High Temperature Ceramics Sensor Research

STEP Category: Undergraduate ResearchThis STEP project was for undergraduate research that focused on developing a ceramic sensor for the Air Force that would be able to measure pressure, temperature, and oxygen content at 2200°C. The STEP funding would go towards paying my housing rent, utilities, and food while I am living in Columbus over the summer to participate in this research.The Ohio State University Second-year Transformational Experience Program (STEP)Academic Major: Materials Science and Engineerin

Reaching Students and Faculty: Offering Instructional Design Services In Your Library

This presentation is to show how libraries have changed over time and become academically responsible for more that handling books, periodicals, videos and the like. As libraries have changed and led in the area of technology on many university campuses, they find that information is becoming more and more accessible via technology of one kind or another; either the internet or CD-ROMs. Libraries have to be involved in the process of education as they have in the past, now is their opportunity to do so by offering a service to instructors for designing the electronic materials

Parenting experiences of military veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder

Section A: This section describes a systematic review of the literature exploring the impact of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) on parenting amongst ex-military service parents. A search of four databases identified 14 studies meeting the inclusion criteria. The literature was synthesised and described within the following areas of parenting; caregiving, satisfaction, competence, stress, mentalising, and the parent-child relationship, with individual and contextual factors reported within these. Methodological critiques, as well as clinical and research implications are discussed. Section B: This section presents an empirical paper exploring the experience of parenting in ex-military fathers who have received a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The analysis resulted in four themes and 10 subthemes relating to the perceived impact of PTSD symptoms on parenting and perception of the self as a parent, a need to protect children from distress and harm, the importance of developing insights and understanding, and the protective influence of children on well-being. Findings are discussed in relation to the extant literature, and clinical and research implications are outlined

Convenience, quality and choice: patient and service-provider perspectives for treating primary care complaints in urgent care settings

Aim: To investigate why patients chose to attend two, nurse-led, minor injury units (MIUs) to access primary healthcare services rather than attend their GP practice. Background: Since the 1980’s, healthcare organisations in the UK and elsewhere have implemented an increasingly consumer-orientated model of healthcare provision. As a result, patients with non-urgent presentations are attending Emergency Departments (EDs) and other urgent care facilities in growing numbers. Methods: A comparative case study approach was adopted and between October 2014 and May 2015 the researcher was embedded as a participant observer as part of the emergency nurse practitioner team at two, nurse-led, MIUs (site A and B). During this time, 40 patients, 17 service-providers and 1 senior manager were interviewed. Results: Patients and service-providers at both sites identified convenience and quality of care as the principle reasons patients presented for primary healthcare services at MIUs rather than their GP practice. Service-providers were aware that by providing treatment, they established a precedent and a sense of expectation for future care. Conclusion: Patients are acting rationally and predictably in response to healthcare policy promises regarding choice, expectation created by service-providers, and local demographic factors

Potential contribution of high strength, high modulus aramid fibers to the commercial feasibility of lighter than air craft

Kevlar aramid fiber, fabric, rope and cable performance are reviewed along with the economics relevant to the material, structural, and reliability aspects of lighter than air craft

Early diversion and empowerment policing : evaluating an adult female offender triage project

This paper provides an evaluation of a police pilot early-diversion scheme for adult females who were arrested for low-severity offences using a natural experiment design. The intervention is novel in that it diverts arrestees to a women’s centre for assistance to address their criminogenic needs rather than process them through the criminal justice system. The intervention is timely and attractive given its rehabilitative features and its potential for reducing demand on the criminal justice system through community resolution. The study found a promising effect of the intervention on rates of rearrest and daily risk of rearrest over a twelve month follow-up period, but a higher frequency of rearrest among those of the intervention group who were rearrested. The findings are discussed in relation to the political context, theoretical background and police performance and the gendered dynamics of offending

Crisis and protection in the automotive industry : a global value chain perspective

In this paper the authors apply global value chain (GVC) analysis to recent trends in the global automotive industry, with special attention paid to government interventions triggered by the recent economic crisis. The authors first highlight some of the defining characteristics of GVCs in this important industry, especially the unusually strong regional structure of production and sales. National political institutions create pressure for local content, which drives production close to end markets, where it tends to be organized nationally or regionally. They then examine policy reactions to the recent economic crisis, and provide some discussion of the government interventions in the industry. The authors end with a number of policy conclusions that highlight the likely impact of the interventions on the evolution GVCs and the growth of the industry in developing countries.Markets and Market Access,Economic Theory&Research,Labor Policies,Water and Industry,Debt Markets

Effects of the crisis on the automotive industry in developing countries : a global value chain perspective

This paper applies global value chain analysis to study recent trends in the global automotive industry. The authors pay special attention to the effects of the recent economic crisis on the industry in developing countries. The principal finding is that the crisis has accelerated pre-crisis trends toward greater importance of the industry in the South. More rapid growth of car ownership is the impetus, but the co-location and close interaction of suppliers and lead firms in this industry is an important catalyst. Opportunities to move up in the value chain for suppliers in emerging economies have proliferated and are likely to become even stronger now that an increasing number of new models are developed specifically for markets in developing countries. The co-location of assembly and parts plants in national and regional production systems has largely confined the impact of sales declines during the crisis to each country/region. In addition, the different development strategies followed by countries like Mexico, China, and India are slowly converging as their industries gain size and independence.Markets and Market Access,Microfinance,Labor Policies,Economic Theory&Research,Debt Markets

Workers' Views of the Impact of Trade on Jobs

Although public policy is influenced by the perception that workers worry about the impact of trade on their jobs, there is little empirical evidence on what shapes such views. This paper uses new data to examine how workers’ perceptions of the impact of trade are related to their career paths, job characteristics, and local labor market conditions. Surprisingly, given prior literature, we find that workers’ perceptions primarily reflect local labor market conditions and education rather than labor market experiences or job characteristics.globalization, trade, job characteristics, local labor markets, job loss, job security