The Effectiveness of California\u27s System of Support: Dashboard and Differentiated Assistance, As Perceived by County Office of Education, Court and Community School Administrators

The purpose of this study was to: (1) describe the perceptions of County Office of Education Court and Community School administrators on the accuracy of the California Dashboard/Dashboard Alternative School Status; (2) describe the perceptions of County Office of Education Court and Community School administrators about the efficacy of California’s System of Support, specifically Differentiated Assistance, on impacting equity-focused change in California County Office of Education Court and Community Schools; and (2a) describe the most impactful actions taken by County Office of Education Court and Community Schools related to California’s System of Support. This study was conducted using an integrated research design involving quantitative data from a survey and qualitative data from open ended survey responses and interviews. The conceptual framework for this study was built upon the intersection of critical theories and education, the history of alternative education, recent history and research of California alternative education accountability, and continuous improvement and capacity building. Results revealed that California\u27s system of support is perceived as a step in the right direction with the need to continuously revise the accountability system to make it more meaningful and impactful for County Office of Education Court and Community Schools

SunSafe Health Campaign: Rationale and Planning

In Spring 2016, a team of Communication Studies students researched, planned, and conducted a health campaign on the Cal Poly campus. The goal of the health campaign was to educate fellow students about the dangers of sun overexposure and provide information on how to take preventive measures to protect their skin. Communication theories and concepts were applied while the messages of the campaign were created and distributed

Chronic Pain Program Development: Old Town Clinic, Central City Concern

Jessica Gonzales and Jennifer Theusch began their partnership with the Old Town Clinic in the spring of 2009 as part of a pilot fieldwork occupational therapy program sponsored by Pacific University. Jennifer and Jessica worked under the guidance of a supervising occupational therapist for their unique level II mental health fieldwork rotation. Together they performed a needs assessment and gap analysis to determine a strategic fit for occupational therapy at the clinic. The students worked to solidify an occupational therapy program at the clinic that would integrate into the existing system and begin the process of providing services for the clients. As the relationship between Pacific University and The Old Town Clinic continued the clinic expressed an interest with assistance to develop an interdisciplinary chronic pain program. Jessica and Jennifer choose to return to the clinic during their third and final year of graduate studies for their innovative practice project. Jessica and Jennifer delved into evidenced based research regarding current chronic pain programming. The students visited a chronic pain rehabilitation institute to meet with an occupational therapist and discuss trends and gain insight in the arena of chronic pain. While researching chronic pain programming Jessica and Jennifer determined appropriate models for practice in this area. These models helped to frame program and evaluation design. The clinic expressed interest in a comprehensive evaluation tool for chronic pain clients. During their research Jessica and Jennifer determined typical areas of assessment for individuals with chronic pain. Once these areas were determined the students began to review common assessments used to evaluate these specific regions. The assessment list was narrowed to those which were accessible and were supported by evidence. Once the assessments had been chosen work on drafting the evaluation tool began. The evaluation tool was developed over two and a half months. It took seven drafts and many hours of research. The tool was evaluated during two focus groups and piloted twice with Old Town Clinic clients. The students received professional insight and feedback from the clinic medical director, occupational therapists, and their supervising professor. Once the evaluation tool was completed the students began the process of determining how the information obtained in the tool could be best expressed in an evaluation tool summary template. After two drafts and feedback from the supervising professor the evaluation tool and summary template were ready for use at the clinic. The clinic determined the chronic pain evaluation tool would be used for all chronic pain clients. Results from the tool would be used to screen clients to different pathways for intervention. It was determined one of these pathways would be occupational therapy individual or group intervention. Jessica and Jennifer returned to research to assist with the determination of appropriate evidence based group topics for chronic pain treatment. Approximately seventeen group topics were researched as possible occupational therapy group interventions. These topics are currently being used to educate chronic pain clients to improve occupational performance and enhance occupational functioning in daily activities

The potential role of kelp forests on iodine speciation in coastal seawater

Funding: FCK would like to thank the TOTAL Foundation (Paris) and the MASTS pooling initiative (The Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland) for their support. MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011) and contributing institutions. JG acknowledges support from an SDSU Research Foundation Summer Undergraduate Research Award. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Factores asociados a dermatitis atópica en pacientes menores de 12 años. Hospital II-1 Jorge Reátegui Delgado Piura 2016-2017

Objetivo: Identificar los factores asociados a dermatitis atópica en pacientes menores de 12 años del Hospital II-1 Jorge Reátegui Delgado de Piura. 2016 y 2017. Metodología: Estudio tipo censal, observacional, analítico, de fuentes primaria y secundaria de corte transversal. La población son pacientes menores de 12 años con diagnóstico clínico de dermatitis atópica, realizado en el consultorio de Pediatría del Hospital II-1 Jorge Reátegui Delgado de Piura; los datos fueron procesados en Microsoft Excel, luego en SPSS versión 22. La estadística analítica aplicará la prueba T-Student por el tipo y calidad de muestra. Resultados: Se obtuvo a 30 participantes (15 varones y 15 mujeres), edad promedio fue 5.42 años; todos de zonas urbanas. El eczantema/eritema predominó con 70% (21 casos) y xerosis (18 casos). Los factores intrínsecos, como el antecedente familiar de asma fue 56.66% (17 casos), seguido de rinitis (6 casos). El tipo de parto y lactancia, 63.34 % (19 casos) fueron cesárea y 8 (26.67%) utilizaron fórmula láctea respectivamente. Y factores extrínsecos, como consumo de tabaco y situaciones de estrés materno durante el embarazo, 6 casos (20%) y 12 casos (40%) respectivamente. Finalmente, con el Prick Test, los ácaros predominaron, como el Dermathophagoides siboney; y de los alimentos, el maní, con 7 casos (23.3%) Conclusión: La significancia fue en pacientes menores a 6 años (p: 0.040) así como del sexo femenino (p: 0,034), antecedentes familiares (rinitis, asma, dermatitis, psoriasis) (p: 0,004) y de alimentos en pacientes mayores de 5 años (p: 0,037).Objective: Identify the factors associated with atopic dermatitis in patients younger than 12 years of age at Hospital II-1 Jorge Reátegui Delgado de Piura. 2016 and 2017. Methodology: Census, observational, analytical study of primary and secondary cross-sectional sources. The population is patients under 12 years of age with a clinical diagnosis of atopic dermatitis, carried out in the Pediatric office of Hospital II-1 Jorge Reátegui Delgado de Piura; the data was processed in Microsoft Excel, then in SPSS version 22. The analytical statistics will apply the T-Student test for the type and quality of the sample. Results: 30 participants were obtained (15 males and 15 females), average age was 5.42 years; all from urban areas. Eczantema / erythema predominated with 70% (21 cases) and xerosis (18 cases). Intrinsic factors, such as the family history of asthma was 56.66% (17 cases), followed by rhinitis (6 cases). The type of delivery and lactation, 63.34% (19 cases) were caesarean and 8 (26.67%) used milk formula respectively. And extrinsic factors, such as tobacco consumption and maternal stress situations during pregnancy, 6 cases (20%) and 12 cases (40%) respectively. Finally, with the Prick Test, mites predominated, such as Dermathophagoides siboney; and of food, peanuts, with 7 cases (23.3%) Conclusion: The significance was in patients younger than 6 years (p: 0.040) as well as female (p: 0.034), family history (rhinitis, asthma, dermatitis , psoriasis) (p: 0.004) and food in patients older than 5 years (p: 0.037).Tesi

New avenues for integrating information literacy into the curriculum

A generally understood mission of library instruction programs is to promote information literacy (IL) and critical thinking across the curriculum. The majority of programmatic IL collaborations with higher education core curricula are found in introductory composition or communication courses. Other more unconventional avenues offer potentially more effective ways to teach students the basic IL concepts and skills. At the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), conversations with College of Education faculty helped librarians identify a strategic and unique point of entry for IL instruction. Using the ADDIE model as a conceptual framework, librarians and an instructional designer met with the course coordinators for the Valuing Cultural Diversity course to collaboratively develop tools and assignments that deconstruct and scaffold the research process for students. The systematic approach for identifying this course, developing the partnership, creating the assessment tools, and refining instruction and assignments based on our findings will be discussed

Influencia De La Calidad Del Transporte Del Tren Eléctrico En La Competitividad Del Transporte Público Urbano De Lima En El 2015

El presente estudio presenta como tema la Influencia de la calidad del transporte del tren eléctrico en la competitividad del transporte público urbano de Lima en el 2015, tiene como finalidad explicar como la calidad de este nuevo transporte del tren eléctrico influye en la competitividad del sector de transporte público urbano. Para tal efecto, se han realizado una encuesta de 16 preguntas a los usuarios del tren eléctrico, con una muestra de 96 personas. En base a las encuestas se pretende conocer información relevante que ayudara a llegar a nuestros objetivos y probar nuestras hipótesis. El estudio lo hemos dividido en capítulos: En el capítulo I, explicamos la realidad problemática y efectuamos el planteamiento del problema, trazamos nuestros objetivos y formulamos nuestras hipótesis. En el capítulo II, desarrollamos el marco teórico: Calidad, Competitividad, ventajas competitivas, mejora continua, credibilidad, calidad percibida, los Círculos de Calidad, la Calidad Total, las 5 “S”. En capitulo III, se habla de metodología de investigación donde se explica que se va utilizar una investigación no experimental. En capitulo IV: desarrollamos el análisis e interpretación de resultados. Por último presentamos nuestras conclusiones y recomendaciones, las cuales deben tomarse en cuenta en el menor tiempo posible para corregir las deficiencias encontradas y se dan las recomendaciones para el caso.Trabajo de suficiencia profesiona

Genome-wide association study in two cohorts from a multi-generational mouse advanced intercross line highlights the difficulty of replication due to study-specific heterogeneity

There has been extensive discussion of the Replication Crisis in many fields, including genome-wide association studies