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Biomechanical Difference's Between A Dominant And Non-Dominant Leg Of An Experienced Soccer Player, Grace Ohara

Academic Festival

No abstract provided.

Wittgenstein, Empiricism, And Pragmatism: Examining The Evolution Of Wittgensteinian Solipsism, Cody Davis

Academic Festival

In this paper I will argue for an interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus as a work of empiricism, as well as an argument for his Philosophical Investigations as a work of pragmatism, and how these two interpretations apply to Wittgenstein’s formulation of solipsism. Specifically, I will show how an empiricist understanding of the Tractatus leads Wittgenstein to his formulation of solipsism, which is untenable because it is unsayable. Similarly, I will show how a pragmatic understanding of the Investigations gives Wittgenstein a “way out” of his Tractarian solipsism, specifically with his formation of the private language argument as a …

Growth Mindset In Higher Education: Does Professor Identity Matter?, Abigail V. Wilk

Academic Festival

When professors are perceived to promote a growth mindset—i.e., the idea that intelligence can be improved through hard work—students show greater motivation and performance. Yet, the impact of a professor’s social identities, such as race and gender, on student perceptions remains unexplored. This study addresses this gap. In an experiment involving 467 college students, participants rated four teaching philosophies that conveyed either a growth or fixed mindset. Each teaching philosophy was paired with a photo of a supposed professor: one Black female, one Black male, one White female, and one White male. Students perceived growth mindset professors as warmer and …

The Woman's Experience In Hollywood: A Brief Feminist History Of The American Movie Industry, Danielle Savino

Academic Festival

No abstract provided.

Developmental Dynamics: Exploring Human Rights Adherence In Collectivist Societies Relative To Development Levels, Emma Grady

Academic Festival

The adherence or rejection of human rights standards outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is intricately linked to the levels of development in collectivist countries. Developed countries are more inclined to adhere to the UDHR due to several factors. Firstly, their advanced civil societies foster a greater appreciation for human rights values and principles. Secondly, developed states are more sensitive to their international reputation, particularly concerning their relations with Western dominating countries and trade practices. Consequently, the fear of damaging their standing on the global stage motivates them to uphold human rights standards outlined in the UDHR. …

More Is More?, Sasha Medile

Academic Festival

How do we know if having more provides us with more of the lifestyle we want? Generation Z has a problem with indulging in a maximalist lifestyle, trusting influencers and our parasocial relationships with them over ourselves, which results in glorifying consumerism. Why can a video influence us further to act rather than our own habits or ambitions, and what can we do to cut out the noise? With this project, I want to create an audience between 18 and 30 who are searching for peace on their FYP and provide tactics to help them be more comfortable with in …

Review Of Beethoven's French Piano: A Tale Of Ambition And Frustration By Tom Beghin, Dorian Bandy

The Beethoven Journal

No abstract provided.

Review Of Beethoven’S Ninth Symphony: Rehearsing And Performing Its 1824 Premiere By Theodore Albrecht, Marten Noorduin

The Beethoven Journal

No abstract provided.

The Movement Plans For The Quartet Op. 127 And The "Backstage" Of Beethoven's Late Style, Francesco Fontanelli

The Beethoven Journal

Among the different sketch typologies in Beethoven’s hand, the so-called “telescoped drafts” are the most eloquent in conveying the composer’s vision and intentions. In these synoptic diagrams made up of musical ideas and notes in writing, Beethoven outlined the structure of the work he had in mind, fixing the decisive points (themes, keys, tempo markings, number and configuration of movements). Four movement plans are extant for the String Quartet Op. 127 in E-flat major, sketched between February 1823 and the summer of 1824; in each, the composer explores alternative ways of managing musical form and content.

This article discusses and …

“The Tremendous Products Of A Son Of The Gods.” Missa Solemnis (Op. 123), Overture (Op. 124), And Ninth Symphony (Op. 125), Birgit Lodes

The Beethoven Journal

The premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna on May 7, 1824, is generally considered a milestone in music history. This article argues against the common characterization that Beethoven, in this, his (last) academy, programmed a monumental symphony and, perhaps with some embarrassment, a few filler pieces, but instead very consciously chose to highlight his three most recently composed orchestral works: the overture to the festival play Die Weihe des Hauses op. 124; Kyrie, Credo and Agnus Dei of the Missa solemnis op. 123; and the Ninth Symphony op. 125. Listening to these three works together opens …

Beethoven's Ukraine Connection: New Light On The Creation Of His Flute Variations Opp. 105 And 107, Barry Cooper

The Beethoven Journal

Two previously unidentified groups of sketches are revealed to be preliminary work for Beethoven’s last set of Flute Variations, Op. 107 No. 3. The theme is of Ukrainian origin, and the new discoveries are placed in the context of other manuscript material relating to the creation of the sixteen sets of flute variations, Opp. 105 and 107, which were commissioned by George Thomson. The extent of this preliminary work for Op. 107 No. 3 suggests that Beethoven spent much effort preparing the sixteen sets as a whole, and that the dearth of other sketches for them is probably due to …

Genius, Instrumental Music, And “Great Mistakes”: Amadeus Wendt And Beethoven’S Ninth Symphony, Sarah Clemmens Waltz

The Beethoven Journal

The author attributes the anonymous 1826 Berliner allegemeine musikalische Zeitung (BamZ) review of the Leipzig performances of Beethoven’s Ninth, which suggests removal of the choral finale and inspires A.B. Marx to a passionate defense, to the critic Amadeus Wendt. The career of Wendt as a philosophy professor is firmly established, as is his criticism for the BamZ, Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung (AmZ), Cäcilia, Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung mit besonderer Rucksicht auf den österreichischen Kaiserstaat (WamZ), and other journals. Wendt’s Hoffmannesque opinions of instrumental music are contextualized via his extensive criticism of opera and vocal music, highlighting themes such as inappropriate virtuosity, (im)proper …

The Bible And Mental Health: Towards A Biblical Theology Of Mental Health, Robert D. Mcbain

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

No abstract provided.

The Soul Of Desire: Discovering The Neuroscience Of Beauty, Longing, And Community, Rebekah Bled

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

No abstract provided.

Faithful Integration: The Importance Of Worldview, Hermeneutics, And Theology For Christian Counseling, Nicole C. Biller

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

Efforts to integrate faith with psychological science and counseling have been present within Christian graduate programs for decades; however, questions remain about how to do this effectively. A brief review of integration efforts and a survey of the experience of graduate students within these programs reveal a desire to further model this practical integration within the classroom. Possible solutions emphasize a biblically informed worldview, intentionally crafted hermeneutics, and well developed theology, which can lead to faith-informed counseling practices.

Pentecostal Hope In The Age Of Covid-19, Peter Althouse, Audrey E. Mccormick

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

This research sought to identify how Pentecostals and charismatics responded to the Coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, what role did eschatology play in provoking hope, and how did theologies on healing influence responses? Data revealed that Pentecostals were generally not casting their responses to the pandemic as a millennial expectation of a better future but were grieving their losses and seeking to provoke hope amidst suffering. While minimal miraculous healings were reported, healing was cast primarily as the ongoing presence of defiant hope amidst trauma, grief and suffering. We propose that grief and grieving is an eschatological response to loss and death.

Exploring How Pentecostals Preach About Depression, Robert D. Mcbain

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

A qualitative analysis was completed on twelve sermons into how Pentecostal preachers talk about depression from the pulpit using the Assemblies of God (AG) as a purposive sample. Findings illustrate that preachers talked about faulty thinking as the source of depression and interpreted depression as a transformative journey occurring within the context of a God encounter where the believer fixed their faulty thinking. While the way the preachers interpreted depression is not without critique, the article suggests that preaching about depression as a journey of encounter may help listeners frame their depression experiences within a narrative framework that helps them …

The Role Of Spirituality In The Lives Of Counselors: Reframing The Focus, Greg A. Meyer

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

The term spirituality is often hard to hear without prior, preconceived ideas and bias attached to it, and is often used interchangeably with other words, depending on one’s past and culture. The field of counselor education and supervision has also used the term in ambiguous ways, which has led to apprehension and a lack of clarity with which the term is taught and understood. This paper explains the historical focus of spirituality within the counselor education field, then redefines the focus towards the lives of counselors, but more specifically the lives of counseling students and the impact counselor educators might …

Building Bridges: A Student-Professor Dialogue About Spiritual Assumptions And Perspectives On Whiteness, Kyle N. Stueber, Andrea C. Walker

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

One day in May during a recent year, a conversation began that launched several years of ongoing dialogue. A graduate student, Kyle, reached out to a graduate counseling professor, Andrea, to discuss some concerns and anxieties he felt in some of his class discussions. What began as a conversation about racial diversity in the counseling setting evolved into an exploration of different ways of looking at the sociocultural context of race in the United States, a topic discovered to have political and theological underpinnings. As a result of the dialogue, we realized that specific preconceived labels identifying political, theological, denominational, …

Weaving A Tapestry, Haley R. French

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

No abstract provided.

Front Matter Salubritas 3 (2024), Editors Salubritas

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

No abstract provided.

Full Issue Salubritas 3 (2024), Editors Salubritas

Salubritas: International Journal of Spirit-Empowered Counseling

No abstract provided.

An Unusual Case Of Cardiogenic Shock: Coronary Artery Vasospasms, Amanda Bergeron, Maks Mihalj

Journal of Shock and Hemodynamics

Coronary artery vasospasms may occur in one or multiple coronary arteries, typically causing transient chest pain or angina. Although rare, it can lead to lethal cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, or cardiogenic shock and is often misdiagnosed. We report a case of a young man with an atypical presentation of generalized coronary vasospasm leading to cardiac arrest and subsequent cardiogenic shock. The patient required support with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and Impella. We discuss the risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of this rare condition.

Automatic Route Adjustment To Avoid Stop-Start Driving, Paul Mccartney, Daniel V. Klein

Defensive Publications Series

Stop-start driving impedes traffic flow and wastes energy and time. This disclosure describes techniques for improving traffic flow efficiency and energy consumption by reducing stop-and-go vehicle driving. The techniques leverage a combination of available data sources, e.g., traffic light timing history, crowdsourced traffic observations, traffic light observations from in-vehicle cameras, digital maps data, velocity information, locations of synchronized traffic lights, etc., to predict the traffic light timing along a route and suggest routes that optimize the number of stops along the route. The techniques create a smooth, more efficient traffic flow using a data–driven approach, while prioritizing safety and accounting …

A Method And A System Of Providing Offers For Payment Performed Via A User Device, Yashaswini Shetty, Shashank Parmar, Thrapthi K. Shetty, Swati Bhardwaj, Vijaya Lakshmi Bandi

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure provides a method and a system for providing offers for a payment via a user device. In the present disclosure, a user selects an offer or discount from multiple offers provided by a merchant. Then, the user calls IVR and initiate payment by tapping user device on a merchant device upon which merchant device starts playing music. Music played by merchant device may be encoded by IVR system over call. Then, the IVR system transmits the music to a server. Server decodes music and transmits to system for identifying offers and corresponding merchant. Upon identifying offer details …

Fast Playback Of Burst Audio Packets, Avinash Malipatil

Defensive Publications Series

A jitter buffer manager (JBM) is a module in a live-stream audio receiver that attempts to keep up with the live stream when the reception of packets is bursty. JBMs typically work by dropping late-arrival packets, which can lead to gaps during audio playback. This disclosure describes techniques to reduce or eliminate audio breakages due to bursty packets by queuing packets dropped by the jitter buffer manager into a dropped-packets queue and by playing dropped-and-recovered audio frames faster, such that audio is not lost. The playback speed is based on the present length of the dropped-packets queue. The techniques advantageously …

On-Device Log Summarization Using Artificial Intelligence To Improve Crash Analysis, Sergey Grizan, Selim Gurun

Defensive Publications Series

The large volume of logs generated by devices are collected in a ring buffer to limit their storage footprint. Such a mechanism results in the potential loss of valuable diagnostic data due to buffer overwrites. This disclosure describes the use of on-device artificial intelligence (AI) models to automatically determine relevant entries in a ring-buffer crash log, remove irrelevant entries, and identify patterns within the relevant entries that correlate to crashes. The models generate and store summaries that are usable for crash analysis and debugging. The described integration of AI models can improve the precision of crash analysis, help identify recurring …

Built-In Vehicle Safety Navigation Assistance, Nivedhitha Muralikrishnan, Devadas Murukadas, Sivakumar Palani, Sakthi Bhargavi Kalyanasundaram, Gowri Jegatheesh Manikandan

Defensive Publications Series

For current vehicle/navigation systems, an optimized/best route can be suggested for a desired user destination based on many criteria, such as distance, traffic, etc. However, such routing often does not consider real time factors that may be present for streets, such as the presence of streetlights and their working or operating conditions. In order to address such issues, proposed herein are techniques through which vehicle navigation systems may be enhanced to determine an optimal route for a given destination based on one or more safety features, such as streetlight availability and streetlight operating conditions, for night driving scenarios.

Practical Cataloging And Classification Training By Library And Information Science Users Education At Kwara State University Library, Nigeria, Abdrahman Atanda Moustapha, Odushina Babatunde Julius

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose

The study examined the cataloging and classification training of users in library and information science and their use of library catalogs at the Kwara State University Library, Nigeria. Training is a vital necessity for performing any professional responsibility. Therefore, the trainee's actions towards the training program cannot be affected.

Design/methodology/approach

The study adopted a descriptive research approach. It surveyed a sample of 250 university library users selected from a population of 515 through random sampling.

The findings

Library and Information Science users at Kwara State University Library, Nigeria, have a negative perception of the practical study of cataloging and …

National Pork Producers Council V. Ross And The Dormant Commerce Clause, Jeffrey C. Tuomala

Liberty University Law Review

National Pork Producers Council v. Ross is a dormant Commerce Clause case in which petitioners challenged a California law that restricts the instate sale of pork that comes from breeding pigs “confined in a cruel manner.” Because California comprises 13% of the national pork market, and because most pork consumed in California is raised in other states, the cost of compliance with the law falls largely on out-of-state producers. Pork Producers claimed that the California law placed an excessively heavy burden on interstate commerce, but they did not claim that California targeted out-of-state producers. The Court of Appeals dismissed the …