Tenant participation in sustainable renovation projects: using AHP and case studies

By law it is stated that in most cases 70% of the tenants have to participate before the renovation plans can be executed in the Netherlands. For housing associations this participation level can be a problem with the consequence that sustainable renovation projects are postponed or stopped. In order to realize the best policy, this research investigated the content of the project plans and their influence on the tenant participation. To obtain data a survey was distributed to project managers including five case studies. The most important factor is the level of rent increase, even though the aim of the sustainable renovation project is to lower the energy costs and thus lower the integral housing costs for the tenant. This research ends with a checklist with tips for project managers to give substance to the sustainable renovation plans. Keywords: tenant participation, sustainable transformation, AHP, case stud

Tenant participation in sustainable renovation projects: using AHP and case studies

By law it is stated that in most cases 70% of the tenants have to participate before the renovation plans can be executed in the Netherlands. For housing associations this participation level can be a problem with the consequence that sustainable renovation projects are postponed or stopped. In order to realize the best policy, this research investigated the content of the project plans and their influence on the tenant participation. To obtain data a survey was distributed to project managers including five case studies. The most important factor is the level of rent increase, even though the aim of the sustainable renovation project is to lower the energy costs and thus lower the integral housing costs for the tenant. This research ends with a checklist with tips for project managers to give substance to the sustainable renovation plans. Keywords: tenant participation, sustainable transformation, AHP, case stud

Stigmatization of Psychology Doctoral Program Applicants Who Have a History of Psychological Counseling

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Developing a Clinical Literacy Experience That Improves Outcomes for Students and Preservice Teachers

Improving literacy outcomes so more students graduate from high school career- and college- ready is critical in today\u27s society. There is a wealth of evidence-based practices for teachers to utilize and yet student literacy outcomes fail to improve. This article provides an example of how a clinical model literacy clinic, housed in a partner elementary school, improved learning outcomes for preservice teachers and the at-risk students they instructed. During this twice weekly, semester-long literacy clinic, the preservice teachers explicitly taught all five critical literacy components to support struggling readers with the focus on using high-leverage practices for instruction. This taught the preservice teachers both the what and how to teach struggling readers. This program supported the needs of a partner school while developing new teachers confident and prepared to meet the literacy needs of struggling readers

Developing Growth Mindset and GRIT in Preservice Teachers

Educator preparation programs are charged with developing preservice teachers ready to meet the many challenges of today\u27s classrooms. Developing a growth mindset and GRIT provides future educators with important dispositions to increase their teaching effectiveness and improve the success of their students. A growth mindset helps learners realize that intellect is not fixed but through time and effort, skills will increase. Developing GRIT (i.e., growth, resilience, integrity, and tenacity) builds the perseverance to continue until goals are reached. Developing GRIT and a growth mindset helps teachers understand that all students, even diverse learners, can be successful if provided the appropriate instruction. This article provides an example of how an educator preparation program incorporated growth mindset and GRIT in the clinical model to support learning for the preservice teachers while promoting growth mindset and GRIT in the classroom

Structure of a Syn Aldol Addition Product of Benzaldehyde and A Prolinol-Derived O-Silacyclopentyl Ketene N,O-Acetal

The compound (5S,6S,11 aS)-hexahydro-6-methyl-5-phenylspiro[1H,7H-pyrrolo[2,1-e][1,3,6,2]dioxazasilonine-3,1'-silacyclopentan]-7-one (1) results from the silicon-directed condensation of the prolinol-derived O-silacyclopentyl ketene N,O-acetal (2) with benzaldehyde. The five-membered pyrrolidine ring has an envelope conformation and the silacyclopentyl ring has an en-type conformation with C17 and C18 on opposite sides of the CI6--Si--C19 plane. Both of these rings appear to be disordered.Chemistry and Chemical Biolog

Diet of Juvenile Alabama Shad (Alosa alabamae) in Two Northern Gulf of Mexico Drainages

Understanding food-web ecology is valuable to conservation by linking interactions of multiple species together and illustrating the functionality of trophic exchange. Alosa alabamae (Alabama Shad), an anadromous species, reproduces in northern Gulf of Mexico drainages from February through May, and for this study, the Pascagoula and Apalachicola rivers were chosen to sample juvenile Alabama Shad. The age-0 fish mature within these rivers and have the potential to impact the food web of the systems in which maturation occurs. The focus was to determine if diet changes as Alabama Shad mature, and to identify diet differences between drainages. Diets of Alabama Shad (SL) consisted primarily of a dark, almost black material labeled as unidentifiable organics. while larger Alabama Shad. \u3e50 mm SL, fed almost exclusively on insects. Many groups of aquatic and terrestrial insects were found in the stomachs of this species. Alabama Shad diets also differed among drainages, with the Apalachicola River being dominated by terrestrial insects, and the Pascagoula River having both terrestrial and aquatic insects. Diet and trophic placement of Alabama Shad may allow managers to understand the importance of this fish within its natal rivers

“You have to be Proactive with Your Child’s Health”: Learning and Health Literacy among Caregivers of Children with ADHD

This paper uses focus group data to examine health literacy among 26 low-socioeconomic status, minority caregivers of school-age children with ADHD. To cope with their child’s ADHD symptoms or diagnosis, caregivers used observation, gathered information from multiple sources, and discerned how to obtain services within confusing system healthcare and education systems