You’ll L-O-V-E Our IR: Building Faculty and Administration Buy-In as You Build Your Repository

You know how great your IR is going to be, but how do you convey that to the faculty and administration at your institution? That was one of the challenges the Cardozo Law Library faced as we started working on LARC, our Digital Commons repository, and building out Digital Commons. The challenge of appealing to two distinct groups (with plenty of sub-groups) was just the beginning. From the initial discussions of what an IR is and why open access is important to determining how the platform could be best utilized to encompass all scholarship to laying out workflows and providing realistic expectations, we championed LARC. Find out how we crafted LARC’s mission, reached out to faculty, and aligned ourselves with institutional objectives to get everyone (mostly) on the LARC-bandwagon

To the Editor: A Response

When I teach students about research, I tell them that they must go to the primary source. They cannot simply rely on someone else’s interpretation of it. If they do not understand the primary source, then they need to look for context. It is irresponsible for scholars and researchers to only rely on one source and to lift quotes and citations from that single source. Moreover, I tell students they must always, always, always, provide citations to support their assertions. Boles’s lack of citations and sources in his section discussing archival privilege is extremely troubling. He avoids nuance in order to veer toward the dramatic—something more fitting for an editorial rather than an academic article

Review: Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep

Review of Casey Cep\u27s non-fiction book Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee. Highly recommended

Please @ Me: Using Social Media to Promote IR Content

For many institutions, the brass ring is to upload as much into their institutional repository as possible. There are plenty of hoops to jump through to achieve this goal—copyright permissions, scanning, metadata, etc.—but the work doesn’t end once the item is posted. If scholarship is posted in an IR, but is never promoted, will it have any impact? Institutions and authors need to take a proactive approach to drive people to the IR. Social media—mainly Twitter—is an excellent tool to achieve that end but poses its own challenges. How should an institution choose what scholarship to share? How do you support faculty who want to share their scholarship, but are wary of social media? How do you build a network to amplify posts directing users to your IR? What happens when, in the process of promoting their work, faculty create new scholarship? While this session can’t provide all the answers, it will provide the foundation for an outreach strategy that can be tailored to different IRs and their institutions. After this session, attendees will be able to: Identify IR content that will translate well to social media; Articulate why their institution and faculty should use social media to promote scholarship in the IR; Develop support materials to encourage using social media; Locate other social media accounts that can amplify posts

Creating Control Amidst the Chaos: Collaborating on a Controlled Vocabulary During COVID

While having a controlled vocabulary for our IR was an aspiration, with limited staffing and ad hoc additions, it was not a priority. Some items were added with keywords, most often supplied by faculty focused solely on their subject area, and others had no keywords. It seemed with every addition, the idea of implementing—and more importantly editing earlier submissions—slipped further away. However, when the shift to remote work meant that staff needed projects, many items on the IR wish list became a reality, including the controlled vocabulary. During this session, we will walk you through the process of how we assessed what we had, implemented order, and made a plan of how to maintain (and expand) the controlled vocabulary going forward. You will hear about what worked, what did not, and how we turned our 2020 lemons into some pretty sweet IR lemonade

Connecting Fractured Lives to a Fragmented System: Process Evaluation Report Chicago Housing for Health Partnership - Policy Report

CURL partnered with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago to evaluate Chicago Housing to Health Partnership (CHHP). This program uses an innovative housing first model for individuals who are homeless, have chronic medical conditions, and have been recently released from the hospital

Connecting Fractured Lives to a Fragmented System: Process Evaluation Report Chicago Housing for Health Partnership

CURL partnered with the AIDS Foundation of Chicago to evaluate Chicago Housing to Health Partnership (CHHP). This program uses an innovative housing first model for individuals who are homeless, have chronic medical conditions, and have been recently released from the hospital

Field validation of clinical and laboratory diagnosis of wildebeest associated malignant catarrhal fever in cattle

Abstract Background Wildebeest associated malignant catarrhal fever (WA-MCF) is a fatal disease of cattle. Outbreaks are seasonal and associated with close interaction between cattle and calving wildebeest. In Kenya, WA-MCF has a dramatic effect on cattle-keepers who lose up to 10% of their cattle herds per year. The objective of this study was to report the impact of WA-MCF on a commercial ranch and assess the performance of clinical diagnosis compared to laboratory diagnosis as a disease management tool. A retrospective study of WA-MCF in cattle was conducted from 2014 to 2016 at Kapiti Plains Ranch Ltd., Kenya. During this period, 325 animals showed clinical signs of WA-MCF and of these, 123 were opportunistically sampled. In addition, 51 clinically healthy animals were sampled. Nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were used to confirm clinically diagnosed cases of WA-MCF. A latent class model (LCM) was used to evaluate the diagnostic parameters of clinical diagnosis and the tests in the absence of a gold standard. Results By PCR, 94% (95% C.I. 89–97%) of clinically affected animals were positive to WA-MCF while 63% (95% C.I. 54–71%) were positive by indirect ELISA. The LCM demonstrated the indirect ELISA had poor sensitivity 63.3% (95% PCI 54.4–71.7%) and specificity 62.6% (95% PCI 39.2–84.9%) while the nested PCR performed better with sensitivity 96.1% (95% PCI 90.7–99.7%) and specificity 92.9% (95% PCI 76.1–99.8%). The sensitivity and specificity of clinical diagnosis were 99.1% (95% PCI 96.8–100.0%) and 71.5% (95% PCI 48.0–97.2%) respectively. Conclusions Clinical diagnosis was demonstrated to be an effective method to identify affected animals although animals may be incorrectly classified resulting in financial loss. The study revealed indirect ELISA as a poor test and nested PCR to be a more appropriate confirmatory test for diagnosing acute WA-MCF. However, the logistics of PCR make it unsuitable for field diagnosis of WA-MCF. The future of WA-MCF diagnosis should be aimed at development of penside techniques, which will allow for fast detection in the field

Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Aboriginal Communities: A Methods Development Project

The authors describe their three-year project working collaboratively with Aboriginal communities to prevent fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Comparable, but distinct: Perceptions of primary care provided by physicians and nurse practitioners in full and restricted practice authority states

AimsTo understand patients- and providers- perceptions of primary care delivered by nurse practitioners (NPs) in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System.DesignQualitative exploratory study (in convergent mixed- methods design).MethodsSemi- structured interviews in 2016 with primary care providers and patients from facilities in states with full and restricted practice authority for NPs. Patient sample based on reassignment to: (a) a NP; or (b) a different physician following an established physician relationship. Data were analysed using content analysis.ResultsWe interviewed 28 patients, 17 physicians and 14 NPs. We found: (a) NPs provided more holistic care than physicians; (b) patients were satisfied with NPs; and (c) providers- professional experience outweighed provider type.ConclusionsPatients- preferences for NPs (compared with prior physicians) contributed to perceptions of patient centredness. Similarities in providers- perceptions suggest NPs and physicians are both viable providers for primary care.ImpactNurse Practitioners (NPs): practice authorityVeterans Affairs Health care: nurse practitioners will continue to be a viable resource for primary care deliveryUnited States Health care: challenges notions patients may not be satisfied with care provided by NPs and supports expanding their use to provide much- needed access to primary care services; expanding Full Practice Authority would allow states to provide acceptable primary care without diminishing patient or provider experiencesæ è¦ ç ®æ  äº è§£æ £è å å »ç æ ºæ 对é ä¼ å äººå »ç ä¿ å ¥ç³»ç» ä¸­æ ¤ç å¸ æ ä¾ å çº§æ ¤ç ç ç æ³ ã è®¾è®¡æ ¢ç´¢æ §ç å® æ §ç  ç©¶(æ ¶æ æ··å æ ¹æ³ è®¾è®¡)ã æ ¹æ³ 2016å¹´è¿ è¡ ç å ç» æ å è®¿è° ,é è®¿äº å· å æ ¥æ æ ¤ç å¸ ç å ¨ç§ å é å ¨ç§ æ §ä¸ æ ºæ ç å çº§æ ¤ç æ ä¾ è å æ £è ã é æ °å é æ £è æ ·æ ¬:(a) ä¸ å æ ¤ç å¸ ;æ (b)ç¡®ç« å »ç å ³ç³»ç å ¦ä¸ å å »ç ã é ç ¨å 容å æ æ³ å¯¹æ °æ ®è¿ è¡ å æ ã ç» æ æ 们é è®¿äº 28å æ £è ,17å å »ç å 14å æ ¤ç å¸ ã æ 们å ç °:(a)æ ¤ç å¸ æ¯ å »ç æ ä¾ ç æ ¤ç æ ´å ¨é ¢;(b)æ £è å¯¹æ ¤ç å¸ æ å °æ»¡æ ;(c)å »ç æ ºæ ç ä¸ ä¸ ç» éª ç æ é æ¯ å »ç æ ºæ ç±»å ç æ é æ ´å¤§ã ç» è®ºæ £è å¯¹æ ¤ç å¸ ç å 好(ä¸ ä»¥å ç å »ç ç ¸æ¯ )æ å ©äº å»ºç« ä»¥æ £è ä¸ºä¸­å¿ ç è®¤ç ¥ã æ ä¾ è ç è§ å¿µç±»ä¼¼,表æ æ ¤ç å¸ å å »ç é ½æ ¯å ¯è¡ ç å çº§æ ¤ç æ ä¾ è ã å½±å - ¢æ ¤ç å¸ :æ §ä¸ æ ºæ - ¢é ä¼ å äººå »ç ä¿ å ¥ç³»ç» :æ ¤ç å¸ å° ç»§ç»­ä½ ä¸ºæ ä¾ å çº§æ ¤ç æ å ¡ç å ¯ç ¨èµ æº ã - ¢ç¾ å ½å «ç ä¿ å ¥:æ æ è§ å¿µ æ £è å ¯è ½ä¸ æ»¡æ ç ±æ ¤ç å¸ æ ä¾ ç æ ¤ç ,å ¶ä¼ æ ¯æ æ ©å¤§ä½¿ç ¨è å ´,以æ ä¾ æ ¥é ç å çº§ä¿ å ¥æ å ¡;æ ©å¤§å ¨ç§ æ §ä¸ æ ºæ å° ä½¿å å· è ½å¤ æ ä¾ å ¯æ ¥å ç å çº§ä¿ å ¥æ å ¡,è ä¸ ä¼ å å¼±æ £è æ æ ä¾ è ç ä½ éª ãPeer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163369/2/jan14501.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/163369/1/jan14501_am.pd