Scholarship @ Claremont Copyright (c) 2016 Claremont Colleges All rights reserved. http://scholarship.claremont.edu Recent documents in Scholarship @ Claremont en-us Sat, 13 Feb 2016 01:33:10 PST 3600 Leveraging Expertise to Meet Research Data Management Needs http://scholarship.claremont.edu/library_staff/40 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/library_staff/40 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 12:01:17 PST Scholarly communication expertise and responsibility is often located in only a few members of an academic community. Librarians increasingly need to be knowledgeable and articulate about scholarly communication issues, including research data management. How to best leverage librarian expertise and build knowledge in these areas is an ongoing challenge. Stakeholders from two institutions will speak about their efforts to build capacity for data-related support and services in an expedient and economical way. At Claremont Colleges Library, the scholarly communication librarian and a social science librarian are creating infrastructure that will allow the Library to expand its data services while also creating a transferable professional development model that will educate and leverage expertise around other scholarly communication issues. At Carnegie Mellon University, they have collected information on researcher needs for and attitudes towards university data services from data storage for archiving and sharing, to data management plans and open data for publications, to student and staff training in best data practices. They are working as a committee with members from multiple stakeholders on campus, data services, scholarly communications, office of research, computing services, and discipline liaisons to craft the most efficient and useful menu of data services to support researchers. These examples will set the stage for a robust discussion about how higher education scholarly communication needs can be met in and outside of libraries.

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Allegra Swift
The Effect of Changing Environmental Factors on the Resurgence of Dengue Fever and Severe Dengue http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1308 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1308 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 10:54:08 PST Throughout the early twentieth century, dengue fever was considered to be a nonthreatening illness, only infecting visitors of the tropics. However, in the last fifty years, there has been a resurgence of dengue fever; it is now considered to be the most consequential arbovirus, infecting more than 50 million people each year and leaving about half of the world's current population at risk of infection. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the various environmental factors that have contributed to the resurgence of dengue fever that has been seen in the last half century. Most notable of these factors are climate change and the increasing urbanization associated with population growth. Specifically, increasing temperatures and precipitation increases the available habitat for the dengue fever vector, the Aedes mosquito, while concurrently increasing both the longevity of the virus and the mosquito. Furthermore, changing sociodemographic factors associated with urbanization have helped spread the mosquito around the world, as the vector largely relies on human transportation. Finally, substandard housing often associated with insufficient water management systems creates the ideal breeding spots for the dengue vector. The Aedes mosquito is known to be one of the most versatile and one of the toughest mosquitoes in the world, which has allowed it to quickly adapt and succeed in these changing environments. Understanding these factors and their influence on the spread of dengue fever is vital in order to effectively manage current and future outbreaks. This is specifically important in regards to dengue fever and severe dengue as no vaccine or medications currently exists to treat this virus.

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Shannon M. O'Neill
A Unified Framework of the Shared Aesthetic Experience http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1307 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1307 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 10:54:05 PST Aesthetic expressions have been seen as the manifest of human culture. The psychology of aesthetics have proposed various models, describing the various phenomena related to aesthetic experience, such as sensory pleasure derived from aesthetic stimuli, emotional response toward aesthetic depiction, cognitive mastering over aesthetic emotion, etc. However, further examination reveals current models have theoretical limits for the explanation of society-wide aesthetic preference due to limited scope of focus. Thus, the current project proposes a new theoretical framework to describe the process through which the society comes to converge on aesthetic preference. Examination of related theories and experimental evidence shows that the convergence process of our aesthetic preference is a function of several inter-related yet independent psychological mechanisms at the perceptual, affective, and cognitive stages of aesthetic processing. The proposed framework can inform future research in general psychology as well as other applications, such as the making of creative machines.Aesthetic expressions have been seen as the manifest of human culture. The psychology of aesthetics have proposed various models, describing the various phenomena related to aesthetic experience, such as sensory pleasure derived from aesthetic stimuli, emotional response toward aesthetic depiction, cognitive mastering over aesthetic emotion, etc. However, further examination reveals current models have theoretical limits for the explanation of society-wide aesthetic preference due to limited scope of focus. Thus, the current project proposes a new theoretical framework to describe the process through which the society comes to converge on aesthetic preference. Examination of related theories and experimental evidence shows that the convergence process of our aesthetic preference is a function of several inter-related yet independent psychological mechanisms at the perceptual, affective, and cognitive stages of aesthetic processing. The proposed framework can inform future research in general psychology as well as other applications, such as the making of creative machines.

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Huakai Liao
HPLC and MS/MS Method for the Separation and Identification of Inositol Phosphates in C. Reinhardtii http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1306 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1306 Mon, 08 Feb 2016 10:54:02 PST Inositol phosphates (IPs) have important cellular functions from teleomere maintenance (IP7 and IP8) to Ca2+ signaling pathways (1, 4, 5-IP3). Yet there is no robust, quantitative method to separate all the inositol phosphate isomers from IP1 to IP8. Four findings contributed heavily towards the development of a robust, quantitative IP isomer separation and identification method on the EskpertTM MicroLC 200+ QTrap 6500 system with a SelexIonTM DMS attachment. 1) TCA from inositol phosphate algal extractions was removed by elution with 100 mM ammonium carbonate, ammonium formate, or ammonium bicarbonate or by immobilized metal affinity chromatography (Fe-NTA columns). 2) A 250 mM ammonium carbonate and 25% methanol gradient was run on a weak anion exchange column to separate all the inositol phosphates from each other (IP1 through IP8. 3) Using ten different inositol phosphate isomer standards and fluoro- IP3 as an internal standard for future quantitation and recovery studies, isomer separation was obtained using SelexIonTM DMS with a 2- propanol modifier. 4) Ion suppression of inositol phosphate signals caused by 250 mM ammonium carbonate can be alleviated with a post-column dilution. The final assembled EskpertTM MicroLC 200+ QTrap 6500 system with a SelexIonTM DMS attachment and post-column dilution method was able to separate out IP isomers from IP1 to IP6 and detect IP7 and IP8. Once further optimized using the full compensation voltage range and a more polar modifier such as methanol, this method will allow the lipid biosynthesis pathways of C. reinhardtii, a promising candidate for algal biofuels, to be better studied.

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Travis Y. Tu
Re:Purpose Your Event: How the RE:BOOK Altered Book Contest Became a Signature Event at The Claremont Colleges Library http://scholarship.claremont.edu/library_staff/39 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/library_staff/39 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 11:55:52 PST Poster presented at the American Library Association Annual Conference 2014

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Natalie Tagge et al.
WANTED: Journalists of Humanistic Mathematics http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/27 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/27 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:58 PST Mark Huber et al. Salade Producto http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/26 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/26 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:56 PST Mathematics and food -- a timeless combination.... (This recipe is a humorous piece about elementary calculus.)

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Vincent J. Matsko
A Desirable Middle http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/25 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/25 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:55 PST A Desirable Middle is a short story about a woman trying to discover her own personal golden mean.

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Susan Sechrist
Newton's Law of Cooling http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/24 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/24 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:53 PST A poem reflecting three different viewpoints on Newton's Law of Cooling.

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Caleb J. Emmons
Three Euclidean Poems http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/23 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/23 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:51 PST Three poems using forms derived from various Euclidean algorithms.

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Jordie Albiston
Adversus Mathematicos http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/22 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/22 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:49 PST A poem about relationship between mathematics and the human experience of time.

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Christopher Norris
Pythagoras plays his lyre http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/21 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/21 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:47 PST A poem about the Pythagoreans' beliefs and way of life.

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Sarah Glaz
Pension Building, Washington DC http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/20 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/20 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:46 PST E Laura Golberg Select Poems from Sizes Only Slightly Distinct and from Truth and Beauty http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/19 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/19 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:44 PST Marion D. Cohen The Allure of Mathematics or Book Review: Seduced by Logic: E ́milie Du Chˆatelet, Mary Somerville, and the Newtonian Revolution, by Robyn Arianrhod http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/18 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/18 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:43 PST Today, there is a tendency to overlook the contributions of women such as Émilie du Châtelet and Mary Somerville; yet, despite numerous obstacles, they were able to make meaningful contributions to science. This review of Robyn Arianrhod’s book provides brief biographical summaries of the lives of these extraordinary women. It also considers some of the ramifications of Isaac Newton’s theory.

Throughout history, various factors have impeded women from full participation in scientific research; nevertheless, Émilie du Châtelet and Mary Somerville found and took advantage of opportunities to engage in scientific activities. This raises the question: had these women been born during contemporary times, what original scientific discoveries might they have made?

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Elizabeth A. Lamprecht
Teaching Calculus with Infinitesimals http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/17 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/17 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:41 PST This article argues that first semester calculus courses for non-mathematics majors should be taught using infinitesimals. This applies to both high school and undergraduate calculus courses. The use of infinitesimals in calculus, though more intuitive than the approach developed in the 19th Century, has been controversial for over two millennia. However, in the 20th Century their use was shown to be equa-consistent with the approach developed in the 19th Century. Here I first provide a brief history of infinitesimals, why they were controversial, and how they were finally put on a firm footing. Next I illustrate the intuitive nature of the use of infinitesimals. Thus I conclude that at least students not continuing on to more advanced analysis courses would be better served by learning calculus via infinitesimals.

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Rebecca Vinsonhaler
Jay Leno and Abstract Algebra http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/16 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/16 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:39 PST The Jay Leno skit Jaywalking, showing ordinary people struggling to answer basic questions, is both entertaining and applicable to teaching. This article describes how an instructor can strengthen students' conceptual understanding by creating an element of confusion, or "cognitive dissonance," in the students' minds using Jaywalking-style interactions in the classroom.

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Adam Glesser et al.
Dramathizing Functions: Building Connections between Mathematics and Arts http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/15 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/15 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:37 PST This article focuses on connections between mathematics and performance arts (drama). More specifically we offer an exposition of a segment of college algebra mathematics (an introduction to functions), with an approach primarily emphasizing the aesthetic aspects of mathematical learning, teaching, and performing.

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Gunhan Caglayan
A Meeting of Minds: An Alternate Humor for Teaching Mathematics to non-STEM Majors http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/14 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/14 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:35 PST John Allen Paulos argued essentially for three forms of humor dear to mathematics: Incongruity, Gotcha, and Word Play. Unfortunately, these three are often combative forms and easily drive non-STEM majors out of mathematics and statistics.

William Dunham in The Mathematical Universe shows how a fine mathematician can use humor to draw non-specialists in. Central to Dunham’s success is his use of Sympathetic Pain humor, which creates softer synthetic Reconciler, Consoler, or Bridgebuilder humor styles.

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Paul H. Grawe
What If?: Mathematics, Creative Writing, and Play http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/13 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol6/iss1/13 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:34 PST Mathematics can inform creative writing by suggesting structures for it to follow, as well as by providing the imaginative impetus for common rules to be broken. In a workshop co-taught by the author, a class of sixth-grade students explored this interplay as they produced fractal-inspired poetry and geometry-inspired fiction. This article describes the form and results of the workshop in the context of a broader discussion of the influence of mathematics upon literature.

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Emily Clader
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