What the wind brings

This thesis describes the idea conception, story formulation, technical details, and presentation of a computer animated film entitled \u27What the wind brings\u27. The film uses horses as its central theme

Benchmark Clusters In The Piedmont Triad Region

Economic development planners use a variety of indicators and types of analysis to better understand local economies. Cluster analysis is one tool that can help these planners and the public gauge and plan for economic development. Cluster analysis is one method of analysis based on the idea that related industries benefit from being located near each other. Benchmark cluster analysis specifically, examines the relationships between industries at the national level in order to identify groups of industries, called clusters, which share a common value-chain, labor pool or technology. These correspond to three major types of benchmark clusters: value-chain based clusters, labor based clusters and technology based clusters. In this study, three types of clusters based on these three concepts, totaling 103 different clusters, are evaluated in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. The Piedmont Triad region is a twelve-county area in central North Carolina. The Piedmont Triad regional economy was built around textiles, tobacco and furniture manufacturing. In recent years these traditional industries have suffered significant job loss. As a result, the region is seeking new types of economic activity to build its future around. The region has looked at the concept of clusters before. Three different sets of clusters have been recommended as target clusters for the region since 1997. Based on eight indicators, this study uses cluster benchmarking as a tool to help economic development planners in the Piedmont Triad select target clusters which make sense for the region from two perspectives: the existence of particular clusters within the region and the desirability of particular clusters within the context of the region. Rather than supplanting existing cluster based efforts within the region, this benchmark study is intended to help the Piedmont Triad better understand relationships between industries in their existing target clusters.Master of City and Regional Plannin

‘Honeycrisp’ Bitter Pit Response to Rootstock and Region under Eastern New York Climatic Conditions

There are still unknown factors at play in the causation of bitter pit in ‘Honeycrisp’ as well as in other apple varieties. To investigate some of these factors, we conducted a survey of 34 ‘Honeycrisp’ orchard blocks distributed across two disparate production regions in eastern New York State, representing a variety of rootstocks, over three growing seasons. Weather, soil, horticultural traits, fruit quality traits, pick timing, leaf and peel minerals were evaluated for their impact on bitter pit (BP) incidence; factors were further evaluated for their interaction with region and rootstock. ‘Honeycrisp’ trees on B.9 rootstock were smaller but with comparable terminal shoot growth when compared to those on M.26 and M.9 rootstocks. B.9 fruits, which had similar fruit size to M.26 and M.9 and had good fruit quality at harvest and after storage, were much less likely to express bitter pit symptoms compared to M.9 and M.26 rootstocks. Not all traits evaluated individually correlated significatively with bitter pit incidence after a period in storage. Depending on rootstock and region, the correlation could be significant in one situation, with no correlation at all in another. In this study, peel Mg/Ca ratio and peel Ca correlated with BP for all three rootstocks, with the strongest correlations associated with the M.9 clones. These same traits correlated with BP for both regions. Pick timing had a significant influence on BP incidence following storage, with later picks offering better bitter pit storage performance. While excessively large fruits, those in the 48 and 56 count size categories, were found to be highly susceptible to BP regardless of rootstock, B.9 BP fruit susceptibility for smaller sizes was found to be size neutral. A PLSR prediction model for each rootstock and each region showed that different variables correlated to BP depending on the situation. Thus, the results could suggest that in addition to the variables considered in this study, there are other less studied factors that can influence the expression of BP symptoms. We strongly suggest that rootstock BP performance be considered a critical parameter when planning a commercial ‘Honeycrisp’ orchard and be evaluated in rootstock breeding and development programs prior to wide commercial release.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

REDUCING THE PREVALENCE AND IMPACT OF POVERTY AMONG NON-HISPANIC BLACK ADULTS 18+ LIVING 200% OR MORE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE IN DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

Within Durham County, non-Hispanic Black adults are the most common racial/ethnic group living at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL) and face more economic instability, negatively affecting their overall health. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal government program that lessens the severity of poverty, a key factor of economic instability. SNAP lifted nearly 300, 000 North Carolinians out of poverty in 201. However, North Carolina has low SNAP participation rates with nearly one in five individuals in the "SNAP gap," being eligible for SNAP benefits but not receiving them. To increase SNAP participation and decrease food insecurity and poverty, Durham County could implement a local program that serves high-need and disinvested communities. This Durham specific program would increase SNAP enrollment and consist of four key components: community engagement, outreach, application assistance, and education resources.Master of Public Healt

REDUCING THE PREVALENCE AND IMPACT OF POVERTY AMONG NON-HISPANIC BLACK ADULTS 18+ LIVING 200% OR MORE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE IN DURHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

Within Durham County, non-Hispanic Black adults are the most common racial/ethnic group living at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL) and face more economic instability, negatively affecting their overall health. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal government program that lessens the severity of poverty, a key factor of economic instability. SNAP lifted nearly 300,000 North Carolinians out of poverty in 201. However, North Carolina has low SNAP participation rates with nearly one in five individuals in the "SNAP gap," being eligible for SNAP benefits but not receiving them. To increase SNAP participation and decrease food insecurity and poverty, Durham County could implement a local program that serves high-need and disinvested communities. This Durham specific program would increase SNAP enrollment and consist of four key components: community engagement, outreach, application assistance, and education resources.Master of Public Healt

Reducing the Prevalence and Impact of Poverty Among Non-Hispanic Black Adults 18+ Living 200% or More Below the Federal Poverty Line in Durham County, North Carolina

Within Durham County, non-Hispanic Black adults are the most common racial/ethnic group living at or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL) and face more economic instability, negatively affecting their overall health. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal government program that lessens the severity of poverty, a key factor of economic instability. SNAP lifted nearly 300, 000 North Carolinians out of poverty in 201. However, North Carolina has low SNAP participation rates with nearly one in five individuals in the "SNAP gap," being eligible for SNAP benefits but not receiving them. To increase SNAP participation and decrease food insecurity and poverty, Durham County could implement a local program that serves high-need and disinvested communities. This Durham specific program would increase SNAP enrollment and consist of four key components: community engagement, outreach, application assistance, and education resources. Keywords: Durham County, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), poverty, social determinants of health, food insecurity, non-hispanic Black adults, Federal Poverty Line (FPL)Master of Public Healt

Further Validation of the Realness Scale: Are Celebrity Worshipers Unreal?

We administered the Realness Scale (RS), Celebrity Attitude Scale (CAS), and the modified Authentic Living Subscale (ALS) from the Authenticity Scale (AS) to undergraduate students from four American institutions of higher learning. We sought to further validate the RS by showing that it correlated positively with the ALS and negatively with the CAS. We also hypothesized that African Americans would score lower than Whites on the RS. Our results supported the first hypothesis, but we found only weak or non-existent support for the other two hypotheses. Discussion focused on reasons why our latter two hypotheses yielded mostly negative results and suggested improvements for future research

How is neighborhood social disorganization associated with diabetes outcomes? A multilevel investigation of glycemic control and self-reported use of acute or emergency health care services

Abstract Background Diabetes management is influenced by a number of factors beyond the individual-level. This study examined how neighborhood social disorganization (i.e., neighborhoods characterized by high economic disadvantage, residential instability, and ethnic heterogeneity), is associated with diabetes-related outcomes. Methods We used a multilevel modeling approach to investigate the associations between census-tract neighborhood social disorganization, A1c, and self-reported use of acute or emergency health care services for a sample of 424 adults with type 2 diabetes. Results Individuals living in neighborhoods with high social disorganization had higher A1c values than individuals living in neighborhoods with medium social disorganization (B = 0.39, p = 0.01). Individuals living in neighborhoods with high economic disadvantage had higher self-reported use of acute or emergency health care services than individuals living in neighborhoods with medium economic disadvantage (B = 0.60, p = 0.02). Conclusions High neighborhood social disorganization was associated with higher A1c values and high neighborhood economic disadvantage was associated with greater self-reported use of acute or emergency health care services. Controlling for individual level variables diminished this effect for A1c, but not acute or emergency health care use. Comprehensive approaches to diabetes management should include attention to neighborhood context. Failure to do so may help explain the continuing disproportionate diabetes burden in many neighborhoods despite decades of attention to individual-level clinical care and education. Trial registration For this study, we used baseline data from a larger study investigating the impacts on patient-centered outcomes of three different approaches to self-monitoring of blood glucose among 450 adults with non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes living in North Carolina. This study was registered as a clinical trial on 1/7/2014 ( https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02033499 )

A Common Place, Volume 2, Spring 2023

Editor in Chief: Emily Steffenhagen Editorial Assistant: Chloe Johnson Prose Editor: Jake Robinson Poetry Editor: Kyla Brown Art Editor: Elliott Jimerson Web Editor: Elle Degaetano Design: Kate Frey Readers: Dalton Whitby, Kylie Wheeler, Sierra Sweezy, Myeisha Hamiltonhttps://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/special_studentpubs/1217/thumbnail.jp