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Humans Of St. Norbert: Carolyne Roepke ‘20, Carolyn Roepke

Humans of St. Norbert

Based on the phenomenon "Humans of New York," Humans of St. Norbert mirrors the photoblog, featuring photos and interviews of people on campus.

Florida Science: The Science That Makes Florida Different, Terence W. Cavanaugh

Secondary Level Resources

This book was created to assist students with their understanding of how science occurs in Florida. When teaching science or any subject it’s important to remember to begin with the concrete and then move to the abstract. I have found that it has helped my students when I begin by teaching science concepts in a concrete manner and expand from there. For example, when I taught about topographic maps, the students were much more successful in their learning when I started with local topographic maps that included the school and the surrounding area than with places that had mountains or …

River Report. State Of The Lower St. Johns River Basin, Florida: Water Quality, Fisheries, Aquatic Life, Contaminants, 2019, Environmental Protection Board, City Of Jacksonville, University Of North Florida, Jacksonville University, Gerry Pinto, Brian P. Zoellner, Christopher Baynard, Charles Closmann, Nisse Goldberg, Scott F. Jones, William Penwell, Radha Pyati, Adam E. Rosenblatt, Gretchen Bielmyer-Fraser

State of the River Report

No abstract provided.

Newsletters, Photos, & Articles January 2019-May 2019, Mandarin Garden Club

Mandarin Garden Club Scrapbooks

Scrapbook includes images, club news and news clippings. Newsletters housed separate. Cover material: Plastic. Size: 11.5" x 10.5 x 1.5".

Is Police Behavior Getting Worse? Data Selection And The Measurement Of Policing Harms, John Rappaport, Aurelie Ouss

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Public concern about harmful policing is surging. Governments are paying historic amounts for law enforcement liability. Has police behavior changed? Or is society responding differently? Traditional data sources struggle with this question. Common metrics conflate the prevalence and severity of policing harms with the responses of legal actors such as lawyers, judges, and juries. We overcome this problem using a new data source: liability insurance claims. Our dataset contains 23 years of claims against roughly 350 law enforcement agencies that contract with a single insurer. We find that, while lawsuits and payouts have trended upwards over the past decade, insurance …

State Standing’S Uncertain Stakes, Aziz Z. Huq

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

Whether states have Article III standing is a question that has in recent years induced a puzzling and nonstandard patterning of votes amongst the Justices of the Supreme Court. It is, of course, not uncommon for that bench to be characterized by sharp ideological divides. What is unusual and symptomatic in the state standing litigation context is rather this: Specific Justices seem to adopt divergent, seemingly inconsistent, positions on the same basic question of constitutional law when it is presented in different litigation matters.¹ When it comes to state standing, the Court’s ideological divide is not merely acute but …

Free Speech And Cheap Talk, Daniel Hemel, Ariel Porat

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

We present a new framework for analyzing defamation liability that serves both to clarify and complicate understandings of the law’s consequences for speakers, victims, and the marketplace of ideas. In addition to the familiar deterrence and chilling effects, we show how defamation liability can generate a “warming effect,” making statements more credible and potentially raising both the quality and quantity of speech. We also explain how a more plaintiff-friendly liability regime may exacerbate harms to defamation victims. We end by considering the possibility of “self-tailored” defamation law, with victims or speakers selecting the defamation liability regime that applies to them.

“Taken To Vt. State Hospital”: Localizing The History Of Mental Health Institutions, A Study Of The Vermont State Asylum For The Insane, 1891-1912, Alecia Bassett

Master's Theses and Capstones

ABSTRACT

“TAKEN TO VT. STATE HOSPITAL”:

LOCALIZING THE HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTIONS,

A STUDY OF THE VERMONT STATE ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE, 1891-1912

By

Alecia Bassett

University of New Hampshire, December 2019

Often, the term “insane asylum,” invokes a macabre image of a crowded, outdated institution that does not so much care for its patients as secludes them from society. This popularized notion about care for the mentally ill in the many decades before contemporary medicine, is, as often times is the case, based in both fact and fiction. Institutional demands, such as overcrowding, forced many asylum administrators to …

Changes In Walleye Fecundity And Egg Size Before, During, And After Rehabilitation Of The Red Lakes Fishery, Benjamin J. Miller, Benjamin D. Erb

Journal of Earth and Life Science

The Red Lakes in northern Minnesota experienced a major Walleye Sander vitreus fishery crash in the late 20th century, but has since recovered to record abundances and supports a major commercial and recreational fishery. Fecundity is an integral aspect of recruitment that can contribute greatly to the understanding of fishery population dynamics. To elucidate the effects of varying Walleye densities and exploitation rates on fecundity and egg size in years 1989 (overexploited fishery), 2004 (recovering fishery), and 2017 (recovered fishery), we analyzed linear models that related fecundity or egg size to morphological features for these three sampling periods. Walleyes were …

Goldeye Hidon Alosoides Calorimetry In Red Lake, Jesse Mendel

Journal of Earth and Life Science

Goldeye Hiodon alosoides are found across North America and are a relatively unstudied group of fish as they have had no economic value in the past. Ecologically speaking, these fish could have importance to the waters that they inhabit, as they are prey to fishes like Walleyes Sander vitreus, Northern Pike Esox lucius, and Muskellunge Esox masquinongy. These fish could potentially be vital to predatory fishes because of the amount of oil found in these fish, creating gram for gram more energy than compared to other consumable substances. The average energy density for all Goldeye was 6.73 …

Examining Black Bullhead Ameiurus Melas Age And Growth In Shallow Minnesota Lakes, Michael S. Collins, Anna M. Medina

Journal of Earth and Life Science

Ageing methods, population age structures, and growth trajectories for Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas were evaluated for six populations from shallow lakes divided between two ecoregions in Minnesota, USA. A total of 693 fish were collected in July and August 2018 and measured for total lengths (TL) and weights (g). We collected ageing structures from 320 of these fish. Crosssections of lapillar otoliths (n=191) and pectoral spine structures (n=75) were used to estimate age by two readers in a blind reading procedure. Fish caught ranged in total lengths from ~40 to 350 mm and weighed between 8 and 380 g. Black …

Coalescing Finish, Daniel James Mcminn

Stonecoast MFA Theses and Capstones

This thesis comprises five short stories, the climactic chapter of a novel, two short plays, one short screenplay, and two poems by Daniel James ("Dan") McMinn. The work focused on satisfying endings. Most of the work is speculative fiction---either science fiction or fantasy. The work is prefaced by a statement describing Dan's development as a writer in the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing program. The short stories address the following topics:

• An aging salesman gets replacement internal organs and becomes an opera singer

• A female presidential candidate must keep a straight face while watching a ridiculous PSA

• A sniggler (eel-catcher) …

"A Dark, Abiding, Signing Africanist Presence" In Walker Percy’S Dr. Tom More Novels, David Withun

The Coastal Review

Many of the tropes, commonplaces, symbols, and values used and reflected by American literary works written by white authors, as Toni Morrison writes, are “in fact responses to a dark, abiding, signing Africanist presence.” The black/white racial binary and racial différance that mark this presence inform the use of racialized characters as signifiers in the novels of Walker Percy. In the Dr. Tom More novels Love in the Ruins and The Thanatos Syndrome, Percy adopts racial symbolism as a means toward his critique of the American notion of “the pursuit of happiness.” In Love in the Ruins, Percy …

Towards A Unified Modeling Language (Uml) Profile To Address Digital Forensic Evidence Complexities, Robert J. Pallack Jr.

Open Access Dissertations

There is significant complexity in digital forensics due to the numerous device types and device implementations. This complexity is exacerbated by the need for digital evidence to be understood by a wide variety of stakeholders with varying technical backgrounds.

This study showed the utility of using software engineering Unified Modeling Language (UML) modeling techniques for addressing this complexity. Extensible, executable models for the digital forensics domain were developed depicting the relevant computational mechanisms involved in the who, what, when, where and how attributes of digital evidence creation.

Artifacts generated from the executable models enable a systematic constructive methodology utilizing the …

The Effect Of Season Upon The Life Cycle Of Haemonchus Contortus In Experimentally Infected Lambs, Marissa Brummett

Open Access Master's Theses

This project was developed to study the life cycle of the most pathogenic gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) affecting small ruminants, Haemonchus contortus. The main goal of the study was to test the effects that the environment and the age of the adult worm have on the resulting egg’s ability to hatch in vitro and the larvae’s ability to undergo exsheathment both artificially in vitro as well as in vivo within the rumen. A secondary study objective was to compare the results from the two exsheathment assays in order to see how well they correlate.

This study was designed to run …

Minimizing Bee Bycatch In Japanese Beetle Traps, Steven J. Sipolski

Open Access Master's Theses

Native and introduced bees were attracted to and captured in commercially available Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman, traps baited with floral lure components (geraniol, eugenol, phenethyl propionate [3:7:3]). Studies in Rhode Island found that Bombus impatiens Cresson was significantly more attracted to geraniol alone and as a component in a floral lure blend than to either eugenol or phenethyl propionate alone. Xylocopa virginica L. was more selective in being primarily attracted to traps baited with higher amounts of geraniol in 2016. In 2016, 32 baited and eight unbaited traps captured 856 B. impatiens and 124 X. virginica in 11 days …

The Effectiveness Of Structured Coloring Activities For Anxiety Reduction, Laura E. Ashlock, Cindy Miller-Perrin, Elizabeth Krumrei-Mancuso

All Faculty Open Access Publications

This study compared the effects of 4 different coloring activities on state anxiety scores to determine whether adult coloring books are as effective as other coloring activities in reducing anxiety. Participants were 160 undergraduates attending a private, Christian, liberal arts university. After engaging in an anxiety induction activity, participants completed an anxiety inventory, engaged in an assigned coloring activity, and then completed the anxiety inventory again. Results indicated that all 4 conditions significantly reduced anxiety; however, none of the conditions differed significantly from each other in their effectiveness, suggesting that coloring books are as effective as other coloring activities in …

Informing Research (Practices) Through Pedagogical Theory: Focus Groups With Adolescents, Wendy Bokhorst-Heng, Kelle L. Marshall Ph.D

All Faculty Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Anti-Tumor Activities Of Auricularia Polytricha Extracts In Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Line (Hepg2) And Breast Cancer Cell Lines (Mcf-7 And Mda-Mb-231), Sunita Nilkhet

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Cancer is the disease that happens to occur in a high number of new cases each year. Even the choice of treatment is developing, but the adverse effects on cancer therapeutic drugs still challenging. To investigate the antitumor activities of Auricularia polytricha (AP) mushroom extract and active compounds, human cancer cell lines such as Hepatocellcular (HepG2) and Breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) were interested. The crude hexane extract of AP (APH) and crude ethanol extract of AP (APE) were prepared by maceration and Soxhlet extraction, respectively. Both APE and APH were investigated for their compound compositions by GC-MS. …

The Effect Of Six-Month Aerobic Exercise And Health Education Program Intervention On Body Composition To Reduce Visceral Fat And Waist Circumference Among Army Male Officers At Support Office Armed Forces Development Command: Quasi-Experimental Study, Patchamol Masakul

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Overweight and obesity are global pandemics consistent to the annual checkup of the army in support units from 2016 to 2018 found that the problem of continuously increasing BMI over the standard values. The six-month aerobic exercise and health education program intervention on body composition to reduce Visceral Fat and Waist Circumference among army male officer might have positive effects to help resolve this problem. To evaluate the effects of six-month aerobic exercise and health education program intervention on body composition to reduce Visceral Fat and Waist Circumference among army male officers at Support Office Armed Forces Development Command. Total …

Factors Associated With Food Choice Among High School Students In Depok, Indonesia, Syarifah Aqilah

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Background: Well-being in adulthood are originated from diet behaviour during adolescence. Recently, hurry-up lifestyle of adolescents leads to unusual food choice and results in overnutrition issues. So, the food choice is studied in order to improve the nutritional status of adolescents. Objectives: To explore food choice among high school students in Depok, Indonesia and identify its associated factors. Methods: A cross-sectional study, using online questionnaires through instant messaging, is conducted from April to May 2020. Food choice is observed through Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) and analysed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The questionnaires in this study were tested for validity …

Microscopic, Molecular Authentications, And Flavonoid Contents In Selected Bauhinia Species And Pharmacognostic Specifications Of Bauhinia Malabarica Leaves, Paphitchaya Thetsana

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

There are more than 40 Bauhinia species throughout Thailand. Many pharmacologically active compounds have been reported, particularly flavonoids such as quercetin and its glycoside (quercitrin). This study aimed to characterize 20 Bauhinia species throughout Thailand using microscopic, molecular analysis as well as quercetin and quercitrin quantification. The pharmacognostic specification of B. malabarica leaf which has been used in Thai’s remedies was established. Twenty Bauhinia species leaves were collected from 3 places throughout Thailand. The lamina of fresh mature leaves were microscopically evaluated for the stomatal number, stomatal index, palisade ratio, trichome number, trichome index, and epidermal cell area. The anatomy …

Determination Of Feline Ab Blood Types In Bangkok And Vicinities By The Tube Test, Teerawee Sangkaew

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The most important blood group system in cats is the AB system, which is identified by the presence and absence of antibodies and the antigen on the surface of red blood cells. Blood type A, B and AB are recognized in cats worldwide. The presence of strong alloantibodies against type A in all type B cats, and those with high titer against type B in some type A cats can cause significant transfusion reactions when cats are transfused with mismatched blood. Frequencies of blood types in a cat population is essential for estimating risks of transfusion reactions. The objectives of …

อิทธิพลของความคล้ายคลึงเชิงรูปลักษณ์ และการรับรู้การควบคุมได้ ที่มีผลต่อการรับรู้ความเหมือนมนุษย์ ความเชื่อใจ และการยอมรับต่อหุ่นยนต์, กฤตภัค วรเมธพาสุข

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีจุดประสงค์เพื่อศึกษาความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างปัจจัยทางด้านการรับรู้ความเหมือนมนุษย์ที่มีต่อความไว้วางและการยอมรับหุ่นยนต์ตามแนวคิดทฤษฎี S-E-E-K ที่นำมาใช้สร้างกรอบแนวคิดหลักในการวิจัยนี้ โดยมีปัจจัยทางด้านความคล้ายคลึงเชิงรูปลักษณ์เป็นตัวแปรต้น การรับรู้การควบคุมได้เป็นตัวแปรกำกับ และแรงจูงใจทางสังคมเป็นตัวแปรควบคุม กลุ่มตัวอย่างคือ นิสิตจำนวน 200 คน อายุระหว่าง 18-25 ปี ใช้การสุ่มอย่างเป็นระบบร่วมกับการสุ่มอย่างง่ายเข้าหนึ่งใน 4 เงื่อนไข โดยให้ผู้เข้าร่วมการวิจัยดูรูปภาพและอ่านข้อความคุณสมบัติของหุ่นยนต์ที่มีการจัดกระทำให้มีความคล้ายคลึงมนุษย์และพฤติกรรมที่คาดเดา/ควบคุมได้ของหุ่นยนต์ที่แตกต่างกันในแต่ละเงื่อนไข จากนั้นตอบแบบสอบถามการรับรู้ความเหมือนมนุษย์ ความไว้วางใจหุ่นยนต์ การยอมรับหุ่นยนต์ ผลจากการวิเคราะห์เส้นทาง พบว่า ความคล้ายคลึงเชิงรูปลักษณ์มีผลต่อการรับรู้ความเหมือนมนุษย์ที่มีต่อหุ่นยนต์อย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติ โดยในเงื่อนไขที่มีการรับรู้การควบคุมและคาดเดาไม่ได้ ทำให้อิทธิพลของความคล้ายคลึงเชิงรูปลักษณ์ที่มีต่อการรับรู้ความเหมือนมนุษย์เพิ่มมากขึ้น ยิ่งไปกว่านั้น หุ่นยนต์ที่มีความคล้ายคลึงมนุษย์สูง และบุคคลไม่สามารถควบคุมหรือคาดเดาพฤติกรรมของหุ่นยนต์ได้ ทำให้บุคคลรู้สึกว่าหุ่นยนต์มีความเหมือนมนุษย์มากขึ้น ซึ่งส่งผลต่อความไว้วางใจ รวมถึงการยอมรับหุ่นยนต์

Counter-Intuitive Climate Forcing: Post Paris Agreement Corporate Incentives, Steven Ferrey

Suffolk University Law School Faculty Works

This article applies a micro-level lens to details of disincentives embodied in the new U.S. tax law effective in 2018, affecting corporate action to address climate change, and applies a macro-level assessment of how corporate action is affecting U.S. realization of its climate change goals and requirements. The article examines and offers several state law options that can substitute as alternative incentives, and an unrelated ‘Opportunity Zone’ provision in the new federal tax law, all of which can provide alternative legal paths.

The Links Between Motivational Techniques, Successful Physical Therapists, And Successful Rehab Clinics, Abigail Alyse Richmond

Senior Honors Theses

There is a strong positive correlation between a successful physical therapist (PT), their clinic, and the motivational techniques used during therapy. The PT should be prepared to sit down with each patient and set short- and long-term goals to help them accomplish what they desire through therapy. Effective communication skills, practical skills and technique, individualized care, and organizational and environmental factors are the four major aspects that define patient-therapist relationships. Patient adherence to their home exercise program (HEP) is vital to a successful rehabilitation, and therefore the PT’s goal should be to help the patient understand the importance of the …

Music As Evidence For A Creator, Andrew Foster

Senior Honors Theses

Throughout history, mankind has made music. While music is artistic, it is also scientific and informed by natural occurrences within the physical world. Mathematical relationships between frequencies, the harmonic series, the materials necessary to build musical instruments, and naturally measured time provide bases for the musical elements of pitch, timbre, and rhythm. Though scientific discovery can inform the practice of music, the origin of music cannot be explained through scientific or evolutionary means because music is not a necessity for survival. The fact that music does exist and has natural bases suggests that music is designed, and its elements were …

Evolution Of C-Reactive Protein, Asmita Pathak, Alok Agrawal

ETSU Faculty Works

C-reactive protein (CRP) is an evolutionarily conserved protein. From arthropods to humans, CRP has been found in every organism where the presence of CRP has been sought. Human CRP is a pentamer made up of five identical subunits which binds to phosphocholine (PCh) in a Ca2+-dependent manner. In various species, we define a protein as CRP if it has any two of the following three characteristics: First, it is a cyclic oligomer of almost identical subunits of molecular weight 20–30 kDa. Second, it binds to PCh in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Third, it exhibits immunological cross-reactivity with human CRP. In the …

Structure-Function Relationships Of C-Reactive Protein In Bacterial Infection, Donald N. Ngwa, Alok Agrawal

ETSU Faculty Works

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. One host defense function of C-reactive protein (CRP) is to protect against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection as shown by experiments employing murine models of pneumococcal infection. The protective effect of CRP is due to …

Gathered Fragments Vol. Xxix

Gathered Fragments

No abstract provided.