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Zenimal for the Military
No full textStress has long been recognized as an intrinsic part of military service, and strategies for dealing with stress contribute directly to the performance, health, and longevity of our service members (Kreager 1986). According to the stress buffer theory, mindfulness meditation enhances the resilience of its practitioners to stressful situations (Creswell 2014). Therefore, mindfulness meditation is a tool that may be used by military members to improve both their performance and quality of life. Working with ZenimalTM, a company that produces screenless meditation devices, our team developed a discreet, portable meditation device designed for the needs of service members and veterans. The final device design is a handheld model with a rectangular shape, slanted edges, and navigation buttons on the front face. This model incorporates a minimalist, screenless design to maximize its ease of use and minimize distractions. We also collaborated with the ZenimalTM engineering team on device electronics, with the end goal of providing the company with a model that they could integrate with their own custom printed circuit board. We also developed content recommendations for the device with input from Veterans Affairs psychologists and from our veteran user group. We provided security recommendations for the proposed product with a focus on its military use case. Finally, as collaboration with the Veterans Affairs was an important part of our project, we provided ZenimalTM with contacts to consult regarding device content
Modeling a Minority: Asian American Ivy League Students\u27 Opinions on Affirmative Action.
No full textThis study, sought to understand why some Asian American Ivy League students oppose affirmative action, and to what extent their views represent a critique of racial liberalism
Appalachia Summer/Fall 2010: Complete Issue
Get PDFSummer/Fall 2010 - Volume LXI, Number 2 - issue #230. Hut, Two, Three, Four: What ignites the outdoor passion of the next generation
Ren Zhong Feng and the 1932 American Sikong Expedition: An Exercise in Armchair Mountaineering
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Appalachia Winter/Spring 2024: Complete Issue
Get PDFWinter/Spring 2024 - Volume LXXV, Number 1 - Issue #257. Engines of Extremes: Stories of pushing beyond previous limits
Skyline Sketches: The Dog Bell
Get PDFA bear bell evokes bittersweet memories of a hiker’s deceased dog, Rufus
Loving 바리데기: A Traveler\u27s Guide to Anthologizing the 여성 시인
Get PDFThis thesis retells the folktale of the Korean shaman goddess 바리데기’s (Paridegi) as my journey through Korean literature. It follows Korean feminist poet Kim Hyesoon’s typology of the three deaths that 바리데기must experience to become a shamanic goddess and mediator with Death. I map these three deaths (the Death of Losing Your Name, the Death of Diaspora, and the Death of Immortal Crossings) onto the three stages of my development as a second-generation Korean American literary scholar, translator, and artist. Through connecting my personal journeys with the disciplinary concerns facing comparative literature, Asian American studies, Asian area studies, and Korean Studies, I create a shared shamanic space for future generations of scholars to create their own stories of the 여성 시인 (pr. “yosongsiin,” trans. femme-ish-poem-person). This thesis also contains a supplementary anthology, Loving 바리데기: A Traveler’s Anthology of the 여성 시인 , in the form of appendices attached to each chapter. These appendices demonstrate my creative attempts to translate between the realms of scholarly criticism and artistic creation through “enacting” the methods of each chapter with a short story, a collection of translated poems and their commentary, and a shamanic photographic archive, respectively