Discourses on Fantasy: A Narrative Allegory

This project, though officially designated by the English Department as a creative thesis, is really a hybrid work that combines creative writing with literary criticism. The work is structured as a dream vision, a literary genre popular in the Middle Ages in which a narrator receives some form of instruction or wisdom through an allegorical dream. Examples include The Pearl, The Romance of the Rose, and Chaucer\u27s House of Fame. In this thesis, the allegorical space of the dream vision provides a platform for a series of essays structured as dialogues. These dialogues explore the aesthetics and politics of modern fantasy and supernatural literature, focusing particularly on the opposition of this literature, which often draws on ancient and medieval source material, to modern capitalist society. The discourses themselves are not strictly critical, but incorporate subjectivity, metaphor, and symbolism in their investigation of cultural texts

Raising Awareness: Polycystic Kidney Disease

A young male patient was recently admitted to the intensive care unit at a local hospital with hypertensive urgency and acute renal failure of unknown etiology. A renal ultrasound showed polycystic kidneys and upon further investigation, it was discovered that the patient’s mother passed away last year from end stage renal failure related to polycystic kidney disease (PKD). The aforementioned case and the recent study into inherited disorders are what prompted further investigation into PKD. Liebau and Serra (2013) explain that “inherited cystic kidney diseases, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), are the most common monogenetic causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in children and adults” (p. 1771). It is estimated that one in a thousand individuals will be diagnosed with PKD in adulthood and one in twenty thousand in childhood (Liu et al, 2012, p. 1). Considering this statistic, patients with PKD may be seen throughout all facets of health care. As a health care provider, primary or otherwise, it is important to educate and appropriately treat PKD patients in an effort to prevent unnecessary damage to their bodies related to complications of the disease. The utilization of genetic testing is not standard treatment, but may pose some benefits to certain at risk patients in identifying the disease. However, healthy lifestyle choices are necessary in order to slow disease progression

Exploring Occupational Therapy with Athletes Using Principles of Lifestyle Redesign® to Support Academic Success and Life Balance.

Occupational therapists have a range of skills that can benefit a variety of populations. Despite these skills, occupational therapy has limited exploration within the field of athletics. The capstone project gave insight to the services occupational therapy can provide to the student-athlete population. Through the lens of Lifestyle Redesign®, the Student-Athlete Wellness Program was created to support student-athlete academic success and life balance. Following a needs assessment an online program was developed. The program was provided to students and athletes a University in the Midwest U.S. The program attracted 21 student-athletes and five students. Limited participation in surveys provided difficulties when evaluating program effectiveness. Those who participated, reported benefits from completing the program. Occupational therapy students who participated displayed an increased ability to facilitate a healthy life balance following completion of the modules. To facilitate a development of leadership skills a teaching experience was included in the capstone project

Tribal ecopoesis in the Eastern United States

This study examines the place-making and cultural invention of newly-recognized federal Indian tribes (NRTs) in the Eastern United States. This new place-making is an effect of a modernist technical-rational bureaucracy and, paradoxically, of a countercultural and self-inventive tum away from the sterility of that technocracy. Contemporary federal policy encourages and enables Americans of Indian descent to organize themselves as tribes and to spatialize new identities as reservation Indians. Once recognized as federal tribes, however, NRTs are bound by the options for cultural revitalization that accompany the federalization of their identities. That is, this revitalization follows the cultural lines of Indian exceptionalism, a romanticized set of generalizations about Indian history that shrouds to a significant degree who NRTs are. Indian exceptionalism shapes the place-based group identity emerging on NRT reservations. This new identity is an Eastern version of the Western identity forged in the bureaucratic reservation system. The Western reservation-based identity makes a poor model for NRTs who have no historical experience as federal tribes. NRT histories reveal people with unique cultural qualities, but this uniqueness is not expressed on the landscapes of new reservations

City Build 2040

City Build 2040 is a creative after school club that allows students to experiment both collaboratively and individually on creating a product of their choice. This club is uses cardboard, other materials and the creativity of its students to create a city full of various buildings and objects

A Study of Oxomolybdenum Chelate Compounds of Oxidation States (V) and (IV) When Prepared by Photochemical Reduction of Oxomolybdenum (VI) Complexes in Ethanol Under Inert Atmosphere and by Chemical Reduction

A photolysis system was designed for meticulous exclusion of oxygen and moisture. Photolyzed ethanol solutions of dioxobis(acetylacetonato)­-molybdenum(VI), Mo02 (acac)2, were studied via preparation of derivatives with several uninegative bidentate ligands (chelH, cysteine was designated cystH2) and pyridine (py). Infrared spectroscopy was a useful tool in identifying these compounds. An oxomolybdenum(IV) compound, MoO(dtc)2 was isolated from the red photolyzed solution when dtc was the N,N-diethyldithiocarbamate ion. Tropolone, 8-hydroxyquinoline, N,N-diethyldithiocarbamate, and cysteine formed products formulated as the dioxo bridged molybdenum(V) compounds, Mo204(che1)2. Acetylacetone, tropolone, 8-Hydroxyquinoline and N,N-diethyldithiocarbamate, formed derivatives formulated as the monooxo bridged molybdenum(V) compounds, Mo203 (che1)4. When pyridine was added to the photolyzed solution the product Mo204(chel)2(py)2, where chel was the acetylacetonate ion, was isolated. This product was also prepared by refluxing an ethanol-pyridine solution of dioxobis(acetylacetonato)molybdenum(VI). Both pyridine and 2,2\u27-bipyridine formed apparent polymeric products with the former compound formulated as Mo02 (OH)(py)0.8. The pyridine product was also obtained from the reflux of an ethanol-pyridine-MoO2(acac)2 mixture. Photolysis of an ethanol suspension of the diethyldithiocarbamate compound, MoO2(dtc)2 resulted in an unique, air stable, pressure sensitive green product with the stoichiometry 3 Mo2O3 (dtc)4•Mo2O4(dtc)2. Photolysis of an ethanol suspension of a solvated form of Na2Mo2O5(cyst)2(OH)2 where cyst is the dinegative cysteinate anion, resulted in a solvated form of the product, Na2Mo2O4(cyst)2. The type and amount of product formed from the red photolyzed solution established that the reduced molybdenum species in ethanol solution had one acetylacetonate ligand attached to each metal atom. The second acetylacetonate unit was proposed to have been oxidized in the photo-oxidation-reduction process. Various other ethanol and aqueous solution and suspension systems were investigated by the photochemical method. Only ethanol solutions resulted in conclusive photochemical reduction. Chemical methods were utilized to prepare the pyridine products Mo2O5(acac)2(py)2 and (pyH)4 (Mo8O26). The tropolonate(trop) compound MoO2 (trop)2 was synthesized and the compound Mo2O4(dtc)2 was obtained by refluxing aqueous Mo2O3 (dtc)4. The many oxygen bridged molybdenum(V) complexes, especially those containing sulfur ligands, were significant to molybdoenzyme chemistry

114 Years and Counting – An Updated History of the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine

If those who founded the USD Sanford School of Medicine in 1907 were to drop in on the school today, what would they find most surprising? Would the time travelers marvel at the modern teaching facilities, our amazing ability to cure previously deadly diseases, or would they be puzzled by the complexities of medical practice in the modern era of technology and regulation? The first century of the medical school’s existence brought immense change as the school evolved. As advances in medical science and medical practice accelerated, the school kept pace. The first century resulted in a well-established medical school that provided excellent education and supplied an outstanding medical workforce for South Dakota. Now more than a dozen years into its second century, the school has moved squarely into the national spotlight. As the following article details, the school has become an award-winning leader in curricular innovation, setting the standard for longitudinally integrated learning. New rural-based programs have drawn students to the wonderful small towns of South Dakota for a deep and meaningful educational experience. Basic science research has blossomed, bringing important discoveries and opening opportunities for students. New residency programs have been developed to train graduating students. The school has deepened its commitment to serve all the diverse communities of the state. Most recently, a new focus on kindness in medicine has emerged. Yet if visitors from 1907 found much to surprise them, there is much that would seem unchanged. The school still needs, receives and is very grateful for the support it receives from the physicians, healthcare institutions, leaders, and communities of South Dakota. Faculty and students are still known for their integrity, skill and hard work. The unwavering focus on educational excellence and providing a physician workforce for South Dakota continues. The advances of today are built on the foundations of yesterday. The pace of change is always increasing. Imagine the possibilities

NNAWG Meeting Minutes

Items discussed: Tribal School/UNO future educational partnerships; joint research and grant writing opportunities; scholarship opportunities and funding mechanisms; curriculum development for improving K - 12 mathematics, science, and technology education through the use of aeronautics; faculty enhancement workshops; development of a Nebraska Model of Best Practice; and future interstate, regional, and national Native American/NASA Space Grant initiatives. Asa result of this meeting, a number of annual scholarships and organizational enhancements were provided to the 2 tribal colleges and the 4 reservations schools. The working group met several times within the next few years and continues to maintain close contact with other members. In fact, it was not until this first UNO meeting that many of the administrators had ever met jointly to discuss pressing problems and possible partnerships

Job satisfaction, retirement attitude and intended retirement age : a conditional process analysis across workers' level of household income

In the contemporary workplace, insight into retirement behaviors is of crucial importance. Previous empirical evidence has found mixed results regarding the relationship between work attitudes, such as job satisfaction, and retirement behaviors, suggesting that further scholarly examination incorporating moderating and mediating variables into retirement models is needed. Drawing on comparative models of attitude to retirement, we hypothesized a direct relationship between job satisfaction and intended retirement age for workers with a high household income and an indirect relationship between job satisfaction and intended retirement age, via retirement attitude, for workers with a low or mean household income. We collected data from a sample of 590 United Kingdom workers aged 50+. Using conditional process analysis, we found that the underlying mechanisms in our research model differ according to socio-economic status. We found no direct effect between job satisfaction and intended retirement age. However, an indirect effect was observed between job satisfaction and intended retirement age, via retirement attitude, for both low- and mean-household income individuals. Specifically, the relationship between job satisfaction and retirement attitude differed according to socio-economic group: for high-household income older workers, there was no relationship between job satisfaction and retirement attitude. However, for low- and mean-household income older workers, we observed a negative relationship between job satisfaction and retirement attitude. Otherwise stated, increases in job satisfaction for mean and low household income workers are likely to make the prospect of retirement less attractive. Therefore, we argue that utmost care must be taken around the conditions under which lower income employees will continue their work when getting older in order to protect their sustainable employability