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Birmingham Poetry Review 49 (Front Matter), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff Jan 2022

Birmingham Poetry Review 49 (Front Matter), Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

No abstract provided.


Indiana, John Poch, Pietro Federico Jan 2022

Indiana, John Poch, Pietro Federico

Birmingham Poetry Review

p.129


Tender The River, Anastasia Sorochinsky Jan 2022

Tender The River, Anastasia Sorochinsky

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 161-166


Unearth, Kyle Taylor Jan 2022

Unearth, Kyle Taylor

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 179-184


Rendezvous With Ghost, Cate Marvin Jan 2022

Rendezvous With Ghost, Cate Marvin

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 112


Anorexia Mirabilis: Catherine Of Siena, Frank Paino Jan 2022

Anorexia Mirabilis: Catherine Of Siena, Frank Paino

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 123-124


Wild Root, J Salvador Peralta, Juana De Ibarbourou Jan 2022

Wild Root, J Salvador Peralta, Juana De Ibarbourou

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 125


On The Spectral Theory For Ordinary Differential Equations With Distributional Coefficients With And Emphasis On The Periodic Case, Kevin Campbell Jan 2022

On The Spectral Theory For Ordinary Differential Equations With Distributional Coefficients With And Emphasis On The Periodic Case, Kevin Campbell

All ETDs from UAB

In this thesis, we consider differential equations with distributional matrix coefficients giving particular care to periodic distributions. In pursuit of this, we first examine some cases in which there is no existence and uniqueness theorem for a given initial value problem, and then verify some properties of the minimal and maximal operators. We then focus on periodic systems and establish a Floquet Theory for such systems as well as extend several fundamental properties which are well known for periodic functions to periodic distributions. We also examine stability sets for differential equations with periodic distributional coefficients in one and two dimensions, …


Cognition And The Brain Of The Healthy Oldest-Old, Sara A. Sims Jan 2022

Cognition And The Brain Of The Healthy Oldest-Old, Sara A. Sims

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There is an increasing number of people aged 65 and older, particularly in the oldest old cohort (aged 85 and older). Aging is characterized by significant changes in the brain including disruptions to white matter and functional connectivity. While cognition is impacted in many age related diseases, like Alzheimer’s Disease or Parkinson’s Disease, an understanding of the healthy aging brain is important for informing research on successful aging. My dissertation consists of three aims: (1) For the first aim, my overall objective was to determine the validity of the NIH toolbox in the oldest old cohort. I used other standard …


Preventing Unintentional Childhood Injuries In Rural Uganda: Caregiver Perceptions And Promotion Of Personal Safety Skills Through Classroom-Based Instruction, Marissa H. Swanson Jan 2022

Preventing Unintentional Childhood Injuries In Rural Uganda: Caregiver Perceptions And Promotion Of Personal Safety Skills Through Classroom-Based Instruction, Marissa H. Swanson

All ETDs from UAB

Objective: Unintentional childhood injuries present a substantial public health burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) including Uganda. Interventions to reduce this risk should be responsive to children’s unique developmental, environmental, and sociocultural context. This project had three primary objectives: 1) Analyzing caregiver reports of child injury events in rural Uganda to identify perceived causal and preventative factors; 2) Identifying Ugandan first and sixth graders’ developmental safety needs by comparing hazard recognition and past-year injuries among these students; and 3) Evaluating the impact of the Careful Cubs intervention on Ugandan first graders’ personal safety knowledge, skills, and beliefs. Methods: 1) …


Neural Outcomes Of Adolescent Substance Use, Juliann B. Purcell Jan 2022

Neural Outcomes Of Adolescent Substance Use, Juliann B. Purcell

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Adolescent substance use is common and may disrupt structural and functional brain development given that adolescence is a period of substantial neural maturation. Neurodevelopmental disruptions may be most pronounced within brain regions that undergo substantial development during adolescence (e.g., prefrontal cortex [PFC]) and regions that are integral to reward networks (e.g., nucleus accumbens [NAcc]). This project used latent growth curve models (LGCM) coupled with neuroimaging techniques to investigate relationships between adolescent substance use and young adult brain structure and functional connectivity. Substance use was assessed at 4 timepoints (ages 11, 13, 16, 19) in 1,594 participants. A subset of participants …


The Evolutionary Ecology Of The Antarctic Red Macroalga Plocamium Sp. In Relation To Its Defensive Secondary Metabolite Diversity, Sabrina Heiser Jan 2022

The Evolutionary Ecology Of The Antarctic Red Macroalga Plocamium Sp. In Relation To Its Defensive Secondary Metabolite Diversity, Sabrina Heiser

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Organisms produce chemical defenses to gain a competitive advantage, and to protect themselves from pathogens and predators. There is high inter- and, sometimes, intraspecific diversity in the types and quantities of defensive secondary metabolites. Yet, we do not know much about the mechanisms driving the diversity and its distribution. Macroalgae are important members of ecosystems since they provide living space and are primary producers. To prevent predation, macroalgae make structural or chemical defenses. Chemical defenses in the Antarctic red macroalga Plocamium sp. have extensively been studied. It is widespread along the western Antarctic Peninsula and abundant at sites where it …


Characterization Of Exercise-Associated Skeletal Muscle Secreted Factors Through Aging, Dalton Chase Patterson Jan 2022

Characterization Of Exercise-Associated Skeletal Muscle Secreted Factors Through Aging, Dalton Chase Patterson

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Exercise is a powerful behavioral intervention against Central Nervous System (CNS) aging1–3 and plays an essential role in maintaining healthy neurocognitive function and immune metabolism in the aging brain3. We have developed a new transgenic mouse model that moderately over-expresses transcription factor master regulator of proteostasis, Transcription Factor E-B (TFEB), in skeletal muscle (cTFEB;HSACre mice). Despite living sedentary lifestyles, our model of enhanced skeletal muscle proteostasis shows significantly ameliorated proteotoxicity, increased BDNF levels and neurogenesis while improving neurocognitive function and decreasing neuroinflammation in the aging CNS4,5. These neuroprotective effects are markedly reminiscent of those observed in the aging CNS post-exercise6,7, …


Labor Union Membership Tenure And Midlife Health: A Gendered Perspective, Clifford Ross Jan 2022

Labor Union Membership Tenure And Midlife Health: A Gendered Perspective, Clifford Ross

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The benefits of labor unions have not gone unstudied. Individuals in labor unions have better access to lower cost/more substantial health insurance plans, higher quality pension plans, and better wages leading to increased lifetime earnings. Even though many of these benefits create important pathways that could lead to better health, unions have been paid little attention in health literature. Additionally, in the modern workplace Mothers are offered lower starting salaries, are perceived as less competent, and face a penalty regarding hiring, promotion, and workplace educational opportunities. Compared to men, women with children see an income gap 20 cents wider than …


The Shifting Nature Of Empire: Vandalia And Other Plans For New Colonies West Of The Allegheny Mountains Before The American Revolution, Michael Davis Jan 2022

The Shifting Nature Of Empire: Vandalia And Other Plans For New Colonies West Of The Allegheny Mountains Before The American Revolution, Michael Davis

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North American westward expansion following the end of the Seven Years’ War is a subject that has been dealt with by many historians from both sides of the Atlantic. The American push west of the Allegheny Mountains facilitated political divisions and divergent visions that would advance the push for independence from the British Empire and contribute to the creation of a new authority and a new kind of empire. This paper focuses on one aspect of this significant area of late-colonial and early republican American history. New western colonial schemes emerged from the ashes of the global war with France …


Low-Dose Dextromethorphan For The Treatment Of Pain In Fibromyalgia: A Single-Blind Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial, Stephanie Christina Mueller Jan 2022

Low-Dose Dextromethorphan For The Treatment Of Pain In Fibromyalgia: A Single-Blind Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial, Stephanie Christina Mueller

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Fibromyalgia (FM) is a debilitating chronic pain condition. Its pathophysiology is largely unknown, which has hindered the development of effective treatments. Central sensitization and neuroinflammation have been forwarded as models of FM pathophysiology, both of which indicate the antitussive drug dextromethorphan (DXM) as a potentially effective treatment. DXM is an N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA)-receptor antagonist and microglial modulator with anti-neuroinflammatory properties at low doses. It is currently available for clinical use, but has not been tested as a treatment for FM at low dosages. The current study evaluated the effectiveness of DXM in treating FM-associated symptoms of pain, fatigue, cognitive problems, …


Inventing The African America, Kamau Bamidele Jan 2022

Inventing The African America, Kamau Bamidele

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 8-14


Throwing The Snake, Michael Chitwood Jan 2022

Throwing The Snake, Michael Chitwood

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 71-72


Interview With Nicole Sealey, Jeffrey Peterson Jan 2022

Interview With Nicole Sealey, Jeffrey Peterson

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 36-43


Reprise, Amy Wright Jan 2022

Reprise, Amy Wright

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 157-158


What Reading Thomas Merton Will Do, Laura Van Prooyen Jan 2022

What Reading Thomas Merton Will Do, Laura Van Prooyen

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 148


Cuttings, Hannah Dow Jan 2022

Cuttings, Hannah Dow

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 18


Things That Collapse, Raye Hendrix Jan 2022

Things That Collapse, Raye Hendrix

Nelle (literary magazine)

pp. 48-49


Different Birds Maybe 1, Shira Dentz Jan 2022

Different Birds Maybe 1, Shira Dentz

Nelle (literary magazine)

p. 82


Vulcan Historical Review 26 (End Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff Jan 2022

Vulcan Historical Review 26 (End Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Prufrock Villanelle, William Logan Jan 2022

Prufrock Villanelle, William Logan

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 105


Vultures, James Davis May Jan 2022

Vultures, James Davis May

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 113-114


Featured Poet: Nicole Sealey, Birmingham Poetry Review Staff Jan 2022

Featured Poet: Nicole Sealey, Birmingham Poetry Review Staff

Birmingham Poetry Review

pp. 1-3


In The Belly, Lesley Wheeler Jan 2022

In The Belly, Lesley Wheeler

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 149


Fallout, Leona Sevick Jan 2022

Fallout, Leona Sevick

Birmingham Poetry Review

p. 133