Twelve Years of Workplace Cooperation: Ford and the UAW

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Research Planning Process

This presentation describes the process used to collect, review, integrate, and assess research requirements desired to be a part of research and payload activities conducted on the ISS. The presentation provides a description of: where the requirements originate, to whom they are submitted, how they are integrated into a requirements plan, and how that integrated plan is formulated and approved. It is hoped that from completing the review of this presentation, one will get an understanding of the planning process that formulates payload requirements into an integrated plan used for specifying research activities to take place on the ISS

Safety Splash: Pool Safety for Children and Adults

This outreach project was made to address the issue of too many children drowning at pools due to a lack of water safety education. The dissemination of pool safety education is imperative to reduce accidental injuries and drownings. The goal of the Safety Splash video and supplemental materials is to provide pool safety education for children and adults. By encouraging conversations between children and adults before going to the pool, there can be an intervention that reduces the risk of injury and drowning once they arrive. Through research, I compiled information to support the effectiveness of a combination video, pamphlet, and activity sheet program. This was grounded in health communication design, which informed the script and shot list of the video. Safety Splash teaches children and adults how to approach playing around water and provides explanations for these guidelines. It outlines common behaviors at the pool which should be avoided and outlines common rules that are standard practice at many pools. This video and program use simple language to appeal to children and a wider audience. This resource is free and accessible via the internet so as to reach as wide an audience as possible

Development of a Nurse Practitioner First Assistant Orientation Program

The demand for surgical services continues to increase, creating a strain in our healthcare system and causing increasing backlog hours for the operating room. Allowing nurse practitioners (NP) to function in an expanded role in the perioperative environment requires additional training beyond the generic NP program. With this additional training, the NP can function as a first assistant, providing delegated medical functions in the perioperative environment. An in-house NP registered nurse first assistant orientation program was developed based on the adult learning theory as a conceptual framework combined with the AORN perioperative standards as a foundation. The cost of using an NP or physician assistant in the perioperative environment versus a physician and the effectiveness of a structured orientation program were evaluated

Introducing Concept Maps in Undergraduate Thermodynamics

Concept maps, also called mind maps, are a widely utilized educational tool. While numerous studies cite the benefits of concept mapping as a tool for student learning, the use of concept maps is more common in non-engineering disciplines. This study examines student perceptions and academic performance in an undergraduate, introductory Thermodynamics course for students majoring in Mechanical Engineering. The pedagogical approach includes incorporating student-developed concept maps, as well as an interactive study tool for First Law analysis. Qualitative and quantitative results are presented. Results are limited to a single institution and a small sample size of students. Future work will expand the data set and include multiple institutions

Improving nitrogen management in sugarcane production of the mid-South using remote sensing technology

In Louisiana, current N rate recommendations for sugarcane production are based on multiple year N response trials and refined based on soil and crop variables. Without accounting for current growing conditions, recommendations can potentially lead to over- or under-application of N. The objectives of this research were to 1) determine the ability of an in-season response index value (RINDVI) to estimate sugarcane yield response index (RIHarvest), 2) determine if sugarcane yield potential could be determined using normalized difference vegetative index (NDVI), and 3) estimate the optimum N rate and application timing for sugarcane production in Louisiana. Experiments were established in St. Gabriel and Jeanerette, LA from 2008 through 2011. A GreenSeeker® hand-held optical active sensor was used to obtain NDVI readings for all studies. Fertilizer N was applied as urea ammonium-nitrate (UAN, 32-0-0) at the rate of 0, 45, 90, and 135 kg N ha-1 for most experiments with application timings ranging from early-April through late-May. This study showed that NDVI could be used to accurately estimate both sugarcane RI and yield potential (YP). A RI value was determined using a traditional method, comparing non-limiting N to an unfertilized treatment, and modified method, comparing all N fertilized treatments to an unfertilized treatment. There was a strong relationship between RINDVI and RIHarvest for cane tonnage and sugar yield using both methods. Additionally, NDVI values demonstrated the ability to estimate sugarcane yield potential in-season. This relationship was improved when NDVI was adjusted using climatic variables. An additional study was established to investigate the N rate and application timing on sugarcane production. Fertilizer rate showed a significant positive effect on sugarcane yield for two of three experiments. For these experiments, critical N rates were substantially lower than the current N rate recommendations. The effect of application time was not as pronounced, with only the second stubble sugarcane crop in 2011 showing a significant decrease in sugarcane yield when N fertilization was delayed. Overall, the use of remote sensing principles shows promise in Louisiana sugarcane production. However, limitations such as timing of sensing will need to be overcome prior to implementation

Internalized Misogyny as displayed by Aunt March in Little Women

It seems that more women fight against each other than for one another. Women have developed a reputation for gossiping to disparage the reputation of each other, leveraging terms like “floozie,” “bimbo,” and “slut” against one another. While women will rage against men who support the patriarchy, women are often some of the strictest enforcers of its standards. In Kate Hamill’s playscript Little Women, an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel, it is Aunt March, not a man, who places pressure on Jo to assimilate to society’s expectation of women. This push of conformity may reflect Aunt March’s own fears and internalized misogyny. For many women, it is their mother or older female relatives who push conformity. Women’s internalized misogyny leads to insecurity, jealousy, the enforcement of patriarchy on one another, and ultimately the loss of support for one another. All in all, internalized misogyny is the culprit for poor relationships between women. It will take community to erase the patriarchy that enforces the competition and jealousy to which women have been subjected

The Effect of Caregiver Question Types On Disruptive Behavior in Dementia Patients

The purpose of this study was to determine if individuals in the later stages of dementia could benefit from their caregivers\u27 use of language components that would assist them in gaining access to their emotional memories that had been developed throughout a lifetime of experiences. Participants in the study included 10 long-term care residents with a diagnosis of moderate-to-late stage dementia, probable Alzheimer\u27s disease, and who were vocally disruptive. Thirty caregivers who interacted with the residents also participated in the study. The caregivers\u27 responses to the vocally disruptive individuals were categorized as statements or questions. The language forms of caregiver questions were categorized by question type (yes/no, open-ended, clarifications, repetitions, or multiple-choice) and content (emotional or non-emotional). Resident responses following the caregivers\u27 questions were categorized as no change, increase, or decrease in level of disruptive vocalizations. Additional information was gathered through demographic profiles and two questionnaires completed by the caregivers. The results of this study indicated that (1) all types of questions with emotional references were more successful in decreasing the residents\u27 disruptive vocalizations than questions with no emotional references and (2) yes/no questions were more effective than other types of questions in decreasing disruptive vocalizations. Future research should focus on training caregivers to increase the number of yes/no questions and emotionally referenced language to improve the individual with dementia\u27s ability to successfully participate in communicative interactions