Sources of Bias in Nineteenth-Century Ontario Wills

Wills are a major source of information for historians of the family because of the information they provide about such matters as family inheritance strategies, provision for widows and orphans, and dowry arrangements. They have also been much used by economic historians, though this has not been the case in Ontario to the extent that it has been in England and the United States. The Ontario historian who wishes to use wills must know where to locate them, for not all wills left by residents of a particular area are to be found in one set of records. The investigator must also realize that testators were in many ways not representative of the general population. Les testaments constituent une source essentielle pour les historiens de la famille; ils procurent des informations abondantes sur diverses questions telles le mode de transmission des biens familiaux, le sort réservé aux veuves et aux orphelins, et les dispositions ayant trait aux biens dotaux. Les tenants de l’histoire économique y ont eu largement recours,, quoique beaucoup moins en ce qui concerne l’Ontario qu’en ce qui concerne l’Angleterre et les États-Unis. L’historien de L’Ontario qui désire utiliser ces sources doit savoir où les trouver puisque les testaments laissés par les résidents d’une région particulière ne sont pas nécessairement regroupés dans les mêmes dépôts d’archives. Le chercheur doit aussi être conscient du fait qu’à bien des égards, les testateurs n’étaient pas représentatifs de l’ensemble de la population

The History of Baker Hall

Prepared for the centennial of The Ohio State University

The Teaching and Evaluation of Professionalism for DPT Students During the Clinical Education Experience

Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this comparative study was to investigate the reports of clinical instructors (CIs) and Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students from two different physical therapy programs in New England regarding their opinions on the teaching and evaluative techniques of professionalism during a clinical education rotation. One program emphasized professionalism prior to the students beginning their clinical rotations, while the other program did not have the same emphasis. Methods: Three items from the professional practice section of the Clinical Performance Instrument (CPI) (accountability, communication, and professional behavior), were utilized to create the conceptual framework around which the interview questions were constructed. The qualitative research design allowed the primary investigator to speak one-on-one with CIs and DPT students in a clinical environment. Ten CIs and ten DPT students participated in the study. There were five pairs of participants from program #1 (not emphasizing professionalism), and five pairs from program #2 (emphasizing professionalism). Results: Overall, it was determined from the findings that role modeling is the preferred form of instruction for affective behaviors like accountability and professional behaviors. However, immediate constructive feedback is a better form of instruction for communication; and close proximity observation, in conjunction with reviewing the sample behaviors from the CPI, serve as the preferred evaluative technique for the elements of accountability, communication, and professional behavior. Conclusions and Recommendations: It was concluded that role modeling and the provision of immediate constructive feedback were the best forms of instruction for non-cognitive attributes, while close proximity observation served as the best form of evaluation. Based on the findings from the study, an investigation should be undertaken to examine the reliability and validity of the CPI

Sources of CO\u3csub\u3e2\u3c/sub\u3e Controlling the Carbonate Chemistry of the Logsdon River, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Logsdon River is a major, base-level stream within the Turnhole Bend Drainage basin of the Mammoth Cave System. The Logsdon River system has provided a unique opportunity to examine the geochemical evolution of a stream flowing through a major karst conduit that can be traversed for 10 km. This study examines CO2 inputs at the upstream portion of the river, which provide major control for the river’s hydrochemistry. Samples were collected from the upstream portion of Logsdon River at what is referred to as the S-188 sump and also nearby at Crowbar Dome over the course of 44 weeks from May 2012 through April 2013. The concentrations of CO2 for samples were calculated from field and laboratory analysis. The CO2 concentrations were examined during the study period to assess potential sources of CO2 input to the karst system in the context of seasonal variation. Seasonal fluctuations were found to be greatest in the near surface sample site, Crowbar Dome. Attenuation of seasonal variation of CO2 pressures in the upstream Logsdon River S-188 Sump suggests both surface inputs plus additional inputs of CO2 entering the system, perhaps from the decay of organic material in the saturated passages upstream beyond the accessible portion of the Logsdon River S-188 Sump. This in-cave source of CO2 has some control on hydrochemistry, and thus waterrock interaction and speleogenesis of the karst landscapes in south-central Kentuck

VISUAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS IN TENNIS

The ability to analyse high-speed strokes in tennis is at least in-part dependant on a coach’s ability to ‘see’ the critical features of the stroke being analysed. While the ‘eye’ provides visual feedback of the highest order, there are times when technology can play an important role in assisting a coach to observe specific body movements or alternatively to present ‘pictures of performance’ to a player. Visual feedback is an integral part of performance feedback. This paper will discuss the different visual approaches that may be used by coaches. A relatively recent development the high-speed opto-reflective motion analysis system, has offered an alternate research design investigating tennis stroke production. Using such a system, results from a service analysis of high performance players will be presented in an endeavour to better understand the inter-relationship between the legs and the trunk in the tennis serve

A manifesto for a socio-technical approach to NHS and social care IT-enabled business change - to deliver effective high quality health and social care for all

80% of IT projects are known to fail. Adopting a socio-technical approach will help them to succeed in the future. The socio-technical proposition is simply that any work system comprises both a social system (including the staff, their working practices, job roles, culture and goals) and a technical system (the tools and technologies that support and enable work processes). These elements together form a single system comprising interacting parts. The technical and the social elements need to be jointly designed (or redesigned) so that they are congruent and support one another in delivering a better service. Focusing on one aspect alone is likely to be sub-optimal and wastes money (Clegg, 2008). Thus projects that just focus on the IT will almost always fail to deliver the full benefits

THE ROLE OF LEAD-UP DRILLS IN TUMBLING

An analysis of three commonly used lead-up drills in tumbling was undertaken to assess the validity in replicating key mechanical variables of a foundation tumble row. Six gymnasts (3 intermediate and 3 elite) were analyzed using a 12-camera Vicon analysis system operating at 250 Hz. Data were then modeled and filtered through Vicon Workstation and processed through Matlab (Version 7.0). Similarities were assumed if the difference in performance was less than one standard deviation away from the mean for variables from the tumble row. Results indicate that the corbette and set jump drills were more likely to produce mechanical variables in preparation for the "tumble row" than the round-off drill. Elite gymnasts in general displayed mechanical characteristics more related to superior performance than the intermediate gymnasts both in the drills and the "tumble row"