How the Diversity of Curriculum Prepares Future Physician Assistants (PA\u27s) to Provide Healthcare for Underserved Populations

How the Diversity of Curriculum Prepares Future Physician Assistants (PA\u27s) to Provide Healthcare for Underserved Populations Jessica Lim-Wilson, Depts. of Health, Physical Education & Exercise Science and Psychology, with Dr. Christine Booker, Dept. of Kinesiology and Health Sciences This research project was conducted to explore the availability of the diverse curriculum in Physician Assistant programs by region as well as the scope of PA responsibility across the United States. Using the information collected, the association between Physician Assistant curriculum and underserved population health outcomes by region was examined. In conclusion, this research has assisted in understanding the relationship between PA education and health outcomes.https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/uresposters/1321/thumbnail.jp

Democracy and Trade: An Empirical Study

The theoretical discussion on globalization has suggested that there are linkages between democracy and trade, although the direction of influence is less certain. Formal empirical studies remain scarce, and have often focused on the question of whether democratic regimes influence trade policy, as opposed to the actual relationship between democracy and trade. This paper seeks to answer the question, ``Do democracies trade more?'' by applying the gravity equation to a large dataset of bilateral trade data for the period 1948-1999, while taking into account the role of democracy. It finds that democracy has a positive effect on trade flows, but only after controlling for trade pair heterogeneity. In addition, it makes the case for studies of this nature to draw a distinction between trade flows in the pre- and post-1990s period of rapid democratization as well as between developed and developing countries.Democracy, trade, gravity model

Appropriate(d) nursery reading; or, Charles Lamb’s (implied) child reader and the adaptation of ‘adult’ fiction for the Godwins’ Juvenile Library

One does not have to look hard to find the British Romantics’ anxiety concerning early nineteenth-century children’s booksor scholarly debates about Romanticism and children’s literature. Often brandished about in this fray is Charles Lamb’s letter to Coleridge railing against “that cursed Barbauld crew”. 1 Lamb is a curious figure in Romantic criticism a prolific essayist and children’s writer not often known for his children’s works, he is frequently treated as the fullest expression of the Romantic critical mind or “the perpetrator of its worst excesses.”2 Lamb certainly belongs to the British Romantic huddle: a close correspondent with Coleridge and Wordsworth, he is immortalised as “gentle-hearted Charles” in Coleridge’s “Lime-Tree Bower”. Moreover, Lamb’s representations of the child seem seminally Romantic. His cry,“The soul of a child… how apprehensive! how imaginative! how religious!”3 and his comment that “beautiful interest… made the child a man, while all the time he suspected himself to be no bigger than a child”,4 correspond with Wordsworth’s declaration that the “Child is the Father of the Man”. Yet the assumption that Lamb subscribed to a Romantic ideology of the spiritually pure child becomes problematic when examining his works for children, publishedby the Godwins’ Juvenile Library

Martin Heidegger and the problem of transcendence

Cette thèse a pour point de départ l’idée du jeune Heidegger selon laquelle le sens de l’être doit être recherché au moyen d’une phénoménologie ontologique, plus précisément par l’analytique existentiale du Dasein et la destruction de l’histoire de l’ontologie ; ou, comme nous l’interprétons, dans la transcendance du Dasein et la transcendance de l’être. L’étude du problème de la transcendance fait l’objet d’une approche phénoménologique, laquelle porte une attention particulière au vécu en tant que tel ainsi qu’aux conditions de possibilité de ce vécu, et repose sur une lecture attentive et critique des œuvres de Heidegger. C’est une telle approche phénoménologique qui nous permettra de mener à bien notre analyse du problème de la transcendance dans le corpus heideggérien. Nous serons par ailleurs en mesure d’aborder le débat opposant à ce sujet la tradition analytique (plus particulièrement l’approche pragmatiste) et la tradition continentale, notre étude s’inscrivant dans le cadre de cette dernière. Nous proposons ici une phénoménologie du problème de la transcendance qui fait également figure de phénoménologie du sens, de la possibilité et de la normativité. Prenant pour point de départ certaines contributions issues de la tradition continentale, nous soutenons que le sens de l’être peut être compris comme le problème de la transcendance. L’histoire de la philosophie doit être perturbée, déconstruite et repensée afin que le chemin de la philosophie, encore non pensé, puisse être mis au jour. L’accès à cet autre commencement doit être recherché dans la transcendance en tant que telle – de l’appel de la conscience fondé dans la nullité à l’encontre authentique avec la mort et l’ouverture de la temporalité ; de l’avènement historial de l’être jusqu’à, ultimement, le i! ! ! ! refus de l’être et le retrait du rien. L’événement (Ereignis) de l’être est donc compris comme processus de dépassement de soi à partir duquel la transcendance de l’être – ou, comme le formule Heidegger, la fin des questions – est possible.This thesis takes its starting point from the early Heidegger’s insight that the meaning of being must be sought through an ontological phenomenology, and specifically, through the existential analytic of Dasein and the destruction of the history of ontology, or, as I broadly construe it, the transcendence of Dasein and the transcendence of being. The study of the problem of transcendence is approached phenomenologically, that is to say, with a concern for the lived experience as such and the conditions of possibility of this experience, as well as the close and critical reading of Heidegger’s works. I bring this approach to bear on my investigation of the problem of transcendence in Heidegger’s corpus and to the debate between analytic (especially pragmatist) and continental scholarship within which I situate my study of Heidegger. I present a phenomenology of the problem of transcendence that is also a phenomenology of meaning, possibility and normativity. Taking my lead from continental readers of Heidegger, I argue that the meaning of being can be understood as the problem of transcendence. The history of philosophy must be disrupted, deconstructed, and rethought such that the unthought path of philosophy is released. The way to the other beginning must be sought in transcendence as such – from the null- based call of conscience, to the authentic encounter with death and the disclosure of temporality, from the historical happening of being, and ultimately, to the refusal of being and the withdrawal of the nothing. The event of being is therefore a self-surpassing process from which the transcendence of being – indeed, the end of questions, as Heidegger puts it – is possible

Van Gogh Swirls

There is a blankness that rests in your eyesThere are times when the eyes can’t see, when the mouth can’t speak. There is a blankness in your eyes, and a solitude withinThere are times when you look upAnd all there is are Van Gogh swirls ~excerpt from poe

Nonprofit Organizations and the Nevada Economy: An analysis of the employment, economic impact, and scope of the nonprofit sector in Nevada

The Nevada nonprofit sector plays an important role in the state’s economy. This research report examines the role of nonprofit organizations in the economy and details regional differences in terms of employment and economic impact in the state

Credit Constraints and the Productivity of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Evidence from Canada

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are regulators of the business environment. In Canada, SMEs represent about 50 percent of businesses and are responsible for over 60 percent of the country’s employment. The role of SMEs in the development of a country can’t be ignored, as they are vital indicators of economic development. The size and cash flow of a company's assets are reliable indicators of credit constraints (CC), which results in a CC agent for models that use an asset-to-liability ratio. We focus on the actual impact of a previously estimated score in cases where corporate credit is limited. Investment and employment decisions are based on productivity shocks (PS) and the possibility of CC. Using variables, our model indicates the importance of measured credit restrictions being distinguished, such as cash flows that indicate productivity levels and the probability of CC. The data samples are from 2009 to 2014, although the measurement of CC is only available from 2011. Therefore, we use the model of credit constraint estimation to anticipate the likelihood of CC in the months before and after 2011. The findings reflect that the firm’s size, debt to assets ratio, and cash flow are significant factors in the evaluation of the CC, whereas long-term debt (LTD) to asset ratio wasn’t found to be significant. The study also evaluates and estimates firm-level productivity

Penelitian Analisa Strategi Terhadap Netflix

Netflix merupakan layanan streaming digital yang sangat dikenal oleh kalangan manapun di zaman sekarang, dengan 200 juta pelanggan dan tersebar di berbagai negara di seluruh dunia Netflix menawarkan film ataupun serial telivisi yang bisa dinikmati kapan saja dan dimana saja. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggunakan sistem ERP pada Netflix serta mempertimbangkan proses bisnis dalam bentuk flow chart. Penelitian melakukan pendekatan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam menerapkan sistem ERP pada Netflix, Suplly Chain Management, Human Resource, Accounting and Finance, dan Sales/Marketing menjadi faktor yang penting dalam kesuksesan bisnis perusahaan Netflix, dengan adanya dukungan dari sistem ERP yang diterapkan akan meningkatkan efektifitas dalam kinerja perusahaan Netflix. Sistem ERP dan dunia bisnis tidak dapat dipisahkan, karena sistem ERP akan mendukung dan membantu kegiatan operasional dalam rangka meningkatkan efisiensi dan efektif, yang akhirnya memberikan keuntungan bagi perusahaan.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggunakan sistem ERP pada Netflix serta mempertimbangkan proses bisnis dalam bentuk flow chart. Tim penulis melakukan pendekatan dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam menerapkan sistem ERP pada Netflix, Suplly Chain Management, Human Resource, Accounting and Finance, dan Sales/Marketing menjadi faktor yang penting dalam kesuksesan bisnis perusahaan Netflix, dengan adanya dukungan dari sistem ERP yang diterapkan akan meningkatkan efektifitas dalam kinerja perusahaan Netflix