Fun in seriousness. "Rhythm is it!" and the new longing for education

Ein Dokumentarfilm über ein anspruchsvolles Projekt scheint aufzuzeigen, wie sozial benachteiligte und zunächst wenig motivierte Kinder und Jugendliche zu Disziplin und erstaunlichen Leistungen geführt werden können - wenn LehrerInnen ihnen mit entschiedenerer Autorität begegnen. (DIPF/Orig.)A documentary film about a demanding project seems to indicate that socially disadvantaged and at first hardly motivated children and youngsters can be led to discipline and astounding achievements - if teachers meet them with consequent authority. (DIPF/Orig.

Faculty Writing Residencies: Supporting Scholarly Writing and Teaching

Faculty writing residencies present an opportunity for teaching and learning centers to support faculty in disseminating the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). The authors examine how an intensive retreat balancing dedicated time for faculty members’ writing with small-group feedback on drafts helps faculty make the crucial, and often difficult, step of going public with their Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research. In addition, the residency process encourages faculty participants to examine their own writing processes, prompting changes in how they support their students’ writing in the disciplines

Program Planning, Prioritizing, and Improvement: A Simple Heuristic

As educational developers working with multiple constituencies and demands on our time, how can we efficiently and creatively improve our programming and prioritize our efforts? In this chapter, we offer a simple heuristic to prompt quick yet generative examination of our goals or programs in relationship to three key characteristics of effective educa tional development on three different institutional levels. We then describe uses and applications of the tool and reflective process, which allow developers to efficiently gain insight into their work and effectively frame priorities for planning and improvement

Investigation of Strain‐Rate Effects in Ni/PU Hybrid Foams under Low‐Impact Velocities

Metal foams are often used as energy absorbers and lightweight materials. Inspired by a natural blueprint, open‐cell metal foams can significantly reduce the mass of a structure. The innovative manufacturing process of electrodeposition provides the possibility to customize the coating layer thickness of nickel (Ni) on a polyurethane (PU) precursor foam. Consequently, the mechanical properties can be adjusted according to the requirements of the expected application. Herein, quasistatic compression tests and low‐velocity impact tests are conducted on open‐cell Ni/PU hybrid foams to investigate the strain‐rate effects for strain rates in the range of 10−3 to 550 s−1. Furthermore, digital image correlation is performed with the intention of comparing the micromechanical deformation mechanisms under quasistatic loading with those under dynamic loading. For the first time, the heat evolution at different impact velocities of metal foams has been investigated with an infrared camera

Технология крепления выработок для камерных систем разработки с закладкой

Монография посвящена вопросам обоснования рациональных параметров крепления нарезных выработок в зонах влияния очистных камер для конкретных геотехнических условий Южно-Белозерского месторождения. В результате теоретических, лабораторных и промышленных исследований предложены технологические решения для анкерного крепления нарезных выработок как в сторону висячего и лежачего боков от очистных камер. Для студентов, научно-педагогических и научно-технических сотрудников высших учебных заведений, научно-исследовательских институтов и проектных организаций, а также инженерно-технических работников горнорудных предприятий.Монографія присвячена питанням обґрунтування раціональних параметрів кріплення нарізних виробок у зонах впливу очисних камер для конкретних геотехнічних умов Південно-Білозерського родовища. В результаті теоретичних, лабораторних і промислових досліджень запропоновані технологічні рішення щодо анкерного кріплення нарізних виробок в масиві навколо первинних очисних камер. Для студентів, науково-педагогічних і науково-технічних співробітників вищих навчальних закладів, науково-дослідних інститутів та проектних організацій, а також інженерно-технічних робітників гірничорудних підприємств

Risk factors associated with asbestos-related diseases: results of the asbestos surveillance programme Aachen

The aim of this study was to examine the association between workplace exposure to asbestos and risk factors for developing related chronic respiratory diseases, using the analysis of a cohort of 8,582 formerly asbestos-exposed workers, as well as to assess the grade value of three risk categories used for a focused surveillance procedure. The results showed that the participants who were aged over 65 (OR and 95% CI: 11.47 [5.48-23.99]) and active smokers (OR and 95% CI: 9.48 [4.07-22.09]), were at a significantly high risk for developing lung cancer. The risk of developing benign lesions of the lung or pleura (BLLP) was almost 6-times higher (OR and 95% CI: 5.76 [4.7-7]) for the age group over 65. The risk of developing mesothelioma was influenced by exposure duration (OR and 95% CI: 4.36 [1-19.01]); and for the age group over 65 (OR and 95% CI: 4.58 [1.86-11.27]). The study has demonstrated that the use of risk categories based on a combination of risk factors (age, smoking status, and duration of exposure) could be advantageous for planning the target health surveillance programmes

High Strain‐Rate Compression Experiments on Ni/Polyurethane Hybrid Metal Foams Using the Split‐Hopkinson Pressure Bar Technique

Open-cell metal foams are a versatile class of porous lightweight materials, which are predominantly used as kinetic energy absorbers in a wide scope of appli cations. Based on their bio-inspired inhomogeneous 3D porous structure, they are capable to significantly reduce the mass of structural designs. Starting with a polyurethane (PU) template foam, the specimens in the present contribution are manufactured by an electrochemical nickel (Ni) deposition. This manufacturing process is beneficial regarding both the specimen design and the adjustment of mechanical properties correlated with the Ni-coating thickness. Herein, the strain-rate sensitivity of open-cell Ni/PU hybrid metal foams is investigated by quasistatic compression tests and high-velocity impact tests conducted with a conventional split-Hopkinson pressure bar device

A call for expanding inclusive student engagement in SoTL

Scholars in higher education increasingly recognize the transformative potential of student-facultypartnerships focused on inquiry into teaching and learning. However, some students tend to be privileged in SoTL initiatives while others are discouraged, implicitly or explicitly, from engaging in this work. In this paper, we consider why certain students tend to be excluded from SoTL, summarize the possible developmental gains made by students and faculty when diverse student voices are included, and highlight strategies for generating a more inclusive SoTL. We call for expanding student engagement in SoTL by encouraging a diversity of student voices to engage in co-inquiry with faculty. Inclusive engagement has tremendous potential to enhance student and faculty learning, to deepen SoTL initiatives, and to help redress the exclusionary practices that too often occur in higher education

A multicomponent family support intervention in intensive care units: study protocol for a multicenter cluster-randomized trial (FICUS Trial).

BACKGROUND Family members of critically ill patients face considerable uncertainty and distress during their close others' intensive care unit (ICU) stay. About 20-60% of family members experience adverse mental health outcomes post-ICU, such as symptoms of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress. Guidelines recommend structured family inclusion, communication, and support, but the existing evidence base around protocolized family support interventions is modest and requires substantiation. METHODS To test the clinical effectiveness and explore the implementation of a multicomponent, nurse-led family support intervention in ICUs, we will undertake a parallel, cluster-randomized, controlled, multicenter superiority hybrid-type 1 trial. It will include eight clusters (ICUs) per study arm, with a projected total sample size of 896 family members of adult, critically ill patients treated in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. The trial targets family members of critically ill patients with an expected ICU stay of 48 h or longer. Families in the intervention arm will receive a family support intervention in addition to usual care. The intervention consists of specialist nurse support that is mapped to the patient pathway with follow-up care and includes psycho-educational and relationship-focused family interventions, and structured, interprofessional communication, and shared decision-making with families. Families in the control arm will receive usual care. The primary study endpoint is quality of family care, operationalized as family members' satisfaction with ICU care at discharge. Secondary endpoints include quality of communication and nurse support, family management of critical illness (functioning, resilience), and family members' mental health (well-being, psychological distress) measured at admission, discharge, and after 3, 6, and 12 months. Data of all participants, regardless of protocol adherence, will be analyzed using linear mixed-effects models, with the individual participant as the unit of inference. DISCUSSION This trial will examine the effectiveness of the family support intervention and generate knowledge of its implementability. Both types of evidence are necessary to determine whether the intervention works as intended in clinical practice and could be scaled up to other ICUs. The study findings will make a significant contribution to the current body of knowledge on effective ICU care that promotes family participation and well-being. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05280691 . Prospectively registered on 20 February 2022

A multicomponent family support intervention in intensive care units: study protocol for a multicenter cluster-randomized trial (FICUS Trial)

Background: Family members of critically ill patients face considerable uncertainty and distress during their close others' intensive care unit (ICU) stay. About 20-60% of family members experience adverse mental health outcomes post-ICU, such as symptoms of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress. Guidelines recommend structured family inclusion, communication, and support, but the existing evidence base around protocolized family support interventions is modest and requires substantiation. Methods: To test the clinical effectiveness and explore the implementation of a multicomponent, nurse-led family support intervention in ICUs, we will undertake a parallel, cluster-randomized, controlled, multicenter superiority hybrid-type 1 trial. It will include eight clusters (ICUs) per study arm, with a projected total sample size of 896 family members of adult, critically ill patients treated in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. The trial targets family members of critically ill patients with an expected ICU stay of 48 h or longer. Families in the intervention arm will receive a family support intervention in addition to usual care. The intervention consists of specialist nurse support that is mapped to the patient pathway with follow-up care and includes psycho-educational and relationship-focused family interventions, and structured, interprofessional communication, and shared decision-making with families. Families in the control arm will receive usual care. The primary study endpoint is quality of family care, operationalized as family members' satisfaction with ICU care at discharge. Secondary endpoints include quality of communication and nurse support, family management of critical illness (functioning, resilience), and family members' mental health (well-being, psychological distress) measured at admission, discharge, and after 3, 6, and 12 months. Data of all participants, regardless of protocol adherence, will be analyzed using linear mixed-effects models, with the individual participant as the unit of inference. Discussion: This trial will examine the effectiveness of the family support intervention and generate knowledge of its implementability. Both types of evidence are necessary to determine whether the intervention works as intended in clinical practice and could be scaled up to other ICUs. The study findings will make a significant contribution to the current body of knowledge on effective ICU care that promotes family participation and well-being. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05280691 . Prospectively registered on 20 February 2022. Keywords: Anxiety (MeSH); Cluster-randomized controlled trial (non-MeSH); Depression (MeSH); Family (MeSH); Family nursing (MeSH); Intensive care (MeSH); Post-traumatic stress disorder (MeSH); Postintensive care syndrome – family (non-MeSH); Satisfaction with care (non-MeSH