245 research outputs found
Learning needs assessment examining current infection prevention and control knowledge, readiness, and training preferences among healthcare providers
No full textNicholas Ida, MPH; Judith A. Guzman Cottrill, DO; Roza Tammer, MPH, CIC; Rebecca Pierce, PhD, MS, BSN; Dat Tran, MD, MS.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Video Games May Be Hurting You More Than You Think
No full textAlyssia Schwab, Shane Gelster, Kaitlyn Cottrill, CWP102: Argumentation and ResearchFaculty Mentor(s): Professor Susan Mary Paige, Academic Success, Professor Jane Sullivan, College Writing Program
Today\u27s youth uses video games as a stress reliever without understanding the effects it has on sleep and academic performance. Video games are often used by first-year college students as a way to relieve stress and escape reality from their hectic academic and personal lives. The project will provide evidence about (a) the connection between sleep habits and video game play time, (b) the effects that sleep habits have on daily life, specifically academic performance, and (c) how to regulate video game play and its effect on sleep schedules and performance. After a comprehensive literature review of peer reviewed articles, we will administer a Likert scale self-reporting survey to the participants. The participants will be a sample of convenience of first year students at a four-year public urban college in Upstate New York. This study, with prior IRB approval, will analyze the effects that video games have on the sleep habits of participants. They will be asked about (a) hours spent playing video games, (b) sleep patterns, and (c) current grade point average (GPA). A correlational data analysis will be used to determine the connection between video game play, sleep habits, and GPA. The goal will be to identify stopping cues to assist college students in decreasing screen time and improving academic success.https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/srcc-sp21-psychsocsci/1019/thumbnail.jp
A comparison of electrodeposition of gun blue and sequential cyanoacrylate fuming and black powder for the enhancement of fingerprints on brass cartridge cases
No full textLatent fingerprints from cartridge cases are of great evidential value, allowing investigators to link a person to the scene of a crime. Many techniques have been reported to be effective in developing fingerprints on cartridge cases including gun blue, a category B process which coats the cartridge case in a dark CuSe alloy. Dove introduced the concept of the electrodeposition of gun blue in 2014, hypothesising that the application of a potential difference would cause preferential deposition of the gun blue onto the cartridge case. While the method has proven quite effective when compared to conventional techniques such as CA fuming followed by BY40, it has not yet been compared to CA fuming and powdering. Additionally, it’s effect on subsequent DNA recovery has not been reported
Animal dietary exposure : overview of current approaches used at EFSA
No full textAt EFSA, animal dietary exposure estimates are undertaken by several Panels/Units to assess the risk of feed contaminants, pesticide residues, genetically modified feed and feed additives. Guidance documents describing methodologies for animal dietary exposure assessment are available both at EFSA and international levels. Although appropriate within pertinent regulatory frameworks, the methodologies used to assess animal dietary exposure vary across risk assessment areas. There are different approaches ranging from quick worst-case estimations to more refined methods assessing actual exposure, resulting from the use of a heterogeneous selection of animal populations and default values to estimate feed intake. Furthermore, current feed classification systems in place at international and national levels contain a large and heterogeneous number of feed materials, which may benefit from further harmonisation efforts. This technical report presents an overview of the current approaches in place at EFSA to assess the exposure to chemicals in feed. The possibility for a greater harmonisation of feed classification and terminology is also addressed by comparing the structure of the EU catalogue of feed materials and the Harmonised OECD tables of feedstuffs derived from field crops with the EFSA FoodEx2 system
Impacts of decarbonization on the automotive after sales sector : A review of evidence
No full textOpen Access via the SHEDL Sage agreement Declaration of conflicting interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.Peer reviewe
Teaching Writing in a Digital Age: Addressing Issues of Access
No full textSpecifically addressing access, this article begins by briefly discussing how and why digital spaces are being incorporated into writing classrooms, raising questions about equality, looking at how certain institutions are modifying requirements to accommodates problems of access, and finally examining how “access†reaches beyond ability to use, but also includes multiple levels of support
A product of the environment: environmental constraint, candidate behavior and the speed of democracy
No full textElections are the engine that drives democracy. The central question of this
dissertation relates to the speed of that engine: How long does it take for elections to
reflect changing preferences in the electorate? The findings presented in this dissertation
suggest that electoral change is the result of a gradual process of natural selection in
which the political environment, rather than district service activity, is the key variable.
Comparing elections data across different types of district environment, I find evidence
that the environment affects levels of competition and electoral outcomes. Utilizing an
event history statistical model to examine various risk factors for electoral defeat, I find
that the political environment of the district is the most important factor influencing the
risk of defeat even when controlling for district service behaviors. Over time, the district
environment operates as a self-correcting mechanism, purging political misfits and
replacing them with representatives who better reflect the ideology of the district.
Electoral change typically results more from evolution than revolution it may not occur
quickly, and it may not occur in every district, but it does occur when and where it is
needed
The Effects of Non-Legislative Approaches to Redistricting on Competition in Congressional Elections
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