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The Relationship Between Physical Illness and Internalizing Symptomatology in a Transdiagnostic Clinical Sample of Youth
No full textBackground: Chronic physical health conditions affect the daily lives and functioning of many children. Prior research has consistently demonstrated that children with chronic physical illnesses report elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms compared to controls. However, less is known about how the presence and number of physical illnesses affects internalizing symptomology in treatment-seeking children with diagnosed emotional and behavioral disorders. The present study was designed to further investigate the relationship between physical illness and internalizing symptomology in a transdiagnostic sample of children receiving community outpatient mental health treatment for internalizing and externalizing disorders. Method: Two hundred and sixty-two treatment-seeking children ages 7-15 years old (M = 10.79, SD = 2.48) and their caregivers completed a demographic questionnaire, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), and the Youth Self-Report (YSR) as part of a baseline assessment prior to treatment. Results: Contrary to hypotheses, there was no association between presence of a physical illness and parent- and child-reported internalizing symptoms. However, number of physical illnesses was related to some internalizing symptoms. Children with two or more physical illnesses had more severe depressive symptoms than those with one or zero illnesses. There was no effect of number of physical illnesses on self-reported or parent-rated anxiety symptoms. Conclusion: Results suggest that having multiple physical illnesses may put a child at risk for more severe psychopathology, specifically depression, even among a clinical population of children with diagnosed internalizing and/or externalizing disorders. Potential applications for clinical research and practice are discussed
"Got Meat?": The Kosher Meat Boycott of 1902.
No full textAt the turn of the twentieth century there was a large population of Jewish immigrants living on the Lower East Side of New York City. As this community assimilated into American culture the historic tradition of Jewish women keeping a kosher household was challenged. This thesis focuses on how Jewish immigrant women living on the Lower East Side used their commitment to a kosher lifestyle as a way to assert their own power. When rising meat prices threatened Jewish women’s ability to keep a kosher household in May of 1902, rather than abandon tradition, these women took action and waged a successful protest. This protest shows how these women asserted themselves through the purchasing and preparation of food. Furthermore, the actions of these women show the influence of the cultural context of their community. These women used food and the practice of keeping a kosher home to gain a measure of control, influence, and independence
Flights of Stairs | Clay Woolery SMFA Senior Thesis 2018.
No full textIn each space above, you may: Touch; see layers of process accumulate as FLIGHTS OF STAIRS; be guided; be instructed; be deviant; ascend past paintings in the basement, then sling dirt to bury them; destroy; feel how familiar; maybe go back for water; or hear glass shatter; stack any matter; put all the pieces together; crack the code; decide to cower; indicate understandings with color; throw red wherever; read up and guess at dark matters; nude, descend; collaborate anonymously; enact maintenance art; perform late capitalism; auction off a relative; next, suggest a starting bid of reparations; keep them on their toes and your toes on them; report misconduct to concealed carriers; shoot your favorite word dead; surrender language; release your inhibitions with the rain on your skin; balk; totally unravel; stay grounded, believe the architecture already happened; crash under a waterfall; dry off; ponder the big picture, or; catch the elevator closing.Keywords: installation video, post-conceptual performativity, institutional critique, exhibition, artists writings, collaboration, interactive, queer theory
cleomiao_worldtakeovErplan*2018*.
No full textcleo (yuekai) miao is an anti-disciplinary media artist. She is constantly trying to make sense of identities and bodies in virtual spaces. She plays with both the poetics and the absurdity of digital tools and culture. cleo's work considers the reality that is configured and mediated by images. Technology forces us to rethink the presence (or absence) of the self in virtual spaces. It augments and modifies our perception and understanding of the world around us and therefore becomes an extension of our physical bodies. Images of the self captured with cameras and 3d scanners made presentable first for the screens eventually become a way of self-inspection. As we try to recreate and translate our reality, the digital inserts itself and creates a new system of intimacy. Through playful investigation, cleo questions and spectates the role and affect of photographic images and mediums. In her thesis installation, cleo creates a digital nature o reimagine a post-industrial and post-internet form of solitude.Keywords: digital, net, new media, performance, relational aesthetics, humor, new aesthetics, internet, augmented reality, virtual reality, ephemeral, food art, institutional critique, post-internet, post-photography, empathy machine, dogecoin, blockchain, distributed internet, landscape painting, COMPUTERS, artificial intelligence, sorry
The Cave.
No full textCynae was born and raised in Boston. Using pen and ink she creates detailed brain maps. With Cynae's work there are no under drawings and no revisions. The effect of this process mixed with her unfiltered imagination is a magical hypnotic world filled with a variety of characters and situations ranging from the chaotic to the coy. The drawings morph about themselves drowning in a universe of ancient and contemporary symbolism that becomes a literal bombardment of information which physically, intellectually, and emotionally connects itself to itself. Recently, she has been scanning these drawings and laser cutting them into different materials to produce a variety of different experiences with the original drawings
The Effects of Enrichment on the Behavior and Physiology of Captive Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).
No full textUndomesticated animals are prone to developing abnormal behaviors in captivity, such as stereotypies, but the physiological stress profiles of these animals can vary widely. Animal caretakers often implement environment enrichment to attenuate behavioral abnormalities and stress pathologies. This study implements an intermittent enrichment protocol and examines its effect on the behavior and stress physiology of eight starlings in long-term captivity. Originally, the starlings were housed in individual bird cages that were attached to experimental apparatuses. Enrichment was provided using an aviary approximately 9x larger in volume than a home-cage, first containing familiar objects, then containing novel perches and toys for enrichment purposes. Two groups of four starlings spent three hours in the aviary twice a week, providing social enrichment. Blood was sampled at regular intervals to determine HPA axis functioning using a three-part measurement (baseline, stress-induced, and negative feedback) related to physiological stress. Additionally, the birds were video recorded weekly in their home-cages and in the aviary in order to examine behavioral effects. We found that the intermittent enrichment protocol significantly changed the behavior of the starlings but did not significantly affect their CORT profiles, with social-based enrichment having a more positive impact that toy-based enrichment
What Stays Inside
No full textThis paper describes the process of making the short prison romance drama film "What Stays Inside," including a bibliography of sources the author used for research and inspiration
Faithless Justice: Understanding the Justice System’s Role in Facilitating Abuse of the Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan.
No full textWhile the blasphemy laws in Pakistan were ostensibly intended to protect religious sentiments, they have transformed into a tool of violence in recent years. Since the 1980s, the number of blasphemy cases and accusations has skyrocketed. In this paper, I argue that this dramatic rise in cases is due to increased abuse of these laws, facilitated by flaws in the justice system. Ultimately, I contribute to literature on the blasphemy laws in Pakistan by pointing specifically to their implementing systems as responsible for their abuse. I further demonstrate how flaws in this system have given rise to the informal justice system that has resulted in a general reduction of security for many Pakistani citizens
Bone Conduction Microphones and Noise-Induced Changes in Finch Song.
No full textLike in humans, altering the experience of auditory feedback in zebra finches results in articulatory disruption. The song of a male zebra finch consists of repeated stereotyped sequences of vocal units, and learned changes can be induced by experimentally altering acoustic perception. Recent technologies to record finch vocalizations using bone conduction microphones allow for new stimulus options. In order to investigate the role of auditory feedback in song maintenance, male zebra finches of 3-6 months were affixed with piezoelectric accelerometers that recorded them under white noise feedback conditions for one week."An Honors Thesis in Cognitive & Brain Sciences.
The Politics of Black Representation in 'Race' (2008) directed by Abbas-Mustan.
No full textThe objective of this thesis is to examine the politics of Black representation in the Bollywood film ‘Race’ (2008) directed by Abbas-Mustan. In order to holistically understand the construction of Black persons in this film, the thesis considers the construction of Black identity, White identity, Indian identity, and the visual imaginings of South Africa. It also considers the relationship between White, Black, and Indian communities in South Africa from pre-apartheid times to contemporary relations as rationales for certain choices the industry has made with respect to this film. These choices include who the intended audience is, how South Africa and different racial identities are depicted, and to what ends. The thesis is a multimedia project, consisting of three parts: The first part is research that synthesizes the scholarship on the history of the Indian diaspora and of Bollywood in South Africa, the values of the Bollywood industry, the racial politics of the pre and post-apartheid era, and the relationship between South Africa and India at the time of the film’s release. The second component is a video that summarizes the film and walks the viewer through specific scenes and characters in the film that expand on a discussion of the Black representation in the film. The third component of this thesis is a written analysis of a series of fifteen interviews conducted with Black, White, and Indian viewers who watched ‘Race’ and described their experiences