Physical Activity and the Inner City: The Case of West Central Neighbourhood

Online resource: iv., 16 pp., digital file.Physical Activity and the Inner City: The Case of West Central Neighbourhood describes a community- university partnership project that provided benefits for the local community and enhanced the student’s knowledge of program development. For several months, the author volunteered her time collecting data from residents in the community to use as a tool for developing activity projects under the Healthy Living Program

Exploring embodied and located experience: Memory Work as a method for drug research

Highlights • Memory Work involves the production of specific, detailed memories which are then discussed as a group. The advantages of this method for researching drug experiences are discussed. •The process is participant-led, as participants write their memories, and take part in the analysis. • Memories are particularly rich in the detail of embodied, situated experiences. • The combination of the written memories and participant reflections and sense making in the discussion creates a particularly rich data set. • Disadvantages include the level of literacy, and commitment to the process, needed by participants

Evaluation of the ACT Sexual Assault Reform Program (SARP)

In 2005 the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) produced a report, Responding to sexual assault: The challenge of change (DPP & AFP 2005), which made 105 recommendations for reforming the way sexual offence cases are handled by the ACT’s criminal justice system. The Sexual Assault Reform Program (SARP) is one key initiative developed in response to these recommendations. Managed by the ACT Justice and Community Safety Directorate (JACS), SARP’s main objective is to improve aspects of the criminal justice system relating to: processes and support for victims of sexual offences as they progress through the system; attrition in sexual offence matters in the criminal justice system; and coordination and collaboration among the agencies involved. In November 2007 the ACT Attorney-General announced $4 million of funding for several SARP reforms. This funding provided for additional victim support staff; a dedicated additional police officer, prosecutor and legal policy officer; and an upgrade of equipment for the Supreme Court and Magistrates Court, including improvements in technology to assist witnesses in giving evidence, and the establishment of an off-site facility to allow witnesses to give evidence from a location outside of the court. In addition, the reform agenda included a number of legislative amendments that changed how evidence can be given by victims of sexual and family violence offences, children and other vulnerable witnesses. The primary objectives of these legislative changes are to provide an unintimidating, safe environment for vulnerable witnesses (including sexual offence complainants) to give evidence and to obtain prompt statements from witnesses to improve the quality of evidence captured (DPP 2009: 13)

Understanding the Differences Between Novice and Experienced Reading Teachers

Education researchers have documented that first-year teachers are often less effective at reading instruction than their more experienced peers. Accordingly, this qualitative, comparative case study was designed to assess the instructional skills and strategies utilized by first-year and experienced teachers using Danielson\u27s Framework for Teaching as the conceptual framework. The research questions were used to examine two groups of teachers using the framework and the Teacher\u27s College Reading and Writing Project\u27s defined levels of performance for effective reading instruction. The goal was to identify the instructional differences between the two groups of teachers. Purposeful sampling was used to select 3 first-year and 3 experienced teachers at the 4th or 5th grade levels from 3 different schools across 3 districts in a midwestern state. Data from lesson plans, observations, and interviews were analyzed using an open coding process, followed by axial coding using the Danielson framework to determine the themes of the study. The results indicated that the novice teachers had not developed automaticity in any of the domains of the Danielson Framework. The most challenging domain for novice teachers was instruction, especially communicating with students and using assessment during instruction to meet students\u27 needs. A curriculum plan project consisting of a reading methods course and clinical component was constructed for a local college using the identified underdeveloped skills of novice teachers as actionable data that shaped the development of the plan. Positive social change might be realized as the goal of the plan is to improve teacher quality upon program completion, develop automaticity in reading instruction, and increase K-12 literacy achievement

Story 27-3 Marilyn Austin Interview

Marilyn Austin shares her memories of bringing kids from the War Memorial Hospital four or five stretchers at a time to Victoria Hospital for tonsillectomies

Biomimetic total synthesis of resorcylate natural products via a decarboxylative, allyl migration and aromatisation sequence

Angelico in A (I), angelicoin B (II), cristatic acid (III) and grifolic acid (IV) (Figure A1) are members of the resorcylate family of natural products which contain a common 6-alkyl-2,4-dihydroxy benzoic acid core (β-resorcylate unit). The total syntheses of angelicoin A (I) and angelicoin B (II) from 2,2,6-trimethyl-4H-1,3-dioxin-4-one V are reported using late stage aromatisation reactions via diketo-dioxinones as advanced intermediates. In the case of angelicoin A (I), biomimetic aromatisation was coupled with a highly regioselective palladium(0)-catalysed decarboxylative prenyl migration as the key step (Scheme A1).(a)(b) The palladium(0)-catalysed decarboxylative, prenylation and aromatisation sequence furnished both linear VII and branched adducts VI. Extensive optimisation of conditions to improve the ratio of linear to branched adducts involved the screening of palladium catalysts, ligands, solvents, reactions times, temperature and organic and inorganic bases.(a)(c) The regioselectivity of this novel palladium(0)- catalysed decarboxylative prenyl migration was determined unambiguously through X-ray crystallographic studies.(a)(c) Furthermore, an intermolecular mechanism is proposed after thorough mechanistic studies including cross over and variable concentration experiments, base studies and regioselectivity investigations. Two synthetic approaches towards the total synthesis of cristatic acid methyl ester are reported. The first approach investigated a one-pot reaction to install the furan moiety VIII (Scheme A2), via a Nef reaction, deprotection, decarboxylation and furan formation. The second approach attempted to perform a one-pot Pd(0)-decarboxylative allylation, TMSE deprotection and aromisation to provide the core of cristatic acid IX (Scheme A3). Finally, studies towards the total synthesis of grifolic acid (IV) are reported utilising the palladium(0)-catalysed decarboxylative allyl migration and aromatisation sequence.Open Acces

Reproductive maturation and diel reproductive periodicity in western Gulf of Maine haddock

A new macroscopic ovarian reproductive maturity index for haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus L, was developed to improve field collection of reproductive stage data. The index was tested, validated and revised based on a comparison with a laboratory histological staging method. The comparison of field and histological observations helped to improve the field index and methodologies and provided useful insight into the reproductive biology of Haddock. Although laboratory staging based on histology is inherently more accurate than any macroscopic field staging method, field observations can reveal weaknesses in the laboratory approach due to sampling bias. The revised field index includes three new macroscopic stages that represent a progression in final oocyte maturation from early to late, which were found to be reliable for staging spawning readiness in the field. This index was then used to study a population of Haddock in the Gulf of Maine to determine if it exhibits diel spawning periodicity. Commercial fishing vessels were chartered for 25 dedicated longlining trips to collect sexually mature haddock in the Southwestern Gulf of Maine at locations identified by commercial fishers as having spawning aggregations. In order to examine diel effects on haddock reproduction, the change in catch per unit effort and percentage of male and female haddock of all reproductive maturity stages together with the gonadosomatic index were observed across a 24 hour diel cycle. Only females in hydration stage 3 (defined as late final oocyte maturation stage ovaries with 50-75% of oocytes hydrated) were significantly affected by time of day with significant increases in both catch per unit effort and percentage of hydration stage 3 haddock during the night. Because H3 is the most advanced reproductive stage observed prior to a spawning event and therefore the best indicator of imminent spawning these results demonstrate that female haddock in Southwestern Gulf of Maine primarily spawn during night hours with a peak between 2100 and 0100 hours. No diel trend was observed for any male reproductive stages. Additionally, no diel trend was observed in male or female reproductive stages unrelated to spawning including immature, spent and resting

Accessibility and Perceived Value of Pre-Admission Clinical Contact Hours: A Physical Therapy Student Perspective

Background and Purpose: The purposes of this study were to determine whether professional physical therapy students experience challenges obtaining pre-admission contact hours and if they found them to be beneficial. The results of the survey will be utilized to allow physical therapy programs to make informed decisions about admission requirements in regard to pre-admission contact hours. Methods: This study was performed utilizing an electronic survey sent in an e-mail to program chairpersons or Directors of Clinical Education, asking them to distribute the survey to their respective current students. All accredited physical therapy programs in the United States were contacted in this manner. The survey was distributed by e-mail, with 2 reminder emails containing the link to maximize response rate. Survey items gathered information related to pre-admission contact hour experiences and limited participant demographic information. Results: There were 1303 responses to the survey and 99% of respondents completed contact hours. There were 887 (72%) respondents that indicated they completed hours as a professional program requirement, and found them to be beneficial. There were 225 respondents (21%) that indicated contact hours helped them to decide on physical therapy as a career. There were 493 respondents (45%) that indicated they experienced difficulty accessing a site, of which 248 respondents (52%) did not continue to pursue access to that site. There were 215 respondents (20%) who were denied access to a site due to various reasons. Respondents defined quality experiences as those that included: education and communication (52%); a variety of settings, patients, and diagnoses (23%); interaction and hands-on experience (23%). Conclusion: We determined that pre-professional contact hours are beneficial to the professional physical therapy student and there is still some level of difficulty accessing sites to complete these hours, but not as much as previously thought. There is more research needed to determine what the optimal number of hours that should be required for admission to a professional physical therapy program. Respondents indicated that quality experiences include communication with the physical therapist, being able to ask questions, being able to interact with patients, experiencing a variety of settings, patient/client diversity, and a variety of treatment methods