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2024-03-28T22:07:13ZAltar states: spirit worlds and transformational experiences
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/214588
Altar states: spirit worlds and transformational experiences
Treagan, Peter
Altar States: Spirit Worlds and Transformational Experiences, publicly displayed during the Vernal Equinox at Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology at CSU Chico in California, is an interactive tech-art exhibition that features visionary imagery, illuminated sculptures, and a 24-minute soundscape journey. The installation explores themes of symbolism, interconnectedness, cross-pollination, worldview paradigm shift, and transformation. The written portion of the Master’s project maps a multidisciplinary investigation of Transformational Festival culture through ethnographic fieldwork in North, Central, and South America. Visionary art is a portal into the visual feeling of presence from the artist to the viewer. The conceptual seed of Altar States originated with the intention to create a container for the transmission of the visionary experience. The installation, set within a cycling 24-minute day/night soundscape, draws upon polarities in the Light of Day with stereoscopic 3D glasses and in the Light of Night under UV blacklights, attempting to evoke new perspectives in the viewer. By exploring the intersection between art and technology, within the context of exhibition, Altar States intends to bridge ancient and futuristic, secular and sacred, imaginary and experiential.
2020-01-02T00:00:00ZChallenges in creating and implementing a unit on proofs and quadrilaterals based on worked examples principles
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Challenges in creating and implementing a unit on proofs and quadrilaterals based on worked examples principles
Southam, Jonathan
The concept of a worked example is simple. It is an expert’s problem solving strategy that students use to study and learn. Previous research has repeatedly shown that using worked examples in the classroom can drive student learning in many content domains. Effective worked examples vary in structure depending on the learning goal. Some examples are created for students to study to learn about the process used in solving a problem, while others require students to complete missing steps or justifications in the problem solving process. This study explored the effectiveness of a unit based on the principles of worked examples to introduce and teach proofs to high school geometry students. In creating the unit, research was conducted into cognitive load theory and the principles of effective worked examples. Students’ posttest scores were used to determine if students learned better with the worked examples unit when compared to students who learned the same material through a traditional teaching method. Student surveys were used to determine if the worked example unit improved students’ self-confidence in math class. It was found that the unit did not improve student posttest scores or alter their self-confidence. While the unit was shown to be ineffective, this study gives insight into how a practicing teacher can apply the research on worked examples principles to make reasonable changes to their classroom materials and instruction methods with the aim of improving students’ understanding of geometric proofs.
2020-01-02T00:00:00ZA rehabilitation manual of corrective exercises for the Functional Movement Screen™ based on score
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A rehabilitation manual of corrective exercises for the Functional Movement Screen™ based on score
Mazur, Lindsay Nicole
The high occurrence of injuries in athletics has led to an increase in popularity of injury predictive tools. However, implementing these tools can create burdens for sports medicine practitioners, including, time, appropriateness, and trustworthiness. The Functional Movement Screen™ (FMS™) is an assessment tool that, in part, addresses these burdens. It contains seven movement patterns that provide a whole-body assessment of functional movement by assigning scores zero to three. By correcting identified dysfunctions, the goal is to reduce the number and severity of injuries in sport; however, developing an individualized corrective exercise program can be a timely task. Therefore, the result of this project is a manual of corrective exercises to improve scores on the FMS™. An extensive literature review process was completed to compile an appropriate list of corrective exercises. To insure the highest quality evidence was used for each exercise, the manual incorporated the Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT). The manual is designed so that anyone with FMS™ results can be prescribed exercises to improve dysfunctions identified based on score. Locating FMS™ score for a given movement provides the user with corrective exercises including a thorough description, purpose, target tissue, prescription, video, and SORT reference. Fifty -five exercises were included to correct the nine dysfunctions outlined by the FMS™. After a familiarization session with a supervising rehabilitation specialist, all exercises can be performed independently. Implementing this manual, will allow for efficient, individualized prescription of corrective exercises, while still providing quality care for all.
2020-01-02T00:00:00ZShallow subsurface groundwater flow paths and metal contamination in the Malakoff Diggins hydraulic gold mine pit
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/214584
Shallow subsurface groundwater flow paths and metal contamination in the Malakoff Diggins hydraulic gold mine pit
Moore, Travis
Malakoff Diggins, in Nevada County, was once the largest hydraulic gold mine in California. Mine drainage still discharges mercury, sediment, and metals to Humbug Creek, degrading downstream habitat. The goals of this study were to (1) characterize the shallow groundwater levels and flow paths in the hydraulically excavated mine pit, (2) compare the distribution of nonfiltered mercury, filtered mercury, and nonfiltered methylmercury in shallow groundwater and surface water drainage from the Pit between saturated and unsaturated conditions, and (3) compare dissolved organic carbon concentrations between saturated and unsaturated conditions in shallow groundwater and surface water drainage from the Pit in water year 2016. Groundwater levels were measured in eight piezometers from November 7, 2015 to October 28, 2016. Mercury samples were collected in piezometers, a pond, and Hiller Tunnel during saturated conditions on May 4, 2016 and unsaturated conditions on July 22, 2016. Dissolved organic carbon samples were collected monthly at all locations from April 25 to October 17, 2016. During saturated and uns aturated conditions, groundwater flow was in two directions, from east to west and north to south towards Hiller Tunnel. During saturated conditions, the nonfiltered mercury concentrations in piezometer P-1, the Pond, and Hiller Tunnel outlet were higher than concentrations measured during unsaturated conditions. Methylmercury concentrations in P-1 and Hiller Tunnel outlet were higher during saturated conditions but higher in the Pond, P-6 and P-7 during unsaturated conditions. Between saturated and unsaturated conditions, the dissolved organic carbon concentrations increased in the piezometers and the Pond but decreased in Hiller Tunnel outlet. The findings presented here suggest that hydrologic condition and dissolved organic carbon concentrations affect the distribution of mercury at Malakoff Diggins.
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