Public Education/Public Health Perspectives on Collaboration-Influence on High School Completion

The research problem focused on the use of collaboration by managers, supervisors, consultants, and professional staff in a department of public education and health to address disparities in on-time high school completion rates. The purpose of the study was to examine the perspectives of individuals in these public sectors on the use of collaboration as a means to improve on-time high school completion rates for African American and Hispanic students. The theoretical foundation and conceptual framework for the study were John Rawls\u27s theory of justice and Amartya Sen\u27s capability approach. The key research question involved how individuals in the public education and health sectors viewed the use of collaboration to address a complex problem of low rate of on-time high school completion for African American and Hispanic students. The research design was a multiple case study. Seven individuals participated from a department of public education and 4 from a department of public health in the same state. Data were collected and analyzed from participant interviews. Themes were identified from categories and specific codes or words that described the content of the participants\u27 responses. A major conclusion was collaboration between a public education department and public health department can be used as a means to improve on-time high school completion rates for African American and Hispanic students. The implications for social change may be to increase the awareness for a public education department and public health department to routinely work in collaboration to improve on-time high school completion rates of minority and other vulnerable students

Regulation of CA II and H + , K + -ATPase Gene Expression in Canine Gastric Parietal Cells

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Seafloor and Shallow Subsurface of the St. Lawrence River Estuary

A new surficial geology map of the St. Lawrence River Estuary illustrates sediment distribution and variability in a relatively confined environment. This map is based on recently collected geophysical and geological data that provide a link between submarine land-forms and sedimentary units. The strong dichotomy between the areas to the northeast and to the southwest of the Saguenay River is the main characteristic of the St. Lawrence River Estuary. To the northeast, the Lower St. Lawrence Estuary is mainly floored by fine silts within the Laurentian Channel and sediments varying from sands to fine silts on its margins. To the southwest, the Middle Estuary corresponds to a high-energy sedimentary environment that precludes the deposition of fine-grained sediments. In the latter area, Holocene sediments are either absent or correspond to a sand unit shaped by currents. Sommaire Une nouvelle carte de la géologie des sédiments superficiels du fond marin de l’estuaire du Saint-Laurent présente un cas de la distribution et de la variabilité des sédiments dans un environ-nement relativement confiné. Cette carte est basée sur des données géophysiques et géologiques récentes qui assurent un lien entre le relief sous-marin et les unités sédimentaires. La forte dichotomie entre les zones situées au nord-est et au sud-ouest de la rivière Saguenay est la caractéristique principale de l’estuaire du Saint-Laurent. Au nord-est, le fond de l’estuaire maritime du Saint-Laurent est recouvert de silts fins au sein du chenal Laurentien et par des sédiments variant de sables à silts fins sur ses marges. Au sud-ouest, l’estuaire moyen correspond à un environnement sédimentaire de forte énergie qui empêche le dépôt de sédiments fins. Dans cette dernière zone, les sédiments holocènes sont absents ou correspondent à une unité sableuse façonnée par les courants

Gender Differences In Academic Ethics With Recommendations For Curricular Change

An extensive study has been performed on the importance of building ethical principles into secondary school and college curricula.  In published surveys, females are almost universally found to be more ethical, but experience tells us females lag behind males in their ability to maintain and act upon their convictions in the workplace.  We examined these issues by administering a survey on academic ethics to an undergraduate business school population, focusing heavily on gender differences. Careful analysis of survey results using one-way ANOVA, the Tukey-Kramer procedure, and two-way ANOVA procedures provided an understanding of differences in ethical beliefs and ethical behaviors based on gender and other demographic characterizations.  Predictive analysis was completed using logistic regression and discrete choice modeling to determine the likelihood of ethical behavior in the future and evolution of ethical beliefs.  The accumulated results of the analyses were used to guide the authors in the development of a strong and pervasive ethics-based curriculum for secondary schools and universities.  We have combined elements of classroom instruction, technology, active learning, games and extracurricular activities to embed ethical concepts and particularly encourage strength in convictions across the entire curricula. 

Valuing Adjuncts as Liaisons for University Excellence (VALUE) Program

Adjuncts are increasingly becoming more important in higher education and make up nearly onethird of VCU’s teaching faculty. While VCU has made strides in increasing the number of tenuretrack and term professors, the size and needs of certain departments will always make adjunct instructors necessary. A number of schools on both the Monroe Park and MCV campuses utilize professionals from the Richmond community to enhance experiential learning, thereby making a university investment in adjunct faculty a means by which to elevate VCU’s strategic mission. Adjuncts often provide a community perspective that comes from the professional work they do outside of the university setting and as a whole are reflective of VCU’s diverse student population. As a result, they serve a critical role in student success and diversity initiatives. Keeping adjuncts connected with campus resources and engaged with the larger VCU community is also an important step in making the university more inclusive. This project will study opportunities associated with the orientation and support of adjunct faculty at VCU on both Monroe Park and MCV campuses. This project is research-oriented and will serve as an important foundation for developing and implementing a plan for institutionalized adjunct support. To develop a detailed proposal for implementation, our team consulted with several key stakeholders including: academic leaders who hire and support adjuncts in the current decentralized process students who have taken classes with adjunct instructors adjunct faculty who have recently taught at VCU Through a combination of methods, we aim to determine how adjuncts are utilized across the university, identify resources currently provided, and assess additional resource needs in an effort to inform a new orientation and support program for adjunct faculty at VCU

Virginia Chase Correspondence

Entries include a typed biography supplied by Campbell, typed and handwritten letters on plain and personal stationery, notes on cards of the Perkins Place, and a biographical newspaper clipping with the photographic image of Chase and her sister Olive

A Grounded Theory Study of the Impact of Yoga for Pregnancy Classes on Women's Self-Efficacy for Labour and Birth

In addition to lower healthcare costs, straightforward birth has physiological and psychological benefits for women and families (Smith et al., 2016; Kassebaum et al., 2014; O’Mahony et al., 2010). Most women would prefer to birth their babies without medical intervention (Wharton et al. 2017; Care Quality Commission, 2015) and the reduction of birth interventions has been identified as an urgent healthcare priority (Amis, 2016). As pharmacological pain relief in labour results in more instrumental deliveries (Anim-Somuah et al., 2011), enabling women to use self-management strategies to cope with the sensations of labour should result in more women birthing their babies physiologically. Antenatal education has the potential to teach women pain coping strategies which can help them in labour, but unanswered questions remain around which approaches are most effective (McMillan et al, 2009; Gagnon & Sandall, 2007). Yoga for pregnancy (YfP) has been suggested as an antenatal education intervention which may have an effect on women’s perception of pain during labour (Jones et al., 2012) and may therefore enable them to birth their babies without pharmacological pain relief. Self-efficacy beliefs affect women’s ability to succeed in the tasks they set themselves and may be able to influence both labour pain perception and perinatal outcomes (Tilden et al., 2016). This thesis reports on a grounded theory study which explored which aspects of YfP delivered by a group of teachers trained by a national charity (NCT) might be effective in enhancing women’s self-efficacy, and therefore ability to manage labour. This two-part study compared the aims and content of YfP classes with the experience of women who attended them. Part 1 analysed YfP class observations and individual face-to-face interviews with a convenience sample of three YfP teachers. Part 2 was a longitudinal study of women attending YfP classes. Twenty-two women, recruited via the YfP teachers, volunteered to participate in semi-structured interviews at three time points. Two of the interviews were in the antenatal period, and one was held postnatally. Four themes emerged from the part 1 analysis of class observations and teacher interviews: ’Creating a sisterhood’, ‘Enabling an easier or more positive labour’, ‘Building confidence’ and ‘Enhancing learning’. In the first interviews with the pregnant women in part 2, different themes emerged but with similar threads to the teacher interviews. An overarching theme of ‘Looking after myself and the baby’ emerged with four subthemes: ‘Hoping for a natural or easier labour’, ‘Preparing for something I can’t prepare for’, ‘Being calm and in control’, and ‘Making friends’. These themes developed and changed focus at the second interviews once the women had attended YfP classes and were close to their birth. An overarching theme of ‘Gaining confidence in managing labour’ emerged. The subthemes ‘Preparing for something I can’t prepare for’ and ‘Being in control’ remained, and two new subthemes emerged: ‘Practising techniques for labour’, and ‘Learning from each other’. Postnatally, the women attributed their positive birth experiences to having learned and practiced a variety of pain management strategies and hearing positive birth stories within the YfP classes. The resulting feelings of calm and confidence enhanced their ability to manage labour. The overarching theme which emerged postnatally was ‘Having a positive experience’ with subthemes ‘Using techniques to manage labour’, ‘Being calm, confident and in control’, and ‘Enhancing the learning’. A self-efficacy framework was used to analyse the findings and showed that all four of Bandura’s (1977) efficacy-enhancing techniques were present in the YfP class curriculum and matched the elements which the women said increased their self- efficacy for labour. This study demonstrates the value of integrating psychological theory within education interventions and adds to the overall body of knowledge in three areas: yoga during pregnancy, antenatal education and self-efficacy

Exploring Ecodynamics of Coastal Foragers Using Integrated Faunal Records from Čḯxwicən Village (Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington, U.S.A.)

Extensive 2004 excavation of Čḯxwicən (pronounced ch-WHEET-son), traditional home of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe in northwest Washington State, U.S.A., documented human occupation spanning the last 2700 years with fine geo-stratigraphic control and 102 radiocarbon samples. Remains of multiple plankhouses were documented. Occupation spans large-magnitude earthquakes, periods of climate change, and change in nearshore habitat. Our project began in 2012 as a case study to explore the value of human ecodynamics in explaining change and stability in human-animal relationships on the Northwest Coast through analysis of faunal and geo-archaeological records. Field sampling was explicitly designed to allow for integration of all faunal classes (birds, fish, mammals, and invertebrates), thus facilitating our ability to track how different taxa were affected by external factors and cultural processes. With over one million specimens, the faunal assemblage represents one of the largest on the North Pacific Coast. Invertebrate records reveal striking changes in intertidal habitat that are linked to the formation of the sheltered harbor and catastrophic events such as tsunamis. Analysis suggests a high level of consistency in the structure of resource use (evenness and richness) across 2150 years of occupation, despite increase in intensity of human use and a shift to plankhouse occupation. Trends in fish and invertebrate representation do not correspond to changing ocean conditions, while changes in abundance of herring, salmon, burrowing bivalves and urchins are consistent with impacts from tsunamis. Comparison of resource use between two well-sampled houses before and after one tsunami suggests that while both households were resilient, they negotiated the event in different ways