Engaged Faculty, Student Success, and $1 Million in Savings

How did a small institution with limited seed funding get faculty buy-in with the OER and textbook affordability movement to the point of $1 million in student savings, two faculty-authored open textbooks (one written collaboratively with graduate students), and several open textbook reviews and adoptions, all within five semesters? OER momentum and awareness of textbook affordability issues is a growing concern in higher education. Learn how we structured an open textbook initiative to incentivize faculty and turn what began as an innovation grant into permanent sustainable funding for the Library Textbook Affordability Program

The political astuteness of the New Mexico registered nurse

The United States spends the most per capita of all the developed countries on healthcare but demonstrates the worst healthcare outcomes. National agencies have turned to Registered Nurses (RNs) to improve healthcare outcomes through participation in healthcare policy development. Although the recommendation for participation in policy development exists, RNs, including those in the U.S. state of New Mexico have not participated at high levels. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to measure the political astuteness of RNs in New Mexico and to determine to what extent nursing leaders have been successful in diffusing Institute of Medicine recommendations. Rogers’s diffusion of innovations theory framed this study. Clark’s Political Astuteness Inventory (PAI), which measures voting behavior, participation in professional organizations, awareness of policy issues, knowledge of the policy process, and elected officials, and involvement in political processes, was used to assess participants’ political astuteness. A modified PAI was sent to a random representative sample of the population of licensed RNs in New Mexico. There were 411 responses. Secondary relationships between participants’ demographics and PAI scores were analyzed using a t-test and linear-by-linear association. The findings revealed diffusion of the Institute of Medicine recommendations were not successful. The participants of this study mean scores revealed “beginning political astuteness.” The results inform further research and can potentially be used to develop and test interventions to increase RNs’ policy participation. Engaging more RNs in health care policy development may yield positive social change through improved health care outcomes

Building a Sustainable Model for Developing Digital Fluency in Higher Education Faculty on a Shoestring Budget

Building on experience with a campus digital fluency initiative, a sustainable professional development model has been developed that is transferable to mentoring the next generation of leaders in many areas in higher education. Data from four years of faculty development in digital fluency will be shared along with how to get buy-in from administration and motivation for faculty to change current teaching styles to incorporate more technology into existing pedagogy

Digital Fluency Initiative and Faculty Development

A faculty-led peer mentoring program integrating education technologies and complementary pedagogies to facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes

A Peer Training Model to Promote Digital Fluency Among University Faculty: Program Components & Initial Efficacy Data

The Digital Fluency Initiative: A faculty-led peer mentoring program integrating education technologies and complementary pedagogies to facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes

The Iowa Homemaker vol.32, no.2

To a Bride, Salli Hearst, page 9 Happily Ever After, Donald C. Charles, page 10 The Bride Wore, Marilyn Bergeson and Patricia Keast, page 11 Here Comes the Bride, Marilyn Wright, page 12 Marriage and College - Yes, Gloria Sheehe, page 13 It’s All In the Family, Floramae Gates, page 14 With This Ring, Jean McGhie, page 15 Veiled In Loveliness, Evelyn Toulouse, page 16 Pots ‘n Pans, Maryann Meldrum, page 17 Proper Thing To Do, Marian Skinner, page 18 For Remembering, Marian Anderson, page 19 Weddings Without Worries, Nancy Voss, page 20 Showers, Joanne Ryals, page 21 Your Highest Hopes, Gayle Dunn, page 22 Bouquet for You, Maryann Meldrum, page 23 Your Trip to the Moon, Alane Baird, page 24 What’s New, Evelyn Toulouse and Dorothy Will, page 28 Information Please, Susan Brown and Mary Doherty, page 32 She Doesn’t Like Surprises and Neither Does He, Ruth Anderson, page 34 Breaking In the Groom, Alice Irvine, page 37 Trends, Joanne Ryals, page 3

Safety and immunogenicity of ChAdOx1 85A prime followed by MVA85A boost compared with BCG revaccination among Ugandan adolescents who received BCG at birth: a randomised, open-label trial

Background BCG confers reduced, variable protection against pulmonary tuberculosis. A more effective vaccine is needed. We evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of candidate regimen ChAdOx1 85A–MVA85A compared with BCG revaccination among Ugandan adolescents. Methods After ChAdOx1 85A dose escalation and age de-escalation, we did a randomised open-label phase 2a trial among healthy adolescents aged 12–17 years, who were BCG vaccinated at birth, without evident tuberculosis exposure, in Entebbe, Uganda. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) using a block size of 6, to ChAdOx1 85A followed by MVA85A (on day 56) or BCG (Moscow strain). Laboratory staff were masked to group assignment. Primary outcomes were solicited and unsolicited adverse events (AEs) up to day 28 and serious adverse events (SAEs) throughout the trial; and IFN-γ ELISpot response to antigen 85A (day 63 [geometric mean] and days 0–224 [area under the curve; AUC). Findings Six adults (group 1, n=3; group 2, n=3) and six adolescents (group 3, n=3; group 4, n=3) were enrolled in the ChAdOx1 85A-only dose-escalation and age de-escalation studies (July to August, 2019). In the phase 2a trial, 60 adolescents were randomly assigned to ChAdOx1 85A–MVA85A (group 5, n=30) or BCG (group 6, n=30; December, 2019, to October, 2020). All 60 participants from groups 5 and 6 were included in the safety analysis, with 28 of 30 from group 5 (ChAdOx1 85A–MVA85A) and 29 of 30 from group 6 (BCG revaccination) analysed for immunogenicity outcomes. In the randomised trial, 60 AEs were reported among 23 (77%) of 30 participants following ChAdOx1 85A–MVA85A, 31 were systemic, with one severe event that occurred after the MVA85A boost that was rapidly self-limiting. All 30 participants in the BCG revaccination group reported at least one mild to moderate solicited AE; most were local reactions. There were no SAEs in either group. Ag85A-specific IFN-γ ELISpot responses peaked on day 63 in the ChAdOx1 85A–MVA85A group and were higher in the ChAdOx1 85A-MVA85A group compared with the BCG revaccination group (geometric mean ratio 30·59 [95% CI 17·46–53·59], p<0·0001, day 63; AUC mean difference 57 091 [95% CI 40 524–73 658], p<0·0001, days 0–224). Interpretation The ChAdOx1 85A–MVA85A regimen was safe and induced stronger Ag85A-specific responses than BCG revaccination. Our findings support further development of booster tuberculosis vaccines. Funding UK Research and Innovations and Medical Research Council. Translations For the Swahili and Luganda translations of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section

Effects of a Caffeine-Containing Energy Drink on Simulated Soccer Performance

[Background] To investigate the effects of a caffeine-containing energy drink on soccer performance during a simulated game. A second purpose was to assess the post-exercise urine caffeine concentration derived from the energy drink intake. [Methodology/Principal Findings] Nineteen semiprofessional soccer players ingested 630±52 mL of a commercially available energy drink (sugar-free Red Bull®) to provide 3 mg of caffeine per kg of body mass, or a decaffeinated control drink (0 mg/kg). After sixty minutes they performed a 15-s maximal jump test, a repeated sprint test (7×30 m; 30 s of active recovery) and played a simulated soccer game. Individual running distance and speed during the game were measured using global positioning satellite (GPS) devices. In comparison to the control drink, the ingestion of the energy drink increased mean jump height in the jump test (34.7±4.7 v 35.8±5.5 cm; P<0.05), mean running speed during the sprint test (25.6±2.1 v 26.3±1.8 km · h−1; P<0.05) and total distance covered at a speed higher than 13 km · h−1 during the game (1205±289 v 1436±326 m; P<0.05). In addition, the energy drink increased the number of sprints during the whole game (30±10 v 24±8; P<0.05). Post-exercise urine caffeine concentration was higher after the energy drink than after the control drink (4.1±1.0 v 0.1±0.1 µg · mL−1; P<0.05). [Conclusions/significance] A caffeine-containing energy drink in a dose equivalent to 3 mg/kg increased the ability to repeatedly sprint and the distance covered at high intensity during a simulated soccer game. In addition, the caffeinated energy drink increased jump height which may represent a meaningful improvement for headers or when players are competing for a ball