Book Review: Raising Racists: The Socialization of White Children in the Jim Crow South

Review of the book Raising Racists: The Socialization of White Children in the Jim Crow South, by Kristina Durocher. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2011

Book Review: Still in Print: The Southern Novel Today

Review of Still in Print: =The Southern Novel Today, edited by Jan Norby Gretlund. Columbia, SC: The University of South Carolina Press, 2010

The Value and Effectiveness of the Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA): A Literature Review

The Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) is an evaluation tool used by healthcare providers in the physically active patient population that is designed to aid clinicians in diagnosing and treating movement-based pathologies. The purpose of this literature review is not only to evaluate the value and effectiveness of the SFMA, but also to raise awareness in the rehabilitative community. This literature review is specifically geared towards athletic trainers but can also be useful for other healthcare providers. This review revealed a total of 16 articles based on the eligibility criteria in three key databases. Three primary themes found in the literature are foundational expansion, clinical usage, and quality analysis. This research is limited in the chosen eligibility criteria, the type and number of databases utilized, and the low-grade evidence discovered. In conclusion, this literature review found some degree of low-grade evidence that supports the usage of and gives value to the effectiveness of the SFMA as a musculoskeletal evaluation and treatment tool

Evaluating the effectiveness of assimilation strategies of the Churches of Christ in Christian Union : closing the back door of the church

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Cover Crop Impacts on Soil Microbial Populations and Nitrogen Cycling of Dryland Agricultural Production in the Texas Rolling Plains

The Rolling Plains of Texas are characteristic of a low input, high risk environment with semi-arid conditions and sporadic, high intensity storms followed by periods of long drought. Agricultural practices that increase input costs are not readily adopted in the region; however, better management practices might be needed to tolerate global climate change. Cover crops in no-till agriculture have been used to increase soil health under environments with low precipitation and serve as an alternative to fallow management. The first study took place in a dryland cotton system with evaluated treatments that include 1) conventional tillage (CT); 2) notill (NT); and no-till with the following cover crops 3) wheat; 4) Austrian winter pea (AP); 5) crimson clover; 6) hairy vetch (HV); and 7) mixed species (MC). It was predicted that cover crops would improve soil health by increasing carbon mineralization (CMIN) and increasing soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools. Soil organic carbon (SOC) and total N (TN) were highest in AP and MC treatments. The water extraction technique, which measures the smaller, labile subset of the nutrient pool, proved to be a more sensitive measure of soil substrate. Total NO3 - , water-extractable organic nitrogen (WEON), water-extractable organic carbon (WEOC), and CMIN levels were significantly higher in no-till treatments with cover crops (AP or HV) when compared to no-till without cover crops. The total phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) biomass analysis shared this same trend, but there were no significant treatment differences. Ammoniaoxidizing bacteria, responsible for nitrification, was highest in AP, and was highly correlated to total NO3 - . The mixed-species cover crop improved soil health more than CT and NT, but this study concluded that the single-species legume crop, AP, had the highest overall soil health improving benefits. Both AP and MC could be used as an alternative to fallow management. My second study took the alternatives to fallow a step further and tested a dryland continuous winter wheat with fallow management with two different cover crop management strategies. One subset of mix-species cover crops treatments were chemically terminated and left in the field to serve as ground cover and decomposable organic matter. Those treatments included in the mix-species treatments were divided in two more categories depending on seeding rates, which were 16.8 kg/ha (Low Mix) and 22.4 kg/ha (High Mix). The Low Mix and High Mix were further divided by termination timing, which were early maturity (55-70 days) and late maturity (75-90 days). A separate subset of treatments, cowpea, mung bean, and guar, were harvested to serve as a double crop for additional production income. The final treatments were a wheat-fallow and a wheat-canola (no cover crop) management as a control. Different offseason cover crop treatments were analyzed for CMIN, PLFA biomass abundance, water-extractable organic nutrients, inorganic N rates, and soil water storage to determine if the cover crop would be viable as a harvested double crop. Harvested guar reported the highest WEON, NO3 - and inorganic N values in the soil compared to the wheat-fallow management, while having statistically the same amount of stored water at the time of winter wheat being planting. The CMIN and WEOC did not statistically increase or decrease for any treatment when compared to fallow, which implies that CMIN and WEOC were not negatively impacted from changing management practices to fallow alternatives. Throughout all the experiments implemented, CT and NT never once indicated a significant difference between them at any date or depth, so the addition of cover crops to no-till cotton systems could potentially enhance no-till in regard to soil function. This research suggests that double crops could be a competitive strategy in the Southern Great Plains dryland wheat system

Support Network Responses to Acquired Brain Injury

Acquired brain injury (ABI) affects social relationships; however, the ways social and support networks change and evolve as a result of brain injury is not well understood. This study explored ways in which survivors of ABI and members of their support networks perceive relationship changes as recovery extends into the long-term stage. Two survivors of ABI and members of their respective support networks participated in this case study integrating information from interviews, field notes, and artifacts. Inductive data analysis revealed themes of adjustment to impairments and compensations, connection changes with other people, feelings of protectiveness toward the survivor, emotional intensity, and the influence of personality traits on the recovery process. Application of these themes to intervention suggests health care professionals might benefit from shifting their focus from the survivor alone to the survivor functioning within a social support network

Los museos de frontera de la provincia de Buenos Aires: entre el gliptodonte y el indio poblador

During the 19th century the Argentinian province of Buenos Aires was a frontier ambit where the main society spread southward in waves, pushing out the indigenous populations and founding new cities. A part of the Indian groups remained on the «white» side of the porous frontier, in which many interactions and metissages took place. In the 20th century the old frontier cities established museums aimed at guarding the memory of the community. These museums are the American counterpart of European «colonial» museums. This article studies the relationship of those museums with the groups that populated the land, especially the «friendly Indians» who were integrated within the frontier as population advanced. The museums studied, most of which are community museums, have been classified in four categories: pot pourri museums, «culturalist» museums, «aestheticizing» museums, and «historicizing» museums.A lo largo del siglo XIX la provincia argentina de Buenos Aires fue un espacio fronterizo en el que la sociedad mayoritaria, en oleadas, fue extendiéndose de norte a sur, empujando a las poblaciones indígenas de la zona y creando al compás de su avance nuevas poblaciones y ciudades. Una parte de los grupos indígenas quedaron dentro del lado «blanco» de la frontera, que era un espacio poroso, en el que se dieron múltiples interacciones y mestizajes. A lo largo del siglo XX en las antiguas ciudades de frontera se crearon museos destinados a guardar la memoria de la comunidad, que son en parte la contrapartida, en América, de los museos «coloniales» europeos. El objetivo del presente artículo es estudiar la relación de esos museos con los distintos contingentes de población que fueron ocupando las tierras, en particular las agrupaciones de «indios amigos» que se fueron integrando en la frontera al compás del avance poblacional. Los museos estudiados, mayoritariamente comunitarios, se han clasificado a partir de cuatro categorías: museos pot pourri, «culturalistas», «estetizantes» e «historizantes»

People with spinal cord injury (SCI) require extensive rehabilitation to maximize independence and quality of life. Much of this treatment occurs on an outpatient basis through telerehabilitation or clinic-based services. Synchronous telerehabilitation ha

People with spinal cord injury (SCI) require extensive rehabilitation to maximize independence and quality of life. Much of this treatment occurs on an outpatient basis through telerehabilitation or clinic-based services. Synchronous telerehabilitation has become increasingly common in recent years, but many professionals remain reluctant to suggest it when clinic-based services are available. This survey study explored case managers’ perceptions regarding advantages and disadvantages of synchronous telerehabilitation versus clinic-based physical therapy services for people with SCI. Respondents were 89 case managers responsible for service provision coordination. Results showed a significant preference for clinic-based rather than telerehabilitation physical therapy services. Relative experience with the two service delivery models significantly affected perceptions. Only facilitating travel convenience differed significantly as a reason for recommending one service delivery method over the other. The incongruity between perceptions about synchronous telerehabilitation and existing literature about its cost, convenience, and efficacy suggests a need for additional education

Health care resouce use and stroke outcome

Background and Purpose: Outcome in patients hospitalized for acute stroke varies considerably between populations. Within the framework of the GAIN International trial, a large multicenter trial of a neuroprotective agent (gavestinel, glycine antagonist), stroke outcome in relation to health care resource use has been compared in a large number of countries, allowing for differences in case mix. Methods: This substudy includes 1,422 patients in 19 countries grouped into 10 regions. Data on prognostic variables on admission to hospital, resource use, and outcome were analyzed by regression models. Results: All results were adjusted for differences in prognostic factors on admission (NIH Stroke Scale, age, comorbidity). There were threefold variations in the average number of days in hospital/institutional care (from 20 to 60 days). The proportion of patients who met with professional rehabilitation staff also varied greatly. Three-month case fatality ranged from 11% to 28%, and mean Barthel ADL score at three months varied between 64 and 73. There was no relationship between health care resource use and outcome in terms of survival and ADL function at three months. The proportion of patients living at home at three months did not show any relationship to ADL function across countries. Conclusions: There are wide variations in health care resource use between countries, unexplained by differences in case mix. Across countries, there is no obvious relationship between resource use and clinical outcome after stroke. Differences in health care traditions (treatment pathways) and social We thank the coinvestigators and research staff at the participating centers for their support. Glaxo Wellcome sponsored the GAIN International trial, supported the present analyses and reviewed the final draft of the article