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Reading Into Things: Articulate Objects In North America, 1650-1820, Lily Higgins

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

In the eighteenth century, it-narratives emerged as a new literary genre, elevating objects to the role of heroes and heroines. Investing fictional objects with the power to participate in human affairs, these stories offer insight into how the contemporaneous reading public grappled with the agency of objects in real life. Responding to questions about agency and subjectivity provoked within the early modern it-narrative, this dissertation considers how actual objects made and used within an ever-widening world of material goods were “speaking” to people in new ways, both exciting and disconcerting. Defining these “speaking” things as “articulate objects,” the research suggests …

Fighting Disinformation Online: The Digital Services Act In The American Context, Daniela Peterka-Benton

Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The internet is one of humanity’s most significant creations in the modern era. What began roughly 30 years ago has developed into a rich, diverse, but largely unregulated environment we can no longer live without. With the spread of mis- and disinformation worldwide, calls for a safer internet have gotten louder. This article discusses the threats disinformation poses to online users and provides a case study on how the European Union’s Digital Services Act attempts to protect users’ fundamental rights in the online space and whether the Digital Services Act could or should serve as a model for similar legislation …

De Acordo Com A…: Lexical Bundles And Disciplinary Variation In Academic Brazilian Portuguese, Larissa Goulart

Department of Linguistics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Research on formulaic language has shown that few lexical bundles overlap across disciplines in expert academic writing, with disciplinary writing being characterized by specific bundles. This was proven to be the case in both English (Hyland, 2008) and Spanish (Cortes, 2008). This paper explores the use of lexical bundles in Portuguese academic writing in two disciplinary groups, life sciences and humanities. Using a corpus of research articles written by Brazilian scientists, four-word bundles were extracted and compared for their function (Biber; Conrad; Cortes, 2004) and structure (Biber; Johansson; Leech; Conrad; Finegan, 1999). The results of this study indicate that writing …

Promises Of Prosperity: The Impact Of Constitutionalizing Economic And Social Human Rights, Arabella A. Lilleslåtten

Honors Program Theses

Does the attempt to have legal enforcement of economic and social rights in national constitutions positively influence other development outcomes? I hypothesize that economic and social outcomes are better in countries that enshrine these rights in their constitutions, and use a mixed methods approach of quantitative and qualitative analyses to test this. This study includes a regression analysis of 52 countries correlating a summary index of the strength of constitutional rights to education, health, housing and workers' rights in 68 countries with the 2019 Social and Economic Rights Fulfillment (SERF) Index, finding no significant correlation between the variables. A second …

Consumptive Femininity: (De)Constructions Of Gender And Colonization In Korean Diaspora Literature, Jack Kelly

Honors Program Theses

This paper explores how two authors with Korean heritage use similar metaphors to write about the same historical traumas. I engage close readings of two novels—Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko and Yu Miri’s The End of August—to interrogate how each author uses images of food/food preparation as well as images of sexual encounters to draw links between exploited bodies and exploited land. Ultimately, I find that the differences in these two authors’ approaches reflect their distance from modern centers of empire. This reminds us of the importance of having a diverse literary and historical canon that centers on authors who have …

Mailing It In: Due Process Requires Technology-Driven Safeguards In Public Benefits, Eric Lukoff

City University of New York Law Review

Due process in safety net public benefit programs requires agencies to employ modern technology in providing notice that is reasonably likely to reach participants. The Supreme Court has held that due process is dependent on the time, place, and circumstances in which it operates. Scholars have further argued that due process is adaptable to changing facts and circumstances over time. Yet, mailed paper notices remain the standard in providing notice to participants in public benefit programs. Living in poverty today looks significantly different than it did nearly fifty years ago at the time of Mathews v. Eldridge, where the …

Harmful Reports: How Federal Mandated Reporting Policy Entrenches Racism In Healthcare Delivery And Undermines Public Health, Kara Sheli Wallis

City University of New York Law Review

Since its inception, federal “child welfare” policy has focused on the regulation, surveillance, and policing of Black, Indigenous, and immigrant families. Rooted in the legacies of slavery, U.S. settler colonialism, and the nineteenth century child labor “Orphan Train” movement, modern foster care functions to “save” children by removing them from indigent families to be “placed out” with strangers that the government deems more deserving of support. Although this is done under the guise of “child safety,” the real threats to children’s well-being stem from systemic failures—such as unaffordable housing, lack of access to healthcare, and entrenched poverty. Rather than invest …

The Lotus At Dawn: Rethinking Climate Resilience In An Archipelago, Marie Franchesca M. Borras

English Faculty Publications

Super Typhoon Rai, locally called Odette, hit the Philippines on December 16, 2021, devastating General Luna, a municipality in Surigao del Norte. Due to this natural disaster, this study—originally written as a pre-pandemic autoethnographic account via flâneuserie—endeavors to understand how the mobility of city dwellers contributes to the anthropogenic climate by exploring the ethics of care. Additionally, it seeks to posit inquiries on what it means to be climate-resilient in an archipelagic country such as the Philippines. Beyond economic methodologies, it is pivotal to examine issues of care that deal with our relationship with nature by understanding how, for example, …

Phylogenetic Proximity Is A Key Driver Of Temporal Succession Of Marine Giant Viruses In A Five-Year Metagenomic Time-Series, Sarah M. Laperriere, Benjamin Minch, J.L. Weissman, Shangwei Hou, Yi-Chun Yeh, Nathan Ahlgren, Mohammad Moniruzzaman

Biology

Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs), also called giant viruses, are widespread in marine systems and infect a broad range of microbial eukaryotes (protists). Recent biogeographic work has provided global snapshots of NCLDV diversity and community composition across the world’s oceans, yet little information exists about the guiding “rules” underpinning their community dynamics over time. We leveraged a five-year monthly coupled metagenomic-viromic time-series to quantify the community composition of NCLDVs off the coast of Southern California and characterize their temporal population dynamics. NCLDVs were dominated by Algavirales (Phycodnaviruses, 59%) and Imitervirales (Mimiviruses, 36%). We identified clusters of NCLDVs with distinct classes …

Additional Evidence From A Case Report Supports A Novel Hypothesis On The Association Between Complex Regional Pain Syndrome And Lymphedema, M Mark Melin, John C Rasmussen, Melissa B Aldrich, Ron J Karni, Caroline E Fife, Kristen A Eckert

The Brown Foundation: Institute of Molecular Medicine

A previous report of 4 heterogeneous cases demonstrated that automated manual lymphatic drainage therapy (AMLDT), administered by a novel, pneumatic mat of 16 pressurized air channels that inflate and deflate sequentially to mimic the stretch and release action of manual lymphatic drainage therapy (MLD), altered lymphatic contractility and relieved pain. Near-infrared fluorescence imaging (NIRF-LI) was used 1 h before AMLDT, during 1 h of AMDLT, and 30-60 min after treatment to obtain images that could be used to determine lymphatic contractility, as measured by pulsing frequency over a given timeframe. Herein, a case of type 2 complex regional pain syndrome …

Editorial: Advances In Pharmacotherapy For Alcohol Use Disorder: From Mechanisms To Clinical Interventions, Regina A Mangieri, Sunil Sirohi, Ezequiel Marron Fernandez De Velasco, Seungwoo Kang

The Brown Foundation: Institute of Molecular Medicine

No abstract provided.

Microglial Trem2 Promotes Phagocytic Clearance Of Damaged Neurons After Status Epilepticus, Dale B Bosco, Vaclav Kremen, Koichiro Haruwaka, Shunyi Zhao, Lingxiao Wang, Blake A Ebner, Jiaying Zheng, Manling Xie, Aastha Dheer, Jadyn F Perry, Abhijeet Barath, Aivi T Nguyen, Gregory A Worrell, Long-Jun Wu

The Brown Foundation: Institute of Molecular Medicine

In the central nervous system, triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is exclusively expressed by microglia and is critical for microglial proliferation, migration, and phagocytosis. Microglial TREM2 plays an important role in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. However, little is known about how TREM2 affects microglial function within epileptogenesis. To investigate this, we utilized male TREM2 knockout (KO) mice within the intra-amygdala kainic acid seizure model. Electroencephalographic analysis, immunocytochemistry, and RNA sequencing revealed that TREM2 deficiency significantly promoted seizure-induced pathology. We found that TREM2 KO increased both the severity of acute status epilepticus …

The Barriers Diverse Students Face When Pursuing Graduate School, Yecenia Ramirez

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this archival study was to extend the existing literature concerning the challenges diverse students face when considering whether to pursue graduate school. The decision to pursue graduate education or developing aspirations to obtain a graduate degree happens through an intricate process that can be affected by many factors. In this study, six factors that aligned with Tinto’s work on college student persistence – financial concerns, academic motivation, family support, proximity, university environment, and access to mentors – were examined to determine their influence on students’ thoughts about pursuing a graduate degree. The data for this study was …

Too Essential To Fail: Lessons From County Fiscal Crises, Michael A. Francus

Journal Articles

This Article draws out the lessons of counties for municipal finance. To do so, the Article begins by unpacking the municipal finance regulations that have provided counties with extraordinary fiscal safety. The Article then turns to case studies of the eleven counties that either filed for bankruptcy or had state fiscal interventions since the passage of the Bankruptcy Code in 1978. Those case studies show how counties' finances can (in rare cases) go wrong despite well-designed municipal finance regulations. The case studies also show how counties have successfully responded to those crises through bankruptcy and fiscal intervention.

Using that analysis, …

Just Research And Citation, Amanda Levendowski

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Contemporary research and citation practices are often unjust. Data cartels like Westlaw and Lexis have parent companies that prioritize profits in ways that threaten immigrants. Even before the Dobbs decision, search engines could be deployed to weaponize data against pregnant people seeking reproductive care. Women and people of color have been legal scholars for more than a century but, as many scholars have observed, colleagues consistently under-cite, mis-cite or appropriate those scholars’ work with minimal recourse. Citation materials are often inaccessible to disabled people, poor people, or the public due to poor design, paywalls, or unpreserved content that falls prey …

Las Pintas Interview Project 2025, Beth Gulley, Luz Alvarez, Vallerie Rogers, Gabrielle Rock, Danielle Mullins, Nina Mcnay, Jayda Diaz, Audrey Weaver, Haisie Halperin, Rita Terrones, George Newham, Esmeralda Monroy

The Las Pintas Collection

In May of 2025, after a five-year hiatus, Johnson County Community College (JCCC) resumed sending students to Las Pintas, Mexico. Traditionally, JCCC sent student from Nursing, Dental Hygiene, and Solar Energy to practice their acquired skills and serve the community at Centro Integral Comunitario (CIC). This latest trip, though, was for Spanish language students to enhance their cultural competency, language practice, and learn about opportunities to study away.

This collection contains stories from eight former JCCC Study Abroad trip members, five people who live and work in Las Pintas, and the ten current JCCC students who traveled to Las Pintas …

Big Heart Cookbook: Activities To Build Belonging, Jenna Spevack

Open Educational Resources

Big Heart Cookbook: Activities to Build Belonging is a growing open educational resource (OER) showcasing engaging classroom activities—sourced from City Tech Faculty and friends—that build belonging, connection, and community in and beyond the classroom. This faculty-focused collection offers fun, reflective exercises designed to help students decompress, refocus, and engage more meaningfully with one another and the course material. Like a community cookbook, educators can browse and adapt activities to suit any classroom, regardless of discipline or teaching modality.

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/big-heart-cookbook

The Guardian The Month Of January 2025, Wright State Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the Month of January 2025. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Impact Of Trauma-Informed Care In Higher Education, Lauren Mochnal

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Trauma is prevalent among students in higher education, with 66% to 85% of university students having experienced a traumatic event (Wells et al., 2021). Additionally, college students in the United States currently report greater psychological distress and mental health challenges than in the past (Ray et al., 2024). Traumatic experiences can lead to challenges in emotional regulation, delayed brain development, and increased risk of adverse health outcomes and academic failure (Gao et al., 2023). However, use of a trauma-informed care approach to higher education at both a departmental and classroom level can minimize barriers and improve occupational engagement in education, …

Mindfulness Strategies For Older Adults, Jennifer Macnie

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

This literature review aimed to identify the current research related to mindfulness in addressing mental health concerns. Anxiety and depression are extremely prevalent amongst older adults living in Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) (Morgan et al, 2016; Wallis et al., 2018). Currently, anxiety and depression are mainly treated by pharmaceutical treatments and cognitive behavioral therapy, however an increase of non-pharmaceutical treatment methods are needed (Wallis et al., 2018). The development and evaluation of occupation-based mindfulness programs in ALF will help to identify best practices for addressing mental health concerns in this setting.

Mindfulness Interventions For Pediatric Cancer, Dara Studnitzer, Tori Sandull, Bella Fazio

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Research on mindfulness-based interventions is limited but necessary to determine the potential impacts on quality of life among children diagnosed with cancer. The objective was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in improving quality of life outcomes for children diagnosed with cancer. Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines were used for the systematic review. Studies from 2014 to 2024 that focused on interventions such as mindfulness, meditation and yoga for children ages 6-12 with a cancer diagnosis were reviewed, and outcomes that include quality of life, life satisfaction, well-being, and happiness were analyzed. Six studies met …

Ot For Acquired Physical Disabilities, Olivia Rousseau, Stephanie Tudela, Jacqueline Needle, Joanne Barnhart, Thuy Do

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Sexuality is often overlooked in the rehabilitation process for adults with newly acquired physical disabilities, and adequate resources are not provided to clients experiencing difficulty with sexual function. This review explored research on the impacts of Occupation-Based Interventions (OBI) on the ability of adults with acquired physical disabilities to engage in sexual activities. Articles were assessed using PRISMA guidelines to review data quality, validity, and risk of bias. Six peer-reviewed articles were examined regarding occupation-based approaches in sexual rehabilitation for adults with spinal cord injuries, amputations, multiple sclerosis, and strokes. Data was analyzed to identify recurring themes and intervention outcomes. …

Medical Providers' Understanding Of The Role Of Ot, Zachery Edwards

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

The purpose of this scoping review was to gather information on medical providers’ current understanding of occupational therapy’s (OT) scope of practice and how their understanding impacts OT referrals. The question that guided this review was: does an increase of education on occupational therapies (OT) scope of practice for medical providers increase their understanding of OTs role? Current research highlights an inaccurate understanding of OT’s role by medical providers, which leads to decreased referrals. Further research is needed to determine medical providers’ motivation to receive education on OT’s scope of practice, what education methods are most beneficial, and if that …

Benefits Of Aquatic Therapy In Older Adults, Matile Kaplan

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Aquatic Therapy (AT) helps with physical, mental, and psychosocial components of recovery. Substantial evidence shows that traditional (on-land) therapy has a positive impact on quality of life and occupational performance. However, limited research exists on the impact of combining traditional and aquatic therapies on rehabilitation outcomes and occupational engagement. Aquatic therapy has been a therapeutic modality since 2400 B.C. and is not fully exploited despite having strong evidence of its benefits (B.E. Kauffman & B.W. Kauffman, 2014; Chesapeake Bay Aquatic and Physical Therapy, 2024). There is a large gap in the literature about the benefits of combining aquatic and on-land …

Si & Processing On Student Occupational Engagement, Kyla Campbell

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Sensory Integration (SI) is defined as the brain's ability to organize and respond to information within the body and environment. School-aged children begin school with varying difficulties in SI and processing, which affects their social and academic performances. The field of occupational therapy (OT) promotes engagement in meaningful activities, in which going to school and participating in activities is vital to a child's development and wellbeing. The school setting is the second-largest employer of occupational therapy practitioners (OTPs) in the United States. Children with SI and processing difficulties have decreased participation in the classroom compared to their peers with typical …

Lsvt Big Vs. Boxing: Community Engagement In Pd, Amber Brown, Grace Carolonza, Shannon Fogarty, Alexis Labelle

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive disease that can impair an individual’s ability to engage fully in community activities. This systematic review aimed to compare the effects of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment BIG (LSVT BIG) and non-contact boxing (NCB) on community engagement among individuals with PD. A comprehensive search was conducted across four academic databases—CINHAL, EBSCO Academic Complete, PubMed and the Cochrane Library. Adhering to PRISMA guidelines, this review assessed risk of bias and levels of evidence using established, industry-standard tools. Eligible studies were peer-reviewed, published between September 2019 and September 2024, focused on either LSVT BIG or NCB, …

Adaptive Skiing And Complex Communication Needs, Jordan Chizmadia

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Participation in adaptive sports, those modified to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities, empower athletes by fostering self-determination, helping them recognize their potential, and build confidence (Hajjar et al., 2018; Labbé et al., 2019). Communication is a critical aspect of adaptive sports, enabling athletes to express their needs and understanding of the sport (Hajjar et al., 2016; Hajjar & McCarthy, 2022a). For individuals with complex communication needs (CCN), or those with barriers using natural speech for everyday communication; adaptive skiing can present unique challenges due to communication barriers. Occupational therapists can develop client-centered strategies to adapt communication, incorporating both …

Sensory Intervention For Bereaved Children, Eleanor Gemma

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Bereaved children have unique sensory needs due to unregulated bodily experiences impacting one’s sensory modulation. There is a lack of evidence-based sensory strategies used with children receiving bereavement services in Rhode Island, and little understanding of how sensory strategies can impact client's regulation. The purpose of this scoping review was to explore the sensory interventions currently being applied with children who are experiencing bereavement.

Building Adolescent Wellness Through Fitness, Serena Mora

Student Research Design & Innovation Symposium

Neurodivergent (ND) adolescents are less physically active than their typically developing (TD) peers. Challenges associated with ND include low self-confidence, high anxiety, impaired social skills, or unwillingness to try new things, which can impact engagement. Physical activity (PA) has been shown to reduce many of these difficulties, having a positive impact on TD peers. (Soga et al., 2015). Current programs available for adolescents that focus on PA are competitive and can increase anxiety. The prevalence of ND conditions continues to rise, so it is crucial to support the social-emotional wellness of ND adolescents. Use of PA can improve independence and …

Lbsci 702: Information Sources And Service: General, Nafiz Z. Shuva

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.