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Destruction and the Thirty Years’ War: Impact and Influence on Europe in Historiography
No full textThe historiography of the Thirty Years’ War over the years has been a variety of perspectives. Early twentieth century historians like S.H. Steinberg claimed the long-accepted account of the war’s destruction was extraordinarily overblown. Steinberg claimed that Central Europe was not ravaged by the conflict and asserted that other factors, such as disease and famine, were the real killers in the Thirty Years’ War. Peter Wilson later asserted that, while the fighting was not the apocalyptic disaster which contemporaries had portrayed it as, the war still had enormous consequences for the populations and economies of Central Europe. The trend within the past decade has been to focus on a certain aspect of the war instead of the war as a whole. Scholars such as Hans Medick and David Lederer have examined the suffering caused by the Thirty Years’ War with a much narrower focus. Medick investigates how contemporaries remembered the war and Lederer uses rape as an example of human suffering during the conflict. This research examined the changes in the historiography of one of the most important conflicts in European history and the major arguments put forth by several key historians. Ultimately, it was Wilson’s discussion of the conflict and the breadth of his research into the demographic and economic effects of the war that proved to be the most convincing
The Effects of Post-Activation Potentiation on Vertical Jump and EMG in Collegiate Football Players
No full textPost-activation potentiation is the notion that power in an athlete will be increased for a period of time after a near-maximal lift. Such increases in power can provide an athlete with improved performance. This study was designed to determine if performing a near-maximal squat improved an athlete’s vertical jump and increased electrical activity in the rectus femoris. 17 collegiate football players performed baseline testing which included: vertical jump (VJ) with assessment of muscular electrical activity using electromyography (EMG) followed by determination of back squat one repetition maximum (1RM) weight. Participants were then randomly assigned to perform either their 3RM or 5RM back squat prior to VJ testing the next week. These maxes were calculated based on their 1RM. Following completion of their 3RM or 5RM, participants would passively rest for four minutes before performing their first VJ. Each participant was allowed three trials to accomplish their highest jump. The participant would then passively rest for another four minutes and jump again at eight minutes post-squat. During the final testing session participants completed the other remaining squatting protocol (3RM or 5RM) that they had not yet completed prior to VJ testing. It was hypothesized that both 3RM and 5RM would improve the participants’ VJ and increase electrical activity in the rectus femoris compared to baseline. Further, it was hypothesized that the 3RM would improve performance the most. Results of the study are forthcoming
Long Thoracic Nerve Palsy in a 21-year-old, Collegiate Softball Player: A Case Study
No full textLong Thoracic Nerve Palsy is a unique condition amongst athletes that negatively affects normal shoulder motion and function. The long thoracic nerve innervates the serratus anterior muscle, which functions to keep the scapula positioned against the thorax during scapular movement. If the function of the long thoracic nerve is compromised, such as in long thoracic nerve palsy, scapular winging and decreased range of motion will be present. In general, nerve palsy tends to recover on its own three to six months after the injury with a treatment and rehabilitation program. This case is unique because the typical signs were masked by symptoms of other possible injuries which confounded the assessment process. During the assessment period, the athlete performed a rehabilitation program that mimicked that of a long thoracic nerve palsy program, but she did not increase in function due to the injured nerve. Also, the nerve did not recover until eight months after the injury. Once the nerve recovers and neural impulses to the serratus anterior resume, a continued strengthening program should be maintained to facilitate full function of the serratus anterior allowing normal resumptions of activities during daily living and athletics. Patience is imperative when nerves are injured. It takes time for the injury to present itself, for it to heal, and for the athlete to regain strength
Teaching At-Risk Algebra Students More Conceptually
No full textThis project addressed the possibility that all students can learn mathematics conceptually through the observations and reflections of a pre-service teacher through a conceptually taught and scaffolded Extended Algebra 2A (at risk) lesson in a public school in Michigan
Finding the Link Between Discipleship and Discipline: Does a student’s identity as a Christian impact their academic standing, social activities, and other various aspects of their college career?
Get PDFThe debate of the influence of religion over academics and vice versa has remained steadily controversial over decades of research. Does a student’s identity as a Christian impact their academic standing, social activities, and other various aspects of their college career? We studied the link between religious identity and academic standing using a small Google survey over a limited sample of Hope College students. We compared multiple religious and academically based variables and obtained several different distributions, p-values, and other statistics. Our results indicated that for the population of full-time Hope College students, religious or academic activities did not significantly influence each other
Wadji Mouwawad’s “Incendies”: The Consequences of Family History and Self-Identity
No full textIn our increasingly globalized society, the question of identity becomes more and more complex for those with multicultural origins and experiences. Playwright, actor, and author Wajdi Mouawad has grappled with questions of identity throughout his life as he has been displaced from Lebanon, to France, and finally to Canada. In his play “Incendies”, which follows the journey of fraternal twins as they discover the unknown and war-ravaged past of their deceased mother, Mouawad explores the issues of identity specifically in the context of family history. Finally, he shows the power, the ramifications, and the paradox of self-awareness and ignorance: how they can lead both to complete reconstruction of self-perception and to new, liberating independence
Music for Silent Film: Critical Analysis of film scores in Metropolis and The Artist
Get PDFSilent films comprised an important stage in the history of filmmaking, as both an exciting form of entertainment and a new way to communicate ideas. A crucial influence in the success of these films was the partnership between music and moving pictures, contributing to the overall success of the films and supplementing the audience experience. By conveying moods, contexts, and themes, music for silent films has consistently added a layer of believability to the action on screen and assisted the audience in understanding the location, context, and tone of film, thus allowing them to be more easily immersed in the story. Gottfried Huppertz’s score to the 1927 film Metropolis used the technique of leitmotifs to illustrate distinct characters and assist in the narrative of the story. In Ludovic Bource’s score to the 2011 film The Artist, the themes of the characters develop along with the characters themselves. Music is an essential, foundational aspect of silent film, pushing the films to success and enhancing the overall experience
The Sense of Wonder and the Humility It Takes
No full textRachel Carson’s posthumously published work, The Sense of Wonder, provides us with insight into the philosophy behind her passionate defense of the earth and stands as a naturalist’s testament to wonder’s moral significance. This paper further explores the role of wonder in earthkeeping, and argues that, when purposefully cultivated, it can be a key ecological virtue. Wonder as an ecological virtue is necessarily facilitated by the possession of ecological humility, understood as a proper knowledge of one’s place on earth. Wonder and humility are frequently articulated in the field of environmental literature, which provides narratives that inform readers of these virtues’ many implications, from reverence for non-human life to living simply. In this way, stories can be a powerful influence in the cultivation of ecological virtue. This paper therefore also discusses the value of narrative in cultivating virtue, and utilizes the writings of Annie Dillard, Barbara Kingsolver, Wendell Berry, and many more to illustrate that wonder and humility should be understood as key ecological virtues
