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"Life is Wonderful, There’s No Doubt About That": (Big and Small) Stories of an Embodied Positive Ageing Identity
No full textThis chapter forms part of a broader research project exploring narratives of the ageing, sporting body (Phoenix and Sparkes, 2006, 2007; Phoenix, Smith and Sparkes, 2007; Phoenix and Sparkes, 2008). Here, I examine the accomplishment of a positive ageing identity through the stories told by a 71 year old male. In order to examine how identity is narratively accomplished, I have found recent debates within narrative research between a “big story” and “small story” approach especially useful (Bamberg, 2006; Freeman, 2006)
Do Phoenix miracles exist ? firm-level evidence from financial crises
No full textThis paper provides empirical evidence on firm recoveries from financial system collapses in developing countries (systemic sudden stops episodes), and compares them with the experience in the United States in the 2008 financial crisis. Prior research found that economies recover from systemic sudden stop episodes before the financial sector. These recoveries are called Phoenix miracles, and the research questioned the role of the financial system in recovery. Although an average of the macro data across a sample of systemic sudden stop episodes over the 1990s appears consistent with the notion of Phoenix recoveries, closer inspection reveals heterogeneity of responses across the countries, with only a few countries fitting the pattern. Micro data show that across countries, only a small fraction (less than 31 percent) of firms follow a pattern of recovery in sales without a recovery in external credit, and even these firms have access to external sources of cash. The experience of firms in the United States during the 2008 financial crisis also suggests no evidence of credit-less recoveries. An examination of the dynamics of firms'financing, investment and payout policies during recovery periods shows that far from being constrained, the firms in the sample are able to access long-term financing, issue equity, and significantly expand their cash holdings.Debt Markets,Access to Finance,Bankruptcy and Resolution of Financial Distress,Emerging Markets,Economic Theory&Research
Creating the park cool island in an inner-city neighborhood: heat mitigation strategy for Phoenix, AZ
No full textabstract: We conducted microclimate simulations in ENVI-Met 3.1 to evaluate the impact of vegetation in lowering temperatures during an extreme heat event in an urban core neighborhood park in Phoenix, Arizona. We predicted air and surface temperatures under two different vegetation regimes: existing conditions representative of Phoenix urban core neighborhoods, and a proposed scenario informed by principles of landscape design and architecture and Urban Heat Island mitigation strategies. We found significant potential air and surface temperature reductions between representative and proposed vegetation scenarios: 1) a Park Cool Island effect that extended to non-vegetated surfaces; 2) a net cooling of air underneath or around canopied vegetation ranging from 0.9 °C to 1.9 °C during the warmest time of the day; and 3) potential reductions in surface temperatures from 0.8 °C to 8.4 °C in areas underneath or around vegetation.Corresponding Author:
Juan Declet-Barreto
Arizona State Univeristy
[email protected]
Anything pt. 3: Phoenix
No full textThe introductory part of a series of exhibitions under the common name Anything Goes (2019, artists: Svetlana Fialová, Pavla Malinová, Nana Mandl, Titania Seidl) and its sequel Anything Goes pt. 2: Techno ed. (2020, artists: Botond Keresztesi, Nika Kupyrova, Alex Selmeci & Tomás Kocka Jusko, Céline Struger, Nik Timková) outlined the potential of interconnecting the artistic scenes of neighbouring countries. Confrontation of art works, the possible emergence of new dialogues, the stimulation of artists across the countries through exhibitions, and the (often premiere) introduction of foreign artists into our country´s context have become the key project elements. The project´s rules have never been narrowly defined, much less firmly tied to diversity, in nationality or media. The primary project goal is an organic selection of high quality art works (whatever that means for each person) and creation of a natural flow in the exhibition environment.
The concept of the international exhibition Anything Goes pt. 3: Phoenix has naturally evolved from the previous part, defined through the coldness of the digital environment, a dystopic atmosphere, and emotions resulting from a post-apocalyptic reality. The feelings of loneliness, anxiety, and questions related to the survival of mankind corresponded to the mood in the pandemic society, and were combined with the quest for a restart or desired return to normal. This time I will, however, omit the unpopular c-word from this context.
The chosen motif of the mythological Phoenix, which dies in flames and is reborn from its own ashes, has been adopted by many cultures or religions. The exhibition´s central point has become the principle of transformation and the symbolics of moments between life and death, the beginning and end, existence and extinction. The selected art works not only accentuate the real transformation of matter but also transformation at the ideological and symbolic level, with a strong emphasis on emotions and emotionality, inner experiences, and a rediscovered interest in refreshed ideas of romanticism or the power of unrestrained nature.
The curator´s project Anything Goes pt. 3: Phoenix concentrates on artistic mystifications, formal deformations, or material reconstructions. The selected art works appropriate various materials and sources of inspiration, snatching details from different contexts and regrouping them into new forms. They are characterized by the uncertain yet fascinating moment oscillating between the form of a depicted subject and our perception of it. The art works intentionally offer a blurred reality camouflaged by the poetics of contemporary visual arts. Thus fractions of popular culture converge, with flashbacks into the history of art or architecture at one point, followed by the principles of recycling, mimicking forms, and regrouping of the matter. The art works have here ventured beyond the digital space, demanding to be experienced in the physical world, where truly anything goes
The social impacts of the heat–health watch/warning system in Phoenix, Arizona: assessing the perceived risk and response of the public
No full textabstract: Here, 201 surveys were distributed in Metropolitan Phoenix to determine the social impacts of the heat warning system, or more specifically, to gauge risk perception and warning response.Corresponding Author:
Adam J. Kalkstein
Arizona State University
[email protected]
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Nutrition in Phoenix Metropolitan Area Homeless Youth
No full textA Thesis submitted to The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.Homeless youth are a large, poorly characterized population of the United States [1, 2]. Though over seven percent of American youth aged twelve to seventeen years experienced homelessness last year, there is a paucity of data regarding their general condition and health status. This study was undertaken to describe the adequacy of nutritional intake of homeless youth in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Interviews were conducted with 71 homeless youth aged 16 to 21 years (44 male, 27 female) who were recruited from homeless youth drop-in centers and outdoor public areas. A standardized 24 hour dietary recall was utilized during the interview to gather nutritional data, which was analyzed against Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI). Overall results demonstrated a slight excess of caloric and macronutrient intakes; though intakes of several micronutrients were deficient. Over one third of participants consumed less than 50% of the DRI for folate, calcium and zinc; 42% consumed under 50% of the DRI for vitamin C, and 63% consumed under 50% of the DRI for vitamin A. Upon further analysis, statistically significant difference in iron intake was found between male and female participants. Statistically significant difference in fat, iron, and zinc intake was also found between participants recruited from differing locations. In comparison to 2007-2008 data reported in the WWEIA/ NHANES study, participants in this study consumed more calories, protein, carbohydrates, and fat [3]. Participants from both studies consumed insufficient vitamin A quantities; female participants from both studies consumed insufficient calcium. Interstingly, mean iron intake was low for female WWEIA/ NHANES data, but at DRI for study participants. Further surveys of a larger number of participants may be warranted, especially considering the significant skew and non-normal distribution of the nutritional intake data from this study. This study does find inadequate micronutrient intake in homeless despite the fact that they are consuming more than enough macronutrients (calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat). These inadequacies could potentially contribute to poorer health in these youth.This item is part of the College of Medicine - Phoenix Scholarly Projects 2011 collection. For more information, contact the Phoenix Biomedical Campus Library at [email protected]
A Statement from the Phoenix Planing Mill at the Corner of River and Tenth Streets in the Amount of $83.89 Had Been Paid in Fill by Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte
No full textA statement from the Phoenix Planing Mill at the corner of River and Tenth Streets in the amount of $83.89 had been paid in fill by Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte. The bill indicates that Van Raalte had purchased 154 feet of lumber, 8 doors, 21 pairs of sashes and other items.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/vrp_1870s/1127/thumbnail.jp
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Triptolide suppresses c-Myc expression through regulation of its associated transcriptional factors and coactivators
No full textA Thesis submitted to The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.In this study we investigated whether triptolide regulates c-Myc expression by inhibiting FBP1 protein expression at the transcription and/or protein level. We performed an RNA sequence to determine global regulation of transcriptome in response to triptolide treatment. In addition, we determined the effects of triptolide on c-Myc, FBP1 and FIR protein expression. We found that 100nM of triptolide inhibited gene expression of c-Myc, FBP1, FIR and XBP. This finding is consistent with a decrease in protein expression of c-Myc and FIR. These finding suggest that triptolide may inhibit FBP1 ability to bind with XBP.This item is part of the College of Medicine - Phoenix Scholarly Projects 2019 collection. For more information, contact the Phoenix Biomedical Campus Library at [email protected]
Re engineering history: Flight of the Phoenix, what can we learn from a movie crash?
No full textOn the 15t hof December 1965 the motion picture “Flight of the Phoenix” was released in the United States of America theatres. In the closing movie credits the following text is shown:It should be remembered. . . that Paul Mantz, a fine man and a brilliant flyer gave his life in the making of this film. Who was Paul Mantz? What happened? And what can we learn from a movie crash? This paper will examine the Tallmantz Phoenix P-1 accident which was captured on film for the motion picture “Flight of the Phoenix”. This paper will study the “Flight of the Phoenix“ story, the people involved and the special purpose aircraft build. Literature will be reviewed and analyses will be done to gain new insights to the crash of the Tallmantz Phoenix which occurred on July 8th1965Structural Integrity & CompositesAerospace Structures & Computational Mechanic
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