Mentoring in Sports for the Development of the Successful High School Coach

This study involves the surveying of current high school coaches in the state of North Dakota who are certified by the National Federation of High Schools through the completion of the required courses, including “The Fundamentals of Coaching”, “Concussion Diagnosis and Prevention”, as well as CPR, First Aid and AED certification in a current, active status. The participant coaches (n=113), were sent a survey through email using the Qualtrics Survey Program.  This survey contained documentation of demographic information, coaching history, opinions regarding issues in coaching and how they are/can be addressed.  This survey also discussed influences in the coaches life and how they have shaped their coaching careers.  Coaching education and mentoring suggestions are also offered by the subjects as ways to improve the coaching job field as well as struggles they see mentoring bringing if a program were to be introduced.Results indicated that the majority of coaches would be open to mentoring programs in their school.  This includes communication sessions, coaching education, sport specific coaching development, and time for personal interaction with other coaches aimed at creating relationships and discussing professional successes, coaching issues, and questions they have.  Results also show a trend happening.  There is a shortage of coaches with 11-20 years of experience and a large number of head coaches that have less than five years of experience.  This trend is hinting to coaches leaving the profession after ten years, with not a lot of experienced people left to take over.  Young coaches lead to a large learning curve, immaturity with dealing with certain situations, and lack the experience of actually teaching the game itself

Implementing Sustainable Literacy in Grand Rapids, MI

Recognizing the dimensions and complexity of wicked problems, Phoenix Farms has decided to address the issue of sustainable illiteracy in Western Michigan. With a goal to work with local stakeholders, we have partnered with Sonder Farms in order to develop advertisements and classes aimed to raise awareness about, and interest in, sustainability. This partnership with Sonder Farms, a self-sustaining farm located in the Grand Rapids and Allendale communities, has given us the opportunity to put our skills, knowledge, and values to use in our local community. Sonder Farms practices conventional farming as well as aquaponics. Their hope is to target the community by countering issues such as environmental injustice, sustainable illiteracy, economics, education, health, and much more. They plan to offer classes to the community, covering subjects such as diet/nutrition, the environment, finances, sustainable agriculture and many more. Seeking to develop ideas of mutual benefit, we worked closely with Sonder Farms in order to co-create and implement compelling and relevant action-plans. For instance, we have developed promotional materials illustrating the dimensions of sustainable illiteracy, highlighting Sonder Farms mission, and detailing the research we have conducted about downtown Grand Rapids residents. We have sought to make sustainability education accessible in the greater Grand Rapids area along four dimensions, including (1) posters (2) guerrilla advertisements, (3) the development of monthly newsletters, and (4) a plan for increasing the accessibility of Sonder Farm classes. The following describes our ultimate efforts, the process by which we came to this work, and the challenges we confronted. Through detailing our work, we hope to engage people who are enthusiastic about environmental justice, thereby increasing the chances these efforts will lead to systemic, long-term change

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Journal Usage Level Changes at Morehouse School of Medicine Library 2011-2020

OBJECTIVE: To determine faculty and researcher journal usage levels and their implications on library’s journal collection and access models for the past five years and compare to previous usage and implications. 1. The librarians would like to investigate changes made in the journal collection as we moved to fewer print based resources through a comparison of usage levels prior to the changes to usage levels after the changes. We had sought to seek optimum pathways for supporting the school’s curricula, research agendas, and health care enterprise. Our ultimate question is ‘How have changes correlated and compared to previous usage and needs of our users?’ 2. METHODS: Using counter statistics (resources such as ScienceDirect, Ovid, Wiley, Nature, and others), ILL records, in-house usage statistics, and interviews, librarians will determine for the past five years (2016-2020) and compare to the previous five years (2011-2015) the: 1. 20 most and 20 least used journals by department and major subject division; 2. 20 most needed, but not owned, journals by department and major subject area; 3. Emerging areas of interest among faculty and researchers; 4. A short survey is to be released to all patrons to determine their preferred resources; 5. Two focus group sessions will be held with faculty and researchers and two with students to solicit additional feedback; 6. Descriptive statistics will be used to show patterns of usage; 7. Comparisons of levels of usage and costs will be made using analyses of variance in mean levels of usage and mean costs; 8. Correlations (Pearson’s r) will be determined between relative costs and usage; 9. Level of MSM related published articles. RESULTS: FY2011-15: 20 journals with the highest numbers of successfully retrieved articles over past 5 years included 2 that were on the list for all 5 years (Journal of Virology and Nature), accounting for 10 of the 20 slots. FY2016-20: All journals in the top 20 used in FY2016 remained for each of the 5 years. FY2011-15 successful use trend was up and down, while for FY2016-20, the trend generally increased until 2020. The sum of the usage of the top 20 journals for each year trended in different ways for 2011-2015 and 2016 and 2020: FY2011-15 successful use trend was up and down, FY2016-20, the trend generally increased until 2020. FY2011-2015 averaged 52,044 successful retrievals per year, while FY2016-2020 averaged 68,549 successful retrievals per year. The sums of the usage of the top 20 journals for 2015 and 2020 totaled 11,776 and 18,908, respectively, representing a 60.51% increase. For FY2019-2020 there were 8 publishers for the 20 most used journals. From FY2010-2011 to FY2019-2020 the fluctuating pattern of faculty publications appear to loosely follow the pattern of journal usage as reflected in the JR1reports. Correlation of publication to use was moderate at .666 and significant at .036. Data shows successful retrievals declined over time for top 20 for FY2011-15, but tended to increase for FY 2016-20 until FY2020. FY2011-2015 averaged 52,044 successful retrievals per year, while FY2016-2020 averaged 68,549 successful retrievals per year. When looking for a relationship between journal cost and usage, only moderate correlations of .406, .638, and .407 were found for FY2016, FY2018, and FY2020, respectively. However, none of the correlations were statistically significant (p = .177, .065, and .133, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Data shows successful retrievals declined over time for top 20 for FY2011-15, but tended to increase for FY2016-20 until AY2020. FY2011-2015 averaged 52,044 successful retrievals per year, while FY2016-2020 averaged 68,549 successful retrievals per year. When looking for a relationship between journal cost and usage, only moderate correlations of .406, .638, and .407 were found for FY2016, FY2018, and FY2020, respectively. However, none of the correlations were statistically significant (p = .177, .065, and .133, respectively). A significant (p= .036) and devilishly moderate correlation (r=.666) between faculty publication levels and journal use levels was found

Soluble and Insoluble Dietary Fiber in Cooked Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris) Seeds

The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) requires cooking for extended periods of time prior to consumption. In this investigation both quantitative and microstructural changes in common bean dietary fiber as a result of cooking were examined. Cooking resulted in a slight decrease in soluble dietary fiber and a marked increase in insoluble dietary fiber. The increase in insoluble dietary fiber was responsible for a 15 -30 percent increase in total dietary fiber. Scanning electron microscopy was used to examine the microstructure of uncooked and cooked bean flours and the insoluble and soluble dietary fiber fractions of these two fl ours. In uncooked whole bean flour large (10 -30 um) spherical starch granules and small (1 -5 um) protein bodies characteristic of the common bean were observed. However, after cooking, only amorphous material containing gelatinized starch and denatured proteins was visible. Few microstructural differences were observed between uncooked and cooked insoluble dietary fiber fractions. Doth fractions consisted primarily of cell wall remnants from which starch and protein storage bodies had been removed. Also present in both insoluble fiber fractions were partially digested fragments of the seed coat palisade cell layer, and long, thin fibers which appear to be remnants of the nutrient transporting phloem. The cooked and uncooked soluble dietary fiber fractions were microstructurally similar consisting of thin, irregularly shaped sheets and long, thin rods

Microstructure of Lentil Seeds (Lens Culinaris)

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to investigate the microstructure of five cultivars of lentil seeds (Lens culinaris). Lentil cot yledons contain sphericai starch granules surrounded by protein bodies similar to starch granules and protein bodies observed in cotyledons of other food legumes. Examination of the lentil seed coat in cross - section revealed outer palisade and inner parenchyma layers characteris tic of legumes. The subepidermal layer, however, is comprised of hourglass cells and is found primarily in the area surrounding the hilum and the entire lentil seed coat is thinner than the seed coat s of most other food legumes. The surface of the lentil seed coat is uneven and covered with distinctive conical papill ae. The unique structural char acteristics of the lentil seed coat may be parti ally responsible for the decreased incidence of hardness characteristic of lentils

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