Ethical Issues and Consequences as Portrayed by Medical Dramas: An Analysis of the Effect of Cultivation Theory

Television medical dramas, like American Broadcasting Company’s Grey’s Anatomy, strive to make the program as accurate as possible while creating a dramatic and entertaining program. Grey’s Anatomy, since the first episode in 2005, has employed medical consultants to help write episodes in order to make the television program as realistic as possible (Otto, 2014). Although there are some realistic aspects of Grey’s Anatomy, as a whole it is a fictional medical drama with plotlines and characters used for entertainment purposes only. However, previous research shows that fictional programs can still have an effect on its viewers. Cultivation Theory states that television has a long-term effect on its viewer’s perceptions about their own social reality (Potter, 2014). This implies that the hospital experience shown on Grey’s Anatomy can shape the viewers perception of real-life hospital experiences. This paper includes an analysis of ethical issues that occur in the hospital of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and the results of a survey on the ethical implications that Grey’s Anatomy cultivates in its viewers

Distances Between Species in Food Webs: Evaluating Alternative Metrics\u27 Predictive Power

The complexity of ecological systems makes it difficult to predict how one species will react to the disturbance of another. Complex systems of species’ interactions can be described as ecological networks. One way in which ecological networks can give information concerning one species’ response to the perturbation of another is through the quantification of species’ proximity to one another in the network. In this study, we evaluate communicability, a topological metric that accounts for all of the direct and indirect interactions between species in a food web without additional information concerning the strengths of species interactions. Communicability is then compared to shortest path distance, a metric only containing information about the shortest path between two species. We found that communicability outperformed shortest path distance in 89% of the significant model treatments (91% were significant) when analyzed using polynomial regression and in 75% of the significant model treatments when analyzed using the linear regression of natural logarithm transformed metric data (58% were significant). Yet, when comparing the effects of varying structural model properties, we found conflicting results between polynomial and linear analysis. Consequently, we were able to conclude that because communicability accounts for the totality of effects based on link structure between two species, it is a better predictor of how a species will respond to a perturbation. However, because of conflicting results in some of our statistical analyses, it is unclear what roles structural network properties play in communicability’s predictive abilities

Aim High: Pushing Collaboration and Outreach Limits for the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11

Exhibits in archives and special collections function as an important outreach tool for these specialized, sometimes formidable repositories. Exhibits increase public knowledge of available collections, promote engagement with those collections, reach new audiences, and provide opportunities to build bridges across campus units. This case study looks at a rotating exhibition titled Moon at the University of Arizona Libraries Special Collections created to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing on July 20, 2019. This article covers exhibit design, programming and events that accompanied the exhibit, and coordinated efforts across the University of Arizona campus to celebrate this milestone anniversary in spaceflight. Collaboration played a key role in the success of this exhibit, with shared expertise and relevant items on loan from other university units adding depth and complexity to the wealth of Moon-related items held by Special Collections

Comparing the Effects of COVID-19 on Fraternity & Sorority Members and Unaffiliated College Students

Using data from the 2021 Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL), this article compares the effects of COVID-19 on fraternity and sorority members’ educational experiences a year after the pandemic began disaggregated by fraternity and sorority council membership and compared to unaffiliated students. Results show increases in negative effects for students in multicultural councils compared to IFC, NPC, and unaffiliated students on many measures and increased negative effects for NPC women on others

New Teacher Excellence: The Impact of State Policy on Induction Program Implementation

Focusing specifically on state policies on supporting new teachers, it dispels the notion that policy itself is a cure-all. It takes a more expansive view of policy -- including not just legislation and regulations, but also funding, evaluation and program infrastructure -- and concludes that, in the case of teacher induction, while comprehensive state policies may increase the likelihood that intensive induction programs will take root in schools and districts, it is also dependent upon a range of contextual factors, including leadership support, stakeholder commitment and a collective vision. This report has implications for public policies beyond simply those focused on new teachers

Altered coordination strategies during upright stance and gait in teachers of the Alexander Technique

Deterioration in movement and posture often occurs with aging. Yet there may be approaches to movement training that can maintain posture and movement coordination patterns as we age. The Alexander Technique is a non-exercise-based approach that aims to improve everyday movement and posture by increasing awareness and modulating whole-body postural muscle activity. This study assessed whether nineteen 55–72-year-old Alexander Technique teachers showed different posture and movement coordination patterns than twenty age-matched controls during a standing and walking protocol using 3D inertial sensors. During upright stance, Alexander Technique teachers showed lower centroidal sway frequency at the ankle (p = .04) and lower normalized jerk at the sternum (p = .05) than controls. During gait, Alexander Technique teachers had more symmetrical gait cycles (p = .04), more symmetrical arm swing velocity (p = .01), greater arm swing velocity (p < .01), greater arm swing range of motion (p = .02), and lower range of acceleration of the torso in the frontal plane (p = .03) than controls. Smoother control of upright posture, more stable torso motion, and less restrained arm mobility suggest that Alexander Technique training may counter movement degradation that is found with aging. Results highlight the important balance between mobility and stability within the torso and limbs

Data Processing & Analysis for Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) has become a critical tool for characterization of materials in fields such as physics, material science, chemistry, and biology. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) is an increasingly useful technique because of its high resolution in three dimensions, the sample does not need to be conductive, and the technique does not need to take place in vacuum. AFM can image a wide variety of topographies and many different types of materials. AFM can deliver 3D topography information from the angstrom level to the micron scale with high resolution. One of the most important aspects of Atomic Force Microscopy that is not often discussed is data processing and analysis. The goal of this report is to demonstrate various data processing and analysis techniques such as studying the coating process, grain analysis, texture analysis and surface roughness