My New School transition to high school for children with special educational needs in England – findings and ideas for practice

Whilst transition from primary to secondary school is an exhaustively research area, there is limited research into how children’s ideas and insights, particularly those with Special Educational Needs (SEN), could inform or guide successful school transition planning. The current article presents the final stage of an action research project, in which a transition intervention was designed by students in collaboration with their schools and educational psychology services. The intervention, My New School, was initially piloted in an inner-city primary school in England (see Bunn, Davis and Speed 2017) and since has developed into a working tool for several other schools. Children’s alongside school staff’s views were used in order to inform the final design of My New School intervention. The article explores findings from analysing the participating children and school staff, alongside relevant literature, and final discussions and implications for practice conclude

Techniques for enumerating protozoa in saturated subsurface sediments

Three techniques were investigated for the enumeration of small (2-5 $\mu$m in diameter) flagellates and amoebae in sediments collected within and outside of a wastewater contaminated ground water plume at the U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Research site, located on Cape Cod, MA. An epifluorescent direct count technique was developed to enumerate DAPI stained protozoa on polycarbonate membrane filters. These estimates were compared to the those from the Darbyshire liquid media MPN and Singh solid media MPN techniques. In Fall 1991, sediment samples were collected to investigated the variability of the hold time of cores, total and encysted protozoan populations (MPN techniques only), and sites. The population estimates changed significantly (with 95% confidence) from 1 to 28 days hold time: 1.22 $\times$ 10\sp4 to 7.71 $\times$ 10\sp3 protozoa/gdw for the epifluorescent technique; 2.94 $\times$ 10\sp4 to 3.82 $\times$ 10\sp4 total MPN/gdw for the Darbyshire MPN technique; and 6.85 $\times$ 10\sp2 to 1.74 $\times$ 10\sp5 total MPN/gdw for the Singh MPN technique. The epifluorescent technique had the lowest variability of all techniques. The encysted population did not exceed 42% of the total population by either MPN technique. Protozoan populations by all enumeration techniques were significantly higher from three cores at a contaminated site compared to those from three cores at an uncontaminated site. The largest source of variation for the protozoan estimates was the cores for the epifluorescent and Darbyshire MPN techniques and the subsamples within the cores for the Singh MPN technique. The maximum probable error calculated for each enumeration technique based on the components from the sampling of the contaminated site were: 6.07 $\times$ 10\sp3 protozoa/gdw for the epifluorescent technique; 5.56 $\times$ 10\sp4 total MPN/gdw for the Darbyshire MPN technique; and 5.86 $\times$ 10\sp4 total MPN/gdw for the Singh MPN technique. The changes over the hold time were within the detectable difference for the epifluorescent and Darbyshire MPN techniques. However, the significant increase in the Singh MPN estimates over time was not explained by the errors in the sampling technique and should be further investigated

Proceedings of the Spacecraft Charging Technology Conference: Executive Summary

Aerospace environments are reviewed in reference to spacecraft charging. Modelling, a theoretical scheme which can be used to describe the structure of the sheath around the spacecraft and to calculate the charging currents within, is discussed. Materials characterization is considered for experimental determination of the behavior of typical spacecraft materials when exposed to simulated geomagnetic substorm conditions. Materials development is also examined for controlling and minimizing spacecraft charging or at least for distributing the charge in an equipotential manner, using electrical conductive surfaces for materials exposed to space environment

Drying Rate Constants for Yellow Dent Corn as Affected by Fatty Acid Ester Treatments

Ethyl oleate and ethyl stearate solutions at various concentrations were used to treat corn samples prior to drying

Motor Vehicle Injuries among Semi Truck Drivers and Sleeper Berth Passengers

Introduction: Injuries and fatalities due to large truck and other vehicle crashes have decreased over the last decade, but motor vehicle injuries remain a leading cause of death for both the working and general populations. The present study was undertaken to determine semi truck driver and sleeper berth passenger injury risk in a moving semi truck collision using a matched-pair cohort study. Method: Study data were obtained from the Kentucky Collision Report Analysis for Safer Highways (CRASH) electronic files for 2000 - 2010. A matched-pair cohort study was used to compare the odds of injury of both drivers and sleeper berth passengers within the same semi truck controlling for variables specific to the crash or the semi truck. The crude odds ratio of injury was estimated and a statistical model for a correlated outcome using generalized estimating equations was utilized. Results: In a moving semi truck collision, the odds for an injury were increased by 2.25 times for both semi truck drivers and sleeper berth passengers who did not use occupant safety restraints compared to semi truck drivers and sleeper berth passengers who used occupant safety restraints at the time of the collision. The driver seat or sleeper berth position in the vehicle was not a significant factor (p-value= 0.31) associated with a moving semi truck collision injury. Conclusion: Nonuse of occupant safety restraints by either drivers or sleeper berth passengers significantly increased the odds of an injury in a moving semi truck collision; semi truck seating position (driver’s seat or sleeper berth) did not increase the odds for an injury in moving collisions. Impact on Industry: Trucking companies should include the mandatory use of occupant safety restraints by both semi truck drivers and sleeper berth passengers in their company safety policies

Setting priorities to inform assessment of care homes’ readiness to participate in healthcare innovation: a systematic mapping review and consensus process

© 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly citedOrganisational context is known to impact on the successful implementation of healthcare initiatives in care homes. We undertook a systematic mapping review to examine whether researchers have considered organisational context when planning, conducting, and reporting the implementation of healthcare innovations in care homes. Review data were mapped against the Alberta Context Tool, which was designed to assess organizational context in care homes. The review included 56 papers. No studies involved a systematic assessment of organisational context prior to implementation, but many provided post hoc explanations of how organisational context affected the success or otherwise of the innovation. Factors identified to explain a lack of success included poor senior staff engagement, non-alignment with care home culture, limited staff capacity to engage, and low levels of participation from health professionals such as general practitioners (GPs). Thirty-five stakeholders participated in workshops to discuss findings and develop questions for assessing care home readiness to participate in innovations. Ten questions were developed to initiate conversations between innovators and care home staff to support research and implementation. This framework can help researchers initiate discussions about health-related innovation. This will begin to address the gap between implementation theory and practice.Peer reviewe

Workers Compensation-Reported Injuries Among Security and Law Enforcement Personnel in the Private Versus Public Sectors

Background: Private and Public security and law enforcement (SLE) sectors perform multiple overlapping job duties. Methods: Workers’ compensation (WC) SLE first reports of injury (FROI) data (2005–2015) were analyzed to describe injuries, identify differences in awarded WC benefits, and compare the probability of a FROI resulting in awarded benefits between Public and Private SLE. A Pearson’s chi-square test was utilized and reverse selection logistic regression was performed to estimate the odds ratio that a FROI would result in an awarded benefit for Private vs. Public SLE, while adjusting for relevant covariates. Results: Private SLE had higher FROI percentages for younger and for older workers, fall injuries, and back injuries, compared to Public SLE. The adjusted odds that a FROI resulted in an awarded benefit was 1.4 times higher for Private SLE compared to Public SLE; (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.09,1.69). Middle-aged SLE employee adjusted odds of awarded benefits was 3.3 times (95% CI [1.96, 5.39]) higher compared to younger employees. Adjusted odds of awarded benefits was 3.8 times (95% CI [1.34, 10.61]) higher for gunshots and 1.7 times (95% CI [1.22, 2.39]) higher for fractures/dislocations compared to other nature of injuries. Motor vehicle injury, fall/slip, and strain related FROIs had elevated adjusted odds of awarded benefits compared to other injury causes. Conclusions: Results highlight the importance of injury prevention education and worker safety training for Private and Public SLE sector workers on fall prevention (especially in Private SLE) and strain prevention (especially in Public SLE), as well as motor vehicle safety

Drug Overdose Deaths, Hospitalizations, and Emergency Department Visits in Kentucky, 2000‐2012

This report presents drug overdose morbidity and mortality data for Kentucky residents, using multiple data sources: Kentucky Death Certificate Files, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, 2000‐2012 (data captured as of October 21, 2013). The 2009‐2012 files are provisional and subject to change. Kentucky Inpatient Hospitalization (IH) Discharge Files, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Health Policy, 2000‐2012 (data for 2010‐2012 are provisional and subject to change). Kentucky Emergency Department (ED) Discharge Files, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Office of Health Policy, 2008‐2012 (data for 2010‐2012 are provisional and subject to change)