Development of a method to recover fingerprints from textured surfaces

Latent fingerprints have a high evidentiary value but are currently being underutilized from textured surfaces like dashboards. There is no current method to lift latent fingerprints from a textured surface. Dashboards are the principal surfaces for several crime types, and being able to lift fingerprints from their surfaces would help investigators. The problem with dashboards is the textured nature of their surface prevents the current methods from working. Enhancement methods looked at is the powder type used for initial enhancement. A lifter or casting material could be used to detach the print from the surface without texture affecting the fingerprint. It was noted that after lifting, the fingerprint would not have high contrast with the surface, so cyanoacrylate fuming and dyed with rhodamine 6G would happen to increase contrast, both cyanoacrylate fuming and rhodamine 6G both works used extensively for current methods to enhance contrast. Lifters and casting materials were neither research in there use for and results on textured surfaces and should be researched more extensively

Chronic Pain Assessment and Documentation Protocol Implementation in Home Health Care

Background/Purpose: Chronic pain management protocols are necessary in all aspects of health care to reduce negative perceptions and improve knowledge and comfort when caring for patients with chronic pain.Methods: A pre-implementation Simplified Knowledge and Attitude Survey Regarding Pain (KASRP) and Comfort Survey were administered to rural Midwest home health nursing staff followed by implementation of a chronic pain management protocol. The protocol included an educational session on understanding and managing chronic pain, the use of the OPQRST handout to guide proper documentation, Pain Risk Factors Assessment Form, and a Managing Chronic Pain handout. The Simplified KASRP and Comfort Surveys were readministered 3.5 months after implementation for a total timeline of 5 months.Results: The overall mean scores of pre and post implementation Simplified KASRP Surveys were 0.74 and 0.73, respectively with a p-value of 0.95. The overall mean scores of pre and post implementation Comfort Surveys were 0.83 and 0.84, respectively with a p-value of 0.42. Clinically, the project stakeholder reported improved documentation. Discussion: Despite the lack of significant change in pre and post-implementation surveys, improvements in documentation and improved ability to care for chronic pain patients were reported.Implications for Practice: A chronic pain assessment and documentation protocol has the potential to increase the knowledge, attitudes, and comfort level of home health nurses caring for patients with chronic pain

Interpersonal Influences on Interpretation of Workplace Sexual Harassment

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how women interpret and respond to incidents of sexual harassment at work, in the context of both their romantic relationships and workplace cultures. Incorporating Ambivalent Sexism Theory (Fiske & Glick, 1995) to measure sexist attitudes, I presumed that their own, their partners’ and their presumed workplace’s sexism scores for both subsets would be linked to the women’s perceptions and behavioral intentions in response to being sexually harassed at work. Participants were 145 heterosexual adult women, employed full-time and in self-defined committed heterosexual relationships. Each completed a survey that included the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI) (Fiske & Glick, 1995), the Sexual Harassment Reporting Attitudes Scale (SHRAS) (Cesario, Parks-Stamm, & Turgut, 2018), likelihood of reporting scenarios of sexual harassment (SH), and number of special peers in the workplace. There was additional demographic data about the participants and their workplaces, most of which was incorporated as covariates. Results supported several of the asserted relationships. Although the predicted relationships between participants’ and their perceived partners’ and workplace sexist attitudes with reporting SH did not emerge, there were many significant findings regarding these variables and their associations with intolerance for SH. The majority of this study’s findings emerged as significant, even when testing alongside covariates of education, organization size, organization type, and number of special peers in the workplace with the exception of perceived partner HS and intolerance for SH that were non-significant. Future research should explore disclosures exchanged regarding such incidents at work in the context of both romantic relationships and other social relationships in and out of work

Relational Turbulence and Identity Gaps Amongst Committed Consensually Non-Monogamous Partners

The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate relational turbulence processes and test Relational Turbulence Theory’s (RTT) first five propositions in a sample of 528 committed consensually non-monogamous (CNM) partners as they are experiencing the transition of their committed partner adding a new sexual or romantic partner other than themselves. CNM relationships are those in which at least one partner has multiple sexual and/or romantic relationships with the consent of all parties involved. Generally, the first five propositions of RTT were supported. Specifically, self uncertainty and partner uncertainty positively predicted relationship uncertainty, which in turn predicted biased cognitive appraisals, and was also positively predicted by self uncertainty. Partner interference positively predicted intensified emotions but partner facilitation failed to predict intensified emotions. Biased cognitive appraisals negatively predicted communication engagement and valence and was linked to intensified emotions, but intensified emotions failed to predict communication engagement and valence. Finally, biased cognitive appraisals and intensified emotions positively predicted perceptions of relational turbulence, but communication engagement and valence failed to predict perceptions of relational turbulence. This dissertation also found evidence that relationship parameters of uncertainty and partner interdependence may also be predictive of intensified emotions and biased cognitive appraisals, respectively. Additionally, perceptions of relational turbulence also positively predicted anticipated CNM stigma, personal-relational identity gaps, and personal-enacted identity gaps. This dissertation also analyzed participants open-ended responses for evidence of communal identity gaps participants had with the LGBTQIA+ community. Evidence of communal-personal, communal-enacted, communal-relational, and communal-communal identity gaps with their identities as members of the LGBTQIA+ community were also found among a smaller portion of the participants’ responses. Implications for RTT and the Communication Theory of Identity as well as practical implications for individuals in or supportive of CNM relationships are also discussed

Relative contributions of lean and fat mass to bone mineral density: Insight from Prader-Willi syndrome

© 2018 Viardot, Purtell, Nguyen and Campbell. Context: Low bone mineral density (BMD) is the most important risk factor for fragility fracture. Body weight is a simple screening predictor of difference in BMD between individuals. However, it is not clear which component of body weight, lean (LM), or fat mass (FM), is associated with BMD. People with the genetic disorder of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) uniquely have a reduced LM despite increased FM. Objective: We sought to define the individual impact of LM and FM on BMD by investigating subjects with and without PWS. Design, Setting and Participants: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Clinical Research Facility of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, with PWS and control participants recruited from a specialized PWS clinic and from the general public by advertisement, respectively. The study involved 11 adults with PWS, who were age- and sex-matched with 12 obese individuals (Obese group) and 10 lean individuals (Lean group). Main Outcome Measures: Whole body BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Total body FM and LM were derived from the whole body scan. Differences in BMD between groups were assessed by the analysis of covariance model, taking into account the effects of LM and FM. Results: The PWS group had significantly shorter height than the lean and obese groups. As expected, there was no significant difference in FM between the Obese and PWS group, and no significant difference in LM between the Lean and PWS group. However, obese individuals had greater LM than lean individuals. BMD in lean individuals was significantly lower than in PWS individuals (1.13 g/cm2 vs. 1.21 g/cm2, p < 0.05) and obese individuals (1.13 g/cm2 vs. 1.25 g/cm2, p < 0.05). After adjusting for both LM and FM, there was no significant difference in BMD between groups, and the only significant predictor of BMD was LM. Conclusions: These data from the human genetic model Prader-Willi syndrome suggest that LM is a stronger determinant of BMD than fat mass

A ‘’oportunidade fantasma’’: fechando a lacuna entre ideias e investidores de capital

Kirznerian entrepreneurs are described as alert individuals apt to identify opportunities through subjective inferences based on industry competition, price inequality, and interaction with other market actors. They are poised to identify and exploit opportunities that may not currently exist. We extend this notion of alertness towards the unknown by introducing the “phantom opportunity” concept, extending prior research. Although entrepreneurs may initially perceive a new venture idea, it cannot manifest itself as opportunity until other parties legitimize it by mutually perceiving it as such, thus committing resources. For example, investors may mentally simulate, contributively co-create or modify a proposed opportunity before committing the necessary funding to launch the entrepreneur’s perceived idea. This paper extends Kirzner’s view of perception and opportunity as related to the modern entrepreneurs’ struggle to define, legitimize and realize an opportunity.Los empresarios kirznerianos se describen como un individuo alerta apto para identificar oportunidades a través de inferencias subjetivas con base en la competencia de la industria, la desigualdad de precios y la interacción con otros actores del mercado. Están preparados para identificar y explotar oportunidades quepueden no existir actualmente. Extendemos esta noción de alerta hacia lo desconocido mediante la introducción del concepto de “oportunidad fantasma”, ampliando la investigación previa. Aunque los empresarios pueden percibir inicialmente una nueva idea de empresa, no puede manifestarse en una oportunidad hasta que otras partes la legitimen al percibirla como tal, comprometiendo recursos. Por ejemplo, los inversores pueden simular mentalmente, cocrear o modificar de manera colaborativa una oportunidad propuesta antes de comprometer la financiación necesaria para lanzar la idea percibida del emprendedor. Este documento amplía la visión de Kirzner de la percepción y la oportunidad en relación con la lucha de los empresarios modernos para definir, legitimar y aprovechar una oportunidad.Os empreendedores kirznerianos são descritos como indivíduos em “estado de alerta”, capazes de identificar oportunidades por meio de inferências subjetivas baseadas na concorrência industrial, diferença de preços e interação com outros agentes de mercado. Eles estão preparados para identificar e explorar oportunidades que podem não existir no momento. Ampliamos essa noção de “estado de alerta” para comodesconhecido, ao introduzir o conceito de “oportunidade fantasma” às pesquisas anteriores. Embora os empreendedores inicialmente possam perceber uma nova oportunidade de investimento, ela não pode se manifestar como oportunidade até que as outras partes mutuamente assim a legitimem, alocando recursos. Por exemplo, investidores podem simular mentalmente, criar conjuntamente ou modificar uma oportunidade potencial antes de destinar o financiamento necessário para lançar a ideia percebida pelo empreendedor. Esse artigo amplia a visão de percepção e oportunidade de Kirzner, relacionando-a ao esforço do empreendedor moderno para definir, legitimar e concretizar uma oportunidade