894 research outputs found
The Ballpark podcast Extra Innings: African Americans in a White house: an event with Professor Leah Wright Rigueur
No full textOn the 5th of March 2020, Professor Leah Wright Rigueur joined the LSE US Centre for the event “African Americans in a ‘White’ House: Presidential Politics, Race, and The Pursuit of Power.” At the event, using one of the most outrageous scandals in modern American political history as a case study – the Housing and Urban Development Scandal (HUD) of the 1980s and 1990s which saw political officials steal billions in federal funding set aside for low-income housing residents – Professor Leah Wright Rigueur told the complex story of the transformation of Black politics and the astonishing racial politics of presidential administrations that have paved the way for patterns of political misconduct that have continued into the present. This seminar was chaired by Professor Imaobong Umoren, Assistant Professor at the Department of International History at LSE. The event was part of the ‘Race and Gender in US Politics in Historical and Contemporary Perspective’ seminar series organized by the LSE United States Centre. Professor Leah Wright Rigueur is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Harry S. Truman Associate Professor of American History at Brandeis University. She is the author of The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power and is currently working on the book manuscript Mourning in America: Black Men in a White House
Gravitational Waves in Chern-Simons-Gauss-Bonnet Gravity
No full textIt is known that the four-dimensional effective field theory arising from heterotic string theory is general relativity with both a Chern-Simons and Gauss-Bonnet term. We study the propagation of gravitational waves in this combination of Chern-Simons and Gauss-Bonnet gravity, both of which have an associated scalar field, the axion and the dilaton respectively, that are kinetically coupled. We review how the combination of dynamical Chern-Simons and Gauss-Bonnet gravities can arise from string theory as corrections to general relativity and show how the gravitational wave waveform is modified in such a theory. We compare our results to a novel framework recently introduced for parametrizing the parity-violating sector (Chern-Simons), and use that to guide our construction of a similar parametrization for the parity-conserving (Gauss-Bonnet) sector. In general, we find that the contributions from the parity-violating and parity-conserving sectors are similar. Moreover, the kinetic coupling between the axion and dilaton introduces an extra contribution to the parity-violating sector of the gravitational waves. Using our parametrization, we are able to comment on initial constraints for the theory parameters, including the time variations of the axion and dilaton.15 pages, 1 figur
supplementary_material - Stronger State School Nutrition Laws Are Associated With Healthier Eating Behaviors and Optimal Weight Status in US Adolescents
No full textsupplementary_material for Stronger State School Nutrition Laws Are Associated With Healthier Eating Behaviors and Optimal Weight Status in US Adolescents by Namrata Sanjeevi, Leah M. Lipsky, Tonja R. Nansel, Denise Haynie, Aiyi Liu and Bruce Simons-Morton in American Journal of Health Promotion</p
A manual for implementing heart rate variability biofeedback with collegiate athletes
No full textA process for developing and implementing Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Biofeedback (BFB) in a collegiate sport setting is presented in this dissertation. The objective of this manual is to detail methods used in a pilot project study conducted at Rutgers University (RU) with five male and female golfers. The protocol delineates the scope of preparation activities, strategies and guidelines for training, and a seven-session protocol for conducting HRV BFB with athletes. In addition, this manual was edited and formalized following completion of the study to incorporate knowledge gained during the conduct of HRV BFB with RU golfers. Methodological considerations for future research evaluating the utility of HRV BFB for athletes are proposed.Psy.DIncludes abstractIncludes bibliographical referencesby Leah M. Lago
Peter Appel Honorary Keynote
No full textKeynote speech by farmer, educator, author, and food sovereignty activist Leah Penniman.
Moderator
Professor M.J. Durkee – Allen Post Professor, University of Georgia School of Law
Keynote
Leah Penniman – Co-Founder, Co-Director, and Program Manager, Soul Fire Far
Black Hole Superradiance in Dynamical Chern-Simons Gravity
No full textBlack hole superradiance provides a window into the dynamics of light scalar
fields and their interactions close to a rotating black hole. Due to the
rotation of the black hole, the amplitude of the scalar field becomes
magnified, leading to a "black hole bomb" effect. Recent work has demonstrated
that rotating black holes in dynamical Chern-Simons gravity possess unique
structures, the "Chern-Simons caps," which may influence the behavior of matter
near the black hole. Motivated by the presence of these caps, we study
superradiance in dynamical Chern-Simons gravity in the context of a slowly
rotating black hole. We find that additional modes are excited and contribute
to the superradiance beyond what is expected for a Kerr black hole. Studying
the superradiant spectrum of perturbations, we find that the Chern-Simons
contributions give rise to small corrections to the angular dependence of the
resulting scalar cloud. Finally, we comment on potential observable
consequences and future avenues for investigation.Comment: Error in Eq. 51-53 and 69-71 corrected, updated discussio
Tudor women writers fashioning masculinity
No full textThis thesis contributes to the growing interest in early modern masculinity and its literary representations by introducing texts by women writers into dialogue with their male-authored counterparts. It argues for a more nuanced approach that recognises that the concepts of masculinity and femininity can only be fully understood when studied in relation with each other.
The first chapter explores how, notwithstanding the wisdom of conduct books and marriage guides, the demands of the state may not always be commensurate with those of the domestic realm and shows that this conflict necessitates a rethinking of existing definitions of masculinity by focusing on selected writings of the Tudor sisters Mary and Elizabeth and Jane Fitzalan’s *Tragedie of Iphigeneia*. The second chapter identifies how Elizabeth’s unique discursive strategies were designed to elicit support from her male subjects and subdue the belligerence that simmered under polemic like John Stubbs’ *Gaping Gulf*. In her letters to Anjou, the chapter examines how Elizabeth manoeuvred around her position as a beloved and as a monarch to fashion a husband who would not only be sympathetic but also subordinate to her political authority. This chapter also shows how the fabulous world of John Lyly’s *Galatea* consummates the Queen’s desire for the ideal male subject. The final chapter investigates the construction of martial manhood. It juxtaposes Mary Sidney’s *The Tragedy of Antonie* with William Shakespeare’s *Antony and Cleopatra* to determine how the figure of Cleopatra, common to both plays, challenges and revises the martial code of masculinity as embodied by Antony. By examining the authorial position appropriated by Cleopatra in the plays and its impact on the narrative, this chapter also extends this thesis’ interest in the extent to which female characters within texts compete for diegetic control with male protagonists
How a Pen and a Stamp Can Change a Relationship
No full textIn our culture of simple, fast digital communication, a handwritten note provides true connection and has the power to change relationships, benefiting both the sender and receiver. Leah DeCesare is the award-winning author of Forks, Knives, and Spoons, her debut novel, and the Naked Parenting series. Her writing has been featured in The Huffington post, Eligible Magazine, Simply Woman, The International Doula, and The Key, among others. She was the 2017 Story Circle Network LifeWriting first place winner. Leah is the cofounder of the nonprofit, Doulas of Rhode Island, and she led the fundraising efforts to build a medical center in Uganda
Ode laica per Chibok e Leah
No full textThe volume contains two short poems by Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka -- "No, He Said!", dedicated to Nelson Mandela, from the Author's 1988 well-known collection "Mandela's Earth and Other Poems" and the recent "Mandela Comes to Leah", written purposely for this volume -- and the Author's 2019 long epic poem "A Humanist Ode to Chibok, Leah" denouncing all forms of fundamentalism and fanaticism as opposed to secular humanism. Soyinka pays tribute to the girls abducted in Chibok and to 15 year-old Leah Sharibu, one of the 108 girls abducted in 2018 from Dapchi, comparing her firm refusal to renounce her faith to Nelson Mandela's refusal to compromise his moral stance on Apartheid while held captive on Robben Island. The poetry in the book appears en face in the original English and in the Italian translation by Alessandra Di Maio, who also curated the volume and wrote a short introduction. The Preface by the Author to the Italian volume appears only in Di Maio's translation
Annual Walk of the Heroines Lecture: Dreaming Disability Justice in a Time of Genocide, Organizing and Hope
No full textLeah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (they/she) is the author or co-editor of ten books, including The Future Is Disabled and Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories From the Transformative Justice Movement
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