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А review of scorpiofauna of China: nomenclatural notes and updated faunistic catalogue (Arachnida: Scorpiones)
Full text linkTwo genera associated with the Chinese scorpiofauna are reviewed, Razianus Farzanpay, 1987 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972. Holotype female of Razianus xinjianganus Lourenço et al., 2010 is presumed to be lost, as well as all type material of other Chinese scorpions described before 2020. Comments are given on the species composition of genus Reddyanus with a new synonym: Isometrus (Reddyanus) tibetanus Lourenço & Zhu, 2008 = Reddyanus assamensis (Oates, 1888) syn. n. Reddyanus kanak Lourenço, 2023 is tentatively considered as a nomen dubium. An updated catalogue of Chinese scorpiofauna is provided, including their type locality and type depository, protonym, synonym(s), misidentification(s), Chinese equivalent name and distribution in China. Several Tibetan Scorpiops species will be addressed in a subsequent paper. Finally, a list of errata in the preceding taxonomic papers by the current author is also included
20250109: MU Facilities Master Plan and Sesquicentennial Coins, 2013-2022
Full text linkThese items include materials from the office of University Communications at Marshall University from 2013-2022. Items were received in 2024 and include notable materials about the MU Facilities Master Plans (from 2013 AND from 2022) and 3 silver Marshall Coins
20250110: Assorted University Materials, 1975-2024
Full text linkThese items include materials from various departments at Marshall University from 1975-2024. Items were received between 2023 and 2024 and include notable materials from the Memorial Fountain Dedication as a Historic Landmark certificate, a signed copy of Permission to Dream by Chris Gardner, a thank you note from President Donald Dedmon to Georgia Mason for her letter to the university about the plane crash, Appreciative Advising Handouts, and promotional materials from the Marshall Artists Series. This is not an exhaustive list. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents
A Rare Case of Gallstone Ileus in a Young Female: A Surgical Case Report
Full text linkGallstone ileus, a rare yet potentially life-threatening complication of cholelithiasis, poses diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. This is the case of a 36-year-old female with no significant medical history who presented with mid-abdominal pain and recurrent vomiting. Diagnostic imaging via CT scan revealed a cholecystoduodenal fistula and 2 large gallstones causing bowel obstruction. Following resuscitation, she underwent prompt exploratory laparotomy with enterotomy and gallstone removal, followed by an uneventful recovery and discharge. This case underscores the importance of early recognition and timely surgical intervention in managing gallstone ileus
On the Gumbel-Weibull{Cauchy} distribution
Full text linkDeveloping new statistical distributions and seeking higher flexibility in modeling different shapes of data remain a strong emphasis in research. The T-R{Y } framework, introduced in [3], utilizes three statistical distributions in order to generate a new distribution. Many research papers appeared in literature to develop distributions based on the T-R{Y } framework. In this thesis, a member of the T-R{Y } framework, namely the Gumbel-Weibull{Cauchy} (GWC), is introduced. Statistical properties of the GWC are studied, such as the quantile function, the hazard function, transformations, Shannon entropy, the mean deviation from the mean, the mean deviation from the median, and moments. The method of maximum likelihood is used for parameter estimation. Multiple real data sets are utilized to illustrate the usefulness of using the method of maximum likelihood in parameter estimation, and the fits are compared to existing distributions in the literature
The Extraction Unconscious: Solar-Powered Utopias in Catching the Sun (2015) and In the Name of Lithium (2021)
Full text linkBy comparing the depictions of future energy regimes in the two ecodocumentaries, Catching the Sun (2015) and In the Name of Lithium (2021), this article explores representations of post-carbon futures from the US and Argentina. Read closely alongside Frederic Jameson’s notions of utopias, the article delineates the extent to which a solar powered future challenges and reiterates current neocolonial extractivist structures. Basing myself on Patricia Yaeger’s concept of an “energy unconscious,” I argue that these solar utopias maintain an “extraction unconscious” that continues to produce sacrifice zones where primary commodities needed for the energy transition can be found. By analysing closely the representations of energy and the cinematic technique of montage, the article demonstrates how the energy used in the creation of these utopias can itself invite new postextractivist imaginations
Fire in the Hole: Appalachia’s Elemental Narrative in Harlan County, USA and King Coal
Full text linkIn Elaine McMillion Sheldon’s documentary King Coal (2023) coal is being referred to as a matter that is “not dirty or clean, but elemental.” The acclaimed film centers on the complex histories and cultures of coal in Central Appalachia, based on the perspective of Sheldon, a coal miner’s daughter, and a West Virginia native. The elemental nature of coal is explored in the film by situating coal less as a resource and more as a mythic foundation for the community\u27s cultural history. This article puts King Coal in conversation with Barbara Kopple\u27s seminal Harlan County, USA (1976) which narrates the more than a year-long struggle of Brookside miners in Southeastern Kentucky against Duke Power Company in 1973-74. The article explores the intersection of feminist documentary filmmaking and elemental thinking in the portrayal of coal’s complex materialities in the Appalachian region. It also explores how these films, by articulating an elemental belonging to coal, gesture at a different experience of crisis and the future, especially as the crisis of Appalachia, in the context of the declining coal production in the region, continues to animate the American political imagination in the year marking the 50th anniversary of the Brookside struggle. The article argues how these films, separated by five decades, portray coal’s elemental nature not through its discrete materiality, but rather in its hybrid and transitional conditions that always anticipate their next material phase. Thereby, these elemental narratives of coal, and the crisis of Appalachia, offer an alternative lens on the region’s future: with or without coal. Drawing on theories of environmental media studies and feminist documentary studies, and critically analyzing the representation of the matter of coal in these films, this article explores how coal’s elemental conditions are both cultural and environmental: they are rooted in the entangled hybridity of coal’s geo-cultural materiality and the feminist reimagining of Appalachia’s planetary futures
“Here’s to the Long Haul: Dark Green Religion and Planetary Thinking in Appalachian Environmental Movements”
Full text linkEnvironmental humanities scholars have worked to develop alternative frameworks for understanding and relating to Earth’s systems in the hope of reforming the exploitative and extractive practices and attitudes characteristic of the Anthropocene. For example, Dipesh Chakrabarty argued that addressing climate change necessitated appreciating the entanglements between global (human) and planetary (Earth systems) scales. While Chakrabarty noted that ancient and Indigenous cultures may have retained approaches necessary for this work, he was skeptical of the ability of modern secular intellectual traditions focused on global justice perspectives to ultimately facilitate a planetary non-anthropocentric ethic. However, by only briefly engaging with themes of religion and religious studies, Chakrabarty may have overlooked some key analytical and methodological insights to help understand how such transitions toward planetary ethics might unfold. This paper utilizes religious studies lenses to examine how the experiences of radical environmental activists in Appalachia may inspire ethical insights and relations that move toward the planetary perspectives sought by Chakrabarty to challenge extractive practices and frame alternative, anti-extractive futures for the region. While many of these efforts may still be incomplete, imperfect, and fraught with challenges, they nonetheless suggest that movements toward planetary thinking may be underway not only in academic offices but also among some grassroots activist communities
Black Preaching as a Public Address to Cultural Trauma: The Eulogy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Full text linkThe Rev. Dr. Benjamin Elijah Mays delivered the final eulogy of his student and friend, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 9, 1968 at Morehouse College. This rhetorical speech addresses the cultural trauma of King’s assassination by persuading the audience to continue King’s legacy, the nonviolent Civil Rights movement for all of humanity. Also, Mays’ eulogy engages the communal grief of the African American community mourning the loss of their leader. As such, Mays models the Black preaching response to cultural trauma, which derives from Jeffery Alexander’s Social Theory of Trauma. The Black preaching response consists of the following sermonic components: the identification of the pain, the identification of the victim, the characterization of the relation of the trauma victim to the wider audience, the attribution of responsibility, and the redemption of the victim through the invitation of hope
A rare case of Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the breast
Full text linkAdenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the breast is an extremely rare subtype of triple-negative breast cancer, comprising less than 0.1% of all invasive breast cancers, yet it exhibits a favorable prognosis. This case details a 53-year-old female with a significant family history of breast cancer who presented with a left breast mass. The patient reported that the mass had been present for over 30 years but had only recently become tender. She also began to have brown-green discharge from the left nipple. Imaging revealed a breast imaging-reporting and data system (BI-RADS) category 4 lesion, leading to a mastectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy that confirmed classic ACC with negative margins. Six months post-surgery, the patient developed brown-green discharge from the right breast, but imaging showed benign findings.
Despite its classification as triple-negative, breast ACC generally has a better prognosis than other triple-negative breast cancers, indicating the need for further research into its unique biological characteristics. This case contributes valuable insights into the clinical behavior of breast ACC, advocating for further research to expand understanding and improve the management of this uncommon malignancy