Strengthening Oklahoma’s Aviation Maintenance Workforce Pipeline through Collaborative Efforts of CareerTech, Educational Institutions and Industry Partners

As the needs of the 21st century aviation/aerospace workforce change and in-demand job skills evolve, it becomes increasingly important to cohesively bring industry and education together to produce a well-trained, qualified aviation maintenance technical workforce for the state of Oklahoma. The primary focus of this FAA-funded project is to establish a sustainable pipeline that addresses the needs and priorities of the aviation maintenance workforce, a significant sector of the aviation/aerospace industry that drives Oklahoma’s economic growth. This sustainable pipeline will be built with a broad array of educational and industry partners. This pipeline will be designed to recruit, train, and retain a diverse and talented workforce, including underrepresented and disadvantaged populations, into the aviation maintenance industry. This workforce group will consist of high school students and adult learners, including military personnel and aviation/aerospace workers displaced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. As the students matriculate through the pipeline, each one of them will have various learning opportunities to obtain maintenance certificates, academic scholarships, industry apprenticeships and internships, and an associate degree in applied technology and a bachelor’s degree in aviation management; ensuring that all students receive the academic and professional experiences required for industry employment and advancement. When successfully created and maintained, the use of collaborative agreements among high schools, career techs and colleges/universities will reduce the cost of skills training and higher education opportunities and enable students to graduate with little or no debt and the pipeline of skilled aviation maintenance technicians is increased within the state of Oklahoma

Draft Genome Sequences of Four Saccharibacter sp. Strains Isolated from Native Bees.

The genus Saccharibacter is currently understudied, with only one described species, Saccharibacter floricola, isolated from a flower. In an effort to better understand the microbes that come in contact with native bee pollinators, we isolated and sequenced four additional strains of Saccharibacter from native bees in the genera Melissodes and Anthophora These genomes range in size from 2,104,494 to 2,316,791 bp (mean, 2,246,664 bp) and contain between 1,860 and 2,167 (mean, 2,060) protein-coding genes

Meningococcal Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Review of Cases Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2000-2008.

BackgroundAlthough human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is an established risk factor for several bacterial infections, the association between HIV infection and meningococcal disease remains unclear.MethodsExpanded chart reviews were completed on persons with meningococcal disease and HIV infection reported from 2000 through 2008 from 9 US sites participating in an active population-based surveillance system for meningococcal disease. The incidence of meningococcal disease among patients meeting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) surveillance criteria was estimated using data from the National HIV Surveillance System for the participating sites.ResultsThirty-three cases of meningococcal disease in individuals with HIV infection were reported from participating sites, representing 2.0% of all reported meningococcal disease cases. Most (75.8%) persons with HIV infection were adult males aged 25 to 64 years old. Among all meningococcal disease cases aged 25 to 64 years old, case fatality ratios were similar among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected persons (13.3% vs 10.6%; P = .6). The cumulative, mean incidence of meningococcal disease among patients aged 25 to 64 years old with HIV infection ever classified as AIDS was 3.5 cases per 100000 person years (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.1-5.6), compared with 0.3 cases per 100000 person years (95% CI, 0.3-0.3) for persons of the same age group not reported to have AIDS (relative risk = 12.9; 95% CI, 7.9-20.9).ConclusionsIndividuals with HIV infection meeting the AIDS surveillance case definition have a higher incidence of meningococcal disease compared with the general adult population

Criteria for the diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration

Current criteria for the clinical diagnosis of pathologically confirmed corticobasal degeneration (CBD) no longer reflect the expanding understanding of this disease and its clinicopathologic correlations. An international consortium of behavioral neurology, neuropsychology, and movement disorders specialists developed new criteria based on consensus and a systematic literature review. Clinical diagnoses (early or late) were identified for 267 nonoverlapping pathologically confirmed CBD cases from published reports and brain banks. Combined with consensus, 4 CBD phenotypes emerged: corticobasal syndrome (CBS), frontal behavioral-spatial syndrome (FBS), nonfluent/agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia (naPPA), and progressive supranuclear palsy syndrome (PSPS). Clinical features of CBD cases were extracted from descriptions of 209 brain bank and published patients, providing a comprehensive description of CBD and correcting common misconceptions. Clinical CBD phenotypes and features were combined to create 2 sets of criteria: more specific clinical research criteria for probable CBD and broader criteria for possible CBD that are more inclusive but have a higher chance to detect other tau-based pathologies. Probable CBD criteria require insidious onset and gradual progression for at least 1 year, age at onset ≥50 years, no similar family history or known tau mutations, and a clinical phenotype of probable CBS or either FBS or naPPA with at least 1 CBS feature. The possible CBD category uses similar criteria but has no restrictions on age or family history, allows tau mutations, permits less rigorous phenotype fulfillment, and includes a PSPS phenotype. Future validation and refinement of the proposed criteria are needed

Comparison of Sexual Mixing Patterns for Syphilis in Endemic and Outbreak Settings

In a largely rural region of North Carolina during 1998–2002, outbreaks occurred of heterosexually-transmitted syphilis, tied to crack cocaine use and exchange of sex for drugs and money. Sexual partnership mixing patterns are an important characteristic of sexual networks that relate to transmission dynamics of STIs

Treatment with intravenous pamidronate is a good alternative in case of gastrointestinal side effects or contraindications for oral bisphosphonates

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In case of contraindications or intolerance during treatment with oral bisphosphonates (OB), administration of pamidronate intravenously is a widely used alternative.</p> <p>In this study we compared the effect on change in bone mineral density (BMD) of the spine and hip during long term treatment with pamidronate iv in comparison to OB.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We studied 61 patients receiving treatment for at least two years. In case of contraindications or intolerance (within 3 months) of an OB, pamidronate iv was started. BMD was measured on a Hologic 4500 and a Lunar DPX-IQ at the spine (L1-L4) and total hip.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Thirty-one patients were enrolled in the OB group and 30 in the intravenous pamidronate group. Mean follow-up duration (SD) was 4.3 (1.3) years. We observed a significant increase (p < 0.001) in spinal BMD, both in the OB group (8.3%) as well as in the pamidronate iv group (6.1%), but no significant difference in BMD change between the OB and pamidronate iv groups. At the hips, we observed a tendency to increased BMD in both groups, 1.1% in the OB and 1.4% in the pamidronate iv group.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>We conclude that intravenous pamidronate is a good alternative for oral bisphosphonates in the treatment of osteoporosis in patients with contraindications or intolerance during treatment with oral bisphosphonates.</p

Coparenting and Sexual Partner Concurrency Among White, Black, and Hispanic Men in the United States

Concurrent sexual partnerships (partnerships that overlap in time) increase the spread of infection through a network. Different patterns of concurrent partnerships may be associated with varying STI risk depending on the partnership type (primary vs. non-primary) and the likelihood of condom use with each concurrent partner. We sought to evaluate co-parenting concurrency, overlapping partnerships in which at least one concurrent partner is a co-parent with the respondent, which may promote the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Sexual Networks, Surveillance, and Geographical Space During Syphilis Outbreaks in Rural North Carolina

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) spread along sexual networks whose structural characteristics promote transmission that routine surveillance may not capture. Cases who have partners from multiple localities may operate as spatial network bridges, thereby facilitating geographical dissemination. We investigated the relationships between surveillance, sexual networks, and spatial bridges for syphilis outbreaks in rural counties of North Carolina

The Ursinus Weekly, May 7, 1951

Bill LeKernec to edit next year\u27s Lantern • Sororities elect new officers, plan events • Varsity banquet tonight • W. A. A. holds election • Y members plan 1951-52 activities at camp retreat • Campus ready for May Day; Pageant, play to be big events • Professors tackle broad questions in first panel • YM-YW name cabinet, heads of commission • Graduation announcements available to seniors • Students cast primary votes for officers • Election of Curtain Club officers listed • Chi Alpha to elect • Editorials: System a success • Making of foreign policy • Letters to the editor • Three officials embroiled • Ursinus mentioned in Gramercy Ghost • May Day histories reveal variety of festivities • Weekly scribe sheds light on life of famous Ursinus College athlete • Local lassies win 4-1 over Rosemont • Interfraternity track meet to begin this Wednesday • Temple women defeat local tennis squad on May 2 • Cindermen win as Eshbach, Scheirer and Loomis are double winners • Bears capitalize on four hits to beat Garnet • Moravian, Elizabethtown suffer as netmen extend streak to four • Ursinus enters three in intercollege tennis • Bearettes shut-out Albright squad • Lincoln nine halts rally to defeat Grizzlies, 6 to 3 • Curtis clinches first place slots in both leagues • Women\u27s softball team defeats Drexel, Temple • Forum speaker tells of Turkey\u27s position • Dr. Rice invited to Washington for Atlantic Union Conference • Ann Knaur elected President of French Club • Rec center party planned • Women day students hold senior dinner • Supper tickets on sale • Chess Club ends successful season • Shaw named prexyhttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1568/thumbnail.jp