You Don’t Need to Speak to be Heard: The Effects of Using American Sign Language with Hearing Lower Elementary Montessori Children

Our research introduced the use of ASL signs with hearing elementary children and examined if this intervention affected the noise level produced in the classroom. The project was performed in two Montessori lower elementary classrooms (1st-3rd grade); one at a Maine private Montessori school, with 28 hearing children, and one at a Wisconsin public Montessori school, with 34 hearing children. In Wisconsin the researcher was a teacher in the classroom, in Maine the researcher was not. Data was measured using four tools: a decibel measuring app, observation form, tally sheet, and a structured discussion. In both classrooms, the change in noise level was minimal, decreasing by 2% overall. Qualitative results, however, indicate the project was worthwhile. The children responded positively to instructions given using ASL and their enthusiasm of learning signs justified the intervention. The intervention granted the children opportunities to discuss exceptionalities. We recognized the importance in such conversations and encouraged this dialogue. Keywords

The Language of Type 1 Diabetes: Why It Matters in Online Patient Education

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet on 07 Mar 2023, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/15398285.2023.2167424.This article discusses online patient education materials (PEMs) in the context of type 1 diabetes and the language used to describe the condition. The role of healthcare providers and health information professionals in the delivery of online PEMs is described. Relevant theories regarding the impact of language are discussed. A theoretical framework for understanding and assessing PEMs is presented, along with the introduction of in-progress research on the use of language in online PEMs for adults with type 1 diabetes

C IV and other Metal Absorption Line Systems in 18 z = 4 Quasars

We present a modest survey of quasar metal line absorption systems at redshifts 2.3–4.5. Relatively high signal-to-noise ratio (~25 pixel^(-1)) spectra of 18 quasars at 2 Å FWHM resolution show many absorption systems with strong metal lines in the region redward of the Lyα emission lines. We conducted a systematic search and found 55 C IV doublets, 19 Si IV doublets, three Mg II doublets, and seven N V doublets. The present data alone hint that the number of C IV absorption doublets per unit redshift, N(z), decreases with increasing redshift for 2.3 0.3 Å are approximately 55% of all C IV systems with W > 0.15 Å, but by z ≃ 4 that percentage is less than 37%. Similar conclusions were reached by Sargent, Boksenberg, & Steidel and by Steidel, primarily at lower redshifts. However, we measure approximately twice the density of C IV systems at 2.3 0.15 Å that was reported by Steidel. The probability that our sample and previous samples come from the same distribution is only ~2%. But this could be a statistical accident because it is an a posteriori comparison. We believe that the systems that we report are real, and we have no other explanation for this difference. For Si IV absorption lines, there is a 1 σ hint of evolution with the same sense. In contrast, Lyα and Mg II systems are known to show evolution of the opposite sense with more absorbers at larger redshifts. The physical cause of this difference may be a mixture of ionization and chemical evolution effects

Risk of Importing Zoonotic Diseases through Wildlife Trade, United States

Proactive changes are needed to protect the public from myriad serious diseases

Inspiring and Aspiring Educators: An Intersection of Historic and Current Education Landscapes

The book Inspiring and Aspiring Educators: An Intersection of Historic and Current Education Landscapes is a collection of graduate student writings from the 2021 summer Education Doctorate Residency at Winona State University.https://openriver.winona.edu/educationeddbooks/1002/thumbnail.jp

The UCSD HIRES/KeckI Damped Lya Abundance Database: I. The Data

We present new chemical abundance measurements of 16 damped Lya systems at z>1.5 and update our previous abundance analyses. The entire database presented here was derived from HIRES observations on the Keck I telescope, reduced with the same software package, and analysed with identical techniques. Altogether, we present a large, homogeneous database of chemical abundance measurements for protogalaxies in the early universe, ideal for studying a number of important aspects of galaxy formation. In addition, we have established an online directory for this database and will continuously update the results.Comment: 49 pages, 39 figures. Uses emulateapj.sty. Accepted to ApJS June 8, 2001. Visit http://kingpin.ucsd.edu/~hiresdl

Doctor of Education Newsletter 2020

WSU Doctor of Education Cohort 2020 This newsletter was created by the second Education Doctorate graduate student cohort 2020.https://openriver.winona.edu/educationeddnewsletters/1001/thumbnail.jp