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Investigating the Effectiveness of Passive Heat Therapy on Cardiovascular Disease Biomarkers: A Literature Review
Get PDFThe purpose of this review is to determine the effectiveness of different modalities of passive heat therapy on vascular biomarkers associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity. CVD is a critical public health issue that requires immediate action because this disease affects people of all backgrounds, age, and lifestyle (Martin et al., 2025; Whelton et al., 2018). Research has been performed using passive heat therapy as a potential intervention for reducing CVD risk and morbidity (Brunt & Minson, 2021; Cheng & MacDonald, 2019; Pizzey et al., 2021). This review included experimental full-body chronic heat therapy (at least 2 weeks) studies from 2000-present. Overall, this literature review revealed passive heat therapy as a promising intervention for improving vascular function and concludes with a discussion of the general understandings of physiological effects of heat on vasculature, gaps in research, and future directions.</p
Evaluating the Moderating Effects of Cannabis Use Frequency on the Relationship Between Exercise and Metabolism
Get PDFPrevious research has suggested a paradoxical link between cannabis use and lower body mass index (BMI) despite higher caloric intake. The present study aims to clarify this conundrum by exploring whether cannabis use enhances the effects of exercise on insulin function. We hypothesize that higher levels of cannabis use may result in a synergistic effect, amplifying the benefits of exercise on insulin sensitivity.
This secondary analysis utilizes data from the NIH-funded “Study on Nutrition, Insulin and Cannabis” (SONIC; 1R01DA50515, PI: A. Bryan). Our findings show that exercise is a significant predictor of improved insulin sensitivity, with greater physical activity correlating with higher Matsuda Index scores. Although cannabis use did not independently predict insulin sensitivity, a marginal interaction indicated that cannabis use might moderate the relationship between exercise and insulin sensitivity. Notably, this effect diminished at higher levels of cannabis use, suggesting that the moderating influence of cannabis on the exercise-insulin sensitivity relationship may be most apparent at low to moderate levels of use. This interaction was not robust when excluding non-users, suggesting that the moderating effect of cannabis on exercise-related insulin sensitivity is limited at higher use levels. Further analysis of BMI revealed its role as a covariate, significantly influencing insulin function. Overall, exercise consistently predicted improved insulin sensitivity, regardless of cannabis use, underscoring the importance of physical activity for metabolic health.</p
The Rise of Populism in Europe and Its Effect on Foreign Policy
Get PDF“Populism” has gained increasingly widespread traction as a political concept in Western countries over the past decade, reflected both in electoral patterns as well as increasing attention in both media and academic literature. However, there is a lack of discourse surrounding the foreign policy platforms of parties regarded as fitting the populist definition. This thesis aims to address this gap in research by attempting to answer these questions: 1) Is “populism” as an ideology strong enough to reasonably assume a similar foreign policy platform across populist parties? 2) What exactly does this shared foreign policy entail? and 3) In what ways, if any, do right-wing and left-wing populist parties differ in their foreign policy approaches?
I will begin this thesis by providing an overview of existing populist theory as it pertains to foreign policy issues and use this to argue in support of populism as a thick-centered ideology with a cohesive worldview and policy approach distinct from mainstream political parties of either ideology. Through conducting an analysis of populist party manifestos in search of positive and negative references to certain foreign policy variables, I came to the conclusion that populist left- and right-wing parties share a relatively cohesive approach against involvement in international institutions such as the EU as well as strong anti-imperialist attitudes. However, the two ideologies differ in their approaches to militarism, with right-wing populist parties in favor of increasing military strength and left-wing populist parties showing no significant difference from mainstream parties.
Finally, I will contextualize my findings in the case of populist parties in Italy, including the Lega Nord and Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) on the right and the Five Star Movement (M5S) on the left, emphasizing how the policy platforms of these parties correlate with the results of my statistical analysis with regards to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.</p
Positional Feedback for a Nanometer Scale Scanning SQUID Microscope
Get PDFThe scanning SQUID microscope (SSM) is a powerful tool for magnetic microscopy that can provide extremely sensitive magnetic field measurements (down to less than an electron spin) and extremely high spatial resolution (up to 50 nm). This thesis describes three smaller projects within the development of a SSM that are focused on providing nanometer-scale positional feedback to the scanning system. These projects are the testing of capacitive encoders, the excitation and readout of a quartz tuning fork for tuning fork microscopy, and the excitation, readout, and mounting setup of a thermally actuated atomic force microscopy (AFM) probe. The objective of the microscope is to image superconducting vortices to better understand their behavior in a classical computation architecture known as rapid single flux quantum (RSFQ), as well as search for theoretical half quantum vortices (HQV) which would host Majorana zero modes.</p
Australian Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2025 - May 2025
No full textThe Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p
Korean Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2025 - May 2025
No full textThe Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p
Latin American Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2005-2025 - May 2025
No full textThe Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p
World Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2004-2025 - May 2025
No full textThe Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p
Canadian Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2025 - June 2025
No full textThe Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p
Australian Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2025 - June 2025
No full textThe Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p
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