The Relationship Between Administrative Support And Burnout In Turnaround Schools

This study looked at the relationship between administrative support and teacher burnout in two federally funded turnaround middle schools. Teacher burnout indicators include signs of lacking accomplishment, mental and physical fatigue, and depersonalization. Administrative support factors include positive communication, vision, district support, and school support. The major findings of this study showed that school level support played a significant role in predicting teacher burnout. Professional development support played a significant role in predicting teacher burnout, but not to the same extent as school level support. Central office support was not a significant factor in predicting teacher burnout or any burnout sub domains. Recommendations include maintain strong school level administrative support. A school level administrator should focus on implementing professional development that is data based, aligned with the school improvement plan, time appropriate, and differentiated

The CaNOP CubeSat Mission

The CaNOP Cubesat Mission is a student based cubesat mission based out of Carthage College. The purpose of the mission is to test a method for multispectral imaging, image changes in the rain forest on Earth, and visualize changes in urban night lighting due to the growth in low power LED street lights. The 3U Cubesat camera system is designed to replicate early Landsat remote sensing capabilities. For this mission CaNOP is using a commercial four-band multispectral push-broom imager designed for precision agriculture applications. This imaging system reproduces a subset of the visible and near-IR Landsat and MODIS spectral imaging channels at a ground pixel size of 60m at an orbital altitude of 400 km. CaNOP will be deployed from the ISS in Fall 2019. Communications will be through our LinkStar-STX3 and LinkStar duplex radios which link the satellite through the Globalstar network providing global beaconing and positioning, command and control, and image download. We will be able to control swaths to image based on known location via our web ground interface. For this presentation we will discuss the mission plan and mission science, provide comparison figures of merit for CaNOP, present the new PC104 based BeagleBone Black interface and architecture and how it was integrated with the cubesat, and how data from the mission will be collected and shared with the community

The CaNOP Cubesat Mission, Remote Imaging of the Rain Forest And Testing AI Based Identification Tools

The CaNOP Cubesat Mission is a student based cubesat mission based out of Carthage College. The purpose of the mission is to test a method for multispectral imaging, image changes in the rain forest on Earth, test AI based tools to identify known test targets on the ground, and visualize changes in urban night lighting due to the growth in low power LED street lights. The 3U Cubesat camera system is designed to replicate early Landsat remote sensing capabilities. For this mission CaNOP is using a commercial four-band multispectral pushbroom imager designed for precision agriculture applications. This imaging system reproduces a subset of the visible and near-IR Landsat and MODIS spectral imaging channels at a ground pixel size of 60m at an orbital altitude of 400 km. CaNOP will be deployed from the ISS in Fall 2020. Communications will be through our LinkStar-STX3 and LinkStar duplex radios which link the satellite through the Globalstar network providing global beaconing and positioning, command and control, and image download. We will be able to control swaths to image based on known location via our web ground interface. For this presentation we will discuss the mission plan and mission science, provide comparison figures of merit for CaNOP and Landsat 8, present the PC104 based BeagleBone Black interface and architecture and how it was integrated with the cubesat, and how data from the mission will be collected and shared with the community

Experimental Environmental Profiles and Sloshing Dynamics Aboard Zero-G Aircraft

This study presents the results of a parabolic flight experiment to study the sloshing dynamics of the magneto-active propellant management device experiment. This device utilizes a magnetoactive membrane and magnets located external to the tank to effectively damp the liquid free surface motion. This research work establishes a benchmark with sloshing analytical formulation and sensor calibration methods that can be used to characterize future research parabolic flights while providing important environmental profiles measured during flight, such as accelerations, pitch angle, velocity, temperature, total volatile content, carbon dioxide, relative humidity, magnetic field, and radiation. Correlation between these flight variables and the sloshing experiment are suggested to improve suppression of sloshing. Preliminary postflight analysis suggests a close correlation between high peaks of carbon dioxide and total volatile compound levels during the parabolas – levels sustained for up to one hour combined during cruise in some parabolic flights

An Investigation of the Magneto-Active Slosh Control for Cylindrical Propellant Tanks Using Floating Membranes

The phenomenon of sloshing is a substantial challenge in propellant management, particularly in reduced gravity where surface tension-driven flows result in large slosh amplitudes and relatively long decay time scales. Propellant Management Devices (PMDs) such as the rigid baffles and elastomeric membranes are often employed to counteract motion of the free surface. In the present study, we investigate an active PMD that utilizes a free-floating membrane that, under an applied static magnetic field, becomes rigid and suppresses slosh. This semi-rigid structural layer can thereby replace bulky baffle structures and reduce the overall weight of the tank. In this paper, the membrane was fabricated using Metglas 2714A alloy in a weave pattern and the experiment was run for varying slosh amplitudes at a given magnetic field gradient using the slosh research facility at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. The resultant force acting on the walls of the cylinder is recorded for each test run using a pair of load cells that are attached at the end of each movable arm. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations were setup with the parameters of the experiment to verify and validate the experimental setup. The result of this investigation provides information on the magnetic field gradient required to control certain amplitude of slosh or in other words, the maximum amplitude of slosh that can be controlled for a given magnetic field

2018 Melon Variety Trial in Southwestern Indiana

This is a compilation of 20 research trial reports from four land-grant universities in the Midwestern United States. Crops include cantaloupe, pickling cucumber, pepper, potato, pumpkin, summer squash and zucchini, sweet corn, tomato, and watermelon. Somecrops were evaluated in high tunnels or hoophouses. Most trials evaluated different cultivars or varieties. One report addressed plant spacing for sweet corn and one addressed soil block for production of tomato seedlings. A list of vegetable seed sources and a list of other online sources of vegetable trial reports are also included

Detection of Suicide Clusters using Small-Area Geographic Data from the Virginia Violent Death Reporting System, 2010 – 2015

Introduction: From 1999 to 2020, the suicide rate in Virginia increased from 13.1 to 15.9 per 100,000 persons aged 10 years and older. Few studies have examined spatial patterns of suicide geographies smaller than the county level. Methods: We analyzed data from suicide decedents aged ≥10 years from 2010 through 2015 in the Virginia Violent Death Reporting System. We identified spatial clusters of high suicide rates using spatially adaptive filtering with standardized mortality ratio (SMR) significantly higher than the state SMR (p \u3c 0.001). We compared demographic characteristics, method of injury, and suicide circumstances of decedents within each cluster to decedents outside any cluster. Results: We identified 13 high-risk suicide clusters (SMR between 1.7 and 2.0). Suicide decedents in the clusters were more likely to be older (40+ years), non-Hispanic white, widowed/divorced/separated, and less likely to have certain precipitating suicide circumstances than decedents outside the clusters. Suicide by firearm was more common in four clusters, and suicide by poisoning was more common in two clusters compared to the rest of the state. Conclusions: There are important differences between geographic clusters of suicide in Virginia. These results suggest that place-specific risk factors for suicide may be relevant for targeted suicide prevention