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Differential Expression of Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptides in the Liver and Common Comorbidities: Implication for Toxicity of Microcystins and other Xenobiotics
Get PDFBridging Health Gaps in Central America: Identifying Prevalent Diagnoses Across Medical Missions for Improving Targeting of Treatment
No full textEpigenetic Repression of eNOS in Scleroderma (SSc) Microvascular Endothelial Cells (MVECs) is Related to the Downregulation of MicroRNA-152 by Enhanced DNA Methyltransferase 1 (Dnmt1) Expression.
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Characterization of Human Liver Tissue for Harmful Algal Bloom Exposure in Cancer and Non-Cancer Patients
Get PDFSpiritual Archives. Communication, Healing and Politics of Performance
No full textIn this essay, I present the concept of “spiritual archives” as a relevant and innovative tool to analyze and critically understand performance's political power and healing potency. I argue that this concept contributes to the discussion about our ways of categorizing sources of knowledge, which means that the spiritual archives are an episteme, a legitimate way to obtain information about the world. First, I develop the concept in the context of the discussion about “valid” sources of information for research in Performance Studies, which comprise, so far, the archive and the repertoire. Then, I explain four characteristics of spiritual archives by applying the concept in an analysis of my performance art piece Medium. I end by explaining human communication in the context of spiritual archives and their political potency
Dyslexia Dilemma
Get PDFMore than 70 million Americans have learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia - that’s 1 in 5 people who learn and think differently (Understood For All, 2014). Dyslexia is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one’s age. Problems may include difficulties in reading, rhyming, spelling, identifying common words, phonetic pronunciation and comprehension, or struggle with writing assignments. This paper will examine the history of dyslexia, successful intervention programs for dyslexic learners, and discuss the need for adequate training programs for teaching personnel
Culture’s Place in the Foreign Language Classroom
No full textThis paper will first outline what culture is and what exactly is meant by intercultural communication in the foreign language (FL) classroom by analyzing theoretical texts on the topic. Then, this paper will discuss many studies on learning tasks that integrate culture from both foreign language classrooms in English-speaking countries as well as English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms in other countries. This paper will describe each task and then demonstrate how they bolster students’ proficiency in writing or listening and speaking. Additionally, this paper will show that these tasks create a marked increase in students’ motivation and excitement to learn a new language