Occupational Therapy Educators’ Self-Efficacy to Teach in a Blended Curriculum

Educational trends have influenced occupational therapy education as evidenced by the adoption of new teaching methods such as blended learning. Blended learning is a combination of both synchronous and asynchronous learning that occurs online as well as portions of the learning occurring in a brick-and-mortar. As more occupational therapy programs design their curriculum to include blended learning, it is essential to understand occupational therapy educators\u27 self-efficacy related to their skills and capabilities to teach in such an innovative format. Little is known regarding occupational therapy educators\u27 self-efficacy to teach in a blended curriculum. This qualitative study aimed to examine the perceptions of occupational therapy educators\u27 self-efficacy when teaching in a blended curriculum. The theoretical framework for this study was Bandura\u27s self-efficacy theory. Ten occupational therapy educators teaching in a blended curriculum were interviewed for this study. Content analysis, descriptive, in vivo, and pattern coding were used to code and analyze the data. Four themes emerged that may contribute to an enhanced self-efficacy when teaching in a blended curriculum: a) Personal agency enhances performance in teaching, b) university resources support growth as an educator, c) feedback as an opportunity for reflection and growth, and d) coping to overcome frustration teaching in a blended curriculum. Results of the study may provide university leaders insight on creating structured professional and mentoring programs that focus on educational learning theories and instructional design, training on educational technology, and providing feedback from peers and supervisors to promote reflection and behavior change which may lead to enhanced self-efficacy as a blended learning educator

The regulation of neutral amino acid transport by amino acid availability in animal cells

Animal cells regulate the activities of neutral amino acid transport Systems A and L to keep the intracellular supply of amino acids relatively constant. Transport System A activity increases dramatically in response to starvation of all the amino acids. Transport System L activity increases in response to starvation of a single substrate such as leucine. The mechanism of regulation appears to be different for Systems A and L.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/25123/1/0000556.pd

The regulation of neutral amino acid transport in mammalian cells

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/25214/1/0000654.pd

Revealing a signaling role of phytosphingosine-1-phosphate in yeast

Perturbing metabolic systems of bioactive sphingolipids with genetic approachMultiple types of “omics” data collected from the systemSystems approach for integrating multiple “omics” informationPredicting signal transduction information flow: lipid; TF activation; gene expressio

Integrated Clustering and Anomaly Detection (INCAD) for Streaming Data (Revised)

Most current clustering based anomaly detection methods use scoring schema and thresholds to classify anomalies. These methods are often tailored to target specific data sets with "known" number of clusters. The paper provides a streaming clustering and anomaly detection algorithm that does not require strict arbitrary thresholds on the anomaly scores or knowledge of the number of clusters while performing probabilistic anomaly detection and clustering simultaneously. This ensures that the cluster formation is not impacted by the presence of anomalous data, thereby leading to more reliable definition of "normal vs abnormal" behavior. The motivations behind developing the INCAD model and the path that leads to the streaming model is discussed.Comment: 13 pages; fixes typos in equations 5,6,9,10 on inference using Gibbs samplin

Принципи та цілі логістичного обслуговування в контексті підвищення рівня конкурентоспроможності підприємства

In this article, we examine the digitalised emotional campaigning of one of Australia’s peak animal welfare body, Animals Australia, focusing on their most effective digital strategies associated with their campaigns against factory farming. Our broader interest lies with sounding out the affective affordances of the technologies informing such activist work; technologies of affect in a very significant sense. This discussion comprises three parts. First, we unpack the context for the problematic faced by animal and environmental activisms: neoliberalism, showing how neoliberal assumptions constrain such activisms to emotional appeals and denounce them for such strategising. Second, we sound out some of the affordances of digital media technologies for affectively oriented activisms; and finally, we delve into some of Animals Australia’s digital campaigning with regard to issues of factory farming in order to show the efficacy of such affectively oriented mediated strategising for the forming of new relations with factory farm. © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017

Defining the Epidemiology of Safety Risks in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Patients Requiring Surgery

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to determine the incidence, type, severity, preventability, and contributing factors of nonroutine events (NREs)-events perceived by care providers or skilled observers as a deviations from optimal care based on the clinical situation-in the perioperative (i.e., preoperative, operative, and postoperative) care of surgical neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit and operating room. METHODS: A prospective observational study of noncardiac surgical neonates, who received preoperative and postoperative neonatal intensive care unit care, was conducted at an urban academic children\u27s hospital between November 1, 2016, and March 31, 2018. One hundred twenty-nine surgical cases in 109 neonates were observed. The incidence and description of NREs were collected via structured researcher-administered survey tool of involved clinicians. Primary measurements included clinicians\u27 ratings of NRE severity and contributory factors and trained research assistants\u27 ratings of preventability. RESULTS: One or more NREs were reported in 101 (78%) of 129 observed cases for 247 total NREs. Clinicians reported 2 (2) (median, interquartile range) NREs per NRE case with a maximum severity of 3 (1) (possible range = 1-5). Trained research assistants rated 47% of NREs as preventable and 11% as severe and preventable. The relative risks for National Surgical Quality Improvement Program - pediatric major morbidity and 30-day mortality were 1.17 (95% confidence interval = 0.92-1.48) and 1.04 (95% confidence interval = 1.00-1.08) in NRE cases versus non-NRE cases. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of NREs in neonatal perioperative care at an academic children\u27s hospital was high and of variable severity with a myriad of contributory factors