3372 research outputs found
Sort by
The Effects of Kangaroo Care Pertaining to the Attitudes and Values of Fathers Caring for Their Premature Newborn
Full text linkSkin-to-skin contact also known as “Kangaroo Care” (KC) is a practice used in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to care for premature newborns. Premature newborns are a vulnerable population as these babies are not yet fully developed leading to breathing, feeding, and heart complications. Placing the newborn on the parent’s bare chest addresses these problems to help with thermoregulation, stabilizing glucose levels, and helps with sleep as a few benefits. Kangaroo care is centered among mothers to help promote breastfeeding while fathers will have the opportunity to do the practice later on. In some countries around the world, Kangaroo Care is limited to fathers due to hospital protocols and cultural views. There is a gap in research for maternal kangaroo care and paternal kangaroo care that needs to be discussed to populate this practice. An Integrative Review based on the Russell Model will be used to explore kangaroo care from the paternal aspect and bridge the gap in nursing care.Nursin
Leibniz, Calculus, and The Hyperreal Numbers
Full text linkOur ideas revolving around Calculus, Philosophy, Law, and Theology are often so clouded that we forget to acknowledge the people behind these ideas. Through this way of thinking, we forget to look at the foundations that took countless years and even lifetimes to construct out of what we believe to be nothingness. What if I were to say everything mentioned in the first sentence was revolutionized by a German mathematician, philosopher, and logician's name is Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. The first part of this paper will focus on outlining his contributions to the foundations and invention of Calculus, disagreements between him and Newton, Leibniz's notation for Calculus, and other works in other areas such as law, metaphysics, and theology. This paper does not cover details including birth, death, spouses, etc. as those take away from the goals of this paper. The second part focuses on Abraham Robertson's construction of the Hyperreal Numbers and their applications proving that Leibniz's intuition of infinitesimals and Calculus correct. Accurate recognition of one's work is critical in maintaining not only credibility over future pieces of work but also recognizing the accomplishments of one's work. Understanding Leibniz's work and the instrumental construction of Calculus and infinitesimals allows us to also focus on the foundations of our modern societies and trace where many of our common ideas and innovations stem from. Ultimately, by the end of this paper, one should have a better understanding of the impact Leibniz, infinitesimals, and the foundational understandings of Calculus.Mathematic
"The Importance Of Transparency In Municipal Governance"; A Case Study Of North Shore Massachusetts
Full text linkThe United States has a turbulent past filled with the use of force and displays of negativity regarding public engagement. There are laws enacted protecting the public, allowing a positive exchange of information, and ensuring the availability of resources. This research will explore the factors influencing citizen engagement: What are the factors influencing citizen participation in local government, and what municipalities encourage these interactions? An incident in Massachusetts where a private citizen was denied their civil rights at a ZBA meeting, provides the context to explore the limits of public interactions and government transparency. Using a grounded theory approach, survey data was collected and analyzed along with socioeconomic and geographic factors to create a GIS (Geographic Information System) product that could be useful in examining citizens’ participation in local government. I will test the limits of public interactions and governmental transparency in a survey open to SSU students and North Shore townspeople. The data will show a correlation between interactions, location, and several different factors such as race, income, social status, employment, business ownership, and utilization of governmental services. Using the grounded theory approach, the collected data will be used to create a GIS product. Conclusions and suggestions drawn from pairing the GIS product with survey data will be offered to strengthen interactions in both urban and regional planning as well as civic engagement across geographies.Geography and Sustainabilit
The MRI Dilemma: Exploring the Impact of Technician Shortages
No full textThe shortage of MRI technicians is becoming a critical issue in healthcare, impacting diagnostic capabilities and patient care. This presentation explores and dives into the many issues that are causing this shortage, which can include an aging workforce, burnout, competition with other medical fields for skilled workers, as well as others. This presentation explores the impact of these shortages, ranging from longer wait times to increased strain on healthcare providers. This presentation proposes recommendations to aid this issue such as targeted workforce development, improved education pathways and retention strategies to address this shortage and ensure efficient MRI services in the future.Healthcare Studie
Program for 2024 Spring
No full textProgram for the event. Contains an introduction about the concert, the performance titles, the names and bios of choreographers, dancers, artistic directors, writers, and more.Music and Danc
How Recent Innovative Developments Of Prosthetics Have Affected Athletes And Shaped Their Performance
Full text linkParalympic athlete potential has reached an all-time high: thanks to the power of prosthetics. This literature review aims to explore and address how the latest developments in prosthetics have impacted athletes and their ability to perform in everyday life, as well as competitive sporting events. For this purpose, the most recent and innovative prosthetics will be critically examined. Recent technological breakthroughs have yielded better performance results over the years in the Paralympic games. Prosthetic devices are far more advanced today than they were even ten years ago.These modern prosthetics have unlocked a new world of athletic potential. Modern prosthetics and therapies are solely responsible for an increase in satisfaction for Paralympic athletes and their athletic performance results.Biolog
Emily Sherwood
Full text linkA self-described Military Brat, Emily was born in 1958 in Albuquerque and followed her father’s marine employment in Washington, D.C., Greenville, SC, and Oceanside, CA. The family ultimately settled in Schenectady, New York, where her father was employed at the General Electric Plant. Her father’s Marine Corps service and Emily's Episcopalian upbringing inculcated her and her older sisters with a strong sense of social responsibility and civic virtue. Emily’s political baptism came at age ten during the Vietnam War when her older sister took her to an anti-war demonstration. Her sexual awakening came after having a crush on a female math teacher and hearing Helen Reddy’s “I am Woman.” She would attend the women’s college Mount Holyoke College, where she met her first lesbian friend during Christian Fellowship. She joined the lesbian alliance and became part of “Women’s Music," which drew musicians from civil rights and feminist movements. After college, she and her future wife Ruth would move to Somerville, Jamaica Plains, Newton Highlands, and Marblehead before going to Lynn in 1999. They were delighted to discover five gay couples on their block, part of a larger burgeoning community. Emily dedicated her career to working for social change, from her early days as a community organizer to many years working on health and mental health policy for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Emily’s most recent role was deputy commissioner for child, youth and family services for the Department of Mental Health. Previous positions include the director of the Office of Behavioral Health at MassHealth and director of the Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative (CBHI), where she led the implementation of a statewide system of home-based mental health services for children, youth, and families. Interview carried out by Andrew Darien
Steve Sklavounos
Full text linkSteve Sklavounous was born in Beverley in 1951 and was raised by his grandparents in the Brickyard Neighborhood of West Lynn. He is a 1970 graduate of Lynn Classical who worked at nurseries owned by his grandparents and later at the North Shore Council on Alcohol. Known as Steve “The Greek,” he is proud of his Greek heritage but notes that he grew up in an ethnic enclave of Greeks, Italians, and Poles. He learned his work ethic and grit from his grandmother, who put him to work in the family nursery while still in grammar school. He was first introduced to Fran’s place at age eight by his grandmother, who would go there to gamble. He describes Fran’s as a lesbian bar in the 1960s and 1970s and discusses many of the fights among patrons. He describes a horrific Thanksgiving episode in which her mother shot her father, for which she was sent to prison. He frequented many gay bars in Boston and Lynn, including The Lighthouse Cafe, Fran’s Place, Jacques, Mr. Dominic’s, 47 Central, Northern Lights, Tammany Hall, and Napoleons. He discusses the fears of AIDS in the 1980s and his activism to bring it more attention
Immunity to Tuberculosis
No full textMycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterial pathogen that causes tuberculosis, is responsible for 10 million cases and 1.5 million deaths each year. Fortunately, most infected people never develop disease. This presentation will discuss what immune components are required to contain infection and why immunity fails and permits disease in some cases
On Boarding and Training Processes in the Volunteering Department; Scheduling and Organization
No full textThis project focused on creating the on-boarding process for volunteers to be more organized and efficient. By assessing and re-organizing the process, it will be more efficient and smoother for both the volunteer joining and the person on-boarding the volunteer. The re-created process goal is to have five volunteers on-boarding at a time and have the training take just over a month to complete. Working with five new volunteers at a time allows for more individualized training and attention to insure that they have everything they need. This process would consist of applying to be a volunteer, interviewing, completing to be medically compliant, and orientation, leading to training