Spicing up 4-H Teen Public Speaking with Multiple Intelligence Approaches

Spicing up 4-H teen public speaking can be accomplished through multiple intelligences (MI) approaches. Innovative introductions, visual imagery, and metaphor used with an MI lens strengthened Speak-Up programs for 4-H Ambassadors. The metaphor of chili peppers enabled youth to focus on five major speech components: the aroma (title), hot spice (opening), hot sauce (central idea), meat and potatoes (body), and then adding more hot sauce (conclusion). The pepper theme was built into the entire program (growing, cooking, cleaning, decorating, cultural aspects, history, etc.). MI enabled teens to make new friends, gain confidence, learn leadership, and overcome fears in public presentations

Assembly Quality Method: Integrating Design for assembly Cost Effectiveness (DAC) to Improve Defect Prediction,”

ABSTRACT The complexities in assembly processes have a strong correlation with the occurrences of defects. This paper develops a design-based complexity factor derived from the "Design for Assembly" method for evaluating assembly to augment factors not captured by the process-based complexity factor proposed by the authors. The authors collected extensive field data including consumer audio equipment assembled at various manufacturing sites around the world, and used defect data for validating the metrics. The quantitative correlation between the design-based complexity factor and defect rates will provide mechanical designers with guidelines for improving the original design

The adsorption of ampholytes on activated charcoal

Further evidence regarding the adsorption of organic ampholytes is lacking. It was therefore decided to begin a systematic study of the problem by obtaining adsorption isotherms for some thirty amino acids, vitamins and related compounds on one charcoal. When this was completed representative compounds were taken for further study with other charcoals, to determine whether observed differences in adsorption were due to qualitative differences existing within the charcoal as well as to the properties of the individual compounds usedBiochemistr