Poster: Nursing Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Trans* and Gender-Nonconforming Patients

This project aims to impact nursing knowledge and attitudes toward trans* and gender-nonconforming patients. The term transgender, synonymous with the term trans*, is utilized by individuals whose gender and designated sex at birth differ from one another, compared to cisgender persons whose gender and assigned sex are aligned (Erickson-Schroth, 2014). The trans* population remains underserved. Nurses conscious and unconscious biases impede the advancement of knowledge and attitudes needed to promote best outcomes for trans* patients. Trans* patients have many of the same healthcare concerns as cisgender individuals. However, unique needs for this population arise from compounded issues of prejudice and bias (Stroumsa, 2014). Nursing staff must be confident and competent in their abilities to care for trans* patients. Improved cultural competence is one component that is impactful and is essential to the improvement of nursing knowledge and attitudes (Boroughs, Bedoya, O\u27Cleirigh, & Safren, 2015). Utilizing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Healthcare (LGBT Healthcare) Scale and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Knowledge (LGBT Knowledge) Questionnaire, this DNP project revealed the participant sample presented with positive knowledge and attitudes at baseline before reviewing the education module. Results of the knowledge questionnaire exhibited a statistically significant increase from the pre to posttest, while attitudes remained unchanged. Information gained, promotes culturally sensitive care for the trans* and gender-nonconforming population and will be disseminated to the greater population at a large mid-western hospital. In fact, future implications of this project include: improved retention and greater satisfaction for both staff and patients

Nursing Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Trans* and Gender-Nonconforming Patients

This project aims to impact nursing knowledge and attitudes toward trans* and gender-nonconforming patients. The term transgender, synonymous with the term trans*, is utilized by individuals whose gender and designated sex at birth differ from one another, compared to cisgender persons whose gender and assigned sex are aligned (Erickson-Schroth, 2014). The trans* population remains underserved. Nurses conscious and unconscious biases impede the advancement of knowledge and attitudes needed to promote best outcomes for trans* patients. Trans* patients have many of the same healthcare concerns as cisgender individuals. However, unique needs for this population arise from compounded issues of prejudice and bias (Stroumsa, 2014). Nursing staff must be confident and competent in their abilities to care for trans* patients. Improved cultural competence is one component that is impactful and is essential to the improvement of nursing knowledge and attitudes (Boroughs, Bedoya, O\u27Cleirigh, & Safren, 2015). Utilizing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Healthcare (LGBT Healthcare) Scale and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Knowledge (LGBT Knowledge) Questionnaire, this DNP project revealed the participant sample presented with positive knowledge and attitudes at baseline before reviewing the education module. Results of the knowledge questionnaire exhibited a statistically significant increase from the pre to posttest, while attitudes remained unchanged. Information gained, promotes culturally sensitive care for the trans* and gender-nonconforming population and will be disseminated to the greater population at a large mid-western hospital. In fact, future implications of this project include: improved retention and greater satisfaction for both staff and patients

Op art : perceptions of reality.

This thesis and exhibition examine the connection between neurobiology and Op Art. Neurobiological explanations of Op Art\u27s effects are explored as a means to offer insight into the processes of the human mind and eye, and to provide explanations for the optical phenomena that were of interest to the Op artists. The initial chapter provides an overview of Op Art that is intended to offer the viewer a context for understanding the works. It also includes an explanation of the works included in the exhibition. The exhibition showcases examples of Op Art from the University of Louisville\u27s collections as well as work borrowed from local collectors and artists. Visual impairments are also discussed as a means to provide the reader with further information on individual perception, which was the primary focus of Op artists. The thesis concludes with a summary of why an investigation into the neurobiological activity and an individual perception is significant for Op Art. The neurobiology of our brain determines our perceptions which vary from person to person. Illusions in Op Art, when perceived by an individual, provide powerful bodily sensations that lead to the inquiry of how we perceive the world around us. These reactions are what the Op artists explored in their work as a means to raise the viewer\u27s consciousness about perception and reality

An Investigation into the Factors that Affect Performance of Youth Group Income Generating Projects in Kenya: A case of Taita District.

The mobilization of youth in Kenya and growth of youth group enterprise projects took centre stage in the last four years with the creation of Ministry of youth affairs and sports in the year 2005.   The Department of Youth development was established in January 2007 with an aim of spearheading the general empowerment of the youths with key objectives being; promoting Youth-owned Small and Micro Enterprise (SME) projects, promoting thriftiness and self-reliance among the youth, promoting an entrepreneurial culture among the youth, and promoting marketing of Youth Products and Services. (The national youth policy 2007). The study aims at broadening understanding about the factors that influence performance of various youth group income generating projects in Taita district. It also aimed at giving remedial measures to the problems faced by youth group initiated projects so as to improve their performance and realize their goals. The objectives included identification of the extent to which youth group management/leadership skills affect the project performance; establishing whether the nature of project activities undertaken by the youth affect the overall performance; determining if the planning and control of funds affects the performance of the youth group projects; investigate whether the support given by the government and other organizations affects the performance of youth group projects. The study was limited to youth group initiated projects which are income generating in Taita district, Coast Province.  A survey was conducted on sampled youth group projects in Taita district. The study concentrated on analyzing the factors affecting the overall performance of youth group initiated projects in Taita district. The groups were stratified according to their categories of projects/activity. From the targeted population a random sample of 60% was taken from each category to give a total sample of 35 projects. Data for the study consisted of primary data collected by use of questionnaires and secondary data based on youth group performance reports submitted to the respective group coordinators to the Provincial director in the Ministry of youth affairs, department of Youth development. The data was analyzed using statistical package of social sciences software and findings was presented in form of tables, charts and figures. Keywords: Performance, Projects, Youth Developmen

Analysis of Information and Communication Technology on Service Innovation and Competitive Advantage: A case of Commercial Banks in Kenya.

Competition in the banking sector has been heightened by the fact that, the cost of banking technology, once prohibitive, is no longer a barrier to entry into the industry. Because of developments in technology and general erosion of entry barriers into banking, it is easier for non-bank financial institutions to move into banking than banks to diversify out of financial services. The study examined how information and communication technology is adopted and managed to enhance service innovation practices and competitive advantage among commercial banks. The objectives included to ascertain whether information and communication technology adoption by commercial banks in Kenya enhances service innovation practices; establish whether service innovation practices enhances competitive advantage among commercial banks in Kenya; examine whether information and communication technology adoption is a strategic key in the attainment of comparative advantage; ascertain whether Commercial banks ICT strategic plan has supported business strategic plan in improving customer service and product offerings. The broadened understanding about service innovation as a critical organizational capability through which information and communication technology adoption can influence the competitive advantage of a firm. The study was limited to commercial banks within Kenya only and did not cover other financial institutions like investment banks, mortgage firms, and Micro-finance firms.  A survey was conducted on commercial banks in Mombasa. In the context of commercial banks, the study examined the effect of Information and communication technology adoption on competitive advantage through service innovation practices. A research framework and the associated questions were proposed. An empirical survey was conducted and questionnaires mailed to ICT Managers and Marketing Managers in thirty commercial banks in Mombasa, Kenya. Partial least square technique and Statistical package for social science (SPSS) technique were used to analyze the data. The study found that, first; Information and communication technology adoption has a positive and significant effect on service innovation in process. Second; Information and communication technology adoption has a positive and significant effect on service innovation in product. Third; Service innovation in process has a positive and significant effect on external competitive advantage. Fourth; Innovation in product has a positive and significant effect on external competitive advantage. Fifth; Service innovation in process has a positive and significant effect on internal competitive advantage, and finally; Service innovation in product has a positive and significant effect on internal competitive advantage. The study also found that many commercial banks have made moderate effort to align information and communication technology strategy with business strategy to improve customer service and product offerings. Keywords: Communication technology, Innovation, Competitive advantage

PAALF People\u27s Plan: East Portland Pilot

Recognizing the traumatic experience of being forced to move and losing community, this plan reflects the hopes of community members who seek to rebuild their lives in a new place. The East Portland Pilot Plan applies the urban planning practice of placemaking as a transformative intervention for addressing challenges and stabilizing the Black community in East Portland. This plan also emerges at a critical time, as existing city plans for East Portland indicate significant future public investment and development. This plan has been written with a wide audience in mind. The material is relevant to homeowners, community activists, urban planners, nonprofit advocates and policymakers among others. The East Portland Pilot Plan is on the one hand a portrait of the Black community in East Portland; a portrait that has been narrated largely by the people themselves, and recorded in this document. On the other hand, the EPPP is a guide to action, a toolkit to address some of the most persistent issues facing Africans and African Americans and a roadmap to a thriving and vibrant Black community in East Portland. This project was conducted under the supervision of Sy Adler, Susan Hartnett and Marisa Zapata

A Zinc(II) Tetraphenylporphyrin Peripherally Functionalized with Redox-Active "trans-[(η5-C5H5)Fe(η5-C5H4)C≡C](κ2- dppe)2Ru(C≡C)-" Substituents: Linear Electrochromism and Third-Order Nonlinear Optics

Dedicated to Dr. Claude Lapinte on the occasion of his retirement, in memory of the good times spent together in France and Australia.International audienceA nonametallic organometallic-coordination complex (4), assembled from redox-active ferrocenyl (Fc) and Ru(κ2-dppe)2 fragments (dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane) as peripheral donor groups and a central Zn(II) tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) core, has been prepared and characterized. Complex 4 is obtained in one step from a pentametallic organometallic porphyrin precursor following substitution of the peripheral chloride ligands by ferrocenylalkynyl moieties (Ctriple bond; length of mdashCFc). The spectroelectrochemistry of 4, and that of previously reported porphyrins featuring related peripheral electron-rich d6-transition metal alkynyl units, has been investigated; the optical and redox properties of 4 are briefly discussed, and its potential, and that of a related pentanuclear tetraferrocenyl ZnTPP complex, to function as redox-switchable chromophores is examined. Preliminary studies of the cubic NLO properties of 4 have been undertaken by Z-scan studies at 560 nm and 630 nm, the results from which are also reported

Enhanced two-photon absorption cross-sections of zinc(II) tetraphenylporphyrins peripherally substituted with d(6)-metal alkynyl complexes

International audienceThe syntheses of new Zn(II) tetraphenylporphyrin (ZnTPP) derivatives functionalized with electron-rich d6-transition metal alkynyl complexes at their periphery are reported. Z-scan measurements reveal remarkably large effective two-photon absorption (TPA) cross-sections in the visible range for these compounds