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Analyzing the Effectiveness of SEL Skills in the Formation of Relationships Between Educators and Students
No full textThis study explored individuals’ interactions with others, specifically the interactions of professors and students in their time on a college campus. The objective of analyzing these relationships was to determine how educators and students connect, develop, and maintain their relationships effectively. To accomplish this, observations of over 70 college students were recorded, three separate interviews of both students and a professor conducted, and a survey of 30 people attained. The results of these findings indicate that when the relationship values of providing help, communicating effectively, and showing compassion for others are used, positive student-professor relationships are more likely to develop
Phenomenology of Stand-Up Comedy
No full textComedy is understudied in philosophy. One reason for this lack of serious philosophical work may be due to the elusive nature of comedy as art. It’s not serious, so we ought not to take it seriously. I claim, however, that we can study comedy, and needn’t adhere to the assumption that it is unworthy of philosophical analysis. In particular, scholars have largely ignored the issue of comic timing. To study comic timing, it might be helpful to turn to phenomenology, which is, in part, the study of the human experience of time. I’ll argue, in phenomenological terms, that stand-up comedy can achieve the same revelatory effect of truth as any other form of art, using Richard Pryor’s stand-up album Bicentennial Nigger as a paradigmatic example
Effect of Decreased Rainfall on Root Symbiotic Fungi in a Lowland Tropical Forest
No full textSeasonal rainfall is predicted to decrease by 50 percent by 2038 due to anthropogenic climate change. Little is known about the effect this will have on below-ground responses in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Two hypotheses exist for the effect reduced rainfall may have on root colonization by AMF: (1) increase in hyphae and fungal elements due to increased carbon allocation by the host plant, (2) decrease in hyphae and fungal elements due to sensitivity of plants to shift in seasonal drought. This study examines the effect of seasonal shifts in rainfall on root colonization in a lowland tropical forest in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Dog Breed Classification Using Convolutional Neural Networks: Interpreted Through a Lockean Perspective
Get PDFThe problem of fine-grained classification is one in which traditionally humans have fared better than computers. Only recently, with the advent of complex Machine Learning techniques, we have seen systems that can compete with or beat humans at this problem. In this work, we trained two Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) on the Stanford Dogs dataset and made them recognize dog breeds. We also analyzed the response maps of the CNNs with the aim of determining which breed-specific features the networks had learned in order to classify the images. Upon obtaining these features, we attempted to gain an insight into them for comparison with the human understanding of breeds under a Lockean interpretation
Maria A. Civitello
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More Power, More Love, More Life: Examining Different Ideas of Law in Angels in America
No full textSet during the height of the AIDS epidemic in the mid- to late-1980s, Tony Kushner’s play Angels in America examines relationships between characters of highly different religious and political backgrounds. This essay focuses on how these relationships are exploited or solidified by certain types of law: divine, Jewish, humane, and civil. Specifically, these four laws connect to the paths that the two main characters—Roy Cohn and Prior Walter—take during their respective AIDS diagnoses. Cohn’s relationship with Joe Pitt, his law clerk, is primarily examined through Jewish and civil law, while Walter’s relationships with Louis Ironson and the Angel are examined through humane, Jewish, and divine law
Managing the Liminal Condition as a Transfer Student
No full textTransferring to a small, residential college entails learning to manage academics and a new environment where social circles have already been established. In a study designed to explore the liminality of transitioning from one social status to another, I discovered how transfer students have selected specific strategies to manage the liminal condition of integrating into a pre-existing society. Students that transfer after their first year in college form relationships through extracurricular activities, or, if living on campus, choose to form a cohort with other transfer students. Commuting transfer students tend to concentrate on having friends off campus
Spatial Analysis of Risk Factors Affecting Suicide Rates in Young Americans
No full textAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, suicide and homicide are ranked second and third among leading causes of death in the 15–24 year age group in the U.S. This project applies methods from statistics and machine learning to state- and county-specific data to determine what demographic, social, and governmental characteristics are associated with increased risk of death by suicide or homicide in young Americans
