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With Our Back Toward Each Other and I\u27d Ask To Rest
Get PDFI’d Ask to Rest and With Our Backs Toward Each Other are a two-part series that is an a. 18.5’’ by 15’’ and b. 14’’ by 30’’ dry-point engraving on plexi with black ink. With six prints of each, this work is a collage of family photos that have an emphasis on overlapping portraits and objects. The family photos have been cut out and rearranged to create balance and allow space for a focus on content. Both pieces have been arranged for the portraits to carry the flow as they direct the viewer’s eyes. The mark shows a hierarchy of detail to refine focal points and sometimes becomes abstract to frame portraits and objects. Harsh edges create the borders with soft overlays, shaping the core of the work.
Familial relations have engaged me as an artist. In this piece, I wanted to explore how I see the relationships between my family members, specifically maternal and paternal, along with those of my siblings. My goal for the piece(s) was to not only portray the relationships for the viewer, but also to navigate them for myself. As I traced memories and experiences into overlapping lines and figures, I created a live grid of my familial perception. I believe past memories can be recomposed and documented to navigate relationships between experiences. This belief forced me to reevaluate my childhood and current standing within my family and make connections that would promote the content of the piece(s). This work is to be viewed from many angles with an understanding that there are deep personal layers within. I would invite the viewer to create their own connections and reflect on what an image of their family would look like cut out, rearranged, and challenged
Intensity of Welding in the Wineglass Welded Tuff, Mount Mazama, Oregon, Determined by XCT Analysis
Get PDFWelded tuff is a common volcanic rock type. When hot ash and other pyroclastic material builds up around a volcano, it will weld together if the debris is hotter than the glass transition temperature (Tg). Tg varies based on the composition of the source magma but is generally at least 600 °C. At this temperature, ash-sized glass shards begin to cohere, tuff deposit volume and porosity decrease, and deposit interiors become progressively deformed. Any pumice clasts become flattened and are then known as fiamme. Quane and Russell (2005) proposed a 6-tier semi-quantitative classification of welding intensity based on physical characteristics of tuff including petrographic texture, density, porosity, point load strength, uniaxial compressive strength, and fiamme oblateness. Rank I, the lowest, consists of undeformed pumice lapilli in a loosely-packed, unconsolidated matrix, while Rank VI is obsidian-like vitrophyre.
The Wineglass Welded Tuff (WWT) is an orange, rhyodacitic (70% SiO2) welded pyroclastic density current (PDC, also known as ash flow) deposit from the single-vent phase of the climactic eruption of Mount Mazama. It is thickest and most intensely welded in paleotopographic lows near the caldera (crater) rim. In many places, the WWT was eroded down to rather densely welded tuff by PDCs from the subsequent ring-vent phase. The more intensely welded it was at that time, the more energy it would have taken for the later PDCs to erode it. Therefore, understanding how intensely welded the WWT was will aid our understanding of the erosive power of PDCs, facilitating better emergency response and planning with regards to modern volcanic hazards.
In this project we use Avizo™ software to identify fiamme and measure their oblateness in X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of WWT samples. Preliminary oblateness values correspond to a welding intensity of II in the scheme of Quane and Russell (2005). Their definition of Rank II states that deposits are rendered coherent by some intraclast adhesion but pumice lapilli and ash remain undeformed. We interpret this as a minimum rank; examination of hand samples leads us to believe the true rank may be higher.
References:
Quane, S.L., and Russell, J.K., 2005, Ranking welding intensity in pyroclastic deposits: Bulletin of Volcanology, v. 67, p. 129–143, doi:10.1007/s00445-004-0367-5
The Piano in a Circle of Strings
Get PDFThe piano has been an important part of music history and contributes to many genres of music. During the late 1800s, the piano underwent major developments in its mechanics and sound allowing for new possibilities for composers. One genre where this can be seen is in chamber music. As the piano developed overtime, so did its role in chamber music. Due to this development, there has been a noticeable change to how composers write for piano and other instruments in chamber music and during the Romantic era as opposed to the earlier time periods. This article will use different scores to compare how piano writing has developed over time. This article will also use different sources to discuss how the piano hardware has developed and how different composers use the piano in other contexts
The Effect of Spiritual Care Education on ICU Nurses’ Perceived Competence in Providing Daily Spiritual Assessment: A Quality Improvement Project
No full textBackground: Spiritual care (SC) is essential to holistic nursing care, particularly within intensive care units. Nurses often report feeling inadequately equipped to perform daily spiritual assessments.
Objective: This quality improvement (QI) project aimed to improve the ICU nurses’ competence and Knowledge in providing SC.
Methods: This QI project included 24 ICU nurses at a faith-based hospital. An in-person SC program was developed using Fisher’s model (2011). Participants completed 27-item Spiritual Care Competence Scale (SCCS) and two knowledge questions pre- and post-education sessions. Following education session, a daily EPIC-integrated SC assessment was instituted. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize demographic characteristics and number of referrals to Spiritual Health Department. Independent t-tests were conducted to evaluate changes in SC competence and knowledge.
Results: All 27 SCCS items showed increased post-test scores, with 25 items reaching statistical significance (p \u3c 0.05). The SCCS scores for all six subscales significantly increased (p \u3c 0.05), with the most significant improvements in the professionalization and improving the quality of SC and the assessment and implementation of the SC subscales. Referrals to the Spiritual Health Department increased from 9 to 12.
Biblical Integration: Integrating SC aligns with biblical call for holistic compassion, as highlighted in 1 Thessalonians 5:23, underscoring the importance of caring for body, soul, and spirit, reflecting Christ’s love.
Conclusion: Implementing SC Education improved ICU nurses’ SC competency and knowledge. Findings from this QI project may serve to inform and shape future educational programs focused on SC for nurses
Cedarville Magazine, Summer 2025: Online On Mission
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Racers Faces
Get PDFA color penciled in shifting display of a automobile, in three phases turning from a detailed, black and white realistic drawing into a multicolored abstract. The longer you look, the more detail in color shift the viewer will begin to notice, it takes time to see how each piece has something just a little off, inaccurate or off the wall