Queer Temporality and Aesthetics in Taylor Mac\u27s The Lily\u27s Revenge: a Dramaturgical Exploration of the Play at UMass Amherst

This master’s thesis documents the dramaturgical exploration of the spring 2018 University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Theater’s production of gender non-conforming performance artist Taylor Mac’s The Lily’s Revenge. The thesis is separated into two parts. The first half focuses on my dramaturgical analysis of Mac’s play and its exploration of queer temporality and queer embodiment, asserting the importance of queer aesthetics in American drama and its vital role in shaping the future of LGBTQIA+ politics in the United States. The second half includes reflections on rehearsal processes and performances, giving readers and fellow artists examples of the potential of queer dramaturgical practices that are products of LGBTQIA+ theater and politics in the United States. These reflections show the application of research to rehearsal processes into theatrical performances as directed, designed, and performed by graduate and undergraduate students at UMass Amherst Department of Theater, located in Amherst, Massachusetts, thus giving a trajectory of how the queer and feminist theories written into the play are manifested into a full production through collaborative design, movement, staging, and performance. Drawn from my discoveries while working on The Lily’s Revenge as production dramaturg, I have shaped my own style of collaborative “queer dramaturgy” with the director and designers, hopefully, opening new entry points of future explorations for queer dramaturgs to synthesize theory and practice onto the stage with collaborators from all disciplines and identities

Automated Analysis of Stateful Feature Models

In CAiSE 2005, we interpreted the extraction of relevant information from extended feature models as an automated reasoning problem based on constraint programming. Such extraction is driven by a catalogue of basic and compound operations. Much has been done since, renaming the problem as the automated analysis of feature models, a widely accepted problem in the Software Product Line (SPL) community. In this chapter, we review this seminal contribution and its impact in the community, highlighting the key milestones up to a more complete problem formulation that we coin as the Automated Analysis of Stateful Feature Models (AASFM). Finally, we envision some breakthroughs and challenges in the AASFM.Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación TIN2009- 07366Junta de Andalucía TIC-590

Multiple Sources toward the High-mass Young Star S140 IRS1

S140 IRS1 is a remarkable source where the radio source at the center of the main bipolar molecular outflow in the region is elongated perpendicular to the axis of the outflow, an orientation opposite to that expected if the radio source is a thermal jet exciting the outflow. We present results of 1.3 cm continuum and H2O maser emission observations made with the VLA in its A configuration toward this region. In addition, we also present results of continuum observations at 7 mm and re-analyse observations at 2, 3.5 and 6 cm (previously published). IRS 1A is detected at all wavelengths, showing an elongated structure. Three water maser spots are detected along the major axis of the radio source IRS 1A. We have also detected a new continuum source at 3.5 cm (IRS 1C) located ~0.6'' northeast of IRS 1A. The presence of these two YSOs (IRS 1A and 1C) could explain the existence of the two bipolar molecular outflows observed in the region. In addition, we have also detected three continuum clumps (IRS 1B, 1D and 1E) located along the major axis of IRS 1A. We discuss two possible models to explain the nature of IRS 1A: a thermal jet and an equatorial wind.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figures, to be published in A

Building Health Equity One Institution at a Time: The Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions Project

Developing a well-trained workforce interested in, and prepared for, conducting health equity research is an important national priority. Scientists from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) bring unique perspectives and experiences with racial, ethnic and social inequities in health and health status but often lack access to training and mentoring opportunities, which is crucial for increasing the diverse pool of investigators who are adequately prepared to conduct health disparities research and to compete for National Institutes of Health research funding. The focus of the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI) Project was to: (a) enhance CSULB’s infrastructure and research capacity, (b) conduct applied community health research on health conditions disproportionately affecting disadvantaged populations, and (c) support faculty to embark on careers in reducing health disparities. Faculty received training, mentorship, and release time support to participate in research-related activities. Select faculty also received funding to conduct a two-year health disparities research project. Within a relatively short period of time, the RIMI Project made important strides toward strengthening the research infrastructure at CSULB by enhancing faculty capacity, improving research utilization to address health disparities, and strengthening campus and community collaborations. MSIs are encouraged to apply for opportunities to build their institution’s research capacity. The lessons learned from this project may be used as a guide for other teaching institutions that have the goal to develop minority faculty researchers

Conocimiento, Actitudes y Prácticas de la lactancia materna en mujeres puerperas, de 15-24 años, sala de Ginecología, Hospital Gaspar García Laviana, Rivas, Septiembre-Diciembre, 2015

Se realizó un estudio descriptivo en el área de ginecología del Hospital Gaspar García Laviana, Rivas, en el periodo comprendido Septiembre – Diciembre del año 2015. El universo estuvo constituido por 518 mujeres, con una muestra de 82 mujeres puérperas entre las edades de 15-24 años de edad a quiénes se les realizó una encuesta, previamente validada con personas claves, dicha encuesta incluía preguntas sobre datos socio demográficos, conocimiento, actitudes y prácticas relacionadas con la lactancia materna, que tenía como objetivo conocer las características demográficas de la población estudiada, el nivel de conocimiento, la actitud ante este tema, que es de suma importancia para el bienestar de los niños y niñas. Así mismo, se exploró si las mujeres a su vez realizaban una práctica adecuada de la lactancia materna. Los resultados más relevantes del estudio revelaron que el 57% de las mujeres tenían una actitud desfavorable ante la Lactancia Materna, lo que permite confirmar que a pesar que la población se encuentra en un sector urbanizado, tiene mitos sobre este tema que no han sido superados aun con las diferentes iniciativas que se han implementado en las unidades de salud, donde el personal de salud, es la principal fuente de información. Al preguntarles a las mujeres en estudio sobre la actitud del cónyuge, el 49% expresó que este no juega un papel importante en el momento del amamantamiento, pero también se expresó que ellos no tienen problema con los horarios ni la atención prestada al bebé. La práctica realizada por la población estudiada fue buena en un 95%, en su mayoría estas mujeres brindaron lactancia materna posterior al parto y utilizan las medidas higiénicas adecuadas, sin embargo se demostró que en su mayoría brindan otro tipo de leche a sus bebés. Los hallazgos del estudio brindan pautas para fortalecer la iniciativa de la Lactancia Materna que se desarrolla en las unidades de salud por parte del Ministerio de Salud, en particular en los aspectos educativos para reducir mitos y tabúes relacionados con este tema que es de mucha importancia para el desarrollo y bienestar de la niñez en nuestro país

MAY PUWANG KA PA BA?: PAGGALUGAD SA SALOOBIN HINGGIL SA PAGGAMIT NG FILIPINO SA MGA PILING ASIGNATURA NG GEC (GENERAL EDUCATION CURICULUM)

Ang kakayahan ng mga mag-aaral sa paggamit ng wikang Filipino ay nararapat lamang na malinang nang lubusan ng mga tagapagturong may sapat na kasanayan. Ang pag-aaral na ito ay gumamit ng pagsusuring palarawan, upang malinaw na makita ang saloobin ng mga mag-aaral sa paggamit ng Filipino sa paraan na pagpapahayag ng kanilang saloobin. Nilayon ng pag-aaral na ito na malaman ang saloobin ng mga mag-aaral hinggil sa paggamit ng Filipino sa mga piling asignatura ng GEC (General Education Subject) kabilang dito ang GEC 5 (Purposive Communication), GEC 2 (Readings in Philippine History), GEC 1 (Understanding The Self) at GEM 14 (The Life and Works of Rizal). Sinusuri rin dito ang mga uri ng pag-uulat, mga sulatin at proyekto sa naging negatibong saloobin ng mga mag-aaral sa paggamit ng wikang Filipino. At bilang midyum sa mga piling asignatura, 33 o 27.50% ng mga mag-aaral ay may negatibong tugon samantalang (87 o 72.50%) karamihan ay nagsabi na kailangan, mahalaga, nakatutulong, madaling gamitin, at gamitin pa sa ibang asignatura. Ang mga respondent ay napatunayan na batid nila na ang paggamit ng Filipino ay isa sa mga wikang panturo sa mga piling asignatura sa antas tersarya at ang walang pagkakaibang saloobin ng mga mag-aaral sa paggamit ng Filipino ay nagpapakita ng kanilang positibong pagtanggap sa Filipino ay kinakailangan sa kanilang pagkatuto. Batay sa kinalabasan ng pag-aaral, ang mga mag-aaral ay kailangang mabigyan ng mga kaukulang gawain kaugnay sa wika upang mapahalagahan ang kanilang saloobin at lalong magamit ang wikang Filipino bilang unang wika sa paraang pasulat at pasalita

Time series of high resolution spectra of SN 2014J observed with the TIGRE telescope

We present a time series of high resolution spectra of the Type Ia supernova 2014J, which exploded in the nearby galaxy M82. The spectra were obtained with the HEROS echelle spectrograph installed at the 1.2 m TIGRE telescope. We present a series of 33 spectra with a resolution of R = 20, 000, which covers the important bright phases in the evolution of SN 2014J during the period from January 24 to April 1 of 2014. The spectral evolution of SN 2014J is derived empirically. The expansion velocities of the Si II P-Cygni features were measured and show the expected decreasing behaviour, beginning with a high velocity of 14,000 km/s on January 24. The Ca II infrared triplet feature shows a high velocity component with expansion velocities of > 20, 000 km/s during the early evolution apart from the normal component showing similar velocities as Si II. Further broad P-Cygni profiles are exhibited by the principal lines of Ca II, Mg II and Fe II. The TIGRE SN 2014J spectra also resolve several very sharp Na I D doublet absorption components. Our analysis suggests interesting substructures in the interstellar medium of the host galaxy M82, as well as in our Milky Way, confirming other work on this SN. We were able to identify the interstellar absorption of M82 in the lines of Ca II H & K at 3933 and 3968 A as well as K I at 7664 and 7698 A. Furthermore, we confirm several Diffuse Interstellar Bands, at wavelengths of 6196, 6283, 6376, 6379 and 6613 A and give their measured equivalent widths.Comment: 11 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA