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Finding the Worst Case Time Scenario for messages being sent and received to two Arduinos
Full text linkTo characterize the theoretical behavior, we analyzed the worst-case-timing communication between 4 nodes using Arduino Minima. The project focused on understanding the message transmission and reception via CAN Bus, with 4 Arduino R4 Minima and a Level Voltage Converter to shift from 3.3V to 5V. After trials and errors, we successfully measured the worst-case timing for sending and receiving messages across the 4 Arduino R4 Minima nodes. These findings provided valuable insights into the effectiveness of CAN communication
Desire Paths: The Visible and Invisible
No full textThis paper explores the concept of desire paths, unplanned routes created by people to move quickly through an environment, and their relationship to inclusivity and social justice. Building on Sian Supski’s public talk at Eastern Michigan University’s College of Education, sponsored by The Workshop for Community+Collaboration and the Morris Chair for Educational Transformation, which highlighted the use of desire paths in everyday life, this paper promotes the exploration of the unconventional and often invisible desire paths created and traveled by marginalized people.
Keywords: desire path, inclusivity, disorientation guid
Muriel Rukeyser in Analysis: Body of Waking
Full text linkIn 1953, after the death of her mother Myra, Rukeyser began an analysis with Jungian analyst Frances G. Wickes and engaged in intentional, rigorous “work on the self” that culminated in the publication of Body of Waking, her first book of poems after a 10-year silence. Rukeyser captured parts of her work on the self in a detailed account of her analysis, included in The Inner World of Choice, Wickes’s third book (1963), which Rukeyser researched and anonymously co-wrote. Entitled “The X in the Calculation,” the chapter follows the case of an unnamed woman who suffered from debilitating fears that threatened her adult life with exhausting alternations of rebellion and inertia. Rukeyser, assuming her analyst’s perspective, excoriates her “victim complex,” her rages, her fears. By contrast, in Body of Waking, her poetic tribute to Wickes, Rukeyser plumbs the resources of poetry and Jungian analysis, embracing the erotic as an untapped power of women linked to their “human cunt” and the processes of sex, birth, and nursing. Anticipating Audre Lorde’s proclamation on “The Uses of the Erotic,” Rukeyser champions it as a source of profound pleasure, nourishment, strength, political resistance, and cultural survival, which over centuries of misogyny had been “translated,” contained, and robbed from women. Lingering in the “littoral” space of becoming, of dreaming and waking, Rukeyser reclaims the power of the erotic, and credits her therapist, Wickes, with helping her espouse an affirmative, womanly sense of self and freeing her from fears and inhibitions that, as she mourns in a group of poems in Body of Waking, had stunted her mother’s life and led to the suicide of three male friends, hounded by heteronormative social and sexual pressures.Keywords: Muriel Rukeyser, Body of Waking, Frances Wickes, Jungian Analysis, Eros, Homoeroticis
A generative account of English exclamatives
Full text linkExclamatives are an intriguing case study of the syntax-semantics interface. Despite several attempts to define them and explain their properties, there has not yet been convergence on a general theory of the exclamative sentence type. This thesis aims to unify existing approaches to exclamatives and explain a wider range of data by modifying and extending Zanuttini and Portner (2003). The critical modification allows exclamatives to be formed via operators other than wh-, which, when combined with factivity, ultimately yields exclamativity. The implications of this proposed analysis are investigated for both familiar and previously unexplored data. The modified analysis has several advantages over previous accounts: its central postulates are independently motivated, it has substantially wider empirical coverage, and it provides a unified explanation of otherwise disparate exclamative types. Fundamentally, there is no “exclamative” force feature internal to the narrow syntax. Rather, exclamatives emerge naturally from independently attested components
Comparison of Apixaban and left atrial appendage exclusion device (Watchman) in preventing stroke and systemic embolism in atrial fibrillation patients
Full text linkAtrial fibrillation is a cardiac arrhythmia associated with increased risk of stroke and systemic embolism. Apixaban, an oral anticoagulant, and the Watchman, a left atrial appendage closure device, are the currently used therapeutic treatments for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in atrial fibrillation patients. However, a direct comparison of these two treatments with respect to safety and effectiveness remains limited. This research evaluates Apixaban and the Watchman device by analysing the clinical trial data and full regulatory approval pathways. Apixaban has been approved through New Drug Application process, and the Watchman device is approved via the premarket approval process. The study highlights the quality and rigorous nature of the New Drug Application and the premarket approval process, indicating the safety and efficacy of Apixaban and the Watchman device. This research emphasizes the need for individualised treatment decisions for atrial fibrillation patients
Teacher professional development related to emergent bilinguals: Teacher perceptions and experiences
Full text linkAs of 2021, the National Center for Education Statistics reports that there are 5.3 million students whose first language is one other than English, or are emergent bilinguals (EBs), in the United States. If teachers are not prepared adequately, they are not able to meet the needs of students appropriately. The following study sought to determine whether or not public school elementary teachers in Southeastern Michigan felt prepared to teach EBs, as well as their perceptions of the training they received. This information is important, as it is necessary to identify gaps in professional learning by determining whether teachers feel their training is adequate, the reasoning behind their perceptions, how they feel it can/should be improved, and their awareness of guidelines related to the education of EBs. Conducting a qualitative research study, the researcher completed semi-structured with four current elementary public school teachers to gauge their preparedness and perceptions of any training they received. Overall, the teachers interviewed reported receiving little to no training related to EBs. For the most part, the teachers interviewed expressed interest in attending more trainings and were open to discussions related to creating a classroom environment welcoming to all languages and cultures. These findings indicate several areas of need. The first one is the need for more comprehensive training in schools. There is a willingness of teachers to learn; they just need to be given the opportunity. The second one is the need for outside entities to be able to get in contact with public school staff to learn about their experience
Enough is enough: Treatment dropout predictors of adolescents with harmful sexual behaviors in a New Zealand community sample
No full textPurpose Adolescents with harmful sexual behaviors (AHSB) who drop out of treatment are more likely to continue offending than are those who complete treatment; therefore, it is important to identify factors that heighten the risk of dropout, so they can be detected early. The purpose of this paper is to present the predictors of treatment dropout derived from a community sample of AHSB in New Zealand.Design/methodology/approach Pretreatment data on 100 males (aged 12-16) in community-based treatment for harmful sexual behavior were analyzed. Data on 50 adolescents who dropped out were matched by age and ethnicity to 50 adolescents who completed treatment. Pretreatment variables were identified using the Estimate of Risk of Adolescent Sexual Offence Recidivism. The degree to which these variables influenced treatment dropout was tested using logistic regression.Findings Compared to those who completed treatment, adolescents who dropped out were more likely to have a prior history of personal victimization, to deny or minimize their behavior, to have been mandated to attend treatment and to have engaged in noncontact offences.Practical implications Screening for a prior history of personal victimization, denial or minimization, mandated treatment and noncontact offences may facilitate the prediction of dropout risk more confidently. Addressing these pretreatment risk variables has the potential to improve treatment completion rates.Originality/value To the best of the authors\u27 knowledge, this paper is the first to highlight treatment dropout predictors in a New Zealand community sample
In the wake of change
Full text linkMy senior project, In the Wake of Change, is a creative work which I choreographed and presented at the American College Dance Association, the EMU Undergraduate Research Symposium, and the EMU Dance Program student concert, “Crossroads.” The goal for this work was to present my explorations with choreographic methods such as repetition, movement based off the letters of words, and matching musical phrases with movement phrases, on as many stages as possible. I will dive into detail regarding my process, choices, and the piece’s narrative. I will describe the choreography process of the piece and the symbolism behind certain sections, as necessary. When at the American College Dance Association, or ACDA, in Grand Rapids this year I received feedback on my work. In the Wake of Change was presented in a formal concert at the ACDA conference where it received positive and constructive feedback from the conference’s international level adjudicators. I have included their individual feedback regarding my piece. This thesis concludes by describing my reflections about my experience creating the work
CodeContext: Integrating external context for enhanced source-code model performance in software development
Full text linkIn the ever evolving field of software development, understanding and maintaining complex codebases is crucial. There exist machine learning models and algorithms that aid in this by specifically learning to ‘understand code’, allowing engineers to build applications that help develop and maintain these large codebases. Although existing source-code machine learning models often overlook an important factor: the code\u27s context. Our research focuses on leveraging external contextual information to enhance source-code model performance. We’ve developed a data pipeline that utilizes CodeQL to extract contextual information from the CodeSearchNet benchmark dataset to extend and create an augmented version of the dataset. We also experiment with a model architecture, CodeContext, that integrates context with code snippets in an effective manner. This approach promises to enhance code comprehension and maintenance, marking a significant advancement in software development tools
Negotiating faith: Relations between English-dominant churches and Maya immigrants in Northeast Ohio
Full text linkIn recent decades, members of Guatemalan Maya communities have immigrated to the United States, bringing their religious identities with them. Most Maya immigrants are Catholics or Protestant Christians with varying relationships to United States-based churches in the towns where they settle. This paper departs from ethnographic work in two northeast Ohio towns with a particularly large Maya immigrant population. I consider how members of predominantly white, English-speaking churches engage with growing Maya congregations in northeast Ohio with a focus on the negotiation of Maya worshipers\u27 desires for autonomy or partnership, and the power relationships inherent in that process. I argue that while English-dominant churches and their members work to narrow the gap between themselves and Maya Guatemalan immigrants in northeast Ohio by providing various charitable programs and services, practitioners face the challenge of Christian ideals of charity actually widening the gap through the inherent power dynamic associated with the groups and services provided