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Ralph Galvan and Orchestra at C.P Telethon
No full textRalph Galvan and Orchestra preforming at the C.P Teletho
Duke Ellington at Galvan's
No full textDuke Ellington and Five Men Smiling for a picture at Galvan'
Bobby Galvan and John Edward
No full textBobby Galvan and John Edward sitting together on the steps of the Galvan Hous
Jimmy Dorsey and Rafael Galvan Sr. Smiling
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Using parental education and text reminders to increase the human Papillomavirus vaccination rate in early adolescents
No full textA dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice.Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the United States. HPV is transmitted through direct contact with skin and mucous membranes when having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with an infected person. There are 33,700 new cases of HPV diagnosed annually in the United States, and despite the availability of a safe and effective vaccine for HPV, parents are not vaccinating their adolescents. The current U.S. vaccination rate of adolescents aged 13–15 is 58.6%. The vaccination rate of early adolescents aged 9-11 is only 32.8%, much lower than those aged 13-15. Texas is ranked 31 of 50 states, with 54.9% of adolescents aged 13–17 vaccinated. Parents report declining the vaccine because the vaccine is not required, their children are too young, or their child is not sexually active and, therefore, does not need the vaccine. This quality improvement project aimed to examine the impact of text reminders, parental pre-reading, and individualized education on improving the HPV vaccination rates in early adolescents aged 9–11 at a suburban primary care clinic in a large Texas city. A convenience sample was used to recruit patients as they arrived for their appointments. This project offered parents individualized educational information and opportunities to discuss questions with providers. Over the project’s twelve weeks, seventy-one patients (n = 71) met the inclusion criteria. The number of early adolescents initiating the vaccination series at their visit increased from 17.8% of 135 to 76.1% of 71. The results reveal that combining education and text message reminders increases HPV vaccine initiation effectively. The successful increase of vaccine initiation and completion rates will aid in cancer reduction overall health of our population and assist with reaching the current national goal of having 80% of adolescents vaccinated by 2030.Nursing PracticeCollege of Nursing and Health Scienc
Bobby and Eddie Galvan at the Jazz Festival
No full textBobby and Eddie Galvan playing their saxophones at the Jazz Festiva
Coral disease outbreak at the remote Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico
Get PDFEast and West Flower Garden Bank (FGB) are part of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. This geographically-isolated reef system contains extensive coral communities with the highest coral cover (>50%) in the continental United States due, in part, to their remoteness and depth, and have historically exhibited low incidence of coral disease and bleaching despite ocean warming. Yet in late August 2022, disease-like lesions on seven coral species were reported during routine monitoring surveys on East and West FGB (2.1–2.6% prevalence). A series of rapid response cruises were conducted in September and October 2022 focused on 1) characterizing signs and epidemiological aspects of the disease across FGB and within long-term monitoring sites, 2) treating affected coral colonies with Base 2B plus amoxicillin, and 3) collecting baseline images through photostations and photomosaics. Marginal and/or multi-focal lesions and tissue loss were observed, often associated with substantial fish and invertebrate predation, affecting the dominant coral species Pseudodiploria strigosa (7–8% lesion prevalence), Colpophyllia natans (11–18%), and Orbicella spp. (1%). Characterizing this disease event during its early epidemic phase at East and West FGB provides a critical opportunity to observe how coral disease functions in a relatively healthy coral ecosystem versus on reefs chronically affected by various stressors (e.g., Caribbean reefs adjacent to urban centers). Insights into the etiology, spread, and impacts of the disease can ultimately inform efforts to mitigate its effects on coral communities
Online multiscale finite element simulation of thermo-mechanical model with phase change
No full textThis paper presents a thermo-mechanical model with phase transition considering changes in the mechanical properties of the medium. The proposed thermo-mechanical model is described by a system of partial differential equations for temperature and displacements. In the model, soil deformations occur due to porosity growth caused by ice and water density differences. A finite element approximation of this model on a fine grid is presented. The linearization from the previous time step is used to handle the nonlinearity of the problem. For reducing the size of the discrete problem, offline and online multiscale approaches based on the Generalized Multiscale Finite Element Method (GMsFEM) are proposed. A two-dimensional model problem simulating the heaving process of heterogeneous soil with a stiff inclusion was considered for testing the mathematical model and the multiscale approaches. Numerical solutions depict the process of soil heaving caused by changes in porosity due to the phase transition. The movement of the phase transition interface was observed. The change of medium properties, including the elastic modulus, was traced and corresponds to the phase transition interface. The proposed multiscale approaches significantly reduce the size of the discrete problem while maintaining reasonable accuracy. However, the online multiscale approach achieves better accuracy than the offline approach with fewer degrees of freedom.The research of D.A. was funded by the Laboratory of Computational Technologies for Modeling Multiphysical and Multiscale Permafrost Processes within the framework of Grant No. FSRG2021-0015 and the Russian Science Foundation Grant No. 23-71-30013, https://rscf.ru/en/project/23-71-30013/, accessed on 28 March 2023