41 research outputs found
MFA15 (MFA 2015)
No full textCatalogue of a culminating student exhibition held at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, May 1 - August 2, 2015 . Introduction / Heather Corcoran and Patricia Olynyk -- Diana Casanova / Emily J. Hanson -- Andrea M. Coates : in the operating theater / Stephanie Dering -- Margaux Crump -- Brandon Daniels -- Addoley Dzegede : do you prefer answers or truth? / Aaron Coleman -- Vita Eruhimovitz -- Carling Hale -- Amanda Helman -- Mike Helms / Ming Ying Hong -- Ming Ying Hong / Emily J. Hanson -- Sea A Joung / Ervin Malakaj -- Stephanie Kang / Jeremy Shipley -- Dayna Jean Kriz / Andrew Johnson -- Thomas Moore : you should move to the city / Nathaniel Rosenthalis -- Jacob Muldowney -- Laurel Panella / Garrett Clough -- Caitlin Penny -- On the bridge, between Juarez and El Paso / Eric Lyle Schultz -- Jeremy Shipley -- Emmeline Solomon -- Kellie Spano / Margaux Crump -- Michael Aaron Williams -- Austin R. Wolf : monumental labor / Adam Turl.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/books/1015/thumbnail.jp
Presence-at-hand
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The writing that follows is intended to provide a theoretical framework for the motives behind my practice. The primary concerns addressed are the reception, transmission, and physical shape of knowledge. I will discuss a human condition that exists as a byproduct of both the legacy of representation as well as the innate biology of the brain. I will argue that as a society we are governed by the residue of an extreme logic, and that this condition places severe margins on our potential for creative solutions. I will propose that our ability to create meaning is stifled by the nature of representation itself—and that the overwhelming presence of logic in the mind fosters an unfavorable environment for radical ideas to occur. Through focusing on the limitations of language and habits of the mind topics will explore my work, and the role of art, as a site for the emergence of an unconventional kind of relearning
Broiler Farms' Organization, Management, and Performance
No full textThis study provides a comprehensive view of the organization, management, and financial performance of U.S. broiler farms. Using data from USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Study (ARMS, formerly known as the Farm Costs and Returns Survey), we examine farm size, financial structure, household income, management practices, and spousal participation in decision-making. We compare broiler operations with other farming enterprises and their earnings with that of the average U.S. household. Because most of the 7 billion broilers produced in the United States in 1995 were raised under contract, we also explore the use of contracts and the effects of contracting on the broiler sector.contracting, broilers, poultry, farm characteristics, farm income, farm operator characteristics, risk management strategies, Livestock Production/Industries,
Trabajo de campo y documentación lingüística y cultural: el documental etnográfico como recurso audiovisual en la investigación antropológica. 2 Año 1 (2014) abril-junio. Rutas de Campo. Documentación lingüística
No full textArdèvol, Elisenda, “Representación y cine etnográfico”, en Quaderns de I’ICA, núm. 10, 1997.Ardèvol, Elisenda y Luis Pérez-Tolón (coords.), Imagen y cultura. Perspectivas del cine etnográfico, Granada, Diputación de la Provincia de Granada, 1995.Barnouw, Eric, El documental. Historia y estilos, Barcelona, Gedisa, 1998.Bateson, Gregory y Margaret Mead, “On the Use of the Camerain Anthropology”, en Studies in the Anthropology of Visual Communication, vol. 4, núm. 2, 1977.Boas, Franz y John W. Powel, “Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Language”, en Preston Holder (ed.), Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Language and Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico, Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1991.Brigard, Emilie de, “The History of Ethnographic Film”, en Paul Hockings (ed.), Principles of Visual Anthropology, La Haya, Mouton Publishers, 1975, pp. 13-43.Campbell, Lyle, American Indian Languages. The Historical Linguistics of Native America, Nueva York, Oxford University Press, 1997.Campbell, Lyle y Marianne Mithun (eds.), The Languages of Native America, Austin, University of Texas Press, 1979.Conklin, Harold, “Etnografía”, en José R. Llobera (comp.), La antropología como ciencia, Barcelona, Anagrama, 1988, pp.153-163.Duranti, Alessandro, La antropología lingüística, Madrid, Cambridge University Press, 2000.Geertz, Clifford, La interpretación de las culturas, México, Gedisa, 1991.Gippert, Jost, “La documentación lingüística y la codificación de textos”, en John Haviland y José Antonio Flores Farfán (eds.), Bases de la documentación lingüística, México, Inali, 2007, pp. 387-414.Himmelmann, Nikolaus P., “La documentación lingüística. ¿Qué es y para qué sirve?”, en John Haviland y José Antonio Flores Farfán (eds.), Bases de la documentación lingüística, México, Inali, 2007, pp. 15-47.Hockings, Paul, Principles of Visual Anthropology, La Haya, Mouton Publishers, 1975.Manrique Castañeda, Leonardo, “Pasado y presente de las lenguas indígenas de México”, en Violeta Demonte y Beatriz Garza Cuarón (eds.), Estudios de lingüística de España y México, México, IIF-UNAM/El Colegio de México, 1990, pp. 387-420.Manrique Castañeda, Leonardo, “Clasificación de las lenguas indígenas de México y sus resultados en el censo de 1990”, en Beatriz Garza Cuarón (coord.), Políticas lingüísticas en México, México, La Jornada Ediciones/Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencia y Humanidades-UNAM, 1997, pp. 39-65.Mithun, Marianne, The Languages of Native North America, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1999.Nichols, Bill, La representación social de la realidad. Cuestiones y conceptos sobre el documental, Barcelona, Paidós, 1997.Prelorán, Jorge, El cine etnobiográfico, Buenos Aires, Catálogos, 2006.Suárez, Jorge, Las lenguas indígenas mesoamericanas, México, INI/CIESAS, 1995
A Climate Responsive Radiant Green Roof System for Indoor Cooling Purposes
No full textGreen roofs are a promising type of green infrastructure. The author is interested in exploring the energy saving potential of green roofs and their ability to lower heat stress on the indoor environment. A green roof’s cooling potential depends on the substrate depth, climatic conditions, vegetation types, and water availability. In Southern California, heat waves and drought conditions pose challenges for the feasibility of green roof implementation, thus making some of their environmental benefits less effective. In order to address such challenges, the author created an environmentally responsive microcontroller called Sentient Comfort. Sentient Comfort(SC) is an IoT-based project designed to influence indoor temperatures on a radiant-evaporative green roof. Based on the heat flux relationship between a green roof’s substrate and the built environment, the Sentient Comfort prototype was coupled with a radiant ceiling system to best distribute heat throughout both environments in real-time. The radiant system operated autonomously to couple/decouple the indoor space with/from a green roof as thermal energy sequestered within the substrate was distributed to maintain longer durations of indoor thermal comfort. The Sentient Comfort prototype was integrated into an Ad-Hoc test cell –located at California Polytechnic University of Pomona’s Lyle’s Center for Regenerative Studies. The radiant-evaporative test cell was compared to three other test cells: with an insulated traditional roof, a non-insulated green roof, and an insulated green roof. Environmental sensors were placed throughout the test cells and collected real-time data. All test cells with exception to the traditional roof operated with supplemental irrigation. The green roof test cells were designed to dissipate interior heat via moisture in the soil (conduction), moisture in the air (evapotranspiration), and green roof runoff. In an effort to limit water consumption, the green roof runoff was recaptured and re-introduced to the irrigation retention container. The research investigated the energy saving potential of active green roofs in arid conditions as optimized water usage served as a vector for heat transfer between the indoor and the outdoor environment. The wi-fi enabled microcontroller enabled monitoring and manual actuation of the SC prototype via smartphone using the Blynk app over an eight-week period. Data was analyzed to determine the optimal durations of irrigation and performance of the system. The integration of nighttime ventilation and an increased intensity of supplemental irrigation resulted in the SC prototype reducing temperature swings and maintaining thermal comfort longer than the other test cells
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture
No full textApproaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups
Book Reviews
No full textROSE COTTAGE CHRONICLES: CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF THE BRYANT-STEPHENS FAMILIES OF NORTH FLORIDA, edited by Arch Fredric Blakey, Ann Smith Lainhart, and Winston Bryant Stephens Jr., reviewed by Brian R. Rucker; THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA AND ITS PREDECESSOR COURTS, 1821-1917, Walter W. Manley II, editor and co-author; E. Canter Brown Jr., contributing editor and co-author; Eric W. Rise, co-author, reviewed by John J. Guthrie Jr.; GLADESMEN: GATOR HUNTERS, MOONSHINERS, AND SKIFFERS, by Glen Simmons and Laura Ogden, reviewed by John J. Guthrie Jr.; BIOARCHAEOLOGY OF NATIVE AMERICAN ADAPTATION IN THE SPANISH BORDERLANDS, edited by reviewed by Dean J. Saitta, Brenda J. Baker and Lisa Kealhofer; SLAVERY & THE LAW, edited by Paul Finkelman, reviewed by Jonathan Lurie; THE DEVIL’S LANE: SEX AND RACE IN THE EARLY SOUTH, edited by Catherine Clinton and Michele Gillespie, reviewed by Marcia G. Synnott; A HARD FIGHT FOR WE: WOMEN’S TRANSITION FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM IN SOUTH CAROLINA, by Leslie A. Schwalm, reviewed by Barbara Krauthamer; COME SHOUTING TO ZION: AFRICAN AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND BRITISH CARIBBEAN TO 1830, by Sylvia R. Frey and Betty Wood, reviewed by Cynthia Lynn Lyerly; MASTERED BY THE CLOCK: TIME, SLAVERY, AND FREEDOM IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH, by Mark M. Smith, reviewed by Alexis McCrossen; MANIFEST DESTINY AND EMPIRE: AMERICAN ANTEBELLUM EXPANSIONISM, by Robert W. Johannsen, John M. Belohlavek, Thomas R. Hietala, Samuel W. Haynes, and Robert . May, edited by Sam W. Haynes and Christopher Morris, reviewed by William Earl Weeks; PENITENTIARIES, REFORMATORIES, AND CHAIN GANGS: SOCIAL THEORY AND THE HISTORY OF PUNISHMENT IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA, by Mark Colvin, reviewed by Henry Kamerling; “ONE HELL OF A GAMBLE”: KHRUSHCHEV, CASTRO AND KENNEDY, 1958-1964. by Aleksankr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali, reviewed by Frank DeBenedictis; WORKERS’ CONTROL IN LATIN AMERICA, 1930-1979, Edited by Jonathan C. Brown, reviewed by Victor M. Uribe; THE QUIET VOICES: SOUTHERN RABBIS AND BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS, 1880s TO 1990s edited by Mark K. Bauman and Berkley Kalin, reviewed by Mark I. Greenberg; GHOST DANCING ON THE CRACKER CIRCUIT: THE CULTURE OF FESTIVALS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH, by Rodger Lyle Brown, reviewed by Robert E. Snyder; ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN’, by Rick Bragg, reviewed by William W. Rogers; REGION, RACE, AND CITIES : INTERPRETING THE URBAN SOUTH, by David Goldfield, reviewed by Stan Deato
The Inimical Unintended Consequences of Fiduciary Duty, A Business Case for Sustainability
No full textabstract: Pressure from fiduciary duty leads agents within organizational systems to make decisions that result in positive feedback loops that often have inimical unintended consequences. The current corporate climate that often puts the bottom line ahead of environmental and social concerns in the name of fiduciary duty is doing so based on a revised interpretation of the term that is clearly to the benefit of the corporations. It is important to note that this modern interpretation is a radical misinterpretation of the intent of the law as our forefathers defined it. However, in spite of the fact that the modern interpretation is leading to inimical unintended consequences, providing the systems agents with the proper training and tools necessary to recognize the cost benefit of implementing sustainable solutions may mitigate some of these positive feedback loops and their associated unintended consequences. By developing tools based on sustainable frameworks we may be able to return these organizations to the original intent of fiduciary duty, which was designed to encourage investment in organizations that worked for the public benefit. A concept that is remarkably similar to the triple bottom line framework that many sustainability professionals advocate on behalf of today
Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height
No full textMost common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified more than 600 variants associated with human traits(1), but these typically explain small fractions of phenotypic variation, raising questions about the use of further studies. Here, using 183,727 individuals, we show that hundreds of genetic variants, in at least 180 loci, influence adult height, a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait(2,3). The large number of loci reveals patterns with important implications for genetic studies of common human diseases and traits. First, the 180 loci are not random, but instead are enriched for genes that are connected in biological pathways (P = 0.016) and that underlie skeletal growth defects (P<0.001). Second, the likely causal gene is often located near the most strongly associated variant: in 13 of 21 loci containing a known skeletal growth gene, that gene was closest to the associated variant. Third, at least 19 loci have multiple independently associated variants, suggesting that allelic heterogeneity is a frequent feature of polygenic traits, that comprehensive explorations of already-discovered loci should discover additional variants and that an appreciable fraction of associated loci may have been identified. Fourth, associated variants are enriched for likely functional effects on genes, being over-represented among variants that alter amino-acid structure of proteins and expression levels of nearby genes. Our data explain approximately 10% of the phenotypic variation in height, and we estimate that unidentified common variants of similar effect sizes would increase this figure to approximately 16% of phenotypic variation (approximately 20% of heritable variation). Although additional approaches are needed to dissect the genetic architecture of polygenic human traits fully, our findings indicate that GWA studies can identify large numbers of loci that implicate biologically relevant genes and pathways
Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution
No full textWaist-hip ratio (WHR) is a measure of body fat distribution and a predictor of metabolic consequences independent of overall adiposity. WHR is heritable, but few genetic variants influencing this trait have been identified. We conducted a meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide association studies for WHR adjusted for body mass index (comprising up to 77,167 participants), following up 16 loci in an additional 29 studies (comprising up to 113,636 subjects). We identified 13 new loci in or near RSPO3, VEGFA, TBX15-WARS2, NFE2L3, GRB14, DNM3-PIGC, ITPR2-SSPN, LY86, HOXC13, ADAMTS9, ZNRF3-KREMEN1, NISCH-STAB1 and CPEB4 (P = 1.9 × 10⁻⁹ to P = 1.8 × 10⁻⁴⁰) and the known signal at LYPLAL1. Seven of these loci exhibited marked sexual dimorphism, all with a stronger effect on WHR in women than men (P for sex difference = 1.9 × 10⁻³ to P = 1.2 × 10⁻¹³). These findings provide evidence for multiple loci that modulate body fat distribution independent of overall adiposity and reveal strong gene-by-sex interactions
