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Impact of In Situ Simulation on Role Responsibility as an Educational Response in the Emergency Department
No full textInterdisciplinary teamwork and individual role awareness of health care workers impact patient care in acute situations. The purpose of this quality improvement study is to measure the impact of in situ simulation on scope of practice as an educational delivery method within interdisciplinary teams in Butterworth Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED). The nursing framework that shaped this study is Hildegard Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations, because it focuses on the nurse’s roles in interpersonal relationships with the patient and others. The study design will be observational, focusing on quality improvement in the Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital ED. Using the Clinical Teamwork Scale (CTS), assessors will observe and evaluate interdisciplinary teams during an in situ simulation intervention focused on emergency care. The sample size is yet to be determined and will consist of a multidisciplinary convenience sample in the Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital Emergency Department. The multidisciplinary team will consist of providers, nurses, nurse technicians, respiratory therapists, pharmacy and others. Data will be analyzed using SPSS version 23. The results and conclusions of the study are yet to be determined. Limitations include that the CTS limits measurements because it assesses the team as a whole instead of individual team members. The study will also use a small sample size at a single site. Implications of the study will focus on quality improvement in the hospital and will be distributed and discussed as Spectrum Health sees fit. The findings will be used for education benefit throughout Spectrum Health and specifically the ED
Neutron Radioactivity in 26O
No full textCurrently there is only one likely case of neutron radioactivity. This unique occurrence is found when observing the neutron-rich 26O. This isotope of oxygen is particularly interesting because it is theorized to live much longer than nearby isotopes. In order to gain a better understanding of neutron radioactivity, the MoNA Collaboration is working to find the lifetime of 26O. Understanding why this isotope lives longer than similar ones will provide insight into how the nuclear force works in neutron-rich nuclei. In order to experimentally determine the lifetime, our team is finding the change in energy during the emission of neutrons. My role is to find the energy of the neutrons after they have been emitted from the nucleus using an array of 288 neutron detectors
Response of Surface Bound Hexacyanoferrate Films to Binary and Ternary Metal Alloys
No full textRecently, there has been an increase in the use of intermittent renewable energy sources. By possessing a large volumetric charge density while maintaining rapid charging and discharging rates, electrochemical capacitors contribute to the diversity of energy storage materials that are needed to accommodate these new demands. In particular, hexacyanoferrate (HCF) films possess a crystal structure which remains physically unaltered during charge cycling, making it an ideal candidate for a durable pseudocapacitor. Transition metals were deposited onto a gold substrate from solution using an electrochemical cell to produce a NiCo or NiCoCu backbone for the thin films. These films are studied in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) with an energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) attachment to determine their structures and compositions. This particular study focuses on how the composition and processing of the metal layer affects the HCF film properties including charge storage, charge/discharge rates, and qualitative surface characteristics. Preliminary results suggest that the alloy processing contributes only slightly to variations in electrochemical properties
Do More Lenient Gun Laws Reduce Criminal Activity? The Impact of State Concealed Weapon Laws on Crime
No full textFrom 2005 to 2015, state laws nationwide have made it easier, on average, for individuals to carry a concealed weapon. During the same timeframe, both violent and property crime rates have generally decreased with the exception of violent crime rates in 2014 and 2015 which increased. If these trends are related, it may be that where concealed weapon laws are more lenient, would-be victims are more likely armed, decreasing the expected benefit of criminal activity. Alternatively, if concealed weapons are easier for perpetrators to carry, crime may increase in number and/or severity. Previous economic studies have considered the impact of concealed weapon laws on crime, but they fail to address the full variation of laws across states and time with respect to concealed carry permits. While the literature suggests that more lenient gun laws reduce crime, it is not clear whether this effect is monotonic (i.e. always increasing or always decreasing). Therefore, this research analyzes the heterogeneous effects of all four types of concealed weapon laws - no-issue (nobody can carry), may-issue (must provide a reason for the license), shall-issue (must pass basic requirements), and right-to-carry (no license needed) - as part of an overall objective of identifying an optimal concealed carry law with respect to resulting crime rates. Using state fixed effects as well as crime data from the FBI Uniform Crime Report, demographic and socioeconomic data from the US Census Bureau, and concealed weapon laws of all fifty states during 2005 to 2015, this research will analyze the impact concealed weapon laws have on crime, allowing for further heterogeneity of effects by type of crime
Do Breadwinners Create Biased Households? The Effects of a Breadwinner’s Gender on Investments in Sons versus Daughters
No full textThis research examines the effect the gender of the household breadwinner has on his/her investment (time, money, etc.) towards his/her children. More specifically, my model allows for gender to influence parental investment in families of varying child gender proportions differently. This relationship is of major interest because results could indicate the direction of family structures, gender roles, the gender wage gap, and the future composition of the work force. This study aims to determine whether or not a slight increase in recent female breadwinners could lead to increasing rates of female breadwinners in the future. If mom breadwinners particularly influence girls, then that increases their likelihood of becoming breadwinners themselves. Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics will be used to conduct the empirical analysis while a role model theory provides the basic theoretical model from which this study is conducted. In households with all sons, having a female breadwinner has a negative impact on both parents’ weekly hours of childcare. There is no evidence to suggest that fathers invest less in daughters, but there is some suggestion that both parents prefer to invest in daughters
Factors That Lead States to Raise Their Minimum Wage
No full textIn a diverse nation of 50 states policy differences are commonplace. One of the biggest and most contentious policy variations is the minimum wage. Some states have simply left it at the federal level while others have drastically increased it. This study looks to dissect economic, political, and historical reasons that lead dozens of states to raise the minimum wage and cause other states to leave it alone
Research Methods 242 - Celebrity Influence on American National Elections
No full textCelebrities have played a public role in politics for a long time, often advocating their views on national platforms that influence people who see them. Celebrity endorsements continue to thrive onwards into 2017 with the question remaining over their actual influence on the American public. This research assesses the role that celebrity influence played in the 2016 presidential primaries
Analyzing Library Marketing & Communication Efforts at Liberal Arts Colleges
Get PDFMarketing & communication in academic libraries is an area that has received growing attention in recent years, with many institutions devoting increased staff time to these efforts; however, most literature focuses on projects at larger institutions. This study surveyed small liberal arts college libraries’ usage of social media & other promotional materials for outreach, communication, & marketing, as well as the staffing levels needed for this work, & documents how it impacted practice at one liberal arts college
A Classroom Experiment: Using Shared Shelf to Archive and Share Student Video Film Reviews
Get PDFThe Hope College Library, as a participant in the CIC Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research, sought to extend the usage of Shared Shelf beyond a repository for local archival and art collections to a platform for faculty and student scholarship and creative output. Working with Dr. Lauren Janes (Assistant Professor of History), Tori Longfield (Digital Liberal Arts Librarian) proposed testing Shared Shelf for student use in the final course project for HIST 280: Modern Imperialism (Spring 2017). In collaboration with Jeremy Barney (Metadata and Digital Collections Librarian), a workflow was established to facilitate communication between the library and Dr. Janes, generate a project space for students within Shared Shelf, and instruct students on using the system. Partnering with faculty on these types of course projects affords the Hope College Library with the opportunity to highlight Shared Shelf as a useful platform for sharing student work and introduce students to digital asset management systems and the importance of archiving and describing digital assets (metadata)
Exploring the Effects of Copper on Composition and Charge Storage of Prussian Blue Analogue Pseudocapacitors
No full textAs energy usage has increased in recent years, there has been great demand for efficient, cost-effective, and earth-abundant materials to be used for energy storage. The ability to produce hexacyanoferrate (HCF) modified nickel film for use as a pseudocapacitor has already been demonstrated. This project focuses on the effects on the modification procedure and the resulting material of adding copper to the nickel metal film. A NiCu film was deposited onto a gold substrate with a controlled potential electrolysis experiment, then was modified and characterized with a cyclic voltammetry experiment. The composition was determined with a scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy before and after the modification process. Copper was selectively removed in some cases as a result of the modification. With increased levels of copper, the material can become structurally unsound and result in unintentional stripping of the material. Preliminary data suggests that as the pre-modification level of copper is increased, the resulting charge storage of the HCF film increases as well