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3D Elevation Profile Analysis for Erie County Park Trails
No full textTev\u27ye Davis, GEG418: Remote SensingFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Tao Tang, Geography and Planning, Director Lisa Matthies-Wiza, Erie County Office of Geographic Information Services
Various government agencies and authorities have implemented health safety measures which include travel restrictions that have curtailed leisure options for Erie county residents. One of the most accessible and low- to no-cost leisure options Erie County residents is visiting local parks. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that visiting local parks is one of the best ways people can stay mentally and physical healthy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to the increased usage of Erie County local parks in 2020, the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department would like to improve the safety and user experience of certain actively used trails. With the democratization of LIDAR datasets and digital elevation models through the New York State GIS clearinghouse, this GIS service project, completed for Erie County, illustrates how local parks safety and user experiences can be improved. We also highlight software limitations and alternatives.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-physgeosci/1017/thumbnail.jp
Associations Between Child Abuse, World View, and True Crime
No full textKenzie Cervo, PsychologyFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Pamela Schuetze, Psychology
True Crime has become wildly popular genre in all forms of media, but we don\u27t yet know what leads people to engage in these anxiety-provoking stories. Previous work by Vicary and Fraley (2010) found that when you compare women\u27s and men\u27s interests in novels, women hold the majority interest in true crime. True crime is based on or modeled after real events and is a trauma-centered genre that can be reinforcing for people with trauma who already have a negative worldview. The way the brain changed after experiencing trauma has been so significant that DSM-5 criteria has been updated to include persistent negative beliefs and expectations about oneself and the world . The high prevalence of true crime and child abuse leaves us asking if child abuse survivors are using this genre to reinforce the negative world view they already hold? This study looks at association between histories of child abuse and having an interest in true crime in adult years. This study will also explore the possibility that world view mediates any association between child maltreatment and interest in true crime. Buffalo State students will complete a questionnaire that asks about the positive and negative experiences they had in their childhoods, their world view, and their media consumption. This presentation will be used to communicate the expected findings of women having a higher interest in true crime than men, and that child abuse experiences and interest in true crime will be positively correlated.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-psychsocsci/1025/thumbnail.jp
Liszt\u27s Dreams of Love
No full textKathleen Dunne, MUS303: Music History 2Faculty Mentor(s): Professor Carolyn Guzski, Music
The Romantic composer Franz Liszt was arguably one of the greatest pianists of all time. His own original compositions “clearly written for his own use as a touring virtuoso “reflected this. One of his most famous pieces, Liebesträume [Dreams of Love], is comprised of a trilogy of piano works inspired by love poems written by the German poets Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath. The poetic appeal commonly heard in Romantic era music is clearly present in this composition. In that regard, freedom of form and design aligns perfectly in Liszt\u27s work because of his seemingly random key changes and symbolism behind the polarity of musical keys and love. The influence that Frédéric Chopin, a fellow Romantic composer-pianist and close friend of Liszt, had on these pieces is undeniable. As a performing pianist, my project goal is to understand the imagery and poetry behind this piece and the sheer complexity in realizing these characteristics in performance. I dig deeper into the brain and heart of Franz Liszt to understand the sense of idealized love he embodied in these compositions. There is great beauty in being able to perform a piece while understanding its full meaning, and extremely rewarding to discover how that meaning relates to one\u27s own personal experience.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-arts/1006/thumbnail.jp
The Diversions of Morton Gould
No full textAlexander Minney, MUS303: Music History 2Faculty Mentor(s): Professor Carolyn Guzski, Music
Morton Gould (1913-1996) had an extensive compositional career that spanned nearly the entirety of the 20th century. Towards the final years of his life, he began to compose using less conventional techniques. One of these compositions, Diversions for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra (1991), is a prime example. For any potential performer of this piece, the writing styles defy anything one might expect from Gould\u27s previous musical experiments with time and sound. My study uses a full-score analysis to discover how Gould managed to write such a unique piece, while not drifting too far from the cohesive structure and integrated sound one would expect from a composer of his enormous talent. With research into the conventions that emerged from the Modernist period in music history, along with ideas about the use of instrumentation authored by Gould himself, this analysis seeks to explain the artistic solutions that Gould devised in his Diversions. Overall, within this relatively brief entry in Gould\u27s compositional output, I analyze his unique sound within a traditional structure.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-arts/1016/thumbnail.jp
Beethoven\u27s Favorite Late Period String Quartet
No full textDavid Rundell, MUS303: Music History 2 Faculty Mentor(s): Professor Carolyn Guzski, Music
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is my favorite composer because I admire and enjoy his use of counterpoint. Beethoven\u27s Late Period String Quartet in C# minor; op. 131 stands out for its variety of stylistic influences; and the varied characters and structural forms of its seven movements. Its performance length is thirty-five minutes and the music flows uninterruptedly; without the typical pauses between movements. Beethoven completed the Quartet in 1826 but died before it was published in 1827. The composition was considered to be avant-garde for its time and was not publicly performed until 1835. Robert Schumann; Richard Wagner; and Franz Schubert were all fans of this renowned Quartet. This composition was dedicated to Baron Joseph von Sutterheim, a decorated military lieutenant who took Beethoven\u27s nephew Karl into the army as a personal favor. My project investigates several queries about Beethoven and his work. How did Beethoven\u27s tragic early hearing loss affect his Late Period writing? Why was this piece Beethoven\u27s favorite of his final String Quartets? How are the movements of this piece so different yet fit together so well? Did Beethoven acknowledge any artistic influences on his highly original Late Period works?https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-arts/1025/thumbnail.jp
Person-First vs. Identity-First: Does Language Matter?
No full textRegan Baney, PsychologyFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Jill Norvilitis, Psychology
Person-first language is used to place the personal identity of the individual before their diagnosis (e.g. Phillip is a person with Autism). Identity-first language promotes uplifting the person and their diagnosis (e.g. Phillip is Autistic). Although there is controversy about which of these is preferred, both have the common goal of respectfully uplifting the individual. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between awareness of and beliefs about person-first and identity-first language and stigma toward neurodevelopmental disorders among a sample of 48 neurotypical participants. We examined their perspectives on the application of these linguistic tools to people diagnosed with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder or Autism Spectrum Disorder via a survey on Amazon\u27s MTurk platform. We found higher stigma levels coincide with a desire to be more respectful with language choices. We found stigma toward those with ADHD is positively correlated with a greater desire to be respectful in language choices (r=.71, p\u3c.001), with the same trend being seen with Autistic individuals (r=.79, p\u3c.001). We believe this is likely due to a concept we are calling benevolent ableism, similar to benevolent sexism, in which participants see people with these diagnoses as inherently inferior or lower than themselves. However, they also see them as people who need to be protected, hence the desire to be respectful with language.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-psychsocsci/1005/thumbnail.jp
Kiss the Soul: Ways to Empower Creative Change Leadership and Intuition in Organizations Starting by Creating a Training Module for a Consultancy
Get PDFOne way to Kiss the Soul to empower Creative Change Leadership and Intuition in organizations is by training. This project is about the development and implementation of a new online training module in March 2021 to a small group of an Amsterdam consultancy. It consisted of four two and a half hour zoom sessions on Thursday evenings. The training is placed in a context of kissing the soul for new unexpected beautiful and meaningful organizational impact. This original concept of Kissing the Soul means: making loving contact with what matters deeply to yourself and sharing this with other people to make beautiful organizational impact together. This is grounded in the belief that if people are guided in their work by their creative mind combined with their heart, body and soul - by their own spirit - and make connections with the spirit of other people they work with or for, working life will be more worthwhile and the world will accordingly become more beautiful and meaningful. The literature review is an exploration on what it might take to make training, to lead for creative change in organizations. What tapping into your intuition or inner wisdom might be about. What it takes to be a successful creative change leader, someone who navigates the upsides and downsides of creativity in organizations for productive change. Why making contact with what really matters in inner work life by the deliberate integration of creativity and intuition is essential for joy, energy and creative breakthroughs
An Analysis of the Impact of RMB Exchange Rate on China\u27s Outward Foreign Direct Investment
No full textThis thesis summarizes and analyzes the theoretical mechanism of the effect of exchange rate on outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from two aspects of exchange rate level and exchange rate volatility, then analyzes the structure of China\u27s OFDI, and finally makes an empirical analysis of the effect of RMB exchange rate on China\u27s OFDI based on the industry panel data from 2005 to 2017.
The conclusions are as follows: Firstly, the RMB exchange rate level has a negative impact on China\u27s OFDI; Secondly, the RMB exchange rate volatility has a threshold effect on China\u27s OFDI. Specifically, when the stock of OFDI is low, the exchange rate volatility has a promoting effect on OFDI; When the stock of OFDI exceeds a certain level, the volatility of the RMB exchange rate begins to restrain OFDI. Thirdly, although China\u27s OFDI is developing rapidly, it is still not mature. Specifically, the investment destinations are not diversified and are too limited in Asia; there is still lack of a market mechanism for OFDI activities. Among the companies participating in OFDI, the OFDI stock of state-owned companies accounts for 50% of China\u27s total OFDI stock, while the participation of private companies is insufficient
In Bloom: A Runway Collection
No full textElizabeth Acevedo, FTT451: Senior Project in Fashion and Textile TechnologyFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Ali Eagen, Fashion and Textile Technology
The intent of my senior collection is to highlight and showcase the talent and passion of black designers who historically have been overlooked in the fashion industry. For far too long, the accomplishments of non-white designers have been pushed to the wayside. And in a modern society that aims to uplift our young women, we often forget about those who have come before us. My biggest inspiration for my collection was Anne Cole Lowe, an African American designer whose work was a favorite among high society matrons from the 1920 to 1960s. Best known for creating Jackie Kennedy\u27s wedding dress, her feminine silhouettes and eye for detail became a staple among high society. My collection, In Bloom, works to modernize Lowe\u27s designs and silhouettes while introducing them to an entirely new generation of consumers. In the fashion industry, it is important to constantly be moving forward. However, it is also important to reflect on our past, especially our mistakes. With the help of WGSNs womenswear forecast S/S 22: Resourceful, paired with the inspirations from Anne Lowe\u27s work, I hope to take a step towards the future with a hyper-feminine line showcasing the beauty of natural colors. I strongly believe that like a flower, every woman deserves her chance in the sun. Through my collection, I hope to inspire others to look deeper into our industry\u27s history and uplift those who moved mountains for us. To complete this project, I researched sewing to produce a clothing collection based on my inspiration.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-busfashhosp/1004/thumbnail.jp
Shell Calcification and Growth of the Aquatic Snail Planorbella trivolvis Under Low Calcium Conditions Typical of Decalcified Northern Lakes
Get PDFThe water calcium concentration of northern softwater lakes has declined to critically low levels due to numerous anthropogenic stressors, and the availability of calcium is expected to decline further. To assess the impact that critically low water calcium has on aquatic snail shell calcification and growth, juvenile Planorbella trivolvis were raised for 60 days in one of four treatments, each containing a different amount of dissolved calcium (0.64, 1.3, 2.5, and 5.1 mg/L). There was no difference in tissue weight or shell size among treatments, suggesting low water calcium concentrations do not impact adult body mass or size. However, snails had reduced shell calcium when reared in water containing less than 2.5 mg/L calcium, with larger snails being more deficient. For snails in the highest calcium treatment (5.1 mg/L Ca), the amount of shell calcium relative to total dry weight increased during the experimental period; however, for snails in the two lowest calcium treatments (0.64 and 1.3 mg/L Ca), percent calcium decreased until day 30, after which it increased but to a lesser extent than snails in the two highest calcium treatments (2.5 and 5.1 mg/L Ca). Interestingly, smaller snails had shells with more calcium relative to total dry weight than larger snails and required less water calcium to biomineralize their shell. These results indicate that adult size and body mass are not affected by low water calcium, but shell calcification is negatively affected by declining water calcium concentration with the effects being greater for larger snails within a species