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Item Open Access The Fine Art of Persuasion: Corporate Advertising Design, Nation, and Empire in Modern Japan(2025) Weisenfeld, GSCommercial art is more than just mass-produced publicity; it constructs social and political ideologies that impact the public’s everyday life. In The Fine Art of Persuasion, Gennifer Weisenfeld examines the evolution of Japanese advertising graphic design from the early 1900s through the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a pivotal design event that rebranded Japan on the world stage. Through richly illustrated case studies, Weisenfeld tells the story of how modern corporations and consumer capitalism transformed Japan’s visual culture and artistic production across the pre- and postwar periods, revealing how commercial art helped constitute the ideological formations of nation- and empire-building. Weisenfeld also demonstrates, how under the militarist regime of imperial Japan, national politics were effectively commodified and marketed through the same mechanisms of mass culture that were used to promote consumer goods. Using a multilayered analysis of the rhetorical intentions of design projects and the context of their production, implementation, and consumption, Weisenfeld offers an interdisciplinary framework that illuminates the importance of Japanese advertising design within twentieth-century global visual culture.Item Open Access Preface(2023-01-01) Charbonneau, P; Marinari, E; Mézard, M; Ricci-Tersenghi, F; Sicuro, G; Zamponi, FItem Open Access Aging and neuroplasticity(2024-01-01) Merenstein, JL; Howard, CM; Madden, DJNeuroimaging techniques have been invaluable to studying the structural and functional properties of the brain that are associated with neuroplasticity in aging. The application of these techniques suggest that neuroplasticity differs from compensation and brain resilience in the context of healthy aging. Evidence from neuroimaging studies also suggests that aspects of neuroplasticity are similar in healthy aging and in age-related cognitive impairment and dementia, whereas neuroplasticity in other major neurological disorders exhibits a different set of features. Important future directions include the examination of differences in structural versus functional properties of neuroplasticity in aging, and whether neuroplasticity continues into advanced age.Item Open Access Aging and neuroplasticity(2025) Merenstein, Jenna L; Howard, Cortney M; Madden, David JItem Open Access Revisiting Vine Deloria's Support for Unrecognized Tribes in a Time of Environmental Crises(2024-04-16) Emanuel, RyanOf Living Stone: Perspectives on Continuous Knowledge and the Work of Vine Deloria, Jr. is a collection of new essays on the legacy of Vine Deloria, Jr., one of the most influential thinkers of our time.Item Open Access What the CHAMELEON Framework Taught Us About Equitable and Adaptable Pedagogy(2025-01-01) Davies, L; Davies, JThe CHAMELEON framework, although stimulated by COVID-19, has transformed the English for academic purposes (EAP) practices at a Sino–foreign joint venture university. The framework’s guiding principles are to show compassion and empathy to foster equitable and adaptable conditions for teaching and learning. Tangible examples of transformative practice include the creation of a working group to develop EAP-related artificial intelligence (AI) policy, the formation of EAP micro-teams to facilitate professional development and personal support, and increased undergraduate and graduate EAP synergy. Taking generative AI as an example, the CHAMELEON framework has been fundamental in developing an empathic, rather than punitive, pedagogical approach and associated policy to better understand students’ (mis)use of AI tools. This chapter will extrapolate on how the CHAMELEON framework informed transformative EAP practices in ways that are transferable to a wide range of higher education practitioners involved with writing, assessment, pedagogy, and generative AI.Item Open Access Review of Faithful Disobedience: Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement, by Wang Yi and others, ed. Nannah Nation and J. D. Tseng (IVP Academic, 2022)(Ching Feng: A Journal on Christianity and Chinese Religion and Culture, 2025-11-01) Chen, MariaItem Open Access Inotrope Selection Patterns and Time Interval-based Outcomes after Left Ventricular Assist Device Surgery: Secondary Analysis of a Single-Center Clinical TrialGhadimi, KamrouzInotrope Selection Patterns and Time Interval-based Outcomes after Left Ventricular Assist Device Surgery: Secondary Analysis of a Single-Center Clinical TrialItem Open Access Rethinking Load Growth: Assessing the Potential for Integration of Large Flexible Loads in US Power Systems(2025-02-11) Norris, Tyler; Profeta, Timothy; Patino-Echeverri, Dalia; Cowie-Haskell, AdamItem Open Access GDP’s Wicked Spell(The Chronicle of higher education) Philipsen, Dirk; Philipsen, DirkItem Open Access Private gain must no longer be allowed to elbow out the public good(Aeon, 2020-04-24) Philipsen, DirkThis essay critiques the dominance of private profit over collective well-being, arguing that economic systems prioritizing growth and individual wealth accumulation have undermined public goods, social equity, and environmental sustainability. Philipsen examines how essential resources—education, healthcare, and even democracy—have been subordinated to market interests, deepening inequality and eroding the commons. Philipsen calls for a fundamental shift toward an economy that values shared prosperity, sustainability, and the common good over private accumulation, asserting that true progress requires redefining success beyond mere financial gain.Item Open Access Poverty is not Permanent(Aeon, 2025-02-10) Philipsen, Dirk; Krishna, AnirudhIn *Poverty is not Permanent*, Anirudh Krishna and Dirk Philipsen challenge the conventional view of poverty as a static condition, arguing instead that it is a fluid state shaped by structural forces and individual circumstances. Drawing on research from diverse global contexts, they highlight how people frequently move in and out of poverty due to factors like illness, economic shocks, and policy decisions. They critique traditional poverty measures, which fail to capture this dynamic reality, and advocate for policies that address both the causes of downward mobility and the supports needed for sustained escape. Poverty, they argue, is not an inherent trait but a condition that societies can actively reshape.Item Open Access Why? On our Failures of Imagination to Accomplish Dignity for All(Virtues and Vocations, 2024-11-12) Philipsen, DirkThis essay argues that the persistent inability to ensure universal human dignity stems from a catastrophic failure of imagination. Despite unprecedented global wealth and expertise, societies remain entrenched in paradigms of exponential growth and individualism, jeopardizing the planet and human well-being. Philipsen contends that achieving a future where every individual thrives requires reimagining our values and systems, moving beyond the pursuit of endless growth to embrace collective stewardship and shared prosperity.Item Open Access Item Open Access Informe General II: el nuevo rapto de Europa y las contradicciones de una estética no-binaria.(Encrucijadas: Revista Crítica de Ciencias Sociales, 2020) Evinson, KatrynLa reseña del documental de Pere Portabella Informe general II: el nuevo rapto de Europa (2015), donde se aborda el giro hacia una nueva política que se inauguró con el 15-M, examina su lenguaje visual para preguntarse si logra lo que entendemos que es su objetivo, esto es generar una estética que no separe las esferas “movimientos” e “institucionalidad,” el tiempo de la calle y el tiempo de la institución. Se trazan los mecanismos visuales en los que produce esa estética que combina los dos tiempos para proponer que Portabella por momentos cae en la trampa de reinsertar el binario.Item Open Access Review of Another Aesthetics is Possible, by Jennifer Ponce de León(Chasqui, 2022) Evinson, KatrynItem Open Access Design and Simulation of a Low Power 384-channel Actively Multiplexed Neural Interface.(IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference : healthcare technology : [proceedings]. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, 2022-10) Shull, Gabriella; Shin, Yieljae; Viventi, Jonathan; Jochum, Thomas; Morizio, James; Seo, Kyung Jin; Fang, HuiBrain computer interfaces (BCIs) provide clinical benefits including partial restoration of lost motor control, vision, speech, and hearing. A fundamental limitation of existing BCIs is their inability to span several areas (> cm2) of the cortex with fine (<100 μm) resolution. One challenge of scaling neural interfaces is output wiring and connector sizes as each channel must be independently routed out of the brain. Time division multiplexing (TDM) overcomes this by enabling several channels to share the same output wire at the cost of added noise. This work leverages a 130-nm CMOS process and transfer printing to design and simulate a 384-channel actively multiplexed array, which minimizes noise by adding front end filtering and amplification to every electrode site (pixel). The pixels are 50 μm × 50 μm and enable recording of all 384 channels at 30 kHz with a gain of 22.3 dB, noise of 9.57 μV rms, bandwidth of 0.1 Hz - 10 kHz, while only consuming 0.63 μW/channel. This work can be applied broadly across neural interfaces to create high channel-count arrays and ultimately improve BCIs.Item Open Access Climate Risk and Resilience: Industry’s Challenges and CIRCAD’s RoleFerris, William; Mehrotra, SarthakIn Fall 2024, the Center for Innovation in Risk Analysis for Climate Adaptation and Decision-making hosted industry attendees at its 2024 Climate Risk and Resilience summit, with the goal of identifying what the insurance and reinsurance sectors need to lead efforts to address society’s climate risk and resilience challenges. Attendee insight, collected via a brief survey, suggested the main concerns to be related to data and risk modeling, and other concerns to be related to financial and insurance issues, as well as needs for greater collaboration. Respondents identified that a center like CIRCAD would be capable of providing modeling and research support and supporting organizations’ convening and communication needs.Item Open Access The Oppositional Platform of our Current Healthcare System;(emergency Physicians Monthly Magazine, 2024-12-16) Severance, HarryRising ER Wait Times are just One of a host of Warnings of Bad Things Yet to Come; Unless we can change thy stem to one of Collaboration! (Technology innovation alone is not the answer)Item Open Access Improving Patient and Family Communication in the Care of Patients Undergoing Mechanical VentilationNeiman, Joseph; Chaudhry, Hina; Edmunds, Lavinia; Maheshwari, Ayonija; Young, Samantha; Winters, Bradford; Berenholtz, SeanIntroduction: Approximately 800,000 hospitalized patients are mechanically ventilated each year in the United States, and as the population ages, the incidence of mechanical ventilation (MV) is increasing at a high rate. Patients often describe their experience with mechanical ventilation and the inability to communicate their needs and sensations to their families and providers as the most frightening and frustrating aspect of their care. The mechanically ventilated patient represents a crucial and growing subset of critically ill patients where improvements in patient and family communication are desperately needed. Objectives: Interview former MV patients and family members while engaging a patient and family council to develop a “patient and family-centered ventilator toolkit” to improve communication and to empower families to take an active role in the care of mechanically ventilated patients. Identify: 1) current knowledge and key experiences of mechanical ventilation, and 2) individual-centered approaches to communication. Materials and Methods: Focus groups were conducted with 26 former mechanical ventilation patients and family members using a facilitation guide developed by our multidisciplinary team including former patients and family caregivers. The focus groups were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using a combination of a priori and inductive thematic codes in NVivo 12, a qualitative data analysis software package. A council of patient and family partners was engaged to develop a communication toolkit. Conclusions: Participants universally stated that mechanical ventilation is frightening, isolating, and in many cases, exceedingly traumatic. They described their challenges and frustrations communicating, as well as communication strategies they improvised. Their strategies were assembled into the toolkit. All participants felt there was an unmet need for communication resources for mechanically ventilated patients and family members. Next Steps: The toolkit is being provided to mechanically ventilated patients and families in an ICU at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Preliminary survey results suggest patients using the toolkit have greater ease and satisfaction communicating with their care team and loved ones. Surveying and toolkit review are ongoing. Acknowledgements: This work was funded through an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality award, K18 HS024200.