Letter, John Bigelow to Jules Favre, June 19, 1865

This handwritten letter, dated June 19, 1865, is written from John Bigelow, in Paris, France, to Jules Favre. The letter is written entirely in French. The letter acknowledges a letter Bigelow had received from Favre an thanks him for the copies of the journal, Masonic World that accompanied it. The letter goes on to mention the death of President Lincoln and the effect it has had on him. The letter is written on Legation des Etats Unis stationary. An envelope and a catalog description are included with the letter. The catalog description provides a transcription of the letter.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-original-manuscripts/1116/thumbnail.jp

A Software Developer's Work Is Never Done

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Mentor-Protege Relationship Formation in Graduate Psychology Programs: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Proposal

This paper proposes a model designed to encourage and facilitate the formation of mentoring relationships between professors and students in graduate psychology training programs. Previous research indicates approximately one in two graduate students had a mentor, those that did not were unaware of the potential benefits. Professors frequently reported insufficient motivation to mentor. Recently the call was made to provide mentoring to all psychology graduate students because mentoring is associated with personal and professional development. Aspects of mentoring relationships, including stages, benefits, selection criteria and strategies, and functions provided by mentors, have received attention. However, the formation of mentoring relationships received little direct investigation. Perspectives on motivation to initiate mentoring relationships have been offered but the practical process has been overlooked. The model has three major elements. First, graduate psychology training programs must embrace and support mentoring. Educating professors and students concerning the various aspects of mentoring, positive and negative, represents the second major element. Third, it is recommended that programs provide a structured selection process, as demonstrated in Research Vertical Teams (RVTs) system. The model provides professors and students with an opportunity to form mentoring relationships with greater awareness and preparation, enhancing the probability of effective and successful mentoring relationships. Recommendations for evaluating the efficacy of the model are included

Diagnostic Ultrasound Safety Review for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Practitioners

Potential ultrasound exposure safety issues are reviewed, with guidance for prudent use of point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS). Safety assurance begins with the training of POCUS practitioners in the generation and interpretation of diagnostically valid and clinically relevant images. Sonographers themselves should minimize patient exposure in accordance with the as‐low‐as‐reasonably‐achievable principle, particularly for the safety of the eye, lung, and fetus. This practice entails the reduction of output indices or the exposure duration, consistent with the acquisition of diagnostically definitive images. Informed adoption of POCUS worldwide promises a reduction of ionizing radiation risks, enhanced cost‐effectiveness, and prompt diagnoses for optimal patient care

Let it Burn / Love in a French Kitchen (November 18, 1936)

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Using productivity and susceptibility indices to assess the vulnerability of United States fish stocks to overfishing

Assessing the vulnerability of stocks to fishing practices in U.S. federal waters was recently highlighted by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as an important factor to consider when 1) identifying stocks that should be managed and protected under a fishery management plan; 2) grouping data-poor stocks into relevant management complexes; and 3) developing precautionary harvest control rules. To assist the regional fishery management councils in determining vulnerability, NMFS elected to use a modified version of a productivity and susceptibility analysis (PSA) because it can be based on qualitative data, has a history of use in other fisheries, and is recommended by several organizations as a reasonable approach for evaluating risk. A number of productivity and susceptibility attributes for a stock are used in a PSA and from these attributes, index scores and measures of uncertainty are computed and graphically displayed. To demonstrate the utility of the resulting vulnerability evaluation, we evaluated six U.S. fisheries targeting 162 stocks that exhibited varying degrees of productivity and susceptibility, and for which data quality varied. Overall, the PSA was capable of differentiating the vulnerability of stocks along the gradient of susceptibility and productivity indices, although fixed thresholds separating low-, moderate-, and highly vulnerable species were not observed. The PSA can be used as a flexible tool that can incorporate regional-specific information on fishery and management activity