Fit Kids Rock: The Campaign against Childhood Obesity in a Valparaiso Elementary School

The Bateman Team’s topic was childhood obesity, a well-known, yet hidden issue. Before beginning the campaign, it was necessary to research the target audiences and the most effective ways to reach them. The Bateman Team chose to address elementary school third graders (about 70 students) and their faculty. Research showed that the best ways to communicate with the 8-9 year olds was through interactive activities and guidance. As a team, we coordinated with the school’s administration to implement the plan for a set time during the school day. The third graders were separated into two sections (35 students each) to attend our event. The elementary students proceeded to seven stations which engaged their knowledge on obesity, making healthy choices, and learning about the importance of exercise. Based on our evaluation of the children’s reactions to the stations, their enthusiasm, and overall engagement, we concluded that they did enjoy the events and left with a better understanding of childhood obesity. The Bateman Team assessed that 90 percent of the students will make healthier choices and implement the knowledge provided to them

Kinsman, Gary and Patrizia Gentile. 2010. The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation.

Kinsman, Gary and Patrizia Gentile. 2010. The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation. Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-1628-1. Paperback: 34.95 CAD. Pages: 554

Variability in the vertical distributions of mesopelagic fishes: effect of body size, season, and sampling strategy on the characterization of diel vertical migration

Diel‌ ‌vertical‌ ‌migration,‌ or DVM, ‌is‌ ‌defined‌ ‌as‌ ‌the‌ large-scale changes in the depth distribution of a species or an assemblage with respect to the time of day. DVM‌ ‌is‌ ‌the‌ ‌largest‌ ‌active movement‌ ‌of‌ ‌biomass‌ on Earth, driven by the need for food balanced against predator avoidance and metabolic constraints. Asynchronous‌ ‌diel‌ ‌vertical‌ ‌migration, in the context of this study,‌ ‌refers‌ ‌to‌ the phenomenon where only a portion of a species’ population migrates upwards at night while others remain at depth. ‌The‌ extent that factors such as temporal variation, ontogenic variation, and methodological variation explain this migratory pattern is the focus of this study.‌ ‌Data for five numerically dominant mesopelagic fishes species (four lanternfishes, Benthosema suborbitale, Ceratoscopelus warmingii, Lampanyctus alatus, and Lepidophanes guentheri, and one bristlemouth, Sigmops elongatus) were analyzed from two extensive deep-pelagic research programs in the Gulf of Mexico.‌ A size-depth relationship, with larger individuals in a population residing deeper during daytime, was clearly apparent for four of the five species examined, and likely applied to the fifth. Two species, L. guentheri and B. suborbitale, were synchronous, or near-synchronous vertical migrators. The remaining three species were asynchronous migrators whose diel migration fidelity appeared tied primarily to size. In the two asynchronously migrating lanternfishes the largest size class migrated daily while the smallest migrated least, while the pattern was opposite in the bristlemouth, S. elongatus. A possible ecological explanation for these patterns is presented based on fluid mechanics theory. Given the importance of diel vertical migrators in the global sequestration of carbon via the biological pump, and the increasing sophistication of individual-based models of carbon flux, quantifying the variability in DVM and AVM behavior is essential, as these values drive the models. Quantifying this variability will greatly enhance the accuracy (and likely precision) of carbon flux models, which are vitally important in a rapidly changing deep ocean subjected to increasing human disturbance

Application at the Bedside: Moving from Knowing How to Knowing Why in Nursing

The nursing field is beginning to emerge as a profession with curricula that emphasis nursing as a discipline distinguished from a medically dominated paradigm. This changing focus places emphasis on professional competence upon graduation and entry into practice to foster fitness for purpose within an environment of continuously changing expectations of the nurse by society. Despite a growing body of research on transition into practice, a gap exists as to when this transition occurs and how this finding may influence educational preparation of nurses. This qualitative, exploratory study examined nurses’ perceptions of their transformation from novice to professional practitioner by examining a pivotal moment in their practice that affected their self-reported professional competence, Twenty-five nurses who had worked in a hospital setting between 2 and 5 years were interviewed. The primary research question sought to address whether a common thread became apparent after conducting interviews that may have implications for nurse educators to enhance or change their curriculum. Analysis of the interviews was conducted utilizing a constructivist approach. The data collected were analyzed using ATLAS.ti, Using participants’ words that described people, settings, themes and ideas that appeared in the data, coding was done acknowledging that some codes were based on the research questions and the initial review of the data. A common theme emerged from analysis that respondents felt that what they were taught in school was not valid in real life. Nurse educators need to re-envision their social responsibility and interrogate the traditional principles that have guided the curricula to prepare and train nurses’ for the holistic welfare of all individuals in society. This is necessary to meet the needs of a changing social structure within the nursing profession and society as a whole

Alien Registration- Hamel, Juliette (Auburn, Androscoggin County)

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Two units for the teaching of color harmony in the secondary schools.

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Turbulent channel flow near maximum drag reduction: simulations, experiments and mechanisms

It is well known that the drag in a turbulent flow of a polymer solution is significantly reduced compared to Newtonian flow. Here we consider this phenomenon by means of a direct numerical simulation of a turbulent channel flow. The polymers are modelled as elastic dumbbells using the FENE-P model. In the computations the polymer model is solved simultaneously with the flow equations, i.e. the polymers are deformed by the flow and in their turn influence the flow structures by exerting a polymer stress. We have studied the results of varying the polymer parameters, such as the maximum extension, the elasticity and the concentration. For the case of highly extensible polymers the results of our simulations are very close to the maximum drag reduction or Virk (1975) asymptote. Our simulation results show that at approximately maximum drag reduction the slope of the mean velocity profile is increased compared to the standard logarithmic profile in turbulent wall flows. For the r.m.s. of the streamwise velocity fluctuations we find initially an increase in magnitude which near maximum drag reduction changes to a decrease. For the velocity fluctuations in the spanwise and wall-normal directions we find a continuous decrease as a function of drag reduction. The Reynolds shear stress is strongly reduced, especially near the wall, and this is compensated by a polymer stress, which at maximum drag reduction amounts to about 40% of the total stress. These results have been compared with LDV experiments of Ptasinski et al. (2001) and the agreement, both qualitatively and quantitatively, is in most cases very good. In addition we have performed an analysis of the turbulent kinetic energy budgets. The main result is a reduction of energy transfer from the streamwise direction, where the production of turbulent kinetic energy takes place, to the other directions. A substantial part of the energy production by the mean flow is transferred directly into elastic energy of the polymers. The turbulent velocity fluctuations also contribute energy to the polymers. The elastic energy of the polymers is subsequently dissipated by polymer relaxation. We have also computed the various contributions to the pressure fluctuations and identified how these change as a function of drag reduction. Finally, we discuss some cross-correlations and various length scales. These simulation results are explained here by two mechanisms. First, as suggested by Lumley (1969) the polymers damp the cross-stream or wall-normal velocity fluctuations and suppress the bursting in the buffer layer. Secondly, the ‘shear sheltering’ mechanism acts to amplify the streamwise fluctuations in the thickened buffer layer, while reducing and decoupling the motions within and above this layer. The expression for the substantial reduction in the wall drag derived by considering the long time scales of the nonlinear fluctuations of this damped shear layer, is shown to be consistent with the experimental data of Virk et al. (1967) and Virk (1975)