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Sand Microtextures as Indicators of Depositional Environment – a Comparison of Fluvial, Marine and Aeolian Sediments
Get PDFThe Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) has been used to examine sediment surfaces since the late 1960’s. More recently, results of SEM analyses of grains have been used to link depositional environments and modes of transport for sediments and sandstones (Krinsely and Trusty, 1986; Mahaney and Kalm 2000; Mahaney et al., 2001). This technique has been considered to be a viable, though time consuming, option for researchers interpreting depositional environments. V-pits are a microfeature which is claimed to indicate a littoral deposition environment (Krinsley and Trusty, 1986; Middleton and Kassera, 1987), while others claim it is a result of fluvial processes and deposition (Mahaney and Kalm, 2000; Mahaney et al., 2001; Mahaney, 2002; Strand et al., 2003; Itamiya et al., 2019). The focus of this study was to determine if there was statistical support for the claims that V-pits are indicative of specific depositional environments. To evaluate this claim, sediment samples from differing contemporary environments (littoral, fluvial and aeolian) were taken and subjected to analyses. The results indicated that neither littoral nor fluvial environments effectively produced V-pits. Aeolian deposits, however, showed more V-pits than any other sample
The Personality Profile of China’s Empress Wu Zetian
Get PDFThis paper presents the results of an indirect assessment of the personality of Empress Wu Zetian, de facto ruler of China from 665 to 705, from the conceptual perspective of personologist Theodore Millon.
Psychodiagnostically relevant data about Empress Wu were collected from biographical sources and media reports and synthesized into a personality profile using the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC), which yields 34 normal and maladaptive personality classifications congruent with DSM-III-R, DSM-IV, and DSM-5.
The personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed in accordance with interpretive guidelines provided in the MIDC and Millon Index of Personality Styles manuals. Wu’s primary personality patterns were found to be Dominant/controlling (a measure of aggressiveness) and Ambitious/self-serving (a measure of narcissism), complemented by a secondary Dauntless/adventurous pattern (a measure of unconventionality or risk taking) and subsidiary Distrusting/suspicious features.
In summary, Wu’s personality composite can be characterized as that of a dominant, confident nonconformist.
Dominant individuals enjoy the power to direct others and to evoke obedience and respect; they are tough and unsentimental and often make effective leaders. Ambitious individuals are bold, competitive, and self-assured; they easily assume leadership roles, expect others to recognize their special qualities, and sometimes act as though entitled. Dauntless individuals tend to flout tradition, dislike following routine, and sometimes act impulsively or irresponsibly
Oak Savanna Restoration and Climate Change Mitigation through Silvopasture in Minnesota
Get PDFReducing emissions of world food systems will be critical to combatting climate change. Silvopasture systems, which integrate managed forests with pastureland, have been shown to be a more sustainable alternative to traditional livestock production and have the ancillary benefit of diversifying the sources of income for farmers. Silvopasture may also have the capacity to serve as a mechanism for ecological restoration. This paper combines existing literature with an interview of a farmer who is engaging in silvopasture to evaluate the potential of silvopasture as means to restore Minnesota’s disappearing oak savanna ecosystem, while improving the sustainability of food production within the state. Based on current land usage within the historic oak savanna range, there is significant potential to restore a dwindling habitat while improving Minnesota’s food system through silvopasture
Closing Keynote at the Catholic Peacebuilding in Times of Crisis: Hope for a Wounded World Conference
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Gendering Coalitional Presidentialism in Brazil
Get PDFCoalitional presidentialism is a power-sharing strategy deployed in multiparty presidentialist democracies that entails the distribution of cabinet positions to coalition partners to facilitate governability. This model of governance is increasingly common worldwide, gaining growing scholarly interest. The consequences of coalitional presidentialism for women’s cabinet representation, however, have received scant attention. In this article, we provide a gendered analysis of the Brazilian experience with coalitional presidentialism. Through the quantitative analysis of an original dataset of all ministerial appointments (N = 597) under eight Brazilian presidents (1985–2019) and a descriptive assessment of the coalitional dynamics during that period, we evaluate the Brazilian experience with coalitional presidentialism through the lens of Feminist Institutionalism. We show that coalitional presidentialism restricts women\u27s access to cabinet seats, with the demands of multiparty coalition formation and management often overriding presidential considerations about descriptive representation, and coalition parties rarely advancing women to fill portfolios allocated to them by the president
Anger and Hope in Rural American Liturgy
Get PDFSociologists and political scientists have published a number of studies recently dealing with the tumultuous and often angry ethos of rural and small-town America. However, while a number of scholars have recognized that the anger and resentment present in much of the atmosphere of rural and small-town America is multifaceted and deeper than a simple desire for policy change, very little scholarly work has focused specifically on the role of ritual in exacerbating or alleviating social anger in these contexts. This article argues that the liturgical cultivation of hope is a powerful antidote to the vitriol of the political atmosphere in rural and small-town America (which can often be cultivated in its own right by rituals such as political rallies), and examines the ways in which such cultivation of hope takes place in rural Christian liturgy
Kendra Allen: Public Reading and Conversation
No full textKendra Allen was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and has been making a name for herself in the literary world despite her relatively recent entry. In 2018, she won the Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction with her debut essay collection, When You Learn the Alphabet (University of Iowa Press, 2019) which delves into issues of racism and identity. Allen\u27s most recent publication, Fruit Punch, a Memoir (Harper Collins, August 9, 2022) is an arresting and one-of-a-kind memoir about the alternately exultant and harrowing trip growing up as a Black child desperate to create a clear reality for herself in this country. She has also received praise for her debut poetry publication, The Collection Plate (Ecco, 2019). Allen is the voice of a generation—and a witness to how we come into being in the twenty-first century
Curiosities: Early Saint John\u27s and the Shores of Lake Sagatagan
Get PDFCSB and SJU Archivist Peggy Roske explores some of the many curiosities she has discovered about the Saint John\u27s campus in her work, including the settling of the monks by Lake Sagatagan, the early buildings in Collegeville, and the people, shrines, puzzlements and stories connected to the features drawn on an old map of the lake