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Full text linkIt is with great excitement and anticipation that I introduce to you the Spring 2025 edition of Araneum: Richmond Journal of American & Global Affairs. Our final issue in the second volume, the following research pieces cover international and domestic political issues that will continue to advance academic discourse and, importantly, preview a new generation of social scientists
Exercise as a Drug: The Pharmacological Benefits of Muscular Endurance Training for Type II Diabetes
Full text linkIn the United States, between 34 and 36 million people suffer from type II diabetes. That’s a little more than 1 in 10 Americans. Although type II diabetes typically develops in people 45 or older, cases are appearing more frequently in younger populations. But what if I told you that there was a drug that could help reverse this trend? No, I’m not talking about metformin or Ozempic. I’m talking about exercise – more specifically, muscular endurance training
Falling Out of Balance: How Chemical Disequilibrium in theBrain Leads to Alcohol Addiction
Full text linkThis article will explain how imbalances in two neurotransmitter systems in the brain –namely, glutamate and GABA – account for alcoholism at the molecular level
False Prophet and Profit: The Heroic Journeys of Richard S. Shaver with Ray Palmer as Dark Mentor
Full text linkThis article examines the infamous “Shaver Mystery” of the 1940s through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, arguing that Richard S. Shaver’s life can be understood through the framework of three distinct but interconnected journeys. The first journey centers on Shaver’s alleged mystical revelations about the Deros and Teros underground civilizations. The second traces his literary collaboration with Amazing Stories editor Ray Palmer, who served as a complex “dark mentor” figure and may have exploited Shaver for commercial gain. The final journey chronicles Shaver’s transition to creating “rock books” and his posthumous recognition as an outsider artist. While the Shaver Mystery itself led to a heroic dead end, Shaver’s later transition to visual—rather than written—art created a redemptive arc that may represent his true heroic journey. This study explores the irony inherent in a hero’s journey based on fraudulent premises but suggests that the triple-journey framework offers new insights into both Shaver’s personal evolution and the larger phenomenon of the Shaver Mystery, while raising broader questions about the potentially iterative nature of the hero’s journey itself
Employee Experiences with Human Resources Management in Nonprofit Organizations
Full text linkWhen we discuss “Human Resources Management” what we really mean to discuss is the way that the people and employees are treated and accounted for in an organizational setting. There are many different approaches that organizations can have to human resources management, and nonprofit organizations in particular often have different degrees of management ranging from a staff member managing the whole program to having an external person handle singular processes like recruiting, onboarding, and personnel investigations. But how does a nonprofit’s handling of human resources management concerns affect the wellbeing of employees in an organization? And do employers have the trust of their employees to handle a workplace complaint when there might be varying levels of human resources management strategy in place? This research investigated some of the differences in employee perceptions of human resources management based on organizational size, while also exploring how variables like employee trust, well-being, and satisfaction are affected under different organizational human resources management conditions, especially as they pertain to employees reporting concerns/complaints
Destinations and Conversations - Episode 3 - An Interview with Martha Wright
No full textI interviewed Martha Wright about her work at the University and her lifelong spiritual education, training, and journey. Martha Wright is curator for academic initiatives and a trained shaman as well as being trained in other holisitc fields. She graciously discusses her spiritual journey and understandings. This talks explains her holisitc training in regards to life, culture, and society which are all elements to making and appreciating art
Creating Private Equity Waterfall Functions in Excel
No full textKEY TAKEAWAYS:
Using Excel’s =LAMBDA and =MAKEARRAY functions allows for the creation of user-defined functions for generating waterfall calculations for a private equity deal, without needing VBA or macro programming.
The three primary waterfall functions determine the waterfall distributions and related performance metrics, including internal rates of return (IRRs) and multiples of invested capital (MOICs), both with and without carried interest.
Copying the cell that uses a waterfall function from the source file to a new file automatically transfers the function and its related intermediate functions. As a result, these functions can be used immediately in other models