The Relationship Between Dopamine, Novelty Seeking, and Cognitive Flexibility

The aim of this study was to investigate whether dopamine levels (as measured by the spontaneous eye blink) correlate to novelty seeking and whether dopamine and novelty seeking moderate performance on a cognitive flexibility task. While we found an effect of task condition, neither dopamine nor novelty seeking influenced performance on the cognitive flexibility task

The Bruegelians: Formation and Canonization of Peasant Imagery in the Tradition of Pieter Bruegel the Elder

ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: THE BRUEGELIANS: FORMATION AND CANONIZATION OF PEASANT IMAGERY IN THE TRADITION OF PIETER BRUEGEL THE ELDER Brighton Kelley Payne, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017 Dissertation directed by: Professor Arthur K. Wheelock, Department of Art History and Archaeology Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s peasant imagery has come to be the picture of mid-sixteenth-century Flemish art and a reflection of the native countryside before the ravages of the Dutch Revolt. A hundred years later, its impact on seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish low-life genre scenes by Adriaen Brouwer, Adriaen van Ostade, David Teniers the Younger, and Jan Steen is undeniable. This dissertation examines the longevity of Bruegel the Elder’s subjects, manner, and motifs, identifying how and why this imagery retained its appeal through years of drastic social and political change. The acquisition of Bruegel the Elder’s paintings by the highest pinnacle of society, Emperor Rudolf II and his Austrian Habsburg kin, fueled an existing market of emulative paintings and prints. Identification of the artists who supplied these works and their relationship to Bruegel the Elder and his imagery reveals that many artists, particularly Marten van Cleve and Karel van Mander, contributed subjects and manner to a period style later associated with Breugel the Elder. Foremost in the process of appropriating peasant imagery under the name Bruegel were Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s two painter sons, Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Jan Brueghel the Elder, and Karel van Mander, whose Het Schilderboeck (1604) canonized Bruegel the Elder as the archetypal landscape and peasant painter. Three case studies trace the trajectory of Bruegelian imagery from the middle of the sixteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth century. A contrast with emulative works by Bruegelian artists reveals the singularity of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s artistry

It’s All the Phage: Phage Discovery & Genomics

With the development of antibiotic resistance, research for alternative treatment methods has increased. Particularly, the study of bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, has received much attention. The concept of bacteriophage therapy is the usage of specific phages to infect bacterial pathogens and to effectively destroy the harmful bacteria. The increased demand for phage research has prompted the creation of various programs to expand the collection of analyzed phages, which can potentially be used to treat bacterial infections that are resistant to antimicrobial therapies. One such program is Phage Hunters, an introductory honors biology course at the University of Mary Washington. This course covers similar lecture material as other introductory biology courses; however, the lab component emphasizes real-world research experience. The main objective of the laboratory aspect is to collect, isolate, purify, and analyze a phage. We review the laboratory procedures and results of UMW Phage Hunters students’ novel phage discoveries

India's employment programmes for the alleviation of poverty An annotated bibliography

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Towards a Successful Post COVID-19 Transition of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning in Complex Sustainability Science Research-to-Policy Projects

There is an emerging body of literature focusing on the COVID-19 livelihoods and environmental impacts, as well as the effects of the pandemics on evidence generation. However, little attention has been paid to how COVID-19 has—and is likely to continue to—affect monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems, specifically in the context of large sustainability science research-to-policy project consortia. Here, we provide a conceptual framework of MEL responsiveness to COVID-19 effects and discuss the specific pathways to successful MEL transition. Using the UKRI GCRF TRADE Hub as a case study, we provide some examples of possible adjustments within the new context

Explaining AAD scores through reaction profiles : proposition and test of an adjective checklist

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