"A moving tribute to her mother, this work combines the personal and the political. The quilt includes a narrative - the witty story of the family of Aunt Jemima, most familiar as the stereotypical black 'mammy' but here a successful African...
"The painting belonged to Edward James. Surely one of Dali's finest double images." (Caption); "Dali said that The Great Paranoiac had been conceived after a discussion with Josep María Sert about Arcimboldo, and that the...
Middle school education--Curricula--United States; Single-sex schools
A comparative case study focused on six mathematics teachers of all-boy classes in three middle schools. Each school chose to experiment with gendered classes to improve specific, yet somewhat different, outcomes. A purpose of this study was not to...
A significant amount of effort has been put in developing tools to interpret Ground Penetrating Radar signals obtained during surveys. Currently, skilled and experienced users do most of GPR image interpretation. They use experience in deciphering...
Adolphus E. Richards was born in Virginia in 1844. His education was interrupted by the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army, where he rose to the rank of major before his twenty-first birthday. At the war's end, he returned to school,...
Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings
Architect's rendering of the Library, now known as Grawemeyer Hall, which houses the President's office, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1936. Wide, two-three story brick building with large low dome atop center. Stairs lead to...
Adjustment (Psychology) in old age; Aging; Elderly poor; Nursing home patients
BACKGROUND: Current successful aging theory excludes individuals with disease or
disability, limits the potential for successful aging in minority and lower socioeconomic
populations, focuses on behavioral determinants of health rather than social...
Charles J. Bronston was born in 1848 in Richmond, Kentucky. He was a successful lawyer and powerful politician. He served as Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney and represented Lexington in the Kentucky Senate. He was a delegate from Fayette...
Museum exhibits; Art--Study and teaching (Elementary); Color in art
Color is an important part of art and life, which can be utilized by the museum educator to engage visitors with the art. For the museum educator, development of appropriate programs and activities to meet the needs of their audience is a central...
Data libraries--Security measures; Computer networks--Security measures; Information storage and retrieval systems; Digital preservation
Data centers (DC) are the core of the national cyber infrastructure. With the incredible growth of critical data volumes in financial institutions, government organizations, and global companies, data centers are becoming larger and more...
Microelectromechanical systems; Pumping machinery; Drug infusion pumps
Dermal wounds, including bed sores, pressure ulcers, and diabetic ulcers have a large impact on American healthcare costing up to $7 billion per year. Adequate pharmaceutical remedies applied at constant rate could prove to increase the healing...
Dimorphism is a highly conserved process in fungi in which a transition between a unicellular, yeast-like growth form and either a unicellular or multicellular, filamentous growth form occurs in response to several different environmental cues. The...
Dots Miller of John Barney Miller (1886-1923). Color portrait of Dots Miller with the Pittsburg Pirates or Pittsburgh Pirates. A pirate is in the top left corner and 'Pirates' is in the top right. Verso: John D. Miller. John D. Miller, the young...
Jamestown Settlement--History; Great Britain--Colonies--America--History--17th century; Leadership--History; Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
English experience gained from colonization attempts in the New World and in Ireland, as well as military expeditions to the European continent and the New World, helped make Jamestown more successful than any previous English colonial venture in...
Federal legislation in 1992 entitled the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act reordered many of the previous methods employed in the detention of juvenile offenders. Among the reform measures required by the act, there was a mandate to...
Fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites (PMCs) using high-temperature thermoplastics as the matrix material represent a lightweight design solution for applications above 250°F. This is often required for aircraft structures subjected to...
Four women in a parlor with wall hangings and a piano. To the left a woman holding a sword towards the ground leans back toward the woman behind her. To the right a woman points a sword towards the first woman, while another woman stands behind...
Parks, Suzan-Lori. In the blood; Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery
From the moment the audience enters the auditorium the play is a mystery. They are looking for clues as to the nature of the story in which they are about to participate. The designer's job is to select what these clues are. How does the designer...
Buildings; Domes; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
Grawemeyer Hall, the administration building at University of Louisville, Belknap Campus, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929. Close-up of Grawemeyer Hall, a three story brick building with a heavy domed roof featuring a pillared portico reached by stairs....
Buildings; Domes; Educational facilities; Universities & colleges; University of Louisville--Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.)
Grawemeyer Hall, the administration building at University of Louisville, Belknap Campus, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929. Distant view of Grawemeyer Hall. There is a metal frame or tower to the right obscured by mist. It has two circles on either side...
