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MacEwan Book of the Year Design Series: : "Foe"
No full textThis poster contains a coffee brand made for the comapny OuterMore mentioned in the book "Foe" by Iain Reid.
Department: Design Studies
Faculty Mentor: Constanza Pache
"Peter and Wendy" (Book Design)
No full textPeter and Wendy (also known as the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up or Peter Pan) is the story of a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the princess Tiger Lily, and the pirate Captain Hook. This classic tale touches on the importance of cherished memories, the innocence of friendship as well as the bittersweet feeling of growing up. Peter and Wendy is a well-loved story that is reinterpreted to be reached by wider audiences. The inspiration for the interior and exterior came from a passion for vintage typography and whimsical art. The intention was to marry decorative type with engaging and textured visuals. The book’s illustrations are appropriate for all ages, but there is an emphasis on drawing a more adolescent audience to reading this particular version of the story of Peter and Wendy. Because Peter and Wendy is a traditional book, the changes within the interior itself were minor details, such as font size and placement of headers and footers. The most important part of the interior design was the layout of the chapter numbers and titles. This version of Peter and Wendy incorporates illustrations with both a sketched and lino cut quality to compliment the elegant type. The publication’s illustrations and typography blend to appeal to a modern audience, but still pay homage to the original. The illustrations resemble those that could have been scrawled by the main character, Wendy, as she recalls her adventures with Peter and the Lost Boys in Neverland. Wendy Darling is known to be a very creative and talented girl, shown several times throughout the story as she enjoys spending time sewing and repairing clothing for Peter and the Lost Boys. The illustrations throughout the book represent Wendy’s meticulous nature, while still capturing a more juvenile aesthetic. The imagery in the book is presented as more of a documentation of Wendy’s experiences, rather than an outside party’s interpretation.
Each typeface plays an important role throughout the cover and interior of the book. The typeface Fire Flight is used to represent both Wendy and the extraordinary adventures she has in Neverland. The ornate, decorative typeface is also used as the main type for chapter titles, sparking interest and intrigue in the reader. Fire Flight works well in conjunction with the book’s illustrations. The ornate and whimsical design of the Fire Flight typeface, along with a comfortable body copy and engaging visuals combine in order to create dynamic transitions that keep the reader engaged from start to finish.
Department: Design Studies
Faculty Mentor: Constanza Pache
Music Album Design "Kevin Dean"
No full textThis album cover is designed to evoke feelings of calm, slowness, and relaxation. For the illustration, the title ‘Going Down Slow’ is expressed in an abstract way. I was inspired by clefs which is a musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a musical stave. The bass clefs, and the treble clefs have beautiful line weight. On the cover, the illustration’s thin lines and black parts are in harmony. There is softness coming from organic shapes, and squiggly lines help the viewers to feel the slowness. The color theme of this album is brown and black to bring a sense of comfort and relaxation. The brown is the perfect color to show the richness as it’s the color of chocolate and coffee, it could help to highlight the richness of the music. Also, the black and bold typeface of the title, help to express the richness of the music. The use of serif typeface (typeface with a small decorative line), evokes a feeling of jazz and blues.
Department: Design Studies
Faculty Mentor: Constanza Pache
Going Down Slow - A Snowy Take on Jazz and Blues
No full textThe silenced comfort of a fresh snowfall reminded me of the comfort spoken about by Kevin Dean in his interview. This environment amplified the introspective and self-soothing vibe that Mr. Dean wanted his listeners’ experience, so I chose to pursue this for my final concept. Comfort is a mood that pushes itself forward in every piece of this package, warm colours on a snowy landscape, and the solace of a land quieted just enough by snowflakes Going Down Slow.
Department: Design Studies
Faculty Mentor: Constanza Pache
The Happy Prince and Other Tales Book Design
No full textBook cover and interior layout design completed with 10 detailed black and white illustrations.
Department: Design Studies
Faculty Mentor: Constanza Pache
From Science as Solution to Science as Suspect: : The Human-Science Relationship in Science-Fiction Canon
No full textThe ways in which humankind relates to science and innovation has always been a key marker of the science-fiction genre. Though this relationship was popularly rooted in scientific rationalism and proto-idealism, it has since evolved in favour of problematizing relations between the human and the machine. Drawing on the work of authors such as Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Philip K. Dick, Jeff Somers, and Iain Reid, this paper is a genre-oriented exploration of the shifting dialogue on how humankind should orient itself toward technological progress. Starting in the era of 1950\u27s science fiction, as epitomized by Asimov, the literary endorsement of "science as solution" has veered to "science as suspect." Expressed first through the complication of the human-science relationship in transitory works, this shift in canonical discourse is readily captured in Herbert\u27s Dune and Dick\u27s Do Android\u27s Dream of Electric Sheep with Somers\u27 The Final Evolution and Reid\u27s Foe demonstrating a contemporary finalizations of this trend.
Department: English
Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Thompso
In the Shadows: Perceptions of In-Person, Phone & Cyberstalking
No full textPrevious research has found that our perceptions of stalking severity, threat, and prevalence do not align with the true nature and scope of these criminal behaviours. Further, our judgments are influenced by the type of stalking involved in a case (i.e., over the internet versus being followed in person) and who we believe the stalker to be. As such, the present study was designed to assess perceptions of stalking severity and dangerousness in relation to the type of stalking (in-person, phone, cyber), gender of the stalker (man versus woman), stalker-victim relationship (stranger, acquaintance, or ex-partner), and the type of threat (self or other-harm). Participants read a vignette detailing an individual at a coffee shop on campus that began to stalk the victim, the details of which varied according to our variables of interest. Participants also completed measures of personality, bias, and a judgment questionnaire to assess perceptions of severity, threat, and necessity of criminal justice intervention. We anticipate that the highest ratings of dangerousness/severity/threat will be associated with in-person stalking where the stalker is a man, a stranger, and threatens to harm the victim. However, police intervention may be sought more in the phone and cyber groups, where demonstrable proof of stalking could be obtained. This study has implications the manner in which criminal justice professionals interpret stalking and criminal harassment.
Department: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kristine Peac
The Effects of Chronic Lysergic Acid Diethylamide Exposure and Withdrawal in Zebrafish
No full textZebrafish (Danio rerio) have recently emerged as an excellent model for neuropharmacological research due to the similarities in neurochemistry they share with humans. This similarity enables researchers to generalize findings concerning the relationship between neurotransmitter systems and hallucinogenic drugs to humans. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the behavioural effects of chronic lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) exposure and withdrawal in zebrafish. Subjects were randomly assigned to a low or high dose of either 100 μg/L or 250 μg/L for 10 days. Behaviour in the open field test was assessed on the 10th day for chronic exposure and on the 11th day for withdrawal. The present study hypothesized a dose-dependent anxiolytic effect of chronic exposure, similar to what was found in past research for acute exposure. It was also predicted that a withdrawal response of treated fish would be demonstrated with heightened anxiety. Results indicated that neither chronic exposure to nor withdrawal from LSD affected swimming speed or distance moved; thus, implying that LSD did not affect motor control. However, results for chronic exposure revealed no significant increase in behaviours indicative of low anxiety. Evidence seemed to suggest a tolerance combined with a lack of withdrawal with treated fish performing similar to controls in each round of testing. Future research should address the acute application of LSD in panic disorder treatment and differing drug exposure intervals with repeated testing.
Department: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melike Schalomo
Sorption of trace Ciprofloxacin to environmental media
No full textThe increased usage of pharmaceuticals, especially antibiotics has unintentionally resulted in their increased introduction into the environment, especially via effluent into waterways from wastewater treatment plants. Many of these drugs can have significant detrimental effects on local wildlife and flora and have the potential to be introduced into the food chain. Sorption of these trace pharmaceuticals to environmental surfaces is of interest as it plays a key role in their mobility and remediation. In this study the detection, characterisation and quantification of the sorption of Ciprofloxacin (cipro) to goethite, a iron oxide mineral commonly found in soils, and biochar. The sorption was tested from pH 3-10 and was analyzed using HPLC-MS and FTIR spectroscopy. Sorption of the cipro was confirmed and 3 potential breakdown products were discovered. These breakdown products are likely produced by oxidation at the mineral surface. Sorption efficiency was determined using HPLC-MS, and found to be most efficient from PH 6-8.
The results of this preliminary study will be used in future works in predicting the mobility of trace pharmaceuticals and their breakdown products in environment.
Department: Physical Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Janice Kenne
Forecasting Amazon Stock Price
No full textWe study the monthly stock price for Amazon using ARIMA models and intervention analysis. We compare several models in terms of the goodness of fit and the predictions errors. To account for the COVID pandemic influence on the Amazon stock prices we apply intervention analysis. We examine the forecasted Amazon stock price from the best model, and we discuss whether Amazon is a good investment for future investments.
Department: Mathematical Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cristina Anto