Viewpoint (Art and Descriptive Text)

This art was created as part of a class zine project. The concept/direction for the zine was generated by a group of students, then selected by the class for use. This cover was a collaborative interpretation of that concept conceived of by Kaylyn Hill, Stacey Roten, Siyu Wang, and Jimmy Wilder. The design was executed by Kaylyn Hill. The problem the class addressed was: Imagine that hundreds of designers used their skills and creativity to respond to the most important and newsworthy issues of today. This collection will be the focus of a blog, a book, an exhibition, a documentary... (it doesn’t really matter what format or media it might be, ultimately). How would this kind of graphic statement—this power used for good, for awareness, for protest, etc.—be expressed? What would you title it? What visual treatment might be applied to or accompany that title? The Viewpoint #nofilter concept reflects the act of looking closely and critically at world events and responding with honesty. Therefore, there are many perspectives of the world shown but within a form that also resembles an eye, a target, a print registration mark, etc. The art was modified for the cover of PURE Insights, but is presented here in the original form

The challenge of measuring intra-individual change in fatigue during cancer treatment

Evaluate how well three different patient-reported outcomes (PROs) measure individual change

Ash Creek Arts Center Logo and Business Card

Class Description: Students designed logos to establish an identity for the new Ash Creek Arts Center, emerging to serve the cities of Monmouth and Independence (Oregon). On February 27, 2014, members of the Ash Creek Arts Center, the Western Oregon University community, and the public gathered to view an exhibit of these graphic design students’ logo solutions, and to help select the new ACAC identity. The graphic design students involved in this project have conducted research on identity design, on the region, and on arts organizations, explored a multitude of concepts, and ultimately executed a logo and business card to best represent the new Ash Creek Arts Center. Artist\u27s Statement: The ACAC logo is all about the joining of two communities. The use of red and black helps to draw a relation between the ACAC and both Western Oregon University and Central High School. The use of geometric shapes represents order and stability which, along with the community, will form the foundation of the arts center. The negative space gives the shapes an illusion of movement and call to mind the winding bends of Ash Creek. The interaction between the circle and the second triangle refer to the interlocking of Independence and Monmouth. The joining of the curvilinear and rectilinear shapes works to form an asymmetrical and harmonious composition.https://digitalcommons.wou.edu/art321/1008/thumbnail.jp

The challenge of measuring intra-individual change in fatigue during cancer treatment.

PurposeTo evaluate how well three different patient-reported outcomes (PROs) measure individual change.MethodsTwo hundred and fourteen patients (from two sites) initiating first or new chemotherapy for any stage of breast or gastrointestinal cancer participated. The 13-item FACIT Fatigue scale, a 7-item PROMIS® Fatigue Short Form (PROMIS 7a), and the PROMIS® Fatigue computer adaptive test (CAT) were administered monthly online for 6 months. Reliability of measured change was defined, under a population mixed effects model, as the ratio of estimated systematic variance in rate of change to the estimated total variance of measured individual differences in rate of change. Precision of individual measured change, the standard error of measurement of change, was given by the square root of the rate-of-change sampling variance. Linear and quadratic models were examined up to 3 and up to 6 months.ResultsA linear model for measured change showed the following by 6 and 3 months, respectively: PROMIS CAT (0.363 and 0.342); PROMIS SF (0.408 and 0.533); FACIT (0.459 and 0.473). Quadratic models offered no noteworthy improvement over linear models. Both reliability and precision results demonstrate the need to improve the measurement of intra-individual change.ConclusionsThese results illustrate the challenge of reliably measuring individual change in fatigue with a level of confidence required for intervention. Optimizing clinically useful measurement of intra-individual differences over time continues to pose a challenge for PROs

The challenge of measuring intra-individual change in fatigue during cancer treatment

PURPOSE: Evaluate how well three different patient-reported outcomes (PROs) measure individual change. METHODS: 214 patients (from two sites) initiating first or new chemotherapy for any stage of breast or gastrointestinal cancer participated. The 13-item FACIT–Fatigue scale, a 7-item PROMIS(®) Fatigue Short-Form (PROMIS 7a), and the PROMIS(®) Fatigue computer adaptive test (CAT) were administered monthly online for six months. Reliability of measured change was defined, under a population mixed effects model, as the ratio of estimated systematic variance in rate-of-change to the estimated total variance of measured individual differences in rate-of-change. Precision of individual measured change, the standard error of measurement (SEM) of change, was given by the square root of the rate-of-change sampling variance. Linear and quadratic models were examined up to 3 and up to 6 months. RESULTS: A linear model for the reliability of measured change showed the following by 6 and by 3 months, respectively: PROMIS CAT (0.363 and 0.342); PROMIS SF (0.408 and 0.533); FACIT (0.459 and 0.473). Quadratic models offered no noteworthy improvement over linear models. Both reliability and precision results demonstrate the need to improve the measurement of intra-individual change. CONCLUSIONS: These results illustrate the challenge of reliably measuring individual change in fatigue with a level of confidence required for intervention. Optimizing clinically useful measurement of intra-individual differences over time continues to pose a challenge for PROs