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Addicted To The Answer, Charumathi Raman

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Hypochondria, which is now broadly known as health anxiety, is the fear of a serious illness that continues despite evidence to the contrary from laboratory tests and the reassurance of physicians. In the past people with this disorder would go from doctor to doctor seeking an answer, but now many people rely solely upon online information.

For people with health anxiety, the Internet provides a lot of fodder. Researchers have recently coined the term "cyberchondria" to describe the phenomenon of increased health anxiety due to online health searches.

Entering questions like “Who started World War Two?” or “Who was the …

Make Art Conservative Again, Gurami Jamaspishvili

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They are the darlings of conservative America, the prophets of the new reactionary movement, the iconoclasts and the patron saints of the free speech, revered by "the basket of deplorables" and castigated by liberal America for being cheap shot opportunists whose goal is to crusade against the values that Americans hold most dear. Although Donald Trump's presidency galvanized a big chunk of artists around the resistance movement, a small group of right-wing artists, who were operating surreptitiously, are gaining momentum.

https://conservativeart.exposure.co/make-art-conservative-again

Women Are Being Cut During Childbirth Without Need Or Consent, Molly Cora Enking

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An episiotomy, a surgical cut used to enlarge the vaginal opening during childbirth, can be extremely painful, hard to recover from and can increase the risk of severe complications. In 2018, episiotomies are rarely necessary, but at some U.S. hospitals they happen much more than they should. And in the course reporting this story, New York City News Service found that it is common for doctors to cut women without the mother’s consent.

https://medium.com/@mollyenking/women-are-being-cut-during-childbirth-without-need-or-consent-7677de7eddae

Amenazado En Venezuela, En Espera En Ee.Uu., Hernan Goicochea, Juan Garcia

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Venezolano activista luchó para combatir el sida en su país, huyo de las amenazas del gobierno venezolano, y está buscando asilo político en los Estado Unidos.

https://theinformantes.home.blog/2018/12/13/amenazado-en-venezuela-en-espera-en-ee-uu/

Published Link: https://www.telemundo.com/noticias/noticias-telemundo/inmigracion/la-historia-de-jesus-en-estados-unidos-dos-secuestros-le-hicieron-huir-de-venezuela-los-tmna3870280

New Roots: A Transracial Adoption Story, Scarlett Kuang

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This is a documentary on transracial adoption. Transracial adoption is becoming more and more common in America. In 2011, 4 out of 10 adopted children were raised by families of a different race or ethnicity. Daniel and Lisa Conklins have 11 children. After giving birth to 6, the couple adopted another 5 children from 5 different countries. They live in Castile, a farm town in upstate New York. The then 6-year-old Ezra needs to adapt to a totally new environment and embrace his new family. For Elaina who was adopted as a baby, the challenge is to survive in a …

Surviving A Death Sentence, Amy K. Mackinnon

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Diagnosed with HIV at the peak of the AIDS epidemic, Sean McKenna had planned to die. Now, decades after life-saving drugs were first released, he and other long-term survivors are still figuring out how to live.
https://amykmackinnon.wordpress.com/capstone/

Trade Rout: As Trade Tensions Built Between U.S. And Canada, This American Border Town Felt The Freeze, Matt Cutler, Isaac Carey

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A close business relationship with Canada has allowed Plattsburgh to thrive as a manufacturing town. Over 100 Quebec-based companies operate there, and 15 percent of the workforce in the county gets its paycheck from a Canadian company. Even more impressive, this comes at a time when manufacturing jobs are declining nationwide. While factories are shutting down across the rust belt, in Plattsburgh they are opening up.

There is just one problem.

All of this was made possible by the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. And just this April, the Trump administration abruptly threatened to pull out of the …

Burden Of Proof: Insurance Companies Are Refusing To Pay For Mental Healthcare And Regulators Are Letting Them. Patients Are Left To Fend For Themselves., Graison Dangor

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When their mental health claims are denied, patients who are supposed to be protected by state and federal law have a choice: Don’t get care or pay for the care themselves, then fight to get paid back.

Link to capstone: https://graisondangor.github.io/mental-healthcare-equality/

The Diaspora At Home, Ivan A. Flores

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Cuba only existed in the quiet whispers and faded memories of my mother and her two sisters. As children, they were refugees fleeing Castro. All my life, I heard their stories. I would hear about the family that never made it across that narrow strait, how the heat on the island was never oppressive because of cool breezes that rolled in with the waves that crashed on its shores. There was never a more beautiful country. They have never returned to Cuba.

I have sought to document the diaspora of one family divided by politics. Mixing portraiture, archival images with …

St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center Church Bulletin, December 16, 2018

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Opportunities For Linking Research To Policy: Lessons Learned From Implementation Research In Sexual And Reproductive Health Within The Anser Network, Anser, Emilomo Ogbe, Dirk Van Braeckel, Marleen Temmerman, Elin C. Larsson, Ines Keygnaert, Wilson De Los Reyes Aragón, Feng Cheng, Gunta Lazdane

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa

Background: The uptake of findings from sexual and reproductive health and rights research into policy-making remains a complex and non-linear process. Different models of research utilisation and guidelines to maximise this in policy-making exist, however, challenges still remain for researchers to improve uptake of their research findings and for policy-makers to use research evidence in their work.

Methods: A participatory workshop with researchers was organised in November 2017 by the Academic Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policy (ANSER) to address this gap. ANSER is a consortium of experienced researchers, some of whom have policy-making experience, working on …

Musical Introductions To Cavalleria Rusticana: Giuseppe Perrotta's "Bozzetto Sinfonico" And Pietro Mascagni's "Preludio", Ronaldo Augusto Teles Dos Santos

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Giovanni Verga’s Cavalleria rusticana has inspired a variety of musical works, among them Giuseppe Perrotta’s “Bozzetto sinfonico” (an overture to Verga’s play), and Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana (a one-act opera based on a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci). Each composition represents a genre on which scholarship is scarce: late nineteenth-century incidental music and the late nineteenth-century operatic prelude. Considering both Perrotta’s “Bozzetto sinfonico” and Mascagni’s “Preludio” as musical introductions to stage works, this study undertakes a complete hermeneutic analysis of both works (chapters 2 and 3). The analysis of Perrotta’s “Bozzetto sinfonico” is guided by a letter in …

Synthetic Cannabinoid-Induced Psychosis, Kenna Kennedy

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Psychostimulants And Psychosis, Cherri L. Runde

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Fw: Auto Rescue Package/Request From Canadian Ambassador (E-Mail To John Podesta), John Podesta, Michael Wilson

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The Effects Of Parathyroid Hormone And Bisphosphonate On The Cartilage And Subchondral Bone Of The Temporomandibular Joint, Alexandro De Araujo Lima

Master's Theses

Introduction:Parathyroid hormone increases bone strength primarily by stimulating bone formation, whereas Bisphosphonate, an antiresorptive drug, reduce bone resorption by blocking osteoclast activity. Here we examined the effects of alendronate (ALN), a type of bisphosphonate, and we also examine the effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH), which has an anabolic effect and increases bone remodeling when treated intermittently (I-PTH). I-PTH treatment leads to increased bone volume fraction, tissue density and trabecular thickness of the subchondral bone. I-PTH treatment also increases proteoglycan synthesis with a concomitant increase in mineralization of the Mandibular Condyle Cartilage (MCC). We hypothesize that combined treatment of I-PTH …

Low Plasma Hdl Cholesterol Is Associated With Greater Risk For Cardiovascular Disease In Subjects With Metabolic Syndrome, Hana M. Alyousef

Master's Theses

Low plasma HDL cholesterol (HDL-c) has been recognized as a biomarker of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes. Also, low HDL-c is one of the characteristics of metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Objective: To assess whether low HDL-c and/or low HDL functionality are associated with higher risk for CVD in subjects classified with MetS.

Methods: Forty-subjects with MetS (11 men /29 women, 52.4 ± 9.5 years participated in the study. Anthropometric data [weight, height, BMI, waist circumference (WC), blood pressure (BP)], fasting plasma biomarkers [lipids, glucose, liver enzymes: alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), plasma insulin, and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c)], biomarkers of …

Sex-Specific Hatch And Growth Patterns In Young-Of-The-Year Atlantic Silversides (Menidia Menidia, Atherinopsidae) From Mumford Cove, Connecticut, Julie W. Pringle

Master's Theses

The Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia) is an important semelparous forage fish along the North American Atlantic coast and a well-known model for experimental studies. However, ecological and evolutionary theories, such as the adaptive significance of temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), have yet to be tested using M. menidia juveniles from their natural habitat. Additionally, how the characteristics of survivors at the end of their growing season are shaped by growth and mortality is insufficiently understood. This study used otolith microstructure analysis to determine sex-specific size-at-age, growth, and hatch date distributions in young-of-the-year juveniles sampled monthly between October-December 2015 in …

Adaptations Of 3d Printing Technology To Microfluidics Systems For The Detection Of Multi-Protein Cancer Biomarkers, Ketki Bhalerao

Master's Theses

The overall goal of research in our group has been to develop devices and use techniques for rapid, easy detection that would also be fully automated, highly sensitive, cost effective and involves multi-protein detection with moderate to high throughput with respect to the increasing need in clinical diagnostics of today. The devices used are developed using 3D printing technology and the methodology used was based on the generation of chemiluminescence (CL), which is obtained by applying a fixed voltage and then measured with a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera as a detector. The chemiluminiscense replaces the colorimetric detection of proteins …

Interkulturelle Kompetenz Im Fremdsprachenunterricht In Österreich: Ein Adaptierungsversuch Einer Schulbucheinheit Anhand Des Rfcdc Des Council Of Europe, Caroline Jäger

Master's Theses

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Fragen, welches Modell von interkultureller Kompetenz für den Fremdsprachenunterricht in Österreich geeignet ist und wie eine praktische Implementierung des selbigen in Form eines Adaptierungsversuches einer Schulbucheinheit aussehen könnte.

Neben einer Vorstellung des Reference Framework for Democratic Culture (RFCDC) des Council of Europe werden seine Parallelen mit dem Lehrplan der Neuen Mittelschule in Österereich herausgearbeitet. Im Zuge einer Analyse der vorhandenen Kompetenzen des RFCDC an einem Kapitel des Schulbuchs More! 4 wird dessen Konzept praktisch greifbar. Die Ergebnisse werden anschließend kritisch reflektiert; in weiterer Folge werden Ideen und Anregungen zu einer potentiellen, vertieften Anwendung der …

Groundwater Model Parameter Estimation With Simultaneous And Sequential Use Of Hydraulic Head And Travel Time Measurements, Mohsen Kheirabadi

Master's Theses

This study is an effort to investigate two parameter estimation approaches in groundwater modeling, sequential and combined. Most researches imply that simultaneous use of flow and transport observations would be more beneficial in parameter estimation, however some other researchers rise questions about this approach. They believe due to the differing geological properties of aquifers and consequently differing mathematical basis of groundwater flow compared to transport simultaneous use of different observations might not be useful in every cases. Despite the fact that parameter estimation or inverse modeling is not a new method in groundwater modeling, most modelers tend to use forward …

Shakespeare's Adaption Of Cinthio's "Un Capitano Moro" Into Othello, Cleveland A. Williams

Master's Theses

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William Shakespeare’s Othello is an adaptation of Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio’s “Un Capitano Moro,” that was written in 1565; taken from his novella collection ‘Gli Hecatommithi,’ Decad.III., Novella 7. Cinthio’s story of the Moor of Venice fits the classification of the Italian novellas which grew to prominence during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries due to the popularity of Boccaccio’s Decameron.

Shakespeare liberated this story from its state of oblivion and utilized it as his framework for Othello; as the plot exposes some of the most intricate of human emotions – love, hate and jealousy, which are all …

Understanding Macro-Scale Patterns In Urban Tree Canopy And Inequity Across Socio-Cultural And Biophysical Regions, Elliott Volin

Master's Theses

Urban forests provide a variety of ecosystem services that influence environmental and social welfare within developed areas. Prior studies have evaluated the effects of inequitable distribution of urban tree canopy (UTC) on ecological and social benefits, leading to inequalities within individual cities. However, it is not well established how such relationships vary among urban areas in different biophysical and socio-cultural regions. The objective of our study was to identify regional and continental trends in the relationships of UTC with socioeconomic/ demographic factors and characteristics of urban regions (e.g., development patterns, timing). To address our objective, we utilized iTree Landscape and …

High-Resolution Profiling Of Soil Moisture Using Flat Thin Mm-Sized Soil Moisture Sensors (Msmss), Wangchi Zhou

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This MS thesis research has focused on the profiling feasibility of flat thin mm-sized soil moisture sensor (termed as MSMS) through field tests at UConn farm and Ethiopia farms. By etching on gold compact disc (CD), MSMS has the distinct merits of small size (mm-carbon interdigitated with 0.5 mm thickness), high accuracy of soil moisture measurement (10 kΩ-10 MΩ for 10%-50% soil moisture), good correlation of resistance readings with soil moisture, long stability (stable at least for half a year in lab tests) and easy fabrication (sensor), and low cost (

The State As The Investor Of Last Resort: A Comparative Study Of Banking Crises In Denmark And Sweden, Hans Sjogren, Martin Jes Iversen

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St. Norbert College Becoming 100 Percent Tobacco-Free, St. Norbert College

Press Releases 2018

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Behind The Student Loan Debt Crisis, New Benefits Solutions, Sarah Min

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Two years ago, when Scott Thompson took over tech startup Tuition.io as chief executive officer in 2016, he felt as though he had to educate his clients about his product — a new benefit, managed by his software company that allows employers to help their employees repay their student loans.

Today, he doesn’t feel that need. When he recently walked into a Fortune 20 company with a stack of documents, his prospective clients said they understood his pitch and hardly required the introductory material. “I don’t evangelize anymore. We very rarely educate any longer,” Thompson said.

When Tuition.io was founded …

Suicide Watch: How Netflix Landed On A Cultural Landmine, Shabnaj Chowdhury

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Following the premiere of the television series “13 Reasons Why” in 2017, Netflix stepped squarely on a cultural landmine, stirring controversy over its graphic depiction of teen suicide.

According to media experts, showing a teenager kill themselves on television was completely unprecedented. Mental health experts say the act has significant consequences for “at risk” audience members, or people who were already experiencing suicidal thoughts before watching the show. It is proven that entertainment, and television specifically, can strongly influence audience behaviors and thoughts.

Suicide is one of the only causes of deaths that’s on the rise in the United States, …

On Paper, Immigrant Detention Centers Meet Standards To Prevent Sexual Assault. But Assault Continues. Why?, Samantha A. Maldonado, Sarah V. Matusek, Paula Moura

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Since 2014, Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees have been protected by the federal law known as the Prison Rape Elimination Act, or PREA, designed to make facilities safer, give detainees better access to report sexual harm and increase transparency. Advocates, lawyers and detainees, however, say these standards are limited, and that the ability to report abuse is easily thwarted. A consulting company, The Nakamoto Group, was hired to conduct ICE's PREA audits. But critics, including former ICE employees and the Department of Homeland Security's own watchdog, question the substance of the audits and charge that the company’s auditors have overlooked …

A.V.O Boyz: The Rise Of Afrobeats Through Dance, Oumou Fofana

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Afrobeats music has been number one if the African continent for nearly a decade and it is now attacking the international market, thanks to support from major American superstars and the killer dance moves created by African dancers. http://www.oumoufofana.com/capstone/