Humanizing the Tattoo: Looking Beyond the Skin\u27s Surface

Tattoos. Works of art on the skin, but what does it mean? One does not just brand themselves without a just cause. There is much that goes into a tattoo; selection of a design, collaboration with an artist, color selection, actual tattooing, and the aftermath/healing. This is the same process no matter the size of the piece. Even as a simple quote in black across a section of skin, there is more behind the ink and skin. There is an individual with a story. The exhibition, Humanizing the Tattoo: Looking Beyond the Skin’s Surface will explore the human relationship to tattoos. With works from over eight artists, this exhibition will look through history and current tattoo trends to discover the human experience. The exhibition will start historically from military tattoos of World War Two and go to Today’s trends. Another important element is the storytelling aspect, where through interviews and clips, we can hear the voices of those with tattoos and their stories behind it. The human experience of getting a tattoo is a very personal experience. It is a decision only the person receiving the tattoo can decide. This is also something, as a society, we never trully look into to. What causes someone to get a tattoo, over not getting one? Why do some have a great need to be tattooed, while others have no desire? It is an interesting split among people who want and do not. Also with tattoos, we are interested only in the work, but not the person behind it. It creates a wall between the works and the person, “a split between (as translator) and body (the displayed tattoo) inevitably takes place in performative tattoo discourse. The spilt allows as interactive play among the subject, viewer, and the tattoo.” (1) The tattoo becomes similar to an object for the wearer to become the speaker for. This exhibition wants to break that image down and create an equal one for both. One could not exist without the other. Tattoos are two-sided beings. They showcase the artist who performed them and the person receiving one. For the artist, the tattoo shows their skill set in this art form and what they contribute to the community. To the individual getting the tattoo, it is adding to their person as a whole. They decided to get a tattoo because something was missing to them or they wanted something their persons forever. This exhibition will showcase the stories behind the art and how it has become the people’s art, “Artistic tattooing is one of the most prevalent and accessible art forms in America- easily characterized as the people’s art.” (2) In the exhibition Humanizing the Tattoo: Looking Beyond the Skin’s Surface we will explore the human experience with tattoos. How it has changed over time? It is an ever changing art form that is constantly evolving. This both with the art form and those interested in receiving a tattoo. There are no limits, “Tattoos are images without a frame, bounded only by the horizons of the body itself.” (3) (1) Lei, Daphne. “The Blood-Stained Text in Translation: Tattooing, Bodily Writing, and Performance of Chinese Virtue.” Anthropological Quarterly 82 (2009), 100. (2) Noonan, Claire. “Art Expressed on a Living Canvas: Proposing a Balance Between the Protection of Free Expression and the Governmental Interest in Regulating the Tattoo Industry.” Loyola Law Review 60 (n.d.), 155. (3) Buss, Laura, and Karen Hodges. “Marked: Tattoo as an Expression of Psyche.” Psychological Perspectives 60 (2017), 22

Quantification of the directional detection capability of the DRIFT-IIe dark matter search detector via the range of nuclear recoil tracks in two dimensions

2021 Spring.Includes bibliographical references.Evidence suggests that 83% of the matter content of the universe is dark matter. Despite its ubiquity, the identity of this matter is unknown. It is thought that a halo of dark matter surrounds and is distributed throughout our galaxy. The Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) has been a popular dark matter candidate. As we move through this halo it should appear as a wind of WIMPs incident upon us. A properly-placed detector could have this wind blow through its top face at one time in the day, and through a side face 12 sidereal hours later. DRIFT-IIe is a low-pressure gas negative-ion time projection chamber designed for direct and directional detection of WIMPs elastically scattering from gas nuclei. Partial directional information of a WIMP recoil could be extracted by measuring the range of the track of ionization that it produces in two dimensions. To study this signature, the detector was exposed to a source of neutrons in a series of runs. In one run the source was placed above the detector and in a second run the source was placed to the side of the detector. Neutron recoils mimic those expected from WIMPs, and the source placement mimics a specific WIMP wind direction. For the two runs, the range information was compared with a Monte Carlo resampling test. It was found on average 302 +/- 4 neutron recoils, sampled with WIMP-like energy spectra, are required along each of these axes to discern the two populations with a significance of 3σ

The National Credit Act: Will it increase access to credit for small and micro enterprises?

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Charge Transport through Organized Organic Assemblies in Confined Geometries

Organic molecules such as porphyrins and alkanethiols are currently being investigated for applications such as sensors, light-emitting diodes and single electron transistors. Porphyrins are stable, highly conjugated compounds and the choice of metal ion and substituents bound to the macrocycle as well as other effects such as chemical surrounding and cluster size modulate the electronic and photonic properties of the molecule. Porphyrins and their derivatives are relatively non-toxic and their very rich photo- and electro-chemistry, and small HOMO-LUMO gaps make them outstanding candidates for use in molecularly-enhanced electronic applications. For these studies, self-assembled tri-pyridyl porphyrin thiol derivatives have been fully characterized on Au(111) surfaces. A variety of surface characterization techniques such as Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), FT-IR spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) have been implemented in order to obtain information regarding the attachment orientation based on the angle and physical height of the molecule, conductivity which is determined based on the apparent height and current-voltage (I-V) measurements of the molecule, conductance switching behavior due to conformational or other effects as well as the stability of the molecular ensembles. Specifically, the transport properties of free base and zinc coordinated tri-pyridyl porphyrin thiol molecular islands inserted into a dodecanethiol matrix on Au(111) were investigated using STM and cross-wire inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy (IETS). The zinc porphyrin thiol islands observed by STM exhibited reversible bias induced switching at high surface coverage due to the formation of Coulomb islands of ca. 10 nm diameter driven by porphyrin aggregation. Low temperature measurements (~ 4 K) from crossed-wire junctions verified the appearance of a Coulomb staircase and blockade which was not observed for single molecules of this compound or for the analogous free base. Scanning probe lithography via nanografting has been implemented to directly assemble nanoscale patterns of zinc porphyrin thiols and 16-mercapotohexadecanoic acid on Au surfaces. Matrix effects during nanopatterning including solvent and background SAMs have been investigated and ultimately ~ 10 nm islands of zinc porphyrins have been fabricated which is the optimal size for the observed switching effect

An assessment of the impact of gentrification in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City, Missouri

Title from PDF of title page, viewed on June 14, 2012Thesis advisor: Steven DrieverVitaIncludes bibliographic references (p. 81-86)Thesis (M.A.)--Dept. of Geosciences. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012The term gentrification can have many different meanings. One person may think it stands for cleaning up a derelict part of a city while another may expand the term to cover everything from rehabilitated structures to improved infrastructure and a heightened sense of community.The Crossroads lies south of Interstate 70 which runs through downtown Kansas City, Missouri and south to twenty first street. The eastern extent of the area is Highway 71 and the western boundary is Interstate 35. Since the1980s, the Crossroads District has been undergoing a marked transformation. Art galleries, lofts, and restaurants now occupy several of the once-vacant buildings in the Crossroads. But has this part of Kansas City been fully gentrified or was that even the original intent? In the course of this study I will examine the results of the Crossroads gentrification process through the use of Census data, examining public policy, and by taking a look at the physical structure of the Crossroads today and how the presence of blight is affecting the area.Introduction -- Review of literature -- Methodology -- Analysis of data -- Conclusions -- Map appendix -- Picture appendi

Comparing Sex Buyers With Men Who Do Not Buy Sex: New Data on Prostitution and Trafficking.

We investigated attitudes and behaviors associated with prostitution and sexual aggression among 101 men who buy sex and 101 age-, education-, and ethnicity-matched men who did not buy sex. Both groups tended to accept rape myths, be aware of harms of prostitution and trafficking, express ambivalence about the nature of prostitution, and believe that jail time and public exposure are the most effective deterrents to buying sex. Sex buyers were more likely than men who did not buy sex to report sexual aggression and likelihood to rape. Men who bought sex scored higher on measures of impersonal sex and hostile masculinity and had less empathy for prostituted women, viewing them as intrinsically different from other women. When compared with non-sex-buyers, these findings indicate that men who buy sex share certain key characteristics with men at risk of committing sexual aggression as documented by research based on the leading scientific model of the characteristics of non-criminal sexually aggressive men, the Confluence Model of sexual aggression

Angler effort and catch within a spatially complex system of small lakes

Spatial layout of waterbodies and waterbody size can affect a creel clerk’s ability to intercept anglers for interviews and to accurately count anglers, which will affect the accuracy and precision of estimates of effort and catch. This study aimed to quantify angling effort and catch across a spatially complex system of19 small (\u3c100 ha) lakes, the Fremont lakes. Total (±SE) angling effort (hours) on individual lakes ranged from 0 (0) to 7,137 (305). Bank anglers utilized 18 of the 19 lakes, and their mean (±SE) trip lengths(hours) ranged from 0.80 (0.31) to 7.75 (6.75), depending on the waterbody. In contrast, boat anglers utilized 14 of the 19 lakes, and their trip lengths ranged from 1.39 (0.24) to 4.25 (0.71), depending on the waterbody. The most sought fishes, as indexed by number of lakes on which effort was exerted, were anything (17 of 19 lakes), largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides (15 of 19 lakes), and channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus (13 of 19 lakes). Bluegill Lepomis machrochirus, crappie Pomoxis spp., and largemouth bass were caught most frequently across the lakes, but catch rates varied considerably by lake. Of the1,138 parties interviewed, most parties (93%) visited a single lake but there were 77 (7%) parties that indicated that they had visited multiple lakes during a single day. The contingent of parties that visited more than one lake a day were primarily (87%) bank anglers.. The number of lake-to-lake connections made by anglers visiting more than one waterbody during a single day was related to catch rates and total angling effort. The greater resolution that was achieved with a lake specific creel survey at Fremont lakes revealed a system of lakes with a large degree of spatial variation in angler effort and catch that would be missed by a coarser, system-wide survey that did not differentiate individual lakes

Introducing trainees to research using an online, asynchronous course

Abstract Introduction: Research is an important aspect of many students’ training. However, formal research training is rarely included in curricula. Thus, we developed an online, asynchronous series of modules to introduce trainees to multiple topics that are relevant to the conduct of research. Methods: Research 101 was utilized by first-year medical students and undergraduate students conducting mentored research projects. Students’ knowledge, confidence, and satisfaction were assessed using pre- and post-module surveys with five-point Likert scaled questions, open-ended text responses, and a final quiz. Results: Pre-module survey results showed that learners felt most confident with the Conducting a literature search and Race and racism in medicine modules and least confident with the Submitting an Institutional Review Board protocol at UC module. Post-module survey responses were significantly increased compared to pre-module results for all modules and questions (p < 0.0001). The response to “The content of this module met my needs” was endorsed across all modules (84.9% “yes” responses). A final quiz of 25 multiple-choice questions was completed by 92 participants who received a median score of 21. Content analysis of open-ended post-module survey responses identified several strengths and opportunities for improvement in course content and instructional methods. Conclusions: These data demonstrate that significant learning resulted from completion of Research 101, as post-module survey scores were significantly higher than pre-module survey scores for all modules and questions. Final quiz scores were positive but also highlighted opportunity for additional trainee learning and will guide evolution of future modules