Motivating Factors Contributing to Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Students’ Choice of Career Path

Speech Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs) are important support personnel who play a key role in the field of communication sciences and disorders. As the client base for communication disorders grows and diversifies, there is a continuous need for service providers, including SLPAs. Given the notable shortage of skilled communication sciences and disorders professionals and the advantages that assistants can provide, exploring SLPA career decision making is especially timely and important. The current study surveyed 75 students enrolled in SLPA programs across the United States via an online 12 question survey tool, regarding their demographics, reasons for choosing to become an SLPA, and anticipated work setting(s). Results of the study indicated that SLPA students were often identified as non-traditional students who, in addition to having diverse educational backgrounds, were working either full-time or part-time jobs while completing their education. Results of the current study revealed that the primary motivating factor that contributed to the students’ decision to pursue a career as an SLPA was the desire to work in a helping profession. The school setting was the most anticipated work setting of SLPA students upon graduating from their program; however, the majority (60%) of current SLPA students planned to pursue a master’s degree to become a speech-language pathologist in the future. Understanding the demographics of SLPA students and identifying the motivating factors specific to their career choices may be advantageous in the warranted recruitment process within the field of communication sciences and disorders

Wpływ zwiększonej zawartości dtuutlenku węgla w powietrzu na młode rośliny pomidorów uprawianych różnymi metodami [Effect of increased CO2 level in atmosphere on young tomato plants under various culture conditions]

An experiment was performed in order to establish whether an increase of CO2 content in the atmosphere is advantageous to plants grown in hydroponic culture. Tomato plants were grown in hydroponic, water and soil cultures in two chambers with different CO2 concentration. After 16 days of experiment the tenfold concentration of CO2 increased the dry mass of plants by 73 - 93% in all the cultures

Wpływ zwiększonej zawartości dtuutlenku węgla w powietrzu na młode rośliny pomidorów uprawianych różnymi metodami [Effect of increased CO2 level in atmosphere on young tomato plants under various culture conditions]

An experiment was performed in order to establish whether an increase of CO2 content in the atmosphere is advantageous to plants grown in hydroponic culture. Tomato plants were grown in hydroponic, water and soil cultures in two chambers with different CO2 concentration. After 16 days of experiment the tenfold concentration of CO2 increased the dry mass of plants by 73 - 93% in all the cultures

Wpływ różnych dawek fosforu oraz dodatkowego nawożenia wapniem lub potasem na plonowanie pmidorów w uprawie hydroponicznej wrocławskiej przy dwóch intensywnościach naświetlania [The influence of various doses of phosphorus and of the addition of calcium or potassium fertilization upon the yield of tomatoes in Wrocław hydroponic culture using two intensities of light]

Two experiments were carried out with phosphate fertilization of tomatoes in hydroponic culture. It has been proved that an additional dose of phosphorus given during the second cluster bloom, caused an yield increase. The optimal dose is 12 g of superphosphate (16% P2O5) per plant. The "green back" symptoms did not appear in these conditions. The parallel additional applying of calcium or potassium gave a decrease of the yield. When the light intensity was lowered to about 50%, the yield has decreased by half. In these conditions an additional applying of calcium (0,4 g CaCO3) and phosphorus (1g superphosphate) annulated the negative influence of the low light intensity

Reframing Scholarship of Teaching & Learning in HealthCare Programs: Bridging Competencies

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and evidence-based clinical education is essential in undergraduate and graduate allied healthcare curriculum and core competencies. Foundational SoTL pedagogical content will be covered and unique pandemic considerations and challenges will be explored within the context of bridging undergraduate and graduate curriculum in allied healthcare programs, such as speech-language pathology programs. Strategies to bridge and monitor undergraduate and graduate curriculum competencies will be explored. More specifically, direct and indirect implications of the current pandemic landscape on learners and educators will be investigated through a SoTL and interprofessional lens

Wpływ humianu sodowego z węgla brunatnego na rozwój roślin [Effect of sodium humate from lignite on plants grown under various culture conditions]

The effect of humate on the uptake of Fe-ions has already been proved. In the present paper other advantages of humate are indicated. If plants are grown in optimum conditions humate has no effect. In more concentrated solutions humate acts as a preventive factor and provides for more economical use of the solution (yield increase 40%). When high doses of P and Cu are used, humate weakens their harmful effect on plants; with pH too low or too high, it acts protectively. Humate was tested also in the transplantation of vegetatively propagated young orchid plants from sterile conditions into a natural medium; in that case it also showed a protective effect