Faculty Development: Mission and Methods for Practical Integration

This essay proposes a Catholic structure for the intellectual life of faculty that invites participation in ways that honor their diverse backgrounds, even antipathy toward religion, while also demonstrating that identifiable Catholic perspectives, including Catholic social teaching, can provide a useful framework for faculty members to understand their academic roles in support of Catholic identity, no matter their religious background

From BEXUS to HEMERA: The application of lessons learned on the development and manufacturing of stratospheric payloads at S5Lab

In the last years the S5Lab (Sapienza Space Systems and Space Surveillance Laboratory) from Sapienza University of Rome has given to the students the opportunity to gather knowledge on stratospheric payloads by supporting the design and development of two experiments selected for the participation in the REXUS/BEXUS educational Programme, managed by three european space institutions. The insights and lessons learned gathered during the participations in the REXUS/BEXUS educational programme gave the possibility to the student to take part in the development of a third experiment in the frame of the professional research programme HEMERA and complete it successfully. STRATONAV (STRATOspheric NAVigation experiment) was a stratospheric experiment based on Software Defined Radios (SDRs) technology whose aim was the testing of the VOR (VHF Omnidirectional Range) navigation system, evaluating its performance above the standard service volume, which was launched on BEXUS 22 in October 2016. TARDIS (Tracking and Attitude Radio-based Determination In Stratosphere) was developed as a follow up of STRATONAV between 2018 and 2019. Similarly to its predecessor TARDIS was a stratospheric experiment aimed at exploiting the VOR signal, with the aid of SDRs, to perform in-flight attitude and position determination, and was launched on BEXUS 28 in October 2019. After the launch of TARDIS, a team composed both by former STRATONAV and TARDIS students was formed for the development of a third stratospheric experiment going by the name of STRAINS (Stratospheric Tracking Innovative Systems), conceived by Sapienza University of Rome and ALTEC and supported by ASI. STRAINS main objective was the proof of concept of the possibility of achieving the Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) and the Frequency Difference of Arrival (FDOA) for navigation purposes with the aid of SDRs. The experiment was developed between 2020 and 2021 exploiting the lessons learned from the former team members of the two BEXUS campaigns and was launched on board of the Hemera H2020 stratospheric balloon in September 2021 from Esrange Space Center, Kiruna, Sweden. After a brief description of the stratospheric payloads design and manufacturing, the paper will present the major lessons learned from the previous stratospheric experiments, STRATONAV and TARDIS, and their application to the development and manufacturing of the latest launched stratospheric experiment STRAINS, as well as their educational return to the students involved in the projects

Faculty Development: Mission and Methods for Practical Integratio

Current research suggests that faculty development should address a crosssection of personal and professional needs of the faculty, as well as support the institution’s mission. Using evidence to support faculty development can foster reflective practitioners and close the gap between teaching and research by creating “sustainable collaboration practices” between faculty and administration

Estudio de factibilidad sobre la implementación de una casa de valores en el cantón Milagro correspondiente al periodo 2012-2013.

El presente estudio se orienta a la implementación de una casa de valores en el cantón Milagro siendo esta el ente intermediador para realizar transacciones en el mercado bursátil tomando en cuenta sus ventajas ya que los recursos invertidos por medio de estas, permiten tanto a las empresas como a los gobiernos, financiar proyectos productivos y de desarrollo que generan los empleos y riquezas tanto como a la población como para el país. Los aportes de estos recursos reciben a cambio la oportunidad de invertir en una canasta de instrumentos que les permitan diversificar el riesgo, optimizar sus rendimientos. Este medio de inversión sería favorecedor ´para los habitantes del cantón ya que siendo una zona agrícola por naturaleza existen posibilidades económicas pero escasas opciones de inversión. Esta investigación beneficiaria tanto como a persona o empresas interesadas en invertir en la bolsa de valores o a quienes quieran implementar la casa de valores del cantón Milagro. Entre muchos principales objetivos, están el verificar el nivel de confianza que existe por parte de las personas para invertir en la ciudad de Milagro. Incentivar a los ciudadanos que inviertan en la bolsa de valores. Para el proceso de recolección de datos nos hemos basado en la técnica de la encuesta el cual nos ayuda a determinar las necesidades delos habitantes y sus futuras soluciones esta será realizada una nuestra de 338 personas. Y al entrevista con un profesional en el mercadeo bursátil

Is the Pendulum of Antimicrobial Drug Resistance Swinging Back after COVID-19?

The COVID-19 pandemic may have had an effect on antimicrobial resistance. We compared the prevalence of ESKAPE multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections in COVID-19 affected/unaffected patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) or infectious disease units at the “Mater Domini” University Hospital of Catanzaro between 1 March 2020 and 31 July 2021. Moreover, an analysis of MDR rates in ICU comparing the pre-pandemic period with the pandemic period was performed, and the possible consequence on in-hospital mortality was explored. One hundred and eighty-four ESKAPE isolates were analyzed from 362 SARS-CoV-2 positive and 199 negative patients. In total, 116 out of 171 Gram-negative isolates were classified as MDR, and a higher frequency was observed in COVID-19 compared with non-COVID-19 patients (74.2% vs. 60.3%; p = 0.052). A higher rate of MDR ESKAPE bacteria was observed in COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU compared with COVID-19 unaffected patients admitted to the same ward in 2019 (88% vs. 80.4%; p = 0.186). Acinetobacter baumannii was the main pathogen in COVID-19 patients (58.7%), where it was the most frequent cause of bloodstream infection with the highest mortality rate (68.7%). Increase in MDR appeared to be associated with COVID-19 but only in the ICU setting. Acinetobacter baumannii was associated with the risk of death, indicating the importance of implementing infection control measures urgently