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From Social Class to Preschool Class: The Effect of Parental Socioeconomic Status on Early Childhood Development in Ireland
No full textI examine the relationship between parental circumstances and early childhood development in Ireland. Using data from the Early Childhood Care and Education collection: Evaluation of the Early Years Programme of the Childhood Development Initiative (ECCE) between 2008 and 2011, I regress childhood test scores onto parents’ socioeconomic status, as defined by occupation, and age. This study finds evidence that mother’s socioeconomic status is positively related to higher standardized test scores
Rates of Statistically Significant Findings among Traditionally Published Articles, Preregistered Articles, and Registered Reports
No full textIn the past two decades, there have been increasing concerns over the credibility of published studies due to failures in replications, indications of high false-positive rates, and other evidence of questionable research practices. This replication crisis has led researchers to reexamine the scientific field and adopt transformative new practices. Two practices intended to address the causes of the replication crisis are preregistration, where researchers report plans before conducting studies, and Registered Reports, where research plans are peer-reviewed and accepted by journals before data collection. This paper examines the potential impact of these practices by reviewing previous metascience research and presenting new data. A sample of studies employing preregistration and Registered Reports was analyzed, and the rates of statistically significant p-values were compared. Results indicate that preregistration—especially when highly detailed—and Registered Reports are associated with numerically lower rates of statistically significant results, though the differences were not statistically significant. This evidence aligns with the theoretical expectation that these practices could be protective factors against the high false positive rate, potentially enhancing the credibility and reproducibility of scientific research
Separating the Body of Christ from the Body of a Jewish Man: The Non-circumcision of Christ in Art of the Italian Renaissance
No full textHeld by Christians as the most perfect fulfillment of God’s covenant with Abraham, Christ was circumcised under Jewish law on his eighth day of life. In an effort to establish a distinct Christian identity, one that superseded its Jewish origins, early Christian theologians including Origen of Alexandria, Justin Martyr, and Thomas Aquinas worked to ascribe the Jewish mark on the body of the Christian savior a meaning that symbolized the end of the Jewish covenant and beginning of the new, spiritual covenant for Christians under Christ.
However, despite the textual attention paid to the mark as well as paintings which depict the moment beforeChrist’s circumcision including Giovanni Bellini and Andrea Mantegna’s paintings of The Circumcision, Christ’s body is never marked by the result of his circumcision in art of the Renaissance. Though artists of the period did not hesitate to depict Christ nude, none of their representations of his body from Caravaggio’s Dei Palafreineri to Michelangelo’s Risen Christ bear the mark of his circumcision.
The pictorial omission of Christ’s circumcision does not reflect a simple theological inaccuracy, rather indicates a specific desire on the part of Renaissance artists to excise the mark, and thus, the Jewishness, from the body of the Christian savior. This artistic resistance can be understood as a visual manifestation of antisemitism, one with contemporary ramifications
Exploring Electrochemical Deposition Parameters in Semiconductor Production for Solar Water Splitting
No full textSubstance Use Disorders Among College Students: Risk Factors and Interventions
No full textCollege students are a population that has historically been at high risk for substance use disorders (SUDs) because of the personal changes in attitudes and social contexts that sometimes encourage the misuse of substances. The paper aims to identify the critical risk factors for developing SUDs among college students and investigate effective prevention and treatment approaches for these disorders. It is the case that there are biological, psychological, social, and cultural risk factors that must be considered when attempting to create effective prevention and recovery programs for college students. Race/ethnicity and gender differences are significant risk factors for the development of SUDs and should be considered in this specific age group. Additionally, first-generation status and parental influence have been identified as protective factors in reducing the consumption of alcohol and other drugs. On college campuses, prevention initiatives include screening procedures, norm education, and personally tailored programming. Current research suggests that the success of intervention and treatment is based on reducing barriers and establishing a strong social support system for students. There is a predominant focus on alcohol abuse that potentially sidelines prevention efforts for other substances and simplifies the substance misuse problems that occur on college campuses
“50% Pornography, 50% Sentimental Dirt, 100% Poison”: Censoring the Films of Marlene Dietrich in Nazi Germany and the Irish Free State
No full textSports Finance: Effect of a Unsuccessful Stars on Team Valuation
No full textThis paper explores the relationship between star players, team performance, and franchise value in the NBA and MLB from 2003-2022. The paper uses data collected from Statista, Forbes, Baseball and Basketball Reference, and ESPN in order to research these relationships. The research involved uses hedonic pricing in order to estimate the effect of these different metrics on value. I find that value is not affected by the presence of a star player on the team but is affected by the caliber and amount of star players on that team. I also find that championships, revenue, gate receipts, metropolitan population, and stadium/arena age are all significant factors in determining franchise value across the NBA and MLB. Results also show that while All-Star voting is positively correlated with value, team performance metrics such as winning percentage and making the playoffs have no significant effect on value or revenue. Current literature also supports the findings of the research done here
“Stephen Varble: Alternative Approaches to the Waste Crisis”
No full textThis paper explores the material reality and social contexts of performance artist Stephen Varble (1945–84) while taking a particular interest in his “gutter art tours” and accompanying costumery. Over a lifetime, he constructed over 90 costumes that incorporate materials ranging from pearls to vegetable steamers to raw chicken bones to scraps of cardboard. His work transforms the materials of everyday life through imaginative redesign––creating a new hope through a revived vitalism for what is regarded as waste. By developing a fuller image of the Sanitation Department strikes that gripped New York City from the 1960s to 1980s, this paper places Varble within this context allowing for the relevance of trash and its management to take on new meaning as a material to be used artistically. Trash is a valuable tool for its transformative potential of not only the physical body, but for its capacity to redefine social and economic relationships that may confine the spirit
