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Item Music-Induced Emotions and the Inexplicability Thereof(2016-10-21) Di Martino, MichaelMusic affects the emotions and outlooks of its listeners. Sad music can induce despondence, indifference, and depression, whereas lively music can encourage jubilance, excitement, and happiness. Music changes how listeners interpret their environment, from the people around them the thoughts inside their heads. However, the mechanism by which this works is shrouded in mystery. Music’s psychological, mechanical, and physiological influences are such a complicated, intertwined mess that if you asked someone to explain why you get the feelings you get when you listen to your favorite song, odds are they’ll respond with “I can’t explain it.” This slam poem, originally entitled “I Can’t Explain It,” seeks to capture and illustrate the inexplicable effect that different types of music have on one’s emotions, as well as one’s self- and local perception. This piece follows variations in the thoughts of a student sitting at the Campus Center of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa – one of the central hubs for student and faculty activity – as he peruses his iPod touch, scrolling and searching to find the perfect song at the perfect volume and, once it is found, basking in the wave of emotions it brings about.Item Kalusugan at Kayamanan: (Health and Wealth) of Filipinos in Kalihi(2016-10-21) Cacal, StephanieFilipinos in Hawaii have high rates of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and the worst measures of behavioral risk factors like tobacco use and poor diet. To address these health issues and create a healthier community, culturally competent programs must be implemented. However, a healthier community cannot be achieved until health is defined. Each community owns different capitals, therefore they all have their own definition of health. The objective of this study is to define health and wealth of Filipinos in Kalihi. This study is working with a local community health center, Kokua Kalihi Valley (KKV), under the Community Education - Civic Engagement (CECE) program. We will conduct cultures circles where Filipinos residents of Kalihi answer questions about health, wealth, and their community. With the community’s responses, we hope to find the root causes of unhealthiness and assess the barriers to a healthy Filipino community in Kalihi. This study aims to empower the Filipino residents of Kalihi to find ways to make themselves healthier on their own terms. Through successful intervention, a greater understanding of the health and health issues of Filipinos in Kalihi can be obtained and used to develop better programs to improve the community’s overall health.Item Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Public School Students Striving for Occupational Mobility through Voluntary College Preparation Program(2016-10-21) Gauer, JamesIt is clear to many families that education and career success in life go hand-in-hand, like cause and effect, and one college preparatory program may play a critical role in this relationship. This work identifies and explores intermediate school participants’ responses and reactions towards a college-preparatory program, named Advancement via Individual Determination, on their campus. The program presents all students opportunities to excel academically and plan how they want to “climb up” their careers in a complex world. Readers will explore subjective observations, promotional materials, and peer testimonies of my experience as a weekly tutor for the program at Washington Middle School, located in Honolulu, Hawai’i from October to December of 2015. These findings can be further utilized to evaluate the program’s effectiveness. Characteristics of student population represent ethnic minorities and socioeconomically underserved, a product of recent migrations to Hawaii from surrounding Pacific countries. The significance of people moving raises questions as who they are, what are they doing, and where are they going, which is partly answered by state-funded public institutions assigned to guide children and their families in becoming responsible American citizens, and fulfilling the general learner outcomes. Outreach and communication between the parties is essential to overcoming gender, cultural, and socioeconomic barriers to education.Item Quantifying Atmospheric Fallout of Fukushima-Derived Radioactive Isotopes in Mushrooms in the Hawaiian Islands(2016-10-21) McKenzie, TristaIn March of 2011, the radioisotopes cesium-134 and cesium-137 were released into the atmosphere from the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. This study estimated the magnitude of atmospheric fallout of these isotopes on Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi, and examined the patterns of cesium wet deposition with precipitation in mushroom samples. This study found that Fukushima-derived cesium was present in mushrooms collected in the Hawaiian islands and that Fukushima-derived cesium inventories in mushrooms were somewhat correlated with precipitation gradients. The activities detected were several orders of magnitude lower than fallout associated with the nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific.Item In the Wake of Fukushima: Cesium Inventories of Selected North Pacific Fish(2016-10-21) Azouz, HannahTo this day there are global efforts evaluating the effects in wake of the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant disaster. The estimated 500 tons of contaminated wastewater that entered the nearby marine ecosystem (Watabe 2013) was dispersed into the Pacific Ocean. Due to biological uptake in migratory fish species (Madigan 2012) Fukushima radioactivity was detected in the water as well as in fish as far as the West coast of the US. The FDA accepted intervention limit for cesium isotope intake is 300 Bq/kg annually for fish. The question we are left with is how much cesium is in the fish we consume, a thought the community of Hawai’i should consider since our fish products are caught in the Pacific Ocean. Thirteen most commonly consumed types of locally bought fish samples were analyzed using gamma spectroscopy to measure Fukushima-derived 134Cs and 137Cs isotopes. All fish samples had detectable cesium-137 and nine out of the thirteen samples had detectable cesium-134, an isotope indicative of Fukushima releases. The highest 134Cs and 137Cs concentration in the examined species was the Ahi tuna carrying 0.098 Bq/kg and 0.62 Bq/kg respectively. The highest concentrations occurred in high trophic level species with migratory patterns from Japan to Hawai’i or residing in the most northern Pacific Ocean. Nine out of the thirteen samples showed traces of 134Cs, with only five of those activities outside the range of uncertainty. All activities are significantly below intervention limits but are informative to the community on what is being consumed. Results should also provide a basis for future work on cesium bioaccumulation in fish.Item Conceptual Design of Kewalo Basin and Kupu Hawai‘i’s Youth Facility(2016-10-21) Jugueta, KristofferSituated along the coastline of the urban development of Kaka’ako, Kewalo Basin is destined to become an attractive urban space for community interaction. While more housing is currently under development, the need for community and public space is needed. Operating the site is a nonprofit organization that gives opportunities to under resourced youth, preparing them for the future. In this final project, the student was challenged to design an urban landscape that faces the problems of climate change and future sea level rise. The design process involved site visits with clients and architects, conducting site analysis and extensive research. With the data collected, schematic phases of design was operated through a series of sketches and study models. Within a two-month timeline, the student was able to design an architectural vision with the assistance of local architect firms, Group 70 and PBR Hawai`i. The project resulted in an urban space fit for multi-generational uses where people can interact together. The site was strategically designed to take advantage of Hawai`i’s natural resources while also emphasizing on concepts shared from Hawaiian culture. A two-story facility was also designed to provide room for a variety of public spaces and private classrooms, giving Hawai`i’s youth a future to live by.Item Time-Dependent Morphological Transformation of Penicillium marneffei by the Expression of YeastPhase Antigen in Liquid Culture and in THP-1 Cell Line(2016-10-21) Ching, McMillanPenicillium marneffei is a thermally dimorphic fungal pathogen associated with HIV infection. It causes penicilliosis, the third most common AIDS-defining illness in northern Thailand. Due to the considerable interest on the dimorphism of P. marneffei, it is hypothesized that the time required for P. marneffei to transition from its mold form to its yeast-like form affects the virulence of the organism inside the mammalian host. This study investigated the expression of a yeast-specific antigen in phase transition of P. marneffei by using the yeast-specific monoclonal antibody(MAb) 4D1. The conidia of P. marneffei were inoculated in 1% Proteose followed by harvest at 12-hour time intervals from 24 to 144 hours. Cells were then incubated with MAb 4D1 followed by fluorescently labeled secondary antibody. The percentage of P. marneffei positive yeast cells, detected by flow cytometry, increased gradually after longer incubation, in the range of 2.5-51.8 % of cells. In addition, THP-1 cells, were infected with P. marneffei at MOI=2 from 12 to 60 hours. Cells were harvested at 12-hour time intervals followed by staining using Mab 4D1 as described above. It was observed that 23.8% of the infected cells were positive at 24 hours of incubation, increasing to 61.85% after 36 hours. The dimorphism of P. marneffei in THP-1 was more rapid than found in liquid culture of 1% Proteose. The faster transformation of yeast cells in mammalian host cells than in liquid cell culture may suggest it being linked to better survival and increased virulence inside human and other mammalian hosts.Item To Come Out is to Uphold and Liberate: The Hegemony and Queerness of Christian Closets(2016-10-21) Omuro, Jon H.In dominant LGBTQ+ U.S. discourse, the term “closet” refers to a space from which a covert sexual identification and/or orientation emerges. Yet, this definition becomes increasingly complicated when set in the context of evangelical Christianity. Indeed, within the U.S., dominant evangelical discourse is primarily viewed as antagonistic to LGBTQ+ peoples, due to its homophobic stances and denials of LGBTQ+ identities and rights. This opposition raises a key question: what do closet constructions situated at the intersection of gay/Christian identity look like? In this article, I explore and queer several Christian closets as structured by both gay and straight Christian writers. For these writers, faith and gayness play different roles of hiding, reinforcing, and liberating gay and Christian identities within and out of Christian closets. By scrutinizing these Christian closets within a queer framework provided by Eve Sedgwick and Judith Butler, I argue that these closets can be—often simultaneously—representative of the hegemonic demands of evangelical Christianity while espousing queer reimaginings of survival within this demanding ideology itself. Ultimately, I propose that Christian closets provide a unique venue through which overlaps, dissonances, and similarities between LGBTQ+/Christian ideologies and discourses can be affirmed, blurred, and queered. Such work is vital in the context of the present U.S., where these two ostensibly antithetical ideologies are continually thrown in the spotlight—both in expected quarrels or unusual displays of collaboration.Item The Omniscient 21st Century: Femme Fatale Genre and Gender Under Surveillance in Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars(2016-10-21) Brown, KrystianThe television shows Gossip Girl (2007-2012) and Pretty Little Liars (2010 – present) explore worlds with characters that know everything about everyone, Gossip Girl and A, respectively. Gossip Girl and A’s gender, relationship with the show’s characters, and genres of each show work to support how Gossip Girl portrays social media surveillance in a positive light, while Pretty Little Liars, in contrast, remains aligned with the dangers of it. Gossip Girl and A are manipulative in nature, and they both obtain privacy-invading amounts of information on the shows’ characters; however, the feminization of Gossip Girl entices audiences, thus making her more likeable. On the other hand, A is a classic villain who serves the show’s thriller genre, thus critiquing the lack of boundaries when under surveillance. Gossip Girl’s role as a modern, technologically built femme fatale, the role of gender, the relationship between “she” and the other characters, as well as the glamorized genre/tone/style of the television series work to indicate that Gossip Girl advocates for a surveillance society (or at least makes it look appealing). In contrast, the implications of the gender(s) of A from Pretty Little Liars, abusive relationship between A and the girls, and the thriller genre of the show serve to illustrate the television series’ critique on a surveillance society. The two shows offer contrasting views on the ethics of surveillance, which ultimately opens up a discussion regarding what surveillance means for individuals’ right to privacy.Item Front and Back Cover(2016-10-21)
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