Parenting Latino Toddlers and Preschoolers: Clinical and Nonclinical Samples

Parenting practices contribute significantly to the social-emotional development of young children. There is limited literature that addresses the role of culture in parenting, particularly among Latino families who have very young children with significant behavior problems. The current study compared the parenting practices of 30 low-income Latino mothers whose young children had been referred for mental health services for their behavior problems with a similar group of 30 mothers of children without behavior problems. Results showed that mothers in the clinical sample nurtured their children less often and used more frequent verbal and corporal punishment as discipline than the nonclinical sample. The clinical sample also had a significantly higher incidence of mental health problems in their families. Results also showed the significant toll that raising young children with challenging behaviors takes on their mothers. The implications of these findings for the early identification of these children are discussed

A Reanalyses of Intercorrelational Matrices of Visual and Verbal Learners\u27 Abilities, Cognitive Styles, and Learning Preferences

In psychology and education, the visual-verbal conceptual distinction is a widely studied bipolar contrast, and this distinction has been the subject of much debate. There are two main issues: One is a construct-validity issue related to the extent that scores from a test measuring the visual- and verbal-conceptual distinction accurately reflect the construct being measured, and the second one is an issue related to the use of different data analysis methods that collect and analyze the data from the visual and verbal measurements. To help resolve these issues, this study examined 21 individual intercorrelation matrices that were illustrative of the visual and verbal contrast in the learner-preference field. In this secondary data analysis, each of these 21 matrices were reexamined within and between domains using the methodology of a factor analysis. There were two research questions. First, when using a common factor analysis procedure, do studies measuring the visual-verbal learner-preference dichotomy consistently identify the visual and verbal constructs? Second, in studies that do identify the visual-verbal dichotomy using a common factor analysis, to what extent do the two factors correlate with each other? Overall, there were 73 total factors extracted; 17 of these were visual, verbal, or visual-verbal factors: six were visual factors defined independently, one was a verbal factor defined independently, and the other 10 were visual-verbal factors defined on the same factor. There was only one matrix with measures that identified a separate visual and verbal factor in the same matrix. It was concluded that the visual-verbal learner-preference dichotomy was not consistently identified, and the extent to which the visual and a verbal factors correlate could not be addressed. These findings neither provided empirical support for the visual- and verbal-conceptual distinction nor indicated there is evidence to support the visual-verbal learning-preference constructs. Moreover, the uniform data analyses in this study suggest that these findings are not the result of variation in factoring procedures. Rather than classifying students by their learning preference and applying one instructional method tailored to that preference, it may be more beneficial to present information to students with both words and pictures

Implementing an Integrative Pre and Post-Operative Educational Intervention for Older Adults Undergoing Total Hip and Knee Replacement

Post-operative pain control for patients undergoing total hip replacement (THR) and total knee replacement (TKR) continues to present a dilemma for providers and patients, decreasing mobility and increasing the risk of adverse outcomes (Kremers, et al., 2013). There is little research on the effect of common symptom self-management strategies implemented postoperatively for THR and TKR patients (Fredericks, Guruge, Souraya, & Wan, 2010). In addition to the lack of research on the use of symptom-self management, few post-operative pain control studies have been conducted with the elderly population (Laforest etal., 2008). The purpose of this pilot project was to implement postoperative education in a select population of elderly patients undergoing THR or TKR in combination with the pre-operative education which was standard of care at the site. The primary endpoints were to improve selfefficacy over the course of the intervention period and to decrease pain in the population. The study design was a descriptive report to report pain scores, self-efficacy scores, and related demographics in a sample of elders who elected to participate in the post-operative educational intervention. A randomly selected retrospective group was analyzed for pain scores and demographics for comparison. The data were analyzed using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) version 9.3. Pearson’s correlations compared pain scores and Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) scores. The results suggested a negative correlation between pain scores and self-efficacy scores; that is, as self-efficacy scores increased, pain scores tended to decrease. PSEQ scores were compared at multiple points using the paired t-test. A statistically significant difference was seen in scores between pre-procedure and post-procedure scores at both 24 and 48 hours post-discharge. PSEQ scores increased at each time point. Average pain scores for the inpatient stay were compared between the intervention group and the retrospective comparison group. Pain scores in the intervention group were slightly lower overall, but no statistically significant difference in pain scores was found. These results suggest that in this group a post-operative educational intervention may increase self-efficacy in older adults undergoing THR or TKR

Be-coming subjects: reclaiming a politics of location as radical political rhetoric

In this dissertation I theorize and analyze the rhetorical deployment of a politics of location within the context of poststructural theories of discourse, subjectivity, and agency. In her book, Blood Bread and Poetry, Adrienne Rich coins the phrase a politics of location, which marks an effort to move away from a hegemonic Western feminism that universalizes all women\u27s experiences and constructs a normative (and hence limiting and exclusionary) subject of feminism. Rich forwards a politics of location as a radical materialist political stance that grounds feminist theory in accountability for the situatedness of knowledge production. I extend Rich\u27s phrase to theorize how radical, lesbian feminists have used a politics of location as a signifying practice to construct alternative subjectivities and assert discursive agency.;More specifically, in this project I historicize and contextualize a politics of location as it developed within lesbian feminist interchanges during the 1980s and early 90s. This is a significant historical juncture for two reasons. First, the universal concept of woman came under radical critique by third-space feminists. Second, feminist publishing houses began to proliferate as a counter-public context for the dissemination of new voices and knowledges, thus allowing for the invention of new discursive strategies within feminist conversations. After historicizing a politics of location, I trace its development as a rhetorical strategy deployed specifically within interchanges between radical, lesbian feminists. Additionally, I use a Foucauldian theory of discursive formations to show how this rhetorical strategy interrupts the normative subject of the rhetorical tradition. Finally, I show how a politics of location contributes to the growing field of research on feminist rhetorical theory

Women\u27s activism and social networks in post-genocide Rwanda.

Following the 1994 genocide the social networks of many Rwandan women changed. The loss of kin, particularly men, left many women needing new sources of social and material support. Beginning in the early 1990s the international development and aid community recognized the need to integrate gender analysis in their work and began to focus on women’s activism and efforts to improve the position of women in the supposed developing world. Using social network data and structured interview data gathered in Rwanda in June and July 2013 from 30 women, this study attempts to answer the question: Do women who were adults before the 1994 genocide rely more heavily on membership in women’s organizations for support than women who became adults after the genocide? The results of this study conclude, in addition to women’s organizations, religious affiliations account for a significant portion of support in the social networks of Rwandan women. Because support commonly comes from non-secular women’s organizations as well as mixed gender religious organizations international aid providers should reframe their provisions of aid to best serve both segments of society and any overlap

Teaching Gene Regulation in the High School Classroom, AP Biology,

This project sought to enhance high school students’ understanding of gene regulation as taught in an Advanced Placement Biology course. We accomplished this by designing and implementing a lab module that included a pre-lab assessment, a hands-on classroom experiment, and a post-lab assessment in the form of a lab poster. Students developed lab skills while simultaneously learning about course content. Students’ progress was evaluated through a multiple choice/essay test and their lab posters that they created on the lab experiment

Comparison of RANS, DES and DDES Results for ONERA M-6 Wing at Transonic Flow Speed Using an In-House Parallel Code

The very first thought that comes to the mind with the application area of the DES and DDES schemes is a massively separated flow with highly unsteady flowfield. However, for various complex three dimensional cases, there is no prior knowledge of the flowfield in the domain and it may have mild separation or no separation at all with a steady domain. This study is carried out to see that what will be the behaviour of the DES and DDES schemes in comparison with the URANS scheme if they are applied to a steady state case. An in-house mpi code DG-DES is used for the present study. Three different flux computational schemes named Roe, AUSM and HLLC schemes within DES formulation are compared to check the response for the flows without massive separation and unsteadiness. The cases are run in both single and double precision mode for DES formulation using Roe flux computational scheme to appreciate the accuracy of the solver. A good comparison of pressure distribution with the experimental data is obtained for all URANS, DES and DDES simulations. The pressure distribution results for DES scheme using single and double precision agree well with the experimental data. The pressure distribution predicted by DES using Roe, AUSM and HLLC schemes agree well with the experimental data. The computed values of Cl and Cd are also in close approximity to the other studies. The drag predicted by all DES and DDES simulations is lower than the URANS scheme. It indicates that the DES and DDES schemes generate lower dissipation due to switching to the LES mode and hence result in lower drag prediction as compared with the URANS solution. There is no anomaly observed in the flow due to the use of DES or DDES for steady flow case

Using Virtual Worlds to Launch Ideas, Research and Teaching

Wayne State University’s Office for Teaching and Learning (OTL) co-hosted an all-day symposium called Virtual Citizenship. This symposium was part of an ongoing, multi-faceted study of the intersection between information technologies and the practice of citizenship. The OTL, with the help of the New Media Consortium, was able to provide the resources and technical knowledge needed to produce this forum while showcasing new technologies. Prominent speakers presented their views and research live in the university’s auditorium and simultaneously via video streams into Second Life and the university’s web site. This article describes the procedures leading up to the broadcast and includes technical requirements, recommendations, and lessons learned. It has the instructions and checklists for similar projects in the future. Screen shots, videos of the Second Life Symposium and links to the podcasts of the presentations are also part of the article

Association between urinary sodium, creatinine, albumin, and long term survival in chronic kidney disease

Dietary sodium intake is associated with hypertension and cardiovascular risk in the general population. In patients with chronic kidney disease, sodium intake has been associated with progressive renal disease, but not independently of proteinuria. We studied the relationship between urinary sodium excretion and urinary sodium:creatinine ratio and mortality or requirement for renal replacement therapy in chronic kidney disease. Adults attending a renal clinic who had at least one 24-hour urinary sodium measurement were identified. 24-hour urinary sodium measures were collected and urinary sodium:creatinine ratio calculated. Time to renal replacement therapy or death was recorded. 423 patients were identified with mean estimated glomerular filtration rate of 48ml/min/1.73m<sup>2</sup>. 90 patients required renal replacement therapy and 102 patients died. Mean slope decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate was -2.8ml/min/1.73m<sup>2</sup>/year. Median follow-up was 8.5 years. Patients who died or required renal replacement therapy had significantly higher urinary sodium excretion and urinary sodium:creatinine but the association with these parameters and poor outcome was not independent of renal function, age and albuminuria. When stratified by albuminuria, urinary sodium:creatinine was a significant cumulative additional risk for mortality, even in patients with low level albuminuria. There was no association between low urinary sodium and risk, as observed in some studies. This study demonstrates an association between urinary sodium excretion and mortality in chronic kidney disease, with a cumulative relationship between sodium excretion, albuminuria and reduced survival. These data support reducing dietary sodium intake in chronic kidney disease but further study is required to determine the target sodium intake