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The Role Of Social Work In Health Care For Veterans In The United States Of America (Praca Socjalna W Lecznictwie Weteranów Służby Wojskowej W Usa), Jaroslaw Richard Romaniuk

Faculty Scholarship

Clinical social work in the American system of health care and its specific features in the Veterans Affairs (VA) of veterans are described in this paper. VA hospitals are the largest employers of social work worldwide. Because health care for veterans is paid for from government funds, VA hospitals are subject to regulations developed on the basis of research into the system’s effectiveness and efficiency. Clinical social workers cooperate with physicians and nurses to comprise an integral part of the health care team. Social workers fulfill the usual tasks related to social well‑being but also act as health educators and …

The Trauma Of Head Injury

DePaul Magazine

Thanks to the vision and leadership of Vincent de Paul Professor of Biological Sciences Dorothy Kozlowski, who has teamed with scientists and researchers across the country, DePaul is playing an instrumental role in advancing our understanding of the speci­fic causes and e‑ffects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). In collaboration with colleagues at DePaul partner institution Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Kozlowski developed a novel animal model to study the connection between repeat concussions and long-term health problems. Some of the research includes looking at learning and memory on the cellular level for those with Alzheimer’s and TBI, and …

How Can I Help My Anxious Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder? Understanding Parental Perspectives And Treatment Preferences, Sandra L. Cepeda

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Despite the high prevalence of co-occurring anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), little is known about parental preferences for treatment in addressing these anxiety concerns. Understanding parents’ preferences for treatment is an important factor to consider for ensuring quality care, as it can guide clinical decisions with regard to implementation of care, strategies for optimizing engagement and treatment adherence, and is associated with treatment outcome. To date, limited studies have examined parental preferences in treatment for childhood anxiety or ASD; but no study has investigated preferences for treatment in children with comorbid symptoms. Thus, the present study sought …

Workshop #5: Workforce: Evacuations, Shelter Staffing, Workforce Structure, Capacity, Ppe, And Telemedicine: After-Action Report (Aar), Converge Nsf Working Group, Joshua G. Behr, Wie Yusuf, Jennifer Marshall, Elizabeth Dunn

Presentations, Lectures, Posters, Reports

Participants in the breakout sessions for the CONVERGE COVID-19 Working Group’s Workshop 5 (Workforce) identified several issues, including unique staffing challenges for this compound event, needed training revisions to address shelter protocols specific to COVID-19, additional staffing needs based on the unusual use of congregate and non-congregate shelters to address COVID-19 risks, and the increased need for ancillary services for staff and volunteers during and after an event.

Ensuring shelter operations are maintained despite COVID-19 will require adequate staffing. Layoffs, furloughs and hiring freezes have affected base employee numbers, where many jurisdictions rely on county and city employees, along with …

The Role Of Perceptual Simulation In L2 Vocabulary Acquisition, Min Zhu, L. David Ritchie

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

Research in embodied cognition suggests that perceptual simulation may play a role in language comprehension. In this study we use a combination of experimental and qualitative research to explore the potential of simulation exercises to improve acquisition of esoteric literary English vocabulary by English majors at a Chinese University. Through quantitative analysis of the data from one pre-test and two post-tests of the experimental and control groups, and qualitative examination of the student feedback collected from an open-ended survey and face-to-face interviews, we find that most of the students in both conditions have simulations of the learned words whether based …

Aces And Substance Use: Understanding The Influence Of Childhood Experiences On Substance Use In Adolescence Across Race And Ethnicity, Tacey Micole Matheson Shurtliff

Theses and Dissertations

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect numerous outcomes in adulthood, but relatively few studies examine their implications for adolescents. Understanding the effects of ACEs is important since adolescent behaviors affect subsequent life course milestones and transitions. One area of the ACEs research that is deficient involves adolescent substance use. In addition, there is a paucity of studies addressing whether the association between ACEs and substance use differs by race/ethnicity. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, this study aims to fill these gaps by (a) examining whether adolescents who experience more ACEs tend to be at higher risk …

Farm And Ranch Enterprise Budgets: Return To What?, Larry Van Tassell, Jay Parsons, Glennis Mcclure

Cornhusker Economics

Budgets capturing the projected revenues and costs associated with producing and marketing a single commodity are generally called enterprise budgets or cost and return estimates but can also be referred to as profit center budgets. Two of the major purposes for developing enterprise budgets are to determine which enterprises are the most profitable and to determine breakeven prices for use in a marketing plan. Enterprise budgets produced by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln can be found at farm.unl.edu.

Growth And New Directions: Cala Academic Resources And Repository System, Sai Deng, Weiling Liu, Suzhen Chen, Mingyan Li, Meng Qu

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The Chinese American Librarians Association’s Academic Resources & Repository System (CALASYS) was established in 2013 and has been growing gradually ever since. To seek sustainable and greater growth in the future, the CALASYS 2019-2020 Committee reviewed previous efforts and explored new potentials in the repository’s content development, interface and functionality improvement and community engagement. This presentation will cover several issues that the Committee has addressed since its forming: developing new content for CALASYS such as a new top-level collection called ”Chinese Culture Heritage & Chinese Studies” and its children collections including the CALA Best Book Award Collection; starting or resuming …

Mindfulness, Megan Paul

Umbrella Summaries

What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is described as “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally” (Kabat-Zinn, 1994, p. 22). Instead of being on autopilot and reacting in reflexive and mindless ways, perhaps with a focus on the past or the future, it is about being fully aware of and present in the moments of our lives. The nonjudgmental aspect is about not leaping to “likes and dislikes, opinions and prejudices, projections and expectations” (Kabat-Zinn, 1994, p. 23) and instead observing without evaluating. Mindfulness is considered both a trait and a state. Trait mindfulness refers …

Use Of Music To Improve Running Performance, Jeremy Buttice

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Running is an exercise that requires minimal equipment and gear therefore, running is easily accessible for many people. Research has shown performance benefits when music is used while running such as increased cadence (steps per minute), increased speed, and decrease in perceived exertion. Since music is easily accessible during a run (e.g., smartphone or smartwatch), one can utilize the technology in these smart devices to track specific aspects of their run. Accelerometers, GPS, heart rate sensors, gyroscopes, and barometers can be utilized to track speed, distance, physical exertion, steps, and cadence. Software developers can take advantage of these features in …

A Review Of Training Interventions To Teach Safety Skills To Children With Autism, Gabrielle Mondello

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Teaching safety skills to children with autism is a serious responsibility for caregivers, siblings, teachers, and other important people in the children’s lives. Finding the effective and most efficient way to teach these skills is important. Behavioral skills training (BST), in situ training (IST), video modeling, virtual reality, and the use of simulation training have all been evaluated for teaching safety skills. This paper discusses the safety threats faced by children with autism and reviews these various approaches to teaching safety skills.

Examining The Narratives Of Military Sexual Trauma Survivors, Maria Carolina GonzáLez-Prats

Dissertations and Theses

Background: The return of military sexual trauma (MST) to the national spotlight has been fueled by a combination of continued reports of sexual assaults across the various military branches, increased visibility of sexual abuse scandals in the media, and mounting calls for accountability from veteran advocacy groups and legislators. Although there have been numerous reforms implemented by the military, there still exists a significant gap between the military's official efforts and the reality of the survivors' experiences. Consequently, more research is needed to understand how survivors perceive the military's efforts, how these efforts affect their experiences, and how future …

A Conceptual Agent-Based Model Of Farming Households’ Vulnerability To Winter Storms, Yiyi Zhang

International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research

Vulnerability assessments are implemented to identify regions and groups at risk and factors that need to be addressed to reduce vulnerability. Existing assessments have allowed multidimensional factors to be examined in various settings and adopted complex models to simulate human-environment-weather interactions. However, these models are far less accessible than traditional models due to model abstraction and there has been limited research detailing a formalized way to simulate the interactions between rural households and external changes in response to a specific extreme weather event. To supplement applied efforts in vulnerability assessments and address the challenge in communicating agent-based models, this study …

The Sequelae Of Psychological Symptoms Exhibited By Children Exposed To Trauma: A Developmental Perspective, Ying (Annie) Yang

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Children who experience developmental trauma often exhibit a constellation of symptoms across several psycho-social-bio domains. This study explored the symptom clusters that school-age children and adolescents who have experienced maltreatment exhibit and whether these children/adolescents can be differentiated from those without trauma histories. Using data from the Child and Youth Mental Health instrument, exploratory factor analyses of clinical items were completed for children/adolescents who have experienced maltreatment. Six factors for children (i.e., dysregulation in cognitive processes, dysregulation in self-concept, externalizing behaviours, violent or high-risk behaviours, indicators of withdrawal and depression, and hyperarousal and anxiety behaviours) and 5 factors for adolescents …

Review Of The Future Of Literary Archives, Meghan R. Rinn

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

In the opening of The Future of Literary Archives: Diasporic and Diverse Collections at Risk, editor David C. Sutton is careful to note that the various chapters in the volume are related to the work of the Diasporic Literary Archives Network. As such, the book itself serves as a demonstrated result of the Network’s years of work and collaboration across international boundaries, touching on subjects including public/private archives, material at risk, cultural imperialism, and literary history.

الجمود الفکری (الدوجماتیة) وعلاقته باضطراب الشخصیة الحدیة لدى طلاب المرحلة الثانویة بمحافظة قلوة, سعيد مساعد سعيد الزهراني

Sohag Journal of Education المجلة التربوية بسوهاج

هدفت الدراسة إلى الکشف عن درجة کل من الجمود الفکری (الدوجماتیة)، وأعراض اضطراب الشخصیة الحدیة، والعلاقة بینهما لدى طلاب المرحلة الثانویة، ولتحقیق هذا الهدف اتبعت الدراسة المنهج الوصفی بصورته الارتباطیة، حیث تم التحقق من صدق وثبات مقیاس الجمود الفکری لروکیتش (تقنین: خوج، 2008)، وقائمة أعراض الشخصیة الحدیة المختصرة (تقنین: أبو زید، 2017)، وتطبیقهما على عینة الدراسة البالغ عددها (305) طالباً من طلاب المرحلة الثانویة بمحافظة قلوة، وباستخدام الأسالیب الإحصائیة المناسبة، توصلت الدراسة إلى أن درجة الجمود الفکری لدى طلاب المرحلة الثانویة بمحافظة قلوة کانت (متوسطة) حیث بلغ المتوسط الحسابی القیمة (3.81) بانحراف معیاری قدره (1.09)، بینما کانت درجة أعراض اضطراب …

درجة الذکاء الانفعالی وعلاقته بقیم العمل لدى المرشدین والمرشدات بتعلیم محافظتی اللیث والقنفذة, أحمد حسن إبراهيم السلامي

Sohag Journal of Education المجلة التربوية بسوهاج

هدفت الدراسة إلى الکشف عن العلاقة بین درجة الذکاء الانفعالی وعلاقته بقیم العمل لدى المرشدین والمرشدات بتعلیم محافظتی اللیث والقنفذة، ولتحقیق هذا الهدف اتبعت الدراسة المنهج الوصفی بصورته الارتباطیة، حیث تم التحقق من صدق وثبات مقیاسی: الذکاء الانفعالی (رزق وعثمان، 1996)، وقیم العمل (علام وأبو زید، 1993)، وتطبیقهما على عینة الدراسة من المرشدین الطلابیین والمرشدات الطلابیات بلغ عددهم (475)، وباستخدام الأسالیب الإحصائیة المناسبة، توصلت الدراسة إلى أن وجود درجة (مرتفعة) من الذکاء الانفعالی لدى عینة الدراسة بمتوسط قدره (3.85)، وکان ترتیب أبعاد الذکاء الانفعالی هو (التعاطف، تنظیم الانفعالات، إدارة الانفعالات، التواصل الاجتماعی، المعرفة الانفعالیة)، کما جاءت الدرجة الکلیة لقیم العمل …

الیقظة العقلیة وعلاقتها بأعراض القلق لدى طلاب الکلیة التقنیة بمحافظة بیشة, سعد محمد عبد الله الحارثي

Sohag Journal of Education المجلة التربوية بسوهاج

هدفت الدراسة إلى التعرف على درجة کل من الیقظة العقلیة وأعراض القلق والعلاقة بینهما لدى طلاب الکلیة التقنیة بمحافظة بیشة، واتبعت الدراسة المنهج الوصفی بصورته الارتباطیة، حیث تم اختیار عینة عشوائیة من طلاب الکلیة التقنیة بمحافظة بیشة بلغ قوامها (284)، طبق علیهم مقیاسی الیقظة العقلیة (محمد، 2017)، وأعراض القلق (إعداد: الباحث)، وقد توصلت الدراسة إلى مجموعة من النتائج کان من أبرزها: وجود علاقة ارتباطیة سلبیة ودالة إحصائیاً بین الیقظة العقلیة وأعراض القلق لدى عینة الدراسة، کما جاءت درجة الیقظة العقلیة لدیهم (متوسطة)، وأیضاً کانت أعراض القلق لدیهم (متوسطة) وأکثرها انتشاراً الأعراض النفسیة ثم الأعراض الجسمیة، وقد وجدت فروق دالة إحصائیاً …

الدور الوسیط للأفکار اللاعقـلانیة فی العلاقة بین التـوجه نحـو المستقبل وکلاً من المسـؤولیة التحصیلیة والإرجاء الأکادیمی لدى طلبة جامعة الباحة, عبدالهادي بن يحيى بن محمد العُمري

Sohag Journal of Education المجلة التربوية بسوهاج

هدف البحث إلى الکشف عن الدور الوسیط للأفکار اللاعقـلانیة بین التـوجه نحـو المستقبل وکلاً من المسـؤولیة التحصیلیة والإرجاء الأکادیمی لدى طلبة الجامعة، واتبع الباحث المنهج الوصفی، کما تم اختیار عینة عشوائیة من طلاب جامعة الباحة قوامها (720) طالباً وطالبة، بواقع (400) طالباً وطالبة من المتفوقین دراسیاً، و(320) طالباً وطالبة من المتأخرین دراسیاً، طُبق علیهم مقاییس: الأفکار اللاعقلانیة (الباحث)، والتوجه نحو المستقبل (الصقر، 2011)، والمسؤولیة التحصیلیة (الخزاعلة والحمدون، 2010)، والإرجاء الأکادیمی (السکران، 2015)، وتوصل البحث إلى مجموعة من النتائج کان من أبرزها: لا تظهر عینة الدراسة تبایناً من الأفکار اللاعقلانیة، فیما تظهر العینة مستوى مرتفع من التوجه نحو المستقبل، بینما تظهر …

درجة استخدام الإدارة الإلکترونیة وعلاقتها بالإبداع الإداری لدى قادة المدارس بمحافظة العقیق, فائز بن همیّل فائز الدعجانی

Sohag Journal of Education المجلة التربوية بسوهاج

هدفت الدراسة إلى الکشف عن درجة استخدام الإدارة الإلکترونیة وعلاقتها بالإبداع الإداری لدى قادة المدارس بمحافظة العقیق، وذلک من وجهة نظر کل من المعلمین وقادة المدارس، ولتحقیق أهداف الدراسة تم اتباع المنهج الوصفی بصورته المسحیة، کما تم اختیار عینة طبقیة عشوائیة من المعلمین بلغ عددها 221، أما عینة القادة فقد تم استخدام الحصر الشامل لقلة العدد، حیث بلغ حجم العینة 29 قائداً، وتم استخدام الاستبانة أداة لجمع البیانات، وذلک بعد التحقق من صدقها وثباتها، حیث أظهرت النتائج أن تقدیر أفراد عینة الدراسة لاستخدام قادة المدارس للإدارة الإلکترونیة جاء بدرجة متوسطة، فیما لم توجد فروق ذات دلالة إحصائیة عند مستوى ≤ …

(أبعاد الوعى المکانی والأمانی اللازمة لمقررات الدراسات الاجتماعیة بالمرحلة الابتدائیة بمدارس النور للمکفوفین (دراسة تقییمی, محمد عید فارس

Sohag Journal of Education المجلة التربوية بسوهاج

تعد التربیة الأمانیة من مجالات التربیة الفعالة التی تسعى إلى إکساب المعاقین العدید من المعارف، والمهارات، والسلوکیات اللازمة التی تساعدهم على القیام بالأنشطة فى أمان دون تعرضهم للأخطار. (وفاء یوسف حمدى، 2013). ونظراً لأن المعاق یوجه کل نشاطه وطاقته عند إکتشافه للبیئة من حوله.مما قد یعرضه للأخطار ، وذلک لما تتسم به أسالیبه من إلحاق الضرر بالذات، وبالأخرین . لذا فإن تحقیق الوعى الأمانی للمعاق یعد أمراً مهماً ، ویتم ذلک من خلال تقدیم المعلومات وتنمیة المهارات اللازمة له التى تساعده على تحقیق الأمان حتى یتعرف کیف یحافظ على سلامته وحیاته . (رانیا العربى ، 2014، ص 550). ویستلزم تنمیة …

C.C. Little Hall Name Task Force Final Report, University Of Maine

University of Maine Racial Justice Collection

The C.C. Little Hall Name Task Force's final report. The report includes the 'Purpose and Scope of the Task Force', 'Task Force Members', and 'Executive Summary'. Then the 'Task Force Recommendations for Building Name Criteria' and a section on 'Should Clarence C. Little's Name be Removed from UMaine's Little Hall?' with a 'General Biography', 'Little's Questionable Scientific Work', 'Arguments Against the Little Hall Name Change', 'Arguments in Favor of the Little Hall Name Change', the and 'Task Force Recommendation to Change the Name of Little Hall'. Lastly is the 'Renaming Process: Beyond C.C. Little' and the recommendations of what to …

A Heart Of Gold

DePaul Magazine

An interview with alumnus, retired insurance executive and DePaul Life Trustee Bertram ("Bert") Scott, chairman of the American Heart Association (AHA). He hopes to help focus attention on the social determinants of health, increase research, address vaping illnesses and foster diversity communities to get involved with the AHA.

Using Open Public Meetings And Elections To Promote Inward Transparency And Accountability: Lessons From Zambia, Taryn Vian, Rachel M. Fong, Jeanette L. Kaiser, Viviane Sakanga, Melvin Mwansa, Parker S. Chastain, Thandiwe Ngoma, Nancy Scott

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

Background
Community-led governance can ensure that leaders are accountable to the populations they serve and strengthen health systems for maternal care. A key aspect of democratic accountability is electing respective governance bodies, in this case community boards, and holding public meetings to inform community members about actions taken on their behalf. After helping build and open 10 maternity waiting homes (MWHs) in rural Zambia as part of a randomized controlled trial, we assisted community governance committees to plan and execute annual meetings to present performance results and, where needed, to elect new board members.

Methods
We applied a principally qualitative …

“You’Re Almost In This Place That Doesn’T Exist”: The Impact Of College In Prison As Understood By Formerly Incarcerated Students From The Northeastern United States, Hilary Binda, Jill D. Weinberg, Nora Maetzener, Carolyn Rubin

Journal of Prison Education and Reentry (2014-2023)

This qualitative study examines the immediate and lasting impact of liberal arts higher education in prison from the perspective of former college-in-prison students from the Northeastern United States. Findings obtained through semi-structured interviews with formerly incarcerated people are presented in the following three areas: self-confidence and agency, interpersonal relationships, and capacity for civic leadership. This study further examines former students’ reflections on the relationship between education and human transformation and begins to benchmark college programming with attention to the potential for such transformation. The authors identify four characteristics critical to a program’s success: academic rigor, the professor's respect for students, …

Introduction To The R-Package: Usdampr, Elliott James Dennis, Bowen Chen

Extension Farm and Ranch Management News

Why the Need for the Package? In the 1990’s, concern over growing packer concentration and a hog industry market shock resulted in discontent among producers and packers. As a result, the United States Congress passed the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (1999 Act) [Pub. L. 106-78, Title IX] which is required to be reauthorized every five years. See here for a full history of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Background.

Market reports were publicly issued in the form of .txt files with varying frequency from April 2000 to April 2020. Current and historical data were also housed in a USDA-AMS …

Bangladesh: Covid-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices And Needs—Responses From The First Round Of Data Collection Among Adolescent Girls In Five Districts, Population Council

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The Population Council Bangladesh conducted the first round of a series of rapid phone-based surveys on COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices and the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 on adolescent girls. The first COVID-19 positive patient in Bangladesh was reported on March 8, 2020. The advent of COVID-19 triggered the closure of all educational institutions. A nationwide “holiday” was declared on March 26, 2020, and a ban was implemented on all passenger travel by water, rail, and air. These restrictions have been partially relaxed, but the disease is spreading rapidly with 28,511 positive cases and 408 deaths as of …

Strategic Problems With Risky Prospects, Alessandro Sontuoso, Cristina Bicchieri, Alexander Funcke, Einav Hart

ESI Working Papers

We study “hypothetical reasoning” in games where the impact of risky prospects (chance moves with commonly-known conditional probabilities) is compounded by strategic uncertainty. We embed such games in an environment that permits us to verify if risk-taking behavior is affected by information that reduces the extent of strategic uncertainty. We then test some implications of expected utility theory, while making minimal assumptions about individuals’ (risk or ambiguity) attitudes. Results indicate an effect of the information on behavior: this effect is triggered in some cases by a belief-revision about others’ actions, and in other cases by a reversal in risk …

Stories From The Frontlines Of The Covid-19 Response In New York, Ashley Van Slyke

Population Health Research Brief Series

This brief features the stories of a nurse and national guardsman from Central NY who served on the frontline of the COVID-19 response during the early days of the outbreak in New York City. These frontline workers described patient overcrowding, equipment shortages, feeling physically and emotionally exhausted, and lessons learned from their experiences.

Is There A Difference Between Democrat And Republican States In The Number Of Female Students Who Experienced Cyberbullying?, Wayne Davis

Lincoln Memorial University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

In the United States, cyberbullying has become a major public health concern. Because there is a difference between the Democrat Party and the Republican Party on their philosophies involving laws and government interventions related to the control of electronic communications, it is important to know if there is a difference between political partisanship and cyberbullying. Data were collected in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017 using a three-stage cluster sample design, which produced a nationally representative sample of students in grades 9–12 who attended public and private schools. Initially, this study employed Poisson regression, which is a parametric statistic, in an …