A Nutrition Field Experience with the Kentucky Department for Human Resources

This thesis reports and analyzes the seven-week field experience in public health nutrition spent by the student nutritionist with the Kentucky Department for Human Resources. The purpose of this field experience was to apply the scientific principles learned at the university to real world problems encountered in the practice of public health nutrition. Further, the purpose of participation in a federal supplemental foods program was to explore the various roles and functions of the public health nutritionist in a defined program. The period of the field experience provided many opportunities for experiences that combined to accomplish the objectives. A major part of the student nutritionist\u27s time was spent in Morehead, Kentucky; the remainder of the period in April, 1974, was spent with nutritionists in the Nutrition Office, Bureau for Health Services. She was able to explore the role and function of the public health nutritionist as administrator, educator, counselor, and consultant through observation of and participation in nutrition services. Through the analysis of her performance in these functions, she could examine the role and evaluate her skill. The experiences in the county and at the state office strengthened the student nutritionist\u27s philosophy of public health, that is the promotion of comprehensive health care for all citizens and the support of individual responsibility for health maintenance. She sees the public health nutritionist as a health professional who can conduct effective program planning and serve as a link in the health delivery system. The student nutritionist has observed the changing structure of a state public health organization and has observed how this process sharpens the basic dedication to service required by the public health professionals. The frustrations of this process call for leaders and staff who can see the real purpose of their work and relate their objectives to emerging structure and programs

Mind the Gap, But Don\u27t Fret the Platform

This brief essay makes the case for effective online teaching and learning in anthropology. It addresses areas of traditional faculty resistance to online teaching and suggests that inline teaching has unique strengths and possibilities that can be used to encourage excellence in teachers and students in online anthropology courses

Los niños como actores culturales en las interpretaciones arqueológicas: grafitis del siglo XIX en San Salvador, Bahamas

Evidence of children in the material record can be both elusive and ambiguous, and most typical and comfortable interpretations of the archaeological record create a view of the past where adults are the only cultural actors. Literature on the archaeology of childhood presents a challenge for archaeologists to rethink their assumptions about childhood and to approach the archaeological record in a way that enables the social, economic, and symbolic contributions of children to become viable parts of the stories we tell about life in the past. This paper presents and engages this particular aspect of the literature on the archaeology of childhood using the case of graffiti identified at a former 19th century plantation site on the island of San Salvador, The Bahamas. Initial interpretations of graffiti in these contexts focused on the symbolic meanings and archival functions of such artwork in the world of adults. A careful examination of the graffiti, however, indicates that children were likely responsible for the creation and consumption of this artwork, and that a different set of symbolic meanings and social functions may have been the motivation behind its creation.Las evidencias sobre la infancia en el registro arqueológico pueden ser tan esquivas como ambiguas, y las interpretaciones sobre el registro arqueológico más cómodas y típicas crean visiones del pasado en las que los adultos son los únicos agentes culturales. La bibliografía sobre arqueología de la infancia representa el reto de repensar las asunciones realizadas sobre la infancia y una aproximación diferente al registro arqueológico para que las contribuciones sociales, económicas y simbólicas de los individuos infantiles formen parte de las historias que contamos sobre la vida en el pasado. Este texto presenta y trata este aspecto particular del tema usando como caso de estudio los grafitis documentados en una antigua plantación del siglo XIX en la isla de San Salvador de las Bahamas. Las interpretaciones iniciales sobre los grafitis se centraban en el significado simbólico y en las funciones de archivo de estas representaciones por parte del mundo adulto. Un análisis más cuidadoso nos indica que los individuos infantiles fueron probablemente los responsables de la creación y consumo de estas representaciones y que existen diferentes significados simbólicos y funciones sociales distintas que pueden haber motivado su creación

University Students and Local Museums: Developing Effective Partnerships with Oral History

This is a descriptive paper that details the collaboration between a group of twenty-one DePaul University students and the Exhibitions Committee of the Chinese American Museum of Chicago (CAMOC) in the spring of 2010.  The students were all junior and senior Anthropology Majors participating in a course on applied-anthropology, or the applications of anthropological methods and perspectives outside of an academic setting.  CAMOC is a significant, volunteer-driven Chicago museum devoted to the collection, study, and exhibition of materials relating to the Chinese-Americans and Chinese-Canadians who settled in the regions between the coasts of these nations.  The museum first opened its doors in 2005, and in 2008 suffered a devastating fire resulting in the loss of most of the collections and exhibits.  DePaul students partnered with the Exhibitions Committee to collect, archive, and display oral histories of community members to assist in their rebuilding efforts.  The presentation of this particular project focusing on three significant ideas: (1) The importance of developing a project that can be brought to fruition in the course of a single collaborative episode, (2) The types of infrastructure that should be provided by the partners in such a collaboration, and (3) The necessity of creating a project that can simultaneously address the needs of a small museum and the educational goals for student participants

Ladyhouse Blues Playbill

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Blackfriars Theatre Ladyhouse Blues by Kevin O\u27Morrison December 2-5, 1982 Director, Judith Reagan Scenery and Lighting, Jim Eddy Stage Manager, David Joseph Clements I Costumes, Mary-Jo Flanagan Theatre Program Director, John Garrity Cast: Helen - Heidi Ann Vician, Eylie - Carol Caulfield, Dot - Mary Ellen Baxter, Liz - Marilyn Murphy Meardon, Terry - Jane Dillonhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/ladyhouse_pubs/1006/thumbnail.jp

Posture flexibility and grip strength in horse riders

Since the ability to train the horse to be ambidextrous is considered highly desirable, rider asymmetry is recognized as a negative trait. Acquired postural and functional asymmetry can originate from numerous anatomical regions, so it is difficult to suggest if any is developed due to riding. The aim of this study was therefore to assess symmetry of posture, strength and flexibility in a large population of riders and to determine whether typical traits exist due to riding. 127 right handed riders from the UK and USA were categorized according to years riding (in 20 year increments) and their competition level (using affiliated test levels). Leg length, grip strength and spinal posture were measured and recorded by a physiotherapist. Standing and sitting posture and trunk flexibility were measured with 3-D motion capture technology. Right-left differences were explored in relation to years riding and rider competitive experience. Significant anatomical asymmetry was found for the difference in standing acromion process height for a competition level (-0.07±1.50 cm Intro/Prelim; 0.02±1.31 cm Novice; 0.43±1.27 cm Elementary+; p=0.048) and for sitting iliac crest height for years riding (-0.23±1.36 cm Intro/Prelim; 0.01±1.50 cm Novice; 0.86±0.41 cm Elementary+;p=0.021). For functional asymmetry, a significant interaction was found for lateral bending ROM for years riding x competition level (p=0.047). The demands on dressage riders competing at higher levels may predispose these riders to a higher risk of developing asymmetry and potentially chronic back pain rather than improving their symmetry