291 research outputs found
Thermal upgrading.
No full textThe author looks at how the non-standard construction characteristics of a Scottish housing association's properties pose challenges for refurbishment
Analysis of Factors Influencing Facebook User Engagement for New York Mid Atlantic Caribbean (NYMAC) Regional Genetics Network
No full textAs social media becomes more prevalent, public health entities have become active in the online community. The New York Mid Atlantic Caribbean Regional Genetics Network (NYMAC) utilizes a Facebook page to convey their mission and share resources with stakeholders. Data analysis of Facebook analytics was done to understand the factors that impact reach and engagement of NYMAC’s posts. This data analysis examined how post type (bin categories), media richness, and reading level impacted user engagement and reach of posts. Data were collected from NYMAC’s Facebook Insights and were analyzed using Stata. ANOVA and pairwise comparisons were used to examine the relationship between post engagement and bin categories as well as the relationships between media richness and post engagement and reach. A linear regression was used to examine the relationship between engagement and Flesch Kincaid Grade Level. This study found that (1) more personable (first party) content receives the most engagement, (2) posts containing photos have the highest level of reach of all media types, and (3) NYMAC’s Facebook posts have an average Flesch Kincaid Grade level that is much higher than the recommended reading level. These findings support recommendations from the author that can be applied to social media posts for public health entities. The author recommends (1) creating more personable content, (2), including photos in all posts, and (3) creating posts at a 5th to 6th grade reading level. The results from this study can be used as a guide for NYMAC and other public health entities to better utilize social media to promote health education and public health initiatives
Psychology and life
No full textForty lesson assignments each separately paged.Municipal University of Wichita faculty author
The Pygmalion Principal: Are Effective Elementary Principals Born Or Made?
No full textSchool effectivenss studies are consistently identifying the principal as a key variable in academic achievement. An extensive search of the literature supports this contention highlighting commonalities in effective schools and identifying certain behaviors as characteristic of effective principals. Given the critical role a principal plays in determining performance levels in a school, are elementary principals (1) able to describe characteristics of effective schools, (2) aware of specific behaviors of principals considered effective, and (3) able to cite and rank methods by which principals acquire levels of effectiveness? It was predicted that the majority of Michigan Elementary School Principals participating in this study would be unaware of at least half the variables identified by research as present in effective (high-achieving) schools, and that many of the same respondents would suggest they were "born to the role" rather than direct beneficiaries of formal training. Lastly, it was predicted that the principals who would demonstrate a higher level of awareness of educational research would also demonstrate a higher attendance at conferences and other kinds of in-service. An author-designed questionnaire was mailed to all elementary school principals throughout the State of Michigan who were active members of the Michigan Elementary School Principals' Association (MEMSPA) in 1982. The questionnaire was divided into four main areas: (1) demographics, (2) open-ended questions, (3) ranges for self-perceptions of principal effectiveness, and (4) the identification of skills and routes through which respondents gained entry to the elementary principalship. A 32% response rate, high for this population, provided the following findings: (1) A minority of principals are aware of variables characterizing effective schools (39%) and effective principals (31%). (2) Almost half of them (47%) consider leadership skills and high expectations critical to student achievement, congruent with the literature. (3) For avenues leading to effectiveness, universities were ranked fourth in value (14%), following experience (34%), inservice (29%) and on-the-job training (15%). (4) Most respondents (84%) ranked themselves as highly effective, although they tended to use subjective criteria. (5) The genesis of effective principaling was attributed almost equally to innate skills and experiences.Doctor of Education (EdD)Educational administrationUniversity of Michiganhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/159125/1/8304431.pd
Letter from M.J. Browne to Hagan
No full textHolograph letter from B.(M.J. Browne) (St. Patrick’s) College, Maynooth (County Kildare), to Hagan. Describing the appointment of Dr. O'Doherty to Maynooth, instead of Dr. Fair, as a fait accompli although Dr. Dignan made a strong speech. Awaiting further approval from Rome though the late cardinal meant to protest against outside interference; the appointments are supposed to be only lecturerships. Tuam (Archbishop Gilmartin) is returning and will be tempted to visit Rome on the way. Moyne House will be sold; the profit may go to the bishops or to the Alsatian Fathers who have been directing it. Wishing Seán T. would take a holiday. Observing strong republican feeling in the country, surfacing after floating of the new daily; were the party ready in six months, they would sweep the country. The farmers' markets are continuously low, disabling independent thinking. Offering sympathies on DeLai's death; some French think the composer was not an isolated case (unclear)
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No full textAffordable Alternatives to High Cost Credit in Northern Ireland
No full textThe Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action commissioned Policis and Liverpool John Moores University to explore the options for an alternative affordable credit model in Northern Ireland and these are explored in this report,.The research project was originally conceived as an alternative to payday lending but on the basis of the evidence on the profile of payday lending users and the desire of the stakeholders for an affordable credit model to serve the most disadvantaged, was reframed as seeking to provide an alternative to home credit and illegal lending
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