127 research outputs found
1861-11-02 Correspondence between James G. Blaine, Governor Washburn, and Lieutenant Colonel George Varney
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Macro And Micro Levels Of University Identification: Using Social Network Sites To Reactivate Latent Social Identities Within College Alumni
This master\u27s thesis sought to extend social identification research further into social network sites by examine how online interactions may affect offline behaviors. In particular, this thesis argues that alumni who interact with their university or major via a social network site, should have an increased intention to donate back to their university or major. Despite a large body of research on both social identification and social network use, less research has combined the two in order to predict external behaviors. As such, data was collected from 277 undergraduate and graduate students at Illinois State University regarding their university and major social identification as well as their social network use. Data were analyzed using a t-test and multiple linear regressions. The findings from this research suggest that social network site use is a significant variable to increase an alumni\u27s intent to donate. However, contrary to previous research, superordinate university social identification was a stronger predictor of intent to donate when compared to subordinate major social identification. The findings support the prediction that social network interaction plays a significant role in predicting an alumni\u27s intent to donate to their university
The Practice Environment for Nurse Anesthetists in Tennessee
Potential consequences of anesthesia provider shortages may include a reduction in health care access, poor patient outcomes, and increased costs to government funded agencies. Current leaders in the anesthesia profession need to establish a work environment that is embracing, supportive, and safe so that certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA) can remain healthy and productive. The purpose of this Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) scholarly project was to provide an overview of the current CRNA practice environment in Tennessee and advocate for policies to promote CRNA retention and enhance patient access to care. The overarching goal included gathering sufficient evidence regarding the positive and negative working environments of CRNA practice and presenting this evidence to the Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetist (TANA) executive committee. The evidence-informed health policy model (EIHP) was used to identify the policy problem as well as guide the development, implementation, and evaluation of a solution. After reviewing the literature, project members discovered seven working environment outcomes that impact retention and patient access to care. Project members presented the seven outcomes to the TANA executive committee and distributed a pre and post presentation survey to evaluate how the TANA organization was doing at promoting a positive work environment for CRNAs. Finally, to compare and analyze the survey responses, project members ran paired sample t-tests.
Keywords: access, access to care, advanced practice registered nurse, barriers, certified registered nurse anesthetist, nurse anesthetist, and scope of practic
Portfolio Vol. II N 2
Browne, Phil. Beaver ad Sawyer at Night . Picture. 2.
Varney, Chester. To Dream Beyond . Prose. 3.
West, Bill C. Admonition Poem. 6.
West, Bill C. Insomnia Poem. 6.
Barlow, Don. Heart Determines . Prose. 7.
Gordon, Robert. From an Unknown Innocent to... Poem, 11.
Black, James. Playing Around . Prose. 13.
Parsons, Edith. The Turtle Baby . Picture. 14.
Deeds, Ed. Raymond Scott - - Classic Swing . Prose. 15.
Schrechkengost, Viktor. Black Sheep-The Creature God Forgot . Picture. 14.
Smith, Bob. Review of New Recordings . Prose. 15.
Saunders, Paul. Book Reviews and Comments . Prose. 16.
Browne, Phil. to Patsy . Picture. 17.
Sandor, Joseph. Meditation . Picture. 18.
Maxwell, Kenneth. Unnamed. Poem. 18.
Sweitzer, Harry J. Social Life at Denison . Prose. 19.
Flory Doris. The Student Rationalizes . Poem. 20.
Flory Doris. On Noisess . Poem. 20.
Bethune, Don. Senior\u27s Lament . Poem. 20.
Flory, Doris. Lines on Lines . Poem. 20.
Beckham, Adela. My Man . Poem. 20
Portfolio Vol. III N 3
Ewart, Alison. Revenge. Prose. 3-4.
Maxwell, Bob. Christ in Cleats. Prose. 5.
Martindale, Virginia. Somnolence. Poetry. 6.
Frey, Erwin F. Isolt. Picture. 6.
Puffer, Harriet. Thirteenth Hour. Prose. 7-8.
Cox, James. Selling Denison. Prose. 9-10.
Beckham, Adela. Admonition. Poetry. 12.
Homer, Winslow. Watching the Breakers. Picture. 12.
Varney, Chester. The Snake Tree. Prose. 13-16.
Smith, Bob. Review of New Recordings. Prose. 17.
Deane, Dorothy. Review of New Books. Prose. 17.
Taylor, Dave. An Artist Prepares. Prose. 19.
Gratza, Margaret. Poems. Poetry. 20.
Reeder, Lydia. Landscape. Picture. 20.
Royce, Joe. Youth Hostels. Prose. 21-28
Portfolio Vol. II N 4
Browne, Phil. Alumni . Picture. 2.
Martindale, Virginia. A Statue By Jude . Prose. 3.
Maxwell, Robert. Reflections . Poem. 6.
Lewis, Lucy. Quiet Zone . Prose. 7.
Varney, Chester. Tinder Box . Prose. 9.
Beckham, Adela. Spring Harvest . Poem. 10.
Beckham, Adela. Morning . Poem. 10.
Black, James. The Drama at Denison . Prose. 11.
Mackie, Reino. Landscape . Picture. 6.
Flory, Doris. April Showers . Poem. 14.
Flory, Doris. Aspiration . Poem. 14.
Wager, Dick. Solitude . Poem. 14.
Wager, Dick. Regret . Poem. 14.
Bastida, Sorella y. Children on the Beach . Picture. 14.
Saunders, Paul. Review of New Books . Prose. 15.
Smith, Bob. Review of New Recordings . Prose. 15.
Mitchell, Dave. A Farmyard . Picture. 16.
Bonnet, Elsie. Hidden Village . Picture. 16.
Taylor, Dave. Concerning Art . Prose. 17.
Browne, Phil. Master Craftsman . Picture. 18.
Deeds, Ed. Brothers, Sing On . Prose. 19.
Boyd, Kate Olive. Spring at Denison . Poem. 20.
Barss, William. Landscape . Picture. 20.
Deane, Dorothy. The Taming of the Shrew . Prose. 21
Engineered 2D Ising interactions on a trapped-ion quantum simulator with hundreds of spins
The presence of long-range quantum spin correlations underlies a variety of
physical phenomena in condensed matter systems, potentially including
high-temperature superconductivity. However, many properties of exotic strongly
correlated spin systems (e.g., spin liquids) have proved difficult to study, in
part because calculations involving N-body entanglement become intractable for
as few as N~30 particles. Feynman divined that a quantum simulator - a
special-purpose "analog" processor built using quantum particles (qubits) -
would be inherently adept at such problems. In the context of quantum
magnetism, a number of experiments have demonstrated the feasibility of this
approach. However, simulations of quantum magnetism allowing controlled,
tunable interactions between spins localized on 2D and 3D lattices of more than
a few 10's of qubits have yet to be demonstrated, owing in part to the
technical challenge of realizing large-scale qubit arrays. Here we demonstrate
a variable-range Ising-type spin-spin interaction J_ij on a naturally occurring
2D triangular crystal lattice of hundreds of spin-1/2 particles (9Be+ ions
stored in a Penning trap), a computationally relevant scale more than an order
of magnitude larger than existing experiments. We show that a spin-dependent
optical dipole force can produce an antiferromagnetic interaction J_ij ~
1/d_ij^a, where a is tunable over 0<a<3; d_ij is the distance between spin
pairs. These power-laws correspond physically to infinite-range (a=0),
Coulomb-like (a=1), monopole-dipole (a=2) and dipole-dipole (a=3) couplings.
Experimentally, we demonstrate excellent agreement with theory for 0.05<a<1.4.
This demonstration coupled with the high spin-count, excellent quantum control
and low technical complexity of the Penning trap brings within reach simulation
of interesting and otherwise computationally intractable problems in quantum
magnetism.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures; article plus Supplementary Material
SQ-standardized house dust mite immunotherapy as an immunomodulatory treatment in patients with asthma
Insulin signaling requires glucose to promote lipid anabolism in adipocytes
Adipose tissue is essential for metabolic homeostasis, balancing lipid storage and mobilization based on nutritional status. This is coordinated by insulin, which triggers kinase signaling cascades to modulate numerous metabolic proteins, leading to increased glucose uptake and anabolic processes like lipogenesis. Given recent evidence that glucose is dispensable for adipocyte respiration, we sought to test whether glucose is necessary for insulin-stimulated anabolism. Examining lipogenesis in cultured adipocytes, glucose was essential for insulin to stimulate the synthesis of fatty acids and glyceride–glycerol. Importantly, glucose was dispensable for lipogenesis in the absence of insulin, suggesting that distinct carbon sources are used with or without insulin. Metabolic tracing studies revealed that glucose was required for insulin to stimulate pathways providing carbon substrate, NADPH, and glycerol 3-phosphate for lipid synthesis and storage. Glucose also displaced leucine as a lipogenic substrate and was necessary to suppress fatty acid oxidation. Together, glucose provided substrates and metabolic control for insulin to promote lipogenesis in adipocytes. This contrasted with the suppression of lipolysis by insulin signaling, which occurred independently of glucose. Given previous observations that signal transduction acts primarily before glucose uptake in adipocytes, these data are consistent with a model whereby insulin initially utilizes protein phosphorylation to stimulate lipid anabolism, which is sustained by subsequent glucose metabolism. Consequently, lipid abundance was sensitive to glucose availability, both during adipogenesis and in Drosophila flies in vivo. Together, these data highlight the importance of glucose metabolism to support insulin action, providing a complementary regulatory mechanism to signal transduction to stimulate adipose anabolism
Portfolio Vol. II N 1
Browne, Phil. The Approach to Fraternity Row . Picture. 2.
Simmons, Fate. The Sand House . Prose. 3.
The College Catbird, Groucho. Ode to my Fellow Students . Poem. 6.
Varney, Chester. The Tramp . Prose. 7.
Browne, Phil. Shell Shock . Prose. 9.
West, Bill C. Mr. Freud... . Poem. 10.
West, Bill C. Bacchanal . Poem. 10.
De Chavannes, Pierre Puvis de. Summer . Poem. 10.
Pierce, Ames. A Student Looks at Europe . Prose. 11.
Timrud, David. Though you Knew it Not . Poem. 13.
Timrud, David. Le Joi De Vivre . Poem. 13.
Timrud, David. The Ghostly Loom . Poem. 13.
Dohanos, Stephen. West Quoddy Light, Maine . Picture. 13.
Millet, Jean Francois. Peasants Going to Work . Picture. 14.
Kent, Rockwell. Maine Coast . Picture. 14.
Beier, Dean. Review of New Recordings . Prose. 15.
Beier, Dean. Advice on Band Booking . Prose. 15.
Millay, Edna St. Vincent. From \u27Conversation at Midnight\u27 . Prose. 16.
Black, James. Playing Around . Prose. 17.
Saunders, Paul. Review of New Books .Prose. 17.
Salietti, Alberto. A country Woman . Picture. 18.
Eschman, Barbara. Color Scheme . Poem. 18.
Whitehead, Richard. A Tribute . Picture. 19.
Beckham, Adela. Gethsemane . Poem. 20.
Beckham, Adela. Blues Singer . Poem. 20.
Flory, Doris. Revelation . Poem. 20.
Flory, Doris. Fervor . Poem. 20.
Hanna, Stanley. Men of Fortune . Poem. 20.
Sweitzer, Harry J. Denison and Education . Prose. 21.
Hopkins, Kate. Twillight . Prose. 23.
Hopkins, Kate. Afterward . Prose. 23
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