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Marketing Strategy for Hartville Potato Chips Team 3

This project will work closely with Hartville Potato Chips to create a position for the company. Utilizing different marketing techniques, the team will conduct, analyze, communicate, and present information in a real-world setting. This experience will allow for growth in small group and professional development areas

Our Findings in Marketing Research for Hartville Potato Chips

To conclude the 2024 Spring semester, we will present primary and secondary research to our client (Hartville Potato Chips). This presentation will support the proposition and promotional strategy to add three more local partnerships for Hartville Potato Chips based on our research findings

Faculty Senate Chronicle April 4, 2024

Minutes for the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on April 4, 2024

Exploring Artifacts and Documents in Collective Creativity Workshops Applied to Future Studies

In a context of uncertainty, organizations use creativity methods to anticipate future challenges in relations with the long-term evolutions of the society. These approaches consist in bringing together people with complementary points of view to multiply the diversity of ideas. This paper focuses on the process of transformation and selection of ideas and artifacts from a collective perspective in the unprecedented circumstances that occurred during the pandemic. We question how ideas are grounded in the documents and artifacts produced at the key moments of the creative process from the perspective of the facilitators and the participants. In this paper we aim to understand the artifacts and documents involved in the creative process by means of the “Semiotics of Cooperative Transactions” theory (Zacklad, 2020). We use the concept of cooperative transactions by Dewey (Zacklad, 2020). A transaction is an abstract structure that manifests itself through a series of conversations and interactions that facilitate cooperation (Zacklad, 2020). We differentiate an artifact from a document that lasts beyond the creative process. And we identified barriers to the perpetuation of originality

Causational Analysis and Rectification of Issues Concerning Scale Formation on Hot-Rolled Straight Bar Product and its Effects on Ultrasonic Testing

At Charter Steel\u27s NDT Processing Plant located in Cleveland, Ohio, a concern has arisen regarding the recently implemented bar straightening and UT (Ultrasonic Testing) equipment. A substantial amount of mill scale, which is typically removed during the straightening process, is persisting on the bar’s surface throughout most of the NDT procedure. This lingering scale has been observed to flake off once inside the UT equipment, introducing unwanted noise and phantom peaks into the UT readings. Additionally, thick mill scale has been identified as a source of background interference in the received data. In contrast, bars that have been subjected to sandblasting (resulting in a scale-free surface) exhibit minimal to no background noise. The primary objective of this project is to develop cooling procedures to be employed during the SBQ hot rolling process. These procedures aim to minimize noise in UT measurements while considering the associated costs related to alterations in corrosion resistance and changes in water volume used for cooling

Effects of AC Interference on Pipelines Under Cathodic Protection and Cathodic Disbondment of Pipeline Coatings

This project is split into two parts. The first revolves around AC interference on pipeline steel under cathodic protection. The corrosion rate of steel samples will be measured after they are exposed to varying levels of AC interference and cathodic protection. The results will be used to help develop new guidelines for appropriate cathodic protection of steel pipelines. The second part of this project revolves around the cathodic disbondment of pipeline coatings while under cathodic protection. The disbondment distance, electrolyte pH, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy will be tested for multiple industry standard coatings under various conditions. The results will be used to help elevate the industry\u27s understanding of cathodic disbondment of pipeline coatings

Social Determinants of Health: Evaluation Using Rates of Vision Screening and Follow-up Examinations

Vision care is essential to the quality of life of young children, impacting them over the course of their lives. Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) affect the likelihood of a child having access to appropriate care specified by the Bright Futures. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of SDOH on the completion of vision screening and the rate of follow-up with an eye care provider when applicable. In addition, rates of instrument-based vision screening and recommended ophthalmology follow-up were compared with COI, a metric assessing the quality of resources available and the conditions that matter for the healthy development of children. Using two clinics with disparate populations (Locust Pediatrics and ACH Pediatrics Green), we collected data including language, ethnicity, race, and COI using retrospective chart review and analyzed using t-tests and logistic regression. Locust Pediatrics was found to serve a more demographically diverse population, but there wasn’t a statistically significant difference in the likelihood of having a vision screening. Patients at Locust Pediatrics were more likely to be referred to an ophthalmologist than Green patients. Race, ethnicity, and state-normed COI were not found to negatively affect rates of vision screening, but English-speaking patients were found to be less likely to receive a vision-screening than non-English speaking patients. No factors were associated with incomplete ophthalmology visits. Therefore, one can reasonably conclude that the Akron Children’s Hospital network currently has effective strategies in place to mitigate disparities in access to vision screening and follow-up

Psychotropic Polypharmacy on Heart Rate of Daphnia Magna

The prevalence of patients being prescribed multiple medications concurrently is significantly rising, and so is the importance of investigating any interactions between medications. One common example—sertraline and clomipramine have been used together to treat obsessive compulsive disorder. Clomipramine, however, is known to cause tachyarrhythmias in some patients. The present study set out to investigate the role of this drug combination on the heart rate of a simple animal model, Daphnia magna, or the water flea. The water flea was exposed to saline, sertraline, clomipramine, or sertraline plus clomipramine, and heart rate was measured subsequently. It was found that the drug combination significantly reduced heart rate compared to saline. This suggests that further research into the effects of TCAs and SSRIs on the cardiovascular system of animal models is needed to ensure the safety of such polypharmacy for human patients

Morality vs. Mortality: The Ethics of Physician-Assisted Death in the United States

According to the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, physician-assisted death is defined as a physician providing, at the patient’s request, a prescription for a lethal dose of medication that the patient can self-administer by ingestion, with the explicit intention of ending life. This paper will examine the different perspectives on the prevalent issue revolving around the ethics and criminality of physician-assisted death and euthanasia in the medical field – a heavily debated topic since the concept was conceived. It will explore the history and controversy revolving around the practice using ethical, faith-based, and scientific perspectives relating respectively to the ideas of death with dignity, autonomy, vitality, and the sacredness of life as well as taking the criminal aspect of it into consideration. In order to understand the correlation between political, religious, and social beliefs and the support for the legalization of physician-assisted death, this paper will explore and analyze Gallup’s 2018 Values and Beliefs poll regarding physician-assisted death and public opinion. The ultimate goal of this research paper is to allow the reader to become more informed on the topic of physician-assisted death and to shed light on the differing perspectives regarding the controversial subject