Structural and Social Determinants of Health in Asthma in Developed Economies: a Scoping Review of Literature Published Between 2014 and 2019.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Using the WHO Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social Determinants of Health, this review provides a discussion of recent epidemiologic, mechanistic, and intervention studies of structural and social determinants of health and asthma outcomes covering the period from 2014 to 2019. RECENT FINDINGS:A majority of studies and interventions to date focus on the intermediary determinants of health (e.g., housing), which as the name suggests, exist between the patient and the upstream structural determinants of health (e.g., housing policy). Race/ethnicity remains a profound social driver of asthma disparities with cumulative risk from many overlapping determinants. A growing number of studies on asthma are beginning to elucidate the underlying mechanisms that connect social determinants to human disease. Several effective interventions have been developed, though a need for large-scale policy research and innovation remains. Strong evidence supports the key role of the structural determinants, which generate social stratification and inequity, in the development and progression of asthma; yet, interventions in this realm are challenging to develop and therefore infrequent. Proximal, intermediary determinants have provided a natural starting point for interventions, though structural interventions have the most potential for major impact on asthma outcomes. Further research to investigate the interactive effect of multiple determinants, as well as intervention studies, specifically those that are cross-sector and propose innovative strategies to target structural determinants, are needed to address asthma morbidities, and more importantly, close the asthma disparity gap

Shapes of Polynomial Julia Sets

Any Jordan curve in the complex plane can be approximated arbitrarily well in the Hausdorff topology by Julia sets of polynomials. Finite collections of disjoint Jordan domains can be approximated by the basins of attraction of rational maps.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figure

Two in One: the Union of Jung\u27s Anima and Animus in Beauty and the Beast

Psychoanalysts such as Bruno Bettelheim and Sheldon Cashdan have theorized that popular fairy tales provide children with a way to confront negative aspects of themselves by exorcising these aspects into the villainous characters contained therein. However, despite the fact that the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale contains no similar villain in its literary form, it remains prominent in the popular canon today. This thesis uses Carl Jung\u27s anima and animus archetypes to develop the argument that the two title characters achieve this representation of the self in a different way, ultimately functioning together to create a unified \u27self through the symbol of their marriage. It develops these images through Disney\u27s version of the tale in its 1991 animated film and in two short stories by Angela Carter entitled The Courtship of Mr. Lyon and The Tiger\u27s Bride. Each incarnation of the tale reveals new facets of the characters, but they have the most meaning when considered together because they reflect different concerns within the self. The story implicitly addresses these concerns in each variation, and although the tale does not provide the same sort of psychodrama evident in many of the other fairy tales in the canon of Western literature, it amplifies and resolves a similar set of concerns into a positive and unified self

To Be a Dreamer of the Day

Commencement address given by Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer for Ohio's Center for Science and Industry, to the Winter 1997 graduating class of The Ohio State University, St. John Arena, Columbus, Ohio, March 21, 1997

Teaching College Economics in a High School Setting: Lessons Learned and Implementation Strategies

Interest in exposing high school seniors to college level economics has risen in recent years. Under one delivery option, a dual-enrollment program, students are concurrently enrolled in college and high school, and receive credit at both institutions for the same course. These programs benefit high schools by increasing the academic rigor in the senior year, and may also aid colleges' external relations and recruitment. Colleges and universities considering such a program must recognize important administrative and student body differences between the university and high school settings. This paper summarizes the experiences of Southern Illinois University, where a dual-enrollment program was implemented in the mid 1990s, and uses this case to illustrate key differences between the two classroom environments. Suggested strategies for coping with these differences are described.

Pro Perfidis Judaeis

Examination of the Intercessory Prayers of Good Friday Services

Pro Perfidis Judaeis

Examination of the Intercessory Prayers of Good Friday Services

The God of Israel, God of Love

Kathryn Sullivan, R.S.C.J., examines the many ways in which God\u27s love is expressed in the Hebrew scriptures

Relations Among Peer Victimization, Aggression, And School Climate in Elementary School Students

Peer victimization in schools is a growing concern in China, where prevalence rates range from 22-26.1% (Han, Zhang, & Zhang, 2017; Cheng et al., 2010). Peer victimization is linked to many negative outcomes, including increased aggression (Arsenault et al., 2006; Averdijk et al., 2016). A positive school climate, which includes factors that support learning, physical and emotional safety, connection, support, and engagement, may serve as a protective factor against both peer victimization and its negative outcomes. This study examined the longitudinal relations between peer victimization, aggression, and school climate by examining self-report survey data collected from 800 3rd to 6th-grade students in China. Results indicated that a positive school climate was a significant moderator of the positive relationship between peer victimization and later aggression. These findings have important implications for the role of school climate as protective against later behavioral difficulties for victimized students

Dissertation Report IS 8995 Using Dialog CIP At Winona State University To Educate End-Users

Graduate students need to know the resources of their university library in order to do research and cannot be expected to remember any library training they may have received as undergraduates. A class offered by the library on how to search databases available through DIALOG\u27s Classroom Instruction Program (CIP) was proposed, in cooperation with existing research classes in the student\u27s field. A study was conducted at Winona State University. Winona, MN, with research classes offered by two professors in the field of special education. The study was to determine whether the information presented in an instruction session based on six learning objectives --choosing a database, choosing search terms and connectors, using search commands, modifying the search online, printing search results, and logging out--would enable graduate students to conduct an online search. Eighteen graduate students were provided with an hour\u27s free searching on DIALOG in order to locate citations on their own choice of topic as part of an assignment from their instructor. Questionnaires were used to gather student assessments of their skills before and after their DIALOG search, while observation of the student during the search and examination of the actual printout of the search were used in conjunction with performance indicators to rate the actual skill in using DIALOG. All of the students were able to search DIALOG and print out citations but, based on performance indicators, none had the skill to be fully independent searchers