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Potential’s Perspective Detail 5
No full textPotential’s Perspective Detail 5 Linocut & digital prints Dimensions variable 2022
By using printmaking as well as digital printing, I will compare people to keys and containers. In combining these themes, I have created three strong black and white images along with a colored pattern. The three images will be printed onto paper using linoleum blocks and print screens, then framed and mounted atop sheets of personally designed wallpaper. I plan to print on repositionable paper for the wallpaper on the central wall and below the windows. On the outer walls, I will digitally print my pattern onto thin and flowy paper which will cascade down onto the floor of MoFA.https://kb.gcsu.edu/abundance/1014/thumbnail.jp
Custom Elements Shoe Collection: Detail 6
No full textCustom Elements Shoe Collection: Detail 6 2022 Acrylic Leather paint and wood on leather shoes
Sneaker Culture has always been around but in the past couple years it has become increasingly popular. Though the idea of customizing sneakers has caused quite a stir in the community with certain brands not wanting people to put their own designs onto a silhouette they created. Customizing is all about adding your own flare to express yourself and controlling how people perceive you.
For as long as I can remember I have always been into two things: art and shoes. So, when I discovered that I could put my own art on my shoes I always wanted to try it. When I decided to do this project for my capstone, I wanted to represent what art is at its core. The Elements of Art are the foundation of any piece regardless of medium which is why they represent what art truly is and can be. Yaacov Agam said “There are two distinct languages. There is the verbal, which separates people... and there is the visual that is understood by everybody”. I believe that the Elements of Art are that visual language that allows everyone to understand art. For each shoe I painted a design that is inspired by the Elements of Art and gives each shoe its own personality.https://kb.gcsu.edu/abundance/1012/thumbnail.jp
Drawing the Invisible: Comics as a Way of Depicting Pscyhological Responses to the Pandemic
Get PDFThis graphic article explores the sensory world in the context of pandemic-related mental health issues. While comic artists work in abstract and impressionistic styles to varying degrees, most comic art has been representational. While many artists are adept at rendering facial expressions and body language, these are merely outward manifestations of a character’s mood or emotions. This article explores conveying states of mind less literally, using my own psychological reaction to the pandemic as its subject. I employ visual metaphors, icons, symbols, abstraction, and simplification rather than realistic or highly rendered images in the hopes of better relaying thoughts and emotions
Two new endemic species of leucothoid amphipods (Amphipoda: Leucothoidae) from New Zealand and northeastern Indonesia
No full textLeucothoid amphipods are commensal associates of invertebrate hosts, displaying a wide range of host specificity. Amphipods also demonstrate high levels of endemism, long thought to be due to their lack of a planktonic dispersal stage. The biodiversity of endemic species can be compared biogeographically, making amphipods useful proxies in monitoring ecosystem change. Two new species are described herein, both apparently endemic to their respective regions: Leucothoe panjangsp. nov. from Raja Ampat Archipelago, eastern Indonesia and Leucothoe wheromurasp. nov. from New Zealand. Both new species demonstrate host specificity and fit into a group of Leucothoe species that share the Paraleucothoe form of gnathopod 1, with an expanded basis, curved propodus, and short dactylus. The distribution of these new species supports the 12 realms of biogeography for amphipods, suggesting that patterns of amphipod endemicity are less likely due to a lack of dispersal than they are dependent on geological history
The role of dispositional envy, state envy, and social comparisons in predicting learning outcomes
No full textLimited studies to date have investigated how objectively assessed learning outcomes are associated with dispositional malicious and benign envy, together with state malicious and benign envy. The current experimental study modeled an online learning environment. Participants (N = 120) received one of three types of visual feedback showing their progress throughout learning task. The feedback showed varying upward social comparison information, or lack thereof, to arouse state malicious and benign envy. The findings revealed that dispositional malicious and benign envy had direct effects on learning outcomes. State malicious envy, however, had no effect on learning, and state benign envy did not pass the manipulation check. The social comparison with an attainable standard requiring less effort had a total effect on learning outcomes but no indirect effect, implying that there were potentially unmeasured factors (e.g., affective or motivational) arising from the intervention. The study offers a unique contribution to the literature with rare empirical evidence supporting the association between dispositional envy (malicious and benign) and objectively assessed cognitive performance. The study also suggests practical guidelines to facilitate constructive social comparison effects, while limiting the potential of envy or other affective or motivational consequences that may impinge upon learning
Financial Auditing as an Economic Service
No full textThis article summarizes Knechel, Thomas, and Driskill (2020), conceptualizing financial auditing as an economic service. In contrast to the production of tangible goods, a central characteristic of economic services is substantial customer/client participation in the production process. Financial auditing is an intensive collaborative network service due to the multiple parties involved in the production and consumption of the resulting output. This introduces significant heterogeneity and complexity into the planning and conduct of the audit, the resulting audit output, and perceptions of audit quality. While the independence of the auditor is necessary, ignoring the essential nature of auditor-client cooperation may generate unexpected costs which impair audit quality. The multitude of parties involved in an audit creates tension between audit quality and audit efficiency and makes objective definitions of audit quality difficult. Excessive standardization of the audit process may not increase audit quality
Effectiveness of Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) in chemistry courses
No full textTransparency in Teaching and Learning (TILT) is a valuable tool that can be used to enhance student learning and performance as well as to enhance instructor teaching experience. In a STEM core field like chemistry, clarity in assignment instructions is needed, and TILT can be very useful in this. In fact, not many examples from the higher education field are available for reference for instructors who want to utilize TILT in their classrooms. The authors aim to fill this gap by giving examples of TILTed assignments in a variety of settings such as lab experiments, data analysis reports, class presentations, and assignments in both lower and upper level chemistry courses given at two public and private 4-year colleges in United Sates. Grade distributions and student responses are used to gauge the success of incorporating TILT into the courses
Dental Hygiene Behaviors among Young Adults: A Systematic Review of Surveys Using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)
No full textBackground: Dental diseases are associated with chronic health conditions and decreased psychological and sociological wellbeing. Young adulthood presents a pivotal stage as dental hygiene behaviors developed and practiced during this time persist into later life. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is a commonly used theoretical framework to examine intention to engage in dental behaviors. Purpose: To systematically summarize research studies using TPB questionnaires to assess predictive factors of oral hygiene behaviors among young adult populations. Methods: A four-phase article identification process ensured articles met the inclusion criteria. Quality appraisal assessments were used to evaluate questionnaire construction methodology. Results: Twelve articles met the study’s inclusion criteria. Each study incorporated supplemental predictive factors such as oral health knowledge and expected social outcomes in addition to the TPB constructs. Discussion: Evidence from this systematic review suggests that TPB is a useful theoretical framework for designing questionnaires that assess dental hygiene behaviors of young adults. Translation to Health Education Practice: Health education specialists should administer oral hygiene behavior surveys that utilize TPB and TPB-related constructs to better understand factors associated with improved intentions toward dental hygiene behaviors among young adults
Exploring the molecular level interaction of Xenoestrogen phthalate plasticisers with oestrogen receptor alpha (ERα) Y537S mutant
No full textPhthalates are Endocrine Disrupting plasticisers (EDCs) which can compete with natural oestrogens and modify ER’s biological responses. Gene expression experiments show oestrogenic and anti-oestrogenic effects of phthalates on ERα. Phthalates have been examined for anti-oestrogenic activities against a somatic mutation of ERα, Y537S, a key mutation in ER-positive breast cancer cells. Here, we examined the binding affinity, dynamic characteristics, and quantitative structure–activity connection of certain phthalates against a constitutively active somatic mutant ERα (Y537S). We compared their molecular dynamic and energetic properties with 4-Hydroxytamoxifen (4OHT) and Thioridazine. Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation and protein structure analyses, we found that ligand binding altered the hydrophobic core and phthalates affected the secondary structure of Y537S ERα but did not affect H11, H11–H12 loop, H12, or antiestrogen-resistant areas. The phthalate stabilised the mutant ERα agonist structure. Compared to the Apo conformation, the Phthalate-bound H11–H12 loop and H12 displayed less fluctuation and movement. This research shows that phthalates can impair ER+ positive breast cancer cells by maintaining the agonist conformation rather than demonstrating anti-oestrogenic actions. Principal component analysis (PCA) and partial-least-square (PLS) regression were used to further understand phthalate ligands’ binding to ER LBD. PLS model accurately predicted phthalates ligands’ binding energy (\u3e94%)