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Everyday Nonverbal Communication: A Comparative Study of South and East Asian and the Mid-Atlantic United States Cultures
No full textPeople communicate not only through spoken and written language but also through facial expressions, gestures, and eye contact. Nonverbal communication is a vital part of everyday life across cultures. Grounded by qualitative interviews and observational analysis, this study explores people’s perceptions and experiences of intercultural nonverbal communication, comparing South and East Asian cultures and those in the mid-Atlantic United States. The goal is to enhance understanding of differences to adapt to foreign cultures and facilitate communication when spoken language is not an option. This study can help mitigate miscommunication and foster cross-cultural connections as the global community becomes more interconnected
Assessment of Cultural Competence in MSAT Programs Across the United States
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CONTEXT: Cultural competence has been defined as the process in which clinicians investigate and incorporate the cultural needs of patients during all facets of care. Although professional athletic training students (ATSs) are required to practice cultural competency, foster cultural humility, and demonstrate respect in client/patient care according to accreditation standards, cultural competence levels of current professional ATSs remains unknown.
OBJECTIVE: To examine current cultural competence levels of professional master’s ATSs across the United States.
DESIGN: mixed-methods METHODS: We sent an email to program directors of every accredited professional master’s athletic training program in the United States and asked them to forward it to every student enrolled in the programs they lead. Students currently enrolled in accredited professional master’s athletic training programs within the United States (n=72, 46 female, 16 males, 31 first year students, 33 second year students, 54 identified as white, 23 identified as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color) volunteered to participate by completing the questionnaire.
MAIN OUTCOMES: We calculated descriptive statistics on the composite scores for Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity (range=0-44), Cultural Competence Behaviors (range=0-64), and an overall composite score (range=0-104) from responses to the CCA.
RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences in cultural competence between first and second year students (U=467.50, p= .55), racial identities (U=472.00, p=.71), gender identities (U=248.50, p=.05), or prior cultural competence training (U=564.00 p=.69). Four themes emerged from the qualitative data.
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, findings suggest ATSs are culturally competent, but not culturally proficient, regardless of academic year in their professional program, racial identity, gender identity, or whether or not they had previously completed cultural competence training which is consistent with prior research.
KEY WORDS: empathy, mixed methods, patients
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Handwritng in the lower grades
No full textHandwriting -
Focus on lower elementary (prek-k)
*importance of
*correlation to reading and writing
*research based strategies for teaching handwriting
*ideas for classroom practic
CS: NO -- a 3D shooter
No full textOur game is a first person shooter that will take you through a shooting gallery. Inspired from the hit classic, Counter Strike, our game will feature enemy spawns, shooting, and a made from scratch experience. The project implements collisions, music, sounds, and animated models using the SDL2, OpenGL, and Assimp animation libraries
Sleep deprivation and running endurance in NCAA endurance athletes: A critically appraised topic.
No full textHealthy adults are recommended 7-9 hours of sleep each night by the National Sleep Foundation. Unfortunately, many high-level athletes struggle to meet this standard due to factors like their training schedules, screen time, caffeine intake and timing, and competition stress. Even a single night of sleep deprivation has been shown to decrease maximal heart rate, peak oxygen consumption, and time to exhaustion for athletes running on treadmills. Aside from athletic performance, sleep plays an important role in exercise recovery, cognitive function, metabolic regulation, immune function, and other restorative physiological processes. Stress and anxiety can disrupt sleep, early training sessions can decrease sleep duration, and chronic sleep restriction can reduce REM sleep, further changing the individual’s sleep patterns, recovery, and memory consolidation. Additional factors like muscle soreness, travel, and inconsistent sleep environments can also negatively affect sleep duration and quality. Given the crucial role of sleep for recovery and performance, optimizing quality sleep should be a prime concern for endurance athletes striving to perform at their best
BIOL 114: The Effect of ash on Arabidopsis thaliana growth and development
No full textDue to recent wildfires in California and their dramatic effect on plant ecosystems, we decided to create an experiment that would compare the growth of the plant Arabidopsis with and without ash on its topsoil. We hypothesized that the plants with ash would do better and grow larger in diameter than those without. We got ash from a controlled burn of Oak wood and applied it at a consistent rate of 1 gram poured evenly on the surface on the soil surface. Four experimental conditions were created, Wild type control, Wild type ash, Mutant control, and Mutant ash. The plants were grown under the controlled conditions of light, and all watered from the bottom for 15 minutes each week. The plant\u27s growth was measured by the diameter of the two longest leaves every Monday for 6 weeks. Our results revealed that the wild type ash had a significant increase in diameter compared to wild type control, which indicates a positive effect of ash on diameter growth of Arabidopsis. But the Mutant control and Mutant ash groups had no significant difference. The wild type control showed significantly greater growth than the mutant control. Our findings suggest that ash application can promote growth in wild type Arabidopsis. The mutant gene may have some genetic modification that prevents the ash as working as an accelerant as it did with the wild type. Our study helps contribute to the understanding of wildlife response to wildfire ash. And can provide information that is applicable to larger understandings of plant recovery
BIOL 114 The effect of Wind on Arabidopsis thaliana growth and development.
No full textClimate change is a pressing threat that has many serious implications for the prosperity and survival of global plant species, including plants that are crucial for human development, such as crops, timber, and fibers. One effect of climate change on plants that has gone relatively under-researched is the effects of increasing global wind speeds on plants. To address this gap in knowledge, we developed an experiment to determine the effects of exposure to wind on the growth of Arabidopsis plants with separate genotypes in order to develop both an understanding of the effects of increased wind speed, and the response and resistance of different genotypes to wind. Four groups of Arabidopsis plants were planted, a wild-type control, a wild-type experimental, and mutant control, and a mutant experimental. The experimental groups were exposed to wind speeds of ~15 mph for one hour a day, while the control was not exposed to wind. Results showed that overall, wild-type Arabidopsis plants grew lagre rosettes with more leaves than mutant specimen. Additionally, wild-type plants were much more likely to survive than mutant plants. Overall, plants exposed to wind grew more leaves and wider rosettes than those not exposed to wind, but found no significant difference between wild-type and mutant resistance to wind. These results support the hypothesis that increased global wind speeds will have a positive effect on plant growth
Products Empowering Personal Dignity
No full textThis program collaborates with schools and organizations in Lynchburg to provide a sustainable initiative for students in Lynchburg City Schools. Working with nurses, and building trust with individuals in the schools and organizations partnering with this program, helps the overall community and those in it. Aiming to empower students by ensuring access to menstrual products in over 30 partnering schools, supporting students who may otherwise lack these essential resources both in and out of school. Through this partnership, the program helps protect the dignity of students experiencing their menstrual cycle, promoting equity and inclusion within the community
Teaching Literacy to Non-English Speaking (NES) Students
No full textIn addition to the challenges of acclimating to our school system’s routines and expectations, English Language Learners (ELL) may also experience cultural shock, isolation, and, of course, language barriers. Even students who already possess conversational English skills usually find it challenging to navigate the phonemic differences, sentence structure, and word meanings between their native language and English. (August et al., 2009). Imagine trying to conquer these tasks with no English language knowledge at all. Now, take this scenario one step further - you are the literacy teacher. Where do you start?
In this presentation, I will share evidence-based strategies, resources, and collaborative efforts to help elementary age, non-English speaking students conquer the verbal and written English language.
Information covered includes: Collaboration for continuity in instruction: The benefits of forming an NES Literacy team (professional learning community); Whole group inclusion strategies: Embracing cultural differences and language barriers, while exercising inclusion in literacy instruction; Small group/Individual instruction strategies: Utilizing scaffolding, prior knowledge and multisensory activities to move toward independent literacy learning; and Monitoring progress: This is going to be a marathon, not a sprint. (Carrier, 2005)
Roadmap to Better Mental Health Care
Get PDFThis article will describe the current providers involved in delivering mental health services, the projected needs for mental health providers in the next decade, and interventional strategies that may enhance their delivery of care. By adopting comprehensive, patient-centered interdisciplinary strategies, and utilizing new and innovative tools and pharmaceutical agents healthcare providers can mitigate the adverse effects of lack of access and the delivery of mental health care