Tilapia for Biological Control of Giant Salvinia

In August 1999, giant salvinia ( Salvinia molesta Mitchell) was found along the lower Colorado River in irrigation drainages. To investigate the slow spread and apparent control of giant salvinia in this region, the herbivorous fish, tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Trewavas), was examined as a biological control agent. The study was conducted in a 5,000-L recirculating system. (PDF contains 4 pages.

Protocol for the economic evaluation of a complex intervention to improve the mental health of maltreated infants and children in foster care in the UK (The BeST? services trial)

Introduction: Children who have experienced abuse and neglect are at increased risk of mental and physical health problems throughout life. This places an enormous burden on individuals, families and society in terms of health services, education, social care and judiciary sectors. Evidence suggests that early intervention can mitigate the negative consequences of child maltreatment, exerting long-term positive effects on the health of maltreated children entering foster care. However, evidence on cost-effectiveness of such complex interventions is limited. This protocol describes the first economic evaluation of its kind in the UK. Methods and analysis: An economic evaluation alongside the Best Services Trial (BeST?) has been prospectively designed to identify, measure and value key resource and outcome impacts arising from the New Orleans intervention model (NIM) (an infant mental health service) compared with case management (CM) (enhanced social work services as usual). A within-trial economic evaluation and long-term model from a National Health Service/Personal Social Service and a broader societal perspective will be undertaken alongside the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)–Public Health Research Unit (PHRU)-funded randomised multicentre BeST?. BeST? aims to evaluate NIM compared with CM for maltreated children entering foster care in a UK context. Collection of Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) and the recent mapping of PedsQL to EuroQol-5-Dimensions (EQ-5D) will facilitate the estimation of quality-adjusted life years specific to the infant population for a cost–utility analysis. Other effectiveness outcomes will be incorporated into a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and cost-consequences analysis (CCA). A long-term economic model and multiple economic evaluation frameworks will provide decision-makers with a comprehensive, multiperspective guide regarding cost-effectiveness of NIM. The long-term population health economic model will be developed to synthesise trial data with routine linked data and key government sector parameters informed by literature. Methods guidance for population health economic evaluation will be adopted (lifetime horizon, 1.5% discount rate for costs and benefits, CCA framework, multisector perspective). Ethics and dissemination: Ethics approval was obtained by the West of Scotland Ethics Committee. Results of the main trial and economic evaluation will be submitted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal as well as published in the peer-reviewed NIHR journals library (Public Health Research Programme). Trial registration number: NCT02653716; Pre-results

Spausdinimo senosiomis spaudos staklėmis judėjimas

At the end of the twentieth century, increased access to certain technologies and processes, such as 3D scanning, computer-aided design, rapid fabrication and microcircuitry, enabled consumers to become creators of material design. These activities, which collectively came to be known as making, extended across both public and private sectors, including the study of the book. This paper offers an extended discourse on the full range of activities comprising the bibliographical maker movement, which in recent years has coalesced around the idea that maker culture may be employed to enhance our understanding of not only the history but also the future of the book. The application of these new technologies toward critical book studies has proceeded from the practice-based approach to research and instruction first begun under the auspices of the bibliographical press movement in the mid-twentieth century. In keeping with this earlier work, biblio-making is predicated upon the idea that certain kinds of knowledge are best gained through personal experience and experimentation. This article will first outline the benefits of applying 3D technologies to the goals of book history before locating and describing the activities of participating individuals and institutions within three broad categories: holistic, 3D digitisation; recovering historical tools and processes; and creative experiments in book design. As the article demonstrates, the strength and potential of the bibliographical maker movement lies in its widening community of practice and that, by virtue of its being an open-access network of constituents, it is now poised to make a significant and lasting contribution to the study of the book.XX a. pabaigoje padidėjusi prieiga prie tam tikrų technologijų ir procesų tokių kaip 3D skenavimas, kompiuterinis projektavimas, sparti gamyba bei mikroschemos leido vartotojams tapti medžiagų dizaino kūrėjais. Ši veikla, kuri apibendrintai pradėta vadinti „kūrimu“ (angl. making), apėmė viešąjį ir privatų sektorius, įskaitant knygų tyrimus. Šiame straipsnyje pateikiamas platus visos veiklos spektro diskursas, apimantis spausdinimo senosiomis spaudos staklėmis kūrėjų judėjimą, kuris pastaraisiais metais susiliejo su idėja, skelbiančia, kad kūrėjų kultūra gali būti pasitelkta siekiant pagerinti mūsų supratimą ne tik apie knygos istoriją, bet ir jos ateitį. Šių naujų technologijų taikymas kritiniams knygų tyrimams kilo iš praktika pagrįsto požiūrio į tyrimus, o mokymai pirmiausia buvo pradėti XX a. viduryje pasitelkiant spausdinimo senosiomis spaudos staklėmis judėjimą. Remiantis šiuo ankstesniu darbu, knygų kūrimas grindžiamas idėja, kad tam tikras žinias geriausia įgyti per asmeninę patirtį ir bandymus. Šiame straipsnyje pirmiausia apibūdinami 3D technologijų taikymo knygų istorijos tikslams pranašumai prieš nustatant ir aprašant dalyvaujančių asmenų ir institucijų trijų plačių kategorijų veiklą: holistinę, 3D skaitmeninimą; istorinių įrankių ir procesų atkūrimą; kūrybinius knygų dizaino eksperimentus. Kaip rodo straipsnis, bibliografijos kūrėjų judėjimo stiprybė ir potencialas slypi besiplečiančioje aktyvioje bendruomenėje, o kadangi tai yra atvirosios prieigos elementų tinklas, tai dabar ji pasirengusi įnešti reikšmingą ir ilgalaikį indėlį į knygų tyrimą

Developing a Website of Occupation-Based Resources for Healthy Aging at Dominican University of California

The purpose of this project was to create a website to promote healthy aging at Dominican University of California. The website contains relevant information to promote healthy aging and publicizes Dominican University of California’s activities and programs centered around healthy aging. The design of this thesis is a virtual context project that focuses on occupation based resources for healthy aging and highlights the role of occupational therapy in health aging. The healthy aging website is currently located on the homepage of the Occupational Therapy Department of Dominican University of California website. The need for a Dominican University of California healthy aging website was driven by the lack of a virtual context that provides healthy aging information in one area. Dominican University of California has long been providing services of interest for older adults and healthy aging through community based programs in the occupational therapy and nursing departments, but did not have a website that promoted healthy aging. The Dominican University of California healthy aging website provides evidence-based, occupation centered resources that highlight the role and influence occupational therapy has in healthy aging. It is within the scope of Occupational Therapy to be advocates and educators in the prevention of disease and disability, and the promotion of healthy aging. The goal of this thesis project was to provide older adults, Dominican University of California health professions students, and the general public with access to the internet with a credible resource on all aspects of healthy aging

Flexible macrocycles as versatile supports for catalytically active metal clusters

Here we present three structurally diverse clusters stabilised by the same macrocyclic polyphenol; t-butylcalix[8]arene. This work demonstrates the range of conformations the flexible ligand is capable of adopting, highlighting its versatility in metal coordination. In addition, a Ti complex displays activity for the ring-opening polymerisation of lactide

Book History Meets 3D: The 3Dhotbed Project

This presentation is an overview of the 3Dhotbed Project that seeks to enhance book history instruction by providing access to affordable teaching tools and related materials for pedagogical purposes. It was presented at the Born to Be 3D: Digital Stewardship of Intrinsic 3D Data conference held by the Library of Congress on November 2, 2018