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An Artist's Guide To Ai Art, Jill Noorily

IPHS 484: Senior Seminar

No abstract provided.

Friends Of Musselman Library Newsletter Fall 2021, Musselman Library

Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter

From the Dean (Robin Wagner)

Library Letter Box

By the Numbers

Library News

• A Moveable Feast: The Art of Robert Patierno
• Selections from The Columbus Suite
• Reclaiming the Story: Reflections on Carl Beam (Keira Koch ‘19)
• Librarians Guide Bio Blitz Week
• “Lattes” Program Branches Out
• Fund in Memory of Mary Margaret Stewart (1931–2021)
• Check It Out: Exploring Careers in Libraries

Is This Plagiarism?

New Faces

• Librarian Responds to Changing Student Needs
• The First-Year Experience is Key
• Night Owl Finds Satisfying Role as Mentor

Bringing Hidden Collections into the Spotlight (Beth Carmichael)

GettDigital: The Virtual Reading Room

African-Americans at Gettysburg College: …

Across The West And Toward The North: Norwegian And American Landscape Photography, Shannon Egan, Marthe Tolnes Fjellestad

Schmucker Art Catalogs

Across the West and Toward the North: Norwegian and American Landscape Photography examines images from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a historical moment when once remote wildernesses were first surveyed, catalogued, photographed, and developed on both sides of the Atlantic. The exhibition demonstrates how photographers in the two countries provided new ways of seeing the effects of mapping and exploration: infrastructure changes, the exploitation of natural resources, and the influx of tourism. As tourists and immigrants entered “new” lands—seemingly unsettled areas that had long been inhabited and utilized by Indigenous people in both countries—they “discovered” beautifully remote landscapes …

Employee Policy Handbook October 2021, Sacred Heart University

Handbooks & Factbooks

No abstract provided.

The Barāhima’S Dilemma: Ibn Al-Rāwandī’S Kitāb Al-Zumurrud And The Epistemological Turn In The Debate On Prophecy, Elizabeth Grace Price

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

After the turn of the 10th century, Muslim theologians began to cite a puzzling thought experiment in their discussions of prophecy, which took the form of the following two-horned dilemma: either a prophet conveys what is in accordance with reason, so they would be superfluous, or a prophet conveys what is contrary to reason, so they would be rejected. This thought experiment was cited on the authority of a group called the Barāhima. The Barāhima’s own solution to the conundrum was simple – they did not recognise a need for prophets or revealed scriptures, because humans could obtain knowledge of …

Multiscale Regulation Of Lipid Metabolism By Cytokine Signaling In B Lymphocytes, Holly R. Steach

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

At the onset of an immune response lymphocytes receive activating signals in the form of antigen receptor ligation, co-stimulation, and cytokines that drive cellular growth, proliferation, and differentiation. This activation involves a transition from quiescence and catabolic metabolism to a metabolic state with noted similarities to that of cancer cells such as heavy reliance on aerobic glycolysis for energy demands and increased nutrient requirements for biomass accumulation and division. Specific nutrient requirements may be met either by synthesis from metabolite precursors, or by uptake from the extracellular environment. However, much like the intratumoral environment, dense proliferation of cells in lymphatic …

Interplay Between Oxidative Stress, Pax6 And The Immune Response In The Developing Eye, Brian S. Thompson

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Eye development and lens morphogenesis are complex processes that are carefully orchestrated by a multitude of factors including extracellular signals, local activators and signal-regulated DNA-binding transcription factors. Any perturbation to these factors can impair eye development and lens morphogenesis and result in a range of structural abnormalities of the lens (and other ocular structures) and a spectrum of human disease ranging from the complete absence of the eye (anophthalmia), reduced eye size (microphthalmia) or optic fissure closure defect (coloboma). Oxidative stress, an imbalance between oxidants (e.g., reactive oxygen species (ROS)) and antioxidants (e.g., glutathione) in favor of the oxidants, may …

Investigating Human Neutrophil Development And Functionality In A Humanized Mouse Model, Yunjiang Zheng

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Mice with a functional human immune system serve as an invaluable tool to study the development and function of human immune system in vivo. A major technological limitation of all current humanized mouse models is the lack of mature and functional human neutrophils in circulation and tissues. To overcome this, we generated a humanized mouse model named MISTRGGR, in which the mouse granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) was replaced with human G-CSF and the mouse G-CSF receptor gene was deleted (G-CSFR) in existing MISTRG mice. By targeting the GCSF cytokine-receptor axis, we dramatically improved the reconstitution of mature circulating and …

Orpheus, Fall 2021: Mouthfeel, University Of Dayton

Orpheus: UD's Literary and Artistic Magazine

No abstract provided.

Feminine Hygiene Kits For Girls/Women Worldwide, Deseret Lauree Lazarte

IPS/BAS 495 Undergraduate Capstone Projects

Through research and personal experience I found that there is a disparity for girls and women throughout the world when it comes to a natural occurrence for females, called menstruation. For the sake of brevity, I will use the general term “girls” though I mean to include women, also. In many countries girls don’t understand this monthly feminine process and don’t have the proper equipment to use. In many countries girls are taught wives’ tales on why women menstruate. Because of this they perpetuate the falsehoods to their girls and this leads to insecurities and shame. They also do not …

Universities As Arts And Cultural Anchors: Moving Beyond Bricks And Mortar To Entrepreneurship, Workforce, And Community Development Approaches, Amanda Ashley, Leslie Durham

Urban Studies and Community Development Faculty Publications and Presentations

Economic developers refer to universities as anchor institutions because they are rooted regional economic drivers that are sites for development, incubation, entrepreneurship, workforce training, and knowledge transfer. Most anchor research speaks generally about the university or focuses on STEM. Our study asks: to what extent are public universities arts and cultural anchors? Through a comparative case analysis supplemented with interviews of field innovators and a translation of transdisciplinary literature, we deepen the anchor concept, and we propose a conceptual assessment tool. Our applied research helps universities move from being an arts patron to an arts entrepreneur, investor, innovator, and catalyst.

Santa Clara Review, Vol. 109, No. 1, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Review

No abstract provided.

Peaks Island Star : October 2021, Vol. 41, Issue 10, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2021

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime, Lynn University

Drama Programs

Don't miss this winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play. Based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens.

Christopher is a 15-year old with an extraordinary brain; he is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road. He detests being touched and he distrusts strangers. Now it is seven minutes after midnight and Christopher stands beside his neighbor's dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered …

Dialogic Reading With Integrated Vocabulary Enrichment: Case Study Of A Second-Grade Student In Special Education, Cheryl Durwin, Dina Moore

NERA Conference Proceedings 2021

We present a case study of Ben, a second grader receiving special education for a speech-language impairment, literacy/numeracy deficits, and behavioral regulation in the 2019-2020 school year when the pandemic closed schools in March. Focusing on reading comprehension and vocabulary, we implemented our shared book-reading intervention called Dialogic Reading with Integrated Vocabulary Enrichment (DRIVE), which involves using specific types of prompts to engage in a dialogue about the story that will encourage development of children’s expressive language and vocabulary as well as advance their story comprehension. After nine 30-minute weekly sessions, Ben showed substantial vocabulary improvement and improved motivation.

How To Actually Get An Internship, Zachary Lawrence

Trick to the Treat of Internships and Research

No abstract provided.

Novel Phosphatidylserine-Binding Molecule Enhances Antitumor T-Cell Responses By Targeting Immunosuppressive Exosomes In Human Tumor Microenvironments., Maulasri Bhatta, Gautam N Shenoy, Jenni L Loyall, Brian D Gray, Meghana Bapardekar, Alexis Conway, Hans Minderman, Raymond J Kelleher, Beatriz M Carreno, Gerald Linette, Leonard D. Shultz, Kunle Odunsi, Sathy V Balu-Iyer, Koon Yan Pak, Richard B Bankert

Faculty Research 2021

BACKGROUND: The human tumor microenvironment (TME) is a complex and dynamic milieu of diverse acellular and cellular components, creating an immunosuppressive environment, which contributes to tumor progression. We have previously shown that phosphatidylserine (PS) expressed on the surface of exosomes isolated from human TMEs is causally linked to T-cell immunosuppression, representing a potential immunotherapeutic target. In this study, we investigated the effect of ExoBlock, a novel PS-binding molecule, on T-cell responses in the TME.

METHODS: We designed and synthesized a new compound, (ZnDPA)

RESULTS: ExoBlock was able to bind PS with high avidity and was found to consistently and significantly …

Analysis Of Oxycontin Addiction And Recovery From Both A Physical And Psychological Lens, Meagan Munley, Carrie Flickinger

Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

We will investigate the physical impacts both short and long term effects of of substance use. In doing so we will frame an argument for the substance's addictive properties as it relates to both its physically addictive and sociological addictive properties. In doing, so a stronger understanding of how an individual can move through the stages of substance use, to abuse, and finally addiction will be reviewed. We will then address current treatment strategies for the substance and how they address or fail to address both the physical and sociological impacts of its use.

Risk Assessment Of Yellow Pine Mining Area, Noel Preece

Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

The risk assessment process involves identifying and characterizing hazards, determining dose-response relationships, and assessing possible exposures to toxins in order to inform risk management. The goal of this project was to complete the steps of a risk assessment and develop a perspective on risk management. Data collected from publicly available databases, scholarly articles, and targeted sources were used to perform a risk assessment for Yellow Pine Mining Area. Social, economic, political, and/or legal perspectives were considered when determining the best risk management approaches.

Risk Assessment Of Devil's Swamp Lake, Jocelyn Price

Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

The risk assessment process involves identifying and characterizing hazards, determining dose-response relationships, and assessing possible exposures to toxins in order to inform risk management. The goal of this project was to complete the steps of a risk assessment and develop a perspective on risk management. Data collected from publicly available databases, scholarly articles, and targeted sources were used to perform a risk assessment for Devil's Swamp Lake. Social, economic, political, and/or legal perspectives were considered when determining the best risk management approaches.

Microbial Diversity Of Rural And Urban Soil At Different Depths On Longwood University's Campus, Kristen Dobek, Madalyn Cook

Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

Microbial diversity is the range of various kinds of bacteria. The purpose of this experimental research was to determine the complex diversity of bacteria among soil samples at two locations on Longwood University's campus. The study found that there was a higher microbial diversity in the rural soil sample location compared to the urban soil sample location.

A Comparison Of Emotional Regulation Strategies, Andrew Brittingham, Samantha Morris

Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

The goal of this study is to examine varying emotional regulation strategies and their efficacy of alleviating psychological distress. Distress is a subjective experience each individual is exposed to on a daily basis and identifying and understanding strategies to alleviate distress is not only valuable in psychological research but can translate to cultivating wellbeing in everyday life.

Micro-Rna, A Solution For Understanding Depression, Marshall White

Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

Major depressive disorder is a mood disorder that causes sadness and loss of interest. This affects how one may feel, think, or behave which impact their physical and mental state. People who have been diagnosed with this disorder find themselves losing interest in things they once loved. In the United States there are 16.1 million Americans diagnosed with MDD. This disorder is more common in individuals who have had it in their families which has resulted in the interest in how different genes impact MDD. Micro-RNA has been researched and discovered to have a correlation with MDD. These Micro-RNA's show …

02. Intro To Leadership, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

CORE

No abstract provided.

So, You Want To Take Zoloft (Sertraline)?: A Biological & Psychological Analysis, Hailey Lux, Mackenzie Harry

Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

A lot of individuals around the world suffer with panic disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). One drug that has been found to significantly decrease these feelings of stress is Sertraline. Sertraline has been proven to increase quality of life among individuals with certain mental health disorders. In addition, it is commonly known as Zoloft and is prescribed to individuals by doctors and psychiatrist. However, we will be talking about how in extreme causes sertraline could become addictive and have withdrawal side effects. Furthermore, during this poster presentation we will be discussing how sertraline is not an …

Reconstructing Isotelus Rex, Brian White

Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

Isotelus rex is the largest trilobite currently known at over 720 mm in length, and by extension is one of the largest arthropods known. However, despite these accolades, it is relatively unknown in both the public consciousness and in the scientific community. This is partially due to its scant visual database, with barely any artistic restorations to help represent its life appearance. In order to rectify this, a digital reconstruction of Isotelus rex is produced utilizing programs such as Blender and Zbrush. The final result of the work is a fully animated restoration of the trilobite, bolstering its visual database …

The Perceived Impacts Of Therapy Dogs On Students As Viewed Through The Human-Animal Interaction Framework, Timothy Smolen

All Theses And Dissertations

This study employed a qualitative case study approach to explore the perceptions of teachers/staff members directly associated with the therapy dog (TD) program in their school. These perceptions were regarding the TD program’s effectiveness in (a) student social interaction, (b) stress coping and self-regulation, (c) engagement and/or attention, and (d) motivation and/or self-efficacy. The human-animal interaction (HAI) theoretical framework (Gee et al., 2017) served as a focal lens in this study. Data was collected from a middle school in the midwestern United States and through social media. Thirteen participants were from middle school and eight were obtained via social media. …

Search, The Jackson Laboratory

Search Magazine

No abstract provided.

Medieval Bodies, Elizabeth Mazzola

Open Educational Resources

A reading list for my Spring 2022 undergraduate seminar on Medieval Literature entitled "Medieval Bodies"

Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter, Vol 30, No. 1, The Sinclair Lewis Society

Sinclair Lewis Society Newsletter

“The Life and Loves of Sinclair Lewis Celebrates the Life of Sinclair Lewis 100 Years after the Publication of Main Street“

“Minnesota Historical Society Features Exhibit on Sinclair Lewis”

“A Complex Year for a Celebration: A Review of Isabel Marín Gómez’s ‘Sinclair Lewis and Main Street in Spain: The Contribution of the Literature of Social Change on Contemporary History,” La Razón Histórica 49, 2020, by Ralph Goldstein

“Helen Hayes and Vaccination,” by Susan O’Brien

“Calliing Dr. de Kruif: A Review of A Constant State of Emergency: Paul de Kruif: Microbe Hunter and Health Activist, by Jan Peter Verhave,” by Frederick …