Childhood anxiety: how schools identify, assess, provide resources to and refer students with anxiety

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Cortical hemodynamics and motor recovery after cortical infarcts

textStroke is the leading cause of disability and the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Of those that survive a stroke, many are left with long term functional motor impairments. Spontaneous recovery of motor function occurs after a stroke and the reorganization of spared neural tissue is a contributing factor. To study motor recovery following a stroke, rodent models have been especially useful because experimental manipulations can be paired with controlled infarcts to understand physiologically relevant changes. For example, stroke to the sensory-motor cortex (SMC) in mice produces functional motor impairments which are dependent on the reorganization of the remaining cortex. Ironically, after about 20 years of research on the reorganization of the peri-lesion following cortical ischemia, there has been a lack of focus on the neuro-vascular changes as they relate to functional outcome after stroke. The central hypothesis of this report is that spontaneous vascular remodeling contributes to behavioral recovery and cortical reorganization following ischemic insult. To investigate the relationship between blood flow recovery and improvement of motor function after an ischemic insult, we developed a mouse model of upper extremity impairment after a stroke that can be repeatedly imaged in vivo. Specifically, 14 C57/BL6 mice either received photo-thrombotic cortical lesions (n=7) or vehicle procedures (n=7), were allowed 3 days to recover, and then received forelimb function probes using the pasta matrix reaching task (PMRT), an assay for skilled forelimb function, in tandem with the imaging of cortical blood flow using multi-exposure speckle imaging (MESI) at Days 3, 5, 10, and 20. Results indicate that the mice that received injections with Rose Bengal displayed significantly decreased performance on the PMRT and a significantly reduced amount of cortical blood flow compared to both their baseline performance and the control group. Skilled forelimb performance following the ischemic lesion correlated strongly with stroke severity (as indexed by cortical blood flow in the lesion core 2 hours following lesion induction). Additionally, the re-establishment of cortical blood flow to the infarct core precedes the recovery of motor performance, indicating potential importance for the re-establishment of blood flow to support the adaptive plasticity required for motor recovery.Psycholog

Incivility in Nursing

Incivility and bullying in the workplace are serious problems in the nursing profession. Nurses who experience uncivil behaviors have been shown to have negative consequences to their health and well-being. Negative interactions between nurses can compromise patient care and patient safety which can result in undesirable patient outcomes. Healthcare organizations are negatively affected financially by these inappropriate behaviors which can be detrimental to the organization. The purpose of this project was to reduce or mitigate incivility in the workplace by increasing knowledge in clinical staffing relating to the issue, increase self-confidence and resilience, and improve communication so staff will be able to effectively respond to uncivil behaviors. An evidence-based practice literature review was conducted focusing on interventions to reduce and mitigate workplace incivility. The literature review supported educational intervention and cognitive rehearsal strategies along with enforcing workplace violence policy to be effective in reducing incivility, bullying, and workplace violence. An educational module including cognitive rehearsal training was developed to facilitate staff training. If this project were implemented, a pre/post survey method using the Nursing Incivility Scale could be completed to evaluate change and module effectiveness

Recovering Lost Voices: The Rappahannock Tribe and the Jamestown Festival of 1957

This thesis employs the interdisciplinary methodologies of ethnohistory and oral history to examine the legacy of the 1957 Jamestown Festival through the experiences and memories of Rappahannock people. “Recovering Lost Voices: The Rappahannock Tribe and the Jamestown Festival of 1957” adds to the historiography of Virginia Natives by revealing that Rappahannock participation in the Jamestown Festival was the culmination of centuries of cultural preservation, greatly influenced and made immediate by their experiences in “Jim Crow” Virginia during the twentieth century. This research establishes that the enduring legacy of the Festival for the Rappahannock Tribe was political influence, culminating in state and federal recognition of their community. For the first time in a scholarly setting, contemporary members of the Rappahannock Tribe share their memories of the Festival, and the meaning they give to the experiences of their relatives who worked there. Narrators include Chief Anne Richardson, tribal member Jamie Ware-Jondreau, and Tribal Council Chair Barbara Williams. These oral histories complement archival sources by documenting Rappahannock voices revealing how their involvement in the Festival built upon an existing sense of community, and inspired efforts on the part of longtime Rappahannock tribal members to publicly assert their Indianness

Thermal conductive connection and method of making same Patent

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