Consumers\u27 Willingness to Pay for Specialty Table Eggs

The purpose of this research is to define the relationship between two constructs and the purchasing behavior of consumers. These two constructs are composed of zoocentric and anthropocentric ideologies, which are established according to one’s attitudes towards an animal’s purpose on earth in relation to humans. This study investigates the effect that these two viewpoints have on a consumer’s willingness to pay for specialty table eggs and conventional table eggs. Using a survey questionnaire, we sampled 327 college students to test these relationships. Using confirmatory factor analysis to establish construct validity and hierarchical linear regression to test the hypotheses, we hypothesized that zoocentric and anthropocentric viewpoints would drive consumers’ willingness to pay for specialty table eggs and conventional eggs, respectively. We found that anthropocentric ideology negatively influenced a consumer’s willingness to pay for specialty table eggs, and positively influenced willingness to pay for conventional table eggs. Zoocentric ideology only positively influenced a consumer’s willingness to pay for specialty table eggs. However inconsistent with our hypothesis, a zoocentric ideology did not rule out the purchase of conventional table eggs

Into the Wild Experiential Learning Yonder: Community Cafe Participant Hypotheses on What's Next for Experiential Learning

In this 25-minute conversation café, participants synthesized the findings of Braun, Kaipainen & Usman’s (2018) environmental scan of experiential learning (EL) at the University of Calgary with their conference learning to create an experience and evidence-informed hypothesis of the next strengths, challenges, and required supports on the EL horizon. This paper summarizes participants’ conversations and discusses what their hypotheses illuminate about the current EL postsecondary landscape, as well as emerging and recurrent features that may be of interest to explore in one’s role, scholarship, or teaching practice

Capturing Experiential Learning in a Program by Curriculum Mapping

Like many higher education institutions, amplifying experiential learning (EL) is a priority for the University of Calgary. In order to capture the extent and complexity of EL that exists in an institution, it is crucial to have a common understanding of the concept. In 2018, the University of Calgary created the EL Working Group, tasked with creating a definition of EL and framework unique to our institutional context. One way to capture EL across a program of study is through curriculum mapping. By identifying where EL already exists, a group can determine current strengths as well as how to improve EL offerings in future. In the example provided in our paper, we show the results of one such mapping process and provide recommendations for others considering using this process for capturing EL across a program of study

Growth Charts on Postage Stamps

Growth charts are among the tools used by nutritionists to track infant and child well-being.  Numerous countries have depicted growth charts on their postage stamps, along with other GOBI components of child health (oral rehydration, breastfeeding, and immunizations).  Postage stamps are useful in conveying essential health information to the populace and they honor worldwide efforts to improve child health. This article presents examples of GOBI depictions on postage stamps around the world, with special focus on growth charts

Disability support services 2005–06 - national data on services provided under the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement

This report presents information on disability services collected from over 9,000 service outlets throughout Australia, which are funded under an agreement between the Australian and state/territory governments. These services aim to improve the quality of life of people with disability by providing support and assistance across a range of life activities. The report profiles the people with disability who use the services, the types of services they use and the supports they need (including information on their informal carers). Most information presented in this report is derived from the 2005&ndash;06 Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set (CSTDA NMDS) collection.<br /

Estimating a Causal Exposure Response Function with a Continuous Error-Prone Exposure: A Study of Fine Particulate Matter and All-Cause Mortality

Numerous studies have examined the associations between long-term exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and adverse health outcomes. Recently, many of these studies have begun to employ high-resolution predicted PM2.5 concentrations, which are subject to measurement error. Previous approaches for exposure measurement error correction have either been applied in non-causal settings or have only considered a categorical exposure. Moreover, most procedures have failed to account for uncertainty induced by error correction when fitting an exposure-response function (ERF). To remedy these deficiencies, we develop a multiple imputation framework that combines regression calibration and Bayesian techniques to estimate a causal ERF. We demonstrate how the output of the measurement error correction steps can be seamlessly integrated into a Bayesian additive regression trees (BART) estimator of the causal ERF. We also demonstrate how locally-weighted smoothing of the posterior samples from BART can be used to create a more accurate ERF estimate. Our proposed approach also properly propagates the exposure measurement error uncertainty to yield accurate standard error estimates. We assess the robustness of our proposed approach in an extensive simulation study. We then apply our methodology to estimate the effects of PM2.5 on all-cause mortality among Medicare enrollees in New England from 2000-2012

Interdisciplinaridade e Pandemia / Interdisciplinarity and Pandemic

Este trabalho tem como objetivo partilhar com a comunidade escolar práticas pedagógicas que permitiram desenvolver nos alunos a autonomia para o uso das ferramentas tecnológicas durante a Pandemia de 2020 e apresentar estratégias e roteiros de estudos que mediaram a educação com o uso de TDIC em tempos de Ensino Remoto. Além disso, analisar os elementos presentes no desenvolvimento de aprendizagem dos alunos do Projeto Social Escola da Comunidade que aproximaram as famílias da escola por meio das ferramentas tecnológicas. O presente trabalho possui abordagem qualitativa, decorrente de observação do uso de TDIC e da Interdisciplinaridade, durante a pandemia, com as famílias do Projeto Social Escola da Comunidade na Educação Infantil e 1º ano do Ensino Fundamental. As principais conclusões evidenciam que a atuação do gestor cria um movimento emancipatório e de diálogo nos professores que buscam soluções diante do inesperado, quando esse tem uma prática docente interdisciplinar, ancorada em cinco princípios: humildade, coerência, espera, respeito e desapego.  Estar aberto a novas experiências é fundamental nesse caminho de crescimento e desenvolvimento de novas habilidades. Professor e aluno aprendem num processo de interação um com o outro, pois seguem lado a lado em muitos campos pedagógicos, como o desenvolvimento do conhecimento, o desenvolvimento afetivo emocional, o desenvolvimento das interações pessoais e de atitudes e o desenvolvimento de habilidades de competências

Community social network pattern analysis: Development of a novel methodology using a complex, multi-level health intervention

Community social networks (CSN) include&nbsp;individuals and groups, and those with strong partnerships and relationships are well situated for implementing community-based interventions. However, information on the nature of CSN relationships required for multilevel community-based interventions is not present in the literature. Using data from the multi-level Children’s Healthy Living (CHL) trial to reduce child obesity in nine Pacific communities, this study aimed to develop a methodology based on Social Network Analysis (SNA) to understand how CSN evolved over the course of a two-year trial, as well as the characteristics of CSN most successful in impacting indicators of childhood obesity. The two-year trial was considered in four six-month intervals. Within each interval, implemented activities, as recorded in CHL monthly reports, were coded by activity implementer(s), e.g. government agency, school, or community-based group, as well as for collective efficacy impact of the activity, e.g. to leverage resources from outside the CSN or to facilitate civic engagement. Coded data were used to create CSN maps for the four time intervals, and SNA techniques examined the CSN characteristics. CSN density increased over time, as measured by the number of ties within the network. Schools, community-based groups and large organizations were identified as the primary implementers of the CHL intervention and formed a community implementer backbone. Social leveraging, i.e. linking local groups to people with authority over outside resources, was shown to be a central component in intervention success. It took time to develop strong CSN, and stronger (denser) CSN were more successful in building social cohesion and enacting community change. Findings illustrate a methodology that can be useful for tracking the development and impact of CSN