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ADK Climate Project
No full textUsing a mobile recording booth, we traverse the Adirondack Park weaving together the art of storytelling, art creation, and community building with the urgency of climate change.</p
Views on the Transition of Werewolves in the Medieval Period
No full textThis paper focuses on the Views on the transition of werewolves in the Medieval period. Today, werewolves are believed to be able to transform with a full moon and hurt humans. However, in the Middle Ages, werewolves in literature, such as Marie de France’s Bisclavret, were always portrayed as victims of injustice, cursed knights, or loyal companions. Although literature and folklore in the Middle Ages showed great sympathy towards werewolves, this view shifted to a darker one in the sixteenth century, marked by the execution of some werewolves, such as Peter Stuber in 1589. Such transitions with potential explanation are included in the paper. </p
The Modular μSiM: m-µSiM_Figure_7.ai
No full textFigure 7 for The Modular μSiM: A Mass Produced, Rapidly Assembled, and Reconfigurable Platform for the Study of Barrier Tissue Models In Vitro</p
The Modular μSiM: ICAM1_URvsUniBE_Results
No full textRaw data for ICAM-1 imaging across EECM-BMECs at UR and UniBe for Fig. 6 of The Modular µSiM: A Mass Produced, Rapidly Assembled, and Reconfigurable Platform for the Study of Barrier Tissue Models In Vitro</p
Fiber-to-Chip Fusion
No full textThis project investigates a low-loss, scalable method for attaching optical fibers directly to photonic chips using CO₂ laser fusion. Single-mode fibers were cleaved, aligned to chip waveguides using a 1550 nm laser, and fused in place with a Synrad FireStar V40 CO₂ laser. A microscope-assisted setup ensured precise positioning, and power measurements before and after fusion were used to calculate insertion loss. Bond strength was tested using a digital force gauge. Results demonstrated strong, stable fiber attachments and low insertion loss, supporting fusion splicing as a promising technique for compact, high-performance photonic packaging.</p
The Art of Protest
No full textEver wanted to make a change? In my research, "The Art of Protest," I explore what makes protests effective in social movements and how art, particularly protest posters, can serve as a tool for political change. By analyzing protest posters from the ACT UP organization during the height of the AIDS crisis, I identified striking similarities between principles of effective protest and effective design, which I used to develop frameworks for successful protest design. Through this research, I aim to build upon what makes successful movements and explore how communities can effectively organize for systemic change.</p
Metrics Unveiled: Decoding Social Determinants in Trauma Care
No full textThis study investigates how social determinants of health (SDOH) impact outcomes after traumatic injury, using area-level measures such as the Area Deprivation Index (ADI) and Social Vulnerability Index (SVI). We conducted a retrospective analysis of over 12,000 patients treated at a Level I trauma center between 2014 and 2021, linking geocoded home addresses to Census block-level ADI and SVI scores. While higher deprivation was significantly associated with longer hospital and ICU stays and increased likelihood of surgical intervention, there was no association with injury severity or mortality. These findings suggest that SDOH influence trauma care utilization but not immediate clinical outcomes, highlighting the importance of considering social context in post-discharge care and prevention strategies.</p
GAIL 2025: AI on the Spot–A Pop-Up Approach to Collecting Student Feedback
No full textHow do our users really feel about generative AI? Join us and learn how to assess student AI usage and perceptions with three quick, interactive activities that require no advertising and minimal planning. In just two hours, we gathered 140+ responses on generative AI tools, subscriptions preferences, and overall thoughts on AI. This talk will share our goals, activities, key takeaways, and how libraries can user similar strategies to inform AI-related services and spark meaningful conversations in their communities.This presentation was delivered via Zoom for the 2025 GAIL (Generative AI in Libraries) conference on June 10, 2025.To view the video presentation, please click here.</p
San Juan Basin flux data from "Bottom-up characterization of geologic methane emissions in the San Juan Basin in the southwestern USA"
No full textAtmospheric methane is the second most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas and a key contributor to atmospheric chemistry and global warming. Significant uncertainties remain in the global methane budget, particularly regarding emissions from natural geologic sources. This study provides a detailed bottom-up characterization of natural geologic methane emissions from the San Juan Basin, a high-seepage hydrocarbon basin located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. The dataset includes methane, carbon dioxide and ethane flux measurements across the San Juan Basin. Seepage was measured using a dynamic closed-system flux chamber, first developed by Kazemi et al. (2021), connected to portable greenhouse gas analyzers (Los Gatos Research Ultraportable Greenhouse Gas Analyzer (“LGR”) or a Picarro G4302 Mobile Gas Concentration Analyzer (“Picarro”)). Fluxes were calculated using Equation 1 in Kazemi et al. (2021). The d[CH4]/dt is found by taking the average of slopes of 1-minute segments of the concentration stepping every 10 seconds. The uncertainty associated with d[CH4]/dt is the standard error of these slopes.Our results show that natural geologic emissions are limited to the Fruitland coal outcrop and are associated with coal cleats, faults, and/or areas of hydrodynamic overpressure. Significant positive fluxes were observed on the Fruitland outcrop, particularly in the northwestern region.The code used to produce these calculated fluxes is available at https://github.com/KatieHall1919/Flux-Calculation/tree/main. This work is associated with "Bottom-up characterization of geologic methane emissions in the San Juan Basin in the southwestern USA" by Margaret R. Scholer, Kathleen R. Hall, Thomas S. Weber, Marc L. Buursink, Mingzhe Zhu, Alexander C. Ihle, Devin Hencmann, Andrew M. Smith, Katey M. Walter Anthony, and Vasilii V. PetrenkoReferencesKazemi, R., Schlageter, W., Hmiel, B., Weber, T.S., Murray, L.T., Petrenko, V.V., 2021. Investigating methane emissions from geologic microseepage in Western New York State, United States. Elem. Sci. Anthr. 9, 00066. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2020.00066</p
Figure 7 Dataset - Integration of vascular flow in the complete hToC culture
No full textThis figure describes the culture timeline for a tendon-on-a-chip model and details relevant cell types and the microfluidic device layout. The dataset includes raw confocal images of live-labeled cells within the tissue chip culture. The prism file includes the final figure layout as well as the raw quantification values for the number of adhered and transmigrated monocytes.The images can be analyzed in a software that enables 3D image analysis, such as Imaris. To quantify fluorescently labeled monocytes in confocal images, the Spots tool in Imaris was used to identify cells based on a specified diameter (10 um). Cells below the membrane were considered to be transmigrated. A fluorescent intensity threshold was determined and kept consistent across images for Spot identification. Quantified data was exported from Imaris and analyzed in GraphPad Prism.This dataset supports Fluid flow impacts endothelial-monocyte interactions in a model of vascular inflammatory fibrosis, published in Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, Iss. 3227, January 2025.</p