Empathy and Evil: Drug-Dealing Murderers are People Too

In this chapter, we argue that Walter White’s status as a fictional character in no way precludes our empathizing with him as another subject. Taking our cue from Edith Stein’s concept of empathy, we demonstrate that acts of memory are different from acts of empathy, and that how it is possible to empathize with fictional characters. This analysis is supplemented by Merleau-Ponty’s concept of a phenomenal body, which defines a body as a locus of possible action rather than a thing constituted of a certain material. We then provide an analysis of the potential conflict between empathic concern for (possibly evil) others and our own ethics; although it seems that great differences exist between individuals with respect to moral judgments, our similarities far exceed these differences

Applying 3D Vision and Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) to Wound Care

Best practice in wound care requires regular assessment of the wound to determine the progress of healing. The accuracy of this assessment is essential as clinicians determine treatment based on this information. Measurement of a wound’s dimensions and coloration are both critical aspects of this assessment. A reduction in wound size and healthy coloration are good indications of healing. The current standard of care for wound measurement involves using a ruler or measuring tape to measure the wound’s length, width, and depth at their greatest point. This manual method of measuring has limitations as it does not provide an accurate assessment of the surface area of the wound, and there is room for error between those performing the assessment. Traditional methods also inconvenience the patient with travel to a medical facility and consume significant hospital resources in the form of personnel and space. A system for remote monitoring of wounds by healthcare professionals via internet-enabled mobile devices equipped with stereoscopic cameras, has potential uses in the home, home healthcare, remote locations, extended care facilities and more. These mobile devices communicate with a web application to centralize patient imagery and analysis. Healthcare professionals will be able to remotely access the scaled images for examination, annotation, and historical comparison. With this information they can advise the patient without repeated office visits. Analysis such as color profiling in the assessment of the wound can guide treatment that could lead to better patient outcomes and satisfaction with their care. This project refines, extends, and integrates a prototype system that was developed by a senior capstone project team during the 2015-2016 academic year, with the primary goals of assisting healthcare professionals by minimizing opportunity for user error and increasing the effectiveness and fidelity of analysis. The effectiveness of stereoscopic 3D vision technology when applied to wound assessment will also undergo the beginning stages of user study. Additional features will include stereoscopic 3D vision display of wound imagery, color analysis, and the capability to upload stereoscopic images to the server directly from a newly developed mobile application

Saddam Hussein: Kurdish Extermination

I am Seth Carpenter-Nichols and I graduated from IPFW as a History major in December 2016. I became a History major in the Spring 2014 semester and I actively participated in each of my history classes. Even now that I have graduated, I still expand my knowledge on history. I always had a deep passion for history since I was in elementary school. My expertise in history consists of United States Presidents, World War II, world dictators, and the Cold War. I had the honor of participating in last year’s History Conference, when I presented my paper on President Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. I am glad that I was able to return to this year’s History Conference with a paper on Saddam Hussein and the Kurds. I chose to write about the mass murder of the Kurdish population by Saddam Hussein because it is one of the worst acts of mass murder in the Middle East and the modern world. Saddam’s power was at full strength in the Middle East, and there was nothing to stop him. The real interest, however, was not that Saddam was able to kill the Kurds, but that he was able to get away with it. The United States government knew what was happening to the Kurds but did nothing to stop it for several years. What I discovered in my research was that greed and stability came first over basic human rights. That is the real tragedy overall in my paper

\u22The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions:\u22 Eugenic Advocates in Indiana

Bre Anne Briskey is a third-year Chapman Scholar, majoring in history and psychology. She is a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Psi Chi, The National Society of Leadership and Success, and the current president of Phi Eta Sigma. Bre Anne is participating in the Honor Program at IPFW where she has earned the Honors Pin and is a member of its student group, the HonorDons. Bre Anne presented her statistics research project at the 2015 Student Research Symposium along with presenting at the 8th Annual Undergraduate History Conference. Her historical interests consist of a wide array of topics, including Tudor England, Mexico, and the history of science and medicine. After graduating from IPFW, Bre Anne plans on attending graduate school

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Hillside Seeps: A Supplemental Method of Groundwater Monitoring in the Upper Wabash River Basin

http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1045/thumbnail.jp

Using Substrate to Predict Fish Assemblages in Cedar Creek

http://opus.ipfw.edu/stu_symp2017/1054/thumbnail.jp

Modeling binary familial data using Gaussian copula

Modeling binary familial data has been a challenging task due to the dependence among family members and the constraints imposed on the joint probability distribution of the binary responses. This paper investigates some useful familial dependence structures and proposes analyzing binary familial data usingGaussian copula model.Advantages of this approach are discussed aswell as some computational details. An numerical example is also presented with an aim to show the capability of Gaussian copula model in more sophisticated data analysis