Substance Use Disorder –The Role of the Pharmacist

The study illuminates the pivotal role of community pharmacists as accessible healthcare providers, offering medication management, patient education, and preventive care services. Simultaneously, it explores the intricate responsibilities of inpatient pharmacists, emphasizing their involvement in therapeutic monitoring and collaboration with healthcare teams

Vocational education a socializing factor

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Sociology, 1917. ; Includes bibliographical references

Dance in Public Space

Dance is a universal cultural phenomenon that provides physical, emotional, and social benefits. Public Space, when well-utilized, provides people with opportunities to meet various needs. In this way, Dance and Public Space have the potential for a mutually beneficial relationship, Public Space providing a way for people to meet certain needs through Dance, while Dance improves the quality of Public Space. This relationship is already in existence worldwide. This paper explores seven case studies globally where Dance occurs in Public Space. Written research is combined with diagrams developed to study key aspects of these spaces. The diagrams study Dance and its effects on the Space, the physical qualities of the Space, and the Social Context of the Space. This provides indications of why the Space is useful for Dance, and how Dance impacts the Space and its users. Ultimately, this study is designed to provide better understanding of the relationship between Dance and Public Space, as well as tools to study this intersection

Contributions of Heterosis and Epistasis to Hybrid Fitness

Early-generation hybrid fitness is difficult to interpret because heterosis can obscure the effects of hybrid breakdown. We used controlled reciprocal crosses and common garden experiments to distinguish between effects of heterosis and nuclear and cytonuclear epistasis among morphotypes and advanced-generation hybrid derivative populations in the Piriqueta caroliniana (Turneraceae) plant complex. Seed germination, growth, and sexual reproduction of first-generation hybrids, inbred parental lines, and outbred parental lines were compared under field conditions. Average vegetative performance was greater for hybrids than for inbred lines, and firstseason growth was similar for hybrids and outbred parental lines. Hybrid survival surpassed that of inbred lines and was equal to or greater than outbred lines’ survival, and more F₁ than parental plants reproduced. Reductions in hybrid fitness due to Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities (epistasis among divergent genetic elements) were expressed as differences in vegetative growth, survival, and reproduction between plants from reciprocal crosses for both F₁ and backcross hybrid generations. Comparing performance of hybrids against parental genotypes from intra- and interpopulation crosses allowed a more robust prediction of F₁ hybrids’ success and more accurate interpretations of the genetic architecture of F₁ hybrid vigor

Project Centaur (Three Methods to Estimate Reliability of Explosives)

Project Centaur began as a low-priority, financially austere feasibility study, and ended up as the nation\u27s first liquid hydrogen-fueled space booster under the direction of the National Aeronautical Space Administration. This was successfully demonstrated when AC -2 was launched from the Cape on November 27, 1963 and met all primary and secondary mission objectives. The present objective of the Centaur Project is to inject a Surveyor into a trajectory suitable for a soft lunar landing. The structural system was designed to provide a lightweight structural arrangement with an aerodynamic shape consistent with the overall design of the vehicle^ and to contain propellant (liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen) in sufficient quantities to meet the mission objective. In addition, the structural arrangement had to support and protect the payload, as well as the vehicle systems and components from the extreme environments of both launch and outer space. The tank structure is a thin-walled 301 stainless steel vessel of monocoque cylindrical section, pressurized to provide structural stability. Since propellant boiloff would provide a substantial loss , the tank had to be insulated. It was decided by the design groups to use jettisonable insulation for the tanks and for the payload. Since the jettisonable structures would be jettisoned during the booster phase of flight, additional performance would be available to the Centaur vehicle during the lunar injection phase of the flight

Photonic band mixing in linear chains of optically coupled micro-spheres

The paper deals with optical excitations arising in a one-dimensional chain of identical spheres due optical coupling of whispering gallery modes (WGM). The band structure of these excitations depends significantly on the inter-mixing between WGMs characterized by different values of angular quantum number, $l$. We develop a general theory of the photonic band structure of these excitations taking these effects into account and applied it to several cases of recent experimental interest. In the case of bands originating from WQMs with the angular quantum number of the same parity, the calculated dispersion laws are in good qualitative agreement with recent experiment results. Bands resulting from hybridization of excitations resulting from whispering gallery modes with different parity of $l$ exhibits anomalous dispersion properties characterized by a gap in the allowed values of \emph{wave numbers} and divergence of group velocity.Comment: RevTex, 28 pages, 7 Figure

Effective Dispersal Patterns in Prairie Plant Species Across Human-Modified Landscapes.

Effective dispersal among plant populations is dependent on vector behaviour, landscape features and availability of adequate habitats. To capture landscape feature effects on dispersal, studies must be conducted at scales reflecting single-generation dispersal events (mesoscale). Many studies are conducted at large scales where genetic differentiation is due to dispersal occurring over multiple generations, making it difficult to interpret the effects of specific landscape features on vector behaviour. Genetic structure at the mesoscale may be determined by ecological and evolutionary processes, such as the consequences of vector behaviour on patterns of gene flow. We used chloroplast haplotypes and nuclear genome SNP surveys to identify landscape features influencing seed and pollen dispersal at a mesoscale within the Rogue River Valley in southern Oregon. We evaluated biotic and abiotic vector behaviour by contrasting two annual species with differing dispersal mechanisms; Achyrachaena mollis (Asteraceae) is a self-pollinating and anemochoric species, and Plectritis congesta (Caprifoliaceae) is biotically pollinated with barochoric seeds. Using landscape genetics methods, we identified features of the study region that conduct or restrict dispersal. We found chloroplast haplotypes were indicative of historic patterns of gene flow prior to human modification of landscapes. Seed dispersal of A. mollis was best supported by models of isolation by distance, while seed-driven gene flow of P. congesta was determined by the distribution of preserved natural spaces and quality habitat. Nuclear genetic structure was driven by both pollen and seed dispersal, and both species responded to contemporary landscape changes, such as urban and agricultural conversion, and habitat availability

Connecting with Self, God, and Others: The Relationship Between Mindful Awareness, Prayer, and Empathy Development

The current research examines the relationship between mindfulness, prayer, and empathic understanding. Empathy has been shown to be a critical component of positive human interaction and interpersonal relationships. Amongst other qualities, it consists of awareness of one’s own emotions, sensitivity to the emotions of others, and unbiased perspective taking. Mindfulness is defined as the awareness that emerges through paying attention to the present moment in a nonjudgmental manner. Prayer has been shown to promote social sensitivity and reduce judgmental responses. Due to the similarity in function and outcome of mindfulness and prayer, it is thought that both may be used to foster empathy and promote prosocial interactions. The present study examines the relationship between self-reported levels of mindfulness and prayer fulfillment and five facets of empathy. Results: Mindfulness and prayer fulfillment were minimally related and appear to be discrete constructs as measured in the study. Mindfulness demonstrated a clear, positive relationship with empathy; prayer fulfillment did not significantly predict empathy, but the relationship was found using broader measures of spirituality. An unexpected distinction between relational prayer and self-focused prayer arose