Introduction to Vocal Pedagogy

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Library collection deterioration: a study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A survey of bound items in the bookstacks of the University of Illinois library at Urbana-Champaign was conducted following the methodology used in the 1979 survey of the Green Library stacks at Stanford University. A reliable random sampling technique was used. The survey found that 37.0% of the items at Illinois are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration). The total cost of the survey was $1,845.45 (excluding permanent staff salaries). The methodology can be adapted by other libraries for collection condition surveys

Understanding community perceptions on sea level rise adaptation

Increased population growth in our region coupled with the flood and erosion hazards posed by a changing climate will increase demand for hard shoreline armoring across the Salish Sea. Decisions by waterfront property owners, shoreline land managers, and coastal communities about how to adapt to the impacts of rising seas will affect how marine shorelines look and function for generations to come. Understanding landowner and community perspectives on sea level rise adaptation strategies is an essential element of both resiliency planning and efforts to protect and restore marine ecosystems. As part of ongoing work to advance habitat friendly adaptation actions in the San Juan Island archipelago, Friends of the San Juans has completed vulnerability assessment mapping, developed outreach materials, hosted workshops and conducted surveys in multiple vulnerable coastal communities. Survey results show strong support for long-term solutions and recognition of habitat processes and values. These findings are often inconsistent with what elected officials and other mangers assume their constituents want and may offer the public support required to promote the implementation of multi-benefit projects and help reduce the proliferation of new hard armor. Survey results offer important insights for elected officials, shoreline managers, and marine ecosystem recovery science and policy practitioners on public and stakeholder perceptions on the best ways to plan for and manage impacts to both public infrastructure and private property. Friends of the San Juans will share the primary engagement components utilized, key findings from the survey, and potential applications to advance on-the-ground adaptation actions

Prospectus, September 1, 1993

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Health Evaluation and Referral Assistant: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Web-Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment System to Reduce Risky Alcohol Use Among Emergency Department Patients

BACKGROUND: Computer technologies hold promise for implementing alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT). Questions concerning the most effective and appropriate SBIRT model remain. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a computerized SBIRT system called the Health Evaluation and Referral Assistant (HERA) on risky alcohol use treatment initiation. METHODS: Alcohol users (N=319) presenting to an emergency department (ED) were considered for enrollment. Those enrolled (n=212) were randomly assigned to the HERA, to complete a patient-administered assessment using a tablet computer, or a minimal-treatment control, and were followed for 3 months. Analyses compared alcohol treatment provider contact, treatment initiation, treatment completion, and alcohol use across condition using univariate comparisons, generalized estimating equations (GEEs), and post hoc chi-square analyses. RESULTS: HERA participants (n=212; control=115; intervention=97) did not differ between conditions on initial contact with an alcohol treatment provider, treatment initiation, treatment completion, or change in risky alcohol use behavior. Subanalyses indicated that HERA participants, who accepted a faxed referral, were more likely to initiate contact with a treatment provider and initiate treatment for risky alcohol use, but were not more likely to continue engaging in treatment, or to complete treatment and change risky alcohol use behavior over the 3-month period following the ED visit. CONCLUSIONS: The HERA promoted initial contact with an alcohol treatment provider and initiation of treatment for those who accepted the faxed referral, but it did not lead to reduced risky alcohol use behavior. Factors which may have limited the HERA\u27s impact include lack of support for the intervention by clinical staff, the low intensity of the brief and stand-alone design of the intervention, and barriers related to patient follow-through, (eg, a lack of transportation or childcare, fees for services, or schedule conflicts). TRIAL REGISTRATION: International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN): NCT01153373; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01153373 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6pHQEpuIF)

Elements of Success: Lessons from a Decade of Restoration Project Identification, Cultivation and Implementation

Coastal geologic processes create and maintain the nearshore habitats upon which forage fish and many other Puget Sound species of concern rely. Shoreline modifications, like bulkheads, disrupt and damage sediment supply and transport processes that form beaches and provide appropriate spawning substrate for surf smelt and Pacific sand lance (Penttila 2007, Carrasquero-Verde et al 2005, Johannessen and MacLennan 2007). Shoreline modifications have been identified as one of the greatest threats to our nearshore ecosystems (Thom et al. 1994) and are ranked as one of the top three threats to the marine ecosystem in the San Juan County Marine Stewardship Area Plan adopted by the San Juan County Council in 2007 and by the Puget Sound Partnership’s San Juan Local Integrating Organization (SJC Action Agenda 2011, SJC Marine Resources Committee 2007). Successful restoration requires an understanding of the strategic actions to target, as well as long-term focused communication and technical support at all project stages including identification, cultivation, funding, design, construction and monitoring. Investment of resources at the early phases of project development, including prioritization, landowner site visits, feasibility studies and conceptual designs, helps ensure that technically sound, ecologically important projects, with willing landowners, advance to final design and implementation. Friends of the San Juans will share lessons learned from multiple nearshore marine restoration projects implemented in San Juan County with public, private and tribal landowners. There will be an emphasis placed on the key relationships and project management elements required to foster efficient and effective projects from a restoration plan report to rehabilitation of habitat and habitat forming processes

The Cosmic Microwave Background and Helical Magnetic Fields: the tensor mode

We study the effect of a possible helicity component of a primordial magnetic field on the tensor part of the cosmic microwave background temperature anisotropies and polarization. We give analytical approximations for the tensor contributions induced by helicity, discussing their amplitude and spectral index in dependence of the power spectrum of the primordial magnetic field. We find that an helical magnetic field creates a parity odd component of gravity waves inducing parity odd polarization signals. However, only if the magnetic field is close to scale invariant and if its helical part is close to maximal, the effect is sufficiently large to be observable. We also discuss the implications of causality on the magnetic field spectrum.Comment: We have corrected a normalisation error which was pointed out to us by Antony Lewis. It enhances our limits on the magnetic fields by (2\pi)^{3/4} ~