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Relationship Counseling for the U.S.: Understanding White America\u27s Role in Asian American Experiences
Get PDFThis paper explores the relationship between White Americans and Asian Americans in an effort to discover the root of the difficulties that first and second generation Asian Americans experience while attempting to integrate into American society. Through an analysis of perspectives from Asian American literature as well as historical and current events, it highlights the racist systems that are ingrained in our everyday lives, continuously reminding Asian Americans that they are out of place in their own country. It concludes with a discussion of White America\u27s necessary role in dismantling these systems, and offers strategies to create a more welcoming environment for ethnic minorities
Unknown Soil Isolates from Urban Park as Antibiotic Producers
Get PDFAntibiotics play an important role in combating bacterial infections. Recently, antibiotic resistance has increased which has pushed scientist to find new and effective antibiotic drugs. Students conducted research on potential antibiotic producers from soil samples in the Quad Cities region. The purpose of the study was to find novel antibiotic producers from bacteria in soil and test soil isolates against two strains of bacteria, B. subtilis and E. coli. Two unknown soil isolate strains were found to be potential antibiotic producers against B. subtilis. Future studies are needed to conduct gene sequencing on these two unknown soil isolates.This project is a collaboration with the Tiny Earth Project Initiative (TEPI), which is a global network of educators and students focused on student sourcing antibiotic discovery from soil
Geochemical Analysis and Heat-Treatment of Natural Sapphires from Madagascar and Tanzania in Oxidizing and Reducing Conditions
Get PDFNatural or synthetic sapphires can be heat-treated to improve the clarity by removing “silk” (inclusions) and to change color by introducing color-inducing elements (i.e., chromophores) into the lattice structure or changing their valency. Due to these reasons, sapphires can be heat-treated to increase their monetary value. Twenty natural blue (C1), 20 green (C2), and 20 clear (C3) sapphires from Madagascar and Tanzania were heat-treated in a muffle furnace in oxidizing and reducing conditions, from 1200 to 1600℃, for 10-hour soak time. In total, 5 experiments were conducted in which soak time remained constant: experiment 1 was performed at 1200℃, exp. 2 at 1300℃, exp. 3 at 1400℃, exp. 4 at 1500℃, and exp. 5 at 1600℃. Each experiment contained 4 sapphires from C1, C2, and C3 respectively, and half of the sapphires were exposed to oxidizing conditions, while the other half to reducing conditions. To achieve reducing conditions, graphite slabs were used to create the CCO buffer; the oxidizing conditions were achieved simply with air. The clear (C3) sapphires remained clear under both conditions from 1200 to 1500℃ exclusively and up to 1600℃ in oxidizing conditions. The blue (C1) sapphires either underwent no change of color or became lighter with increasing temperature and some received a yellowing effect resulting in green in oxidizing conditions. In reducing conditions, the blue (C1) sapphires became darker in color, especially from 1400℃ and up. Green/blue (C2) sapphires became lighter and increased the green intensity from 1200 to 1400℃ exclusively and up to 1600℃ in oxidizing conditions. Starting at 1400℃ heat-treatment of the stones in reducing conditions turned almost all of the samples grey/black. Electron microprobe analyses were used to determine concentrations of chromophores at minor and trace element concentrations, including: Ca, Ti, Zn, Mg, Si, Ga, Fe, Mn, and Cr to evaluate the geochemical effects of heat-treating sapphires. C1 sapphires contained the highest amount of Ti and Fe (Ti \u3e 100ppm, Fe 8000-10000 ppm), C2 sapphires contained much less Ti but the same amount of Fe (Ti 40-50ppm) and C3 samples contained the same amount of Ti as C2 but the least amount of Fe (Fe 400-700 ppm)
Passing Down the Rolling Pin: Lefse, Memory, and a Norwegian-American Identity
Get PDFThis paper explores the intersections between memory and food-making and how they inform a Norwegian-American cultural identity. Based on fieldwork done in June and July of 2019 in Fosston, Minnesota, I use lefse, a Norwegian potato-based flatbread, as a focal point, for analysis. I argue that lefse-making in Fosston acts as a medium through which residents engage with a collective memory of an immigrant heritage. This traditional food-making, I assert, relies on knowledge passed down through and across family lines allowing food-makers and eaters to experience an embodied connection to their cultural past. Investigating my own Norwegian heritage, I draw on British anthropologist Paul Connerton’s theory of structural amnesia, to examine how my own identity differs to that of Fosston residents. I posit that even when traditional foods like lefse are available, without the embodied experience of making them and the communal and familial food-making knowledge that informs the process, Norwegian-Americans are unable to fully synthesize traditional foods and a sense of identity. However, I claim that structural amnesia can be undone and identity reclaimed if these experiences and knowledge are reintroduced into the group
The Legacy Lives On: An Examination of Handel’s Continued Influence
Get PDFComposers can meet fame in their lives and after death, but no composer has garnered the extent of fame George Frideric Handel did after death. Handel reached an abundance of success in various cities before his death, and even more success in new cities and a new continent after he passed. His fame after death was kept alive through his audience’s efforts to celebrate, perform, and preserve his works millenniums after his death
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