A Trilogy of Modern Solos; Reflecting on Traveling Through Europe and the U.S.

My Senior Project, A Trilogy of Modern Solos, was performed at Ohio State's Department of Dance Senior Concert and explored reflections from my travels and future aspirations in modern dance performance. The trilogy included one self-choreographed solo, one solo choreographed by London-based artist Beatrice Bernstein, and a repertory solo from a Chicago based company Deeply Rooted. This project led me to a greater knowledge of the responsibilities and skillsets needed to cultivate solo performances and this project demonstrated the type of work I intend to perform as a professional dancer.OSU Department of Dance Undergraduate Arts Research ScholarshipNo embargoAcademic Major: Danc

Radical Librarian-Technologists

Librarians may be finding themselves in the role of the technologist that supports students and faculty in Internet security, censorship circumvention, and supports whistleblowers and journalists. This paper looks at three cases where librarians present and teach technologies with these aims: the Tor anonymity network, secure communication in the field of journalism, and the librarian’s place in the maker/hackerspace movement

Building Test Anonymity Networks in a Cybersecurity Lab Environment

This paper explores current methods for creating test anonymity networks in a laboratory environment for the purpose of improving these networks while protecting user privacy. We first consider how each of these networks is research-driven and interested in helping researchers to conduct their research ethically. We then look to the software currently available for researchers to set up in their labs. Lastly we explore ways in which digital forensics and cybersecurity students could get involved with these projects and look at several class exercises that help students to understand particular attacks on these networks and ways they can help to mitigate these attacks

Radical Librarian-Technologists

Librarians may be finding themselves in the role of the technologist that supports students and faculty in Internet security, censorship circumvention, and supports whistleblowers and journalists. This paper looks at three cases where librarians present and teach technologies with these aims: the Tor anonymity network, secure communication in the field of journalism, and the librarian’s place in the maker/hackerspace movement

The Legacy of Multics and Secure Operating Systems Today

This paper looks to the legacy of Multics from 1963 and its influence on computer security. It discusses kernel-based and virtualization-based containment in projects like SELinux and Qubes, respectively. The paper notes the importance of collaborative and research-driven projects like Qubes and Tor Project

Disability Studies in 1998: Missing Pieces

Produced by The Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, The Frank Sawyer School of Management, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts and The School of Social Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, for the Society for Disability Studies

Stock plant management of Lavandula angustifolia 'Wee One' using plant growth regulators and propagation techniques used to create optimal protocols for several Plant Select® species

2021 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.Lavandula angustifolia 'Wee One' is a drought tolerant dwarf herbaceous perennial being promoted by Plant Select®. The increased demand for this herbaceous perennial has resulted in problems with stock plant management and propagation due to the relatively small vegetative growth. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of plant growth regulators applied as foliar sprays on the vegetative growth of Lavandula angustifolia 'Wee One' propagation stock plants. Five chemical plant growth regulators were applied at the optimal recommended rates : 1) Ethephon (2-Chloroethyl) phosphonic acid [500 mg·L-1 (ppm)] (Verve, Nufarm Americas, Inc., Alsip, IL). 2) Kinetin, Gibberellic Acid, Indole-3-butyric Acid [500 mg·L-1 (ppm)] (Gravity, Winfield Solutions, LLC, St. Paul, MN), 3) N-(phenylmethyl)-IH-purine 6-amine, Gibberellins A4A7 [100 mg·L-1 (ppm)] (Fascination, Valent USA Corp., Fresno, CS), 4) N-(phenylmethyl)-1H-purine-6-amine [400 mg·L-1 (ppm)] (Configure, Fine Agrochemicals Limited, Worcester, U.K.), 5) Gibberellin A3 [100 mg·L-1 (ppm)] (ProGibb T&O, Valent USA Corp., Fresno, CS). Fifteen replications of Lavandula angustifolia 'Wee One' were evaluated once for four months for plant height, width, number of cuttings, and fresh & dry weight of the cuttings. This study was replicated twice, the first experiment was performed from March 2020 to July 2020 and the second experiment was performed from August 2020 to December 2020. Lavandula angustifolia 'Wee One' stock plants that were treated with ProGibb T&O at 100 mg·L-1 (ppm) resulted in larger stock plants with more cuttings produced. A secondary rooting study was conducted at the same time of each experiment. Cuttings were taken at the same time of day and stuck in trays of 26-strip Jiffy® Preforma media and placed under mist with bottom heat at a temperature of 23.9°C. Number of visible roots and rooting percentages were then recorded every week for four weeks. Rooting of Lavandula angustifolia 'Wee One' resulted in no observed differences between plant growth regulator treatments and the control. In conclusion, the use of plant growth regulators resulted in increases of propagation material for Lavender stock plants. Foliar applications of ProGibb T&O at 100 mg·L-1 (ppm) caused an increase in growth of vegetative material and increased the number of cuttings produced from each stock plant with no decreases in the rooting percentage of those cuttings. Epilobium canum subsp. garrettii 'PWWG01S', Osteospermum species, and Pterocephalus depressus are three herbaceous perennials being promoted by Plant Select®. The increased demand for these perennials has resulted in problems with current propagation protocols and production of rooted cuttings. The objective of the propagation techniques study was to determine the optimal combination of rooting hormone, root zone heating temperature, and hormone application methods that would result in higher rooting percentages of cuttings in four weeks. The first experiment focused on two concentrations of Dip N Grow rooting hormone applied to a cutting and placed on two different root zone heating temperatures. Three replications of this experiment occurred from July 2019 to September 2019. The second experiment focused on two rooting hormones (Dip N Grow and Hortus IBA) applied at a single concentration with two different application methods of quick dip (30 seconds) or immersion (3 minutes). Two replications of this experiment occurred from February 2020 to March 2020. After these two experiments, recommendations for propagation protocols can be written. Pterocephalus depressus prefer quick dip application of 30 seconds with either rooting hormone at 500 mg·L-1 (ppm) at a 23.9°C root zone heating temperature. Osteospermum species prefer an immersion application of 3 minutes with Dip N Grow at 500 mg·L-1 (ppm) at a 20°C root zone heating temperature. Epilobium canum subsp. garrettii 'PWWG01S' prefer a quick dip application of 30 seconds with either hormone at 500 mg·L-1 (ppm) with a root zone heating temperature of 20°C. All these recommended propagation techniques resulted in faster rooting and higher rooting percentage when compared to the untreated controls

A New Project Execution Methodology; Integrating Project Management Principles with Quality Project Execution Methodologies

On an annual basis, there are numerous reports in regards to a particular company or function’s inability to execute on a large number of projects. The reasons vary widely from a lack of an initial understanding of what the customer was really looking for to a product’s failure to receive final testing approval. Numerous methodologies have been proposed over the years to improve an organization’s ability to execute a project/solution successfully with mixed successes depending on the business and methodology adopted. This field project theorizes that while all the methodologies deliver a significant amount of knowledge and useful tools, they all fall short in delivering a complete Project Execution Methodology. Therefore, the proposed Project Execution Methodology will bring together the best of both worlds. The voice of the customer and data driven decision making of the quality methodologies and the rigorous discipline of managing all aspects of a project delivered by the project management methodology. Additionally, this new methodology can pick and choose from different tools across methodologies without having to maintain a “theme” relative to a particular function such as Quality and Project Management. The field project starts with an introduction and discussion of the Deming Principles, Six Sigma Methodology, Information Technology Infrastructure Library and Project Management Institute Book of Knowledge. The field project then utilizes these methodologies to build out a new methodology that can be utilized across businesses and organizations to dramatically improve the execution success of a project. By leveraging multiple methodologies with different approaches to solving a business problem, the new methodology can deliver a more comprehensive approach that attacks a project from both a technical and “administrative” perspective. The technical side being the creation/documentation of customer requirements, design of a solution and the formalized “guarantee” that the solution then meets these requirements. The administrative side being the management of scope, schedule, budget and risks in a way that insures the solution is delivered successfully in the eyes of business. I.E., the technical side insures a solution is delivered that the customer will buy and the administrative side insures the solutions is paid for by the business