Unique Approaches and Problems in Recruiting Minority Students: The Use of the Media

This article attempts to put the University of Memphis (UM) in a positive light by providing a vehicle to show that African-American students play a significant role at the University and have indeed been successful both at entering the University and while attending the University. The University has been so successful in graduating minority students that the Educational Testing Service is studying the University\u27s programs to see if UM success can be duplicated at other institutions. Obviously, recruitment involves a variety of approaches other than media including a special fall and spring African-American Recruitment Day, special enrichment institutes during the summer, college student mentoring programs in the black community, minority merit scholarships for both resident and non-resident students, minority transfer scholarships for students attending community colleges and a ministerial matching grant program aimed at African-American students with memberships at Memphis/Shelby County historically African-American churches

Pathogenic Yersinia and Listeria monocytogenes in organic pork production

The goal of this study is to determine the prevalence of pathogenic Yersinia and Listeria monocytogenes in organic pork production and assess risks in different steps of the pork production chain

The Grail theorem prover: Type theory for syntax and semantics

As the name suggests, type-logical grammars are a grammar formalism based on logic and type theory. From the prespective of grammar design, type-logical grammars develop the syntactic and semantic aspects of linguistic phenomena hand-in-hand, letting the desired semantics of an expression inform the syntactic type and vice versa. Prototypical examples of the successful application of type-logical grammars to the syntax-semantics interface include coordination, quantifier scope and extraction.This chapter describes the Grail theorem prover, a series of tools for designing and testing grammars in various modern type-logical grammars which functions as a tool . All tools described in this chapter are freely available

Implementation status of mandatory inspection of sprayers in Romania

To harmonize the Romanian legislation on plant protection to the European legislation the Directive 128/2009 has been transposed into national legislation by Government Emergency Ordinance 34/2012 on establishing the institutional framework for action to the sustainable use of pesticides in Romania.National Action Plan approved by Decision 683/2013, on reducing the risks associated with the use of plant protection products is the strategic document regarding the continuous improvement of the use of plant protection products and contains quantitative targets, measures and timetables to reduce risks and the effects of using plant protection products on the environment and human health

Musiikin mahdollisuudet lapsen motorisessa kehityksessä

Tiivistelmä. Kandidaatin tutkielmassani vastaan tutkimuskysymykseeni: Miten musiikkikasvatus tukee lapsen motorista kehitystä? Tutkimusaihe on lähtöisin kiinnostuksestani motoriikkaa ja neurologiaa kohtaan, ja olen usein pohtinut, mitä ihmisen kehossa tapahtuu musisoinnin aikana ja kuinka monipuolisesti musiikki voi vaikuttaa ihmiseen. Musiikin positiivisia vaikutuksia on tutkittu laajasti ja tässä tutkimuksessa syvennyn näistä hyödyistä musiikin mahdollisuuksiin lapsen motorisessa kehityksessä. Tässä systemaattisena kirjallisuuskatsauksena suoritetussa tutkimuksessa avaan motoriikkaa psykologisesta ja neurologisesta näkökulmasta tutkimalla liikkeeseen liittyviä aivoalueita, ja lapsen motorisia kehitysvaiheita ja motorisia taitoja. Käsittelen motoriikan ilmenemistä musiikkipedagogiikassa käymällä läpi perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelman perusteita luokilla 1–6 (taide- ja taitoaineet, erityinen tuki), Dalcroze-pedagogiikkaa ja Orff-pedagogiikkaa. Tarkastelen motoriikkaa myös puhtaasti instrumenttiopintojen ja ammattimuusikkojen näkökulmasta, jotta tutkimuksessa tulee esille myös se, kuinka pitkälle motoriset taidot voivat kehittyä pitkäaikaisen musisoinnin ansiosta ja miten tämä vaikuttaa muihin kognitiivisiin kykyihin. Tutkimukseni perusteella musisointi, musiikin kehollinen ilmaisu ja monipuolinen liikkuminen tilassa vahvistaa ja kehittää motorisia taitoja lapsen kriittisten sekä optimaalisten kehitysjaksojen aikana. Koulussa musiikki tukee lapsen motorista kehitystä pyrkimällä rakentamaan luovaan liikkumiseen kannustavan oppimisympäristön. Tästä huolimatta termi motoriikka paistaa poissaolollaan vuoden 2014 perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelman perusteissa musiikin oppiaineen kohdalla. Motoriikan sijasta käytetään laajempia termejä, liike ja kehollisuus. Hienomotorisia taitoja puolestaan tukee säännöllinen instrumentilla harjoittelu, jonka aikana muut kognitiiviset alueet, kuten kuulo, näkö ja muisti, kehittyvät tekemällä motoriikan kanssa välitöntä yhteistyötä. Tulevana musiikkikasvattajana motoriset taidot, niiden kehittyminen ja ylläpitäminen musiikin parissa ovat oleellisia tuntea. Tämän kandidaatin tutkielman lopussa mietinkin, miten tulevassa ammatissani voisin mahdollistaa musiikin oppilaiden monipuolisen motorisen kehityksen

The True Seroprevalence of Enteropathogenic Yersinia in Pigs, a Hayesian Approach

Bayesian inference was used to estimate the true seroprevalence of enteropathogenic Yersinia in pigs in Finland. Sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic test were also estimated. One-hundred-seventy-two pigs of different ages were sampled and analysed for antibodies against enteropathogenic Yersinia outer proteins by a commercially ELISA test

Dependent Types for Pragmatics

This paper proposes the use of dependent types for pragmatic phenomena such as pronoun binding and presupposition resolution as a type-theoretic alternative to formalisms such as Discourse Representation Theory and Dynamic Semantics.Comment: This version updates the paper for publication in LEU

Long-Term Outcomes of a Therapist-Supported, Smartphone-Based Intervention for Elevated Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety : Quasiexperimental, Pre-Postintervention Study

Background: Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders and severely impacts one's physical, psychological, and social functioning. To address access barriers to care, we developed Ascend-a smartphone-delivered, therapist-supported, 8-week intervention based on several evidence-based psychological treatments for depression and anxiety. A previous feasibility study with 102 adults with elevated depression reported that Ascend is associated with a postintervention reduction in depression symptoms. Objective: We aimed to examine whether Ascend is associated with a reduction in symptoms of anxiety, and importantly, whether reductions in symptoms of depression and anxiety are maintained up to 12-months postintervention. Methods: We assessed whether the previously reported, end-of-treatment improvements seen in the 102 adults with elevated symptoms of depression extended up to 12 months posttreatment for depression symptoms (measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9]) and up to 6 months posttreatment for anxiety symptoms (added to the intervention later and measured using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 [GAD-7] scale). We used linear mixed effects models with Tukey contrasts to compare time points and reported intention-to-treat statistics with a sensitivity analysis. Results: The intervention was associated with reductions in symptoms of depression that were maintained 12 months after the program (6.67-point reduction in PHQ-9 score, 95% CI 5.59-7.75; P= 10) reported clinically significant improvement at the 12-month follow-up (at least 50% reduction in PHQ-9 score and postprogram score Conclusions: There is limited evidence on whether outcomes associated with smartphone-based interventions for common mental health problems are maintained posttreatment. Participants who enrolled in Ascend experienced clinically significant reductions in symptoms of depression and anxiety that were maintained for up to 1 year and 6 months after the intervention, respectively. Future randomized trials are warranted to test Ascend as a scalable solution to the treatment of depression and anxiety.Peer reviewe