476 research outputs found
My bawdy myself
No full textThere are certain topics that we’re taught from an early age not to talk about in “polite company.” Chief among them: our bodies. From sex to scatology, illness to death, it’s the subjects that most clearly and directly concern us that are considered off-limits from normal conversation. This work seeks to encourage dialogue around our bodies, our health, our psychological and physical and sexual [dys]functions, through the author’s recounting of her own often unbelievable personal, physical, and medical history.M.F.A.by Jillian Ive
Insatiable
No full textJillian Werner is sophomore majoring in writing and art history. Her favorite author is Chuck Palahniuk. She believes party-hiking is the greatest sport ever invented
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Review: The Rediscovery of the Wild
Full text linkCopyright (c) 2014, Jillian Slater. This review is available for non-commercial, educational use, provided that the user identify the author and the publication listed as the place of first publication, along with the volume and the year of the work\u27s publication
Tocopherol stability in controlled release packaging films:
No full textIncreasing the shelf-life of packaged foods is of great interest to the food science community. Controlled release packaging (CRP) materials have been developed that are capable of releasing protective compounds (antioxidants, antimicrobials) into the food at rates suitable for long term protection. While the technical challenges of development have been met, FDA approval must be granted before these materials can be used commercially. One critical step in the FDA approval process for food contact materials is to ensure that no toxic products are formed during processing, and that sufficient levels of the added compound are retained to provide the stated functionality.
Tocopherol was chosen as an active compound for incorporation into CRP films as it is a natural, potent antioxidant with positive consumer recognition as Vitamin E. It has been used at low levels as a polymer stabilizer, with no problematic degradation reported. Tocopherol containing films were produced by cast film extrusion of LDPE, PP and a 50:50 blend of these polymers. Multiple extrusion conditions were chosen within standard processing parameters to apply varying degrees of thermal and mechanical stress on the polymer melt. Resulting films were analyzed for their physical properties, recoverable tocopherol, volatile and non-volatile degradation products, as well as antioxidant activity assays.
This study showed that tocopherol recovery is high (92-100%) for all polymer compositions and processing methods, but greatest loss was seen in PP films subjected to high shear. GC-MS analysis shows only polymer additives, with no volatile degradation products formed from tocopherol. A reduction in the level of polymer volatiles was also noted. Analysis by LC-MS has provided tentative identification of two tocopherol dimers and tocoquinone, all previously documented degradation products of tocopherol. Little variation was observed between different processing methods. Antioxidant assays demonstrate that extracts from the tocopherol containing films exhibit as much, or greater antioxidant activity as unprocessed mixed tocopherols.
While further work remains to confirm the identities of the products identified and provide accurate quantification, this research supports the safety and antioxidant effectiveness of tocopherol containing extruded polymer films.M.S.Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-195)by Jillian C. Lan
Dispatch, Smith and Jewell Counties
Full text linkHocking, Jillian, “Dispatch, Smith and Jewell Counties,” Chapman Center Research Collections, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/5.Located on the border of both Smith and Jewell Counties, tiny Dispatch was founded by the Dutch Reformed Church. When the church split along doctrinal lines, two cemeteries evolved for two different church populations. The main church was founded in 1871; the split occurred in 1872. The landscape of this area still reveals its early history. The bleak, flat prairies stretching around a large church and its two graveyards tell a tale of dissent and survival. The author, connected through family to these Dutch settlers, provides photographs and stories
A novel strategy for expressing recombinant HCV glycoproteins in cell culture: toward biochemical, biophysical, and immunological studies
No full textAlmost 4 million people are infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the United States alone, with 170 million infected worldwide. It is the leading cause of liver transplantation in the US. Although infection is initially asymptomatic, HCV often leads to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and/or liver cancer. Many cases are treatable with combination therapy (interferon, ribavirin, and new protease inhibitors), but efficacy is dependent on the infecting strain and there is currently no vaccine. Without more effective antiviral and immunological treatments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicts that deaths due to HCV will double or triple in the next 15 to 20 years due to prolonged disease and continued spread. The high prevalence of infection, lack of highly effective HCV-specific inhibitors, and poor response rate to the current treatment underscore the importance of developing new therapeutic strategies. The mechanism of viral entry is an important subject of study with respect to preventing and treating infection. Two of the four HCV structural proteins, envelope 1 (E1) and envelope 2 (E2), heterodimerize on the surface of the virion. Experimental evidence supports the roles of E1 and E2 in receptor binding, virus-cell fusion, and entry into the host cell. These factors make E1 and E2 key determinants of pathogenicity and optimal targets of vaccine design. We hypothesize that a thorough biophysical understanding of E2, as well as improvements in the available biochemical tools for the study of HCV E2 will provide a significant advancement in the understanding of viral infection.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Jillian L. Whidb
Draft : incentives to support the transition to zero emissions for medium and heavy-duty sectors in Oregon
No full textprinciple authors: Mary Brazell, Jillian DiMedio, Eric Feeley, Gerik Kransky, Rachel Sakata, Morgan Schafer, Cory-Ann Wind.Title from PDF cover (viewed on November 23, 2022).Covers OCLC #1351608796 and OCLC #1346557614.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
The power of sexual aesthetics: women and girls crafting bodies
No full textThe Power of Sexual Aesthetics: Women and Girls Crafting Bodies examines how people of color respond creatively to being framed as sexually deviant through normative assessments of their corporeal styles in the U.S. This work comprises a comparative study of how aesthetics shape the racialization of African American, Latina, and black, non-Latina Caribbean immigrant women and girls. The dissertation constructs its argument by juxtaposing the body crafting practices of heterosexual and LBTQ young women of color I have worked with through community arts outreach, with contemporary women artists of color whose work portrays explicitly raced and sexualized bodies. Employing a multi-method approach, the study combines focus groups with young women, interviews with artists, reception study, and visual analysis of music videos, YouTube media, photographs, collages, and paintings, to fashion a transdisciplinary synthesis. Bridging Art History, Gender, Sexuality, African American, Latino/a, Critical Race, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies, the dissertation traces the circulation of raced female bodies in the visual fields of popular culture, fine art, and everyday social spaces, domains in which norms of body presentation and representation are both crystallized and challenged. Case studies of “chonga” girls, masculine body presenting young women, and contemporary cultural producers elaborate the modes through which racialized corporeal aesthetics are valued. This project highlights a double standard: vernacular images and embodiments of sexuality fashioned by disadvantaged girls more often draw negative critiques and cultural devaluation in social discourse when compared to more professional pictures and bodies lauded as “edgy” and “innovative” for their sexual content in the elite art world, popular culture, and media. The Power of Sexual Aesthetics analyzes how body crafting practices may work to both reveal and occult class disparity in a contemporary neoliberal context. The power of neoliberal discourse lies in its obfuscation of class exclusions and structures, and effective circulation of narratives concerning the putative potential of self-making and overcoming economic circumstances. This dissertation argues that the dissident aesthetics of poor and working class women and girls of color have the potential to unmask realities of class stratification, hence their disciplining as racially, sexually, and aesthetically excessive.Ph. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Jillian Hernande
Land of the Free, Home of the Racist: Exploring the Narrative of America’s Racial Prejudice
Full text link“Land of the Free, Home of the Racist: Exploring the Narrative of America’s Racial Prejudice” by Jillian Fox, ’19. Fox uses a racist incident that occurred at Denison University in the late 1970s to explore the work of womanist theologian and Denison University graduate Kelly Brown Douglas. After recounting the incident, she explores Douglas’ response at the time as well as her later work, much of which stems from ancient notions of national exceptionalism, ethnocentrism, and white racial pride. Fox continues to discuss the implications of exceptionalism as it pertains to Manifest Destiny, which the author in turn connects to current racial attitudes, divides, and injustices in the United States. Fox concludes with an exhortation to overturn the white supremacy that has so harmed black people as well as those who do not conform to the royal consciousness, against which God must be situated
2020-2021: Distinguished Visiting Author, Adam Haslett
No full textStudent Fellows: Braelin Ash, Jillian Damiani, Madeline Nigro, Megan Peters, Kieran Binneyhttps://docs.rwu.edu/bermont-fellowship/1007/thumbnail.jp
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