Disability eligibility issues and university student assessment outcomes

This is the published version. Copyright 2001 IOS Press.Many issues pertaining to identifying and documenting university students with learning disabilities (LD) have been discussed in the professional literature or litigated. This article documents the eligibility procedures and student assessment results of a project for identifying and providing learning strategies services to students with LD at a large midwestern public university. Many legal issues are relevant in the discussion and evaluation of this project, including the use of standardized procedures for establishing disability status. This project used standardized procedures such as eligibility rules and cut-off scores for making eligibility decisions, thus reducing the nagging inconsistencies and subjectivity associated with nonstandardized assessments and clinical judgements about LD. Students found eligible for the project showed academic skill deficits as low as the fourth grade level, with the average skill level being eighth grade. All students seeking services but determined not eligible showed proficient academic skills. Data from a sample of students not seeking project services gave insight to the skills of “typical”, skill proficient college students, thus providing an index by which to judge skill deficiency

Moisture flow modelling within the ESP-r integrated building performance simulation system

Moisture plays a central role in the provision of healthy buildings, both in relation to indoor humidity levels, which impacts on air quality and thermal comfort, and in relation to interstitial/surface condensation leading to fabric deterioration and mould growth, which impacts on performance and occupant well-being. Integrated building performance simulation (IBPS) provides a means to ensure that due consideration is given to these aspects at the design stage as designers attempt to deploy new approaches to energy demand reduction and sustainable supply. This paper describes how building space and construction moisture flow is modelled within the ESP-r system in a manner that is appropriately coupled to other domain models representing the heat, power, air and light flows within building/plant systems of arbitrary complexity (but with the focus here only on those domains that impact directly on moisture flow). The purpose of the paper is to describe the role of moisture flow modelling within IBPS, the barriers that are likely to be encountered in practice and future development needs. The application of the integrated approach is summarized for the case of mould growth alleviation and the deployment of passive methods for moisture control

Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

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