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Improving Representation of Underrepresented Minority (URM) Students in Oncology Biomedical Research Workforce: Outcome Evaluation from the ReTOOL Program
No full textThe Research Training Opportunities for Outstanding Leaders (ReTOOL) program was implemented in 2012 to increase the representation of racial and ethnic minorities in the biomedical workforce. Specifically, the ReTOOL program aims to foster the capacity for scientific research among underserved populations as well as address the cultural appropriateness of research projects. This paper describes the impact of the ReTOOL program in enhancing the research training of underrepresented minority (URM) students. Forty URM students who completed the ReTOOL program between 2012 and 2019 were invited to participate in the program evaluation. The response rate was 73% with 29 participants. Of the 29 participants, 26 trainees self-identified as Black or African-American. A structured survey developed for the program was employed for data collection, using a Likert Scale ranging from 1 to 5, with 5 being the best. The item ratings ranged from 4.45 to 4.80. Responses to open-ended questions show that ReTOOL has been instrumental in socializing and acculturating participants into the habits of scientific thinking. The combined use of quantitative and qualitative inquiry depicts that ReTOOL has been highly successful in fostering participant enrollment in advanced health-related or professional degree programs
Historical Biogeography of the Neotropical Miconieae (Melastomataceae) Reveals a Pattern of Progressive Colonization Out of Lowland South America
No full textThe Neotropics harbor over a third of all known seed plant species, and their distribution is not homogenous. Understanding how this diversity arose and is maintained is a complex endeavor and likely dependent upon the area, vegetation type, or group of organisms studied. The Miconieae, with ca. 1900 species, are the largest tribe of the plant family Melastomataceae. The clade is strictly Neotropical and composed of mostly shrubs and small trees, but also herbs, epiphytes, and lianas all berry-fruited and important components of Neotropical rain and cloud forests. This makes the Miconieae an ideal model system to study the establishment of modern-day Neotropical forests. We investigated the biogeographic patterns of this diverse group using over 90, 000 distribution records of herbarium specimens for over 1000 species. The biogeographical history of the Miconieae reveals a complex pattern involving relatively few migrations followed by in situ species radiations. The pattern is mostly centrifugal as groups radiated repeatedly out of the Amazonian basin into the Andes, Eastern Brazil, and the Lesser Antilles, and later from the Andes to the Greater Antilles and Central America. While niche conservatism may have played an important role on a broad scale, other local factors, such as biotic interactions, microclimate, and soil characteristics, are important for local diversification
Municipal advancement and tourism policy in the United States: Economic development and urban restructuring
No full textTourism in North America has emerged as a central aspect of cultural policy given that cities endeavor to strengthen their existing identities, and/or recast new images within the pursuit of economic expansion opportunities. While today urban economic development efforts include culture, leisure, and tourism as significant parts of a broader planning mix, urban tourism and related cultural forms did not fit into the schemes for growth during the 1950s and 1960s. Post-WWII urban restructuring was accompanied by a shift from a production-oriented to a consumption-oriented economy. It was within the midst of intercity competition that municipals governments aimed to construct the city of leisure, through the use of various strategies including robust private-public partnerships. The infrastructure that followed in the form of sports stadiums, conventions centers, arenas, museums, parks, concert halls, and waterfront developments, produced amenities that not only attracted tourists, but also reshaped the socioeconomic realities of residents. In the process, many downtowns were reformulated, giving rise to new neighborhoods, often causing gentrification and displacement. This chapter examines cities within this broader context while also recognizing the associated complexities and dynamic nature of tourism as a driver of economic advancement and cultural change
An Environmental Ethic of Home
No full textIn this paper, I argue that our lives are situated in territories of natural and built environments that should be included in our conceptions of home. I maintain that this expanded conception is indispensable for an environmental ethic that is both well-grounded and practically efficacious. Thus, I take a serious look at the things, places, and others that ought to be included in our concept of home. In the first section I discuss persistent problems for dominant theories of environmental ethics, namely that they fail to connect or give equal weight to value in nature and valuing nature. In the second section, I rely on the work of Hans Jonas to show that ethical responsibility is central to any robust theory of ethics. Ethical theory requires both a source of value and a feeling of responsibility toward that value to be appropriately grounded. Sections three and four contain my arguments for a conception of home in an expanded sense. There I also argue that homes act as primal sites of responsibility, ones that establish both value in nature and a feeling that grounds an environmental ethic. The final section builds on this ground by providing a set of values or ideals to which individuals can commit in order to make their homes good ones in an ethicallycharged sense
Online Versus Traditional Learning: Academic Performance and Learning Disabilities
Get PDFIn an ever-changing society, it is essential to understand how students learn best. In society today, the growing area of online learning is prevalent. With limited research regarding online versus traditional face-to-face learning, there is a need for more information on this topic. Online versus traditional learning in college undergraduates at universities is apparent, especially since the start of COVID-19 (El Refae et al., 2021). While face-to-face learning was the usual format that undergraduate college students utilized, the transformation to online learning changed rapidly. The research in this study area also changed (Van Der Werf & Sabatier, 2009). With each of these learning environments playing roles in students’ quality of life, it is essential to understand how each environment affects students differently. This topic yearns for further research when comparing online versus traditional learning to several different factors, like academic performance, learning disabilities, and context. College student success is the top priority for many universities, and knowing this information can help colleges better understand how their students are succeeding in different and new learning formats (Mohammadian et al., 2021). Addressing students’ perceptions of learning will further enhance the learning experiences in online and traditional learning
Increasing the Knowledge of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in Georgia
No full textThe national opioid crisis has had devastating effects on the United States (US) healthcare system with the financial burden totaling more than $2 trillion from 2015 to 2018 (White House Government, 2020) and the physical burden of 128 overdose-related deaths daily (Centers for Disease Control, 2020). According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), some of these deaths are the result of deficits in education to healthcare providers about pain management treatment (CDC, 2020). Improved education for healthcare providers has resulted in a significant decline in the total number of opioid prescriptions from 2016-2019 which suggests that successful containment of the opioid epidemic begins with the prescriber (White House Government, 2020). This paper will describe an online training module’s effectiveness to educate Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) about medications used for treatment in opioid use disorder (OUD)
Idiosyncrasies: Detail 1
No full textIdiosyncrasies: Detail 1 2022 Acrylic, gel medium, and mica powder
Idiosyncrasies is the first triptych I have done in which my artistry has been fully immersed in the work. After experimenting with many different ideas and mediums, I build my canvases, primed them, and then painted them.
While creating these works, I was thinking about unity and balance within color and form. Simultaneously, I wanted each of these works to have different details and stroke to follow the theme of difference between human perspectives. All works are fully painted with a palette knife, adding hue only to scrape it away to reveal underlying colors. The process of my work is heavily influenced by Gerhard Richter’s Abstracts from the 1980s to 2000s.
Outside of painting, these pieces incorporate holographic mica powder – after trial and error with many color changing mediums, I decided the powder achieved my goal. As I want this work to be open to interpretation by every eye met, using a material that literally changed from different point of views was vital. The first layer of mica powder is placed by brushing the powder over areas with applied leaf adhesive. The second and last layer is affixed with a palette knife and mixture of mica, varnish, and media gel. Once the works were complete, I hand-crafted the floating frames using poplar wood.https://kb.gcsu.edu/abundance/1024/thumbnail.jp
Wired: Dopamine
No full textWired: Dopamine 2022 Mixed media works consisting of resin, acrylic, and three-dimensional objects
In Wired, a series of mixed media works consisting of resin, acrylic, and three-dimensional objects, I bring awareness to mental health by illustrating pills in patterns. Scattered pills are a common thread among the works to illustrate that medication is the primary route as opposed to nontraditional therapy, such as cognitive behavioral. With this, I briefly delve into chemical imbalances as a side effect. My work invites the viewer to think and experience second hand the life of the one in five adults who live with mental illness. I chose to work symbolically to keep the viewer’s attention on the important message rather than the intricacy of my work. My work is easy to digest but facilitates discussion as it lingers in the mind.https://kb.gcsu.edu/abundance/1018/thumbnail.jp
