Levinson's theorem for graphs

We prove an analog of Levinson's theorem for scattering on a weighted (m+1)-vertex graph with a semi-infinite path attached to one of its vertices. In particular, we show that the number of bound states in such a scattering problem is equal to m minus half the winding number of the phase of the reflection coefficient (where each so-called half-bound state is counted as half a bound state).Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure; v2: minor correction

Unitary equivalence to truncated Toeplitz operators

In this paper we investigate operators unitarily equivalent to truncated Toeplitz operators. We show that this class contains certain sums of tensor products of truncated Toeplitz operators. In particular, it contains arbitrary inflations of truncated Toeplitz operators; this answers a question posed by Cima, Garcia, Ross, and Wogen

Gender Trouble Couplets, Volume 1

"Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity radically claimed that the sexed body is a fallacy, discursively constructed by the performance of gender. A.W. Strouse has undertaken to rewrite Butler’s classic tome into an octosyllabic poem. Inspired by the rhyming encyclopedias of the Middle Ages, Strouse transforms each of Butler’s sentences into Seussian couplets. This performative repetition of Chapter 1 of Butler’s Gender Trouble, “Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire,” deconstructs Butler’s deconstruction. Relishing in the campiness of rhyme and meter—in the bodily pleasures of form—Strouse’s Gender Trouble Couplets, Volume 1 is an imitation for which there is no original. Gender Trouble, perhaps, was poetry all along.

My Gay Middle Ages

In the world of My Gay Middle Ages, Chaucer and Boethius are the secret-sharers of A.W. Strouse’s “gay lifestyle.” Where many scholars of the Middle Ages would “get in from behind” on cultural history, Strouse instead does a “reach around.” He eschews academic “queer theory” as yet another tedious, normative framework, and writes in the long, fruity tradition of irresponsible, homo-medievalism (a lineage that includes luminaries like Oscar Wilde, who was sustained by his amateur readings of Dante and Abelard during the darks days of his incarceration for crimes of “gross indecency”). Strouse experiences medieval literature and philosophy as a part of his everyday life, and in these prose poems he makes the case for regarding the Middle Ages as a kind of technology of self-preservation, a posture through which to spiritualize the petty indignities of modern urban life. With a Warholian flair for insouciant name-dropping and a Steinian appetite for syntactic perversion, Strouse monumentalizes the medieval within the contemporary and the contemporary within the medieval

Low Dose CT Scanning for Lung Cancer

Low Dose CT scanning for Lung Cancer Patrick Strouse Lynn Blazaskie M.S.,R.T.(R)(ARRT) Abstract Computed Tomography (CT) is the imaging of patients in a cross-sectional plane using x-ray. CT is used to diagnose diseases and is producing more efficient ways of this by making radiation dose lower, this leads to Low Dose CT and its abilities in diagnosing lung cancer. The research portrayed in this project provides points across the different aspects of Low Dose Computed Tomography (CT) and its relation to lung cancer to explain the growing new scan of Low Dose CT. Lung cancer is described as a cancer originating in the lungs which the cells grow exponentially causing many mortalities in the world. Lung cancer can be determined by many risk factors such as smoking, radon exposure, family history of lung cancer, and even diet. The symptoms for lung cancer may not be apparent early on, but many researchers find that detecting it early is the best chance for survival. Incorporating evidence shows that Low Dose CT is the best way to detect lung cancer early and to substantially raise the survival rate of this deadly disease, in evidence it shows the statistics of early findings on these scans as compared to others. This research also brings into consideration some of the reasons people may not have access to these scans, this is because of the newer technology and many do not know of it or its effectiveness to save lives. Some future work with these findings should raise the awareness of this scan and educate more individuals. Keywords: Lung Cancer, Low Dose CT, Computed Tomography, Healthhttps://digitalcommons.misericordia.edu/medimg_seniorposters/1041/thumbnail.jp

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