Parent assessment of parent education classes

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3 Step Synthesis of Benzocaine

Zoe Peterson and Jordyn Wentland Sophmore Biology Major

Body Composition Measurement in Children with Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida and Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Pediatric obesity is a major health concern that has an increased prevalence in children with special needs. In order to categorize a child’s weight, an assessment of body composition is needed. Obtaining an accurate body composition measurement in children with special needs has many challenges associated with it. This perplexing scenario limits the provider’s ability to screen, prevent and treat an abnormal weight status in this vulnerable population. This systematic review summarizes common methods of body composition measurements, their strengths and limitations and reviews the literature when measurements were used in children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida and spinal cord injury. Following PRISMA guidelines, 222 studies were identified. The application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria yielded a final sample of nine studies included in this review. Overall, articles reinforced the inconsistencies of body composition measurement and methodology when used with children with special needs. Concerns include small sample sizes, the need to validate prediction equations for this population, and the lack of controlled trials and reporting of measurement methodology. Healthcare providers need to be aware of the complexities associated with measuring body composition in children with special needs and advocate for further testing of these measurements. Additional studies addressing the reliability and validity of these measures are needed to facilitate appropriate health promotion in children

The Effect of Industrial Diversification on Firm Taxes

This study investigates whether there is an empirical basis for one predicted benefit from industrial diversification: whether a conglomerate firm incurs lower tax liabilities than pure play firms. The results indicate that, on average, firms operating in multiple industries have lower tax liabilities than stand-alone firms. In additional cross-sectional tests, I identify conditions under which firms observe (or do not observe) tax benefits from diversification. Finally, I explore two simultaneous equations techniques from the diversification literature as alternate approaches for addressing endogeneity. Overall, this study furthers our understanding of the benefits of industrial diversification, providing initial evidence that conglomerates, on average, have lower tax liabilities than single-industry firms.Doctor of Philosoph

Memórias de Luta: narrativas dos atingidos pela barragem de Itá

TCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Museologia.Ainda no contexto da ditadura militar no Brasil, na região de divisa entre o oeste de Santa Catarina e norte do Rio Grande do Sul, a população que seria atingida pela construção da usina hidrelétrica de Itá organizou um movimento de luta pelas suas reivindicações por indenizações justas e terra por terra. O movimento regional organizado teve grande força, contando com o apoio de Sindicatos de Trabalhadores Rurais, Igreja Católica e Igreja Evangélica de Confissão Luterana no Brasil (IECLB). O movimento que foi vitorioso na luta por suas pautas, foi uma das raízes para a nacionalização e criação do Movimento de Atingidos por Barragens (MAB). Este trabalho está dividido em três capítulos, onde no primeiro é contada a história do início do movimento, abordando o contexto da época, são apresentados elementos sobre a organização interna, estrutura do movimento e apoiadores. No segundo capítulo são pensadas as questões relacionadas às memórias apresentadas pelo Consórcio Itá. São analisados os discursos presentes nos espaços atrelados à construção da usina. No terceiro capítulo, são vistos mais de perto os depoimentos coletados, pensando nas particularidades e semelhanças de cada um. Com objetivo de analisar as narrativas relacionadas à construção da barragem de Itá, o método usado para a pesquisa deste trabalho foi a coleta de informações por meio de entrevistas realizadas com seis pessoas, e a realização de pesquisa de campo em Itá e Chapecó, em Santa Catarina

Instability of Mapper Type Algorithms for Topological Data Analysis

Mapper is a tool designed by Gurjeet Singh, Facundo Mémoli, and Gunnar Carlsson for Topological Data Analysis (TDA) that constructs a simplicial complex from a finite subset of a metric space, which has been met with great success. Due to the many moving parts of Mapper and the potential it has shown in TDA, questioning its stability is natural. In this expository paper we follow the work of Francisco Belchí, Jacek Brodzki, Matthew Burfitt, and Mahesan Niranjan in their paper A Numerical Measure on the Instability of Mapper-Type Algorithms, with our own additions. In this paper we define a machine learning technique known as clustering and provide a definition of the Mapper algorithm. Following this, we outline a possible measure of instability proposed by Belchí, Brodzki, Burfitt, and Niranjan, based on the work of Shai Ben-David and Ulrike von Luxburg on clustering instability. Finally, we present a theorem by Belchí et. al. that provides a bound on the proposed instability measure