Computationally convenient forms for conic section equations

Three dimensional vector forms of selected section relationships applied to n-body trajectory simulation based on virtual mass concep

Evaluation of the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Peripatetic Assessment Model

The Health Visitor Implementation Plan 2011-15: a call to action, called for an additional 4200 health visitors to be trained by 2015. To accommodate larger numbers of students, specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN) programmes across the UK have undergone significant transformation in terms of practice supervision. Somerset Partnership NHS Trust introduced a peripatetic assessment model involving practice teachers and practice mentors. This differed from traditional one-to-one approaches of supervision to one-to-three. Practice teachers mostly supervised students through close collaboration with mentors who worked directly with students on a daily basis. Using a mixed methods approach, the evaluation aimed to assess the effectiveness of the new model from the perspective of SCPHN students, mentors, practice teachers (PTs) and managers. Data was collected through an anonymous online survey and individual interviews or focus groups. Overall, participants were positive about the peripatetic model’s impact on student learning and practice experience, in addition to the general up-skilling of the wider health visiting workforce and possible implications of continuation into the future. Any concerns raised focused on adequate preparation and support for mentors and the need for clear communication and role differentiation between practice teachers and mentors

Discussion: What Have We Learned from the New Suite of Risk Management Programs of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008?

New revenue-based support programs in the 2008 Farm Bill represent a fundamental shift in farm programs and risk management decision-making. However, complexity, uncertainty, economics, and, arguably, an incomplete analysis of the new Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program all contributed to low enrollment in the new program in 2009. An effective analysis of ACRE should consider farm programs as part of an integrated risk management portfolio, including crop insurance, marketing, and other risk management tools as opposed to a separate lottery program. Improving this integration could be one of the most significant consequences of the 2008 Farm Bill.farm bill, commodity programs, risk management, Agribusiness, Agricultural and Food Policy, Agricultural Finance, Farm Management, Land Economics/Use, Political Economy, Public Economics, Risk and Uncertainty, Q18,

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Four basic questions are approached in this paper: 1. What we know about how people learn. 2. How we can help students learn to learn. 3. What the obstacles are to helping students learn. 4. What the expectations are for the empowerment of people. The answers, based on the author's experience and on research done at Cornell University refer widely to significant learning, to heuristic learning and to the conceptual maps

Writing from the spirit, writing from the soul: Five nineteenth century American women writers as purveyors of spirituality and feminism

Writing from the Spirit, Writing from the Soul: Five Nineteenth Century American Women Writers focuses on the fiction writing of Fanny Fern (Ruth Hall), Harriet Wilson (Our Nig), Rebecca Harding Davis (Margret Howth), Frances E. W. Harper (Iola Leroy), and Kate Chopin (The Awakening). Each writer is studied through her life and through the women characters she writes to come to an understanding of how each author uses her unique sense of spirituality and her unique life experiences to formulate a picture of women\u27s life and experiences in nineteenth century America; The concept of writing from the spirit and writing from the soul is explored with each writer and her work in much the same way that French feminist critics of modern day have explored women\u27s writing from the standpoint of l\u27ecriture feminine. This work takes off on the ideas of the French feminists to deepen an understanding of the uniqueness and validity of women\u27s writing, especially women writers of the past century. Biographical, historical, social, and theological considerations constitute the basis of this study

Queer and Trans* Students’ Experience with Gender-Inclusive Housing at Four-Year Public Institutions

Queer and trans* students can face many struggles within higher education, including individual and institutional discriminatory practices. Higher education’s housing and residence life can perpetuate a heteronormative environment through gender-segregated residence halls. Research indicates gender-inclusive housing can provide gender-appropriate accommodation for queer and trans* students. However, colleges and universities do not center the voices and experiences of queer and trans* students in creating and assessing gender-inclusive housing, creating additional logistical obstacles to accessing and retaining in housing and residence life. This project aims to mitigate logistical obstacles and struggles faced by queer and trans* students by creating a living-learning community and an advisory board. The living-learning community, called Pride, is designed to meet the needs and lived experiences of queer and trans* students. The advisory board is created to assess the effectiveness of the living-learning community by intentionally centering queer and trans* student voices and experiences