419 research outputs found
The Pursuit of Happiness
Perfection, it is the expectation perpetuated by mass media. We are spoon-fed the propaganda of the American Dream through sex-filled advertisements of beer and food our entire lives. Anything less than a god-fearing nuclear family eating three square name-brand meals a day and wearing the newest clothes is seen as a moral failing. We willingly participate in the capitalist game of conformity, it doesnât have to be policed, only continually advertised. How far can this go until it becomes a cult mindset? And does any of this actually equate to happiness?
I am depicting a âfictionalâ world where social conformity has become a cult practice, representing the visual culture and values of mass media within it. The figures in my paintings are set in liminal environments where they interact with symbols like the smiley face, which acts as logo and figurehead of the cult, in these spaces they wrestle with their perceptions of themselves, their mental health, and the cult. The imagery all relates to the âsex, drugs, and moneyâ mindset valued by the media, as well as party culture. This party imagery is really key to the work because partying is not only valued as a form of conformity that often perpetuates an environment of self-medication but it is also a form of escapism for the figures. They battle between letting go in the only way they know how and being confronted by the ever-present subconsciously ingrained cult pressures.
I critique the outcomes of our capitalist, consumerist society by exploring the materials and symbols commonly found within it. The wearable pieces use plastic and some readymade items to comment on the value we hold of those materials. A few of the pieces represent how an oppressive society could even make oppression or addiction opulent and visible on the body.
I work from personal experience. When constantly flooded with new information from brands, ads, T.V., music, social media, and just people with their general opinions this âmind pollutionâ has to find its way out as new imagery. Iâm interested in how we fit ourselves into the narrative around this overwhelming amount of information and the pressure to somehow agree with it all.https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/art498/1073/thumbnail.jp
Senior Recital: Delaney Rogers, soprano
This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Ms. Rogers studies voice with Jana Young.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1511/thumbnail.jp
Studio Recital: Students of Jana Young
Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Studio Recital: Students of Jana Young.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1367/thumbnail.jp
Properties of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond: group theoretic approach
We present a procedure that makes use of group theory to analyze and predict
the main properties of the negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in
diamond. We focus on the relatively low temperatures limit where both the
spin-spin and spin-orbit effects are important to consider. We demonstrate that
group theory may be used to clarify several aspects of the NV structure, such
as ordering of the singlets in the () electronic configuration, the
spin-spin and the spin-orbit interactions in the () electronic
configuration. We also discuss how the optical selection rules and the response
of the center to electric field can be used for spin-photon entanglement
schemes. Our general formalism is applicable to a broad class of local defects
in solids. The present results have important implications for applications in
quantum information science and nanomagnetometry.Comment: 30 pages, 6 figure
The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy centre in diamond: the electronic solution
The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy centre is a unique defect in diamond
that possesses properties highly suited to many applications, including quantum
information processing, quantum metrology, and biolabelling. Although the
unique properties of the centre have been extensively documented and utilised,
a detailed understanding of the physics of the centre has not yet been
achieved. Indeed there persists a number of points of contention regarding the
electronic structure of the centre, such as the ordering of the dark
intermediate singlet states. Without a sound model of the centre's electronic
structure, the understanding of the system's unique dynamical properties can
not effectively progress. In this work, the molecular model of the defect
centre is fully developed to provide a self consistent model of the complete
electronic structure of the centre. The application of the model to describe
the effects of electric, magnetic and strain interactions, as well as the
variation of the centre's fine structure with temperature, provides an
invaluable tool to those studying the centre and a means to design future
empirical and ab initio studies of this important defect.Comment: 24 pages, 6 figures, 10 table
Status of Coral Reefs in the US Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico: Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and Navassa
The following report on the status of US Caribbean coral reef ecosystems has been summarised from more extensive reports submitted to the US Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) working group that implemented in 2000 âA National Program to Assess, Inventory, and Monitor US Coral Reef Ecosystemsâ. The more-lengthy reports are also the basis for the biennial-issued document, âStatus and Trends of US Coral Reef Ecosystemsâ. Each author is a recognised technical expert with responsibility for monitoring and/or managing aspects of their respective coral reef ecosystems
Choral Ensembles Holiday Concert
KSU School of Music presents Choral Ensembles Holiday Concert.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1323/thumbnail.jp
Evaluation of machine-learning methods for ligand-based virtual screening
Machine-learning methods can be used for virtual screening by analysing the structural characteristics of molecules of known (in)activity, and we here discuss the use of kernel discrimination and naive Bayesian classifier (NBC) methods for this purpose. We report a kernel method that allows the processing of molecules represented by binary, integer and real-valued descriptors, and show that it is little different in screening performance from a previously described kernel that had been developed specifically for the analysis of binary fingerprint representations of molecular structure. We then evaluate the performance of an NBC when the training-set contains only a very few active molecules. In such cases, a simpler approach based on group fusion would appear to provide superior screening performance, especially when structurally heterogeneous datasets are to be processed
LongSAGE profiling of nine human embryonic stem cell lines
Analysis of a 2.6 million longSAGE sequence tag resource generated from nine human embryonic stem cell lines reveals an enrichment of RNA binding proteins and novel ES-specific transcripts
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