Senior Recital: Cameron Austin, jazz percussion

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance. Mr. Austin studies jazz percussion with Justin Chesarek.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1789/thumbnail.jp

Temperature and Strain-Rate Dependence of Surface Dislocation Nucleation

Dislocation nucleation is essential to the plastic deformation of small-volume crystalline solids. The free surface may act as an effective source of dislocations to initiate and sustain plastic flow, in conjunction with bulk sources. Here, we develop an atomistic modeling framework to address the probabilistic nature of surface dislocation nucleation. We show the activation volume associated with surface dislocation nucleation is characteristically in the range of 1–10b3, where b is the Burgers vector. Such small activation volume leads to sensitive temperature and strain-rate dependence of the nucleation stress, providing an upper bound to the size-strength relation in nanopillar compression experiments

Senior Recital: Nicolas Franz, jazz guitar

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance. Mr. Franz studies jazz guitar with Trey Wright.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1505/thumbnail.jp

KSU Women\u27s Choir, Philharmonic and Chorale

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents KSU Women\u27s Choir, Philharmonic and Chorale.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1387/thumbnail.jp

Attitudes, skills and use of evidence-based practice among UK osteopaths: A national cross-sectional survey

© 2018 The Author(s). Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a clinical decision-making framework that supports quality improvement in healthcare. While osteopaths are key providers of musculoskeletal healthcare, the extent to which osteopaths engage in EBP is unclear. Thus, the aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate UK osteopaths' attitudes, skills and use of EBP, and perceived barriers and facilitators of EBP uptake. Methods: UK-registered osteopaths were invited to complete the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude and Utilisation Survey (EBASE) online. Results: Of the 5200 registered osteopaths in the UK, 9.9% (517/5200) responded to the invitation, and 7.2% (375/5200) completed the EBASE (< 20% incomplete answers). The demographic characteristics of the survey sample were largely similar to those of the UK osteopathy workforce. The osteopaths reported overall positive attitudes towards EBP, with most agreeing that EBP improves the quality of patient care (69.3%) and is necessary for osteopathy practice (76.5%). The majority reported moderate-level skills in EBP, and most (80.8%) were interested in improving these skills. Participating osteopaths typically engaged in EBP activities 1-5 times over the last month. Barriers to EBP uptake included a lack of time and clinical evidence in osteopathy. Main facilitators of EBP included having access to online databases, internet at work, full-text articles, and EBP education materials. Conclusions: UK osteopaths were generally supportive of evidence-based practice, had moderate-level skills in EBP and engaged in EBP activities infrequently. The development of effective interventions that improve osteopaths' skills and the incorporation of EBP into clinical practice should be the focus of future research

Jazz Combos and Jazz Guitar Ensemble

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Jazz Combos and Jazz Guitar Ensemble.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1399/thumbnail.jp

Effects of tooth-brushing force with a desensitising dentifrice on dentine tubule patency and surface roughness

Objectives To investigate the effects of a 5% NovaMin containing dentifrice on dentine tubule patency and surface roughness at 100 g and 400 g tooth brush abrasion forces. Methods 75 polished human dentine samples were prepared and randomly allocated into one of five groups; control (1), Na2PFO3 100 g abrasion force (2), NovaMin 100 g (3), Na2PFO3 400 g (4) and NovaMin 400 g (5). The control group underwent two 2-min cycles of artificial saliva (AS), one 2-min erosion cycle; the rest underwent two toothbrush abrasion cycles in an AS/dentifrice slurry and one 2-min erosion cycle. All samples were imaged at baseline and post intervention using Tandem Scanning Microscopy and Profilometry to analyse tubule patency and roughness. Results Mean tubule patency increased significantly between baseline and post intervention in groups 1,2 and 4 and decreased significantly post intervention in groups 3 and 5 (p < 0.01). Post intervention, there were statistically significant differences in mean patent tubules between NovaMin and the Na2PFO3 and control groups (p < 0.001). Surface roughness increased for all groups between baseline and post interventions (P < 0.001); mean (SD) roughness increases for groups 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 were 0.14 (0.05) μm, 0.18 (0.04) μm, 0.16 (0.06) μm, 0.19 (0.07) μm and 0.21 (0.02) μm respectively. Differences between group 1 and 5 were significant (p < 0.01). Conclusions Brushing with NovaMin resulted in significant dentine tubule occlusion at 100 g and 400 g, but brushing with Na2PFO3 resulted in increased tubule patency. Surface roughness increased significantly at 400 g brushing with NovaMin. There was no correlation between tubule patency and surface roughness. Clinical significance A NovaMin desensitising dentifrice resulted in tubule occlusion even at high brushing forces. There was minimal increase in surface roughness at the lower (100 g) brushing force

Attitudes, skills and use of evidence-based practice among UK osteopaths: A national cross-sectional survey

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a clinical decision-making framework that supports quality improvement in healthcare. While osteopaths are key providers of musculoskeletal healthcare, the extent to which osteopaths engage in EBP is unclear. Thus, the aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate UK osteopaths' attitudes, skills and use of EBP, and perceived barriers and facilitators of EBP uptake. Methods: UK-registered osteopaths were invited to complete the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude and Utilisation Survey (EBASE) online. Results: Of the 5200 registered osteopaths in the UK, 9.9 (517/5200) responded to the invitation, and 7.2 (375/5200) completed the EBASE (< 20 incomplete answers). The demographic characteristics of the survey sample were largely similar to those of the UK osteopathy workforce. The osteopaths reported overall positive attitudes towards EBP, with most agreeing that EBP improves the quality of patient care (69.3) and is necessary for osteopathy practice (76.5). The majority reported moderate-level skills in EBP, and most (80.8) were interested in improving these skills. Participating osteopaths typically engaged in EBP activities 1-5 times over the last month. Barriers to EBP uptake included a lack of time and clinical evidence in osteopathy. Main facilitators of EBP included having access to online databases, internet at work, full-text articles, and EBP education materials. Conclusions: UK osteopaths were generally supportive of evidence-based practice, had moderate-level skills in EBP and engaged in EBP activities infrequently. The development of effective interventions that improve osteopaths' skills and the incorporation of EBP into clinical practice should be the focus of future research. © 2018 The Author(s)