Do Roads Pay for Themselves? Setting the Record Straight on Transportation Funding

Analyzes the history, political context, and future plausibility of the claim that highways pay for themselves through "user fees" such as gasoline taxes. Calls for investing in transportation systems based on comprehensive cost-benefit analyses

Re-engage Students with “Check and Connect”

One of the most effective dropout prevention programs is Check & Connect. Check and Connect is for K-12 students that show signs of disengagement with school and who are at risk of dropping out. The foundation of Check & Connect (C&C) is building a trusting relationship between the student and a caring mentor. A mentor builds a strong relationship with students, systematically “Checks” on students, “Connects” with students, and partners with parents/families, functioning as a liaison between home and school and striving to build constructive family-school relationships. Check & Connect is empirically supported through rigorous research and has shown to significantly increases the chances that students will stay in school. A fundamental factor of Check & Connect is focusing on promoting student competence, engagement, and school success (Christenson & Anderson, 2002; Christenson, Sinclair, Lehr, & Godber, 2001). Of the dropout prevention interventions reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education\u27s What Works Clearinghouse, Check & Connect is the only program found to have strong evidence of positive effects on staying in school. Check and Connect Website: http://checkandconnect.umn.edu/model/default.htm

Volume 35 (2003)

The 2003 edition of The Broad River Review was edited by C. V. Davis, Tony Morris, and Jennifer Menster. The publication contains fiction; non-fiction; poetry; art; and photography by student; regional; and national writers and artists. The Broad River Review Editor\u27s Prizes in Fiction and Poetry are chosen among all submissions from Gardner-Webb University students. The winner of the poetry award was David Wayne Hampton for his poem, And Now I Remeber. The winner of the fiction award was Jonathan Wood for his work, Milk of Paradise. Student art award winners include: Charlie Baber; Cora Oglesby; Ignacio Arana. The cover photograph, Downpour; was taken by Wendy Shockley.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/brreview/1009/thumbnail.jp

Rotating heat transfer measurements on a multi-pass internal cooling channel - I rig development

The present contribution is focused on heat transfer measurements on internal cooling channels of a high pressure gas turbine blade in static and rotating conditions. A novel rig designed for the specific purpose was used to assess the heat transfer coefficients on a full internal cooling scheme of an idealized blade. The channel has a multi-pass design. Coolant enters at the blade hub in the leading edge region and move radially outwards inside a two-sided ribbed channel. The second passage is again a two-sided ribbed channel with a trapezoidal cross section of high aspect ratio, while inside the third leg low aspect-ratio cylindrical pin fins are arranged in a staggered configuration to promote flow turbulence. Inside the third passage, the coolant is progressively discharged at the blade trailing edge and finally at the blade tip. The test model differs with respect to the real design only because there is no curvature due to the blade camber. Conversely, the correct stagger angle of the real blade with respect to the rotation axis is preserved. Experiments were performed for static and rotating conditions with engine similar conditions of Re=21000 and Ro=0.074, both defined at the channel inlet. Transient liquid crystal technique was used for the measurement of the heat transfer coefficient (HTC) on both pressure and suction sides internal surfaces of the channel. From the spatially resolved HTC maps available, it is possible to characterize the thermal performances of the whole passage and to highlight the effect of rotation

Leadership in interprofessional health and social care teams : a literature review

Purpose: To review evidence on the nature of effective leadership in Interprofessional health and social care teams. Design: A critical review and thematic synthesis of research literature conducted using systematic methods to identify and construct a framework to explain the available evidence about leadership in interprofessional health and social care teams. Findings: Twenty-eight (28) papers were reviewed and contributed to the Framework for Interprofessional Leadership. Twelve themes emerged from the literature, the themes were: Facilitate shared leadership; transformation and change; personal qualities; goal alignment; creativity and innovation; communication; teambuilding; leadership clarity; direction setting; external liaison; skill mix and diversity; clinical and contextual expertise. The discussion includes some comparative analysis with theories and themes in team management and team leadership. Originality/Value: This research identifies some of the characteristics of effective leadership of interprofessional health and social care teams. By capturing and synthesizing the literature, it is clear that effective interprofessional health and social care team leadership requires a unique blend of knowledge and skills that support innovation and improvement. Further research is required to deepen understanding of the degree to which team leadership results in better outcomes for both patients and teams

Construction and properties of a mutant of herpes simplex virus type 1 with glycoprotein H coding sequences deleted

A mutant of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in which glycoprotein H (gH) coding sequences were deleted and replaced by the Escherichia coli lacZ gene under the control of the human cytomegalovirus IE-1 gene promoter was constructed. The mutant was propagated in Vero cells which contained multiple copies of the HSV-1 gH gene under the control of the HSV-1 gD promoter and which therefore provide gH in trans following HSV-1 infection. Phenotypically gH-negative virions were obtained by a single growth cycle in Vero cells. These virions were noninfectious, as judged by plaque assay and by expression of I-galactosidase following high-multiplicity infection, but partial recovery of infectivity was achieved by using the fusogenic agent polyethylene glycol. Adsorption of gH-negative virions to cells blocked the adsorption of superinfecting wild-type virus, a result in contrast to that obtained with gD-negative virions (D. C. Johnson and M. W. Ligas, J. Virol. 62:4605-4612, 1988). The simplest conclusion is that gH is required for membrane fusion but not for receptor binding, a conclusion consistent with the conservation of gH in all herpesviruses

Control of RelB during dendritic cell activation integrates canonical and noncanonical NF-κB pathways.

The NF-κB protein RelB controls dendritic cell (DC) maturation and may be targeted therapeutically to manipulate T cell responses in disease. Here we report that RelB promoted DC activation not as the expected RelB-p52 effector of the noncanonical NF-κB pathway, but as a RelB-p50 dimer regulated by canonical IκBs, IκBα and IκBɛ. IκB control of RelB minimized spontaneous maturation but enabled rapid pathogen-responsive maturation. Computational modeling of the NF-κB signaling module identified control points of this unexpected cell type-specific regulation. Fibroblasts that we engineered accordingly showed DC-like RelB control. Canonical pathway control of RelB regulated pathogen-responsive gene expression programs. This work illustrates the potential utility of systems analyses in guiding the development of combination therapeutics for modulating DC-dependent T cell responses