The Relationship between Nature Connectedness and Physical Activity Patterns in a Sample of Collegiate Students, Faculty, and Staff

PURPOSE: A strong relationship exists between physical activity (PA) and nature connectedness (NC); the most physically active individuals may also be the most nature connected. Designing PA programs and modifying college campuses through the lens of biophilia can provide a more logical, evidence-based approach to improve overall health and wellness. The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between physical activity and nature connectedness in a sample of collegiate faculty and students. METHODS: Participants completed two previously validated surveys: The International Physical Activity Questionnaire and the Connectedness to Nature Survey. Demographic data (age, race, campus affiliation) were also collected. RESULTS: There were 82 participants total (male=18.8%, female= 81.2%). Participants reported a mean score of 2.39 on the NC scale. On average, participants accumulated 3330 minutes of weekly sedentary activity, 743 min of walking activity, 308 minutes of moderate activity, and 339 minutes of vigorous activity. Spearman correlations showed no correlation between NC and PA (vigorous, p= .782; moderate, p= .577; walking, p= .374; sitting, p=.774). CONCLUSION: College affiliates report an affinity for nature and high levels of PA. More studies are needed to determine additional variables that mediate the relationship between PA and NC in the collegiate setting

Fostering Social-Emotional Competence In Preschoolers

In order to form and maintain healthy relationships with peers and adults, preschool-age children must develop the skills needed to manage and express their emotions appropriately. Without these social-emotional competence skills, young children’s success in current and future relationships may be hindered. In order to address preschoolers’ social-emotional competence, I created a 3-day lesson plan, which covers emotion identification, expression, and regulation, and delivered it to a group of preschoolers at the Hartnell Community College Child Development Center in Salinas, California

A Study of the Diet Habits and Related Factors of Pupils in the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grades of Wharton County Schools, Texas

After careful consideration, the writer decided to make a study of the diet habits and related factors of two hundred fifty (250) pupils in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades of Wharton County, Texas, schools. The study was made because the writer felt that diet habits and other related factors have seldom been given enough consideration so as to establish the fact that it is not necessarily the practice of a number of diet habits that determines whether the pupils are successful in obtaining those believed to be the most essential in life, but it is especially important that the desired outcomes are recognized. It is believed that the study is important because the information received may serve in influencing any changes that might need to be made in the diet habits of children. Also it might show methods of assisting children to become conscious of some ways of improving and developing their diet habits. Since the diet habits practiced by individuals influence their state of well-being, it is again the purpose of the study to learn the diet habits practiced by these pupils and to compare them with the diet habits advocated for the maintenance of good health. The writer hopes that the findings of the study will be beneficial to children, parents, and instructors in making plans for helping children to learn to meet their own nutritional and health needs

Risk of thromboembolism in patients developing critical illness-associated atrial fibrillation.

Although common, the long-term significance of -developing atrial fibrillation (AF) during a period of critical illness is unclear. We undertook a retrospective cohort analysis to -assess the rate of thromboembolism (TE) in patients -developing atrial fibrillation de novo during admission to our intensive care unit. In total, 1,955 patients were followed up (-maximum follow-up 1,276 days) for the occurrence of TE, of which 220 (11.3%) had developed AF or atrial flutter during their critical care admission. There were 11 TE events among the patients with new AF (0.053 events per patient-year), compared with 18 in the non-AF group (0.0059 events per patient-year). The unadjusted hazard ratio for TE in patients developing new AF compared with those not developing AF was 8.09 (95% CI 3.08-17.19, p<0.001). In patients admitted to critical care, the development of AF appears to be associated with a significantly increased risk of subsequent thromboembolism

Comparison of Methods to Predict Lower Bound Buckling Loads of Cylinders Under Axial Compression

Results from a numerical study of the buckling response of two different orthogrid stiffened circular cylindrical shells with initial imperfections and subjected to axial compression are used to compare three different lower bound buckling load prediction techniques. These lower bound prediction techniques assume different imperfection types and include an imperfection based on a mode shape from an eigenvalue analysis, an imperfection caused by a lateral perturbation load, and an imperfection in the shape of a single stress-free dimple. The STAGS finite element code is used for the analyses. Responses of the cylinders for ranges of imperfection amplitudes are considered, and the effect of each imperfection is compared to the response of a geometrically perfect cylinder. Similar behavior was observed for shells that include a lateral perturbation load and a single dimple imperfection, and the results indicate that the predicted lower bounds are much less conservative than the corresponding results for the cylinders with the mode shape imperfection considered herein. In addition, the lateral perturbation technique and the single dimple imperfection produce response characteristics that are physically meaningful and can be validated via testing

Risk of thromboembolism in patients developing critical illness-associated atrial fibrillation

This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the Royal College of Physicians via the DOI in this record.Although common, the long-term significance of developing atrial fibrillation (AF) during a period of critical illness is unclear. We undertook a retrospective cohort analysis to assess the rate of thromboembolism (TE) in patients developing atrial fibrillation de novo during admission to our intensive care unit. 1955 patients were followed up (maximum follow-up 1276 days) for the occurrence of TE, of which 220 (11.3%) had developed AF or atrial flutter during their critical care admission. There were 11 TE events among the patients with new AF (0.053 events per patientyear), compared with 18 in the non-AF group (0.0059 events per patient-year). The unadjusted hazard ratio for TE in patients developing new AF compared with those not developing AF was 8.09 (95% CI 3.08 – 17.19, p<0.001). In patients admitted to critical care, the development of AF appears to be associated with a significantly increased risk of subsequent thromboembolism

Flat conductor cable termination development program Final report

Development program for methods of terminating flat conductor cable to small electrical components used on electrical displays and control panel