567 research outputs found
Materiality and surface of the digital print
This paper discusses how the materiality and surface of the digital printmaking process may be seen as visually evidenced in the resulting printed imag
A Quantitative Inquiry Into First Generation Studentsâ Readiness For Distance Education
First Generation Students (FGS) enrollment in post-secondary universities and colleges has increased. Many of the First Generation Students also enroll in distance education courses because of the flexibility and conveniences distance education courses provide. But are FGS ready to take distance education courses? Do FGS have the same level of non-cognitive skills and attributes as their Non-First Generation Student counterparts? This quantitative study sought to examine FGS student readiness for distance learning courses. Based on the results, recommendations for Administrators, Faculty and instructional designers were provided
â⊠with interpersonal and project skills for allâ: Integrating Project Management and Organizational Behavior Instruction
We explain the journey that led to our development of a course for all undergraduate business majors that combines the teaching of âhardâ and âsoftâ skills needed in projects. In this class, we use group projects to provide a practice field for the project management skills (e.g., developing a scope statement, creating and assigning tasks, tracking and reporting progress) as well as the interpersonal skills needed for successful projects. Interpersonal skills taught are those typically found in an organizational behavior class, for example: active listening, managing diversity, managing conflict, communication, effective team meetings, and dealing with underperforming team members. We share our course syllabus, strategies for course materials and staffing the class, as well as outcomes and lessons learned from our first time teaching the course in Summer 2012. We also share our vision for further elements that can be developed to support our mission of âinterpersonal and project skills for allâ students, faculty, and staff
Re-Thinking Anthropomorphism Through a Genetic Philosophy of Time
In the classical Christian theological understanding, God and time are tightly interwoven (e.g. time and eternity, the Incarnation, and liturgy) and inform how we comprehend the presence and absence of the Incomprehensible in our day-to-day lives. Yet the classical Christian understanding does not take into account scientific discoveries pertaining to time and how this influences our experience of time. It is within the fabric of God and time that this dissertation will argue that the concept of time contained within contemporary genetics provides a significant and innovative way of considering the Classical Christian theological notion of the presence and absence of God, thus providing an original approach to how we think about God today in a culture that seeks answers from science as well as theology.
This project employs a theological fundamental hermeneutical method outlined by David Tracy that brings together Christian fact and common human knowledge in critical correlation in three broad steps. The first step articulates the notion of time found in classical Christianity by surveying how Augustine understands God as outside of time, while created humanity thinks in terms of past, present, and future, and how this influences Augustine\u27s doctrine of God (God\u27s hiddenness). The second step explores the common human knowledge of time as seen in contemporary genetics, developing a philosophy of time in genetics. This concept of time will then be translated through the phenomenology of Claude Romano in order to build a heuristic that will bridge the lexicon of science and the lexicon of theology. The third step brings the new heuristic developed in the second step into dialogue with the classical Christian understanding of God and time established in step one in order to discover the similarities and differences between the two and will culminate in the formation of a genetic-event model of temporality that will allow for new thinking about the presence and absence of God
Volatile Production and Lipid Oxidation of Irradiated Cooked Sausage with Different Packaging
Irradiation dose had a significant effect on the production of volatiles in both vacuum- and aerobic-packaged cooked pork sausage, but its effect on the thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) values was minor. Storage increased the production of volatiles and changed the composition of volatiles only in aerobic-packaged sausage. Among the volatile components, 1-heptene and 1-nonene were influenced most by irradiation dose, and aldehydes by packaging type. The TBARS values and volatiles of vacuum-packaged irradiated cooked sausage had very low correlation.The TBARS, however, had very high correlation with the amount of aldehydes and total volatiles, and ketones and alcohols with long retention times in aerobic-packaged pork sausage. Heptene and 1-nonene could be used as indicators for irradiation, and propanal, pentanal, and hexanal for the oxygen-dependent changes of cooked meat. The results indicated that irradiation had some effect on lipid oxidation of cooked pork sausages, especially with aerobic packaging, but oxygen availability (packaging) to meat during storage had much stronger impact. The low correlations of irradiation-dependent volatiles (e.g., 1-heptene and 1-nonene) with TBARS values regardless of packaging and storage conditions indicated that volatile compounds responsible for irradiation odor were different from those of lipid oxidation odor in cooked pork sausages
Medical studentâled simulation in COVIDâ19 crisis
Background: Simulation training is an effective tool for improving confidence in healthcare workers. During the recent COVIDâ19 pandemic, large numbers of staff required reâtraining to manage unfamiliar situations. We present a set of medical studentâled clinical simulation sessions and evaluate their effects on (i) confidence among redeployed healthcare workers managing COVIDâ19 patients and (ii) medical studentsâ confidence as educators. /
Methods: Halfâday simulation training sessions consisting of three COVIDârelated clinical scenarios were devised by senior medical students and delivered to a group of approximately 150 healthcare workers over six repeated sessions prior to redeployment to COVIDâ19 wards. We distributed an anonymous preâ and postâsimulation questionnaire to 36 participants in the final group exploring their experiences. The confidence scores were analysed using the Wilcoxon signedârank test. Following the delivery of teaching, medical students completed a questionnaire assessing their personal experiences of designing and delivering the exercises. /
Results: Data are available for 35/36 participants approached. Respondents reported being significantly more confident after the training in all aspects of managing COVIDâ19 patients, including triage, complex discharge, recognising deterioration, initiating basic life support, managing symptoms and advising on visiting policies (p < 0.001); 97% of respondents rated the training as useful. Thematic analysis of medical studentsâ responses demonstrated mutual benefit. /
Discussion: This study demonstrates the strengths of simulation training in helping to build staff confidence in a rapidly evolving situation and highlights the value of medical students in supporting a hospitalâs response to an outbreak. We recommend further studies of studentâled simulation exercises, including longerâterm followâup
The Effect of FRAND Commitments on Patent Remedies
This chapter addresses a special category of cases in which an asserted patent is, or has been declared to be, essential to the implementation of a collaboratively-developed voluntary consensus standard, and the holder of that patent has agreed to license it to implementers of the standard on terms that are fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND). In this chapter, we explore how the existence of such a FRAND commitment may affect a patent holderâs entitlement to monetary damages and injunctive relief. In addition to issues of patent law, remedies law and contract law, we consider the effect of competition law on this issue
Pharyngeal electrical stimulation for treatment of dysphagia in subacute stroke
Background and Purpose: Dysphagia is common after stroke, associated with increased death and dependency, and treatment options are limited. Pharyngeal electric stimulation (PES) is a novel treatment for poststroke dysphagia that has shown promise in 3 pilot randomized controlled trials.
Methods: We randomly assigned 162 patients with a recent ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke and dysphagia, defined as a penetration aspiration score (PAS) of â„3 on video fluoroscopy, to PES or sham treatment given on 3 consecutive days. The primary outcome was swallowing safety, assessed using the PAS, at 2 weeks. Secondary outcomes included dysphagia severity, function, quality of life, and serious adverse events at 6 and 12 weeks.
Results: In randomized patients, the mean age was 74 years, male 58%, ischemic stroke 89%, and PAS 4.8. The mean treatment current was 14.8 (7.9) mA and duration 9.9 (1.2) minutes per session. On the basis of previous data, 45 patients (58.4%) randomized to PES seemed to receive suboptimal stimulation. The PAS at 2 weeks, adjusted for baseline, did not differ between the randomized groups: PES 3.7 (2.0) versus sham 3.6 (1.9), P=0.60. Similarly, the secondary outcomes did not differ, including clinical swallowing and functional outcome. No serious adverse device-related events occurred.
Conclusions: In patients with subacute stroke and dysphagia, PES was safe but did not improve dysphagia. Undertreatment of patients receiving PES may have contributed to the neutral result.
Clinical Trial Registration: URL: http://www.controlled-trials.com. Unique identifier: ISRCTN25681641
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