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Murray Library October 2022 Newsletter
Get PDFWhat\u27s new at the library? News and information about Murray Library at Messiah University written by its staff. Friends Dinner Library of Things Golden Books Exhibit Beth Transue Ancestry presentatio
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My Prayer Leaves
Get PDFThe large, glass jars of tea leaves
each contains untold secrets.
Shelf above shelf above shelf of secrets
rest on the sunlit wall before me
waiting to be steeped and sipped
The Blue House
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Unrequited Illness (URI)
Get PDFI never thought I\u27d be saying this but...
I miss you.
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder;
your absence has shown me
that I had a good thing all along.
I\u27m sorry I complained about you being an inconvenience,
I was wrong for cursing you season after season
Graduate Choral Recital
Get PDFAntonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) paved an unconventional path to become a composer. Born in Venice where his father, Giovanni Battista was a violinist at St. Mark’s Basilica, Vivaldi was not trained to be a musician, though it is clear that he studied violin at a young age. Instead, he studied to be a priest, and was ordained in March 1703. In September 1703, Vivaldi was appointed maestro di violino at the Ospedale de Pietá, a Venetian orphanage for girls devoted to musical training and performance. Over the years, he was promoted to successively higher ranks, culminating in his appointment to the position of maestro di capella in 1735. His time at the Ospedale de Pietá was tumultuous. At one point, the institution could not afford to retain him, and at other times Vivaldi took long absences to travel Europe to compose and attend performances of his operas. In 1737, Vivaldi left the priesthood after the Church censured him for inappropriate conduct. In 1738, Vivaldi was terminated from the Ospedale de Pietá. He returned to Vienna, where he died in 1741
A Sustainable Mobility Solution for Persons Living with Disability in Burkina Faso
Get PDFThe Sustainable Mobility project of the Collaboratory empowers people living with a disability in rural West Africa to pursue educational and work opportunities and more fully participate in family and community life. Our electric, 3-wheeled, off-road wheelchair has transformed the lives of clients through partnerships with the Center for the Advancement of the Handicapped in Mahadaga, Burkina Faso, and the Center of Hope in Fada, Burkina Faso. Now, to reach more people in new locations and with more partners, Sustainable Mobility is working to reduce manufacturing time and cost by authoring image-driven fabrication guides to enable local fabricators to build trikes. We seek to put local fabricators to work building tricycles wherever they are needed.
Funding for this work provided by The Collaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research.https://mosaic.messiah.edu/engr2022/1020/thumbnail.jp
Better Pumps: Promoting Reliable Water Infrastructure for Everyone
Get PDFApproximately 90 million people in Africa lack access to safe drinking water, despite having water infrastructure installed in their community. The India Mark II and the Afridev handpumps are among the most widely used handpumps in the world. Sadly, studies show that approximately 30% of these handpumps are non-operational due to failures of the bearings, seals, head flange, and other common components. The Better Pumps team of the Collaboratory provides engineering support for partners who are working to improve handpump sustainability. We have partnered with Tony Beers and AlignedWorks to validate a bearing test methodology for the India Mark II handpump. By modifying the loading conditions in our handpump test machine, we were able to replicate failures observed by AlignedWorks in a field trial of their bearing design. However, these modifications caused our test machine tabletop to noticeably deflect, so we made modifications to stiffen the tabletop. We partnered with Matt Schwiebert and Living Water International to test new seal designs for the India Mark II and Afridev handpumps. Seal performance data collected by the team was used to validate a new design in advance of field trials by Living Water International. We developed and performed clear cylinder testing on the seals to visualize the leak paths. A new Afridev testing apparatus is being designed to test the longevity of the Afridev bearings and seals. Test methodologies and results are reported.
Funding for this work provided by The Collaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research.https://mosaic.messiah.edu/engr2022/1000/thumbnail.jp
The Effects of Dry Needling and Whole-Body Vibration on Jump Height and Performance in Adults: A Critically Appraised Topic
Get PDFWhole-body vibration (WBV) involves oscillation of the plates to produce vibrations. It cause: rapid eccentric-concentric muscle action to enhance muscle performance due to rapid reflex and stretch-reflexes. WBV can also cause temporary positive changes to soft tissues like skeletal muscle by increasing circulation. Dry needling (DN) is an invasive skilled intervention performed by licensed physical therapists requiring a thin filiform needle through the skin to reach soft tissues like muscle or bone that causes a mild inflammatory response to improve pain and relax muscles tissue. Analysis of jump height was the outcome measure used to determine muscle performance. The purpose of our study is to compare WBV and DN in regard to improving jump performance in the healthy and injured adult populations