El espectáculo revolucionario: El teatro cubano de la década de los sesenta

This essay examines how three plays written in Cuba during the sixties question the official Revolutionary discourse. By representing the instability and violence that emerge from this imposition, they reveal the repetition that underlies the revolutionary moment. José Triana’s La noche de los asesinos, Virgilio Piñera’s Una caja de zapatos vacía and Antón Arrufat’s Los siete contra Tebas approach the idea of violence and repetition through the motif of revolution as both a violent break with the past and, ironically, a return to this very past through an inability to break free from the circularity of history. (KF

Nonprofits and Housing Insecurity in Binghamton

In Binghamton, NY, housing insecurity has been exacerbated by the increased demand for university students who are moving off-campus to save money. This has caused difficulty for low-income households to find affordable housing. An important way to address concerns with the availability and affordability of housing is to recognize the importance of nonprofits. Nonprofits work to further support low-income families to find affordable housing by filling in some of the gaps that public housing can’t fill. Through qualitative research methods such as investigating scholarly sources, participating with nonprofits, and discussions, I analyze some of the nonprofits in the greater Binghamton area and their impact. This research project provides insight into the housing sector in the Greater Binghamton area and can be used as background for further in-depth analysis on this topic.https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2023/1144/thumbnail.jp

Transfer students bleed purple too

This research study investigated the transfer student process in the College of Education at James Madison University. A survey was conducted to analyze the transfer student process using both quantitate and qualitative information. Twenty-two transfer students responded, giving perspective on the academic, social/cultural, and psychological challenges faced during their transition to James Madison University. Results of the data analysis showed that the greatest problem in the transfer process lies in the area of poor academic advising. Non-transferrable credits, unnecessary class enrollment, and prolonged graduation dates are three of the top academic issues transfer students face. Socially, transfer students feel isolated from their new peers due to preformed cliques and lack of involvement. Students that joined campus organization were more likely to feel like a part of the JMU community. Many transfer students struggle financially, making employment a necessity. Lack of time is a major contributor to lack of involvement in transfer students

Domestic Dogs \u27 (\u3cem\u3eCanis lupus familiaris\u3c/em\u3e) Evaluation of Moral and Immoral Actors

A sense of morality, or values predisposing what is right (fair, just, kind) and what is wrong (unfair, cruel, dishonest), appears universally across all humankind. All major cultures share support for some values, such as self-respect, respect for others, and \u27the golden rule\u27treat others how you wish to be treated-and disdain for some sins, such as murder, theft and dishonesty (Kinnier, Kernes & Dautheribes, 2000). Some moral behaviors, such as inequity aversion, the tendency to do no hann and cooperation are found to exist in virtually all human adults. But where does morality come from? Is it uniquely human or do we share some moral values with nonhuman animals? To explore these questions domestic dogs-nonhumans with exceptional social cognitive skills-were tested for moral values through a replication of a study on moral reasoning in human infants (Hamlin & Wynn, 2011). Dogs watched a puppet show with a moral and immoral actor-the moral actor helped a neutral character achieve a goal and the immoral actor prevented the actor from achieving the goal. Dogs generally looked longer when the neutral puppet chose to associate with the moral helper than the immoral hinderer, demonstrating that dogs, like human infants, may prefer when agents associate with moral helpers. Though this is a preliminary study it suggests that a sense of morality may not be uniquely human and may be an evolved trait shared by humans and nonhumans alike

Vitamin and Mineral Supplement Use by Older Adults with Complex Medication Needs; Potential for Adverse Drug-Nutrient Interactions

Objective: Vitamin and mineral supplements have been increasingly available for decades. The increase in availability of supplements and their use in combination with prescription drugs suggests that the risk of an adverse drug-nutrient interaction has drastically increased. This is especially concerning in populations with greater medication use. The purpose of this study was to assess vitamin and mineral supplement use in older adults with complex medication use to identify supplement use, overuse, and use from multiple sources. A secondary outcome of this study was to assess the potential for adverse drug-nutrient interactions in medically complex patients. Methods: A retrospective chart review was completed on 229 medically-complex patients 50 years of age and older who had new assessments of medications completed between January 2014 and January 19th, 2017 at the University of Saskatchewan Medication Assessment Centre. Results: Data indicate that 76.9% (n = 176) of patients (mean: 69 years) reported using ≥ 1 vitamin and/or mineral supplement daily. Total product count (oral prescriptions, over-the-counter (OTC) products, dietary supplements) ranged from 1-45 per day, with a mean 9.8 and median of 9. The tolerable upper intake level (UL) for nutrients was exceeded by 39.7% (n = 70) of reported supplement users (n = 176). One case exceeded the UL for 6 different nutrients, from supplemental intake alone. Of reported supplement users, 43.2% consumed supplemental nutrients from more than one source, which was significantly associated (p < 0.001) with supplemental nutrient intake at or above the UL. Conclusions: Vitamin and mineral supplement use in conjunction with prescription drugs and OTC products was observed in this population, with reported intake of many supplemental nutrients that exceeded the UL

Moral Reasoning in Dogs

A sense of morality, values predisposing right (fair, just, kind) from wrong (unfair, cruel, dishonest) appears universally across all humankind (Kinnier, Kernes & Dautheribes, 2000). But where does morality come from? Is it uniquely human or do we share some moral values with nonhuman animals? To explore these questions domestic dogs—nonhumans with exceptional social cognitive skills—were tested for moral values through a replication of a study on moral reasoning in human infants (Hamlin & Wynn, 2011). Dogs watched a puppet show with a moral (helpful) and immoral (hinderer) actor. Dogs looked longer when the neutral puppet chose to associate with the moral helper than the immoral hinderer, demonstrating that dogs, like human infants, prefer agents associate with moral helpers. This preliminary study suggests morality may be an evolved trait shared by humans and nonhumans alike

Weathering the storm: climate shocks threaten children’s skills and learning but social protection can mitigate impact

This Policy Brief draws together Young Lives evidence on the impact of early climate shocks in particular on children’s basic skills and learning, finding that early exposure to droughts and floods has a profound impact on children's nutrition and physical growth, with long term consequences for their skills development, ability to learn and progress in school

Unlocking potential: how social protection can improve disadvantaged children's foundational cognitive skills ground-breaking new evidence from Young Lives in Ethiopia and Peru

In this Policy Brief the authors present ground-breaking new evidence from Young Lives' longitudinal data showing how social protection can have a positive impact on children’s foundational cognitive skills, which are a strong predictor of educational outcomes. The evidence shows that children’s foundational cognitive skills are malleable throughout childhood and adolescence. Social protection programmes are not directly designed to improve children's skills, but the evidence shows they can have this effect and as such they offer huge potential to help address inequalities in educational outcomes. The Brief examines how two different social protection programmes, in two very different country contexts – the PSNP in Ethiopia and JUNTOS programme in Peru – can mitigate the negative effects of early poverty and climate shocks to improve disadvantaged children’s foundational cognitive skills. The authors argue that a broad approach is required to improve children’s basic skills and address inequalities in educational outcomes, including a better understanding of how poverty and climate shocks have an impact on foundational cognitive skills and offer a series of specific recommendations for policy makers

An Empirically Derived Three-Dimensional Laplace Resonance in the Gliese 876 Planetary System

We report constraints on the three-dimensional orbital architecture for all four planets known to orbit the nearby M dwarf Gliese 876 based solely on Doppler measurements and demanding long-term orbital stability. Our dataset incorporates publicly available radial velocities taken with the ELODIE and CORALIE spectrographs, HARPS, and Keck HIRES as well as previously unpublished HIRES velocities. We first quantitatively assess the validity of the planets thought to orbit GJ 876 by computing the Bayes factors for a variety of different coplanar models using an importance sampling algorithm. We find that a four-planet model is preferred over a three-planet model. Next, we apply a Newtonian MCMC algorithm to perform a Bayesian analysis of the planet masses and orbits using an n-body model in three-dimensional space. Based on the radial velocities alone, we find that a 99% credible interval provides upper limits on the mutual inclinations for the three resonant planets ($\Phi_{cb}<6.20^\circ$ for the "c" and "b" pair and $\Phi_{be}<28.5^\circ$ for the "b" and "e" pair). Subsequent dynamical integrations of our posterior sample find that the GJ 876 planets must be roughly coplanar ($\Phi_{cb}<2.60^\circ$ and $\Phi_{be}<7.87^\circ$), suggesting the amount of planet-planet scattering in the system has been low. We investigate the distribution of the respective resonant arguments of each planet pair and find that at least one argument for each planet pair and the Laplace argument librate. The libration amplitudes in our three-dimensional orbital model supports the idea of the outer-three planets having undergone significant past disk migration.Comment: 19 pages, 11 figures, 8 tables. Accepted to MNRAS. Posterior samples available at https://github.com/benelson/GJ87