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The Relationship between Vernacular Architecture and Embodied Energy
At the core of green building initiatives exits low embodied energy. This concept suggests the importance of reducing emissions in architectural development by implementing low-energy materials through low-energy mechanisms. ... -
Countering the Dominant Ideology of the Christmas Movie Genre
In the world of cinema, a strange phenomenon emerged in the 1940s and continues to this day: this is the phenomenon of the Christmas movie. This paper investigates the question of what defines a film in the Christmas ... -
A geospatial analysis of the role of lead exposure in substance use disorders.
This project investigates how the disproportionate exposure to lead (Pb), a hazardous neurotoxin, may result in the development of substance use disorders (SUDs) through a geospatial analysis of: 1. Discriminatory ... -
Architecture For Crisis: Designing a Space Between Public Realms and Healthcare Facilities
In 2020, when COVID-19 hit worldwide, many nations ran out of capacity for hospitals, treatments, and facilities, forcing hospitals to expand their facilities beyond their traditional physical boundaries. Even with ... -
Reclaim, remediate, & revitalize: environmental injustice in Detroit, MI
This thesis study investigates the effects of living in toxic communities and the relationship between humans and the natural environment. The industrial revolution brought many new forms into urban/industrial cities. ... -
Rethinking the world expo
Throughout history, the World’s Fair has brought together nations to share accomplishments, technological advances, industrial might, architectural experimentation, and cultural identity. World’s Fair buildings are largely ... -
5-HT2C receptors in the BNST modulate contextual fear conditioning without affecting acute ELS-enhanced fear learning in adult rats
Abstract: Background/Objectives: Rodents provide a useful translational model of fear- and anxiety-related behaviors. Previously stressed animals exhibit physiological and behavioral stress responses that parallel those ... -
Raw Data for "Photoresponsive Carbodiimide-Fueled Transiently Crosslinked Polymer Hydrogels "
Raw Experimental Data for the manuscript "Photoresponsive Carbodiimide-Fueled Transiently Crosslinked Polymer Hydrogels " -
Raw Data for "Vinyl Ether Maleic Acid Polymers: Tunable Polymers for Self-assembled Lipid Nanodiscs and Environments for Membrane Proteins"
Raw Data for the Manuscript "Vinyl Ether Maleic Acid Polymers: Tunable Polymers for Self-assembled Lipid Nanodiscs and Environments for Membrane Proteins" -
Raw Data for "Multivalent Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles as Reinforcing Fillers for 3D Printable Self-Healing Elastomers"
Raw Data Collected at Miami University for the Project "Multivalent Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles as Reinforcing Fillers for 3D Printable Self-Healing Elastomers" -
Demarcated: Scholastic Journalism, Collegiate Journalism and the Fight to Define Journalism Education
From 1920 to 1939, university journalism educators engaged in boundary work to establish authority over journalism education. They sought to differentiate themselves from high school journalism, which challenged their ... -
At The Nexus of Social Care: Successful Contracting Between CBOs and Health Care Entities.
This research brief explores how the integration of social care and health care is evolving through contracting partnerships between community-based organizations (CBOs) and health care entities. Findings from the fifth ... -
Acute early life stress alters threat processing in adult rats
Individuals diagnosed with stress-related psychiatric disorders in adulthood are likely to have experienced early life stress, suggesting that early adversity is an important vulnerability factor in subsequent development ... -
Sex differences in acute early life stress-enhanced fear learning in adult rats
Patients diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) present with a spectrum of debilitating anxiety symptoms resulting from exposure to trauma. Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety and PTSD ... -
Streaming media literacy: A theoretical solution to a practical problem
Two university instructors present a media literacy lesson for college students, inspired by Gerbner and Gross’s cultivation theory. Despite reduced live TV viewership, moving images remain influential. The session teaches ... -
REFLECTIONS ON SHADOWING EXPERIENCES AND COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS
The capstone project of the Miami University’s Master of Medical Sciences in Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Graduate Program works to reflect on the intentional design of the program to bridge the chasm between didactic ...