17 research outputs found
[Review of] Ruthanne lum McCunn, Thousand Pieces of Gold
No full textThere is no history, only fictions of varying degree of plausibility. Although historians may disagree with Voltaire\u27s provocative statement, Ruthanne Lum McCunn\u27s choice of this phrase as an opening for her biographical novel, Thousand Pieces of Gold, is probably in keeping with the general agreement that any fiction which claims literary merits must contain some truth. McCunn, an Amerasian born in San Francisco\u27s Chinatown, grew up in Hong Kong. At the age of sixteen, she returned to San Francisco to attend college and subsequently worked as a librarian, teacher, and bilingual/bicultural specialist. She is the author of An Illustrated History of the Chinese in America
[Review of] Ruthanne Lum McCunn, Chinese American Portraits: Personal Histories, 1828·1988
No full textWith her latest book, Chinese American Portraits, Ruthanne Lum McCunn adds to her growing list of publications about the painful struggle and heroic survival of the Chinese in America. In an engaging novelistic style, accompanied by equally eloquent photographs, she tells detailed stories of seventeen diverse men and women, ranging from Yung Wing, educator and patriot, and the first Chinese to graduate from an American university (Yale, class of 1854), to Ho Yuet Fung, writer and filmmaker, who emigrated from Hong Kong in the 1970s. Interspersed within these primary narratives are photographs and lengthy captions telling the stories of other Chinese in America. How the author chose which stories to highlight and which to condense is a mystery, for each story is compelling. On the one hand, the photographs and brief stories interspersed within the pages of longer stories tend to be something of a distraction; on the other hand, in this compromise fashion, many stories beyond the major seventeen get told. The reader cannot help but be impressed by the richness of the author\u27s store as suggested by the large quantity and variety of these small vignettes
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UNT Speaks Out
No full textThis presentation is part of the faculty lecture series UNT Speaks Out on Water Conservation. In this presentation, the author discusses water conservation and sustainability
Acid phosphatase activity, in the liver of larval and adult frogs following treatment with carbon tetrachloride, 1967
No full textThe liver in both larval and adult frogs treated with carbon tetra-chloride was studied for general tissue damage and acid phosphatase activity. The animals sacrificed 2k hr after injection of carbon tetra-chloride and olive oil showed a marked acid phosphatase reaction. This enzymatic activity was localized in granular bodies predominantly along the bile canaliculi and also in the Kupffer cells. The control livers and those treated with olive oil only did not give a positive acid phosphatase reaction. The presence of a high acid phosphatase activity 2k hr after treatment with carbon tetrachloride suggested that tissues had been damaged. This observation was in keeping with the proposal that the hydrolytic enzymes contained within the lysosomal bodies of these cells had been released, in this instance by carbon tetrachloride poisoning
Unlock & Revive:A key to wellbeing for people living with dementia through online heritage sessions
No full textFor people living with dementia, life can become increasingly isolating. Yet, being engaged in regular activities that offer a sense of purpose and connection with the world is a key to their wellbeing.The aim of the Unlock & Revive pilot project was to bring together an online programme for these communities to test whether and how we can use this technology to provide a sense of connection into the world around us through online cultural engagement activities
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Layered Double Hydroxides and the Origins of Life on Earth
No full textA brief introduction to the current state of research in the Origins of Life field is given in Part I of this work. Part II covers original research performed by the author and co-workers. Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) systems are anion-exchanging clays that have the general formula M(II)xM(III)(OH)(2x+2)Y, where M(II) and M(III) are any divalent and trivalent metals, respectively. Y can be nearly any anion, although modern naturally occuring LDH systems incorporate carbonate (CO32-), chloride (Cl-), or sulfate (SO42-) anions. Intercalated cobalticyanide anion shows a small yet observable deviation from local Oh symmetry causing small differences between its oriented and non-oriented infrared spectra. Nitroprusside is shown to intercalate into 2:1 Mg:Al LDH with decomposition to form intercalated ferrocyanide and nitrosyl groups of an unidentified nature. The [Ru(CN)6]4- anion is shown to intercalate into layered double hydroxides in the same manner as other hexacyano anions, such as ferrocyanide and cobalticyanide, with its three-fold rotational axis perpendicular to the hydroxide sheets. The square-planar tetracyano-nickelate(II), -palladate(II), and platinate(II) anions were intercalated into both 2:1 and 3:1 Mg:Al layered double hydroxides (LDH). The basal spacings in the 2:1 hosts are approximately 11 Å, indicating that the anions are inclined approximately 75 degrees relative to the hydroxide layers, while in the 3:1 hosts the square-planar anions have enough space to lie more nearly parallel to the LDH cation layers, giving basal spacings of approximately 8 Å. It has been found that the LDH Mg2Al(OH)6Cl catalyzes the self-addition of cyanide, to give in a one-pot reaction at low concentrations an increased yield of diaminomaleonitrile and in addition, at higher ($0.1M) concentrations, a purple-pink material that adheres to the LDH. We are investigating whether this reaction also occurs with hydrotalcite itself, what is the minimum effective concentration of cyanide, and what can be learned about the products and how they compare with those reported at high HCN concentrations in the absence of catalyst
Unlock & Revive: The ingredients needed to deliver accessible online cultural and heritage events that bring positive benefits to people living with dementia
No full textUnlock & Revive is a multi-disciplinary action-research project that involves multiple partners. It is a highly collaborative project aimed at supporting the wellbeing of people living with dementia (PWD) and their caregivers in the Edinburgh and Lothian area, through online cultural engagement events. The programme was set up in response to Covid-19 to provide some form of weekly social cultural activity for the PWD community.The Unlock & Revive project brought together 7 Edinburgh-based cultural and heritage organisations to offer weekly online sessions created specifically for PWD and their caregivers. 30 online sessions were delivered across a 3-month period from April – June 2021.The aim of the Unlock & Revive project is to identify the active ingredients needed to deliver accessible online cultural and heritage events that would bring positive benefits to people living with dementia and their caregivers.In partnership with the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University researchers undertook semi-structured interviews with event managers and focus groups with participants who had attended GLAM Dementia Socials at cultural & heritage partner organisations. These cultural & heritage partner organisations were: National Galleries Scotland; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; National Library of Scotland; Museums & Galleries Edinburgh; National Museums Scotland; and University of Edinburgh Museum’s St. Celia’s Hall. This report presents the findings from this action-research project and produces a number of recommendations for event managers and those working within cultural organisations and visitor attractions on how to produce engaging and accessible online and hybrid events for the dementia community
Unlock & Revive: A key to wellbeing for people living with dementia through online heritage sessions
No full textFor people living with dementia, life can become increasingly isolating. Yet, being engaged in regular activities that offer a sense of purpose and connection with the world is a key to their wellbeing.
The aim of the Unlock & Revive pilot project was to bring together an online programme for these communities to test whether and how we can use this technology to provide a sense of connection into the world around us through online cultural engagement activities
The Correlation Between Prevention Levels and Health Status
No full textabstract: There is a lot of variation in health outcomes when it comes to individual states in America. Some states, such as Hawaii, have the life expectancy equivalent to that of developed countries, whereas states like Mississippi have the life expectancy equivalent to that of third world countries. This raised the questions of which states are doing well in health and why, and if their health has to do with their performance in the primary, secondary, tertiary, and/or quaternary prevention levels. The purpose of this research was to investigate if there is a correlation between performance in any of the prevention levels and the overall health status of a state, and if there is, which prevention level would be most beneficial for states to prioritize. The hypothesis of this research was: states that prioritized primary and secondary levels of prevention would have better health than states that prioritized tertiary and quaternary levels of prevention, since basic health measures contribute more to health outcomes than advanced medicine. To investigate this question, indicators were chosen to derive the ranking of each state in health and each of the four prevention levels. Six states were then chosen to represent the high, average, and low health statuses respectively. The six states were ranked for all indicators, and the data was analyzed and compared to determine a potential relationship between the prevention level rankings and the overarching health ranking. It was found that there is a correlation between performance in the primary and secondary prevention levels and a state’s overall health status, whereas there was no such correlation for the tertiary and quaternary levels. A model for health was proposed for states looking to improve their health status, which was to invest in primary prevention, followed by secondary, tertiary, then quaternary prevention and only moving to the next prevention level once the previous level reached a satisfactory threshold. (abstract
Chronicle (Paterson, NJ) Vol. 31, No. 47, Nov. 29, 1959
No full textLocal information pertaining to Paterson, N.J. and surrounding Passaic County. Issues may include events, government, business, political cartoons, engagement and marriage announcements, and birth announcements. This publication was also known as the Paterson Chronicle (1952) and the Paterson Sunday Chronicle (1951-1952)
