Developing appreciation of humor through literature in the junior high school

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University. Note: Pages 120-123 are missing

Dioptric power differences in prescribing the Acuvue Advance silicone hydrogel lens

Background: Based on anecdotal evidence it was thought that in fitting Acuvue Advance contact lenses, more plus power is needed than would be expected from the vertex corrected spectacle prescription. Methods: We looked at 127 records of patients who had been fitted with the Acuvue Advance contact lens and compared their spherical equivalent spectacle correction with the power of lens dispensed to the patients. Discussion: We found that final prescription powers tended to be within+/- 0.50 Diopters of the spherical equivalent spectacle correction. Contrary to our hypothesis, we found that it was as equally likely for the contact lens prescription to deviate in the minus direction as in the plus. Conclusion: From our results, it is apparent that our anecdotal evidence was faulty and there is not a statistically significant difference between the spectacle prescriptions and the final contact lens prescriptions of the patients in the study. Therefore, an over refraction is needed to pick the optimum lens for any contact lens candidate

The Sky’s the Limit: Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Institutional Repositories, and Subject Librarians

The University of Central Florida’s institutional repository, Showcase of Text, Archives, Research, and Scholarship (STARS), has presented new opportunities for collaboration among the Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communication, Digital Initiatives, Research Services, and subject librarians. Building on efforts to proactively promote scholarly communication initiatives to the university community, these four units have used the institutional repository as a foundation for collaboration, outreach, marketing, and educational efforts. This article will give an overview of a panel presentation given by members of these four units on STARS and highlight the role the institutional repository has in increasing the collaborative efforts of these four units. Additionally, it will highlight four different perspectives and discuss strategies designed to generate institutional repository interest from the university community. Successful ventures and lessons learned will provide insight into creating a productive interdepartmental framework that is geared toward supporting students and faculty institutional repository projects