Evaluation of learning transfer outcomes of a Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (Coss) training course

The purpose of this study was to generate a “transfer of training” assessment of a Certified Occupational Safety Specialist (COSS) certification training course provided by the Alliance Safety Council, a non-profit organization which provides COSS training throughout the United States targeting individuals who work in the safety and health field that coordinate corporate safety and health plans for their companies. This course consists of a five day, forty hour in-class course designed to build competencies in the field of safety with specific learning outcomes. This study described graduates of the COSS training on selected personal and professional demographic characteristics, determined what variables influenced a graduate’s ability to transfer training within the workplace, and assessed the degree to which graduates of this training engaged in transfer of training activities in their respective workplaces. This paper makes recommendations regarding potential future research efforts designed to further examine COSS participation and sponsorship, barriers to transfer of training, and the impact of transfer of training on an organization’s safety performance. Finally, this paper provides feedback to COSS program designers, instructors, related practitioners

Diet Composition Of Large Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis) In Chesapeake Bay

Large (\u3e458 mm) striped bass (Morone saxatilis) are dominant predators in Chesapeake Bay. In recent years, the Chesapeake Bay stock of striped bass has increased dramatically, raising concerns about their predatory impact and their forage requirements. In response to these concerns and the need for more recent ecological studies, this investigation Was conducted to characterize feeding habits of large striped bass in Chesapeake Bay. Stomach contents from 1225 striped bass from 458 to 1151 mm TL were examined in the spring and fall of 1997 and 1998. Striped bass consumed 52 different species of vertebrates and invertebrates; however, only a few species of clupeoid and sciaenid fishes dominated diets across both the seasons and size ranges of striped bass examined. Of finfish species, menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) was the dominant prey in most areas and gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) replaced menhaden in importance in lower salinity waters. Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) and other sciaenid fishes and anadromous herrings (Alosa spp.) also contibuted large percentages of striped bass diet. Although pelagic schooling fishes formed the majority of the diet, benthic fishes contributed a higher percentage to the diet than in previous studies of striped bass diet composition

A Proposal to Establish a National High-Speed Rail Network in the United States

High-speed rail is well positioned to offer a solution to shrinking transportation capacity and growing environmental threats in the United States. While many competing nations have taken steps to build their own robust high-speed rail networks over the past several decades, the United States has fallen behind and lacks any proven examples of true high-speed rail. Recent federal infrastructure investments, including those in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), have largely neglected high-speed rail, providing an opportunity for Congress and the Administration to back more targeted legislation to help incentivize investments in high-speed rail. This memorandum proposes that the U.S. Department of Transportation work with the White House and Congress to prioritize the passage of existing legislation, H.R.1845, which would provide $205 billion over five years to incentivize investments in high-speed rail corridors across the United States

Successful Management of Infertile Patient with Trans-Fundal Uterine Membrane

Background: This case report describes an infertile patient with a rare endometrial cavity pathology diagnosed on hysteroscopy. Case: The patient was a 39-year-old female with primary infertility of 9 years' duration. A diagnosis of a possible T-shaped uterus on a previous hysterosalpingogram was not confirmed on diagnostic hysteroscopy 5 years earlier at a different infertility center, where she had undergone a cycle of in-vitro fertilization with embryo transfer (IVF-ET) but was unable to conceive. At the time of diagnostic hysteroscopy at the current, unit the patient was found to have a T-shaped cavity and a trans-fundal uterine membrane obscuring an arcuate fundus. Hysteroscopic division of this thin membrane was performed successfully, followed by hysteroscopic division of the uterine septum and hysteroscopic metroplasty of her T-shaped uterus. Results: Subsequently, the patient conceived with IVF-ET but had an early miscarriage. A second IVF-ET cycle resulted in resulted in delivery of a healthy male infant at term. Conclusions: This report described a case of an infertile patient with a trans-fundal membrane in association with a uterine anomaly. The discovery of such a membrane and the uterine anomaly described above, and their hysteroscopic surgical correction, may have contributed to the successful reproductive outcome for this patient. (J GYNECOL SURG 29:88)Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/140092/1/gyn.2012.0028.pd

The Map that Named America: Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 World Map

This brief overview of the history of Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 map and its acquisition by the Library of Congress is presented as a complement to John Hessler's article, "Warping Waldseemüller: A Cartometric Study of the Coast of South America as Portrayed on the 1507 World Map" (Coordinates, Series A, No. 4). A high-resolution image of the Waldseemüller map can be found at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200.ct000725C

Management of hereditary angioedema: 2010 Canadian approach

C1-inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency is a rare blood disorder resulting in angioedema attacks that are debilitating and may be life-threatening. Prophylaxis and therapy of events has changed since our first Canadian Consensus Conference on the diagnosis, therapy and management of HAE. We have formed the Canadian Hereditary Angioedema Network (CHAEN)/Réseau Canadien d'Angioédème Héréditaire (RCAH) - http://www.haecanada.com to advance care of patients with this disorder in Canada. We here present a review of management of HAE in Canada

Autonomy Infused Teleoperation with Application to BCI Manipulation

Robot teleoperation systems face a common set of challenges including latency, low-dimensional user commands, and asymmetric control inputs. User control with Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) exacerbates these problems through especially noisy and erratic low-dimensional motion commands due to the difficulty in decoding neural activity. We introduce a general framework to address these challenges through a combination of computer vision, user intent inference, and arbitration between the human input and autonomous control schemes. Adjustable levels of assistance allow the system to balance the operator's capabilities and feelings of comfort and control while compensating for a task's difficulty. We present experimental results demonstrating significant performance improvement using the shared-control assistance framework on adapted rehabilitation benchmarks with two subjects implanted with intracortical brain-computer interfaces controlling a seven degree-of-freedom robotic manipulator as a prosthetic. Our results further indicate that shared assistance mitigates perceived user difficulty and even enables successful performance on previously infeasible tasks. We showcase the extensibility of our architecture with applications to quality-of-life tasks such as opening a door, pouring liquids from containers, and manipulation with novel objects in densely cluttered environments

Prospectus, December 8, 1982

PHASE IV CONSTRUCTION BEGUN; News Digest; Winners announced!; Team appreciates coaching; Final Exam Schedule -- Fall \u2782; Signs should be read; Hard work noted; Votes appreciated; Flour and bfan salad?; \u27People\u27 winners; \u27General Subject\u27 winners; Honorable Mention; Pro-file; ISO members pleased with fair; Classified; Accounting offers Yaxley scholarship; Easton reaching full bloom as artist; Dream comes true; Use that useless knowledge, win cash!; T-Bird third out; Idol goes solo; Choose movies!; Students unconcerned about apat; Parkland club noteshttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1982/1001/thumbnail.jp

Prospectus, March 9, 1983

FOCUS ON FARMER CITY; News Digest; First Award to Taylor; \u27Education is the key\u27; Help sought, denied; Curtains not needed; Oops!; Bonds back Urbana project; Security job is also public relations; Romance is alive and well at Parkland: Question: What would be your idea of the perfect date?; PC is 17; C-U happenings; Farmer City offers more than farms; Classified; \u27Friends\u27 help fund special programming; Trivia quiz!; Parkland to host national; Cobras begin playoffs; Late Notehttps://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1983/1022/thumbnail.jp