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Hosoda, Yuri, i David Aline. "Embodied departure from focal objects in a lingua franca campus tour". Pragmatics and Society 9, nr 3 (28.06.2018): 454–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ps.16033.hos.
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Abstract This conversation analytic study examines the interaction coordinated between two amateur tour guides and a guided visitor for initiating departure from various objects during a campus tour managed through Japanese as a lingua franca. The data come from a 40-minute tour at a Taiwanese university in which two Taiwanese students acted as guides for one American professor. The resulting analysis revealed the guided visitor’s active role in determining departure from focal objects through deployment of assessments and bodily movements. This study supports findings from previous research on various languages by providing empirical evidence that the following two phenomena are highly consistent across languages and that they hold true even in lingua franca interaction: (1) assessments are routinely deployed to close a sequence; and (2) assessments are made recognizable as initiating closings when they act in concert with sequential positioning, bodily movements, the environmental context, and objects in the immediate surround.
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Gadde, Naga Sindhura, i Kevin Yi-Lwern Yap. "Mobile Health Apps That Act as Surgical Preparatory Guides: App Store Search and Quality Evaluation". JMIR Perioperative Medicine 4, nr 2 (30.11.2021): e27037. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/27037.
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Background Mobile health (mHealth) apps are becoming increasingly common in surgical practices for training, education, and communication. Factors leading to increased delays, morbidity, and mortality in surgery include inadequate preoperative patient preparation due to a failure to identify patients and procedure details, and missing instruments and equipment required for the procedure. Many apps are available for supporting preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care. However, there is a lack of studies that assess the quality of apps that act as surgical preparatory guides. Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of apps that act as surgical preparatory guides for operating room personnel through an in-house quality assessment tool. Methods The quality assessment tool comprises 35 questions categorized into 5 sections: (1) engagement (customization, interactivity, target audience; 19 points), (2) functionality (performance, ease of use, navigation; 12 points), (3) aesthetics (layout, visual appeal; 6 points), (4) information (quality and quantity of information, visual information, credibility; 29 points), and (5) privacy and security (4 points). An app search was conducted in the Australian Apple and Google Play stores using the following keywords: “surgical apps”, “surgical preferences”, “surgeon preferences”, “operating room”, and “perioperative procedures”. The overall total scores and scores for each section were reported as medians and IQRs, expressed as raw scores and percentages. Results A total of 5 unique apps were evaluated on both iOS and Android platforms. The median overall score across all apps was 35/70 (50%; IQR 38.6%-64.3%). ScrubUp (48/70, 69%) and MySurgeon (42/70, 60%) had the highest overall scores, followed by PrefCard (35/70, 50%) and Scrubnote (28/70, 40%). The lowest scoring app was BrainPadd (26/70, 37%). The sections with the highest median scores, in decreasing order, were privacy and security (4/4, 100%; IQR 75%-100%), aesthetics (5/6, 83%; IQR 75%-91.7%), engagement (15/19, 79%; IQR 57.9%-86.8%), functionality (7/12, 58%; IQR 29.2%-75%), and information (5/29, 17%; IQR 15.5%-34.5%). Most apps scored well (4/4, 100%) on privacy and security, except for Scrubnote (2/4, 50%). ScrubUp received a perfect score for aesthetics (6/6, 100%). MySurgeon (17/19, 90%) had the highest engagement score, while ScrubUp and MySurgeon had the highest functionality scores (9/12, 75% each). All apps scored below 50% for the information section, with ScrubUp having the highest score of 13/29 (45%). Conclusions ScrubUp and MySurgeon had the highest quality scores and can be used as adjuncts to hospital protocols by operating room personnel for their surgical preparation. Developers are encouraged to develop appropriate apps for surgical preparation based on relevant guidelines and standards, as well as the quality evaluation criteria in our tool. Operating room personnel can also use this tool as a guide to select and assess their preferred apps in their practices.
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Moon, Hyung-Il, Sang-Woo Han, Saemi Shin i Sang-Hoon Byeon. "Comparison of the Qualitative and the Quantitative Risk Assessment of Hazardous Substances Requiring Management under the Occupational Safety and Health Act in South Korea". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, nr 3 (2.02.2021): 1354. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18031354.
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The risk assessment of hazardous substances has become increasingly important for the efficient prevention and management of various diseases or accidents caused by increased amounts of hazardous substances in the workplace. In this study, risk assessment was conducted for 36 kinds of hazardous substances requiring management by using qualitative and quantitative risk assessments. Qualitative risk assessment was performed by multiplying the exposure level class by the hazard class according to the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency’s (KOSHA) Chemical Hazard Risk Management (CHARM). The quantitative risk assessment was followed by a four-step risk assessment system presented in the Guidelines for Hazard Risk Assessment of Chemicals (KOSHA GUIDE W-6-2016). In the quantitative assessments, we presented a new method of classifying risk levels into four steps, much like qualitative assessments. In this study, the quantitative risk assessment was considered difficult to predict through qualitative risk assessment. Therefore, it is necessary to perform a quantitative risk assessment after a qualitative risk assessment for a higher level of risk assessment.
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Giusti Gestri, Lisa. "Assessment of Design Values in Designing Product Standards: A Design Study on a Sport PPE". International Journal of Sports Science and Physical Education 9, nr 1 (2.04.2024): 15–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.ijsspe.20240901.13.
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Participation in sports requires using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to preserve athletes’ well-being. Although equipment may negatively impact performance, governing bodies often impose standards on participants subject to their jurisdiction. Although the vast majority of new products are incremental innovations, radical innovation still attracts design researchers' and professionals' attention. The design of complex systems needs the expertise of various kinds: designers are fundamental in conceiving innovations in response to developing ways of product use and customer needs, despite they must face product standards, which often act against product innovation. Despite product innovations benefiting consumers in many markets, they do not necessarily benefit consumers in sports PPE markets. In this paper, the author reflects on an ethnographic case study and the importance of the involvement of end and co-dependent users in the design of sports PPE. For this study, the design of the Australian safety vests for jockeys, frequently overlooked, was examined for incremental innovation and its relationship with its standards. This was inspiring to consider an assessment of design values in designing product standards in the sports field. As co-design is increasingly applied across multiple sectors, there is a huge need for practical design guides to support product development and co-designing with users. Further research in this field is highly recommended.
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Kimori, David. "Investigating Science Teacher Candidates’ Assessment Practices Using Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA)". Journal of Education and Training 6, nr 1 (31.12.2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jet.v6i1.13441.
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The emerging paradigm in assessment argues for teachers to assess student thinking, as opposed to factual recall, thus calling for alternative-performance, project, and portfolio-based assessments that align with constructivist and sociocultural views of learning (Resnick & Resnick, 1992; Shepard, 2000). In this study, three science teacher candidates’ experience in assessing students is documented. Data analysis was from open-prompt surveys, 15 Teacher Performance Assessment edTPA artifacts collected from the three teacher candidates, and individual interviews. Findings indicated that science teacher candidates made deliberate efforts in giving students feedback to guide their learning but they struggled with strategies that encourage students to appropriately use that feedback once given to them. We argue that broadening how teacher candidates analyze assessment and feedback given to students in science classes should not only indicate correct or incorrect responses, but also act as a guide for future learning and reveal students’ strengths.
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Geofakta Razali i Naurissa Biasini. "PERCEPTIONS OF AMBITIOUS BEHAVIOR PATTERNS IN STUDENT ACADEMIC COMPETITION". Global Synthesis in Education Journal 1, nr 2 (20.01.2024): 41–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.61667/bqsaxm31.
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Perception is the process through which we assess others, focusing on the aspects of human behavior we choose to observe. This study delves into the perception of students' ambitious attitudes, an area still shrouded in debate over whether such ambition is beneficial or detrimental within student circles. We conduct a comprehensive analysis of this topic through literature reviews and support it with social judgment theory, which explores the "ego involvement" in an individual's interactions with others. This overarching view guides our examination of a common yet potentially significant psychological phenomenon among students. Sociopsychology, a branch of communication theory grounded in psychological (behavioral) evaluation, provides insight into the psychological orientation of information assessment. This approach in sociopsychological communication studies helps us understand why individuals act as they do, not just through their words but also through non-verbal actions such as tone of voice, body movement, and facial expressions.
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Taako, George Edema, Edward Andama i James Karatu Kiemo. "An Evaluation of the Participation of the Affected Public in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) For Manufacturing and Processing Industries in the Central Region of Uganda". East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources 6, nr 1 (3.11.2023): 432–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.37284/eajenr.6.1.1548.
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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) was legally introduced in Uganda through the National Environment Act (NEA) 1995 (now NEA 2019) and made operational by the EIA Regulations 1998. Since the origin of EIA from the National Environment Policy Act of 1970 in the USA, public participation has taken an essential part of the EIA process. This paper assesses the legal provisions for public participation in the EIA process and the actual practice in Uganda, particularly the affected public. Data was collected using a literature review, survey questionnaire, interview guides and documentary analysis. The results indicated fairly good legal provisions for public participation and involvement in EIA. However, public participation was not well legislated in the early phases of the EIA process (preparation of project brief, screening, and scoping) and the later phases, particularly final decision-making and EIA follow-up. There were gaps between the law and the actual practice due to many contextual factors, including public participation, weak monitoring by the regulator, weak community cohesion and environmental stewardship, limited dissemination of EIA information and lack of community awareness of projects' potential environmental, social and health impacts. The study made recommendations to promote the participation of the affected public in the EIA process
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McWilliams, Andrew, Kevin Ariyo, Anthony S. David i Gareth S. Owen. "Mental capacity assessment in the multi-professional real world: a qualitative study of six areas of uncertainty". Wellcome Open Research 9 (24.04.2024): 221. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20952.1.
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Background The Mental Capacity Act 2005 of England and Wales is a ground-breaking piece of legislation with reach into healthcare, social care and legal settings. Professionals have needed to develop skills to assess mental capacity and handle malign influence, but it is unclear how assessments are implemented in real world settings. Our previously reported survey found professionals juggling competing resources in complex systems, often struggling to stay up to date with law. The current follow-up study uses one-to-one interviews of professionals to characterise in detail six areas of uncertainty faced when assessing mental capacity, whilst suggesting ways to make improvements. Methods Forty-four healthcare, social care and legal professionals were interviewed, using a semi-structured topic guide. Transcripts were analysed using framework analysis: a qualitative technique built to investigate healthcare policy. Results Our topic guide generated 21 themes. In relation to the six areas of uncertainty: 1) Many participants stressed the importance of capturing a holistic view, adding that their own profession was best-placed for this - although a medical diagnosis was often needed. 2) The presumption of capacity was a laudable aim, though not always easy to operationalise and occasionally being open to abuse. 3) There was cautious interest in psychometric testing, providing a cognitive context for decisions. 4) Undue influence was infrequent, but remained under-emphasised in training. 5) Multi-professional assessments were common, despite doubts about fitting these within local resources and the law. 6) Remote assessment was generally acceptable, if inadequate for identifying coercion. Conclusions Practical constraints and competing demands were reported by professionals working within real world systems. Assessment processes must be versatile, equally applicable in routine and emergency settings, across diverse decisional types, for both generalist and specialist assessors, and able to handle coercion. Recognising these challenges will guide development of best practices in assessment and associated policy.
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Ulikaye, Robin A., i Rajendran Britto. "Assessment of Electronic Media Laws in Enhancing Media Operation Services in Tanzania: A Case of Three Selected Media Laws". International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science VII, nr V (2023): 658–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.47772/ijriss.2023.70553.
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This study assessed the Electronic Media Laws in Tanzania and their impact on the enhancement of media operation services in the country. The study focuses on three selected media laws: the Media Service Act 2016, Electronic and Postal Communication Act 2010, and Cyber Crimes Act 2015. These laws have been in place for several years and are expected to improve the quality of media services by ensuring that they are conducted in a fair and ethical manner. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study was conducted in the Dar es Salaam and Mbeya regions of Tanzania, with a sample size of 80 participants, including members of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), press clubs, and journalists. The study was guided by three research objectives: to identify the various laws used by the TCRA in regulating the communications sector, to examine the enforcement of selected media legislations and to assess the impact of these laws and regulations on media and the broader communication sector in Tanzania. The study employed a qualitative research design, using interviews and document analysis to collect data. The data collected were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings of the study revealed that the selected media laws have had a positive impact on the media industry in Tanzania by enhancing media operation services. Specifically, the Media Service Act 2016 has improved media ethics and professionalism, the Electronic and Postal Communication Act 2010 has enhanced the efficiency of media service delivery, and the Cyber Crimes Act 2015 has improved media security. The study concludes that the Electronic Media Laws in Tanzania have played a critical role in enhancing media operation services in the country.
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Mufti, Samina, Ifrah Khalil, Haroon Rashid, Shahnawaz Hamid, Hammad Mufti i Farooq A. Jan. "Critical analysis of fire incidents and self-assessment of fire safety program in a tertiary care hospital of India: an observational study". International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 11, nr 1 (30.12.2023): 140–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20234117.
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Background: Self-assessment of fire safety provides valuable insights for framing a robust fire safety program for hospitals by identifying gaps and taking corrective measures. The study was performed to (i) critically analyse fire incidents which occurred in the hospital and (ii) assess fire safety program of the hospital. Methods: A critical analysis of 3 fire incidents which occurred in hospital was performed. Further review of records regarding all fire incident reports was performed for last 4.5 years and analysed for cause, site, timing, triggering factor and firefighting. For the second objective, fire safety mechanisms in hospital were compared with national accreditation board of hospital checklist and national building code 2016 part 4 “fire and life safety” guideline. Results: It was found that a total of 44 incidents of fire occurred over a period of four and a half years from January 2019 to July 2023, of which 42 were minor, confined fires while two were major and non confined fires. Electrical cause was found in 48.84% of fire incidents, 37% occurred in external areas, 41% in the morning shift hours and in 51.16% incidents clean agent was used for extinguishing the fire. In 93.18% incidents, trained hospital security extinguished the fire. Average reporting time was 1.23 minutes and mean time taken to act and extinguish the fire completely was 10 minutes. Conclusions: Critical analysis of fire safety using records of fire incidents and comparison with guidelines helps hospitals in self assessment of their fire safety plans and guides in filling lacunae.
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Bulelwa, Tunyiswa. "An Assessment of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999 (PFMA): a case study of the Eastern Cape Department of Education (2005-2012)". Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1013586.
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The Eastern Cape Department of Education consumes a huge chunk of the Eastern Cape provincial budget. Any transgression of the laws that govern how the public purse should be managed - whether overspending, under spending, irregular or wasteful expenditure - has far reaching consequences in terms of service delivery. The Eastern Cape is one of the poorest and most rural provinces in the country and by implication has huge service delivery backlogs .This has been confirmed by various stakeholders and role-players such as Chapter Nine institutions and non-governmental organisations. An observation by the Auditor-General and both the portfolio committees on Public Accounts and Education over the years is the lack of proper controls, especially in financial management. This study presents a case study of the Eastern Cape Department of Education in the financial years 2007-2012 to assess the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999 (PFMA). The main objective of this study is to assist the department by putting forward lasting scientific recommendations and solutions that could be integrated into the plans of this department.
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Alexander, Lawrence. "Regulatory reform: A case study of the Regulatory Advisory Committee (RAC) and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act". Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/10096.
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This paper examines a consensus-based approach to regulation making known as "regulation negotiation" or "regneg," and pursues the question, can regneg improve the performance of the federal regulatory process? Successfully implemented by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, regneg allows parties likely to be affected by a regulation to negotiate the substance of it. Although its use is rare in Canada, a similar process was used to help develop key regulations under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. The paper argues that the performance of any regulatory process can be measured by its ability to accommodate the views of a more diverse range of interests, improve the quality of regulations, and hold regulation makers to a higher standard of accountability. Based on the U.S. and Canadian experience, the paper suggests that in certain circumstances, and with some refinements, regneg is capable of improving the regulatory process in all of these areas.
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Bowe-Deegan, Patricia. "Do assessment for learning practices act as a springboard or straitjacket for educationally worthwhile learning? : a case study in an Irish Higher Education Institute". Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/12448/.
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This study examines lecturers’ and students’ views about assessment for learning practices, within a Business School in Ireland, and investigates if these practices contribute to educationally worthwhile learning. The literature details the practices of assessment for learning, and how enactment of these promote educationally worthwhile learning, a term alluded to in the literature, yet not defined. This mixed-methods study collected quantitative data by distributing a survey instrument to all third year undergraduate students in the Business School. The qualitative data was gathered from classroom observations of two cohorts of those third year students, some of whom volunteered to participate in a focus group. Lecturers’ were interviewed following observation of their classroom practices. The findings revealed that students do not distinguish between AfL and non-AfL environments, yet classroom observations and focus group data depicted a different reality. While students perceive grade attainment as success, the thesis argues that this does not equate to educationally worthwhile learning. Lecturers regard the practices associated with AfL as good practice and not attributable to any particular environment. They perceive success in educational terms as getting the student ‘work-ready’ which they equate with educationally worthwhile learning. In conclusion, the practices of questioning, feedback, sharing criteria and peer- and self-assessment are not exclusive to AfL. It is the enactment of these practices, in any classroom environment within particular institutional learning cultures that determine if they act as a springboard or straitjacket to educationally worthwhile learning.
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Cantonnet, Nancy (Nancy Ellen). "The Special Partnership Income Tax Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an assessment of its effect on a real estate syndication : a case study". Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72337.
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Fiser, Timothy Paul. "Impact of Teacher Feedback on the Development of State Issued Scoring Guides for Science Inquiry and Engineering Design Performance Assessments". PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/991.
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In 2010, Oregon Department of Education (ODE) developed a set of rubrics designed to score a state required performance assessment targeting Science Inquiry (SI) and Engineering Design (ED) skills. During the development of the rubrics, ODE invited six panels of teachers to provide feedback on an early draft of the rubrics. This case study analyzed the teachers' feedback and the revisions of the rubrics to identify the types of feedback teachers offered and how ODE used that feedback to develop the rubrics. The results showed the teachers' feedback focused on defining the skills students were asked to demonstrate and distinguishing levels of student performance. There was clear evidence that the teachers' feedback had a substantial impact on the development of the rubrics. These results suggest that teachers can add substantial value during the development of a state issued assessment tool.
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Swanson, Phillip L. "A Quantitative Study of School Characteristics that Impact Student Achievement on State Assessments and those Assessments' Associations to ACT Scores in Tennessee". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1837.
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether a significant relationship exists between particular home, student, and school characteristics and ACT scores and the relationship these characteristics subsequently have with the TVAAS grades assigned to each high school's ACT scores. These home, student, and school variables were socioeconomic status, percentage of minority, graduation rate, per-pupil expenditure, Gateway English II scores, and Gateway Algebra I scores. By looking at these variables and the influence they hold on the education of students, I sought to ascertain the fairness that is present when schools and districts are given grades through the TVAAS assessment.
The population in this study was students in the Tennessee high schools that had given the Gateway English II test, Gateway Algebra I test, and had TVAAS ACT composite grades. I also examined the influence that variables such as socioeconomic status, percentage of minority students, graduation rate, and per-pupil expenditure have on achievement. Before doing the first phase of this project, I set about to see if assumptions of normality were met. I then analyzed data to establish that certain home, student, and school variables affect achievement. After doing that, I was able to show a strong relationship between these 6 home, student, and school variables and achievement.
After establishing predictor variables, I examined the predictor variables and their relationship with the TVAAS ACT composite scores of Above, No Detectable Difference, and Below. These designations from the Tennessee Department of Education are "grades" for the schools and districts. The analyses indicated that, indeed, some of these home, student, and school variables such as socioeconomic status and percentage of minority students still have a relationship with the grades, despite the claim that TVAAS measures teacher effectiveness almost exclusively.
This study concluded with recommendations that further modifications need to be done with the TVAAS grades on ACT composite scores. The conclusions in this dissertation merit consideration from Dr. William Sanders as well as the assessment division of the Tennessee Department of Education.
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Reuschel, Jill C. "A Comparative Study of High School Academic Paths, Grade Point Averages, and ACT Composite Scores as Predictors of Success at Walters State Community College". Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1847.
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With an overwhelming number of students attempting to enter college after high school, the competitive nature of college admissions continues to grow. Colleges and universities are attempting to find the appropriate means to adequately predict collegiate success. Common methods of this prediction have come from a variety of sources most of which are the use of high school performance and standardized college admissions testing. Walters State Community College was chosen for this study because of its open door admission policy that allows for variability in high school academic paths as well as grade point averages and ACT scores students earned in high school.
The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between high school grade point averages, high school academic paths, ACT scores, and 1st-year college success as measured by the number of college credit hours completed and college grade point averages at the end of the 1st semester and at the end of the 1st academic year. The study included 797 high school students entering the college in fall semester 2007 and completing their 1st academic year in spring semester 2008.
The major findings of this study included: university Path students were (a) more likely to have a higher high school grade point average, (b) more likely to have a higher college grade point average and have earned more college credit hours at the end of the 1st semester and year, and (c) were less likely to enroll in remedial and developmental courses. Additionally, a moderate positive relationship was found between high school grade point averages and college grade point averages at the end of the college academic year. High school grade point averages and ACT scores were found to be statistically significant in predicting the number of college credit hours earned at the end of the college academic year.
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Greene, Carie Cseak. "Third Grade Teachers’ Experiences in Preparing for and Interacting with the Ohio Achievement Assessment: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of the Effects of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act". Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1310138535.
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Peters, Christy Smith. "Resource guide for guided reading". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1854.
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Kinuthia, Wanyee. "“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of Canada". Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30170.
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This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive accumulation by the global corporate extractive industry. The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad.
Książki na temat "ACT Assessment – Study guides"
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Jerry, Bobrow, red. ACT. Wyd. 7. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Pub., 2005.
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Vlk, Suzee. The ACT for dummies. Wyd. 2. Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, 1999.
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Vlk, Suzee. The ACT for dummies. Wyd. 3. New York: Wiley Pub., 2002.
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Vlk, Suzee. The ACT for dummies. Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, 1996.
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Martinson, Thomas H. ACT SuperCourse. Redaktorzy Fazzone Juliana i Martinson Thomas H. Wyd. 3. New York: Prentice Hall, 1993.
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Mark, Weinfeld, red. ACT success. Princeton, N.J: Peterson's, 1996.
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Martinson, Thomas H. ACT SuperCourse. Redaktorzy Fazzone Juliana i American College Testing Program. Wyd. 4. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1996.
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Ehrenhaft, George. Barron's ACT. Hauppauge, NY: Barrons, 2008.
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(Firm), Peterson's, red. Best of the ACT assessment. [Lawrenceville, NJ]: Peterson's, Thomson Learning, 2002.
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Publishing, Arco, Thomson Learning (Firm) i Peterson's (Firm), red. Master the ACT assessment 2003. Lawrenceville, NJ: Thomson/Arco, 2002.
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Sajan, John, B. M. Praveen Kumar, K. Sivakumar i B. C. Choudhury. "An Assessment of Marine Fauna of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 in Curio Trade in India: A Market Study". W Ecology and Conservation of Tropical Marine Faunal Communities, 451–61. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38200-0_29.
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Viere, Tobias, Adrian Boos, Nicole van den Boom, Meriem Benyahya, Maher Ben Moussa i Guy Fournier. "Environmental Impact Assessment: Automated Minibuses for Public Transport". W Contributions to Management Science, 279–314. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61681-5_13.
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AbstractThis chapter examines the environmental impacts of integrating automated minibuses into public transport systems, focusing on the trade-offs between energy savings and increased energy demand due to connectivity and automation features. A comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to analyse the potential environmental benefits and problems of automated minibuses. The results show that the environmental benefits of these vehicles depend significantly on the electricity mix for charging, passenger occupancy, and vehicle utilisation throughout their lifetime. In particular, scenarios with renewable energy sources, high passenger occupancy, and optimal vehicle utilisation show the significant potential of automated minibuses to contribute to a more sustainable transport system. This study highlights the importance of holistic considerations, including technological, operational, and infrastructural factors, in maximising the environmental benefits of automated minibuses in urban mobility. It provides a nuanced understanding of the conditions under which automated minibuses can act as a catalyst for the transition to greener public transport.
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Vakkou, Kyriaki Α., Tasos Hovardas, Nikoletta Xenofontos i Zacharias C. Zacharia. "Comparing Expert and Peer Assessment of Pedagogical Design in Integrated STEAM Education". W The Power of Peer Learning, 121–41. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29411-2_6.
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AbstractThe objective of this exploratory study was to implement peer assessment for pedagogical design in integrated STEAM education and to compare expert and peer feedback, in this regard. We engaged pre-service teachers registered in an undergraduate programme for primary education in a formative/reciprocal peer assessment arrangement, where they had the chance to act as both peer assessors and peer assessees. Although global measures of validity (correlations between total scores of expert and peer assessors) and reliability (correlations between total scores of different peer assessors for the same pedagogical scenario) were satisfactory, there were assessment criteria for which peer assessment failed to be valid and/or reliable and which should deserve more attention in future training sessions. We found peer over-scoring across all assessment criteria. There were also indications of participant preference of expert feedback over peer feedback, where the later included fewer justifications of quantitative scores and suggestions for change.
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Revellini, Rosaria. "Social Sustainability and Inclusive Environments in Neighbourhood Sustainability Assessment Tools". W The Urban Book Series, 947–58. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29515-7_84.
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AbstractNeighbourhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) tools are voluntary rating systems for certifying sustainable neighbourhoods in case of new constructions or urban renewals. They consist of categories and indicators to value specific performances. Their purpose is to objectify planned interventions assigning a final score which identifies the overall performance of the district in terms of sustainability. However, is it possible to affirm that these systems actually contribute to the improvement of inclusiveness and healthy living in the neighbourhoods? This question arises as a reflection on the two main issues that contemporary cities have to face urgently which are urbanization and ageing population, focusing attention on developed countries. In this regard, “new” urban spaces are called to achieve inclusion and healthy living for all the people and the neighbourhood represents the right scale for reasoning about. The present study investigates some of the most commonly used neighbourhood scale tools (BREEAM Communities, GBC Italia, DGNB Districts, Living Community Challenge, EcoDistricts) looking at how these systems can help to create more inclusive districts. In particular, the analysis aims to understand how much the social pillar of sustainability affects on urban wellbeing. In fact, there is the evidence that in most NSA tools environmental dimension shall prevails on the others. Through a review of each protocol’s “social” categories and of the recent literature on these topics, the study wants to underline criticalities and potentialities of NSA systems and tries to understand in which way a new protocol should act in order to help municipalities, planners and stakeholders in designing inclusive and accessible environments for all.
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Zeferino, Emanuel Fernando, Khumbulani Mpofu, Olasumbo Makinde i Boitumelo Ramatsetse. "Establishment of an Appropriate Data Analytic Platform for Developing a Wisdom Manufacturing System Using Decision Techniques". W Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 622–29. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28839-5_70.
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AbstractIn today’s global business context, data has played a critical role in ensuring accurate and appropriate decision making in manufacturing organisations. Despite the huge pool of information (i.e. data) generated by consumers, repair or maintenance shops, manufacturing job shop, scientific society on various products, which could be deployed by manufacturers in eliciting vital information towards achieving sustainable product design and development, only few manufacturers are making use of this data to generate wisdom required for sustainable manufacturing. This act is caused by lack of appropriate systems capable of integrating the available data and make wise inferences that will result in a competitive advantage of a specific organisation over its competitors. In light of this, the aim of this study is to establish a suitable data analytic platform that could be used to sort, classify and integrate data required to generate wisdom vital for sustainable manufacturing. In order to achieve this, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was deployed to appraise various alternative data analytical platforms such as Python, Apache Spark, Qlik View, Power BI, Tableau, KNIME, Excel, Talend, Rapid Miner and Statistical Analysis System (SAS) using various criteria such as Data Format, Availability, Interface, Programming Intensity, Data Science Knowledge Intensity and Capabilities. The result of this decision analysis and selection exercise, revealed that KNIME data analytic platform, with the most important decision criterion; data science knowledge intensity, and a cumulative assessment score of 80.80 is the appropriate data analytic platform that manufacturers should use to generate a knowledge advisor vital for sustainable manufacturing and product development.
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"Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 provisions". W Core Tax Legislation and Study Guide 2022, 835–1001. Wyd. 25. Cambridge University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009154277.009.
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"Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 provisions". W Core Tax Legislation and Study Guide 2022, 26–834. Wyd. 25. Cambridge University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009154277.008.
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Tachibana, Masao. "Teaching and Assessment Based on Teaching Guides". W Japanese Lesson Study in Mathematics, 42–47. WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812707475_0008.
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Mozgovaya, Alla V., i Elena V. Shlykova. "Safety Subjective Estimations Significance to the Optimization Trends Substantiating for People to Adapt to Risk Environment". W Russia in Reform: Year-Book [collection of scientific articles], 291–315. Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19181/ezheg.2022.11.
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The initial methodological position of the analysis in the article is the idea of the increasing pace of change in all spheres and at all levels of society. The process is accompanied by uncertainty, an increase in the riskiness of the social and natural environment. The relevance of the search for ways and resources to optimize adaptation processes for both institutional entities and individuals and groups is increasing. The article discusses methodological aspects of recognition, assessment and decision-making regarding risks of various types and at various levels. The article summarizes the transformational risks of the last decade, substantiates the relevance and signifi cance of the sociological support of programs for optimizing ways of adapting the population to the risks of a changing environment, which in turn requires a deeper study of personal evaluative consciousness. It is necessary to have an idea of what people are guided by when determining and assessing the level of danger and risk, the degree of their social security and safety, especially when making decisions to act in a risky environment in accordance with a particular strategy. As a consequence, the relevance of the analysis of factors involved in the subjective assessment of security increases for sociology. The empirical section of the article presents the results of a study of subjective assessments of security by the population who have entered a situation of the strongest sanctions pressure aff ecting all spheres of public life, family and personal social and economic well-being. The analysis revealed specifi c areas of security in which the population has suffi cient resources, experience and practices to adapt to changes, as well as areas requiring the search for resources and practices that provide families and individuals with the formation of an adequate adaptive response to escalated and newly emerged challenges and threats. The results obtained confirm the productivity of including the indicator of subjective safety assessment in a comprehensive indicator of the level and quality of social adaptation.
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Torres, Patrícia Lupion, Marcus Vinicius Santos Kucharski i Rita de Cássia Veiga Marriott. "Concept Maps and the Systematization of Knowledge". W Cases on Teaching Critical Thinking through Visual Representation Strategies, 494–514. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5816-5.ch019.
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The act of doing research, reviewing recent literature, checking data, and articulating results and meanings are important but not enough when working with scientific publications in graduate schools. A vital part of the work is authoring an informative text that can be clear enough as to communicate findings of the study and, at the same time, reinforce chosen arguments. This chapter focuses on an experiment at a renowned Brazilian graduate school of education, which uses concept mapping and collective assessment of such maps as fundamental pre-writing stages to guide the authorship of well-thought, well-knit scientific/argumentative texts. Results indicate that the experiment was successful in making students negotiate meanings, clarify ideas and purposes, and write in an academically acceptable style. All this was conducted from a methodological standpoint that makes meaningful knowledge, collective construction, and the reflective, critical work of the author (from the first draft to the final collectively written version given), the foundations to perform a better job at communicating the processes and results of the investigative work.
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Tutuncu, A. N., M. Geilikman, B. Couzens i F. van Duyvenboode. "Integrated wellbore quality and risk assessment study guides successful drilling in Amazon Jungle". W SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2005. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.2144334.
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Peng, Xiao, Ran Zhang, Tamara Marantika, Machil Deinum, Jet van der Touw, Xander Lub i Koen van Turnhout. "Improving Completion Rate of Digital Skill Self-assessment Survey: an Empirical Study". W 36th Bled eConference – Digital Economy and Society: The Balancing Act for Digital Innovation in Times of Instability. University of Maribor Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.18690/um.fov.6.2023.29.
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This study examines completion rate for a self-assessment survey designed to assess employees' digital skills levels in the workplace. The aim is to improve data quality by investigating completion of the survey. The study reviews the theoretical background related to self-assessment surveys and completion rate, and explores the influence of survey length and format in survey design on completion rate. The research design and data analysis are described in detail, with a focus on identifying factors that may influence completion rate. Results suggest that survey designers should consider using Likert scales to optimize completion rate and completion time. However, this study did not find a significant increase in completion rate as a result of motivation, which was claimed from the literature. The study concludes with implications for the design and implementation of self-assessment surveys in the workplace, including the importance of reducing length and complexity of survey items and questions.
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Abdul rabu, Siti nazleen, i Najwa amirah Harun. "TRENDS, FACTORS, AND CONDITIONS POTENTIALLY INFLUENCING ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUM OUTCOMES: A SYNTHESIZED FROM SYSTEMATIC REVIEW". W eLSE 2018. Carol I National Defence University Publishing House, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-121.
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The increasing use of online discussion forum (ODF) as an online computer-mediated communication (CMC) system that allows students to construct knowledge, collaborate and engage with new knowledge has resulted in a growing body of research that aimed at finding ways to enhance student learning outcomes using this platform. After an intensive web search was conducted using Google Scholar, seven previous systematic reviews that studied research trends in ODF were found. These studies have conducted systematic reviews on many different trends, factors and conditions to enhance student learning outcomes in ODF. The aim of the present study was to gather, analyze, and synthesize the seven previous systematic reviews in identifying holistic trends, factors, and conditions that have been reviewed and reported by them towards understanding the successful enhancement of student learning outcomes in this platform. The potential combinations of trends, factors, and conditions that emerged from the syntheses can act as a more holistic predetermined trends, factors and conditions for future improvement on the systematic review research. This study identified and categorized the trends, factors and conditions emerged under three different categories (i.e. general current trends, factors influencing ODF learning outcome (independent variables), and the achievement of ODF learning outcomes (dependent variables)). First and foremost, this study found that the general current trends reported on the ODF research area were based on the research site by region, academic context and academic discipline, forum platform, number of papers per year and research papers per journal, research design, type of analysis, and analysis framework. Next, in terms of the factors and conditions influencing the learning outcome of ODF, previous systematic reviews have reported their findings in terms of (i) stating the purpose in learning activity in ODF, (ii) protocol used in ODF, (iii) pedagogical strategies used in ODF, (iv) assessment used in ODF, (v) moderation used in ODF, (vi) student characteristics in ODF, and (vii) technology issues in ODF. Finally, in terms of the factors and conditions influencing the achievement of ODF learning outcome, they have reported their findings in terms of (i) thinking skills, (ii) achievement, (iii) social construction of knowledge, (iv) communication skills, and (v) others. The findings can help guide novice researchers in finding research gap from previous ODF studies and create opportunity that include forming an important reference base for a more holistic future systematic review in ODF field.
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Canu, Irina Guseva, Delphine Jezewski-Serra, Laurène Delabra, Stéphane Ducamp, Yuriko Iwatsubo, Sabyne Audignon-Durand, Cécile Ducros i in. "O48-2 Exposure assessment to engineered nanomaterials within the french epinano program: inter-method reliability study". W Occupational Health: Think Globally, Act Locally, EPICOH 2016, September 4–7, 2016, Barcelona, Spain. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2016-103951.245.
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Landberg, Hanna. "O24-3 A study of the validity of two exposure assessment tools; stoffenmanager and the advanced reach tool". W Occupational Health: Think Globally, Act Locally, EPICOH 2016, September 4–7, 2016, Barcelona, Spain. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2016-103951.126.
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Vila, Javier, Joseph D. Bowman, Jordi Figuerola, David Morina, Laurel Kincl, Lesley Richardson i Elisabeth Cardis. "O38-3 Development of a source-exposure matrix for occupational exposure assessment of electromagnetic fields in the interocc study". W Occupational Health: Think Globally, Act Locally, EPICOH 2016, September 4–7, 2016, Barcelona, Spain. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2016-103951.196.
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Khorshidifard, Sara. "Deconstructing Design Research in Design Studio Pedagogy: Lessons from Action Research". W 110th ACSA Annual Meeting Paper Proceedings. ACSA Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.am.110.14.
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Inclusive, introspective, and meticulous research plays a crucial role in the types and qualities of insights and the rigor of the knowledge created by architecture’s design creations. Design research deliberations in multidisciplinary contexts (including architecture) have explored positive dispositions while likewise acknowledging both definition and methodology related uncertainties coupled with an identified immaturity for design research in general. With regards to research expectations for design process, what might be understood in a rather straightforward or intuitive manner by an expert researcher or experienced designer can pose difficulties for a novice, while resulting in even more misunderstandings for a beginner-level learner in architecture school. Even at expert levels, such characterizations as research for, into, and through architectural design can be perceived inexplicable, and certainly more daunting for novice learners. For the latter, doubts on research constituents and processes can quickly escalate, clashing not only with prior misconceptions on the idea of research itself, but also on design process, raising issues as to what design itself is supposed to be and what a design process should look like. All such doubts are part of what learners carry with them into design processes early on upon entering any design studio. Intertwined with their pre-knowledge impacting their essential effective skills, such misunderstandings must be addressed in advance before they can get in the ways of learning. This article draws on and shares the process and outcomes of an action research project conducted during the 2020-2021 academic year supported by Drury University ITC’s “Action Research Fellowship” program. Focused on exploring the teaching of research skills in design-centered learning environments as its umbrella theme, the study-in-action examined how curriculum design and instructional activities might better assist novice architectural learners in making sense of nuanced complexities of design research expectations to make better use of applied research prospects in design. The need for conducting the study was identified during the author’s first year at the new institution, based on primary reflections on the different instructional needs. The scrutiny was comparative to schools with STEM-based or more technology-driven curricula, or those specifically cultivating more demanding research environments due to, for instance, housing doctoral programs. Two questions guided the study: What pedagogies can help tackle misunderstandings early on, and help demystify and streamline the process of design research? What effective teaching methods can enable and further enhance learners’ research aptitudes? The study began by pre-assessment probes to locate misunderstanding patterns and identify learner perception variations, for example, on what they see as act of design (as creative and open-ended, and meticulous?) or [pure] research (as rigorous, systematic, logical, or creative?).
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Bond, James, Dan Oldford i Leah Kelly. "Postulating an Update to Canada's Zone / Date System". W SNAME Maritime Convention. SNAME, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/smc-2022-115.
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The Canadian Parliament approved the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act in 1970 to assert Canada’s jurisdiction to regulate all shipping in zones up to 100 nautical miles off its Arctic coasts. Control measures and clarity were added in 1985 when the Arctic Shipping Pollution Prevention Regulations were enacted and shipping control zones were created. The Canadian Arctic is divided into 16 zones, where Zone 1 is generally considered to have the most demanding conditions, and Zone 16 the least. Access to each zone was established for specified ship ice class, based on historical data related to the probable ice conditions at different times of the year. The system is based on the premise that nature follows a consistent pattern. In the decades since the zone / date system (Z/DS) of access was created the sea ice has changed in spatial (areas and volume) extent and temporal extent, as have the reasons for taking a ship to a specific location. The Z/DS continues to be used for basic route planning, estimating ice conditions, and can be used for preliminary ice class selection without offering needed accuracy. A study was undertaken to postulate a revised Z/DS that can be applied to the International Association of Classification Society (IACS) Polar Classes (PC) and Finnish-Swedish (Baltic Ice Class) ships. To guide the change ice data for the years 2006 through 2020 was used while considering destinations and proposed safe shipping corridors. Using the IMO Polar Operation Limit Assessment Risk Indexing System (POLARIS) and its resulting Risk Index Outcomes (RIOs) new zone boundaries were developed that incorporated common shipping routes and destinations. In addition, the boundaries for the new zones follow line of latitude and longitude so seafarers can easily determine when they are entering or leaving a zone. A zone was considered “open” when there was no negative RIO’s inside its boundaries. In accordance with IMO POLARIS methodology a negative RIO indicates elevated risk operations. This paper details the process used to create an initial updated Z/DS that has 26 zones, encompassing the Canadian Arctic, the Alaskan portion of the Beaufort Sea, the Labrador Coast and the Gulf of St Lawrence. The new 26 zones are shown on maps and entry and exit dates are tabulated. With further validation this process can be expanded to any waters where sea ice data exists.
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Wilson, Sara E. "Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research and Engineering to Bioengineering Graduate Students". W ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/sbc2008-189865.
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Training in the responsible conduct of research (RCR) has become an increasing concern of federal funding agencies such as NIH and NSF. In 2000, the Office of Research Integrity published the policy of instruction in responsible conduct of research for NIH funded research. This policy mandates that all research staff participate in RCR instruction. In 2007, the COMPETES Act was signed by President Bush mandating RCR instruction of all NSF-funded undergraduate students, graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers. Such training can and does take many forms, from online tutorials and study guides to seminar series to semester long classes. Core instructional areas in such training include appropriate data management, mentor-trainee relationships, publication practices and authorship, peer review, human and animal subjects and conflict of interest.
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Sauvé, Jean-François, Jérôme Lavoué, Jack Siemiatycki i Marie-Elise Parent. "O43-4 Evaluation of a hybrid expert approach for retrospective assessment of occupational exposures in a population-based study of prostate cancer in montreal, canada". W Occupational Health: Think Globally, Act Locally, EPICOH 2016, September 4–7, 2016, Barcelona, Spain. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2016-103951.223.
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Zimmerman, Dona C., i Ray A. Zimmerman. Follow-Up Study of Recruitment of College-Bound Students through Use of the ACT (American College Testing) Assessment File. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, październik 1986. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada178109.
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Hart i Jaske. L51957 Permanent Field Repair of SCC - Review. Chantilly, Virginia: Pipeline Research Council International, Inc. (PRCI), listopad 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.55274/r0011271.
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Implementing an engineering critical assessment (ECA) to guide the SCC flaw disposition is a valuable tool operators have in making a repair decision. When SCC is found by inspection, the effect of this cracking on failure stress and remaining life must be evaluated to decide what action should be taken � continued operation, type of repair, or replacement. This is not widely practiced in industry because of either the unfamiliarity of the analysis or the costs involved. One option considered during this research project was to have operators conduct a generic ECA on their entire line ahead of time, which can be used in the assessment process if SCC is found at a later date. Performing an ECA often demonstrates that a less conservative repair option than what is typically selected by the operator is acceptable for certain SCC defects. A generic repair procedure was developed for this study. The applicable repair techniques depend on the degree of severity of SCC.
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Thomas, Tucker i Cowell. PR-283-10204-R01 Prevent Variable Guide Vane Lock-up - Solar Gas Turbines with Intermittent Operation. Chantilly, Virginia: Pipeline Research Council International, Inc. (PRCI), styczeń 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.55274/r0010856.
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A study was completed to demonstrate that a guide vane field refurbishment process and improved maintenance practices are effective at preventing corrosion and lock-up of the guide vanes of Solar�s Taurus 60-7802S gas turbine operated in intermittent duty. A Taurus 60 engine located at Dominion�s Crayne compressor station was refurbished and operated over a five year period using maintenance practices to slow the build-up of corrosion. The visible condition of the VGV assembly on this Test Unit was monitored and the guide vane actuator force measured to assess if corrosion build-up was occurring. A second co-located Taurus 60 served as a Control Unit to validate that the environment and operating profile were conducive to corrosion build-up. The Control Unit was not modified with the exception that electric actuators were installed on both units so that the VGV actuator force could be measured. The engines logged over 18,000 hours of operation during the test period after which, both units were pulled for overhaul. A detailed inspection and assessment was completed with extensive photographic documentation of the condition of the hardware. The actuator force measured during the start sequence for each of the engines was compared. The Test Unit actuator force varied from 180 to 265 lbf, while the Control Unit had a considerably larger variation of 170 to 315 lbf. The Control Unit suffered a guide vane lock-up event in June of 2014.
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Totten, Annette, Dana M. Womack, Marian S. McDonagh, Cynthia Davis-O’Reilly, Jessica C. Griffin, Ian Blazina, Sara Grusing i Nancy Elder. Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, grudzień 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.23970/ahrqepccer254.
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Objectives. To assess the use, effectiveness, and implementation of telehealth-supported provider-to-provider communication and collaboration for the provision of healthcare services to rural populations and to inform a scientific workshop convened by the National Institutes of Health Office of Disease Prevention on October 12–14, 2021. Data sources. We conducted a comprehensive literature search of Ovid MEDLINE®, CINAHL®, Embase®, and Cochrane CENTRAL. We searched for articles published from January 1, 2015, to October 12, 2021, to identify data on use of rural provider-to-provider telehealth (Key Question 1) and the same databases for articles published January 1, 2010, to October 12, 2021, for studies of effectiveness and implementation (Key Questions 2 and 3) and to identify methodological weaknesses in the research (Key Question 4). Additional sources were identified through reference lists, stakeholder suggestions, and responses to a Federal Register notice. Review methods. Our methods followed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Methods Guide (available at https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/topics/cer-methods-guide/overview) and the PRISMA reporting guidelines. We used predefined criteria and dual review of abstracts and full-text articles to identify research results on (1) regional or national use, (2) effectiveness, (3) barriers and facilitators to implementation, and (4) methodological weakness in studies of provider-to-provider telehealth for rural populations. We assessed the risk of bias of the effectiveness studies using criteria specific to the different study designs and evaluated strength of evidence (SOE) for studies of similar telehealth interventions with similar outcomes. We categorized barriers and facilitators to implementation using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and summarized methodological weaknesses of studies. Results. We included 166 studies reported in 179 publications. Studies on the degree of uptake of provider-to-provider telehealth were limited to specific clinical uses (pharmacy, psychiatry, emergency care, and stroke management) in seven studies using national or regional surveys and claims data. They reported variability across States and regions, but increasing uptake over time. Ninety-seven studies (20 trials and 77 observational studies) evaluated the effectiveness of provider-to-provider telehealth in rural settings, finding that there may be similar rates of transfers and lengths of stay with telehealth for inpatient consultations; similar mortality rates for remote intensive care unit care; similar clinical outcomes and transfer rates for neonates; improvements in medication adherence and treatment response in outpatient care for depression; improvements in some clinical monitoring measures for diabetes with endocrinology or pharmacy outpatient consultations; similar mortality or time to treatment when used to support emergency assessment and management of stroke, heart attack, or chest pain at rural hospitals; and similar rates of appropriate versus inappropriate transfers of critical care and trauma patients with specialist telehealth consultations for rural emergency departments (SOE: low). Studies of telehealth for education and mentoring of rural healthcare providers may result in intended changes in provider behavior and increases in provider knowledge, confidence, and self-efficacy (SOE: low). Patient outcomes were not frequently reported for telehealth provider education, but two studies reported improvement (SOE: low). Evidence for telehealth interventions for other clinical uses and outcomes was insufficient. We identified 67 program evaluations and qualitative studies that identified barriers and facilitators to rural provider-to-provider telehealth. Success was linked to well-functioning technology; sufficient resources, including time, staff, leadership, and equipment; and adequate payment or reimbursement. Some considerations may be unique to implementation of provider-to-provider telehealth in rural areas. These include the need for consultants to better understand the rural context; regional initiatives that pool resources among rural organizations that may not be able to support telehealth individually; and programs that can support care for infrequent as well as frequent clinical situations in rural practices. An assessment of methodological weaknesses found that studies were limited by less rigorous study designs, small sample sizes, and lack of analyses that address risks for bias. A key weakness was that studies did not assess or attempt to adjust for the risk that temporal changes may impact the results in studies that compared outcomes before and after telehealth implementation. Conclusions. While the evidence base is limited, what is available suggests that telehealth supporting provider-to-provider communications and collaboration may be beneficial. Telehealth studies report better patient outcomes in some clinical scenarios (e.g., outpatient care for depression or diabetes, education/mentoring) where telehealth interventions increase access to expertise and high-quality care. In other applications (e.g., inpatient care, emergency care), telehealth results in patient outcomes that are similar to usual care, which may be interpreted as a benefit when the purpose of telehealth is to make equivalent services available locally to rural residents. Most barriers to implementation are common to practice change efforts. Methodological weaknesses stem from weaker study designs, such as before-after studies, and small numbers of participants. The rapid increase in the use of telehealth in response to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is likely to produce more data and offer opportunities for more rigorous studies.
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Shah, Tavseef Mairaj, Olivia Riemer, Nadia El-Hage Scialabba i Alexander Müller. The Agri-Food Systems Transformation Protocol: Mapping the Agents and Drivers of Transformation. TMG Research gGmbH, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.35435/1.2023.4.
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There is a broad consensus that agri-food systems need to be transformed to address the mounting global challenges including food and nutrition security, environmental degradation, and socioeconomic inequities. However, agreement is lacking on what is needed to drive this transformation. This report builds on a sustainability analysis of different proposed pathways and approaches to address transformative needs. It also serves as a study of the drivers and agents that support the implementation of these proposed pathways in different cases around the globe. We recommend the adoption of a multi-level governance framework to coordinate the transformation of agri-food systems, guaranteeing the attainment of transformation goals across all levels. This includes global agreements and international goals at the international level, national transformation pathways at the country level, and the operational level embedded in local governance. This report introduces the Agri-food Systems Transformation Protocol as a decision-support protocol at the desired operational level serving different actors within agri-food systems. The Agri-food Systems Transformation Protocol proposes a four-stage and nine-step iterative process that can guide the development of transformation pathways in different contexts and at different levels of implementation. It was conceived during a workshop of the Expert Advisory Group of the Assessment and Communication of Climate Impacts of Food (CLIF) project in June 2023. The aim was to develop a step-by-step guide to transforming food systems that is not prescriptive and follows a rights-based, place-based, systems approach. The protocol was informed by background research on different case studies from the agri-food sector and advances the three principles of preserving the rights of people, ecosystem integrity, and integrity of the process. The background study identified the main drivers and agents of transformation by analysing 14 case studies from five continents, a selection that was finalized at the expert workshop. A transformation matrix that maps the agents and drivers with different steps of transformation process is also presented to aid the implementation of the protocol. This protocol is intended to be the first step in developing a transformative theory of change for agri-food systems, with the methodologies for each step being the subject of further development.
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Yan, Yujie, i Jerome F. Hajjar. Automated Damage Assessment and Structural Modeling of Bridges with Visual Sensing Technology. Northeastern University, maj 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.17760/d20410114.
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Recent advances in visual sensing technology have gained much attention in the field of bridge inspection and management. Coupled with advanced robotic systems, state-of-the-art visual sensors can be used to obtain accurate documentation of bridges without the need for any special equipment or traffic closure. The captured visual sensor data can be post-processed to gather meaningful information for the bridge structures and hence to support bridge inspection and management. However, state-of-the-practice data postprocessing approaches require substantial manual operations, which can be time-consuming and expensive. The main objective of this study is to develop methods and algorithms to automate the post-processing of the visual sensor data towards the extraction of three main categories of information: 1) object information such as object identity, shapes, and spatial relationships - a novel heuristic-based method is proposed to automate the detection and recognition of main structural elements of steel girder bridges in both terrestrial and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based laser scanning data. Domain knowledge on the geometric and topological constraints of the structural elements is modeled and utilized as heuristics to guide the search as well as to reject erroneous detection results. 2) structural damage information, such as damage locations and quantities - to support the assessment of damage associated with small deformations, an advanced crack assessment method is proposed to enable automated detection and quantification of concrete cracks in critical structural elements based on UAV-based visual sensor data. In terms of damage associated with large deformations, based on the surface normal-based method proposed in Guldur et al. (2014), a new algorithm is developed to enhance the robustness of damage assessment for structural elements with curved surfaces. 3) three-dimensional volumetric models - the object information extracted from the laser scanning data is exploited to create a complete geometric representation for each structural element. In addition, mesh generation algorithms are developed to automatically convert the geometric representations into conformal all-hexahedron finite element meshes, which can be finally assembled to create a finite element model of the entire bridge. To validate the effectiveness of the developed methods and algorithms, several field data collections have been conducted to collect both the visual sensor data and the physical measurements from experimental specimens and in-service bridges. The data were collected using both terrestrial laser scanners combined with images, and laser scanners and cameras mounted to unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Hollingsworth, Hilary, Debbie Wong, Elizabeth Cassity, Prue Anderson i Jessica Thompson. Teacher Development Multi-Year Study Series. Evaluation of Australia’s investment in teacher development in Lao PDR: Interim report 1. Australian Council for Educational Research, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-674-1.
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The Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is undertaking significant primary education reforms, supported by the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) through its flagship Basic Education Quality and Access in Laos program (BEQUAL). The Australian Government has commissioned a study to investigate how the BEQUAL program is making a difference to improving teaching quality and student learning outcomes. This research is part of a multi-year study series undertaken by DFAT's Education Analytics Service to investigate teacher and learning development initiatives in three countries: Lao PDR, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu. In 2019, the new curriculum for Lao language and other subjects was introduced for Grade 1 and is being phased in across all five primary grades. The new curriculum promotes teaching practices that support pedagogies focused on student-centred approaches, active learning, assessment of student learning progress, and a phonics approach to teaching reading. Teachers are being provided with teacher guides and other teaching and learning resources, and receive face-to-face orientation on the new curriculum. In BEQUAL-targeted districts, education support grants are also available to facilitate additional in-service support for teachers and principals. This study has provided the opportunity to investigate teaching quality and student literacy outcomes in Lao PDR over two rounds of data collection, with another planned for October 2022. The Baseline Report captured ‘state of play’ information in 2019 prior to major curriculum changes, as well as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This summary provides an overview of findings and recommendations from the second year (2021) of the study, following two years of BEQUAL support for the implementation of the new Grade 1 Lao language curriculum.
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Smit, Amelia, Kate Dunlop, Nehal Singh, Diona Damian, Kylie Vuong i Anne Cust. Primary prevention of skin cancer in primary care settings. The Sax Institute, sierpień 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.57022/qpsm1481.
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Overview Skin cancer prevention is a component of the new Cancer Plan 2022–27, which guides the work of the Cancer Institute NSW. To lessen the impact of skin cancer on the community, the Cancer Institute NSW works closely with the NSW Skin Cancer Prevention Advisory Committee, comprising governmental and non-governmental organisation representatives, to develop and implement the NSW Skin Cancer Prevention Strategy. Primary Health Networks and primary care providers are seen as important stakeholders in this work. To guide improvements in skin cancer prevention and inform the development of the next NSW Skin Cancer Prevention Strategy, an up-to-date review of the evidence on the effectiveness and feasibility of skin cancer prevention activities in primary care is required. A research team led by the Daffodil Centre, a joint venture between the University of Sydney and Cancer Council NSW, was contracted to undertake an Evidence Check review to address the questions below. Evidence Check questions This Evidence Check aimed to address the following questions: Question 1: What skin cancer primary prevention activities can be effectively administered in primary care settings? As part of this, identify the key components of such messages, strategies, programs or initiatives that have been effectively implemented and their feasibility in the NSW/Australian context. Question 2: What are the main barriers and enablers for primary care providers in delivering skin cancer primary prevention activities within their setting? Summary of methods The research team conducted a detailed analysis of the published and grey literature, based on a comprehensive search. We developed the search strategy in consultation with a medical librarian at the University of Sydney and the Cancer Institute NSW team, and implemented it across the databases Embase, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, Scopus, Cochrane Central and CINAHL. Results were exported and uploaded to Covidence for screening and further selection. The search strategy was designed according to the SPIDER tool for Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Evidence Synthesis, which is a systematic strategy for searching qualitative and mixed-methods research studies. The SPIDER tool facilitates rigour in research by defining key elements of non-quantitative research questions. We included peer-reviewed and grey literature that included skin cancer primary prevention strategies/ interventions/ techniques/ programs within primary care settings, e.g. involving general practitioners and primary care nurses. The literature was limited to publications since 2014, and for studies or programs conducted in Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Western Europe and Scandinavia. We also included relevant systematic reviews and evidence syntheses based on a range of international evidence where also relevant to the Australian context. To address Question 1, about the effectiveness of skin cancer prevention activities in primary care settings, we summarised findings from the Evidence Check according to different skin cancer prevention activities. To address Question 2, about the barriers and enablers of skin cancer prevention activities in primary care settings, we summarised findings according to the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR). The CFIR is a framework for identifying important implementation considerations for novel interventions in healthcare settings and provides a practical guide for systematically assessing potential barriers and facilitators in preparation for implementing a new activity or program. We assessed study quality using the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) levels of evidence. Key findings We identified 25 peer-reviewed journal articles that met the eligibility criteria and we included these in the Evidence Check. Eight of the studies were conducted in Australia, six in the UK, and the others elsewhere (mainly other European countries). In addition, the grey literature search identified four relevant guidelines, 12 education/training resources, two Cancer Care pathways, two position statements, three reports and five other resources that we included in the Evidence Check. Question 1 (related to effectiveness) We categorised the studies into different types of skin cancer prevention activities: behavioural counselling (n=3); risk assessment and delivering risk-tailored information (n=10); new technologies for early detection and accompanying prevention advice (n=4); and education and training programs for general practitioners (GPs) and primary care nurses regarding skin cancer prevention (n=3). There was good evidence that behavioural counselling interventions can result in a small improvement in sun protection behaviours among adults with fair skin types (defined as ivory or pale skin, light hair and eye colour, freckles, or those who sunburn easily), which would include the majority of Australians. It was found that clinicians play an important role in counselling patients about sun-protective behaviours, and recommended tailoring messages to the age and demographics of target groups (e.g. high-risk groups) to have maximal influence on behaviours. Several web-based melanoma risk prediction tools are now available in Australia, mainly designed for health professionals to identify patients’ risk of a new or subsequent primary melanoma and guide discussions with patients about primary prevention and early detection. Intervention studies have demonstrated that use of these melanoma risk prediction tools is feasible and acceptable to participants in primary care settings, and there is some evidence, including from Australian studies, that using these risk prediction tools to tailor primary prevention and early detection messages can improve sun-related behaviours. Some studies examined novel technologies, such as apps, to support early detection through skin examinations, including a very limited focus on the provision of preventive advice. These novel technologies are still largely in the research domain rather than recommended for routine use but provide a potential future opportunity to incorporate more primary prevention tailored advice. There are a number of online short courses available for primary healthcare professionals specifically focusing on skin cancer prevention. Most education and training programs for GPs and primary care nurses in the field of skin cancer focus on treatment and early detection, though some programs have specifically incorporated primary prevention education and training. A notable example is the Dermoscopy for Victorian General Practice Program, in which 93% of participating GPs reported that they had increased preventive information provided to high-risk patients and during skin examinations. Question 2 (related to barriers and enablers) Key enablers of performing skin cancer prevention activities in primary care settings included: • Easy access and availability of guidelines and point-of-care tools and resources • A fit with existing workflows and systems, so there is minimal disruption to flow of care • Easy-to-understand patient information • Using the waiting room for collection of risk assessment information on an electronic device such as an iPad/tablet where possible • Pairing with early detection activities • Sharing of successful programs across jurisdictions. Key barriers to performing skin cancer prevention activities in primary care settings included: • Unclear requirements and lack of confidence (self-efficacy) about prevention counselling • Limited availability of GP services especially in regional and remote areas • Competing demands, low priority, lack of time • Lack of incentives.
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Romero Molina, Paola Ximena. Teaching Lesson Planning to EFL Preservice Teachers: A Review of Studies. Institucion Universitaria Colombo Americana, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.26817/paper.19.
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Preparing English as a Foreign Language (EFL) preservice teachers for lesson planning has a been a concern among teacher educators globally. Research has shown that preservice teachers encounter difficulties in aspects such as objective setting, considering their learners’ needs, and matching assessment and objectives, among others. Similarly, preservice teachers still need to be presented with ample opportunities for reflective teaching. These concerns have been addressed by teacher educators in systematic ways. Hence, guided by two sets of research questions, this literature review aims at exploring the procedures that educators in diverse contexts have used to aid their student teachers in preparing for lesson planning. The first set seeks to identify the procedures used as well as their outcomes. The second set of questions aims to inquire on the methodologies adopted. Twelve studies were selected for the final review, which were found using the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and Google scholar databases as well as the academia.edu platform. A matrix was created to analyze the papers selected together with a coding process. The analysis revealed that collaborative procedures such as mentoring and lesson study combined with reflective teaching seem to render optimal learning experiences for preservice teachers. A special mention is given to plan lessons using authentic materials. Furthermore, types of methodologies that promote rich description such as case studies appear to be appropriate to frame these studies.
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Ley, Matt, Tom Baldvins, David Jones, Hanna Pilkington i Kelly Anderson. Vegetation classification and mapping: Gulf Islands National Seashore. National Park Service, maj 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/2299028.
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The Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS) vegetation inventory project classified and mapped vegetation on park-owned lands within the administrative boundary and estimated thematic map accuracy quantitatively. The project began in June 2016. National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program provided technical guidance. The overall process included initial planning and scoping, imagery procurement, field data collection, data analysis, imagery interpretation/classification, accuracy assessment (AA), and report writing and database development. Initial planning and scoping meetings took place during May, 2016 in Ocean Springs, Mississippi where representatives gathered from GUIS, the NPS Gulf Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network, and Colorado State University. Primary imagery used for interpretation was 4-band (RGB and CIR) orthoimages from 2014 and 2016 with resolutions of 15 centimeters (cm) (Florida only) and 30 cm. Supplemental imagery with varying coverage across the study area included National Aerial Imagery Program 50 cm imagery for Mississippi (2016) and Florida (2017), 15 and 30 cm true color Digital Earth Model imagery for Mississippi (2016 and 2017), and current and historical true-color Google Earth and Bing Map imagery. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration National Geodetic Survey 30 cm true color imagery from 2017 (post Hurricane Nate) supported remapping the Mississippi barrier islands after Hurricane Nate. The preliminary vegetation classification included 59 United States National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) associations. Existing vegetation and mapping data combined with vegetation plot data contributed to the final vegetation classification. Quantitative classification using hierarchical clustering and professional expertise was supported by vegetation data collected from 250 plots in 2016 and 29 plots in 2017 and 2018, as well as other observational data. The final vegetation classification includes 39 USNVC associations and 5 park special types; 18 forest and woodland, 7 shrubland, 17 herbaceous, and 2 sparse vegetation types were identified. The final GUIS map consists of 38 map classes. Land cover classes include four types: non-vegetated barren land / borrow pit, developed open space, developed low – high intensity, and water/ocean. Of the 34 vegetation map classes, 26 represent a single USNVC association/park special, six map classes contain two USNVC associations/park specials, and two map classes contain three USNVC associations/park specials. Forest and woodland associations had an abundance of sand pine (Pinus clausa), slash pine (Pinus elliottii), sand live oak (Quercus geminata), yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), wax myrtle (Morella cerifera), and saw palmetto (Serenoa repens). Shrubland associations supported dominant species such as eastern baccharis (Baccharis halimifolia), yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), wax myrtle (Morella cerifera), saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), and sand live oak (Quercus geminata). Herbaceous associations commonly included camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris), needlegrass rush (Juncus roemerianus), bitter seabeach grass (Panicum amarum var. amarum), gulf bluestem (Schizachyrium maritimum), saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), and sea oats (Uniola paniculata). The final GUIS vegetation map consists of 1,268 polygons totaling 35,769.0 hectares (ha) or 88,387.2 acres (ac). Mean polygon size excluding water is 3.6 ha (8.9 ac). The most abundant land cover class is open water/ocean which accounts for approximately 31,437.7 ha (77,684.2 ac) or 87.9% of the total mapped area. Natural and ruderal vegetation consists of 4,176.8 ha (10,321.1 ac) or 11.6% of the total area. Within the natural and ruderal vegetation types, herbaceous types are the most extensive with 1945.1 ha (4,806.4 ac) or 46.5%, followed by forest and woodland types with 804.9 ha (1,989.0 ac) or 19.3%, sparse vegetation types with 726.9 ha (1,796.1 ac) or 17.4%, and shrubland types with 699.9 ha (1,729.5 ac) or 16.8%. Developed open space, which can include a matrix of roads, parking lots, park-like areas and campgrounds account for 153.8 ha (380.0 ac) or 0.43% of the total mapped area. Artificially non-vegetated barren land is rare and only accounts for 0.74 ha (1.82 ac) or 0.002% of the total area. We collected 701 AA samples to evaluate the thematic accuracy of the vegetation map. Final thematic accuracy, as a simple proportion of correct versus incorrect field calls, is 93.0%. Overall weighted map class accuracy is 93.6%, where the area of each map class was weighted in proportion to the percentage of total park area. This method provides more weight to larger map classes in the park. Each map class had an individual thematic accuracy goal of at least 80%. The hurricane impact area map class was the only class that fell below this target with an accuracy of 73.5%. The vegetation communities impacted by the hurricane are highly dynamic and regenerated quickly following the disturbance event, contributing to map class disagreement during the accuracy assessment phase. No other map classes fell below the 80% accuracy threshold. In addition to the vegetation polygon database and map, several products to support park resource management are provided including the vegetation classification, field key to the associations, local association descriptions, photographic database, project geodatabase, ArcGIS .mxd files for map posters, and aerial imagery acquired for the project. The project geodatabase links the spatial vegetation data layer to vegetation classification, plot photos, project boundary extent, AA points, and the PLOTS database. The geodatabase includes USNVC hierarchy tables allowing for spatial queries of data associated with a vegetation polygon or sample point. All geospatial products are projected using North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 16 N. The final report includes methods and results, contingency tables showing AA results, field forms, species list, and a guide to imagery interpretation. These products provide useful information to assist with management of park resources and inform future management decisions. Use of standard national vegetation classification and mapping protocols facilitates effective resource stewardship by ensuring the compatibility and widespread use throughout the NPS as well as other federal and state agencies. Products support a wide variety of resource assessments, park management and planning needs. Associated information provides a structure for framing and answering critical scientific questions about vegetation communities and their relationship to environmental processes across the landscape.