Essential and despised: Images of women in the First and Second Crusades, 1095-1148.

The influence and presence of women is noticeable in a number of areas. First, the imagery of femineity influenced the language used both to precipitate and sustain the military venture. That is, womanliness as a universal concept was utilized by the men who preached the crusade as a means of inducing support and of continuing the war. Women attended the movement to the Middle East and played crucial roles in the wars against the Muslims, becoming pivotal during the settlement phase of the crusades, when they became desirable as mothers and wives. Most significantly, the presence of women on crusade was regarded as a potential source of sin for men, and a suspicion and dislike for women pervades the writing. Finally, the image of Muslims further illustrates the social values of the crusaders. Muslim men were perceived as innately perverse and sexually deviant. The image of Muslim women in the chronicles marginalizes them as insignificant or, when they converted to Christianity, presents them as trophies of war and evidence of the bravery and virility of Christian knights. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)Dept. of History, Philosophy, and Political Science. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1992 .B723. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 31-04, page: 1550. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1992

Aquatic and riparian plant management: controls for vegetation in watercourses. Case study report

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Session 2A: Mentorship for Recruitment, Retention, and Self-Care

In an 87% white profession, it is no secret that many academic librarians of color feel ostracized by white notions of professionalism, suffering from microaggressions regularly at their institutions. As many librarians of color have noted, the whiteness of librarianship manifests itself from the beginning--in the library and information science (LIS) programs--and continues throughout our careers, becoming more pronounced the higher we go up the hierarchy. As the 2017 Ithaka S+R report Inclusion, Diversity and Equity: Members of the Association of Research Libraries found, “as positions become increasingly senior, they also become increasingly white.” Providing support and guidance to POCs just entering the profession, especially from those who have managed to successfully overcome the challenges inherent to being at the margins in academia, is crucial to overcoming the barriers that the whiteness of our profession poses. While there are formal mentorship programs that exist for minority librarians, there are also many opportunities for librarians of color to help each other navigate the professional space in a local context. At an institution that has an LIS program, part of this action is providing mentorship opportunities for library students of color. Two UCLA librarians at different points in their career together with two graduate student research assistants who they supervise will talk about the impact of the mentoring relationship between them. This presentation will take the form of a conversation between the four participants, with each sharing her views of and experiences in the mentorship space. By providing support for professional growth in conjunction with avenues for creativity and frank conversations, the librarians are attempting to carve out a space for those with marginalized and intersectional identities to thrive at their home institution

Cardioactive effects of diphenhydramine and curcumin in Daphnia magna

Although used as a model for examining the cardioactive effects of various compounds, the neuromuscular regulation of the heart of the crustacean Daphnia magna (D. magna) is not well understood. In the present study, we sought to determine how the heart rate of D. magna was affected by two previously untested compounds: curcumin and diphenhydramine (DPHM). DPHM produces a number of cardiotoxic side effects in vertebrates, particularly sinus tachycardia. Curcumin acts as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) and was expected toincrease the heart rate of D. magna. DPHM was found unexpectedly to lower the heart rate of D. magna with time. Curcumin increased heart rate when administered in higher concentrations. However, co-administration of curcumin with DPHM negated this effect. These findings may be explained by the potential role of histamine as a sympathetic cardiac neurotransmitter in D. magna