Assessing California's Multiple Pathways Field

The multiple pathways approach to high school education combines rigorous academic learning and career skills to give students the intellectual and real-world experience to succeed in college, career and life. Growing evidence shows that the multiple pathways approach holds promise for increasing academic engagement and achievement, reducing high school dropout rates and boosting students' future earning power. The James Irvine Foundation engaged the Bridgespan Group to assess the state of the multiple pathways field in California and to make recommendations to strengthen it. Assessing California's Multiple Pathways Field: Preparing Youth for Success in College and Career offers findings and recommendations based on a newly developed framework that assesses the multiple pathways field based on five characteristics of strong fields

Popper and Bohr on Realism in Quantum Mechanics

Popper's program in the foundations of quantum mechanics defending objectivity and realism developed out of a profound dissatisfaction with the point of view associated with Bohr, which is usually designated the Copenhagen interpretation. Here I will argue that while Popper's aim is a noble one, his program does not succeed on two counts: he does not succeed in showing that Bohr's philosophy must be rejected as a variety of subjectivism, and his alternative interpretation of indeterminacy rests on a highly questionable assumption according to which simultaneously precise conjugate parameters are possible. Nevertheless I like Popper's propensity interpretation of probability and think that the propensity idea deserves further research.Quanta 2012; 1: 33–57

Spatial Perception and Integration of the Interior and Exterior Environments

My course of study, which focused on spatial perception and integration of the interior and exterior environments, has fulfilled my expectations completely. The underlying premise of my personal design philosophy is the idea of integrating the man-made environment with the natural environment. I felt before I undertook this specialized coursework, and feel so even more now, that there is much to learn about the multitude of effects -- therapeutic, emotional, psychological and experiential, to name a few -- that designed spaces have on people

The Harvest Field

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The Role of Field-Based Business Consulting Experiences in AACSB Business Education: An Exploratory Survey and Study

This  research   was  designed   to  explore   the   critical   variables   associated   with field-based consultancy  (FBC)  experiences   as  an  aid  to  designing  successful   FBC  programs.      It   is generally  acknowledged  that  there are  both advantages  and disadvantages  associated  with FBC' at  the student,   instructor,   and  institutional  level.    Deans,   other  university  administrators, and faculty   have  sometimes  questioned  this form   of program   instruction, from   the perspectives of resource  allocation  and the appropriateness  of this type of faculty  activity  in the typical university reward system.   A  mail survey  was conducted of business school  administrators  to ascertain the extent of involvement  with FBC and the associated success factors.    The findings from   this  study  validate  some  basic  underpinnings  of  business  education  curriculum  and ,design.  Student-based factors  influencing success  include smaller classes,  usually at a senior or graduate level, graded coursework (as opposed to pass/fail), and full-time students. As a learning method, field-based learning adds value to students, to clients involved, to the faculty and to the institutions. The hurdles continue to be the need for a fair allocation of the time and resources  to the parties   involved

The pharmacokinetics of nebulized nanocrystal budesonide suspension in healthy volunteers.

Nanocrystal budesonide (nanobudesonide) is a suspension for nebulization in patients with steroid-responsive pulmonary diseases such as asthma. The pharmacokinetics and safety of the product were compared to those of Pulmicort Respules. Sixteen healthy volunteers were administered nanobudesonide 0.5 and 1.0 mg, Pulmicort Respules 0.5 mg, and placebo in a four-way, randomized crossover design. All nebulized formulations were well tolerated, with no evidence of bronchospasm. Nebulization times were significantly shorter for nanobudesonide compared to Pulmicort Respules. Because of a low oral bioavailability, plasma concentration of budesonide is a good marker of lung-delivered dose. The pharmacokinetics of nanobudesonide 0.5 and 1.0 mg were approximately dose proportional with respect to Cmax, AUC(0-t), and AUC(0-infinity). Nanobudesonide 0.5 mg and Pulmicort Respules 0.5 mg exhibited similar AUCs, suggesting a similar extent of pulmonary absorption. A higher Cmax was noted with nanobudesonide 0.5 mg, and the tmax was significantly different, suggesting a more rapid rate of drug delivery of nanobudesonide 0.5 mg than Pulmicort Respules. In conclusion, nebulized nanobudesonide 0.5 mg was safe in healthy volunteers, with a similar extent of absorption as Pulmicort Respules

Intrahepatic Biliary Cystadenoma With Intracystic Gallstone Formation

Biliary cystadenoma is a rare tumor of the liver. We describe a biliary cystadenoma of the left lobe of the liver with intracystic gallstone formation. This is the first report of stone formation in biliary cystadenoma of the liver

Adoption of Irrigation Technology: The Effects of Personal, Structural, and Environmental Variables

During the past decade, there has been a growing interest in expanding the list of factors affecting the adoption and diffusion of agricultural technology. It has been suggested that most previous research efforts have been insensitive to contextual variables and institutional constraints. The physical environment has been suggested as one contextual variable that has been largely ignored in past adoption-diffusion research. The present study tested for the relative effects of a site-specific indicator of the physical environment (saturated thickness), as well as personal attributes and farm structural characteristics for the adoption of irrigation innovations in the Texas High Plains. The results revealed that saturated thickness is an important variable in understanding the adoption of the irrigation innovations considered. While a multivariate analysis revealed that farm size overall was the most important variable, the environmental factor was more important than traditional research variables selected for use in this study. It is concluded that the use of environmental variables does contribute to our knowledge of adoption of technology and should be included in studies of the diffusion of innovations