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Summoning Black Beach
Get PDFSummoning Black Beach is the culmination of a material research completed over the course of the MFA program. The exhibition text is structured as a series of short stories that tells of the artists' personal experiences and encounters with key materials important in the exhibition. Also included are photo documentation of the thesis show (of the same name) held at Centre d'art et de diffusion CLARK
Solidarity in Isolation: Shared Pandemic Experiences of Medical and Academic Middle Manager Librarians
Get PDFIn this chapter, five librarians in leadership and middle management roles (most hired or promoted not long before the COVID-19 pandemic) share their experiences
ShortCuts!: TAKE 1 – Canadian Poetry “In The Air” and “On The Page”
Get PDFIn their public discussion at Simon Fraser University in 1978, the three poets Dorothy Livesay, Anne Marriott, and Irving Layton each emphasize the significance of print to the trajectory of modernist poetry written in the 1930s and 1940s. In this particular clip, Dorothy Livesay’s statement, that in the 1930s “Everything was the printed word,” is in response to a question posed by an audience member about the prevalence of public readings during this period. Given that the object of this blog series is an audio recording of a public event—specifically one that documents an oral history of the poets’ personal encounters and involvement with print—the audience member’s question draws attention to the shifting relationships between writers and readers (or listeners), and the different contexts for cultural transmission that have constituted Canadian literary culture more broadly between the 1930s and 1970s
Green Drug Supply Chain Investigation by Time-Market Balance and Risk
Get PDFThe quality of pharmaceutical products plays a crucial role in healthcare systems such as hospitals for better patient services. Drug Supply Chain Management requires approaches to uncertainty and risk consideration. This study is a comprehensive multi-objective mathematical model considering the uncertainties and potential reserves in supply and medicine. The proposed model includes three general objective functions that minimize total production costs, including the costs of transportation, maintenance, breakdown, collection, and disposal of waste. The model also maximizes the quality of potential storage. The results show the proposed method has a high quality to solve the model and leads to the optimization of the results to provide the drug supply chain for the proposed example. We have identified three important risks and uncertainties in addressing drug supply planning: the indefinite duration of the licensing process, the risk of a forced brand change, and indefinite repayment levels that lead to varied demand diversification. The results of comparison with other multi-objective optimization methods in existing articles also show better performance of the proposed model. A significant cost reduction results from implementing our model instead of using the over-storage role to estimate the volume of active drug elements, as seen in today’s industry
Children’s and Adolescents’ Judgments of the Desirability and Obligatoriness of Prosocial Action: Variations across Helping, Sharing, and Comforting
No full textThis study examined whether the intensity of need and type of prosociality differentially predicted children’s and adolescents’ desirability, obligatoriness, and permissibility judgments of costly prosocial actions. A total of 165 8-10-year-old children and 13-15-year-old adolescents evaluated six hypothetical situations wherein one child needed to be helped, shared with, or comforted and another child decided whether or not to provide that assistance. Participants evaluated whether acting prosocially was desirable-obligatory, desirable-nonobligatory, undesirable-permissible, or undesirable-impermissible, and their reasoning was coded. Prosociality was evaluated as desirable-obligatory more in high-need situations. Overall, children more than adolescents evaluated prosociality as desirable. When the need was high, comforting more than helping and sharing was evaluated as desirable, whereas when the need was low, sharing was evaluated as particularly desirable. The reasoning underlying judgments differed across types of prosociality. Findings are discussed in relation to how varied types of need are related to children’s and adolescents’ prosocial judgments
Privacy Analysis of Technological Solutions Designed for Victims of Intimate Partner Abuse
Get PDFStalkerware is malicious software that monitors and tracks a victim’s online and offline activity. This harmful technology has become a growing concern, jeopardizing the security and privacy of millions of victims and fostering stalkerware and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). In response, various solutions have emerged, including anti-stalkerware apps that aim to prevent and detect the use of monitoring apps on a user’s device. Organizations dedicated to assisting IPV victims have also enhanced their online presence, offering improved support and easy access to resources and materials. Considering how these tools and support websites handle sensitive personal information of users, it is crucial to assess the privacy risks associated with them. In this thesis, we conduct a privacy analysis on 25 anti-stalkerware apps, 323 websites, 52 hidden device detection apps to identify issues such as PII leaks, authentication problems and 3rd-party tracking. Our tests reveal that 14/25 apps, 210/323 websites, 41/52 hidden device detection apps share user information with 3rd-party services through trackers, cookies or session replay. Based on our analysis of anti-stalkerware websites, we identified 44 domains to which sensitive data is sent, along with 3 services collecting information submitted in forms through session replay. During the dynamic analysis of hidden device detection apps, 25 third-party hosts were observed gathering device or apps information. Furthermore, we conducted a readability assessment of privacy policies obtained from anti-stalkerware apps/websites and hidden device detection apps. Our findings indicate that these privacy policies are highly complex and challenging to comprehend
Characterizing and optimizing polyurethane cementitious composite mixtures
No full textIn industrial areas like manufacturing units, logistics centers, and warehouses, floors are exposed to heavy traffic, high mechanical loads, and possible chemical contact. This promotes cementitious flooring compositions such as epoxy resin-based flooring compositions and polyurethane (PU) cementitious systems. The latter showed outstanding mechanical properties and did not suffer from the drawbacks of epoxy resin-based compositions. PU system is composed of two different binding systems: polyurethane binders and hydraulic binders. This resulted in a very complex system wherein some reactions coincide during the curing of the two binders. However, some undesirable cross-interactions between the two systems (such as isocyanate compound reaction water) may jeopardize superior performance. Hence, the current thesis focuses on characterizing PU flooring products' main composition fully. This included the evaluation of fresh and hardened properties under laboratory and simulated field-like conditions (Hot and cold). Based on the preliminary results, potential improvements to overcome drawbacks and defects were proposed. In addition, the potential modification for the mixtures by increasing the sand content, to make it more economical while maintaining adequate performance was examined and validated
The “Universal Language of Images”: Interdisciplinary Assemblages in Postwar Experimental Cinema.
Get PDFThis dissertation offers a contextualisation and critical engagement with artistic practices that developed during the postwar period in North America (1948-1980), when the universalist discourse of the planet as a “global village” gained popularity across the Western world. As a cultural history of universalism and its fissures, this project places experimental cinema and visual culture exhibition within a network of interdisciplinary and multimedia investigations in communications, information technology, sociology, and anthropology. Filmmakers and curators drew from these networks to develop a unique visual grammar that embraced the principle of assemblage, bringing together disparate objects and data to produce new cultural meanings arising from their juxtaposition. This research situates experimental cinema within a larger universalist cultural movement. It provides a critical reading of a selection of curatorial and artistic practices concerned with the formulation of what Stan VanDerBeek termed “a universal language of images” through the analysis of three case studies: Harry Smith’s collection of objects, VanDerBeek’s Movie-Drome, and the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo 67.
The chapters shed light on three modalities of the collection and display of data as means to formulate a global language of images: 1) the anthropological impulse to document the recurrence of visual symbols across the world through ethnographic collecting, 2) the focus on technologies of communications as receivers, collectors, and transmitters of information, and 3) the juxtaposition of photographs and artworks in exhibition scenography to formulate a global indigeneity. Despite the humanist impulse to connect people across cultures, the ethnographic and gendered “Other” often remains trapped and overlooked in archives and collections. Historical contextualisation and close archival research open these archives to multiple perspectives and interpretations, to show how their collections are the result of cultural encounters and unequal exchanges. These archives reveal that, paradoxically, forms of postcolonial discourses were born from the totalising impulse of universal projects. Identifying a universalist visual culture and its ideological limits paints a nuanced and inclusive history of the postwar period that accounts for its frictions and ambivalences
Physical Activity Levels and Diurnal Patterns in COMISA Versus Age- and Sex-Matched Insomniacs and Good Sleepers
Get PDFBackground: Over 30% of people with obstructive sleep apnea have co-morbid chronic insomnia. This combination (COMISA) worsens daytime functioning and health outcomes more than either condition alone. Its effects on physical activity (PA) are unknown. This study’s aims were to i) compare objectively-measured PA levels and diurnal patterns between people with COMISA and age- and sex-matched Insomniacs (INS) and Good Sleepers (GS); and ii) assess the impact of an 8-week exercise (Ex) or relaxation (Rel) intervention on PA in COMISA.
Methods: This secondary analysis used activity data collected from 15 COMISA participants, 15 INS, and 15 GS matched on age (±5 years) and sex. Participants wore an accelerometer (Actiwatch-2) on their non-dominant wrist and recorded sleep/wake activities in a diary for 14 days. Mean daily PA levels and morning/afternoon/evening PA levels were compared between groups with a repeated-measures ANOVA, as were pre- to post-intervention changes in PA levels in COMISA participants randomly assigned to Ex (N=4) or Rel (N=4).
Results: Mean daily PA was 278±40, 316±108, and 335±121 counts/minute (cpm) in COMISA, INS, and GS respectively. The group difference was not significant, but the effect size was moderate (η_p^( 2)=0.063). Evening PA level was significantly lower than morning or afternoon level across groups (p<0.001). Mean PA level did not change after Ex or Rel.
Conclusion: These findings confirm the presence of an evening drop in PA level across populations, signal a moderate negative effect of COMISA on PA levels, and call for interventions specifically targeting PA behavior in this population
Beyond the Interview: Oral History x Photography Research-Creation methodology for the enhancement of social-emotional competences for teacher candidates in art education
Get PDFIn this dissertation, I embark on an exploration of the Oral History x Photography Research-Creation methodology, examining its potential to enhance social-emotional competence among art education teacher candidates in Quebec. Drawing on the theoretical framework of critical pedagogy and utilizing a bricolage approach, I engage in a reflective journey, connecting personal experiences with wider socio-educational contexts.
The research unfolds in three parts. Initially, I examine the integration of oral history and photography in research-creation methodology. Despite the tensions, I underscore how this methodology can foster key social-emotional competencies such as self-awareness, active listening, shared authority, and empathy. Next, I engage six participant collaborators to validate the pedagogical benefits of Oral History x Photography Research-Creation. Their insights reinforce the potential of this methodology to enhance teaching and learning, shaping its potential application in art education teacher training programs. In the third phase, I experiment with different curricular models. Ultimately, I conclude that a tailored undergraduate course provides the most beneficial framework for teacher candidates to fully integrate and effectively utilize this methodology.
In conclusion, I propose that the Oral History x Photography Research-Creation methodology has potential for developing social-emotional competence, specifically enhancing self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making, among art education teacher candidates. Despite these promising findings, I acknowledge that my dissertation marks just the beginning of a larger exploration. I believe that continued exploration will strengthen the framework of this methodology and its wider application in art education, ultimately contributing to the development of a new generation of empathetic, self-aware, and socially conscious educators