A Curriculum And Instruction Resource For Teachers Of Low-Literacy Adult English Language Learners: Incorporating Reading Standards Foundational Skills For Low-Literacy ESL

The research question addressed in this project was, how does a teacher of non-literate and low-literacy adult English language learners align instruction with college and career-readiness standards? The author analyzed the Reading Standards Foundational Skills from the College and Career Readiness Standards (USDE, 2013). Through the lens of SLA theory, the author took into consideration how native language literacy, age, and trauma factor into learning for non-literate and low-literacy adult ESL learners. Similarly, the author relied on existing research in instructional strategies for low-literacy adults to inform curriculum and instruction. This project implements systematic and sequential classroom activities around the phonological awareness tasks of onset, phonemic deletion, and rhyme, and phonics and word recognition for a story-based unit on housing for low-literacy adult ESL students

Webern’s “Heavenly Journey” and Schoenberg’s Vagrant Chords

The five Dehmel Lieder (1906–08) act as a bridge in Anton Webern’s musical development. Along with the earliest of the fourteen George Lieder, they represent an initial exploration of a new musical style, while still maintaining substantive ties with the Romantic Lied of Webern’s predecessors. Because the five Dehmel settings are the only songs written by Webern under the direct tutelage of Arnold Schoenberg, they also provide unique insight into Schoenberg’s role as Webern’s teacher at this moment of stylistic shift. This article focuses particularly on the fair copy and sketches of the most extended of the Dehmel songs, “Himmelfahrt,” using linear analysis to show how Webern employed “vagrant” harmonies (in Schoenberg’s terms) and contrapuntal delays of tonal arrivals to arrive at a state of “suspended tonality.” In addition, it engages several markings in the sketches to speculate about Schoenberg’s influence on these songs. This article is part of a special, serialized feature: A Music-Theoretical Matrix: Essays in Honor of Allen Forte (Part III)

Nobody Can Compete With Free

My heartfelt thanks to June M. Besek for organizing this Symposium at the Kernochan Center, and inviting me to participate on a panel as a representative of graphic artists. Usually the people who are invited to speak on panels or testify at hearings are aggregators or distributors of copyrighted works (publishers, production companies, stock image companies, etc.), IP attorneys representing large trade associations of corporate rights holders and law professors. Rarely are working professional artists invited to explain what we do in the marketplace and how we work with our clients. I am honored and very grateful for this opportunity, as well as the opportunity to write for the Journal. June prepared those of us she invited on her panel by giving us some questions to discuss. In addition to our shared time at the Symposium, she suggested that we could write more for the Journal. There is so much more that I’d like to elaborate on for her first question to us: “What is it like to earn a living in the current environment (obstacles and advantages, whether it’s harder or easier than when you got into your field, etc.)?

Integrated water management with reuse: A programing approach

This is the published version. Copyright 1979 by American Geophysical Union.Interest has increased recently in water recycling and reuse. The possible economic feasibility of reuse and recycling dramatically increases the complexity of designing an optimal water delivery system. In this paper we present a nonlinear model which takes into account both flow requirements and water quality. Because of the model's transshipment formulation the solution technique seems to be effective in aiding the design decisions

The role of interleukin-1 in neuroinflammation and Alzheimer disease: an evolving perspective

Elevation of the proinflammatory cytokine Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is an integral part of the local tissue reaction to central nervous system (CNS) insult. The discovery of increased IL-1 levels in patients following acute injury and in chronic neurodegenerative disease laid the foundation for two decades of research that has provided important details regarding IL-1's biology and function in the CNS. IL-1 elevation is now recognized as a critical component of the brain's patterned response to insults, termed neuroinflammation, and of leukocyte recruitment to the CNS. These processes are believed to underlie IL-1's function in the setting of acute brain injury, where it has been ascribed potential roles in repair as well as in exacerbation of damage. Explorations of IL-1's role in chronic neurodegenerative disease have mainly focused on Alzheimer disease (AD), where indirect evidence has implicated it in disease pathogenesis. However, recent observations in animal models challenge earlier assumptions that IL-1 elevation and resulting neuroinflammatory processes play a purely detrimental role in AD, and prompt a need for new characterizations of IL-1 function. Potentially adaptive functions of IL-1 elevation in AD warrant further mechanistic studies, and provide evidence that enhancement of these effects may help to alleviate the pathologic burden of disease

Just A Little Bit South Of North Carolina

Illustration of sign that says \u27South Carolina\u27 and points to the right; Bird on top of signhttps://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/7832/thumbnail.jp

Staged Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for the Surgical Treatment of Insular Glioma: a Case Series

Staged Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for the Surgical Treatment of Insular Glioma: a Case Series Introduction Insular gliomas pose one of the most significant challenges in neurosurgical oncology due to the complexity of the surrounding functional and microvascular anatomy. Despite current surgical and technological advancements, resection of insular gliomas can lead to potentially severe neurological morbidities. Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT), either alone or combined with surgery, presents a less invasive cytoreductive approach for treating insular gliomas. Objective In this work we describe the first-ever reported series of patients with insular gliomas treated with staged LITT operations with or without subsequent craniotomy. Methods We reviewed a retrospective institutional database to identify patients with insular glioma who underwent staged LITT operations with or without subsequent craniotomy. From the compiled list of 11 patients, we obtained clinical, histopathological and volumetric lesion characteristics for each patient. Procedural characteristics, morbidity, overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were further assessed. Results From the 11 insular glioma patients included in this study the average age was 42 (SD = 12.5 years) with 8 (73%) patients that had left sided tumors and 6 (55%) patients had high grade insular gliomas. A total of 26 surgical procedures were performed with 21 ablations and 5 ablations that were followed by subsequent craniotomy. With regards to operative outcomes, the median tumor volume (cc) of our patient group was 31.5 (9.58-97) and the extent of tumor resection with laser ablation was on average 96.2% (SD = 8.5). Assessing post-operative morbidities, our group found OS to be 15.7 months (SD=10.3) and PFS to be 11.7 months (SD=7.5). Of the 21 ablation-only procedures performed, in the peri-operative period (3-5 days) neurological deficits were found in 9 (43%) post-ablation cases however there were 0 post-ablation cases with neurological deficits in the long-term (\u3e3months). Of the 5 procedures where laser ablation was followed with subsequent craniotomy, neurological deficits were found in the peri-operative period in all 5 post-resection cases (100%) and there were neurological deficits in the long-term period found in 2 of them (40%). Conclusions We present the first ever reported series of insular gliomas treated with staged LITT operations. Through conducting this study our group found that staged treatment of insular gliomas with LITT is safe, effective and a minimally invasive option that avoids the potentially severe neurological compromises associated with conventional surgical resection approaches. Usage of stages of LITT to directly target high-risk insular glioma regions presents a novel treatment approach that may facilitate the maximal safe treatment of these otherwise significantly surgically challenging lesions

Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Management of Low-Grade Gliomas and Radiation Necrosis: A Single-Institution Case Series

Background: Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) has emerged as a minimally invasive treatment modality for ablation of low-grade glioma (LGG) and radiation necrosis (RN). Objective: To evaluate the efficacy, safety, and survival outcomes of patients with radiographically presumed recurrent or newly diagnosed LGG and RN treated with LITT. Methods: The neuro-oncological database of a quaternary center was reviewed for all patients who underwent LITT for management of LGG between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2020. Clinical data including demographics, lesion characteristics, and clinical and radiographic outcomes were collected. Kaplan-Meier analyses comprised overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Results: Nine patients (7 men, 2 women; mean [SD] age 50 [16] years) were included. Patients underwent LITT at a mean (SD) of 11.6 (8.5) years after diagnosis. Two (22%) patients had new lesions on radiographic imaging without prior treatment. In the other 7 patients, all (78%) had surgical resection, 6 (67%) had intensity-modulated radiation therapy and chemotherapy, respectively, and 4 (44%) had stereotactic radiosurgery. Two (22%) patients had lesions that were wild-type IDH1 status. Volumetric assessment of preoperative T1-weighted contrast-enhancing and T2-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences yielded mean (SD) lesion volumes of 4.1 (6.5) cm(3) and 26.7 (27.9) cm(3), respectively. Three (33%) patients had evidence of radiographic progression after LITT. The pooled median (IQR) PFS for the cohort was 52 (56) months, median (IQR) OS after diagnosis was 183 (72) months, and median (IQR) OS after LITT was 52 (60) months. At the time of the study, 2 (22%) patients were deceased. Conclusions: LITT is a safe and effective treatment option for management of LGG and RN, however, there may be increased risk of permanent complications with treatment of deep-seated subcortical lesions

Spatial and temporal variation in Arctic freshwater chemistry—Reflecting climate-induced landscape alterations and a changing template for biodiversity

Freshwater chemistry across the circumpolar region was characterised using a pan-Arctic data set from 1,032 lake and 482 river stations. Temporal trends were estimated for Early (1970-1985), Middle (1986-2000), and Late (2001-2015) periods. Spatial patterns were assessed using data collected since 2001.Alkalinity, pH, conductivity, sulfate, chloride, sodium, calcium, and magnesium (major ions) were generally higher in the northern-most Arctic regions than in the Near Arctic (southern-most) region. In particular, spatial patterns in pH, alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium appeared to reflect underlying geology, with more alkaline waters in the High Arctic and Sub Arctic, where sedimentary bedrock dominated.Carbon and nutrients displayed latitudinal trends, with lower levels of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total nitrogen, and (to a lesser extent) total phosphorus (TP) in the High and Low Arctic than at lower latitudes. Significantly higher nutrient levels were observed in systems impacted by permafrost thaw slumps.Bulk temporal trends indicated that TP was higher during the Late period in the High Arctic, whereas it was lower in the Near Arctic. In contrast, DOC and total nitrogen were both lower during the Late period in the High Arctic sites. Major ion concentrations were higher in the Near, Sub, and Low Arctic during the Late period, but the opposite bulk trend was found in the High Arctic.Significant pan-Arctic temporal trends were detected for all variables, with the most prevalent being negative TP trends in the Near and Sub Arctic, and positive trends in the High and Low Arctic (mean trends ranged from +0.57%/year in the High/Low Arctic to -2.2%/year in the Near Arctic), indicating widespread nutrient enrichment at higher latitudes and oligotrophication at lower latitudes.The divergent P trends across regions may be explained by changes in deposition and climate, causing decreased catchment transport of P in the south (e.g. increased soil binding and trapping in terrestrial vegetation) and increased P availability in the north (deepening of the active layer of the permafrost and soil/sediment sloughing). Other changes in concentrations of major ions and DOC were consistent with projected effects of ongoing climate change. Given the ongoing warming across the Arctic, these region-specific changes are likely to have even greater effects on Arctic water quality, biota, ecosystem function and services, and human well-being in the future

Predictors of invertebrate biomass and rate of advancement of invertebrate phenology across eight sites in the North American Arctic

Average annual temperatures in the Arctic increased by 2–3 °C during the second half of the twentieth century. Because shorebirds initiate northward migration to Arctic nesting sites based on cues at distant wintering grounds, climate-driven changes in the phenology of Arctic invertebrates may lead to a mismatch between the nutritional demands of shorebirds and the invertebrate prey essential for egg formation and subsequent chick survival. To explore the environmental drivers afecting invertebrate availability, we modeled the biomass of invertebrates captured in modifed Malaise-pitfall traps over three summers at eight Arctic Shorebird Demographics Network sites as a function of accumulated degree-days and other weather variables. To assess climate-driven changes in invertebrate phenology, we used data from the nearest long-term weather stations to hindcast invertebrate availability over 63 summers, 1950–2012. Our results confrmed the importance of both accumulated and daily temperatures as predictors of invertebrate availability while also showing that wind speed negatively afected invertebrate availability at the majority of sites. Additionally, our results suggest that seasonal prey avail ability for Arctic shorebirds is occurring earlier and that the potential for trophic mismatch is greatest at the northernmost sites, where hindcast invertebrate phenology advanced by approximately 1–2.5 days per decade. Phenological mismatch could have long-term population-level efects on shorebird species that are unable to adjust their breeding schedules to the increasingly earlier invertebrate phenologies.publishedVersio