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This thesis stems from a frustration with the inconsistency of today’s city planning where valuable buildings, from both a heritage and sustainability perspective, are being torn down. This while politicians argue for new buildings in “classic style” not recognizing their power to save our actual built heritage. This thesis locates such a situation, where the municipal planning has shown limited power in a clash with market forces and speculation that puts architectural and historical values at risk. At Bangatan there was an attempt to develop a detail plan with the intention to protect buildings of high heritage value, but the owner of those buildings sees the old plan as an opportunity for a counter proposal that disregards the preservation of unique architectural values, in favor of new development. This resulted in a deadlock where the parts can’t agree. Meanwhile, the buildings continue to deteriorate as they suffer from neglect and repair of questionable long term quality. The aim of this thesis is to provide a proposal to contribute to a long-term solution to the deadlock, by suggesting a careful balance and compromise between preservation, renovation, and new development. The proposal is conducted on two different scales. One where a group of buildings along Bangatan are given a new program to enable a more effective use of spaces and qualities. Key elements of the proposal are a new storage facility enabling the buildings of high heritage value to be converted back into their original function Abstract as housing. The cost of such transformation is covered by new development on empty land as well as a careful addition to existing structures. On the second scale one of the properties are studied in detail where the building is complemented by part renovation, part new addition, reconverting services and floor plans to the original use as apartments. The ground floor is activated through public commercial use and the front and backyard are opened up for access from the street and the mountain side. The result highlights the qualities in the already existing and argues for the importance of architecture as bearer of a valuable collective memory.
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown in a biomedical research campus: A gender perspective analysis

From March to September 2020, researchers working at a biomedical scientific campus in Spain faced two lockdowns and various mobility restrictions that affected their social and professional lifestyles. The working group “Women in Science,” which acts as an independent observatory of scientific gender inequalities on campus launched an online survey to assess the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on scientific activity, domestic and caregiving tasks, and psychological status. The survey revealed differences in scientific performance by gender: while male researchers participated in a larger number of scientific activities for career development, female researchers performed more invisible scientific tasks, including peer review or outreach activities. Mental impact was greater in researchers caring for children or dependents, and this was aggravated for women. Results spot a disproportionate impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on female scientific career development, and urges for equity measures to mitigate the consequences of an increase in the gender gap in biomedical sciences for current and future pandemics.
Soil moisture and micrometeorological differences across reference and thinned stands during extremes of precipitation, southern Cascade Range

Modern forest management generally relies on thinning treatments to reduce fuels and mitigate the threat of catastrophic wildfire. They have also been proposed as a tool to augment downstream flows by reducing evapotranspiration. Warming climates are causing many forests to transition from snow-dominated to rain-dominated precipitation regimes—in which water stores are depleted earlier in the summer. However, there are relatively few studies of these systems that directly measure the hydrologic impacts of such treatments during and following snow-free winters. This work compares the below-canopy meteorological and subsurface hydrologic differences between two thinning prescriptions and an unaltered Control during periods of extreme drought and near-record precipitation (with little snow). The field site was within a coniferous forest in the rain-snow transition zone of the southern Cascades, near the Sierra Nevada Range of California. Both thinning-prescriptions had a modest and predictable impact on below-canopy meteorology, which included their causing lower nighttime minimum temperatures in the critical summer months and higher wind speeds. Relative to the Control, both treatments affected soil moisture storage by delaying its annual decline and increasing its minimum value by the end of the season. The onset of soil moisture depletion was strongly tied to the magnitude of winter precipitation. In dry years, it began much earlier within the dense Control stand than in the treated ones, and, without snow, soil moisture was not replenished in the late spring. During high precipitation years, the storage capacity was topped off for all three stands, which resulted in similar timing of moisture decline across them, later in the season. The two thinning prescriptions increased stores through the height of summer (in wet and drought years). Finally, the basal area increment (BAI) of the remaining trees rose in both, suggesting they used the excess moisture to support rapid growth.
The main effect and gene-environment interaction effect of the ADCYAP1R1 polymorphism rs2267735 on the course of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms—A longitudinal analysis

Background Many studies have been performed to investigate the association between the ADCYAP1R1 polymorphism rs2267735 and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but the results have been inconsistent, and the way in which this gene affects the course of PTSD has not been widely investigated. Thus, a longitudinal study of the course (development trajectory) of PTSD is needed. Methods In this study, we performed a longitudinal analysis of rs2267735 in 1017 young, trauma-exposed Chinese people (549 females and 468 males, ranging from 7 to 11 years old). At four time points after trauma exposure (2.5, 3.5, 4.5, and 5.5 years), we measured PTSD symptoms with the University of California, Los Angeles PTSD Reaction Index (PTSD-RI) for DSM-IV (Child Version). We employed a latent growth model (LGM) for the longitudinal data to test the association between rs2267735 (main and gene-environment interaction effects) and the course of PTSD symptoms. Results The results of LGM showed that the gene-environment interaction (rs2267735 × trauma exposure) effects were associated with PTSD symptoms in girls at 2.5 years (β = –0.291 and P = 0.013 for LGM intercept). The gene-environment interaction (rs2267735 × trauma exposure) effect was also correlated with PTSD symptoms in girls at 3.5 and 4.5 years (β = –0.264 and P = 0.005; β = –0.217 and P = 0.013). Conclusion Our study revealed that the gene-environment interaction of the ADCYAP1R1 polymorphism rs2267735 is associated with PTSD symptoms in girls at 2.5 years and that the effects may be stable over time and not related to the PTSD symptom recovery rate. This is the first study to detect the how the ADCYAP1R1 gene affects the course of PTSD after trauma exposure in a longitudinal view.
Stand structure adjustment influences the biomass allocation in naturally generated Pinus massoniana seedlings through environmental factors

The natural regeneration of seedlings is a key factor for forest succession. Nevertheless, studies explaining the mechanism of growth and biomass allocation in regenerated seedlings after disturbance are lacking. Therefore, we measured the growth, biomass accumulation, and biomass allocation in current-age seedlings of Pinus massoniana after selective logging (logging of competitive trees, LCT; logging of inferior trees, LIT; and unlogged control, CK), and established structural equation models (SEMs) among the spatial structure characteristic indexes of the stand, environmental factors, and biomass allocation in different organs. As compared to the CK, the mingling index (M), uniform angle index (W), opening degree (O), soil organic carbon (SOC), available nitrogen (SAN), available phosphorus (SAP), available potassium (SAK), and bulk density (SBD) significantly increased (p < 0.05), while the competition index (CI) and neighborhood comparison (U) significantly decreased after logging (p < 0.05). After the LCT, seedling branch biomass improved, with an increase in the ground-diameter, crown-root ratio, and seedling quality index. More biomass was allocated to foliage and roots by an increase in the height and height-diameter ratio under the LIT. In the CK, increasing stem biomass helped the seedlings absorb and utilize more light. The Pearson correlation coefficient showed that biomass allocation to organs was independent, and seedlings adopted the strategies of heterogeneous adaptation and growth, thereby resulting in the separation of the allocation patterns among the organs. As per the redundancy analysis (RDA), CI was the main factor in biomass allocation. Environmental factors had direct effects on biomass allocation to organs, while the stand spatial structure characteristic indexes had indirect effects on biomass allocation based on SEMs. In summary, the LCT had significant, albeit indirect, effects on SOC, SAN, and SBD by reducing the CI for the regeneration and growth of seedlings in the stand, which was of great significance to the sustainable development of the forest stand of P. massoniana.
Speech perception deficits and the effect of envelope-enhanced story listening combined with phonics intervention in pre-readers at risk for dyslexia

Developmental dyslexia is considered to be most effectively addressed with preventive phonics-based interventions, including grapheme-phoneme coupling and blending exercises. These intervention types require intact speech perception abilities, given their large focus on exercises with auditorily presented phonemes. Yet some children with (a risk for) dyslexia experience problems in this domain due to a poorer sensitivity to rise times, i.e., rhythmic acoustic cues present in the speech envelope. As a result, the often subtle speech perception problems could potentially constrain an optimal response to phonics-based interventions in at-risk children. The current study therefore aimed (1) to extend existing research by examining the presence of potential speech perception deficits in pre-readers at cognitive risk for dyslexia when compared to typically developing peers and (2) to explore the added value of a preventive auditory intervention for at-risk pre-readers, targeting rise time sensitivity, on speech perception and other reading-related skills. To obtain the first research objective, we longitudinally compared speech-in-noise perception between 28 5-year-old pre-readers with and 30 peers without a cognitive risk for dyslexia during the second half of the third year of kindergarten. The second research objective was addressed by exploring growth in speech perception and other reading-related skills in an independent sample of 62 at-risk 5-year-old pre-readers who all combined a 12-week preventive phonics-based intervention (GraphoGame-Flemish) with an auditory story listening intervention. In half of the sample, story recordings contained artificially enhanced rise times (GG-FL_EE group, n = 31), while in the other half, stories remained unprocessed (GG-FL_NE group, n = 31; Clinical Trial Number S60962—https://www.uzleuven.be/nl/clinical-trial-center). Results revealed a slower speech-in-noise perception growth in the at-risk compared to the non-at-risk group, due to an emerged deficit at the end of kindergarten. Concerning the auditory intervention effects, both intervention groups showed equal growth in speech-in-noise perception and other reading-related skills, suggesting no boost of envelope-enhanced story listening on top of the effect of combining GraphoGame-Flemish with listening to unprocessed stories. These findings thus provide evidence for a link between speech perception problems and dyslexia, yet do not support the potential of the auditory intervention in its current form.
Microbial diversity and biogeochemical cycling potential in deep-sea sediments associated with seamount, trench, and cold seep ecosystems

Due to their extreme water depths and unique physicochemical conditions, deep-sea ecosystems develop uncommon microbial communities, which play a vital role in biogeochemical cycling. However, the differences in the compositions and functions of the microbial communities among these different geographic structures, such as seamounts (SM), marine trenches (MT), and cold seeps (CS), are still not fully understood. In the present study, sediments were collected from SM, MT, and CS in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, and the compositions and functions of the microbial communities were investigated by using amplicon sequencing combined with in-depth metagenomics. The results revealed that significantly higher richness levels and diversities of the microbial communities were found in SM sediments, followed by CS, and the lowest richness levels and diversities were found in MT sediments. Acinetobacter was dominant in the CS sediments and was replaced by Halomonas and Pseudomonas in the SM and MT sediments. We demonstrated that the microbes in deep-sea sediments were diverse and were functionally different (e.g., carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycling) from each other in the seamount, trench, and cold seep ecosystems. These results improved our understanding of the compositions, diversities and functions of microbial communities in the deep-sea environment.
INVESTIGATING SOURCES OF AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN WALKING MECHANICS

Title of Dissertation: INVESTIGATING SOURCES OF AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN WALKING MECHANICS Rebecca Lynn Krupenevich, Doctor of Philosophy, 2019 Dissertation directed by: Assistant Professor Ross H. Miller Department of Kinesiology Walking is one of the most common activities of daily living and represents independence and improved quality of life, particularly among older adults. However, many older adults report substantial mobility challenges, which may be associated with age-related differences in lower-extremity gait kinetics. These differences are summarily referred to as a ‘distal to proximal shift’ of joint moments and powers, and are characterized by smaller ankle kinetics and larger hip kinetics in older vs. young adults. Although agerelated differences in walking mechanics are well-documented, there is little consensus about which biomechanical factors contribute to these differences. Addressing this gap in knowledge is an important step in determining if this shift is preventable, or rather, an unavoidable part of healthy aging. Therefore, the overarching goal of this dissertation was to investigate sources of the age-related distal to proximal shift in gait kinetics. Specifically, this dissertation determined the extent to which the shift in kinetics is explained by age-related differences in (i) step length and trunk kinematics, (ii) years of endurance running (i.e., habitual physical activity), and (iii) gastrocnemius muscle architecture and individual lower-extremity muscle forces. In study 1, step length and trunk position did not reverse or reduce the age-related distal to proximal shift. Similarly, in study 2, a history of habitual endurance running did not reduce or reverse the shift. The third study confirmed the distal to proximal shift at the muscle level, suggesting that gastrocnemius may be a primary site of age-related differences in plantarflexor force, due to the shorter gastrocnemius muscle fascicles and smaller gastrocnemius force production in older adults vs. young adults. The present findings support the notion that the age-related distal to proximal shift of kinetics in active older adults is due primarily to differences at the muscle level and do not support previous speculations that this shift is due to spatiotemporal factors such as step length, joint kinematics, or physical activity. Further, these results suggest that age-related differences in lower-extremity joint kinetics are an unavoidable part of natural aging even in the absence of mobility limitations and the presence of a lifelong history of endurance running. INVESTIGATING SOURCES OF AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN WALKING MECHANICS
Potential Pilot Problems: Treatment Spillovers in Financial Regulatory Experiments

In analyzing regulatory experiments, a fundamental assumption is that the control group is unaffected. However, in many settings, this assumption may not hold. Generally, the total effect of a regulatory change consists of direct and indirect effects, but the standard difference-in-difference approach measures only direct effects. We apply our methods to the 2007 repeal of the uptick rule by the SEC. The indirect effects are substantial, because unlike the 2005 partial repeal, total repeal enables aggressive portfolio shorting. The 2007 repeal causes increased price efficiency and slightly worse liquidity. We conclude that regulatory pilot designers should carefully consider potential spillovers.
Pengaruh Pelatihan Mindfulness Terhadap Peningkatan Kontrol Diri Siswa SMA

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh pelatihan meditasi mindfulness terhadap tingkat kontrol diri. Hipotesis yang diajukan dalam penelitian ini adalah apakah ada pengaruh pelatihan meditasi mindfulness terhadap tingkat kontrol diri diri pada mahasiswa. Kabat-Zinn mendefinisikan mindfulness sebagai usaha memberikan perhatian melalui beberapa cara yaitu dengan tujuan, kekinian dan tidak ada penilian terhadapnya (Cayoun, tt). Goldfield dan Merbaum (Indraprasti dan Rachmawati, 2008) mendefinisikan kemampuan mengontrol diri sebagai suatu kemampuan untuk menyusun, membimbing, mengatur dan mengarahkan bentuk perilaku yang membawa individu ke arah konsekuensi positif.Subjek penelitian ini adalah 38 subjek dari siswa-siswi kelas IPA SMA 1 Kamal Bangkalan yang terbagai menjadi 2 kelompok yaitu 18 subjek kelompok eksperimen dan 18 subjek kelompok kontrol. Penelitian ini memberikan pelatihan meditasi mindfulness kepada kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol tidak mendapatkan perlakuan ( waiting list ). Kontrol diri subyek penelitian ini diukur dengan menggunakan skala kontrol diri hasil modifikasi dari aspek-aspek kontrol diri yang dijelaskan oleh Indraprasti dan Rachmawati (2008). Berdasarkan analisis data menggunakan teknik Paired-Samples T Test diperoleh nilai koefisien korelasi r = 0,369 dengan p = 0,132 (p lebih dari 0,05) yang berarti bahwa tidak ada korelasi antara kemampuan kontrol diri kelompok eksperimen sebelum diberi perlakuan dengan sesudah diberi perlakuan. Dengan demikian maka, pelatihan meditasi mindfulness tidak berpengaruh dalam meningkatkan kontrol diri siswa.
Using Drama in EFL Classroom

Due to the many potential benefits and drama can offer in language learning, there has been a growing interest to use drama in ESL/EFL classrooms. However, the practice still causes many difficulties to both teachers and students due to several factors. This article reviews current theories and research findings on the use of drama in ESL/EFL teaching and learning to provide a better understanding of the use of drama to facilitate learning in EFL classrooms. It begins with current theories behind drama use in English learning. This section tries to clarify what drama is in the context of ESL/EFL, what benefits it offers, and what challenges teachers potentially meet. After that, the discussion focuses on a practical guideline for using drama in the classroom. It proceeds with a brief description of some useful drama techniques. The article ends by offering some concluding remarks.
Parental Influence on Student Educational Expectations: Results from the 2012 Qatar Education Study

This study investigated factors that are likely to influence students’ educational expectations in the State of Qatar, concentrating on selected parental factors. Drawing on recent work in the field, the study examined the intersection of student demographic and socio-economic attributes along with contextual factors, on student educational expectations. The study uses student and parent data from a nation-wide survey of preparatory and secondary schools, the 2012 Qatar Education Study. The results showed students’ gender and grade level positively affect their reported educational expectations, with females and those in higher grade levels more likely to report higher expectations. While student reports of parental involvement were not significant, parent reports were marginally significant. The paper concludes with some recommendations for further study and research.
Predictor variables of performance on the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program for the 21st Century

Using the Student Characteristics: Iowa Test o f Basic Skills (ITBS) composite national percentile scores, repeating fourth grade, spring third grade Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) scores, socioeconomic status, race, gender, and preschool attendance and the School Characteristics: teacher degree level, teacher experience, teacher professional development, and school Title I status, this study employed a stepwise multiple regression analysis to determine the best predictors o f fourth grade scores on the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program for the 2 lst Century (LEAP 21). Students must pass the English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics portions o f this test to be promoted to fifth grade. Having previously failed either portion o f the LEAP 21 or having scored at or below the 30th percentile on the ITBS has identified a student for the LEAP Tutoring Program. This smallgroup, pull-out program provides 10 weeks o f instruction prior to the LEAP 21. ITBS and DRA scores were the strongest predictors o f all LEAP 21 scores. Repeating fourth grade, attending preschool, attending a Title I school, and being taught by a teacher who participated in professional development also predicted positive ELA LEAP 21 scores. Being male and being White were added to the ITBS and DRA scores for the Mathematics LEAP 21 predictive model. Combining the ELA and Mathematics LEAP 21 scores caused the gender and Title I variables to drop out leaving ITBS, DRA, race, preschool, and repeating fourth grade from the student characteristics and teacher professional development from the school characteristics as the predictive modeL
Recovering critique in an age of datafication

This article starts out from the need for critical work on processes of datafication and their consequences for the constitution of social knowledge and the social world. Current social science work on datafication has been greatly shaped by the theoretical approach of Bruno Latour, as reflected in the work of Actor Network Theory and Science and Technology Studies (ANT/STS). The article asks whether this approach, given its philosophical underpinnings, provides sufficient resources for the critical work that is required in relation to datafication. Drawing on Latour’s own reflections about the flatness of the social, it concludes that it does not, since key questions, in particular about the nature of social order cannot be asked or answered within ANT. In the article’s final section, three approaches from earlier social theory are considered as possible supplements to ANT/STS for a social science serious about addressing the challenges that datafication poses for society.