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AEMS News and Reviews: Winter 2003 (Vol. 6, No. 2)
No full textThe Winter 2003 issue of AEMS News and Reviews (Vol. 6, No. 2) presents a lineup of films and videos that explore war, identity, migration, and culture across Asia. "War and Peace" investigates India's 1998 nuclear tests and their societal consequences, comparing responses in India and Pakistan, and extending to nuclear issues in Japan and the US. "Chain of Love" follows Filipina domestic workers migrating to Europe, revealing the human dimension of global care labor networks. Vietnam's post-war legacy is featured in "Gao Rang (Grilled Rice)," which offers a unique visual history of the wars through Vietnamese soldier-cameramen's eyes, and "Vietnam: The Last Battle," examining the war's devastating impact, the US embargo, and post-war economic challenges. "Kurosawa" honors the cinematic legacy of renowned Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. The "Cultural Adventures with Jan Reynolds" series introduces viewers to daily life and traditions in the Himalayas, including Sherpa culture and Tibetan life under Chinese rule. Finally, "The Crossing" recounts a dramatic mission to rescue North Korean relatives, addressing the plight of refugees and the longing for Korean reunification.Center for East Asian and Pacific Studie
AEMS News and Reviews: Summer 2009 (Issue: #32)
No full textThis issue explores themes of conflict, reconciliation, education, and cultural identity across Asia and beyond. "Making Peace with Vietnam" reflects on the lingering consequences of the Vietnam War and the desire for reconciliation between Vietnamese and Americans, focusing on human suffering caused by the war. "Two Million Minutes" examines educational pressures and systems in China, India, and the U.S., highlighting global academic competition and comparing student priorities. North Korea’s repressive regime and profound humanitarian challenges are exposed through two powerful documentaries: "Seoul Train", focused on the escape routes of defectors, and "Children of the Secret State", portraying life under totalitarian control and the devastating famine. "Sumo East and West" investigates Japan’s traditional sport as it intersects with global influences, especially American culture from Hawai‘i. A featured website review introduces "About Japan: A Teacher’s Resource", a valuable platform for K-12 educators integrating Japanese studies into the classroom.Center for East Asian and Pacific Studie
RETAP Enhanced Assessments: Energy Efficiency Cost Savings
No full textPresentation for businesses and pollution prevention technical assistance professionals to aid in understanding utility bills and identifying energy savings opportunities at small- and mid-sized manufacturing companies.U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; NP-OOE0156
AEMS News and Reviews: Spring 2012 (Issue: #44)
No full textThe Spring 2012 edition of News and Reviews features five films that were screened as part of AAS Film Expo 2012: Asia In Current Motion presented at the Association for Asian Studies annual conference, on March 15-18, 2012 in Toronto.
For the expo, twenty-eight films representing East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia were viewed by over 450 conference attendees. (see selected films). Attending an AEMS film screening, as did Howard Choy (see his review of two films on the China-Africa relationship below), is an excellent route to becoming a reviewer for this publication. We here at AEMS look forward to continuing our role as curators for the 2013 film expo at the AAS annual meeting in San Diego.Center for East Asian and Pacific Studie
Love at a Microscopic Scale: Heart in Brain Tissue
No full textAmidst the complex neural networks of the brain, a surprising symbol of “love” emerged—a heart-shaped structure revealed under the microscope. Following behavioral assessments to better understand the metabolic pathway in mice, we employed immunohistochemistry (IHC), a laboratory technique that uses antibodies tagged with fluorescent markers to target specific proteins. In this study, C-fos—a protein rapidly produced in active neurons—was chosen to identify neuronal activation. C-fos is an immediate early gene that is expressed in neurons when they have become active. This gene is triggered when a neuron fires, which occurs as calcium builds up inside the cell. The calcium buildup leads to a change in the membrane potential, generating an electrical signal that travels down the neuron, enabling communication between neighboring cells. By examining brain tissue under a confocal microscope, the labeled C-fos protein glows red when the laser illuminates the tissue, allowing us to create a high-resolution, three-dimensional image of the medial hypothalamus, a critical region for regulating homeostasis. Among the glowing neurons, the heart-shaped structure stood out—a symbol of the brain’s hidden beauty
Psychological Motivation Factors that Enhance Confidence and Participation in Sports Among Students with Poor Physical Fitness
No full textParticipation in sports can improve physical health and also benefit adolescents' mental health by enhancing both mental and physical self-esteem (Kim & Ahn, 2021) and building resilience in the face of adverse circumstances (Murphy et al., 2022). Team sports, in particular, are associated with positive outcomes such as behavioral guidance, understanding of role identities (i.e., positions within a social structure with reciprocal obligations), and improved communication skills (Eather et al., 2023).Conversely, research highlights the mental health drawbacks of not participating in sports. Chi and Wang (2022) found that individuals with lower frequencies of sports participation were more likely to report higher levels of depressive symptoms (see also Vella et al., 2015). Moreover, adolescent girls are generally less likely to participate in sports than adolescent boys (Guddal et al., 2019), leading to an unequal distribution of the benefits of sports across genders.The purpose of this study is to explore what motivates people to participate in sports as a way to improve their physical, mental, or other health-related issues. The study will examine why some individuals choose sports as a hobby or a therapeutic activity
Towards Certifiable Safety in Learning-Enabled Autonomous Systems: A Perspective
No full textMachine learning has revolutionized the development of autonomous systems by enabling capabilities that would otherwise be infeasible.
However, the integration of learning-based components introduces fundamental challenges for safety certification. This paper presents a perspective on achieving the safety certification of learning-enabled autonomous systems without compromising safety standards, with a focus on autonomous vehicles. This perspective explores ongoing research addressing the challenge of safety certification for learning-enabled systems and outlines promising future directions. The key recommendation is the use of certifiable classical software components to ensure that the autonomous system consistently fulfills its safety objectives,
regardless of potential faults in learning-based components. However, the lack of certifiable classical alternatives for many safety-critical learning-enabled tasks poses a substantial challenge to the realization of such architectures
Monitoring Aquatic Life in the Illinois and Kaskaskia River Basins for evaluating IDNR Private Lands Programs: Annual Report 2024
No full text(1) Monitor the status of aquatic communities and assess the progress toward the aquatic-life goals in randomly-selected stream sites associated with the Conservation Reserve
Enhancement Program (CREP) in the Illinois and Kaskaskia River basins; (2) survey a small number of least-disturbed stream sites to assist in establishing the best attainable goals for CREP; 3) improve our understanding on how and when CREP starts to benefit aquatic life by systematically tracking the long-term changes in aquatic life, water quality, and habitats at two new CREP sites selected based on the Before-After-Control-Impact design; and 4) assess the importance of water quality improvement to aquatic life by monitoring aquatic life and their habitats at the CREP monitoring stations of the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS).IDNR Private Lands Program; IDNR CREP 270
Changing Activism: Hal Baron Lays Out Strategy for Civil Rights in Public Housing
No full textThis issue of SourceLab introduces readers to Changing Activism: Hal Baron Lays Out Strategy for Civil Rights in Public Housing, a Civil Rights Era memorandum written by Hal Baron that argues for fair housing in Chicago.
This publication is part of the digital documentary edition series SourceLab, based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Our Editorial Board conducts rigorous peer-review of every edition
How do you make music on that thing? A method with original etudes for the aspiring solo jazz vibraphonist
No full textThe last hundred years has seen the complete development of the vibraphone, from conception through becoming an accepted instrument in the jazz community that is increasingly common at jazz performances. Innovators of vibraphone technique, such as Gary Burton, have enabled the vibes to function as an unaccompanied solo instrument, a role that is typical for piano or guitar. Despite this increased opportunity for solo performance, there remains a void in available literature that students of the vibraphone may study in order to gain the necessary
musical and technical skills to perform unaccompanied.
This project presents a sequence of original etudes, informed by recordings of Gary Burton, Tony Miceli, Chris Dingman, Walt Dickerson, Jason Adasiewicz, and others, that will guide a student through the most common techniques used by unaccompanied jazz vibraphonists.
Over the course of learning these etudes, a student will develop a palette of textural approaches they can use in solo performance. Following the instructions provided with the etudes, the student will also be able to improvise their own arrangements of unaccompanied tunes in a variety of unique ways, rather than simply regurgitating the material presented in these etudes verbatim. The goal of this instructional material, as should always be the goal in music education, is to allow the student to develop their own, well-informed voice in the music