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The Connections Between Consistent Maps and Measures
Get PDFLet Y denote the space of places of the algebraic closure of the rationals as defined in a 2009 article of Allcock and Vaaler. As part of an effort to classify certain dual spaces, the second author defined an object called a consistent map. Every signed Borel measure on Y can be used to construct a consistent map, however, we asserted without proof that not all consistent maps arise in this way. By constructing a counterexample, we show in the present article that not all consistent maps arise from measures, confirming claims made in the second author\u27s earlier work
Analyzing Microbial Biomass of Microbes in Wetland Soil
Get PDFMicrobes in wetlands play an important role in ecosystem function. This study investigated microbial biomass dynamics across different vegetation types within a local wetland ecosystem at CSUSM. Soil samples were collected from three distinct vegetation zones: lowland typha, riparian, and upland sedge. Microbial carbon, total carbon, and soil organic matter were quantified using chloroform fumigation. The results showed significant differences in microbial carbon and total carbon content between riparian and sedge habitats, with riparian zones exhibiting higher values. Dissolved organic carbon data suggested potential differences between lowland typha and the other two zones, although these results were inconclusive. The findings emphasize the influence of vegetation composition on microbial communities and carbon cycling processes within wetlands. This study contributes to a better understanding of wetland ecosystem functioning and helps with the conservation efforts
Analysis of Extracellular Enzyme Activity of Microbial Communities in Wetland Soil
Get PDFWetlands hold relatively large amounts of carbon compared to other environmental carbon storages. Studying carbon degradation pathways of wetland soil microbial communities is important in understanding nutrient cycling. Soil samples were collected from three different vegetation sites in the CSUSM wetland. We were interested in seeing how enzyme activity varied between the vegetation types and sought to determine any correlation between extracellular enzyme activity and microbial functional pathways
Queering Neverland: A Dramaturgy of Care
Get PDFDuring the spring 2023 semester, I assistant directed a double-cast, queer production of Kimberly Belflower’s Lost Girl at American University. In the process, I developed a “dramaturgy of care”—an approach to integrating dramaturgical principles into a variety of theatrical disciplines. Using this approach, theatre makers of all stripes should make the time for deep text analysis, research (on the text and how it’s situated culturally, historically, and politically), discussions, and purposeful cross-role collaboration—from the prep and pre-rehearsal phase through a show’s opening. By putting this method into practice with Lost Girl, our creative team fostered a more thoughtful, caring process, as could anyone who keeps these principles in mind. 
Why does America Believe in Punishment?
Get PDFThe United States of America has one of the highest incarceration rates in the whole world, with a population of about 1 million people ass of 2022. As the prisons continue to get more and more full everyday, the levels of violence and disobedience still continues to increase in society. The only explanation for this increase in violence and disobedience although the prisons are becoming more crowded would be America\u27s strong belief in punishment. Punishing those who disobey rules and regulations is a socially contracted norm that continued to be perpuated in our everyday society. Parents punish their children for bad behavior at home through beatens, placing their children on punishment and even time out. Teachers and other school staff in the education system punish students with detintion, or sometimes expelling them or suspending students who misbehave or have physical altecations with other students. Even the workplace place punishment on their employees if they don\u27t follow the rules of the establishment they will be fired, or their position will be lowered due to disobedience. Punishment in the American soicety can be viewed in many different ways. However, the most influential and powerful forms of punishment is the prison system. In this paper, I will further explore how the concept of punishment impacts specific groups of people as well as explore why the American society believe in punishment overall
Make Us Proud: The Meek, The Bold, And The Undefined
Get PDFToday in America, children of immigrants are constantly battling an unseen war—the war on self-identity. We battle the polarity of being children of our beautiful ancestral roots, and the unease of being in our skin in a foreign land to achieve our hopes and dreams. Is this a betrayal of our ancestors? Our people? Or ourselves? In this narrative, we explore the components of the duality of being a product of the environment and the product of growing pains. The background on cultural differences, effects on youth, and the clear differentials in power and strength are problems that arise. Is having a badge on me the only thing defining my strength? Many would say it’s an honor to be held at such prestige. But is it an honor to you, or a mockery of what the people stand for? Am I a child of my people or a weapon utilized to harm them? In the end, it’s just to “Make Us Proud”
Annual Review of Criminal Justice Studies - Volume 2
No full textARCJS is an open-access journal that publishes scholarly writingspertinent to the critical analyses of law, crime and justice systemsand their entanglement with larger political economic processes.ARCJS contributors explore how ideas and systems of crime, lawand justice shape broader issues of social justice, especially thoserelated to the experience of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ageinequality in the U.S.
Ranging from the conception to the implementation to thetransformation of law, crime and justice systems and ideas,ARCJS includes ethically reasoned critical analyses intent oncontributing to the assessment of alternative solutions toproblems associated with the identification, control andprevention of crime and delinquency
Farewell to the Past and Hello to the Unknown
Get PDFViviana Diaz is a first-gen undergraduate student at Cal State LA. Growing up as an only child, Diaz took inspiration from her aunt who is ready to face war and her mother who brings light to any place she goes. Diaz graduated high school in 2015 and then earned her associate’s degree at Long Beach Community College in 2022. Now working on her bachelor’s at Cal State LA, Diaz remains motivated by a strong sense of determination and a firm belief that there are no limitations or barriers she can’t overcome