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2. Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers on the Practice of Education Communications and Technology Presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (38th, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2015). Volume 2
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Association for Educational Communications and Technology and Simonson, Michael
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For the thirty-eighth time, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains 29 papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Twenty-three papers dealing with the practice of instructional technology including instruction and training issues are contained in Volume 2. The 23 papers in this volume include: (1) Acculturation into a Collaborative Online Learning Environment (Iryna V. Ashby and Victoria L. Walker); (2) TriviaPrep: Inside the Research, Design, Development, and Implementation of an Educational Competitive-Trivia Mobile Application (Sean D. Bailey); (3) Social Network Analysis as a Design-Based Research Tool in Deploying University-Wide Online Quality Course Standards (John Cowan, Aline Click, Stephanie Richter, Jason Rhode, and Jason Underwood); (4) A Revision to the "Revised" Bloom's Taxonomy (Afnan N. Darwazeh and Robert Maribe Branch); (5) ElevatEd: An Innovative Web-Based Solution for Strategic Planning and Continuous Improvement in Schools (Ioan G. Ionas, Matthew A. Easter, and Blake A. Naughton); (6) Using a Backchannel to Build a Community of Practice in a Professional Development (Lenora Jean Justice); (7) Learning to Lose: Using Gaming Concepts to Teach Failure as Part of the Learning Process (Lenora Jean Justice); (8) Active Learning in Online Learning Environments for Adult Learners (Yu-Chun Kuo and Yu-Tung Kuo); (9) Assessment Strategies for Competency-Based Learning--Lessons Learned (Darci Lammers and Stephen Beers); (10) Peer-Led Hackathon: An Intense Learning Experience (Miguel Lara, Kate Lockwood, and Eric Tao); (11) Fostering Interaction In Distance Learning through Purposeful Technology Integration in Support of Learning Goals (Wei Li and Jennifer. M. Brill); (12) Collaborative Communications in the Classroom (Patrice C. Nyatuame); (13) A Mixed-Methods Study: Student Evaluation Response Rates of Teacher Performance in Higher Education Online Classes (Kelli R. Paquette, Frank Corbett, Jr., and Melissa M. Casses); (14) Creating Effective Instructional Design: Feedback Loops And Habitus (Ardelle Pate and Jeffrey L. Hunt); (15) Efficiency in the Online Environment: Digital Tools That Streamline the Research Paper Process (Kelly Paynter and Jimmy Barnes); (16) An Online Social Constructivist Course: Toward a Framework for Usability Evaluations (Alana S. Phillips, Anneliese Sheffield, Michelle Moore, and Heather Robinson); (17) Games and Simulations: A Potential Future for Assessment (DeAnna L. Proctor and Lenora Jean Justice); (18) An Analysis of Technological Issues Emanating from Faculty Transition to a New Learning Management System (Mapopa William Sanga); (19) AuthorIT & TutorIT: An Intelligent Tutor Authoring & Delivery System You Can Use (Joseph M. Scandura); (20) Design of Instructional Modeling Language and Learning Objects Repository (Altaf Siddiqui); (21) Training Instructional Designers: Engaging Novices in ID Process through a Progressive Case (Lina Souid and Tiffany A. Koszalka); (22) How Human Agency Contributes to Thinking about E-learning (Brent G. Wilson and Andrea Gregg); and (23) Issues in Activity to Improve Subjects and Methods in University Lesson through Active Learning Using Media (Morio Yoshie). (Individual papers contain references.) [For Volume 1, see ED570117.]
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- 2015
3. Annual Proceedings of Selected Research and Development Papers Presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (38th, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2015). Volume 1
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Association for Educational Communications and Technology and Simonson, Michael
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For the thirty-eighth time, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains 29 papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Twenty-three papers dealing with the practice of instructional technology including instruction and training issues are contained in Volume 2. The 29 papers included in Volume 1 are: (1) Student Opinions and Perceptions about a Gamified Online Course: A Qualitative Study (Tugce Aldemir and Goknur Kaplan Akilli); (2) Openness, Self-Efficacy, and Willingness to Communicate in a MOOC Learning Environment (Yayoi Anzai and Kanji Akahori); (3) Children's Motivation While Playing Games in a Virtual World: How Many Coins Did You Get? (Daisyane Barreto, Lucas Vasconcelos, and Michael Orey); (4) The Applicability of Design Thinking Process in Education: The Case of Two Afrikan Countries (Rebecca Yvonne Bayeck and Tutaleni I. Asino); (5) Satisfaction, Preferences and Problems of a MOOC Participants (Aras Bozkurt and Cengiz Hakan Aydin); (6) Effects of Speaker's Accent in a Multimedia Tutorial on Non-Native Students' Learning and Attitudes (Vien Cao); (7) Active Learning Strategies to Stimulate Knowledge Integration in a Large Pharmacy Course (Dan Cernusca and Wendy Brown); (8) The Application of the Segmenting Principle: The Effects of Pause Time and Types in Instructional Animations (Sungwon Chung, Jongpil Cheon, Cristina Diordieva, and Jue Wang); (9) Designing and Developing a Case-Based MOOC to Impact Students' Abilities to Address Ethical Dilemmas (Lauren Cifuentes, Seung Won Park, and Jaime McQueen); (10) A Comparison Study of a Face-to-Face and Online Writing Courses (Ryan Eller, Bude Su, and Karen Wisdom); (11) Using Wearable Technology to Support and Measure the Effects of Physical Activity on Educational Persistence (Suzanne Ensmann); (12) Exploratory Analysis of a Motivation Focused Pre-Service Teacher Technology Course (David Gardner); (13) E-Learning Authoring Software Selection: How do Instructional Designers Gain Competency Using and Selecting Appropriate Digital Media Development Tools? (Lisa Giacumo and Quincy Conley); (14) An Educational Reform to Improve Classroom Technology in Turkey: The FATIH Project (Hoyet Hemphill, Erkan Caliskan, and Leaunda Hemphill); (15) Accelerated Engagement of African-American Males Through Social Media (Charles Holloway); (16) The Effects of Prior Beliefs on Student Interactions in Online Debates (Allan Jeong and Zhichun Liu); (17) Effectiveness of Computer-Based Scaffolding for K-Adult Students in the Context of Problem-Centered Instructional Models Related to STEM Education: Bayesian Meta-Analysis (Nam Ju Kim, Brian R. Belland, and Andrew E. Walker); (18) Aligning Change Theory with a Process Model to Assist Self-Identification of Patients with Asthma (Thomas W. Lamey and Gayle V. Davidson-Shivers); (19) Structured Peer Tutoring for Online Learning Readiness (Juhong Christie Liu and Andrea Adams); (20) Pre-service Teachers' Use of Digital Science Notebooks (Seungoh Paek and Lori Fulton); (21) Individual Differences in Perspective Taking (Phoebe Haemin Pahng); (22) Designing Question Prompts Using Practical Inquiry Model to Facilitate Cognitive Presence in Online Case Discussions (Ayesha Sadaf and Larisa Olesova); (23) Analysis of Conversations Regarding Trending Educational Technology Topics across Scholarly Research, Trade Journals, and Social Media (Susan L. Stansberry, Margi Stone Cooper, Scott Haselwood, Matt McCoin, Ying Xiu, Kristi Dickey, Michelle A. Robertson, and Cates Schwark); (24) Factors that Influence Community College Instructors' Adoption of Course Management Systems (Berhane Teclehaimanot and Jeffrey Peters); (25) Peer-Led Online Discussion in Compressed Courses: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Logistical Risks? (Penny Thompson); (26) How Does Culture, Learning, and Technology Impact Nurse Orientation Training Programs? (Arielle Turner); (27) What Keeps Instructors Away From e-Text: Challenges in Adopting E-Textbooks in Higher Education (Sirui Wang and Shuyan Wang); (28) Political Influence on a School District's Educational and Instructional Technology (Steven Watkins); and (29) Accelerating Learning through an Integrated Approach to Faculty Development and Academic Technology Tool Development (Nancy Wentworth). (Individual papers contain references.) [For Volume 2, see ED570118.]
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- 2015
4. CASP Position Paper: Specific Learning Disabilities and Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses
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Christo, Catherine and Ponzuric, Jenny
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California Association of School Psychologists (CASP) adopted a Position Paper in March, 2014 intended to support school psychologists in California in electing to use a process known as Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses (PSW) as one of three methods specified in IDEA 2014 and California Code of Regulations, Title 5, to identify students being assessed for Specific Learning Disability (SLD). The CASP Position Paper recommends use of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for assisting students who are experiencing learning difficulties. Suggested methods include a comprehensive evaluation using data from multiple sources such as response to instruction and intervention, direct observations across time and settings, record reviews, interviews, and direct assessment to identify the student's strengths and weaknesses in cognitive and academic skill areas. Critical elements of the PSW model are described.
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- 2017
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5. They're Doing What? A Brief Paper on Service Use and Attitudes in ASD Community-Based Agencies
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Pickard, Katherine, Meza, Rosemary, Drahota, Amy, and Brikho, Brigitte
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This brief article examines the community services delivered to youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a Southern Californian city as a way to better understand ASD service provision and service attitudes. Specific goals of the study were to identify the services being delivered within the area, and how the use, perceived evidence, and value attached to these services mapped onto recent systematic ASD service reviews. Forty-six providers completed the ASD Strategies and Interventions Survey (ASD-SIS), which consisted of 21 treatment strategies and 22 interventions packages commonly used with children with ASD. Participants: (1) indicated each treatment strategy and intervention package they use, and (2) rated the perceived evidence and value of each treatment strategy and intervention package they endorsed using. Results demonstrated that a variety of treatment strategies and intervention packages, both with and without an established evidence base, were reportedly being delivered to youth with ASD through community-based agencies. Additionally, a large number of providers reported not knowing the evidence of many treatment strategies and intervention packages. Finally, although no relationship was found between evidence base and use, perceived evidence, and value for treatment strategies, providers reported significantly higher use, perceived evidence, and value for established intervention packages. Results demonstrate the need to more effectively disseminate strategies that can support providers in selecting services to deliver to youth with ASD, and underscore the need to better understand the community service landscape on a larger scale.
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- 2018
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6. The Goldilocks Method: The "Just Right" Method of Tackling Those Stacks of Ungraded Papers.
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Kitchen, Callie
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STUDENTS ,PAPER ,ABSTRACTING ,LISTENING ,ATTENTION - Abstract
The aticle reports on Goldilocks methods of Stacks of Ungraded students Papers. Topics discussed include showing actively reading and listening to their ideas by summarizing what they were attempting to accomplish in their paper; identify the higher-order issue in their work; and provide a specific solution for the localized problem.
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- 2018
7. Dangerous Papers: Building an Archive of Antiprison Resistance.
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Speer, Jessie and Jones, Stephen Cassidy
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SOLITARY confinement , *HISTORY of archives , *ARCHIVES , *PUBLIC universities & colleges , *SCHOOL libraries , *OPEN universities - Abstract
Archives are not straightforward repositories of history. Instead, they authorize which stories are remembered. In this article we apply the insights of cultural geographers and other influential scholars of archives to analyze the political dimensions of archiving activist histories. A small group of antiprison activists produced a personal archive during the 1990s and 2000s documenting brutality behind bars and efforts to dismantle solitary confinement in California prisons. After being deemed too dangerous to be opened to the public by university archivists, and without a permanent home, the papers were at risk of being lost to history. By presenting our work building this archive, we analyze the limitations of institutional libraries and the vital role played by individuals and independent institutions willing to preserve dangerous papers, and we show how preserving histories of state violence and opposition can become a deeply personal and risky endeavor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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8. A Commentary on Process Improvements to Reduce Manual Tasks and Paper at Covid-19 Mass Vaccination Points of Dispensing in California.
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Yan, Eric G. and Arzt, Noam H.
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USER-centered system design , *PATIENT aftercare , *IMMUNIZATION , *MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems , *MEDICAL office management , *COVID-19 vaccines , *MANAGEMENT information systems , *USER interfaces , *INTERNET , *MEDICAL protocols , *SOFTWARE architecture , *DOCUMENTATION , *SURVEYS , *AUTOMATION , *MEDICAL records , *QUALITY assurance , *CLOUD computing , *ELECTRONIC health records , *TEXT messages , *MEDICAL appointments , *INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems , *VIDEO recording - Abstract
My Turn is software used to manage several Covid-19 mass vaccination campaigns in California. The objective of this article is to describe the use of My Turn at two points of dispensing in California and comment on process improvements to reduce manual tasks of six identified processes of vaccination–registration, scheduling, administration, documentation, follow-up, and digital vaccine record–and paper. We reviewed publicly available documents of My Turn and patients vaccinated at George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco and Oakland Coliseum Community Vaccination Clinic. For publicly available documents of My Turn, we examined videos of My Turn on YouTube, and documentation from EZIZ, the website for the California Vaccines for Children Program. For patients, we examined publicly available vaccination record cards on Instagram and Google. At the George R. Moscone Convention Center, 329,608 vaccines doses were given. At the Oakland Coliseum Community Vaccination Clinic, more than 500,000 vaccine doses were administered. The use of My Turn can be used to reduce manual tasks and paper for mass vaccinating patients against Covid-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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9. Investigate the Effect of Paper Sludge Ash Addition on the Mechanical Properties of Granular Materials.
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Al-Hdabi, Abbas, Fakhraldin, Mohammed K., Al-Fatlawy, Rasha A., and Ali, Tawfek Sheer
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MECHANICAL behavior of materials ,FLUIDIZED-bed combustion ,IGNITION temperature ,CEMENT admixtures ,GRANULAR materials ,PORTLAND cement ,WASTE paper - Abstract
Ignition of waste paper sludge at elevated temperatures to produce electricity in power generation plants utilizing fluidized bed combustion generates paper sludge ash. Due to the high concentration of lime and gelignite in paper sludge ash, it is expected that it will play a vital role as a cementitious material. This paper investigates the use of paper sludge ash to improve the mechanical properties of the granular materials, which are suitable to subbase course for road and building constructions. Also, a comparison study with the use of Portland cement as an additive to granular materials has been covered. The mechanical properties were evaluated by conducting the California bearing ratio test for the two adopted methods. Moreover, the compressive strength of the samples using paper sludge ash and cement are investigated. In accordance to the California bearing ratio test, 4% paper sludge ash was indicated as the optimum ash content at which the California bearing ratio value increased by 173% and 111% in comparison with untreated material and 6% cement, respectively. On the other hand, and by means of the compressive strength, the granular materials with 4% paper sludge ash has compressive strength higher than those with 6% cement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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10. White Paper Executive Summary for the First Fragile Infant Forum for Integration of Standards (FIFI-S): Feeding, Eating, and Nutrition Delivery based on the Recommended Standards, Competencies, and Best Practices for Infant and Family-Centered Developmental Care in Intensive Care Monrovia, CA July 13-15, 2022.
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Browne, Joy V. and Jaeger, Carol
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FOOD habits , *INFANT development , *INFANT care , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *EVIDENCE-based medicine , *INFANT nutrition , *DIET therapy , *FAMILY-centered care , *HUMAN services programs , *PROFESSIONAL competence , *CRITICAL care medicine , *SYSTEM analysis , *QUALITY assurance , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations - Abstract
The article reports that the field of Infant and Family Centered Developmental Care has advanced an integrated into intensive care policies and procedures. Topics include research has emerged to support a variety of practices to modify the caregiving environments for babies and families in intensive care; and Using evidence-based continuous quality improvement tools and implementation science helped participants outline how standards could be implemented in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
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- 2022
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11. Paper integration: The structural constraints and consequences of the US refugee resettlement program.
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Fee, Molly
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REFUGEE resettlement , *REFUGEE resettlement services , *LAND settlement , *CORPORATE culture , *GOVERNMENT programs , *SOCIAL workers , *BUREAUCRACY - Abstract
The migration literature contends that, unlike other immigrants, refugees resettled in the US benefit from a federal program of integration. These claims do not consider the barriers that may complicate the implementation of resettlement policy. Based on 16 months of ethnographic fieldwork at a refugee resettlement agency in California, I argue that the organizational structure of the US Resettlement Program shapes how caseworkers provide resettlement services on a daily basis. The financial insecurity of Resettlement Agencies coupled with high stakes government oversight creates an organizational culture of vulnerability where caseworkers rely on discretion as they put resettlement policy into practice. Caseworkers develop coping mechanisms to get by as they simultaneously attend to the demands of their funders and their refugee clients. Given these structural constraints and limited resources, caseworkers instrumentalize paperwork as a discretionary tool. When files and documents are privileged over the quality and extent of resettlement services, caseworkers creatively utilize paperwork to separate policy from practice in order to protect themselves and appease their refugee clients. This policy of integration instead becomes a practice of paper integration , which problematizes prior theories and assumptions about US refugee resettlement. This practice of paper integration ultimately affects the services that arriving refugees receive and the degree to which they benefit from this ostensible program of integration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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12. An Evaluation of Spray Rig Designs for California Strawberries Using Water-Sensitive Paper.
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Fink, Caleb, Banuelos, J., Rossi, L., Barker, M., Edsall, M., Olivier, D., and Lin, J.
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STRAWBERRIES , *PLANT canopies , *SPRAYING , *SPRAYING & dusting in agriculture , *PEST control , *NOZZLES , *BEDS - Abstract
The aim of this work was to fill the gap in California pest management by evaluating coverage and spatial uniformity of spray rig designs used in California strawberry production. Coverage can be improved up to 30% if the important design parameters are identified, which would reduce pests. Field evaluations were conducted in beds with 4 canopy lines in Santa Maria, CA on 162 cm beds and in Oxnard, CA on 172 cm beds as well as in beds with 2 canopy lines in Watsonville, CA on 122 cm beds and 132 cm beds. Water-sensitive paper cards placed adaxial and abaxial, both horizontally and vertically on plant canopies located near the middle and edge of the bed were used as the evaluation criteria. Data were analyzed by regression. Results from spray evaluations (n = 21) included recording the nozzle used, manifold height, number of nozzles per bed, volume sprayed, nozzle pressure, and tractor speed, as well as determining the percent coverage from 1,568 water-sensitive spray cards. Increasing nozzle pressure can potentially increase coverage by 9.18%. Positioning the nozzle closer to the canopy level can also significantly increase coverage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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13. WORKING PAPER: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
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Sangit, Marina
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VIOLENCE prevention ,MIDDLE school education ,SECONDARY education ,HIGH school students ,DOMESTIC violence ,MIDDLE school student attitudes ,AWARENESS - Abstract
This article is an excerpt of a master's thesis paper. It is titled working because when this paper is submitted to the Pepperdine Policy Review Journal, the author will still be making edits and changes to the content, recommendations, and organization of her research. This purpose of this excerpt submission is to raise awareness about the inaction of the state of California to prevent domestic violence for middle school and high school students through prevention education, substantiated by the author's case studies analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
14. Examining the Practices of Generating an Aim Statement in a Teacher Preparation Networked Improvement Community
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Sandoval, Carlos and Van Es, Elizabeth A.
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Background and Context: Continuous improvement and networked improvement science have emerged as prominent approaches to improving schools. Although continuous improvement approaches have generated promising results in education, how these efforts come to be enacted remains a crucial question that can generate insight into how these approaches can be improved. Purpose and Objective: Our study is focused on understanding how improvement is performed by focusing on the process of generating a shared aim statement in a teacher-preparation improvement network. We seek to understand how practitioners within a network (a) engage a central tension (between language acquisition and multilingualism), (b) negotiate this tension, and (c) reach a settlement that results in a shared aim. Setting: This study takes place in a teacher-preparation improvement network as part of the California Teacher Education Research and Improvement Network (CTERIN). The focus of the network centered on improving the preparation of candidates to build on multilingual students' strengths. Participants: The improvement network that is the focus of our research consists of 49 teacher educators across eight teacher preparation programs as well as three facilitators who were part of CTERIN, including the two authors of this study. Research Design: Our analysis examines the interactions among teacher educators and improvement facilitators to unveil the practices that they engaged in to produce a shared aim. Data for this study include audio and video recordings of three 90-minute videoconference meetings, audio-video of a two-day in-person convening, and improvement artifacts such as fishbone and driver diagrams. Findings: Our study highlights the range of practices that practitioners engaged in and how those evolved as they negotiated and settled a tension between language acquisition and multilingualism. As the process of generating an aim unfolded, teacher educators engaged in the practices of aspirationalizing, dualizing, recentering, rerouting, clarifying, tuning, and converting. Conclusions and Recommendations: We argue that these practices make visible that the process of generating an aim statement is a complex and complicated process that requires negotiation and a recognition that some perspectives are foregrounded and others are backgrounded. Understanding this process has implications for how improvement facilitators engage practitioners in the process of doing improvement and generates theory of improvement implementation by highlighting how disparate teams, individuals, and organizations reaching sharedness requires negotiating, foregrounding, and backgrounding.
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- 2021
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15. Paper's patrons: digitisation, new media and the sponsorship of sacred Tibetan books in California.
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Binning, A. C.
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SACRED books ,LANDSCAPES ,TIBETAN Buddhism ,INVECTIVE - Abstract
This paper focuses on the sacred text-production work of a Nyingma Buddhist group based in Berkeley, California. It unpacks their selective engagement with the tools afforded to them by digitisation and new media. Digitisation projects – appearing in growing numbers – offer a powerful resource for the re-assembly of Tibetan Buddhist textual collections scattered in the political upheaval of recent decades. Yet the meeting place between the digital and the sacred is sometimes contested in this context where sacred text is an embodiment of the Buddha's speech. This paper argues that the choice to print ink-and-paper texts is more than a simple rehearsal of tradition and in fact demands alternative forms of engagement with the potential offered by media tools. It explores how the moral invectives contained within sacred Tibetan texts become reshaped through the prisms of contemporary media and the American sponsorship landscape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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16. A comparison of methods for excluding light from stems to evaluate stem photosynthesis.
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Valverdi, Nadia A., Acosta, Camilla, Dauber, Gabriella R., Goldsmith, Gregory R., and Ávila‐Lovera, Eleinis
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SURFACE temperature ,AVOCADO ,HUMIDITY ,PHOTOSYNTHESIS ,WATER vapor ,CARBON dioxide ,ALUMINUM foil - Abstract
Copyright of Applications in Plant Sciences is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2023
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17. Reconstitutive process in the psychopathology of the self1 : The following paper by J.W. Perry is published with permission from the Annals of the New York Academy of the Sciences where it was first published in January 1962. It was later republished by the San Francisco Jung Institute in 1971. For some readers the paper is an enlightening foray into the depth and breadth of Perry's original research carried out in San Francisco. It offers a significant analytical perspective on the psychotic process and schizophrenia, built on Jung's early work at the Burghölzli. For others, who are already familiar with Perry's work, the editors view its republication in this Journal as furthering the historical continuity of the important thread of research and clinical thought on psychosis and schizophrenia in analytical psychology. https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1962.tb50168.x.
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Perry, John Weir
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JUNGIAN psychology ,MEDICAL research ,DEVELOPMENTAL psychology ,SCHIZOPHRENIA ,PSYCHOSES ,BIRTH order ,PSYCHOANALYTIC interpretation - Abstract
The archetype of the self underlies the ego-complex at its root and source in the unconscious. None of these assigns to the self the role that I feel to be so essential in the syndrome. SP 50-52 sp In regard to the method of study of these processes of the archaic, unconscious psyche in psychosis, I find myself baffled as to how to set up anything like a scientific approach to the material. In this hypothesis the model is easy to visualize but difficult to understand in terms of experience; the self is seen in this case as the center of the total psychic organism, and the ego is subsumed within this totality as the center of the field of consciousness only, that is, of contents accessible to consciousness; between the two are the autonomous complexes, which are groupings of contents not accessible to ego-consciousness (Figure 1). Reconstitutive process in the psychopathology of the self
1 : The following paper by J.W. Perry is published with permission from the Annals of the New York Academy of the Sciences where it was first published in January 1962. The imagery I refer to is a whole class of symbolic representations of centrality and organization, of order and highest authority; I hope to demonstrate that in these we see representations of the self and processes that transform or reorganize the self in the unconscious psyche. [Extracted from the article]- Published
- 2021
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18. Examining the Field of Institutional Research: Toward More Equitable Practices
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Felix, Eric R., Ceballos, Diego A., Salazar, Rogelio, Vedar, Erin Nicole R., and Perez, Elizabeth Jimenez
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As improving equity becomes prioritized in higher education, Offices of Institutional Research (OIRs) find themselves in a central position to identify and address educational inequities faced by racially minoritized students. However, their potential to serve as a catalyst for organizational change has yet to be fulfilled. In this study, we present a critical discourse analysis of mission statements to understand how these OIRs describe their function and purpose in the California Community Colleges system. Results are based on 108 reviewed statements. These results reveal a limited discourse around race and equity. None of the statements in our sample included the word race or any words stemming from it such as racism or racial disparity. The majority (86%) of statements omitted equity from their purpose, failing to describe how OIRs can serve to improve equitable outcomes in community college. Our work prompts the field to reimagine their role within the community college they serve by becoming race-conscious and equity-minded in the ways they articulate their role and function as major hubs of institutional data.
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- 2021
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19. Nowcasting Earthquakes With Stochastic Simulations: Information Entropy of Earthquake Catalogs.
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Rundle, John B., Baughman, Ian, and Zhang, Tianjian
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EARTHQUAKES ,EARTHQUAKE aftershocks ,ENTROPY (Information theory) ,MACHINE learning ,EARTHQUAKE hazard analysis ,RECEIVER operating characteristic curves ,CATALOGS ,ENTROPY - Abstract
Earthquake nowcasting has been proposed as a means of tracking the change in large earthquake potential in a seismically active area. The method was developed using observable seismic data, in which probabilities of future large earthquakes can be computed using Receiver Operating Characteristic methods. Furthermore, analysis of the Shannon information content of the earthquake catalogs has been used to show that there is information contained in the catalogs, and that it can vary in time. So an important question remains, where does the information originate? In this paper, we examine this question using stochastic simulations of earthquake catalogs. Our catalog simulations are computed using an Earthquake Rescaled Aftershock Seismicity ("ERAS") stochastic model. This model is similar in many ways to other stochastic seismicity simulations, but has the advantage that the model has only 2 free parameters to be set, one for the aftershock (Omori‐Utsu) time decay, and one for the aftershock spatial migration away from the epicenter. Generating a simulation catalog and fitting the two parameters to the observed catalog such as California takes only a few minutes of wall clock time. While clustering can arise from random, Poisson statistics, we show that significant information in the simulation catalogs arises from the "non‐Poisson" power‐law aftershock clustering, implying that the practice of de‐clustering observed catalogs may remove information that would otherwise be useful in forecasting and nowcasting. We also show that the nowcasting method provides similar results with the ERAS model as it does with observed seismicity. Plain Language Summary: Earthquake nowcasting was proposed as a means of tracking the change in the potential for large earthquakes in a seismically active area, using the record of small earthquakes. The method was developed using observed seismic data, in which probabilities of future large earthquakes can be computed using machine learning methods that were originally developed with the advent of radar in the 1940s. These methods are now being used in the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence models in a variety of applications. In recent times, methods to simulate earthquakes using the observed statistical laws of earthquake seismicity have been developed. One of the advantages of these stochastic models is that it can be used to analyze the various assumptions that are inherent in the analysis of seismic catalogs of earthquakes. In this paper, we analyze the importance of the space‐time clustering that is often observed in earthquake seismicity. We find that the clustering is the origin of information that makes the earthquake nowcasting methods possible. We also find that a common practice of "aftershock de‐clustering", often used in the analysis of these catalogs, removes information about future large earthquakes. Key Points: Earthquake nowcasting tracks the change in the potential for large earthquakes, using information contained in seismic catalogsWe analyze the information contained in the space‐time clustering that is observed in earthquake seismicityWe find that "aftershock de‐clustering" of catalogs removes information about future large earthquakes that the nowcasting method uses [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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20. Embedded Tutoring in California Community Colleges: Perspectives from the Field on a Promising Practice
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Research for Action (RFA), Mark Duffy, and Kri Burkander
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Drawing on qualitative data collected in a sample of colleges as part of a larger study on the implementation and impact of AB 705 in California, this paper explores the rollout of corequisite reforms, focusing on the use of embedded tutors in introductory math and English courses as a strategy to meet to the needs of students. This paper highlights promising practices identified through extant research and fieldwork at study institutions, provides additional evidence on the value of the reform, discusses challenges, and makes recommendations for the field.
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- 2023
21. Research paper. The cost of secondhand smoke exposure at home in California.
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Max, Wendy, Hai-Yen Sung, and Yanling Shi
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PASSIVE smoking , *MEDICAL care cost statistics , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *MORTALITY , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICS , *DATA analysis , *ENVIRONMENTAL exposure , *DATA analysis software , *STATISTICAL models , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *ECONOMICS - Abstract
Objective Healthcare and mortality costs of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure at home among nonsmokers in California were estimated for the year 2009. Methods Costs were estimated with an epidemiological model using California SHS home exposure rates and published relative risks. Healthcare costs included nine conditions, and mortality was estimated for four perinatal and three adult conditions. Three mortality-related measures were estimated: deaths, years of potential life lost (YPLL) and the value of lost productivity. Results SHS-attributable healthcare costs totalled over $241 million. The most costly conditions for children and adolescents were attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ($7.8 million) and middle ear disease ($5.6 million). For adults, the most costly conditions were ischaemic heart disease (IHD) ($130.0 million) and asthma ($67.4 million). Deaths of 821 Californians were attributable to SHS exposure in the home, including 27 infants whose mothers smoked while pregnant and 700 adults who died from IHD. These deaths represented a loss of over 13 000 YPLL and $119 million in lost productivity. Conclusions The economic impact of SHS exposure in the home totalled $360 million in California in 2009. Policies that reduce exposure to SHS at home have great potential for reducing healthcare and mortality costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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22. Research paper. Validity of self-reported adult secondhand smoke exposure.
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Prochaska, Judith J., Grossman, William, Young-Wolff, Kelly C., and Benowitz, Neal L.
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ANALYSIS of variance , *STATISTICAL correlation , *LIQUID chromatography , *MASS spectrometry , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESEARCH funding , *SELF-evaluation , *SMOKING , *STATISTICS , *WORK environment , *ENVIRONMENTAL exposure , *COTININE , *CROSS-sectional method , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *MANN Whitney U Test ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
Objectives Exposure of adults to secondhand smoke (SHS) has immediate adverse effects on the cardiovascular system and causes coronary heart disease. The current study evaluated brief self-report screening measures for accurately identifying adult cardiology patients with clinically significant levels of SHS exposure in need of intervention. Design and setting A cross-sectional study conducted in a university-affiliated cardiology clinic and cardiology inpatient service. Patients Participants were 118 non-smoking patients (59% male, mean age=63.6 years, SD=16.8) seeking cardiology services. Main outcome measures Serum cotinine levels and self-reported SHS exposure in the past 24 h and 7 days on 13 adult secondhand exposure to smoke (ASHES) items. Results A single item assessment of SHS exposure in one’s own home in the past 7 days was significantly correlated with serum cotinine levels (r=0.41, p<0.001) with sensitivity ≥75%, specificity >85% and correct classification rates >85% at cotinine cut-off points of >0.215 and >0.80 ng/mL. The item outperformed multiitem scales, an assessment of home smoking rules, and SHS exposure assessed in other residential areas, automobiles and public settings. The sample was less accurate at self-reporting lower levels of SHS exposure (cotinine 0.05-0.215 ng/mL). Conclusions The single item ASHES-7d Home screener is brief, assesses recent SHS exposure over a week's time, and yielded the optimal balance of sensitivity and specificity. The current findings support use of the ASHES- 7d Home screener to detect SHS exposure and can be easily incorporated into assessment of other major vital signs in cardiology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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23. Response to McGill and Busse, 'When Theory Trumps Science: A Critique of the PSW Model for SLD Identification'
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Christo, Catherine, D'Incau, Barbara J., and Ponzuric, Jenny
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The California Association of School Psychologists (CASP) responds to a critique of the Association's Position Paper: "Specific Learning Disabilities and Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses" (2014, March. Available: http://casponline.org/about-casp/publications/) by McGill and Busse. The CASP offers corrections to McGill and Busse's three critiques and clarifies the Association position that the assessment of students suspected of having a Specific Learning Disability involves a comprehensive evaluation that provides information regarding both environmental factors that include data on instruction and interventions as well as within-child factors such as response to intervention and the student's pattern of academic and specific cognitive strengths and weaknesses. [For "When Theory Trumps Science: A Critique of the PSW Model for SLD Identification," see EJ1131590.]
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24. When Theory Trumps Science: A Critique of the PSW Model for SLD Identification
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McGill, Ryan J. and Busse, R. T.
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There has been vigorous debate within the state of California and elsewhere as to what constitutes appropriate procedures for determining whether an individual qualifies for special education and related services under the category of specific learning disability (SLD). Within the professional literature, there is growing support for educational agencies to adopt an approach to SLD identification that emphasizes the importance of an individual's pattern of cognitive and achievement strengths and weaknesses (PSW). In 2014, the California Association of School Psychologists released a position paper endorsing this approach. As a vehicle for examining the PSW model, we respond critically to three fundamental positions taken in the position paper: (a) diagnostic validity for the model has been established; (b) cognitive profile analysis is valid and reliable; and (c) PSW data have adequate treatment utility. We conclude that at the present time there is insufficient support within the empirical literature to support adoption of the PSW method for SLD identification. Implications for professional practice are discussed.
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25. Mattering: Per/forming nursing philosophy in the Chthulucene.
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Laurin, Annie‐Claude, Hopkins‐Walsh, Jane, Smith, Jamie B., Brown, Brandon, Martin, Patrick, and Tedjasukmana, Emmanuel Christian
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ANTHROPOGENIC effects on nature ,OCCUPATIONAL roles ,NURSING ,HUMANISM ,THEORY of knowledge ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,PHILOSOPHY of nursing ,CRITICAL thinking ,INTERPROFESSIONAL relations ,INTELLECT ,NURSES ,NURSING interventions ,ADVANCED practice registered nurses - Abstract
This paper presents an overview of the process of entanglement at the 25th International Philosophy of Nursing Conference (IPNC) at University of California at Irvine held on August 18, 2022. Representing collective work from the US, Canada, UK and Germany, our panel entitled 'What can critical posthuman philosophies do for nursing?' examined critical posthumanism and its operations and potential in nursing. Critical posthumanism offers an antifascist, feminist, material, affective, and ecologically entangled approach to nursing and healthcare. Rather than focusing on the arguments of each of the three distinct but interrelated panel presentation pieces, this paper instead focuses on process and performance (per/formance) and performativity as relational, connected and situated, with connections to nursing philosophy. Building upon critical feminist and new materialist philosophies, we describe intra‐activity and performativity as ways to dehierarchise knowledge making practices within traditional academic conference spaces. Creating critical cartographies of thinking and being are actions of possibility for building more just and equitable futures for nursing, nurses, and those they accompany—including all humans, nonhumans, and more than human matter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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26. Whither nursing philosophy: Past, present and future.
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Holt, Janet
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NURSING ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,PHILOSOPHY of nursing ,NURSING practice ,NURSING education ,ROBOTICS ,NURSE supply & demand - Abstract
A version of this paper was given as the Inaugural Steven Edwards Memorial Lecture at the 25th conference of the International Philosophy of Nursing Society 16th August 2022. Using the literary meaning of 'whither', that is 'to what place', this paper will explore the role of philosophy in nursing, past, present, and future. The paper will begin with some thoughts on the history of nursing philosophy, its development as a subject and the scholarly activities that have led to where it sits today. The establishment of the journal Nursing Philosophy, the Annual Nursing Philosophy Conference, the International Philosophy of Nursing Society (IPONS) and their influence on nursing both in the academy and in practice will be discussed. The concept of nursing philosophy as a discipline will be considered, and how this fits with nursing theory, and nursing knowledge. Philosophical questions central to understanding contemporary nursing in a globalised world will be explored and the use of analytical philosophy and philosophical method in addressing such questions. The paper will conclude by looking to the future; what the role of philosophy might be in shaping nursing as a discipline and in the preparation of future practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. A Dynamic Systems Approach for Detecting and Localizing of Infarct-Related Artery in Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Compressed Paper-Based Electrocardiogram (ECG).
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Le, Trung Q., Chandra, Vibhuthi, Afrin, Kahkashan, Srivatsa, Sanjay, and Bukkapatnam, Satish
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DYNAMICAL systems , *BIOMEDICAL signal processing , *MYOCARDIAL infarction , *PERCUTANEOUS coronary intervention , *ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY , *ACUTE coronary syndrome , *ARTERIES - Abstract
Timely evaluation and reperfusion have improved the myocardial salvage and the subsequent recovery rate of the patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (MI). Long waiting time and time-consuming procedures of in-hospital diagnostic testing severely affect the timeliness. We present a Poincare pattern ensemble-based method with the consideration of multi-correlated non-stationary stochastic system dynamics to localize the infarct-related artery (IRA) in acute MI by fully harnessing information from paper-based Electrocardiogram (ECG). The vectorcardiogram (VCG) diagnostic features extracted from only 2.5-s long paper ECG recordings were used to hierarchically localize the IRA—not mere localization of the infarcted cardiac tissues—in acute MI. Paper ECG records and angiograms of 106 acute MI patients collected at the Heart Artery and Vein Center at Fresno California and the 12-lead ECG signals from the Physionet PTB online database were employed to validate the proposed approach. We reported the overall accuracies of 97.41% for healthy control (HC) vs. MI, 89.41 ± 9.89 for left and right culprit arteries vs. others, 88.2 ± 11.6 for left main arteries vs. right-coronary-ascending (RCA) and 93.67 ± 4.89 for left-anterior-descending (LAD) vs. left-circumflex (LCX). The IRA localization from paper ECG can be used to timely triage the patients with acute coronary syndromes to the percutaneous coronary intervention facilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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28. Laboratory Measurements of Hydraulic Jacking Uplift Pressure at Offset Joints and Cracks.
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Wahl, Tony L. and Heiner, Bryan J.
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HYDRAULIC measurements ,BOUNDARY layer (Aerodynamics) ,DRAINAGE ,FLOW velocity ,SURFACE roughness ,SPILLWAYS - Abstract
Hydraulic jacking is a serious threat to concrete spillway chutes, demonstrated by the catastrophic spillway chute failure at California's Oroville Dam in 2017. To improve the understanding of uplift pressure and joint flow developed at open, offset joints and enable design and evaluation of anchors, drain systems, and joint remediations that could help prevent such failures, laboratory tests were performed in a supercritical flume furnished with a model joint where the gap width to offset height ratio was varied over a 725∶1 range. The tests included measurement of boundary layer velocity profiles approaching the joint. Uplift pressures were normalized to the velocity head near the boundary, which is related to the depth-wise velocity profile exponents determined in the experiments and can be estimated for field applications from the chute friction factor. The normalized uplift varies with the joint aspect ratio and the flow depth to offset height ratio. The new relations reduce the uncertainty of modeled uplift pressures by a factor of 2.87 over previous methods. Example applications demonstrate practical upper limits for potential uplift pressure. Subsequent articles will address discharge into offset joints, the dissipation of uplift via drainage, and the effect of different methods for remediating existing offsets to reduce uplift. Practical Applications: Concrete spillway chutes develop cracks and must necessarily be constructed with joints, both of which are prone to displacement over time that may create offsets into the flow. Flow striking such offsets is brought suddenly to rest, similar to a pedestrian tripping on a sidewalk crack. The local stoppage of flow at the offset creates dangerously high pressures that can be injected into the foundation, leading to erosion beneath the slab and potential uplift failure, often called 'hydraulic jacking'. This mechanism has caused several notable failures including the Oroville Dam spillway in 2017. Protection against such failures is usually provided by a combination of the weight (thickness) of the slab itself, anchors that hold the slab down, and subsurface drains that reduce the buildup of pressure. This paper provides experimentally based equations for predicting uplift pressure to enable effective design of new spillways and evaluation of existing spillways. The new equations are significantly more accurate than previous methods because they account for the roughness of the chute surface and the reduced flow velocity near the boundary. Subsequent papers will address flow rate through joints, pressure dissipation by drainage, and methods for treating existing offsets to reduce potential uplift. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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29. Spiritual Poaching or Authentic Dao? A Transnational Yiguandao Community in Los Angeles Enters the Global Daoist Field.
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Broy, Nikolas
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RELIGIOUS movements ,POACHING ,TAOISM ,SPIRITUALITY ,SPORTS spectators - Abstract
This paper explores how the Taiwanese-Chinese religious movement Yiguandao ("Way of Pervading Unity") creates a community of non-Chinese followers by utilizing Daoism-related beliefs and practices. Drawing on ethnographic data from fieldwork conducted in California in early 2018, published Yiguandao materials, and internet resources, the paper argues that Yiguandao activists specifically invest their messages in Daoist symbols, beliefs, and practices to reach out to non-Chinese sympathizers of "Asian philosophies" and eventually to establish a global and cross-cultural community of Dao followers. By discussing a case study from Los Angeles, the paper seeks to understand the patterns of Yiguandao activists' engagement with Daoism and how their efforts blend into establishing a global Daoist field. Finally, it thereby invites us to rethink the often haphazardly drawn boundaries—both by practitioners and scholars—between Daoism and other religious phenomena, including New Age, spirituality, and Chinese popular sects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. Herbaria macroalgae as a proxy for historical upwelling trends in Central California.
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Miller, Emily A., Lisin, Susan E., Smith, Celia M., and Van Houtan, Kyle S.
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HERBARIA ,MARINE resources ,STABLE isotopes ,MARINE algae ,HEAVY metals ,PROXY ,ALGAE ,CERAMIALES - Abstract
Planning for future ocean conditions requires historical data to establish more informed ecological baselines. To date, this process has been largely limited to instrument records and observations that begin around 1950. Here, we show how marine macroalgae specimens from herbaria repositories may document long-term ecosystem processes and extend historical information records into the nineteenth century. We tested the effect of drying and pressing six macroalgae species on amino acid, heavy metal and bulk stable isotope values over 1 year using modern and archived paper. We found historical paper composition did not consistently affect values. Certain species, however, had higher variability in particular metrics while others were more consistent. Multiple herbaria provided Gelidium (Rhodophyta) samples collected in southern Monterey Bay from 1878 to 2018. We examined environmental relationships and found δ
15 N correlated with the Bakun upwelling index, the productivity regime of this ecosystem, from 1946 to 2018. Then, we hindcasted the Bakun index using its derived relationship with Gelidium δ15 N from 1878 to 1945. This hindcast provided new information, observing an upwelling decrease mid-century leading up to the well-known sardine fishery crash. Our case study suggests marine macroalgae from herbaria are an underused resource of the marine environment that precedes modern scientific data streams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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31. Evaluating insecticide coverage and determining its effect on the duration of control for navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in California almonds.
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Siegel, Joel P, Strmiska, Mathew M, and Walse, Spenser S
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ALMOND ,PISTACHIO ,INSECTICIDES ,PYRALIDAE ,CHLORANTRANILIPROLE ,LEPIDOPTERA ,ENGLISH walnut - Abstract
BACKGROUND Insecticide application is essential to control navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella) in California almonds (Prunus dulcis), but coverage is challenging. Laboratory and field trials were conducted from 2014 to 2017 to quantify insecticide deposition and duration of control. RESULTS: In the laboratory for filter paper, photolysis reduced the contact toxicity of bifenthrin, and its half‐life was 6.2 days. For chlorantraniliprole applied in the field, there was 87–94% less insecticide deposited in the almond suture, the most vulnerable part of the nut, than on the hull. For chlorantraniliprole, adjuvant choice (alcohol ethoxylate versus mineral oil) affected both initial insecticide deposition and half‐life. Chlorantraniliprole degradation was greater at 6.1 m than at 3 m for both adjuvants assessed, whereas contact mortality was similar at both heights for the alcohol ethoxylate adjuvant. CONCLUSION: The combination of photolysis and differential distribution of insecticide on the nut can account for the variable control observed in the field. This was particularly problematic in the upper canopy and adjuvant choice affected deposition and insecticide degradation. Less than 1% of the insecticide in the tank was deposited on the almond suture. These results demonstrating the fraction of the insecticide in the sprayer tank deposited on the nut target, combined with reduced coverage in the upper canopy are also applicable to the control of A. transitella in pistachio (Pistacia vera) and walnut (Juglans regia) orchards. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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32. State-Level Policies to Incentivize Workplace Learning: Impacts of a California Publicly Funded Employee Training Program.
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Negoita, Marian and Goger, Annelies
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ORGANIZATIONAL learning ,SALE of business enterprises ,CORPORATE culture ,MARKET failure ,BUSINESS size ,EMPLOYEE training - Abstract
The inability of labor markets to function effectively to satisfy the needs of employers and workers suggests that there is a growing need for policy interventions to promote workplace cultures of learning and innovation. Past research suggests that publicly funded incumbent worker training programs are a promising antidote against market failures. With only a handful of studies published in the last two decades, however, this is one of the least-researched types of business support programs. This paper examines the impact of a state program in California that uses a pay-for-performance approach to reimburse employers that train their employees: the California Employment Training Panel (ETP). Based on a mixed-methods study of ETP, the authors found that, overall, ETP had positive and significant impacts on company sales and firm size. The study suggests the need to abandon ideological debates and engage in more evidence-based policy discussions about incumbent worker training programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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33. Accurate Prediction of Dissolved Oxygen in Perch Aquaculture Water by DE-GWO-SVR Hybrid Optimization Model.
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Bao, Xingsheng, Jiang, Yilun, Zhang, Lintong, Liu, Bo, Chen, Linjie, Zhang, Wenqing, Xie, Lihang, Liu, Xinze, Qu, Fangfang, and Wu, Renye
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GREY Wolf Optimizer algorithm ,WATER quality monitoring ,DIFFERENTIAL evolution ,WATER quality ,BODIES of water ,PEARSON correlation (Statistics) ,DISSOLVED oxygen in water ,IONIC conductivity - Abstract
In order to realize the accurate and reliable prediction of the change trend of dissolved oxygen (DO) content in California perch aquaculture water, this paper proposes a second-order hybrid optimization support vector machine (SVR) model based on Differential Evolution (DE) and Gray Wolf Optimizer (GWO), shortened to DE-GWO-SVR, to predict the DO content with the characteristics of nonlinear and non-smooth water quality data. Experimentally, data for the water quality, including pH, water temperature, conductivity, salinity, total dissolved solids, and DO, were collected. Pearson's correlation coefficient (PPMCC) was applied to explore the correlation between each water quality parameter and DO content. The optimal DE-GWO-SVR model was established and compared with models based on SVR, back-propagation neural network (BPNN), and their optimization models. The results show that the DE-GWO-SVR model proposed in this paper can effectively realize the nonlinear prediction and global optimization performance. Its R
2 , MSE, MAE and RMSE can be up to 0.94, 0.108, 0.2629, and 0.3293, respectively, which is better than those of other models. This research provides guidance for the efficient prediction of DO in perch aquaculture water bodies for increasing the aquaculture effectiveness and reducing the aquaculture risk, providing a new exploratory path for water quality monitoring. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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34. Development and Application of a Written Communication Rubric to Improve Baccalaureate Nursing Student Writing.
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Smart, Christie M. and Wall Parilo, Denise M.
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COLLEGE students ,NATIONAL competency-based educational tests ,STUDENT assignments ,PILOT projects ,EVALUATION of human services programs ,ACADEMIC medical centers ,PRE-tests & post-tests ,EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements ,T-test (Statistics) ,NURSING research ,COMMUNICATION ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,NURSING students ,WRITTEN communication ,DATA analysis software - Abstract
Aims. Baccalaureate nursing students often enter nursing programs with varying degrees of writing skills. The use of formative assessment can provide students and faculty with information to act upon during a course and improve learning. This study aimed to test the use of a program-level written communication rubric as a formative assessment to be able to provide targeted interventions for improvement as part of curricular evaluation. Methods. A written communication rubric (14 criteria with scores ranging from 1–4) was applied twice during the semester to assess the writing assignments of 33 undergraduate nursing students enrolled in a nursing research course. A targeted intervention was designed and implemented based on deficient aggregate assessment results from the first student assignment. Results. Paired t-test analysis demonstrated a significant upward change in student performance in the second student assignment for all seven of the targeted competency scores (all p < 0.05). Conclusions. The use of a program-level rubric as a formative assessment paired with a targeted intervention improved the writing skills of nursing students during a single semester. By harnessing the tools of online learning management systems, faculty can quickly identify specific challenges for students in academic writing. There is potential for formative assessment to be used by faculty and students to direct the ongoing development of writing skills both during a course and throughout the program of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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35. Key lessons learned from adopting relational principles in the public sector: a case study in california.
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Tillmann, Patricia Andre and Humphrey, Ken
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PUBLIC sector ,PROJECT management ,CONSTRUCTION industry ,EMPIRICAL research - Abstract
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- 2023
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36. Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Validation: Disablement in the Physically Active Scale.
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Stankevitz, Diane, Larkins, Lindsay, and Baker, Russell T.
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COLLEGE athletes ,COLLEGE students ,STATISTICAL correlation ,HEALTH outcome assessment ,RESEARCH ,STATISTICAL sampling ,SPORTS injuries ,STATISTICS ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,DATA analysis software ,EVALUATION - Abstract
Context: Determining patient outcomes is essential to quality health care. Administering electronic patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) offers potential advantages, including faster completion and efficient data access and storage. However, commonly used PROMs have not been studied across multiple administration modes, limiting clinicians to paper forms until the electronic versions are validated. Objective: To determine the validity of an electronic version of the Disablement in the Physically Active (DPA) scale compared with the paper version. Main Outcome Measure(s): Electronic and paper versions of the DPA scale were randomly administered to 117 participants (38 women, 79 men; age = 21.6 6 5.9 years) 24 to 48 hours apart. Responses were compared using Pearson product moment correlations, canonical correlations, and covariance modeling. Results: The electronic version of the DPA scale was strongly correlated with the paper version when compared using a bivariate correlation (r = 0.86, P, .001) or covariance modeling approach (r = 0.90, P, .001). Conclusions: The electronic version of the DPA scale was comparable with the paper version, making the former more efficient for use in athletic training. This study provides a template for other clinician-researchers to perform similar evaluations of electronic PROMs to determine their equivalency with the paper versions before implementing them in practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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37. Water Best Paper Award 2015.
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Scholz, Miklas
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WATER research ,WATER supply ,OCEAN acidification ,MARINE organisms ,WATER management ,AWARDS - Abstract
The article announces awards given to 2015 water best papers including "Atmospheric Rivers, Floods and the Water Resources of California," by Michael D. Dettinger and colleagues, "The Global Dimension of Water Governance: Why the River Basin Approach Is No Longer Sufficient and Why Cooperative Action at Global Level Is Needed," by Arjen Y. Hoekstra, and "The Impact of Ocean Acidification on Reproduction, Early Development and Settlement of Marine Organisms," by Pauline M. Ross and colleagues.
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38. SGH2 plant to produce green hydrogen from waste in California.
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In the US, SGH2 Energy Global is partnering with the City of Lancaster in southern California to build a large-scale 'green' hydrogen facility, using the company's Solena Plasma Enhanced Gasification (SPEG) technology to produce 11 000 kg/day of hydrogen from recycled mixed paper waste. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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39. What has philosophy ever done for nursing: A discursive shift from margins to mainstream.
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Georges, Jane M.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,PHILOSOPHY of nursing ,FEMINIST criticism ,HEALTH equity - Abstract
This paper is a personal dialogue of maneuvering the landscape of scholarship in the United States as a nurse faculty. The principal thesis of this paper is that a discursive shift from margins to mainstream literature has occurred within nursing discourse during the past 20 years as the result of a growing body of work by nurse philosophers. I utilize my own work in nursing philosophy as an exemplar and provide a narrative situated in a feminist‐critical paradigm. This paper: (1) presents a historical background through a critical‐feminist lens of the discursive shift using my own work and lived experiences as exemplars; (2) examines a contemporary mainstream 'authoritative' text as an exemplar of this discursive shift and (3) proposes both potential positive intersections and threats in the future development of nursing philosophy resulting from this discursive shift. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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40. Impacting Information Literacy Learning in First-Year Seminars: A Rubric-Based Evaluation
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Lowe, M. Sara, Booth, Char, Stone, Sean, and Tagge, Natalie
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The authors conducted a rubric assessment of information literacy (IL) skills in research papers across five undergraduate first-year seminar programs to explore the question "What impact does librarian intervention in first-year courses have on IL performance in student work?" Statistical results indicate that students in courses with greater levels of strategic faculty-librarian collaboration performed significantly better in IL outcomes than those in courses with low collaboration. Intensive librarian course support was not necessary to achieve significant learning gains; these tended to occur when librarians provided initial input into syllabus and assignment design, followed by one or two assignment-focused IL workshops.
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41. Controlling Reproduction and Disrupting Family Formation: California Women's Prisons and the Violent Legacy of Eugenics.
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Avila, Vrindavani and James, Jennifer Elyse
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EUGENICS ,PREDICATE (Logic) ,PRISONS ,REPRODUCTIVE rights ,PRISON population ,TWENTIETH century - Abstract
Prisons in the United States serve as a site and embodiment of gendered and racialized state violence. The US incarcerates more people than any other nation in both numbers and per capita rates. Individuals incarcerated in women's prisons are 10% of the total prison population, yet women's prisons remain understudied, and the violence that occurs in women's facilities is rampant, widespread, and operates in particular racialized and gendered ways. This paper centers the forced sterilizations that occurred in California state prisons over the last two decades. We consider how reproduction and the nuclear family have served as a primary site of racial capitalism and eugenic ideology. While eugenic policies were popularized and promoted across the US and globally in the 20th century, the violent ideas underlying eugenic ideology have been a constant presence throughout US history. The height of the eugenics era is marked by the forcible sterilization of institutionalized 'deviant' bodies. While discussions of eugenics often center these programs, the reach of eugenic policies extends far beyond surgical interventions. We utilize a reproductive justice lens to argue that the hierarchical, racialized social stratification necessary for the existence of prisons constructs and sustains the 'deviant' bodies and families that predicate eugenic logic, policies, and practices. In this conceptual paper, we draw from ongoing research to argue that prisons, as institutions and as a product of racial capitalism, perpetuate the ongoing violent legacy of eugenics and name abolition as a central component of the fight to end reproductive oppression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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42. The Digital Transition: Are Adults Aged 65 Years or Older Willing to Complete Online Forms and Questionnaires in Patient Portals?
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Gordon, Nancy P., Zhang, Sherry, Lo, Joan C., and Li, Christina F.
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OLDER people ,PATIENT portals ,TRANSITION to adulthood ,HEALTH care teams - Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Patients are being encouraged to complete forms electronically using patient portals rather than on paper, but willingness of older adults to make this transition is uncertain. METHODS: The authors analyzed data for 4105 Kaiser Permanente Northern California 2020 Member Health Survey respondents aged 65-85 years who answered a question about willingness to complete online forms and questionnaires using a patient portal. Data weighted to the Kaiser Permanente Northern California membership were used to estimate percentages of older adults willing to complete patient portal forms and questionnaires. Chi-square tests and log-Poisson regression models that included sociodemographic, internet use, and patient portal variables were used to identify factors predictive of willingness. RESULTS: Overall, 59.6% of older adults were willing to complete patient portal forms, 17.6% were not willing, and 22.8% were not sure. Adults aged 75-85 (49.5%) vs 65-74 years (64.8%) and Black (51.9%) and Latino (46.5%) vs White (62.8%) adults were less likely to indicate willingness. In addition to racial and ethnic differences and younger age, higher educational attainment, use of the internet alone (vs internet use with help or not at all), having an internet-enabled computer or tablet, and having sent at least 1 message through the patient portal increased likelihood of being willing. CONCLUSIONS: Health care teams should assess older adults' capabilities and comfort related to completion of patient portal-based forms and support those willing to make the digital transition. Paper forms and oral collection of information should remain available for those unable or unwilling to make this digital transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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43. Disclosure-based regulation and municipal security trade prices.
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Dzigbede, Komla D.
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PRICES of securities ,SECURITIES industry laws ,SECONDARY markets ,FINANCIAL markets ,SECURITIES trading ,CAPITAL market ,MUNICIPAL bonds - Abstract
Purpose: This paper aims to measure the trade price impact of a recent regulatory disclosure intervention in municipal securities secondary markets, which required broker-dealers to disclose securities trading information on a near-real-time and continuing basis. Design/methodology/approach: The author analyzes trade price outcomes in the preintervention and postintervention regimes using a suite of time series estimations that give heteroskedasticity-robust standard errors (Prais–Winsten and Cochrain–Orcutt), accommodate higher-order lag structure in the error term (autoregressive integrated moving average) and account for volatility clustering in the time series (generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity). Findings: Results show that regulatory disclosure intervention significantly improved trade price efficiency in municipal securities secondary markets as daily trade price differential and volatility both declined market-wide after the disclosure intervention. Research limitations/implications: The sample consists of trades in State of California general obligation bonds; therefore, empirical findings may not be generalizable to other states, local governments and different types of bonds. Practical implications: The findings highlight voluntary information disclosure as a practical and effective mechanism in disclosure regulation of municipal securities secondary markets. Originality/value: Only a small body of work exists that examines information disclosure regulation in municipal securities secondary markets; therefore, this paper expands knowledge on the topic and should provide renewed impetus for regulatory efforts aimed at improving the efficiency of municipal capital markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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44. Building Sustainable Health and Education Partnerships: Stories from Local Communities
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Blank, Martin J.
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Background: Growing health disparities have a negative impact on young people's educational achievement. Community schools that involve deep relationships with partners across multiple domains address these disparities by providing opportunities and services that promote healthy development of young people, and enable them to graduate from high school ready for college, technical school, on-the-job training, career, and citizenship. Methods: Results from Milwaukie High School, North Clackamas, OR; Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, CA; and Cincinnati Community Learning Centers, Cincinnati, OH were based on a review of local site documents, web-based information, interviews, and e-mail communication with key local actors. Results: The schools and districts with strong health partnerships reflecting community schools strategy have shown improvements in attendance, academic performance, and increased access to mental, dental, vision, and health supports for their students. Conclusions: To build deep health-education partnerships and grow community schools, a working leadership and management infrastructure must be in place that uses quality data, focuses on results, and facilitates professional development across sectors. The leadership infrastructure of community school initiatives offers a prototype on which others can build. Moreover, as leaders build cross-sector relationships, a clear definition of what scaling up means is essential for subsequent long-term systemic change.
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45. The New Politics of Diversity: Lessons from a Federal Technical Assistance Grant
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Frankenberg, Erica, McDermott, Kathryn A., DeBray, Elizabeth, and Blankenship, Ann Elizabeth
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In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education distributed $2,500,000 via a competitive grant program, the Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans, to 11 school districts. The grants and their local effects provide an opportunity to examine the new politics of diversity in public education. Participants cited a wide range of conceptions of diversity, most of which were race-neutral. Some districts enacted policies deemphasizing their original diversity goals. Even in Technical Assistance for Student Assignment Plans (TASAP) districts, whose leaders presumably value diversity, diversity was not always a compelling goal when competing with priorities such as fiscal austerity, school improvement, and neighborhood school demands. Future federal efforts to increase students' exposure to diverse peers should recognize that local conditions might create contrary political pressures for local policymakers.
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46. Breaking the Silence: The Unionization of Postdoctoral Workers at the University of California
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Camacho, Sayil and Rhoads, Robert A.
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This article examines the postdoctoral unionization movement at the University of California (UC) using case study methodology. More specifically, we examine postdoctoral union organizers involved in the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) Local 5810, focusing on their efforts to unionize postdoctoral employees at the UC. The study is situated within the broader context of neoliberal influences and the corporatization of the contemporary U.S. research university. The case of the UC postdoc union movement is seen as particularly important given that approximately 1/10th of all U.S. university postdoctoral workers are employed at the UC and the quest to meet UC's postdoctoral research needs is increasingly global in nature. Accordingly, we rely on two primary sources of data: the collection and analysis of key documents and semistructured interviews with postdoctoral union organizers. The findings focus on three key issues: 1) conditions of workplace vulnerability; 2) challenges of organizing a postdoctoral union and negotiating a contract; and 3) outcomes of the unionization process.
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47. Scientific Papers to Be Presented at the Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society April 3-7, 2019 Renaissance Indian Wells Indian Wells, California.
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ANNUAL meetings , *MEDICAL personnel , *COASTS , *HUMAN fertility , *RENAISSANCE - Published
- 2019
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48. Wildfire prediction for California using and comparing Spatio-Temporal Knowledge Graphs.
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Böckling, Martin, Paulheim, Heiko, and Detzler, Sarah
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KNOWLEDGE graphs ,CALIFORNIA wildfires ,VECTOR spaces ,ELECTRIC lines ,HUMAN ecology ,WILDFIRE prevention - Abstract
The frequency of wildfires increases yearly and poses a constant threat to the environment and human beings. Different factors, for example surrounding infrastructure to an area (e.g., campfire sites or power lines) contribute to the occurrence of wildfires. In this paper, we propose using a Spatio-Temporal Knowledge Graph (STKG) based on OpenStreetMap (OSM) data for modeling such infrastructure. Based on that knowledge graph, we use the RDF2vec approach to create embeddings for predicting wildfires, and we align different vector spaces generated at each temporal step by partial rotation. In an experimental study, we determine the effect of the surrounding infrastructure by comparing different data composition strategies, which involve a prediction based on tabular data, a combination of tabular data and embeddings, and solely embeddings. We show that the incorporation of the STKG increases the prediction quality of wildfires. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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49. Lessons Learned and Recommendations for the Application of Systems Engineering as an Emerging Discipline in Transportation & Infrastructure Projects.
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Hoehne, Oliver
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SYSTEMS engineering ,INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics) ,CIVIL engineering ,RECOMMENDER systems ,ENGINEERING management - Abstract
While systems engineering (SE) has been a well‐established discipline focusing on interdisciplinary systems and engineering management of complex systems over their life cycles, SE is still widely unknown in the U.S. infrastructure industry. The U.S. has recently passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill (H.R. 3684), calling for investments in roads, bridges, rail, ports, airports, power, water, broadband, and other major projects. It is the intent of this paper to provide practical guidance to infrastructure owners and operators who are interested in reaping the benefits of applying SE to their transportation and infrastructure projects. This paper memorializes the lessons learned from over a of decade of real‐world, hands‐on experience of introducing and gradually increasing the application of systems engineering to building the civil infrastructure of the California High‐Speed Rail System (CHSRS), starting with the environmental impact review, preliminary engineering, final design, construction, inspection and testing, and finally the certification and planned handover of 119 miles of civil work and over 225 individual structures to the following track and systems contracts. As the first three CHSRS civil works construction packages (CP) are currently nearing completion, three new civil work and passenger station procurement contracts have recently been awarded, extending CHSRS to 171 miles and close to 300 structures, including four passenger stations, with additional track and systems, trainset, and train operator contracts planned in the near future. The extension of the CHSRS presented a timely opportunity to incorporate the SE lessons learned during the first three construction packages and update the systems engineering process requirements for the new CHSRS extension projects going forward. The SE requirements are presented in form of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) requirements and have been prepared as tailored requirements for both civil infrastructure and track and systems contracts. This paper intends to share the lessons learned and present them as specific and actionable recommendations, providing practical guidance for the application of SE to transportation and/or infrastructure projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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50. It's in the bag? The effect of plastic carryout bag bans on where and what people purchase to eat.
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PLASTIC bag laws ,CONSUMER behavior ,GROCERY shopping ,BORDERLANDS ,CONSUMERS ,ENVIRONMENTAL health - Abstract
This paper examines how banning the use of plastic carryout bags at grocery stores affects where and what people purchase to eat. Using quasi‐random variation in local bag ban adoption across California and two data sources (retail scanner data and consumer survey data), I show that banning plastic carryout bags shifted some food sales away from regulated grocery stores toward unregulated grocery stores and restaurants. Specifically, I find that bag bans cause a 1.8% decline in food‐at‐home sales and a 1.9 percentage point increase in consumers' food‐away‐from‐home expenditure share. The decline in food‐at‐home sales is larger in jurisdictions more likely to experience cross‐border shopping, whereas the increase in food‐away‐from‐home expenditures is larger farther from jurisdiction borders. Together these results suggest that a small share of consumers find a way to bypass the bag bans—either by cross‐border shopping if near a border or by shifting to restaurants if not near a border. Heterogeneity analyses reveal the policy effects are strongest for those with higher incomes, those under 65 years, and those with young children, suggesting both income effects and time constraints as mechanisms behind the behavioral change. By quantifying consumer avoidance behaviors, these results enable policymakers to more accurately measure the impacts of their regulations and to understand the potential trade‐offs between their environmental and public health objectives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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