PARENTING AND COLLEGE ENROLLMENT: THE EFFECTS OF PARENTING STYLE AND PRACTICES ON COLLEGE ENROLLMENT FOR BLACK, WHITE AND HISPANIC CHILDREN FROM DIFFERENT ECONOMIC AND FAMILY CONTEXTS

This study used logistic regression to analyze the effects of parenting style and practices on college enrollment for 2116 Hispanic, Black and White respondents from differing economic and family contexts. Using data from the young adult children of women of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, five key findings related to parenting and college enrollment were identified. They include: 1) The effect of parenting practices on college enrollment is not influenced by the parenting style adopted by the parent 2) The authoritarian parenting style is a better predictor of college enrollment than the authoritative parenting style for Hispanic respondents 3) Higher parental involvement at home is associated with higher odds of college enrollment 4) Higher parental involvement at school is associated with higher odds of college enrollment only for White students from single-mother and dual-parent families 5) There is a negative interaction between being Black and higher parental involvement at school The findings of this study contribute to the literature on parenting styles, parental involvement and college enrollment. The implications for practice and research are discussed

Effects of LSVT Big Concepts on Patients with Low Back Pain and a Concomitant Diagnosis of Parkinson\u27s Disease

The purpose of this case report is to identify the effects of LSVT Big concepts on low back pain in individuals with Parkinson\u27s Disease classified as stage I on the Hoehnand Yahrscale.https://soar.usa.edu/flsasummer2018/1009/thumbnail.jp

In-Home Counseling for Young Children Living in Poverty: An Exploration of Counseling Competencies

Home-based counseling is increasingly an alternative mode of providing counseling services for children and families, reduces barriers to accessing traditional counseling services, and has also been shown to be effective. As such, the purpose of this qualitative study was to explore and describe the competencies needed to provide such counseling services. This study yielded five categories of competencies—necessary knowledge sets, case conceptualization, counseling behaviors, flexibility in session, and professional dispositions and behaviors. We also outline implications for counseling practice, counselor education, and public policy

Gridiron-Gurus Final Report: Fantasy Football Performance Prediction

Gridiron Gurus is a desktop application that allows for the creation of custom AI profiles to help advise and compete against in a Fantasy Football setting. Our AI are capable of performing statistical prediction of players on both a season long and week to week basis giving them the ability to both draft and manage a fantasy football team throughout a season

ALMA reveals a stable rotating gas disk in a paradoxical low-mass, ultra-dusty galaxy at z = 4.274

We report ALMA detections of [CII] and dust continuum in Az9, a multiply-imaged galaxy behind the Frontier Field cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745. The bright [CII] emission line provides a spectroscopic redshift of z = 4.274. This strongly lensed (mu = 7 +/- 1) galaxy has an intrinsic stellar mass of only 2e9 Msun and a total star formation rate of 26 Msun/yr (~80% of which is dust obscured). Using public magnification maps, we reconstruct the [CII] emission in the source plane to reveal a stable, rotation-dominated disk with V/sigma = 5.3, which is > 2x higher than predicted from simulations for similarly high-redshift, low-mass galaxies. In the source plane, the [CII] disk has a half-light radius of 1.8 kpc and, along with the dust, is spatially offset from the peak of the stellar light by 1.4 kpc. Az9 is not deficient in [CII]; L[CII]/LIR = 0.0027 consistent with local and high redshift normal star forming galaxies. While dust-obscured star formation is expected to dominate in higher mass galaxies, such a large reservoir of dust and gas in a lower mass disk galaxy 1.4 Gyr after the Big Bang challenges our picture of early galaxy evolution. Furthermore, the prevalence of such low-mass dusty galaxies has important implications for the selection of the highest redshift dropout galaxies with JWST. As one of the lowest stellar mass galaxies at z > 4 to be detected in dust continuum and [CII], Az9 is an excellent laboratory in which to study early dust enrichment in the interstellar medium.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letter

All Is Not Loss: Plant Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Anthropogenic global changes in biodiversity are generally portrayed in terms of massive native species losses or invasions caused by recent human disturbance. Yet these biodiversity changes and others caused directly by human populations and their use of land tend to co-occur as long-term biodiversity change processes in the Anthropocene. Here we explore contemporary anthropogenic global patterns in vascular plant species richness at regional landscape scales by combining spatially explicit models and estimates for native species loss together with gains in exotics caused by species invasions and the introduction of agricultural domesticates and ornamental exotic plants. The patterns thus derived confirm that while native losses are likely significant across at least half of Earth's ice-free land, model predictions indicate that plant species richness has increased overall in most regional landscapes, mostly because species invasions tend to exceed native losses. While global observing systems and models that integrate anthropogenic species loss, introduction and invasion at regional landscape scales remain at an early stage of development, integrating predictions from existing models within a single assessment confirms their vast global extent and significance while revealing novel patterns and their potential drivers. Effective global stewardship of plant biodiversity in the Anthropocene will require integrated frameworks for observing, modeling and forecasting the different forms of anthropogenic biodiversity change processes at regional landscape scales, towards conserving biodiversity within the novel plant communities created and sustained by human systems

MPA 260, Capstone, Fall 2014

33 pagesThe State of Iowa has made momentous changes to programing for individuals with mental health needs. Despite all of the changes to date, there is still significant room for improvement, especially in areas of funding and promoting psychiatrists to come to rural areas. Polk County has implemented jail diversion and crisis programing to reduce the recidivism rate of individuals with chronic mental health needs. A pilot mental health court has been established in Black Hawk County, but lacks support from crisis programing and jail diversion like that offered by Polk County. In order for a county to have successful mental health programing, a combination of crisis programing, jail diversion, mental health court and home based supports must work in tandem. Despite the efforts of State and Federal legislation, no programing can be successful if it is not properly funded through sustainable and expandable sources. Currently providers are not able to receive adequate reimbursement for the services they provide, creating a shortfall of available services. The true costs of the system are currently being shadowed by ineffective services, leading to incarceration and/or hospitalization of clients. Until a true holistic approach is adopted, marrying services and funding, individuals with mental health concerns will continue to be left behind.Professor Allen Zagoren DO, MP

Rural EV charging: The effects of charging behaviour and electricity tariffs

As with many socio-techno transitions, rural areas often get left behind and Electric Vehicles (EVs) are no exception. This paper aims to highlight the lack of academic discourse surrounding the transition to EVs for rural areas as well as presenting the modelling and results of several potential scenarios for rural EV charging habits. Utilising 7-day travel patterns for a small rural village in the Peak District National Park, UK, this paper investigates the energy requirements and potential recharging patterns should this settlement switch all vehicles to EVs. Two key parameters have been incorporated into the EV charging model; electricity tariffs and charging behaviour based on current battery State of Charge (SoC). The model simulated a 4 week period, from which a time period, with a minimum length of one week, where energy balance could be assured for the whole system was extracted. Results show that instantaneous energy and power requirements can vary drastically depending on electricity tariffs and charging behaviours which could be a major cause for concern for rural grid infrastructure, and for the larger EV transition across the UK

Project MIGHT: Mental Health Intervention for Georgians with HIV/AIDS using Telehealth

Project MIGHT leverages Georgia’s existing state-wide telehealth system in the delivery of mental health services for persons living with HIV/AIDS in rural/underserved Georgia counties. Experts from University of Georgia and Georgia Department of Public Health have partnered to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of video-delivered psychotherapies to address the mental and behavioral health needs of Georgians living with HIV/AIDS