Preparing school administrators: an exploratory study of how the Educational Leadership Constituent Council standards are reflected in the practices of school principals

This qualitative study explored school administration preparation through the use of personal interviews and survey results from Oregon school administrators. The researcher interviewed five second-year principals in order to better understand students\u27 perceived leadership preparation for the role of school principal. The Educational Leadership Constituent Council Building-level Standards (ELCC), adopted by the state of Oregon for administrative training, were used as a guide to analyze the content of the interviews and surveys. Findings include four themes: professional development, time in classrooms, school vision with collaboration, and effective school management. There was also strong alignment between the four themes and the results of the most recent survey. The perceived leadership preparation was positive participants self-reported that the administrative preparation program benefited their leadership ability. Recommendations for future studies include exploring Continuing Administrator License programs for similar alignment with standards, district level support for new principals, and the effectiveness of instructional leadership for improved student learning

How to curate and exhibit various types of physical samples using FAIR principles

In a modern research environment, physical samples are often treated as a burden, to be stored and forgotten but when their existence is digitalised and connected to the underlying metadata it becomes a great resource for present and future generations of researchers. This value is further expanded if the information is easily accessible for the research community, particular by offering intelligent search options, interconnection, extraction of data files etc. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research has accumulated thousands of biological and geological samples, collected mainly during marine expeditions but also from time series and experiments. Samples date back as far as 1964. Today, the biological collection comprises roughly 180.000 samples (mainly fish and plankton) in formaldehyde as well as a large amount of cryofrozen materials. The core and rock repository holds a collection of about 4000 sediment cores totaling 30.000 core sections and more than 5000 boxes with hard rock samples and refined sample specimens. We have set ourselves the task to curate all these materials and connect them with sufficient metadata in order to make them searchable and, more importantly, findable. The Ocean Science Information System at GEOMAR (OSIS) joins all kind of data resulting from the institute's sea-going expeditions and land-based projects. It is designed for data exchange in the context of these expeditions and experiments, and during a research project's moratorium it supports scientists in documenting provenance of their research data and ultimately their publication. OSIS also serves as a hub for detailed information, metadata and references to peer-review journal publications. The metadata in OSIS are publicly accessible and the system is interlinked to the institutional repository OceanRep as well as several other data archives and databases. It will act as a first entry point for scientists to identify samples by their metadata even before contacting the appropriate curator to inquire sample accessibility and conditions. In context with the physical specimens, OSIS provides linkage to more specific sample databases. Currently we connect biological samples collected on a research vessel via the expedition metadata to their current storage locations on land, which will be further refined to connecting single ship-based sampling stations with the storage position of individual samples. Moreover, for geological samples (sediment cores) metadata from OSIS are made available for further in-house use by the software CurationDIS from smartcube GmbH. The sediment core specific details are managed by the curation software which is also used to provide a persistent identifier (IGSN). Future plans include connecting rock samples in a similar structure as sediment cores

Prospectus, August 28, 1989

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Prospectus, June 21, 1990

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Midline Incision of a Graft in Staged Hypospadias Repair–Feasible and Durable?

Purpose: In severe hypospadias staged repair is commonly used and it is regarded as feasible, safe, and durable. In this article we want to describe the results of a modification of the staged repair: a midline incision of the graft during the second stage.Materials and Methods: This is a consecutive single team (2 surgeons) retrospective series. Between 2014 and 2017, 250 patients underwent hypospadias repair, among them 35 patients that had primary staged hypospadias surgery with completed first and second stage repair. 24 (68.6%) cases received a preputial skin graft and 11 (31.4%) buccal mucosa graft. Median age at first stage was 1.5 (0.5–22.1) years, mean time between first and second stage operation was 0.72 (0.4–1.76) years. Follow up rate was 100%, mean follow up period was 1.50 (0.4–3.8) years.Results: The total complication rate was 22.9%. In buccal mucosa repair the complication rate was 36.4% and in preputial graft repair the complication rate was 16.7%, respectively. In 23 patients (65.7%) during second stage urethroplasty a midline incision was performed (8 glandular graft, 15 penile graft, 6 at level of urethral opening). Complication rate in non-incised urethroplasty was 8.3%, in incision at glandular level 37.5%, in incision at penile level 13.3% and in incision at urethral opening 16.7%, respectively.Conclusions: Two stage repair is the method of choice in the correction of severe hypospadias. In selected cases a midline incision of the graft is feasible and can be applied if needed. Randomized studies will be needed to evaluate the true benefit of incising the graft

Interoperability of institutional data management systems

Motivation • Awareness of FAIR data requirements is rising • We have come FAR but: Interoperability is the remaining challenge for productive systems Here we present • Description of the existing infrastructures and interfaces at GEOMAR • Challenges to reach interoperability • A roadmap with planned steps to g

Prospectus, July 26, 1990

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Prospectus, September 6, 1989

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The Iowa Homemaker vol.21, no.5

Candles Spread Christmas Cheer, Mary Ellen Sullivan, page 2 Milk Strengthens Defense, Betty Ann Iverson, page 3 American Wares Set Nation’s Tables, Ann Koebel, page 4 New World Harbours Refugees, Dorothy Ann Klein, page 5 Sally Anticipates a Gala Season, Mary Lou Springer, page 6 Applied Art Highlights, Lila Williamson, page 8 Bookmarks, Julie Wendel, page 9 What’s New in Home Economics, Dorothy Olson, page 10 For Holiday Shoppers, Betty Roth, page 12 Residence Halls Honor Women Leaders, Dorothy Gross, page 13 Express Ingenuity in Greetings, Doris Plagge, page 14 Alums in the News, Bette Simpson, page 15 Fruit Cakes for Holidays, Margaret Anne Clark, page 16 Across Alumnae Desks, Marjorie Thomas, page 18 Journalistic Spindles, Florence Byrnes, page 2

The External Genitalia Score (EGS): A European Multicenter Validation Study

CONTEXT: Standardized description of external genitalia is needed in the assessment of children with atypical genitalia. OBJECTIVES: To validate the External Genitalia Score (EGS), to present reference values for preterm and term babies up to 24 months and correlate obtained scores with anogenital distances (AGDs). DESIGN, SETTING: A European multicenter (n = 8) validation study was conducted from July 2016 to July 2018. PATIENTS AND METHODS: EGS is based on the external masculinization score but uses a gradual scale from female to male (range, 0-12) and terminology appropriate for both sexes. The reliability of EGS and AGDs was determined by the interclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Cross-sectional data were obtained in 686 term babies (0-24 months) and 181 preterm babies, and 111 babies with atypical genitalia. RESULTS: The ICC of EGS in typical and atypical genitalia is excellent and good, respectively. Median EGS (10th to 90th centile) in males < 28 weeks gestation is 10 (8.6-11.5); in males 28-32 weeks 11.5 (9.2-12); in males 33-36 weeks 11.5 (10.5-12) and in full-term males 12 (10.5-12). In all female babies, EGS is 0 (0-0). The mean (SD) lower/upper AGD ratio (AGDl/u) is 0.45 (0.1), with significant difference between AGDl/u in males 0.49 (0.1) and females 0.39 (0.1) and intermediate values in differences of sex development (DSDs) 0.43 (0.1). The AGDl/u correlates with EGS in males with typical genitalia and in atypical genitalia. CONCLUSIONS: EGS is a reliable and valid tool to describe external genitalia in premature and term babies up to 24 months. EGS correlates with AGDl/u in males. It facilitates standardized assessment, clinical decision-making and multicenter research