Water Quality Project Evaluation A Handbook for Objectives-Based Evaluation of Water Quality Projects

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Nonprofit Georgia At a Glance

This pamphlet summarizes statistics on the nonprofit sector in Georgia, assembled and analyzed by a Nonprofit Studies Program research team. Numerous tables and exhibits report on the size and scope of the sector, variations in public charities by subsector and geography, and the characteristics and grantmaking activities of Georgia's top foundations. Analysis was based primarily on 990 and 990-PF forms filed by Georgia public charities and foundations in 2000 and 2005. This report is a part of ongoing research on public charities and foundations in the state of Georgia, made possible through a generous grant from the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation. Research Report Number 07-0

Local Elements

The mission of Local Elements is to create an eco-urban park to harbor Boise’s local movement and need for recreational community space. This project is an integrated park that includes a cultural and artistic marketplace, an outdoor amphitheater, greenhouses and multipurpose educational facilities. A key aspect of Local Elements is to create a socio-economic space that enables sustainable development, through both its design and function. This will be accomplished through a collaborative plan including: a new construction method made from completely recycled building materials, geothermal heating, xeriscaping, rainwater recycling and solar power. Local Elements will stimulate the economy and steer Boise toward a connected local community focus. Local Elements is a valuable development project for the City of Boise. People of all ages will enjoy this addition to downtown, as it will remain a prominent place of interaction and use for generations to come

(POSTER) Design and Construction of a Transportable Swimming Pool Flume to Aid in the Development UIndy Swimmers

A transportable “endless pool” device to improve the speed, endurance, and stroke techniques of swimmers is being developed. To guide our design processes, we used the implementation of the Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) methodology. The “endless pool” will create a non-turbulent swim current that allows stationary swimming. It will be a high-volume propellor system which has a variable speed to help all ranges of swimmers. After researching existing devices, we created CAD designs that were used in computational fluid dynamics simulations to optimize performance parameters like backflow, turbulence, and device dimensions. From the initial simulation results, we addressed the backflow by creating a novel design. We then 3D printed a scaled model of our design and plan to test whether the scaled numbers are reliable, and the flow is laminar. To test this we had created a scaled model of the pool. Inside the scaled model we installed false walls to attempt to create a circular flow that will keep it as laminar as possible. If the false walls in the models simulation are reliable, we plan to use them in our final design. In the new UIndy “endless pool” swimmers can view their mirror reflection and video replays to analyze and improve their own technique. In addition to swimmer improvement, the University of Indianapolis Kinesiology department will be able to conduct research on the swimmers’ stroke technique

Location matters: evaluating Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) boom chorus propagation

Anthropogenic disturbances can affect species of conservation concern by influencing their behavior. Of special concern is the possibility that noise from anthropogenic structures in grassland habitats, such as wind turbines and roads, may affect the propagation of the low-frequency boom chorus of lekking male Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido). We used sound pressure levels from acoustic recordings taken at 10 leks in the Nebraska Sandhills, USA during 2013 and 2014 in a SPreAD-GIS sound propagation model to make spatial projections of the boom chorus under a variety of conditions including landscape composition, conspecific attendance, and weather. We then used sets of linear mixed models in a model selection process to determine how background noise, female and male lek attendance, time of day, relative humidity, air temperature, and wind speed affected the area of chorus propagation. The predicted area of propagation decreased with increasing background noise (β = -0.09, SE = 0.04) and increased with greater female lek attendance (β = 0.09, SE = 0.03), higher levels of relatively humidity (β = 0.07, SE = 0.03), and higher air temperatures (β = 0.05, SE = 0.03). Our analyses provide new insight on how acoustic, social, and meteorological factors influence an important reproductive behavior in an imperiled prairie grouse

A plain language summary of results from the GARNET study of dostarlimab in patients with endometrial cancer

Endometrial cancer; Gynecologic cancer; ImmunotherapyCàncer d'endometri; Càncer ginecològic; ImmunoteràpiaCáncer de endometrio; Cáncer ginecológico; InmunoterapiaWhat is this summary about? Dostarlimab, also known by the brand name JEMPERLI, is a medicine that can be used to treat certain types of endometrial cancer. GARNET is an ongoing phase 1 clinical study that is testing the safety and side effects of dostarlimab and the best way to administer it to patients. The results presented in this summary are from a time point in the middle of the study. What were the results? The results from the GARNET study published in 2022 showed how well dostarlimab worked for people participating in the study. Dostarlimab was found to reduce the size of tumors in patients with certain types of endometrial cancer. The patients treated with dostarlimab had side effects that could be managed and few severe side effects. What do the results mean? The results of the GARNET study led to dostarlimab being approved to treat patients with certain types of endometrial cancer. For patients with advanced-stage endometrial cancer, or endometrial cancer that has come back after chemotherapy (recurrent), there are few treatment options. The results suggest that dostarlimab may provide long-term benefits for these patients.This study (NCT02715284) was funded by GSK. Trademarks are owned by or licensed to the GSK group of companies. Full author disclosure information can be found in the original article

The Brain: A Panel

Papers Presented: The Brain\u27s Power on Personality Development by Ashmima Brown, Jamila James, & Cara Clark The Brain\u27s Highway by Mikayla Rolda & Anna Le Abstract: The peripheral nerves, which are made out of fibers or bundles of axons, include all the nerves beyond the brain and the spinal cord. They start from the edges of the central nerves, or spinal cord, and extend outwards to the periphery of the body. The main function of the peripheral nerves is to carry information from the central nervous system to the muscles and to important organs and then relay the sensory information back to the brain. There are three types of nerves in the peripheral nervous system, and the first to be introduced would be the sensory nerves, also known as afferent nerves. These sensory neurons carry information about the visual environment from the eyes to the brain. Another type of peripheral nerves is the motor nerves, also called the efferent nerves. These efferent nerves contain special axons of motor neurons to help control glands and muscles. The third type of peripheral nerves is the autonomic nerves that regulate the internal organs such as heart, intestines, and stomach. Let\u27s Split! How the Effects of a Hemispherectomy of the Right Side of the Brain Compares to the Removal of the Left Side: by Jourdan Lawrence & Brylea Huitt Abstract: The “let’s split” project explores how a hemispherectomy of the left side of the brain affects personality and development, compared to removal of the right side of the brain. As a secondary research project, the project will explain the importance of each side of the brain and the common results of a hemispherectomy on either side. A hemispherectomy is a rare treatment in which a cerebral hemisphere of the brain is removed as a result of frequent seizures or epilepsy. While the prognosis of this treatment is good, it remains a last resort. Young patients are able to improve dramatically after the treatment, however there are some complications. Primarily, as a result of the hemispherectomy, patients always suffer from paralysis on the side of the body opposite from the removed hemisphere. Furthermore, the older the patient is, the less likely the brain can transfer over the information from one side of the brain to the other effectively. By studying these issues, however, this project can discover how the issues correlate with the right or left side of the brain respectively. With this information, neurologists and other healthcare professionals may be able to increase the quality of healthcare delivery for these patients

Acoustic Characteristics of Lekking Male Greater Prairie-Chicken (\u3ci\u3eTympanuchus cupido pinnatus\u3c/i\u3e) Vocalizations (Supplement)

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