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Reimagined: An Analysis and Retelling of Hans Christian Andersen\u27s Works
Where do modern retellings of classic fairytales stick to their source texts and where do they differ? Inspired by ABC’s fairytale drama Once Upon a Time, my reimagining project was born. I originally became obsessed with Hans Christian Andersen’s Snow Queen character both through this television series and through the character’s titular story, and after that, grew to love many of his tales from the nineteenth century. It has been two hundred years since Andersen was writing, and thus society has changed in ways potentially unimaginable in Andersen’s time. I have taken three of his stories— “The Snow Queen,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “Thumbelina”—and analyzed them through feminist and queer theory. With this knowledge, I have written my own modern, updated versions of these three stories utilizing feminist and queer lenses to increase the intersectionality in each story. The end goal is to increase intersectionality in fairy tales because they, as worlds meant to represent our own in uncanny manners, do not traditionally accomplish this
Research Computing and Data for Geoscience
This presentation will discuss the data storage and computational resources available for GIS researchers at Purdue.
This presentation will discuss the data storage and computational resources available for GIS researchers at Purdue
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Computer Interactive Reminiscence and Conversation Aid groups – delivering cognitive stimulation with technology
INTRODUCTION: Group-based cognitive stimulation is the only nonpharmacological intervention recommended by the UK National Institute for Clinical and Health Excellence (NICE) for people with dementia. The potential of technology to extend the availability of group-based cognitive stimulation has not been tested.
METHOD: One hundred and sixty-one people with dementia participated in an 8-session group activity using Computer Interactive Reminiscence and Conversation Aid (CIRCA). Cognition, quality of life and general health were assessed pre-, post- and three-months later.
RESULTS: There was a significant improvement in cognition and quality of life at the end of the CIRCA group intervention, which was further improved at three-month follow-up.
CONCLUSION: CIRCA group sessions improved cognition and quality of life similar to group-base cognitive stimulation approved by NICE. These benefits were maintained at three-month follow-up. The data confirm the potential of CIRCA, which can be populated with different cultural and language contents for different user groups
Scintillation detectors constructed with an optimized 2x2 silicon photomultiplier array
Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) are a good alternative to photomultiplier
tubes (PMTs) because their gain and quantum efficiency are comparable to PMTs.
However, the largest single-chip SiPM is still less than 1~cm. In order to
use SiPMs with scintillators that have reasonable sensitivity, it is necessary
to use multiple SiPMs. In this work, scintillation detectors are constructed
and tested with a custom 2x2 SiPM array. The layout of the SiPMs and the
geometry of the scintillator were determined by performing Geant4 simulations.
Cubic NaI, CsI, and CLYC with 18~mm sides have been tested. The output of the
scintillation detectors are stabilized over the temperature range between --20
and 50~C by matching the gain of the SiPMs in the array. The energy
resolution for these detectors has been measured as a function of temperature.
Furthermore, neutron detection for the CLYC detector was studied in the same
temperature range. Using pulse-shape discrimination, neutrons can be cleanly
identified without contribution from -photons. As a result, these
detectors are suitable for deploying in spectroscopic personal radiation
detectors (SPRD).Comment: IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record (2016
West Nile Virus
West Nile is a virus which means that West Nile is not a living organism and the only goal the virus has is to reproduce. The virus does this by taking over a host cell, attaching itself to the host cell and takes the cellular machinery needed to replicate itself. Once the virus is done and leaves, the host cell can also be used to infect other cells; therefore spreading the virus throughout the organism. (Campbell, Marfin, Lanciotti & Gubler, 2002)
Increasing the Verbal Response Rate of a Mentally Retarded Girl
This investigation was instigated to assess the effectiveness of a systematic application of reinforcement on the verbal response rate of a withdrawn, educable mentally retarded student in a junior high school special education class. The purpose of this study was to test the following hypothesis: There will be no statistically significant difference in the subject\u27s verbal response rate between the baseline average and under conditions of systematic application of reinforcement
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