Analysis of Compounded Pharmaceutical Products to Teach the Importance of Quality in an Applied Pharmaceutics Laboratory Course

Objective. To assess the effectiveness of a product-analysis laboratory exercise in teaching students the importance of quality in pharmaceutical compounding. Design. Second-year pharmacy students (N=77) participated in a pharmaceutical compounding laboratory exercise and subsequently analyzed their final product using ultraviolet (UV) spectrometry. Assessment. Reflection, survey instruments, and quiz questions were used to measure how well students understood the importance of quality in their compounded products. Product analysis showed that preparations compounded by students had an error range of 0.6% to 140%, with an average error of 23.7%. Students’ reflections cited common sources of error, including inaccurate weighing, contamination, and product loss during both the compounding procedure and preparation of the sample for analysis. Ninety percent of students agreed that the exercise improved their understanding of the importance of quality in compounded pharmaceutical products. Most students (85.7%) reported that this exercise inspired them to be more diligent in their preparation of compounded products in their future careers. Conclusion. Integrating an analytical assessment during a pharmaceutical compounding laboratory can enhance students’ understanding of quality of compounded pharmaceutical products. It can also provide students a chance to reflect on sources of error to improve their compounding technique in the future

Something’s happening here: Popular music education in the United States

Although the number of opportunities to learn popular music in the United States continues to grow, popular music education (PME) programs remain exceptional at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of institutionalized music education. This article provides insight into the unique characteristics of a number of PME initiatives currently operating in the United States. A historical background is established to provide context regarding the history of PME in the United States. Additionally, a focus on an expanding landscape for American PME is included, as is an examination of six specific initiatives that are particularly noteworthy. This review of popular music programs, initiatives, and institutions illustrates the rapid proliferation of PME programs in the United States that has occurred in the twenty-first century. As this brief snapshot of American institutions and organizations demonstrates, PME in the United States is alive with possibilities and promise

Il valore educativo del fair play

This work proposes a critical conceptualization of “fair play” in the light ofthe most relevant international scientific findings. Society is experiencing agreat crisis of values. Deeper needs have to be met, if individuals, familiesand society itself are not fall into a serious problematic circle. Sport withoutcompetition and with a great spirit of friendship and solidarity can give animportant contribution to overcoming the current social and ethical emergency.Sport, according to the Arnold’s lesson and Delors Reports, can play a vitalrole in encouraging a new season of rebirth and can bring us friendship anda sense of community.Il contributo esamina il concetto di fair play alla luce della lettura dei più importantidocumenti internazionali. Di fronte alla crisi di valori che vive la società,lo sport non competitivo può rappresentare un valido contributo permigliorare i rapporti sociali e la dimensione etica della vita del Paese.Lo sport sulle orme della lezione di Arnold e riprendendo la chiave di letturasull’educazione proposta dal Rapporto Delors può contribuire a introdurrealcuni correttivi per arginare le diverse emergenze educative, formare a comportamentiprosociali e contrastare con efficacia lo smarrimento del sensocivico

The Benefits of Podcasting in the Literacy Classroom

This study examined the benefits of podcasting in the literacy classroom and beyond. The research was conducted in a small tutoring session, comprising of two high school students. During the study, participants listened, viewed, and created podcasts. Data was collected and analyzed through means of observation, student work samples, and personal interviews. The findings suggest that there are many benefits to be had for educators who incorporate podcasting into daily instruction. Increased motivation and engagement, building a sense of collaboration and community, capturing authentic learning experiences, and strengthening student writing skills are some of the benefits that podcasting lends itself to

L’evoluzione del concetto di cura del corpo: la prospettiva filosofica e le neuroscienze

Body and soul dualism, in its various interpretations, has had an enourmousinfluence on the Western culture. Starting from a review of the critical issuesthat characterized the process around which philosophical researchhas developed, the reflection conducted in this work aims to achieve a keyobjective. It wants to point out the positivity of the educational contributionsof the science of human movement: it has allowed to recover themodern notion of “body”, by anchoring it to the values of the care for thewell-being of the person and of society.Il dualismo corpo e anima, nelle sue diverse interpretazioni, ha avutoun’enorme influenza nella cultura del mondo occidentale. Partendo da unarivisitazione dei nodi critici che hanno caratterizzato il processo intorno acui si è sviluppata la riflessione filosofica, si indica la direzione di un ragionamento,centrato sulla positività degli apporti educativi delle scienze delmovimento umano, che hanno permesso di recuperare la modernanozione di corpo, ancorandola ai valori più generali della cura come fondamentodel più generale processo educativo per il benessere della personae della società

Effects of two different physical education teaching approaches on the levels of enjoyment in the Italian primary school students

Physical education allows children to develop motor skills, but it has an impact on affective domain too. The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of two different teaching approaches on the levels of enjoyment of 9-year-old pupils who attended the fourth grade of the primary school. A pre- post- repost design was used as a mean of a longitudinal study. The participants involved were divided into two groups: Teaching skill group (TS) and Teaching games group (TGM). The TS group followed a protocol using the traditional skill-based approach, while the TGM group followed the Tactical Game Model approach, highlighting tactical problems and awareness. The level of enjoyment was assessed by administering the PACES questionnaire. The results show no statistically significant difference, but it can be seen that the TGM group had a more positive trend in enjoyment levels than the TS group. Furthermore, carrying out an analysis by gender it was seen that the females of the TGM group had increases in the scores on the positive scale in the post intervention. In this respect, the physical education teacher has to account for affective learning outcomes when they identify the teaching methods for their courses

Knowledge of HIV infection, risk perception, and sexual behaviour of undergraduates. May female medical students act as peer educators?

This paper is aimed to verify whether the knowledge and beliefs of female medical freshmen about HIV infection, their personal risk perception, and their sexual behaviour differs from their female peers, in view of the possibility of female medical student-based peer education. A purposive, theoretical quota sampling method was used to recruit the target population. A self-administered anonymous questionnaire was delivered to both female medical and non medical freshmen during March 2004 (n = 266: 124 medical students and 142 non medical students) in Catania (Sicily). The data were analysed for the whole sample and for the two groups of students individually. The Chi-square test was used to compare data from the two groups of students. Results showed that knowledge and risk perception about HIV infection were higher for medical students when compared with non medical students. Moreover, a lower rate of sexually active medical students and a higher rate of condom use was found among them. Since female medical students seem more sensitive to risk perception and aware of healthier lifestyles, they could be useful in peer sexual education and appropriate prevention programmes against HIV infection

Estimation of biogas produced by the landfill of Palermo, applying a Gaussian model

In this work, a procedure is suggested to assess the rate of biogas emitted by the Bellolampo landfill (Palermo, Italy), starting from the data acquired by two of the stations for monitoring meteorological parameters and polluting gases. The data used refer to the period November 2005–July 2006. The methane concentration, measured in the CEP suburb of Palermo, has been analysed together with the meteorological data collected by the station situated inside the landfill area. In the present study, the methane has been chosen as a tracer of the atmospheric pollutants produced by the dump. The data used for assessing the biogas emission refer to night time periods characterized by weak wind blowing from the hill toward the city. The methane rate emitted by the Bellolampo dump has been evaluated using a Gaussian model and considering the landfill both as a single point source and as a multiple point one. The comparison of the results shows that for a first approximation it is sufficient to consider the landfill of Palermo as a single point source. Starting from the monthly percentage composition of the biogas, estimated for the study period, the rate of biogas produced by the dump was evaluated. The total biogas produced by the landfill, obtained as the sum of the emitted component and the recovered one, ranged from 7519.97 to 10,153.7 m 3 /h. For the study period the average monthly estimations of biogas emissions into the atmosphere amount to about 60% of the total biogas produced by the landfill, a little higher than the one estimated by the com- pany responsible for the biogas recovery plant at the landfill

1 versus 1 in football after 20 years

The new millennium was marked by the epic of the legendary Barcelona of Guardiola, the coach who revolutionized the world of football with his tiki taka. This game is made of fast ball exchanges, continuous changes of position and search for the free space to occupy but it has downgraded the dribbling, that is one of the main technical skills of the game of football. Starting from football schools, it almost seems that 1vs1 has been set aside to favour other fundamental techniques, so we find ourselves in a period where fewer and fewer players take the responsibility to try a bet in 1v1, but prefer to pass the ball to the closest mate. This research has analysed the goals of final stages of two World cup (the most football event),20 years later, Russian 2018 and France 1998 and has demonstrated that in 20 years, the incidence of goals scored after a dribble influenced by the action has decreased of 10%. From the round of 16 onwards of Russian 2018 have been scored 47 goals, whose 8 after an influential dribbling (17%). In France 1998 have been scored 45 goals, 12 with an influential dribbling (27%). The world of football should be open to new revolutions, without ignore none of basic skills to a player's growth

Flash Study Analysis and The Music Learning Profiles Project

This paper introduces the Music Learning Profiles Project, and its methodological approach, flash study analysis. Flash study analysis is a method that draws heavily on extant qualitative approaches to education research, to develop broad understandings of music learning in diverse contexts. The Music Learning Profiles Project (MLPP) is an international collaboration to collect and curate a large number of flash studies exploring musicking and music learning in a variety of contexts that fall outside traditional school music education. In this paper the authors present context, rationale, and methods for the project, along with indicative preliminary findings. The project aims to provide an expanding online database of music experiences upon which colleagues in music education and ethnomusicology research can draw, and to which they are invited to contribute. The MLPP aims to benefit the music education community and wider society by helping to democratize research to include more diverse experiences of music learning