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The Illuminated Lyric of Lafracoth
No full textA medieval historical fiction in dramatic form for older adolescents and adults, this verse play depicts a person of conscience in early 12th century Ireland. This work is intended for late adolescents and adults who have either acquired or are engaged in higher education. The author envisions uses in classrooms, drama and book clubs in which conscience sensitive character analyses and discussions of moral life in and out of religious contexts are deemed worthy of pursuit.
The original 2008 version of The Lyric of Lafracoth without illustrations can be found at: https://hdl.handle.net/1805/16779
In this illustrated version, artist Deborah C. Galvin was asked to create five illuminations for the letters P, A, C, E and M which figure prominently in the conflicted story of Lafracoth and her father. Deborah obliged but was not satisfied with just five. Over the two years 2008-2010, she completed sixteen times that many. In 2012, these were exhibited in a crafted parchment paper version of the manuscript at The Helen Beiser MD Art Show during the 59th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in San Francisco and again that same year at the Fourth Annual Indiana University School of Medicine Art Exhibition in Indianapolis
Kurepa trees and the failure of the Galvin property
Get PDFWe force the existence of a non-trivial -complete ultrafilter over
which fails to satisfy the Galvin property. This answers a question
asked by the first author and Moti Gitik
Paul V. Galvin Library
No full textGeneral view, showing the full south elevation; The building was designed by architect Walter Netsch (a partner in SOM) and built in 1962. It is a 92,000 square-foot facility with a pleasing modern aesthetic. Source: The Mies van der Rohe Society (IIT) [website]; http://www.mies.iit.edu/ (accessed 1/7/2008
Development of Indicators to Assess Quality of Care for Prostate Cancer
No full textAbstract not availableNupur Nag, Jeremy Millar, Ian D. Davis, Shaun Costello, James B. Duthie, Stephen Mark, Warick Delprado, David Smith, David Pryor, David Galvin, Frank Sullivan, Aine C. Murphy, David Roder, Hany Elsaleh, David Currow, Craig White, Marketa Skala, Kim L. Moretti, Tony Walker, Paolo De Ieso, Andrew Brooks, Peter Heathcote, Mark Frydenberg, Jeffery Thavaseelan, Sue M. Evan
Markov-Airy method for electromagnetic fields in layered structures and microsphere-stabilized planar resonators
Get PDFIn this work, a new technique to calculate the behavior of electromagnetic fields in layered structures is presented. Based upon keeping track of reflections throughout the structure, this technique is a special case of the method of moments. Analysis of layered scatterers, waveguides, and resonators is presented for structures possessing rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical symmetry. In rectangular coordinates, exact formulas are presented for calculating the group delay, group delay dispersion, and third-order dispersion upon reflection or transmission. For the first time, exact formulas are derived for calculating the dispersion of a planar waveguide up to third order. The algorithm has been implemented and subsequently validated by testing it against analytic solutions.
In the second section of the thesis, a new method of constructing a cavity is demonstrated. A microsphere is placed in between two high-reflecting mirrors. Depending on the separation of the mirrors, the spheres were observed to either lower or raise the lasing threshold. Models of the cavity were developed and agree with observed data. By self-assembling spheres, a laser array is demonstrated.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2017-12-01The student, Thomas Galvin, accepted the attached license on 2015-09-04 at 13:29.The student, Thomas Galvin, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2015-09-04 at 13:37.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2015-09-11 at 16:29.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #8683 on 2016-03-08 at 11:05:06Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-08T17:21:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Injection of botulinum toxin for treatment of chronic lateral epicondylitis: systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textObjectives: lateral epicondylitis can be chronic and difficult to manage with conservative measures such as physical therapy and corticosteroid injection. We attempted to determine the efficacy of botulinumtoxin for the treatment of chroniclateral epicondylitis.Methods: we searched PubMed, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Google Scholar, EMBASE, PEDro, and ISI web of Science databases from inception until November 2009. Studies were included if they used any formulation of botulinumtoxin A for treatment of chroniclateral epicondylitis and reported at least 1 pain outcome. One author extracted the relevant data using a standardized data extraction sheet and a second author checked the data. We performed a meta-analysis by computing effect sizes for each study separately for pain and grip strength at 3 months after injection. Impact of bias was assessed independently by 2 authors.Results: the search found 10 studies relevant to the question. Four of these were randomized controlled trials that could be pooled in a meta-analysis. Results showed a moderate effect for pain favoring botulinumtoxin (effect size ?0.5, 95% CI ?0.9, ?0.1, I2 = 56%) at 3 months and a no effect for grip strength. Qualitative analysis of the studies that could not be pooled also showed improvement in pain, but was limited by potential bias.Conclusions: present literature provides support for use of botulinumtoxin A injections into the forearm extensor muscles (60 units) for treatment of chronictreatment-resistant lateral epicondylitis. It is minimally invasive and can be performed in an outpatient settin
Aerodynamics of a cycling wheel in crosswind by coaxial volumetric velocimetry
Get PDFThe aerodynamic characteristics of a modern road cycling wheel in crosswind are studied through force measurements and 3D velocimetry in TU Delft’s Open Jet Facility. The performance of the 62 mm deep rim is evaluated for two tire profiles, and yaw angles up to 20◦ . All measurements are executed at 12.5 m/s (45 km/h) freestream- and wheel-rotational velocity. The wheel’s rim-tire section in crosswind is found to behave similar to an airfoil at incidence, ultimately resulting in a reduction of the wheel’s aerodynamic resistance with increasing yaw angle magnitude. This trend, also referred to as the sail-effect, is limited by the stall angle of the tire-rim profile. The stall angle is found to be dependent on the tire surface texture and varies between 14◦ and 20◦.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Aerodynamic
Comparison of Two Informant Questionnaire Screening Tools for Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: AD8 and IQCODE
Get PDFBackground—Dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are under-recognized in community settings. This may be due in part to the lack of brief dementia screening tools available to clinicians. We compared two brief, informant-based screening tests: the AD8 and the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) in a community-based neurology practice in the Midwestern United States Methods—We examined 186 consecutive patients (44 controls, 13 with MCI, and 129 with dementia). Receiver operator characteristic curves were used to examine the ability of AD8 and IQCODE to discriminate between controls and MCI or dementia. Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, and likelihood ratios were reported. Results—AD8 differentiated healthy controls from MCI (pThis is a manuscript of an article published as Razavi, Mehrdad, Magdalena I. Tolea, Jennifer Margrett, Peter Martin, Andrew Oakland, David W. Tscholl, Sarah Ghods, Mazdak Mina, and James E. Galvin. "Comparison of two informant questionnaire screening tools for dementia and mild cognitive impairment: AD8 and IQCODE." Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 28, no. 2 (2014): 156. 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000008. Posted with permission.</p
The creativity of ‘unspecialisation': a contemplative direction for integrative scholarly practice
No full textWithin the context of health and social care education, attempts to define 'scholarship' have
increasingly transcended traditional academic conceptions of the term. While acknowledging
that many applied disciplines call for a kind of 'actionable knowledge' that is also not separate
from its ethical dimensions, engagement in the caring professions in particular provides an
interesting exemplar that raises questions about the nature and practice of 'actionable
knowledge:' how is such knowledge from different domains (the head, hand and heart) integrated
and sustained? This paper is theoretical and wishes to outline some philosophical ideas that may
be important when considering the characteristics of the kind of scholarship for caring practices
that draw on deep resources for creativity and integration. Firstly, there is an attempt to clarify
the nature of scholarly practice by drawing on Aristotle's notion of 'phronesis' (practical
wisdom). Secondly, a more meditative approach to the integration of knowledge, action and
ethics is highlighted. Finally, its implications for scholarship are introduced, in which scholarly
integration may best be served by more contemplative ways of being and thinking. Drawing on
Heidegger and Gendlin, we consider the challenges of contemplative thinking for pursuing
scholarly practice. We articulate contemplative thinking as an unspecialized mode of being that
is given to human beings as an intimate source of creativity. The sense in which unspecialization
can be cultivated and practiced is discussed
Technostress, Coping, and Anxious and Depressive Symptomatology in University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic raised many challenges for university staff and students, including the need to work from home, which resulted in a greater reliance on technology. We collected questionnaire data from university students (N = 894) in three European countries: Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Data were collected between 7th April 2020 and 19th June 2020, representing a period covering the first lockdown and university closures in these countries and across Europe generally. We tested the hypotheses that technology-related stressors (techno-overload, work-home conflict, techno-ease, techno-reliability, techno-sociality, and pace of change) would be associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms, and that coping styles (problem-focused, emotion-focused, and avoidance) would mediate these relationships. Results showed significant positive associations between techno-overload, work-home conflict and anxiety and depressive symptoms, and significant negative associations between techno-reliability, techno-ease and anxiety and depressive symptoms. A significant negative association was found between techno-sociality and depressive symptoms but not anxiety symptoms. No evidence was found for an association between pace of change and anxiety or depressive symptoms. Multiple mediation analyses revealed significant direct effects of techno-overload, work-home conflict and techno-ease on anxiety symptoms, and of work-home conflict and techno-ease on depressive symptoms. Work-home conflict had significant indirect effects on anxiety and depressive symptoms through avoidance coping. Techno-overload and techno-ease both had significant indirect effects on anxiety symptoms through problem- and emotion-focused coping. Techno-ease also had a significant indirect effect on depressive symptoms through problem-focused coping. The findings add to the body of evidence on technostress amongst university students and provide knowledge on how technostress translates through coping strategies into anxious and depressive symptoms during the disruption caused by the outbreak of a pandemic disease
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