A unit program of functional training activities for poliomyelitis patients with braced lower extremities

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1949. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

The biographical methods of Lytton Strachey

This item was digitized by the Internet Archive. Thesis (M.A.)--Boston Universityhttps://archive.org/details/thebiographicalm00dwy

An analysis of the map references in the running text of five fifth grade geography textbooks

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit

Education Technology Portfolio

An educational technology portfolio was completed as a creative component project to meet the requirement for the Educational Technology Masters program in the School of Education at Iowa State University. Artifacts included in this portfolio were aligned to the program’s standards of: 1) Technology Planning and Integration, 2) Digital Citizenship, 3) Research and Assessment, and 4) Visionary Leadership. To meet standard 1 a lesson plan using the app Flipgrid was submitted to show how the understanding of the TPACK Model guided technology planning and integration in a first grade classroom. The artifact aligned with Standard 2 was a Twitter Chat Project on transformative use from a prior class. This Twitter Chat asked teachers to participate in a discussion guided by pre-determined questions on what transformative use is and how it is implemented in the classroom. Standard 3 was met through an action research paper on technology integration in K-2 classrooms in a large suburban district. The artifact aligned to Standard 4 was a Padlet Wall used for the teaching of a technology professional development course in a suburban district. These artifacts are composed in a website with authentic reflections to show overall growth

Understanding of responsibilities: Board members of voluntary associations

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston Universit

Literacy, Teens, Refugees, and Soccer

This study examined the literacy development of teenage refugee boys in a one-month intensive summer literacy camp. The study intervention sought to abate literacy regression among language minority students in a suburban southern US city by combining physical training and promotion of literacy culture. Students experienced an intensive schedule of athletics and reading/writing workshops. Data were collected regarding student writing, reading proficiency, and dispositions toward literacy practices. Outcomes included increased expressed student enjoyment expressed for both reading and writing, especially for the experience of older students reading to younger peers. In addition, data indicated that summer literacy regression was largely avoided. However, reading proficiency level assessments foreshadow obstacles for students in achieving timely high school graduation. Finally, means used by mainstream teachers of assessing the literacy of refugee students, especially compared to assessments of proficient English-speaking students, are critiqued.Cette étude examine le développement de la littératie de jeunes adolescents réfugiés lors d’un camp d’été intensif d’alphabétisation d’une durée d’un mois. L’intervention examinée visait à freiner la régression de la littératie chez les étudiants de minorités linguistiques d’une banlieue du sud des États-Unis, en combinant l’entraînement physique et la promotion de la culture écrite. Les étudiants ont suivi  un horaire intensif d’activités athlétiques et d’ateliers de lecture et d’écriture. Les données recueillies se rapportaient à l’écriture, les compétences de lectures, et à la disposition aux pratiques de la littératie des étudiants. Les résultats incluent l’augmentation du plaisir de la lecture et de l’écriture exprimé par les étudiants, en particulier au sujet de l’expérience qu’ont faite les étudiants plus vieux de lire aux plus jeunes. De plus, les données indiquent que la régression de littératie propre aux vacances estivales avait été évitée. Néanmoins, les évaluations des compétences de lecture laisser présager que les étudiants rencontreront des obstacles dans l’obtention de leur diplôme d’études secondaires dans les temps prévus. Enfin, on y fait la critique des moyens que les enseignants réguliers emploient pour évaluer la littératie des étudiants réfugiés, surtout en comparaison avec l’évaluation des étudiants de langue anglaise

Hospitals caring for rural Aboriginal patients: holding response and denial

Open Access article published under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en_US).Objective To investigate how policy requiring cultural respect and attention to health equity is implemented in the care of rural and remote Aboriginal people in city hospitals. Methods Interviews with 26 staff in public hospitals in Adelaide, South Australia, were analysed (using a framework based on cultural competence) to identify their perceptions of the enabling strategies and systemic barriers against the implementation of official policy in the care of rural Aboriginal patients. Results The major underlying barriers were lack of knowledge and skills among staff generally, and the persistent use of ‘business as usual’ approaches in their hospitals, despite the clear need for proactive responses to the complex care journeys these patients undertake. Staff reported a sense that while they are required to provide responsive care, care systems often fail to authorise or guide necessary action to enable equitable care. Conclusions Staff caring for rural Aboriginal patients are required to respond to complex particular needs in the absence of effective authorisation. We suggest that systemic misinterpretation of the principle of equal treatment is an important barrier against the development of culturally competent organisations. What is known about this topic? The care received by Aboriginal patients is less effective than it is for the population generally, and access to care is poorer. Those in rural and remote settings experience both severe access barriers and predictable complexity in their patient care journeys. This situation persists despite high-level policies that require tailored responses to the particular needs of Aboriginal people. What does this paper add? Staff who care for these patients develop skills and modify care delivery to respond to their particular needs, but they do so in the absence of systematic policies, procedures and programs that would ‘build in’ or authorise the required responsiveness. What are the implications for practitioners? Systematic attention, at hospital and clinical unit level, to operationalising high policy goals is needed. The framework of cultural competence offers relevant guidance for efforts (at system, organisation and care delivery levels) to improve care, but requires organisations to address misinterpretation of the principle of equal treatment

Surface functionalization in combination with confinement for crystallization from undersaturated solutions

Crystallization from undersaturated solutions was demonstrated using functionalized nanoporous silica (Zorbax® chromatographic media). The silica matrix acts as a source of bound groups within the nanopores which act to reduce the solubility within the small pore volume resulting in the formation of nanocrystals within the pores. Experiments were conducted within sealed capillaries which were monitored via X-ray powder diffraction. Experiments were conducted for a number of solutes and concentrations and clearly demonstrated a critical concentration in the undersaturated region below which crystals would not form. Concentrations above this critical concentration would form crystals. Batch experiments confirmed that the crystallization yield could be calculated from the difference between the initial concentration before the addition of Zorbax® and the critical (effective saturation) concentration.United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Grant W911NF-16-2-0023)Novartis-MIT Center for Continuous Manufacturin

Mars Science Laboratory Launch-Arrival Space Study: A Pork Chop Plot Analysis

Launch-Arrival, or "pork chop", plot analysis can provide mission designers with valuable information and insight into a specific launch and arrival space selected for a mission. The study begins with the array of entry states for each pair of selected Earth launch and Mars arrival dates, and nominal entry, descent and landing trajectories are simulated for each pair. Parameters of interest, such as maximum heat rate, are plotted in launch-arrival space. The plots help to quickly identify launch and arrival regions that are not feasible under current constraints or technology and also provide information as to what technologies may need to be developed to reach a desired region. This paper provides a discussion of the development, application, and results of a pork chop plot analysis to the Mars Science Laboratory mission. This technique is easily applicable to other missions at Mars and other destinations