THE DIFFERENTIAL EFECTS OF HAND-RAISING AND DIGITAL RESPONSE CARDS ON ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE DISABILITIES DURING LITERACY ACTIVITIES

The purpose of the study was to investigate how both hand-raising and digital response cards effect student engagement, on-task behavior, and off-task behavior. Academic achievement was also assessed using a high-tech student responses system. An ABAB withdrawal design was used to evaluate the effects among high school students with mild to moderate disabilities during reading lessons. The results showed digital response cards increased active engagement for all participants, but digital response card conditions did not show increased levels of on-task behavior

Factors That Impact a Child on the Autism Spectrum in the General Education Classroom

General education teachers currently have children in their classrooms who are on the autism spectrum. These teachers have had little to no training in either their teacher preparation nor-school based professional development programs in teaching children on the spectrum. The purpose of this paper is to explore teaching strategies that are successful for these children and can be easily implemented in the classroom. The research literature reveals little on this topic. There is information on early intervention with preschool students as well as environmental, communication, and social supports. Educators from general and special education were interviewed for their ideas and experiences in working with this population. Their information was analyzed and summarized to form a list of recommendations for classroom teachers. Results indicated that teachers are open to having students on the autism spectrum in their classroom. They appreciate formal training as part of their inservice opportunities. There are many strategies available to implement. These strategies address social, emotional and some academic supports. Teachers need to understand that with this population, their strategies may have inconsistent results, given the nature of the differences both between and among children

THE EFFECT OF THE DELETION OF OPA 5 ON THE ABILITY OF N. GONORRHOEAE STRAIN MS11 TO TRANSCYTOSE A POLARIZED T84 EPITHELIAL CELL MONOLAYER

Neisseria gonorrhoeae can express 11 different opacity proteins (Opa). Plasmids were constructed that allowed for the generation of strains containing deletions in each Opa-encoding-gene (amplified by PCR and cloned into pUC19). The Opa-encoding region was replaced with a spectinomycin resistance cassette and transformed into N. gonorrhoeae. The biological properties of one of these transformants (MS11 Opa5 delta s) was tested in a transcytosis assay. Wildtype MS11 was able to efficiently cross a polarized epithelial monolayer of T84 cells within 6 hours and occurred in both the apical to basolateral and the basolateral to apical directions. The number of cells that crossed the monolayer depended upon the dose of the inoculum. Transcytosis of MS11 Opa5 delta s occurred in the apical to basolateral direction, but was delayed. The data indicate that gonococci use multiple mechanisms of transcytosis, and the Opa 5 protein is important for rapid apical to basolateral transcytosis

Adiposity and Oral Health in North Carolina Preschool-age Children

Childhood overweight/obesity (OWOB) and early childhood caries (ECC) are two prevalent conditions that confer significant health and economic impacts on affected individuals and families. This investigation sought to understand the prevalence and risk factors common to OWOB and ECC in a preschool age population in North Carolina. Clinical and questionnaire data was obtained from an epidemiologic study of 3-5 year old children attending public preschool programs in North Carolina. Statistical analyses and Geographic Information System (GIS) –based methods were employed to examine sociodemographic, behavioral, and geographic associations. There was no important clinical association between obesity and ECC in this population of preschool-age children. Hispanic ethnicity, parental education, and dietary behaviors were salient influences in the prevalence of these two conditions. These findings offer valuable insight into which subpopulations are at highest risk and where intervention may be most effective.Master of Scienc

Guidelines for the use of cell lines in biomedical research

Cell-line misidentification and contamination with microorganisms, such as mycoplasma, together with instability, both genetic and phenotypic, are among the problems that continue to affect cell culture. Many of these problems are avoidable with the necessary foresight, and these Guidelines have been prepared to provide those new to the field and others engaged in teaching and instruction with the information necessary to increase their awareness of the problems and to enable them to deal with them effectively. The Guidelines cover areas such as development, acquisition, authentication, cryopreservation, transfer of cell lines between laboratories, microbial contamination, characterisation, instability and misidentification. Advice is also given on complying with current legal and ethical requirements when deriving cell lines from human and animal tissues, the selection and maintenance of equipment and how to deal with problems that may arise

Volume 54 (2022)

The 2022 edition of The Broad River Review was edited by C. V. Davis, Meredith Bridges, Sarah Goode, Sarianna Miranda-Rosado, and Hannah Travis. COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: Lex Lucius, Majestic Horses: Pancho Close-Ups 1 & 2 THE 2022 RASH AWARD IN FICTION: Maureen Sherbondy, Rules of the Rich THE 2022 RASH AWARD IN POETRY: Stephen Benz, Uncle Jerry, Missing in Action THE 2022 FOOTHILLS POETRY AWARD: Neha Patel, Too Close to the Lights THE 2022 J. CALVIN KOONTS POETRY AWARD: Hannah Ray, Aubade for the Boatman POETRY: Jeffrey Alfier, Downcoast at Hampton Roads; George Bandy, Counting Back; Tina Barr, Still Life With Fruit Dish; Roy Bentley, (Sometimes I Feel) Like a Red-Collared Dog; Peter Bergquist, Basements; Terry Hall Bodine, Paper Boats; Dorothy Howe Brooks, Wanderers; Kathleen Calby, Harvest of Ice; Camille Carter, Feet of Clay; Kenneth Chamlee, Random Hours I Look at the Clock; Douglas Cole, The Eeriness of the Nightwalk; Stephany L.N. Davis, The Unmoving; Laine Derr, Without You; Timothy Dodd, Marvel Exchange; Hollie Dugas, Self Portrait as a Swiss Army Knife; Alan Elyshevitz, The Art of Fire and Smoke; Robert Fillman, On Rembrandt’s A Lady and Gentleman in Black; Katherine Gaffney, Notre Dame, 1994; Daniel Ginsburg, Animator; Adrianna Gordey, Dorothy Gale Goes to the Beach; Patricia L. Hamilton, Idol Worship; Todd Heldt, Afternoons; Ann Howells, Graffiti; Rosa Lane, The Victorian Dissident; Mary Dean Lee, Woodstove; Mark Madigan, First Snow; Jessica Mehta, God, Mother; Ryan Nelson, Empty Nest; Cathlin Noonan, Setting the Record; Richard Parisio, The Last Man on Earth; J.C. Reilly, My Cajun Cousin Fabienne Advises on Marriage; Anna Laura Reeve, Flower Moon; Claire Scott, Still Life With Tennis Racquet; Maureen Sherbondy, Mother of Sons; William Snyder, Call Me Pain for a Little While Longer; Noel Sloboda, Motley; Matthew J. Spireng, Flight 5585, Bozeman to Chicago; Brett Thompson, Starlight; Lucinda Trew, God and All the Soldiers; Victoria Twomey, Paradise; Danielle Ann Verwers, October; Ann Weil, Sonnet While Waiting for the Hurricane; Bob Wickless, Words for Nikola Tesla; Kuo Zhang, From X-Small to X-Large FICTION: Glenn Armocida, Pinned; Terry Hall Bodine, The Burn; Jim Gish, The River of Light; Chad Gusler, Man of Sorrows; Annette Leavy, The Free Temple; Emily Mathis, Baddies; Kai Mawougbe, F3; Ray Morrison, The Man Who Got Away; Kelly Talbot, The Witch Woman; Randolph Thomas, Late Reunion; Hannah Wells, Or Something Like That Chris Wiberg, Juicebox; CREATIVE FICTION: Genalea Barker, Unless, Of Course, It Doesn’t; Timothy Caldwell, My Father’s Funeral; Miranda Campbell, The Saddest, Most Beautiful Place in Georgia; Evan Gurney, An Intruder in My House; Lucinda Trew, Mothers and Mirrors; Sara Watkins, The Child Who Ate Wordshttps://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/brreview/1022/thumbnail.jp

HabEx polarization ray trace and aberration analysis

The flux difference between a terrestrial exoplanet and a much brighter nearby star creates an enormous optical design challenge for space-based imaging systems. Coronagraphs are designed to block the star’s flux and obtain a high-dynamic-range image of the exoplanet. The contrast of an optical system is calculated using the point spread function (PSF). Contrast quantifies starlight suppression of an imaging system at a given separation of the two objects. Contrast requirements can be as small as 10^(−10) for earth-like planets. This work reports an analysis of the September 2017 Habitable Exoplanet Imaging Mission (HabEx) end-to-end optical system prescription for geometric and polarization aberrations across the 450 to 550 nm channel. The Lyot coronagraph was modeled with a vector vortex charge 6 mask but without adaptive optics (AO) to correct the phase of the Jones pupil. The detector plane irradiance was calculated for three states of the telescope/coronagraph system: (1) free of geometric and polarization aberrations; (2) isotropic mirror coatings throughout the end-toend system; and (3) isotropic mirrors with form birefringence on the primary mirror. For each of these three states the system response both with and without a coronagraph mask was calculated. Two merit functions were defined to quantify the system’s ability to attenuate starlight: (1) normalized polychromatic irradiance (NPI), and (2) starlight suppression factor (SSF). Both of these are dimensionless and their values are functions of position across the focal plane. The NPI is defined as the irradiance point-by-point across the detector plane with a coronagraph mask divided by the value of the on-axis irradiance without a coronagraph mask. The SSF is the irradiance point-by-point across the detector plane with a coronagraph mask divided by the pointby-point value of the irradiance across the detector plane without a coronagraph mask. Both the NPI and the SSF provide insights into coronagraph performance. Deviations from the aberration-free case are calculated and summarized in table 2. The conclusions are: (1) the HabEx optical system is well-balanced for both geometric and polarization aberrations; (2) the spatially dependent polarization reflectivity for the HabEx primary mirror should be specified to ensure the coating is isotropic; (3) AO to correct the two orthogonal polarization-dependent wavefront errors is essential

Undergraduate Research in Georgia Classrooms

Despite considerable research describing the positive outcomes of including undergraduate students in research inquiry and investigations (Desai, Gatson, Stiles, Stewart, Laine, & Quick, 2008; Narayanan, 1999; Russell, Hancock, & McCullough, 2007), very little action is taken to include education majors in research endeavors. While universities are seeking to find ways to include students earlier and more often in research projects, students’ perspectives on conducting their own research is overwhelmingly overlooked. The purpose of this symposium is to introduce undergraduate research in education to GERA and to expose these students to conference presentations. In recent years, the College of Education at Georgia Southern University has increased the number of students participating in research as well as provided them with solid initial classroom preparation and professional support to produce “highly efficacious” teachers. It is compelling to listen as they present their findings and discuss their experiences while completing their research investigations. By exploring their experiences, we could find trends to better assist in organizing possibilities and recreating opportunities for our future undergraduate students to explore their passions through research. Additionally, opportunities such as these may increase retention towards graduation and further graduate research experiences

SELF-e 101: A Lesson for Academic Libraries in Connecting Self-Published Authors and Readers

SELF-e is an innovative collaboration between Library Journal and BiblioBoard that enables public libraries to provide curated self-published e-books to library readers in a simple and elegant way. The session will give an overview of how the program was conceived, how it works and lessons academic libraries can take as it has been implemented across the country. Representatives from BiblioBoard, Library Journal and NC Live will discuss how SELF-e can represent certain populations on campus—i.e., student, alumni, or faculty. Ms. Cook will discuss Issues in collecting Self Published Books for Academic Libraries. Ms. Marsh will lead exploration with the panelists on how peer-review can be incorporated into these types of publishing ecosystems

Analyzing and Addressing Telemedicine Barriers Among Lubbock Medicaid Patients

Background: There has been a widespread demand for virtual medicine ever since the COVID-19 pandemic. Benefits to telemedicine include less expenses for the patient and industry, reduced risk of acquiring communicable diseases, improved chronic disease management, and the elimination of traditional barriers to care (e.g. transportation, time off work, childcare, location/distance etc.). However, there are pertinent limitations, such as access to reliable internet, access to Zoom-capable technology, and technological literacy. These limitations may serve as barriers to utilizing virtual medicine as a source of health care. Methods: Using retrospective chart review, we sent a Qualtrics questionnaire to Medicaid patients seen at Texas Tech Physicians Family Medicine Clinic from 2020-2022 with the aim of determining what, if any, barriers may exist regarding telemedicine access in Lubbock, TX. Results: A total of 50 responses were recorded from the questionnaire. 69% of respondents reported making less than $15,000 annually. More than half (57%) have never participated in a telemedicine health care visit before even though the majority of respondents (76%) are semi-proficient with the use of technology and 94% have heard of telemedicine as a service. 37.5% of respondents cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for why they began utilizing telemedicine. 43% of respondents did not use telemedicine because they were unaware that the service was an option or available for them specifically, although almost 75% are open to using it in the future. Conclusions: Telemedicine appears to be an attractive option for many Lubbock Medicaid patients to get medical care for various aspects of their health needs. The underutilization of virtual medicine can, in large part, be attributed to lack of publicity on the availability of telemedicine as part of our clinical service. By increasing awareness and usage of telemedicine, and diminishing the effects of associated barriers, telehealth has the potential to create greater equity in access to health care