Psychometric Properties of Scores from the Web-Based LibQUAL+ Study of Perceptions of Library Service Quality

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A Spanish Translation of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale: Preliminary Validation

Recent attention has focused on the need for effective mental health services to minority populations in the United States. The Hispanic community is the second largest minority in the U.S. and continues to grow rapidly. Mental health services may be facilitated by translation and validation of assessment instruments which are psychometrically sound and easy to administer. Measures of subjective well-being were developed in the United States in the 1970s. An interest in spiritual well-being, as related to one\u27s general sense of health and well-being, led to development of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS) by Paloutzian & Ellison (1982). Since that time, the SWBS has become the most extensively researched measure of spiritual well-being, and therefore a logical choice for translation and use among Hispanic people to measure spiritual well-being. The SWBS was translated into Spanish and pilot tested by Bruce and Stagner (1994). The present study provides preliminary validation of the translated measure. A convenience sample of 111 people (62 males, 48 females) from six religious groups of Spanish-speaking people in the Pacific Northwest was administered the Spanish SWBS. One subsample (£=22) was retested after 24 hours to provide an estimate of test-retest reliability. A second subsample of bilingual subjects (£=36) was administered the English SWBS and Spanish SWBS to measure consistency across test forms. The Spanish SWBS was demonstrated to be a fairly reliable instrument, with estimates of internal consistency ranging between .83 and .91 on the full scale. Test-retest estimates were adequate (.70). Correlation between the English SWBS and the Spanish SWBS in the bilingual administration was excellent at .92. Future usefulness of the Spanish SWBS may include availability as a research measurement, as a measure of therapy outcome, and as a tool to facilitate discussion of spiritual issues in churches and counseling settings. Further studies with larger sample sizes, more diversity of spiritual backgrounds, and incorporating strengthened methods of test orientation, may provide increased psychometric support for the Spanish SWBS and allow for greater usefulness

IT Asset Disposition

In 2008, we generated 3.16 million tons of electronic waste in the U.S. alone. It is estimated that between twenty to fifty metric tons of e-waste is disposed of worldwide on an annual basis. As technology rapidly changes, there will be more and more technology e-waste. This paper presents what to do to help solve the e-waste problems; a survey of e-waste disposal; and methods of fully cleaning hard drives to avoid potential identify theft

Histidine phosphorylation of P-selectin upon stimulation of human platelets: A novel pathway for activation-dependent signal transduction

AbstractTransient phosphorylation of histidine characterizes the two-component systems in prokaryotes that control important physiological functions, but analogous events have not been implicated in signal transduction in mammalian cells. To explore histidine phosphorylation during activation of human cells, stimulated platelets were analyzed for the formation of protein phosphohistidine in a model system employing P-selectin. P-selectin, a leukocyte adhesion molecule, undergoes rapid phosphorylation and selective dephosphorylation of tyrosine, serine, and threonine. We now establish that phosphorylation following platelet activation with thrombin or collagen generates phosphohistidine at histidines on the cytoplasmic tail of P-selectin. With thrombin stimulation, the kinetics of phosphohistidine appearance and disappearance on P-selectin are very rapid. Platelets exhibit a novel ligand-induced signaling pathway to generate phosphohistidine. These results provide direct biochemical evidence for the induction of rapid and reversible histidine phosphorylation in mammalian cells upon cell activation and represent a novel paradigm for mammalian cell signaling

Drinking Water: Nitrate-Nitrogen

Nitrate-nitrogen is sometimes present in drinking water. At certain levels it can present a health risk. Properly locating and constructing wells along with regularly testing water can help to manage the risk

Drinking Water: Nitrate-Nitrogen

Nitrate-nitrogen is sometimes present in drinking water. At certain levels it can present a health risk. Properly locating and constructing wells along with regularly testing water can help to manage the risk

Aftermath of an Officer Involved Shooting: Formal Education, Continuing Education, and Responsibility

This is a policy review presentation that shows there are areas for improvement and recommendations to implement in the professional and academic sides of law enforcement using the lens of a current officer involved shooting that generated a lot of publicity. The recommendations would require a partnership between formal education providers, continuing education providers and practitioners