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Qualitative Survey of Requirements, Recommendations, and Educational Efforts for Extreme Heat and Wildfire Smoke by High School Athletic Associations in the Midwest/Great Lakes Region of the United States
Full text linkClimate change fundamentally impacts all aspects of life, including athletics. Two of the most pervasive impacts of climate change that are becoming especially dangerous for athletes are air pollution and extreme heat. To better understand the policy implications for youth athletics, a survey was conducted to determine the extent and variability of high school athletic policies aimed to protect student athletes from extreme heat and poor air quality in the Midwest/Great Lakes region of the United States of America. Nine high school athletic association websites were reviewed for their policies relating to these adverse conditions. The associations were subsequently contacted via phone and email to schedule an interview during which additional details were gathered, clarifying questions asked, and documentation requested. Results found there is considerable variability in the extreme heat and air quality practices of high school athletic associations in the Midwest/Great Lakes region. None of the policies in the focal region were as robust as policies seen in states that had experienced prolonged extreme heat and poor air quality events. Even in an age of feasible measurement of heat and air quality conditions, immediate communication of information, and deep understanding of health consequences of these environmental conditions, uniform and exact policies needed to protect young athletes were not found within the surveyed associations
Council on Academic Affairs: Minutes (April 2, 2025)
No full textMinutes from the Council on Academic Affairs' meeting on April 2, 2025
Partial Success and Failed Attempts in Mandarin Change-of-State Predicates
No full textThis paper investigates the incomplete interpretations of Mandarin change-of-state predicates, with a focus on two subtypes: Partial Success and Failed Attempts. Through a detailed analysis of a group of consumption and destruction verbs, the study reveals a key distinction between Mandarin accomplishments, which do not inherently require culmination and therefore allow incomplete readings, and achievements, which lexically entail culmination. Aspectual diagnostics further corroborate this contrast. While previous studies attribute incomplete interpretations of change-of-state predicates to isolated factors, this paper identifies the primary source in the lexical semantics of verbs. To account for the semantic behavior of Mandarin accomplishments and their capacity to convey Partial Success and Failed Attempts, this paper proposes a formal representation that incorporates various incremental features into their lexical semantics. This approach unifies the analysis of these incomplete interpretations and sheds light on the mechanisms underlying variability in non-culmination. The findings offer a refined understanding of the Incompletion Effect (Chief 2007) and its implications for event semantics. By advancing the theoretical analysis of event structure in Mandarin, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of typological variation in accomplishments, bridging lexical semantics with cross-linguistic perspectives on event interpretation
Minor Troubles: Racial Figurations of Youth Sexuality and Childhood's Queerness
No full textIntroduction: Childhood's queer troubles -- Illegal desires : the sexting panic and the criminalization of queer Black girls -- Wounded white boys : figuring queer vulnerability to bullying and suicide -- Too much to tolerate : school bathrooms, trans temporality, and Black excess -- From reticence to abundance : talking back to the history of sex education -- Conclusion: Refiguring futures : youth innovations in agency and vulnerability.Item embargoed for three year
Identifying Seasonal Differences in the Transcript Abundance of Seminal Fluid Proteins in Male Tiger Mosquitos
No full textThe tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is a globally invasive species and a significant vector of pathogens such as Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever viruses. While male mosquitoes do not transmit diseases, their seminal fluid proteins (SFPs), produced by the male accessory glands (MAGs), play an important role in stimulating female blood-feeding, promoting egg development and oviposition, and preventing female remating. Research indicates that in other mosquito species, the composition of the ejaculate changes in response to seasonal cues, influencing female biting behavior and reproductive patterns. However, it is currently unknown whether male Ae. albopictus exhibit similar seasonal changes in SFP abundance and how these changes impact female blood-feeding behavior and fecundity. Here, I investigated how seasonal changes in day length influence the composition of the ejaculate and how this affects female reproduction. I tried to determine whether females mated with long-day males exhibit higher blood-feeding proclivity and fecundity compared to those mated with short-day males. I also identified seasonal differences in the transcript abundance of specific SFPs associated with immunity (glutathione S-transferase), bloodmeal digestion (Trypsin 1), and egg development (Cathepsin-B) using quantitative real-time PCR. This research will help understand how male Ae. albopictus adapt their reproductive patterns seasonally, providing insights into their biology and potential mosquito control strategies.No embargoAcademic Major: Animal Science