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FROM CHILI PEPPERS TO BIG MACS: A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN FOODS AND FOODWAYS IN CHINA
No full textWestern foodways have had significant impacts on Chinese foodways and culinary traditions, but many of these influences are not widely known. This thesis aims to provide a comprehensive survey of Western influence on Chinese foodways from the late Ming dynasty to the contemporary era. To this end, the thesis starts by providing an overview of the entry of new world foodstuffs into China. Then, it chronicles the history of Western impacts on Chinese food culture during the 20th century. Finally, it surveys the impact of Western fast-food chains on China and the development of China’s fast food industry. Overall, this study intends to improve our understanding of the history of Western impacts on Chinese food culture, and the ways in which Chinese people have adapted and indigenized these foreign influences to suit their own tastes and circumstances
THE RELATION OF MINDFUL PARENTING AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN PRESCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN
No full textThe main goal of the study was to investigate the possible relationship between mindful parenting and children\u27s executive functioning. It was hypothesized that mindful parenting would be negatively associated with children’s rate of reported executive dysfunction. It was also hypothesized that boys would exhibit greater executive dysfunction than girls, and that 4-year-olds would exhibit greater executive dysfunction than 5-year-olds. Parents of children of the age 4-5 years were invited to participate in an online survey, and reported on their mindful parenting behaviors via the Interpersonal Mindfulness in Parenting scale (IEM-P), and their children’s executive dysfunction via the Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory (CHEXI). The results were unable to support the main hypothesis, as mindful parenting scores generally did not significantly correlate with children’s executive functioning scores. The results also did not support the hypothesis that boys would exhibit greater executive dysfunction than girls, and that 4-year-olds would exhibit greater executive dysfunction than 5-year-olds. These results are possibly due to methodological and sampling issues, and more research is needed to conclude if there is a relation between mindful parenting and preschool-aged children’s executive functioning
FLITTER, FLY, FLOCK Analyzing the parallel migration patterns and shifting life cycle stages of the Red Admiral Butterfly, European Pied Flycatcher, and Human climate migrants in relation to climate change
No full textClimate change and rising global temperatures are already having observable effects on small migratory species. The short lifespans of butterflies and extensive research on fall migratory birds makes them excellent species to observe for changes in life cycle and migratory patterns related to climate change. This meta-synthesis and accompanying animation analyzes literature on the Red Admiral Butterfly and European Pied Flycatcher, with a goal of finding whether one can use these patterns as a way to predict the movement of human climate migrants in a similar geographical area. Although there are significant patterns present in the research, it is impossible to use these patterns to predict future patterns of human climate migrants at this time. The unpredictable nature of climate change, in addition to butterfly tracking issues, inexplicable variations among populations of our target organisms, and political complications present in human groups does not allow for accurate projections of migration patterns between species
THE FOX IN BETWEEN WOLVES AND DOGS
No full textKatie Moore explores the social dynamics of atheists and Catholics through an allegorical play script authored by herself. Within the play atheists and Catholics are represented by wolves and dogs based on academic research of the two canines including, behavioral experiments, history, anthropology, and biology of both as well as the additional fox character. The basis of Katie’s interpretation of atheists and Catholics is mostly based on rich personal experience with both groups. Katie puts forth that atheists and Catholics should interact more and know and accept each other as individuals, which while they live by different beliefs are no less knowledgeable and compassionate. Through this, demonization of either group is less likely as interaction between the groups leads to more humanization for both sides
“YOU DO KNOW I’M AWARE THIS IS ALL A GAME, RIGHT?”: AN EXPLORATION OF BRECHTIAN VIDEO GAMES THROUGH DOKI DOKI LITERATURE CLUB!
No full textThis thesis proposes Brecht as a way for analyzing games that break the fourth wall through an analysis of Doki Doki Literature Club! (2017) In Chapter 1, I introduce the visual novel and discuss immersion and choice in video games before expanding this to the theater through the ways video games utilize catharsis. In Chapter 2, I definite Brecht’s concept of the epic theater and show examples of it through four video games: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2005), The Stanley Parable (2013), Undertale (2015), and YOU and ME and HER (2020). Chapter 3 contains a close reading of Doki Doki Literature Club! in which the epic theater is deployed to analyze the themes and aesthetics of the game
VARIED INTRASPECIFIC PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF SYMBIODINIUM MICROADRIATICUM SENSU STRICTO TO VARYING THERMAL AND LIGHT STRESSORS
No full textSymbiodiniaceae is a symbiotic, photosynthetic algae most commonly associated with providing nutrients to marine organisms such as anemones, jellyfish, and corals (Weber & Medina, 2012). Unfortunately, an increase in sea water temperature causes coral bleaching, the disruption of the symbiosis between Symbiodiniaceae and corals. Coral bleaching has been the largest cause of coral mortality since the early 1980’s (Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2019) . It is suspected that if the corals coevolve with thermotolerant Symbiodiniaceae, the corals will also increase in thermotolerance (Chakravarti & Van Oppen, 2018). Previous work has shown intra-specific variation of physiological thermotolerance in Symbiodiniaceae (Díaz-Almeyda et al., 2017). This study aims to understand the intraspecific variability of the physiological response to combined thermal and light stress. The photochemical efficiency (Fᵥ/Fₘ) for three strains of Symbiodinium microadriaticum sensu stricto (CassKB8, RT362, RT61) was measured. The three strains were all placed under four conditions (26°C with low light, 26°C with high light, 32°C with low light, and 32°C with high light) and Fᵥ/Fₘ was measured every day over 9 days. This study showed the varying effects environmental stress has on strains within the species Symbiodinium microadriaticum sensu stricto. The effects showed a decrease in Fᵥ/Fₘ overtime, but this decrease varied by condition and strain. The most notable variation can be seen between the two thermotolerant strains, CassKB8 and RT61. This diverse physiological response encourages future study of Symbiodiniaceae to help expand the understanding of these interspecific variances. This increased understanding of Symbiodiniaceae and its unique properties builds way to developing successful methods for future coral climate change resilience efforts
AN ANALYSIS OF PREHISTORIC SHELL TOOLS (COLUMELLA TOOLS AND GASTROPOD HAMMERS) FROM SNAKE ISLAND, SARASOTA COUNTY (8So2336)
No full textDuring a monitoring-salvage project (1994-2012) of an eroding shell midden on the southwest shore of Snake Island, Sarasota County, numerous Pinellas plain and sand-tempered plain ceramics, sea turtle bones (880 – 1015 CE), and hammers (Types A, C, D, & F) were discovered together in situ. Others had recently been removed from primary context, scattered along the shoreline. Nearly 300 shell specimens were discovered during the salvage work, with many exhibiting human-made modifications. Columella tools, made from the central column spine of whelks and conchs, were distributed along the entire shoreline, with upland shovel tests dating them to the earlier Archaic period. In 2019, a collaborative New College of Florida and Sarasota County Historical Resources project was initiated to analyze the gastropod and columella tools, designed to address artifact variability, breakage patterns, the tool reduction sequence, and potential hafting methods. This paper will discuss the findings of that analysis, as well as an overall discussion of the assemblage. It will also explore northern Gulf research into shell tools, that, in turn, led to more early Archaic connections having been made to other sites (from Texas to Charlotte Harbor) which will be discussed briefly here and more fully in a later publication
MAKING A FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER IN UNITY
No full textThe goal of this project was to create a first-person shooter that was both enjoyable and easy to play, using the Unity Game Engine. This game was given a realistic visual style, and design choices were made to emphasize immersion and realism. Planned to be included in this game were a first-person player, a monster enemy with a custom pathfinding algorithm, items for the player to pick up, multiple game levels, and sounds. Not all of this could be implemented within the time available. The final game was able to include a fully animated first person character, complete with a heads-up display, and movement abilities such as jumping, crouching, running and aiming. An enemy monster was implemented, complete with animations. This monster can follow the player and attack them, and their attacks could damage and kill the player. The player can shoot the monster, and when the monster dies, they fall to the ground with a realtime physics controlled death animation. With the work done on this game so far, there is real potential for this project, although it is very far from finished
GROUND STOP: POSSIBLE APPROACHES TO ADMINISTRATION OF U.S AIRSPACE
No full textAfter the deregulation of airlines in 1978, the United States saw an influx of new flights and aircraft in the air, leading to pressure on the air traffic control system; by the end of the 1980s, the number of flights decreased; however, the financial, administrative, and infrastructural issues persisted. I argue that an institutional and economic restructuring of air traffic control in the United States is the answer to address these issues. I examine different governing and financing strategies used in other countries to oversee air traffic control, such as government agencies, government corporations, public-private partnerships, and private corporations. The goal is to hypothesize which system is economically and politically viable to replace the United States\u27 current government agency structure and its growing financial and logistic dilemma. The study examines six different countries and their systems and the political and economic issues that led to their changes. However, while a government corporation is the most viable option, it will be challenging to establish without government and non-government actors\u27 support, which might lose authority over it
Gangs and democracy in Guatemala THE THEORY OF DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY AND GANG VIOLENCE
No full text100,000 gang members are scattered across Central America, Mexico, and the US. Las Maras, a transnational gang, could present the single greatest threat to regional security in Central America since the civil wars1. In 2020 an estimated total of 2,574 people were victims of homicides related to gangs and the murder rate was up at 15.3 per 100,000 in Guatemala2. Very little has been written about how gang violence affects democracy. This thesis fills this gap by examining the relationship between gang violence and democratic legitimacy in Guatemala. I argue that gang violence has a negative impact democratic legitimacy because crime victims are less supportive of democracy, gang violence reduces trust in the police, and the media over exaggerates feelings of insecurity. To test these mechanisms I implement a mixed-method research design combining both qualitative and quantitative data. Through my interviews with ex-gang members, civil society organizations, and survey data analysis using data from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), I find that higher levels of police trust are associated with more support for democracy via its effect on maintaining safety in the public sphere. Additionally, I also find that gangs can cause a breakdown in public social spaces and that the media amplifies these effects.My findings not only expand on past literature on gangs and democracy but also have implications for the politics of organized crime in new or fragile democracies