Furniture manufacturing and wood use in the north central region.

"Sponsored by the agricultural experiment stations of Illinois [and others]""Agricultural experiment stations of Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating."Bibliography: p. 66

Modeling the electromagnetic properties of the SCUBA-2 detectors

SCUBA-2 is the next-generation replacement for SCUBA (Sub-millimetre Common User Bolometer Array) on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope. Operating at 450 and 850 microns, SCUBA-2 fills the focal plane of the telescope with fully-sampled, monolithic bolometer arrays. Each SCUBA-2 pixel uses a quarter-wave slab of silicon with an implanted resistive layer and backshort as an absorber and a superconducting transition edge sensor as a thermometer. In order to verify and optimize the pixel design, we have investigated the electromagnetic behaviour of the detectors, using both a simple transmission-line model and Ansoft HFSS, a finite-element electromagnetic simulator. We used the transmission line model to fit transmission measurements of doped wafers and determined the correct implant dose for the absorbing layer. The more detailed HFSS modelling yielded some unexpected results which led us to modify the pixel design. We also verified that the detectors suffered little loss of sensitivity for off-axis angles up to about 30 degrees.Comment: 13 pages, 14 figures, SPIE Glasgow 21-25 June 2004, Conference 549

Physical Activity and its Impact on Cognitive Development

The educational system largely is associated with academic assessments and sitting at a desk or on a computer for a majority of the school day. Another part of the education system that is often overlooked is caring for the child health and well-being. Education is more than tests and homework and can be facilitated by other methods that don’t encourage a sedentary lifestyle. The purpose of this synthesis project is to determine what impact physical activity can have on cognitive development, cognitive function and overall brain health. Results have shown that even a single bout of exercise can have a positive impact on cognitive function. The research analyzed for this synthesis project has revealed a great deal of evidence that suggests that cognitive development is positively impacted by physical activity

An analysis and evaluation of advertising media

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The Effects of Ocular Dominance on Visual Processing in College Students

The role of ocular dominance in processing visual memory and analytic tasks is unknown. Research has variably showed both significant effects and no effect of ocular dominance on visual perception, motor control, and sports performance. The goal of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between ocular dominance and visual processing under a variety of computer gaming tasks. This was accomplished by first determining subjects’ ocular dominance through the Miles test, and then examining the subjects’ visual performance on four different Lumosity games under three conditions: left eye, right eye, and both eyes. Results suggest a relationship between ocular dominance and score in the simplest game used, named Raindrops, but did not identify a relationship between ocular dominance and accuracy. The study did not suggest a relationship within any of the other games that measure a variety of different abilities. It is possible a relationship between ocular dominance and score in the game Raindrops may have been due to the simplicity of the task. A small sample size (n = 20) may have also contributed to the inability to detect significant effects. Future studies incorporating larger sample sizes might focus on ocular dominance as it relates to simple arithmetic tasks

Investigating Experiential Wilderness-Based Professional Development for K-12 Educators

Continuing education programs for teachers have the potential to provide beneficial outcomes for both participants and their students. Experiential wilderness-based programs are a unique form of continuing education because of their use of wilderness-based learning environments, outdoor-recreation activities, and experiential teaching initiatives. Research examining the influence of experiential wilderness programs on a range of outcomes (adjustments in behavioral conduct, pro-environmental behaviors, increased classroom culture) is well documented. However, there is little research focused on the use of these type of programs for professional development for educators. Therefore, this research investigated the North Carolina Outward Bound Educators\u27 Initiative (NCOBEI) program as an experiential wilderness-based professional development opportunity for K-12 educators. First, we explore the range of personal and professional development outcomes educators\u27 associate with participation as well as the influence of specific program elements on each outcome. Second, we investigate if the program assists educators\u27 integration of experiential teaching techniques in their schools and classrooms; and further, if educators\u27 beliefs and confidence regarding using these methods can serve as predictors of their later use. Lastly, we evaluate the NCOBEI program for its\u27 influence on participants\u27 positive character traits, forms of professional development, and post training use of experiential learning methods. Our findings demonstrate the powerful influence of experiential wilderness-based professional development opportunities for educators and should be used to support further opportunities for educators and other stakeholders to participate

The Impact of Counselor Level of Spiritual Well-Being on the Morale, Global Symptoms, and Global Impairment of Adolescents Receiving Treatment for Substance Use and/or Other Mental Health Disorders: A Pilot Study

In recent years there has been a movement towards a holistic perspective of human nature in the counseling leading to increased interest in the nature and role of spirituality in counseling and the counseling process. In the present study multiple regression analysis is used to determine whether Counselor Level of Spiritual Well-Being, or aspects thereof, namely, Counselor Level of Existential Well-Being and/or Counselor Level of Religious Well-Being, as measured by the Spiritual Well-Being Scale significantly impacts client outcomes, namely, Morale, Global Symptoms, and Global Impairment as measured by the Health Dynamics Inventory for adolescents receiving treatment for substance use and/or co-occurring psychiatric disorders. A significant relationship was found for only Counselor Level of Religious Well-Being alone and in combination with other variables and client outcomes on Global Impairment. Results and their implications as well as suggestions for further research are discussed

Who is my Neighbor?: Framing Atlanta\u27s Movement to End Homelessness, 1900-2005

This study examines framing strategies employed by the social movement responding to homelessness in Atlanta, Georgia over the course of the 20th century. Drawing on archival records, media accounts and interviews with religious, business and government leaders, this longitudinal case study documents the varied casts of individuals and groups responding to the visible poor on the streets of the city. At the forefront of this project were religious groups serving variously as agents of social control or prophets calling for justice. Social movement framing theory, supplemented by resource mobilization and political opportunity theories, are applied to analyze movement processes. Framing theory provides an explanation for the coordination of collective action in social movements. However, the processes by which movements develop, contest and subsequently transform frames have received little scholarly attention and remain central questions for framing theory. This study addresses these questions. Analytically, I consider the movement in two waves: 1) an early movement dating from 1900 to 1970 and, 2) a modern movement covering the years from 1975 to 2005. In each period movement leaders adopted diagnostic, prognostic and motivational frames to organize and direct their actions. In the first wave, the Salvation Army and Union Mission drew on frames of sin and redemption to develop specialized, separate institutions and programs for the visible poor. The second wave of the movement developed its framing by incorporating elements from the civil rights movement, liberation theology and the Catholic Worker traditions. Religious leaders developed a church based, volunteer run shelter system providing free emergency night shelter to homeless persons. Freezing deaths on the streets of the city in 1981 led to rapid diffusion of church-based sheltering and adoption of a crisis/disaster frame. Central to these developments was a core group of religious leaders bringing a variety of personal experiences and visions to sheltering. The experience of sheltering and the confrontations with downtown business and political leaders fostered the development of frames with greater complexity and highlighted internal contradictions in the movement. New frames explaining homelessness variously emphasized either structural (injustice) or individual (disability) factors leading to framing conflicts within the movement