6 research outputs found
Chronic Pain Patients’ Perceptions of Treatments That Decrease Pain and Increase Function
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/31/2017
This qualitative study explored chronic pain patients’ perceptions of treatment interventions that work to decrease their pain and increase their occupational performance, in order to further incorporate treatments that work into occupational therapy practice and ensure client centeredness.
Primary Author and Speaker: Emily Jehl
Additional Authors and Speakers: Erin Solger, Crysta Weaver
Contributing Authors: Debora Oliveira, Barbara Kornblau, Sarah Mbiza, Aurelia Alexander</jats:p
Culture in danger: protecting Native American sacred spaces in the 21st century
No full textFor centuries, indigenous and tribal communities around the globe have upheld the celebrated roles and responsibilities of their ancestors as custodians of sacral lands. These sites, identified by cultural heritage professionals as Sacred Natural Sites, have been of increasing interest to heritage experts since UNESCO implemented its cultural landscape criteria for outstanding universal value in 1992. These sites are indispensable to Native American communities for it is in these domains that religion and nature intersect to recognize profound ancient and cultural traditional values that are still prevalent in their everyday lives. Despite their vital significance, sacred natural sites in the United States are faced with increased pressures of globalization and landscape development that threaten to extinguish not only the fragile ecosystems that custodians have spent centuries curating, but also the cultural values that utilize them. This thesis aims to investigate the current national frameworks that govern sacred natural site protection, namely religious freedom acts, land treaty claims and federal regulatory acts. Case studies involving the San Francisco Peaks, Arizona; Yucca Mountain, Nevada; and Lake Oahe, North Dakota will highlight the efficiency and effectiveness, if any, of current jurisprudence.M.A.Includes bibliographical referencesby Crysta Sotirho
The roles of life satisfaction and materialistic values as mediators of appreciation
No full textA growing body of literature supports the positive effects of gratitude/appreciation on wellbeing. However, few studies have explored these relationships using the eight-aspect appreciation model (Adler & Fagley, 2005), in which gratitude is but one of multiple aspects of “appreciation.” This study explored the relations among the aspects of appreciation, life satisfaction, and materialistic values. Additionally, mediation models involving the three key variables of appreciation, life satisfaction, and materialistic values were tested. Finally, entitlement and meaning in life were included to provide additional validity information. Participants included 206 undergraduates at Rutgers University who completed an anonymous online survey. As expected, appreciation was correlated positively with life satisfaction (r = .386, p < .001). Although significant correlations were not found for the materialistic values total score, its Happiness subscale, which represents the belief that happiness is achieved through possessions, was significantly negatively correlated with appreciation (r = -.191, p = .006) and life satisfaction (r = -.281, p < .001), and this subscale was thus the aspect of materialism examined in the mediation analyses. All mediation models were significant, such that life satisfaction mediated the relation between appreciation and materialism (Z = -2.892, p < .01), materialism mediated the relation between appreciation and life satisfaction (Z = 2.182, p < .05), and appreciation mediated the relation between materialism and life satisfaction (Z = - 2.416, p < .01). Additionally, the “have” focus aspect of appreciation had the largest correlation with life satisfaction (r = .474, p < .001) and with the appreciation total score (r = .916, p < .001), indicating that a greater focus on what one has is associated with greater life satisfaction and suggesting that “have” focus may be a key component of overall appreciation. Results from this study point to the positive relationship between appreciation and better quality of life. Further, findings suggest that increasing one’s appreciation may help minimize the materialistic emphasis on happiness through acquisition, and that reducing one’s belief in happiness through material goods may foster greater appreciation and satisfaction with life.Psy.D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Chana Crysta
Sensitivity enhancement of graphene Hall sensors modified by single-molecule magnets at room temperature
No full textSingle-molecule magnets (SMMs) possess many unique magnetic properties and thus attract a wide range of attention. However, the applications of SMMs always need a strict atmosphere, i.e. low temperature, high vacuum and strong magnetic field. In this work, we report the preparation and characterization of sensitivity enhanced graphene Hall elements (GHEs) decorated with Tb-core SMMs. By comparing the magnetic sensing and electronic tests of the GHEs before and after the SMMs modifications, the sensitivity of the GHEs increases by 44.9% in voltage mode and 59.0% in current mode compared with pristine GHEs. The increase of sensitivity may result from the magnetic center introduction of SMMs at roomtemperature. Moreover, the magnetic molecules may affect the graphene field environment leading to a Hall signal change. In addition, the SMMs modified GHEs present excellent linearity, offset voltage, repeatability and stability in magnetic sensing. This study paves the way to apply SMMs into practical use at room temperature and atmospheric pressure without strong magnetic field excitations.National Natural Science Foundation of China [61390502]; National Major State Basic Research Development Program [2013CB933403]; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB 12030100]SCI(E)ARTICLE41776-1781
Novel bis(phthalocyaninato) rare earth complexes with the bulky and strong electron-donating dibutylamino groups: synthesis, spectroscopy, and SMM properties
No full textStrong electron-donating dialkylamino groups were incoporated onto the phthalocyanine ligand in bis (phthalocyaninato) rare earth complexes for the first time to investigate their effects on the spectroscopic properties, electrochemistry, and electronic structure. The bis[2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octakis(dibutylamino) phthalocyaninate] rare earth complexes M{Pc[N(C4H9)(2)](8)}(2) {Pc[N(C4H9)(2)](8) = 2,3,9,10,16,17,23,24-octakis (dibutylamino) phthalocyanine, M = Y, Tb} (1, 2) were isolated from the condensation reaction of the corresponding metal free ligand in a refluxing mixture of n-octanol/1,2,4-trichrolobenzene (TCB) (1 : 5) in the presence of M(acac)(3)center dot nH(2)O (M = Y, Tb) in relatively good yields, with their sandwich double-decker nature revealed on the basis of their mass, H-1 NMR, electronic absorption, IR, and EPR spectroscopic results in addition to elemental analysis. Their electrochemistry was investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV). In particular, magnetic studies reveal the typical slow relaxation of the terbium double-decker, indicating its typical single-ion magnet (SIM) nature with a blocking temperature of 25 K and a spin reversal energy barrier of 752 +/- 8 K, representing the sole example of sandwich-type tetrapyrrole lanthanide-based SMMs reported thus far with a blocking temperature over 20 K. Theoretical calculations disclose the effect of the bulky and strong electron-donating peripheral dialkylamino groups, which create a square-antiprismatic coordination geometry and intensified coordination field strength for the central terbium ion, resulting in the excellent magnetic performance of this terbium double-decker SIM.National Key Basic Research Program of China [2013CB933402]; Natural Science Foundation of China [21290174, 21631003, 21671017, 21301017, 21401009]; Beijing Municipal Commission of Education; University of Science and Technology BeijingSCI(E)ARTICLE91465-1471
Pasīpahkīhnen: Stories of Survivance
No full textUW-Stevens Point students created this display in History 390/590, “Museum Exhibits,” taught by Rob Harper and Sarah Scripps in 2022.The exhibit emerged from an ongoing project to document the histories of native people in central Wisconsin. Beginning in 2021, Professor Harper and interns Jarita Bavido and Dylan Potter have conducted archival research and consulted with Ho Chunk, Menominee, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi experts.These panels share stories from within an hour’s drive of Stevens Point. As white settlement transformed the landscape, native people defied demands that they leave. They established places to live, ways of making a living, and connections with one another. To convey such experiences, the Ojibwe scholar Gerald Vizenor uses the term “survivance.” Familiar tellings of Native American history often dwell on tragedy, victimhood, or bare survival. Instead, Vizenor and others call for attention to Indigenous peoples’ “active presence in the world now.” The people described here remained actively present where they were not supposed to be. Their descendants remain actively present today.Wisconsin Humanities Council, the UWSP School of Humanities & Global Studies, and the UWSP Pathways Internship Progra
