Understanding Aging

In Cashmere Middle School, educators were aware that students needed guidance in many different areas, such as self-understanding, positive self-concept, successful social relationships, good study ski l l s and positive attitudes toward school, faculty, and community\u27\u27 (Advisor/Advisee - A Guidance Program, 1981) . A set of objectives was devised to meet these needs. the following: 1) Students will develop a positive self concept. 2) Students will recognize their community responsibilities. 3) Students will learn interpersonal skills while working toward group goals. 4) Students will realize that their behavior, attitude and participation in all advisory activities does have meaning and is important to their development as a person. In an effort to accomplish these and other objectives, advisory groups within Cashmere Middle School participate in a variety of activities and projects. This particular project was developed in an effort to satisfy the previously mentioned objectives. The focus was primarily upon the objective, that students will realize their community responsibilities. However, the project was also an answer to a particular need within the community to provide volunteer service in aiding the elderly at the Cashmere Convalescent Center. The term volunteer service as used by this researcher is meant to mean any service freely rendered by students in an effort to meet a need or needs of their community. This project has value for at least two reasons. One is that it involves middle school students in volunteer service. Two is that the individuals being served are the elderly

La Fundació Protectora de Drets de l'Artista

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An evaluation of free nonprojected visual aids for use in teaching transportation

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston UniversityThe purpose of this study was to determine the sources of and the uses for free materials, published by business firms that may be used in the teaching of transportation in the general business course at the ninth or tenth grade level

Aquest estiu a Hollywood

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Crònica des de Hollywood

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The Velvet Ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): Systematics, Biology, and Biogeography of a Little-Known Family

Insects are a ubiquitous and species-rich component of the biologically-diverse planet we inhabit. The majority of insects are understudied, with many species awaiting formal description and their natural history yet to be discovered. Members of the family Mutillidae, commonly known as velvet ants, are one of these little-known insect groups. Velvet ants are technically wasps, and the wingless females superficially resemble true ants of the family Formicidae. Further, they frequently have a ‘velvety’ appearance and are often brightly colored to serve as a warning to would-be predators that they have the ability to inflict a painful sting. These insects are solitary parasitoids and their young primarily feed on the immature stages of solitary bees and apoid wasps. There are currently 4,603 described species of Mutillidae and many await formal description. In order to organize the overwhelming amount of biological knowledge presently known and to accommodate for future discoveries, species are classified into a hierarchical system that was first proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Biological classifications allow us to organize, understand, and convey information about groups of species at various ranks. Further, phylogenetic analyses allow us to understand how species are related to one another and they can inform us on how to classify life on Earth. Genomic-level molecular data are becoming increasingly more accessible and have become the primary source of information for inferring phylogenetic relationships between species. To better understand the internal classification of Mutillidae, I performed several phylogenetic analyses using molecular data. I also investigated the mating strategies known for Mutillidae and reported on a new mating strategy record for Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica (Lepeletier). Additionally, I performed a phylogenetic analysis for the species-rich, cosmopolitan mutillid tribe Trogaspidiini in order to discern how its members are related to one another and to determine their biogeographic history. Lastly, I revised the rare genus Invreiella Suárez and increased the known diversity from three to fourteen species. My dissertation research sheds light on a number of understudied aspects of velvet ants and the results will aid other researchers studying these remarkable insects