Space Science Laboratory publications and presentations, 1 January - 31 December 1991

Listed here are significant publications and presentations of the Space Science Laboratory during the period January 1 to December 31, 1991. Entries are categorized according to NASA Reports (arranged by report number), Open Literature, and Presentations (arranged alphabetically by title). Also included is an appendix listing preprints issued by the laboratory during this reporting period

Space shuttle avionics system

The Space Shuttle avionics system, which was conceived in the early 1970's and became operational in the 1980's represents a significant advancement of avionics system technology in the areas of systems and redundacy management, digital data base technology, flight software, flight control integration, digital fly-by-wire technology, crew display interface, and operational concepts. The origins and the evolution of the system are traced; the requirements, the constraints, and other factors which led to the final configuration are outlined; and the functional operation of the system is described. An overall system block diagram is included

Redesigning Instruction for Inter-Professional Education

Purpose: A pilot project created a curriculum model infusing Interprofessional Education (IPE) in Mercy College’s School of Health and Natural Sciences (SHNS), allowing students and faculty to integrate IPE within programmatic courses. Background: As institutions focus on patient safety, quality and cost effective care, the call for interprofessional collaboration among providers continues to rise (Chen, Delnat & Gardner, 2015). This program included innovative teaching strategies and curriculum development in the health care programs within the SHNS. Description of Program: Pilot projects focused on history taking and IPE patient case scenarios, allowing students to experience interactive hands on learning of IPE concepts and competencies. Two workshops were held to educate the faculty in developing IPE cases and debriefing strategies. The first program used real patients with chronic conditions allowing students to gain confidence in interviewing while understanding the commonalities between disciplines. This project included students from communication disorders, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy and physician assistant programs. Participants completed an adapted version of the Attitudes Towards Health Care Teams Scale (ATHCTS) (Kim & Ko, 2014) before and after each pilot program, and a one minute reflection after each program. Findings identified significant changes in five variables on the adapted ATHCTS. The qualitative one minute reflection identified themes of commonalities between disciplines. All students identified a need to provide more IPE education among all of the disciplines. This project demonstrated a new way to use strategies to engage patients as partners in developing new models of IPE and care. This project also addressed approaches to prepare and engage both students and faculty in the IPE process. IPE activities will be broadened in the upcoming years and continue to include patients in the IPE education process. Learning Objectives: By the end of this presentation participants will be able to - Identify new modalities of creating IPE initiatives for implementation across disciplines that incorporate patients into the IPE process. - Identify methods of training faculty in creating IPE strategies and debriefing. Reference: Kim, K & Ko, J. (2014). Attitudes toward interprofessional health care teams scale: a confirmatory factor analysis. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 2014; 28(2): 149–154

Building Philanthropy and Nonprofit Academic Centers: A View From Ten Builders

Explores the development of early nonprofit academic centers and the roles that academic innovators played in the development and sustainability of these centers

Applying the Bootstrap Technique to Real Estate Appraisal: An Empirical Analysis

The purpose of this research is to demonstrate a statistical technique, bootstrapping, and its application in estimating overall capitalization rates in real estate appraisal. This study compares bootstrapped statistics from real estate sample data with the actual sample statistics in order to determine if significant statistical differences are observed. In addition, the issue of how many minimum data points are required for bootstrapping to yield statistically valid proxies is presented.