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Comparison of Quality of Discharge Teaching Scores on a Postpartum Unit
No full texthe Quality of Discharge Teaching Scale (QDTS) was used to determine the effectiveness and preparedness of discharge teaching. It was administered by nurses at discharge for patient feedback to help develop changes to the discharge teaching plan. From the QDTS results, changes in discharge teaching were made to focus on what the patient determined as their learning needs. The QDTS was administered after changes were made to determine if improvements in scores occurred. The purpose of this project was to compare QDTS results before and after adjustments had been made to the concept and focus of discharge teaching. The conceptual model for this study was Pender’s Health Promotion Model which emphasizes how health promotion, in this study the quality of discharge teaching received, was used to increase client’s level of function and wellbeing. This study used a between-subjects design via patient completion of the QDTS scale, comparing results between two time frames. The pre-test data included 488 participants and the post-test project currently has a sample size of 307. Participants were women being discharged from the postpartum unit at a hospital in West Michigan. Data analysis involving SPSS statistical software will be used to run correlation tests on the data. Results and conclusions are pending. Limitations include use of a convenience sample, lack of demographic data and data collected from only one hospital. Future implications would be improved satisfaction and understanding in discharge teaching received
The Value of a Teacher: Teacher Compensation and Resulting Budget Constraints in Public Education
No full textThis project theoretically and empirically explores the relationship between teacher compensation and school performance, with specific focus on the role of higher compensation leading to budget constraints at both the district and state level. We start by exploring a theoretical puzzle. Using classical incentive theory, we argue that higher compensation of various forms has positive impact on the motivation, recruitment, and retention of individual teachers. That said, we also acknowledge that compensation for individual teachers may also have a negative impact on school performance by virtue of the resulting budget constrains created by higher compensation. This is especially true with smaller districts where compensation accounts for a larger percentage of total school costs. Using data on salary schedules, pension plans, and budgets collected from 29 districts across 26 states, we calculate discrepancies between the amount of money promised to teachers during retirement and the amount of money that districts are capable of paying. We then explore the role of such discrepancies in driving budget constraints at both the district and state levels. While our findings are preliminary due to the small sample size, this research indicates that tradeoffs exist between the district and state level when determining the extent to which each should contribute funding to district budgets and teacher pensions in the short- and long-term. Preliminary results show that when states increase educational funding, thereby taking some of the burden upon themselves, districts often decrease their respective funding towards teacher compensation, a process that releases the pressure placed on the districts while serving to increase the resulting pressure on the state. This trend is evident throughout our sample and one that we intend to explore further in both theory and analysis
The Effect of Sprint Interval Training Compared to Endurance Training on Aerobic Capacity in Female Collegiate Athletes.
No full textHigh intensity interval training has previously demonstrated improvements in aerobic capacity. The purpose of this study was to examine whether high intensity sprint interval training would be as effective in improving aerobic capacity as traditional endurance training. Sixteen female soccer and volleyball players (19.5 ±1.1 yrs) were recruited for the study. Participants were divided into 2 groups, an endurance training (ET, n=9) and a sprint interval training group (SIT, n=7). Prior to and following training, VO2peak and time to exhaustion tests were assessed in all participants. The training for both groups consisted of 6 exercise sessions over a period of 2 weeks. The ET group exercised at 65% of their VO2peak for 45 to 60 minutes for the 6 sessions. The SIT training consisted of 4 to 6 sets of four 40 meter sprints on a 30 second interval with 4 minutes rest between sets. If results indicate improvements in aerobic capacity similar to endurance training then low volume high intensity interval training has the potential to change the way athletes train and may increase their workout efficiency
Salivary IgA in Female Cross Country Runners: The Correlation to Training Level and URTI Risk
No full textThis primarily descriptive study observed the changes in salivary Immunoglobulin A (IgA) levels and rate of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTI) that occurs during “normal training in collegiate cross country women”. Previous research has indicated a significant negative correlation between training and IgA in various athletic groups that may put athletes at an increased risk for infection, specifically URTI. This study aimed to find a quantitative measurement of IgA levels that might act as an indicator for overtraining. The study also investigated whether IgA levels would increase during taper training (reduced mileage) at the end of the season, which may indicate how rested an athlete is for championship competition. Twenty-four college aged females participated in this study [14 cross-country (XC) athletes, 10 moderately active controls]. Participants followed their usual workout regimen during the 10-week study. Logs were used to record perceived exertion of workout, infection symptoms, motivation, and tiredness measures. Weekly, participants provided a 2mL saliva sample via passive drool. Samples were assayed using an ELISA protocol for IgA concentration. Five of the top eight XC runners reported sickness during the study, with two demonstrating significant decrease (p\u3c0.05) in IgA during week of sickness. Similarly, six of nine control participants reported URTI symptoms, with three demonstrating a significant decrease in IgA during sick week. Mean IgA levels significantly increased in the top eight XC runners from weeks 6 to 7 (p\u3c. 012) and weeks 6 to 9 (p\u3c. 017) positively correlating with reduction in training volume and intensity during weeks 7 and 9. The correlation between IgA and URTI is limited, but it appears that tapering does produce a rebound in salivary IgA levels
A Comparison of Acoustic Vowel Spaces in the Hindi and Punjabi Languages
No full textThis is an empirical study investigating the vowel space of Hindi and Punjabi speakers residing in Southeast Michigan. The study explores acoustic variation in phonemic production of seven peripheral vowels within Hindi and Punjabi across adult male and female speakers. Since earlier studies primarily focused on articulatory aspects of vowels, there are very few studies focused on acoustic spacing of these two languages. Differences in temporal and spectral acoustic features, such as vowel duration, format frequencies, and other auditory cues are parameters that will be used to measure acoustic variation. Not only will this study increase our knowledge about the comparisons between acoustic parameters of the Hindi and Punjabi languages, but there are various possibilities for applications of this research in the fields of linguistic studies, foreign language studies, and speech pathology
Review of Tales of the moon: Essay on Fiction and Modern Sciences by Frédérique Aït-Touati
No full textAutomated Genome Annotation And Metabolic Model Reconstruction In The SEED And Model SEED
No full textOver the past decade, genome-scale metabolic models have proven to be a crucial resource for predicting organism phenotypes from genotypes. These models provide a means of rapidly translating detailed knowledge of thousands of enzymatic processes into quantitative predictions of whole-cell behavior. Until recently, the pace of new metabolic model development was eclipsed by the pace at which new genomes were being sequenced. To address this problem, the RAST and the Model SEED framework were developed as a means of automatically producing annotations and draft genome-scale metabolic models. In this chapter, we describe the automated model reconstruction process in detail, starting from a new genome sequence and finishing on a functioning genome-scale metabolic model. We break down the model reconstruction process into eight steps: submitting a genome sequence to RAST, annotating the genome, curating the annotation, submitting the annotation to Model SEED, reconstructing the core model, generating the draft biomass reaction, auto-completing the model, and curating the model. Each of these eight steps is documented in detail
Health and Healing in Compariative Perspective: U.S. and Mexico
Get PDFA global experience comparing the development of the healing professions, the economics of the modern health sector, and practices of health and healing in the U. S. and México. An intense three week cultural experience in Querétaro, México in health clinics and hospitals under the supervision of faculty from the Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro and the Hope College Nursing Department. Cultural enrichment for nursing, pre-physical therapy, pre-med and other pre-health major students
A Longitudinal Study Investigating the Effects of the PBL Approach in Secondary Mathematics Education
Get PDFThis longitudinal study investigated the effect of Project Based Learning (PBL) on secondary-mathematics students in order to determine both academic-skill development and motivational factors associated with learning. Results showed that secondary students not only benefited from PBL in learning mathematics content, but exhibited improved self-efficacy and self-regulation in learning mathematics
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No full textArtists\u27 Statement: Tommy Storm and the Galactic Knights. A tale chock full of imaginative phrases, scenes, and characters, telling the story of five adolescent kids on a mission to save the universe. Sounds crazy, right? But by drawing inspiration from the story and my childhood, I was led to create this book--a book that illustrates a child\u27s imagination and the adventures that unfold.\u27https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/altered_book/1084/thumbnail.jp