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Poetic Politics: Renewing the Black Jeremiad on the Inaugural Stage
Get PDFNational Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman stunned the United States with her captivating performance of “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” during the 2021 inaugural ceremony for President Biden and Vice President Harris. Analyzing this political poem, we contribute to the rhetorical scholarship of inaugural ceremonies and demonstrate how Gorman’s performance renews the tradition of Black jeremiads. Specifically, we argue that Gorman’s performance creates a “double play” on white expectations, thereby crafting a rival version of democratic unity as she poetically envisions a “We, the people” that does not center on white men and is not sponsored by white aesthetic and rhetorical traditions. Ultimately, we demonstrate how Gorman’s Black poetic jeremiad calls Americans into a democracy that rejects white supremacist assumptions of the good life
Feasibility of the Lifting Full-Body Model to Simulate Squatting Tasks
Get PDFLower back pain is one of the most common injuries involving healthcare workers who perform manual patient-handling tasks. Currently, no freely available subject-specific model to explore internal joint loading during these tasks exists. A proof-of-concept study to simulate squatting tasks with the OpenSim Lifting Full-Body (LFB) Model is presented. Thirty-nine reflective markers were placed on bony landmarks of the upper and lower body of a 20-year old able-bodied female volunteer. Ten electromyography (EMG) sensors were placed bilaterally on the following muscles; lumbar erector spinae, thoracic erector spinae, rectus femoris, rectus abdominis, and the external obliques. Position (100 Hz), ground reaction forces (1000 Hz), and muscle activity (1000 Hz) data were synchronized and captured while the subject performed five squats for four trials. Kinetic data were down-sampled to 100 Hz. Kinematic, kinetic, and EMG data (after rectification) were filtered with a fourth order Butterworth filter with a cut-off frequency of 6 Hz. EMG signals for each muscle were normalized to its average maximum peak value across all four trials and resampled to 100% of the squat. Scaling, Inverse Kinematics, Inverse Dynamics, and Static Optimization were performed in OpenSim. The left lumbar erector spinae and bilateral rectus femoris were the most active during the exercise, which suggests quadriceps should be included in the model. Reserve actuators were added to the model to help the static optimization simulations to converge. The values for each joint coordinate of the reserve actuators are less than 5 percent which suggests the reserve actuators did not contribute too much to the movement and these results are acceptable. Pilot results suggest that the LFB Model may be used to simulate simple squatting tasks. After some modifications, the LFB Model may ultimately be used to simulate patienthandling tasks and provide insight on low back loading during patient-handling tasks
News from Hope College, Volume 54.2: Winter, 2022
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The Anchor: April 2022
Get PDFThe Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor\u27s history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular
The Anchor: December 2022
Get PDFThe Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor\u27s history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular
Exploring the Relationship between Bipolar Disorder, Alcohol Use, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in the HCA Animal Model
Get PDFAn estimated 4.4% of U.S. adults experience bipolar disorder at some point during their lifetime. While the prevalence of bipolar disorder is similar among males and females, it is becoming increasingly obvious that symptoms and comorbidities of the disorder can vary widely between men and women. Recent research has shown that men diagnosed with bipolar disorder are more likely to exhibit alcohol use disorders and obsessive compulsive behaviors while women have a higher incidence of panic disorder comorbidity. In order to develop effective treatment for the disorder, it is important to use an animal model that reflects these sex-dependent differences. Growing evidence suggests that alterations in glutamatergic neuronal signaling may be associated with bipolar disorder. Homocysteic Acid (HCA) is a glutamate analog and has been reliably demonstrated to induce a mixed manic/depressive state in rats when administered during a critical phase in development (P3-P21). However, the animal model has not been assessed for sex dependent comorbidities. Given this, the present study aimed to replicate findings from previous studies of the HCA animal model, while also investigating the effects of HCA on alcohol use, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, and measures of stress in a sex dependent manner. Collectively, this study will allow us to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the ability of the HCA animal model to replicate the complex phenotype of bipolar disorder
Carbon Storage and Methane Production from Interdunal Wetlands in Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area
Get PDFWetlands have a dual impact on the climate: a cooling effect caused by organic matter accumulation in anoxic sediments (removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere); and a warming effect caused by methane emissions from these sediments. In this study, we analyzed the relative importance of both processes in interdunal wetlands in the Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area (SHNA). The SHNA wetlands are a unique ecosystem, dependent on high water levels in Lake Michigan. Thus, carbon accumulation in the wetlands may be ephemeral as the lake level falls. Our goal in this study was to evaluate the extent of carbon accumulation in the wetland sediments and to determine their potential methane emissions. To measure carbon accumulation, we collected sediment cores from seven slack pools within the wetland complex. The cores were split into 1-cm slices and their carbon and nitrogen content were determined using an elemental analyzer. Four of the five pools within the established wetland complex exhibited significant carbon accumulation (\u3e25 g C m-2). Two incipient slacks with little established vegetation contained only minimal sedimentary carbon. We then measured the methane production potential of the slacks by incubating sediments from each pool in sealed bottles under an atmosphere of N2, to ensure anoxic conditions. Surprisingly, we detected methane production in sediment from all seven pools. In situ methane production at the incipient slacks is currently unlikely due to high oxygen concentrations but our results indicate that microbial communities in these sediments maintain the capability of methane production if oxygen is depleted. Ongoing research in these wetlands includes characterizing the microbial community
Shank\u27s Mare Tokaido: Misadventures Along the Eastern Sea Road
Get PDFThis is one of the two posters created for the exhibition Shank\u27s Mare Tokaido: Misadventures Along the Eastern Sea Road held January 14-May 21, 2022.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/kam_poster/1054/thumbnail.jp
Accountability as a Key Virtue in Mental Health and Human Flourishing
Get PDFWe propose that accountability plays an implicit, important, and relatively unexamined role in psychiatry. People generally think of accountability as a relation in which one party is held accountable by another. In this paper, we examine accountability as a virtue, drawing on philosophy, psychiatry, and psychology to examine what it means to welcome being accountable in an excellent way that promotes flourishing. When people manifest accountability as a virtue, they are both responsive to others they owe a response, and they are responsible for their attitudes and actions in light of these relationships. Psychiatric treatment often aims to correct disordered forms of accountability, including difficulties with empathy and self-regulation. Both the process of treatment and the practice of professionalism depend on relationally responsible accountability. We examine accountability as an overlooked complement to healthy autonomy. Whereas acting autonomously in congruence with one’s values is characteristic of mental health, accountability that is interpersonally responsive and responsible is vital to successful treatment as well as professionalism in psychiatry. We review components of accountability and developmental aspects of the virtue; highlight the role of accountability in healthy functioning; and describe implications for psychiatric assessment, treatment, and professionalism. We aim to catalyze awareness of accountability as intrinsic to mental health care and human flourishing