Gender, Emotional Intelligence, and the Need for Popularity: Exploring the Causes of Faux Pas Posting Beyond the Behavior of Friends

Inappropriate, or faux pas, posting on social media can negatively impact students while in college and after graduation. To better understand this phenomenon, researchers have investigated various factors that influence students to engage in this risky behavior. Previous research has shown the posting behavior of close friends to be a significant predictor of a student\u27s own inappropriate posting. This study builds on existing literature by exploring gender, emotional intelligence, and need for popularity as potential causes of faux pas posting beyond the behavior of friends. Specifically, a survey of undergraduate college students (N=209) was used to measure the constructs of interest on four social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Supporting previous research, the results indicate the posting behavior of friends was a significant predictor of both general and specific faux pas posting across all four social media platforms. Although gender, emotional intelligence, and need for popularity were significantly related to faux pas posting on one or more platforms, none of the constructs provided more explanatory power than friend posting behavior alone. The study provides a discussion of these results and their implications for developing interventions and future research

Impact of Community Outreach Reflection

My time as the Co-President for the Student Community Outreach for Public Education, or SCOPE, has been instrumental in my dental school experience. Our goal is to empower students as dental educators within their community. SCOPE provides disease prevention, oral health education, screening and preventative dental services to underserved members of the San Francisco Bay Area. Not only are we aiming to support those in our community, but we are empowering students as they grow to become effective dental educators and providers. Community outreach is extremely important in dental school education as it allows students to engage with their local community and understand the impact their education has beyond the four walls of school. To determine the effectiveness of community outreach in students’ experiences, it is essential that students submit reflections on their experiences. Dental schools are aware of the ways in which volunteerism can have a profound effect on students’ empathy which can greatly influence their treatment of patients. Written reflections can help the students examine the positive effect of working in the community, and also provide the administration with a summary of each student’s experience. There is limited research on the impact of reflective writing on dental student empathy levels. This paper aims to gather reflective data from dental students and evaluate the impact community health has had on their dental school career

Extramural Clinical Enrichment Weekends & Breaks: Updated Survey of Dugoni Dental Students For The Year of 2019

Student Community Outreach for Public Education (SCOPE) at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry conducted a follow up survey among dental students in the class of IDS 2020, DDS 2021 & DDS 2020. The purpose of the survey was to gauge the interest of dental students in participating in extramural clinical enrichment programs as well as survey their interest in a public health selective. The data from the 2019 survey is presented in a statistical form and is also compared to the data received from a similar survey conducted in both 2018 and 2016

Impact of Community Outreach Reflection

My time as the Co-President for the Student Community Outreach for Public Education, or SCOPE, has been instrumental in my dental school experience. Our goal is to empower students as dental educators within their community. SCOPE provides disease prevention, oral health education, screening and preventative dental services to underserved members of the San Francisco Bay Area. Not only are we aiming to support those in our community, but we are empowering students as they grow to become effective dental educators and providers. Community outreach is extremely important in dental school education as it allows students to engage with their local community and understand the impact their education has beyond the four walls of school. To determine the effectiveness of community outreach in students’ experiences, it is essential that students submit reflections on their experiences. Dental schools are aware of the ways in which volunteerism can have a profound effect on students’ empathy which can greatly influence their treatment of patients. Written reflections can help the students examine the positive effect of working in the community, and also provide the administration with a summary of each student’s experience. There is limited research on the impact of reflective writing on dental student empathy levels. This paper aims to gather reflective data from dental students and evaluate the impact community health has had on their dental school career

Chandra Observations of NGC 4438: An Environmentally Damaged Galaxy in the Virgo Cluster

We present results from a 25 ksec CHANDRA ACIS-S observation of galaxies NGC4438 and NGC4435 in the Virgo Cluster. X-ray emission in NGC4438 is observed in a ~700 pc nuclear region, a 2.3 kpc spherical bulge, and a network of filaments extending 4-10 kpc to the W and SW of the galaxy. The X-ray emission in all 3 regions is highly correlated to similar features observed in Halpha. Spectra of the filaments and bulge are well represented by a 0.4 keV MEKAL model with combined 0.3-2 keV intrinsic luminosity of 1.24x10^{40}erg/s, electron densities ~ 0.02-0.04 cm^{-3}, cooling times of 400-700 Myr and X-ray gas mass <~ 3.7x10^8 Msolar. In the nuclear region of NGC4438 X-ray emission is seen from the nucleus and from two outflow bubbles extending 360(730) pc to the NW(SE) of the nucleus. The spectrum of the NW outflow bubble plus nucleus is well fitted by an absorbed (n_H=1.9x10^{21} cm^{-2}) 0.58 keV MEKAL plasma model plus a heavily absorbed (n_H = 2.9 x10^{22} cm^{-2}) Gamma = 2, power law component. The electron density, cooling time, and X-ray gas mass in the NW outflow are ~0.5 cm^{-3}, 30 Myr and 3.5x10^6 Msolar. Weak X-ray emission is observed in the central region of NGC4435 with the peak of the hard emission coincident with the galaxy's optical center; while the peak of the soft X-ray emission is displaced 316 pc to the NE. The spectrum of NGC 4435 is well fitted by a non-thermal power law plus a thermal component from 0.2-0.3 keV diffuse ISM gas. We argue that the X-ray properties of gas outside the nuclear region in NGC4438 and in NGC4435 favor a high velocity, off-center collision between these galaxies ~ 100 Myr ago; while the nuclear X-ray emitting outflow gas in NGC4438 has been heated only recently (within ~ 1-2 Myr) by shocks (v_s ~ 600 kms^{-1}) possibly powered by a central AGN.Comment: 40 pages, 7 figures; minor changes to conform to published version, improved spectral fits to NGC 4435, improved figures 3,5; new figures 6b,

The Role of Personality and Team-Based Product Dissection on Fixation Effects

D esign fixation has been found to be complex in its definition and expression, but it plays an important role in design idea generation. Identifying the factors that influence fixation is crucial in understanding how to enhance the design process and reduce the negative effects of fixation. One way to potentially mitigate fixation is through product dissection activities since this activity has been shown to increase creativity and design space exploration in engineering design. However, product dissection has not been studied in the context of design fixation, so it is unclear if, or how, this type of activity influences fixation. Additionally, although prior work studied product dissection in a team environment, it did not examine how individual factors such as personality attributes influence one’s involvement or exposure to the activity. Therefore, this study explores the role of product dissection and personality traits on design fixation in an engineering design classroom setting. Our results show that product dissection can reduce fixation effects when students are actively engaged in the activity. However, individual personality attributes can influence one\u27s engagement in a team-based dissection activity and thus, can serve to reduce the positive impact of product dissection. These findings demonstrate a relationship between personality and active engagement in product dissection activities, and also indicate product dissection as a way to mitigate fixation effects in engineering design education. The results from this study can be used to enhance our understanding of the design process, and help reduce fixation effects in the engineering classroom

Effects of Muscular Fatigue on Endurance Athletes During a Backyard Ultra Race: A Pilot Study

Neuromuscular fatigue is a complex phenomenon that occurs during long-duration exercise. A backyard ultra-race requires participants to intermittently run laps (\u3c1hour) for distances that ultimately surpass ultramarathon mileage. Quantifying physiological fatigue during ultramarathon races is difficult due to duration, pace, and terrain; however, vertical jump via force plate analysis is an effective field-based method to quantify neuromuscular fatigue, and may be used to further predict individual race longevity. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to measure muscular fatigue utilizing force plate analysis during a back-yard ultra-marathon. METHODS: Twelve participants were recruited from sign-up participation in a local backyard ultramarathon race. Each participant performed maximal effort countermovement jumps on the force plate. Participants were instructed to place hands on hips and perform a maximal effort jump two times with two to three seconds rest between. Jumps were collected at baseline and immediately following completion of each 4.167-mile race loop. Participants completed the race course loops until volitional fatigue or until they could no longer maintain a loop in 60 minutes (failure). Participants who completed a total of four laps were included in the analysis for vertical jump height (VJ) and braking rate of force development (BRFD). A repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine differences in fatigue from baseline to each subsequent lap. Furthermore, data was separated by sex in order to identify any sex-related differences in fatigue. Alpha level was set at 0.05. RESULTS: Eight female (age= 27.6±14.15y; height=161±7cm; weight= 63.22±9.73kg) and four male (age=36.25±10.2y; height= 174.63±5.64cm; weight= 71.21±5.6kg) volunteer runners were included in this analysis. ANOVA (sex x time) revealed no statistically significant interactions for BRFD and VJ. There were no significant main effects observed in BRFD; however, there was a time main effect for VJ (p\u3c0.05). Across the entire sample population, statistical significance was observed in VJ between the second and fourth time point (p\u3c0.05). Though there were no interactions between sex, female VJ between the second and fourth timepoint reached statistical significance (p\u3c0.05). CONCLUSION: VJ measured via force plate analysis may be a viable option to quantify rates of muscular fatigue during an ultramarathon race. Other extracted variables such as BRFD may not be reliable tools due to the lack of skill in participants. Although current literature provides evidence of sex related differences in fatigue rates, there were no significant findings for sex. Limitations include the sample size and possible variability in training status for some novice runners. Further exploration into the sport of ultra-running is warranted to determine if sex-related differences in fatigue within this population

Novel mutation in CCBE 1 as a cause of recurrent hydrops fetalis from Hennekam lymphangiectasia-lymphedema syndrome-1.

Whole exome sequencing (WES) was used to determine the etiology of recurrent hydrops fetalis in this case of Hennekam lymphangiectasia-lymphedema syndrome-1. WES is a useful approach for diagnosing rare single-gene conditions with nonspecific phenotypes and should be considered early in the diagnostic process of investigating fetal abnormalities

Surface Measure to Depth (SMeTD): a new low-budget system for 3D water temperature measurements for combining with UAV-based thermal infrared imagery

Acknowledgements This work was funded by the School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, and the Macaulay Development Trust. We would like to thank Dr. Katya Dimitrova Petrova, Dr. Irma Arts, Douglas Wardell-Johnson and Lucas Christie for their assistance in the field. Funding This work was funded by the School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, and the Macaulay Development Trust.Peer reviewedPublisher PD