Healthcare Student Collegiate Honors Decision-Making: A Grounded Theory

This qualitative study explored high aptitude healthcare students’ decision-making surrounding collegiate honors program participation. The topic of decision-making was relevant; according the National Collegiate Honors Council (2014-2015) the mean four-year honors program completion rate is less than 50% . The primary research question explored how students’ values, knowledge, and experiences influenced decisions to participate in a collegiate honors program. Twenty-five students’ were interviewed representing ten different healthcare professions. The transcribed narratives were analyzed using a constructivist grounded theory method. The result was a model, grounded in the data, which identified the factors associated with decisions to join, decline or drop the program. Four major themes comprise the Model of Healthcare Student Collegiate Honors Decision-Making: Pre-college experiences, valuing honors, selective admission, and confounding factors. High school pre-college experiences in honors courses or the National Honors Society were linked directly to pre-selection for program admission. Valuing honors curricula and pre-selection for admission were associated with joining the program. Knowledge of confounding factors which led students’ to decline or drop the program were: Major demands, the stress of the program, lack of ethnic diversity, cost, and concerns about the program lowering their cumulative grade point average. The generated theory identified modifiable factors that can be addressed to improve program admission, retention and completion rates. The study also captured healthcare students’ innovative ideas on how to overcome barriers to program completion through the integrating interprofessional education (IPE) into liberal arts based honors coursewor

Probable Displacement of Riffle-Dwelling Invertebrates by the Introduced Rusty Crayfish, \u3ci\u3eOrconectes Rusticus\u3c/i\u3e (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in a North-Central Wisconsin Stream

The rapid northward range expansion of the rusty crayfish, Orconectes rusticus, and its negative effects on Wisconsin lakes have been the subjects of intense study throughout the last fifteen years. In this study, we investigated the possible impact of rusty crayfish on the benthic macroinvertebrate community structure of the Prairie River in north-central Wisconsin. Rusty crayfish and other invertebrates were collected during August and September, 1994, from three sections of the Prairie River. Rusty crayfish relative abundance increased significantly from the upper to middle, and middle to lower sections; and correlated negatively with a significant 77% decrease in total density of aquatic invertebrates between sections. Mean density of all important invertebrate families and trophic guilds decreased significantly between the upper and lower sections. Due to the similarity of most environmental conditions between river sections, decrease of invertebrates is attributed to the increased abundance of rusty crayfish and its interactions with the native rouna. Our results suggest that a high abundance of rusty crayfish may negatively impact Wisconsin lotic systems

Ženske, ovce in tekstil: družbeni pomen jagod v obliki ovnove glavice v starejši železni dobi na Slovenskem

Ram’s head beads are well-known items of personal adornment in the Dolenjska Hallstatt cultural group. Recent analysis has demonstrated that they are the most common zoomorphic artefacts in this region with 187 currently known. This article updates the list of known beads and contextualizes their significance in the Dolenjska Hallstatt cultural group. It is argued that the sheep imagery of these beads and their distribution in female graves is related to local textile production. It is proposed that beads signalled aspects of personal and economic identity for Dolenjska Hallstatt women related to the production of high-quality textiles. In addition, the distribution of these beads demonstrates Iron Age community networks on the western frontier of Dolenjska, and perhaps even reflects the movement of women between communities.Jagode v obliki ovnove glavice sodijo med dobro znane nakitne predmete dolenjske halštatske kulturne skupine. S 187 doslej odkritimi primerki so na tem območju najpogostejše zoomorfne najdbe, kot je pokazala nedavna analiza. V prispevku je posodobljen seznam tovrstnih jagod in kontekstualiziran njihov pomen v tej kulturni skupini. Predstavljeni so argumenti za tezo, da so upodobitve ovac/ovnov v obliki jagod in njihovo pojavljanje v ženskih grobovih povezani z lokalno tekstilno dejavnostjo. Pripisati jim je mogoče vlogo označevalca osebne in ekonomske identitete dolenjskih halštatskodobnih žensk, povezano z izdelovanjem visokokakovostnih tkanin. Poleg tega kaže razprostranjenost teh jagod na mrežo tesnih stikov med najdišči na zahodnem obrobju teritorija dolenjske železnodobne skupnosti, morda odslikava celo mobilnost žensk med lokalnimi skupnostmi

The Multiple Temporalities of a Burial Monument: The Tumulus at Hrib

Tumuli are often analyzed as a coherent whole in the hope of discerning patterns that indicate social processes inhered in the monument. However, in the search for patterning too often the mound is analytically flattened, and examined as if it was created all at once with a coherent plan. In the following, I will focus on the tumulus at Hrib, an Iron Age tumulus in the Bela krajina region of Slovenia, and undertake a multiscalar analysis that considers temporal distinctions, interment ritual, grave goods, and gender to draw more nuanced conclusions about the social activities that led to the formation of this tumulus. The first level of analysis is the scale of individual ritual, where choices about how to appropriately dispose of and adorn the body are negotiated. Second is the social context of death and burial, which takes place at an intra-generational scale – that is, how death may resonate with the living community, and how the social relations of the living are affected by death. The final scale is the consideration of the tumulus as a whole at a multi-generational scale, and how cemeteries are places with continuous social impact, even when distinct memories of those interred have faded. This shift in the scale of analysis of the tumulus at Hrib illuminates that social distinctions were marked according to an external/internal binary, where material culture and social practices, including grave goods and funerary ritual, expressed social differences internally, while the external appearance of the mound projected unity

Working One-on-One with Students who have Learning Differences

Maria Frie (a CSB senior studying English and secondary education) and Stanton Charlton (an SJU senior communication major) present their research of strategies to increase student success through universal instructional design. Maria’s focus is on training for writing tutors and education majors to improve the experience of English Language Learner students in the classroom and in the writing center. Through surveys of writing tutors and work with Education 111 faculty, Maria has identified a range of strategies for educators to use with ELL students when working one-on-one; she emphasizes individualized techniques to overcome stigma. Stanton will present his work as a summer research fellow on disability studies and universal design in the writing center. Drawing on his own perspective as both a student with visual impairment and as a tutor, he will outline how to work with students who may or may not disclose their learning disability. For some students, not disclosing a disability can be a positive and appropriate strategy. Both presentations emphasize that the techniques that work best for ELL students and students with disabilities have broad applicability and can improve learning for all students. Furthermore, they note that tutors and educators have an ethical and moral responsibility to do all they can to promote access for students from all backgrounds

Complex refractive index, single scattering albedo, and mass absorption coefficient of secondary organic aerosols generated from oxidation of biogenic and anthropogenic precursors

Refractive index and optical properties of biogenic and anthropogenic secondary organic aerosol (SOA) particles were investigated. Aerosol precursors, namely longifolene, α-pinene, 1-methylnaphthalene, phenol, and toluene were oxidized in a Teflon chamber to produce SOA particles under different initial hydrocarbon concentrations and hydroxyl radical sources, reflecting exposures to different levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx). The real and imaginary components (n and k, respectively) of the refractive index at 375 nm and 632 nm were determined by Mie theory calculations through an iterative process, using the χ2 function to evaluate the fitness of the predicted optical parameters with the measured scattering, absorption, and extinction coefficients from a Photoacoustic Extinctiometer and Cavity Attenuated Phase Shift Spectrometer. Single scattering albedo (SSA) and bulk mass absorption coefficient (MAC) at 375 nm were calculated. SSA values of SOA particles from biogenic precursors (longifolene and α-pinene) were ∼0.98–0.99 (∼6.3% uncertainty), reflecting purely scattering aerosols regardless of the NOx regime. However, SOA particles from aromatic precursors were more absorbing and displayed NOx-dependent SSA values. For 1-methylnaphthalene SOA particles, SSA values of 0.92–0.95 and ∼0.75–0.90 (∼6.1% uncertainty) were observed under intermediate- and high-NOx conditions, respectively, reflecting the absorbing effects of SOA particles and NOx chemistry for this aromatic system. In mixtures of longifolene and phenol or longifolene and toluene SOA under intermediate- and high-NOx conditions, k values of the aromatic-related component of the SOA mixture were higher than that of 1-methylnaphthalene SOA particles. With the increase in OH exposure, kphenol decreased from 0.10 to 0.02 and 0.22 to 0.05 for intermediate- and high-NOx conditions, respectively. A simple relative radiative forcing calculation for urban environments at λ = 375 nm suggests the influence of absorbing SOA particles on relative radiative forcing at this wavelength is most significant for aerosol sizes greater than 0.4 µm. Copyright © 2019 American Association for Aerosol Research</p