Statutes Of Abrogation, Jude O. Ezeanokwasa

Intercultural Human Rights Law Review

There is no gainsaying the fact that the near-pandemic social ill of child sex abuse calls for urgent attention given the many dire effects of the crime. Harm to children is not suffered by them alone. The immediate family, parents, and friends also suffer with them. Moreover, society is burdened by the existence of child sex abuse as it is called on to restore the physical and mental health of these often traumatized younger members. To nip this problem in the bud, pursuing the philosophy of early detection, all fifty states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, …

The Courts And National Security: The Ordeal Of The State Secrets Privilege, David Rudenstine

Articles

The state secrets privilege, originally established in United States v. Reynolds, has evolved into a powerful tool for the Executive to shield actions from judicial scrutiny, undermining the rule of law and constitutional checks and balances. This expansion, driven by judicial deference and circuit court interpretations, now prioritizes national security over accountability, threatening core legal principles. The article argues for reform to balance national security concerns with judicial oversight and individual rights.

Occupational Therapy And Health Sciences News, January 2014, Occupational Therapy Department

News, Magazines and Reports

2013, a year in review. In OT we have 2 new faculty members, Sharon McCloskey and Lola Halperin. The Health Sciences program is pleased to welcome Dr. Raja Staggers-Hakim. Student events. Faculty achievements.

Magazine Image Influence, Extraversion, And Body Image In Fraternity And Non-Fraternity College Males, Morgan Draxten

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Embryonic And Larval Cadmium Exposure On Zebrafish Behavior, Memory, And Physiology, Myranda Beckmann

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Finding Inspiration : Exploring Media And Their Sources, Julie Gallus

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Behavioral Changes Associated With Thromboxane Receptor Antagonist, Sq 29,548, Treatment In A Mouse Model, Andrew A. Rebel

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Short-Term Memory Duration In Ames Dwarf Mice And Wild-Type Mice, Andrea Lynn Brandt

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Immutability And Innateness Arguments About Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Rights, Edward Stein

Articles

A popular and intuitively plausible argument for the rights of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals (LGB people) focuses on the claim that sexual orientations are inborn and/or unchangeable. This argument draws on three sources: ethical, scientific, and legal. The scientific source is the widely held observation that people generally (and LGB people particularly) do not choose their sexual orientation. This observation is buttressed by claims about the causes and character of human sexuality. The ethical source is the general intuition that people should not be punished for something that they did not choose. Together, these ethical and scientific beliefs lead …

Tennessee Farm Bureau News - January 2014, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation

Tennessee Farm Bureau News

No abstract provided.

Environmental And Genetic Risk Factors For Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia In Neonates, Jessica Berger

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

We hypothesized that early intubation would decrease the hazard of BPD and BPD/death in premature infants regardless of need for reintubation. Specific aims included assessing rates of BPD and BPD/death in infants first extubated between day of life (DOL)1-3 versus 4-7, 8+ and impact of re-intubation. We included infants with gestational age ≤28weeks, birth weight ≤1000g, and intubation on DOL1. Proportional hazards regression modeled time to BPD and BPD/death, adjusting for potential confounders. Of 262 infants, 101 (38.55%), 41 (15.65%) and 120 (45.80%) were extubated between DOL1-3, 4-7, and 8+, respectively. Extubation between DOL4-7 versus DOL1-3 was associated with an …

Modulation Of Immunity By The Immunologic Zipper: The Role Of Glucocorticoid-Induced Leucine Zipper In Extracoporeal Photochemotherapy, Hao Feng

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) is a cellular therapy that is FDA approved for the treatment of a variety of T cell mediated diseases, including cutaneous T cell lymphoma, graft-versus-host disease, and solid organ transplantation rejection. Its ability to selectively suppress and stimulate immunity while causing minimal to no side effects in patients distinguishes it from other therapies including pharmacologic agents. Despite the clinical success of ECP, the exact mechanism by which ECP generates immunotolerance and immunogenicity in patients has been elusive. Since monocytes interact with platelets and serum proteins in the ECP chamber to undergo differentiation into dendritic cells (DCs), we …

Langerhans Cell Contributions To Ultraviolet Light-Induced Cutaneous Carcinogenesis, Marianna Freudzon

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Epidermal dendritic cells, called Langerhans cells (LC), were recently shown to facilitate DMBA/TPA-induced chemical carcinogenesis. LC contribution to UV-induced carcinogenesis, however, remains to be elucidated. We used the Langerin-DTA transgenic mouse model that lacks LC to characterize early and late effects of DNA damage in epidermis following exposure to UVB light. We found that LC density in LC-intact mice remains unchanged at 1hr and 24hr post 100 J/m2 UVB, suggesting that LC are poised to affect the surrounding epidermal cells following acute low-dose UVB exposure. During this time interval, LC-deficient mice had significantly fewer γH2Ax-positive cells within the epidermis, indicative …

Ir Laser‐Induced Perturbations Of The Voltage‐Dependent Solute Carrier Protein, Slc26a5, Oluwarotimi Nettey

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

IR LASER-INDUCED PERTURBATIONS OF THE VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT SOLUTE CARRIER PROTEIN, SLC26A5. Oluwarotimi S. Nettey and Joseph Santos-Sacchi. Sections of Otolaryngology and Neurobiology, Department of Surgery, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Alterations in membrane capacitance can arise from linear and nonlinear sources. For example, changes in membrane surface area or dielectric properties can modify capacitance linearly, whereas sensor residues of voltage-dependent proteins can modify capacitance nonlinearly. Here, we examined the effects of fast temperature jumps induced by an IR laser in control and prestin (SLC26a5)-transfected HEK cells under whole cell voltage clamp. Prestin's voltage sensor imparts a characteristic bell- …