68 research outputs found
Workplace Discrimination and Visual Impairment: Still a Concern After the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/30/2017
People with visual impairments experienced workplace discrimination, yet most of the charges were not substantiated by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, indicating the need for targeted education and advocacy for this vulnerable population to achieve parity with their non–visually disabled peers in the workplace.
Primary Author and Speaker: Callie Victor
Contributing Authors: Callie Victor, Dianne Pawluk, Kelli Williams Gary, Leroy Thacker II</jats:p
Building the case for culturally specific prenatal through grade 3 strategies in Oregon
No full textprepared by Callie H. Lambarth, Amanda Cross-Hemmer, Lorelei Mitchell, Beth L. Green and Kate Normand.Title from PDF cover (viewed on December 30, 2019).Covers OCLC #1134399567 and OCLC #1134399474.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.Includes bibliographical references.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
The Effect Financial Incentives, Mentor Programs, and Grow Your Programs Have on Teacher Retention in Texas Rural School Districts
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify effective teacher retention strategies in rural school districts in Texas. The study collected superintendents' use of three categories of commonly employed retention strategies and their effectiveness ratings for reducing teacher turnover. Research Methods: This quantitative study employed a retrospective, exploratory design to describe trends and test four hypotheses linking data from a researcher-constructed survey about district retention strategy use and perceived effectiveness to Texas Education Agency (TEA) data on teacher turnover rates. Data on economic disadvantage students, teacher salaries, and English Language Learner populations were also examined mediating the effects of retention initiatives. Results: Rural school district superintendents who participated in the survey indicated the retention strategies implemented were effective. Overall research indicated financial incentives were somewhat effective for teacher retention. Implications: None of the most commonly used strategies had clear and consistent effects on teacher retention. While financial incentives had the most effect of the three broad categories of programs studied, the effects mentor programs and Grow Your Own initiatives were mediated by declines in the percent of economic disadvantaged and English Language Learner students
Assessing Perceived Work Discrimination From Visual Impairments After the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 4/1/2017
Workplace success for persons with visual impairments requires specific demands and skills. Associations of discrimination charges filed before and after the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act suggest interventions should target retention aspects of work, the largest growing category of discrimination.
Primary Author and Speaker: Callie Victor
Contributing Authors: Al Copolillo, Dianne Pawluk, Kelli Williams Gary, Leroy Thacker II</jats:p
ToF-SIMS characterisation of methane-and hydrogen-plasma-modified graphite using principal components analysis
No full textTime of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) has been used to determine the extent of surface modification of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) samples that were exposed to radio-frequency methane and hydrogen plasmas. The ToF-SIMS measurements were examined with the multivariate method of principal component analysis (PCA), to maximise the amount of spectral information retained in the analysis. This revealed that the plasma (methane or hydrogen plasma) modified HOPG exhibited greater hydrogen content than the pristine HOPG. The hydrogen content trends observed from the ToF-SIMS studies were also observed in elastic recoil detection analysis measurements. The application of the ToF-SIMS PCA method also showed that small hydrocarbon fragments were sputtered from the hydrogen-plasma-treated sample, characteristic of the formation of a plasma-damaged surface, whereas the methane-plasma-treated surface sputtered larger hydrocarbon fragments, which implies the growth of a polymer-like coating. Scanning tunnelling microscopy measurements of the modified surfaces showed surface features that are attributable to either etching or film growth after exposure to the hydrogen or methane plasma. © 2009, Wiley-Blackwell. The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.co
“Afterlife Experiment”: use of MALDI-MS and SIMS imaging for the Study of the nitrogen cycle within plants
No full textAs part of a project to demonstrate the science of decay, a series of mass spectrometry imaging experiments were performed. The aim was to demonstrate that decay and decomposition are only part of the story and to show pictorially that atoms and molecules from dead plants and animals are incorporated into new life. Radish plants (Raphanus sativus) were grown hydroponically using a nutrient system containing 15N KNO3 (98% labeled) as the only source of nitrogen. Plants were cropped and left to ferment in water for 2 weeks to create a radish “tea”, which was used as a source of nitrogen for radish grown in a second hydroponics experiment. After 5 weeks of growth, the radish plants were harvested and cryosectioned, and sections were imaged by positive-ion MALDI and SIMS mass spectrometry imaging. The presence of labeled species in the plants grown using 15N KNO3 as nutrient and those grown from the radish “tea” was readily discernible. The uptake of 15N into a number of identifiable metabolites has been studied by MALDI-MS and SIMS imaging
“Afterlife Experiment”: Use of MALDI-MS and SIMS Imaging for the Study of the Nitrogen Cycle within Plants
No full textAs
part of a project to demonstrate the science of decay, a series
of mass spectrometry imaging experiments were performed. The aim was
to demonstrate that decay and decomposition are only part of the story
and to show pictorially that atoms and molecules from dead plants
and animals are incorporated into new life. Radish plants (Raphanus sativus) were grown hydroponically using
a nutrient system containing 15N KNO3 (98% labeled)
as the only source of nitrogen. Plants were cropped and left to ferment
in water for 2 weeks to create a radish “tea”, which
was used as a source of nitrogen for radish grown in a second hydroponics
experiment. After 5 weeks of growth, the radish plants were harvested
and cryosectioned, and sections were imaged by positive-ion MALDI
and SIMS mass spectrometry imaging. The presence of labeled species
in the plants grown using 15N KNO3 as nutrient
and those grown from the radish “tea” was readily discernible.
The uptake of 15N into a number of identifiable metabolites
has been studied by MALDI-MS and SIMS imaging
The Effect of Racial Microaggressions on Latinas: Student Perceptions, Reactions, and Coping Mechanisms
No full textabstract: Interpersonal racial discrimination is positively associated with poor mental health outcomes in a number of marginalized groups across the United States (Brondolo, et al., 2008). This paper examines how racial discrimination affects the self-esteem, self-worth, and racial pride of Latinas using interview data from a purposive sample of students. The objectives of this study are: (a) to better understand the effects of racial microaggressions on young Latinas’ construction of self, (b) to explicate how these self-perceptions influence deviant behavior and maladaptive thought processes, drawing on strain and discrimination literatures, and (c) to examine the protective mechanisms Latinas employ with friends and family as a response to racial discrimination. Findings indicated that respondents experienced racial discrimination through a variety of channels, from negative stereotypes to feeling a distinct prejudice in academic settings. Participants utilized numerous coping mechanisms to deal with such encounters, most of which emphasized the importance of drawing strength from Hispanic values, culture, and language during times of adversity.Dissertation/ThesisMasters Thesis Criminology and Criminal Justice 201
ADA President 1914-1915: Donald Mackay Gallie
No full textDoctor Callie, of Chicago, was elected fifty-second president of the Association at the 1914 meeting in Rochester, New York. The reorganization of 1913 resulted in an increase in membership from 793 in 1913 to 12,494 in 1914. Doctor Gallie was professor and head of the department of operative dentistry at the University of Illinois College of Dentistry from 1903 to 1932. He served as president of the Illinois State Dental Society, the Chicago Dental Society and the American Dental Teachers Association. Doctor Callie was prominent as a clinician, author and lecturer. He was born in Canada in 1866 and died in 1946
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