The Truth of What Matters: An Autoethnography and Visual Inquiry of Art Teacher Burnout

Teachers have long struggled with stress and burnout due to the job’s physical, mental, and emotional complexities. This autoethnography explores teacher stress and burnout through six social fiction short stories and accompanying photographs. My personal accounts of teaching art inform the discussion around why so many teachers are experiencing burnout and why art teachers struggle to maintain an artistic practice while teaching. To understand more precisely the issues that teachers are facing, I have identified four prevalent challenges for art teachers. These issues are insufficient teacher preparation, lack of teacher support, excessive workload, and breakdown of identity. Additionally, a fifth theme, “connection” emerged as a positive intervention. This thesis also explores how connections to the school community and staff, students, and through engagement with an active art practice are beneficial to an art teacher’s well-being

Missouri School of Mines, Civil Engineering Department survey data. Including the adjustment of the triangulation net on the M.S.M. Campus

In taking up the adjustment of survey data on the M.S.M. Campus the first thing to determine [is] the use for said data. The data is used by the Department to determine whether or not the student in his Field Work has pursued correct methods. No attempt is made to require great precision as the student is just learning to use the instruments and time is not allowed in the courses for him to learn other than the rudiments of Surveying --Part 2, Adjustment Data, Narration of Adjustment Methods, page 24

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Cancer Patients with Radiation-Induced Tissue Injuries

Cancer, secondary to cardiovascular disease, is the leading cause of death worldwide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, n.d.). Radiation is a standard cancer therapy, however it can cause fibrosis of blood vessels, the breakdown of soft tissue, and subsequently lead to necrosis. When caring for cancer patients, it is imperative to consider the lasting effects interventions pose on their long-term health. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a healing treatment consisting of administering 100% oxygen to the body in a pressurized chamber; in turn, HBOT facilitates capillary regrowth, blood flow restoration, and increased efficiency of wound healing time. The efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in improving the healing time of radiation-induced tissue injury in adults, compared to those not receiving the therapy, was examined. A literature search was conducted using the databases CINAHL and PubMed. The search encompassed the years 2019 to 2024 and included the search terms: hyperbaric oxygen therapy, injury, radiation, and cancer. Inclusion criteria involved articles that identified the uses of HBOT when treating post-radiation injuries for breast, head, neck, and pelvic cancers. Exclusion criteria included articles that did not fit the age group or highlighted alternative treatment modalities. Twelve peer-reviewed articles met the search criteria. The literature found that individuals receiving HBOT for radiation-induced complications reported increased quality of life, decreased pain, and minimal side effects shortly after therapy. Based on the findings, there is strong support that this treatment modality can reduce the healing time of tissue injuries compared to those not utilizing HBOT

CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS IN A DAY REPORTING CENTER PROGRAM

day reporting center; drunk driver

Number-phase entropic uncertainty relations and Wigner functions for solvable quantum systems with discrete spectra

In this letter, the number-phase entropic uncertainty relation and the number-phase Wigner function of generalized coherent states associated to a few solvable quantum systems with nondegenerate spectra are studied. We also investigate time evolution of number-phase entropic uncertainty and Wigner function of the considered physical systems with the help of temporally stable Gazeau-Klauder coherent states.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures; To appear in Phys Lett A 200

Profiles in Science: John Bennett Fenn

“Don’t ever try to be a scientist or engineer!” Had John Bennett Fenn listened to this advice given by his ninth grade teacher, he might not have gone on to pursue a career in analytical chemistry which would culminate in the attainment of the Nobel Prize in 2002. Gathered from interviews, publication analyses, glowing tributes, and his reminiscences, this paper outlines the academic and professional life of John Fenn from childhood through the end of his career in 2010