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Location and the Evolution of Ideology and Aesthetics in Post-Second Wave American Black Metal
No full textBlack Metal is a style of extreme metal that began to develop during the 1980\u27s from a handful of unconnected bands which combined dark, often occult themed lyrics with highly distorted, dissonant guitar playing, aggressive vocals and fast tempos. The style was crystalized into a distinct form of metal music in the early 1990\u27s in Norway, with a subculture that embraced the violent ideologies their music represented. In a few cases, these violent ideologies brought the subculture to action, resulting in over fifty church arsons, two murders and multiple other violent crimes. This brief outburst of violence garnered international media attention and destroyed the coherence of the scene through lost members and internal conflict. In recent years, several American bands have come to the foreground of the extreme music scene whose music is black metal in style but is used to communicate things other than violence and hatred. The purpose of this research is twofold. First, the research will explore the relationship between physical location and the evolution of ideological and aesthetic differences within American black metal through a combination of lyrical and musical analysis, interviews and subculture studies. Second, the research will examine the process by which the original style of black metal has been adapted and rebranded both musically and ideologically as “American” by three different bands: Wolves in the Throne Room, Deafheaven, and Liturgy. In addition, related factors are discussed such as the role of the internet and modern music distribution in underground music, and the increased cross pollination and genre bending that is more prevalent in underground music than ever before
Comparison of Complications Post Femoral Sheath Removal between Intra-Arterial Devices and Traditional Compression Methods for Patients Following Peripheral Vascular Intervention
No full textComplications following femoral sheath removal, including hematoma, bleeding at the site, and retroperitoneal aneurysm, have been linked to increased consumption of healthcare resources, delays in hospital discharge, and patient dissatisfaction. Currently there is no compelling evidence or widely accepted practice guidelines that favor one method of sheath removal over another. The purpose of this study is to compare the frequency of complications between intra-arterial closure devices and hemostatic pads with traditional manual compression after femoral sheath removal. This project was based on the American Association of Critical Care Nurses Synergy Model, which emphasizes optimizing patient outcomes through the synergy of patient needs and nurse competencies. A retrospective chart review was done on 50 patients undergoing peripheral vascular intervention with femoral arteriotomy in a small community hospital in Southwest Michigan. Data collected included patient demographics, procedure details, complications, and length of stay. The data was analyzed with SPSS using a chi-squared analysis of frequencies. Based on the Pearson’s Chi-squared Test, with 95% confidence, there was no significant association between closure method and frequency of complications. The implications of this study may be limited by a relatively small sample size, the limited diversity of the sample, and the inclusion of only one hospital. Further research on this subject could aid in the development of a universal nursing practice guideline that would decrease the frequency of complications for patients post femoral sheath removal
Evaluation of Gender and Health Literacy
No full textMore than one third of adults have limited health literacy in the United States. Poor health literacy is associated with higher rates of hospitalization and mortality, and therefore plays a significant role in the outcomes of patients. The purpose of this research project was to evaluate the correlation between gender and health literacy scores. The theoretical framework used was the Health Literacy Framework. The methodology of the project was an interview style survey. This prospective, descriptive study compared gender, the Newest Vitals Sign, and the Short Test of Functional Literacy in Adults (STOFHLA). The randomized sample size was 148 patients who are 18 years of age or older, alert and oriented, English speaking, and capable of giving informed consent from several inpatient medical/surgical units of a hospital in the Midwest. Frequency, correlation, and independent sample t-tests were used to analyze the data with the statistical software SPSS version 19. The conclusions of this study are that the results were only statistically significant, and not clinically significant, as the mean score for each gender fell within the same health literacy range. This indicates that gender is not a useful clinical predictor of health literacy proficiency. Limitations of this study were a lack of diversity, which decreases the generalizability of the study, and a small sample size. Implications of this research may allow nurses insight into how gender relates to health literacy, guide future research, and to continue to develop appropriate nursing interventions
Population Studies of Radio and Gamma-ray Normal Pulsars
No full textWe present the preliminary results of the latest population synthesis of radio and gamma-ray normal pulsars from the Galactic disk. The Fermi Second Pulsar Catalogue has provided over eighty gamma-ray normal pulsars that can be used to improve and constrain current emission models. We use a Markov Chain Monte Carlo method to create cumulative distributions of radio and gamma-ray pulsar characteristics to compare to measured distributions. Empirical radio and gamma-ray luminosity models are included that are period and period derivative dependent with freely varying exponents. During the simulation, the period and period derivative exponents as well as the magnitudes of model luminosities are varied to reproduce the number and birth rates of normal pulsars in the Galaxy. The simulation is normalized to the number of radio pulsars detected in ten radio surveys. Recent studies suggesting the necessity of magnetic field decay have motivated the implementation of a magnetic field decay model, similar in character to the model used in our previous studies. This addition has improved the funnel shape of radio pulsars in the period derivative – period diagram, however none of our changes were able replicate the group of young high period, high period derivative normal pulsars seen by Fermi. The latest model was also able to improve the overall age of Fermi gamma-ray pulsars, but the simulated distribution has a wider range over the period than the observed distribution. The enigma remains of not being able to account for both Fermi and radio pulsars from the same group of present-day neutron stars with the same birth characteristics. We intend to focus our future effort on addressing this issue
Electrodeposition and Dealloying of Nickel-Cobalt Thin Films
No full textA nanoporous thin film’s high surface area allows it to act as a particularly efficient capacitor and gives it enhanced catalytic properties. This project focuses on the electrodeposition and dealloying of nickel-cobalt thin films with the purpose of creating such a nanoporous structure on the surface of the film. Using an electrochemical cell and a three-electrode system nickel-cobalt films of various ratios were deposited onto gold substrates. A scanning electron microscope (SEM) with an energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) attachment was used to observe and characterize each sample’s appearances, structures, and compositions. The depositions were remarkably uniform and smooth. The only defining characteristic was a large number of tiny holes measuring fractions of a micron scattered across the surface in varying concentrations. Analysis of the data gathered from the EDS showed that the percentage of cobalt in the film averaged nearly double that in the solution, suggesting that, when the two are deposited together, cobalt deposits at a much higher rate than nickel. Select samples were then dealloyed in the same electrochemical cell. This was achieved by reversing the potential across the electrodes, and, since cobalt re-oxidizes at a lower potential, it should strip off first, leaving behind an especially nanoporous surface. Preliminary results from the EDS suggest that dealloying cobalt from a nickel-cobalt sample is more likely with a higher cobalt to nickel ratio on the film
An Analysis of the Association of Ethnicity and Religion Among the Holland Middle School Student Population in 2005
No full textThis paper gives a further look into what aspects of religion are associated with ethnicity by testing whether or not there is an association between ethnicity and how often a person goes to church, and ethnicity and the importance of religion to a person. Previous research conducted on the topics of ethnicity and religion has found what seems to be an association between the two variables. This experiment took that possibility and applied it to the Holland area or, more specifically, to the population of middle school students based off of data collected from a survey in 2005. Two different ANOVA tests were done to analyze these associations. Significant evidence was found to be in favor of an association between ethnicity and how often a person goes to church. There was, however, no significant evidence indicating an association between ethnicity and how important religion is to a person. These results call for a follow up analysis on what it means to be religious for different ethnic groups and how different ethnicities show this importance or if they even feel the need to
“God Making His Appeal through Us”: The Theology of Reconciliation in the Church’s Practice
No full textAs both a political concept and a tenet of Christian theology, reconciliation bears upon the here and now. Politically, the Truth and Reconciliation Committees of South Africa engaged in public acts of reconciliation in their effort to redress the wrongs of apartheid. In the effort to address the concerns of the political sphere, talk of reconciliation has grown amongst theologians as well. With concern arising from unrest in his native Croatia, Episcopalian theologian Miroslav Volf has articulated a theology of reconciliation in his book Exclusion and Embrace. He claims that God’s reconciling act on the cross should serve as a model for humans to imitate in their interaction with one another. Does this accurately depict human relationships and how they can be made peaceful? Can humans imitate divine action in this way? In my paper, I give an equitable summary of Volf’s theology of reconciliation before politely disagreeing. In my analysis, Volf’s Christology and soteriology are insufficient for the unity spoken of in Ephesians 2 and 2 Corinthians 5:11ff. These passages depict reconciliation as springing from God’s creation of reconciled human relationship in Christ’s life, death, and resurrection and the human reception thereof. The basic tenets of this theology of reconciliation are then shown to be already present in the Word and sacraments regularly received by the Church. Ultimately, this study seeks to give the Church a better understanding of its role in God’s reconciling work in a way that can be seen in its weekly worship and realized in its everyday practice
Lighting As You Like It
Get PDFThe purpose of this presentation is to provide a record and an explanation of the lighting design process for the production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, produced by the Department of Theatre at Hope College. The lighting design process begins with an analysis of the text, followed by meetings with the director and other designers in order to discuss approaches to this production. When working with the text, designers seek to discern what the playwright had in mind. For example, what were the moods and what were the locations. For As You Like It, the director and designers chose to set the time to in the middle 1800’s just before the industrial revolution. These times were saturated with urban shift and conflict between cities and the country, similar to Shakespeare’s play. For a lighting designer, evocative visual images are especially useful in conveying the thoughts of the designer to the other members of the design team. The research is then translated into practical design in the terms of direction, color and texture. Collaboration with other designers is also an important part. The designer plots the lighting using a computer-aided design (CAD) program and leads the crew in hanging and focusing the lighting units. The designer will then write light cues to support the action, shape the appearance of the scenery and costumes. Through the process of rehearsals, actors, sound, scenery, costume, and lighting, all aspects are joined together and the production is formed
The Connective Real K-theory Of Brown-Gitler Spectra
No full textWe calculate the connective real K-theory homology of the mod 2 Brown-Gitler spectra. We use this calculation and the theory of Dieudonne rings and Hopf rings to determine the mod 2 homology of the spaces in the connective Omega-spectrum for topological real K-theory
Effects of Added Fe, Fe3O4, and Fe2O3 on Sorption of Cephalosporin Antibiotic in Quartz-Rich Sands
No full textBatch experiments were performed to evaluate sorption of zwitterionic and anionic cephapirin (CHP degrees and CHP-, respectively), a cephalosporin antibiotic, in two quartz-rich sands spiked with iron (0.5-5% by weight). Sand A was approximately 65% quartz and 29% feldspar, with a grain diameter of 0.11mm. Sand B was approximately 97% quartz and approximately 2% feldspar with a grain diameter of 0.39mm. Bulk CHP sorption was evaluated relative to four added iron phases, namely, Fe degrees [zero-valent iron (ZVI)], Fe3O4 (magnetite), and two forms of Fe2O3 (dull and specular hematite). Iron-particle sizes matched the respective sands to which they were added. Experiments were performed at two temperatures (21 and 39 degrees C) and the results were compared with CHP sorption in unspiked sands. Maximum sorption occurred in Sand B and was approximately 225mg/kg of spiked sand for initial aqueous CHP concentrations of 5-50ppm, at 39 degrees C and pH 5. Addition of ZVI caused the largest increase in CHP sorption with distribution coefficients (K\u27(d)s) nearly 12 times those of ZVI-free sands. The study results imply the potential use of microscale ZVI, and to a lesser extent iron oxides, in the remediation of cephalosporin-contaminated groundwater and soil