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Enchantment
No full textMedium: Pen and watercolors on paper.
Description: Collection of Goats spotted hiking the Enchantment Trail in Washington.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/thaynecovert_exhibit/1021/thumbnail.jp
Survival in nature
No full textI saw this cluster of mushrooms growing on a fallen tree branch outside of my house. I find fungi to be one of the most magnificent examples of survival in nature. They function as the trash collectors of the forest by breaking down decaying materials like rotting wood as we see in the picture. They absorb the nutrients of the decaying wood and find life out of something that is no longer fulfilling its original purpose. We can learn a lot from mushrooms from the perspective of reusing and recycling for survival purposes. As humans, we produce an immense amount of waste and tend to normalize buying new things over reusable ones. Nature demonstrates that there are sustainable ways to live and gain from what has already been utilized.
Theme: Nature and Survival: How is the natural environment a place of survival? How do you see resilience and survival in the outdoors?
Medium: Digital Photographyhttps://pilotscholars.up.edu/sustainability_photovoice_exhibit/1012/thumbnail.jp
The City of Roses
No full textThis weekend, I went and explored Washington Park for a bit. I was immediately stunned at how large the park is - it\u27s 458 acres. I think it\u27s notable that Portland has dedicated this much land to nature - a lot of cities would use this land for economic development and housing. It\u27s nice that decision-makers don\u27t always screw over nature (although they often do). That being said, I\u27m not sure how sustainable Washington Park truly is. To the untrained eye (like mine), this park seems like a great space for people to enjoy nature. These spaces sound like a dedication to sustainability from a decision-making level. However, all of these amenities may not be truly sustainable. The park attracts a lot of foot traffic; some people may not be as dedicated to protecting the land as others and changing the natural layout of the land at all is less sustainable than not changing it in the first place.
Theme: Decision and Policy-Makers and Sustainability: What are consequences of decision-makers and policy-makers in regards to sustainability?
Medium: Digital Photographyhttps://pilotscholars.up.edu/sustainability_photovoice_exhibit/1009/thumbnail.jp
Rethinking Shared Spaces in an Era of Diversity: Towards an Imagination of the Human as a Holistic Being
Get PDFAll Work and No Play
No full textI took this picture of a playground at Lotus Isle Park. I thought this picture was a great example of inaccessibility to leisure because this playground would not be accessible to people who use wheelchairs. There was no way to get on the toys if you used a wheelchair, and the walking path was covered with roots of trees that would make it extremely difficult for a wheelchair user to get around. What stood out to me about this most is that it is so ordinary. Most playgrounds aren\u27t accessible to wheelchair users (as well as other differently-abled people), which I had never really considered until recently. The normalcy of this should be concerning to us all.
Theme: Accessibility to Rest and Leisure in the Outdoors: Who has the right to rest and where?
Medium: Digital Photography.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/sustainability_photovoice_exhibit/1008/thumbnail.jp
Clark Library Annual Report 2021-2022
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Portrayals of Death: A Content Analysis of Picturebooks
Get PDFWhile society attempts to shield children from death, many are exposed to and impacted by death in their early years, either through the death of someone they know or through media portrayals of death. Even though adults often avoid discussing death with children, children as young as age three can understand the concept and benefit from discussing it with a trusted adult. One way to foster these conversations is through reading picturebooks. This research examines young children’s literature that focuses on dying and death. We report findings from a systematic review of children’s books focusing on how death is portrayed and discussed in these books. Data indicates that most books are written in a way that does not align with the explicit messaging young children need on the topic. There are also gaps in which characters died, how the characters died, and how much diversity is present within the books. Many books lack additional resources, which would be a beneficial support as parents and teachers tackle this tough topic
Intended and Unintended Consequences of Two Paradigms of Urban Planning, and Their Social Justice and Human Health Impacts, in Portland, Oregon
Get PDFThis article describes two contesting paradigms of urban planning employed successively in Portland, Oregon; (1) urban planning typical of the US in the first half of the 20th Century that was focused on traffic and infrastructure, and (2) progressive urban planning focused on neighborhood livability and connections. It gives a history of their implementation in Portland, focusing on issues of racial and socioeconomic justice in the Albina neighborhood. Recent knowledge about air pollution’s impacts on human health, and infant and childhood development, are integrated into the discussion of urban planning. It describes racially and socioeconomically disproportionate access to urban green spaces, with the corresponding health implications. It also describes attempts to mitigate such health implications, sometimes resulting in “green gentrification” and displacement. The article asks if the results of the two paradigms of urban planning were objectively different from one another in terms of impacts on minority and disadvantaged communities. Future urban planning, and the need for human health concerns becoming central, are discussed
Mutant Viruses From Hell
No full textStudying the structure of Sufulobus Spindle Shaped virus could yield valuable insights into the evolution of viruses and early life. Found in acidic high temperature environments believed to be similar to those in which life first evolved, SSV\u27s unique lemon shape may be the key to it\u27s survival. Over the summer of 2022, Quincy helped mutate position 66 of SSV1. She also worked on inserting a fluorescent protein into SSV1.https://pilotscholars.up.edu/ase_internships_2021/1003/thumbnail.jp
Exploration of the Molecular Basis of Climate Change through Computational Calculation of Greenhouse Gas Global Warming Potentials
Get PDFSix major anthropogenic greenhouse gases: methane (CH4), 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (C2H2F4), carbon tetrafluoride (CF4), dichlorofluoromethane (CHFCl2), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) were computationally modeled using the Gaussian 16 package and 9 different method and basis set combinations. The Gaussian 16 package and 9 different method and basis set combinations were additionally used to obtain IR frequencies and intensities for each of the six anthropogenic greenhouse gases. These values were used to calculate the 20-, 100-, and 500 – year global warming potentials of each gas relative to CO2. Average percent error across the six gases and standard deviation of the percent error were calculated for each level of theory to determine which yielded greatest agreement with literature GWP values that had been calculated using experimental IR spectra. With an average percent error of 46.40% and a standard deviation of percent error of 72.11. The B3LYP/6-31G** or B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) method and basis set combination yielded the greatest agreement with literature GWP values across all three time horizons. The process and calculations described here were further developed into a student handout and lab materials for use in an undergraduate physical chemistry curriculum