Adaptations: Expressions of sexuality, the law, and workplace sexual harassment [abstract]

Abstract only availableSexual harassment law within the US is unable to accurately handle the real life experiences of women, especially the workplace experience. Feminist theorists have suggested many options to deal with the laws' inefficiencies; however, many of the theories are confronted with modern obstacles upon application. In order to allow women to exist in the workplace while eliminating sexual harassment a balance between the workplace environment and the expression of feminine sexuality must be achieved. To strike this balance requires a redefinition of gender to breakout of the widely accepted false gender dichotomy that exists. In order for redefinition to take place theorists have suggested the necessity for a space in which the process can take place. Currently this space is imaginary. Overcoming the modern obstacles offers the possibility of a justice system that is more able to handle the variation of sexual harassment that faces women in the workplace. This project sets aside the redefinition aspect and moves into an area that involves the adaptation and application of the existing laws to address the varied experience of workplace sexual harassment. Through an analytical reading of feminist theoretical debates, case law, and court opinions multiple unaddressed issues have been identified within the law and the surrounding debates. Using current laws to work within the modern justice system can allow women to be heard and their experiences of workplace sexual harassment to be accurately taken up by the courts.McNair Scholars Progra

Describing Pediatric Hospital Discharge Planning Care Processes Using the Omaha System

Purpose Although discharge planning (DP) is recognized as a critical component of hospital care, national initiatives have focused on older adults, with limited focus on pediatric patients. We aimed to describe patient problems and targeted interventions as documented by social workers or DP nurses providing specialized DP services in a children\u27s hospital. Methods Text from 67 clinical notes for 28 patients was mapped to a standardized terminology (Omaha System). Data were deductively analyzed. Results A total of 517 phrases were mapped. Eleven of the 42 Omaha System problems were identified. The most frequent problem was health care supervision (297/517; 57.4%). Three Omaha System intervention categories were used (teaching, guidance, and counseling; case management; and surveillance). Intervention targets are varied by role. Conclusion The findings provide a rich description of the nature of DP for complex pediatric patients and increase our understanding of the work of DP staff and the influence of the DP practice model

The Ursinus Weekly, March 20, 1961

Peiffer is prom queen; Cub & Key taps 5 men • Men urged to take April SSCQ tests • A pair of lunatics, Curtain Club offering • YWCA worker to speak Monday in Paisley Hall • French Club attends Comedie Francaise • Brownback-Anders hears Ben Hauser, Jeff med student • Bogel wins two posts at meeting • Carolyn Boyer elected into Stars and Players • Ed Myers wins SPSEA regional presidential post • Festival concessions encouraged by WSGA • Students sought for jobs in amusement parks • John Swinton is named as new Weekly editor • Holl to address Young Republicans • Campus Chest figures released • Four seniors placed as high school teachers • Officer nominations invited by YM-YWCA • Father Conran to address Newman Club tonight at 6:30 • Editorial: Thank you • Letters to the editor • Eccentric circles • What does organized labor want? • Chapel commentary • Archaeology and the Bible • Intramural corner • Cindermen boast greater depth • Mermaids lose to Swarthmore, 45-30 • Girl basketballers chalk up 2 more • Norm Bramall to present tennis clinic on Thurs. • Greek gleaningshttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1337/thumbnail.jp

Parameter identifiability in a class of random graph mixture models

We prove identifiability of parameters for a broad class of random graph mixture models. These models are characterized by a partition of the set of graph nodes into latent (unobservable) groups. The connectivities between nodes are independent random variables when conditioned on the groups of the nodes being connected. In the binary random graph case, in which edges are either present or absent, these models are known as stochastic blockmodels and have been widely used in the social sciences and, more recently, in biology. Their generalizations to weighted random graphs, either in parametric or non-parametric form, are also of interest in many areas. Despite a broad range of applications, the parameter identifiability issue for such models is involved, and previously has only been touched upon in the literature. We give here a thorough investigation of this problem. Our work also has consequences for parameter estimation. In particular, the estimation procedure proposed by Frank and Harary for binary affiliation models is revisited in this article

The Ursinus Weekly, April 24, 1961

Y retreat format includes rustic setting, square dance • Six students join ICG Conference; Bogel a nominee • Church secretary to speak in chapel • Dean Rothenberger lists women\u27s dorm officers • May 5-7 heralds Greek weekend: Buddy Morrow\u27s orchestra opens weekend of dancing, sports, picnics • Curtis Ensemble well received here; Plays difficult pieces proficiently • Juniors ask Ruby Summer delivery • College chaplain haiku authority • Mayes, Moll seek MSGA prexy post • Schellhase announces alumni Spring seminar • Editorial: Curtis String Quartet; MSGA\u27s jurisdiction • Ursinus in the past • Vigil at Fort Detrick • Red China: Whence and whither • Chapel commentary • It\u27s Morgan again; Miler clocks 4:13.3 though team loses to Fords, F&M • Girls\u27 tennis team wins; Men drop initial matches • Siebmen lace Dickinson, Wilkes; Tie Haverford • Pennsylvania offers fine brookies, browns, rainbows • Implications of compromise • Escorts chosen for Spring fete • Meistersingers return; Plan Ursinus concert • The Holy land theme of Lutheran Club meeting • Ursinus alumnus speaks to Beardwood grouphttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1340/thumbnail.jp

The Ursinus Weekly, May 23, 1960

Dr. Paisley completes 50 years as Board President • Alumni Day to be held June 4 • Library has comedy of errors display • Sigma Rho Lambda sponsors annual dinner dance on May 20 • Brownback-Anders pre-medical society elects new officers • Phi Psi and Tau Sig hold picnic in college woods • Baccalaureate speaker will be Dr. D. Horton • Officers selected for new UC group • Pete Wise is re-elected as president of the Newman Club • John Innes wins two outstanding chemistry awards • Awards presented at WAA banquet • Robert Linker is elected new president of student PSEA • Senator Scott to speak at June 6th graduation • Senior banquet is tonight at 7 • Men elect soph rulers; Feldstein is head • WSGA passes revised rules drawn up by the senate • Mike Mehrer is selected new Debating Club head • Language clubs select officers for next year • Editorial: Examinations • Letters to the editor • Requisition: 1960 • International events • Reviews: New and blue; New Lantern • Lacrosse team ends undefeated • Diamondmen eke win over Wilkes • Wenhold given top Varsity Club award • Track team ends with 5-5 season • Stroudsburg girls shade softballershttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1365/thumbnail.jp

Lipstick and Logarithms: Gender, Institutional Context, and Representative Bureaucracy

According to the theory of representative bureaucracy, passive representation among public employees will lead to active representation in bureaucratic outputs. Existing research demonstrates that the link between passive and active representation exists for race but not for sex. Past research on this topic has not, however, taken into account the contextual environment that affects whether sex will translate into gender and lead to active representation in the bureaucracy. In this paper, we create a framework that specifies the conditions that affect whether passive representation results in active representation for sex and then test this framework using the case of education. We find that passive representation of women in education leads to active representation and that the institutional context affects the extent to which this link between passive and active representation occurs

A dyad of lymphoblastic lysosomal cysteine proteases degrades the antileukemic drug L-asparaginase

l-Asparaginase is a key therapeutic agent for treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). There is wide individual variation in pharmacokinetics, and little is known about its metabolism. The mechanisms of therapeutic failure with l-asparaginase remain speculative. Here, we now report that 2 lysosomal cysteine proteases present in lymphoblasts are able to degrade l-asparaginase. Cathepsin B (CTSB), which is produced constitutively by normal and leukemic cells, degraded asparaginase produced by Escherichia coli (ASNase) and Erwinia chrysanthemi. Asparaginyl endopeptidase (AEP), which is overexpressed predominantly in high-risk subsets of ALL, specifically degraded ASNase. AEP thereby destroys ASNase activity and may also potentiate antigen processing, leading to allergic reactions. Using AEP-mediated cleavage sequences, we modeled the effects of the protease on ASNase and created a number of recombinant ASNase products. The N24 residue on the flexible active loop was identified as the primary AEP cleavage site. Sole modification at this site rendered ASNase resistant to AEP cleavage and suggested a key role for the flexible active loop in determining ASNase activity. We therefore propose what we believe to be a novel mechanism of drug resistance to ASNase. Our results may help to identify alternative therapeutic strategies with the potential of further improving outcome in childhood ALL

Turbulence in the ice shelf–ocean boundary current and its sensitivity to model resolution

The ice shelf-ocean boundary current has an important control on heat delivery to the base of an ice shelf. Climate and regional models that include a representation of ice shelf cavities often use a coarse grid and results have a strong dependence on resolution near the ice shelf-ocean interface. This study models the ice shelf-ocean boundary current with a non-hydrostatic z-level configuration at turbulence-permitting resolution (1 m). The z-level model performs well when compared against state-of-the-art Large Eddy Simulations showing its capability in representing the correct physics. We showthat theoretical results from a one-dimensional model with parameterised turbulence reproduce the z-level model results to a good degree, indicating possible utility as a turbulence closure. The one-dimensional model evolves to a state of marginal instability and we use the z-level model to demonstrate how this is represented in three-dimensions. Instabilities emerge that regulate the strength of the pycnocline and coexist with persistent Ekman rolls, which are identified prior to the flow becoming intermittently unstable. When resolution of the z-level model is degraded to understand the grid-scale dependencies, the degradation is dominated by the established problem of excessive numerical diffusion. We show that at intermediate resolutions (2-4 m), the boundary layer structure can be partially recovered by tuning diffusivities. Lastly, we compare replacing prescribed melting with interactive melting that is dependent on the local ocean conditions. Interactive melting results in a feedback such that the system evolves more slowly, which is exaggerated at lower resolution