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Living Objects: Introduction, Paulette Richards

Living Objects: African American Puppetry Essays

In her introduction to this collection of Living Objects: African American Puppetry online texts, co-curator Paulette Richards gives an overview of “the power of performing objects to disrupt dehumanizing views of blackness,” and the continuing history of African American object performance in relation to other aspects of popular culture and writing, despite the suppression of African figurative sculpture and object performance, and the persistence of racist stereotypes born of blackface minstrelsy. Relating W. E. B. DuBois’s sense of African American “double consciousness” to the inherent “double vision” of puppet and object performance, Richards proposes a “distinct lineage of African American …

Puppetry And Inside Change, Al Tony Simon, Tychist Baker

Living Objects: African American Puppetry Essays

Al Tony Simon and Tychist Baker describe their experiences as formerly incarcerated individuals, and their work with puppetry through the group Inside Change. Simon became involved in theater in prison, and then with prison activism through RAPP (Release Aging People from Prison), and Milk Not Jails’ efforts to reform New York State parole boards. Great Small Works theater company introduced Simon to puppetry, which he has used in his work with young people in youth detention centers, schools, and at-risk communities through the One Foot In and One Foot Out program, and later the creation of Inside Change. During his …

Use Of Surgical Tissue Adhesive And Body Mass Change To Assess Ring-Necked Pheasant Brood Foraging Habitat, Todd R. Bogenschutz, Chris S. Jennelle, Mark W. Mcinroy, Steven D. Roberts

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS

Foraging rates (arthropod consumption [g/min/chick]) of human-imprinted chicks provide a reasonable metric for assessing the quality of brood-rearing habitats for gallinaceous species. Arthropod foraging rates have been estimated using dry mass or allometric equations of crop and gizzard contents, and internal surgical ligature of the crop. Current methods are time- and labor-intensive. We describe a new method to estimate foraging rate using chick mass change (g/min) during a 30-min foraging trial. Our technique requires surgical tissue adhesive be applied to the cloaca to prevent bias in mass change measurements caused by defecation. We compare our mass change technique to a …

Neuman, Tamara. Settling Hebron. Jewish Fundamentalism In A Palestinian City. Philadelphia, Pa: University Of Pennsylvania Press, 2018., Ilana Maymind

Religious Studies Faculty Articles and Research

A review of Tamara Neuman's Settling Hebron. Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City.

Everyday Transcendence: Contemporary Art Film And The Return To Right Now, Aaron Pellerin

Wayne State University Dissertations

“Everyday transcendence” names a style of filmmaking exemplified in recent works by Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), Richard Linklater (the Before series and Boyhood), Ari Folman (Waltz With Bashir), and Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno (Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait). In each of these films, time operates on two interrelated levels: time as we experience it and understand it in our daily lives, and time as an overarching big picture. This big-picture temporality varies from film to film and is often ambiguous: for Malick, it appears as divine eternity; for Linklater, as a secular concept of an eternal Now; …

“You Cannot Want Wrong Things Any More, Now That You Have Died”: Problems Of Purity, Temptation, And Redemption In The Chronicles Of Narnia, Jullian Boger

The Graduate Review

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Experiences Of Saudi Arabian Mothers Of Children With Autism In The United States, Basmah M. Alotaibi

Wayne State University Dissertations

This narrative research examines the experiences of five Saudi Arabian mothers of children with ASD who are living in the United States. Multiple interviews were used in qualitative research to learn more about the different experiences of these mothers. The purpose of the study was to learn about the participants’ experiences, including their stressors, beliefs, and thoughts about raising their children with ASD in a culture that is different from the one where they were raised.

Culture can shape mothers' attitudes and beliefs about raising children with disabilities. Saudi Arabian mothers living abroad are likely to observe different ways of …

Advancing Urban Wildlife Research Through A Multi-City Collaboration, Seth B. Magle, Mason Fidino, Elizabeth W. Lehrer, Travis Gallo, Matthew P. Mulligan, María Jazmín Ríos, Adam A. Ahlers, Julia L. Angstmann, Amy Belaire, Barbara Dugelby, Ashley Gramza, Laurel Hartley, Brandon Macdougall, Travis J. Ryan, Carmen M. Salsbury, Heather Sander, Christopher Schell, Kelly Simon, Sarah St. Onge, David Drake

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Research on urban wildlife can help promote coexistence and guide future interactions between humans and wildlife in developed regions, but most such investigations are limited to short-term, single-species studies, typically conducted within a single city. This restricted focus prevents scientists from recognizing global patterns and first principles regarding urban wildlife behavior and ecol- ogy. To overcome these limitations, we have designed a pioneering research network, the Urban Wildlife Information Network (UWIN), whereby partners collaborate across several cities to systematically collect data to populate long-term datasets on multiple species in urban areas. Data collected via UWIN support analyses that will enable …

Holodub, Alexander Edward George Gabbitas

Grado en Diseño Multimedia y Gráfico

Este trabajo de fin de grado consiste en la creación de un sistema digital que se utilizará para la interpretación visual de la música a través de un formato holográfico tridimensional. En concreto se enfocará a un género, el Reggae Dub. El proyecto comprende tanto la parte física y tecnológica como la creativa y comunicacional. Se han desarrollado todos los elementos de hardware y software necesarios para la creación de hologramas que se pueden formar de dos modos: En directo, en función del ritmo y la melodía de la música que se reproduzca, o como un reproductor de CD para …

Carasymáscaras, Nicolás Aisner

Grado en Diseño Multimedia y Gráfico

CarasYmásCaras es un colectivo de artivistas cuya intención es enviar mensajes claros a través del arte. Las máscaras han sido siempre una expresión de la humanidad y de la naturaleza, una declaración del tiempo y la cultura en la que fueron creadas. Son un símbolo de continuidad ya que transmiten enseñanzas del pasado para aplicarlas al presente y mejorar el futuro. Por esa razón se han escogido estos objetos como base simbólica de las acciones activistas que realizamos. Combinan lo mejor del arte, etnología y antropología. En esta primera muestra se introduce al público en el viaje de la humanidad …

Mad Mad Mad, Elisa De La Torre Valeriano

Grado en Diseño Multimedia y Gráfico

Este proyecto se centra en la creación de una iniciativa para el Ayuntamiento de Madrid que tiene como finalidad el conocer la historia de dicha ciudad mediante la música y el desarrollo de su campaña de comunicación. El formato consiste en destacar lugares específicos relacionados con cada categoría musical y transmitir la información a través de mobiliario urbano interactivo. Recoge los estilos principales que se han dado en la Villa desde el siglo XIX hasta la actualidad para que cada persona, independientemente de su edad o género, sea turista o habitante, pueda verse interesada por alguno de ellos.

De esta …

Rediseño Identidad Corporativa Filmoteca Española, Beatriz De Dios Rodríguez

Grado en Diseño Multimedia y Gráfico

Pregunta de investigación: ¿Cómo puede abordarse, desde el Diseño Gráfico, la renovación de la imagen de un organismo como la Filmoteca Española? Actualmente, nos encontramos en un panorama cultural cinematográfico donde el producto más consumido es aquel que podemos obtener de forma rápida y vía online. El objetivo de este trabajo es hacer resurgir el organismo de la Filmoteca Española, símbolo de la conservación del patrimonio cultural nacional, para acercar la verdadera esencia del cine a un nuevo público cuyas necesidades han cambiado.

Inglés

Research question: How can the renewal of the image of an organism such as the Spanish …

Hellish, Ana Elsa Gil Guerrero

Grado en Diseño Multimedia y Gráfico

Al mal a lo largo de la historia del arte no se le ha llegado a considerar como algo bello, siempre como algo feo. Se ha recurrido a las representaciones de sus encarnaciones para educar y generar miedo en la gente y qué pudiesen identificar algo que no se podía ver ni tocar. La manera en la que se presentó al mal causó que fuese rechazado hasta que hubo un cambio de mentalidad y se empezó a asumir como algo propio de la humanidad. Por ello vamos a darle un lavado de cara y una nueva presentación del mismo. Centrado …

50 Años Del Hombre En La Luna, Deydre Alonso Rosillo

Grado en Diseño Multimedia y Gráfico

La esencia del proyecto es realizar un libro conmemorativo del 50º aniversario de la llegada del hombre a la Luna en Julio de 2019. Para darle valor a la propuesta y generar un contexto realista y justificativo, se ha apostado además por la inclusión del mismo en una colección de publicaciones que conmemore distintos aniversarios y creada para el presente proyecto, así como la elección de una editorial viable en cuanto a estilos y temática para el público objetivo investigado de forma previa a la realización del ejemplar. El contenido del proyecto editorial será en su mayoría infográfico, por lo …

“She Didn’T Understand It At All”: Harriet The Spy Through The Lens Of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Lisa Krajecki

Children's Literature (MA) Theses

This paper looks at autism spectrum disorder (ASD) traits in the main character of the book Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh, as well as traits associated with mental breakdown. A brief history of the understanding of autism in the media and in medical circles is explained, as well as some notes on the author’s life. The paper also discusses censorship in diverse literature, specifically books about people with disabilities. The paper notes some attempts at the censorship of the book Harriet the Spy from well-meaning parents, teachers, and librarians, while taking an alternative view of the protagonist. This paper …

Sartorial Sorting In The Colonial Caribbean And North America, Robert S. Duplessis

History Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The Christian Bible And Tribalism (Or, How The God Of Israel Became The God Of The Gentiles And Some Implications For Today: Six Lectures) [Lecture Notes], Scott Gambrill Sinclair

The Scott Sinclair Lecture Notes Collection

Lecture notes on a series of talks by Scott G. Sinclair's on his version of the Historical Jesus.

Decoupling The Effects Of The Amyloid Precursor Protein From Amyloid-Β Plaques On Axonal Transport Dynamics In The Living Brain, Christopher S. Medina, Taylor W. Uselman, Daniel R. Barto, Frances Cháves, Russell E. Jacobs, Elaine L. Bearer

Pathology Research and Scholarship

Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is the precursor to Aβ plaques. The cytoplasmic domain of APP mediates attachment of vesicles to molecular motors for axonal transport. In APP-KO mice, transport of Mn2+ is decreased. In old transgenic mice expressing mutated human (APPSwInd) linked to Familial Alzheimer's Disease, with both expression of APPSwInd and plaques, the rate and destination of Mn2+ axonal transport is altered, as detected by time-lapse manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI) of the brain in living mice. To determine the relative contribution of expression of APPSwInd versus plaque on transport dynamics, we developed a Tet-off system to decouple expression …

The Role Of Serum Histones In Canine Heat Stroke, Jenna Acutt

Scripps Senior Theses

Rising temperatures all over the world has correlated with more frequent heat stroke related injuries and death. This statistic not only applies to humans, but to canines as well, who have similar body temperature thresholds. Recent studies have demonstrated that serum histones, released after cell death from heat stroke, play a role in heat stroke related injuries and death. This proposal aims to determine the severity of the effects caused by serum histone release after heat stroke by exposing selected canine cell lines to cell lysate and purified histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4, which have been found to be …

An Analysis And Critique Of Mental Health Treatment In American State Prisons And Proposal For Improved Care, Shelby Hayne

Scripps Senior Theses

Mental health treatment in state prisons is revealed to be highly variable, under-funded, and systematically inadequate. Existing literature exposes this injustice but fails to provide a comprehensive proposal for reform. This paper attempts to fill that gap, outlining a cost-effective, evidence-based treatment proposal, directly addressing the deficits in care revealed through analysis of our current system. In addition, this paper provides historical overviews of the prison system and mental health treatment, utilizing theoretical perspectives to contextualize this proposal in the present state of affairs. Lastly, the evidence is provided to emphasize the potential economic and social benefits of improving mental …

Dakota Datebook: North Dakota Stories From Prairie Public, David Haeselin

Digital Press Books

Prairie Public’s beloved Dakota Datebook radio series is now in book form! The students of the University of North Dakota’s Writing, Editing, and Publishing program combed the archives and selected 365 of their favorites for this endearing, compelling, and humorous collection. North Dakota’s history includes many strange stories of eccentric towns, unforgettable animals, war heroes, crafty criminals, and various colorful characters. Read all about them with this Dakota Datebook.

Published in collaboration with Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc.

Tout Un Monde: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Intermediate French, Alicia Soueid

Mavs Open Press Open Educational Resources - Archive

This book is intended for use with intermediate level college French classes. Its multidisciplinary approach introduces students to topics and vocabulary associated with fields such as medicine, advertising, travel, business, agriculture, and relationships.

From Baghdad To Bedford: Conceptualizing Diasporas And Aslak (Your Origins) Through The Framework Of Iraqis In New Hampshire, Sarah Jarrar

Spectrum

No abstract provided.

Montanan, Winter 2019, University Of Montana--Missoula

Montanan Magazine, 1969-2024

This is the magazine of the University of Montana with news about the University for UM alumni as well as current faculty, students, staff, and administrators. This is volume 36, number 1.

The World "The Way We Saw It" – 2018-2019, Katia Karadjova, Kyle Morgan

Journal, Arcata High School, The World "The way we saw it" (2019-2020)

No abstract provided.

First Amendment Law—The Regulation Of Religious Lobbyists: A Spiritual Battle For The Soul Of Democracy, Nicholas Melvin Smith

Western New England Law Review

Governmental transparency is among the most fundamental requirements of a democracy. This belief is the backbone of codes of ethics amongst both states and the federal government. Codes of ethics universally apply to state employees, as well as those attempting to influence policy. We call these influencers lobbyists. Every state regulates the actions of lobbyists. Some states have broad, sweeping language that requires lobbyists to report a great deal of information to the state, which is then made public to voters, while other states allow for express exemptions to keep certain actions out of the public eye.

Because the federal …

The Economics Of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Management And Overwintering Strategies For Colonies Used To Pollinate Almonds, Gloria Degrandi-Hoffman, Henry Graham, Fabiana Ahumada, Matthew Smart, Nick Ziolkowski

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Commercial honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies significantly contribute to agricultural productivity through crop pollination. Almond production requires the most colonies because there are more than a million acres of orchards that require cross-pollination for nut set. With the rising costs of managing and transporting colonies to almond orchards combined with the high colony losses beekeepers routinely experience, we asked if renting colonies for almond pollination was profitable. We conducted a longitudinal study on 190 colonies from their establishment in April until they were placed in almond orchards 10 mo later. In the fall, equal numbers of colonies were placed …

Evolution Of Portulacineae Marked By Gene Tree Conflict And Gene Family Expansion Associated With Adaptation To Harsh Environments, Ning Wang, Ya Yang, Michael J. Moore, Samuel F. Brockington, Joseph F. Walker, Joseph W. Brown, Bin Liang, Tao Feng, Caroline Edwards, Jessica Mikenas, Julia E. Olivieri, Vera Hutchison, Alfonso Timoneda, Tommy Stoughton, Raúl Puente, Lucas C. Majure, Urs Eggli, Stephen A. Smith

All Faculty Articles - School of Engineering and Computer Science

Several plant lineages have evolved adaptations that allow survival in extreme and harsh environments including many families within the plant clade Portulacineae (Caryophyllales) such as the Cactaceae, Didiereaceae, and Montiaceae. Here, using newly generated transcriptomic data, we reconstructed the phylogeny of Portulacineae and examined potential correlates between molecular evolution and adaptation to harsh environments. Our phylogenetic results were largely congruent with previous analyses, but we identified several early diverging nodes characterized by extensive gene tree conflict. For particularly contentious nodes, we present detailed information about the phylogenetic signal for alternative relationships. We also analyzed the frequency of gene duplications, confirmed …

Editor’S Introduction, Ada Long

Honors in Practice Online Archive

Since its inception over fifty years ago, the National Collegiate Honors Council has served as an oasis of civility and cooperation in times of academic, cultural, and political turmoil. The presidential speeches and other official remarks at annual conferences echo this fact year after year, not as mere self-congratulation or boosterism but as evidence that even as generations of honors faculty and administrators have worked hard to maintain this tradition within the NCHC, it continues to surprise the old-timers as well as those who are new to the organization. Since honors educators have or have had positions in academic departments …

Alcohol Induced Bacterial Changes In The Setting Of Colitis, Paulius Kuprys

Dissertations

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) affect a large number of individuals around the world. This group of diseases is largely composed of two types: Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Upon development of IBD, patients experience cyclical episodes of inflammation, known as flares. Flare induction appears to arise from multiple factors, which can also vary on a person-to-person basis. Alcohol has been shown to trigger IBD flares and onset, though the underlying mechanism has not been established.Defining factors of the IBD intestinal environment include an altered microbiome, bacterial infiltration of the intestinal epithelium, and increased leakage of proinflammatory bacterial byproducts. …