Developing the Civic Skills of Public School Youth: A Mixed Methods Assessment

This study employed mixed methods to examine the experiences of public high school youth (N=126) who participated in youth-designed and youth-led community action over the course of an academic year. The authors explore the development of leadership skills, attitudes toward school-community, and sense of agency. Quantitative findings demonstrate statistically significant changes in youths’ civic attitudes and skills. Qualitative findings provide nuanced understanding of youths’ experiences with responsibility-accountability, confidence-empowerment, perseverance, leadership, mentorship- relationship, and professional skills.

Student Recital (December 11, 2012)

Choro No. 1 / Heitor Villa-Lobos Praeludium, BWV 999 / Johann Sebastian Bach Thomas Prosser, guitar Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 / J. S. Bach Carl Hollant, piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 2, HWV 360 / Georg Friedrich Handel Adagio Andante Nicole Mount, flute Minuet in C, Op. 22 / Fernando Sor Mark Gavin, guitar Where’re Your Walk, from Semele, HWV 58 / G. F. Handel Thomas Manning, tenor Romance / anon. Un Dia De Noviembre / Leo Brower Christopher Bosch, guitar Etude No. 57 / Mitchell Peters Nicole Desmarais, timpani Suite for Cello No. 1, BWV 1007 / Johann Sebastian Bach Courante Mackenzie Leahy, alto saxophone Prelude No. 4 in E minor / Heitor Villa-Lobos Ian Timpany, guitar Sonata / Kent Kennan James Sheehan, trumpet Sonate pour Flute et Piano / Francis Poulenc Allegretto Malincolico Jennifer Drake, flutehttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1033/thumbnail.jp

Student Recital (April 30, 2012)

Lute Suite No. 2, BWV 997 / Johann Sebastian Bach Fantasia James Davidson, guitar Cantabile et Presto / Geaorges Enesco Andante ma non troppo Presto Amethyst Lambert, flute Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in Bb / Karl Philipp Stamitz Romanze Rondo Sean Every, clarinet Let the Bright Seraphim / George Frideric Handel from Samson, HWV 57 Alison Kenney, soprano Etude in 6/8 / Morris Goldenberg Nicole Desmarais, marimba Nocturne, Op. 35 / Reinhold Glière David French, horn O’ Rest in the Lord from Elijah / Felix Mendelssohn Giotie Al Canto Mio from L’Euridice / Jacopi Peri Justine Smigel, soprano The Crucifixion, Op. 29, No. 5 / Samuel Barber Jordan Ennis, sopranohttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1022/thumbnail.jp

Student Recital (May 2, 2014)

Etude No. 62 / Mitchell Peters Nicole Desmarais, timpani Malagueña from Spanish Dances, Op. 21 / Pablo de Sarasate Carla Mason, violin Valse Venezolano No. 2 / Antonio Lauro Michael Cirino, guitar Ballade / Albert Périlhou Nicole Mount, flute Etude No. 8 / Heitor Villa-Lobos Dylan Mowry, guitar Sicilienne and Rigaudon / Fritz Kreisler Tempo di Allegretto and Allegro Megan Polk, violin Cavatine, Op. 144 / Camile Saint-Saëns Cody O’Toole, trombone Concerto No. 1 in A minor / Jean Baptiste Accolaÿ Gail Colombo, violin Das Wohltemperierte Klavier II, BWV 886 / Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in Ab Major Jiaying Zhu, piano Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 / J. S. Bach Prelude Killian Kerrigan, guitar El Colibri / Julio S. Sagreras Brian Picher, guitar Maria Wiegenlied / Max Reger Se Tu M’ami / Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Brooke Speigel, soprano Nocturnal After John Dowland / Benjamin Britten Passacaglia and Theme Jim Davidson, guitar Spring / Ivor Gurney Lied Der Mignon, D. 877, No. 3 / Franz Schubert Mackenzie Leahy, soprano Ma Mère L’oye (Mother Goose Suite) / Maurice Ravel Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (Lent) Petit Poucet. (Très modéré) Laideronnette, Impératrice des pagodes ( Mouvement de marche) Jiaying Zhu, piano Alexander Heinrich, piano Waltz in Db Major, Op. 64, No. 1 / Frederic Chopin Brenner Campos, piano Three Songs Without Words / Paul Ben-Haim Arioso Ballad Shepardic Melody Colby DeWitt, alto saxophone For You There is No Song / Leslie Adams Deborah / Gene Bone Justine Smigel, sopranohttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1065/thumbnail.jp

HSAF-induced antifungal effects in Candida albicans through ROS-mediated apoptosis

Heat-stable antifungal factor (HSAF) belongs to polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PTMs), which inhibits many fungal pathogens and is effective in inhibiting Candida albicans (C. albicans). In this study, we found that HSAF induced the apoptosis of C. albicans SC5314 through inducing the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Nevertheless, we validated the efficacy of HSAF against candidiasis caused by C. albicans in a murine model in vivo,and HSAF significantly improved survival and reduced fungal burden compared to vehicles. A molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was also investigated, revealing the theoretical binding mode of HSAF to the β-tubulin of C. albicans. This study first found PTMs-induced fungal apoptosis through ROS accumulation in C. albicans and its potential as a novel agent for fungicides

Data from the Mars Science Laboratory CheMin XRD/XRF Instrument

The CheMin instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover Curiosity uses a Co tube source and a CCD detector to acquire mineralogy from diffracted primary X-rays and chemical information from fluoresced X-rays. CheMin has been operating at the MSL Gale Crater field site since August 5, 2012 and has provided the first X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses in situ on a body beyond Earth. Data from the first sample collected, the Rocknest eolian soil, identify a basaltic mineral suite, predominantly plagioclase (approx.An50), forsteritic olivine (approx.Fo58), augite and pigeonite, consistent with expectation that detrital grains on Mars would reflect widespread basaltic sources. Minor phases (each <2 wt% of the crystalline component) include sanidine, magnetite, quartz, anhydrite, hematite and ilmenite. Significantly, about a third of the sample is amorphous or poorly ordered in XRD. This amorphous component is attested to by a broad rise in background centered at approx.27deg 2(theta) (Co K(alpha)) and may include volcanic glass, impact glass, and poorly crystalline phases including iron oxyhydroxides; a rise at lower 2(theta) may indicate allophane or hisingerite. Constraints from phase chemistry of the crystalline components, compared with a Rocknest bulk composition from the APXS instrument on Curiosity, indicate that in sum the amorphous or poorly crystalline components are relatively Si, Al, Mg-poor and enriched in Ti, Cr, Fe, K, P, S, and Cl. All of the identified crystalline phases are volatile-free; H2O, SO2 and CO2 volatile releases from a split of this sample analyzed by the SAM instrument on Curiosity are associated with the amorphous or poorly ordered materials. The Rocknest eolian soil may be a mixture of local detritus, mostly crystalline, with a regional or global set of dominantly amorphous or poorly ordered components. The Rocknest sample was targeted by MSL for "first time analysis" to demonstrate that a loose deposit could be scooped, sieved to <150 microns, and delivered to instruments in the body of the rover. A drilled sample of sediment in outcrop is anticipated. At the time of writing this abstract, promising outcrops are in range and this talk will provide an update on data collected with the CheMin instrument

Vascular and blood-brain barrier-related changes underlie stress responses and resilience in female mice and depression in human tissue

Prevalence, symptoms, and treatment of depression suggest that major depressive disorders (MDD) present sex differences. Social stress-induced neurovascular pathology is associated with depressive symptoms in male mice; however, this association is unclear in females. Here, we report that chronic social and subchronic variable stress promotes blood-brain barrier (BBB) alterations in mood-related brain regions of female mice. Targeted disruption of the BBB in the female prefrontal cortex (PFC) induces anxiety- and depression-like behaviours. By comparing the endothelium cell-specific transcriptomic profiling of the mouse male and female PFC, we identify several pathways and genes involved in maladaptive stress responses and resilience to stress. Furthermore, we confirm that the BBB in the PFC of stressed female mice is leaky. Then, we identify circulating vascular biomarkers of chronic stress, such as soluble E-selectin. Similar changes in circulating soluble E-selectin, BBB gene expression and morphology can be found in blood serum and postmortem brain samples from women diagnosed with MDD. Altogether, we propose that BBB dysfunction plays an important role in modulating stress responses in female mice and possibly MDD

Dossier : la formation des enseignants et des enseignantes du collégial : réflexions autour de l'avis du Conseil supérieur de l'éducation.

Bibliogr.La FNEEQ [Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec] et la formation du personnel enseignant de l'ordre collégial / Réaction de la FAC [Fédération autonome du collégial] à l'avis du Conseil supérieur de l'éducation sur la formation du personnel enseignant au collégial : vers une déformation de l'enseignement collégial / La formation professionnelle des enseignants et la FEC [Fédération des enseignants et enseignantes de cégeps] (CSQ) / La FECQ [Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec] et la formation du personnel enseignant du collégial : un projet qui lui tient à coeur / PERFORMA et l'insertion professionnelle du nouveau personnel enseignant / L'avis du Conseil supérieur de l'éducation : réaction préliminaire de la Fédération des cégeps, L'AQPC [Association québécoise de pédagogie collégiale] et l'avis du Conseil supérieur de l'éducation, Pédagogie collégiale et les thèmes abordés dans l'avis du Conseil supérieur de l'éducation : bibliographie

Outstanding Students Showcase Recital (February 25, 2014)

Concert Etude / Alexander Goedicke James Sheehan trumpet Prelude No. 3 / Heitor Villa-Lobos Thomas Prosser, guitar Poem for flute / Charles D. Griffes Jennifer Drake, flute O soave fanciula from La Bohème / Giacomo Puccini Angela Maloney, soprano Richard Moran, tenor Sonata in D Minor, Op. 61 / Joaquin Turina Andante Brian Strange, guitar Eight Memories in Water Color / Tan Dun I. Missing Moon (Adagio Rubato) II. Staccato Beans (Allegro) Ill Herdboy\u27 s Song (Licenza pastorale) IV. Blue Nun (Andante) Iris Zhu, piano Partita in A minor, BWV 1013 / Johann Sebastian Bach Sarabande Allemande Amethyst Lambert, flute Duet No. 2 / Vic Firth Nicole Desmarais and Daniel Maloney, snare drum Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in Eb, BWV 998 / Johann Sebastian Bach Allegro James Davidson guitar Melodie, Op. 42, No. 3 / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Carla Mason, violinhttps://vc.bridgew.edu/student_concerts/1058/thumbnail.jp