164 research outputs found
Feeling the narrative control(ler):casual art games as trauma therapy
Full text linkThrough a combination of aesthetics and game mechanics, casual art games offer unique engagements with trauma, allowing players to practice grief or empathise with the traumatic experiences of others. Both “Spiritfarer” (Thunder Lotus Games 2020) and „Mutazione” (Die Gute Fabrik 2019) utilise similar aesthetics (2D art, pastel colours and calming music) alongside agency-driven gameplay mechanics (choosing when to let spirits go or how to react to a character’s trauma) that create a safe space. This is possible because neither game is competitive, nor does it allow the player to lose. Instead, agency is given to the player through narrative choice and exploration of the beautiful storyworld. We argue that games like “Spiritfarer” and “Mutazione” can be used as models for the further development of casual art games that can be used as art therapy through their emotional connections embedded in both the aesthetics and gameplay
Supplemental Material - Implementation of Debriefing Services for Pharmacy Residents in a 24-Hour, In-House Clinical Pharmacy On-Call Program: A Pilot Study
No full textSupplemental Material for Implementation of Debriefing Services for Pharmacy Residents in a 24-Hour, In-House Clinical Pharmacy On-Call Program: A Pilot Study by Kevin J. Mercer, PharmD, MPH, Kaitlyn E. Craddock, PharmD, Sajni V. Patel, PharmD, Randall W. Knoebel, PharmD, MPH, Hailey P. Soni, PharmD, Laura M. Lourenço, PharmD, MPP, Samantha S. Bastow, PharmD, MBA, and Jennifer Austin Szwak, PharmD, FCCP in Journal of Pharmacy Practice.</p
European fruit lecanium (Parthenolecanium corni) occurrence in hybrid hazelnut plantings in Minnesota and associated parasitoid fauna from 2022
No full textThe datafile conserved here is an Excel file consisting of 5 sheets: 1) metadata, 2) data collected from two field sampling dates at the hybrid hazel plantings, 3) final collected data after rearing scale insect samples for parasitoid wasps, 4) the data organized for optimization in R software for analysis, and 5) measurements of the length of fruiting bodies (i.e., stromata) of Ophiocordyceps clavulata on collected scale insects for identification purposes.
Little to no curation was performed on this dataset. DRUM can not verify the completeness or quality of the documentation, nor the FAIRness of the included files. Please contact the author with any questions.These data were collected in the summer of 2022 as an independent undergraduate research project at the University of Minnesota by Simone Traband (undergraduate student, class of '24) under the mentorship of Hailey Shanovich (graduate student, class of '23). The goals of the project were to collect preliminary data on 1) the abundance of a soft scale insect pest, European fruit lecanium (Parthenolecanium corni), on hybrid hazelnut plants (Corylus americana x Corylus avellana) in experimental plantings at the University of Minnesota research stations, and 2) the prevalence of biological control by Hymenopteran parasitoid wasps and an endoparasitic fungi (Ophiocordyceps clavulata). These data accompany the paper "Synopsis of biological control for European fruit lecanium (Parthenolecanium corni) by parasitoids in North America and preliminary findings in hybrid hazelnut orchards" by Traband et al. 2023 in the Great Lakes Entomologist.
The preliminary field experiment was conducted at two experimental hybrid hazel plantings in Rosemount, Minnesota. Full details of study sites and other methodology can be found in the paper by Traband et al. 2023. On 11 July 2022 seven infested hazel plants were chosen to sample for scale insects from one hybrid hazelnut planting (n=7), and then on 22 July 2022 from two hybrid hazelnuts plantings (n = 4, n = 3) for a total of 14 plants. On each date, sampling of each plant was done for 15 person-minutes (i.e., three observers searching each plant for scales for five minutes), during which branches observed to contain one or more scale insects, no matter the status (i.e., showed signs of parasitism or not), were collected via hand pruners. Collected branches were immediately brought back to the lab and thoroughly examined to determine the number and status of every scale insect broken into three categories: showing signs of parasitism by fungus (i.e., fungal stromata protruding from scale insect), showing signs of parasitism by Hymenopteran parasitoids (i.e., containing a parasitoid exit hole in shell), or showing no signs of parasitism (i.e., showing no signs of parasitism). Branches containing scales showing no signs of parasitism were preserved for a duration of three weeks for purposes of parasitoid rearing and inspected every other day and any emerged parasitoids were collected and frozen until they could be identified. On 8 August 2022, all scale insects contained in jars were inspected for parasitoid exit holes, dissected to check for parasitoid larvae, pupae, or adults, and then discarded. All collected Hymenopteran parasitoid wasps were identified to the lowest taxonomic level possible.Traband, Simone G; Aukema, Brian H; Luhman, John C; Shanovich, Hailey N. (2023). European fruit lecanium (Parthenolecanium corni) occurrence in hybrid hazelnut plantings in Minnesota and associated parasitoid fauna from 2022. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM), https://hdl.handle.net/11299/255564
Drawn From Experience:Moving from Primary School to Secondary School
Full text linkWelcome to ‘Drawn from Experience: Moving from Primary School to Secondary School’, a comic created in collaboration with young people in Dundee about their experiences of moving into S1, sharing and celebrating the moments they identified as important in adjusting to secondary school
Drawn From Experience:Moving from Primary School to Secondary School
Full text linkWelcome to ‘Drawn from Experience: Moving from Primary School to Secondary School’, a comic created in collaboration with young people in Dundee about their experiences of moving into S1, sharing and celebrating the moments they identified as important in adjusting to secondary school
Monstrous Women in Comics, Samantha Langsdale and Elizabeth Rae Coody (eds) 2020
Full text linkReview of: Monstrous Women in Comics, Samantha Langsdale and Elizabeth Rae Coody (eds) (2020)Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 295 pp., 35 b&w illustrationsISBN 978-1-49682-763-0, p/bk, $3
Interview with MontyNero
No full textThis interview with MontyNero explores his various works, inspirations and methodologies. It discusses Death Sentence (2013), the author’s time as a Master’s student at the University of Dundee and his upcoming projects
Fetishization of Female Masculinity in She-Hulk, Big Barda and The Mighty Thor
Full text linkThe superhero genre of comics has historically depicted hyper-masculine and hyper-feminine characters, with men being the ones masculinized and women being feminised and, subsequently, sexualized. Against this genre trope, the muscular superheroine performing female masculinity demonstrates Judith Butler's notions of gender performance as well as the transferability of the phallus, which confronts and disrupts the notion that masculinity is confined to male bodies only (Bodies 57). While arguing that neither Jacques Lacan nor Sigmund Freud can conceive of a powerful female masculinity, Butler claims that women can possess traits that have been traditionally seen as exclusive to men. In superhero comics, characters such as She-Hulk, Big Barda, and The Mighty Thor offer concrete examples of female masculinity through their body-building muscles and phallic objects. When a woman who is decidedly other performs masculinity by constructing her body as muscular, she actively goes against the curated ideology of the superheroic body as an able-bodied, cis-gendered heterosexual white male. This chapter will examine the female masculinity performed by the superheroines She-Hulk, Big Barda, and The Mighty Thor during their first comics appearances versus later iterations to reveal the ways in which the characters have been and continue to be punished and fetishized for their subversive, gendered performances by editors and fans alike
Development of small-molecule probes for photoacoustic imaging of hypoxia
Full text linkHypoxia occurs when tissue oxygen supply is restricted, inhibiting normal physiological processes. Because of the irregular vasculature of rapidly growing tumors, hypoxia is a hallmark of cancer and exists in 50-60% of solid tumors. Hypoxia-induced changes in gene expression lead to treatment resistance, aggressive phenotypes, and increased metastatic potential; thus, imaging tumor hypoxia has important implications in treatment planning and predicting patient prognosis.
Herein we discuss our approach for hypoxia detection using photoacoustic (PA) imaging. This method combines the resolution of optical imaging with the tissue penetration of ultrasound to enable high-resolution image acquisition at clinically relevant depths. While PA imaging can detect endogenous absorbers, a powerful application of this modality lies in its combination with small-molecule probes that can provide a specific molecular readout. To this end, we have outlined key strategies for developing activatable PA probes and applied these methods to the development of small-molecule probes that can be used for PA imaging of hypoxia in deep tissue.
Our design for small-molecule, hypoxia-responsive probes relies on a prodrug-inspired N- oxide-based trigger that is reduced selectively in hypoxic conditions to produce a change in the PA signal of the probe. Our first-generation probe is capable of reporting on both acute and chronic hypoxia in vivo using PA and fluorescence imaging. To further develop this design, we employ several strategies for photophysical tuning that improve the PA wavelength and signal intensity. We also demonstrate the application of our design for simultaneous PA imaging of tissue and blood oxygenation. Finally, we show progress toward the application of this design for targeted agents that can report on prostate tumor hypoxia. We envision that these probes will be useful preclinical tools for hypoxia imaging and may lead to new agents that can be used in a clinical setting.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2022-08-01The student, Hailey Knox, accepted the attached license on 2020-06-30 at 22:07.The student, Hailey Knox, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2020-06-30 at 22:17.This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2020-07-02 at 08:47.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #15484 on 2020-10-02 at 15:31:08Made available in DSpace on 2020-10-07T22:07:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 7
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Playing with the dead:transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games
Full text linkThis chapter discusses the theory and practice of transmedia narratives within the storyworld created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard’s comics series The Walking Dead. It examines key aspects from the comics series and AMC’s adaptive television franchise to consider how both have been utilized and adapted for games. Particular focus will be paid to Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead, Gamagio’s The Walking Dead Assault and Terminal Reality’s The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct. The chapter explains the core concepts of transmedia narratives as they relate to The Walking Dead, places the games in the context of both the comics and television franchise, examines the significance of commercial and grassroot extensions and considers the role gaming and interactive narratives have within rich storyworlds. In examining The Walking Dead as a transmedia property, the authors demonstrate how vast narratives are adopted, modified and transformed in contemporary popular culture
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