Faculty Recital: John Warren, clarinet and Ted Gurch, clarinet

Kennesaw State University School of Music presents Faculty Recital: John Warren, clarinet and Ted Gurch, clarinet.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1580/thumbnail.jp

America\u27s Missing Link: Educational Reform and Workforce Development

This presentation was given at a White House meeting about the potential role of information literacy in Michelle Obama\u27s Reach Higher initiative on June 18, 2014

What do practitioners think? A qualitative study of a shared care mental health and nutrition primary care program

OBJECTIVE: To develop an in-depth understanding of a shared care model from primary mental health and nutrition care practitioners with a focus on program goals, strengths, challenges and target population benefits. DESIGN: Qualitative method of focus groups. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: The study involved fifty-three practitioners from the Hamilton Health Service Organization Mental Health and Nutrition Program located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. METHOD: Six focus groups were conducted to obtain the perspective of practitioners belonging to various disciplines or health care teams. A qualitative approach using both an editing and template organization styles was taken followed by a basic content analysis. MAIN FINDINGS: Themes revealed accessibility, interdisciplinary care, and complex care as the main goals of the program. Major program strengths included flexibility, communication/collaboration, educational opportunities, access to patient information, continuity of care, and maintenance of practitioner and patient satisfaction. Shared care was described as highly dependent on communication style, skill and expertise, availability, and attitudes toward shared care. Time constraint with respect to collaboration was noted as the main challenge. CONCLUSION: Despite some challenges and variability among practices, the program was perceived as providing better patient care by the most appropriate practitioner in an accessible and comfortable setting

Quantum Effects in Black Hole Interiors

The Weyl curvature inside a black hole formed in a generic collapse grows, classically without bound, near to the inner horizon, due to partial absorption and blueshifting of the radiative tail of the collapse. Using a spherical model, we examine how this growth is modified by quantum effects of conformally coupled massless fields.Comment: 13 pages, 1 figure (not included), RevTe

Pediatric Obesity and Cardiometabolic Health Outcomes – A Five Year Journey

ABSTRACT Pediatric obesity is a serious health issue, recently amplified by the COVID -19 pandemic. Obesity affects nearly 30% of children and adolescents and is associated with unfavorable health outcomes including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and low self-esteem. Sadly, over 70% of obese adolescents will become obese adults. The Fit Kids for Life (FKFL) program is an interdisciplinary pediatric obesity program that enlists faculty and students from several health professions including medicine, physical therapy, nursing, and athletic training and delivers a 10-week nutrition, physical activity and behavioral modification program to children, ages 8-17, with a BMI ≥ 85th percentile. PURPOSE: The purpose of this clinical case study is to describe the FKFL program, and the evolution of one subject who has attended the program from age 9 -15 years old. METHODS: The subject was interviewed using change talk/motivational interviewing and current stage of change (SOC) was determined. Baseline evaluation including body composition (Bod Pod/ Styku), vital signs, cardiovascular endurance (6MWT) and sub-maximal VO2 (3 min. step-test) was performed pre-post FKFL. Each subject provided with a Fit Bit for home use. The subject attended FKFL for a total of 80 hours/year, and returned for 5 years (10 sessions). RESULTS: SOC for physical activity progressed from pre-contemplative to contemplative and now action stage. Importantly, the subject did not relapse during the Covid shutdown. BMI has decreased from 99.2%tile to 97.4%tile; percent body fat (%BF) from 41.6% to 26.1%, and blood pressure (systolic / diastolic) decreased by 20 and 15 points respectively. The 6MWT increased by nearly 100 meters and 3min step test is now above average (less than100 bpm). CONCLUSION: The subject attributed his wellness success to lessons learned in FKFL (nutrition, exercise) as well as having a student trainer/mentor and a cohort of “like” kids to work with during the FKFL program. The subject moved from prepubescent-pubescent during this study, and this may have influenced body composition changes. %BF may be a better indicator of health vs. BMI. This case study describes the FKFL program as well as the evolution of one participant and identifies key factors that have inspired lasting fitness improvements in a child with obesity

The burden of multiple sclerosis: A community health survey

© 2008 Jones et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licens

Report on Second Activations with the Lead Slowing Down Spectrometer

Summary On August 18 and 19 2011, five items were irradiated with neutrons using the Lead Slowing Down Spectrometer (LSDS). After irradiation, dose measurements and gamma-spectrometry measurements were completed on all of the samples. No contamination was found on the samples, and all but one provided no dose. Gamma-spectroscopy measurements qualitatively agreed with expectations based on the materials. As during the first activation run, we observed activation in the room in general, mostly due to 56Mn and 24Na. Most of the activation of the samples was short lived, with half-lives on the scale of hours to days, except for 60Co which has a half-life of 5.3 y

Prevalence of and factors associated with herpes zoster in England: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Survey for England

BACKGROUND: Herpes zoster (commonly called shingles) is caused by the reactivation of varicella zoster virus, and results in substantial morbidity. While the risk of zoster increases significantly with age and immunosuppression, relatively little is known about other risk factors for zoster. Moreover, much evidence to date stems from electronic healthcare or administrative data. Hence, the aim of this study was to explore potential risk factors for herpes zoster using survey data from a nationally-representative sample of the general community-dwelling population in England. METHODS: Data were extracted from the 2015 Health Survey for England, an annual cross-sectional representative survey of households in England. The lifetime prevalence of self-reported herpes zoster was described by age, gender and other socio-demographic factors, health behaviours (physical activity levels, body mass index, smoking status and alcohol consumption) and clinical conditions, including; diabetes, respiratory, digestive and genito-urinary system and mental health disorders. Logistic regression models were then used to identify possible factors associated with shingles, and results were presented as odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. RESULTS: The lifetime prevalence of shingles among the sample was 11.5% (12.6% among women, 10.3% among men), which increased with age. After adjusting for a range of covariates, increased age, female gender (odds ratio: 1.21; 95%CI: 1.03, 1.43), White ethnic backgrounds (odds ratio: 2.00; 95%CI: 1.40, 2.88), moderate physical activity 7 days per week (odds ratio: 1.29; 95%CI: 1.01, 1.66) and digestive disorders (odds ratio: 1.51; 95%CI: 1.13, 1.51) were each associated with increased odds of having had herpes zoster. CONCLUSIONS: Age, gender, ethnicity and digestive disorders may be risk factors for herpes zoster among a nationally representative sample of adults in England. These potential risk factors and possible mechanisms should be further explored using longitudinal studies

A case study of the impact of social work education on a diverse group of adult learners working in a grassroots, community-based family support agency

The purpose of the study was to amplify voices of participants' understanding of the empowerment process as they experienced it in the Social Work Paraprofessional Education Program situated in a grassroots community-based family services agency. The study was created to explore the impact of the participants' educational experiences, the impact the program had on the way services were provided by the participants, changes in the participant's values from the inception of the program until its termination, and their experiences with peers while enrolled in the Social Work Paraprofessional Program. An instrumental case study methodology was used to collect data. Data were gathered through (a) individual participant interviews (b) participant observations among participants (c) archival documents (d) researcher's field notes. A content level of analysis was conducted. The results of the study indicated that four categories related to empowerment emerged from the analysis of data. They were: spiritual focus, self-transformation, skills acquisition, and values clarification. From these categories, four themes were generated. Implications for education and practice, along with implications for further research were recommended