Russel Kirkhof: Mechanic to Millionaire

Biography of Michigan entrepreneur Russel Kirkhof. Kirkhof Center, and Kirkhof College of Nursing are named in honor of his support.https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/reports/1015/thumbnail.jp

Chronicles of Oklahoma

Article explores the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Tulsa and Oklahoma City. The Corps, formed as a part of New Deal relief labor programs, developed three urban parks in the area

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Chronicles of Oklahoma

Article chronicles what life was like inside of the Cherokee Nation before the Civil War. The article focuses on how tribe members interacted with authority figures, mission schools, architecture, and finances

Chronicles of Oklahoma

Article chronicles the creation and history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Oklahoma. The program was created during the first hundred days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal as a means to protect the conservation of parks and camps

Hyades dynamics from N-body simulations: Accuracy of astrometric radial velocities from Hipparcos

The internal velocity structure in the Hyades cluster as seen by Hipparcos is compared with realistic N-body simulations using the NBODY6 code, which includes binary interaction, stellar evolution and the Galactic tidal field. The model allows to estimate reliably the accuracy of astrometric radial velocities in the Hyades as derived by Lindegren et al. (2000) and Madsen et al. (2002) from Hipparcos data, by applying the same estimation procedure on the simulated data. The simulations indicate that the current cluster velocity dispersion decreases from 0.35 km/s at the cluster centre to a minimum of 0.20 km/s at 8 pc radius (2-3 core radii), from where it slightly increases outwards. A clear negative correlation between dispersion and stellar mass is seen in the central part of the cluster but is almost absent beyond a radius of 3 pc. It follows that the (internal) standard error of the astrometric radial velocities relative to the cluster centroid may be as small as 0.2 km/s for a suitable selection of stars, while a total (external) standard error of 0.6 km/s is found when the uncertainty of the bulk motion of the cluster is included. Attempts to see structure in the velocity dispersion using observational data from Hipparcos and Tycho-2 are inconclusive.Comment: 12 pages, accepted by A&

Independent Study 490A: Does Handling of Kittens Improve Over 5 Consecutive Days of Handling?

The adoptability of an animal from a shelter largely depends upon its socialization and friendliness towards humans. For kittens, habituation and proper socialization is an important part of ensuring that the adult cat it will be able to interact properly with humans, thus reducing its chance of being relinquished in the future. In addition, kittens that have been relinquished or placed into a shelter are often subject to several stressors that may impact not only the well-being of the kitten but impair further socialization attempts. The objective of this study was to determine if the kittens’ responses to handling tests improved over a period of 5 consecutive days. This study was conducted at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARL-IA), and involved 14 neonate kittens of mixed sex and breed, between 6 and 8 weeks of age. The treatment was five consecutive days of handling. During treatment kittens were exposed to several handling tests. Data will be presented descriptively. Kittens over the five days scored on average a 1 for the majority of handling tests which indicates a calm kitten. On days four and five, kittens allowed for their rear paws to be held for the maximum 10-s. For front paws on day 4 kittens allowed their paws to be held 9-s but by day 5 this had dropped to 6- s (front left) and 7-s (front right) s respectively. In conclusion, though kittens did not tolerate their front paws being handled as long as rear paws by day five. Overall handling tests conducted on the kittens did not result in any aversive reaction from the kitten to the handler. This data could be useful in further developing socialization and acclimatization programs for kittens in shelters, thereby increasing their adoptability and overall well-being, both in the present and the future

Independent Study 490A: 5 vs. 10-d of Handling; Which One is Better?

The adoptability of an animal from a shelter largely depends upon its socialization and friendliness towards humans. For kittens, habituation and proper socialization is an important part of ensuring that the adult cat it will be able to interact properly with humans, thus reducing its chance of being relinquished in the future. In addition, kittens that have been relinquished or placed into a shelter are often subject to several stressors that may impact not only the well-being of the kitten but impair further socialization attempts. The objective of this study was to determine if there were behavioral differences between two handling regimes for kittens relinquished to the ARL-IA. This study was conducted at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa (ARLIA), and involved 31 neonate kittens of mixed sex and breed, between 6 and 8 weeks of age. Treatment (5-d) five consecutive days of handling and treatment two (10-d) ten consecutive days of handling. During treatment kittens were exposed to several tests. The experimental unit was the kitten and a complete randomized experimental design was utilized. PROC GLIMMIX was used. A P-value of P ≤ 0.05 was considered significant. There were differences (P \u3c 0.05) between treatments for the amount of time that kittens were willing to let their rear paws be held. Kittens assigned to 5-d allowed both their rear paws to be held longer than those from the 10-d treatment. For all other handling measures there were no differences. In conclusion, handling kittens over 10-consectuive days indicated that kittens became less tolerant of having their rear paws held compared to a 5-d treatment and therefore there may be an optimal amount of handling before kittens begin to find this procedure more aversive

The outcomes of educational welfare officer contact in England

The key purpose of educational welfare officers in England is to support students and parents to maximise educational opportunities for young people. However more is known about their role in relation to school attendance than in relation to pupils’ educational outcomes. Using the Longitudinal Survey of Young People in England (LSYPE), this paper investigates the characteristics of teenagers who received educational welfare contact because of their behaviour between 2004 and 2006. With observational data it is often difficult to isolate respondents exposed to a particular intervention or ‘treatment’, because of non-random allocation. We address this using inverse-probability-weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA) to estimate more accurately the effect of educational welfare contact on outcomes of educational achievement and aspiration. Our findings indicate that young people who had educational welfare contact because of their behaviour were less likely to apply to university, less confident in university acceptance if they applied and had lower odds of achieving five General Certificate of Secondary Education at grades A*–C, the government benchmark for education achievement at age 16. We discuss the limitations we face and implications of these findings for future research