Educational Advancement: Decision Influences Regarding Attendance and Level of Post-Secondary Education

The intent of this study was to determine which characteristics from a group of student, teacher, and school characteristics had a significant influence in affecting enrollment in education beyond high school. There are social benefits from having a more educated populace, the Kentucky political system has highlighted intentions to increase enrollment in institutions, and Kentucky has lagged behind the nation and most states in its ability to continue educating the populace beyond high school. Most of the previous efforts to examine postsecondary attendance decisions have focused on the demographics of students with the implication that those student characteristics are the major influence on attendance beyond high school. This piece has attempted to go beyond that assumption and consider additional characteristics of teachers and schools, since those attributes can be influenced by the state government and the majority of students will experience attributes of those two groups. Two different logit models found that the attendance decision was heavily influenced by student characteristics but also had connections with school and teacher attributes. In both of the models, socioeconomic status and ability measured via test appeared to be strong influences with those from higher socioeconomic status levels and those achieving higher test performances being more likely to continue with education. The decision to attend a college offering at most an associate’s degree appeared to be less influenced by other characteristics. Only teacher evaluations and class differentiation (allowing different classes to fill the same requirement) had distinct positive influences. Teacher rewards were found to have a negative influence which was most likely due to allowing teachers to choose their own students or classes. The decision to attend a college or university that offered at least a bachelor’s degree appeared to be more complex with influences from the location, the student’s view of classes, counselor consultation, and some degree of facility quality influencing the decision. Recommendations based on the analysis include changing classes to involve differentiation, providing additional postsecondary information to students in high school, attempting to maintain a minimum level of facility condition, and targeting able students from lower social and economic settings. Unfortunately, the analysis was unable to determine what causes a student to be set on a specific decision path and can only provide suggestions to encourage more students to attend a postsecondary college or university

Bank Consolidation and its Effect on Service Quality

The perceived quality of customer service plays a significant role in high involvement products and services. Previous research in the area of bank service quality suggests that as a bank is acquired the quality of service at the new larger bank does not equal what customers received at their old smaller bank. In addition, a newly consolidated bank may eliminate tailored services and create customer dissatisfaction due to higher fees, lower levels of service, and credit availability. Although prior research has focused on specific aspects of bank services, a contribution to the literature can be made by examining this topic in the context of broader dimensions of customer service. Therefore the objective of this research is to determine 1) if overall customer service differs between small bank and large bank organizations and 2) if service quality dimensions of tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy differ between small and large bank organizations

Distributed Spatial Control and Global Monitoring of Mobile Agents

In this paper, we combine two frameworks in the context of an important application. The first framework, called artificial physics , is described in detail in a companion paper by Spears and Gordon (1999). The purpose of artificial physics is the distributed spatial control of large collections of mobile physical agents. The agents can be composed into geometric patterns (e.g., to act as a sensing grid) by having them sense and respond to local artificial forces that are motivated by natural physics laws. The purpose of the second framework is global monitoring of the agent formations developed with artificial physics. Using only limited global information, the monitor checks that the desired geometric pattern emerges over time as expected. If there is a problem, the global monitor steers the agents to self-repair. Our combined approach of local control through artificial physics, global monitoring, and steering for self-repair is implemented and tested on a problem where multiple agents from a hexagonal lattice pattern

Framework for housing in Cambridge, Massachusetts : an exploration of flexibility and growth over time

Thesis. 1979. M.Arch--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH.Bibliography: p. 97.by William C. Spears.M.Arc

Baptist movement in England in the late seventeenth century as reflected in the work and thought of Benjamin Keach, 1640-1704

Religious developments in the latter part of the Seventeenth Century form a neglected phase of English history. This may be due in part to the feeling that the people of this period were not greatly concerned with religion. In 1947 G.M. Trevelyan held that "after 1660, the reaction against Puritanism took the form not of Anglican devotionalism, but of indifference to religion." In 1950 G.R. Cragg maintained that the general works on the religious developments from 1660 to 1700 were old and that very few could claim to be satisfactory. Cragg wrote concerning the changes in thought within the Anglican Movement, whereas this is a study of the developments in the Baptist Movement as reflected in the work and thought of Benjamin Keach. The first section of this introduction gives a statement of the purpose of this study, the method of procedure used in the acquisition and presentation of the material, and the scope of this dissertation. It is the purpose of this study (1) to give an analytical survey of the Baptist Movement from 1612 to 1640 which serves as a background; (2) to show the development of Keach in his relation to the Baptist Movement from 1640 to 1689; (3) to present Keach as a pioneer and leader of the Baptist Movement from 1689 to 1704; and (4) to make a critical estimate of the work and thought of Benjamin Keach in the light of the Baptist Movement. Knowing the purpose, the next aspect is the method of procedure

Community Health Outcomes Report: Phase 1

The 2006 Bexar County Community Health Assessment is a major initiative of The Health Collaborative, a cutting-edge, public-private model for solving community health issues. The mission of the organization is to improve the health status of the community through collaborative means. Partners include the major health systems in San Antonio, the YMCA of Greater San Antonio, Community First Health Plans, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, and a community representative. Major health systems represented are Baptist Health System, CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care, Methodist Healthcare, and University Health System. The Health Collaborative began informally in 1997 when several area health care organizations agreed to put aside their competitive business practices to conduct the first community health assessment. The 2006 Bexar County Community Health Assessment is the third in a series of assessments issued every four years. Since the first version was issued in 1998, the assessment has served as a comprehensive report of local health, guiding the community’s efforts toward prevention and health improvement. It is compiled and published as a gift to the community with the understanding that the more the community knows about its health status, the better able the community will be to take collaborative action to improve it. Major health care systems in the area have used the data to make critical program decisions. Nonprofit organizations throughout the city have found the assessment to be an insightful planning tool, using its data when writing grants and evaluating and developing their programs. Area media also cite the data in covering healthcare issues. Also, data from the first two assessments led to the development of The Health Collaborative’s Fit City program and the Youth Mental Health Council

Parents\u27 Perception of their Children\u27s Asthma, 2002-2008: A Community-Based Study

Childhood asthma is a chronic health condition that is one of the leading causes of hospitalizations and missed school days for children. It also affects the lives of both asthmatic children and their families

Cardiovascular responses during light-intensity aerobic exercise with varying levels of limb occlusion pressures.

International Journal of Exercise Science 16(2): 676-687, 2023. The study aimed to assess cardiovascular responses to low-intensity aerobic exercise with varying levels of limb occlusion pressures (LOP) in a healthy population of men and women 30 to 60 years. The study was a single-session repeated measures design. Thirty individuals completed the study. All subjects participated in a single bout of low-intensity cycling (30-39% HRR) with bilateral lower extremity (LE) BFR for four 5-minute stages [0% (No BFR), 40%, 60%, and 80% LOP] with a 2-minute active rest between stages (BFR pressure released). The subjects’ systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), mean arterial pressure (MAP), heart rate (HR), oxygen saturation (SpO2), and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were measured at rest, peak, immediately post, post-15 minutes, and post-30 minutes. Peak SBP (no BFR 160.7 ±19.1 mmHg; 40% LOP 173.6 ± 18.7 mmHg; 60 % LOP; 182.5 ± 21.1 mmHg; 80% LOP 193.5± 23.3 mmHg ; p\u3c0.001; =.747), DBP (no BFR 74.9 ± 8.5 mmHg; 40% LOP (83.0 ± 9.0 mmHg;60 % LOP 90.4 ± 8.7 mmHg; 80% LOP 97.7 ± 9.5 mmHg ;p\u3c0.001; =.924), MAP (no BFR 103.5 ± 10.1 mmHg; 40% LOP 113.2 ± 10.5 mmHg; 60% LOP 121.1 ± 11.7 mmHg; 80% LOP 129.7 ± 12.9 mmHg; p\u3c0.001; =.960), and RPE (No BFR 10.0 ± 2.0; 40 % LOP 11.5 ± 2.3; 60% LOP 13.2 ± 2.6; 80% LOP 14.5 ± 3.; p\u3c0.001; =.826) were significantly higher with each progressing stage. The results indicate that low-intensity cycling with bilateral LE BFR for each LOP stage resulted in elevated SBP, DBP, MAP, and RPE despite maintaining a fixed HR