CAO PERSPECTIVES: THE ROLE OF GENERAL EDUCATION OBJECTIVES IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE

Globalization is changing the way students prepare for careers in the United States and Europe as competition for highly skilled workers is increasing among companies, regions, and nations. Success in this environment requires skills beyond the ability to perform job-related tasks. Skills of this nature are described as “liberal arts,” “basic” or “soft” skills or more broadly, “general education.” This international comparative study examines the processes used to identify, embed, and assess outcomes related to general education within career and technical programs in selected institutions in Europe and the Midwestern United States through the perceptions of their Chief Academic Officers (CAOs). In this qualitative study, three community colleges were selected from the Midwestern United States and matched with three analogous institutions from the European Union offering career and technical programs. The CAO at each college participated in a semi-structured interview. Questions were asked related to the influence of cultural values and beliefs and the role of internal and external policies on the inclusion of general education objectives within career and technical programs. The content, delivery and assessment of those objectives, and future directions envisioned by the CAOs were also discussed. Interview results were triangulated with information from the college’s web sites and other documentation to support conclusions and recommendations. The study found considerable agreement on the components of general education among CAOs on both continents but a broad variation on time spent on these components. Findings also included the growing influence of employers on the curriculum of career and technical programs, including general education content, and growing regional, national and international oversight on both sides of the Atlantic. The study offers recommendations for practice, dissemination of the findings, and further research

Transport and interaction of drugs in leukocytes

The accumulation of selected CNS drugs by rat leukocytes was previously reported. This paper presents evidence for the transport into leukocytes of additional drugs. Also studied was the inhibition of the latter processes by various structurally related compounds. The markedly rapid and sodium-independent uptakes into rat leukocytes of amphetamine, codeine, methadone and naloxone fulfilled the basic criteria for active transport. The uptake of morphine was apparently accomplished by more than one process. The affinities of the high capacity transport systems (approximate Vmax: 100 nmoles/g cells/5sec) varied considerably as reflected by the two extreme Km values obtained for methadone (20 [mu]M) and morphine (1.8 mM). A variety of amines inhibited the cellular transport of the drugs. Most potent inhibitors were quinacrine (Ki: 0.5 to 3 [mu]M), desipramine (Ki: 6-20 [mu]M) and methadone (Ki: 18-25 [mu]M). Morphine and tryptamine exhibited inhibition constants higher than 1 mM. The cellular transport processes newly described in rat leukocytes apparently represent a novel addition to the heterogenous biological transport of basic amines. The structural specificity of amine transport in various tissues is discussed.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/22249/1/0000685.pd

Occupational and Public Field Exposure from Communication, Navigation, and Radar Systems Used for Air Traffic Control

Electromagnetic exposure (occupational and general public) to 14 types of air traffic control (ATC) systems is assessed. Measurement methods are proposed for in situ exposure assessment of these ATC systems. In total, 50 sites are investigated at 1,073 locations in the frequency range of 255 kHz to 24 GHz. For all installations, typical and maximal exposure values for workers and the general public are provided. Two of the 14 types of systems, Non-Directional Beacons (NDB) (up to 881.6 V m(-1)) and Doppler Very High Frequency (VHF) Omni-directional Range (DVOR) (up to 92.3 V m(-1)), exhibited levels requiring recommended minimum distances such that the ICNIRP reference levels are not exceeded. Cumulative exposure of all present radiofrequency (RF) sources is investigated, and it is concluded that the ATC source dominates the total exposure in its neighborhood. Health Phys. 103(6):750-762; 201

Between text and stage: the theatrical adaptations of J.M. Coetzee’s Foe

Several of J.M. Coetzee’s novels have been adapted successfully for the stage, both as theatrical and operatic versions, but these adaptations have not received much critical attention. This article examines the ways in which Peter Glazer and Mark Wheatley have adapted Coetzee’s novel Foe (1986), resulting in two different and distinct stage productions, performed in the US and the UK respectively. In order to explore the complex relationship between the published text and the play versions, the article will ground itself in theories of adaptation, drawing extensively on work by Linda Hutcheon and Robert Stam and Alessandra Raengo. One of the key ideas in adaptation theory is that adaptive fidelity to the source text is neither possible nor desirable, but that adaptation is a more complex, multi-layered intertextual and intermedial interplay of fictional material. The article discusses the two play scripts and analyses the adaptive choices which underpin them and how these structure their meaning-making. Finally, the article also suggests that these scripts can be used to throw more light on Coetzee’s enigmatic novel.DHE