Hair Trigger 35

An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Liz Baudler, Sayla Blackwood, Keenan Boyd, A.J. Camarena, Ramon Castillo, Karolina Faraci, Lauren Herbert, Courtney Muller, Emily Roth, Larissa Trout. Cover photograph: Joel DeGrand. 325 pages.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/hairtrigger/1032/thumbnail.jp

Common Lawn and Garden Problems And Other Stories

The verb to cultivate identifies the act of preparing and using land for crops and gardening. Another sense of the verb identifies the act of acquiring, growing, and maintaining--as in scientific cultures or amicable relationships. Cultivated, the adjective, describes an individual who has dedicated herself to improving her mind, her emotional and intellectual depth and breadth--traits that cannot be readily observed. The total senses of the word, then, encompass not only exterior but also interior vitality. The stories within bear witness to a markedly American approach to cultivation: enhancing exteriority in order to understand and repair interiority. In an effort to forge happiness and overcome trauma, whether major or minor, each character in this collection focuses on the surface of his or her life, polishing it in order to stimulate its deeper counterpart, the inner life, where true reality lies

NASA Tech Briefs, Spring 1984

Topics include: NASA TU Services: Technology Utilization services that can assist you in learning about and applying NASA technology. New Product Ideas: A summary of selected innovations of value to manufacturers for the development of new products; Electronic Components and Circuits; Electronic Systems; Physical Sciences; Materials; Life Sciences; Mechanics; Machinery; Fabrication Technology; Mathematics and Information Sciences

Take this message to the infants' ward

This practice-based PhD submission comprises a 100,000-word novel, Take This Message to the Infants' Ward, plus a 20,000 word exegesis, Inside Avonhurst, reflecting on the genesis, research process, and narrative shaping of the novel. Take This Message to the Infants' Ward explores life in an Idiot Asylum in 1927. Through the point of view of two protagonists—Andria Felwyn (Fel), a selective mute and epileptic inmate of the "moron" class, and Siobhan Rian, an Irish immigrant doctor—the novel illuminates the living, working, and social conditions of a 20th century 'total' institution over the course of one calendar year. This novel was based upon research into the actual archives of the largest institution in Ontario, Canada. The events of the novel are based upon news stories, video footage, and other archived sources from the time of the institution's opening in the late 1860s to its closure in 2009 (Archives of Ontario, 2014). Through a combination of formal and experimental elements, the reflective thesis attempts to encompass the entire process of the development of the novel—not only the literary progression, but also the personal journey from research to writing; the historical context of mental health colonisation in Ontario; the social conditions that led to the Eugenics movement that gained such a stronghold in Canadian politics and medicine; and the nomenclature of the day that created a key ethical question in the writing of the book—and which ultimately helped develop a framework for the language that was necessary in establishing an authentic setting. The reader will experience a guided tour of an actual institution, Huronia (formerly the Orillia Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles), and the graveyard that was the final resting place of more than 2,000 residents. Segments of interpolated text illuminate the writing process from the author's perspective. There follows an examination of the phenomenon of institutionalisation: the geography, the psychology and the human hierarchy of large institutions, and how these informed the making of the novel; the fictional characters of Avonhurst; issues of authenticity, reliability, and narrative voice; an examination of the different iterations that led to the final draft, and a study of sexual identity and expression in large institutions: sterilisation, abuse, queer identity, and the reclaiming of the self The conclusion discusses the noticeable lack of literature on this subject in the landscape of Canadian fiction and argues for the original contribution that this combined PhD submission makes

Hair Trigger 37

An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: Fallon J. Gallagher, Liz Grear, Charlie Harmon, DJ Howard, Shelbie Janocha, Ben Kramer, Megan Lantz, Claire Longeway, Kris Mackenzie, Taylor Putorti, Chad Volkers, Jamie Wong. Cover photograph: Ani Katz. 329 pages.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/hairtrigger/1034/thumbnail.jp

Formability of paper and its improvement

Paper and paperboard are the most utilized packaging materials in the world. This position has been achieved due to several advantageous features of paper such as: renewability, biodegradability, recyclability, and unmatched printability. Paper can be produced anywhere in the world, using local resources and at relatively low cost, which also makes it the most sustainable packaging material. Despite these beneficial features, paper packaging is in tough competition with plastic materials. The competitiveness of paper is mitigated by barrier properties, sensitivity to moisture, and limited ability to be converted into advanced 3D shapes with added functionality. The ability of paper and paperboard to be formed into 3D shapes is described as formability, or sometimes, mouldability.Formability can be defined as the ability of paper to be formed into 3D shapes without defects in appearance and functionality. Formability as a mechanical property represents a group of parameters which vary according to the type of forming process used. The primary objective of this thesis is to improve the formability of paper by increasing its extensibility. An additional objective is the characterization of formability as a mechanical property of paper and the development of a testing platform for the evaluation of formability.It was found that the formability of paper in fixed blank forming processes is governed by the extensibility and tensile strength of paper. On the other hand, in sliding blank forming processes, it is dependent on the compressive properties of paper, elastic recovery, and the paper-to-metal coefficient of friction. The criteria of good formability are also different in these two cases, as fixed blank process formability is evaluated via the maximum depth of the shape, i.e. the deeper the shape, the better the formability. In the sliding blank process, formability is evaluated via the visual appearance of the shapes, i.e. the shapes with less profound compressive wrinkles and defects reflect good formability of paper. These results were established by comprehensive investigation of different forming processes and comparison of the outcome with the mechanical properties of paper.Taking into account the hypothesis that the formability of paper is governed by the extensibility of paper, a set of methods for its improvement was suggested. These methods included combined high- and low-consistency treatment of fibres, spraying of agar and gelatine, in-plane compaction of paper and unrestrained drying. High-consistency treatment of fibres under elevated temperature induces permanent deformations to fibres such as microcompressions and dislocations, which in turn may decrease the axial stiffness of fibres, promoting shrinkage of paper and fibres. The low-consistency treatment straightens the fibres and induces the fibrillation of fibres to promote bonding, while microcompressions in fibres still exist. The spraying of agar and gelatine is likely to modify the character of the fibre joints by making them more deformable, and the drying shrinkage is also increased due to polymer addition. Finally, the fibre network was subjected to in-plane compaction and drying shrinkage which lead to buckling and fibre and network compression.As a result of these treatments, the extensibility of unrestrained dried paper was increased from 4% points (untreated fibres) to 15–18% points (mechanical treatment and addition of polymers). The extensibility can be increased further by up to 30% points in one direction by compaction. This corresponds to tray-like shapes with a depth of 2–3 cm, depending on the curvature. Such values of formability are the highest reported so far in the scientific literature. The approach for the production of formable paper developed in this thesis work allows the production of a paper-based material with unmatched formability, which can replace certain types of plastic packaging. Replacement of plastics with paper improves the sustainability of packaging in general, and reduces the harmful environmental impact of non-degradable and non-renewable packaging

Hair Trigger 21

An anthology, edited by students, featuring the fiction, prose and creative non-fiction work of students, alumni, and staff. Editors: David Baker, Lauri Coup, Josephina Gasca, Paul A. Massignani, Jr., Joe Meno, Gina Rossi, Audrey Qween Roy, Megan Stielstra. Cover image: David Hodges. 296 pages.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/hairtrigger/1018/thumbnail.jp