210 research outputs found
Evaluation of Three Nasogastric Tube Feedings for Burned Children
Food, Nutrition and Institution Administratio
Students’ Perceptions and Engagement Utilizing Group Assignments
Educators have a vast array of teaching and learning techniques available when planning classroom projects. When introducing lecture content, an educator needs to choose the method that focuses on maximizing student engagement while incorporating the students’ perceptions and needs. Research has widely shown that placing students in groups not only increases their educative retention level, but also maximizes student engagement skills necessary to prepare them for the workforce. For our exercise, we started by dividing the class into small groups. Each group received a specific classroom topic with project presentation guidelines. Next, we allotted students class time to meet as a group to discuss topic guidelines, task allocations, and assignment setup while practicing soft engagement skills. Students completed the project by fabricating a PowerPoint presentation and presenting the content to the rest of the class. The last component involved a post-survey assessing the students’ perceptions and engagement practices utilized for each group assignment
Legal aspects of teacher dismissal on grounds of incompetence
Teacher incompetency has been a major issue in American public education. In dealing with the incompetent teacher, school administrators and school boards face the dilemma of balancing their responsibility of providing quality education to public school students against the legal procedures and requirements which must be observed both prior to and during dismissal proceedings brought against the teacher. Key questions were raised in this study and answers were provided. The questions addressed major educational issues regarding teacher dismissal for incompetence, the historical basis for due process rights of teachers, statutory differences in how states treat teacher dismissal on grounds of incompetency, the relevant areas for determining whether a teacher is incompetent, legal principles established by important cases and particular trends deduced from an analysis of court decisions regarding teacher dismissal for incompetence, the role of due process in the dismissal of incompetent tenured teachers, and steps which should be taken by school administrators to insure that the dismissal of a teacher for incompetency will be upheld by the courts if litigated
PenQuest Volume 3, Number 1
The Table of Contents for this Volume:
Untitled by R. Bruce Warner
Seeing the Unseen by Sharon Gresham
Untitled by Helen Hagadorn
Untitled by Steve Balunan
Happy Holidays by Donna Kaluzniak
River-walking, Night-talking by William Slaughter
Ribbon of Light by Judith Mizrahi
Love in Parentheses by Sharon Gresham
Untitled by Steve Balunan
Protohistory by Patricia Kraft
Untitled by Bruce Abbey
Untitled by Rick Wagner
Thanatopsis by Pat Kraft
Untitled by Sue Hightower
Untitled by Rick Wagner
Conversations of a Woman by Sharon Gresham
Thur, Fri, Sat, at Mr. B\u27s by Patricia Kraft
Untitled by Rick Wagner
Untitled by Cindy Carlisle
Untitled by Win Lyons
Untitled by Cindy Carlisle
Untitled by Modesta Matthews
Untitled by James Tutten
A Light at Mill Pond Crossing by Joe Palmer
Untitled by Rick Wagner
Two People by Kathleen Gay
Untitled by Rick Wagner
American Dream (Russian Version) by William Slaughter
Untitled by Judith Mizrahi
Untitled by Linda Willco
Erythromycin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae in Children, 1999–2001
After increasing from 1995 to 1999, invasive erythromycin-nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae rates per 100,000 decreased 53.6% in children from Baltimore, Maryland (US), from 1999 to 2001, which was partially attributed to strains related to the mefE-carrying England14-9 clone. The decline in infection rates was likely due to the pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine
PenQuest Volume 1, Number 2
Table of Contents for this Volume:
Untitled by Julie Ambrose
Night by Judith Gallo
Untitled by Judy Gozdur
the shamans by Charles Riddles
Untitled by Jerry Connell
Untitled by Laura Woods
Untitled by LEMA
Wicked Bird by Laura Jo Last
Untitled by Rick Dentos
Untitled by Jeni Moody
Untitled by Bettie W. Kwibs
Untitled by Joann Stagg
The Protector Stood by Laura Jo Last
Visions of Salome by Charles Riddles
Untitled by Thomas Tutten
Kennesaw Line by Don Ova-Dunaway
Stone Blood by Mary Ellen C. Wofford
Untitled by Roger Whitt Jr.
Untitled by C. Wingate
Untitled by Doug Dorey
Untitled by Karen Blumberg
Untitled by Beverly Oviatt
Untitled by Virginia Shrader
The Crapulous Credo of Charles C. by Charles Riddles
the brave and the true by David Reed
Untitled by Charles Gutierrez
Canoe Creek by Patricia Kraft
Untitled by Linda Bobinger
The Man in the Iron Lung by Patricia Kraft
Untitled by Roger Whitt, Jr.
Childish Things by Kathleen Gay
Untitled by Joseph Avanzini
The Lover by Mary S. Aken
Untitled by Ann Harrington
And He Taketh Away by David Reed
Untitled by Mary Graham
Untitled by Melody A. Cummons
Untitled by Karen Blumberg
To The Poets by Judith Gallo
Untitled by Ann Harringto
Surgically Implanted JSATS Micro-Acoustic Transmitters Effects on Juvenile Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Tag Expulsion and Survival, 2010
The purpose of this study was to evaluate survival model assumptions associated with a concurrent study - Acoustic Telemetry Evaluation of Dam Passage Survival and Associated Metrics at John Day, The Dalles, and Bonneville Dams, 2010 by Thomas Carlson and others in 2010 - in which the Juvenile Salmonid Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) was used to estimate the survival of yearling and subyearling Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and steelhead (O. mykiss) migrating through the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS). The micro-acoustic transmitter used in these studies is the smallest acoustic transmitter model to date (12 mm long x 5 mm wide x 4 mm high, and weighing 0.43 g in air). This study and the 2010 study by Carlson and others were conducted by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, to meet requirements set forth by the 2008 FCRPS Biological Opinion. In 2010, we compared survival, tag burden, and tag expulsion in five spring groups of yearling Chinook salmon (YCH) and steelhead (STH) and five summer groups of subyearling Chinook salmon (SYC) to evaluate survival model assumptions described in the concurrent study. Each tagging group consisted of approximately 120 fish/species, which were collected and implanted on a weekly basis, yielding approximately 600 fish total/species. YCH and STH were collected and implanted from late April to late May (5 weeks) and SYC were collected and implanted from mid-June to mid-July (5 weeks) at the John Day Dam Smolt Monitoring Facility. The fish were collected once a week, separated by species, and assigned to one of three treatment groups: (1) Control (no surgical treatment), (2) Sham (surgical implantation of only a passive integrated transponder [PIT] tag), and (3) Tagged (surgical implantation of JSATS micro-acoustic transmitter [AT] and PIT tags). The test fish were held for 30 days in indoor circular tanks at the Bonneville Dam Juvenile Monitoring Facility. Overall mortality ranged weekly from 45 to 72% for YCH, 55 to 83% for STH, and 56 to 84% for SYC. The high background mortality in all groups and species made it difficult to discern tag effects. However, for YCH, STH, and SYC, the Tagged treatment groups had the highest overall mean mortality - 62%, 79%, and 76%, respectively. Fungal infections were found on 35% of all fish. Mean tag burden for the Tagged treatment group was relatively low for YCH (1.7%) and moderate for SYC (4.2%), while STH had a very low mean tag burden (0.7%). Tag burden was significantly higher in the Tagged treatment group for all species when compared to the Sham treatment group because of the presence of two tags. Surgeon performance did not contribute to the difference in mortality between the Sham and Tagged treatment groups. Tag expulsion from fish that survived to the end of the 30-day experiment was low but occurred in all species, with only two PIT tags and one AT lost, one tag per species. The high background mortality in this experiment was not limited to a treatment, temperature, or month. The decreased number of surviving fish influenced our experimental results and thus analyses. For future research, we recommend that a more natural exposure to monitor tag effects and other factors, such as swimming ability and predator avoidance, be considered to determine the effects of AT- and PIT- implantation on fishes
Risk of COVID-19 after natural infection or vaccination
BACKGROUND: While vaccines have established utility against COVID-19, phase 3 efficacy studies have generally not comprehensively evaluated protection provided by previous infection or hybrid immunity (previous infection plus vaccination). Individual patient data from US government-supported harmonized vaccine trials provide an unprecedented sample population to address this issue. We characterized the protective efficacy of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity against COVID-19 early in the pandemic over three-to six-month follow-up and compared with vaccine-associated protection.
METHODS: In this post-hoc cross-protocol analysis of the Moderna, AstraZeneca, Janssen, and Novavax COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials, we allocated participants into four groups based on previous-infection status at enrolment and treatment: no previous infection/placebo; previous infection/placebo; no previous infection/vaccine; and previous infection/vaccine. The main outcome was RT-PCR-confirmed COVID-19 \u3e7-15 days (per original protocols) after final study injection. We calculated crude and adjusted efficacy measures.
FINDINGS: Previous infection/placebo participants had a 92% decreased risk of future COVID-19 compared to no previous infection/placebo participants (overall hazard ratio [HR] ratio: 0.08; 95% CI: 0.05-0.13). Among single-dose Janssen participants, hybrid immunity conferred greater protection than vaccine alone (HR: 0.03; 95% CI: 0.01-0.10). Too few infections were observed to draw statistical inferences comparing hybrid immunity to vaccine alone for other trials. Vaccination, previous infection, and hybrid immunity all provided near-complete protection against severe disease.
INTERPRETATION: Previous infection, any hybrid immunity, and two-dose vaccination all provided substantial protection against symptomatic and severe COVID-19 through the early Delta period. Thus, as a surrogate for natural infection, vaccination remains the safest approach to protection.
FUNDING: National Institutes of Health
Genomic, Pathway Network, and Immunologic Features Distinguishing Squamous Carcinomas
This integrated, multiplatform PanCancer Atlas study co-mapped and identified distinguishing
molecular features of squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) from five sites associated with smokin
Prediction of chronic disability in work-related musculoskeletal disorders: a prospective, population-based study
BACKGROUND: Disability associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders is an increasingly serious societal problem. Although most injured workers return quickly to work, a substantial number do not. The costs of chronic disability to the injured worker, his or her family, employers, and society are enormous. A means of accurate early identification of injured workers at risk for chronic disability could enable these individuals to be targeted for early intervention to promote return to work and normal functioning. The purpose of this study is to develop statistical models that accurately predict chronic work disability from data obtained from administrative databases and worker interviews soon after a work injury. Based on these models, we will develop a brief instrument that could be administered in medical or workers' compensation settings to screen injured workers for chronic disability risk. METHODS: This is a population-based, prospective study. The study population consists of workers who file claims for work-related back injuries or carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in Washington State. The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries claims database is reviewed weekly to identify workers with new claims for work-related back injuries and CTS, and these workers are telephoned and invited to participate. Workers who enroll complete a computer-assisted telephone interview at baseline and one year later. The baseline interview assesses sociodemographic, employment-related, biomedical/health care, legal, and psychosocial risk factors. The follow-up interview assesses pain, disability, and work status. The primary outcome is duration of work disability over the year after claim submission, as assessed by administrative data. Secondary outcomes include work disability status at one year, as assessed by both self-report and work disability compensation status (administrative records). A sample size of 1,800 workers with back injuries and 1,200 with CTS will provide adequate statistical power (0.96 for low back and 0.85 for CTS) to predict disability with an alpha of .05 (two-sided) and a hazard ratio of 1.2. Proportional hazards regression models will be constructed to determine the best combination of predictors of work disability duration at one year. Regression models will also be developed for the secondary outcomes
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