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Interview with Sula Evans, Singer, Songwriter, Artist, Doula, and Priestess of Mami Wata.
No full textVideo interview of Sula Evans by Kim Vaz-Deville. Sula Evans is a singer, songwriter, artist, doula, and priestess of Mami Wata. She is a Medicine Queen in Fi-Yi-Yi tribe and a member of the Nation. Her Shrine of the Holy Spirit is located in the Musicians Village in New Orleans.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/masked/1007/thumbnail.jp
Interview with Mystic Medicine Man, Who Runs Medicine for the Golden Feather Hunters Tribe.
No full textVideo interview of Mystic Medicine Man by Kim Vaz-Deville. The Mystic Medicine Man talks about the Black masking tradition, which is retained from the slavery days. He explains that the Medicine Man is a lost position in the present time with the Mardi Gras indians. He also talks about the influence of African cutlure and Haitian culture and also about designing mardi gras indian suit incorporating themes such as love and war.https://digitalcommons.xula.edu/masked/1015/thumbnail.jp
The Impact of Racial Salience on the Perception of Natural Hair
Full text linkThe purpose of this experimental study investigates whether racial salience in Black populations determines one’s liking of Black women’s natural hair through a sample of 33 male and female college students. Racial salience is a predictor of racial identification. Furthermore, racial identity in ethnic minorities is positively correlated with self-esteem. Because racial identity is associated with self-esteem, individuals who do not have adequate self-esteem are less likely to reject imposed Eurocentric beauty standards and will therefore struggle to embrace Afrocentric phenotypes such as natural hair. For these reasons, I hypothesize participants exposed to a Black racial identity stimulus will report greater affinity for natural hair than those exposed to a race-neutral stimulus. The materials included surveys which measured Black racial identity and self-esteem. Half of the sample engaged in the experimental group (N=17), of a Black racial identity stimulus activity which alluded to themes of racial salience such as racial socialization while others in the control group responded to salience of age (N=16). After both groups encountered the stimuli, they evaluated photos of Black women with different hairstyles (some who wore natural hair). Results indicate causality does not occur in racial salience and affinity for natural hair. However, the sample’s data yielded in one new correlation, but demonstrated a lack of significance in correlations previous ethnic identity researchers confirmed such as racial centrality being positively associated with self-esteem. Implications suggest higher private regard positively associates with greater liking for natural hair
Interpreting Usage Reports (Provider Assessments)
No full textThis video explores how to interpret usage data from the database provider. Contains helpful tips for compiling resource assessments in Excel
Sulfated Non-Saccharide Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics as Novel Drug Discovery Platform for Various Pathologies.
No full textGlycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are very complex, natural anionic polysaccharides. They are polymers of repeating disaccharide units of uronic acid and hexosamine residues. Owing to their template-free, spatiotemporally-controlled, and enzyme-mediated biosyntheses, GAGs possess enormous polydispersity, heterogeneity, and structural diversity which often translate into multiple biological roles. It is well documented that GAGs contribute to physiological and pathological processes by binding to proteins including serine proteases, serpins, chemokines, growth factors, and microbial proteins. Despite advances in the GAG field, the GAG-protein interface remains largely unexploited by drug discovery programs. Thus, Non-Saccharide Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics (NSGMs) have been rationally developed as a novel class of sulfated molecules that modulate GAG-protein interface to promote various biological outcomes of substantial benefit to human health. In this review, we describe the chemical, biochemical, and pharmacological aspects of re-cently reported NSGMs and highlight their therapeutic potentials as structurally and mechanistically novel anti-coagulants, anti-cancer agents, anti-emphysema agents, and anti-viral agents. We also describe the challenges that complicate their advancement and describe ongoing efforts to overcome these challenges with the aim of advancing the novel platform of NSGMs to clinical use
New Orleans Youth Narrative and Vision
Full text linkNew Orleans is a city where the full self-expression, leadership, creativity, and culture of all children and youth comes together to create a true community where everyone succeeds
