Exertion therapy for the mentally subnormal child.

Bibliography: pages 120-136.The use of physical exercise as a therapeutic technique was explored with special reference to the mentally subnormal child. Advances in intellectual capability and social maturity were discussed in direct relation to .progress in motor skill and physical fitness. The prerequisites for a successful physical exercise programme for increasing intellectual and social functioning were outlined. An investigation was carried out to examine the effects of dynamic physical exertion therapy on the intellectual and social functioning of mentally subnormal children. A static physical exertion therapy condition served as control intervention. Thirty two institutionalised children matched on age, sex and diagnostic classification, participated in the 30-week programme. Heart rate at rest, heart rate at sub minimal workload and maximal oxygen consumption rate estimates served as measures of physical fitness. Changes in intellectual and social functioning were assessed by means of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale, Old South African Individual Scale, and Goodenough Draw-A-Man. Test. Highly significant improvements were recorded for the dynamic physical exertion therapy condition. Changes due to the static physical exertion therapy were less significant. The results supported the hypotheses that intensive, regular cardiovascular endurance exercises bring about marked increases in physical fitness associated with increases in intellectual and social functioning. Implications of the present study were examined and future research needs put forward

Task Force on International Studies in the Greater Bay Area - Report and Recommendations

Task Force on International Studies in the Greater Bay Area - Report and Recommendations to the Seminar of International Programming

Modeling and Evaluation of Utility-Scale Microgrid Investment for Distribution System Planning

The electrical distribution network faces two great challenges for the immediate future. First, increased affordability of distributed energy resources (DERs)—and advancing control technologies of inverters that interface them to the grid—have driven a shift from a passive to an active distribution network (ADN), which heightens the complexity of system management. Second, the increased frequency of severe weather events and increased potential for a cybersecurity attack necessitate the need for a resilient infrastructure that can respond adaptively to shutdowns within the system. Microgrids (MGs) present a promising framework both to provide hierarchal control of DERs and to increase resiliency with grid-forming and grid-restoring functionality. Though much work has been done to validate the role of MGs in the distribution system, grid owners and utilities need effective methodologies to incorporate MGs into existing system planning frameworks to ensure that this technology is quickly and wisely adopted. This thesis develops a two-stage optimization framework that models utility investment in medium-voltage microgrids (MVMGs) with consideration to normal and high-stress operating conditions. The problem is designed as a mixed-integer second-order-cone program (MISOCP) compatible with commercial solvers to obtain a global solution. The first stage models MG boundary selection as a multi-area power system splitting problem, co-optimizing network topology along with DER siting and sizing that results in optimal placement of MGs capable of prolonged self-sustainment. The second stage iterates through possible grid reconnection points for each MG to find the optimal point of common coupling (PCC) and optimizes islanding decisions for critical hours. The proposed two-stage framework was optimized and tested on the IEEE 33-Bus System for baseline, one-area, and two-area cases to analyze and compare the capabilities of the method. The results of the first case study confirm that including MGs in the planning process can lead to heightened resilience against high-stress events that lead to economic savings. The second case study analyzes the value of islanding in a system planning context and classifies scenarios that could provide additional value streams to justify microgrid investment. Finally, suggestions to foster the continued improvement of utility microgrid planning are discussed in the conclusion

Task Force on International Studies in the Greater Bay Area - Report and Recommendations

Task Force on International Studies in the Greater Bay Area - Report and Recommendations to the Seminar of International Programming

National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators

National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) was launched by American Nursing Association (ANA) in 1998, with an initial set of ten quality indicators that assessed the quality of patient care. The continued mission of the NDNQI\u27s is to improve patient care and safety by providing evidence based national research to nurses by comparing nursing care data and the connection this data has on patient outcomes. A relationship between patient outcomes and nurse staffing practices was noted, but further data collection was needed to appraise the quality of nursing care on each hospital unit in order to assess, evaluate and improve patient care outcomes. Unit level of care measurements empowers the nursing units to enhance their quality of patient care. To improve the quality of patient care, evidence-based practices are researched, developed, trialed, and implemented where needed.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1067/thumbnail.jp

The Extent of Basal Reader Usage in Reading Programs by Elementary Teachers in the Wenatchee School District

This survey is not intended to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the basal reader program. It is designed to determine whether or not beginning or inexperienced teachers do, in fact, utilize basal programs to a greater extent than those with more experience

Rehabilitation Fall Prevention Strategies

To improve communication and education among health care workers on fall prevention measures in order to decrease fall rates and increase patient satisfaction.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1022/thumbnail.jp

Patient Education Barriers

Introduction: Our survey answers corresponded closely to the research data found. The typical barriers included time, subject knowledge, patient education needs assessment, setting for teaching and nursing teaching skills.https://digitalcommons.centracare.com/nursing_posters/1047/thumbnail.jp

The Use of the Discrete Wavelet Transform to Perform High Level Data Compression for Applications in Telemedicine

The document includes an executive summary of the program activities; questions regarding tiling that have yet to be addressed; and the impact of the grants received which include MDACC Infrastructure development, support of technology transfer, and the technical accomplishments of the program

Human response research update

The methods, sources, instrumentation, the new facility at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, (APG) performance tests, and APG sources are briefly outlined. This presentation is represented by viewgraphs only