36 research outputs found
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Evolving library marketing & communications strategies with intention
Over the past decade, the UNH Library outreach efforts have evolved from a workplace add-on to a department headed by an experienced marketing and communications professional. Budget and staffing concerns precipitated by the global pandemic as well as a new organizational structure provided opportunities for the library to reassess their approach to communications, marketing, and outreach. By prioritizing these efforts, the UNH Library used strategic planning to re-envision our engagement with our campus community. This panel will provide insights from four participants who were instrumental in shifting the library\u27s approach to a more centralized and intentional practice, which produced a more engaging strategy. Panel highlights will include developing the library\u27s first marketing plan, launching new initiatives including library tours and orientation sessions, hiring brand ambassadors, including communications duties into existing position descriptions, standardizing practices for outreach and assessment, developing a social media strategy and hiring two newly created positions. Panelists will share individual and organizational strategies for this work that may be replicated or reframed for attendees to take back to their institutions. Conversation will include proactive next steps and areas for further growth, including measuring impact and developing programming, to continue engaging positively with our community. Key takeaways for the attendees include learning concrete, easy to implement approaches for developing and assessment of marketing, communications, and outreach initiatives that lean on utilizing in-house talent as well as approaching this work through a growth mindset. Participants can engage in the topic from a variety of distinct perspectives from panelists who work in areas of user engagement, library administration, communications & outreach, and information literacy
Outcomes and care practices for preterm infants born at less than 33 weeksâ gestation: A quality-improvement study
BACKGROUND: Preterm birth is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years. We report the changes in neonatal outcomes and care practices among very preterm infants in Canada over 14 years within a national, collaborative, continuous quality-improvement program. METHODS: We retrospectively studied infants born at 23â32 weeksâ gestation who were admitted to tertiary neonatal intensive care units that participated in the Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality program in the Canadian Neonatal Network from 2004 to 2017. The primary outcome was survival without major morbidity during the initial hospital admission. We quantified changes using process-control charts in 6-month intervals to identify special-cause variations, adjusted regression models for yearly changes, and interrupted time series analyses. RESULTS: The final study population included 50 831 infants. As a result of practice changes, survival without major morbidity increased significantly (56.6% [669/1183] to 70.9% [1424/2009]; adjusted odds ratio [OR] 1.08, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.06â1.10, per year) across all gestational ages. Survival of infants born at 23â25 weeksâ gestation increased (70.8% [97/137] to 74.5% [219/294]; adjusted OR 1.03, 95% CI 1.02â1.05, per year). Changes in care practices included increased use of antenatal steroids (83.6% [904/1081] to 88.1% [1747/1983]), increased rates of normothermia at admission (44.8% [520/1160] to 67.5% [1316/1951]) and reduced use of pulmonary surfactant (52.8% [625/1183] to 42.7% [857/2009]). INTERPRETATION: Network-wide quality-improvement activities that include better implementation of optimal care practices can yield sustained improvement in survival without morbidity in very preterm infants
Outcomes and resource usage of infants born at †25 weeks gestation in Canada
Objectives: To determine the outcomes and resource usage of infants born at †25 weeks gestational age (GA). Methods: Retrospective study of infants born between April 2009 and September 2011 at †25 weeks\u27 GA in all neonatal intensive care units in Canada with follow-up in the neonatal follow-up clinics. Short-term morbidities, neurodevelopmental impairment, significant neurodevelopmental impairment, and resource utilization of infants born at †24 weeks were compared with neonates born at 25 weeks. Results: Of 803 neonates discharged alive, 636 (80.4%) infants born at †25 weeks\u27 GA were assessed at 18 to 24 months. Caesarean delivery, lower birth weight, and less antenatal steroid exposure were more common in infants born †24 weeks as compared with 25 weeks. They had significantly higher incidences of ductus arteriosus ligation, severe intracranial hemorrhage, retinopathy of prematurity as well as longer length of stay, central line days, days on respiratory support, days on total parenteral nutrition, days on antibiotics, and need for postnatal steroids. Neurodevelopmental impairment rates were 68.9, 64.5, and 55.6% (P=0.01) and significant neurodevelopmental impairment rates were 39.3, 29.6, and 20.9% (P\u3c0.01) for infants †23, 24, and 25 weeks GA, respectively. Postdischarge service referrals were higher for those †23 weeks. Nonsurviving infants born at 25 weeks GA had higher resource utilization during admission than infants born less than 25 weeks. Conclusions: Adverse outcomes and resource usage were significantly higher among infants born †24 weeks GA as compared with 25 weeks GA
Association between admission temperature and mortality and major morbidity in preterm infants born at fewer than 33weeks\u27 gestation
Importance: Neonatal hypothermia has been associated with higher mortality and morbidity; therefore, thermal control following delivery is an essential part of neonatal care. Identifying the ideal body temperature in preterm neonates in the first few hours of lifemay be helpful to reduce the risk for adverse outcomes. Objectives: To examine the association between admission temperature and neonatal outcomes and estimate the admission temperature associated with lowest rates of adverse outcomes in preterm infants born at fewer than 33 weeks\u27 gestation.. Design, Setting, And Participants: Retrospective observational study at 29 neonatal intensive care units in the Canadian Neonatal Network. Participants included 9833 inborn infants born at fewer than 33 weeks\u27 gestation who were admitted between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2012.. Exposure: Axillary or rectal body temperature recorded at admission.. Main Outcomes And Measures: The primary outcomewas a composite adverse outcome defined as mortality or any of the following: severe neurological injury, severe retinopathy of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or nosocomial infection. The relationships between admission temperature and the composite outcome as well as between admission temperature and the components of the composite outcome were evaluated using multivariable analyses.. Results: Admission temperatures of the 9833 neonates were distributed as follows: lower than 34.5°C (1%); 34.5°C to 34.9°C (1%); 35.0°C to 35.4°C (3%); 35.5°C to 35.9°C (7%); 36.0°C to 36.4°C (24%); 36.5°C to 36.9°C (38%); 37.0°C to 37.4°C (19%); 37.5°C to 37.9°C (5%); and 38.0°C or higher (2%). After adjustment for maternal and infant characteristics, the rates of the composite outcome, severe neurological injury, severe retinopathy of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and nosocomial infection had a U-shaped relationship with admission temperature (a \u3e 0 [P \u3c .05]). The admission temperature at which the rate of the composite outcome was lowest was 36.8°C (95%CI, 36.7°C-37.0°C). Rates of severe neurological injury, severe retinopathy of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis (95%CI, 36.3°C-36.7°C), bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and nosocomial infection (95%CI, 36.9°C-37.3°C) were lowest at admission temperatures ranging from 36.5°C to 37.2°C.. Conclusions And Relevance: The relationship between admission temperature and adverse neonatal outcomes was U-shaped. The lowest rates of adverse outcomes were associated with admission temperatures between 36.5°C and 37.2°C.
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Earth orbiting objects observed by the infrared astronomical satellite
A systematic search (Dow and Sykes 1988) for cometary dust trails in the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) Sky Brightness Images (1988) resulted in the discovery of 466 sources (Dow et al. 1990) that are not in the IRAS Point Source Catalog (Version 2 1988) or in the IRAS Small Scale Structure Catalog (1988). Nearly all of the sources that were found are best explained as artificial satellites or pieces of Earth orbiting debris. This study addresses two questions. To what degrees have the Sky Brightness Images been contaminated by orbital debris? Second, can valuable information concerning the thermal characteristics of these sources be obtained by suitably analyzing IRAS data? Fifty-four sources, covering a range of positions and observed fluxes, were selected from the main sample to determine their angular motion, flux density and color temperature distributions. Four of these objects were correlated with known artificial satellites. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.
Sioux Falls Canaries: Major League Move Up
Sioux Falls Canaries: Major League Move Up The Sioux Falls Canaries, from Sioux Falls, SD, are part of the North Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. The Sioux Falls Canaries are not directly affiliated with Major League Baseball. The purpose of this research is to analyze player game statistics and by using a multiple linear regression to predict whether a player may move up to the major leagues. Findings will later be discussed
Motivation and language learning : a cross-national examination
Self-determined motivation is fostered when students experience autonomy in the learning process. This study examined the English students' motivation in two countries that arguably differ in the value placed on individualism and collectivism: Japan and Switzerland. Contrary to expectation, autonomy was the most important predictor of motivation in both countries