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In the realms of art and design, it is the finished and presented work that is often valued most by society and individuals. Consumers and viewers have become accustomed to focusing only on the finished piece they see in front of them with little regard to the labor that went into making it. In the fine arts it is sometimes possible to reveal an artistic process or technique within the finished piece, however in the world of digital design the artistic...
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Although it is commonly agreed that the ancient Celts practiced human sacrifice, we know relatively little about how and why they engaged in this practice. The Celts did not have a written language to record their practices, so our understanding of how they performed human sacrifice comes from historical accounts provided by Greek and Roman contemporaries and from archaeological evidence of these ritual practices. A cross-cultural comparison of ritual...
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For centuries, humans have had a desire to classify everything, including themselves. Society is organized into a system of classes, rules, and conventions. But, how true is this system? Elizabeth Gaskell, a social novelist, seems to address this in her novel North and South. Reviewing the novel, looking at characters and class relations within it, and finding whether or not it fits into a Marxist system and theory like Louis Althusser's reveals Gaskell's...
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Evidence suggests advertising may reinforce stereotypes about the demographics of outdoor recreation participation in the United States (Martin, 2004). Addressing this concern, we conducted a content analysis of images containing people in three popular outdoor magazines - Backpacker, Climbing, and Rock and Ice, for the period between 2011-2014 - by quantifying who was represented, in terms of gender, race, and ability. In addition, in images depicting...
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As electronic databases of sensitive medical information continue to grow in the medical industry, the necessity for maintaining patient confidentiality within these files while simultaneously making large datasets available for doctors, medical students, and researchers is quickly growing. The potential for incredible medical advancements is unlocked with the distribution of large sets of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to researchers and the public....
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The goal of this research was to investigate attitudes toward specific mental illnesses: Schizophrenia, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD), and Bipolar Disorder. Participants (N=92) viewed one of three cinematic video clips portraying each mental illness and then answered questions designed to measure stereotyping, acceptance, and compassion. Results did not reveal differences in acceptance, compassion, or stereotyping between the three mental...
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Commutative rings' additive and multiplicative structure can be represented with a directed graph in which a, b ϵ Zn (the finite ring being examined) and (a, b) → (a + b, ab). We researched results pertaining to commutative rings of the form Zp (the 'p' is a subscript) and introduce an expansion concept to understand the behavior of the directed graph of Zp2 (this is subscript 'p' to the second power) to better prepare us to find results about...
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There is a general misunderstanding on how one "does" or "commits" philosophy. What I intend to provide is a step by step process that generally represents what it is exactly that philosophers "do." I will show how philosophers use different lenses to make sense of some very perplexing problems. For example, what, if anything, does justice demand from the left libertarian when it comes to preserving natural resources? The purpose of this...
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We will model a slackline park with graphs. We are modeling the flow of the slackers through the park with Euler Paths. We will show that with certain graphs with n vertices there exist n - 1 unique Euler Paths where no edge of a path coincides, in sequencing, with another edge of any of the remaining n - 2 paths.
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The state of California is currently in a drought and has been since 2011. With less precipitation falling and temperatures rising, farmers have had to use an increasing amount of water to keep their crops sufficiently hydrated which in turn has contributed to a drop in water levels (Richman 2015). This research project looks at three different reservoirs that are all important for supplying water for either agricultural, industrial, or domestic...
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Electron field emission from a collection of porous silicon (PSi) samples was studied in this project. This project also focused on the design of anodization equipment and the production of PSi. A numerical model was made in Matlab to describe Fowler-Nordheim electron field emission from PSi emitters. Silicon wafers were etched with different current densities and etching times. Electron field emission current measurements were taken for two of the...
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It has been reported that 50-85% of U.S. adults have been infected with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) by the age of 40. HCMV can cause microcephaly in newborns and symptoms in immunocompromised patients (i.e., AIDS and organ or tissue transplants). HCMV is a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) virus that infects primary fibroblasts, including MRC-5 cells. It gains entry into the host cell via receptor-mediated membrane fusion and displays both latent and lytic...
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Knowlton Hop-Hornbeam (Ostrya knowltonii) is a small understory tree that is a member of the ancient Arcto-Tertiary flora extending across the Northern Hemisphere. According to the fossil record Ostrya once had an almost continues distribution in North America. Today Ostrya knowltonii exhibits a highly disjunct distribution across the southwestern United States and northern Mexico likely as a result of past climatic conditions. We investigated patterns...
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Issues concerning masculinity and men's bodies have become increasingly tied to a culture of consumerism in modern America. This research addresses the impact of postnatural physiques in media on American men's beliefs about their bodies, their definitions of what it means to "look" masculine, and how they approach embodying that definition. Why are men spending more and more money on gym fees and supplements without corresponding increases...
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Photograph by Ewa Lichorowicz from Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 issue of Images
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Photograph by Morgan Galvin from Fall 2013 - Winter 2014 issue of Images
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Photograph by Sasha Kramer from the Fall 2013 - Winter 2014 issue of Images
