Collective Efficacy in SCRUM Teams

The study of using a SCRUM Process for departmental operations introduced a new investigation of collective efficacy as it relates to team and departmental effectiveness. Collective efficacy is a group\u27s shared belief in its conjoint capability to organize and execute the courses of action required to produce given levels of attainment (Bandura, 1997, p. 477). The understanding of the causes of change in a groups collective efficacy can enhance the implications of using a SCRUM Process for work amongst departmental service teams. Two service teams within a campus department were chosen to record Sprint Retrospective meetings for post meeting analysis. The team developed a codebook based off mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, social persuasion, and physiological states linked to collective efficacy. These experiences were noted and qualitatively analyzed over each meeting to display the teams change in collective efficacy as the SCRUM Process progressed. This research effort is ongoing and still collecting data from individual scrum teams. Due to the analysis being conducted from the start to the end of the service teams\u27 task, it would be preemptive to present results currently, however results should be completed by Discovery Day. Once all data has been compiled and analyzed via multiple coders and compared, the findings can be used to help other SCRUM teams perform at a higher level

Student User Experience

The goal of user experience is to refurbish products and services in order to present the best outcome to its customers based on their opinions. From an educational perspective, the student introduces the investigation into perspectives and experiences in their degree program. The understanding of opinions about the university’s programs from a student’s perspective will aid departments in offering the best experience and education. In order to examine the user experience of students, interviews will be conducted by looking at how they would describe their experience in degree programs by identifying adjectives and collecting stories that relate to those adjectives. These adjectives were obtained by a trial run of the experiment by casually asking students to describe their individual experiences in their department. The collection of adjectives will be used to develop an instrument that will assess departmental experience for students and will provide departments with a way that they can formatively change. The results to this study have not yet been finalized. The completion of this investigation will create a way for departments and courses to be more focused on the iterative improvement process

Career Competencies: More than Students, More than Athletes

The ability for student-athletes to translate athletic experiences into career competencies is valuable, but student-athletes may not know how to leverage the career competencies they have gained through sports participation. In addition, student-athlete’s time demands may limit access to career support services. This project summarizes the perceived career competencies of student-athletes at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU). Embry-Riddle student-athletes compete in the Sunshine State Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association\u27s (NCAA) Division II. Findings from one-on-one interviews with 16 current or past ERAU student-athletes led to the creation of an infographic, containing five word clouds. Among ERAU student-athletes, the word clouds indicate the most commonly perceived career competencies are a) career preparation, b) professionalism, c) communication and d) collaboration. To help ERAU student-athletes further develop their career competencies, a 2-3 minute promotional video will spread awareness about a recently developed app called Career Readiness Challenge (CRC). This work is a part of a larger study titled, Gamified Online Platform to Support Student-Athlete Career Readiness, funded by the NCAA Innovations in Research and Practice Grant Program

Redesigning for Efficiency: Adding a Homepage to Canvas Courses

With the increase in online learning, learning management systems (LMS) such as Canvas are increasing in importance for disseminating information from professors to students. An initial focus group was conducted to assess students’ perceptions of their current Canvas course organization. Results indicate that students report a lack of consistency and clear organization, which leads to significant time searching for information and frustration. In an effort to help students create a clear mental model of a Canvas course, we developed a template homepage that contains a main navigation menu including an FAQ, Course Resources, Start Here, Grades, and Syllabus link. The homepage also includes a course overview schedule made with links to individual modules and assignment due dates. We are currently evaluating the new design in terms of efficiency and student perceptions. Our hypothesis is that the homepage design will help students get to the information they want faster and provide a better overview of the course than the traditional home page design

Bioremediacion de aguas con fosfatos y nitratos utilizando Scenedesmus incrasssatulus inmovilizado

El uso de las microalgas, como sistema biológico alternativo para el tratamiento de las aguas domésticas ha sido objeto de numerosas investigaciones debido a su capacidad de remover cantidades significativas de nitratos, fosfatos y materia orgánica. Además la biomasa producida representa una fuente potencial de alimento, químicos y pigmentos, entre otros productos de interés. En este trabajo se estudió la remoción de nitratos y fosfatos del medio de cultivo Bold utilizando Scenedesmus incrassatulus inmovilizado en alginato de calcio, como una nueva alternativa tecnológica de remoción. Se trabajó con dos fotorreactores air-lift en condiciones controladas de temperatura (20°C), flujo de aire (1 L/min), a una densidad de flujo fotónico (DFF) de 250 µmolm-2s-1, durante un periodo de 8 días. Para el seguimiento del crecimiento se llevaron a cabo determinaciones diarias de nitratos, fosfatos y pigmentos. Así mismo, se verificó la viabilidad de la microalga en las microesferas de alginato a lo largo del proceso. Mediante el sistema en estudio se logró en el día 8, una remoción  del 60% de la cantidad inicial de nitratos, mientras que los fosfatos disminuyeron en un 47%. En  el día 2 se alcanzó la mayor producción de clorofila a (6.5 mg/l) y para carotenos el valor más alto también se alcanzo este mismo día (12.7 mg/L). El examen de viabilidad de la microalga mostró resultados positivos al observarse al microscopio formación de un número importante de cenobios, tres días después de la inoculación en medio Bold de las células extraídas de las microesferas, concordante con un color verde intenso en los cultivos

Kwapa: Gente del río. Estrategias transmedia de impacto social

PAP Alter Código produce materiales de interacción audiovisual que se organizan en un universo transmedia, trabaja con personas de todas las edades, su meta es difundir representaciones no estigmatizantes de grupos socialmente desfavorecidos, además de compartir esta visión a todo aquel que colabore en el proyecto. En la temporada de verano 2023, el equipo Alter CÓDIGO continuó con el desarrollo del videojuego “A la orilla del río”, para ello la organización del trabajo se dividió en múltiples áreas tanto como comunitarias como digitales para dar una mayor profundidad al producto. Los avances más significativos van desde una versión más actualizada del guion, storyboards, una primera animación, un demo, este último de lo que sería el gameplay, y un minijuego. Asimismo, se muestra la vinculación comunitaria e impacto social que se logró con el desarrollo de los talleres de intervención fotográfica con niños acerca de su territorio. Paralelamente se aborda la creación de redes sociales y página web para la difusión del proyecto por fuera del PAP. En los dos meses de trabajo se cumplieron con los ideales del Proyecto de Aplicación Profesional y se logró una difusión transmedia. A pesar de que el proyecto aún no llega a su finalización, los avances y el alcance superaron las metas que se otorgaron al inicio de la temporada.ITESO, A.C

Caracterización de la investigación, el desarrollo tecnológico y la innovación en el sector productivo de la región fronteriza colombo venezolana

En el libro se presenta la recopilación de proyectos de Investigación e Innovación tecnológica como resultado del desarrollo de actividades investigativas, donde se involucran grupos de investigación y semilleros, instructores investigadores, docentes universitarios, administrativos, aprendices, estudiantes universitarios y empresarios del ámbito regional, nacional e internacional, quienes motivados por su espíritu emprendedor e innovador le apostaron a involucrarse en proyectos desde las áreas de automatización, electrónica y telecomunicaciones, gestión de hábitat , Diseño e implementación de soluciones en TIC, Gestión del negocio emprendimiento y empresarismo, innovación educativa y diseño de vestuario.The book presents the compilation of Research and Technological Innovation projects as a result of the development of research activities, where research groups and seedbeds, research instructors, university teachers, administrative staff, apprentices, university students and entrepreneurs from the regional, national level are involved. and international, who, motivated by his entrepreneurial and innovative spirit, bet him to get involved in projects from the areas of automation, electronics and telecommunications, habitat management, Design and implementation of ICT solutions, Business management, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship, educational innovation and design. wardrobe.Caracterización de la investigación, el desarrollo tecnológico y la innovación en el sector productivo de la región fronteriza colombo venezolana -- Modelo de un sistema hidráulico controlado por redes neuronales – Sistema de gestión y monitoreo de consumo de servicios domiciliarios fomentando la “sostenibilidad inductiva” -- Cálculo de los parámetros hidráulicos y mecánicos de un prototipo robótico para la fumigación de cultivos de media y baja altura -- Manipulador robótico en el sistema integrado por computadora plataforma Cim-C -- Planificación multinivel y conflictos generados por la transformación de los espacios agrarios en el sector periurbano fronterizo de los trapiches, villa del rosario. -- Herramienta tecnológica para la vinculación del aprendiz sena del programa de articulación media con el sector productivo de la ciudad de bucaramanga -- Global kids máquina de intercambio financiero Global Kids financial Exchange machine – Desarrollo de aplicación móvil para la enseñanza e instrucción del área de documentación y gestión administrativa -- Diseño de una aplicación informática on-line para optimizar la gestión de los procesos, tramites e informes de los materiales de formación del sena centro cies regional norte de santander -- creación sala hub de consultoría estratégica mipymes norte de santander -- Diseño recorrido virtual de gestión documental Regional Norte de Santander: SENA -- Factores de riesgo provocadas por el incremento de estrés en las empresas industriales mexicanas -- Logística de la comercialización del plátano procedente de los municipios buenavista, córdoba y pijao -- Sistema de información móvil integrador de procesos formativos del sena con la comunidad educativa -- Sistematización de la información contable y financiera de los proyectos de aula en la media técnica -- BANKIDS juego didáctico y financiero -- Causas que originan la mala ortografía en los aprendices de la red de gestión administrativa y servicios financieros -- Informe sobre la deserción de aprendices de gestión administrativa y servicios financieros -- uso de las ntic desde el semillero de investigación e innovación virtual e-innovacmm centro metalmecánicona207 página

Time to Switch to Second-line Antiretroviral Therapy in Children With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Europe and Thailand.

Background: Data on durability of first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) in children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are limited. We assessed time to switch to second-line therapy in 16 European countries and Thailand. Methods: Children aged <18 years initiating combination ART (≥2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors [NRTIs] plus nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor [NNRTI] or boosted protease inhibitor [PI]) were included. Switch to second-line was defined as (i) change across drug class (PI to NNRTI or vice versa) or within PI class plus change of ≥1 NRTI; (ii) change from single to dual PI; or (iii) addition of a new drug class. Cumulative incidence of switch was calculated with death and loss to follow-up as competing risks. Results: Of 3668 children included, median age at ART initiation was 6.1 (interquartile range (IQR), 1.7-10.5) years. Initial regimens were 32% PI based, 34% nevirapine (NVP) based, and 33% efavirenz based. Median duration of follow-up was 5.4 (IQR, 2.9-8.3) years. Cumulative incidence of switch at 5 years was 21% (95% confidence interval, 20%-23%), with significant regional variations. Median time to switch was 30 (IQR, 16-58) months; two-thirds of switches were related to treatment failure. In multivariable analysis, older age, severe immunosuppression and higher viral load (VL) at ART start, and NVP-based initial regimens were associated with increased risk of switch. Conclusions: One in 5 children switched to a second-line regimen by 5 years of ART, with two-thirds failure related. Advanced HIV, older age, and NVP-based regimens were associated with increased risk of switch

Voice to Vision XII: Disclosed Cycles of the Body and Mind

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