Effects of Adapted Tricycles on Quality of Life, Activities, and Participation in Children with Special Needs

Children with special needs participate in less physical activity than the typically developing child. Physical activity and participation within activities is essential for a child’s physical, emotional, and mental health. Riding a bicycle is a typical childhood milestone that many children with special needs are unable to achieve. The American Business Clubs (AMBUCS), a non-profit organization, strives to create mobility and independence for those with disabilities. Through a local chapter of this organization, ENC Ambucs, funds are raised to provide AmTrykes, or specially adapted tricycles, to children with special needs in this region. The increased physical activity that is expected to come from the use of these therapeutic tricycles is projected to improve the children’s health related quality of life. To date research has not investigated the effects of AmTrykes. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of AmTrykes on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), participation, function, and physical activity in children with special needs. We hypothesized that, after receiving an AmTryke, children would exhibit increased Sports and Physical Functioning and Global Functioning normative scores, on the PODCI, Psychosocial HRQOL, Physical HRQOL, and Total HRQOL, on the PedsQL-PR, and play time with other children, physical activity, feeling of independence, and health benefits, as measured by the APS-A. Reliable measures of HRQOL, participation, function, and physical activity were administered before and after receiving an AmTryke. The assessments that were utilized include the Pediatric Outcomes Questionnaire (PODCI), the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Parent Report (PedsQL-PR), and the AmTryke Parent Survey-Adapted (APS-A). Parents/guardians were asked to fill out the PODCI and the PedsQL-PR prior to receiving the AmTryke to be used as a pre-test assessment. Four weeks after the child was given their tricycle, the same assessments were sent via mail to the parents/guardians to be used as the post-assessment. The APS-A was sent out via an email link, to these new recipients and to all previous recipients of AmTrykes from ENC Ambucs. Six children, ranging in age from 4 to 18 (mean=8.2 years) received an AmTryke in February 2016 and were subjects for the pre/post assessments. In addition to these six children, 12 past bike recipients were surveyed using the APS-A. These 18 subjects were between the ages of 4 and 18 (mean=10.9 years). The Global Functioning Scale of the PODCI decreased significantly after the four week intervention period (pre=1.33, post=-8.67, p=0.04). Other PODCI and PedsQL-PR data were not significant. On the APS-A, 55.6% of parents reported an increase since receiving the AmTryke. An increase in physical activity was reported by 77.8% of parents, and 88.9% reported an increase in their child’s sense of independence. Health benefits were noted by 72.2% of parents. The AmTryke appeared most beneficial for children who were unable to walk independently (n=7, a subset of the 18 respondents to the APS-A). Of those seven parents, 100% reported an increase in their child’s sense of independence and an improvement in their child’s mood. Use of an AmTryke appears to improve the quality of life, activities, and participation in children with special needs. In terms of their sense of independence and mood, children with special needs who are unable to walk alone may benefit more than others from the use of an AmTryke. Future studies will be important to increase the evidence that providing children with special needs with opportunities to participate in bike riding has many positive effects on their quality of life and their physical and psychosocial development

Developing a Geomorphic and Archaeological History of Painters Flat

Painters Flat is a small basin that sits along the northern California-Nevada border. It has never been studied in detail. During 2020 fieldwork, I collected geomorphic and sedimentological data to construct the hydrologic history of the basin throughout the late Pleistocene and Holocene. I used a hydrologic model to determine the changes in temperature and precipitation needed to form a lake or wet meadow and, along with marsh potential estimations, identified likely environmental conditions in Painters Flat across time. Using the distributions of archaeological sites and time-sensitive projectile points, I determined how people utilized Painters Flat and how hydrologic changes drove them to alter their settlement-subsistence strategies. Peoples’ responses to changes in larger lake systems (e.g., Lake Lahontan) have been extensively studied in the Great Basin; however, how they responded to changes in small hydrologic basins remains poorly understood. Painters Flat offers an opportunity to test the hypothesis that smaller systems – and humans living in them – responded differently to the onset of the Holocene

Effectiveness of Addition of Activated Carbon Shell Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Filtration Process Water in Wells

The impact of water pollution can cause an imbalance of the ecosystem and a contagious disease. So,it is necessary to refine the water before it is used to improve water quality. One that can be used to purify water is palm shell activaited charcoal (Elaeisguineensis). The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the addition of activated charcoal palm shells in the filtration process of the physical characteristics (turbidity, Ph, smell and taste) of the well. This research is an experiment using a completely randomized design (CRD). Well water filtration  is performed with 4 treatments and 3 repetitions namely: 1). without passing through the sand filter (control), 2).through the sand filter without palm shell activaited charcoal, 3). through the filter sand with the addition of palm shell activaited charcoalwith a thickness of 10 cm, and 4). thickness of 15 cm. One way ANOVA was used for data analysis. The turbidityanalysis  is 100.0; 50.5; 40.4; and 47.5 respectively for the control, without activated charcoal, 10 cm and 15 cm with activated charcoal. The result showed that there is no significant differences the turbidity of the contratedwater  with the turbidity of other treatments. water pH <7 becomes 8.99. Analysis found the smell and taste of water through the filtration process with the addition of activated charcoal to eliminate odor and taste in the water. The addition of palm shell activaited charcoal with a thickness of 10 cm is quite effective in well water filtration process and can improve the physical quality of the water

Sosialisasi Tax Amnesty Jilid 2 Tax Center FEB UB

Tantangan terbesar adalah bagaimana menyiapkan program pemulihan ekonomi yang tepat, dieksekusi dengan cepat, agar laju pertumbuhan ekonomi negara tidak terkoreksi lebih dalam lagi. Kebijakan tax amnesty yang dimulai sejak tahun 2022 dan untuk seterusnya akan sangat membantu pemerintah dalam rangka upaya memperbaiki kondisi perekonomian, pembangunan dan mengurangi pengangguran, mengurangi kemiskinan serta memperbaiki ketimpangan. Tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk mensosialisasikan regulasi terbaru mengenai tax amnesty II guna meningkatkan pemahaman masyarakat atas insentif pajak yang bisa digunakan oleh wajib pajak serta meningkatkan kesadaran dan kepatuhan wajib pajak. Adanya tax amnesty membantu upaya pemerintah memperbaiki kondisi perekonomian, pembangunan dan mengurangi pengangguran, mengurangi kemiskinan serta memperbaiki ketimpangan. Manfaat yang diharapkan dari kegiatan ini yaitu dapat menjangkau lebih banyak wajib pajak yang memanfaatkan insentif pajak dan mempercepat pemulihan ekonomi nasional. Luaran pengabdian ini adalah Hak Kekayaan Intelektual (HKI)

Efektivitas Penambahan Karbon Aktif Cangkang Kelapa Sawit (Elaeis Guineensis) dalam Proses Filtrasi Air Sumur

The impact of water pollution can cause an imbalance of the ecosystem and a contagious disease. So,it is necessary to refine the water before it is used to improve water quality. One that can be used to purify water is palm shell activaited charcoal (Elaeisguineensis). The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the addition of activated charcoal palm shells in the filtration process of the physical characteristics (turbidity, Ph, smell and taste) of the well. This research is an experiment using a completely randomized design (CRD). Well water filtration  is performed with 4 treatments and 3 repetitions namely: 1). without passing through the sand filter (control), 2).through the sand filter without palm shell activaited charcoal, 3). through the filter sand with the addition of palm shell activaited charcoalwith a thickness of 10 cm, and 4). thickness of 15 cm. One way ANOVA was used for data analysis. The turbidityanalysis  is 100.0; 50.5; 40.4; and 47.5 respectively for the control, without activated charcoal, 10 cm and 15 cm with activated charcoal. The result showed that there is no significant differences the turbidity of the contratedwater  with the turbidity of other treatments. water pH <7 becomes 8.99. Analysis found the smell and taste of water through the filtration process with the addition of activated charcoal to eliminate odor and taste in the water. The addition of palm shell activaited charcoal with a thickness of 10 cm is quite effective in well water filtration process and can improve the physical quality of the water.Dampak dari pencemaran air dapat menyebabkan terjadinya ketidakseimbangan ekosistem dan dapat sebagai pembawa penyakit menular. Oleh karena itu perlu dilakukan penjernihan terhadap air sebelum digunakan untuk meningkatkan kualitas air.  Salah satu  yang dapat digunakan untuk penjernihan air adalah arang aktif cangkang kelapa sawit (Elaeis guineensis). Tujuan penelitian ini adalah: Untuk mengetahui efektifitas penambahan arang aktif cangkang kelapa sawit  dalam proses  filtrasi terhadap karakter fisik (kekeruhan, Ph, bau dan rasa) air sumur. Penelitian ini bersifat eksperimen dengan menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL). Filtrasi air sumur dilakukan dengan 4 perlakuan  dan 3 kali ulangan yaitu: 1). tanpa melewati saringan pasir (kontrol), 2). melewati saringan pasir tanpa arang aktif cangkang kelapa sawit, 3). melewati saringan pasir dengan penambahan arang aktif cangkang kelapa sawit  dengan ketebalan 10 cm, dan 4). ketebalan 15 cm. One way ANOVA digunakan dalam analisis data. Analisa kekeruhan adalah 100,0; 50,5; 40,4; dan 47,5 berturut-turut untuk kontrol, tanpa arang aktif, dengan arang aktif 10 cm dan dengan arang aktif 15 cm. Hasil uji menunjukkan perbedaan yang bermakna antara kekeruhan air kontrol dengan kekeruhan dari perlakuan lainnya. pH air < 7 menjadi 8,99. Analisa bau dan rasa didapatkan  air yang melewati proses filtrasi dengan penambahan arang aktif menghilangkan bau dan rasa pada air tersebut. Penambahan arang aktif cangkang kelapa sawit dengan ketebalan 10 cm cukup efektif dalam proses filtrasi air sumur dan dapat memperbaiki kualitas fisik air

The Effect of Simulation based Training on Medical Students’ Perceptions, Knowledge, and Skill at Baseline and 6 month Follow up

The principal goal of most simulation-based learning is enhanced clinical skill, with the desired outcome being skill retention and improved performance over time. While evide nce supports simulation based training at the clerkship, graduate, and post graduate level, the evidence supporting its long term benefit at the pre clerkship level is less well established. Using quantitative methods, this research assessed the effect of skill based clinical simulation training on all second year medical students’ enrolled in two simulation courses at the University of Michigan during the 2013 2014 academic year (n=39). Pre course, post course, and 6 month follow up questionnaires were adm inistered, and analysis of variance was used to assess change in students\u27 knowledge, self reported confidence, and competency. Students in Course 1 (n=12) completed a post course and 6 month follow up skills test, and results were compared to faculty cont rols. Differences between groups were assessed using t tests. Odds ratios were calculated.Knowledge improved from pre course to post course; the gain was retained at follow up only for students in Course 1. Students perceived the courses as improving know ledge, confidence, and skill, though scores were significantly lower at follow up. For the subset of students participating in the skills test, the time to complete central line and thoracentesis at follow up did not significantly differ from post course; however, an increase was observed for lumbar puncture. Compared to faculty, students took significantly more time to complete the central line procedure. Outcomes for needle redirects and correct sequencing were mixed, with most procedures showing no signi ficant difference between measurement periods. Assessing students’ skill and the maintenance of that skill over time using objective and empirically derived measures can be challenging. The evaluation strategy described herein could be adapted to many proc edures commonly practiced within primary care and other medical specialties. Brief exposure to clinical simulation early in medical training and prior to clerkships can have a positive and lasting effecton medical students’ knowledge, confidence, and skil l for selected procedures

JASPAR 2016: a major expansion and update of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles.

JASPAR (http://jaspar.genereg.net) is an open-access database storing curated, non-redundant transcription factor (TF) binding profiles representing transcription factor binding preferences as position frequency matrices for multiple species in six taxonomic groups. For this 2016 release, we expanded the JASPAR CORE collection with 494 new TF binding profiles (315 in vertebrates, 11 in nematodes, 3 in insects, 1 in fungi and 164 in plants) and updated 59 profiles (58 in vertebrates and 1 in fungi). The introduced profiles represent an 83% expansion and 10% update when compared to the previous release. We updated the structural annotation of the TF DNA binding domains (DBDs) following a published hierarchical structural classification. In addition, we introduced 130 transcription factor flexible models trained on ChIP-seq data for vertebrates, which capture dinucleotide dependencies within TF binding sites. This new JASPAR release is accompanied by a new web tool to infer JASPAR TF binding profiles recognized by a given TF protein sequence. Moreover, we provide the users with a Ruby module complementing the JASPAR API to ease programmatic access and use of the JASPAR collection of profiles. Finally, we provide the JASPAR2016 R/Bioconductor data package with the data of this release

JASPAR 2016: a major expansion and update of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles.

International audienceJASPAR (http://jaspar.genereg.net) is an open-access database storing curated, non-redundant transcription factor (TF) binding profiles representing transcription factor binding preferences as position frequency matrices for multiple species in six taxonomic groups. For this 2016 release, we expanded the JASPAR CORE collection with 494 new TF binding profiles (315 in vertebrates, 11 in nematodes, 3 in insects, 1 in fungi and 164 in plants) and updated 59 profiles (58 in vertebrates and 1 in fungi). The introduced profiles represent an 83% expansion and 10% update when compared to the previous release. We updated the structural annotation of the TF DNA binding domains (DBDs) following a published hierarchical structural classification. In addition, we introduced 130 transcription factor flexible models trained on ChIP-seq data for vertebrates, which capture dinucleotide dependencies within TF binding sites. This new JASPAR release is accompanied by a new web tool to infer JASPAR TF binding profiles recognized by a given TF protein sequence. Moreover, we provide the users with a Ruby module complementing the JASPAR API to ease programmatic access and use of the JASPAR collection of profiles. Finally, we provide the JASPAR2016 R/Bioconductor data package with the data of this release

JASPAR 2016: a major expansion and update of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles.

International audienceJASPAR (http://jaspar.genereg.net) is an open-access database storing curated, non-redundant transcription factor (TF) binding profiles representing transcription factor binding preferences as position frequency matrices for multiple species in six taxonomic groups. For this 2016 release, we expanded the JASPAR CORE collection with 494 new TF binding profiles (315 in vertebrates, 11 in nematodes, 3 in insects, 1 in fungi and 164 in plants) and updated 59 profiles (58 in vertebrates and 1 in fungi). The introduced profiles represent an 83% expansion and 10% update when compared to the previous release. We updated the structural annotation of the TF DNA binding domains (DBDs) following a published hierarchical structural classification. In addition, we introduced 130 transcription factor flexible models trained on ChIP-seq data for vertebrates, which capture dinucleotide dependencies within TF binding sites. This new JASPAR release is accompanied by a new web tool to infer JASPAR TF binding profiles recognized by a given TF protein sequence. Moreover, we provide the users with a Ruby module complementing the JASPAR API to ease programmatic access and use of the JASPAR collection of profiles. Finally, we provide the JASPAR2016 R/Bioconductor data package with the data of this release