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Pointer Land game app with Unity
Full text linkIn this project, I implemented my game concept, Pointer Land, using the Unity game engine. I have implemented the game in the past using other frameworks (such as Flutter), but I thought that doing this using Unity would help me gain two major types of experience: using cross-platform software frameworks in general and using Unity. I found this project to be helpful in doing that. I have found that, with every software framework that I learn, there are new concepts associated with the framework. For Unity, I quickly figured out that a lot of the scripting I was doing involved working with GameObjects and Components. In addition to this, I learned that I could not write my own custom widget classes, but I could work around this using Prefabs and Components. Overall, I feel this project taught me more about Unity, as well as another paradigm that can show up when I am developing software
Grandparent relationship quality, social support, and college student mental well-being
Full text linkWith living to older ages becoming more common in the United States, Americans may have an increased opportunity to form a relationship with their grandparents. Relationships with others, and the social support they provide are important for mental well-being, and are an important area to consider when understanding individuals’ mental health. Relationships with parents and peers have received a large amount of research attention, and have been found to influence the mental health of college students. Despite the increased opportunity to form meaningful relationships with grandparents, there has been much less research directed at this potential source of social support. Of the research conducted, the relationship individuals have with their grandparents tends to be reported positively, which suggests that additional research is warranted. Additionally, even less research has examined the use of remote methods of communication, which may be important ways to stay in contact when people don’t cohabitate, or have greater geographic distance between them, both of which are relatively common characteristics of college students and their grandparents. The present study seeks to remedy this gap on the importance of grandparents for college students’ mental well-being by asking about the relationships they have with grandparents and other support systems. The present study included 167 Eastern Michigan University students who answered questions about social support from friends, peers, and their closest grandparent, as well as questions about all of their living grandparents. The results of the study indicated that the relationships college students have with grandparents may be useful for mental well-being, with the findings adding to the body of literature about the value of social support and the unique ways that college students interact with their grandparents using remote methods
The role of leptin in the regulation of the soluble amyloid precursor protein alpha (sAPPa) levels in non-small cell lunch cancer (NSCLC) cell media
Full text linkWe previously found that the levels of soluble amyloid precursor protein α (sAPPα) are partly regulated by acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in human non-small cell lung cancer cell lines A549 (p53 wild-type) and H1299 (p53-null). In this study, we hypothesize that sAPPα is partly regulated by leptin, a hormone classically recognized for its anorexigenic role in appetite regulation— yet recently shown to play a role in cancer cell signaling. It was observed that cells treated with leptin exhibited greater concentrations of sAPPα and lower concentrations of Aβ40/42 in the media compared to those of cells left untreated. An opposite effect was observed with cells in which leptin, or its receptor, was knocked down. It was also observed that cells treated with leptin increased ACh levels and decreased the activity of AChE and p53 in the cells. In addition, it was observed that leptin led to increased activities of PKC, ERK1/2, and PI3K in the cells. Lastly, leptin also appeared to lead to increased cell viability of the cells. The discoveries of this study emphasize the power of leptin in cancer cell metabolism, underscoring the importance of investigating it as a potential target of therapeutic agents in the future
Self-as-context moderation of relationship fusion: A comparison of intimate and familial relationship impact on weight concern
No full textThis study explored how fusion in important relationships relates to weight concern and whether these effects are moderated by self-as-context perspectives and racial and ethnic background. Grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and relational frame theory (RFT), eight models were constructed to evaluate influence of important others when absent or present and when moderated by self-as-context, racial and ethnic background and in multiple moderation models analyses using data from 1,323 participants. Results indicated that fusion with family was significantly associated with greater weight concern, when family was absent (ß = 0.10, p = .03) and present (ß = 0.12, p = .01). Neither diverse racial and ethnic background nor self-as- context perspectives alone predicted greater weight concern but multiple moderation analyses found a potential buffering role of self-as-context in racial and ethnic diversity in unpartnered participants. The multiple moderating effects of self-as-context perspectives and diverse racial ethnic background on the relationship between family fusion when physically absent and weight concern explained 5.2% of the variance in weight concern in unpartnered people, F(7, 637) = 4.95, p \u3c 0.001. Additionally, self-as-context perspectives and diverse racial and ethnic background approached a significant moderation effect (p = 0.05) on the interaction between family fusion and weight concern and explained 4.2% of the variance in weight concern in unpartnered people, F(7, 637) = 3.98, p \u3c 0.001. Findings suggest that important others’ verbal behavior may influence body-based self-appraisals even in the absence of others. The observed protective effects of self-as-context perspectives, particularly among diverse participants, and the clinical and theoretical implications are discussed
Letter from Kertesz to Rukeyser, April 4 1976
No full textAn original, typewritten letter, dated April 4th, 1976. The letter is from Louise Kertesz to Muriel Rukeyser. Louise begins the letter by saying that she was happy to hear Rukeyser read her poems in Worcester, and to see an audience respond to the poems the way she herself did. She was moved by her poems, and was sad that she had to leave at 5 o’ clock. Louise had spent the day there, expecting Rukeyser would be there in the morning, but had to leave early since her family expected her home at 7 pm for bedtime. Louise asks Rukeyser to tell her when she will read the poems again, so she can plan ahead. Louise then says that her family is planning to spend her vacation, which will last 4 to 5 days, with the kids and her mother in New York City in June. Louise tells Rukeyser about her mother, an immigrant from Italy, who in 1920 was married on the Taormina docked in N.Y., and she has always loved visiting the standards: the Statue of LIberty, etc. Should Rukeyser read her poems in New York, Louise wants to be there. Louise will phone Rukeyser before they come to see whether or not Rukeyser can spare them some time. It would give Louise and Chris, her husband, great pleasure if they could take her to dinner. Louise is enclosing questions with this letter. Louise states that Muriel was very kind to suggest taped replies. If Rukeyser would prefer, they can wait until a meeting in mid-June. Louise then thanks Rukeyser for her warm encouragement, and tells her she is deeply committed to her work. Louise will be teaching Moby Dick for the next few weeks, but she is teaching Rukeyser’s works Breaking Open and The Speed of Darkness in another class. Louise ends the letter hoping that Rukeyser is doing well. Incomplete copy of letter on the back of the sheet
Letter from Kertesz to Rukeyser, June 24 1977
No full textOriginal typewritten letter, dated June 24th, 1977. The letter is from Louise Kertesz to Muriel Rukeyser. Louise thanks Rukeyser for their long (phone) conversation the day before. She is very eager to see her in person. Louise is happy that Muriel sounded so well and strong, and expresses concern about not overstaying her welcome when they meet. Louise plans to take the bus on July 11th, arriving at Fort Authority a little before noon. Louise will come right over. She can stay until 5, which is when she will have to go to Penn Station to commute to New Jersey, where she will be staying with friends until the following morning, arriving at Rukeyser’s at about 9 and staying again until 5. During the second day, Louise would like to examine the materials that they have discussed which she will detail later in the letter. If desirable, Louise will see her again on the third day, as Rukeyser suggested. Louise’s family is prepared to bear her absence for a fourth day if she and Muriel could use the time. Yesterday, Louise sent Susan Hernandez at Indiana University Press her pages on Rukeyser’s three latest books of poetry and on Hariot. Louise also sent the press a letter which asked if they would give her a definite answer soon so she can look for another publisher if she has to. Louise would appreciate it if Rukeyser could call her friend at Indiana University Press. The reason that Indiana University Press was on the top of the list of publishers is that John Gallman, the director, wrote Louise many months ago after reading the first chapter of her book, saying, “Place Indiana at the top of your list of interested publishers.” He also invited Louise to send the manuscript in January. In case she needs it, Louise asks if Rukeyser can give her a letter that she can use with other publishers, and if Rukeyser can have the letter ready by the time Louise meets with her in July. In the next few days, Louise will prepare and send Rukeyser a chronology of her life that she assembled from information that Rukeyser had given her and from printed information from various sources. When Louise and Rukeyser meet, Louise would like to verify that chronology and expand it if necessary. Louise will also send her additional questions that she hopes Rukeyser can answer when they next meet. If Rukeyser has no objections, Louise would like to bring a tape recorder with her which she will use with Rukeyser’s permission when it seems appropriate. As for the material that Rukeyser offered to let Louise see, Louise says it would be best to look at it in her apartment, but Rukeyser can also arrange for the library to have it available on Tuesday the 12th. The letter cuts off here, and no information about what Louise wanted to see is given. It is highly probable that the letter went on for another page
Draft of answers by Rukeyser, August 25 1976
No full textA typewritten, original copy of a paper called Draft of answers to questions of August 25th, 1976. This was stapled onto the question pages. Written on with a green marker or pen. These are Muriel Rukeyser’s answers to the questions. She ends the response with the valediction: More when we talk & I recover from these questions
Letter from Dwight Macdonald to Kertesz, March 1 1979
No full textAn original, typewritten letter, dated March 1st, 1979. The letter is from Dwight Macdonald to Louise Kertesz. Kertesz had sent Macdonald a letter on November 24th of the previous year, and he apologizes for replying to the letter so late. Macdonald will give her permission to use his quote in her book if she includes a disclaimer that says, “Asked permission to publish the above private quote, Mr. Macdonald agreed on condition his full position on the \u27Poster Girl\u27 episode be stated, thus, \u27I just confess this, while I deplore the brutal tone, especially against such a gentle and decent person as Muriel and, myself, would have used more of the rapier and less of the battle-axe, I have to agree, on re-reading it, with the general content of R.S.P.\u27s attack on the political morality and literary taste of ‘Poster Girl’- who is of course Muriel as she behaved in Worl (sic) War II and not as she does now, politically and esthetically.” Macdonald says that he hopes it is not too late and that you won\u27t object to printing it. He adds that, should she refuse, she is “a damned fool ... for refusing a choice bit of Macdonald prose-as well as a bigot.” However, he really doesn’t fear this. Instead, he fears it is too late to submit it. There is a handwritten postscript on the letter that asks, “What is MI?”. The letter is also filled with typewriter errors, crossed out sections, and added. handwritten words by Macdonald himself
Letter from Carolyn Stroebe to Kertesz, January 9 1980
No full textAn original, typewritten letter from the University of California in Santa Cruz, dated January 9th, 1980. The letter is from Carolyn Stroebe to Louise Kertesz. Stroebe introduces herself by saying that she is a graduate student working on her doctoral dissertation, an extension of her Master’s Thesis, titled “The Giving and Taking of a Poem: A Psychological Impression of the Life and Work of Muriel Rukeyser.” The dissertation is based on psychological data provided by Rukeyser during a University of California study of creative individuals in 1958; on an interview that Rukeyser gave Stroebe in 1979; and on impressions from people who knew her. Stroebe had just finished reading Kertesz’s book on the life and work of Muriel Rukeyser for the first time, and the book had proven to be one of her most important resources. Stroebe would love to talk with the Kertesz. She will interview people in New York in May, but she doesn’t think she can afford to travel to Michigan this year. If Louise decides to grant Stroebe an interview, they could perhaps meet at a later date. Stroebe wonders if Kertesz can help her by filling out a few psychological measures which ask for her perceptions of Rukeyser. The forms will be brief and would not take a great deal of her time, Stroebe would be grateful. In closing, Stroebe says she is looking forward to hearing from Kertesz
Letter from Rukeyser to Kertesz, August 9 1976
No full textAn original handwritten two-page letter to Louise Kertesz from Muriel Rukeyser, dated August 9, 1976. Muriel states that whatever happened to Louise’s daughter is wonderful news, and sends good wishes to Louise and her family. Monica McCall had found reviews of Body of Waking in her office at ICM, along with the plays. The second part of the letter states that Muriel will be in London from the 19th to September 3rd for the P.E.N. Congress, where she will speak on the Truth of Imagination in poetry. The letter is attached with a paper clip to a seventeen-page bundle of Louise\u27s handwritten notes of findings, quotes, observations on Rukeyser. [See documents 018_LK_01_11_006 to 018_LK_01_11_023.