Unallot a Lot: Virginia\u27s Human Services Budgeting in the Time of Coronavirus

Virginia’s 2020 General Assembly budgeting process for fiscal year (“FY”) 2021-2022 was upended by the global pandemic which, after a rosy economic forecast for the Commonwealth, sent revenue expectations tumbling, and necessitated a nearly complete rewrite of the budget immediately upon its enactment by the legislature. Social services, an important aspect in the economic health of the Commonwealth, seemed poised to have greater support from the new Democratic majority in both houses of the state legislature as well as the governor’s mansion. But this may or may not have been true, even before the impact of COVID-19

Re-imagining the War on Poverty in Southeastern Ohio: The Appalachian Project

Our session will focus on how our ethnographic research seeking solutions to a sustainable educational and economic atmosphere in Appalachian Ohio reimagines the 1964 War on Poverty. President Johnson launched the War on Poverty in 1964 in Ohio University in southeastern Ohio. In August 2013, Jesse Jackson asked students in a speech at the same university to support a return to federal efforts on eliminating poverty and malnutrition in the region, citing the current all-time high of 46.2 million Americans living at or below the poverty level. The Appalachian Project, Ohio, an interdisciplinary research team of faculty, staff, graduate, and undergraduate students at Ohio State University, positions itself in relation to this call to action. For the last three years, we have conducted ethnographic research in Appalachian Ohio counties, identifying factors affecting Appalachian Ohio students’ decisions and readiness to obtain post-secondary education, understanding Appalachian Ohio students strategies for negotiating their college experiences, producing recommendations for addressing the barriers and challenges that students face, and exploring solutions to work toward creating a sustainable educational and economic atmosphere in Appalachian Ohio. Our presentation will feature a segment of our video documentary providing an overview of the data collected thus far, an explanation of our position within the rhetoric of the War on Poverty, and how it needs to be re-imagined for the current needs of the region. We will also discuss the perspectives of individual team members, including staff, graduate, and undergraduate students on patterns in the data and research process

The dynamics of somatic input processing in spinal motoneurons in vivo

Uncovering how motoneurons utilize their voltage-sensitive conductances to systematically respond to a variety of inputs is paramount to understanding synaptic integration. In this study, we examine the input dynamics and frequency-dependent characteristics of active conductances in motoneurons as viewed from the soma in the decerebrate cat. We evaluated the somatic response of the motoneuron by superimposing a voltage sinus sweep (a sine wave in which frequency increases with time, which is often referred to as a zap or chirp) at a subset of membrane holding potentials during discontinuous, single-electrode, somatic voltage-clamp. Results from both experimental and modeling data indicate that ionic conductances can respond to a wide variety of input dynamics. Notably, it appears that there is a divergence between low input conductance type S and high input conductance type FF motoneurons in their response to input frequency. Type S motoneurons generate a larger response to lower frequency input dynamics (compared with their response to higher frequencies), whereas type FF generate a larger response to higher input frequency dynamics. Functionally, these results may indicate that motoneurons on the lower end of the motor pool (i.e., recruited first) may favor steady inputs, whereas motoneurons at the higher end (i.e., recruited later) may favor input transients in producing action potentials

Antimicrobial physician and pharmacist experience and perception of an antimicrobial Self-Stewardship Time-Out Program (SSTOP) intervention at eight Veterans' Affairs medical centers.

We explored experiences and perceptions surrounding the Self-Stewardship Time-Out Program (SSTOP) intervention across implementation sites to improve antimicrobial use. Semistructured qualitative interviews were conducted with Antibiotic Stewardship physicians and pharmacists, from which 5 key themes emerged. SSTOP may serve to achieve sustainable promotion of antibiotic use improvements

The use of UV-C radiation for terminal disinfection of pathogenic Gram-negative rods: a pilot study

In this controlled study, we found that exposure to ultraviolet-C (UV-C) radiation was able to arrest the growth of selected pathogenic enteric and nonfermenting Gram-negative rods. Further studies are needed to confirm the clinical efficacy and determine optimal implementation strategies for utilizing UV-C terminal disinfection

Technique [Volume 87, Issue 19]

Athlete sues Tech over UJC processCampus vendors not open to competitionCoC charges 187 with cheatingEvents honoring MLK planned for weekendFaces at Georgia TechFreshman shows his muscles in football worldHouse denies funds to present iMovies'Junior's at Night' a labor of love for proprietor KlemisNew north deck opens after year-long delayNext generation of Neville music surprises EarthLink Live crowdObituary Melissa MurrayOffensive boards propel rising Tech Women's Hoops to win'Orange County' nice place to visitOUR VIEWS Consensus OpinionSAC's newest member: the LDSScott's 'Black Hawk Down' is on the way upSenators concerned over fee increasesSnow forces some to skip semester startSo, you want to make your own movie?STAFF EDITORIAL: Football will struggle, parking woes continue in new yearSTAFF EDITORIAL: Oldest living Technique writer tells all (at long last)Student depression rises across nation's campusesTechs and the City: Students in need of counselingTech's most faithful fan going strongThe Jackets' hectic 2001 football season comes to a closeThe Live List: 1/18 to 2/2 and beyond...Two BitsWillis tries his hand at music, tooYoung cagers head to NC State's hostile denYoung, energetic cast brings new life to Cats at Fo