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Comparison of potential contact allergens in best-selling adult and baby cleansers
No full textare that the contents of this article are their own original unpublished findings. Title: Comparison of potential contact allergens in best-selling adult and baby cleansers Authors: Jayden Galamgam1 MD, Sasan D Noveir2 BA, Carol E Cheng1 MD Affiliations: 1Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2 David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Corresponding Author: Jayden Galamgam MD, Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, Email: [email protected]
The Black Experience: Racial Disparities and Education Inequality for Low-Income Black Students
No full textEducational inequality and racial disparities have been a prominent, ongoing issues for low- income Black students in the United States. Despite efforts to resolve these issues, Black students continue to face significant challenges when it comes to obtaining a quality education and opportunities that may help them succeed. This thesis investigates the factors that contribute to the inequality that low-income Black students experience at educational institutions, including systemic racism, poverty, parenting, inadequate resources, and discriminatory policies. It does so by asking fifteen respondents in-depth questions about their experiences with the educational system. This paper then highlights the importance of resolving these issues through means such as increasing funding for schools in low-income areas, providing access to educational resources and opportunities, and tackling racial biases in the education system. By addressing these problems, the US can work towards a more equitable education system and ensure that all students have the opportunity to succeed, regardless of their race or socioeconomic status
CHARACTERIZATION OF TOXOPLASMOSIS REPORTING AND SURVEILLANCE IN THE UNITED STATES
No full textMaster of Public HealthPublic Health Interdepartmental ProgramMajor Professor Not ListedThis online experience was completed with Dr. Anne Straily from the Parasitic Diseases
Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the Summer of 2021. As part of this field experience, the author assisted Dr. Straily with a study investigating the surveillance systems for toxoplasmosis in states where this disease is currently categorized as “reportable.” Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the protozoan species Toxoplasma gondii
and generally only causes clinical disease in immunocompromised individuals and children of mothers infected during gestation. This study sought to determine if toxoplasmosis would be a good candidate to become a nationally notifiable disease with the CDC. This allowed the author to use skills from several classes from the MPH coursework as well as expand on crucial writing and communication skills when preparing the results for publication and presentation to relevant individuals both within and outside the host agency. During this time, the author was also able to be a part of several other functions of this branch of the CDC, including monthly meetings and other events to learn more about their various projects and global reach. In addition to the author’s responsibilities with the CDC, he separately engaged in various teaching opportunities
with his faculty mentor, Dr. Justin Kastner. This included a lecture to undergraduate students about the risks of toxoplasmosis and a lecture to graduate students about the trade-policy implications of African Swine Fever Virus over the past century (a topic that combined aspects of the author’s public health, veterinary, and PhD research-related knowledge). This experience, while primarily completed virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was a rewarding opportunity for the author to learn more about how a federal public health agency like the CDC operates, to apply techniques learned from the MPH coursework regarding surveillance systems, and to gain experience in teaching future public health professionals and veterinarian
Learning modules: problem-based learning, blended learning and flipping the classroom
No full textIn 2020, the author introduced a new learning and assessment programme to the compulsory Land Law course at the University of Auckland, Faculty of Law. This article introduces, explains and evaluates the programme design. The Learning Modules programme has five components: structured pre-tutorial activities guiding students through a problem; tutorials in which tutors facilitate discussion on the problem; post-tutorial quizzes testing understanding of ideas arising in the problem; and exam-oriented review exercises in the form of modelling exercises and example exercises. First, the article discusses three pedagogical theories: problem-based learning, blended learning and flipping the classroom. Secondly, the article outlines the Learning Modules programme. Thirdly, the article uses student survey data from 2020 and 2021 to evaluate the extent to which the programme represents problem-based learning, blended learning and flipping the classroom. In doing so, the article considers how closely a programme needs to conform with the classical characteristics of each theory to be considered to represent them. The article concludes that the programme can be said to represent each of the three theories, depending on how they are formulated
On Idempotent Measures of Small Norm
No full textIn this Master’s Thesis, we set up the groundwork for [8], a paper co-written by the author and Hung Pham. We summarise the Fourier and Fourier-Stieltjes algebras on both abelian and general locally compact groups. Let Г be a locally compact group. We answer two questions left open in [11] and [13]:
1. When Г is abelian, we prove that if ϰs ∈ B(Г) is an idempotent with norm 1 < ||ϰs|| < 4/3 then S is the union of two cosets of an open subgroup of Г.
2. For general Г, we prove that if ϰs ∈ McbA(Г) is an idempotent with norm ||ϰs||cb < 1+√2/2 , then S is an open coset in Г
The Systemic Side of Disinformation: The Reid Technique as Exploitative Knowledge Production
No full textIn this paper, the author analyzes the Reid Technique – the most commonly employed interrogation technique in the United States – to argue that it employs disinformation to reinforce the power and authority of the police while disregarding the harm caused to the individual suspect. Furthermore, the author shows how the Reid Technique reproduces the structural, systemic side of disinformation when false confessions lead to wrongful convictions that codify disinformation as legal precedent. In turn, these wrongful convictions are interpreted as high-quality data that gets incorporated into the fabric of what scholars and members of our society know about crime and justice in America
Thermal dark matter implies new physics not far above the weak scale
No full textIn this work we complete a model independent analysis of dark matter constraining its mass and interaction strengths with data from astro- and particle physics experiments. We use the effective field theory framework to describe interactions of thermal dark matter particles of the following types: real and complex scalars, Dirac and Majorana fermions, and vector bosons. Using Bayesian inference we calculate posterior probability distributions for the mass and interaction strengths for the various spin particles. The observationally favoured dark matter particle mass region is 10-100 GeV with effective interactions that have a cut-off at 0.1-1 TeV. This mostly comes from the requirement that the thermal abundance of dark matter not exceed the observed value. Thus thermal dark matter coupled with present data implies new physics most likely under 10 TeV.JHEP is an open-access journal funded by SCOAP3 and licensed under CC BY 4.
Bayesian analysis of effective dark matter models
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