Shades of Us: The Need for Culturally Pluralistic Educational Tools and Practices in ASL-English Interpreter Education

The aim of this paper is to detail one professor’s use of storied experience as a strategy to engage and stimulate interpreting students. It also maps out a proposed dream project intended to move students past the confines of interpreting classrooms and toward an exploration of community that spans time

Life history aspects of 19 rockfish species (Scorpaenidae: Sebastes) from the Southern California Bight

The authors investigated various life history aspects of 19 rockfish species (Sebastes chlorostictus, S. constellatus, S. dalli, S. elongatus, S. ensifer, S. entomelas, S. flavidus, S. goodei, S. hopkinsi, S. levis, S. melanostomus, S. miniatus, S. ovalis, S. paucispinis, S. rosaceus, S. rosenblatti, S. rufus, s. saxicola, S. semicinctus) from the southern California Bight. These aspects included depth distribution, age-length relationships (of 7 species), length-weight relationships, size at first maturity, spawning season, and fecundity. Growth rates of female S. elongatus, S. hopkinsi, S. ova/is, S. saxicola, and S. semicinctus were higher than male conspecifics. Multiple spawning per season was found in 12 species. Generally, most species spawned between late winter and early summer, though there was some spawning within the genus throughout the year. Spawning season duration ranged from 2 (S. flavidus) to 10 months (S. paucispinis). Spawning seasons tended to start earlier in the year and be of longer duration in the southern California Bight, compared to published data on central California conspecifics. Males matured at a smaller length in 7 of the 17 species studied. Maximum fecundities ranged from 18,000 (S. dalll) to about 2,680,000 (S. levis). (PDF file contains 44 pages.

A qualitative investigation into mitigating the impact of vicarious trauma on counsellors dealing with traumatic client material

This qualitative research study investigates mitigating the impact of vicarious trauma on counsellors who have experience of working with traumatic client material. The data was gathered from six participants, using semi-structured interviews and analysed by the constant comparative method, an adapted form of grounded theory. Analysis of the data established that all participants had mitigated against the effects of vicarious trauma by adopting their own personal strategies to limit the effects of working with traumatic client material. A major theme to emerge was the ineffectiveness of supervision to meet the expectations of most participants. This challenges relevant research in this area. Other strategies identified were talking to others, writing and physical activity. All participants commented on how they could make a difference and this seemed to be a mitigating factor in itself

Exploring Fieldwork Educator Development: Preparation Methods and Support Tools

Fieldwork education is a critical piece to professional development and competency in occupational therapy. As part of their core curriculum, all students enrolled in accredited occupational therapy programs must complete full-time fieldwork experiences under the direct supervision of a licensed occupational therapy practitioner. This component of the student’s education relies on the skills and training of the fieldwork educator. Academic programs are expected to support occupational therapy practitioners in their role as fieldwork educators in the form of resource provisions to enhance supervisory skills. However, there are no clear standards that describe how to vet, effectively disseminate, or implement the use of fieldwork educator resources. This study sought to identify and explore how occupational therapy practitioners prepare for the role of fieldwork educator, and how they maintain professional competence in that role through the use and effectiveness of available support tools for fieldwork educators. Results of the study highlight underutilization of readily available materials, effective programs that may not be readily accessed due to cost, and the need to establish more structured educational experiences that would serve to support the role of the fieldwork educator. These findings point to potential areas of fieldwork educator development that may be designed and addressed by Academic Fieldwork Coordinators through both continued research and program development. Future research examining pre and post tool use assessment would provide further insight on effectiveness and progression of growth in the fieldwork educator role

Drivers of Holocene Land Cover Change in Europe

The modern vegetation of Europe is a product of its history. Climate change, plant migration, and human activity have all been important drivers of Holocene (11,500 years ago to the present) vegetation dynamics, but it is difficult to disentangle the relative importance of the three processes. This thesis uses a vegetation model and land cover reconstructions based on pollen data to explore the drivers of European vegetation change. I conclude that human activity has likely been an important driver for many millennia, both through disturbing the vegetated landscape and possibly also through causing soil erosion in drought-sensitive areas, but that post-glacial migration is likely also an important factor. In the face of future climate change and intensifying human land use, it will be necessary to incorporate these results into landscape management and conservation planning

Reactions of some secondary and tertiary o-nitroaniline derivatives with bases

In chapter 1, a brief account of the chemical and physical properties of benzimidazole A-oxides is given. The scope and limitations of a method recently developed for the synthesis of the N-oxides from substituted o-nitroaniline derivatives are discussed. Chapter 2 discusses the reactions in the literature which are relevant to those being investigated. Chapter 3 describes the efforts made to investigate the involvement of the activatuig' groups of the o-nitroaniline derivatives in the reaction pathway. In chapter 4 the reactions of N-(4 and/or 6-substituted o-nitrophenyl) glycine and sarcosine esters with bases are described. All of the 4-substituted glycine esters and those with fluorine, acetamido and methyl on C-6 cyclized 'normally' to the corresponding NH-benzimidazole N'-oxides whereas those with chlorine, trifluoromethyl, and nitro on C-6 reacted 'abnormally' to give, in addition, such products as 1-hydroxy-quinoxaline-2,3-diones and diaminoazoxybenzenes. All of the sarcosine esters reacted 'abnormally' producing none of the N-methylbenzimidazole N'-oxides. Surprisingly they did form products indicating loss of the W-methyl group, e.g. quinoxalin-2-ones. The aldol-type condensation mechanism that has been previously applied to the syntheses of benzimidazole N-oxides does not explain these new results; they suggest that the presence of an amino-hydrogen in the starting material is necessary for N-oxide formation. An alternative mechanism is proposed which takes this possibility and the types of products formed into account. It involves the formation of an oxadiazine intermediate which can then react in a number of different ways to give the observed products. The reasons for some neighbouring substituents affecting the reaction pathway appears to be largely steric though there may also be an electronic factor. Chapter 5 contains a discussion of how the alternative mechanism could be applied to a number of other cyclizations of carbocyclic and heterocyclic compounds which involve interaction of a nitro group with a potentially nucleophilic ortho-substituent

Potential Associations with Nostalgia Proneness

Nostalgia—an emotion defined as a sentimental longing for the past—is associated with many well-being outcomes, such as meaning in life, social connection, and a sense of belonging. Nostalgia proneness is the extent to which people typically experience and value the emotion. In this exploratory study, we will examine some understudied benefits correlated with nostalgia proneness: specifically attachment to objects and belongings, expected success in life, and reflections on past relationships with parents. We expect to find that higher nostalgia ratings will be positively correlated with a higher tendency to acquire possessions, positive memories of parental bonding, and expected success in life. In the future, we hope to conduct follow-up studies in which we manipulate feelings of nostalgia to demonstrate causation to these same variables

Spatial and temporal variations in earthquake stress drop on Gofar Transform Fault, East Pacific Rise : implications for fault strength

Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2018. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 123 (2018): 7722-7740, doi:10.1029/2018JB015942.On Gofar Transform Fault on the East Pacific Rise, the largest earthquakes (6.0 ≤ MW ≤ 6.2) have repeatedly ruptured the same portion of the fault, while intervening fault segments host swarms of microearthquakes. These long‐term patterns in earthquake occurrence suggest that heterogeneous fault zone properties control earthquake behavior. Using waveforms from ocean bottom seismometers that recorded seismicity before and after an anticipated 2008 MW 6.0 mainshock, we investigate the role that differences in material properties have on earthquake rupture at Gofar. We determine stress drop for 138 earthquakes (2.3 ≤ MW ≤ 4.0) that occurred within and between the rupture areas of large earthquakes. Stress drops are calculated from corner frequencies derived using an empirical Green's function spectral ratio method, and seismic moments are obtained by fitting the omega‐square source model to the low frequency amplitude of the displacement spectrum. Our analysis yields stress drops from 0.04 to 3.2 MPa with statistically significant spatial variation, including ~2 times higher average stress drop in fault segments where large earthquakes also occur compared to fault segments that host earthquake swarms. We find an inverse correlation between stress drop and P wave velocity reduction, which we interpret as the effect of fault zone damage on the ability of the fault to store strain energy that leads to our spatial variations in stress drop. Additionally, we observe lower stress drops following the MW 6.0 mainshock, consistent with increased damage and decreased fault strength after a large earthquake.W. M. Keck Foundation; National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE) Grant Number: 13525652019-03-0