Dante Rossetti: re-envisioning desire in the domestic sphere of Victorian society

Dante Gabriel Rossetti\u27s romantic vision represented in his longer poems, such as Jenny and The Blessed Damozel, spurred a vast amount of criticism with scholar who note the various themes of female sexuality. However, many of these analyses neglect prevalent themes such as sexuality, religious allusions, and the male-female relationship within the domestic space. Rossetti\u27s The House of Life continually presents these themes; however, many non-anthologized sonnets are not critically studied by scholars. Rossetti both challenges and propels Victorian ideals through the portrayal women and their relationships with men within the domestic space. In my thesis I will discuss the ways in which Victorian legal reforms and Rossetti\u27s revisionist ideas help to shape the role of women by giving them agency within his verse. While critics have looked at the presence of prostitution in Rossetti\u27s longer poems, a gap remains in terms of his contribution to feminist rhetoric. In this full sonnet sequence Rossetti, quite literally, works to embody a relationship between a man and a woman. Each sonnet shows the evolution of the minds and bodies of the young lovers as their love blossoms, grows, and extends beyond the physical world. These revelations occur in conjunction with one another and build upon themes of daily life. In this way, Rossetti works to incorporate Victorian values of ennobling daily life within the domestic space and presents a new vision of the domestic sphere that celebrates the physicality and spirituality of sexual desire as an integral part of love in marriage as long as this new-found female sexuality occurs within the private space

Improving and Sustaining AMP! NC, an Arts-Based, Multiple-Intervention, Peer-Education Sexual Health and HIV/STI Prevention Program for Teens in the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Community

Background: Adolescents between the ages of 13 and 24 account for over one-quarter of new HIV infections in the United States (U.S.), with approximately 24% of new HIV infections in North Carolina (NC) occurring among youth in this age group. There exists a need to provide effective sexual health education for high school and undergraduate youth in NC, as studies conducted across the globe have found sexual health education to improve safe sexual behaviors among youth under the age of 25. Methods: The Capstone team partnered with the UCLA Art and Global Health Center (UCLA AGHC) and the AMP! NC pilot site to refine and promote sustainability of the undergraduate near-peer educator component of AMP!, a theater-based sexual health education and HIV prevention program for adolescents. The Capstone team employed a variety of methods and skills to complete five deliverables, which included literature search; curriculum design and instruction; qualitative analysis; manuscript development and preparation; and cognitive interviewing. Results: The Capstone team produced five deliverables: 1) an HIV training facilitator's guide with accompanying materials to train AMP!'s undergraduate performers in HIV basics; 2) report from cognitive interviews, which provides suggestions for adaptation of a questionnaire designed to evaluate program impact on undergraduate student participants; 3) qualitative data analysis on written data from undergraduate student AMP! participants and a manuscript summarizing these findings; 4) a research brief highlighting the main evaluation findings from 2012-2013; and 5) a funder's package that includes potential funding opportunities, the aforementioned research brief, program summary pages, and photos and testimonials from AMP! participants. Discussion: The deliverables produced increased the sustainability of AMP! NC, and increased the feasibility of implementing AMP! as a standardized intervention in other sites across the U.S. These deliverables may help to increase youth activism around prevention of HIV and other STIs.Master of Public Healt

The contribution of hydrogen to the corrosion of 2024 aluminium alloy exposed to thermal and environmental cycling in chloride media

This work is focused on the role of hydrogen in corrosion damage induced by the cyclic exposure of 2024 aluminium alloy to chloride media with air emersion periods at room and/or negative temperatures. Various analysis and microscopic observation techniques were applied at intergranular corrosion defects. A mechanism involving the contribution of hydrogen to the degradation of the alloy mechanical properties is presented. Several consecutive stress states appear during cycling, resulting from volume expansion of the electrolyte trapped in the intergranular defects during emersion phases at -20°C. These stress states lead to hydrogen diffusion, transport and trapping

Using the framework method for the analysis of qualitative dyadic data in health research

There are an increasing number of qualitative studies which focus on the dyad (couples, families, caregivers–patients, health care professionals–patients). However, there is limited literature regarding qualitative methodology for dyadic analysis when members of the couple have been interviewed separately. The aim of this article is to share the knowledge we gained from undertaking a novel approach to dyadic analysis. We used an adapted version of the Framework method on data gathered in a study exploring the impact of prostate cancer on younger men and their partners. In this article, we examine and reflect on the challenges of this type of analysis and describe how we analyzed the interview data from a dyadic point of view, to share what we learned in the process

The challenges on the family unit faced by younger couples affected by prostate cancer: A qualitative study

Objective. The number of younger men being diagnosed with Prostate cancer (PCa), (aged ≤ 65) is increasing. It is recognised that PCa and treatment side effects can have a significant impact on quality of life. This study explores the challenges faced by younger couples affected by PCa with dependent children (under 18 years) or young adults (18-29 years) in their families. Methods. Twenty-three men with PCa and their partners were interviewed (separately) by telephone. Participants were recruited from respondents to the Life After Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (LAPCD) national survey. Men were three to five years post-diagnosis, and following a range of treatment pathways. Data were analysed using the Framework approach. Results. Younger couples affected by PCa felt challenged by issues relating to their parental role and the dynamics within the family. Five main themes emerged: difficult conversations about PCa diagnosis; parental perceptions of the impact of diagnosis on children; parental responses to the impact of PCa on the family; shielding, coping and normalising strategies; and levels of support. Conclusions. A diagnosis of PCa can cause significant disruption to the family unit and the quality of life of its members. Support programmes offering guidance to children/young adults affected by PCa in their family, and addressing the concerns of parents may help families to better adapt. Encouraging clinical professionals to initiate conversations with younger couples about their children may be a way forward in directing appropriate support. Further research is needed to elucidate appropriate, effective supportive interventions

Youth and Families Matter

A group of youth advocates were tasked with discussing their experiences in the child welfare system as children and their perspectives on reforming the system. Informed by their experiences in foster care and work with the Juvenile Law Center, the youth advocates addressed issues of racism, reform, abolition, and child well-being. They concluded that meaningful reform of the child welfare system mandates a radical realignment of power to provide full participation, collaboration, and shared decision-making authority to families impacted by the child welfare system

Search for light long-lived neutral particles that decay to collimated pairs of leptons or light hadrons in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

A search for light long-lived neutral particles with masses in the O(MeV-GeV) range is presented. The analysis targets the production of long-lived dark photons in the decay of a Higgs boson produced via gluon-gluon fusion or in association with a W boson. Events that contain displaced collimated Standard Model fermions reconstructed in the calorimeter or muon spectrometer are selected in 139 fb−1 of √s = 13 TeV pp collision data collected by the ATLAS detector at the LHC. Background estimates for contributions from Standard Model processes and instrumental effects are extracted from data. The observed event yields are consistent with the expected background. Exclusion limits are reported on the production cross-section times branching fraction as a function of the mean proper decay length cτ of the dark photon, or as a function of the dark-photon mass and kinetic mixing parameter that quantifies the coupling between the Standard Model and potential hidden (dark) sectors. A Higgs boson branching fraction above 1% is excluded at 95% CL for a Higgs boson decaying into two dark photons for dark-photon mean proper decay lengths between 10 mm and 250 mm and dark photons with masses between 0.4 GeV and 2 GeV

Prostate cancer and the impact on couples; a qualitative metasynthesis

Purpose: To review and interpret existing qualitative literature on the experiences of couples affected by prostate cancer (PCa). Methods: A metasynthesis was carried out which included a systematic search of seven databases between 2000 and 2016. A modified version of Noblit and Hare’s meta-ethnographic approach was used to synthesise qualitative study findings and inform overarching interpretations. Results: Thirty-seven studies focusing on the experiences of men with PCa and their partner dyad were included producing seven interconnected constructs. The construct accepting change vs seeking continuity reflects the range of ways individuals within the dyad and couples adjust to the diagnosis. Cultivating connection vs disengaging illustrates how couples seek to manage the impact of PCa and its treatment on their relationship, which may lead to a threatened identity, including sexual insecurities. Shielding me, you and us reflects the ways in which couples strive to protect themselves as individuals and/or each other from the impact of PCa. Being a partner and its challenges highlights the responsibilities partners assume and the impact of their supporting role. Yet, partners sometimes report feeling unsupported and side-lined both by the man they are caring for and by healthcare professionals. Couples often recognise the value of facing PCa together. Conclusions: PCa affects both members of the dyad as individuals, as well as the couple’s relationship. How best to support couples and how to overcome difficulties in expressing their concerns to one another requires further consideration. Healthcare professionals should endeavour to employ a couple-focused approach where appropriate

‘I learned to accept every part of myself’: the transformative impact of a theatre-based sexual health and HIV prevention programme

Theatre-based interventions have been used in health promotion activities among young people to address HIV and sexual health. In this study, we explored the experience of undergraduate student performers participating in a theatre-based HIV prevention and sexual health education intervention for high school students in the USA. Undergraduate students enrolled in a credit-bearing course to learn about HIV and sexual health, participatory theatre and health education techniques. We analysed students’ reflective essays written throughout the semester to identify any changes and the intervention processes that promoted these changes. Students experienced five interrelated forms of transformation: (1) increased knowledge about HIV and sexual health; (2) changes in attitude and communication about sex; (3) artistic growth; (4) emotional growth; and (5) clarification of career goals and future plans. Intervention processes that contributed to these transformations included improvisation, guided writing exercises, the creation of a close-knit cohesive group, and interactions with a group of HIV-positive speakers. Theatre-based, peer-led sexual health programmes can provide a transformative experience for undergraduate student performers. The transformative effects are linked to specific activities and processes of the intervention and require examination in future research

A search for R-parity-violating supersymmetry in final states containing many jets in pp collisions at √s=13TeV with the ATLAS detector

A search for R-parity-violating supersymmetry in final states with high jet multiplicity is presented. The search uses 140fb−1 of proton-proton collision data at √s=13TeV collected by the ATLAS experiment during Run 2 of the Large Hadron Collider. The results are interpreted in the context of R-parity-violating supersymmetry models that feature prompt gluino-pair production decaying directly to three jets each or decaying to two jets and a neutralino which subsequently decays promptly to three jets. No significant excess over the Standard Model expectation is observed and exclusion limits at the 95% confidence level are extracted. Gluinos with masses up to 1800 GeV are excluded when decaying directly to three jets. In the cascade scenario, gluinos with masses up to 2340 GeV are excluded for a neutralino with mass up to 1250 GeV