Vergilian Allusions in the Novels of Willa Cather

This work aims to explore the nature of Vergilian allusion in the novels of Willa Cather - how the author implicated classical language in her own texts as well as the purpose and efficacy of such allusions. By surveying traces of Vergilian passages and rhetorical techniques such as ecphrasis and anacolouthon across three of the writer\u27s major novels, My Antonia, The Professor\u27s House and Shadows on the Rock, this study reveals an important and persistent aspect of Cather\u27s artistic program. The author intentionally and regularly uses Vergilian language and figures to lend a sense of grandeur to the small, individual lives of her characters, to suggest a sense of the infinite in the infinitesimal. Moreover this study will also demonstrate that such moments of epic insight rarely last and that Cather plays up not only the elevation of such moods but highlights equally the fading of such moments to reveal a bitter-sweet tragic beauty in the human condition

Factors that Contribute to and Mediate Master’S Level Counseling Students’ Interest in Working with Older Adults

This research study served to examine factors that may contribute to and mediate masters-level counseling students interest in working with older adults. A review of literature on factors related to counselors’ interest in working with older adults established potential relationships between Contact Knowledge of aging, Attitudes/Ageism (expected to be a negative correlation), Counseling Older Adult Self-efficacy (COASE) and Interest in working with older adults. Based on the Social Cognitive Career Theory, COASE was predicted to be impacted by Contact measures and correlated with Attitudes and Knowledge. A sample of 303 masters-level counseling students completed the Student Interest in Gerocounseling Scale (SIGS), Ambivalent Ageism Scale (AAS), Gerontological Counseling Competencies Scale (GCCS), and an adapted Contact Scale. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to examine the hypothesized relationships between the variables and revealed that Contact Quality, and COASE predict Interest in working with older adults. COASE was also found to partially mediate the relationship between Contact Quality and Interest. Additional findings were also discussed along with limitations, areas for further research, and implication

Judge a carbon market by its cap, not its prices

The goal of emissions trading systems is to make them scarce, not to make them costly. Published in the Financial Times on July 16th, 2013

Pluses and Minuses of a Carbon Tax

Either a tax or a cap can put a price on climate pollution. The goal is to reduce it. Published as Letter to the Editor in the New York Times on June 15th, 2015

Sectoral crediting: getting governance right from the beginning

Several pathways lead into a low-carbon, high-efficiency future. Many go through something commonly called 'sectoral crediting', by which developing economies would both adopt emission reduction goals for entire economic sectors and allow reductions to be sold, via permits, into industrialized countries' compliance carbon markets. These twin elements of sectoral crediting contrast with project-by-project crediting, as is currently seen under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and sector-level emission standards not linked to any market mechanism. Properly designed and operated, sectoral crediting could unleash substantial investment in efficient emissions reductions across entire sectors. A quick look at the numbers makes the appeal of and need for sectoral crediting clear. The world now emits roughly 45,000 million CO2-equivalent tonnes of greenhouse gases annually. In order to avoid the most dangerous consequences of climate change, that number needs to decrease swiftly, and by at least one-half to two-thirds by mid-century. Neither the market-based project-by-project approach of the CDM nor sectoral non-market standards on their own are likely to achieve this goal

Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Placental Insufficiency Results in Reduced Neuronal Complexity in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex

Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE) can produce long-term neurodevelopmental deficits and impaired executive function. Alcohol exposure during gestation is associated with impaired fetal development caused by placental insufficiency. The impact following PAE and placental insufficiency (PI) remains unknown. Utilizing a three-dimensional (3D) Sholl analysis, we hypothesized that PAE+PI will result in decreased neuronal complexity within the frontal cortex, a region critical to executive functioning. Pregnant Long-Evans rats voluntarily drank 5% ethanol or saccharin water until embryonic day 18 (E18) to mimic moderate PAE. On E19, a laparotomy was performed to occlude the uterine artery for 60 minutes to induce PI. The pups delivered normally. At postnatal day 100 (P100), brains were extracted and Golgi-Cox stained. Coronal sections were imaged utilizing a Leica TCS SP8 Confocal microscope with z-stacking capabilities. A 3D Sholl analysis was conducted within Imaris software to assess variance in neural complexity between treatment groups. Analysis was completed with a 2-way ANOVA and t-test. Five PAE+PI and 5 control brains were collected. In the medial frontal cortex, 3 neurons were analyzed from each hemisphere. No statistical difference was noted between the two hemispheres, so the data was combined for each animal resulting in 6 neurons being analyzed. The proximal dendritic complexity was similar between groups. PAE+PI resulted in significantly diminished complexity more distal from the soma; at 80 mm the PAE+PI group had an average of 2.4 intersections while the control group had an average of 3.3 (p\u3c0.05). At 90 mm, the PAE+PI group continued to have fewer intersections compared to controls (1.8 vs. 2.6). This is the first study to investigate the dendritic complexity following PAE combined with PI within the frontal cortex. Given the importance of this region to executive function, this may provide insight into the long-term deficits that are observed and provide support for interventions

KSU Philharmonic and Concert Band

KSU School of Music presents Philharmonic and Concert Band.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1113/thumbnail.jp

Trends in and predictors of carbapenem consumption across North American hospitals: Results from a multicenter survey by the MAD-ID research network

This Special Issue is dedicated to the late Dr. Charles (Charlie) D. Hufford, former Professor of Pharmacognosy and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at University of Mississippi [...]