Bridge 2018 Information Literacy Curriculum Report

A uniform curriculum has been in place in Bridge Information Literacy (IL) sessions since Fall 2015. To assess the curriculum and student learning, multiple evaluations are implemented: a student end-of-class evaluation; a faculty end-of-Bridge evaluation; and an in-class worksheet. This report summarizes student performance in Bridge as well as student and faculty evaluation responses

Dupilumab for bullous pemphigoid with intractable pruritus

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune blistering disorder that predominantly affects the elderly. Treatment regimens typically include topical and systemic immunosuppressive medications. Although effective, systemic corticosteroids are sometimes poorly tolerated in the elderly patient, contributing to the overall morbidity and mortality of BP. Dupilumab is a monoclonal antibody targeting interleukin 4 receptor alpha (IL4R?), approved for the treatment of atopic dermatitis, as well as moderate to severe asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis. In recent reports, dupilumab has been successfully used off-label to treat a variety of pruritic disorders, including chronic spontaneous urticaria [1], anal and genital itch [2], allergic contact dermatitis [3], and prurigo nodularis [4, 5]. We report here a case of an elderly patient with refractory BP whose symptoms of pruritus and blistering became well-controlled with the addition of dupilumab to the treatment regimen

A Qualitative Examination of Mothers\u27 Resolution or Non-Resolution of Their Childrens\u27 Disability of Down Syndrome or Autism Using a Cognitive Intervention

Research has shown that the inability of some mothers to resolve their emotions when confronted with the birth of a child with a disability of cerebral palsy or epilepsy can put the child at greater risk for disruptions of attachment. This qualitative study examined mothers\u27 emotional state of resolution or non-resolution of their children\u27s disability of Down syndrome or autism, and mothers\u27 perceptions of the use of a cognitive intervention. Grounded theory was used to analyze the interviews and the cognitive intervention. The results showed that in addition to the two major categories of resolution and non-resolution, a third major category called “resolving” emerged from the data. New subcategories were discovered, and parts of the cognitive intervention were helpful

Development of the health and economic consequences of smoking interactive model

Objective-To describe the health and economic consequences of smoking model, a user friendly, web based tool, designed to estimate the health and economic outcomes associated with smoking and the benefits of smoking cessation. Results-An overview of the development of the model equations and user interface is given, and data from the UK are presented as an example of the model outputs. These results show that a typical smoking cessation strategy costs approximately pound 1200 per life year saved and pound 22 000 per death averted. Conclusions-The model successfully captures the complexity required to model smoking behaviour and associated mortality, morbidity, and health care costs. Furthermore, the interface provides the results in a simple and flexible way so as to be useful to a variety of audiences and to simulate a variety of smoking cessation methods

Experiments in cooking poultry for pre-cooked poultry products : cooking fowl with various salts and in plastic containers

The bulletin is a report on the Department of Poultry Husbandry Project 323, 'Methods of Processing Poultry for Commercial Pre-cooked Frozen and Canned Products'--P. [2].Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references (page 18)

High Precision Solder Droplet Printing Technology: Principle and Applications

Solder droplet printing technology, which is low-cost, noncontact, flexible, data-driven, and environmentally friendly, has emerged as an enabling technology for precisely placing fine solder deposits on a variety of small substrates. It is suitable for a variety of applications including direct chip attach site preparation, 3D substrates, fine line interconnect, substrate via fill, optoelectronics and many others. It enables manufacturing techniques that are impossible or unfeasible with current technology, such as localized replacement of solder on board, depositing solder in different thicknesses on the same board, or using more than one type of solder on the same board. This makes the evaluation of solder droplet printing technology essential for the microelectronics industry. In this paper, the principle of the solder droplet printing technology is described, recent experimental results are included, and potential applications of the technology in the microelectronics industry are evaluated

Amplitude Modulated Droplet Formation in High Precision Solder Droplet Printing

There are many methods used at present to apply solder to wafers, ceramics, laminate and flex circuit boards, and other substrates. Among these, high-precision solder droplet printing technology, which is noncontact, data driven, flexible and environmentally friendly, is a key enabling technology. This technology selectively deposits solder droplets only where required, and therefore needs no mask or secondary resist removal, uses materials more efficiently and creates less waste than other methods. Currently, continuous droplet formation from capillary streams is mainly achieved by application of the well-known Rayleigh instability in which a sinusoidal disturbance is applied to the stream, resulting in evenly spaced and sized droplets. However, changing droplet configurations for various products or varying the size or depth of solder joints is difficult. Amplitude modulated disturbance is employed in this work to generate arbitrary solder stream configurations. The final configuration is mainly determined by several parameters: (1) the degree of modulation of the waveform; (2) the phase difference between the carrier and modulation signals; (3) the charging voltage; and (4) the frequency ratio between the carrier signal and the modulation signal. Many different patterns can be achieved with the proper combination of frequency ratio, phase difference, degree of modulation, and charging voltage. A simulation code was developed to simulate the merging process and determine the parameters needed to achieve certain droplet configuration

Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus among 193,435 cats attending primary-care veterinary practices in England

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common endocrine disease of cats. The prevalence of DM in cats in England is not well‐defined. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES: To estimate the prevalence and identify risk factors for DM in a large population of cats attending primary‐care practices. ANIMALS: A cohort of 193,563 cats in the VetCompass Programme attending 118 primary‐care practices in England. METHODS: Cross‐sectional analysis of cohort clinical data. Data were extracted covering September 1st 2009 and August 31st 2014. Period prevalence of DM was calculated. Associations between risk factors and DM were assessed using logistic regression modelling. RESULTS: Of 1,128 DM cases were identified among 194,563 cats (period prevalence 0.58%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.54–0.61). Multivariable modelling indicated that Tonkinese (OR 4.1; 95% CI 1.8–9.6; P = .001), Norwegian Forest (odds ratio [OR] 3.5; 95% CI 1.3–9.6; P = .001) and Burmese (OR 3.0; 95% CI 2.0–4.4; P < .001) cats had increased odds of DM compared with crossbred cats. DM odds increased as bodyweight categories increased above 4 kg (P < .001), as cats aged beyond 6 years old (P < .001) and in insured cats (OR 2.0; 95% CI 1.6–2.4; P < .001) but sex was not significantly associated with DM. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Diabetes mellitus is an important component of the primary‐care practice caseload with 1‐in‐200 cats affected. An increased risk of DM in certain cat breeds supports a genetic predisposition. These results can guide future research and preventative healthcare