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Challenges of Transitioning Back to School from Hospitalization: The Role of Child Life Specialists in Schools

When students return to school after hospitalization, many aspects of their development are impacted. During the transition back to school after hospitalization students often face social, emotional, and academic challenges. Child life specialists typically work in hospital settings to support the social-emotional well-being of pediatric patients. Child life specialists are highly equipped to support students returning to school after hospitalization and would be a valuable asset to all school systems. Research for this study was conducted through literature reviews, an interview with a child life specialist who is currently working within a school, and surveys of school nurses and child life specialists in hospital settings. Results found that child life specialists can provide a wide array of services to students returning from hospitalization, as well as students facing an assortment of other, more common challenges (anxiety, social challenges, sick family member, etc.)

The Effect of Leadership Change on School Climate

School climate affects student achievement, feelings of safety within the school, and teacher job satisfaction. Concurrently, the principal is often seen as someone with a direct influence on the climate of the school, and therefore someone who has a direct role in shaping these aspects of school climate. Recent data suggests that about one in five principals leaves the profession every year, which means that every year, one in every five schools experiences a change to its climate, and a change to its achievement, safety, and teacher satisfaction. If this trend continues, schools are going to continue to feel the effects of inconsistency in the principalship. Through studying the effect of leadership change on school climate, we can better understand the ways in which climate is impacted by frequent changes in the principalship. Additionally, aspiring principals can learn a lot about the potential impact of their entrance into a school, and thus prepare for a successful transition into their new school and their new profession. Lastly, if administrators are prepared for the change in climate, hopefully they will have more success staying as the principal during those first challenging years

Protein structural variation in computational models and crystallographic data

Normal mode analysis offers an efficient way of modeling the conformational flexibility of protein structures. Simple models defined by contact topology, known as elastic network models, have been used to model a variety of systems, but the validation is typically limited to individual modes for a single protein. We use anisotropic displacement parameters from crystallography to test the quality of prediction of both the magnitude and directionality of conformational variance. Normal modes from four simple elastic network model potentials and from the CHARMM forcefield are calculated for a data set of 83 diverse, ultrahigh resolution crystal structures. While all five potentials provide good predictions of the magnitude of flexibility, the methods that consider all atoms have a clear edge at prediction of directionality, and the CHARMM potential produces the best agreement. The low-frequency modes from different potentials are similar, but those computed from the CHARMM potential show the greatest difference from the elastic network models. This was illustrated by computing the dynamic correlation matrices from different potentials for a PDZ domain structure. Comparison of normal mode results with anisotropic temperature factors opens the possibility of using ultrahigh resolution crystallographic data as a quantitative measure of molecular flexibility. The comprehensive evaluation demonstrates the costs and benefits of using normal mode potentials of varying complexity. Comparison of the dynamic correlation matrices suggests that a combination of topological and chemical potentials may help identify residues in which chemical forces make large contributions to intramolecular coupling.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figure

Just a Tool? John Dewey's Pragmatic Instrumentalism and Educational Technology

This dissertation examines how John Dewey’s philosophy of knowledge might be used to consider the aims of contemporary educational technologies. While significant scholarship exists examining the historical and philosophical importance of Dewey’s contributions to American progressive education, much less scholarship has focused on examining the relationship between Dewey’s theory of knowledge and his thoughts regarding the purposes and aims of educational technologies. I argue that because many of Dewey’s ideas were heavily influenced by the material and social changes of the industrial revolution, his theories about knowledge, technology, and education offer a unique perspective when considering the educational significance of digital technologies. This dissertation is guided by two central questions: (1) What is the relationship between Dewey’s philosophy of knowledge, his philosophy of technology, and his philosophy of education? (2) How might Dewey’s ideas about the relationship between knowledge, technology, and education help educators, students, and policy makers think about the aims and uses of digital technologies in contemporary educational contexts? I begin by examining Dewey’s pragmatically instrumental account of knowledge. I then examine pragmatic instrumentalism as it relates to the field of philosophy of technology. I demonstrate that pragmatic instrumentalism is a non-deterministic yet value-laden approach to technology and represents a distinct philosophical approach to technological change. I go on to demonstrate how the relationship between Dewey’s philosophy of knowledge and his philosophy of technology shaped his philosophy of education. I argue that Dewey’s philosophy of education is comprised of three sets of interlocking arguments: developmental arguments, technological arguments, and instrumental arguments. I contend that Dewey argued for a pragmatically instrumental understanding of knowledge, technology, and education in which the process of growth is shaped by the relationship between the experiences of learner, the social and technological contexts of the learning environment, and the ongoing development of intellectual habits of active inquiry. I conclude my dissertation by applying Dewey’s ideas about knowledge, technology, and education to a consideration of some contemporary educational contexts. I argue that if the aim of education is the cultivation of educative experiences that lead to growth, then a pragmatically instrumental approach to educational technology suggests that educators, students, and policy makers accept responsibility for the uses of ICTs by rejecting technological determinism and a narrow focus on fixed-end standards

Santiago de Chile: comprehension and configuration of a modern city since the visit of Karl Brunner, 1932

En su primera visita a Chile (1929 a 1932), el urbanista Karl Brunner elabora las bases de un estudio para el futuro ensanche de la ciudad capital. Los estudios propuestos en este viaje se compilan en el libro Santiago de Chile: Su estado actual y futura formación (1932). El texto es un análisis descriptivo del Santiago que encuentra y cómo, desde esa misma realidad debe transitar hacia la ciudad moderna que proclama. Allí se manifiesta el corpus teórico y práctico que trae desde Europa central, donde su argumento de modernidad se confronta inteligentemente con la realidad observada. Una ciudad real que se aborda a través de visiones en simultaneidad de distintas escalas de comprensión e intervención, y que se codifica en imágenes y descripciones, hasta llegar a una propuesta de normativas. A través de un análisis cuidadoso de representaciones, proyectos y el discurso que contiene, se intenta develar cuál es la propuesta para Santiago que encarna Brunner, cómo determina las distintas visiones para una misma ciudad y descifrar cómo pudo concebir su tránsito desde la ciudad encontrada hacia una configuración y una expresión moderna como capital, relevando el hecho de que lo moderno estará dado fundamentalmente por el cambio de escala inevitable de la ciudad del futuro próximo.In his first visit to Chile (1929-1932), the urbanist Karl Brunner elaborates the bases of a study for the future expansion of the capital city. The studies proposed on this trip are compiled in the book “Santiago de Chile: Su estado actual y futura formación” (1932). The text is a descriptive analysis of city that he finds and how it should move towards the modern city that proclaims. There the theoretical and practical corpus that brings from central Europe manifests, where his argument of modernity intelligently confronts with the reality observed. A city that is approached through simultaneous visions in different scales of understanding and intervention, and that is coded in images and descriptions until the regulations proposal. Through the analysis of representation, projects and the containing discourse, it tries to reveal what is the embodied proposal for Santiago, determine the different visions for a same city and fi gure out how he could conceive their transit from the found city towards a configuration and a modern expression as capital.Dossier: Ciudades, Territorios, DibujosFacultad de Arquitectura y Urbanism

Santiago de Chile: comprehension and configuration of a modern city since the visit of Karl Brunner, 1932

En su primera visita a Chile (1929 a 1932), el urbanista Karl Brunner elabora las bases de un estudio para el futuro ensanche de la ciudad capital. Los estudios propuestos en este viaje se compilan en el libro Santiago de Chile: Su estado actual y futura formación (1932). El texto es un análisis descriptivo del Santiago que encuentra y cómo, desde esa misma realidad debe transitar hacia la ciudad moderna que proclama. Allí se manifiesta el corpus teórico y práctico que trae desde Europa central, donde su argumento de modernidad se confronta inteligentemente con la realidad observada. Una ciudad real que se aborda a través de visiones en simultaneidad de distintas escalas de comprensión e intervención, y que se codifica en imágenes y descripciones, hasta llegar a una propuesta de normativas. A través de un análisis cuidadoso de representaciones, proyectos y el discurso que contiene, se intenta develar cuál es la propuesta para Santiago que encarna Brunner, cómo determina las distintas visiones para una misma ciudad y descifrar cómo pudo concebir su tránsito desde la ciudad encontrada hacia una configuración y una expresión moderna como capital, relevando el hecho de que lo moderno estará dado fundamentalmente por el cambio de escala inevitable de la ciudad del futuro próximo.In his first visit to Chile (1929-1932), the urbanist Karl Brunner elaborates the bases of a study for the future expansion of the capital city. The studies proposed on this trip are compiled in the book “Santiago de Chile: Su estado actual y futura formación” (1932). The text is a descriptive analysis of city that he finds and how it should move towards the modern city that proclaims. There the theoretical and practical corpus that brings from central Europe manifests, where his argument of modernity intelligently confronts with the reality observed. A city that is approached through simultaneous visions in different scales of understanding and intervention, and that is coded in images and descriptions until the regulations proposal. Through the analysis of representation, projects and the containing discourse, it tries to reveal what is the embodied proposal for Santiago, determine the different visions for a same city and fi gure out how he could conceive their transit from the found city towards a configuration and a modern expression as capital.Dossier: Ciudades, Territorios, DibujosFacultad de Arquitectura y Urbanism

Santiago de Chile: comprehension and configuration of a modern city since the visit of Karl Brunner, 1932

En su primera visita a Chile (1929 a 1932), el urbanista Karl Brunner elabora las bases de un estudio para el futuro ensanche de la ciudad capital. Los estudios propuestos en este viaje se compilan en el libro Santiago de Chile: Su estado actual y futura formación (1932). El texto es un análisis descriptivo del Santiago que encuentra y cómo, desde esa misma realidad debe transitar hacia la ciudad moderna que proclama. Allí se manifiesta el corpus teórico y práctico que trae desde Europa central, donde su argumento de modernidad se confronta inteligentemente con la realidad observada. Una ciudad real que se aborda a través de visiones en simultaneidad de distintas escalas de comprensión e intervención, y que se codifica en imágenes y descripciones, hasta llegar a una propuesta de normativas. A través de un análisis cuidadoso de representaciones, proyectos y el discurso que contiene, se intenta develar cuál es la propuesta para Santiago que encarna Brunner, cómo determina las distintas visiones para una misma ciudad y descifrar cómo pudo concebir su tránsito desde la ciudad encontrada hacia una configuración y una expresión moderna como capital, relevando el hecho de que lo moderno estará dado fundamentalmente por el cambio de escala inevitable de la ciudad del futuro próximo.In his first visit to Chile (1929-1932), the urbanist Karl Brunner elaborates the bases of a study for the future expansion of the capital city. The studies proposed on this trip are compiled in the book “Santiago de Chile: Su estado actual y futura formación” (1932). The text is a descriptive analysis of city that he finds and how it should move towards the modern city that proclaims. There the theoretical and practical corpus that brings from central Europe manifests, where his argument of modernity intelligently confronts with the reality observed. A city that is approached through simultaneous visions in different scales of understanding and intervention, and that is coded in images and descriptions until the regulations proposal. Through the analysis of representation, projects and the containing discourse, it tries to reveal what is the embodied proposal for Santiago, determine the different visions for a same city and fi gure out how he could conceive their transit from the found city towards a configuration and a modern expression as capital.Dossier: Ciudades, Territorios, DibujosFacultad de Arquitectura y Urbanism

Huellas del proceso de metropolización en Chile

This paper analyzes the changes in the urban quality of life within the main metropolitan areas of the country over the last decade: Greater Santiago, Greater Valparaíso and Greater Concepción. To this end, the Urban Quality of Life Index (UQLI) is applied to establish the possible patterns and trends that may shed light on the traces left by this metropolization process. Taking into account that two out of three people could live in the metropolitan areas of Chile during the next decade, and as a means to contribute to the construction of more cohesive, sustainable and competitive cities, this research aims to provide with guidelines on socio-territorial configuration to influential public and private sectors participating in the urban development.Este trabajo analiza los cambios en la calidad de vida urbana en las principales áreas metropolitanas del país en la última década: Gran Santiago, Gran Valparaíso y Gran Concepción. Para tal efecto, aplica el Índice de Calidad de Vida Urbana (ICVU) para determinar posibles patrones y tendencias que puedan dar señales sobre las huellas de esta metropolización. Conforme el hecho que es posible que en la próxima década dos de cada tres personas vivan en áreas metropolitanas en Chile, esta investigación pretende entregar ciertas orientaciones sobre su configuración socioterritorial a actores públicos y privados que tienen incidencia en el desarrollo urbano, con el propósito de aportar a la construcción de urbes más cohesionadas, sustentables y competitivas