Descriptive Study of Admission Policy and Academic. Success Variables for the Academically-disadvantaged College Freshman at the Oklahoma State University

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Going Wild! Teaching about Wild Products from BC\u27s Coastal Rainforests: A Guidebook for Educatiors for Grades 4 -7

What type of plants did our ancestors collect and use from our coastal forests? How do people use these plants now? Why are they important to you and your family? How can we learn to recognize them and continue to use them in a sustainable way to strengthen our communities? This guidebook will help you and your students explore these questions. It provides background material on some special plants and mushrooms from the rainforests of BC’s Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii that are important for many reasons.The activities in this guidebook focus on these species, how they are used and why they are important. The activities are designed for grades 4 to 7, but also include extension activities for other grades. Going Wild! Teaching about Wild Products from BC’s Coastal Rainforests has been developed specifically for First Nations on the Central and North Coast and Haida Gwaii, but it can be used as a resource for other coastal communities and in other locations in BC where these plants are found. We hope that this guide book will be a useful tool in helping your students find a closer connection with their environment, and with plants that have been, and continue to be, important to their communities

Diseño del sistema de alcantarillado para la mejora de la condición sanitaria del centro poblado Salitre, Cáceres del Perú, Santa, Áncash – 2021

El presente trabajo de investigación titulado “Diseño del sistema de alcantarillado para la mejora de la condición sanitaria del centro poblado Salitre, distrito Cáceres del Perú, provincia del Santa, departamento de Ancash”, tuvo como objetivo general elaborar el diseño el sistema de alcantarillado en el centro poblado Salitre, distrito de Cáceres del Perú, Provincia Del Santa, Región Áncash. La población estuvo conformada por 1030 habitantes de dicho centro poblado y se utilizaron instrumentos de recolección de datos (encuestas), así como, protocolos (levantamiento topográfico, estudio de suelo). El centro poblado Salitre cuenta con agua potable, con una dotación de 100 lt/hab/día y con un caudal promedio diario anual de 2.1 lt/s., pero no cuentan con el sistema de alcantarillado sanitario, por este motivo se consideró diseñar el sistema de alcantarillado para la mejora de la condición sanitaria, para lo cual se debe elaborar el diseño del sistema de alcantarillado y evaluar la condición sanitaria de la población. Para realizar el diseño del sistema de alcantarillado. En primera instancia, se realizó un empadronamiento de los jefes de hogar de cada vivienda y se hizo un levantamiento topográfico de la zona para poder realizar el diseño de la red de tuberías colectoras; posteriormente a esto, se realizaron los cálculos correspondientes a la planta de tratamiento donde serán tratadas las aguas servidas, y luego se elaboró el diseño del sistema de alcantarillado con el uso del software AutoCAD Civil 3d, lo que conllevaría a mejorar la condición sanitaria de la población de estudio Concluyendo que el sistema de alcantarillado abarca a toda la población y reduce la proliferación de parásitos.Tesi

Employer Expectations for Entry to the Environmental Profession: Necessary Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

This study was designed to elicit employer expectations for entry-level environmental professionals. Thirty-three experts from the environmental profession representing the private, government and non-profit employment sectors participated in a two-round Delphi study consisting initially of open-ended questions concerning knowledge, skills and abilities, followed by a Likert-scale rating exercise generated from the qualitative responses in round one. The expert's importance ratings to determinant themes and supporting statements emerging from the round one questions were analyzed through the use of SPSS 17.0 for mean and standard deviation resulting in categories of initial agreement, initial disagreement, and initial resolution of high importance. Experts participating in the two round Delphi study rated themes and supporting statements for importance by the use of a five point Likert-scale. The themes equated to questions posed to the experts: what does an entry-level environmental professional need to know to be successful in the field; need to be able to do to be successful in the field; what certifications are most important, and what college-level courses are most important. The resulting data were compiled and analyzed for initial agreement, initial disagreement, and initial resolution of high importance. The end result of the research produced primary competencies for entry-level environmental professionals including integrity, effective communication skills, strong work ethic, effective interpersonal communication skills, writing effectively, resourcefulness, critical thinking, and coursework in college including science, risk, regulations and computers. It is hoped that this study will serve to clarify the expectations of employers regarding necessary knowledge, skills and abilities for entry-level environmental professionals, and that stakeholders including students, graduates, faculty, curriculum coordinators, career placement officers, and said employers will work together to produce environmental professionals that are qualified to make immediate, effective and enduring impacts on the industry.Environmental Sciences Progra

Impact of a pilot NHS-funded sore throat test and treat service in community pharmacies on provision and quality of patient care

Objective A National Health Service (NHS)-funded sore throat test and treat (STTT) service was introduced in selected pharmacies in two local health boards in Wales, as an extension to the national pharmacy common ailment scheme. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of STTT on provision and quality of patient care, namely antibiotic use, patient safety and general practitioner (GP) consultation rates. Methods Secondary analyses of STTT consultation data to describe service outcomes, and routine data to explore changes in antibiotic prescribing and the prevalence of complications. Data were also collected from one GP practice to explore the feasibility of measuring changes in sore throat consultation rates in general practice. Results Less than 20% of 1725 consultations resulted in antibiotic supply. The availability of STTT was associated with greater reductions in prescriptions for phenoxymethylpenicillin than in areas where STTT was not available (−3.8% and −3.4%, difference 0.4%). When pharmacy supplies were included, the reductions in the supply of the antibiotic were similar. No increase in the monthly number of incidents of quinsy was detected, and patients were appropriately referred to other healthcare professionals during pharmacy consultations. GP consultation rates since introduction of STTT were found to be lower than the equivalent monthly average since 2014. Conclusions Data from the first 5 months of the STTT service suggest that it may have a role in safely rebalancing uncomplicated sore throat management from general practice to community pharmacies while continuing to promote antibiotic stewardship

Bonfires and barbecues:coalition governance and the politics of Quango reform

The use of arm's-length bodies to deliver certain services, to regulate certain sectors or to assume responsibility for particularly salient political issues is neither new in historical terms or a feature unique to the UK in comparative terms. What is particularly distinctive, however, is the Coalition Government's attempts since 2010 to reduce the number of ‘quangos’ while also strengthening the capacity of the core executive and sponsor departments to control and co-ordinate this dense and fragmented sphere of delegated governance. Drawing upon the findings of the first research project to analyse the current Public Bodies Reform Agenda, this article provides an account of the ‘filling-in’ of the ‘hollowing out’. It argues that when viewed through a historical lens, the Coalition Government has adopted a distinctive approach to ‘the quango problem’

The Sensor Management for Applied Research Technologies (SMART) Project

NASA seeks on-demand data processing and analysis of Earth science observations to facilitate timely decision-making that can lead to the realization of the practical benefits of satellite instruments, airborne and surface remote sensing systems. However, a significant challenge exists in accessing and integrating data from multiple sensors or platforms to address Earth science problems because of the large data volumes, varying sensor scan characteristics, unique orbital coverage, and the steep "learning curve" associated with each sensor, data type, and associated products. The development of sensor web capabilities to autonomously process these data streams (whether real-time or archived) provides an opportunity to overcome these obstacles and facilitate the integration and synthesis of Earth science data and weather model output

Task force on immigration and higher education in Central Massachusetts

In August 2007, the Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc. created a task force to examine the issue of immigration and higher education in Central Massachusetts. It has become increasingly clear from recent demographic and economic studies and projections that the population in the northeast, and certainly in Central Massachusetts, is showing minimal growth. There is evidence that a decline in the “native-born” population is caused by significant out-migration due to a number of factors, including the high cost of living, limited career opportunities and a declining birth rate. The limited population growth that is evident is due primarily to the recent influx of immigrants to this area, with the most significant numbers in Worcester coming from Ghana, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Kenya, El Salvador, Albania and Liberia. It is also clear that the area’s economy is becoming more knowledge-based with an increasing percentage of all new jobs requiring some form of postsecondary education. According to the 2007 Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development’s Job Vacancy Survey, 38 percent of current job vacancies in Massachusetts require an associate’s degree or higher. This represents an increase from 30 percent in 2003. Consequently, the level of education that the immigrant population attains is of vital importance to everyone—not only to immigrant students and their families but also to the economic well-being of the entire region. The Task Force was charged with researching the barriers to higher education faced by this new wave of immigrants and suggesting recommendations to address those barriers. The 36-member Task Force was made up of representatives from Consortium member institutions; federal, state and local governments; community and faithbased organizations; the Worcester Public Schools; the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education; and the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition. Meetings were held over six months, during which the Task Force identified three main barriers faced by immigrant communities in accessing higher education, and sub-committees were created to work on each of these. Speakers were invited to present on topics of interest. Two public hearings were held, the first of which was conducted at Worcester State College in October. It attracted community representatives, as well as college and high school faculty and administrators. The second hearing, held at the downtown branch of Quinsigamond Community College (QCC) in December, was attended by immigrants (English for Speakers of Other Languages – ESOL and GED) students as well as QCC staff.Published versio

Ice Core Collection Experimental Device (ICCED)

The Ice Core Collection Experimental Device (ICCED) is designed for participation in the NASA Microgravity Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT) “Under Ice Sampling Device” challenge. This challenge involves the design, development, and testing of a sampling device that will interface with a submersible vehicle in order to obtain subsurface ice samples in an underwater environment. ICCED is a remotely controlled, underwater drilling device designed to excavate and extract ice cores of 0.5 inches in diameter and 3 inches in length. ICCED consists of a drill connected to a linear slide, which is controlled by a microprocessor and able to cut through ice with the help of attached blades and a servo to power the drill. This device is designed for operation in environments such as those present on the moons of Europa and Enceladus, during which it will be able to drill into an ice surface, collect a sample, and secure the sample inside an insulated module. Development of the device is currently in the prototyping stage. Prototyping will be finished by the end of March, and the team will begin testing the prototype and redesigning, with a final model completed in April. Once final development is completed, the design will be tested in the Johnson Space Center’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory