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Found in Translation: The Complexities of Edgar Allan Poe in Translation by Charles Baudelaire
Get PDFLiterary critics have traditionally lauded Charles Baudelaire’s work in translation as the key reason for the success of Edgar Allan Poe in France. While Baudelaire’s voice and editorial choices did affect his translations, the success of his Poe translations was not entirely due to his choices. An idiosyncrasy in the relationship between Poe’s writing style and the structure of French syntax is one of several factors which elevate Poe in translation, which suggests a more complex situation than critics have previously realized. Understanding the context of a translation and the constituent factors of its success (or lack thereof) allows readers to predict and parse the ways a translation will function in the target culture
Biopsychosocial Correlates of Sleep Hygiene in Preschoolers
Get PDFMost children don’t get enough sleep (Dement, 2005; Maas, 2011), and 77% of preschoolers experience sleep related disruptive behaviors at least a few nights per week (National Sleep Foundation, 2004). Sleep is especially crucial during early development to promote health, education, brain development, physical growth, and quality of life. Insufficient sleep is a public health problem, and this is clearly true for young children (CDC, 2015). The National Institutes of Health reported that preschoolers need 11–12 hours of sleep daily (NIH, 2012). Good sleep hygiene includes consistent bedtimes and morning rising times, and avoiding large meals, caffeine, and light sources (e.g., night lights, smart phones, iPads, computers) before bedtime (CDC, 2015). Three memory tests, a sleep hygiene scale, a socioemotional assessment, and height and weight measurements (to calculate BMI) were administered to preschoolers. Following testing, Fitbit devices were worn on each child’s ankle for the 12-week data collection period. Fitbit parameters included steps per day, total activity time, and time of day at which most physical activity occurred (morning, afternoon, or evening). Sleep quality and sleep habits parameters included number of restless minutes, awake minutes, total hours spent sleeping nightly, child’s bedtime, and the child’s wake time. We hypothesized that more physically active children would experience better sleep quality, a later bedtime, and an earlier wake time than children who are less physically active. We also hypothesized that children who are most active in the evening would exhibit better sleep quality than children who are most active in the morning or afternoon. We expect better sleep quality to be associated with higher scores on cognitive and socioemotional measures. Results provide greater knowledge regarding the association between sleep, physical activity, and biopsychosocial outcomes that may be useful in implementing better education for parents and children geared toward improving sleep
Using Drone Acquired, High-Resolution, Multispectral Imaging to Predict and Monitor Coastal Dune Mobility: An Example from the Southeastern Shore of Lake Michigan
Get PDFDune mobility can threaten human infrastructure but is essential to maintaining diverse ecological communities in coastal dunes. Only those patches on a dune with little or no vegetation will migrate. The size of these patches together with their shape, topographic position, and topographic orientation with respect to the direction of strong sand transporting winds affect the sensitivity of the dune surface to mobilization. Images acquired by drone flights over Saugatuck Harbor Natural Area will be used to analyze topography and extent of vegetation of the dune surfaces. The results will be used to create maps showing variations in the sensitivity to dune mobilization within the complex. The method will be tested by comparing drone images from successive years and by setting up systems of rods in test plots against which sand migration can be directly monitored. Monitoring will continue for at least two years
Enlightened Harmony: 20th Century Japanese Art from the Hesselink Collection
Get PDFA poster for the exhibition Enlightened Harmony: 20th Century Japanese Art from the Hesselink Collection held January 29–March 30, 2019.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/kam_poster/1005/thumbnail.jp
Once Were Nomads: Textiles and Culture in Baluchistan
Get PDFA poster for the exhibition Once Were Nomads: Textiles and Culture in Baluchistan held January 15–May 11, 2019.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/kam_poster/1004/thumbnail.jp
Dia de los Muertos Community Day at the Kruizenga Art Museum
Get PDFA poster advertising the Dia de los Muertos Community Day on Saturday, November 2, 2019, hosted by the Kruizenga Art Museum, Hope College Latino Student Organization (LSO), and Latin Americans United for Progress (LAUP).https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/kam_poster/1019/thumbnail.jp
KAM Spring Reception
Get PDFA poster for the museum\u27s spring reception on April 25, 2019. Features the exhibitions Once Were Nomads: Textiles and Culture in Baluchistan and Rembrandt Etchings.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/kam_poster/1029/thumbnail.jp
Two-pebbling and Odd-two-pebbling are Not Equivalent
Get PDFLet G be a connected graph. A configuration of pebbles assigns a nonnegative integer number of pebbles to each vertex of G. A move consists of removing two pebbles from one vertex and placing one pebble on an adjacent vertex. A configuration is solvable if any vertex can get at least one pebble through a sequence of moves. The pebbling number of G, denoted π(G), is the smallest integer such that any configuration of π(G) pebbles on G is solvable. A graph has the two-pebbling property if after placing more than 2π(G) -- q pebbles on G, where q is the number of vertices with pebbles, there is a sequence of moves so that at least two pebbles can be placed on any vertex. A graph has the odd-two-pebbling property if after placing more than 2π(G) -- r pebbles on G, where r is the number of vertices with an odd number of pebbles, there is a sequence of moves so that at least two pebbles can be placed on any vertex. In this paper, we prove that the two-pebbling and odd-two-pebbling properties are not equivalent
News from Hope College, Volume 51.2: Winter, 2019
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Superior Colliculus Lesions Lead to Disrupted Responses to Light in Diurnal Grass Rats (\u3ci\u3eArvicanthis niloticus\u3c/i\u3e)
Get PDFThe circadian system regulates daily rhythms of physiology and behavior. Although extraordinary advances have been made to elucidate the brain mechanisms underlying the circadian system in nocturnal species, less is known in diurnal species. Recent studies have shown that retinorecipient brain areas such as the intergeniculate leaflet (IGL) and olivary pretectal nucleus (OPT) are critical for the display of normal patterns of daily activity in diurnal grass rats (Arvicanthis niloticus). Specifically, grass rats with IGL and OPT lesions respond to light in similar ways to intact nocturnal animals. Importantly, both the IGL and OPT project to one another in nocturnal species, and there is evidence that these 2 brain regions also project to the superior colliculus (SC). The SC receives direct retinal input, is involved in the triggering of rapid eye movement sleep in nocturnal rats, and is disproportionately large in the diurnal grass rat. The objective of the current study was to use diurnal grass rats to test the hypothesis that the SC is critical for the expression of diurnal behavior and physiology. We performed bilateral electrolytic lesions of the SC in female grass rats to examine behavioral patterns and acute responses to light. Most grass rats with SC lesions expressed significantly reduced activity in the presence of light. Exposing these grass rats to constant darkness reinstated activity levels during the subjective day, suggesting that light masks their ability to display a diurnal activity profile in 12:12 LD. Altogether, our data suggest that the SC is critical for maintaining normal responses to light in female grass rats