How organisational arrangements affect service provision

This research shows the importance of good organisational support for care giving. Organisational arrangements can shape what individual staff members do in the highly skilled work of meeting resident needs. This may challenge traditional views about care quality that focus attention only on care workers

Geology in and around Charleston, IL: Rocky Branch Conservation area & Charleston Quarry Field Trip

A field trip guide for Rocky Branch Conservation area and Charleston Quarry, in and around Charleston, Illinois. This field trip occurred during the 44th Biennial Convention at Charleston, IL on September 23rd, 2017

Sand Microtextures as Indicators of Depositional Environment – a Comparison of Fluvial, Marine and Aeolian Sediments

The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) has been used to examine sediment surfaces since the late 1960’s. More recently, results of SEM analyses of grains have been used to link depositional environments and modes of transport for sediments and sandstones (Krinsely and Trusty, 1986; Mahaney and Kalm 2000; Mahaney et al., 2001). This technique has been considered to be a viable, though time consuming, option for researchers interpreting depositional environments. V-pits are a microfeature which is claimed to indicate a littoral deposition environment (Krinsley and Trusty, 1986; Middleton and Kassera, 1987), while others claim it is a result of fluvial processes and deposition (Mahaney and Kalm, 2000; Mahaney et al., 2001; Mahaney, 2002; Strand et al., 2003; Itamiya et al., 2019). The focus of this study was to determine if there was statistical support for the claims that V-pits are indicative of specific depositional environments. To evaluate this claim, sediment samples from differing contemporary environments (littoral, fluvial and aeolian) were taken and subjected to analyses. The results indicated that neither littoral nor fluvial environments effectively produced V-pits. Aeolian deposits, however, showed more V-pits than any other sample

Effects of coal contamination on early life history processes of a reef-building coral, Acropora tenuis

Successful reproduction and larval dispersal are important for the persistence ofmarine invertebrate populations, and these early life history processes can be sensitive to marine pollution. Coal is emerging as a contaminant of interest due to the proximity of ports and shipping lanes to coral reefs. To assess the potential hazard of this contaminant, gametes, newly developedembryos, larvae and juveniles of the coral Acropora tenuis were exposed to a range of coal leachate, suspended coal, and coal smothering treatments. Fertilisation was the most sensitive reproductive process tested. Embryo survivorship decreased with increasing suspended coal concentrations and exposure duration, effects on larval settlement varied between treatments, while effects on juvenile survivorship were minimal. Leachate exposures had negligible effects on fertilisation and larval settlement. These results indicate that coral recruitment could be affected by spills that produce plumes of suspended coal particles which interact with gametes and embryos soon after spawning

The Iowa Homemaker vol.41, no.6

What’s A “Senior Packet”?, Mary Ellen Muckenhirn, page 4 Speak Through Suiboku, Jan Wheeler, page 5 Your Culture – the Only One?, Anita Bask, page 6 Your Dollar Goes A Long Way, Jan Dodds, page 7 Tested Recipe for Teaching, Ann Sindt, page 8 A New View of the World, page 9 A Good Cook Never Meets A Stranger, Bernice Burns, page 12 ISU Graduate Still Studying, page 12 Communication in Business, Rachel Davis, page 13 Alumnae in the News, Diane Sharbo, page 1

Continence for Women: A Test of AWHONN's Evidence-Based Protocol in Clinical Practice

To test the effectiveness of an evidence-based protocol for urinary incontinence in increasing identification of women with the condition and improving their outcomes. Design : Prospective formative evaluation study. Setting : Twenty-one public, private, and other women's health care sites. Participants : Women in ambulatory care settings ( N = 1,474) provided descriptive statistics. Clinical outcomes were tested in 132 cases for whom pre- and posttreatment data were available. Interventions : Standardized screening and baseline follow-up forms were used to minimize time burden on clinicians; bladder and pelvic floor muscle training materials were provided to clinicians for distribution. Main Outcome Measures : Self-reported frequency, volume, and quality of life related to incontinence and cost of self-management were used to assess protocol effectiveness. Results : Frequency of incontinence episodes, estimated volume lost per episode, and the cost of self-management decreased. Quality of life improved, as reflected in decreased bother attributed to incontinence and in the number of women avoiding activities such as shopping, exercising, or travel because of incontinence. Conclusions : This simple program of pelvic floor muscle and bladder training, as it has been systematically implemented in a variety of ambulatory women's health care settings, has benefited women's continence status. The results of this project strongly support widespread application.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/75663/1/j.1552-6909.2000.tb02752.x.pd