MARS

MARS is a repository service of Mason Publishing and the Data and Digital Scholarship Services (DDSS) at the George Mason University Libraries. MARS provides enduring, stable, well-indexed access to a wide range of scholarship from the Mason community, such as Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs), articles, presentations, reports, and creative work. Learn more about publishing, sharing, and preserving research data with the George Mason University Institutional Dataverse, and our other repository services.

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Sudan War: Retrospective on Health Care System Destruction

(The Sudan Confilct Observatory, 2024-06) Rothbart, Daniel

The primary objective of this report is to examine the character and scope of attacks by Sudanese belligerents against Sudan’s healthcare system from April 2023 through June 2024.

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Infectious Pathogens in Occupational Diving: A Literature Review

(George Mason University, 2023-05) Bockting, Krystal

This literature review discusses the current risks occupational divers face in terms of infectious pathogens in their work environment. Much of diving research accounts for oxygen toxicity or decompression sickness; leaving infectious pathogens largely untapped. Various bacteria, viruses, protozoans and microplastics are described in this review, along with their level of risk to divers. A literature review for the risk of pathogens in occupational diving has not been done since 2006 (1). This review hopes to be an updated resource that can uncover research and data gaps to ensure the health and safety of our divers.

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Measuring sound pressure level with microphone

Naemidehkharghani, Mehrdad; Yeager, Dan

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Listening Practices for the Manager

(ALA Publications, 2025) Bell, Kat

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George Mason Plaster Cast Collection

(2014) Mattusch, Carol; Gregg, Christopher; Grimes, Stephanie

Under the direction of Carol Mattusch (Department of History and Art history, emerita), seventy plaster casts which had been loaned, donated, or—in few cases—purchased for George Mason University from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York were restored and placed on display across the Fairfax Campus in the years between 2005 and 2010. The Metropolitan casts had been collected by that institution during the late 19th and early 20th century, but by the 1930s, the display of casts was no longer a priority for major art museums in America and Europe. After languishing in storage for decades, the Metropolitan began a process of distributing these pieces, which included examples from throughout the history of art. GMU’s seventy pieces represent works from the Classical (Greek and Roman) Mediterranean periods through the early 20th century and feature examples from non-Western contexts as well as the Western tradition. After being cleaned and conserved through the efforts of student and faculty volunteers, the casts were placed on display across Mason’s Fairfax campus. A substantial number were exhibited in Robinson Hall B, home of the Department of History and Art History. With the construction of Horizon Hall to replace that building, the plaster casts needed to be re-homed. In the spring of 2020, Christopher Gregg (Department of History and Art History) led a curatorial seminar of graduate and undergraduate students that re-evaluated the Robinson casts. Research confirmed and expanded information on these pieces; new labels were written in English and Spanish; the initial stages of a JSTOR catalogue database were undertaken; and a display plan to re-install the casts in Horizon Hall was designed by the students of the seminar. In addition, a book of essays, Engines of Education: Essays on the GMU Plaster Cast Collection, was produced. New photographs and measurements were also made by the Office of the University Curator. Due to logistical issues, the re-installation of the casts was delayed. The casts, however, are expected to take their place in Horizon Hall in the spring of 2025, following the arrangement proposed by the students in the seminar and with the labels produced in the class. The remainder of the collection continues to be displayed in various buildings on the Fairfax campus.