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Apocryphal Additions to Old English Translations of Genesis
Get PDFThis thesis addresses the addition of apocryphal material to two translations of the Book of Genesis into Old English and argues that these additions requore us to rethink the meaning of fidelity to the original source in the context of Anglo-Saxon translations of scripture. The additions exist in both the Genesis poem from MS Junius 11 and the prose translation of Genesis found in a number of manuscripts, including the Illustrated Old English Hexateuch. Both works begin with accounts, in text or in illustration, of the fall of the angels. These accounts go beyond what can be understood from the exegesis of canonical scripture. They also both add apocryphal details surrounding the life of Enoch, seventh patriarch from Adam. These insertions serve to frame the Old Testament text in a Christian context. Both prose and verse texts use these apocryphal materials to bring out the themes of good and evil and gesture to the greater narrative that begins with Creation and end with Judgment. Paradoxically, then, the addition of apocryphal material helps guide a less learned reader in their understanding of the Book of Genesis and its position in relation to Christian doctrine. The texts thus have a different approach to the tension between "word for word" and "sense for sense" fidelity to the source, focusing instead on maximizing the accessibility of the text to an audience that may not ever be able to study the Latin original
Miniaturized Engineering of Human Cells using Droplet Microfluidics
Get PDFInserting foreign biomolecules into human cells is at the heart of cell engineering protocols. By taking nucleic acids or fully formed proteins and shuttling them across the cell membrane in a
process known as transfection, cells can either temporarily or permanently gain or lose functionalities. This capability has been used extensively for applications including fundamental
research into genetics, industrial production of high value biomolecules, and of interest to this thesis, the production of novel cell therapies – where human cells are repurposed to fight disease.
Numerous techniques have been developed to perform transfection on human cells with a specific focus on technologies that can engineer enough cells for clinical use (often > 10^9 cells are needed to treat a single patient). However, a currently unmet need in this field is a miniaturized platform for the research and development of new cell therapies. For this application, large
libraries of cellular modifications need to be tested in hopes of discovering one with clinical potential. To do this economically, testing each modification in the library must be done rapidly
while consuming as few resources as possible. Bulk microfluidics has emerged as an ideal technology for high throughput clinical cell therapy production; however, it is unsuited to processing numerous unique small-scale reactions in parallel. To address the unmet need, in this thesis we demonstrate that droplet microfluidics – the science of controllably manipulating sub-microliter volumes of liquid – can serve as the ideal platform for cell therapy R&D
A Proposed Music Therapy Program Framework for Persons Living with Dementia in Long-Term Care who are Experiencing Sundowning
Get PDFSundowning is a relatively common phenomenon experienced by persons living with dementia that involves a worsening of symptoms (e.g., increased confusion, agitation, anxiety, aggression, etc.) that occurs regularly in the mid-late afternoon or early evening. While music therapy holds great potential to address challenges related to sundowning, a literature review revealed no consistent music therapy applications or existing program frameworks specific to this phenomenon. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to develop a group music therapy program framework for persons living with dementia in long-term care facilities who are experiencing sundowning. The first 1.5 steps of intervention research design, as conceptualized by Fraser and Galinsky (2009; 2010), were used to define the problem, analyze the literature, and propose a theory of change. All of the information gathered and organized up to this point was then used to determine the structure and processes of the proposed group music therapy program. While this program is yet to be evaluated and further refined within a research or practice context, this study may still serve as a practical guide and advocacy tool for music therapists who would like to establish a similar type of program. Limitations of the study along with other implications for practice and future research are presented
Storied Indigeneity in Videogames: Post-Indian Warriors and Indie Japan
No full textBy drawing a line between seemingly two disparate phenomena, the introduction of story elements into videogames by Japanese developers working during the latter part of the last century and the current efforts of Indigenous game developers to tell stories with videogames in the current one, this thesis links the productive practices of two different groups: independent game developers in Japan, and high school students on the Kahnawake Mohawk reserve outside Montreal. Practices are placed in the broader context of storied creators working during the ‘Golden Era’ of the Japanese games industry in the 1980’s, and North American developers working, with the help of Indigenous consultants, to develop AAA games featuring Indigenous content in the 2010’s.
By first looking at the formal innovations in storytelling that the Japanese games industry brought to the medium and then, through analysis of a series of interviews with independent game developers working in that same industry, this thesis critically considers how independent developers in Japan develop games. Finally, by reviewing three of examples of Indigenous game development in North America, this thesis discusses how the practices might be transferable
The Regulation of Desire: Queer Histories, Queer Struggles, Revised Third Edition
Get PDFOriginally published in 1987 during the panic around HIV/AIDS, The Regulation of Desire was the first book-length study of sexual regulation in Canada. Drawing on his long experience in anti-capitalist groups, the gay liberation movement, anti-racist and anti-police organizing, and AIDS activism, Gary Kinsman’s investigation of the social forces that produce both sexual regulations and resistance and enforce queer, trans, and Two-Spirit oppression laid the groundwork for subsequent studies of queer sexuality in Canada and beyond. It quickly became an essential work of scholarship and an expanded second edition appeared in 1996.
Ranging from the beginning of colonization to the twenty-first century, Kinsman’s historical-materialist approach attends to the specificities of race, class, and gender to show how desires, pleasures, and sexualities have been organized and regulated by state relations—in the service of patriarchal, capitalist, and imperialist relations. At the same time, Kinsman documents the emergence of Indigenous, gay, lesbian, and trans resistance, and the formation of queer and trans movements and communities.
This new edition of The Regulation of Desire includes new chapters on the rise of the neoliberal queer and the mainstreaming of white-defined homosexuality since the late 1990s, along with a new introduction by the author examining how the COVID-19 pandemic, the housing and poverty crisis, and the necessity of Indigenous liberation and police/prison abolition intersect with and transform the politics of queer liberation.
This new edition also features a foreword by OmiSoore Dryden and an afterword by Tom Hooper, plus updates to the text addressing topics such as the limitations of legal reform and same-sex marriage, and the emergence of transgender activism and abolitionist perspectives, moving far beyond limited rights approaches
Living Design: The Writings of Clara Porset
Get PDFCuban-born and Mexico-based Clara Porset is renowned for her mid-century modern furniture and interior design and for her collaborations with architects such as Luis Barragán and Mario Pani. She was also an accomplished critic and writer. Living Design collects Porset’s essays, reviews, and lectures to highlight her role as an influential thinker, educator, and practitioner. This volume insightfully contextualizes the politics that shaped Porset’s design principles, charts the influence of the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College on her work, and reveals the period’s fusion of local adaptations and modernist principles that made Mexico a major centre of modernist design.
At a time when many practitioners believed that design could only be modernized by replacing hand craftsmanship with mechanization, Porset valued both approaches for their distinctive qualities and urged others to do the same. Through her writings, she encouraged efforts to catalyze local design communities during a period of rapid technological and social change. With essays by historian Randal Sheppard and design curator and scholar Ana Elena Mallet, an introduction by volume editors Zoë Ryan and Valentina Sarmiento Cruz, and explanatory notes on the people and publishing forums in Porset’s circle, Living Design makes available works never before published in English, and with only limited circulation in the Spanish language, in order to recover an important and neglected voice in global modernism
Assessing Urban Overheating Under Climate Change through Representative Methods on Large Spatial and Temporal Scales
Get PDFClimate change has led to prolonged, more frequent, intense, and severe extreme weather events, such as summertime heatwaves, creating many challenges on the economy and society and human health and energy resources. For example, the 2010 and 2018 heatwave in Quebec, Canada, resulted in about 280 and 93 heat-related deaths, and there were around 500 fatalities due to overheated indoor environments in 2021 around entire Canada. Therefore, it is imperative to evaluate historical urban overheating conditions as well as predict the future scenarios. Considering a large temporal scale when assessing future climates (up to hundred years) and a large spatial scale when assessing the microclimate of an entire urban area, this thesis developed a representative method which could serve for both large temporal and spatial scale to select typical and extreme scenarios for overheating assessment.
Firstly, future indoor and outdoor overheating conditions are evaluated in Canadian cities by assessing the effectiveness of a reference year selection method. Onsite long-term climate data sourced from the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) is bias-corrected and analyzed to evaluate overheating conditions in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver under various future climate scenarios. Secondly, the typical and extreme days are selected from reference year as the input of CityFFD-CityBEM co-simulation for assessing climate change impacts on urban overheating in downtown Montreal. The analysis points out a shift from mild thermal stress to extreme heat stress under future climate conditions, highlighting the critical need for interventions in urban design and infrastructure to maintain outdoor comfort. Last but not least, this thesis expands the scope by developing a spatial and temporal representative method combined with Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) and CityFFD simulations to evaluate overheating across Montreal. The results emphasize the importance of selecting representative locations for simulations to accurately capture the varying microclimate conditions across the city. Findings suggest significant increases in urban heat, necessitating targeted mitigation strategies.
The contributions of this thesis are significant in advancing the understanding of urban overheating dynamics and mitigation strategies. It provides municipalities and urban planners with validated tools and methods to forecast and counteract the adverse effects of urban overheating. This research underscores the critical role of detailed, localized climate simulations in urban planning and highlights innovative strategies to enhance urban resilience against climate change-induced overheating
Gaming, Anxiety, and Life Satisfaction: Unveiling the Hidden Patterns
Get PDFThis thesis explores the intricate relationship between gaming behaviors and their impact on anxiety levels and life satisfaction among gamers. Utilizing a dataset from Kaggle comprising 13,465 participants and 55 variables, the study employs both logistic and probabilistic regression analyses to examine how various demographic, behavioral, and sociocultural factors influence mental health outcomes in gamers. The regression models identify significant predictors for different anxiety and satisfaction with life classes, highlighting the roles of factors like gender, employment status, reason for playing, and gaming hours.
The findings underscore the pervasive nature of anxiety and its negative impact on life satisfaction. High levels of anxiety often overshadow positive experiences, leading to diminished well-being. The study also highlights the importance of focusing on interventions based on which factors have the most significant effect on these mental health concerns under study, suggesting that strategies to reduce anxiety and enhance life satisfaction should consider demographic differences and specific gaming behaviors. Despite the reliance on self-reported data and potential sample biases, the research provides valuable insights for developing targeted mental health interventions for the gaming community
Vibration-based Damage Detection and Localization in Pipelines Using Data Analysis
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Vibration-based Damage Detection and Localization in Pipelines Using Data Analysis
Mohammadsajad Salimi
Pipelines are important indicators of modern infrastructure, which allow for easy transportation of significant resources like gas, water, and petroleum over long distances. They often cross very sensitive environments, and any damage to them poses severe and irreversible consequences for marine ecosystems. Also, global warming brings deterioration in infrastructure, which calls for urgent needs for advanced monitoring and maintenance solutions. Their challenges bring about the development of efficient and practical systems to meet the current and future demands of industry. This research focuses on the prediction of pipeline behavior through the vibration signals as a primary method for detection, location, and showing the difference in the extent of damage. Methods like this provide critical details about pipe structural integrity and hence notify early stages of a possible problem well before failure occurs. In this work, pipeline conditions were simulated with numerical modeling using the ANSYS software and then validated with experimental data. Features extracted from sensors were specifically velocity and acceleration. Analysis was done by Principal Component Analysis (PCA), which tries to diffuse data complexity and emphasizes only the most significant variations, where the first principal component carries the most critical information about pipeline conditions and is used as our desirable feature. Independent Component Analysis (ICA) as a method for finding statistically independent components for refining the data is used for detection phase. Application of ICA in this area helps maximize the detection rate for anomalies such as corrosion or structural damage. Then, it combines Mahalanobis distance and K-nearest neighbor methods to accurately localize damage in the pipeline. Initial results using data reveal that the algorithm works well, hence may be applied to real life
Extending the use of the International Road Safety Program (iRAP) Methodology
No full textThis thesis proposes a novel approach to enhance road safety by integrating historical vehicle crash data with the International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) road protection scores. The primary objective is to identify high-risk locations and prioritize remedial works effectively.
The research involves two key tasks: first, employing hotspot analysis to pinpoint significant locations based on road protection deficiencies and accident density per type of crash; second, using a rule set to identify road segments that should receive remedial works by comparing the crashes on the map based on injury-severity itself (fatal, minor, serious) with star rating score in iRAP data for different users (pedestrian, vehicles, cyclist, motorcyclist) for per type of crash. iRAP’s Star Rating Scores (SRS) quantify the relative risk to road users, providing a basis for identifying priority road sections and comparing performance over time.
The methodology integrates iRAP assessments with historical crash data to produce a spatial safety analysis, highlighting areas with a high frequency of severe accidents and road deficiencies. This combined approach allows for more comprehensive identification of risk locations, guiding the deployment of targeted remedial works
The results demonstrate that integrating iRAP scores with crash data provides a clearer identification of hazardous locations, supporting more informed decision-making for road safety improvements. The findings suggest that prioritizing remedial works at locations with high crash rates and low iRAP scores can significantly enhance road safety.
In conclusion, this thesis contributes to the field of road safety management by presenting a robust method for combining historical crash data with iRAP assessments. The proposed approach not only identifies high-risk areas but also prioritizes them for remedial actions