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Sweat, Cigs and A Ball of Noise
Get PDFCorduroy Jones is contacted by a local promoter to reunite his band Streetwise Preacher. Over a three week span, Corduroy and his bandmates Tony and Johnny go through a series of events leading up to their Halloween Night reunion show
Determinants of Subjective Memory In First-Degree Relatives and Care Providers of Individuals with Dementia
Get PDFSubjective memory may help practitioners understand who pursues assessment and treatment for memory concerns. Two factors that are related to subjective memory are depressive affect and fear of dementia, and two groups of older adults who may be susceptible to these factors are first-degree relatives and care providers of patients with dementia. This study seeks to determine how depressive affect and fear of dementia influence the subjective memory of these two groups. Fifty-five adults ages 55 and older who were a care provider and/or first-degree relative of patients with dementia reported their perceptions of their own memory, feelings of depression, and dementia worry on a Qualtrics questionnaire. I anticipated that depressive affect would be a stronger predictor of subjective memory in care providers than in first-degree relatives, whereas dementia worry would be a stronger predictor of subjective memory in first-degree relatives than in care providers. Additionally, I hypothesized that the relationships between subjective memory and both depression and dementia worry would be strongest for individuals who are both first-degree relatives and care providers. Overall, my hypotheses regarding differential patterns of relationships across groups was not supported. However, results showed that depression was the strongest predictor of subjective memory, regardless of group affiliation. Correlation analyses also revealed strong relationships between fear of dementia and depression among both care providers and first-degree relatives. By better understanding the lack of influence of a fear of dementia and the strong influence of depression on the subjective memory of these two populations, clinicians may be better equipped to support older adults with memory concerns
Incorporating Real World Geometry Problems Into Geometry Classrooms
Get PDFThe question posed to conduct this research was:
How do teachers incorporate real world problems into geometry classrooms?
There is no single answer to this question, but there are many answers. The research done in this literature review not only answers this question but also the question of why. The research reviewed was organized into the sections of Inquiry, Student Engagement, and Mathematical Understanding. Teachers can incorporate the real world into mathematics classrooms through inquiry, problem-based learning, and every day real world objects. Teachers should do this because it increases student engagement and leads students to higher mathematical understandings. Not only does incorporating the real world into the classroom do all of these things for students, it does so much more. It can allow students to see mathematical connections to themselves, their interests, and the world around them. It can allow students to grow in skills such as communication with others, investigation, mathematical modeling, and the love of learning. There is not doubt that incorporating real world problems into any mathematical classroom will increase students’ engagement and understanding. It is time to use inquiry based teaching methods in addition to traditional methods for the benefit of the future generations
“IDOL”: Examining the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in boybands
Get PDFIn response to the socio-political climate of recent years, there has been a growing category of socially-engaged pop music. These works can be explicitly connected to their ideas about gender, race, and age. While boybands may not be perceived to create activist works of art, they do often have large public platforms with potential to reach out to a mass population of dedicated fans. They are given the power and privilege of a life in the limelight. As such, their messages may carry deeper meanings than at first glance. This thesis explores the impact of successful boybands by examining The Beatles, *NSYNC, and BTS in their intersection with race, gender, and sexuality, as well as their influence on youth culture. Their actions and influence in the discussion of race in America as well as the foundation of some of these bands’ music in hip-hop were analyzed. I discuss how these bands perform their own gender on and off the stage. This project also takes a look at the impact of boybands on the notion of sexuality and the construction of sexual identity among their fanbase. Finally, I argue that the relationship between art (i.e., music, performance, and poetry), the artist, and their audience is a key to understanding the significant role of these bands in shaping today’s youth culture both in the United States as well as across the globe
Securing Equal Relations: An Addition to Elizabeth Anderson\u27s Democratic Equality
Get PDFWithin social and political philosophy, egalitarianism entails some social theory of equality. In this paper, I will focus on a contemporary relational form of egalitarianism, a theory of Elizabeth Anderson which she calls Democratic Equality. Through Democratic Equality, Anderson promotes a vision of egalitarianism which seeks to give individuals the capacity to stand in equal relations with one another in society. Although equal relations is a fine goal for egalitarianism (and perhaps the best goal for any egalitarianism), I will argue that Democratic Equality as Anderson describes it is not sufficient to achieve these relations. Ultimately, her theory is insufficient because it lacks the distributive component necessary to give individuals the material capacity to stand in equal social and political relations. I will propose a broad shift in socioeconomic structure as an addition to Democratic Equality, specifically towards what John Rawls calls a liberal socialist regime. Under this regime, means of production are distributed more equally among workers, allowing citizens to stand in equal relations with one another
Characterization of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Attachment Protein Mucin Domains
Get PDFRespiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is currently a leading cause of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI). Despite contributing to a significant mortality rate in young children and immunocompromised populations, it still lacks a vaccine. Live-attenuated vaccines are the preferred vaccination model for RSV, but achieving attenuation, immunogenicity, and stability can be difficult. Previous studies have indicated that deletion of the RSV G protein attenuates viral replication, but the role of the protein’s mucin domains has not been fully explored. We generate two new RSV strains here with varying G protein deletions: A2-line19F-G155 with deletion of the G-protein mucin domains, and A2- line19F-G155S with deletion of both the G-protein mucin domains and the transmembrane domain (thus only expressing a secreted G protein lacking mucin). In comparing these strains to a previously categorized strain with the same genetic background and a normal, complete G protein (A2-line19F), we categorize the phenotypes of these novel strains. Both G-protein viruses were more easily neutralized, more attenuated in Hep2 cells, and demonstrated less thermostability than A2-line19F. Therefore, with further testing these strains may have potential as future RSV vaccine candidates
Gary, Indiana and the US Steel Corporation: An Examination of Race, Class, and Environmental Injustice in Early Twentieth Century Urban Planning
Get PDFGary, Indiana was widely regarded as one of the most successful and promising industrial American cities of its time. Gary was founded by the United States Steel Corporation to be a model industrial city created by a private corporation. Gary is unique in that the city was conceptualized, planned, and constructed by a private entity, with little public or governmental input, for the purpose of serving the US Steel industry. As groundbreaking and innovative as the urban planning of Gary was supposed to be, conditions of segregation in the city caused by a divide between the premiere steel mills and a lack of scientifically planned housing subdivisions, proved to be an interesting catalyst for issues of class conflict, racial conflict, and severe environmental damage This thesis, argues that the United States Steel Corporation, as a private entity overseeing the urban planning of Gary, Indiana is culpable in the segregation and racism that occurred in early twentieth century Gary and in the environmental racism that occurred in the city due to US Steel having full control over the planning, construction, and the political-economic ethos over the city and its residents
