Well Characteristics Influencing Microscopic Particulate Analysis Risk Index

Cryptosporidium parvum is a common surface water contaminant that can cause illness in human beings. The presence of this etiological agent in groundwater identifies the groundwater as under the direct influence (GWUDI) of surface water. Currently the determination of GWUDI water sources requires an expensive, labor-intensive laboratory procedure called the Microscopic Particulate Analysis (MPA). The results of the MPA provide a risk index that rates the degree of surface water contamination. The objective of this study is to identify other methods of identifying GWUDI of surface waters, such as well characteristics and hydrogeologic factors which may contribute to higher MPA risk indices. In order to determine which public water systems that are GWUDI, a total of sixty-two wells at water treatment systems suspected of being GWUDI were investigated. The wells sampled were distributed across seven counties in the Central Florida region. Water samples were collected and analyzed at the Department of Health Laboratory in Tampa, Florida using the MPA. The study also investigated the well characteristics and the hydrogeology of the well locations

Popular humor and the collective acceptance of breakthrough innovations

Breakthrough innovations are strikingly unfamiliar additions to everyday life, and novel technologies encounter significant barriers en route toward successful commercialization and widespread acceptance within a given society. This dissertation examines popular humor as a distinctive form of adaptive discourse that communities engage in as they negotiate the potential domestication of a breakthrough innovation. The link between popular humor and collective-level responses to breakthrough innovations is explored via a theory-building, in-depth historical case analysis of major joke cycles during the introduction of the automobile (1897-1929). Analysis of 2,627 jokes, supplemental cultural ephemera, and contemporaneous media accounts reveals the significance of humor as distinctive form of discourse and demonstrates how popular humor can facilitate evolving acceptance of a previously resisted breakthrough technology. In sum, this study extends our understanding of social, cultural, and emotional processes that influence the trajectories of radical innovations, draws attention to collective-level, identity-based forces embedded in the rhythms of everyday life that influence the acceptance or rejection of breakthrough innovations, and introduces humor as a mechanism for negotiating the meaning of novel technologies in society.Managemen

Diagnostic errors in paediatric cardiac intensive care

AbstractIntroductionDiagnostic errors cause significant patient harm and increase costs. Data characterising such errors in the paediatric cardiac intensive care population are limited. We sought to understand the perceived frequency and types of diagnostic errors in the paediatric cardiac ICU.MethodsPaediatric cardiac ICU practitioners including attending and trainee physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and registered nurses at three North American tertiary cardiac centres were surveyed between October 2014 and January 2015.ResultsThe response rate was 46% (N=200). Most respondents (81%) perceived that diagnostic errors harm patients more than five times per year. More than half (65%) reported that errors permanently harm patients, and up to 18% perceived that diagnostic errors contributed to death or severe permanent harm more than five times per year. Medication side effects and psychiatric conditions were thought to be most commonly misdiagnosed. Physician groups also ranked pulmonary overcirculation and viral illness to be commonly misdiagnosed as bacterial illness. Inadequate care coordination, data assessment, and high clinician workload were cited as contributory factors. Delayed diagnostic studies and interventions related to the severity of the patient’s condition were thought to be the most commonly reported process breakdowns. All surveyed groups ranked improving teamwork and feedback pathways as strategies to explore for preventing future diagnostic errors.ConclusionsPaediatric cardiac intensive care practitioners perceive that diagnostic errors causing permanent harm are common and associated more with systematic and process breakdowns than with cognitive limitations.</jats:sec

Inflated Applicants: Attribution Errors in Performance Evaluation by Professionals

When explaining others' behaviors, achievements, and failures, it is common for people to attribute too much influence to disposition and too little influence to structural and situational factors. We examine whether this tendency leads even experienced professionals to make systematic mistakes in their selection decisions, favoring alumni from academic institutions with high grade distributions and employees from forgiving business environments. We find that candidates benefiting from favorable situations are more likely to be admitted and promoted than their equivalently skilled peers. The results suggest that decision-makers take high nominal performance as evidence of high ability and do not discount it by the ease with which it was achieved. These results clarify our understanding of the correspondence bias using evidence from both archival studies and experiments with experienced professionals. We discuss implications for both admissions and personnel selection practices

Mental Health Needs of People Who Identify as Transgender: A Review of the Literature

Transgender people face many challenges in society including accessing and using healthcare systems. However, little is known about the specific mental health service needs and concerns of transgender people in this regard. The aim of the study was to establish the mental health service needs of transgender people through a review of relevant studies that address the experiences and views of this group. A comprehensive search of CINHAL, Cochrane, Google Scholar, PubMed, PsychInfo, PsychLit, Sociological Abstracts, Scopus, and Web of Science databases from inception to January 2014 was conducted. Studies were identified that met specific criteria that included: using qualitative methods, involving transgender people, and addressing issues related to mental health services. The search yielded 217 papers in total. Following the application of rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria 33 papers were included for retrieval. Finally, 10 papers were considered suitable for the review. The data were analyzed and key themes identified. The review highlighted distinct challenges that exist in terms of mental health service provision. These included accessing appropriate services and treatments, responsiveness of practitioner's, the provision of family supports and potential mental health service developments. The review findings are discussed and key recommendations are made in terms of mental health nursing practice developments, education and research

The Use of Telemedicine Access to Schools to Facilitate Expert Assessment of Children with Asthma

Research has shown that access to an asthma specialist improves asthma outcomes. We hypothesized that we could improve access to expert asthma care through a telemedicine link between an asthma specialist and a school-based asthma program. We conducted a prospective cohort study in 3 urban schools to ascertain the feasibility of using an asthma-focused telemedicine solution. Each subject was seen by an asthma expert at 0, 8, and 32 weeks. The assessment and recommendations for care were sent to the primary care physician (PCP) and parents were told to contact their physician for follow-up care. Eighty three subjects participated in the study. Subjects experienced improvement (P < .05) in family social activities and the number of asthma attacks. Ninety four percent of subjects rated the program as good or excellent. This study demonstrates the feasibility and acceptance of a school-based asthma program using a telemedicine link to an asthma specialist

CARDED AND COMBED YARN EFFECT ON FINISHED FABRIC QUALITY

Now a day’s most of the buyer of textile industry throughout the world is looking for best quality product. Often buyers are asking to produce finished product from carded or combed yarn. So knowing the performance of product made from cared or combed yarn is getting higher day by day. Yarn is the fundamental unit of fabric. Yarn contains a lot of properties (variables) which can affect dyed fabric finished quality. Carded and combed yarns of same GSM have many different properties because of different manufacturing process. Combed yarn is of superior quality and carded yarn is of inferior quality. The main purpose of this project is to find out or investigate carded and combed yarn effect on dyed fabric finished quality such as Color fastness properties(Rubbing, Wash, Perspiration, K/S value)

The design and development of an online education program for families of trans young people

Education programs can help families of trans young people to accept and support a trans family member. However, little has been written about the design and development of such programs. This article seeks to fill this gap in the literature by detailing the design and development of an education program for families of trans young people. A seven-step learner-centered, outcomes-based approach was used as the basis for program design and development. The process also included participatory elements throughout, including input from professionals, families, and trans young people in a consultation and evaluation process. This culminated in the development of an eight-module online education program. The approach presented in this article may be of value to anyone interested in developing an education resource for families of trans young people, and it would be recommended to consider how such an approach could be applied in a specific context. The program also provided an opportunity for involvement from professionals, families, and trans young people in the community, and it would be important for anyone working in the area to consider how such participation could be both enhanced and enabled

CARDED AND COMBED YARN EFFECT ON FINISHED FABRIC QUALITY

Now a day’s most of the buyer of textile industry throughout the world is looking for best quality product. Often buyers are asking to produce finished product from carded or combed yarn. So knowing the performance of product made from cared or combed yarn is getting higher day by day. Yarn is the fundamental unit of fabric. Yarn contains a lot of properties (variables) which can affect dyed fabric finished quality. Carded and combed yarns of same GSM have many different properties because of different manufacturing process. Combed yarn is of superior quality and carded yarn is of inferior quality. The main purpose of this project is to find out or investigate carded and combed yarn effect on dyed fabric finished quality such as Color fastness properties(Rubbing, Wash, Perspiration, K/S value)