Food is Medicine: A Low-Cost, Plant-Based Cooking Class Series for Food Pantry Users

Food insecurity, defined as the limited or uncertain access to nutritionally adequate, safe, and acceptable food, is a major public health concern. In 2017, 15 million US households were at one point food insecure. Food insecure adults typically have poorer diet quality than food secure adults independent of poverty. Both food insecurity and poor diet quality are associated with diet sensitive chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity. People who rely on food pantries are a subgroup of concern due to their limited ability to purchase food. As meat, poultry, and seafood are the most expensive items in a food budget and are usually purchased first, lower income families typically have less money to purchase fruits and vegetables. To help address this issue, Food is Medicine (FIM), a low-cost, plant-based cooking program, was designed for food pantry clients in Rhode Island. A total of 18 participants attended a four-week series of classes in which they received a nutrition education lesson, observed a recipe preparation, and ate a meal that was one of a set of 22 FIM recipes. The recipes were simple and inexpensive at $1.45 per serving. Participants received recipe ingredients each class and were encouraged to prepare the recipe at home. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of FIM on participant food insecurity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and body mass index. As a class instructor for FIM, evaluating this program is an important step towards understanding its impact on the community and may lead to possible improvements to ultimately help support the health and well-being of this vulnerable population

Do simple "groundrules" reduce preschoolers\u27 suggestibility about experienced and nonexperienced events?

This study examined whether providing preschool children with simple groundrules (the importance of being complete, saying &bdquo;I don‟t know‟, correcting the interviewer and not guessing) would reduce false details in their recall of a staged event. Forty-nine preschool children participated in an event that consisted of two activities. One or two days later they were given a biasing interview that included false suggestions about one of the experienced activities as well as a non-experienced activity. For the other activity, no suggestions were made. Eight, 15, and 22 days after the event, the children were required to recall all three activities in their own words. Immediately prior to their recall, half of the children were provided with the groundrules while the remaining children were not. The children in the control group also participated in a fifth interview in which they received the groundrule instructions. The results revealed that the provision of the groundrules had negligible impact on the accuracy of information provided irrespective of the context or order of the interview or the activity being recalled. The implications of these results are discussed and suggestions for future research are offered.<br /

Creating a Different Pattern: Florida\u27s Women Legislators, 1928-1986

Florida in the nineteenth century was a traditional southern state. The legacy from the Civil War and Reconstruction lingered into the early decades of the twentieth century, principally with regard to cultural expectations, racial prejudice, and one-party Democratic politics. Women’s roles in the society were carefully defined, and there was not much divergence from cultural expectations. Florida Congressman Frank Clark expressed this traditional attitude in 1915: “Let us then leave woman where she is— the loveliest of all creation, queen of the household.

Nietzsche's children : a physiological analysis of the scholar's task

Throughout Nietzsche's writings we find discussions of the proper relationship of the scholar/scientist to the philosopher, wi th the scholar of ten being presented in a derogatory light. In this thesis, I examine Nietzsche's por t rai t of the scholar through the lens of his physiological or clinical perspective as articulated by Dr. Daniel R. Ahern in his monograph entitled Nietzsche as Cultural Physician. My aim in doing so is to grasp the affirmative, creative aspect of this seemingly destructive polemic against scholars. I begin wi th a detailed discussion of Nietzsche's por t rai t of the scholar in Beyond Good and Evil. This includes an explication of Ahern's position, followed by an application of the diagnostic perspective to Nietzsche's discussion of the objective type, the skeptic, and the critic. I then look at how the characteristics of all three types are present in the Nietzschean 'free spirit.' I also discuss the physiological basis of esotericism in Nietzsche's work, as well as Nietzsche's revaluation of the scholarly vi r tue known as Red/ichkeit (or 'honesty'). I conclude wi th comments on the free spirit's relationship to the future

Znaczące życie akademickie: pełne miłości, satysfakcji, wyzwań i oszałamiające

In this essay, I present the talk I gave at the celebration honoring my retirement from University of South Florida (USF). Held on January 25, 2019, this event was attended by an audience of friends, students, and university faculty and administrators. I tell several stories about coming to USF, meeting and collaborating with Art Bochner, and the support I experienced and the fulfillment I found in my university life. Passionate about teaching from the heart to the whole person and doing research that matters, I describe the meaning I derived from participating in an interpretive and qualitative Communication program that focused on the human sciences. I end with 10 aphorisms or observations from lessons learned in my experience of four decades in the university, some of which allude to the unnamed challenges I experienced among the great joys and good fortune of academic life.Prezentowany esej odwołuje się do przemówienia, które Carolyn Ellis wygłosiła z okazji przejścia na emeryturę po kilkudziesięciu latach pracy w Uniwersytecie Południowej Florydy. W wydarzeniu, które odbyło się 25 stycznia 2019 r., brali udział przyjaciele, studenci, a także pracownicy naukowi i władze uczelni. Profesor Ellis opowiedziała kilka historii o swoich początkach na uniwersytecie, ważnych, formujących spotkaniach oraz o współpracy z Arthurem Bochnerem. Tekst, podobnie jak przemówienie, zawiera także wspomnienie o wsparciu, którego doświadczyła, spełnieniu, które znalazła w życiu uniwersyteckim, pasji nauczania płynącej z serca, skupionej w całości na drugiej osobie oraz prowadzonych badaniach, będących istotą pracy na uczelni. Profesor Ellis opisuje również korzyści z uczestnictwa w programie studiów w zakresie jakościowej i ilościowej analizy komunikacji społecznej z uwzględnieniem humanistycznej perspektywy. Tekst kończy się dziesięcioma aforyzmami lub obserwacjami z lekcji wyniesionych z doświadczenia ponad czterech dekad spędzonych na uniwersytecie, wśród których znalazły się zarówno niewypowiedziane wyzwania, jak i wielkie radości oraz momenty szczęścia

Profile of the physiotherapy profession in New South Wales (1975–2002)

This was the first study known to the authors exploring workforce data from the New South Wales Physiotherapists Registration Board over several decades. Labour force statistics were examined from various data sources over the years 1975 to 2002. The results indicate that the demographics and working patterns of physiotherapists in New South Wales have remained remarkably stable over time. The workforce continues to grow, however the growth rate has decreased markedly with only a 2.3% increase from 2001 to 2002. The proportion of men within the profession is steadily increasing; in 1975 men accounted for 5.2% of physiotherapists, in 2000 23.5% of physiotherapists were male. While the male workforce increases, the female workforce is ageing. The modal age for female physiotherapists has steadily increased from 25–29 years in 1975 to 40–44 years in 2001. Importantly, in relation to attrition, the degree of workforce participation has not undergone significant change since 1987. Although labour force analysis has demonstrated that the workforce is in shortage, attrition does not appear to be the major contributor to this situation. The proportion of the profession who are inactive has remained relatively stable since 1987. More pertinent to the current shortage is the slowing of the growth rate of the profession while demand for physiotherapy services continues to rise

Managing Controlled Unclassified Information in Research Institutions

In order to operate in a regulated world, researchers need to ensure compliance with ever-evolving landscape of information security regulations and best practices. This work explains the concept of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and the challenges it brings to the research institutions. Survey from the user perceptions showed that most researchers and IT administrators lack a good understanding of CUI and how it is related to other regulations, such as HIPAA, ITAR, GLBA, and FERPA. A managed research ecosystem is introduced in this work. The workflow of this efficient and cost effective framework is elaborated to demonstrate how controlled research data are processed to be compliant with one of the highest level of cybersecurity in a campus environment. Issues beyond the framework itself is also discussed. The framework serves as a reference model for other institutions to support CUI research. The awareness and training program developed from this work will be shared with other institutions to build a bigger CUI ecosystem

Autoethnography: an overview

"Autoethnography is an approach to research and writing that seeks to describe and systematically analyze personal experience in order to understand cultural experience. This approach challenges canonical ways of doing research and representing others and treats research as a political, socially-just and socially-conscious act. A researcher uses tenets of autobiography and ethnography to do and write autoethnography. Thus, as a method, autoethnography is both process and product." (author's abstract

Autoethnography, Storytelling, and Life as Lived: A Conversation Between Marcin Kafar and Carolyn Ellis

This conversation takes place in Warsaw. Carolyn Ellis has come to Poland to accompany Jerry Rawicki, a Warsaw Ghetto survivor, on his first trip back to Poland since the Holocaust. There she arranged to meet Marcin Kafar, a scholar in Poland who has spent time with her at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. During this visit, Marcin assists Carolyn with video recording Jerry’s experiences as they visit Holocaust sites, and Jerry remembers and reflects on his experience. Afterwards, Marcin converses with Carolyn about autoethnography, storytelling, and the importance of life in the context of searching for ethos by academics