Distance Education in Law School: The Train Has Left the Station

Distance Education in Law Schools: The Train has Left the Station posits the idea that law schools are getting left behind a national trend to add distance education to the higher education curriculum to the detriment of legal education and law students. Approximately half the article describes reasons for the growth in distance education in non-law academia, followed by reasons why distance education has not impacted law schools. The remainder of the article discusses three changes taking place that will bring distance education to law schools. Specifically, students expect more, students are seeking a less expensive alternative to the brick and mortar law school, and a student population with non-traditional goals and demographics is starting to enter law school

An Analysis of Continuous Chest Compression CPR for EMS Providers During Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

A significant amount of research has been done in an attempt to improve the outcomes of patients found in cardiac arrest outside the hospital. The American Heart Association has long advocated Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), a procedure that encompasses cycles of chest compressions with advanced airway maintenance and defibrillation. Recent evidence has suggested that these current guidelines are ineffective due to prolonged “hands off” time. New research suggests utilizing a technique known as continuous chest compression CPR that delays advanced airway management and instead focuses on defibrillation and continuous chest compressions. Across the country, research has demonstrated that when EMS providers utilize this technique and have support from the receiving hospital, survival to hospital discharge rates have increased from 4.7% (using standard ACLS) to 17.6% (with the new technique). The Newark (OH) Fire Department protocols were modified to implement continuous chest compression CPR for the care of patients in cardiac arrest. The present research analyzes quality improvement (QI) / quality assurance (QA) data from this fire department to determine how the change in protocol affected patient outcome. The results of this study suggest that patient outcome is not related to the type of cardiac arrest treatment provided by EMS

Comparative Study of Aerosols Using Particle Induced X-Ray Emission

A comparative study of atmospheric aerosols was performed on samples collected in Schenectady, NY using Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) spectroscopy. PIXE is an elemental analysis technique used to measure the elemental concentration of a sample. This is part of a systematic study to identify the sources and understand the transport, transformation, and e˙ects of airborne pollutants and the connection between aerosols, the deposition of pollution, and the uptake of pollutants by wildlife and vegetation. The atmo-spheric aerosols were collected with a nine-stage cascade impactor that allows for the analysis of the particulate matter as a function of particle size. The samples were bombarded with 2-MeV proton beams from the Union College Pelletron Accelerator and the energy spectra of the X-rays were measured with a silicon drift detector. The X-ray spectra were analyzed using GUPIX software to extract the elemental concentrations of the particulate matter. The sample collection and analysis are described, and results are presented

Sense of Community among Independently Housed Individuals with Serious Mental Illness

People with serious mental illness often struggle to fully integrate into their communities and feel accepted within their own neighborhoods. Prior research suggests that people who participate in supportive or supported housing programsmay benefit fromsupport designed to facilitate integration within one’s community. However, little prior research has explored how sense of community is constructed for individuals who live in the community without benefit of support programs. With so little research concerned with sense of community for those without housing services, there exists a large gap in the literature for this population. The purpose of the current study was to add to this literature by examining the relationships between individual and neighborhood experiences and sense of community for people with seriousmental illness who live independently in the community without supported housing services. Factors proposed to be important to sense of community for individuals living independently in the community with serious mental illness were housing-related variables (e.g., length in current housing, history of homelessness, and housing instability), psychiatric distress, perception of social support, relations with neighbors, and the neighborhood social climate. These factors were examined hierarchically as levels of analysis based on proximity to the individual using a hierarchical regression analysis. The full regression model revealed that positive relations with one’s neighbors and a neighborhood social climate that is perceived as accepting, significantly and positively predicted sense of community among people with serious mental illness who live independently in the community without benefit of support services. This study adds to the growing body of literature that highlights the importance of social ecological factors for establishing a felt sense of community within one’s neighborhood. Policy shifts that incorporate mental health programming with an eye toward the health of neighborhoods and communities could go a long way toward helping people with serious mental illness enjoy a sense of belonging and community where they live

Separate and Different Education: A History of Women at the University of Windsor, 1920 to the Present

Although the experience of women in higher education has traditionally occupied a limited space in Canadian historiography, recent work by feminist and women\u27s historians has uncovered a rich and complex field. The field is a relatively new one, less mature than in the United States and Britain, nevertheless historians are beginning to suggest new approaches to the history of women in Canadian universities. 1 Scholars have produced several institutional studies which analyze the historical experience of women at particular universities and which establish the groundwork for modifying our understanding the history of women in higher education in Canada

Consideration of radar target glint from ST during OMV rendezvous

The nature of radar target glint and the factors upon which it depends when using the Hubble Space Telescope as a radar target is discussed. An analysis of the glint problem using a 35 MHz or 94 MHz radar on the orbital maneuvering vehicle is explored. A strategy for overcoming glint is suggested

Preparing composite materials from matrices of processable aromatic polyimide thermoplastic blends

Composite materials with matrices of tough, thermoplastic aromatic polyimides are obtained by blending semi-crystalline polyimide powders with polyamic acid solutions to form slurries, which are used in turn to prepare prepregs, the consolidation of which into finished composites is characterized by excellent melt flow during processing