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Investigating Social-Ecological Linkages in Baltimore, MD: Environmental Stewardship, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and Tree Canopy Change at the Neighborhood Level
Get PDFEnvironmental stewardship organizations in Baltimore play important roles in taking care of the local environment through conservation, management, restoration, monitoring, education, and other efforts. These diverse activities were captured in Baltimore’s Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP) surveys in 2011 and 2019. Despite previous research, knowledge gaps remain about the spatial and temporal dynamics of environmental stewardship groups and their relationships with elements of the built environment, such as green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) and tree canopy cover. Using spatial Bayesian regression, we examine how 1) voluntary GSI, 2) regulatory GSI, 3) tree canopy cover, and 4) tree canopy cover change vary by the number of local stewardship organizations related to stormwater management or trees, with and without controlling for impervious surface cover, median household income, race, ethnicity, and vacant housing. Voluntary GSI represents bottom-up community initiatives and was expected to be more strongly predicted by stewardship than regulatory GSI, which is implemented in a top-down manner by City agencies. Tree canopy cover and canopy change are the product of both bottom up and top-down tree planting, protection, and maintenance activities. Overall, the number of stewardship groups from either point in time was not a significant predictor of tree canopy or GSI of either type. However, 2011 tree stewardship groups were positively associated with tree canopy gain from 2013 to 2018, and 2019 tree stewardship groups were slightly negatively associated with tree canopy change. Adjusted models showed impervious surface was positively related to voluntary GSI, median household income was positively associated with tree canopy cover, and percent Black/African American was negatively associated with regulatory GSI. The findings raise questions about how stewardship activities are quantified and mapped, and the other plausible mechanisms that explain the spatial distribution of GSI and tree canopy cover. More long-term quantitative data, augmented with qualitative, engaged and process-based inquiry might be needed to more holistically understand local stewardship motivations and actions and the potential outcomes of the myriad groups who care for their neighborhoods
Artificial Creativity: How Artificial Intelligence Will Impact Creativity Via Post-Production
Get PDFMy thesis lives in the world of Post-Production, and it contains both a creative and written component. I was the editor for four Undergraduate thesis projects. Seeking to gain experience in editing various genres, I worked in drama, sports, period piece, coming of age, and adventure. My biggest takeaways from these projects are the importance of organization, communication, time management, and editing with a sense of imagination. I became a more confident, resilient, and prepared editor through these experiences.
Along with the hands-on filmmaking element of my thesis, I also conducted research on how artificial intelligence will impact conceptions of creativity in the world of post-production. I launched case studies on two AI-powered editing software, Runway and Wondershare Filmora, and I examined how AI expands creative possibilities while simultaneously threatening the integrity of human creativity and effort. Through these case studies, interviews with industry professionals, and historical context, I argue that artificial intelligence is expanding the scope of creativity by incorporating nonhuman contributions, thereby serving as a catalyst for innovation
Psychological/behavioral interventions for emerging adults with chronic pain
Get PDFBackground: Emerging adults, of whom significant numbers report chronic pain, are characterized as having unique needs and challenges. Psychological/behavioral treatments found to be beneficial for reducing pain outcomes in children and adults are understudied in emerging adults. Following a systematic review of the literature, our objective is to report on quantitative studies of psychological/behavioral interventions for chronic pain in emerging adults. Method: We conducted a search of six databases (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Google Scholar, ProQuest, PsycINFO, PubMed, and Web of Science) and reference sections in dissertations and systematic reviews to 4/29/2023. Keywords and phrases were search term combinations of “chronic/persistent pain”, “emerging/young adults,” and “intervention/treatment” using Boolean logic. Results: Our review resulted in identifying 37 articles, of which 2 duplicates were removed, and 31 were further excluded by a screening process based on various inclusionary and exclusionary criteria. The search yielded four studies on psychological/behavioral interventions (yoga, acceptance and commitment therapy and relaxation), all of which positively affected the pain experience and/or pain-related outcomes. These studies presented issues in design such as not being blinded or randomized, having a small sample size, and potential confounds that were not reported or examined. Discussion: The low number of studies reveals a large gap in the literature and is a call-to-action to further expand our understanding of effective and safer psychological/behavioral therapies for chronic pain in emerging adults. Successful pain management during this developmental phase may help young adults achieve positive trajectories for personal, occupational, relational, and health aspects of their lives
Review: Jesuits and Race: A Global History of Continuity and Change, 1530–2020, eds. Nathaniel Millett and Charles H. Parker
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La Universidad de la Compañía como instrumento de misericordia
No full textLa universidad de hoy se enfrenta al desafío de reimaginar el paradigma fundamental a partir del cual trabaja, con el fin de responder mejor a desafíos políticos, culturales y ecosistémicos sin precedentes. Una universidad católica y jesuita puede y debe hacer este trabajo haciendo uso de los recursos extraídos desde sus raíces en la espiritualidad ignaciana, ofreciéndolos a todos los miembros de la universidad, sean o no cristianos o existencialmente comprometidos con esta espiritualidad. Los escritos del Papa Francisco sobre la educación mientras era arzobispo de Buenos Aires y sus escritos sobre la espiritualidad ignaciana en general dan pistas sobre cómo hacerlo. Siguiendo estas pistas se llega, en primer lugar, a la conclusión de que la universidad debe ser un instrumento de consolación -entendido en términos ignacianos- en el mundo, sobre todo posibilitando una esperanza combativa por un mundo diferente. En segundo lugar, el modo de hacerlo sugerido por los Ejercicios Espirituales de Ignacio es invitar a todos los miembros de la comunidad universitaria a una experiencia de misericordia que reconozca nuestras limitaciones, fragilidad e incluso nuestros fracasos, pero dentro de un contexto más amplio de ser aceptados por Dios y llamados a la agencia creativa a pesar de, o incluso en términos de, estas limitaciones. Una experiencia consciente de misericordia de este tipo es un poderoso impulso hacia la acción para comprender el mundo y cambiarlo, una que conlleva rasgos clave de consuelo: paz, humildad, aceptación de los demás, valentía, esperanza y amor. Para concluir, se ofrecen algunos ejemplos de cómo una universidad puede hacer posible esta experiencia de misericordia y consolación
Insistent Life
No full textBook review of Brianne Donaldson and Ana Bajželj\u27s Insistent Life: Principles for Bioethics in the Jain Tradition (Oakland: University of California Press, 2021)
Three-dimensional imaging studies in mice identify cellular dynamics of skeletal muscle regeneration
No full textThe function of many organs, including skeletal muscle, depends on their three-dimensional structure. Muscle regeneration therefore requires not only reestablishment of myofibers but also restoration of tissue architecture. Resident muscle stem cells (SCs) are essential for regeneration, but how SCs regenerate muscle architecture is largely unknown. We address this problem using genetic labeling of mouse SCs and whole-mount imaging to reconstruct, in three dimensions, muscle regeneration. Unexpectedly, we found that myofibers form via two distinct phases of fusion and the residual basement membrane of necrotic myofibers is critical for promoting fusion and orienting regenerated myofibers. Furthermore, the centralized myonuclei characteristic of regenerated myofibers are associated with myofibrillogenesis and endure months post injury. Finally, we elucidate two cellular mechanisms for the formation of branched myofibers, a pathology characteristic of diseased muscle. We provide a synthesis of the cellular events of regeneration and show that these differ from those used during development
Recommendations to Internal Auditors Regarding the Auditing and Attestation of Mathematical Programming Models
Get PDFMathematical programming planning models increase operational efficiency and minimize operating costs, but the underlying mathematics generally is complex. Combinatorial optimization is technically sophisticated which requires a strong quantitative background to successfully implement. Most internal auditors will not have the technical training to critically assess the underlying mathematics of mathematical programming planning models, but the internal auditor can still provide insight and attestation which can increase the efficiency of mathematical programming planning models
Thomas Osborne on Thomas Aquinas on the Virtues
No full textThomas Osborne\u27s Thomas Aquinas on Virtue offers readers a judicious and comprehensive account of Aquinas\u27s teaching on infused and acquired virtues. Osborne puts that teaching in its original context by showing how Aquinas transforms the Augustinian understanding of virtue found in Lombard\u27s Sentences by means of the recently rediscovered Aristotelian teaching on virtue. In drawing on the full range of Aquinas\u27s discussion of virtue, neglecting neither the Scripture commentaries nor Aristotle commentaries, Osborne brings into a harmonious whole the obiter dicta remarks of Aquinas found in so many different works. It will be of great use to professors and graduate students seeking to understand the whole of this doctrine which is expressed in so many different works in Aquinas\u27s opera omnia