Metropolitan Contexts for Community Initiatives: Contrasts in a Turbulent Decade

Analyzes demographic, social, and poverty data and 2000-10 changes in the economies and housing markets of fourteen metropolitan areas to inform Casey's strategies for reinvesting in initiatives including rehabilitation and minimizing vacancies

Branded: Social Media Best Practices for Registered Dietitians

Social media is a convenient method for dietetic practices to spread nutrition messages and build relationships with clients. Incorporating recommended best practices into a social media campaign can further client reach and engagement, amplify the efforts of nutrition professionals, and produce messages that are more effective and appealing to clients. Knowledge and use of appropriate social media techniques can allow dietitians to promote their business and retain clients. A review of the literature provided valuable insight into the need for social media in marketing a small business as well as health promotion. An assessment of nutrition practices across the United States revealed the current social media techniques being utilized by dietitians in private practice. Social media is crucial in developing an online presence and allowing for open communication between businesses and their clients. Quality website design and photography are imperative in providing a positive experience to clients. In addition, original and meaningful content is essential for greater reach and engagement. The assessment of dietetic practices provided practical examples of current social media techniques regarding types of social media, frequency of use, content, and design. Best practice recommendations are based on a review of the literature on social media and marketing, a review of the literature on social media and nutrition communications, and an original assessment on the application of social media in private practice dietetics.Master of Public Healt

Artists and the Push for Black People\u27s Access to Healthcare

Using the works of Latoya Ruby Frazier, Simone Leigh, and Renée Stout, I explore the ways in which healthcare has been made inaccessible for Black Americans. Each chapter explores the impact of inaccessible healthcare and stereotypes, and the choice to opt for traditional alternatives to Western medicine

“Change the story, change the world”: Gendered Magic and Educational Ideology in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld

This thesis explores educational ideology in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series with a continued focus on the ways gendered magic results in gendered knowledge and education. Pratchett’s witches and wizards demonstrate and even consciously uphold distinct gender separation regarding magical practice, methodology, knowledge, and responsibility, ultimately creating an ideological rift between the two factions. Analysis of the wizards and Unseen University traces their associations with the history of the British educational system, male privilege, elitism, and tradition, reading their order as indicative of Discworld’s “norm” and a repressive dominant educational ideology. Contrastingly, the witches’ and Tiffany Aching’s status as Other and insistence on writing their own stories give rise to an ethics of selfless social responsibility and an educational ideology contingent upon recognizing the constructedness of reality, challenging the repressive realities imposed by a hegemonic society, and instead purveying a reality that liberates and empowers the individual. In light of recent scholarship on the fantasy genre, this thesis concludes suggesting Pratchett’s complex interplay between the “real” and “unreal” enables readers to recognize and question ideological superstructures, ultimately epitomizing Daniel Baker’s notion of fantasy’s “progressive potential.

Recommendations for Nursing Staff Education on the Use of Anticoagulants

https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/student_scholarship_posters/1128/thumbnail.jp

Resonances in transfer-triggered Breakup of ⁷Li in near-barrier collisions

Above-barrier complete fusion cross sections of weakly-bound 6,7Li and 9Be are known to be suppressed with respect to single-barrier penetration model calculations. Breakup of the projectile - either via direct excitation of continuum states, or by transfer of nucleons - is thought to be the cause, preventing complete capture of the projectile charge. Using the example of 7Li→8Be→ α + α we show how the contributions to breakup from different resonances in 8Be can be identified, and discuss their likely influence on fusionSupport from Australian Research Council grants FL110100098, DP130101569, DE140100784 and DP14101337 is acknowledged. Support for accelerator operations through the NCRIS program is acknowledged

Disintegration locations in ⁷Li-7 -> ⁸Be transfer-triggered breakup at near-barrier energies

Background: At above-barrier energies, complete fusion cross sections in collisions of light weakly bound nuclei with heavy target nuclei are suppressed when compared to well-bound nuclei. Breakup of the projectilelike nucleus was proposed to be the cause. In addition to direct breakup, breakup following transfer was shown to be substantial. Purpose: We investigate breakup in reactions with Li7, triggered by sub-barrier proton pickup to unbound states in Be8, which subsequently separate into two α particles. Method: Measurements of sub-barrier disintegration of Li7 on a Ni58 target were made using the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility at the Australian National University. Combining the experimental results with classical simulations of post-breakup acceleration, we study the sensitivity of α−α energy and angle correlations to the proximity of disintegration to the target (proton donor) nucleus. Results: The simulations indicate that disintegration as the colliding nuclei approach each other leads to large angular separations θ12 of the α fragments. The detectors allow for a maximum opening angle of θ12=132∘, such that the present experiment is largely insensitive to breakup occurring when the collision partners approach each other. The data are consistent with disintegration of (a) the 0+Be8 ground state far from the targetlike nucleus, and (b) the 2+Be8 resonance near the targetlike nucleus when the Be8 is receding from the targetlike nucleus. Conclusions: The present results shed light on the near-target component of transfer-induced breakup reactions. The distribution of events with respect to the opening angle of the α particles, and the orientation of their relative velocity with respect to the velocity of their center of mass, gives insights into their proximity to the target at the moment of breakup. Further measurements with larger angular coverage and more complete simulations are required to fully understand the influence of breakup on fusion.Support from Australian Research Council Grants No. FL110100098, No. DP130101569, No. DE140100784, and No. DP14101337 is acknowledged. Support for accelerator operations through the NCRIS program is acknowledged

Mapping quasifission characteristics in heavy element formation reactions

Mass-angle distributions carry detailed information on the characteristics of quasifission, and thus of the dynamics of heavy element formation reactions. Recent experimental results are presented and discussedThe authors acknowledge outstanding support from Dr. N Lobanov and the ANU Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility staff, without whose tireless commitment to excellence this work would not have been possible, and financial support from ARC grants DP110102858, DP130101569, DP140101337, FL110100098, FT120100760 and DE140100784

Recent developments of SOLEROO: Australia's first high energy radioactive Ion Beam capability

The first measurements of the Australian National University's new radioactive ion beam capability were carried out using elastic scattering of a 8Li radioactive beam from a 197Au target. The purpose of this experiment was to test the radioactive ion beam capability as a complete system, which uses a pair of twin position-sensitive parallel plate avalanche counters as tracking detectors along with a highly pixelated double sided Si detector array. The tracking detector system allows us to have extremely high purity secondary radioactive ion beams by electronically tagging the reaction products of interest, thus allowing complete separation from the unwanted contaminant beam species of similar mass and charge. Here, some recent developments and characteristics of this system are presented