A Comprehensive Analysis of the Impact of Health Journalism through Women\u27s Magazines

The first women’s magazines date back to the beginning of the twentieth century. Throughout the years, they continue to advise, entertain, and give a voice to women. This paper examines one particular area: health journalism, an area that offers the potential for a substantial impact on readers’ health and lifestyle. This thesis explores the potential impact through interviewing the health editors and writers, as well as the readers themselves. The thesis also profiles a pioneer health writer, Barbara Seaman, whose decades of health writing for women’s magazines served as a catalyst for change on several critical women’s issues. Seaman’s work appeared in several influential publications directed at women, and these magazines emerged as advocates for women’s health at a historically important time—the 1960s-1970s—the beginning of the women’s movement. Overall, women’s magazines push for change and serve as advocates for women’s health, and this was especially true in that time period. The articles that ran in magazines helped sway society on two specific issues: choice in breast cancer surgery and the option of having fathers in the delivery room. Today, magazines include articles on just about every aspect of health: from anxiety disorders to exercise advice. This thesis examines the six issues that pertain to women’s health that women’s magazines helped define and promote: menopause, drugs/pharmaceuticals, sex, diet/nutrition, cigarette smoking, and parenting. Readers take magazines seriously and rely on them to provide accurate and useful health information. Therefore, a cohesive code of ethics for this area was formulated and included in the conclusion

Passing the Baton: The Effect of the International Olympic Committee\u27s Weak Anti-Doping Laws in Dealing with the 2016 Russian Olympic Team

Following the investigation of a Russian state-sponsored doping ploy prior to the Olympic Games in Rio 2016; the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided against a blanket ban of the Russian Olympic team. Instead; it allowed athletes’ individual international federations to decide whether Russian athletes could compete. In following the various anti-doping laws in place; the IOC sought to protect and give justice to clean athletes around the world. This Note argues that they did not achieve this result; due to the anti-doping laws in place and the actors applying these laws. It suggests that there should be a universal anti-doping law to give credibility to the laws; as well as to protect athletes. In doing so; the IOC will be better equipped to deal with a doping ploy of this magnitude in the future

Bryozoan Tabulipora carbonaria in Wreford Megacyclothem (Lower Permian) of Kansas

96 p., 9 pl., 33 fig.http://paleo.ku.edu/contributions.htm

Fenestrate, Pinnate, and Ctenostome Bryozoans and Associated Barnacle Borings in the Wreford Megacyclothem (Lower Permian) of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska

38 p., 11 fig., 11 tables.http://paleo.ku.edu/contributions.htm

Stratigraphic and Geographic Bryozoan Abundance Gradients in the Calcareous Shales of the Wreford Megacyclothem (Lower Permian, Kansas)

17 p., 3 fig., 13 tables.http://paleo.ku.edu/contributions.htm

Filiramoporina kretaphilia-a new genus and species of bifoliate tubulobryozoan (Ectoprocta) from the Lower Permian Wreford Megacyclothem of Kansas

12 p., 2 pl., 3 fig.http://paleo.ku.edu/contributions.htm

Fistuliporacean bryozoans of the Wreford megacyclothem (Lower Permian) of Kansas

24 p., 3 pl., 5 fig.http://paleo.ku.edu/contributions.htm

SERMeQ Model Produces a Realistic Upper Bound on Calving Retreat for 155 Greenland Outlet Glaciers

The rate of land ice loss due to iceberg calving is a key source of variability among model projections of the 21st century sea level rise. It is especially challenging to account for mass loss due to iceberg calving in Greenland, where ice drains to the ocean through hundreds of outlet glaciers, many smaller than typical model grid scale. Here, we apply a numerically efficient network flowline model (SERMeQ) forced by surface mass balance to simulate an upper bound on decadal calving retreat of 155 grounded outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet—resolving five times as many outlets as was previously possible. We show that the upper bound holds for 91% of glaciers examined and that simulated changes in terminus position correlate with observed changes. SERMeQ can provide a physically consistent constraint on forward projections of the dynamic mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet associated with different climate projections.Key PointsWe test an upper‐bound model of calving retreat of 155 ocean‐terminating outlet glaciers that drain the Greenland Ice SheetOur physics‐based method produces terminus positions that correlate with observed positions for 103 glaciers without model tuningOur model bounds retreat rates on 91% of glaciers tested, providing a constraint for future sea level projectionsPeer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163401/3/grl61420-sup-0003-2020GL090213-Text_SI-S01.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163401/2/grl61420_am.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163401/1/grl61420.pd

The Economics of Food Access

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. July 2018. Major: Applied Economics. Advisor: Elton Mykerezi. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 145 pages.Many U.S. food policies aim to improve access to food for low-income households by either increasing household resources or providing more places to spend resources on healthy foods. In my dissertation I investigate how low-income households respond to policies designed to improve food access. My first chapter explores how policy incentives influence consumer choice of food retail store format. In my second chapter, I pose and test an new explanation for the speed at which U.S. food assistance benefits are spent throughout the month. Finally, my last chapter measures the impact of a food assistance work requirement on labor market outcomes. Each chapter provides novel insights into how low-income households interact with policies to improve access to food

Contrasting the modelled sensitivity of the Amundsen Sea Embayment ice streams

Present-day mass loss from the West Antarctic ice sheet is centred on the Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE), primarily through ice streams, including Pine Island, Thwaites and Smith glaciers. To understand the differences in response of these ice streams, we ran a perturbed parameter ensemble, using a vertically-integrated ice flow model with adaptive mesh refinement. We generated 71 sets of three physical parameters (basal traction coefficient, ice viscosity stiffening factor and sub-shelf melt rate), which we used to simulate the ASE for 50 years. We also explored the effects of different bed geometries and basal sliding laws. The mean rate of sea-level rise across the ensemble of simulations is comparable with current observed rates for the ASE. We found evidence that grounding line dynamics are sensitive to features in the bed geometry: simulations using BedMap2 geometry resulted in a higher rate of sea-level rise than simulations using a rougher geometry, created using mass conservation. Modelled grounding-line retreat of all the three ice streams was sensitive to viscosity and basal traction, while the melt rate was more important in Pine Island and Smith glaciers, which flow through more confined ice shelves than Thwaites, which has a relatively unconfined shelf