St. Johns River Water Management District: Notice of Transcription

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State of Florida Division of Administrative Hearings: Second Motion to Dismiss

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St. Johns River Water Management District Notice

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St. Johns River Water Management District: Motion to Consolidate

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Bridging the theory-practice gap in pharmacy education using an authentic learning approach: a cross-sectional study.

Authentic learning environments highlight real-world relevance to students, contributing to readiness for practice. This study evaluated the impact of an educational activity on student pharmacist learning and personal/professional development. An activity similar to that used by practising pharmacy professionals to record errors during dispensing was included in simulated community pharmacy workshops delivered to Year-2 students as part of a Professional Practice Module. Students were instructed to complete entries when academic staff identified errors during final accuracy checks. Student evaluation surveys were analysed at the end of terms one and two of the academic year. Descriptive statistics were used for closed questions, and thematic analysis for open-ended responses. Of the 75 student pharmacists who completed both evaluation surveys, 64% (n=48) recorded fewer errors in term two. Respondents considered the exercise helpful in highlighting the need for more attention to detail and identifying negative trends in their dispensing process. A positive response to personal/professional development was noted, with student pharmacists commenting that the activity facilitated reflection. This activity has allowed students to experience real-world working situations, extending their learning experience, facilitating personal/professional development and encouraging best practices

Assessing Integrated Water Management Options for Urban Developments - Canberra case study

Urban water services in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) are currently provided through conventional centralised systems, involving large scale water distribution, wastewater collection, water and wastewater treatment. A study was conducted to assist Environment ACT in setting broad policies for future water services in Canberra. This paper presents the outcomes of a study examining the effects of various water servicing options on water resources and the environment, for two townships in Canberra, one existing and one greenfield site. Three modelling tools were used to predict the effects of various alternative water servicing scenarios, including demand management options, rainwater tanks, greywater use, on-site detention tanks, gross pollutant traps, swales and ponds. The results show that potable water reductions are best achieved by demand management tools or a combination of greywater and rainwater use for existing suburbs, while 3rd pipe systems are preferred for greenfield sites. For this specific climatic region and end use demands, modelling predicted increased water savings from raintanks compared to greywater systems alone, with raintanks providing the additional benefit of reduced peak stormwater flows at the allotment scale. Rainwater and stormwater reuse from stormwater ponds within the catchments was found to provide the highest reduction in nutrient discharge from the case study areas. Environment ACT amended planning controls to facilitate installation of raintanks and greywater systems, and commenced a Government funded rebate scheme for raintanks as a result of this study

An evaluation of a multi-site community pharmacy based chronic obstructive pulmonary disease support service

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive chronic condition which can be effectively managed by smoking cessation, optimising prescribed therapy and providing treatment to prevent chest infections from causing hospitalisation. The government agenda in the UK is for community pharmacists to become involved in chronic disease management and COPD is one area where they are ideally located to provide a comprehensive service. Objective To evaluate the effect of a community pharmacy based COPD service on patient outcomes. Method Patients in one UK location were recruited over a 3 month period to receive a community pharmacy based COPD support service consisting of signposting to or provision of smoking cessation service, therapy optimisation, and recommendation to obtain a rescue pack containing steroid and antibiotic to prevent hospitalisation as a result of chest infection. Data was collected over a six month period for all recruited patients. Appropriate clinical outcomes, patient reported medication adherence, quality of life and NHS resource utilisation were measured. Key findings 306 patients accessed the service and full data to enable comparison before and after was available for 137. Significant improvements in patient reported adherence, utilisation of rescue packs, quality of life and a reduction in routine GP visits were identified. The intervention cost was estimated to be off-set by reductions in the use of other NHS services (GP and A&E visits and hospital admissions). Conclusion Results suggest that the service improved patient medicine taking behaviours and that it was cost-effective

Effect of Different Types of Physical Activity on Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults : Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Using authentic learning environments to bridge the theory-practice gap in pharmacy education.

Creating authentic learning environments highlights real-world relevance to students and contributes to their readiness for practice. Academics at Robert Gordon University used an exercise - in which student pharmacists dispense prescriptions in a simulated community pharmacy environment - as an opportunity to embed patient safety teaching in the curriculum, by introducing a reflective exercise at the end of the dispensing process. In practice, pharmacy professionals complete an entry into a "Near Miss Error Log" when an error is recorded. A similar log was included in the Student Record Book; student pharmacists were instructed to complete an entry if a member of staff identified an error during the final accuracy check of the dispensed medication. Additionally, student pharmacists were asked to reflect on the error with the aim of identifying any contributing factors and modifications that could prevent the same error from re-occurring. An evaluation of the impact the activity had on student pharmacist learning aimed to explore the views of student pharmacists, with regards to how completing the activity influenced their personal and professional development. Data collection involved student pharmacists completing two surveys. Classed as a service evaluation, ethics review was not required. Research findings showed that, of the 75 student pharmacists completing evaluation surveys, 64% (n=48) recorded fewer errors in semester two when compared to semester one. Respondents considered the exercise helpful in highlighting the need to pay more attention to detail; they referred to the exercise as helping to identify trends in their dispensing process, allowing them to avoid making similar errors in future. An overall positive response to personal and professional development was noted, with student pharmacists commenting that the exercise had facilitated reflective learning and helped to bridge the theory-practice gap

Towards a networks based approach to biomonitoring

PhDEffective monitoring of the environment for anthropogenic impacts is essential for managing and conserving ecosystems, especially in the face of global climate change and an ever increasing human population. Yet current biomonitoring schemes are grounded in species or trait based approaches, and lack the tools required to deal with the effects of stressors on species and their interactions in complex natural systems. Ecological networks can offer new insights into ecosystem degradation by explicitly considering the interactions between species, adding value to current taxonomically constrained schemes. Here, I develop a formalisation of a method for constructing ecological networks from species lists and trophic information harvested from the primary literature (Chapter 2). I then use this method to augment traditional biomonitoring data with information on the interaction between species to build large collections of food webs (Chapters 3-5). I apply novel network analysis methods from complex network research to examine the substructure of these networks. In Chapter 3, I find that the structure, and substructure, of freshwater food webs are fundamentally altered by hydrochemical stress (Appendix A). Chapter 4 demonstrates that the structure of agricultural food webs are linked to the delivery of beneficial pest control services, potentially allowing those services to be enhanced through management of food web structure. Finally, in Chapter 5 I use more detailed food web data to investigate how freshwater food webs are impacted by a catastrophic pesticide spill, how the indirect effects propagate through the food web, and how the structure of the community and ecosystem functioning recover over time. The findings presented herein demonstrate that ecological networks constructed from routine biomonitoring data can be a useful tool for understanding the impacts of stressors on ecological communities. Considering the interactions between species is vital if we are to fully understand, and mitigate against the negative effects of global climate change on biodiversity.Queen Mary University of London Studentship, and the Freshwater Biology Association