North American Sea Urchin Fishery Management Strategies: Their Applicability to the Maine Green Sea Urchin Fishery

The Maine green sea urchin fishery has experienced dramatic growth since its inception in 1987. Landings have increased from 1.4 million pounds in 1987 to 41.6 million pounds in 1993 (NMFS, Fisheries Statistics). The reproductive gonads, referred to as roe or \u27uni\u27 are shipped fresh from Maine to japan, where the uni is a delicacy item fetching high unit prices on the Japanese fish market. The green sea urchin from Maine, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, is the third highest priced sea urchin product imported in Japan (Anon., 1989). Country-wide, sea urchin fisheries are one of the fastest growing fishing industries (Phu, 1990). Total domestic landings have increased rapidly from approximately 7 million pounds in 1975 to almost 72 million pounds in 1990 (NMFS, Fishery Statistics). An extreme increase in fishing pressure and landings has caused concern about the long term viability of the fishery. The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), the agency responsible for managing and regulating marine living resources, began to impose regulations in 1990-91, long after the fishery expanded. Due to the lack of scientific knowledge concerning sea urchin fisheries and the fact that sea urchin fisheries around the world follow a dramatic boom and bust pattern, it is important to begin managing these fisheries at the onset of fishing activity. The rapid increase in catch followed by a dramatic decline in landings indicates that urchins do not do well under unregulated, consistent fishing pressure. Although several years are needed to acquire the necessary biological information on which to base sound management measures, looking at other sea urchin management measures may offer a solution for Maine\u27s emerging sea urchin fishery. Unregulated sea urchin fisheries are inefficient as every unregulated sea urchin fishery shows the same rise and drastic declining trends. This thesis provides an overview of sea urchin fisheries from throughout North America. This overview illustrates a general trend that unregulated sea urchin fisheries tend to follow one of rapid increased followed by a large, swift decline. This suggests that better management procedures need to be developed and implemented which take into consideration the unique characteristics of the sea urchin fishery (rapid increase in fishing pressure, low level of technology needed to harvest the resource, and transportation of product to international markets)

Customer Satisfaction, Quality in Cruise Industry

Record numbers of passengers are sailing on board cruise ships, with the industry claiming high levels of customer satisfaction. Conversely, little is known about the specific factors which make up customer satisfaction with the cruise experience. The authors examine customer satisfaction data from nearly 15,000 guests of a large U.S. cruise line to determine which aspects of the cruise experience have the greatest impact on overall satisfaction and perceptions of quality

National Indigenous Palliative Care Needs Study

This study involved extensive consultation with the community to identify the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in palliative care

Physiotherapy Following Emergency Abdominal Surgery

Physiotherapy following elective abdominal surgery has been well documented, but following emergency abdominal surgery, despite poorer outcomes and increased complication rates, physiotherapy interventions for this patient group remain largely uninvestigated. The most common complication following upper abdominal surgery is the development of a post-operative pulmonary complication (PPC). Risk factors for the development of PPCs include duration of anaesthesia, emergency upper abdominal surgery, current smoker status, respiratory comorbidities, obesity, increased age and multiple surgeries. Physiotherapy interventions aim to prevent or remediate PPCs and post-operative complications associated with the sequelae of immobility such as venothrombotic events and to facilitate recovery from surgery and a return to normal activities of daily living and function. Physiotherapy interventions after major surgery include early mobilisation and respiratory physiotherapy techniques. Respiratory therapies include deep breathing and coughing exercises, positive expiratory pressure devices, incentive spirometry and non-invasive ventilation. Early mobilisation has been demonstrated to be safe and efficacious following elective abdominal surgery and for patients who are critically ill. This chapter reviews the evidence in these populations and propose that, until further studies are available to direct care, this evidence is extrapolated to patients following emergency abdominal surgery. As abdominal surgery impacts on physical recovery and health-related quality of life, post-discharge rehabilitation programmes may improve long-term outcomes; however, rehabilitation following major cavity surgery is in its infancy. This chapter investigates post-operative rehabilitation research to date in this population in an attempt to determine the effectiveness of such programmes and make recommendations for future practice

Building Responsive Library Collections with the Getting It System Toolkit

The Getting It System Toolkit (GIST), a suite of free and open source tools & software, leverages systems to optimize library acquisitions and deselection workflow, reducing the staff time necessary to make informed decisions and process materials. The Toolkit is divided into two functions:GIST for ILLiad consists of three components that enhance the ILLiad® interlibrary loan request management software: addons, webpage customizations, and the acquisitions manager. All three components may be selectively utilized in ILLiad, for instance, ILLiad web pages may be applied to enhance the end-user request interface to add full-text discovery, or an ILLiad Addon can help ILL’s purchase on demand program discover the best way to purchase items difficult to borrow. By combining all three and customizing these components for your library, you achieve significant benefits and optimize the combination of Acquisitions and ILL services.The GIST Gift & Deselection Manager (GDM) is designed to manage and streamline library workflow for processing gifts and evaluating materials for weeding. It is standalone open-source software that automates the gathering of data for evaluating donations; including holdings, edition comparisons, full-text, and other data. The GDM also enables collection managers to perform item-by-item deselection or use the batch analysis tool to create custom deselection reports for large weeding projects.Building Responsive Library Collections with the Getting It System Toolkit combines helpful how-tos from the developers themselves, and first-hand implementation accounts from users of these time-saving tools. The volume is split into the Toolkit’s use with ILLiad and GDM, providing easy reference for users. This manual is an invaluable resource to any library using, or considering using, the Getting It System Toolkit. With contributions by: Kerri Goergen-Doll, Oregon State University Eric Joslin, Washington University in St. Louis Ryan Litsey, Texas Tech University Micquel Little, Monroe Community College, formerly at St. John Fisher College Katherine Mason, Central Michigan University, formerly at Old Dominion University Kate Ross, St. John Fisher College Susanna Van Sant, Tompkins Cortland Community Collegehttps://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/idsproject-press/1001/thumbnail.jp

Achievement Via Individual Determination (AVID) and Development of Student Agency

Student agency is touted as one of the three pillars of college and career readiness as part of the Achievement Via Individual Determination (AVID) organization’s framework (AVID, 2021). However, there is little to no current research specific to student agency as an outcome of the AVID program. This study sought to answer the questions ‘How and to what extent did participation in the AVID program empower students to develop agency?’ The study was conducted in a school district which had a fifteen-year history with the AVID program and was recognized as a ‘model’ school for implementation. A simple mixed-methods questionnaire was used to elicit feedback from AVID alumni who graduated during the years 2009 and 2021. The questionnaire was heavily modeled after a previous study (Zeiser et al., 2018) published by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), using student agency constructs and teacher practices developed in that research. Results of this study indicated very high levels of agreement from AVID alumni regarding their development of agency and the presence of teacher practices that support the development of student agency. Alumni of the program also strongly associated this agency development with their college and career readiness. In addition, the researcher analyzed the results using the theoretical framework of Psychological Empowerment Theory (PET) in order to contribute to an understanding of whether students were fully empowered to develop agency. The researcher developed a framework using the constructs and teacher practices alongside the four dimensions of psychological empowerment (Spreitzer, 1995). Overall, results were positive but presented varying levels of strength among the four dimensions. Implications for practitioners and future work were presented.Doctor of Educatio

Evaluating One Strategy for Including Reflection in Medical Education and Practice

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Reflective writing in medicine allows for the opportunity to analyze, interpret, and learn from clinical experiences. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the beneficial effects of reflective reading and writing for a department using a weekly listserve. METHODS: The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School sends out a weekly reflective writing story written by its members to celebrate clinical/teaching success. We conducted a 19-item questionnaire in the summer of 2014 among all 402 members. RESULTS: Questionnaires were completed by 161 of 402 (40%) readers and 50 of 122 (41%) writers. Readers found many benefits; 84% reported learning a lot about how a colleague handled a certain clinical situation, while 79% found that the reflective writing listserve helped them feel more connected to colleagues. A total of 83% reported that reading the weekly story positively affected their empathy and patient centeredness. Those who reported reading the stories most often were more likely to report achieving the most benefits. The majority of respondents who wrote stories agreed with all suggested benefits of writing; 73% reported that writing allowed them to celebrate a patient/research/teaching encounter that they were proud of, and 72% reported that it gave them better perspective or clarity about a patient experience a lot of the time. CONCLUSIONS: As departments struggle with provider burnout and feelings of being overwhelmed and disconnected, strategies like a reflective writing listserve may be a means to improve support and inspire clinicians and learners to feel fulfilled