Seniors at the University of Cincinnati in the College of Engineering and Applied Science have an opportunity to complete a senior design capstone course. Seniors in the Mechanical Engineering program work with external clients on real industrial problems of practical importance. Selected senior design capstone reports are chosen for publication in Scholar@UC. More information on all senior design reports is at: https://libraries.uc.edu/libraries/ceas/services/senior-design-reports.html.
Trinity Tobe designed an inclusive playscape for the Boone County Arboretum that is accessible for a range of mobility devices and different mental capabilities.
The current infrastructure of horticulture in the United States of America, lacks BIPOC representation. The purpose of the review and research is to address the effects of white dominance in horticulture and combat the current system to create a more inclusive and welcoming environment for BIPOC in horticulture. By juxtaposing past, present, and future contributions to horticulture from BIPOC individuals to the current concepts exhibited in horticulture we observe 3 things: The contributions of BIPOC ideas to Horticulture, the current representation of BIPOC individuals in horticulture, and the theorized future with solutions applied. This research is based on existing diversity equity and inclusion research seen in other fields, which theoretically will apply in the same context with horticulture. Under this assumption, it can be understood that horticulture is not the sole perpetrator in non-inclusive work environments for BIPOC but is rather a subcategory of the many organizations and communities within the United States that are systemically oppressive to BIPOC.
Keywords: [BIPOC, horticulture, diversity in horticulture, inclusion in horticulture, colonization, culture, anti-racism, equity, colonialism]
Over 400,000 quarries have been left abandoned and seemingly in a state of disrepair once their resources have been depleted or no longer valued. Before 1977, there were no laws or regulations in place to protect these sites. Owners and contractors were able to leave the site as is with tools, machinery, jagged rocks, slabs of cut stone, trash, and anything in between. This project explores the oldest marble quarry in the country, the Norcross-West marble quarry located in Dorset, Vermont. The design answers the question of how to repurpose this site by combining the site history to create educational opportunities, vegetation implementation to create habitats for at risk species, and sustainable practices such as marble carving and rainwater collection create a space that fulfills needs within the site that have long sense been forgotten. These practices reform the space and set a precedent for the dozens of other nearby abandoned and active quarry sites.
“Permaculture is: design protocols for critical thinking, decision making, and problem solving all based on the patterns of nature” as defined by Larry Santoyo, the founder of The Permaculture Academy (Definitions of Permaculture, 2017). However, these design principles are often used on large scale properties such as farms, ranches, or even homesteads that have multiple acres of land to be managed. Therefore, this design is asking how can permaculture design be applied to be within county regulations at a suburban middle class home to produce food and enhance shared family maintenance time. In order to answer this question this research explores a design which follows the principles of permaculture and implements them through elements of the landscape. The design is based on a half an acre lot in a suburban neighborhood located in Medina, Ohio. This design addresses how permaculture design principles could be effectively used to feed a family and have a maintenance schedule that is in tune with family life all while following county regulations set for residential zones.
Methods of cultivating and propagating L. williamsii are available on the internet and in academic journals. In particular, five, L. williamsii specimens were observed and their growth rates and overall vitality are determined. Furthermore, particular soil mixtures, temperature and humidity control, light, and moisture are crucial for growing individuals from. Variations in grafting stock are present, in particular, Pereskiopsis, Hylovereus, Tricho, cereus and Myrtillocactus. Among literature review, it was found that L. williamsii growth and seeding is dependent extremely dependent on pollinators, temperature, and precipitation in the wild. In terms of yielding L. williamsii specimens with the fastest growth rate and highest likelihood of survival in the wild, the graft stock to be used is Trichocereus and Pereskiopsis.
The overuse of plastic containers in greenhouse and nursery production surpasses the amount being recycled. A solution to this issue involves a shift in the materials used for making containers. Specifically, containers employed for plant growth are single-use due to the higher costs associated with reusing them in production. Due to chemicals used during the growing process recycling containers is challenging. Transitioning to eco-friendly alternatives holds the promise of positively impacting the environment and curbing plastic waste generated in growing containerized plants. This research delves into the types of plastics currently utilized, their purposes, and the recycling processes involved. This is compared to new eco-friendly container options, analyzing their advantages and disadvantages. The significance of this study is exploring potential materials for manufacturing containers in greenhouse and nursery production. The result of this paper finds alternatives to plastic, fostering sustainability and reducing reliance on plastic for containers, thereby contributing to a more sustainable industry.
ABSTRACT
Purpose: Tongue manometry (i.e. tongue pressure measurement) is a commonly used assessment for patients with suspected oral-motor involvement in swallowing disorders. Availability of lingual manometry has changed in recent years, with the introduction of the TongueometerTM device being a more affordable tongue manometry system. The purpose of this study was to test concurrent (criterion) validity of the TongueometerTM compared to the current standard reference device, the Iowa Oral Performance Instrument, IOPI®.
Method: Adults without dysphagia were recruited for participation in this study. Standard lingual measurements (swallowing-related pressures, maximum isometric pressure (MIP), and maximum isometric endurance) were recorded, with the bulb anteriorly placed, with both devices, in a randomized order. The Bland-Altman method was used to determine concurrent (criterion) validity of these measurements compared to the clinical standard IOPI® device. A recently available suggested corrective value by Curtis and colleagues (2023) was also applied, with comparisons made between devices both with and without the Curtis correction.
Results: The final sample included 70 adult participants aged 20-89 years (average age 52.3 years). Measures with the TongueometerTM device were significantly lower when compared with the same measures taken using the IOPI® (p<0.01) for all measures including MIP, endurance, and swallow pressures. The correction suggested by Curtis and colleagues did not ameliorate these differences.
Conclusions: The TongueometerTM lingual measurements were consistently lower compared to the IOPI®. Clinical use of values taken with the TongueometerTM device should be compared to normative data published for each specific device. Available features of each device (e.g. display, bulb texture, technology/application) should be considered when selecting which device to use with an individual patient.
Information associated with new manuscript submission...Stress induced modification of Escherichia coli tRNA generates 5-methylcytidine (m5C) in the variable loop
This collection holds copies of Ecologue, an environmental communication newsletter that was published periodically between 1990 and 2007. Originally subtitled "a newsletter for environmental advocacy," the mail-out publication provided vital news and updates about the emerging field of environmental communication both prior to and after Environmental Communication received Commission and later Division status within the National Communication Association. Editors included Robert Cox (1990), Carol Corbin (1991-92), Michael Netzley (1993-95), Star Muir (1997), Terence Check (1999-2000), and Trudy Milburn (2007-08). This is an incomplete collection. If you have copies of issues not found here, please contact Steve Depoe, who manages the archive for the IECA. He can be reached at depoesp@ucmail.uc.edu.
Proceedings and other documents produced from various Conferences on Communication and the Environment (COCE), held biennially since 1991 and organized by the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA) since 2013
This collection includes a variety of materials associated with the origin and history of the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA), along with proceedings and related materials from the Conference on Communication and Environment (COCE) that has been held biennially since 1991. This archive is maintained by Steve Depoe, one of the founders of IECA and the first chair of the organization. Steve is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati.
This dataset details the force-displacement response of porcine meniscus under tensile-fracture behavior. Samples are cut from the meniscus's anterior, middle, and posterior regions. Each specimen geometry dimension is included.
Background: Implicit racial bias (IB) in physicians contributes to racial health inequities. Residents are not consistently trained to address IB. Few curricula addressing IB in graduate medical education have been evaluated, especially in the clinical setting.
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to characterize Family Medicine (FM) residents’ experience of employing strategies to mitigate IB during primary care home visits (HVs) to urban, predominately African-American, homebound older adults using a phenomenological approach. The study outcomes will inform ongoing curriculum development.
Methods: FM residents completed pre-work, including taking the Implicit Association Test and evaluating strategies to address IB. Residents applied these strategies during HVs to homebound older adults. Residents completed written reflections about their experiences and commitments-to-change (CTC). A survey two months later assessed completion of targeted actions and barriers faced. Resident focus groups were utilized to enhance themes drawn from reflections. Researchers completed a thematic analysis of this data January-July 2020.
Results: Thematic analysis identified five themes: Response to IAT, barriers, strategies, value of HVs and mindfulness definition. In follow-up surveys, all residents’ stated level of CTC remained the same (9/9, 100%) and 8/9 residents (89%) had partially or fully implemented their intended change at 2 months.
Conclusions: Residents utilized the opportunity to learn and apply strategies to address IB. Residents continued implementing newly-learned strategies in the clinical setting two months after training and applied skills to settings outside of HVs and other bias types. These findings can facilitate development of meaningful, clinically-based IB curricula with lasting impacts.
Data and Text of Space in Media Coverage from including:
- 14,399 Documents of TV Transcripts (2010-2022)
- 9,061 documents of newspaper articles (2017-2022)
Betweenness centrality is a measure of centrality in a network based on shortest paths.
The data files in this collection are for datasets:
Document Count: 5,000 documents
Corpus: (one of) Caselaw (cas) / Pubmed Abstracts (pma) / Pubmed Central (pmc)
Search Term: (one of) Climate / Earth / Environmental / Pollution
Networked Models at Topic Counts: 15, 20
CSV files containing the coherence scoring pertaining to datasets of:
DocumentCount = 5,000
Corpus = (one from) Federal Caselaw [cas] / Pubmed-Abstracts [pma] / Pubmed-Central [pmc] / Chicago Novel Corpus [nvl] / Newspaper Corpus [nws]
SearchTerm[s] = (one from) Earth / Environmental / Climate / Pollution / Random 5k documents of a specific corpus
Coherence was scored across every combination of:
TopicCount: 10-40
Hyperparameter-Alpha: [0.01, 0.31, 0.61, 0.91, symmetric, asymmetric]
Hyperparameter-Beta: [0.01, 0.31, 0.61, 0.91, automatic, symmetric]
The columns in this file include:
Validation_Set: Which search term this scoring pertains to
Topics: Number of topics in the model
Alpha: Hyperparameter alpha selection from the 6 options above
Beta: Hyperparameter beta selection from the 6 options above
Coherence: The topic coherence score for the given model-row
Perplexity: The perplexity score for the given model-row
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