In an Ordnance Cafeteria-

Miss Lenore Sullivan\u27s experiences in wartime mass food service are related by Dorothy Walke

Miss 1943, Modeling...

Good tailoring is important in Vicky\u27s midwinter clothes selection, says Dorothy Walke

Presenting 1943 Veishea

Veishea of 1943 features a home economics open house designed for war-time education, says Dorothy Walke

Bicycle helmet wearing is associated with closer overtaking by drivers: A response to Olivier and Walter, 2013

There is a body of research on how driver behaviour might change in response to bicyclists’ appearance. In 2007, Walker published a study suggesting motorists drove closer on average when passing a bicyclist if the rider wore a helmet, potentially increasing the risk of a collision. Olivier and Walter re-analysed the same data in 2013 and claimed helmet wearing was not associated with close vehicle passing. Here we show how Olivier and Walter’s analysis addressed a subtly, but importantly, different question than Walker’s. Their conclusion was based on omitting information about variability in driver behaviour and instead dividing overtakes into two binary categories of ‘close’ and ‘not close’; we demonstrate that they did not justify or address the implications of this choice, did not have sufficient statistical power for their approach, and moreover show that slightly adjusting their definition of ‘close’ would reverse their conclusions. We then present a new analysis of the original dataset, measuring directly the extent to which drivers changed their behaviour in response to helmet wearing. This analysis confirms that drivers did, overall, get closer when the rider wore a helmet. The distribution of overtaking events shifted just over one-fifth of a standard deviation closer to the rider – a potentially important behaviour if, as theoretical frameworks suggest, near-misses and collisions lie on a continuum. The paper ends by considering wider issues surrounding this topic and suggests public health research might be best served by shifting focus to risk elimination rather than harm mitigation

Differences in pupil control ideology : an analysis of the pupil control attitudes of student-teachers at Memorial University of Newfoundland

One of the most critical components of the competent teacher is his/her attitude toward children. All facets of teacher-training programs then, should be research in terms of their effect on the attitudes of the participants. Because of this importance of these attitudes, this study focuses on a comparison between student-teachers in the first undergraduate year and those in the final undergraduate year of their preparation program, in an attempt to discover what attitudes toward pupil control are crystallized and/or developed by student-teachers during the training period. -- The major problem of this study was to determine whether there were differences between the attitudes toward pupil control of junior and senior students in teacher-training, and to show the relationships between such differences of attitudes and certain situational factors or variables. It was hypothesized that the attitudes of junior (first year) student-teachers toward pupil control would be different from those of senior (fourth and/or fifth year) student-teachers, in that the attitudes of the latter would be more humanistic. -- The 322 student-teachers who were randomly selected to participate in the study were requested to complete two questionnaires dealing with certain aspects of pupil control. Form A of the Pupil Control Ideology Instrument consisted of 20 items and the response categories were scored 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, on a continuum ranging from extreme custodialism to extreme humanism. Form B of the instrument contained 60 items and was used to measure other aspects of pupil control ideology not measured by Form A. On each form of the instrument, the lower the score obtained the more humanistic the respondent was deemed to be. -- As hypothesized, there were significant differences in the attitudes toward pupil control of junior and senior student-teachers, in that the attitudes of the latter were much more humanistic, even when controlling for the variable, years of teaching experience. -- The implications of this study are quite clear. Student-teachers who had spent four or five years at Memorial University of Newfoundland had mellowed somewhat in their attitudes toward instruction and guidance of pupils at school, school discipline and general views on child psychology, when compared with student-teachers who were just starting their training at the institution. Thus, undergraduate training had a considerable impact upon the socialization of student-teachers with respect to their attitudes toward pupil control or their pupil control ideology

Bicycle helmet wearing is associated with closer overtaking by drivers: A response to Olivier and Walter, 2013

There is a body of research on how driver behaviour might change in response to bicyclists’ appearance. In 2007, Walker published a study suggesting motorists drove closer on average when passing a bicyclist if the rider wore a helmet, potentially increasing the risk of a collision. Olivier and Walter re-analysed the same data in 2013 and claimed helmet wearing was not associated with close vehicle passing. Here we show how Olivier and Walter’s analysis addressed a subtly, but importantly, different question than Walker’s. Their conclusion was based on omitting information about variability in driver behaviour and instead dividing overtakes into two binary categories of ‘close’ and ‘not close’; we demonstrate that they did not justify or address the implications of this choice, did not have sufficient statistical power for their approach, and moreover show that slightly adjusting their definition of ‘close’ would reverse their conclusions. We then present a new analysis of the original dataset, measuring directly the extent to which drivers changed their behaviour in response to helmet wearing. This analysis confirms that drivers did, overall, get closer when the rider wore a helmet. The distribution of overtaking events shifted just over one-fifth of a standard deviation closer to the rider – a potentially important behaviour if, as theoretical frameworks suggest, near-misses and collisions lie on a continuum. The paper ends by considering wider issues surrounding this topic and suggests public health research might be best served by shifting focus to risk elimination rather than harm mitigation

Longitudinal and lateral-directional aerodynamic characteristics of a wing-cone configuration at Mach numbers from 2.5 to 4.5

A study was conducted to determine the longitudinal and lateral-directional aerodynamic characteristics of a generic wing-cone configuration at supersonic speeds. The fuselage has a 5 deg half-angle cone forebody, cylindrical midbody, and a 9 deg truncated cone afterbody. The delta wing (aspect ratio 1.0) had a 4 pct. thick diamond airfoil section. The tests were made in the Langley Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel at Mach numbers from 2.50 and 4.50. Angle of attack was varied from -4 to 28 degs, and angle of sideslip varied from -8 to 8 degs. Several configurations were studied to determine the effects of variations in wing longitudinal position, wing incidence, vertical tail configuration, canard shape, and nose bluntness. Typical effects of Reynolds number and Mach number on the longitudinal characteristics were observed. The incremental effects of the configuration variables were generally unaffected by Mach number. The directional stability characteristics of the large and small centerline mounted vertical tail configurations were significantly degraded with increasing angle of attack and Mach number

Nurses\u27 Alumnae Association Bulletin - Volume 6 Number 10

Financial Report Calendar of Events Attention, Class of 1945! Miss Shafer Retires Review of the Alumnae Association Meetings Institutional Staff Nurses\u27 Section Report of Staff Activites - 1948-1949 The Staff Stockings! Stockings! Stockings! Pop-Up Toaster It\u27s Not Too Soon Any White Elephants? Private Duty Section The Jefferson Hospital Private Duty Nurses\u27 Register Report for Barton Memorial Hospital Progress of the Orthopedic Department Just Under the Date Line Pediatrics at Jefferson Controlled Respiration in Anesthesia Anesthesia Progress Physical Advances at Jefferson During the Past Year The White Haven Division The Clara Melville Scholarship Fund The Relief Fund The Busy Year for the Nurses\u27 Home Committee of the Women\u27s Board The Gray Ladies Memories Lost Miscellaneous Items Medical College News Marriages Births Deaths Condolences Prizes District No. 1 Dues Help! Help! Help! Jap Prison School Spurs Nurse to Win University Degree Twenty Ways to Kill an Organization The Bulletin Committee Attention, Alumnae New Addresse