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46th biennial convention of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, University of Tennessee at Martin, September 16-18, 2022
Get PDFThe Society of Sigma Gamma Epsilon (SGE), the national honorary society for the Earth sciences, held its 46th biennial convention (September 16-18, 2022) at satellite facilities of University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin) located in Selmer, Tennessee. The convention was hosted by SGE’s Eta Alpha Chapter and the Department of Agriculture, Geoscience, and Natural Resources at UT Martin. Ten (10) of SGE’s approximately 60 active chapters sent delegates to the convention. The traditional convention field trip, an outing to UT Martin’s Coon Creek Science Center, focused on collecting and preparing marine fossils from the Upper Cretaceous Coon Creek Formation. Key accomplishments of the convention include amending the Society’s constitution to reflect changes in membership categories, the adoption of a new mission statement, and broad-ranging discussions related to the revitalization of local chapters following the COVID-19 pandemic. This report provides details about the convention proceedings and provides the various reports presented by national officers, individual chapters, and student committees
Feasibility of Individualized Toolkits to Reduce Childhood Obesity in a Pediatric Primary Care Setting
Get PDFBackground: Childhood obesity rates continue to rise, leading to comorbid conditions presenting in adolescence and adulthood (Durbin, 2018). Individualized toolkits focusing on various health habits have been identified as an effective intervention in pediatric primary care practices (Byrne et al., 2018; Henderson, 2021; Mead et al., 2017; Smith et al., 2021 & Wright et al., 2018). This project assessed barriers of the current obesity prevention program at a pediatric primary care clinic, Operation Get FIT. This project identified steps to revising Operation Get FIT to tailor it more to the needs and goals of the participating clinic, the providers, and the patients and families that seek care. The aim of this project was to create, implement, and evaluate the feasibility of using an evidence-based toolkit used during yearly well-child visits for children ages 2 to 12 years. Feasibility was determined by evaluating time efficiency, cost effectiveness, and satisfaction of families and providers.
Methods: Five primary care providers at one Midwestern pediatric primary care clinic participated in this feasibility study. The participating providers used the newly created individualized toolkit during routine well-child visits for patients aged 2 to 12 years old for three months. Following implementation semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants. The collected data were analyzed using qualitative inductive analysis.
Results: The toolkit was determined to be cost-effective, widely accepted by providers and families, and easily used during the timeframe of a well-child visit. Satisfaction among providers and families was a common theme. Results showed that the toolkit was interactive, informative, and tailored to the patient with supplemental age-appropriate activities.
Conclusion: This program evaluation supported using individualized childhood obesity toolkits as an efficient, cost-effective, and appropriate intervention for childhood obesity prevention and was feasible to use in daily practice. Future suggestions were to improve workflow and adherence to using the toolkit in daily practice and monitor its long-term effectiveness
Review of The Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools: Games, Activities, and Simulations for Understanding Restorative Justice Practices
Get PDFDeuda pública, desigualdad y desarrollo en México: evidencia estatal y municipal: Public debt, inequality and development in Mexico: state and municipal evidence
No full textEl artículo analiza la relación de la adquisición de deuda pública con la desigualdad y el desarrollo económico. Específicamente, utiliza la tasa de crecimiento de deuda pública, el Índice de Gini y el Índice de Rezago Social como variables. Considera 31 entidades federativas de la República mexicana y 2414 municipios desde 2010 hasta el 2018. La metodología de convergencia absoluta y condicional y datos de panel deriva en los siguientes resultados: (I) bajo la hipótesis de convergencia condicional, los estados y municipios de México se acercaron en términos de la deuda pública per cápita en el periodo 2010-2018. La velocidad de acercamiento es mayor en los estados que en los municipios, (II) la convergencia condicional indica que la desigualdad explica de manera significativa la tasa de crecimiento de la deuda pública en los estados, pero no en los municipios, (III) el modelo de datos de panel destaca que, para seis de las ocho regiones geográficas en México, la desigualdad es importante para explicar el aumento de la deuda municipal a lo largo del tiempo. Además, en el caso de las regiones centro-norte y noreste, el Índice de Rezago Social explica significativamente la evolución de la deuda per cápita y (IV) los modelos estimados muestran diferencias regionales a lo largo del tiempo. En el caso de la región suroeste, que incluye tres de los estados con mayor rezago social, ninguno de los modelos contemplados explica la evolución de la deuda pública per cápita
Introduction to Special Issue on Intercultural Development in Teacher Education: Sustaining Momentum for Study Abroad and Virtual Exchange Innovation
Get PDFThis introduction provides an overview of the articles included in this special issue. Collectively, the researchers addressed sustaining momentum for study abroad and virtual exchange in teacher education particularly around the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The studies illustrate the value of expanding access to international experiences for teachers, both in-service and preservice, and the benefits of intercultural dialogue and reflection for teachers’ intercultural development and teaching practices. Along with a summary of each of the articles included in this special issue, in this introduction, the guest editors provide a synthesis of how these articles address questions related to access, equity, and mobility; intercultural knowledge, skills, and attitudes; and the lived experiences of educators engaged in study abroad and virtual exchange. To usher in new ideas for future research, this introduction also offers other areas of inquiry that warrant exploration within the field of intercultural development in teacher education with questions that aim to help us capture the impact of teacher intercultural development on teachers’ practices and on their students’ intercultural learning
Examining the relationship between land-use cover change and sociodemographic characteristics: A case study of Madison County, Tennessee
Get PDFThis study sought to holistically examine urbanization in Jackson, Madison County, TN. In order to accomplish this objective, a study of land-use and land cover (LULC) change in Madison County, TN from 1992–2011 was conducted. Once completed, noted changes in LULC were then compared to certain socio-demographic factors; these included, population, population density, point distance, central business district, and distance to roads. To determine if any significant relationships existed between socio-demographic factors and quantified LULC changes Spearman’s Correlations were utilized. Relationships between socio-demographic factors and land-use indicators were established as urban areas grew, agricultural and forested areas declined, and population density near the city center decreased
Sigma Gamma Epsilon student research poster session, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2023, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Get PDFThe Society of Sigma Gamma Epsilon sponsors an annual poster session at every Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. The 35th Sigma Gamma Epsilon undergraduate research poster session took place during the 2023 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, on Monday, October 16, 2022. Sixty-three (63) posters were presented in Exhibit Hall B at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center between 8:00 AM and 5:30 PM at the poster session. Titles, authors (italics for the presenting author), affiliations, and abstracts for each poster are listed in this report
Art and Anatomy: Influence of Combined Studies During the Italian Renaissance and Today
Get PDFIn the sixteenth century, the disciplines of art and anatomy provided valuable insights to one another. This paper explores the question: in what ways did the intertwined studies of art and anatomy during the Italian Renaissance contribute to advancements in each field, and what influence does this still have on studies today? First, to accurately portray humans in art, artists had to turn to dissection as a way to improve their knowledge of the human body. Some artists who used dissections were Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. One resulting advancement was how da Vinci’s anatomical notes were later published to help disprove Galen’s previous inaccurate medical beliefs. Another advancement was the founding of the first art academies with Michelangelo as Honorary President of the Accademia del Disegno. Even today, art and anatomy continue to influence university art classes and medical anatomy classes, showing that throughout time, there have been mutual benefits in both fields
Lenses: Personhood, Love, and Identity
No full textAn introduction to the themes of my Substack Humaning is Hard, But Philosophy Can Help. I figure it might be a good idea to give you a basic sense of what I think about the things I think most about, because I’m sure these themes will be laced through a lot of what I write in the coming weeks. (When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Or, a better metaphor: when you wear colored glasses, everything takes on their hue.) My lenses have to do with ethical themes that orbit around a relational conception of persons, love, and identity