II C Science Presentation 4: Impetigo

This presentation is going to bring awareness to a very common disease among younger populations. Impetigo is one of the most common skin conditions that can occur in children and athletes. The research conducted looks at the etiology, signs and symptoms, complications that can arise, and the several different treatment options that are out there for it. Included within this presentation is a first-hand experience from later in 2018 as well as a case study and a comprehensive, systematic review

VVAF and Sports for Life: Promoting Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Rights

The Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation’s (VVAF) Sports for Life program gives people with disabilities a chance to come together around sports, providing important opportunities for social reintegration

An investigation of relationship correlates and predictors of cultural adjustment among missionaries.

While research on the cultural adjustment of expatriates has existed for decades, information related to the cultural adjustment of missionaries is considerably lacking (Kimber, 2012). Information on missionary cultural adjustment often has been extrapolated from the greater expatriate population, in spite of differences existing between missionaries and other expatriates (Navara & James, 2002; 2005). This study examined the extent to which missionary relationships (with God, individuals from one’s host culture, individuals from one’s home culture, and other missionaries) correlate with and predict cultural adjustment among missionaries. Participants were recruited from the Church of the Nazarene’s Global Mission Department to complete an online survey consisting of the Sociocultural Adaptation Scale (SCAS; Ward & Kennedy, 1999), the Spiritual Assessment Inventory (SAI; Hall & Edwards, 1996; 2002), and the 2-Way Social Support Scale (SSS; Shakespeare-Finch & Obst, 2011). The final sample included 101 English-speaking missionaries who have been serving for at least three months. While results of the bivariate analyses did not find a correlation between cultural adjustment and overall level of relationship with God, there was a significant correlation found between cultural adjustment and the Instability subscale of the SAI, indicating that stability in one’s relationship with God is positively correlated with cultural adjustment. Results also indicated a significant correlation between cultural adjustment and missionaries’ relationships with individuals from their host culture. Additional bivariate analyses did not indicate a significant correlation between cultural adjustment and missionaries’ relationships with individuals from their home culture or cultural adjustment and relationships with other missionaries. Results of a multiple regression analysis indicated a significant positive relationship between cultural adjustment and the independent variables of relationship with God, individuals from one’s host culture, individuals from one’s home culture, and other missionaries. Further analysis indicated that missionary relationships with host nationals made a significant contribution to the multiple regression model, but no other variables had a significant impact on cultural adjustment. This study adds to the limited research on missionary cultural adjustment, providing information on the cultural adjustment process that can be used to increase the likelihood of missionary success in transitioning to a new cultural environment

Child to Child: What We Have Learned About Educating Children

Save the Children Federation (SCF/US) began its Landmine Education Project (LEP) in Kabul, Afghanistan in April 1996. It developed a participatory curriculum based on principles of non-formal education

Rethinking business models as value creating systems

The generic notion of a business model is well understood by investors and business managers and implies a number of anticipations; chiefly that it is a replicable process that produces revenues and profits. At its heart is some replicable process, artefact or proposition around which the everyday practices are formed. There are a number of reasons why this conception is weak in the Creative Industries. We have identified that the rationale for ‘business models’ in the Creative Industries include providing an attractor for non goal oriented creative activity, for stabilising emergent properties from creative activities and for maintaining the stability of these by anticipating revenues

One Step Further: Women\u27s Access to and Control Over Farm and Forest Resources in the U.S. South

The ownership and management of forested land by women in the United States has been largely unexamined. It may be inappropriately discounted, especially in regions such as the South, where private land ownership is extensive and forest industry is an important component of the economy. Here several data sources on female forest and woodland owner/operators are examined, focusing on the southern U.S. states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. It is clear that female-operated farms and farmlands are increasing, and that female farm operators employ different land use strategies from their male/other counterparts. Ownership of forest land (including both farm woodlands and private forests) is higher in the South than in other parts of the United States, although recent data are not available for the region. Many integrated research questions are directed toward examination of frequently asserted hypotheses: that women view forested land differently from male/other counterparts; that they have differing goals; and that despite constraints, women can maintain economic and ecological health through their management decisions

DeaFFA: An Exploration of Agricultural Education in Schools for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

The Kentucky School for the Deaf agriculture program and FFA chapter is the second Deaf FFA chapter in the nation and has proven itself to be unique, successful, and worthy of investigation. This exploratory, collective/intrinsic Case Study examines the historical evidence of agriculture on the school’s campus, collects observations and interviews regarding agricultural education at the school, and provides insight to advise other educational institutions and organizations on the nature of agricultural education in a school for deaf and hard of hearing students

Public Interests in Private Property: Conflicts Over Wood Chip Mills in North Carolina

The controversy over chip mills in North Carolina is part of a larger public discussion of forest policy throughout the southern Appalachians, Ozarks, and Ouachitas. Chip mills have become a symbol of forest resource exploitation in the southern Appalachians, and many studies and commissions have been established for analysis of the conflict. In this paper I describe the tensions that have arisen between new public views of appropriate property use and more traditional views of natural resource use. Based on the results of a social impact assessment conducted in the summer of 1999 as part of a broader study on the economic and ecological impacts of wood chip processing facilities in North Carolina, I first review the context of chip mills in the Southeast and North Carolina, focusing on the polarization of opinions that has developed since the early 1990s. I then present ten common perceptions of chip mills used in the arguments for and against them. These reflect the tendency to personify chip mills as agents. Following a discussion of the allocation of social costs to corporate entities rather than to forest landowners, I suggest that change in attitudes, policies, and regulations regarding chip mills will be influenced not only by increasing public interests in private property, but also by worldwide demand for wood products

What Is Storyboarding and How Can It Help Me FLIP My Class?

Today I\u27m going to be talking to you about storyboarding. Maybe that\u27s something you\u27ve not heard about before, maybe you\u27re familiar with it, but haven\u27t ever associated it with making videos for your Flipped class, but I want to make that connection for you today and help you see how focusing on your story, creating an effective storyboard is going to help you make those better videos. Sarah Egan Warren is a Flip It Associate and the Education & Training Director of Reify Media, LLC, a Raleigh-based online media company. Sarah also serves as the Assistant Director for the Professional Writing Program at NC State University. Her dedication to student-centered learning inspires her to keep up to date on instructional technology and trends. A dynamic and versatile teacher, speaker, and advisor, Sarah combines her experiences inside and outside the classroom to provide clear, concise, and comprehensive workshops, presentations, lectures, and learning resources.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/onlineseminars/1030/thumbnail.jp

Responsible research and innovation in the UK university: the politics of research governance

‘Responsible research and innovation’ (RRI) is a policy tool intended to shape scientific research as a means to achieve public value beyond economic growth. RRI calls for public involvement in the research process, and increased capacity for researchers to respond to public comments and concerns. However, universities offer little guidance on how to put the RRI framework into practice. Sarah Hartley and Warren Pearce outline aspects of RRI that are vital to understanding its future development. These include its various different meanings, the importance of researchers acknowledging their general responsibilities to society and the potential for the emergence of political issues