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Unity town report for the year ending December 31, 2024
Get PDFThis is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire
A Quality Improvement Project: Increasing Pre-Term Infant Safety by Enhancing Skin-to-Skin Time in the NICU
Get PDFBackground: Skin-to-skin (STS) contact, also known as kangaroo care, is a critical intervention for preterm infants, especially for those in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It promotes neurodevelopmental outcomes, physiological stability, and parental bonding. However, STS often falls below recommended daily levels due to a variety of berries. Exploring aids like belly bands may help address these barriers and promote improved outcomes.
Local Problem: STS time in this NICU microsystem falls significantly below nationally recommended levels, with most preterm infants receiving less than one to two hours daily compared to the World Health Organization’s recommendation of 8-24 hours per day. Contributing factors include inadequate parental and nurse education, limited promotion of STS, and parental hesitation in handling fragile infants. This quality improvement project aimed to improve parental comfort and nurse confidence in facilitating STS by implementing belly bands in the NICU.
Methods: This quality improvement (QI) project used the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model to introduce belly bands as a supportive tool for STS. The interventions included nurse education and distribution of informational materials to families. Pre- and post-intervention surveys assessed nurse satisfaction, confidence in educating parents, and perceived parental comfort.
Results: Fourteen nurses completed the pre-intervention survey and four completed the post-intervention survey. Post-intervention responses indicated improved nurse confidence and perceived parental comfort, with 57% of the nurses pre-intervention believing parents were comfortable using belly bands compared to 100% post-intervention. Additionally, 75% of post-survey respondents reported confidence assisting parents with STS while using belly bands.
Conclusions: The introduction of belly bands in the NICU was associated with increased nurse confidence and perceived parental comfort, which may support efforts to promote STS practices. It’s low cost and simplicity support sustainable and potential spread to other NICUs through further cycles and direct parental feedback are needed
OCEAN AND COASTAL ACIDIFICATION Monitoring Priorities for the Northeast US and Eastern Canada
Get PDFThe Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification Monitoring Prioritization Plan 2024 calls for Coastal Acidification Networks to identify the ocean and coastal acidification (OCA) monitoring needs most important for their regions. The Northeast Coastal Acidification Network (NECAN) organized a webinar series to study regional needs, which culminated with a workshop in November 2023. This workshop led to the identification of six priority new Monitoring Needs in addition to the maintenance of current monitoring efforts:
• Improve spatial and temporal scale of monitoring co-located OCA variables and biological measurements to better resolve variability of acidification dynamics in concert with biological processes
• Increase subsurface monitoring to understand how conditions vary at depth
• Increase the number of high-frequency monitoring assets that measure at least two of four carbon parameters
• Increase near-real-time and rapid response observing capacity for episodic events
• Determine fluxes and rates that would help parameterize and constrain regional modeling efforts to understand past conditions and project future trends
• Increase spatial coverage of “climate”-quality observations
This report presents monitoring needs and opportunities for consideration by coastal managers, decision makers, researchers, and monitoring groups. It offers options to apply new capacity or funding to the expansion of OCA monitoring in the NECAN region. Writing the report led to the identification of eight cross-cutting actions which will lead to the implementation of these Monitoring Needs:
1. Expand monitoring beyond carbonate chemistry to provide a complete assessment of OCA, its effects, and future trends.
2. Enhance or leverage existing monitoring platforms for a cost-effective and collaborative approach to creating a more complete OCA monitoring system in the NECAN region.
3. Expand the NECAN membership to include protected area experts, terrestrial biogeochemists and hydrologists, fisheries experts, social scientists, Tribal liaisons, project leads from large assessments, and other important stakeholders, rights holders and decision makers.
4. Increase funding in the Northeast to both sustain currently-stretched efforts and grow a more robust ocean acidification monitoring program.
5. Pursue immediate implementation of proxy approaches or interim strategies for measurements with technological or capacity limitations, while new technologies are being developed.
6. Synthesize monitoring information to advance the understanding of OCA in the region.
7. Deploy monitoring assets strategically, with end-user needs in mind, ensuring that the collected data is accessible, relevant, and useful for decision-making.
8. Share NECAN’s experience in developing these recommendations with other Coastal Acidification Networks and regional monitoring programs
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection
No full textA music manuscript folio with the notation for the songs Chanson de la [Tourterelle] , Our Beautiful Young Lady , Gavotte from Nouveau Recueil 1732 , and Fatigue Call or Pioneer\u27s March on the front. The inner pages contain notation for the songs; Mrs. Campbell of Shawfield\u27s Minuet , three untitled minuets, and The Duchess of Buccleuch\u27s Minuet . The back page contains notation for the song Lady Anne Barnard\u27s Minuet . Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; Chanson de la [illegible] is in F major and 3/4 time; Our Beautiful Young Lady is in D major and 3/4 time; Gavotte from Nouveau Recueil is in C major and 4/4 time; Fatigue Call or Pioneer\u27s March is in G major and 6/8 time; Mrs. Campbell of Shawfield\u27s Minuet is in D major and 3/4 time; the three untitled minuets are in G major / 3/4 time, E major / 3/4 time, and D minor / 3/4 time, respectively; The Duchess of Buccleuch\u27s Minuet is in F major and 3/4 time; Lady Anne Barnard\u27s Minuet is in E-flat major and 3/4 time.https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_music_and_dance/1020/thumbnail.jp
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection
No full textA music manuscript folio with the notation for the songs Miss Macklin\u27s Minuet , Brook\u27s Maggot and The Wheel of Life on the front. The inner pages contain notation for the songs; Stow Fair , Commodore Howie\u27s Ramble , Miss Green\u27s Minuet , Ludlow Races , Miss Cary\u27s Minuet , and Tomorrow . The back page contains notation for the songs A Minuet and It\u27s 3 o\u27clock we\u27ll have another dance . Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; Miss Macklin\u27s Minuet is in A major and 3/4 time; Brooks Maggot is in G major and 6/8 time; The Wheel of Life is in D major and 2/4 time; Stow Fair is in B-flat major and 2/4 time; Commodore Howie\u27s Ramble is in G major and 6/8 time; Miss Green\u27s Minuet is in D major and 3/4 time; Ludlow Races is in B-flat major and 4/4 time; Miss Cary\u27s Minuet is in G major and 3/4 time; Tomorrow is in F major and 3/4 time; A Minuet is in F major and 3/4 time; It\u27s 3 o\u27clock we\u27ll have another dance is in G major and 4/4 time.https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_music_and_dance/1028/thumbnail.jp
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection
No full textA music manuscript folio with the notation for the song Abbots Bromley on the front; the bottom of the page is signed by David Langstaff. The inner pages contain notation for the song Canon Variation , a canonic version of the melody on the front page. The back page is blank. Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; Abbots Bromley and its Canon Variation are in A minor and 6/8 time.https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_music_and_dance/1031/thumbnail.jp
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection
Get PDFA music manuscript with two melodic fragments labelled A New Country Dance and Mr. Romeo\u27s Maggot on the front. The back page contains notation for the songs Cupid\u27s Courtesie , The Duke of Gloucester\u27s March , and The Lover\u27s Whim . Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; Cupid\u27s Courtesies is in A minor and 3/4 time; The Duke of Gloucester\u27s March is in C major and 4/4 time; The Lover\u27s Whim is in G major and 3/4 time.https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_music_and_dance/1055/thumbnail.jp