Finding Golden Threads of Commonality: An Interfaith Dialogue Sharing Experiences During Troubled Times

This interfaith dialogue conducted between three educator/scholars offers insights into how they navigated through the troubled times of COVID 19 and the summer of racial uprisings in 2020. The collaborative auto-ethnography presented in this paper helps us gain insights into how people of very different faiths, a Buddhist, Christian, and Hindu, found points of convergence as they openly discussed their challenges during those troubled times in our world

Care and Value-Creating Education Put into Action in Brazil: A Narrative Inquiry

This narrative inquiry highlights the experiences of self-identified Soka educators in a PreK-12th grade school in São Paulo, Brazil, as well as volunteers through a program called “Soka Education in Action.” Through their narratives, the role of care in value-creating education is explored as a critical aspect of education that supports students’ academic and personal growth and development, as well as educators’ professional identity and self-actualization. This study clarifies the essential qualities of Soka educators as understood and articulated by practitioners in the field. The narratives shared by study participants illuminate Soka education as a catalyst that fosters global citizenship by encouraging students to recognize their roles as agents of societal change and instruments of social justice

Cinder and Soul: The Biography of a Historically Significant African American School in Dallas, Texas

This paper provides an approach for social studies education that includes investigative research into an old school building that has traditionally served predominantly African American children, along with a narrative inquiry into the experiences of one of that school’s former students. We offer a unique approach to experiential global citizenship education, in conjunction with an exemplar of this kind of social studies research. The first half of this paper is a “building biography” of N. W. Harllee School, followed by memories of Dr. Njoki McElroy, who attended Harllee as a young child. In the US, African American life is often misrepresented, devalued, or completely expunged from history books and historical documents. The implication of this novel approach to uncovering the truth about the education of African Americans in the 1930s is that educators around the world can use a similar approach to honor and highlight voices of marginalized people, creating rightful spaces for their stories in our collective history and memory

Understanding fuel expenditure: fuel poverty and spending on fuel

A report to Consumer Focus funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that seeks a better understanding of consumers’ actual expenditure on fuel and how this affects our understanding of fuel poverty

SuperTowel (formerly Magic Towel) form, packaging and distribution kit design

This research concerns the design development of an innovative antimicrobial textile, exploring its potential application in humanitarian contexts. ‘SuperTowel’ is a microfibre towel treated with a permanent anti-microbial bonding, designed as a soap alternative in emergency situations, when handwashing is critical for disease control but it is also inconvenient and difficult to practice. The product has a dual mode of action: rubbing the skin with the fabric provides mechanical removal of bacteria and dirt from hands, and the antimicrobial treatment disinfects the towel. The project structure includes iterative cycles of laboratory tests, design experimentation and field trials in Eritrea and Tanzania, hence spanning three disciplines and methodologies, leading to a viable, impactful outcome. Two design experimentation phases include two-day workshops to explore design possibilities, providing developer Real Relief with creative directions improving the application of their SuperTowel fabric for hand cleansing in a humanitarian context. Design workshop 1, in February 2018, led and facilitated by Stevens, and included Real Relief’s Technical Director and a WASH specialist Research Fellow from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and RCA MA students. The workshop led to prototypes used in subsequent lab and field trials, increasing functional efficacy (better dirt removal), and increased likelihood of timely use. Lab tests found three of the four prototypes derived from workshop 1 were better at removing E.coli than handwashing with soap (while also using less water). Workshop 2 in February 2020 aims to refine structural design, pattern, and visual communications to improve intuitive understanding of the product’s purpose and mode of use, and to develop a communications package to be used by distributors, such as NGO field officers and volunteers. A second round of field trials in Africa follows

SuperTowel, packaging and distribution kit design – refinement and

This research concerns the design development of an innovative antimicrobial textile, exploring its potential application in humanitarian contexts. ‘SuperTowel’ is a microfibre towel treated with a permanent anti-microbial bonding, designed as a soap alternative in emergency situations, when handwashing is critical for disease control but it is also inconvenient and difficult to practice. The product has a dual mode of action: rubbing the skin with the fabric provides mechanical removal of bacteria and dirt from hands, and the antimicrobial treatment disinfects the towel. The project structure includes iterative cycles of laboratory tests, design experimentation and field trials in Eritrea and Tanzania, hence spanning three disciplines and methodologies, leading to a viable, impactful outcome. Two design experimentation phases include two-day workshops to explore design possibilities, providing developer Real Relief with creative directions improving the application of their SuperTowel fabric for hand cleansing in a humanitarian context. Design workshop 1, in February 2018, led and facilitated by Stevens, and included Real Relief’s Technical Director and a WASH specialist Research Fellow from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and RCA MA students. The workshop led to prototypes used in subsequent lab and field trials, increasing functional efficacy (better dirt removal), and increased likelihood of timely use. Lab tests found three of the four prototypes derived from workshop 1 were better at removing E.coli than handwashing with soap (while also using less water). Workshop 2 in February 2020 sought to refine structural design, pattern, and visual communications to improve intuitive understanding of the product’s purpose and mode of use, and to develop a communications package to be used by distributors, such as NGO field officers and volunteers. A second round of field trials in Africa follows. Workshop 2 process and outcomes are documented here

Nonalcoholic and Alcoholic Beverage Intakes by Adults across 5 Upper-Middle- and High-Income Countries.

BACKGROUND: Despite considerable public health interest in sugary drink consumption, there has been little comparison of intake across countries. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to compare the consumption frequency and amounts of commonly consumed beverages among adults in 5 upper-middle- and high-income countries, and examine differences in consumption between population subgroups. METHODS: Adults aged 18-65 y completed online surveys in December 2017 in Australia (n = 3264), Canada (n = 2745), Mexico (n = 3152), the United Kingdom (n = 3221), and the USA (n = 4015) as part of the International Food Policy Study. The frequency of consuming beverages from 22 categories in the past 7 d was estimated using the Beverage Frequency Questionnaire. Regression models were used to examine differences in the likelihood of any consumption and in the amounts consumed of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), sugary drinks (SSBs and 100% juice), diet, and alcoholic beverages between countries and across sociodemographic subgroups. RESULTS: The prevalence of reported SSB consumption in the past 7 d ranged from 47% (United Kingdom) to 81% (Mexico), and that of sugary drinks ranged from 62% (United Kingdom) to 87% (Mexico). Rates of consumption of diet drinks ranged from 26% (Mexico) to 37% (United Kingdom), whereas alcoholic drink consumption rates ranged from 45% (USA) to 52% (Canada). Respondents in Mexico were more likely to consume SSBs and sugary drinks, and in greater amounts, than those in other countries. Respondents in the United Kingdom were more likely to consume diet drinks than those in Australia, Canada, and Mexico, and greater amounts of diet drinks were consumed in the United Kingdom and the USA. Across countries, younger respondents and males were more likely to consume greater amounts of SSBs and sugary drinks. CONCLUSIONS: Most adult respondents across all countries consumed SSBs and sugary drinks, with greater consumption in Mexico and the USA. Consumption varied greatly across countries, but patterns of association among subpopulations were relatively similar.The first two waves of the International Food Policy Study were funded by a population health intervention research operating grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Additional support was provided by a CIHR – Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Applied Public Health Chair held by David Hammond. JA receives funding from the Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence. Funding from the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, the National Institute for Health Research, and the Wellcome Trust, under the auspices of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, is gratefully acknowledged. GS is supported by a Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship (102035) from the National Heart Foundation of Australia. He is also a researcher within National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centres for Research Excellence entitled Reducing Salt Intake Using Food Policy Interventions (APP1117300) and a Centre of Research Excellence in Food Retail Environments for Health (RE-FRESH) (APP1152968) (Australia). He has also received other funding from the NHMRC, Australian Research Council (ARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Data described in the manuscript, code book, and analytic code will be made available upon request pending application and approval by DH

Survey of intertidal organisms of a pothole at Strawberry Hill, Benton county, Oregon

Keywords: Zoo451; Strawberry Hill; intertidal organisms; Community; Population size; Population density; Distribution; Anthopleura xanthogrammica; Laminaria; Allopora; Lissodendoryx; Eudistyla polymorpha; Salmacina; Anthopleura; Esperiopsis originalis; Mytilus californiahus; Oedignathus inermis; Pholadidea penita; Balanus cariosus; Pisaster ochraceus; Iridophycus; Microcladia; Halichondria; Mopalia ciliata; Polycipes polymerus; Stronglyocentrotus purpuratus; Balanus glandula; Anthopleora elegantissima; Pollicipes polymerus; Strongylocentrotus purpuratus; Anthopleura elegantissim

LMDA Newsletter, July 1, 2016

Contents include: Letter from the Editor; A Message from our LMDA President; Canadian Fellows: Vicki Stroich & Bob White in Conversation; Freelancing Across America: On the Road with Heather Helinsky; From Producing to Freelancing: Artistic Leaders Jayne Wenger & Mead Hunter; Freelancing in Canada: David Geary Talks Shop & Indigenous Dramaturgy; Early Career Projects: Anna Woodruff Collaborates with Melis Aker; Benches We Have Shared: Elizabeth Bennett & Liz Engelman Talk Life after Institutional Dramaturgy; Upcoming Events.https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/lmdanewsletter/1008/thumbnail.jp

Variable morphologic expression of volcanic, tectonic, and hydrothermal processes at six hydrothermal vent fields in the Lau back-arc basin

Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2008. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 9 (2008): Q07022, doi:10.1029/2008GC002047.Ultrahigh-resolution bathymetric maps (25 cm grid) are used to quantify the physical dimensions of and spatial relationships between tectonic, volcanic, and hydrothermal features at six hydrothermal vent fields in the Lau back-arc basin. Supplemented with near-bottom photos, and nested within regional DSL-120A side-scan sonar data, these maps provide insight into the nature of hydrothermal systems along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center (ELSC) and Valu Fa Ridge (VFR). Along-axis transitions evident in localized volcanic morphology and tectonic characteristics include a change from broad low-relief volcanic domes (hundreds of meters wide, <10 m tall) that are dominated by pillow and lobate lava morphologies and are cut by faults and fissures to higher aspect ratio volcanic domes (tens of meters wide, tens of meters tall) dominated by aa-type lava morphologies, with finger-like flows, and few tectonic structures. These along-axis differences in localized seafloor morphology suggest differences in hydrothermal circulation pathways within the shallow crust and correlate with regional transitions in a variety of ridge properties, including the large-scale morphology of the ridge axis (shallow axial valley to axial high), seafloor lava compositions, and seismic properties of the upper crust. Differences in morphologic characteristics of individual flows and lava types were also quantified, providing an important first step toward the remote characterization of complex terrains associated with hydrothermal vent fields.Support for field and laboratory studies was provided by the National Science Foundation under grant OCE02-41796 (M.K.T.). Additional support for data analysis and integration was provided by the National Science Foundation under grant OCE03-28117 (S.M.C.)