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Beehive: The \u2760s Musical (2024)
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Beehive: The \u2760s Musical (2024)
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An Examination of Empathy in a Post-Pandemic Society
No full textThe intent of this study was to examine the relationship between a standard measurement of empathy and its ability to predict empathy within individuals who were in the COVID-19 pandemic. The existing literature pertains mostly negative effects on frontline workers, primarily those in healthcare, and how the pandemic had affected them due to their line of work rather than a general effect on the population. In this study, we looked at the pandemic and how it affected a more general population. The current sample, mostly including young adults, provides insight between the relationship between empathy and the pandemic and any possible relationships that may not have been studied yet. A questionnaire measuring empathy and vignettes detailing hypothetical scenarios with fictitious characters were used to discover correlations between scores. Although, there was no significant correlations, but the study was able to spot other significant details within scores such as the prioritization of substance abuse over job loss
Turtle Community Structure In A Central Ohio Pond With Native And Nonnative Species
Get PDFFreshwater turtles are key indicators of habitat health and play a critical role in the food chain and seed dispersal. Red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) are native to southern Ohio but have since expanded to central Ohio due to the pet trade. Expanding to nonnative areas, red-eared sliders may compete with native turtles for space and food. This study aims to describe the turtle community in Otterbein Lake, Westerville, Ohio, USA to examine species richness, diversity, and evenness and to analyze their diet composition. I caught turtles (n=61) with baited hoop nets and basking traps from July – Oct 2023. I then collected fecal samples by holding turtles individually in tubs of water for 36 hours. Six species were observed including red-eared sliders, northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica), midland painted turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata), eastern spiny softshells (Apalone spinifera spinifera), eastern musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus), and common snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina). I estimated that 113 turtles live in Otterbein Lake with 72 red-eared sliders based on the Schnabel method and extracted DNA from the fecal samples (n=46) using Qiagen DNeasy Plant Pro Kits. I analyzed the turtle diet composition based on amplicon presence via polymerase chain reaction of extracted DNA using six primers of known specificity to plastid, mitochondrial, and nuclear loci of insects, amphibians, fish, and Viridiplantae clades including angiosperms, gymnosperms. There was a significant difference between species and their diets. Eastern spiny softshell, midland painted, northern map, and red-eared slider diets collectively included angiosperms species, insects, and amphibians. Eastern spiny softshell turtles were the only species to exhibit fish in their diets. I did not detect gymnosperms in any diets within this study, suggesting that our primers were specific to diet rather than environmental DNA
Educating Nurses on Frequent Oral Care for Mechanically Ventilated Patients: An Evidence-Based Practice Project Proposal
Get PDFThe final scholarly project proposal is to implement oral care education for nurses in an intensive care unit (ICU). The proposal aims to create a guideline for an investigator to implement oral care recommendations for mechanically ventilated patients in order to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The proposal consists of obtaining VAP data and oral care charting data for the unit studied, steps for providing oral care education, and analysis recommendations. Oral care involves swabbing the patient’s mouth every two hours with a swab and mouthwash. Oral care education would include handouts and direct teaching. The proposal aims to increase oral care charting rates and decrease ventilator-associated pneumonia after educating the unit’s nurses. There will also be recommendations for future practice in the unit and other ICUs. Dissemination will include a poster, presentation, paper, and submission to Digital Commons
2024 Courtright Memorial Library Facts and Figures
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It\u27s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
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It\u27s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
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Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
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05. Revising Lorenzetti: Peaceful Countryside/Peaceful City
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