UA37/34 Letter to Vernon Sheeley & Biographical Data Sheet

Brief note from James Wigtil to Vernon Sheeley regarding the biographical data sheet regarding James Wigtil\u27s career and involvement with the Association for Specialists in Group Work

Effects of \u3ci\u3eThe Met: Live in HD\u3c/i\u3e on the Democratization of Opera in America

The Met: Live in HD satellite broadcasts of live opera performances began in 2006 and have since become popular with audiences around the world. While this could be an excellent avenue to democratize opera and make it available to new audiences, the available data indicates that most Live in HD viewers are already opera enthusiasts and have previously attended live opera performances. This thesis examines the history of the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcasting efforts, the demographics of American opera audiences, trends in Live in HD’s repertoire, and strategies to increase Live in HD’s appeal to a broader, more diverse audience that can revitalize opera’s popularity in the United States

Effects of \u3ci\u3eThe Met: Live in HD\u3c/i\u3e on the Democratization of Opera in America

The Met: Live in HD satellite broadcasts of live opera performances began in 2006 and have since become popular with audiences around the world. While this could be an excellent avenue to democratize opera and make it available to new audiences, the available data indicates that most Live in HD viewers are already opera enthusiasts and have previously attended live opera performances. This thesis examines the history of the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcasting efforts, the demographics of American opera audiences, trends in Live in HD’s repertoire, and strategies to increase Live in HD’s appeal to a broader, more diverse audience that can revitalize opera’s popularity in the United States

Is there a place for “plagiarism detection software” in an academic library?

Many colleges and universities use Turnitin, SafeAssign, and other “plagiarism detection” software to detect, and deter, academic dishonesty. Since 2005, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries have provided students direct access to SafeAssign and Turnitin as teaching tools to help them identify improper citation of sources. Students appreciate having free access to these products when similar software can be cost-prohibitive. However, Turnitin commonly finds false positives in student papers, and students may find Turnitin’s originality reports difficult to understand. Therefore, it is unclear how helpful it is to offer this library service to students, versus focusing on teaching proper citation of sources

UA37/34 Correspondence between Vernon Sheeley & James Wigtil

Correspondence between Vernon Sheeley and James Wigtil requesting biographical data for Sheeley\u27s files

UA37/34 Correspondence between Vernon Sheeley & James Wigtil

Correspondence between Vernon Sheeley and James Wigtil regarding Wigtil\u27s biographical sketch for the Association for Specialists in Group Work anniversary publication

En kvalitativ studie av Mandal som attraktivt sted for fjernarbeid

Det er en kvalitativ studie hvor caset er Remote Norge og deres arbeid med å tiltrekke seg fjernarbeidere til Mandal. Gjennom intervjuer med fjernarbeidere, samt lokale og regionale aktører, undersøkes det hvilke stedskvaliteter som vektlegges, og om fjernarbeid kan være god strategi for å tiltrekke seg kompetanse og bidra til innovasjon

Where wildfire risk and social vulnerability coincide: mapping place vulnerability to wildfire over the coterminous US

The hazards-of-place model of vulnerability to environmental hazards posits that vulnerability has biophysical and social components. While biophysical characteristics are important in predicting locations of elevated wildfire risk, the social characteristics of human communities may help us predict locations of elevated wildfire impacts. We examine the relationship between biophysical and social vulnerability to identify places that may experience impacts from wildfire hazards more acutely. We examine whether a singular focus on either biophysical or social vulnerability will accurately represent vulnerable places and predict that areas of high wildfire do not coincide with all areas of high social vulnerability. We develop a neighborhood-level social vulnerability index using principal component analysis and intersect it with an existing measure of wildfire risk to compare areas by place vulnerability to wildfire hazards. These results were mapped and further compared by wildland-urban interface categories. We find that few areas of high wildfire risk intersect with areas of high social vulnerability, but that stronger associations exist in some portions of the coterminous US. This analysis identifies regions and states with elevated levels of place vulnerability to wildfire hazards, places that would have otherwise have been under identified in analyses that focused on either biophysical or social vulnerability alone. These results can help inform wildfire prevention, mitigation, and recovery planning processes, ultimately decreasing the hazards associated with wildfire for vulnerable places

Diabetic diarrhoea: a study on gastrointestinal motility, pH levels and autonomic function

Background Chronic diarrhoea is a common, but poorly investigated diabetes complication. Autonomic neuropathy is a leading pathophysiological theory founded on old, small studies. Studies of gastrointestinal motility and pH levels are lacking. Objectives Using new diagnostic methods, we aimed to find out if diabetic diarrhoea was associated with alterations in gastrointestinal motility, pH levels and autonomic function. Methods Fifty-seven patients (42 women, 46 type 1 diabetes) were prospectively included. Symptoms were evaluated with the gastrointestinal symptom rating scale, defining ≥ 4 points as cases with diarrhoea. Patients scoring < 4 were used as controls. We used the wireless motility capsule to measure gastrointestinal transit times, pH levels and contractility parameters. Autonomic function was assessed by measuring heart rate variability, baroreflex sensitivity and orthostatic hypotension. Results Seventeen patients (30%) had diarrhoea. Compared with controls, cases had slower gastric emptying (21:46 vs. 4:14, h:min, p = 0.03) and faster colonic transit (18:37 vs. 54:25, p < 0.001). Cases had increased intraluminal pH in the antrum (2.4 vs. 1.2, p = 0.009), caecum (7.3 vs. 6.4, p = 0.008) and entire colon (7.1 vs. 6.7, p = 0.05). They also had a decreased pH difference across the pylorus (3.3 vs. 4.9, p = 0.004) and ileocaecal junction (0.6 vs 1.0, p = 0.009). The groups did not differ in autonomic function, but diastolic blood pressure drop correlated rs = −0.34 (p = 0.04) with colonic transit time. Conclusions Patients with diabetic diarrhoea had altered gastrointestinal transit and intraluminal pH levels, but minimal changes in autonomic function. Our results suggest that tests of gastrointestinal function are clinically useful in diabetic diarrhoea.publishedVersio

Impact of the Norwegian National Patient Safety Program on implementation of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and on perioperative safety culture

Objectives Our primary objective was to study the impact of the Norwegian National Patient Safety Campaign and Program on Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) implementation and on safety culture. Secondary objective was associations between SSC fidelity and safety culture. We hypothesised that the programme influenced on SSC use and operating theatre personnel’s safety culture perceptions. Setting A longitudinal cross-sectional study was conducted in a large Norwegian tertiary teaching hospital. Participants We invited 1754 operating theatre personnel to participate in the study, of which 920 responded to the surveys at three time points in 2009, 2010 and 2017. Primary and secondary outcome measures Primary outcome was the results of the patient safety culture measured by the culturally adapted Norwegian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. Our previously published results from 2009/2010 were compared with new data collected in 2017. Secondary outcome was correlation between SSC fidelity and safety culture. Fidelity was electronically recorded. Results Survey response rates were 61% (349/575), 51% (292/569) and 46% (279/610) in 2009, 2010 and 2017, respectively. Eight of the 12 safety culture dimensions significantly improved over time with the largest increase being ‘Hospital managers’ support to patient safety’ from a mean score of 2.82 at baseline in 2009 to 3.15 in 2017 (mean change: 0.33, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.44). Fidelity in use of the SSC averaged 88% (26 741/30 426) in 2017. Perceptions of safety culture dimensions in 2009 and in 2017 correlated significantly though weakly with fidelity (r=0.07–0.21). Conclusion The National Patient Safety Program, fostering engagement from trust boards, hospital managers and frontline operating theatre personnel enabled effective implementation of the SSC. As part of a wider strategic safety initiative, implementation of SSC coincided with an improved safety culture.publishedVersio