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Sustainable Wellbeing in Belize: The Challenge of Diabetes
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to explore the dimensions of diabetes in Belize and its impact on sustainable wellbeing. Diabetes is the leading cause of death in Belize, with many contributing factors. The author identifies some of those factors as well as governmental and non-governmental efforts to reduce them. The author's research was partially funded by the Bridging Disciplines program of the School of Undergraduate Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, and conducted under the guidance of Dr. David Gibson of the IC² Institute.IC2 Institut
Effects of Family Presence During Resuscitation in the Emergency Room
No full textEffects of Family Presence During Resuscitation in the Emergency Room
Laura Spence, Taylor Watson, Erinn Wright, Sierra Hooker
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Abstract
Effects of Family Presence During Resuscitation in the Emergency Room
Problem statement and background: The role of family members during resuscitation in the emergency room has not been universally addressed by all hospitals in the United States. Some facilities have a specific family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) policy in place while others do not. To determine the effects of FPDR during emergency resuscitation it is important to examine the results in hospitals with a policy; health care provider and family experiences; and patient outcomes
Purpose and research questions: The purpose of this project is to review the literature addressing the effects of existing policies; health care provider and family experiences; and patient outcomes to make recommendations for best practice as it relates to FPDR .
Design: A review of literature related to FPDR in the emergency department was performed. The review of literature was categorized under four subtitles: Family Presence During Resuscitation Policies, Health Care Provider Experience, Support of Family Presence During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, and Patient and Family Outcomes.
Results: The findings demonstrated growing support by the general public of FPDR to improve the emotional experience of patient’s families. Family members with prior exposure to FPDR reported positive experiences. Support of FPDR was highest when individuals were asked to be present should their child require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Health care providers often lacked FPDR experience or education. There was not substantial evidence to support FPDR improves patient outcomes.
Conclusions: To safely and consistently implement FPDR, each hospital should adopt a universal FPDR policy that incorporates staff education and protocols. A universal FPDR policy will increase the competency of ED staff to incorporate FPDR and improve the emotional well-being of family members. Further research is recommended to determine the effects of existing FPDR policies on patient outcomes
OR-Kids system problems
No full textThis archived document is maintained by the Oregon State Library as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Title from PDF caption (viewed on December 12, 2014)Includes agency reponse letter from Erinn Kelley-Seil, Director, Department of Human ServicesMode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in Englis
A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Childhood Obesity
No full textIn the past two decades, the prevalence of childhood obesity has risen throughout the world. Factors that put children at risk for childhood obesity include genetics, parental weight and lifestyle, gender, age, and socioeconomic status. Various disciplines address treatment of childhood obesity differently. For example, the medical community focuses on potential consequences of childhood obesity; the mental health field conceptualizes the issue behaviorally, and social work research highlights the sociopolitical factors of the issue. Results of a needs assessment performed in the Dayton, Ohio and Montgomery County region from 2009-2010 revealed a lack of collaboration between various disciplines involved in the treatment of obese children in addition to a lack of parental knowledge and involvement. Furthermore, research currently lacks a model for identifying and treating childhood obesity collaboratively. This dissertation reviews the current literature on the prevalence of childhood obesity as well as the risk factors. It proposes a multi-disciplinary resource guide designed to assist healthcare providers and clinicians as well as to increase access to information and services for parents. Much of the focus of the resource guide is on empowering parents to teach their children the importance of a healthy lifestyle
Supernovas and Superheroes: Examining Unfamiliar Genres and Teachers\u27 Pedagogical Content Knowledge.
No full textThe article describes a graduate-level methods course, in which middle-grades and secondary-level English language arts (ELA) teachers completed two projects focused on analyzing, composing, and teaching an unfamiliar genre. The author believes teachers of writing should be introduced to both current research regarding composition theories and practical strategies for teaching adolescents. She points out that teachers need opportunities to develop, examine and improve their skills as writers
Cotesia tjapekki Fagan-Jeffries & Austin 2020, sp. nov.
No full textCotesia tjapekki sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 92713381-3321-42C2-972C-1958ED27F5C8 Fig. 30 Diagnosis Cotesia tjapekki sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of Cotesia currently described from Australia and Papua New Guinea by the following combination of characters: T1 parallel sided; scutellar disk with very strong, distinct punctures scattered over whole of area; fore wing 2RS not creating a ‘stub’ at junction with vein r; anteromesoscutum punctate reticulate; T3 dark; centre of medial posterior band of the scutellum smooth. Etymology This species was named by a group of Aboriginal Summer School for Excellence in Technology and Science (ASSETS) high school students who participated in an entomology workshop in 2019 with the first author. The students chose to use an acronym for the group’s members (Tiah, Jayda, Pete, Erinn, Kaitlyn, Katelen, Izzy) with the ‘a’ for ‘ASSETS’ to form the species name. The sound ‘tj’ is commonly used in the Pitjantjatjara language, which is spoken in the north-west of South Australia where the species has been collected. It is pronounced like the ‘j’ in the English word ‘jar’. The species name is a noun in apposition. Material examined Holotype AUSTRALIA – South Australia • ♀; Andamooka Station, Andamooka Homestead; 30.72627° S, 137.20149° E to Wirrda Well 30.67943° S, 137.07232° E; vehicle net; 31 Sep. 2016; R. Leijs leg.; Bushblitz Lake Torrens; BOLD: AUMIC134-18, Genbank COI: MH138660; SAMA 32-035867. Paratypes AUSTRALIA – South Australia • 1 ♂; Great Victoria Desert, Middle road; 29.11531° S, 129.54124° E to 28.91363° S, 130.27775° E; vehicle net; 24 Sep. 2017; R. Leijs leg.; Great Victoria Desert Bush Blitz; BOLD: AUMIC535-19; Genbank COI: MK567156; SAMA 32-44407 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; BOLD: AUMIC536-19; Genbank COI: MK567158; SAMA 32-44408 • 1 ♂; Great Victoria Desert, Rodinia Road, Standard Survey Site 2; 28.8161° S, 129.5358° E to Airstrip 29.11530° S, 129.54124° E; vehicle net; 18 Sep. 2017; R. Leijs leg.; Great Victoria Desert Bush Blitz; BOLD: AUMIC537-19; Genbank COI: MK567155; SAMA 32-44409 • 1 ♂; Great Victoria Desert, between Oak Valley 29°00′24.23″ S, 130°15′37.37″ E and 64 km NW of Oak Valley 29°24′57.70″ S, 130°43′51.83″ E; vehicle net; 3 Sep. 2015; J.A. Forrest and R. Leijs leg.; BOLD: AUMIC538-19, Genbank COI: MK567154; SAMA 32-44410. Description Female COLOUR. Head, antenna and mesosoma dark, all tergites and most of metasoma dark, non sclerotised areas of T1–2 and anterior sternites paler; (fore-, mid-, hind coxa) dark, dark, dark; femora (fore-, mid-, hind femur) pale, pale though darker anteriorly, light brown darkening distally; tibiae (fore-, mid-, hind tibia) pale, pale, light brown darkening distally; tegula and humeral complex dark; pterostigma dark; fore wing veins light brown to dark. BODY LENGTH. Head to apex of metasoma: 2.7 mm. HEAD. Antenna slightly shorter than body length; OOL/posterior ocellus diameter 1.9; POL/posterior ocellus diameter 1.9; antennal flagellomere 2 length/width 3.4; antennal flagellomere 14 broken off in holotype. MESOSOMA.Anteromesoscutum punctate reticulate, tending towards reticulate rugose on posterior lateral areas, punctures less dense in anterior centre; number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus 9; scutellar disc with shallow but distinct punctures; maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum 0.6. WINGS. Fore wing length 2.7 mm; length of veins r/2RS 1.2; length of veins 2RS/2M 1.2; length of veins 2M/(RS+M)b 1.0; pterostigma length/width 2.2. LEGS. Hind tibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length 0.6. PROPODEUM. Medial carina indistinct in holotype, but clearly visible in male paratypes suggesting that female specimens may also have variable carina, holotype propodeum strongly rugose with some areas leaning towards reticulate rugose, but sculpturing less strong in some male paratypes. METASOMA. T1 length / T1 width at posterior margin 1.3; mostly parallel sided, slightly bulging at posterior curved corners, reticulate rugose to rugose in posterior half, sculpturing ‘messy’ and not easily categorise; T2 width at posterior margin /T2 length 2.5, trapezoid with curved lateral sides, messy rugose sculpturing, crenulate border on lateral sides and with T3 although less distinct in some male paratypes; T2 length /T3 length 0.7; T3 sculpture smooth and shiny; ovipositor sheaths length/hind tibial length 0.1. Male As female but with slight variations in measurements, including antennal flagellomere 2 length/width 2.9; antennal flagellomere 14 length/width 3.0. Distribution Currently, this species is only recorded from arid South Australia, in the Lake Torrens and Great Victoria Desert regions. Host Unknown. Remarks This species constitutes the BIN BOLD:ADL5542, which has a maximum intraspecific distance of 1.28%, and a 2.41% distance to the nearest neighbour.Published as part of Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P. & Austin, Andrew D., 2020, Synopsis of the parasitoid wasp genus Cotesia Cameron, 1891 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) in Australia, with the description of seven new species, pp. 1-70 in European Journal of Taxonomy 667 on pages 54-56, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.667, http://zenodo.org/record/389932
Dreaming Big: The Ongoing Story of the Collaboration Between a University, a School District, an Author and an Illustrator
No full textDependencies of food web and nutrient cycling dynamics on dissolved organic matter (DOM) and inorganic nutrient concentrations in lake enclosures.
No full textAn autotrophic-allotrophic gradient was established in 12 lake enclosures across a natural DOM concentration gradient. Phytoplankton were co-regulated by solar irradiance and inorganic nutrient concentrations, whereas bacterioplankton were strongly dependent on DOM in the reference enclosures. Nutrient scavenging in the reference enclosures was limited by efficient biotic incorporation and recycling, across the full DOM gradient. Nutrient enrichment stimulated a strong autotrophic response across the autotrophic-allotrophic gradient due to increased phytoplankton productivity. Bacterioplankton productivity was still strongly dependent on DOM, but bacterioplankton productivity also increased either as a direct or indirect result of nutrient enrichment. Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus were effectively scavenged from the water column by incorporation into biomass at high rates and then deposited in the sediments in the nutrient enriched enclosures, producing nutrient-rich sediments. The data further suggest that at DOM concentrations greater than 14 mg L -1, allotrophy would dominate regardless of inorganic nutrient enrichment.The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b128532
Glyptapanteles wrightae Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin 2022, sp. nov.
No full textGlyptapanteles wrightae Fagan-Jeffries, Bird & Austin sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 569C2146-14FF-4453-BA4E-A6A8787A044A Fig. 53 Diagnosis Glyptapanteles wrightae sp. nov. can be separated from the other members of the arcanus species group as follows: Glyptapanteles wrightae sp. nov. can be separated from G. rodriguezae sp. nov. and G. ruhri sp. nov. by T1 being smooth and shiny, not having punctures that cover at least a third of the area of the posterior half of the tergite. Glyptapanteles wrightae sp. nov. can be separated from G. goodwinnoakes sp. nov., G. erucadesolator sp. nov., G. lambkinae sp. nov., G. arcanus sp. nov. and G. vergrandiacus sp. nov. by the propodeum being less coarsely and less consistently rugose sculptured across the anterior half of the propodeum. Glyptapanteles wrightae sp. nov. has the propodeum with strong punctures in the anterior half, the posterior half with shallow or strong rugose sculpturing. Glyptapanteles wrightae sp. nov. can be separated from G. doreyi sp. nov. by the tegula being pale in colouration (the tegula in G. doreyi sp. nov. is generally dark in colouration), the hind femur mostly pale or light brown (mostly dark in G. doreyi sp. nov.) and the indentation in the centre of the mesopleuron being smooth, not strongly canaliculated as it is in G. doreyi sp. nov. There was not a morphological character found that easily separates G. wrightae sp. nov. from G. lessardi sp. nov. and we do not diagnose these species morphologically. The wingless barcodes of the two species differ by 3 bp and the COI is greater than 4% divergent. Etymology Named for Susan Wright, who collected the holotype specimen. EPF-J would like to acknowledge Susan’s support of visiting researchers at the QM and her continual generosity with her time and advice. Material examined Holotype AUSTRALIA • ♀; Queensland, Samsonvale Cemetery, 8.5 km SSE of Dayboro; -27.2703, 152.856; 50 m a.s.l.; 6 Jan.–8 Feb. 2015; S. Wright leg.; Casuarina /open forest Malaise trap; Extraction198, BOLD: AUMIC084-18; QM T208400. Paratypes AUSTRALIA – New South Wales • 1 ♂; Royal National Park, near Waterfall Couranga Track near Hacking River; -34.1486, 151.0221; 40 m a.s.l.; 20 Jan.–6 Feb. 2020; K.M. Bayless and J.G. Lumbers leg.; 6 m Malaise trap over Waterfall Creek; Extraction857, BOLD: AUGLY128-21; ANIC 32 130373 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; Extraction863, BOLD: AUGLY010-21; ANIC 32 130374. Description Female COLOURATION. Gena without a pale spot; labrum reddish-brown; scape colour in ventral half uniformly paler than flagellomeres; flagellomeres darkening distally; tegula pale; wing veins uniformly black or brown, or with small lighter area proximally; anteromesoscutum all dark; scutellar disk and metanotum dark; propodeum dark; fore coxa white; mid coxa white; hind coxa dark; fore femur pale yellow; mid femur pale yellow; hind femur pale yellow; fore tibia pale yellow; mid tibia pale yellow; hind tibia darkening posteriorly; hind basitarsus light brown; T1 dark; T2 sclerotised area dark reddish-brown; T2 lateral area dark extends past indentation, but then pale; T3 mostly dark with paler lateral areas; T4+ reddish-brown. HOLOTYPE BODY MEASUREMENTS. Body length 1.8 mm; fore wing length 1.8 mm; antennal length slightly longer than body length. HEAD. Antennal flagellomere 14 length/width 3.5; antennal flagellomere 2 length/width 2.71; OOD/ POD 1.83; IOD/POD 1.67. MESOSOMA. Anteromesoscutum sculpturing with deep punctures, space between punctures a mixture of smaller than diameter of punctures and of similar size; scutellar disk sculpturing with deep, sparse, irregularly spaced punctures, more common on anterior lateral edges or scutellar disk with shallow punctures scattered over most of area; eight pits in scutellar sulcus; propodeum with median carina absent, strong punctures in anterior half, rugose sculpturing in posterior half. WINGS. Pterostigma length 0.49 mm; pterostigma width 0.16 mm; r 0.13 mm; 2RS 0.14 mm; 2m 0.06 mm; (RS+M)b 0.07 mm. METASOMA. T1 lateral edges parallel for anterior ½ to ⅔ of length, then narrowing posteriorly; T1 mostly smooth, some punctures in posterior half, smooth and shiny, sometimes with some shallow scattered punctures on lateral edges; T1 length 0.25 mm; T1 width at posterior edge 0.08 mm; T2 an isosceles trapezoid, lateral edges straight; T2 smooth and shiny; T2 length 0.14 mm; T2 width at posterior edge 0.19 mm; ovipositor slightly protruding from end of metasoma. Male As female. Remarks Glyptapanteles wrightae sp. nov. constitutes BIN BOLD:ADL3293 and is 1.76% (p-dist.) divergent from the closet BIN in the database (BOLD:AEI5416; see information below about the specimens within this BIN). Using the BOLD Batch ID engine, the COI sequence of the holotype is 1.7% different from the most similar COI sequence from an Australian specimen (AUGLY139-21, an undescribed lineage, with three sequences). This closely related lineage, (BOLD:AEI5416; also including BOLD AUGLY135-21 and AUGLY130-21) requires further study to determine whether it is within the species limits of G. wrightae sp. nov. or whether it represents a distinct species. Distribution This species is currently known from southern QLD and north-eastern NSW.Published as part of Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P., McCLELLAND, Alana R., Bird, Andrew J., Giannotta, Madalene M., Bradford, Tessa M. & Austin, Andrew D., 2022, Systematic revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Glyptapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) for Australia results in a ten-fold increase in species, pp. 1-116 in European Journal of Taxonomy 792 (1) on pages 109-112, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.792.1647, http://zenodo.org/record/603705
