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    Southern Adventist University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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    Southern Adventist University\u27s undergraduate catalog for the academic year 2023-2024.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/undergrad_catalog/1123/thumbnail.jp

    UMSL Bulletin 2023-2024

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    The 2023-2024 Bulletin and Course Catalog for the University of Missouri St. Louis.https://irl.umsl.edu/bulletin/1088/thumbnail.jp

    Graduate Catalog of Studies, 2023-2024

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    Southern Adventist University Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023

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    Southern Adventist University\u27s undergraduate catalog for the academic year 2022-2023.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/undergrad_catalog/1121/thumbnail.jp

    Art and Creativity for HIV/AIDS Awareness, Prevention, and Empowerment of Young People in Uganda

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    Art, youth engagement and informality in the context of HIV prevention have been generally ignored by most researchers and stakeholders within the HIV programming and policy arenas, thus silencing the plight of urban youth infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS. In response, this thesis draws on the case of peri-urban settings of Kampala, Uganda to bring geographies of applied sculpture, HIV/AIDS prevention, and youth empowerment into dialogue, informed by the notions of art having the capacity to move beyond the spaces of galleries into an expanded field, and thus, beyond the visual and into the social spheres. In liaison with local NGOs (The Uganda AIDS Support Organisation - TASO, National Guidance and Empowerment Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS - NGEN+ and Lungujja Community based Health care Organisation – LUCOHECO, it adopts a mixed methodological approach, including applied art and participatory techniques - observation, video, storytelling, and interviews, to understand the lived experiences of young people (15-24 years) in marginalized spaces in Kampala. The thesis first examines the general context of using ethnography and applied social sculpture to explore every day experiences by facilitating the engagement of young people in open communication about the epidemic. This is intended to enable them to act in confronting stigma, taboos, and their precarious existence, while raising their awareness about HIV/AIDS. The thesis then explores the everyday precarious existence of young people in informal settings in Kampala. It proceeds to examine how workshops with these young people allowed collective engagement which, in turn, influenced the creation of artworks envisioned to act as communication tools for raising awareness of HIV/AIDS with the potential for livelihood benefits. Finally, the thesis examines young people’s active involvement in participatory workshops for HIV/AIDS prevention, providing ethnographic evidence regarding the artmaking process, the conversations that ensued as they worked, and the creation of applied objects/forms that enabled them to build their confidence to freely express about the precarities affecting their lives, countering taboos, and encouraging them to change their behaviours and practices while potentially acting as change agents in their own communities. It highlights the significance of stimulating open conversations about HIV/AIDS - as a starting point towards confronting stigma and other aspects of precarity, while advocating for the incorporation of the approach into practice by public health experts, policymakers, and development practitioners. The thesis shows the strengths of applied sculpture as an approach that has potential for making sense of ordinary everyday experiences, finding meaning and crafting clarity of young people’s lived experiences in the context of HIV/AIDS. It concludes that applied sculpture is potentially an important tool in tackling HIV/AIDS and its attendant problems by engendering and facilitating open conversations and social economic development through an engagement with the voices and agency of young people in Uganda and beyond

    2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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    2023-2024 undergraduate catalog for Morehead State University

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    2023-2024 Boise State University Undergraduate Catalog

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    This catalog is primarily for and directed at students. However, it serves many audiences, such as high school counselors, academic advisors, and the public. In this catalog you will find an overview of Boise State University and information on admission, registration, grades, tuition and fees, financial aid, housing, student services, and other important policies and procedures. However, most of this catalog is devoted to describing the various programs and courses offered at Boise State

    A multidisciplinary approach to the development of innovative tools for pharmaceutical and technological applications

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    The research activity carried out during the Ph.D. in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences has regarded the design, synthesis, and characterization of innovative tools relevant to both pharmaceutical and technological fields. Great interest has been dedicated to the investigation of the “affinity polymerization” mechanism of novel polymeric materials founded on repetitive monomeric units based on the 3-phenylbenzofulvene scaffold that spontaneously polymerize by simple removal of the solvent. In this context, the attention has been focused on the synthesis of novel benzofulvene-based derivatives bearing complexed and non-complexed pyridine rings in different positions of the benzofulvene scaffold, to evaluate the effects generated by the insertion of a bulky substituent in the aggregation/polymerization behavior. The experience acquired with this study has been then capitalized on the design, synthesis, and characterization of a novel visible-light-sensitive biomimetic molecular switch inspired by the benzofulvene scaffold and the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) chromophore. The chemical-structural manipulation of the benzofulvene structure has made possible the development of a novel set of biomimetic photoswitches inspired by the supramolecular properties of the 3-phenylbenzofulvene scaffold and the molecular features of the GFP chromophore. In the framework of material chemistry, the well-known click-chemistry reaction of hyaluronic acid (HA) derivatives bearing propargylated ferulic groups has been exploited to obtain biomimetic and biocompatible materials useful in different biopharmaceutical fields. In particular, low molecular weight HA has been anchored on the hydrophobic surface of low-generation poly(propylene imine) (PPI) dendrimers by the click-chemistry reaction between their azido-functionalized surfaces and low molecular weight HA derivatives bearing propargylated ferulic groups. The resulting materials have been proposed as biocompatible drug delivery systems (DDSs) of Doxorubicin. Another application of HA has concerned the hyaluronan-based graft copolymers showing low and medium molecular weight values that have been exploited in cross-linking by the click-chemistry reaction. Interestingly, the interaction of resulting HA materials with water led to the formation of hydrogels, and the tunable rheological behavior of these materials led to their applicability in different biomedical fields. Lastly, the knowledge in medicinal chemistry has guided the design and synthesis of innovative bioactive compounds such as novel Cyclooxygenase‑2 (COX-2) inhibitors containing Nitric Oxide (NO) donor moiety (CINODs) endowed with vasorelaxant properties. The outcomes of these studies would provide fertile ground for future projects that will hopefully contribute to accelerate the research in several fields. Indeed, the increased knowledge on the behavior of these innovative tools, by means of a multidisciplinary approach, is the key for boosting the development of novel materials for pharmaceutical and technological applications
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