US Space Superiority: It was Good While it Lasted; Exploring the Contesting and Congesting of the Space Domain

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2012-04-11

of the Graduation Requirements Advisors: Dr. John T. Ackerman Dr. Kathleen Mahoney -Norris Maxwell Air Force...like to thank my advisors, Dr. John Ackerman and Dr. Kathleen Mahoney -Norris, for creating and administering the Future Trends course with such...Security Act of 2011. 49 Newman , Andrew. The Truth About Oil. 50 Miner, Dan. Beyond Oil: Appendix B: Fuel Depletion and Peak Oil Guarantee Volatility

Strategies for enhancing medical student resilience: student and faculty member perspectives.

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Farquhar, Julia; Kamei, Robert; Vidyarthi, Arpana

2018-01-12

To improve programs aimed to enhance medical student resiliency, we examined both medical student and faculty advisor perspectives on resiliency-building in an Asian medical school. In two separate focus groups, a convenience sample of 8 MD-PhD students and 8 faculty advisors were asked to identify strategies for enhancing resilience. Using thematic analysis, two researchers independently examined discussion transcripts and field notes and determined themes through a consensus process. They then compared the themes to discern similarities and differences between these groups. Themes from the student suggestions for increasing resilience included "Perspective changes with time and experience", "Defining effective advisors," and "Individual paths to resiliency". Faculty-identified themes were "Structured activities to change student perspectives," "Structured teaching of coping strategies", and "Institution-wide social support". Students described themselves as individuals building their own resilience path and preferred advisors who were not also evaluators. Faculty, however, suggested systematic, structural ways to increase resilience. Students and advisors identified some common, and many distinct strategies for enhancing medical student resilience. Student/advisor discrepancies may exemplify a cultural shift in Singapore's medical education climate, where students value increased individualism and autonomy in their education. As medical schools create interventions to enhance resilience and combat potential student burnout, they should consider individually-tailored as well as system-wide programs to best meet the needs of their students and faculty.

Strategies for enhancing medical student resilience: student and faculty member perspectives

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Kamei, Robert; Vidyarthi, Arpana

2018-01-01

Objectives To improve programs aimed to enhance medical student resiliency, we examined both medical student and faculty advisor perspectives on resiliency-building in an Asian medical school. Methods In two separate focus groups, a convenience sample of 8 MD-PhD students and 8 faculty advisors were asked to identify strategies for enhancing resilience. Using thematic analysis, two researchers independently examined discussion transcripts and field notes and determined themes through a consensus process. They then compared the themes to discern similarities and differences between these groups. Results Themes from the student suggestions for increasing resilience included “Perspective changes with time and experience”, “Defining effective advisors,” and “Individual paths to resiliency”. Faculty-identified themes were “Structured activities to change student perspectives,” “Structured teaching of coping strategies”, and “Institution-wide social support”. Students described themselves as individuals building their own resilience path and preferred advisors who were not also evaluators. Faculty, however, suggested systematic, structural ways to increase resilience. Conclusions Students and advisors identified some common, and many distinct strategies for enhancing medical student resilience. Student/advisor discrepancies may exemplify a cultural shift in Singapore’s medical education climate, where students value increased individualism and autonomy in their education. As medical schools create interventions to enhance resilience and combat potential student burnout, they should consider individually-tailored as well as system-wide programs to best meet the needs of their students and faculty. PMID:29334480

BUILDING THE FORCE OF THE FUTURE: A NEW CALL TO ATTRACT, HIRE AND RETAIN THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST TO AIR FORCE CIVIL SERVICE

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2015-10-25

Graduation Requirements Advisors: Dr . Gregory F. Intoccia and Dr . Patricia Lessane Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 25 October 2015 DISTRIBUTION A...support while I was diverting much of my free time and attention to this graduate program. I appreciate my research advisors Dr . Greg Intoccia and Dr ...underutilized USAJOBS, the federal government job search engine, as compare to LinkedIn , Career Builders and Monster. Only 8.8 percent of the

What Are Faculty Advisors To Do When Their Own Career Path Does Not Satisfy Their Students?

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McManus, D. A.

2001-12-01

As graduate students seek advice on broad career options, many faculty advisors do not know what to do. It is easy for them to do nothing. They may do nothing because they assume that their own students are interested only in an academic research career like theirs. The mistake here can be that the advisors' verbal and non-verbal communication deters students from mentioning their interests in the first place or pursuing those interests, if mentioned. Or advisors may do nothing by assuming that it is not their responsibility to advise students about career options other than being an academic researcher. The advisors' lack of knowledge about other careers may lead them to avoid the issue. The mistake here is obvious. So what are advisors to do? They can encourage students to think of their graduate study as part of their career preparation, not just a task to obtain a research degree. Creating a risk-free environment for career discussion will enable faculty advisors to learn each student's career priorities and validate exploration of broad career options. Advisors should not feel inadequate by being unable to advise about everything. No one expects them to. They can encourage their students to meet together, on their own if necessary, to discuss common career concerns, even to invite speakers, including alums, to talk about different careers and the preparation required. They can encourage their students to seek additional mentors, people more knowledgeable about careers of interest to the students. They can encourage students to take courses for career preparation, particularly courses outside of science, even though these courses "take them away from their research." And advisors should not hold students at fault if they change their minds about career paths. More information often changes minds. These are a few of the many things that advisors can do. It is essential that faculty advisors not resent students' decisions to follow a career path different from the advisors' or, for students wanting a faculty position, decisions to prepare themselves for teaching as well as research. Conflicts that do arise can at least be alleviated if these differences of opinion or goals are taken to be like the conflicts between offspring and parents, a normal part of maturing into one's own person.

Building Rapport between International Graduate Students and Their Faculty Advisors: Cross- Cultural Mentoring Relationships at the University of Guelph

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Omar, Faiza; Mahone, James P.; Ngobia, Jane; FitzSimons, John

2016-01-01

Mentoring graduate students is very challenging, even when both the student and faculty have similar cultural values. Many international students have a different culture from that of Canadian. Their challenge is adapting to their new environment, and for their faculty advisors to understand and work well with them. This research explored the…

Risk Management in College Fraternities: Guidance from Two Faculty Advisors

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Rosenberg, Stuart; Mosca, Joseph

2016-01-01

Students who become members of fraternities and sororities avail themselves of significant opportunities that enrich their college life. Faculty advisors play an important role in assisting fraternities and sororities in shaping students' leadership, scholastic, and personal development. Given the risks such as alcohol use and hazing that continue…

Use of Appreciative Inquiry to Explore the Experiences of Faculty Advisors

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Myers, Valerie Ann-Marie

2013-01-01

Academic advising significantly impacts student achievement, persistence, and retention, yet it continues to be an area of weakness for many institutions. The purpose of this sequential mixed-methods case study was to explore the experiences of faculty advisors to identify strengths and weaknesses in their knowledge and skills. Appreciative…

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..., advisor, faculty member, and others as appropriate. The nomination letter(s) must communicate the... upon teacher (parent or legal guardian in the case of home schooled applicants), advisor, or faculty... innovative concept written by the student(s) being nominated (no page limit). All materials should be...

An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of an Advising Survey for Medical and Professional Program Students

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Royal, Kenneth D.; Gonzalez, Liara M.

2016-01-01

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a newly developed instrument intended to measure faculty competence as it pertains to their role as advisors, particularly in medical and professional programs. A total of 166 students completed the Faculty Advisor's Skills and Behaviors Inventory (FASBI). The psychometric…

The Honors Thesis: A Handbook for Honors Directors, Deans, and Faculty Advisors. National Collegiate Honors Council Monograph Series

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Anderson, Mark; Lyons, Karen; Weiner, Norman

2014-01-01

This handbook is intended to help all those who design, administer, and implement honors thesis programs--honors directors, deans, staff, faculty, and advisors--evaluate their thesis programs, solve pressing problems, select more effective requirements or procedures, or introduce an entirely new thesis program. The authors' goal is to provide…

Social Science Advising.

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Geis, Gilbert; Huston, Ted L.

1995-01-01

Faculty advisors must help social sciences students understand their many options, from immediate postbaccalaureate fieldwork to graduate-level professoriate preparation. Social sciences advisors should use their interest in human behavior to design research identifying crucial ingredients of a successful advisor-advisee relationship and to match…

Unmanned Tactical Autonomous Control and Collaboration Measures of Performance and Measures of Effectiveness

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2016-09-01

September 2016 Thesis Advisor: Dan Boger Co-Advisor: Scot Miller THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK i REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved... Scot Miller Co-Advisor Dan Boger Chair, Information Sciences Department iv THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK v ABSTRACT As the technological...The authors would like to thank their advisors, Scot Miller and Dr. Dan Boger, for their incredibly helpful guidance and feedback on the development

Targeted Killing: Managing American Perceptions On Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations

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2016-02-01

Requirements Proposal Advisor: Dr. Patricia Williams Lessane Project Advisor: Dr. Andrew Niesiobedzki Maxwell AFB, AL February 2016...epistemology of remote fighting." Ethics and Information Technology 15. no. 2. 87-98. Cullen , Peter. 2008. "The Role of Targeted Killing in the...in the Sky." New Statesman 19-25. June. 48. Patterson, Margot. 2015. "Are We Safer." America 212. no. 204. 12. Raven-Hansen, William C. Banks and

Strategies for Postsecondary Students in Developmental Education: A Practice Guide for College and University Administrators, Advisors, and Faculty. NCEE 2017-4011

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Bailey, Thomas; Bashford, Joanne; Boatman, Angela; Squires, John; Weiss, Michael; Doyle, William; Valentine, Jeffrey C.; LaSota, Robin; Polanin, Joshua R.; Spinney, Elizabeth; Wilson, Wesley; Yelde, Martha; Young, Sarah H.

2016-01-01

This practice guide presents six evidence-based recommendations for college and university faculty, administrators, and advisors working to improve the success of students academically underprepared for college. Each recommendation includes an overview of the practice, a summary of evidence used in support of the evidence rating, guidance on how…

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Evaluating Practice-Based Learning and Improvement: Efforts to Improve Acceptance of Portfolios

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Fragneto, Regina Y.; DiLorenzo, Amy Noel; Schell, Randall M.; Bowe, Edwin A.

2010-01-01

Introduction The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recommends resident portfolios as 1 method for assessing competence in practice-based learning and improvement. In July 2005, when anesthesiology residents in our department were required to start a portfolio, the residents and their faculty advisors did not readily accept this new requirement. Intensive education efforts addressing the goals and importance of portfolios were undertaken. We hypothesized that these educational efforts improved acceptance of the portfolio and retrospectively audited the portfolio evaluation forms completed by faculty advisors. Methods Intensive education about the goals and importance of portfolios began in January 2006, including presentations at departmental conferences and one-on-one education sessions. Faculty advisors were instructed to evaluate each resident's portfolio and complete a review form. We retrospectively collected data to determine the percentage of review forms completed by faculty. The portfolio reviews also assessed the percentage of 10 required portfolio components residents had completed. Results Portfolio review forms were completed by faculty advisors for 13% (5/38) of residents during the first advisor-advisee meeting in December 2005. Initiation of intensive education efforts significantly improved compliance, with review forms completed for 68% (26/38) of residents in May 2006 (P < .0001) and 95% (36/38) in December 2006 (P < .0001). Residents also significantly improved the completeness of portfolios between May and December of 2006. Discussion Portfolios are considered a best methods technique by the ACGME for evaluation of practice-based learning and improvment. We have found that intensive education about the goals and importance of portfolios can enhance acceptance of this evaluation tool, resulting in improved compliance in completion and evaluation of portfolios. PMID:22132291

Evaluating practice-based learning and improvement: efforts to improve acceptance of portfolios.

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Fragneto, Regina Y; Dilorenzo, Amy Noel; Schell, Randall M; Bowe, Edwin A

2010-12-01

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) recommends resident portfolios as 1 method for assessing competence in practice-based learning and improvement. In July 2005, when anesthesiology residents in our department were required to start a portfolio, the residents and their faculty advisors did not readily accept this new requirement. Intensive education efforts addressing the goals and importance of portfolios were undertaken. We hypothesized that these educational efforts improved acceptance of the portfolio and retrospectively audited the portfolio evaluation forms completed by faculty advisors. Intensive education about the goals and importance of portfolios began in January 2006, including presentations at departmental conferences and one-on-one education sessions. Faculty advisors were instructed to evaluate each resident's portfolio and complete a review form. We retrospectively collected data to determine the percentage of review forms completed by faculty. The portfolio reviews also assessed the percentage of 10 required portfolio components residents had completed. Portfolio review forms were completed by faculty advisors for 13% (5/38) of residents during the first advisor-advisee meeting in December 2005. Initiation of intensive education efforts significantly improved compliance, with review forms completed for 68% (26/38) of residents in May 2006 (P < .0001) and 95% (36/38) in December 2006 (P < .0001). Residents also significantly improved the completeness of portfolios between May and December of 2006. Portfolios are considered a best methods technique by the ACGME for evaluation of practice-based learning and improvment. We have found that intensive education about the goals and importance of portfolios can enhance acceptance of this evaluation tool, resulting in improved compliance in completion and evaluation of portfolios.

Perceptions of the Community College of High School Counselors and Advisors

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Mitkos, Yvonne M.; Bragg, Debra D.

2008-01-01

Using the case study method, this research investigated how the community college is perceived by high school counselors and advisors. The research considered how high school counselors' and advisors' perceptions of the community college were informed by selected school leaders, faculty, and students, and it explored how those perceptions were…

Expected Position Error for an Onboard Satellite GPS Receiver

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2015-03-01

Committee Membership: Dr. Alan Jennings, PhD Chairman Dr. Eric D. Swenson, Ph.D. Member Dr. Marshall E. Haker , Ph.D. Member AFIT-ENY-MS-15-M-029 Abstract...acknowledge both Dr. Jennings and Maj Haker for taking on the role of being my advisor and as well as committee member at various times during this

Ensuring PhD development of responsible conduct of research behaviors: who's responsible?

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Titus, Sandra L; Ballou, Janice M

2014-03-01

The importance of public confidence in scientific findings and trust in scientists cannot be overstated. Thus, it becomes critical for the scientific community to focus on enhancing the strategies used to educate future scientists on ethical research behaviors. What we are lacking is knowledge on how faculty members shape and develop ethical research standards with their students. We are presenting the results of a survey with 3,500 research faculty members. We believe this is the first report on how faculty work with and educate their PhD students on basic research standards. Specifically, we wanted to determine whether individual faculty members, who are advisors or mentors, differ in how they implemented components of responsible conduct of research (RCR) with their PhD students. Mentors were more likely than advisors or supervisors to report working with all of their PhDs, who graduated in the last 5 years, on the 17 recognized critical components of RCR training and research skill development. We also found about half of the faculty members believe RCR is an institutional responsibility versus a faculty responsibility. Less than a quarter have had opportunities to participate in faculty training to be a better mentor, advisor, or research teacher, and about one third of faculty did not or could not remember whether they had guidelines related to their responsibilities to PhD students. We discuss the implications of our findings and focus on ways that PhD research mentoring can be enhanced.

Faculty Advising Examined: Enhancing the Potential of College Faculty as Advisors.

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Kramer, Gary L., Ed.

This collection explores faculty advising as a potential contributor to student college success and provides information on how to organize, deliver, and improve overall faculty advising in the current higher education climate. The chapters are: (1) "Advising as Teaching" (Gary L. Kramer); (2) "Faculty Advising: Practice and Promise" (Wesley R.…

A Survey on Advisor Perceptions of the Academic Advising Program at the University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska

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Willis-Haslip, Shirlee

2011-01-01

This survey research was the basis of the dissertation for the researcher's doctoral program at George Fox University, and was conducted at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). The purpose of this study was to measure the perception of faculty advisors and professional academic advisors in regard to the importance, responsibility for and…

An advisory program for first- and second-year medical students: the Weill Cornell experience

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Drusin, Lewis M.; Gerber, Linda M.; Miller, Carlyle H.; Storey-Johnson, Carol L.; Ballard, Bruce L.

2013-01-01

Purpose First-year students negotiate new professional culture with a certain amount of excitement and anxiety. There are different approaches for offering guidance. In this study, the authors present Weill Cornell Medical College's experience with an advising program for first- and second-year students. Methods Fifty faculty advisors were each assigned 1–3 first-year students who they would follow for 2 years. The responsibilities were outlined to both faculty and students. The program was evaluated using an anonymous questionnaire. Results For the two classes surveyed (2011 and 2012), most students met their advisors once. For both classes, the most frequently discussed issues were general adjustment to medical school, academic life, and the professional life of the advisor. Summer research and career opportunities were also discussed. Most students were satisfied with the advising program. Satisfaction increased with an increase in visits. Most students who did not meet their advisors established an advisor relationship on their own. Conclusions An advising program was established at Weill Cornell Medical College that satisfied most of the students. It is important to evaluate its format regularly, from both student and advisor perspectives, in order to ensure its continued success. PMID:24290314

75 FR 47317 - President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

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The medical students' perspective of faculty and informal mentors: a questionnaire study.

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Park, Jay J H; Adamiak, Paul; Jenkins, Deirdre; Myhre, Doug

2016-01-08

Student mentoring is an important aspect of undergraduate medical education. While medical schools often assign faculty advisors to medical students as mentors to support their educational experience, it is possible for the students to pursue mentors informally. The possible role of these informal mentors and their interactions with the students in a faculty mentorship program has not been reported. This study builds upon previous work that suggested many students have informal mentors, and that there might be interplay between these two types of mentors. This study was conducted to report the experience of undergraduate medical students in a faculty mentorship program of their faculty mentors and if applicable, of their informal mentors. One month before residency (post-graduate training for Canadians) ranking, the survey was administered to the graduating class of 2014 at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine. The survey was created from focus groups of the previous graduating class of 2013. The survey investigated meeting characteristics and the students' perceptions of faculty advisors and informal mentors, and the students' intended choice for residency. The study response rate was 86% (95 of 111); 58% (54 of 93) of the students reported having an informal mentor. There was no reported difference in satisfaction ratings of the Faculty mentorship program between students with only faculty mentors and those with also informal mentors. Students' reporting of their satisfaction with the Faculty mentorship program and the faculty mentors did not differ between the students with informal mentors and those with faculty mentors only. The students' meeting frequency, discussed topics, and perceived characteristics of faculty mentors were not associated with having an informal mentor. The students generally perceived their informal mentors more positively than their faculty mentors. The reported student career intention was associated with the discipline of informal mentors and not with the discipline of faculty mentors. Informal mentorship was common for medical students. The presence of an informal mentor was not associated with dissatisfaction with the Faculty advisor or with the mentorship program. It is likely students may pursue informal mentorship for career-related reasons.

Faculty Tort Liability for Libelous Student Publications

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Stevens, George E.

1976-01-01

Examines recent court cases to determine whether a school administrator or faculty advisor may be legally responsible for defamation in a student publication. Concludes that the legal position of faculty members is unclear and recommends application of the U.S. Supreme Court's guidelines in Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. (JG)

State of the Art High-Throughput Approaches to Genotoxicity: Flow Micronucleus, Ames II, GreenScreen and Comet

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State of the Art High-Throughput Approaches to Genotoxicity: Flow Micronucleus, Ames II, GreenScreen and Comet (Presented by Dr. Marilyn J. Aardema, Chief Scientific Advisor, Toxicology, Dr. Leon Stankowski, et. al. (6/28/2012)

Creating an Interagency Working Model

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2007-03-12

of potency associated with bilateral engagements. Dr. Finney (Political Advisor to the U.S. National Guard Bureau) and Ambassador Alphonse La Porta...Reorganization Act, James R. Locher III, Naval War College Review, Autumn 2001, Volume LIV, Number 4, 101. 2 Dr. John M. Finney and Amb Alphonse

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Trends in Defamation Law: Let the Advisor Beware.

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King, Robert D.

1992-01-01

Although most lawsuits brought by students against a college are grounded on contract and due process theories, courts have been willing to consider students' defamation suits using tort theories. Recent changes in defamation law have engendered increased litigation and risk of liability for faculty and advisors. (Author/MSE)

A Case Study Inquiry on Faculty Advisors and the Appreciative Advising Model

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Finch, Brian S.

2013-01-01

Appreciative advising is an innovative academic advising method based on the organizational development theory of appreciative inquiry. This approach emphasizes student strengths through a collaborative relationship between advisor and student using open-ended questions and focusing on positive potential. This study addressed the local problem of…

Transformation of Polish Air Forces: What Is Required to Meet NATO Obligations

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2002-04-01

Graduation Requirements Advisor: Lt Col Marshell G. Cobb, Ph.D. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama April 2002 Report Documentation Page Form ApprovedOMB No...like to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of my Faculty Research Advisor, Lt Col Marshell G. Cobb, during this project. The inputs, advice, and

Exploring the issue of failure to fail in a nursing program.

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Larocque, Sylvie; Luhanga, Florence Loyce

2013-05-18

A study using a qualitative descriptive design was undertaken to explore the issue of "failure to fail" in a nursing program. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with nursing university faculty members, preceptors, and faculty advisors (n=13). Content analysis was used to analyze the data. Results indicate that: (a) failing a student is a difficult process; (b) both academic and emotional support are required for students and preceptors and faculty advisors; (c) there are consequences for programs, faculty, and students when a student has failed a placement; (d) at times, personal, professional, and structural reasons exist for failing to fail a student; and (e) the reputation of the professional program can be diminished as a result of failing to fail a student. Recommendations for improving assessment, evaluation, and intervention with a failing student include documentation, communication, and support. These findings have implications for improving the quality of clinical experiences.

SPILC: An expert student advisor

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Read, D. R.

1990-01-01

The Lamar University Computer Science Department serves about 350 undergraduate C.S. majors, and 70 graduate majors. B.S. degrees are offered in Computer Science and Computer and Information Science, and an M.S. degree is offered in Computer Science. In addition, the Computer Science Department plays a strong service role, offering approximately sixteen service course sections per long semester. The department has eight regular full-time faculty members, including the Department Chairman and the Undergraduate Advisor, and from three to seven part-time faculty members. Due to the small number of regular faculty members and the resulting very heavy teaching loads, undergraduate advising has become a difficult problem for the department. There is a one week early registration period and a three-day regular registration period once each semester. The Undergraduate Advisor's regular teaching load of two classes, 6 - 8 semester hours, per semester, together with the large number of majors and small number of regular faculty, cause long queues and short tempers during these advising periods. The situation is aggravated by the fact that entering freshmen are rarely accompanied by adequate documentation containing the facts necessary for proper counselling. There has been no good method of obtaining necessary facts and documenting both the information provided by the student and the resulting advice offered by the counsellors.

Binaural Processing of Multiple Sound Sources

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2016-08-18

Sound Source Localization Identification, and Sound Source Localization When Listeners Move. The CI research was also supported by an NIH grant...8217Cochlear Implant Performance in Realistic Listening Environments,’ Dr. Michael Dorman, Principal Investigator, Dr. William Yost unpaid advisor. The other... Listeners Move. The CI research was also supported by an NIH grant (“Cochlear Implant Performance in Realistic Listening Environments,” Dr. Michael Dorman

ORD/REGIONAL/OAR AIR TOXICS EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP (SAN FRANCISCO,JUNE 25-27, 2002)

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Approximately, one hundred scientists from ORD, OAR, Regional offices, and invited external presentors met for a three day conference in Region 9 offices in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Winona Victery, Science Advisor in Region 9 and Dr. David Klauder, ORD/OSP program manager worked ...

USE OF BONE CHAR FOR THE REMOVAL OF ARSENIC AND URANIUM FROM GROUNDWATER AT THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION

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The student project team will work with faculty advisors at UIUC, advisors at Oglala Lakota College, and with residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation. Through this collaborative effort, we expect to identify filter materials including bone char that will effectively remove ars...

Advising Doctorate Candidates and Candidates' Views during the Dissertation Process

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Hilliard, Ann T.

2013-01-01

In order to provide candidates with effective advisement, it is important for the advisor to continue to practice positive professional relationships and provide relevant academic support to candidates. The advisor should work closely with other faculty members and need to listen to the voices of candidates to ensure candidates' success. What…

A Non-Linear Finite Element Model for the Determination of Elastic and Thermal Properties of Nanocomposites

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2009-04-01

individuals who helped me in many ways throughout my research and thesis writing process. First and foremost, my sincere thanks go to my advisor, Dr... go to Professor John Akin who helped me in the technical areas of Finite Element programming. Thank you for your time and efforts beyond the...classroom. Thank you to Dr. Enrique Barrera and Dr. Jun Lou for serving on my thesis committee. Many thanks go to Dr. Jan Hewitt as well for volunteering

Advancing treatment of metastatic cancers: from research to communication--where do we need to go?

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Zetter, Bruce; Lake, Francesca

2014-01-01

Bruce Zetter* speaks to Francesca Lake, Managing Commissioning Editor: Bruce Zetter is the Charles Nowiszewski Professor of Cancer Biology at Harvard Medical School in Boston (MA, USA). Dr Zetter received a BA degree in anthropology from Brandeis University in Waltham (MA, USA) and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston (RI, USA). He completed fellowships at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (MA, USA) and at the Salk Institute in San Diego (CA, USA). Subsequently, he was an assistant research biochemist at the University of California in San Francisco (CA, USA) before joining the faculty at Harvard Medical School. At Harvard, he directed the course in human physiology taken by all medical students. He further served as the Chief Scientific Officer at Boston Children's Hospital (MA, USA), where he directed the research efforts for the hospital. Dr Zetter has made major discoveries on the mechanisms underlying tumor metastasis and on the detection and treatment of late-stage tumors. As an internationally recognized expert in the field of tumor metastasis, Dr Zetter has chaired multiple international research conferences and grant review panels for agencies such as the US NIH and the US Department of Defense. He also chaired the NASA committee that selects scientific projects for the space shuttle. Dr Zetter has a strong interest in the interactions of academic and corporate institutions and has served as an advisor to more than 30 biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, as well as to venture firms and investment companies.

Unmanned Tactical Autonomous Control and Collaboration Coactive Design

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2016-06-01

AUTONOMOUS CONTROL AND COLLABORATION COACTIVE DESIGN by Matthew S. Zach June 2016 Thesis Advisor: Dan Boger Second Reader: Scot Miller...POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL June 2016 Approved by: Dan Boger, Ph.D. Thesis Advisor Scot Miller Second Reader Dan Boger, Ph.D...assistance, and mentoring, I remain most grateful. I begin by thanking Dr. Dan Boger and Scot Miller for taking me on as a thesis student. You

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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

2005-01-01

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. At the 2005 FIRST Robotics Regional Competition held at the University of Central Florida March 10- 12, Center Director Jim Kennedy (right) autographs the shirt of Dr. Woodie Flowers, who is a national advisor and co-founder of FIRST. Dr. Flowers is the Pappalardo Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Conference Report: Cultural and Linguistic Advancement for Mission Success: Enhancing Language, Regional and Cultural Capabilities Across Whole of Government for an Effective COIN Strategy

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-05-01

together than either would individually. Dr. Mahir J . Ibrahimov, Senior Culture and Foreign Language Advisor US Army Training Doctrine and Command...combination of culture and foreign language capabilities to facilitate full spectrum operations. Dr. Kathleen Evans- Romaine , Director Critical

PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY ON CAMPUSES: A COLLEGE STUDENT RUN, ELECTRIC-ASSISTED BICYCLE COMPETITION FOR HIGH SCHOOLS

EPA Science Inventory

Margaret Beckom received course credit for working with Dr. S. Bates Prins (with Dr. S. Garren, Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at JMU as co-advisor on the course credit) in designing and implementing a survey of JMU undergraduate and graduate stude...

Evaluation of a College Curriculum Advisory Program Utilizing Student Advisors. Final Report.

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Brown, Coke R.

This study was designed to evaluate the viability of using students as academic advisors for freshmen students and to document the process of the advising program at Idaho State University. Results show that students advised by students did as well academically and had a lower dropout rate than students advised by faculty. Descriptions of advisor…

Redefining the Air Force Medical Service in the New Millennium: Should the AFMS Outsource Physician Training and Residency Education Programs

DTIC Science & Technology

2000-04-01

Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor: Lieutenant Colonel Marshell G. Cobb Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama April 2000 ii Disclaimer...to future commanders and medical support providers. Special thanks are in order to Lt Col Marshell Cobb for agreeing to be my faculty advisor

How the Degree of Accuracy of an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Influences the Miss Distance of a Gun-Launched Precision Munition

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-09-01

September 2011 Thesis Advisor: Walter E. Owen Second Reader: Donald E. Carlucci THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK i REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE...Author: David W. Panhorst Approved by: Dr. Walter E. Owen Dr. Donald E. Carlucci Dr. Clifford A. Whitcomb, Chair, Department...symmetric projectiles. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 42 New Webster’s dictionary of the English language. (1988). Melrose Park: Delair

Teacher History: Student Historians, Faculty Biographies, and the "Alma Mater"

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Stofferahn, Steven A.

2009-01-01

When his department chair asked him a few years ago to take over as faculty advisor to their university's chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta history honor society, the author readily accepted. Not only would it provide a great opportunity to get to know some of their best students better, it would also help a junior faculty member like himself fulfill…

Anesthesia Provider’s Use of the Precordial or Esophageal Stethoscope: Is Anyone Still Listening to the Patient

DTIC Science & Technology

1996-06-01

USAF, NC and Dr. Maura McAuliffe, Lt. Col. , USAF, NC. Dr. Hall served as my qualitative data advisor. Her assi stance ensured an accurate...esophageal stethoscope, Anesthesiology, 65 (5), 534-536. Prielipp, R. c., Kelly , J. S., & Roy, R. C. (1995, August). Use of esophageal or

Structural Stability of a Joined-Wing Sensorcraft

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-06-01

Robert A. Canfield (Chairman) Date //SIGNED// Dr. Donald Kunz (Member) Date //SIGNED// Maj. Eric...to my thesis advisor, Dr. Robert Canfield, for his guidance and instruction throughout this thesis. His patience and availability were immensely...concept and provide detailed information with regards to the divergence of the linear and nonlinear analysis results of the SensorCraft. Roberts

Explorations of Individual Differences Relevant to High Level Skill.

DTIC Science & Technology

1981-12-15

discrete pairs that were responded to in a set order. Many real life tasks are ongoing and the performer must interweave them in some manner. It is... life skill that might relate to the predictors? 18. Individual Differences in the Rate of Repetitive Activity Recently we have begun to investigate...22211 Ale..a.drla. VA 22333 1 Dr. Sesceinve Maddad Prcgrm Manager 1 DR. 8.1. Si.AFKOSIY I Dr. Renter Pletcher Life Sriencea Directorate SCIEMTIPIr ADVISOR

Faculty and Career Advising: Challenges, Opportunities, and Outcome Assessment

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Vespia, Kristin M.; Freis, Stephanie D.; Arrowood, Rebecca M.

2018-01-01

Psychology prioritizes students' professional or career development by including it as one of the five undergraduate learning goals. Faculty advisors are critical to that development but likely feel less prepared for the role. Departments face challenges assessing associated student learning outcomes. We introduce an instrument programs can use to…

Peer Advising in Agricultural Education: A Supplement to Faculty Advising.

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Flores, Bob; Weeks, William

Peer Advising in Agricultural Education has been operating since the Fall Semester, 1987, at Texas A & M University. The program involves several undergraduate students nominated by faculty, who are supervised by two doctoral students. Responsibilities of the peer advisors include informing students of campus procedures, assisting in…

The Effect of Strain upon the Velocity of Sound and the Velocity of Free Retraction for Natural Rubber.

DTIC Science & Technology

1982-05-01

28 - DYN 6/81 DISTRIBUTION LIST No. Copies ,No. Cooies Dr. L.V. Schmidt I Dr. F. Roberto I Assistant Secretary of the Navy Code AFRPL MKPA (R,E, and...Scientific Advisor Directorate of Aerosoace Sciences Commandant of the Marine Corps Bolling Air Force Base Code RD-I Washington, D.C. 20332 Washington

Diffusion and Equilibrium Swelling of Macromolecular Networks by Their Linear Homologs.

DTIC Science & Technology

1982-10-01

C/ . 29 OYN 6/81 DISTRIBUTION LIST No. Copies No. Copies Dr. L.V. Schmtdt 1 Dr. F. Roberto 1 Assistant Secretary of the Navy Code AFRPL MKPA (RE, and...Scientific Advisor Directorate of Aerospace Sciences Commandant of the Marine Corps Bolling Air Force Base Code RD-1 Washington, D.C. 20332 Washington...Directorate of Chemical Sciences Arlington VA 22217 Bolling Air Force Base t VWashington, D.C. 20332 Mr. David Siegel Office of Naval Research Dr. John S

Threshold Tear Strength of Elastomers.

DTIC Science & Technology

1982-04-01

O 0 0 C~j C-J C7,) 0DY 122 DISTRIBUTION LIST No. Cooes No. Cooies Dr. L.V. Schmidt I Dr. F. Roberto 1 ’Assistant Secretary of the Navy Code AFRPL MKPA...Research Scientific Advisor Directorate of Aerospace Sciences Commandant of the Marine Corps Bolling Air Force Base Code RD-i Washington, D.C. 20332...Directorate of Chemical Sciences Arlington, VA 22217 Bolling Air Force Base Washington, D.C. 20332 Mr. David Siegel D Office of Naval Research Dr. John S

Diversity Exiting the Academy: Influential Factors for the Career Choice of Well-Represented and Underrepresented Minority Scientists

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Layton, Rebekah L.; Brandt, Patrick D.; Freeman, Ashalla M.; Harrell, Jessica R.; Hall, Joshua D.; Sinche, Melanie

2016-01-01

A national sample of PhD-trained scientists completed training, accepted subsequent employment in academic and nonacademic positions, and were queried about their previous graduate training and current employment. Respondents indicated factors contributing to their employment decision (e.g., working conditions, salary, job security). The data indicate the relative importance of deciding factors influencing career choice, controlling for gender, initial interest in faculty careers, and number of postgraduate publications. Among both well-represented (WR; n = 3444) and underrepresented minority (URM; n = 225) respondents, faculty career choice was positively associated with desire for autonomy and partner opportunity and negatively associated with desire for leadership opportunity. Differences between groups in reasons endorsed included: variety, prestige, salary, family influence, and faculty advisor influence. Furthermore, endorsement of faculty advisor or other mentor influence and family or peer influence were surprisingly rare across groups, suggesting that formal and informal support networks could provide a missed opportunity to provide support for trainees who want to stay in faculty career paths. Reasons requiring alteration of misperceptions (e.g., limited leadership opportunity for faculty) must be distinguished from reasons requiring removal of actual barriers. Further investigation into factors that affect PhDs’ career decisions can help elucidate why URM candidates are disproportionately exiting the academy. PMID:27587854

Dr. Ray Gause examines student Skylab experiment ED-52 Web Formation

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1973-01-01

Dr. Ray Gause of the NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) places dinner, in the form of a housefly, in the web of Arabella - the prime spider for the ED-52 Web Formation Experiment. Arabella can be delineated near the end of the black pen in Dr. Gause's hand. The experiment is one of 25 student experiments accepted for the Skylab program and will be performed during the Skylab 3 mission. Judy Miles, a 17-year-old high school student from Lexington, Massachusetts, is the student experimenter and Dr. Gause is the NASA student advisor.

Advising Master's Students Pursuing Doctoral Study: A Survey of Counselor Educators and Supervisors

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Sackett, Corrine R.; Hartig, Nadine; Bodenhorn, Nancy; Farmer, Laura B.; Ghoston, Michelle R.; Graham, Jasmine; Lile, Jesse

2015-01-01

This study explored what faculty members are recommending to counselor education master's students regarding post-master's experience when considering doctoral studies and what the current faculty hiring preferences are in reference to the amount of post-master's experience needed. Advisors in counselor education master's programs encounter these…

Smooth Transfer: A Once Mundane Administrative Issue Re-Emerges as a Key Tool for Equity

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Purcell, Francesca B.

2006-01-01

Undergraduate transfer is a messy and too-often frustrating part of college for faculty, staff and, above all, the students themselves. Students are discouraged by unclear and complicated curriculum requirements. Faculty are reluctant to accept courses from another institution and question the preparedness of transfer students. Advisors are…

Connecting High-Impact Practices, Scholarly and Creative Teaching, and Faculty Development: An Interview with Dr. Aaron Thompson

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Morin, Courtnie; Stanley, Candace

2017-01-01

Building upon Kuh's (2008) research on high-impact educational practices, the authors interviewed Dr. Aaron Thompson to discuss effective implementation of these teaching and learning initiatives and the advancement of faculty development programming to support them. Dr. Thompson is the Interim President of Kentucky State University and Council on…

Unmanned Airlift: How Should We Proceed?

DTIC Science & Technology

2002-04-01

Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor: Lt Col Vincent T. Jovene Maxwell Air Force Base...thank my research advisor, Lt Col Jim Jovene for his guidance and assistance. I also owe a special thanks to Mr. Bob Peak of the Southeast SATS Lab...National Aerospace System ( NAS ) are driving the advancement of automating technologies, and it shows how this drive toward automation is laying the

Modeling Spacecraft Fuel Slosh at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Schlee, Keith L.

2007-01-01

As a NASA-sponsored GSRP Fellow, I worked with other researchers and analysts at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and NASA's ELV Division to investigate the effect of spacecraft fuel slosh. NASA's research into the effects of fuel slosh includes modeling the response in full-sized tanks using equipment such as the Spinning Slosh Test Rig (SSTR), located at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). NASA and SwRI engineers analyze data taken from SSTR runs and hand-derive equations of motion to identify model parameters and characterize the sloshing motion. With guidance from my faculty advisor, Dr. Sathya Gangadharan, and NASA flight controls analysts James Sudermann and Charles Walker, I set out to automate this parameter identification process by building a simple physical experimental setup to model free surface slosh in a spherical tank with a simple pendulum analog. This setup was then modeled using Simulink and SimMechanics. The Simulink Parameter Estimation Tool was then used to identify the model parameters.

Influence: The New Weapon in the Battle for Southeast Asia

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-12-01

WEAPON IN THE BATTLE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA by Richard Manning December 2011 Thesis Advisor: Leo Blanken Second Reader: Frank Giordano THIS...from the NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL December 2011 Author: Richard W.R. Manning Approved by: Dr. Leo Blanken Thesis...States Operations Command xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Leo Blanken for his support throughout this process. I truly appreciate his

Megacities and the Proposed Urban Intervention Model

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-06-01

WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization xv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would first like to thank our advisors, Dr. Heather Gregg and Dr...resources such as fresh food and potable water has placed many of the urban poor on the brink of starvation.8 Increasing traffic has caused widespread...effective distribution of resources and services.9 Governments also struggle with waste disposal, which has contaminated already strained water

A Brief History of the NPS Field Experimentation Program: Spanning STAN, TNT, and JIFX

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-08-01

located near the post’s southern boundary at 35o 43’N 120o 46’W (UTM Grid 10SGQ 025546). McMillan Ai rfield is 3500’ long, 65’ wide with 10’ shoulders ...Reconnaissance Vehicle. Advisor: Dr. Alex Bordetsky. Second Reader: Dr. Dave Netzer 57 LtCol Tim Lamb , USA Future Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV

Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement. Cullinan Ranch Specific Plan. Chapter 13. Comments and Responses.

DTIC Science & Technology

1984-05-01

energy- intensive crop, and agricultural advisors expect alfalfa prices to rise significantly in the future. Sonoma County Dairy Advisor Dr. Richard...Bermon Alfred Heller John Tuteur. Jr James D Hobbs* Volker E#1ee Sonoma County I. Michael Heyman Mrs Robert Watson Alemo County JunO Foote Marilyn...86 ,. Sunnyvale 5 571 Sonoma County 56 21,266 i Class C -- Little or no protection of diked baylands at local level Alameda County 1 228 Alameda 2 71

76 FR 45235 - Meeting of the Board of Advisors to the Presidents of the Naval Postgraduate School and the Naval...

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... elicit the advice of the Board on the Naval Service's Postgraduate Education Program and the...; physical equipment; administration; state of morale of the student body, faculty, and staff; fiscal affairs...; instruction; physical equipment; administration; state of morale of the student body, faculty, and staff...

Faculty Perceptions of Student Recruitment and Retention in STEM Fields

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Gandhi-Lee, Eshani; Skaza, Heather; Marti, Erica; Schrader, P. G.; Orgill, MaryKay

2017-01-01

According to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST, 2012), there is a need to produce one million more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) graduates in the U.S. over the next decade. Thus, more students must be recruited into and retained in STEM degrees of study. Because faculty are considered…

Study of Vibrational Energy Transfer at a Surface by a Time-of-Flight Method.

DTIC Science & Technology

1983-07-31

82174* - *-. L7 .i.&. I- I OD(D SOI x O 1 6/81 INIT DISTRIBUTION LIST July 31, 1983 No. Copies No. Copies Dr. L.V. Schmidt 1 Dr. F. Roberto 1 Assistant...of Scientific Dr. A.L. Slafkosky 1Research Scientific Advisor Directorate of Aerospace Sciences Commandant of the Marine Corps Bolling Air Force Base...Research Research Code 432 Directorate of Chemical Sciences Arlington, VA 22217 Bolling Air Force Base Washington, D.C. 20332Mr. David SiegelI Office of

[Are medical students being properly cared for? A question for the current student advisory program].

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Hur, Yera; Lee, Keumho

2013-09-01

Medical students need close care and systematic management of their mental and emotional health during their academic tenure. This study examined the status of the current student advisory program and counseling office, the satisfaction of the current student advisory program, the core content of an advisory program, and the quality of a good advisor. We asked 64 faculties that were in charge of the student advisory program and medical education and 774 medical students from 41 medical schools in Korea to answer a survey. Statistical analysis, chi-square test, and ordered multiple response analysis were performed. A significant number of faculty members (63.5%) and students (53.4%) indicated the existence of problems with the current advisory program. 'Deviations from the content (27.3%)' was the faculty's predominant complaint versus 'too formal (31.3%)' for students. A total of 55.5% of faculty members replied that the counseling program was helpful, but students were somewhat skeptical (13.9%). The core content of the advisory program was 'school life & academic counseling (28.3%)' by the faculty versus 'life as a medical doctor (22.3%)' for students. Both faculty and students replied that the quality of a good advisor is having 'concerns about students.' Current student advisory and counseling programs are not much help to students. A differentiated program for specific academic years should be considered to provide a tailored and valuable service.

Armed Helicopters: How the Army Fought Its Way into Attack Aviation

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-04-01

the Graduation Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF OPERATIONAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Advisor: Dr. Christopher M. Rein Maxwell Air...and firepower.68 Colonel Trevor Dupuy accurately described the critical nature of capturing these developments during the Vietnam war when he said...Washington D.C.: United States Air Force, 1987. Rein, Dr Christopher M., ACSC/DEL. To the author. E-mail, 26 November 2014. Stockfisch, J.A

Direct Observation of Two Phase Flow Generated by an Alumina Seeded Grain in High Aspect Ratio Channels

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2010-06-01

1999 Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degrees of MECHANICAL ENGINEER and MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL...Advisor Dr. Anthony Gannon Second Reader Dr. Knox Milsaps Chairman, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering iv THIS...within high aspect ratio regions of advanced propellant grain designs and how this behavior affects flow through the combustion chamber and impacts

Underrepresentation of Women and Minorities in the United States IR Academic Physician Workforce.

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Higgins, Mikhail C S S; Hwang, Wei-Ting; Richard, Chase; Chapman, Christina H; Laporte, Angelique; Both, Stefan; Thomas, Charles R; Deville, Curtiland

2016-12-01

To assess the United States interventional radiology (IR) academic physician workforce diversity and comparative specialties. Public registries were used to assess demographic differences among 2012 IR faculty and fellows, diagnostic radiology (DR) faculty and residents, DR subspecialty fellows (pediatric, abdominal, neuroradiology, and musculoskeletal), vascular surgery and interventional cardiology trainees, and 2010 US medical school graduates and US Census using binomial tests with .001 significance level (Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons). Significant trends in IR physician representation were evaluated from 1992 to 2012. Women (15.4%), blacks (2.0%), and Hispanics (6.2%) were significantly underrepresented as IR fellows compared with the US population. Women were underrepresented as IR (7.3%) versus DR (27.8%) faculty and IR fellows (15.4%) versus medical school graduates (48.3%), DR residents (27.8%), pediatric radiology fellows (49.4%), and vascular surgery trainees (27.7%) (all P < .001). IR ranked last in female representation among radiologic subspecialty fellows. Blacks (1.8%, 2.1%, respectively, for IR faculty and fellows); Hispanics (1.8%, 6.2%); and combined American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (1.8%, 0) showed no significant differences in representation as IR fellows compared with IR faculty, DR residents, other DR fellows, or interventional cardiology or vascular surgery trainees. Over 20 years, there was no significant increase in female or black representation as IR fellows or faculty. Women, blacks, and Hispanics are underrepresented in the IR academic physician workforce relative to the US population. Given prevalent health care disparities and an increasingly diverse society, research and training efforts should address IR physician workforce diversity. Copyright © 2016 SIR. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

A Theory of Diagnostic Inference: Contract Final Report,

DTIC Science & Technology

1983-11-01

and I-bLications ftlated to this Contract ........ 19 1caml.igmnts and Scientific I&VOuMM1.......................... 21 M&i 2 This report esunarizes our... Comunications Sciences Division Naval Training Equipment Center Code 7500 Orlando, FL 32813 Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D. C. 20375 Dr. Gary...Dr. A. L. Slafkosky Scientific Advisor Commander Commandant of the Marine Corps Naval Electronics Systems Co-and C6de RD-1 Human Factors Engineering

SKYLAB 9SL)-3 - EXPERIMENTS (SPIDER)

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1973-08-15

S73-32499 (July 1973) --- Dr. Ray Gause of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) places dinner, in the form of a housefly, in the web of Arabella - the prime spider for the ED-52 Web Formation Experiment. Arabella can be delineated near the end of the black pen in Dr. Gause's hand. The experiment is one of 25 student experiments accepted for the Skylab program and will be performed during the Skylab 3 mission. Judy Miles, a 17-year-old high school student from Lexington, Massachusetts, is the student experimenter and Dr. Gause is the NASA student advisor. Photo credit: NASA

Exploring the acquisition of entry-to-practice competencies by second-degree nursing students during a preceptorship experience.

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Sedgwick, Monique; Kellett, Peter; Kalischuck, Ruth Grant

2014-03-01

Nursing programs across Canada have begun to implement at an unprecedented rate second-degree nursing programs in response to consumer demands and a nursing shortage. While these types of programs are enjoying considerable popularity among prospective students and employers, it is imperative that nursing programs assess their graduates' ability to meet Registered Nursing entry-to-practice competencies (ETCs). This study sought to determine if second-degree undergraduate nursing students achieved the entry-to-practice competencies established by the provincial regulatory body for registered nurses of Alberta, Canada. The study took place in southern Alberta, Canada as the first cohort of second-degree undergraduate nursing students were completing the final practice course for the program. In this exploratory study, quantitative and qualitative data generation approaches were used. Quantitative data were collected using the nursing program's standardized Clinical Evaluation Tool which is mapped to the 119 ETCs established by the regulatory body. Qualitative data were generated by conducting focus group interviews with students, faculty advisors, and preceptors. A convenience sample consisting of both male and female students (n=14) submitted their mid-term and final clinical evaluations for inclusion in the dataset. Thirteen preceptors submitted mid-term and final clinical evaluations. Three students, three faculty advisors, and two preceptors participated in focus group interviews. At mid-term, statistically significant differences were noted on 31% of the indicators within the clinical evaluation tool between students and preceptors with preceptors consistently ranking students higher than the students' ratings of their performance. Student and preceptor ratings of students' clinical performance were more consistent on the final evaluation. However, where there were differences, preceptors rated students higher than student ratings. Qualitative data analysis suggests that the concept of competence is complex and multifaceted and understood differently by students, preceptors, and advisors. The findings of this study suggest that there is ambiguity among second-degree students, preceptors and faculty advisors surrounding the concept of competence. In order to develop an understanding of competence, nursing program administrators must encourage faculty advisors, preceptors and students to engage in a discussion at the outset of the preceptored practice experience in regard to what is meant by competence within various practice setting. Further, we suggest nursing programs in collaboration with their clinical partners and re-examine their practice evaluation tools to determine the degree to which they are sensitive to the clinical practice context. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

American Grand Strategy and Seapower. Conference Report

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-11-01

Senior Fellow, Watson  Institute for International Studies, Brown University  10 Speakers  The Honorable  Seth  Cropsey, Senior Advisor, CNA; Senior...and the anticipation of future security challenges based on past experiences. Connections between seapower and prosperity Dr. Seth Cropsey noted...Force, is a second-rate Air Force. 91 Participant biographies Seth Cropsey Dr. Seth Cropsey served as Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for

Toward ADA: The Continuing Development of an ADA Compiler.

DTIC Science & Technology

1981-12-01

the compiler. 1.2 Background Augusta Ada Byron, Countess Lovelace, the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, was a colleague of Charles Babbage and author of...continuing development of the AFIT-Ada compiler. The encouragement I received from Dr. Charles W. Roark, who taught the compiler sequence, and Roie R...thank my advisor, Roie R. Black, for his continuing counsel and advice. Many thanks to my readers, Dr James P. Rutledge and Charles W. Richard, for

The Nicaragua Canal:Security And Economic Boom Or Bust

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-04-01

Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Mahoney -Norris Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama April 2014 DISTRIBUTION A. Approved for public release: Distribution...Commerce and the Future of the Panama Canal. Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press, Inc., 1975 . Panama Canal Authority. “History.” https

The Cannabis sativa Versus Cannabis indica Debate: An Interview with Ethan Russo, MD.

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Piomelli, Daniele; Russo, Ethan B

2016-01-01

Dr. Ethan Russo, MD, is a board-certified neurologist, psychopharmacology researcher, and Medical Director of PHYTECS, a biotechnology company researching and developing innovative approaches targeting the human endocannabinoid system. Previously, from 2003 to 2014, he served as Senior Medical Advisor and study physician to GW Pharmaceuticals for three Phase III clinical trials of Sativex ® for alleviation of cancer pain unresponsive to optimized opioid treatment and studies of Epidiolex ® for intractable epilepsy. He has held faculty appointments in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Montana, in Medicine at the University of Washington, and as visiting Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a past President of the International Cannabinoid Research Society and former Chairman of the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines. He serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the American Botanical Council. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, and articles on Cannabis, ethnobotany, and herbal medicine. His research interests have included correlations of historical uses of Cannabis with modern pharmacological mechanisms, phytopharmaceutical treatment of migraine and chronic pain, and phytocannabinoid/terpenoid/serotonergic/vanilloid interactions.

Slow Decomposition of Silicone Rubber.

DTIC Science & Technology

1982-09-01

6i 0 20 0 0 -c CA soa ,~ I -- 00 N - C,,l I 21. DYN 6181 DISTRIBUTION LIST No. Cooies No. Cooies Dr. L.V. Schmidt 1 Or. F. Roberto 1 Assistant...Scientific Dr. A.L. Slafkosky 1 Research Scientific Advisor Directorate of Aerosoace Sciences Commandant of the Marine Corps Bolling Air Force Base Code...Research Research Code 413 Directorate of Chemical Sciences Arlington, VA 22217 Bolling Air Force Base Washington, D.C. 20332 M r . Da v id S i e g e lD r J

Applying Risk Management to Reduce The Overall Time In Lay-Up While Increasing the Cost Effectiveness of a Nimitz (CVN 68) Class Aircraft Carrier in Dry Dock During the Execution Phase of a Refueling and Complex Overhaul

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-03-01

operational availability and modernization capability. 15. NUMBER OF PAGES 137 14. SUBJECT TERMS Systems Engineering Process, Risk Management...MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING from the NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL March 2009 Author: Kiah Bernard Rahming Approved by...Professor Gary O. Langford Thesis Advisor Dr. Paul V. Shebalin Second Reader Dr. David H. Olwell Chairman, Department of Systems

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Senior Faculty: Staying on or Opting Out?

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Schuett, Faye

1999-01-01

Discusses an initiative to revitalize senior faculty through an interview with Dr. Bernice Braid, Dean of Academic and Instructional Resources at Long Island University (New York). Also presents the inducements for early retirement in the second half of this article via an interview with Dr. Leonard T. Kreisman, Senior Professor of Economics,…

Using a nursing theory or a model in nursing PhD dissertations: a qualitative study from Turkey.

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Mete, Samiye; Gokçe İsbir, Gozde

2015-04-01

The aim of this study was to reveal experiences of nursing students and their advisors using theories and models in their PhD dissertations. The study adopted a descriptive qualitative approach. This study was performed with 10 PhD candidates and their five advisors from nursing faculty. The results of the study were categorized into four. These are reasons for using a theory/model in a PhD dissertation, reasons for preferring a given model, causes of difficulties in using models in PhD dissertations, and facilitating factors of using theories and models in PhD of dissertations. It was also reported to contribute to the methodology of research and professional development of the students and advisors. © 2014 NANDA International, Inc.

Maria Lucia Ghirardi | NREL

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/pathways Education University of California, Berkeley: Ph.D. in Comparative Biochemistry, 1988. Graduate advisor: Dr. Anastasios Melis University of California, Berkeley: M.A. in Comparative Biochemistry, 1983 ); pp. 35192-35209. Wecker, M., Meuser, J., Posewitz, M. and Ghirardi, M. (2011). "Design of a new

Advancing Technological Education: Keeping America Competitive

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Patton, Madeline

2005-01-01

This publication profiles the strategies and best practices of Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Centers in developing faculty skills, cultivating partnerships, implementing new curricula, recruiting students, preparing for change, utilizing advisors, managing organizations, and nurturing leaders. In this report, ATE center leaders share with…

The Application of SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) to Study Surface Oxidation Reactions of Phosphonates.

DTIC Science & Technology

1988-02-15

Center Attn: Dr. Ron Atkins Code 50C Chemistry Division Crane, Indiana 47522-5050 China Lake, California 93555 Scientific Advisor INaval Civil...Superintendent Marine Sciences Division Chemistry Division, Code 6100 San Diego, California 91232 Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D.C. 20375-5000 ,! .1

A Favorable Prognosis

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Stewart, Pearl

2006-01-01

Dr. Keith Amos' undying support for his undergrad alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana, took an unusual turn last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Amos, who graduated from Harvard Medical School after earning his bachelor's from Xavier, also served as a mentor and advisor for Xavier students whose plans for applying to medical…

77 FR 51790 - President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

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... policy choices before the President. PCAST is co-chaired by Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive... update on its study of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program...

Cognitive Behavioral Social Rhythm Therapy (CBSRT) for Sleep and Mood Disturbances in Veterans with PTSD

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-09-01

The adaptive significance of postpartum depression (Advisor: Dr. Mark Flinn, Ph.D.); A comparison of learning and memory for gender-relevant words...survivors: An emerging interdisciplinary view of posttraumatic sleep disturbance. Sleep & Hypnosis , 9. Stevens, S., Haynes, P. L., Ruiz, B., & Bootzin

Gyro and Accelerometer Based Navigation System for a Mobile Autonomous Robot.

DTIC Science & Technology

1985-12-02

special thanks goes to our thesis advisor Dr. Matthew Kabrisky for having the confidence to turn us loose on this project. Additionally, we would...Wordmaster Word Processor 1 Wordstar Word Processor 1 Virtual Devices Robo A 6802 Cross Assembler 1 Modem 720 Communication Program 1 CP/M Operating

Mistress Joyce Jeffreys and her physician, Dr Bridstock Harford (1607-1695).

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Connor, Henry

2016-11-01

The notebooks of Joyce Jeffreys, a wealthy Hereford businesswoman in the mid-17th century, provide information about the medicines she purchased and the fees she paid to her medical advisors. Her physician, Dr Bridstock Harford, was a successful doctor but a troublesome neighbour, who was often the subject of litigation. As an ardent parliamentarian, he held public offices during the Commonwealth. Later his opinions mellowed and he ended his days as a loyal subject of the king and a benefactor to his city. © The Author(s) 2014.

Diversity Exiting the Academy: Influential Factors for the Career Choice of Well-Represented and Underrepresented Minority Scientists.

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Layton, Rebekah L; Brandt, Patrick D; Freeman, Ashalla M; Harrell, Jessica R; Hall, Joshua D; Sinche, Melanie

2016-01-01

A national sample of PhD-trained scientists completed training, accepted subsequent employment in academic and nonacademic positions, and were queried about their previous graduate training and current employment. Respondents indicated factors contributing to their employment decision (e.g., working conditions, salary, job security). The data indicate the relative importance of deciding factors influencing career choice, controlling for gender, initial interest in faculty careers, and number of postgraduate publications. Among both well-represented (WR; n = 3444) and underrepresented minority (URM; n = 225) respondents, faculty career choice was positively associated with desire for autonomy and partner opportunity and negatively associated with desire for leadership opportunity. Differences between groups in reasons endorsed included: variety, prestige, salary, family influence, and faculty advisor influence. Furthermore, endorsement of faculty advisor or other mentor influence and family or peer influence were surprisingly rare across groups, suggesting that formal and informal support networks could provide a missed opportunity to provide support for trainees who want to stay in faculty career paths. Reasons requiring alteration of misperceptions (e.g., limited leadership opportunity for faculty) must be distinguished from reasons requiring removal of actual barriers. Further investigation into factors that affect PhDs' career decisions can help elucidate why URM candidates are disproportionately exiting the academy. © 2016 R. L. Layton et al. CBE—Life Sciences Education © 2016 The American Society for Cell Biology. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). It is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0).

Improving student-perceived benefit of academic advising within education of occupational and physical therapy in the United States: a quality improvement initiative.

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Barnes, Lisa J; Parish, Robin

2017-01-01

Academic advising is a key role for faculty in the educational process of health professionals; however, the best practice of effective academic advising for occupational and physical therapy students has not been identified in the current literature. The purpose of this quality improvement initiative was to assess and improve the faculty/student advisor/advisee process within occupational and physical therapy programs within a school of allied health professions in the United States in 2015. A quality improvement initiative utilizing quantitative and qualitative information was gathered via survey focused on the assessment and improvement of an advisor/advisee process. The overall initiative utilized an adaptive iterative design incorporating the plan-do-study-act model which included a three-step process over a one year time frame utilizing 2 cohorts, the first with 80 students and the second with 88 students. Baseline data were gathered prior to initiating the new process. A pilot was conducted and assessed during the first semester of the occupational and physical therapy programs. Final information was gathered after one full academic year with final comparisons made to baseline. Defining an effective advisory program with an established framework led to improved awareness and participation by students and faculty. Early initiation of the process combined with increased frequency of interaction led to improved student satisfaction. Based on student perceptions, programmatic policies were initiated to promote advisory meetings early and often to establish a positive relationship. The policies focus on academic advising as one of proactivity in which the advisor serves as a portal which the student may access leading to a more successful academic experience.

Career Preparation: An Often Omitted Element of the Advisor-Graduate Student Relationship

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

McManus, D. A.

2001-05-01

Most graduate research advisors care about the education of their graduate students. However, they often define "graduate education" so narrowly that it consists only of solving a research problem. This narrow definition is consistent with their principal goal as geoscientists, to understand the Earth better, and with the reward system typical of research universities, with its emphasis on research. As a result, most advisors usually well prepare students to be researchers in research universities. Research, however, is only part of a faculty member's duties. Commonly omitted is mentoring in the teaching and service duties of a faculty member. Students interested in teaching, in positions in other academic institutions, or in careers outside of academia may be perceived as questioning the advisors' career values and may not be encouraged in these interests. Graduate students should take an active role in their education. In addition to seeking information on career preparation from the campus career center and teaching center and from books, newsmagazines, newspapers, and seminars, students should also seek mentors who have demonstrated an interest in what the student is interested in: teaching and service, as well as research, or in careers outside academia. These mentors may be the students' committee members, other faculty members, or other professional geoscientists. With a broad base of information and some personal decisions, students will have a rationale for exploring careers. The questions students ask can now be more specific: How do they gain the requisite breadth in knowledge and the beneficial skills, beyond the depth of the research experience, and how do they gain opportunities to practice these skills? In short, how can they experience, and preferably practice, what professional geoscientists do in particular careers? If necessary, graduate students can work together to answer these questions by inviting experts to offer workshops in the department. In addition, change can occur within a department if enough graduate students express a need for this information directly to the graduate school. Selecting a career path is a major life decision, deserving of deliberation though open to serendipity. Graduate students deserve the benefits of all the university's resources in making this decision.

Simulation Exploration Experience 2018 Overview

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Paglialonga, Stephen; Elfrey, Priscilla; Crues, Edwin Z.

2018-01-01

The Simulation Exploration Experience (SEE) joins students, industry, professional associations, and faculty together for an annual modeling and simulation (M&S) challenge. SEE champions collaborative collegiate-level modeling and simulation by providing a venue for students to work in highly dispersed inter-university teams to design, develop, test, and execute simulated missions associated with space exploration. Participating teams gain valuable knowledge, skills, and increased employability by working closely with industry professionals, NASA, and faculty advisors. This presentation gives and overview of the SEE and the upcoming 2018 SEE event.

Preparing Students for Success in a Multicultural World: Faculty Advisement and Intercultural Communication.

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Cornett-DeVito, Myrna M.; Reeves, Kenna J.

1999-01-01

Summarizes key findings from counseling, advisement, and intercultural communication literature that are associated with multicultural competence, including the academic and modeling role of the advisor. Offers a conceptual framework of standards for developing multicultural communication advisement competence. (Author/DB)

Exploring International Perspectives in Hearing Health Care

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Montgomery, Judy K.

2007-01-01

This article presents an interview with Dr. Dolores E. Battle, a professor of speech-language pathology and senior advisor to the president for equity and campus diversity at Buffalo State College. She is a former president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (in 2005) and a very active member of international organizations of both…

77 FR 26273 - President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

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2012-05-03

... will be available within one week of the meeting. Questions about the meeting should be directed to Dr... Officer Team Agenda 2012, and two information technology applications--IBM's Watson Project and Google's... . Closed Portion of the Meeting: PCAST may hold a closed meeting of approximately one hour with the...

75 FR 77679 - Partially Closed Meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

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2010-12-13

... OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY Partially Closed Meeting of the President's Council of..., Office of Science and Technology Policy. ACTION: Public notice. SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the... Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). PCAST is co-chaired by Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to...

Maneuver Design for Fast Satellite Circumnavigation

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2004-03-01

Storch, “∆v Requirements for Staring and Expedient Circular Circumnavigations”, AIAA 2001-4740. 5. Lovell , T. A. and S. G. Tragesser , “Analysis...Steven G. Tragesser (Chairman) date ________//Signed//____________________ William E...advisor, Dr. Steven Tragesser , for his support and insightful guidance; his dedication to his students is exemplary. I would, also, like to thank

Novel Devices for Plasmonic and Nanophotonic Networks: Exploiting X-ray Wavelengths at Optical Frequencies

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2012-09-01

Harry A. Atwater(P.I.), Axel Scherer (co-PI), Oskar J . Painter (co-PI), Kerry J . Vahala 5d. PROJECT NUMBER Eli Yablonovitch (co-PI), Xiang Zhang (co...Faculty: Dr. Harry A. Atwater, Dr. Axel Scherer, Dr. Oskar J . Painter, Dr. Kerry J . Vahala, Dr. Federico Capasso, Dr. Eli Yablonovitch, Dr. Xiang...Raman microlasers on a silicon chip fabricated by the sol-gel process" L. Yang, T. Carmon, B. Min, S. M. Spillane, and K. J . Vahala, 091114, Applied

Mentoring in a Distributed Learning Social Work Program

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Jensen, Donna

2017-01-01

Students in alternative education programs often experience differential access to faculty, advisors, university support systems, and the supportive culture established by being on campus. This study is a descriptive-exploratory program evaluation of the distributed learning social work mentoring program at California State University, Chico. The…

Prostate Cancer Research Training Program

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-05-14

David M. Lubaroff, PhD, Principal Investigator, Paul Heidger, PhD, University of Iowa Faculty Advisor, Derek Swinton, PhD, Lincoln University...discussed the options for each of them based upon their experience and their desire for the type o f future they envisioned for themselves. Am ong the top

How to succeed as a junior doctor.

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Azad, Michael

2016-10-01

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) organised an inaugural 1-day conference, the aim of which was to look into some of the key issues that junior doctors need to address when beginning their careers. The target audience was medical students but a few foundation doctors were also in attendance. The conference also helped to increase RCP engagement with medical students and foundation doctors. The day was co-chaired by Professor Kate Thomas (vice dean, University of Birmingham) and Dr Andrew Macleod and Dr Kanwaljit Sandhu (RCP regional advisors for the West Midlands). © Royal College of Physicians 2016. All rights reserved.

Bridges to the Doctorate: mentored transition to successful completion of doctoral study for underrepresented minorities in nursing science.

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Kim, Mi Ja; Holm, Karyn; Gerard, Peggy; McElmurry, Beverly; Foreman, Mark; Poslusny, Susan; Dallas, Constance

2009-01-01

Nursing has a shortage of doctorally-prepared underrepresented minority (URM) scientists/faculty. We describe a five-year University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Bridges program for URM master's students' transition to doctoral study and factors in retention/graduation from the PhD program. Four master' students from two partner schools were recruited/appointed per year and assigned UIC faculty advisors. They completed 10 UIC credits during master's study and were mentored by Bridges faculty. Administrative and financial support was provided during transition and doctoral study. Partner schools' faculty formed research dyads with UIC faculty. Seventeen Bridges students were appointed to the Bridges program: 12 were admitted to the UIC PhD program since 2004 and one graduated in 2007. Eight Bridges faculty research dyads published 5 articles and submitted 1 NIH R03 application. Mentored transition from master's through doctoral program completion and administrative/financial support for students were key factors in program success. Faculty research dyads enhanced the research climate in partner schools.

Testimony by Melissa Reeves

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Communique, 2010

2010-01-01

This article presents the testimony by Dr. Melissa Reeves, a school psychologist and faculty member in the school psychology program at Winthrop University. Dr. Reeves shares her view of the critical role schools must play in crisis response and recovery. In addition to being a graduate educator and a consulting school psychologist, Dr. Reeves is…

A Developmental Inventory of Sources of Stress.

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Higbee, Jeanne L.; Dwinell, Patricia L.

The Developmental Inventory of Sources of Stress (DISS) is an instructional tool designed to assist counselors, advisors, and faculty in reducing stress among college students (specifically, high risk college freshmen, although it can be utilized effectively with any college student population). The instrument focuses on sources of stress over…

The Developmental Inventory of Sources of Stress (DISS).

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Higbee, Jeanne L.; Dwinell, Patricia L.

1992-01-01

Describes the Developmental Inventory of Sources of Stress, an instructional tool to assist counselors, advisors, and faculty working with high-risk first-year students. The DISS helps students understand the sources of stress they can control. Describes the DISS's Time Management, Physical Lifestyle, Chemical Stressors, Academic and Interactive…

Learning by Doing: The Challenge of Engaging Undergraduates in Economics Research

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Brunnermeier, Smita

2017-01-01

This article describes strategies developed at Princeton University to foster and promote research by all undergraduate students majoring in economics. It describes core features of the undergraduate research program and provides tangible recommendations for addressing resource constraints, and for incentivizing faculty advisors and students to…

Maintaining Stability in Northeast Asia Throughout the Reunification of Korea

DTIC Science & Technology

2000-04-01

27 Change of International Relations...would like to extend my sincere gratitude to my seminar mates, international officers especially from Asian countries, and course instructors of...and kind support as a Faculty Research Advisor and an assistant commander of my International Officer School, ACSC preparatory course, AY1999. viii

Improving Teaching and Learning through Classroom Based Research: Final Report.

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Sacramento City Coll., CA.

A collection of reports on 12 classroom-based research projects is presented, representing the individual and collaborative efforts of faculty, advisors, and program coordinators from Sacramento City College and Irvine Valley College, California. First, a final report is presented on the Cooperative Classroom-Based Research project, including…

An Exemplary High School Literary Magazine: "Et Cetera."

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Holbrook, Hilary Taylor, Comp.

One of a series of 20 literary magazine profiles written to help faculty advisors wishing to start or improve their publication, this profile provides information on staffing and production of "Et Cetera," the magazine published by Clarkstown High School, New City, New York. The introduction describes the literary magazine contest (and…

An Exemplary High School Literary Magazine: "Cinnabar."

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Holbrook, Hilary Taylor, Comp.

One of a series of 20 literary magazine profiles written to help faculty advisors wishing to start or improve their publication, this profile provides information on staffing and production of "Cinnabar," the magazine published by Ward Melville High School, Setauket, New York. The introduction describes the literary magazine contest (and…

An Exemplary High School Literary Magazine: "The Thinking Reed."

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Holbrook, Hilary Taylor, Comp.

One of a series of 20 literary magazine profiles written to help faculty advisors wishing to start or improve their publication, this profile provides information on staffing and production of "The Thinking Reed," the magazine published by Bethlehem Central High School, Delmar, New York. The introduction describes the literary magazine…

Navigating the Grad School Application Process: A Training Schedule

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Swindlehurst, Garrett R.; Bullard, Lisa G.

2014-01-01

Through a simple step-by-step guide for navigating the graduate school application process, a graduate student who's been through the ringer and a faculty advisor who knows the ropes offer advice to walk prospective grad students through the process of successfully entering graduate school. A repeat printing.

New Perspectives on the Technical Communication Internship: Professionalism in the Workplace

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Bourelle, Tiffany

2014-01-01

This article argues for developing linked courses in technical communication where the instructor facilitates a service-learning curriculum and then serves as faculty advisor within subsequent internships. In these linked courses, students write technical documents before moving into internships where they write similar documents. Specifically,…

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program - Management Report - 1985.

DTIC Science & Technology

1985-12-01

Properties and Processing of a Dr. Vernon R. Allen Perfluorinated Polyalkylene Linked Polyimide 4 Quantifying Experience in the Cost Dr. Jihad A. Alsadek...Dr. Terrill D. Smith Compounds 127 Studies on Combustion of Liquid Fuel Dr. Siavash H. Sohrab Sprays in Stagnation Flows 128 Monitoring Environmental...Trafton Various Dinitrotoluenes and the Synthesis of Azo Compounds . 125 e 0 Ka 140 A Comparison of Measured and Calculated Dr. Larry Vardiman

Unintended Consequences: Potential Downsides of the Air Force’s Conversion to Biofuels

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-01-01

Mark N. Goltz , PhD, USAF, Retired Dr. Charles A. Bleckmann Dr. Douglas M. Mackay Maj Khai Vuong, USAF Capt Jerrod P. McComb, USAF* *Lieutenant...Colonel Goltz and Dr. Bleckmann are faculty members in the environmental engineering and science program at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT

Engaging undergradate students in interdisciplinary courses in nanotechnology

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Goodchild, Fiona

2008-03-01

Two new courses at UCSB engage both undergraduate and graduate students in situated learning so that they can acquire the knowledge and skills they will need for future academic courses and career development. These courses are designed and taught by research faculty and education staff at the California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI) at UC Santa Barbara. The speaker, Dr. Goodchild, Education Director at CNSI, collaborated in the course design and is advisor on assessment and pedagogy for both courses. The first course, entitled INSCITES, is aimed at first and second year students who are interested in the impacts of science and technology in society. This general education course is team taught by three Graduate Teaching Scholars from across engineering, science and social sciences. They collaborate with lead faculty from Materials Science and History to design both the curriculum and instructional format for the 10 week course that is supported by the National Science Foundation. INSCITES was taught for the first time in Spring 2007 and feedback indicated that the course had convinced the undergraduate students that they would like to take further courses outside their majors. The second course, entitled the Practice of Science is open to all majors in science and engineering, especially those in second and third year who are interested in scientific research and related career opportunities. The course has been taught for the past 4 years as a two quarter course by two research faculty who focus on the nature of scientific discovery, the role of graduate researchers and faculty, the challenges of collaboration across disciplines and the mechanisms for funding research in academia and industry. In the first quarter each students is expected to identify a mentor and a research group in which they can pursue an individual research project, to be completed during the second quarter when the classes are designed to operate like research group meetings. Evaluation indicates that both courses attract students from underrepresented groups in science who value gaining a broader perspective about nanotechnology and the career opportunities that it offers to undergraduate students.

The role of the student professional association in mentoring dental hygiene students for the future.

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Furgeson, Danielle; George, Mary; Nesbit, Samuel; Peterson, Charlotte; Peterson, Diane; Wilder, Rebecca S

2008-01-01

The purpose of this study was to determine the role of the Student American Dental Hygienists' Association (SADHA) in mentoring/developing dental hygiene students for the future. This project also assessed attitudes and practices of SADHA advisors towards the utilization of SADHA as a mechanism for mentoring dental hygiene students' professional development to meet the oral health needs of the public, and the goals of the ADHA. These goals include promotion of education beyond the baccalaureate level to develop qualified faculty, encouraging dental hygiene research, and promoting leadership. The study also evaluated if geographic region and academic setting impacted the utilization of SADHA. After IRB exemption, a pilot-tested questionnaire was administered using Survey Monkey, an online survey website, to 277 individual contacts at Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) accredited dental hygiene programs. A response rate of 68% was achieved with 186 individual responses. Eighty percent of respondents indicated offering no mentoring opportunities outside of the curriculum, while incongruously, 58.3% felt they actively mentor through SADHA. When asked what the main focus of SADHA should be, SADHA advisors ranked community service/philanthropy as number one. SADHA chapters at institutions that offer a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene (BSDH) degree completion program offer more mentoring opportunities (p= or <.001). Programs offering the BSDH offer a wider variety of topics from guest speakers (p=.038). SADHA chapters in Western states have a higher graduate membership conversion rate than other regions (p=.018). SADHA advisors do not agree on how SADHA should be utilized. The majority of SADHA chapters are not offering mentoring opportunities outside of the traditional curriculum for leadership and career development. What is clear is that both students and advisors desire more interaction with the local ADHA components and constituents. In order to address these issues, efforts should be made to provide networking support among SADHA advisors and increase faculty perception of the importance of the professional association and the role of students in its future. The ADHA should consider developing a mentoring program that builds strong partnerships among all state constituent and components and SADHA.

ARPA-E: Guiding Technologies to Commercial Success

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Tuttle, John; Aizenberg, Joanna; Madrone, Leila

ARPA-E’s Technology-to-Market Advisors work closely with each ARPA-E project team to develop and execute a commercialization strategy. ARPA-E requires our teams to focus on their commercial path forward, because we understand that to have an impact on our energy mission, technologies must have a viable path into the marketplace. ARPA-E Senior Commercialization Advisor Dr. John Tuttle discusses what this Tech-to-Market guidance in practice looks like with reference to two project teams. OPEN 2012 awardees from Harvard University and Sunfolding share their stories of how ARPA-E worked with their teams to analyze market conditions and identify commercial opportunities that ultimately convincedmore » them to pivot their technologies towards market applications with greater potential.« less

A Career Exploration Program: An Effective Alternative to the Traditional Use of Faculty Advisors.

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Olive, Kenneth E; Kwasigroch, Thomas E; Wooten, Daniel J; Lybrand, Cynthia; Peeples, Catherine R

2016-11-01

Providing medical students with resources to make effective career choices is challenging for medical schools as career options outnumber the formal clinical rotations students can experience during their undergraduate education. In 2009, the authors introduced the Career Exploration (CE) courses into the required curriculum at the Quillen College of Medicine. This three-course sequence includes large-group sessions addressing broad issues related to career choices, small-group specialty interest groups, individual student self-assessments, assignments through which students receive individualized feedback, and individual student advising sessions. The overall objective of the course sequence is to involve all students in career planning from the beginning of medical school so as to help them make more informed career decisions. The authors used improvement in student satisfaction with career planning activities as a surrogate measure for the outcome of helping students make more informed career choices. Students evaluated the CE courses positively, and overall satisfaction scores averaged 4 (1 = poor to 5 = excellent). Scores on Association of American Medical Colleges Graduation Questionnaire items related to career planning showed improved student satisfaction from 2010 to 2015. Succession planning for the first- and second-year career advisor is vital-as is faculty development for all clinical advisors to ensure that they have current information regarding both the curriculum and Match process, especially as residency selection becomes increasingly competitive. Enhancing the role of fourth-year students who serve as CE III mentors has the potential to prepare these students to be better teachers as residents.

Debunking the Myth of the Nintendo Generation: How Doctoral Students Introduce New Electronic Communication Practices into University Research.

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Covi, Lisa M.

2000-01-01

Provides empirical evidence of how doctoral students and their faculty advisors use electronic communication technologies. Examines work patterns of doctoral students and data on recent introduction of new electronic communication practices, offering an alternative explanation to the Nintendo Generation Myth that claims electronic communication…

Examining CPED Cohort Dissertations: A Window into the Learning of EdD Students

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Chan, Elaine; Heaton, Ruth M.; Swidler, Stephen A.; Wunder, Susan

2013-01-01

Through analyses of three dissertations completed by graduates of our Carnegie Project for the Education Doctorate-influenced program, this article offers insights into both the doctoral students' inquiries into their problems of practice and their faculty advisors' roles and expectations for them. Studying student dissertations provided the…

Student Evaluations of Advising: Moving beyond the Mean

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Hester, Eva Jackson

2008-01-01

Student evaluations of advising (SEA) are often limited to student ratings of the faculty member's advising skills. As with teaching evaluations, ratings of SEA may not be the best reflection of the advisor's performance. In this study, the author analyzed SEA to determine the relationship between student characteristics and evaluation items.…

An Applied Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in Academic Advising

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Hurt, Robert L.; McLaughlin, Eric J.

2012-01-01

Academic advising research aids faculty members and advisors in detecting, explaining, and addressing macro-level trends beyond their local campus. It also helps legitimize the professional nature of academic advising, moving it beyond mere prescriptive models that focus on rules and course selection. Due to the erroneous belief that skills in…

Student-Run Communications Agencies: Providing Students with Real-World Experiences That Impact Their Careers

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Bush, Lee; Haygood, Daniel; Vincent, Harold

2017-01-01

While several studies have examined the learning outcomes of student-run communications agencies, these studies have mostly been from the perspective of faculty advisors. Through in-depth interviews with student agency graduates, this study examined how current industry professionals perceive the benefits of their student agency experiences and…

Training Head Start Coordinators for Workplace Preparedness. NCCU Head Start Monograph, October 1995.

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North Carolina Central Univ., Durham.

This monograph summarizes results from academic capstone activities of graduate students and faculty advisors regarding issues consistent with Head Start national priorities and practice needs. The following theses are summarized: (1) "Multicultural Education in Head Start Programs in North Carolina" (S.K. Gant); (2) "The Impact of…

Historical Lessons of Air Force Communications

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-12-01

AU/ACSC/ CUSTINE /AY10 AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY HISTORICAL LESSONS OF AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS...by Jay D. Custine , Civ, DAF A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation...Requirements Advisor: Lt Col Paul E. Griffith Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama December 2010 AU/ACSC/ CUSTINE /AY10 ii

Academic Advising Ain't What It Used to Be: Strangers in the University.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Byrd, Marquita L.

1995-01-01

Ways in which undergraduate education is changing in terms of student diversity, financing, and time required for graduation are discussed, and ways these changes affect academic advising are considered. It is suggested that colleges provide faculty advisors with specific training and make advising an official and evaluated aspect of faculty…

Student Success in Community Colleges: The Effect of Intercultural Leadership and Relationships

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Johnson, Michael

2009-01-01

This study surveyed 239 community college students from Southern California to determine if the role of faculty and staff advisors of student clubs and organizations of intercultural, multicultural, and ethnic origin affected student outcomes in multicultural competence and career goals. These students participated in 42 different culturally and…

The Forgotten Educator: Experiential Learning's Internship Supervisor

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Sosland, Jeffrey K.; Lowenthal, Diane J.

2017-01-01

Past studies have addressed the role of the university, student interns and, the faculty advisor; here, we attempt to fill in a missing piece of the experiential-learning process by examining the role and importance of the often overlooked internship supervisor. A survey was developed and distributed to 343 recent internship supervisors. Their…

An Effective Peer Advising Program in a Large Psychology Department.

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Nelson, Eileen S.; Fonzi, Ginger L.

1995-01-01

An advising program in the James Madison University (Virginia) psychology department recruits and trains students to provide basic information about majors, careers, field opportunities, and graduate schools to their peers. The work of the 20 volunteers, who serve 900 students, is coordinated by a faculty member. Each peer advisor serves on a…

Contracting with the Enemy: The Contracting Officer’s Dilemma

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-06-01

Acquisition Research Program Graduate School of Business & Public Policy Naval Postgraduate School NPS-CM-15-133 ACQUISITION RESEARCH PROGRAM...Thesis Advisors: Dr. Max Kidalov, Assistant Professor E. Cory Yoder, Senior Lecturer Graduate School of Business & Public Policy Naval Postgraduate...Program Graduate School of Business & Public Policy Naval Postgraduate School The research presented in this report was supported by the Acquisition

Steganography: LSB Methodology

DTIC Science & Technology

2012-08-02

images ; LSB Embedding Angel Sierra, Dr. Alfredo Cruz (Advisor) Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico 377 Ponce De Leon Hato Rey San Juan, PR 00918...notepad document as the message input. - Reviewed the battlesteg algorithm java code. POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO Steganography : LSB ...of LSB steganography in grayscale and color images . In J. Dittmann, K. Nahrstedt, and P. Wohlmacher, editors, Proceedings of the ACM, Special

Great Lakes Oil-In-Ice Demonstration 3

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-10-01

October 2013 3 - Alpena Community College - CG Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Duluth, MN 2.2 Demonstration Concept This demonstration focused on...Marine Sanctuary Gabe Schneider Regional Rep for US Senator Carl Levin Dr. Olin Joynton President, Alpena Community College David Cummins Marine...Technology Advisor, Alpena CC Don MacMaster Dean of Workforce Development, Alpena CC Adam Wojciehowski Response & Security Coordinator - U.S. Operations

Information Technology Program Management: Is There a Difference?

DTIC Science & Technology

2014-06-01

from the NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL June 2014 Authors: James D. Allen Approved by: John Dillard, Lead Advisor Dr...Personnel and Management USD (AT&L) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics USDA Department of Agriculture xiv...interviews and questions via phone or email . E. ORGANIZATION This study is organized into five chapters. Chapter I presents an overview of the

A Cognitive Approach to COIN: Countering Dangerous Beliefs

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-05-13

College 686 Cushing Road Newport, RI 02841-1207 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME( S ) AND ADDRESS(ES...CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR( S ) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER...Jeffrey A. McNeil, Maj, USA 5e. TASK NUMBER Paper Advisor: Dr. Donald Chisholm 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME( S ) AND

Local Area Network (LAN) Compatibility Issues

DTIC Science & Technology

1991-09-01

September, 1991 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Norman Schneidewind Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited 92 303s246 Unclassified SECURITY ...CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PAGE REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Ia. REPORT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 1 b. RESTRICTIVE MARKINGS unclassified 2a. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION...Work UiNt ACCeLUOn Number 11. TITLE (Include Security Classification) LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) COMPATIBILITY ISSUES 12. PERSONAL AUTHOR(S) Rita V

Integrated Conceptual Design of Joined-Wing SensorCraft Using Response Surface Models

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2006-11-01

vi Acknowledgements I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my thesis advisor, Dr. Robert Canfield for his guidance and...55 Raymer Approximate and Group Weights Sizing Methods....................................... 57 Finite Element Model Structural Weight...Empty Weight Fraction Equation ............................... 54 Figure 29 Response of Refined Weight to T/W and W/S Inputs for Model (2) Raymer ASW

Charting the Course to Universal Health in the Americas: Cristian Morales PhD, PAHO/WHO Representative in Cuba.

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Reed, Gail

2016-07-01

After leaving Chile during the Pinochet era, Dr Morales studied economics, health administration and international health at the University of Montreal. But his baptism in the field came in Haiti, where he was first PAHO advisor to the health ministry, and then for five years was responsible for human resources and health economics in the PAHO offices in the capital of Port-au-Prince. He was at his post during the flooding in Gonaïves, five hurricanes, the 2010 earthquake and the ensuing cholera epidemic-doubtless the most dramatic and complex times for the country's health in recent history. Before becoming the PAHO/WHO Representative in Cuba in 2015, he was Regional Advisor in Financing and Health Economics based in Washington, DC. In that role, he plunged into the often thorny debates about just how far governments of the Americas were willing to go towards achieving universal health-universal coverage plus universal access. The result was a historic resolution passed in late 2014 by PAHO's Directing Council (CD53.R14 Strategy for Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage). Dr Morales talks about the process, the outcomes… and the road ahead.

Tapping the Geoscience Two-Year College Student Reservoir: Factors that Influence Student Transfer Intent and Physical Science Degree Aspirations

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Wolfe, Benjamin A.

Colleges and universities are facing greater accountability to identify and implement practices that increase the number of two-year college (2YC) students who transfer to four-year institutions (4YC) and complete baccalaureate degrees. This is particularly true for physical science and geoscience disciplines, which have the lowest STEM degree completion rates of students transferring from 2YCs (Wilson, 2014a). A better understanding of how academic engagement experiences contribute to increased 2YC student interest in these disciplines and student intent to transfer is critical in strengthening the transfer pathway for the physical sciences and geosciences. The purpose of this study was to gain understanding of the influence that background characteristics, mathematics preparation, academic experiences (e.g. faculty-student interaction, undergraduate research experiences, and field experiences), and academic advisor engagement have on 2YC student intentions to transfer to a four-year institution (4YC) with physical science or geoscience degree aspirations. Incorporating the conceptual frameworks of student engagement and transfer student capital (Laanan et al., 2010), this study used Astin's (1993; 1999) input-environment-outcomes (I-E-O) model to investigate what factors predict 2YC students' intent to transfer to a 4YC and pursue physical science or geoscience degrees. This study used a quantitative research approach with data collected from 751 student respondents from 24 2YCs. Results from three sequential multiple regression models revealed advisor interaction, speaking with a transfer advisor, and visiting the intended 4YC were significant in increased 2YC student transfer intent. Student-faculty interaction and faculty and academic advisors discussing career opportunities in the physical sciences were significant in leading to increased 2YC student intent to pursue physical science degrees or geoscience degrees. The results also substantiated the significant role that field-based experiences have in increasing student intent in pursuing geoscience related majors. Surprisingly, developmental math placement was not found to be a significant predictor of transfer intent nor intent to pursue physical science or geoscience degrees. These findings reveal that developing practices focused on transfer student capital acquisition can strengthen the pipeline of physical science and geoscience degrees and supports the suggestion that 2YCs can serve as an intervention point to broaden participation in STEM related degrees.

Operational Intelligence and Operational Design: Thinking about Operational Art

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2011-06-01

undersigned certify that this thesis meets masters-level standards of research, argumentation, and expression. DR. HAROLD R . WINTON (Date) DR...Studies (SAASS) to study and think about matters important to our national security. I will be forever grateful to Dr. Harold R . Winton, my thesis...thankful for the assistance of Mrs. Sandhya Malladi and Dr. Mary Ruwell. To the faculty and staff of SAASS, thank you for your commitment to our

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program (1984). Program Management Report.

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1984-12-01

6 Two-Color Refractometry for Dr. John D. R. Bahng Astronomical Geodesy 7 Long Wavelength infrared Emissions Dr. James C. Baird from a Recomnining...hardware, and conducting the experiment. 4 114 , -. ., -. . . . . . . . - ... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TWO-ODLOR REFRACTOMETRY FOR

Dr. Irene Sänger-Bredt, a life for astronautics

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Zaganescu, Nicolae-Florin

2004-12-01

Irene Bredt (b.1911 at Bonn) obtained her Doctorate in Physics in 1937; in the same year she became a scientific researcher at the German Research Center for Aviation at Trauen, led by Prof. Dr. Eugen Sänger. Soon, the young but efficient Dr. Irene Bredt became the first assistant of Dr. Sänger, who married her (1951). During 1973-1978, Dr. Bredt was in correspondence with Prof. Dr. Nikolae-Florin Zaganescu and helped him to familiarize the Romanian readers with Prof. Sänger's life and achievements. As for Dr. Bredt's life, she specified three main periods of her activity: 1937-1942, when she was researcher in charge of thermodynamic problems of liquid-fuelled rocket engines at Trauen 1942-1945, when she was Senior Researcher in charge of Ramjet in flight performances at Ainring, and also coauthored the Top Secret Technical report entitled 'A Rocket Engine for a Long-Range Bomber', which was finished in 1941 but edited only in 1944 the post world war II period, when she was Scientific Advisor or Director at various civil and military research institutes, universities, etc. Dr. Irene Sänger-Bredt helped her husband to develop many scientific theories like Ramjet thermodynamic theory, and photon rocket theory and also in establishing IAF and IAA. In 1970, Dr. Irene Sänger-Bredt was honored with 'Hermann Oberth Gold Medal' for her impressive scientific activity.

An Information Handbook for Contracting and Manufacturing Officers.

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1988-01-01

11 - _ _1L~ ~ IIIfl~ 550 ___ Ow 1*1 lllll~=. urn,,. .5... liii, __ m:~ 5~ b _______ L ,uII1.Q 0~ S. -A. S .5,. b .1~ S .5.. 0 0’ .5-. .5 0 5%’ E * I...CfO FI ropy 00E ,. 77 t6 ODTIC ELECTE JUN 08 18 AIR COMMANI) STFFCOLLEGE ~.mriS-AT: !- E ;-rL AI Ap"ps hed iint public teleasw" Distribution Unlimited 5 A...M. KING, USAF FACULTY ADVISOR MAJOR TRACEY L. GAUCH, ACSC/EDC SPONSOR MAJOR DANIEL E . ELDRIDGE AFMPC/DPMRSA2 Submitted to the faculty in partial

Proceedings of Peer-reviewed and selected articles from Turgut Ozal University Faculty of Medicine 7th International Student Congress.

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Ceylan, Furkan S

2016-12-01

Turgut Ozal University Scientific Research Committee (TOBAT) was established in at the Turgut Ozal University Faculty of Medicine in 2009 to encourage young medical students and scientists to carry out novel scientific research in addition to their medical education. Every year a Committee (Chair, Student Member and Scientific and Social Committees and Advisory Chair) is set up by the volunteer students and their advisors as chair, general secretary, scientific and social committee with the help of previous year's committee to organize the congress, with the help of previous year's Committee.

A User’s Guide to the ALiEM Emergency Medicine Match Advice Web Series

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Gisondi, Michael A.; Fant, Abra; Shakeri, Nahzinine; Schnapp, Benjamin H.; Lin, Michelle

2017-01-01

ALiEM EM Match Advice is a web series hosted on the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine website. The intended audience includes senior medical students seeking a residency in emergency medicine (EM) and the faculty members who advise them. Each episode features a panel of three EM program directors who discuss a critical step in the residency application process. This article serves as a user’s guide to the series, including a timeline for viewing each episode, brief summaries of the panel discussions, and reflection questions for discussion between students and their faculty advisors. PMID:28611891

A User's Guide to the ALiEM Emergency Medicine Match Advice Web Series.

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Gisondi, Michael A; Fant, Abra; Shakeri, Nahzinine; Schnapp, Benjamin H; Lin, Michelle

2017-06-01

ALiEM EM Match Advice is a web series hosted on the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine website. The intended audience includes senior medical students seeking a residency in emergency medicine (EM) and the faculty members who advise them. Each episode features a panel of three EM program directors who discuss a critical step in the residency application process. This article serves as a user's guide to the series, including a timeline for viewing each episode, brief summaries of the panel discussions, and reflection questions for discussion between students and their faculty advisors.

ROBOSIM Modeling of NASA and DoD Robotic Concepts

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Fernandez, Kenneth R.

2005-01-01

Dr. Fernandez will discuss using ROBOSIM to model a robotic minesweeper for DoD and to model NASA's use of the Shuttle robot arm to examine shuttle tiles. He will show some of the actual robotic simulations that were developed, and provide some insight on solving the challenging issues involved with developing robotic simulations. Dr. Fernandez developed an earlier version of ROBOSIM with his Ph.D. advisor, Dr. George E. Cook, professor of Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. After being honored as a NASA Administrator s Fellow, he chose Alabama A&M University as the location where he would do a year of teaching and a year of research, provided by the NASA Fellowship Grant. Dr. Trent Montgomery, Associate Dean of Engineering/Chairman Electrical Engineering Department, was his host for the NASA fellowship position at Alabama A&M. Mr. Lionel Macklin is a student at Alabama A&M University who developed the model of the minesweeper concept as his senior project.

Dispositions in the Field: Viewing Mathematics Teacher Education through the Lens of Bourdieu's Social Field Theory

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Nolan, Kathleen

2012-01-01

Mathematics teacher educators are confronted with numerous challenges and complexities as they work to inspire prospective teachers to embrace inquiry-based pedagogies. The research study described in this paper asks what a teacher educator and faculty advisor can learn from prospective secondary mathematics teachers as they construct (and are…

Making the Familiar Strange: How a Culture Audit Can Boost Your Advising Impact

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Ahren, Chad; Ryan, Helen-Grace; Niskode-Dossett, Amanda Suniti

2009-01-01

Student organizations enhance college students' experiences and contribute to the vitality of campus life. As staff and faculty, the authors are regularly called on to advise these groups. Good advising can help an organization stay connected with its true mission. One tool that can help advisors navigate and grasp the culture of student…

Use of Engineering Design Competitions for Undergraduate and Capstone Projects

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Kundu, Sumit; Fowler, Michael W.

2009-01-01

There are many professional benefits to pursuing undergraduate design opportunities and capstone projects to both students and faculty advisors. Using a case study on a group of graduates and undergraduates who took part in the Hydrogen Ambassador Competition in 2005 this study will examine the benefits and challenges from the point of view of all…

Creating a New Military Service: Historical Precedents

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-06-01

CREATING A NEW MILITARY SERVICE: HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS BY MATTHEW HYLAND A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF...that this thesis meets master’s-level standards of research, argumentation, and expression. ____________________________________ THOMAS D...acknowledge the help and support of several individuals, without which I would not have been able to complete this thesis . My advisor, Colonel Thomas

Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Sciences?

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Ramírez, Marisa L.; McMillan, Gail; Dalton, Joan T.; Hanlon, Ann; Smith, Heather S.; Kern, Chelsea

2014-01-01

In academia, there is a growing acceptance of sharing the final electronic version of graduate work, such as a thesis or dissertation, in an online university repository. Though previous studies have shown that journal editors are willing to consider manuscripts derived from electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), faculty advisors and graduate…

FIRE's Guide to Due Process and Fair Procedure on Campus. FIRE's Guides to Student Rights on Campus

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Silverglate, Harvey A.; Gewolb, Josh

2003-01-01

Students should know their rights and liberties, and they need to be better informed and better equipped about how to assert and defend these precious things. The protectors of students' rights and liberties--those faculty, administrators, parents, alumni, friends, citizens, advisors, and attorneys who care about such vital matters--should…

Between Signification and Illumination: Unfolding Understandings of an A/r/tographical Turn on Practicum

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Carter, Mindy R.; Irwin, Rita L.

2014-01-01

School associates (SA's), or cooperating teachers (CT's), have arguably been one of the most powerful influences on the teacher candidate's (TC) pre-service experience. For this reason, most studies about the practicum have focused on this relationship. However, while observing one visual art student's practicum as her Faculty Advisor (FA) for the…

Implementing Projects in Calculus on a Large Scale at the University of South Florida

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Fox, Gordon A.; Campbell, Scott; Grinshpan, Arcadii; Xu, Xiaoying; Holcomb, John; Bénéteau, Catherine; Lewis, Jennifer E.; Ramachandran, Kandethody

2017-01-01

This paper describes the development of a program of project-based learning in Calculus courses at a large urban research university. In this program, students developed research projects in consultation with a faculty advisor in their major, and supervised by their calculus instructors. Students wrote up their projects in a prescribed format…

Specific Inhibitors of Histone Demethylases: Novel Chemical Agents for Breast Cancer Therapy

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2011-08-01

S. Ng, K. L. Kavanagh, M. A. McDonough, D. Butler , E. S. Pilka, B. M. R. Lienard, J. E. Bray, P. Savitsky, O. Gileadi, F. von Delft, N. R. Rose, J...University of California, Berkeley Postdoctoral Advisor: Professor Judith P. Klinman AWARDS AND HONORS  Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award, Oak

Effect of Internal Solitary Waves on Mine Detection in the Western Philippine Sea East of Taiwan

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2006-12-01

C. Chu Second Reader: Melvin D. Wagstaff THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK i REPORT DOCUMENTATION...Hsieh, Chung-Ping Approved by: Peter C. Chu Thesis Advisor Melvin D. Wagstaff Second Reader Mary L. Batteen Chairman...process and Mr. Melvin. Wagstaff for helping me deal with the CASS/GRAB Model, acoustics, and mine warfare problems. Mr. Chenwu Fan and Dr. Sunhyea

Transformation and Change Management for Strategic Leaders

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2002-04-09

TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR STRATEGIC LEADERS BY MR. KENNETH L. WRIGHT Department of the Army DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A: Approved for Public...PROJECT TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT FOR STRATEGIC LEADERS BY MR. KENNETH L. WRIGHT DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Dr. Robert M. Murphy Project Advisor The...STRATEGIC LEADERS FORMAT: Strategy Research Project DATE: 09 April 2002 PAGES: 33 CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified The objective of this work is to examine

An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Air Force Information Management Officer Training Based on the Perceived Needs of Current Information Management Officers

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1992-12-01

proper perspective. Finally, I wish to thank my thesis advisors , Lt Col John Huguley Jr. and Dr Ben Williams. Together they made a most supportive and...Microcomputer System Implementation in Small Businesses," Journal of Systems Management 41:7-9 (June 1990). 35. Schrage, Michael. "Meet the Robo -Boss

Evaluation of an Innovative Technology for Treatment of Water Contaminated with Perchlorate and Organic Compounds

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-03-26

signed// 13 March 2009 ____________________________________ Mark N. Goltz (Chairman) Date //signed// 2 March...I would like to thank Dr. Mark N. Goltz for his guidance throughout this process. His dedication as an advisor, sincere interest in the project...Parette, M. Goltz , D. Felker, A. Thal, and D. Craig, Tailored Granular Activated Carbon for Wellhead Perchlorate Treatment. Report, 2007

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program. 1985 Technical Report. Volume 2.

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1985-12-01

Voluntary Hand Grip Torque for Dr. Samuel Adams Circular Electrical Connectors 3 Properties and Processing of a Dr. Vernon R. Allen Perfluorinated ...Neutral Particle Beam at Low Energies in the Mark I Aerospace Chamber 126 Preparation of Non-Flammable Model Dr. Terrill D. Smith Compounds 127 Studies on...Synthesis of Azo Compounds F xi 140 A Comparison of Measured and Calculated Dr. Larry Vardiman Attenuation of 28 GHZ Beacon Signals in Three California

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program 1989. Program Technical Report. Volume 2

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1989-12-01

of an Osmotically Dr. Juin Yu Driven Thermal Transfer Cycle 114 The Influence of Viscoelastically Dr. Lawrence Zavodney Damped Members on the Dynamic...Hormones Effect Upon Dr. Rex Moyer Chlamydomonas Phototaxis 166 Influence of Radio Frequency Dr. Raymond Quock Radiation on Psychotropic Drug Effects 167...systems do not cover. Therefore, the use of SHG for creating coherent light at twice the frequency of an- other laser is one way to extend the range

Education

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2003-01-01

Frank Sosa, Dept. of the Air Force Col Juan Urbano , Peruvian Army Dr. Francis A’Hearn, Faculty Prof. William Mayall, Faculty COL Mark McGuire...insufficient time to meet job requirements such as planning lessons to grading papers, to participating in mandatory training to phoning parents to...

Memoranda reports on the geologic spot examinations of mines and prospects in Iran, February 1954, through June, 1955

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Gibson, Russell

1956-01-01

A series of twenty-nine geological spot examinations of mines and prospects in Iran were carried out by Dr. Russell Gibson, Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey between February 1954 and June 1955. These studies were under the joint auspices of the U.S. Operation Mission of the International Cooperation Administration and the Iranian Ministry of National Economy. Dr. Gibson acted as Advisor in economic geology to both the Mission and the Government of Iran during this period. All mine or prospect visits including those two properties owned by private operators were made at the request of the agencies of the Government of Iran.

The Top 10 Things I LOVE about p4c Hawai'i

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Ikeda, Jolyn

2012-01-01

In 2001, Dr. Thomas Jackson, or Dr. J as the author and her colleagues affectionately call him, spoke to the faculty at Waikiki Elementary. He described philosophy for children (p4c) Hawai'i and encouraged them to try P4C if something about it "resonated" with them. In the beginning, Dr. J held a p4t (philosophy for teachers)…

Shifting the Focus to Student Learning: Characteristics of Effective Teaching Practice as Identified by Experienced Pre-Service Faculty Advisors

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Maynes, Nancy; Hatt, Blaine E.

2012-01-01

Cochrane-Smith and Power identify trends in teacher education programs with some relating to heightened teacher accountability for students' learning. In this paper we provide a model that identifies characteristics believed to be critical elements related to a teacher's conceptual focus shifting from an emphasis on their teaching to their…

Why Bother about Writing a Masters Dissertation? Assumptions of Faculty and Masters Students in an Iranian Setting

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Hasrati, Mostafa

2013-01-01

This article reports the results of a mixed methodology analysis of the assumptions of academic staff and Masters students in an Iranian university regarding various aspects of the assessment of the Masters degree thesis, including the main objective for writing the thesis, the role of the students, supervisors and advisors in writing the…

Constructing an Online MCAT Preparation Program as an Alternative to On-Site Preparation for Medical School

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Navarre, Berengaria; Perez, Norma A.; Smith, Sarah Toombs

2017-01-01

Based on a successful five-week summer program, we constructed an online alternative to prepare Hispanic students to take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). We used input from student premed advisors, students, a faculty mentor, a Verbal Reasoning coach, and the program administrator. Online activities were provided to support the student…

Evolution of Technical Writing in Senior Design--A Case History

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Gnanapragasam, Nirmala

2010-01-01

Seattle University has an industrially sponsored, yearlong, senior design program that has been in existence for more than 20 years. Students work in teams of three or four under the guidance of a liaison from the sponsoring agency and a faculty advisor. The students prepare a proposal in the fall quarter detailing their plan and a design report…

Task Analysis and Descriptions of Required Job Competencies for Robotics/Automated Systems Technicians. Final Report. Volume 2. Curriculum Planning Guide.

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Hull, Daniel M.; Lovett, James E.

This volume of the final report for the Robotics/Automated Systems Technician (RAST) curriculum project is a curriculum planning guide intended for school administrators, faculty, and student counselors/advisors. It includes step-by-step procedures to help institutions evaluate their community's needs and their capabilities to meet these needs in…

Luge Lessons in Rangoon: Why the Engaging Burmese Military is Key to the Nation’s Economic Future

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2014-10-30

Mathers , COL USA 5e. TASK NUMBER Paper Advisor (if Any): Christopher Connolly, COL USA 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND...Robert S. Mathers Colonel, U.S. Army A paper submitted to the Faculty of the Naval War College in partial satisfaction of the requirements of the

Risk of Using Past to Predict Future: A Case Study of Jamming RCIEDs

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2009-06-01

Herrera THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK i REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this...Approved by: Kyle Y. Lin Thesis Advisor Michael A. Herrera Second Reader Robert F. Dell Chairman, Department of Operations...and continue forward. Thank you, CDR Michael Herrera , for your constant positive support and never allowing for me to lose sight of the goal. Dr

Unmanned Tactical Autonomous Control and Collaboration (UTACC) Campaign of Experimentation

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2016-09-01

Boger Second Reader: Scot Miller THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK i REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE Form Approved OMB No. 0704-0188 Public...from the NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL September 2016 Approved by: Dan Boger, Ph.D. Thesis Advisor Scot Miller Second Reader...Erik Keim forms the bedrock of this thesis. Next, I would like to thank Dr. Dan Boger and Scot Miller for taking me on as a thesis candidate and

Nurse Corps Training Importance Survey Report

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1992-06-01

Midwifery , and Psychiatry: CDR Mary Goeden NC, USN, CDR Candace Curlee NC, USN, and LCDR Phillip Harrison NC, USN. Dr. Alexander M. Gottesman and CDR...Corps subspecialty advisors to the Surgeon General for Orthopedics, Nurse Midwifery , and Psychiatry. It was mailed to a population of approximately...and analgesic drugs X 57. Identify common orthopedic injectables X ’Performed by less than 50% of staff nurses NC TIS 63 B - II. ADDITIONAL TRAINING

The Oviduct and Serous Cancer Risk Assessment

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2016-10-01

Career development for Dr. Xian (collaborator in the first year). Dr. Xian has recently obtained a Teal award stemming in part from opportunities...created during this collaboration. 3) Career development for Brooke Howitt at BWH. Dr. Howitt is a young faculty member at BWH who was involved in...carcinogenesis. She is currently applying for funding to expand her protected time for ovarian cancer research. 4) Career development for visiting

26 CFR 31.3121(b)(10)-2 - Services performed by certain students in the employ of a school, college, or university, or of a...

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2010-04-01

... example, research activities under the supervision of a faculty advisor necessary to complete the... paragraph (d) of this section at the school, college, or university. The preceding sentence shall not apply... course of study within the meaning of paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) of this section. In addition, the...

Summary Report of the Proceedings of the Annual Model U.N. Seminar (9th, New York, New York, July 8-10, 1988).

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United Nations Association of the United States of America, New York, NY.

The purpose of this Model United Nations (UN) seminar for faculty advisors and conference leaders was to provide seminar participants with new and innovative ideas to more effectively simulate the complex UN system. This document summarizes seminar speeches presented by: (1) James Jonah, Assistant U.N. Secretary-General; (2) Frank Pinto,…

Establishing Military Utility of Non-traditional Sensing

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2014-02-13

A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor: Col Thomas D. McCarthy, PhD, USAF 13...February 2014 DISTRIBUTION A. Approved for public release: distribution unlimited DISCLAIMER The views expressed in this academic research paper...Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. Lt Col Borbath has more than 20 years of advanced analog and digital

Do Open Access Electronic Theses and Dissertations Diminish Publishing Opportunities in the Social Sciences and Humanities? Findings from a 2011 Survey of Academic Publishers

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Ramirez, Marisa L.; Dalton, Joan T.; McMillan, Gail; Read, Max; Seamans, Nancy H.

2013-01-01

An increasing number of higher education institutions worldwide are requiring submission of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) by graduate students and are subsequently providing open access to these works in online repositories. Faculty advisors and graduate students are concerned that such unfettered access to their work could diminish…

A Comparative Study of Students Active and Inactive in Extracurricular Activities While Enrolled in Second Year Associate Degree Programs on the Kenosha and Racine Campuses of Gateway Technical Institute, Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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Rinck, Lorna Lee

Students at Gateway Technical Institute were surveyed to determine their attitudes toward extracurricular activities, e.g., campus activities, advisors and sponsors, the effect of outside forces on school activities, extended athletic participation by girls in interscholastic sports, administration and faculty, and leadership development. The…

The 1984 NASA/ASEE summer faculty fellowship program

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Mcinnis, B. C.; Duke, M. B.; Crow, B.

1984-01-01

An overview is given of the program management and activities. Participants and research advisors are listed. Abstracts give describe and present results of research assignments performed by 31 fellows either at the Johnson Space Center, at the White Sands test Facility, or at the California Space Institute in La Jolla. Disciplines studied include engineering; biology/life sciences; Earth sciences; chemistry; mathematics/statistics/computer sciences; and physics/astronomy.

Creating a Mobile Autonomous Robot Research System (MARRS)

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1984-12-01

Laboratory was made possible through the energetic support of many individuals and organizations. In particluar, we want to thank our thesis advisor Dr...subsystems. Computer Hardware Until a few years ago autonomous vehicles were unheard of in real life. The advent of the microcomputer has made fact...8217i.vjf/^vf.’ Most software development efforts for MARRS-1 took advantage of Virtual Devices Robo C compiler and Robo Assembler. The next best

Brave New Warfare: Autonomy in Lethal UAVs

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2011-03-01

tremendous support throughout the entirety of my work. I am extremely thankful to my advisors , Dr. George Lucas and CDR William Hatch, USN (ret), for their...that need to be evaluated before unmanned systems assume many roles traditionally held by human personnel. The continual advent of new technology will...2011, the Navy also completed the first test flight of the X-47B, a bat-winged unmanned jet with stealth characteristics.36 The advent of the

Identification of Telomerase Components and Telomerase Regulating Factors in Yeast

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2000-07-01

the portions of this data which are subject to such limitations, shall be included on any reproduction hereof which includes any part of the portions...laboratory 8/87-3/95 Graduate student, University of Colorado. Advisor: Dr. Karla Kirkegaard Thesis: Analysis of Poliovirus Assembly and Genome Encapsidation...Nugent, C.I., Johnson, K.L., Sarnow, P. and K. Kirkegaard (1999). Functional coupling between replication and packaging of poliovirus replicon RNA. J

Republic of the Philippines - United States of America Visiting Forces Agreement: Balikatan Exercises

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2003-04-07

the 21st century from local insurgency and terrorist groups. There are terrorists from the communists Cordillera 7 People’s Liberation Army (CPLA...Narcise Philippines Army Dr. Jerry Comello Project Advisor The views expressed in this academic research paper are those of the author and do not...is estibated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and

Reliability Analysis of the Space Station Freedom Electrical Power System

DTIC Science & Technology

1989-08-01

Cleveland, Ohio, who assisted in obtaining related research materials and provided feedback on our efforts to produce a dynamic analysis tool useful to...System software that we used to do our analysis of the electrical power system. Thanks are due to Dr. Vira Chankong, my thesis advisor, for his...a frequency duration analysis . Using a transition rate matrix with a model of the photovoltaic and solar dynamic systems, they have one model that

Fibrinogen Recovery in Two Methods of Cryoprecipitate Preparation

DTIC Science & Technology

1989-08-01

ERNEST A. HAYGOOD, 1st Lt, USAF Executive Officer, Civilian Institution Programs 17. COSATI CODES 18. SUBJECT TERMS (Continue on reverse if necessary...NAME OF RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b. TELEPHONE (Include Area Code) 22c. OFFICE SYMBOL ERNEST A. HAYGOOD, 1st Lt, USAF (513) 255-2259 AFIT/CI DDForm...u I iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to extend sincerest appreciation to Dr. Lloyd Lippert , my research advisor. Without his continued guidance

Analytic and Computational Studies on Micro-Propulsion and Micro-detonics

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2006-08-22

Professor. • Dr. Aslan Kasimov, PostDoctoral Research Associate (Stewart), May 2004- June 2005. • Mr. Aslan Kasimov, Graduate Student (Stewart...Short continuing as his Ph.D. advisor. 2. Research completed with AFOSR support (a ) Reseach summary: Prof. D.S. Stewart (1) A.R. Kasimov and D.S...Theory of Instability and Nonlinear Evolution of Self-Sustained Detonation Waves”. Ph.D., Spring 2004. • Mr. Dave Kessler, Graduate Student (Short

Hiring Freeze

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Cooper, Kenneth J.

2010-01-01

Recession reduces job opportunities in the professoriate, particularly in areas where minorities are clustered. It's a tough time to want to be a professor or try to climb the faculty ranks, particularly for minority faculty, as Dr. Christopher Tudico, a Mexican-American, and others are finding. The recession and its go-slow recovery have cut the…

Research in Applied Mathematics Related to Nonlinear System Theory.

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1981-09-01

predoctoral students were also supported, albeit on a much lower financial level. This list includes F. HAMANO, P. KHARGONEKAR, J. RIBERA , Y. YAMAMOTO, and...faculty of University of Florida). Mr. J. Ribera , doctoral student. Dr. E. D. Sontag, doctoral student, later postdoctoral fellow (now on faculty of

Data-driven modeling, control and tools for cyber-physical energy systems

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Behl, Madhur

Energy systems are experiencing a gradual but substantial change in moving away from being non-interactive and manually-controlled systems to utilizing tight integration of both cyber (computation, communications, and control) and physical representations guided by first principles based models, at all scales and levels. Furthermore, peak power reduction programs like demand response (DR) are becoming increasingly important as the volatility on the grid continues to increase due to regulation, integration of renewables and extreme weather conditions. In order to shield themselves from the risk of price volatility, end-user electricity consumers must monitor electricity prices and be flexible in the ways they choose to use electricity. This requires the use of control-oriented predictive models of an energy system's dynamics and energy consumption. Such models are needed for understanding and improving the overall energy efficiency and operating costs. However, learning dynamical models using grey/white box approaches is very cost and time prohibitive since it often requires significant financial investments in retrofitting the system with several sensors and hiring domain experts for building the model. We present the use of data-driven methods for making model capture easy and efficient for cyber-physical energy systems. We develop Model-IQ, a methodology for analysis of uncertainty propagation for building inverse modeling and controls. Given a grey-box model structure and real input data from a temporary set of sensors, Model-IQ evaluates the effect of the uncertainty propagation from sensor data to model accuracy and to closed-loop control performance. We also developed a statistical method to quantify the bias in the sensor measurement and to determine near optimal sensor placement and density for accurate data collection for model training and control. Using a real building test-bed, we show how performing an uncertainty analysis can reveal trends about inverse model accuracy and control performance, which can be used to make informed decisions about sensor requirements and data accuracy. We also present DR-Advisor, a data-driven demand response recommender system for the building's facilities manager which provides suitable control actions to meet the desired load curtailment while maintaining operations and maximizing the economic reward. We develop a model based control with regression trees algorithm (mbCRT), which allows us to perform closed-loop control for DR strategy synthesis for large commercial buildings. Our data-driven control synthesis algorithm outperforms rule-based demand response methods for a large DoE commercial reference building and leads to a significant amount of load curtailment (of 380kW) and over $45,000 in savings which is 37.9% of the summer energy bill for the building. The performance of DR-Advisor is also evaluated for 8 buildings on Penn's campus; where it achieves 92.8% to 98.9% prediction accuracy. We also compare DR-Advisor with other data driven methods and rank 2nd on ASHRAE's benchmarking data-set for energy prediction.

Improving Undergraduate Research Experiences With An Intentional Mentoring Program: Lessons Learned Through Assessment of Keck Geology Consortium Programs

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Wirth, K. R.; Garver, J. I.; Greer, L.; Pollock, M.; Varga, R. J.; Davidson, C. M.; Frey, H. M.; Hubbard, D. K.; Peck, W. H.; Wobus, R. A.

2015-12-01

The Keck Geology Consortium, with support from the National Science Foundation (REU Program) and ExxonMobil, is a collaborative effort by 18 colleges to improve geoscience education through high-quality research experiences. Since its inception in 1987 more than 1350 undergraduate students and 145 faculty have been involved in 189 yearlong research projects. This non-traditional REU model offers exceptional opportunities for students to address research questions at a deep level, to learn and utilize sophisticated analytical methods, and to engage in authentic collaborative research that culminates in an undergraduate research symposium and published abstracts volume. The large numbers of student and faculty participants in Keck projects also affords a unique opportunity to study the impacts of program design on undergraduate research experiences in the geosciences. Students who participate in Keck projects generally report significant gains in personal and professional dimensions, as well as in clarification of educational and career goals. Survey data from student participants, project directors, and campus advisors identify mentoring as one of the most critical and challenging elements of successful undergraduate research experiences. Additional challenges arise from the distributed nature of Keck projects (i.e., participants, project directors, advisors, and other collaborators are at different institutions) and across the span of yearlong projects. In an endeavor to improve student learning about the nature and process of science, and to make mentoring practices more intentional, the Consortium has developed workshops and materials to support both project directors and campus research advisors (e.g., best practices for mentoring, teaching ethical professional conduct, benchmarks for progress, activities to support students during research process). The Consortium continues to evolve its practices to better support students from underrepresented groups.

Becoming a Scientist: Research Findings on STEM Students' Gains from Conducting Undergraduate Research

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Hunter, A.; Laursen, S.; Thiry, H.; Seymour, E.

2006-12-01

Undergraduate research is widely believed to enhance STEM students' education and increase their persistence to graduate education and careers in the sciences. Yet until very recently, little evidence from research and evaluation studies was available to substantiate such claims and document what students gain from doing undergraduate research or how these gains come about. We have conducted a three-year qualitative research study of STEM students participating in UR at four liberal arts colleges with a strong tradition of faculty-led summer research apprenticeships. Benefits to students reported by both students and their faculty advisors are categorized into six main categories of gains in skills, knowledge, "thinking like a scientist," career preparation, career development, and personal and professional growth. Student and faculty observations are strongly corroborative, but also differ in interesting ways that reflect the distinct perspectives of each group: students are still in the midst of discovering their own career paths while faculty advisors have observed the later career development of their past research students. While not all students find UR to heighten their interest in graduate school, they do find it a powerful growth experience that clarifies their career ambitions by providing a "real world" experience of science. For students whose interest in science is reinforced, UR has a significant role in their professional socialization into the culture and norms of science, which we call "becoming a scientist," through interactions that draw them into the scientific community and experiences that deepen their understanding of the nature of research. Cumulatively, the qualitative data set of nearly 350 interviews offers a rich portrayal of the UR enterprise from a variety of perspectives. Longitudinal data enable us to track the influence of UR on students' career and education trajectories in the years after college, and comparative data from a group of students who did not undertake UR or pursued alternate experiences reveal the extent to which some benefits of UR may be derived from other experiences. Faculty interviews reveal the costs and benefits to faculty of participating in this intensive form of science education. The presentation will highlight key findings and emphasize their relevance to faculty and program directors undertaking UR or seeking to generate its benefits through other activities.

United States Air Force Summer Research Program 1991. Summer Faculty Research Program (SFRP) Reports. Volume 4. Rome Laboratory, Arnold Engineering Development Center, F. J. Seiler Research Laboratory

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1992-01-09

Herschfelder, J. 0., C . F. Curtis, and R. B. Bird, "Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids", John Willey and Sons, New York, (1954), Chs. 7 and 8. 12...AL iryLt’ AND SLOTME 5- FUIING NUERS 1991 Sumn~er FAculty Resezrzi! ?ro-rz~ (SFBZF) Volne 2SbV0d. 4 F496202-4:4#- C -CO076 MtrGary_ Soore ___________ 7...Engineering Tools for Parallel Software Development Dr. John Antonio 2 (Report Not Available at this Time) Dr. Abdul Aziz Bhatti 3 A Taxonomy for

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program, 1988. Program Technical Report. Volume 4

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1988-12-01

Professor SDecialty: Gas Phase Ion-Molecule Chem. Dept. of Chemistry Assigned: Air Force Geophysics Lab. Louisiana State University Choppin Hall...For Lucid Dr. Darin DeForest 55 Pre-Sort Processor Phase Distortion Dr. Paul Dingman Evaluation 56 A PROLOG Natural Language Front End Dr. Hugh...analysis in the electron impact mode. The column used was 25m x 0.25am ID bonded phase FSOT capillary column (#952525 Alltech and Associates), coated with

Two Views on Collective Bargaining.

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Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA.

Presented are two arguments on academic collective bargaining, by John R. Silber and Robert Nielsen. Dr. Silber argues that faculty organization causes the university to become more like a factory than a university, that a faculty member has more in common with a middle level manager today than with a professor of 25 years ago, and that…

Student Success Survey: Supporting Academic Success for At-Risk Nursing Students Through Early Intervention.

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McLain, Rhonda M; Fifolt, Matthew; Dawson, Martha A; Su, Wei; Milligan, Gary; Davis, Sandra; Hites, Lisle

Diversity in the nursing workforce has a positive impact on the quality of care provided to minority patients. Although the number of students from diverse backgrounds entering nursing programs has increased, the attrition rate of these students remains high. This study assessed the construct validity of a self-assessment tool that can be used by faculty advisors to determine individual academic needs of students.

A Formative Evaluation of the Team Advisory Program at Boston English High School from the Perspective of the Program's Advisors

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Cartin, Gregory Edward

2012-01-01

The purpose of this study was to conduct a formative evaluation of the efficacy of the Team Advisory program, an in-school intervention in an urban public high school using fitness to teach study skills and social responsibility, based on the perspective of its faculty (n = 9). The first research question asks what do Boston English Advisors…

The Public Sector Construction Industry: Analysis of Single-Project Partnering

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1992-12-22

thesis advisor, Dr. Fred Moavenzadeh for his guidance and encouragement. Colonel Larry S. Bonine , U.S. Army (Retired) and the members of his Partnering...PROJECT (CkG) ENGINEERS MANAGERS PR::JECT PARINERING TEAM Figure 4-4. Central Artery/Tunnel Organizational Chart. 116 MR. Larry Bonine an employee of the...joint venture team. MR. Bonine is an ex-Army Colonel and was the Corps District Engineer in Mobile, Alabama who oversaw the Oliver Lock and Dam and

Management Information Systems Design Implications: The Effect of Cognitive Style and Information Presentation on Problem Solving.

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1987-12-01

my thesis advisor, Dr Dennis E Campbell. Without his expert advice and extreme patience with an INTP like myself, this research would not have been...research was to identify a relationship between psychological type and mode of presentation of information. The * type theory developed ty Carl Jung and...preference rankings for seven differewnt modes of presentation of data. The statistical analyses showed no relationship betveen personality type and

Networked Special Operations: Addressing Transnational Threats, Homeland Defense, and Breached Seams in the Western Hemisphere

DTIC Science & Technology

2017-04-20

the time and effort placed forward by both Dr. Greg Miller and Mr. Michael Bennett as part of the research thesis team and as advisors on this...defensive units are comprised of various individual positions. Linebackers, safeties, defensive lineman, corners, etc. Each player excels at his...position, trains to very specific guidelines based on his unique skill sets, and uses mentors that give the player the best guidance in becoming the best

A Future With The United States Air Force Advanced Maintenance And Munitions Operations School: Securing Strategic Agility Through 2036

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2016-06-01

SCIENCES Advisor: Dr. Paul J. Springer Maxwell Air Force Alabama August 2015 / June 2016 DISTRIBUTION A. Approved for public release...experienced rapid changes in the way the Service performs its roles to best complement our nation’s warfighting capability. Fueled by technology, innovation ...requires foresight and a level of organization and training that is ready to operate in environments which are heavily contested, degraded, and

Naval Surface Forces Real-Time Reutilization Asset Management Warehouses: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

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2008-12-01

shared their valuable insights. And finally, to our advisors Dr . Ken Euske and CDR Brett Wagner who kept us on track throughout the project. Nick could...of $206,368,657. SURFOR’s East and West Coast warehouses accounted for $146,975,108 of the list value. The team identified potential cost...obligating the funds. A relatively simple cost benefit analysis of the reprogramming costs versus the cost savings would justify the expense. In the

US Intervention in Failed States: Bad Assumptions=Poor Outcomes

DTIC Science & Technology

2002-01-01

OUTCOMES THOMAS G. KNIGHT COURSE 5601 FUNDAMENTALS OF STRATEGIC LOGIC SEMINAR A PROFESSOR DR JANET BRESLIN-SMITH ADVISOR COL JACK... Outcomes 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7...in minor areas. - CNN effect - Post-Cold War ‘defense dividend’ possible imperative to ‘use it or lose it…’ - State failure = regional impacts

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Faculty Doing Research

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Berg, Steven L.

2006-01-01

Dr. Richard Sagor is the Educational Leadership Program Director and a professor in the Department of Education at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Howard Tinberg is a professor of English at Bristol Community College in Fall River, Massachusetts, where he is also director of the Writing Lab. He is the editor of the journal…

Interview with Datin Goh Suet Lan on Business Coaching

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Nimehchisalem, Vahid

2016-01-01

In this article the author writes of having had the pleasure of meeting Datin Goh Suet Lan and one of the key members of her team, Mr. Murali, in the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia with three colleagues, Associate Professor Dr. Shamala Paramasivam (who initiated this meeting), Dr. Ilyana Binti Jalaluddin,…

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program 1989. Program Technical Report. Volume 1

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1989-12-01

Amy Miller Transition-Metal Compounds ; Reactions of Iron and Iron Carbonyl Anions 59 Acidities of Iron Hydride and Various Dr. Thomas Miller...Transition-Metal Compounds ; Reactions of Iron and Iron Carbonyl Anions (Same Report as Dr. Amy Miller) 60 C02(4.3pm) Vibrational Temperatures and Dr. Henry...Release. Table VIII gives data on the the two alloy systems, Pd/Al and Ni/Al. It also gives some properties of the compound , Pd/Hz. A brief description of

[Fiftieth anniversary of the Medical Movement in Mexico (1964-1965)].

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Treviño-Becerra, Alejandro; García-Manzo, Norberto Treviño; Mota-Hernández, Felipe; Gutiérrez-Samperio, César; Cano-Valle, Fernando

This Symposium highlights the recognition that this year reaches half a century of the Medical Movement (1964-1965), and 27 years of publishing the book titled, "Documental Memories and Reflections" ("Crónica Documental y Reflexiones") edited by the Faculty of Medicine of the UNAM, at that time directed by the prestigious Dr. Fernando Cano Valle. Our President Dr. Graue indicated that Dr. Alejandro Treviño-Becerra assumed the coordination of this session with the commitment to be published in the Medical Gazette of Mexico for current and future generations. The Academic participants were: Norberto Treviño García-Manzo, president of the Academy in 1988. Dr. Felipe Mota Hernández was the Recording Secretary of the Mexican Medical Alliance ("Alianza de Médicos Mexicanos"). Now he is the Dean of the Children's Hospital of Mexico "Federico Gómez". Dr. Cesar Gutiérrez Samperio, surgeon at IMSS and professor at Medicine School, University of Queretaro until a year ago. Dr. Fernando Cano Valle, former Head of the Medical Faculty, UNAM, presently a researcher in Medicine and Human Rights in the Institute for Juridical Research, UNAM. I quote the Academic Treviño Zapata: "I believe that it will be difficult to bring again the conditions and circumstances that made possible the vigorous realization of the Medical Movement, the enthusiastic and hopeful creation of the Mexican Medical Alliance, and the promising start and progress of the integration of the national medical union."

Learning To Recognize Visual Concepts: Development and Implementation of a Method for Texture Concept Acquisition Through Inductive Learning

DTIC Science & Technology

1993-01-01

Maria and My Parents, Helena and Andrzej IV ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to first of all thank my advisor. Dr. Ryszard Michalski. who introduced...represent the current state of the art in machine learning methodology. The most popular method. the minimization of Bayes risk [ Duda and Hart. 1973]. is a...34 Pattern Recognition, Vol. 23, no. 3-4, pp. 291-309, 1990. Duda , O. and P. Hart, Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis, John Wiley & Sons. 1973

Learning Distance Functions for Exemplar-Based Object Recognition

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2007-08-08

requires prior specific permission. Learning Distance Functions for Exemplar-Based Object Recognition by Andrea Lynn Frome B.S. ( Mary Washington...fantastic advisor and advocate when I was at Mary Washington College i and has since become a dear friend. Thank you, Dr. Bass, for continuing to stand...Antonio Torralba. 5 Chapter 1. Introduction 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Number of training examples per class M ea n

Learning Distance Functions for Exemplar-Based Object Recognition

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-01-01

Learning Distance Functions for Exemplar-Based Object Recognition by Andrea Lynn Frome B.S. ( Mary Washington College) 1996 A dissertation submitted...advisor and advocate when I was at Mary Washington College i and has since become a dear friend. Thank you, Dr. Bass, for continuing to stand by my...Torralba. 5 Chapter 1. Introduction 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Number of training examples per class M ea n re co

Meterological Effects on Soil Mositure and Crop Yield as Determined From the Soybean Crop Simulator: GLYCIM.

DTIC Science & Technology

1994-12-01

ivaU.ittlUi> 0**** A ■ijgP ^m1 We approve the thesis of Stephen N. Di Rienzo. Tobv/N. Carlson Professor of Meteorology Thesis Advisor Basil ...and guidance on this project. I would also like to thank Dr. Basil Acock, USDA, ARS, Systems Research Lab for his critique of this thesis. Many thanks...soil moisture could be made. Application of pesticides for controlling underground pests could be better regulated, and, finally, less soil would be

Air Force Human Resources Laboratory Annual Report Fiscal Year 1984,

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1985-07-01

Wilbourn AFHRL/MOAE AFHRL/MOAE Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5000 Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5000 Commercial (512) 536-3256 Commercial (512) 536-3256 AUTOVON 240-3256...the-job training. Dr Joseph Yasutake Technical Advisor 142 .-m -- m Immmm ..jmmmmm mm mmmmmmm1mm n m COMMAND STAFF PERSONNEL - e Mr. Robert L. lady...initial big-step improvements can be made. The subthrusts have been the subject of unusually Lt Col Joseph A. Dirt high-level interest. Special scientific

Always Ready for the Call: Leveraging the United States Coast Guard’s Unique Reputation and Capability in the South China Sea

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2018-04-19

one of the world’s most strategic and contested maritime regions. The thesis examines the problem of how China might exploit gaps in international...v Abstract The South China Sea is one of the world’s most important, strategic, and contested maritime regions. Disputes over the sovereignty of...advisors Professor David Rodearmel and Colonel Kristian Smith, USA, for your feedback and guidance on this project. Thanks also to Dr. Philip Saunders

Countering Piracy with the Next-Generation Piracy Performance Surface Model

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-03-01

your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows...me when I became discouraged. He opened my eyes to a world filled with color and for this I am grateful. I am ever indebted to my advisor, Dr...NPS OR Professors for their devotion and commitment to teaching me, the military officer, and the world of academia. My closing thought...The Man in

Using Cyber Capabilities to Inform and Influence

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2012-12-01

students , faculty and, thesis advisors who were also enormously instrumental in the formulation of the ideas of this thesis. Without their support and...network. Also there is no guarantee that the data will travel the same route every time. Within the CBG algorithm they have tried to minimize what they...all of their users. The recipients could include all students and instructors, which would fit our primary target audience of the 18 to 45-year- olds

South Carolina Cancer Health Equity Consortium: HBCU Student Summer Training Program

DTIC Science & Technology

2016-08-01

Teleconferences were held quarterly with members of the Leadership Team to discuss student recruitment methods . The Associate Directors and Faculty Advisors then...tools such as Facebook have also been useful for engaging the students and opening a venue for communication. Another method we have found useful is...these methods [19] to improve continued student tracking. These multiple tracking strategies will be used to update the table that is included in

Insurgency: A Formidable Threat to Philippine Security

DTIC Science & Technology

1988-04-01

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). There is a third type but it is a variant and offshoot of the communist insurgency. The Cordillera People’s...organize the people into mass organizations for employment in the united front effort. Importantly, they provide recruits, information, food and shelter and ...Avaalihity Codes Avail and or. A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY Dist Spccal IN FULFILLMENT OF THE RESEARCH REQU I REMENT Thesis Advisor

International Acquisition Programs: Variables Beyond Cost, Schedule and Performance

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-02-17

Academy with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Factors Engineering and a Masters of Operational Art and Science from Air Command and Staff...Lt Col, USAF A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor: Col Kenneth Tatum 17...5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6. AUTHOR( S ) 5d. PROJECT NUMBER 5e. TASK NUMBER 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME( S ) AND ADDRESS

3,700 USAF Junior Acquisition Officers! Rebalance USAF Manning Priorities Now

DTIC Science & Technology

2017-04-06

duties because they represent basically “no-cost” manpower to the headquarters and base -level leaders. The USAF pays for their military salary and...Colonel, United States Air Force A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor: Colonel...academic research paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the US government, the Department of Defense

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENABLED JOINT CONCEPT FOR ENTRY OPERATIONS

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2017-04-06

approach to manpower consolidation on a scale similar to what Rivet Workforce accomplished in the 1980s and 1990s. A consolidation based on aircraft...Logistics for the AirSea Battle,” Research (Maxwell Air Force Base , Alabama: Air Force Fellows, March 2011), 19. 36 “The Aviationist » Rapid Raptor...USAF A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor: Col Daniel Runyon 6 April 2017

An Assessment of Brazil’s Economic and Energy Problems

DTIC Science & Technology

1988-04-01

regions of Brazil have similar problems. The * huge Campo Cerrado region covering 500 million acres, or an area equal to 12 of the midwestern states...OF BRAZIL’S ECONOMIC AND ENERGY PROBLEMS by Keith D. Hawkins Lieutenant Colonel, USAF A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY IN FULFILLMENT OF... THE RESEARCH REQUIREMENT Research Advisor: Lieutenant Colonel George M. Lauderbuagh MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA April 1988 L. - -I ._ .! I I El II

Grassroots Environmentalism in Vietnam: How Communities Can Initiate Change

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-11-01

5d. PROJECT NUMBER Boll, Christian D., CDR, USN 5e. TASK NUMBER Paper Advisor: Prof. William McDonald 5f. WORK UNIT NUMBER 7...number of IGO environmental funds that are administered by the World Bank . The Climate Investment Fund, for example, sponsors a number of projects in...Distribution is unlimited. Reference: DOD Directive 5230.24 13. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES A paper submitted to the Naval War College faculty in partial

Missions and Mobility Configurations for RED HORSE

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1988-04-01

use in other research reports or educational pursuits contingent upon the following stipulations: - Reproduction rights do not extend to any copyrighted...MOBILITY CONFIGURATIONS FOR RED HORSE AUTHOR(S) MAJOR JAMES T. RYBURN, USAF FACULTY ADVISOR LT COL ROBERT L. PETERS, ACSC/3823 STUS SPONSOR COL ROBERT J...Classification) MISSIONS AND MOBILITY CONFIGURATIONS FOR RED HORSE 12. PERSONAL AUTHOR(S) Ryburn, James T., Maj or, USAF 13a. TYPE OF REPORT J13b. TIME

Velior Petrovich

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Ness, Norman

Dr. Velior Petrovich Shabansky, aged 58, the head of the Laboratory of Cosmic Electrodynamics, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, suddenly passed away on November 16, 1985, of a heart attack. He was one of the founders of theoretical ideas in physics of interplanetary and near-earth space. Shabansky obtained his education at the Moscow State University and joined the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., as a postgraduate. He obtained his Candidate's Degree in theory of conductivity of metals in strong electric fields, with V. L. Ginsburg as his advisor, in 1954. During 1954-1958, Shabansky continued investigation of nonlinear properties of plasma in metals. For the next 2 years, he worked at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Shabansky left the Crimean Observatory to go to the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, where he investigated the earth's radiation belts, the plasma of the earth's magnetosphere, finished his doctoral dissertation, and received his degree in 1966. From 1966, he headed the Laboratory of Cosmic Electrodynamics, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University. He is best known to the scientific community in the Soviet Union as chief of the Seminar on Cosmic Electrodynamics. Shabansky elaborated a special course of lectures on space physics that has been delivered for many years at the Physical Faculty, Moscow State University. He taught a large number of Soviet physicists, experts in cosmic electrodynamics. An enthusiastic, talented, and many-sided personality, he carried away everybody who knew him. He was known to the U.S. space physics community because of his own work, because of the work of his colleagues and students, a n d because of his infectious and spirited personality. Having died an untimely death, he left a deeply mourning widow and a 23-year-old son. Friends and colleagues will keep the bright image of Dr. Shabansky in their memory forever.

Austrian Teachers and Their Education since 1945. Bulletin, 1957, No. 2

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Lahey, Helen C.

1954-01-01

During the academic year 1955-1956 Dr. Helen C. Lahey, Professor of Education at City College of the City of New York, New York, served as Fulbright guest professor at the Pedagogical Seminar in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Vienna, Austria. While in Vienna Dr. Lahey was granted permission for research in the archives and library…

USAF/SCEEE Summer Faculty Research Program (1982). Research Reports. Volume 2.

DTIC Science & Technology

1982-10-01

Engineering (802) 658-3330 Assigned: RADC/Griffiss Dr. Milton J. Alexander Degree: D.B.A., Management , 1968 Professor Specialty: Management ...Information Auburn University Systems, Operational Management Department Research Auburn, AL 36830 Assigned: LMC (205) 826-4730 Dr. Gary L. Allen Degree: Ph.D...Ph.D., Industrial Professor Engineering, 1951 Oklahoma State University Specialty: Project Management , Industrial Engineering & Management Dept

In Iowa, a Life of the Mind, Heart, and Soul

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Selingo, Jefery

2005-01-01

When Dr. Skorton was tapped as Iowa's president, in 2003, his appointment was widely favored by faculty and staff members. Unlike most academics who give up their day jobs when they become college presidents, Dr. David J. Skorton 55, kept his when he took the reins at Iowa two years ago. A cardiologist by training, he still sees patients with…

George Washington: A Grounded Leader

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-04-08

not well educated in a formal sense, George Washington was highly intellectual. His commitment to self -improvement, coupled with native abilities, and...and additional qualifiers separated by commas, e.g. Smith, Richard, Jr. 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME{S) AND ADDRESS{ES). Self -explanatory. 8...PERMITTED PROVIDED PROPER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS MADE. ii Acknowledgements In the beginning was Dr. Donald F. Bittner. Dr. Bittner was my esteemed faculty

Immunology in Pittsburgh.

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Finn, Olivera J; Salter, Russell D

2006-01-01

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has a long tradition of excellence in immunology research and training. Faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows walk through hallways that are pictorial reminders of the days when Dr. Jonas Salk worked here to develop the polio vaccine, or when Dr. Niels Jerne chaired the Microbiology Department and worked on perfecting the Jerne Plaque Assay for antibody-producing cells. Colleagues and postdoctoral fellows of Professor Salk are still on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh Medical School as are graduate students of Professor Jerne. A modern research building, the 17 story high Biomedical Science Tower, is a vivid reminder of the day when Dr. Thomas Starzl arrived in Pittsburgh and started building the most prominent solid-organ-transplant program in the world. The immunology research that developed around the problem of graft rejection and tolerance induction trained numerous outstanding students and fellows. Almost 20 yr ago, the University of Pittsburgh founded the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) with the renowned immunologist Dr. Ronald Herberman at its helm. This started a number of new research initiatives in cancer immunology and immunotherapy. A large number of outstanding young investigators, as well as several well-established tumor immunologists, were recruited to Pittsburgh at that time.

Ask The Experts: Pain management and end-of-life care.

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Fine, Perry G

2012-07-01

Perry G Fine, MD, completed medical school in 1981 at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond (VA, USA). He served an internship in 1982 at the Community Hospital of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, California, and completed his residency in 1984 at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City (UT, USA). In addition, Dr Fine completed a fellowship in 1985 at the Smythe Pain Clinic of the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. Dr Fine is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology of the School of Medicine at the University of Utah, where he serves on the faculty in the Pain Research Center, and is an attending physician in the Pain Management Center. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors and is Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, and represents the Academy on the Steering Committee of the Pain Care Coalition, Washington, DC, USA. He also serves on the Clinical Models Committee of the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC). Dr Fine is the External Strategic Advisor for Capital Caring, Washington, DC, developing sustainable models of advanced illness coordinated care in community settings, as an integrative component of comprehensive advanced illness care. Since 2003, he has chaired the National Initiative on Pain Control, a broad-reaching pain improvement project of the American Pain Foundation. Dr Fine is widely published in the fields of pain management and end-of-life care. He serves on several scientific advisory boards and the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed medical journals, including Pain Medicine and the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. As a medical avocation, he worked as a team physician for the University of Utah football team for 18 years and was a medical officer for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He is the recipient of the 2007 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Distinguished Hospice Physician Award, and the 2008 American Pain Society John and Emma Bonica Public Service Award. He is the recipient of the American Academy of Pain Management's 2010 Head and Heart award and the 2011 Nyswander Award, presented at the annual Pain and Chemical Dependency meeting in New York City (NY, USA). In 2012, the Perry G Fine, MD Endowed Fund in Pain and Palliative Medicine was created at West Virginia University by Hospice Care Inc. to honor his contributions to the fields of pain and palliative care and ensure continuing education of health professionals in these essential domains.

Design and development of experimental facilities for short duration, low-gravity combustion and fire experiments

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1994-01-01

This report contains the results of three projects conducted by undergraduate students from Worcester Polytechnical Institute at the NASA's Lewis Research Center under a NASA Award NCC3-312. The students involved in these projects spent part of the summer of 1993 at the Lewis Research Center (LeRC). The Principal Investigator at Worcester Polytechnic Institute was Professor Vahid Motevalli. Professor Motevalli served as the principal project advisor for two of the three projects which were in Mechanical Engineering. The third project was advised by Professor Duckworth of Electrical and Computer Engineering, while Professor Motevalli acted as the co-advisor. These projects provided an excellent opportunity for the students to participate in the cutting edge research and engineering design, interact with NASA engineers and gain valuable exposure to a real working environment. This report has been divided to three sections, representing the outcome of each of the separate projects. The three reports which have been written by the students under the supervision of their advisors have been compiled into a combined report by Dr. Motevalli. Each project report is presented here as a section which is essentially self-contained. Each section contains chapters introducing the problem, solution approach, description of the experiments, results and analysis, conclusions and appendixes as appropriate.

Separate and Unequal at Hillsborough High: A Principal's Challenges in Integrating "Academic" and Career and Technical Education Coursework

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Malin, Joel R.; Hackmann, Donald G.

2015-01-01

Dr. Edward White, Hillsborough High School principal, has decided to allocate faculty in-service time to address an unproductive chasm between academic and career and technical education programming within the school, which has created tensions among the faculty. On returning to his office after the professional development session, which was…

Balancing the Roles of a Family Medicine Residency Faculty: A Grounded Theory Study.

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Reitz, Randall; Sudano, Laura; Siler, Anne; Trimble, Kristopher

2016-05-01

Great variety exists in the roles that family medicine residency faculty fill in the lives of their residents. A family medicine-specific model has never been created to describe and promote effective training relationships. This research aims to create a consensus model for faculty development, ethics education, and policy creation. Using a modified grounded theory methods, researchers conducted phone interviews with 22 key informants from US family medicine residencies. Data were analyzed to delineate faculty roles, common role conflicts, and ethical principles for avoiding and managing role conflicts. Key informants were asked to apply their experience and preferences to adapt an existing model to fit with family medicine residency settings. The primary result of this research is the creation of a family medicine-specific model that describes faculty roles and provides insight into how to manage role conflicts with residents. Primary faculty roles include Role Model, Advisor, Teacher, Supervisor, and Evaluator. Secondary faculty roles include Friendly Colleague, Wellness Supporter, and Helping Hand. The secondary roles exist on a continuum from disengaged to enmeshed. When not balanced, the secondary roles can detract from the primary roles. Differences were found between role expectations of physician versus behavioral science faculty and larger/university/urban residencies versus smaller/community/rural residencies. Diversity of opinion exists related to the types of roles that are appropriate for family medicine faculty to maintain with residents. This new model is a first attempt to build consensus in the field and has application to faculty development, ethics education, and policy creation.

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program (1983). Program Management Report.

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1983-12-01

845-5011 Dr. John Eoll Degree: Ph.D., Astrophysics, 1976 Assistant Professor Specialty: Radiaton Transport , Fluid Lernir-Rhyne College Dynamics...Applications Newark, DE 19711 Assigned: RADC (302) 738-8173 Dr. Gregory Jones Degree: Ph.D., Mathematics, 1972 Associate Professor Specialty: Computability...1965 Associate Professor Specialty: Magnetic Resonance, University of Dayton Transport Properties Physics Department Assigned: ML Dayton, OH 45469 5

Mathematical Techniques for System Realization and Identification.

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1986-02-26

OZGULER, P. KHARGCNEKAR, J. RIBERA , and T. GEORGIOU. Also supported was the Principal Investigator (partial sumier support only) and various short-term...1982] "Skew-primeness in the regulator problem with internal stability", Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, 63 pages. J. RIBERA [1982...Research Institute, Kocaeli, TURKEY) Dr. J. Ribera , doctoral student (now on faculty of I. E. S. E., Barcelona, SPAIN) Dr. A. Tannenbaum, Visiting

World Epidemiology Review, Number 107

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1978-09-27

admitted to the infectious diseases unit at the Diyarbakir Medical Faculty Numune Hospital, Mehdi Zana said, "We informed the authorities earlier that...mittee member and chairman of social affairs committee U Aye Hlaing with Township Medical Officer Dr Khin Maung Swe officiating as master of cere...reportedly spread from Kanbalu Township to these villages. Taze Township Medical Officer Dr Khin Kyaing and staff of Nabetgyi Hospital toured Silages

The Air Advisor: The Face of US Air Force Engagement

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2013-08-01

Zadalis, USAF Nestled in the local townships of small-town New Jersey is an Air Education and Training Command (AETC) schoolhouse with a small faculty of...of the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base (AB), Ja- pan, preparing these Airmen for the multiple partner-nation engage- ment activities planned...comprise the newly activated US Aviation Detachment, 52nd Operations Group’s Detachment 1, assigned to Lask AB, Poland. Four instructors from the Air

NATO Enlargement--Round Two; Prudence or Folly?

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1999-04-01

about the 60% level . See Golden, 28, and Binnendijk, 56. 34 This figure was based on results of a ground analysis performed by SHAPE which estimated... A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor: Lt Col Charles E. Costanzo Maxwell Air Force...foreign and defense policies, but could also have a very real and personal impact on me as an Air Force officer. As a result, when the opportunity arose

Book Analysis: Challenger: A Major Malfunction.

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1988-04-01

REPORT NUMBER 88-113S TITLE BOOK ANALYSIS: CHALLENGER : A MAJOR MALFUNCTION AUTHOR(S) MAJOR THOMAS M. HALL, USAF FACULTY ADVISOR LT COL JOhN R. GRELLMAN... CHALLENGER : A MAJOR MALFUNCTION 12. PERSONAL AUTHOR(S) Hall, Thomas M., Major, USAF 13a. TYPE OF REPORT 13b. TIME COVERED 14. DATE OF REPORT (Year, Month...identify by block number) FIELD GROUP SUB-GROUP 19. ABSTRACT Continue on reverse if necessary and identify by block number) This report analyzes Challenger

Fuels Branch Reorganization: A Study of the Fuels Officer and the Fuels Organization.

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1985-09-01

faculty advisor, Captain Richard D. Mabe , and my reader, Mr. Patrick M. Bresnahan for their suggestions and counsel. Finally, I want to thank my family...Western Publishing Company, 1963. 4. Crump, Lt Col James C., Director of Logistics. Tele- phone interview. Office of the Joint Chief of Staff, Pentagon...Energy Management Division. Telephone interview. HQ SAC/LGSF, Offutt AFB NE, 18 Nov 1984. 18. McClave, James T. and P. George Benson. Statistics for

Healing The Operational Environment: Encouraging Mental Health Help-Seeking Behavior

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2016-02-10

of the four pillars of wellness.24 By design the IRST sessions focus on the delivery of information using a small group model of not more than 10...Brown, Lt Col, United States Air Force A Research Report Submitted to the Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor...DISCLAIMER The views expressed in this academic research paper are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the US

What’s Wrong with the Survivor Benefit Plan?

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1986-04-01

Found aspects of the program confusing. Most often mentioned were the benefit adjustment mechanism and the special tax advantage Features. Not...WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN? AUTHOR(S) MAJOR RALPH A. BLA1ELOCK, USAF FACULTY ADVISOR MAJOR MACK FOSTER, ACSC/EDCM SPONSOR LT COLONEL...Include.ecurslty Ckwaaicationl WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE SURVIVOR BENEFIT , PERSONAL AUTHORST Blakelock, ph A., Major, USAF 13a. TYPE OF REPORT 13t. TIME

The 17th Annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition: Intelligent Robots Built by Intelligent Students

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2009-11-23

intelligent mobile robots. The competition has been highly praised by faculty advisors as an excellent multidisciplinary design experience for...States Naval Academy Robo -Goat 60 0:54 21 Oakland University Moonwalker 54 0:22 22 Tennessee Technological University Andros 53 1:06 23 California...Naval Academy Robo -Goat 622.00 20 University of Michigan – Dearborn Rhino 568.50 21 Georgia Institute of Technology Candiii 533.00 22 Rose-Hulman

Analysis of: A Military Leadership Assessment Development Program

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1990-05-01

assessment pro:’gram. Reliance, however, on these to the enclusion of other research methods such as direct observation, would engender criticism. (15:238...XE A~ICOLLEGE RESEARCH REPORT AD-A241 082 I~I~lhII 111IIJ ldII~l I "~ANALYSIS OF: A MILITARY LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM COMMANDER...SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY IN FULFILLMENT OF THE RESEARCH REQU I REMENT Research Advisor: Col. Bryan Strickland MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA MAY, 1990

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program: Program Management Report

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1988-12-01

Laboratory 64 Realization of Sublayer Relative Dr. Lane Clark Shielding Order in Electromagnetic Topology 65 Diode Laser Probe of Vibrational Dr. David...given. In addition, all possible sublayer topologies with relative shielding order at most 5 are explicitly given. S863 Diode Laser Probe of...dioxide at 193 nm to prepare the SO radicals. High resolution diode laser absorption spectrometry will be used to obtain time-dependent concentrations

CRUSER News. Issue 30, Aug 2013

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2013-08-01

Versatile Low Cost Tactical SUAS by Dr. Richard Guiler, Physical Sciences Inc. • Small Unmanned Aircraft System ( SUAS )/Unattended Ground Sensor...NPS faculty JIFX 13-4 was held last week and included several different planned experiments in the unmanned systems /robot- ics thread. One of the many... planned experiments for the unmanned systems / robotics thread. • Tactical Operations for Multiple Swarm UAVs by Dr Timothy Chung, NPS • ងlb

"Did You Say 50% of My Grade?"--Teaching Introductory Physics to Non-Science Majors through a Haunted Physics Lab

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Donaldson, Nancy

2010-01-01

Several years ago I attended an AAPT Haunted Physics Workshop taught by Dr. Tom Zepf from Creighton University. Dr. Zepf's highly successful Haunted Physics Lab at Creighton was put on every October by his physics majors. I found the concept of exhibiting physics projects in a "fun" way to students, faculty, and the public very exciting, so an…

USAF/SCEEE Summer Faculty Research Program (1982). Management Report.

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1982-10-01

Patrick J. Sweeney, Ph.D., P.E. Mary Doddy, M.S. ABSTRACT This dynamic simulation computer model demonstrates the affects of C-forces upon the eyeball...Assistant Professor Specialty: Numerical Modeling and University of Lowell Computer Simulation of Mathematics Department Geophysical Problems Lowell...Problems And Promises 25 Modeling And Tracking Saccadic Dr. John D. Enderle Eye Movements 26 Dynamic Response Of Doubly Curved Dr. Fernando E. Fagundo

Identifying High-Traffic Patterns in the Workplace with Radio Tomographic Imaging in 3D Wireless Sensor Networks

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2014-03-27

TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING IN 3D WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS Thea S. Danella, B.S.E.E. Captain, USAF Approved: //signed// Richard K. Martin , PhD (Chairman) //signed...have every one of them in my life. I want to also thank my advisor, Dr. Richard K. Martin , and fellow student, Mr. Jason Pennington. They were...of the Fisher Information Matrix (FIM) J, and as such are the lower bounds on the Normalized Mean Squared Error (NMSE)R for pixel p. In [49], Martin et

Interview with a SureSmile doctor: Nicole M. Jane. Interview by Robert P. Scholz.

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Jane, Nicole M

2009-04-01

SureSmile (OraMetrix, Richardson, Tex) uses advanced technologies, including digital models, virtual simulations, and robotic wire bending to help clinicians provide customized, efficient treatment. Nicole M. Jane has been a solo orthodontic practitioner in South Lake Tahoe, California, since 2004. She has been using SureSmile technology in her practice since December 2005 and is an advisor for SureSmile in her capacity as a practicing orthodontist. Before becoming an orthodontist, Dr Jane was a general dentist in the US Navy, 1998-2001.

Metallurgical Characterization of the Interfaces and the Damping Mechanisms in Metal Matrix Composites.

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1986-09-30

Il.g. Honors, Awards - none II.h. Participants :Mr. Asok Ray ; Graduate Student working towards his Ph.D. Thesis. Advisor: Dr. V.K. Kinra at Texas A&M...Presentations ll.d.1 Invited Presentation at Topical or Scientific/Technical Society Conferences i) A.K. Ray , V.K. Kinra, S.P. Rawal and M.S. Misra...FC16 ii) S.P. Rawal, J.H. Armstrong, M.S. Misra, A.K. Ray and V.K. Kinra, "Damping Measurements of Gr/AI Composites", Symposium on Dynamic Behavior of

A Piloted Simulation Investigating Handling Qualities and Performance Requirements of a Single-Pilot Helicopter in Air Combat Employing a Helmet-Driven Turreted Gun.

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1987-09-01

Jeffrey N. Williams September 1987 Thesis Advisor Donald M. Layton Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. 7 14 44 r uaKjjW...I . - TBLE 9 PARTICIPATING EVALUATION PILOTS CW 2 John Burt, US. Army MAI Eric L Mitchell, U.S. Army ACM Instructor Pilot, Utah ANG Test Pilot...M. Layton , Code 67Ln I Department of Aeronautics Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943 5. Dr. J. Victor Lebacqz 6 Chief, Flight Dynamics and

Finding the Enemy: Using 3-D Laser Radar (LADAR) Imaging for Real Time Combat Identification of Ground Targets in an Obscured Environment

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2010-04-01

AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY FINDING THE ENEMY: USING 3-D LASER RADAR (LADAR) IMAGING FOR REAL TIME COMBAT...Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of Graduation Requirements Advisor: Lt Col Terry Bullard Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama April 2010...position of the US government or the Department of Defense. In accordance with Air Force Instruction 51-303, it is not copyrighted, but is the property of

SPARTAN II: An Instructional High Resolution Land Combat Model

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1993-03-01

93M-09 SPARTAN II: AN INSTRUCTIONAL HIGH RESOLUTION LAND COMBAT MODEL THESIS DWquALfl’ 4 Presented to the Faculty of the School of Engineering of the...ADVISOR NAJ Edward Negrelli/ENS REALDER MAJ Bruce Marl an/MA LD1 { The goal of this thesis was to improve SPARTAN, a high resolution land combat model...should serve as a useful tool for learning about the advantages and disadvantages of high resolution combat modeling. I wish to thank I4AJ Edward

KC-135 Survivability in a War in Europe

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1989-05-01

IIESEARCHlRPR KC-135 SURVIVA~BILITY IN4 A WA~R IN EUROPE 6T COL joHN EKWALL 3.989c ei-.T ..... , t =T’ p \\47 MR JIVERSI~r UAIRE s’rAT AIR FORCE ...MAWEIJL AIR FORCE BASbAB AIR WAR COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY KC-135 SURVIVABILITY IN A WAR IN EUROPE by John Ekwall Lieutenant Colonel, USAF A DEFENSE...ANALYTICAL STUDY SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY IN FULLFILLMENT OF THE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENT Advisor: Colonel Frank W. Anderson, Jr. MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE

Strategic Public Health Concerns Resulting From Cognitive Insult on the Modern Battlefield and Cognitive Readiness

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2012-04-01

Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Graduation Requirements Advisor: John Kelliher, PhD and James Wright, PhD Maxwell Air Force Base ...physical end of the insult spectrum is TBI. This insult is generally caused by some type of trauma in the CNS and is seen frequently in military...insult to the integrity of the environment of the CNS leaves the soldier susceptible to infection if the wound is not immediately cared for in a

Practical Applications of Math and Science in Junior High Schools

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1984-04-01

APPLICATIONS OF MATH AND SCIENCE IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AUTHOR(S) MAJOR LAWRENCE N. HYLAND, USAF FACULTY ADVISOR mAJoR JAMM WILSON, ACSC/EDDP SPONSOR LT COL...JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS 6 PERFORMING O1G. REPORT NUMBER "ś, Au THORrs) 8. CON’RACT OR GRANT NUMBER(.,) Lawrence N. Hyland, Major, USAF 9. PERFORMING...materials aimed at the jumior high school level. Material exposes target group to the mathematical and scientific skills required of Air Force

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Stanislaus, Shirvel; Manweiler, Robert; Koetke, Donald

This report summarizes the research carried out by the faculty, staff and students of Valparaiso University (VU) during the 30-year period from 1986 to 2015 using funds provided by the Medium Energy Nuclear Physics program of the Department of Energy (DOE). Three faculty members led the VU research group during the lifetime of the research grant. The three principal investigators responsible for the research were: Dr. Donald Koetke (1986 – 2007), Dr. Robert Manweiler (2008 – 2010), and Dr. Shirvel Stanislaus (2011 – 2015). During this period we participated and contributed to the progress of the following experiments: 1. Themore » MEGA Experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LAMPF E969). 2. The Crystal Ball Experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL/AGS E906, E913). 3. The NuSea Experiment at Fermilab (FNAL E866). 4. The TWIST Experiment at TRIUMF (TRIUMF E614). 5. The STAR Experiment at RHIC. 6. The nEDM Experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In the following sections we briefly describe the goals of the above experiments and the contributions made by the Valparaiso University personnel towards the progress of each project.« less

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Member Information Dr. Julie L. Sutcliffe Laboratory websiteshttps://bme.ucdavis.edu/sutcliffe/ http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/providerbio/search/21751 https://bme.ucdavis.edu/people/departmental-faculty/julie-sutcliffe/ |

Building Local and Transnational Feminisms: An Interview with Noelia Corrales and Lussiana Salazar of la Escuela de Español Colibrí in Matagalpa, Nicaragua

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Kemp, Theresa D.

2016-01-01

In 2009, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's (UWEC) women's studies program offered its first iteration of the faculty-led international immersion course Women's Lives and Experiences in Nicaragua. This program was created and initially led by Dr. Rose-Marie Avin, a faculty member in the economics department and an affiliate member of both…

Scott Murphy, MD: platelet storage pioneer.

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Vassallo, Ralph

2011-04-01

Dr Scott Murphy was a leading authority in the science of platelet storage for transfusion. Among the first to advocate room-temperature storage, his work enabled the extension of platelet shelf life, which facilitated the development of aggressive medical and surgical therapies requiring intensive platelet support. During a 38-year career, he characterized the metabolism of stored platelets, worked to optimize storage conditions, and developed a landmark standard for the assessment of platelet quality. As a clinical hematologist, he was devoted to his patients, providing compassionate, comforting care. He was also a cherished mentor, a sage advisor, a fast friend, and a dedicated family man. Dr Murphy was one of those rare, great, humble men who inspire and enrich everyone around him. Truly one of transfusion medicine's leaders, Scott is remembered by those whose lives he touched for his warmth, wit, and wisdom. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program (1983). Technical Report. Volume 1

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1983-12-01

1968 Aerospace Engineering Department Specialty: Physical Fluid Dynamics Tullahoma, TN 37388 Assigned: AEDC e (613) 455-0631 Dr. Richard Conte...aLid Psycho- Psychology Department metrics Norfolk, VA 23508 Assigned: HRL/B -’ (804) 440-4235 Dr Fred E . Domann Degree: Ph.D., Physics, 1975...Assigned: APL Dayton, OH 45469(513) 229-2835 -*7* S.. * . e "-i..’i’._.:’,’,’-.:’,,-.. . - ... ,- . . • .,-- ". -’. ,, ..v

USAF Summer Faculty Research Program. 1980. Research Reports. Volume II.

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1980-10-01

Radiation Damage Profiles and Annealing Dr. Samuel C. Ling Effects of 120 keV Sulfur Implants in GaAs 45 Finite Element Modeling of Elastic-Plastic Dr...described more fully in a later section. II. OBJECTIVES: Laboratory management is acutely aware of the shortcomings of the current informational processes...are fixed, there are only two modes of heat trans- fer - radiation and conduction. At the low temperatures necessary for superconductivity, radiation

Merton C. Flom, OD, PhD--a paradigm of optometric leadership.

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Polse, Kenneth A

2007-11-01

Dr. Merton Flom serves as the quintessential model for demonstrating what it takes to be an outstanding scientist, clinician, and educator. Professor Flom's career as a clinician, vision scientist, and visionary in optometry is well known to most faculty in optometric institutions, but many in the profession may not be aware of his enormous contributions. This profile captures Dr. Flom's professional and personal views about optometry, vision research, and education.

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders.

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Malhi, Gin S; Bassett, Darryl; Boyce, Philip; Bryant, Richard; Fitzgerald, Paul B; Fritz, Kristina; Hopwood, Malcolm; Lyndon, Bill; Mulder, Roger; Murray, Greg; Porter, Richard; Singh, Ajeet B

2015-12-01

To provide guidance for the management of mood disorders, based on scientific evidence supplemented by expert clinical consensus and formulate recommendations to maximise clinical salience and utility. Articles and information sourced from search engines including PubMed and EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Google Scholar were supplemented by literature known to the mood disorders committee (MDC) (e.g., books, book chapters and government reports) and from published depression and bipolar disorder guidelines. Information was reviewed and discussed by members of the MDC and findings were then formulated into consensus-based recommendations and clinical guidance. The guidelines were subjected to rigorous successive consultation and external review involving: expert and clinical advisors, the public, key stakeholders, professional bodies and specialist groups with interest in mood disorders. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for mood disorders (Mood Disorders CPG) provide up-to-date guidance and advice regarding the management of mood disorders that is informed by evidence and clinical experience. The Mood Disorders CPG is intended for clinical use by psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians and others with an interest in mental health care. The Mood Disorder CPG is the first Clinical Practice Guideline to address both depressive and bipolar disorders. It provides up-to-date recommendations and guidance within an evidence-based framework, supplemented by expert clinical consensus. Professor Gin Malhi (Chair), Professor Darryl Bassett, Professor Philip Boyce, Professor Richard Bryant, Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Dr Kristina Fritz, Professor Malcolm Hopwood, Dr Bill Lyndon, Professor Roger Mulder, Professor Greg Murray, Professor Richard Porter and Associate Professor Ajeet Singh. Professor Carlo Altamura, Dr Francesco Colom, Professor Mark George, Professor Guy Goodwin, Professor Roger McIntyre, Dr Roger Ng, Professor John O'Brien, Professor Harold Sackeim, Professor Jan Scott, Dr Nobuhiro Sugiyama, Professor Eduard Vieta, Professor Lakshmi Yatham. Professor Marie-Paule Austin, Professor Michael Berk, Dr Yulisha Byrow, Professor Helen Christensen, Dr Nick De Felice, A/Professor Seetal Dodd, A/Professor Megan Galbally, Dr Josh Geffen, Professor Philip Hazell, A/Professor David Horgan, A/Professor Felice Jacka, Professor Gordon Johnson, Professor Anthony Jorm, Dr Jon-Paul Khoo, Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, Dr Cameron Lacey, Dr Noeline Latt, Professor Florence Levy, A/Professor Andrew Lewis, Professor Colleen Loo, Dr Thomas Mayze, Dr Linton Meagher, Professor Philip Mitchell, Professor Daniel O'Connor, Dr Nick O'Connor, Dr Tim Outhred, Dr Mark Rowe, Dr Narelle Shadbolt, Dr Martien Snellen, Professor John Tiller, Dr Bill Watkins, Dr Raymond Wu. © The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2015.

My thoughts on teaching.

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Smith, Bonnie J

2009-01-01

The Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award, presented annually to a faculty member at each college or school of veterinary medicine in the United States, is the most prestigious teaching award in veterinary medicine. Originally this award was known as the Norden Award, named in honor of Carl J. Norden, founder of Norden Laboratories, but since 1963 it has been sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health. Awardees are selected by their individual colleges and schools based on the following criteria: teaching excellence in lectures, laboratories, and/or clinical settings; support of student learning and development outside of traditional venues, such as by counseling, advising of specialty clubs, and so on (extracurricular activities); and character and leadership. Students, peers, and administrators provide input into the various criteria. Each of the 28 colleges or schools of veterinary medicine in the United States is invited to submit the dossier of their awardee to a national selection committee sponsored by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). It gives me great pleasure to note that the committee has awarded the 2008 Pfizer Teaching Award to Dr. Bonnie Smith, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Embryology, and Physiology at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) at Virginia Tech. Dr. Smith began her faculty service at VMRCVM in 1991, and previous to that spent four years on the faculty at North Carolina State University. Her ability to make a positive impact in the lives of students and their learning has become legendary over the years. Likewise, as a member of the Curriculum Board (Committee) and serving on various course design teams, Dr. Smith has been a steadying force in guiding the curriculum through various iterations. Helping students and faculty keep a sense of balance throughout these changes has been one of her major contributions. As a testament to her long-term teaching excellence, Dr. Bonnie Smith has received at least 22 different awards and citations for teaching excellence, two of which came very early in her career while she was at North Carolina State University. Most notable among these many awards is the fact that she is now a three-time recipient of the Pfizer Teaching Award. Dr. Smith has also been nominated by Student AVMA for a Teaching Excellence Award in Basic Sciences and has received an Honorable Mention, Teacher of the Year Award from the AVMA. Additionally, she has received an Alumni Teaching Award and a University Award for Teaching Excellence, and she has been elected to the Virginia Tech Academy of Teaching Excellence. Each of these three awards recognizes the best educators on Virginia Tech's faculty. Students have been very articulate in their praise of Dr. Smith's teaching. The comments received include "She has developed a unique teaching style that infuses traditional lectures with her unrelenting energy while never sacrificing content or complexity" and "She approaches the material from many angles, with clear verbalization of concepts, creatively utilizing stories and metaphors for clarification." Finally, a very fitting comment that illustrates her impact on her students: "Outside the classroom, Dr. Smith also influences many of us by serving as a strong female role model. In the face of life's hardships, she perseveres with an unshakably positive spirit. She encourages us to excel in all we do within the walls of our school and in our own lives." Peers have likewise been most complimentary of Dr. Smith's abilities as an educator. Examples from her nomination packet include the following: "Dr. Smith is truly a Master Teacher of the college. She has consistently demonstrated exemplary qualities of teaching, dedication and work ethic. She has received every teaching award the College has to offer and is consistently recognized by students, peers and the University" and "She epitomizes the qualities we have come to associate with teaching excellence. First and foremost is her dedication and commitment to student learning. Second, Dr. Smith's rapport with her students is outstanding because she invests the time necessary to gain their trust so she knows exactly what they are struggling with in her course. Third, she has the uncommon ability and desire to reach into students' minds and hearts to tailor instruction to meet individual learning styles and needs. Indeed, Dr. Smith is extremely gifted in being able to take complex details and concepts, and simplify, organize and present them in a very clear, understandable fashion." Other peer comments include: "Dr. Smith's animated and enthusiastic style was very effective and well-received"; "She is commended for her very good use of metaphors, examples and humor"; and "We all agree that attending Dr. Smith's lectures was beneficial to us as well as to the students! Keep up the fine work." In summary, Dr. Smith is to be sincerely congratulated on receiving this prestigious award. It is well deserved, based on her long history of teaching excellence and on the positive impact she has had in the lives of her students. -J. Blair Meldrum, Professor of Toxicology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, and Chair, VMRCVM Pfizer Teaching Award Selection Committee.

The Effects of Student Narration in College Engineering Classes

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2015-01-01

93(3), 223-231. 2004. 6. Norman, G., and Schmidt, H., “Effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning Curricula: Theory, Practice and Paper Darts ...conference papers . Dr. Richard Buckley is Lt Col in the U.S. Air Force and an Assistant Professor and Senior Military Faculty at the US Air Force...journal and conference papers . Dr. Dan Jensen is a Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy where he has been since 1997. He

Another Crossroads? Professional Military Education Two Decades After the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Skelton Panel

DTIC Science & Technology

2010-04-01

staff including Erin Conaton, Paul Arcangeli, Robert Simmons, Paul Oostburg Sanz, Paul Lewis, Debra Wada, Suzanne McKenna, Vickie Plunkett, Craig ...National Defense University: Lieutenant General Frances C. Wilson, Dr. John Deegan , Jr., and Dr. John W. Yaeger, 16 March 2009. Marine Corps...diversity.” The Washington Post (on line), 10 November 2009. Deegan , John, Jr. “First Step to Academic Excellence: The Faculty.” 14 April 2009

Women in Physics: An International Perspective

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

McNeil, Laurie

1997-04-01

This session organized by the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics will open with a brief memorial to Dr. Chien-Shung Wu, who died on February 16, 1997. It will continue with an exploration of the challenges faced by women in physics in various parts of the world. We will hear both personal and statistical pictures of the experiences of women in physics in Japan and Canada. The presentations from the two countries (approximately 20 min. each) will be followed by an open forum in which questions from the audience will be invited. "Chien-Shung Wu: In Memoriam" Speaker: Noemie Benczer-Koller. Dr. Chien-Shung Wu and her 1957 experiment on parity non-conservation shattered what was thought to be a fundamental law of physics. Her contributions to women in physics (including her election in 1975 to the APS Presidency) will be briefly recalled. The Japanese Perspective "A Female Physicist in Japan" Fumiko Yonezawa (President, Physical Society of Japan). Dr. Yonazawa will share her experiences as a female physicist in Japan, and describe the path she has taken to leadership in her professional society. The Canadian Perspective "Women in Physics in Canada: A Physics Graduate and Faculty Survey" Janis McKenna (Univ. of British Columbia). Dr. McKenna will present the results of a 1995 CAP-sponsored survey of women faculty and graduates in physics in Canada, which concluded that the situation for women in physics in Canada is very similar to that in the U.S. (only 5% of faculty members are women), and not as progressive as the situation in several European countries. "Physics on the Border: The 'Two-Body Problem' for Canadian Physicists" Ann McMillan (Atmospheric Environment Service). Dr. McMillan will describe how the geographic distribution of Canadian universities and research facilities poses unique problems for physicists balancing two careers in one family. She will discuss the particular challenges faced by female physicists, and the institutional responses to these challenges. Following the presentations, Drs. Yonazawa, McKenna, and McMillan will respond to questions from the audience.

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. Annual technical progress report of ecological research

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Smith, M.H.

1996-07-31

The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) is a research unit of the University of Georgia (UGA). The overall mission of the Laboratory is to acquire and communicate knowledge of ecological processes and principles. SREL conducts basic and applied ecological research, as well as education and outreach programs, under a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. Significant accomplishments were made during the past year in the areas of research, education and service. The Laboratory`s research mission was fulfilled with the publication of two books and 143 journal articles andmore » book chapters by faculty, technical and students, and visiting scientists. An additional three books and about 80 journal articles currently are in press. Faculty, technician and students presented 193 lectures, scientific presentations, and posters to colleges and universities, including minority institutions. Dr. J Vaun McArthur organized and conducted the Third Annual SREL Symposium on the Environment: New Concepts in Strewn Ecology: An Integrative Approach. Dr. Michael Newman conducted a 5-day course titled Quantitative Methods in Ecotoxicology, and Dr. Brian Teppen of The Advanced Analytical Center for Environmental Sciences (AACES) taught a 3-day short course titled Introduction to Molecular Modeling of Environmental Systems. Dr. I. Lehr Brisbin co-hosted a meeting of the Crocodile Special Interest Group. Dr. Rebecca Sharitz attended four symposia in Japan during May and June 1996 and conducted meetings of the Executive Committee and Board of the International Association for Ecology (ENTECOL).« less

Something Spacey for Everyone

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Bonett, D.; Cabana, C.; Thompson, P.; Noel, M.; Johnson, K.

2001-12-01

LPI scientists, education/outreach staff, and library staff participated in Space Day at K.E. Little Elementary in Bacliff, Texas on May 3. The school, which serves 925 students and more than 50 faculty, suspended regular classes for the entire day so that all could participate. Dr. Allan Treiman gave a talk on meteorites; Dr. Joe Hahn gave a talk on comets; Dr. Paul Spudis gave a talk on the Moon; Dr. Carl Allen (JSC) gave a presentation on Mars exploration; and Dr. Paul Schenk presented the solar system in 3D in the computer lab. Sandra Cherry, Delilah Cranford, Mary Ann Hager, Diane Myers, Mary Noel, and Pam Thompson gave presentations to K-5 classes on rocketry and space capsules and guided students in doing a related hands-on activity project. These activities were part of the EXPLORE Fun with Science program. Ms. Thompson also led a hands-on reflectance spectrometry lab with the 5th grade gifted and talented cluster. Space Day 2001 was a full day of hands on interactive space experience for all students pre-kindergarten to fifth grade. With the permission of principal, Mary Ann Cole, the school shut down the normal and went into outer space. Whether making moon cookies out of rice krispies and peanut butter, parachuting an "eggstronaut" from a fire truck, throwing a frisbee across the scaled solar system or listening to a planetary geologist discuss man's discoveries on the moon, Space Day 2001 at KE Little Elementary school wet the appetites of it's students and faculty and had everyone saying, "Lets do this again next year"!

NCCU/BBRI-Duke/Urology Partnership in Prostate Cancer Research

DTIC Science & Technology

2009-06-01

Localized Prostate Cancer: A Community-Based Intervention Investigators: Dave Tulis Ph.D., NCCU/BBRI Collaborators: Catherine Hoyo, Ph.D., Lee Jones, Ph.D...David Tulis the NCCU co-PI in this pilot project, left NCCU last September and accepted a faculty position at East Carolina University. Thus, since we...do not have a faculty Dr Tulis expertise in the BBRI, this project has been discontinued. As shown in the last progress report, a questionnaire was

Direct Reduced Order Mixed H2/H infinity Control for the Short Take-Off and Landing/Maneuver Technology Demonstrator (STOL/MTD)

DTIC Science & Technology

1994-03-01

There are many people who helped me over the course of this research project to whom I am indebted. The first I would like to thank is my advisor Dr...Ridgely. I benifited greatly from his knowledge and experience. I also owe a lot to the sponsor of this research , David Moorhouse for presenting the...resources, adding comments about my research , and putting up with my many questions. The two people that helped me get the mixed H2 / H. code up and running

Human Factors Affecting Pilot Performance in Vertical and Translational Instrument Flight.

DTIC Science & Technology

1983-12-01

measures. DD I 1473 EDITION OF I NOV SS 0WITI UnclassifiedS’N 002-L-014-601 d Mhoi~~ ~~~~~~~ SEUIYCASFCAINO HSP BEHAVORAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY e.-)(Co...Dr. A. L. Slafkosky Mr. R. Lawson Scientific Advisor ONR Detachment Commandant of the Marine Corps 1030 East Green Street Code RD-i SPasadena, CA 91106...Center ONR Detachment Orlando, FL 32b13 1030 East Green Street3. Pasadena, CA 911u6 CDR INouiian ’L. Lane Code N-7A Naval Training Equipment Center

Application of Quasi-Lagrangian Diagnostics and FGGE Data in a Study of East-Coast Cyclogenesis.

DTIC Science & Technology

1981-09-01

QUASI-LAGRANGIAN UDIAGNOSTICS AND FGGE DATA IN A STUDY OF EAST-COAST CYCLOGENESIS by Donald A. Roman September 1981 Thesis Advisor: Dr. Carlyle H. Wash...REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE DEVFOR COMPLETING FORM I.M9PR UM19 2. GOV? AccaS "@ "mO L.VIPICUTS CA? ALOG MUUNW S TyP =F NOo’BP io OE4. TITLC (nd Sisle . ye i...n.J000 Application of Quasi-Lagrangian Master’s Thesis Diagnostics and FGGE Data in a Study 0#4 September 1981 East-Coast Cyclogenesis C PlaPranIWG

Peter Agre and Aquaporin Water Channels

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as a postdoctoral fellow in cell biology. Dr. Agre joined the faculty in 1984 and has spent most of Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) in January, 2008. 'Agre will remain a professor of cell biology

Achieving a college education: The psychological experiences of Latina/o community college students

PubMed Central

Zell., Maristela C.

2011-01-01

This study examines the psychological and subjective experiences of Latina/o community college students. The impact of these experiences on their persistence toward achieving their education goals is also examined. Qualitative interviews with 15 community college students yielded eight themes: Overcoming personal and social challenges, maturation, self-discovery and college adjustment, self-efficacy, continuously strategizing, sense of purpose, perception of faculty, perception of advisors, and guided and groomed by family to succeed. Implications for practice and recommendations for community colleges are discussed. PMID:21544236

START II Frame Work

DTIC Science & Technology

1992-04-01

Colonel Richard J. Barringer , USAF The Industrial College of the Armed Forces National Defense University Fort McNair, Washington, D.C. 20319-6000 93...Executive Research Project A94 START II Frame Work Lieutenant Colonel Donald E. Belche U.S. Air Force Faculty Research Advisor Colonel Richard J. Barringer ...1,659 - 3,456 0.48 Bombers 0.11 x 4,208 = 463 - 1,100 = 0.42 Total 9,064 2,248 - 5,956 = 0.38 charts 12 and 13 28 CHART 14 U.§ IA~aI ULA QC TU R AFTER 5

A time-efficient web-based teaching tool to improve medical knowledge and decrease ABIM failure rate in select residents.

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Drake, Sean M; Qureshi, Waqas; Morse, William; Baker-Genaw, Kimberly

2015-01-01

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) exam's pass rate is considered a quality measure of a residency program, yet few interventions have shown benefit in reducing the failure rate. We developed a web-based Directed Reading (DR) program with an aim to increase medical knowledge and reduce ABIM exam failure rate. Internal medicine residents at our academic medical center with In-Training Examination (ITE) scores ≤ 35 th percentile from 2007 to 2013 were enrolled in DR. The program matches residents to reading assignments based on their own ITE-failed educational objectives and provides direct electronic feedback from their teaching physicians. ABIM exam pass rates were analyzed across various groups between 2002 and 2013 to examine the effect of the DR program on residents with ITE scores ≤ 35 percentile pre- (2002-2006) and post-intervention (2007-2013). A time commitment survey was also given to physicians and DR residents at the end of the study. Residents who never scored ≤ 35 percentile on ITE were the most likely to pass the ABIM exam on first attempt regardless of time period. For those who ever scored ≤ 35 percentile on ITE, 91.9% of residents who participated in DR passed the ABIM exam on first attempt vs 85.2% of their counterparts pre-intervention (p < 0.001). This showed an improvement in ABIM exam pass rate for this subset of residents after introduction of the DR program. The time survey showed that faculty used an average of 40±18 min per week to participate in DR and residents required an average of 25 min to search/read about the objective and 20 min to write a response. Although residents who ever scored ≤ 35 percentile on ITE were more likely to fail ABIM exam on first attempt, those who participated in the DR program were less likely to fail than the historical control counterparts. The web-based teaching method required little time commitment by faculty.

A time-efficient web-based teaching tool to improve medical knowledge and decrease ABIM failure rate in select residents

PubMed Central

Drake, Sean M.; Qureshi, Waqas; Morse, William; Baker-Genaw, Kimberly

2015-01-01

Aim The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) exam's pass rate is considered a quality measure of a residency program, yet few interventions have shown benefit in reducing the failure rate. We developed a web-based Directed Reading (DR) program with an aim to increase medical knowledge and reduce ABIM exam failure rate. Methods Internal medicine residents at our academic medical center with In-Training Examination (ITE) scores ≤35th percentile from 2007 to 2013 were enrolled in DR. The program matches residents to reading assignments based on their own ITE-failed educational objectives and provides direct electronic feedback from their teaching physicians. ABIM exam pass rates were analyzed across various groups between 2002 and 2013 to examine the effect of the DR program on residents with ITE scores ≤35 percentile pre- (2002–2006) and post-intervention (2007–2013). A time commitment survey was also given to physicians and DR residents at the end of the study. Results Residents who never scored ≤35 percentile on ITE were the most likely to pass the ABIM exam on first attempt regardless of time period. For those who ever scored ≤35 percentile on ITE, 91.9% of residents who participated in DR passed the ABIM exam on first attempt vs 85.2% of their counterparts pre-intervention (p<0.001). This showed an improvement in ABIM exam pass rate for this subset of residents after introduction of the DR program. The time survey showed that faculty used an average of 40±18 min per week to participate in DR and residents required an average of 25 min to search/read about the objective and 20 min to write a response. Conclusions Although residents who ever scored ≤35 percentile on ITE were more likely to fail ABIM exam on first attempt, those who participated in the DR program were less likely to fail than the historical control counterparts. The web-based teaching method required little time commitment by faculty. PMID:26521767

A time-efficient web-based teaching tool to improve medical knowledge and decrease ABIM failure rate in select residents.

PubMed

Drake, Sean M; Qureshi, Waqas; Morse, William; Baker-Genaw, Kimberly

2015-01-01

Aim The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) exam's pass rate is considered a quality measure of a residency program, yet few interventions have shown benefit in reducing the failure rate. We developed a web-based Directed Reading (DR) program with an aim to increase medical knowledge and reduce ABIM exam failure rate. Methods Internal medicine residents at our academic medical center with In-Training Examination (ITE) scores ≤35th percentile from 2007 to 2013 were enrolled in DR. The program matches residents to reading assignments based on their own ITE-failed educational objectives and provides direct electronic feedback from their teaching physicians. ABIM exam pass rates were analyzed across various groups between 2002 and 2013 to examine the effect of the DR program on residents with ITE scores ≤35 percentile pre- (2002-2006) and post-intervention (2007-2013). A time commitment survey was also given to physicians and DR residents at the end of the study. Results Residents who never scored ≤35 percentile on ITE were the most likely to pass the ABIM exam on first attempt regardless of time period. For those who ever scored ≤35 percentile on ITE, 91.9% of residents who participated in DR passed the ABIM exam on first attempt vs 85.2% of their counterparts pre-intervention (p<0.001). This showed an improvement in ABIM exam pass rate for this subset of residents after introduction of the DR program. The time survey showed that faculty used an average of 40±18 min per week to participate in DR and residents required an average of 25 min to search/read about the objective and 20 min to write a response. Conclusions Although residents who ever scored ≤35 percentile on ITE were more likely to fail ABIM exam on first attempt, those who participated in the DR program were less likely to fail than the historical control counterparts. The web-based teaching method required little time commitment by faculty.

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program. Management Report. Volume 2

DTIC Science & Technology

1988-12-01

Weapons Laboratory 64 Realization of Sublayer Relative Dr. Lane Clark Shielding Order in Electromagnetic Topology 65 Diode Laser Probe of Vibrational Dr...34Tunable Diode Laser Measurements of Air-Broadened Linewidths in the v6 Band of H202," AppI. Opt. 25, 1844 (1986). 18. M. A. H. Smith, G. A. Harvey, G...Varghese and R. K. Hanson, "Tunable Diode Laser Measurements of Spectral Parameters of HCN at Room Temperature," J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 31

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program (1984). Program Management Report. Volume 3

DTIC Science & Technology

1984-12-01

Database Design 蕄 Raman Spectroscopy of Dr. Boake L. Plessy Glycosaminoglycans from -* Bovine Cornea 117 Study of Control Mixer Concept Dr. Kuldip S...simultaneously in polarized and non -polarized controls were repeated three times at 260-64, 368-70, 604-8-13, 735-7-40, 1277-80, 1760, 1775, and 1820 or four...times at S240-2-4, 1020 and 1874-8-90. Pooling replicates from the non -polarized components, six controls and two cAMP treatments, events repeating

Dr. Marco Marra: Pioneer and Visionary in Cancer Genomics Research | Office of Cancer Genomics

Cancer.gov

Dr. Marco Marra is a highly distinguished genomics and bioinformatics researcher. He is the Director of Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at the BC Cancer Agency and holds a faculty position at the University of British Columbia. The Centre is a state-of-the-art sequencing facility in Vancouver, Canada, with a major focus on the study of cancers.  Many of their research projects are undertaken in collaborations with other Canadian and international institutions.

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program, 1988. Program Technical Report. Volume 3

DTIC Science & Technology

1988-12-01

equivalents of U- bromosuccinimide. Although this dibromide ns inert to conventional hydrolysis with concentrated sulfuric acid at 11O*C, conversion to...by first dissolving in hot (II0C) sulfuric acid then pouring into ice water. The resulting precipitate ws air dried then recrystallized once more from...Catalysis Dr. Richard Carlin in Lewis Acid Molten Salts 36 A MCSCF Study of the Rearrangement Dr. Michael McKee of Nitromethane to Methyl Nitrite 37

Encouraging and Attracting Underrepresented Racial Minorities to the Field of Geosciences-A Latin American Graduate Student Perspective

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Caballero Gill, R. P.; Herbert, T.

2010-12-01

Recent studies have shown that interactions between same-race and same-gender faculty and graduate students are reported to have a greater impact on the future success of those students. In the same manner, I believe graduate students can play a pivotal role in training and attracting underrepresented racial minorities (URMs) at the high school and undergraduate level to pursue a career in geosciences. Working at Brown University for the last couple of years, I have been involved in a number of initiatives aimed at solidifying ties with the community. Most of my social work has revolved around mentoring underrepresented local minorities, as I feel that this area is where I can contribute the most. This year I began participating in the NSF funded Brown GK-12: "Physical Processes in the Environment" program. As a Latin American female graduate student in the geological sciences, I hope to teach the students-by example-that being a minority is not necessarily an obstacle, but rather an advantage that can offer a different, valuable point of view when pursuing their professional goals. I think that sharing part of my experiences and knowledge as a researcher with young minds contributes to the way they imagine themselves in the future, allowing them to believe that a career in science is within their reach and that higher education is a realistic option worth pursuing if they have the interest in doing so. From my short time as a graduate student, to have a greater impact in attracting URMs, it is critical to have the support of advisors and committee members. One must keep in mind that a graduate career is a time consuming commitment; therefore, it is necessary to undertake activities that will have the most impact on minority students in the short time available. The experience becomes even more effective if advisors are actively involved, particularly financially. Faculty advisors who can allocate funds to, for example support summer activities designed to involve URMs, are essentially leveraging funds because the overall return will be much greater than the initial investment.

[Doctoral thesis projects for medical students? Retrospective estimation of the fraction of successfully completed medical doctoral thesis projects at Witten/Herdecke University].

PubMed

Scharfenberg, Janna; Schaper, Katharina; Krummenauer, Frank

2014-01-01

The German "Dr med" plays a specific role in doctoral thesis settings since students may start the underlying doctoral project during their studies at medical school. If a Medical Faculty principally encourages this approach, then it should support the students in performing the respective projects as efficiently as possible. Consequently, it must be ensured that students are able to implement and complete a doctoral project in parallel to their studies. As a characteristic efficiency feature of these "Dr med" initiatives, the proportion of doctoral projects successfully completed shortly after graduating from medical school is proposed and illustrated. The proposed characteristic can be estimated by the time period between the state examination (date of completion of the qualifying medical examination) and the doctoral examination. Completion of the doctoral project "during their medical studies" was then characterised by a doctoral examination no later than 12 months after the qualifying medical state examination. To illustrate the estimation and interpretation of this characteristic, it was retrospectively estimated on the basis of the full sample of all doctorates successfully completed between July 2009 and June 2012 at the Department of Human Medicine at the Faculty of Health of the University of Witten/Herdecke. During the period of investigation defined, a total number of 56 doctoral examinations were documented, 30 % of which were completed within 12 months after the qualifying medical state examination (95% confidence interval 19 to 44 %). The median duration between state and doctoral examination was 27 months. The proportion of doctoral projects completed parallel to the medical studies increased during the investigation period from 14 % in the first year (July 2009 till June 2010) to 40 % in the third year (July 2011 till June 2012). Only about a third of all "Dr med" projects at the Witten/Herdecke Faculty of Health were completed during or close to the qualifying medical studies. This proportion, however, increased after the introduction of a curriculum on research methodology and practice in 2010; prospective longitudinal studies will have to clarify whether this is causal or mere chronological coincidence. In summary, the proposed method for determining the process efficiency of a medical faculty's "Dr med" programme has proven to be both feasible and informative. Copyright © 2014. Published by Elsevier GmbH.

Separation of Powers in Classifying International Agreements

DTIC Science & Technology

1996-01-01

SEPARATION OF POWERS IN CLASSIFYING INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CORE COURSE III ESSAY CDR James F Duffy, JAGC, USN, Class of 96 The National Secmty Policy Process SemmrH Faculty Semmar Instructor Dr John Rexhart Faculty Adviser CAPT J Kelso, USN Report Documentation Page Form ApprovedOMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing

The Impact of a National Faculty Development Program Embedded Within an Academic Professional Organization.

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Baldwin, Constance D; Gusic, Maryellen E; Chandran, Latha

2017-08-01

A sizeable literature describes the effectiveness of institution-based faculty development programs in nurturing faculty educators as scholars, but national programs are less common and seldom evaluated. To fill this role, the Educational Scholars Program (ESP) was created within the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) in 2006. It is a national, three-year, cohort-based certification program focused on fostering educational scholarship. This article describes the development and outcomes of an innovative program embedded within the framework of a national professional organization, and offers a model for potential adaptation by similar organizations to enhance their support of educators.After 10 years, 171 scholars have enrolled in the ESP, and 50 faculty have participated. Scholars are assigned a faculty advisor and participate in three full-day sessions at a national meeting; online, interactive learning modules; and a mentored, scholarly project. The program receives support from the APA in four organizational frames: structural, human resource, political, and symbolic. The self-perceived scholarly proficiency of the scholars in Cohort 1 increased significantly over time, and their productivity and collaborations increased during and after the program. Scholars wrote enthusiastically about their experience in yearly and postprogram evaluations. In interviews, eight past APA presidents explained that the ESP strengthened the APA's mission, created new leaders, and provided a new model for other APA programs. Outcomes of the ESP suggest that a longitudinal faculty development program embedded within a national professional organization can create a social enterprise not only within the organization but also within the broader national community of educator-scholars.

UPR/Mayaguez High Energy Physics

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Mendez, Hector

This year the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) High Energy Physics (HEP) group continued with the ongoing research program outlined in the grant proposal. The program is centered on the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the proton-proton (pp) collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The main research focus is on data analysis and on the preparation for the High Luminosity (HL) LHC or experiment detector upgrade. The physics data analysis included Higgs Doublet Search and measurement of the (1) Λ 0 b branching fraction, (2) B meson mass, and (3) hyperonmore » θ - b lifetime. The detector upgrade included work on the preparations for the Forward Pixel (FPIX) detector Silicon Sensor Testing in a production run at Fermilab. In addition, the group has taken responsibilities on the Software Release through our former research associate Dr. Eric Brownson who acted until last December as a Level Two Offline Manager for the CMS Upgrade. In support of the CMS data analysis activities carried out locally, the UPRM group has built and maintains an excellent Tier3 analysis center in Mayaguez. This allowed us to analyze large data samples and to continue the development of algorithms for the upgrade tracking robustness we started several years ago, and we plan to resume in the near future. This project involves computer simulation of the radiation damage to be suffered at the higher luminosities of the upgraded LHC. This year we continued to serve as a source of outstanding students for the field of high energy physics. Three of our graduate students finished their MS work in May, 2014, Their theses research were on data analysis of heavy quark b-physics. All of them are currently enrolled at Ph.D. physics program across the nation. One of them (Hector Moreno) at New Mexico University (Hector Moreno), one at University of New Hampshire (Sandra Santiesteban) and one at University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (Carlos Malca). The students H. Moreno and C. Malca has been directly supervised by Dr. Mendez and S. Santiesteban supervised by Dr. Ramirez. During the last 13 years, our group have graduated 23 MS students on experimental High Energy Physics data analysis and applied hardware techniques. Most of the students have been supported by DOE grants, included this grant. Since 2001, Dr. Mendez have directly supervised eleven students, Dr. Ramirez three students and the former PI (Dr. Lopez) nine students. These theses work are fully documented in the group web page (http://charma.uprm.edu). The High Energy Physics group at Mayaguez is small and presently consists of three Physics faculty members, the Senior Investigators Dr. Hector Mendez (Professor) and Dr. Juan Eduardo Ramirez (Professor), and Dr. Sudhir Malik who was just hired in July 2014. Dr. Ramirez is in charge of the UPRM Tier-3 computing and will be building the network bandwidth infrastructure for the campus, while Dr. Mendez will continues his effort in finishing the heavy quark physics data analysis and moving to work on SUSY analysis for the 2015 data. Our last grant application in 2012 was awarded only for 2013-2014. As a result our postdoc position was lost last month of March. Since then, we have hired Dr. Malik as a new faculty in order to reinforce the group and to continue our efforts with the CMS experiment. Our plan is to hire another junior faculty in the next two years to strengthen the HEP group even further. Dr. Mendez continues with QuarkNet activities involving an ever larger group of high school physics teachers from all around Puerto Rico.« less

["Dr Breuer will care for him with utmost attention." A plan for Nietzsche's neuropathological treatment in Vienna].

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Müller-Buck, Renate

2007-01-01

This essay is about a plan for the treatment of Friedrich Nietzsche by Josef Breuer in the spring of 1878. The plan was developed by Siegfried Lipiner, a philosphy student from Galicia and an admirer of Nietzsche, who was acquainted with Breuer as well as with Freud. Lipiner was convinced that Nietzsche could be treated by the Viennese specialists and tried his best to arrange this. However all his endeavors were frustrated by the opposition of Nietzsche's advisors in Basel, as well as his docters, and ultimately of Nietzsche himself who preferred the cold-water therapy in Baden-Baden.

Women in Combat Pros and Cons

DTIC Science & Technology

1988-04-01

and Cons . Major Thomas H. Cecil 88-0490 "--"insights into tomorrou,"’ ..v- A A 0 PtY-i f(.> i’I,-:::x:’~ --pcr~ j.~ ~~* --. -- iiV • DISCLAIMER The...k. r- r,’ I’. REPORT NUMBER 88-0490 TITLE WOMEN IN COMBAT-PROS AND CONS AUTHOR(S) MAJOR THOMAS H. CEC-IL, USAF -% FACULTY ADVISOR CH, LT COL DAVID W...NUMBERS 11 TITLE (include Security Classification) WOMEN IN COMBAT--PROS AND CONS 12. PERSON4AL AUTHOR(S) Cecil, Thomas H1., Major, USAF 9a YýOF REPORT

Revitalizing school health programs worldwide.

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Benzian, Habib

2010-10-01

Each year, the Shils Fund recognizes outstanding activities that help improve oral health. The program is named in memory of Dr. Edward B. Shils, who led the Dental Manufacturers of America and Dental Dealers of America for more than 50 years. A 2010 Shils Award will be given to an innovative school health initiative called Fit For Schools Program (FFSP) in the Philippines. Such recognition in the US indicates the lessons that can be learned from a program initially tailored for another country. Health in a highly industrialized nation can be enhanced by heeding the FFSP principles used to craft an effective health promotion initiative. This evidence-based intervention is not exclusively an oral health initiative; it is an integration with other evidence-based health interventions and models a sustainable public-private partnership to advance positive health outcomes in socially responsible entrepreneurial ways. As the editor of this column in Compendium, I wish to applaud both leaders of FFSP: Dr. Habib Benzian and Dr. Bella Monse. The following article was written by the senior advisor, Dr. Benzian, who modestly refers to the program's receipt of another award from the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program, and the World Health Organization in 2009. To my knowledge, the presentation of that award was the first time a health promotion project led by dentists has ever received such high-level global recognition and was one of three projects so recognized for innovative solutions to global health in that year.

[Carl Gillmeister: the first Doctor of veterinary medicine in Mecklenburg--and in Germany (1834)].

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Kuhlmann, W; Schäffer, J

2004-02-01

German schools and faculties of veterinary medicine did not receive the sovereign right to award the degree "Doctor medicinae veterinarae" until the early twentieth century. Until then, in the nineteenth century there were two possibilities for veterinarians to earn a doctoral degree, usually referred to as the title of "Doctor": 1. On the basis of an exceptionally excellent dissertation and after very stringent examination a candidate could be awarded the degree "Dr. med." by the faculty of a medical school, or, if the candidate had studied at a philosophical faculty, the degree "Dr. phil." 2. A doctoral degree specifically in veterinary medicine could be earned only at a medical faculty. The Medical Faculty of the University of Giessen awarded the degree "Doctor in arte veterinaria" for the first time in 1832. In this study we prove that Giessen was not the first German university to award a doctorate in veterinary medicine, a priority which has never been questioned in the literature. As early as 1829, veterinarians could earn the degree "Doctor artis veterinariae" at the Medical Faculty of the University of Rostock, where three such awards are documented between 1829 and 1831. The designation "medicina" was also intially avoided in Rostock. Therefore, of particular significance is the discovery of a fourth such document from the Rostock University Archives, the doctoral diploma of Carl Jacob Friedrich Gillmeister, who at the age of 22 was awarded the degree "Doctor medicinae veterinariae" in Rostock after a successful defense. This is the earliest, but also the last archival record of the German doctoral degree in veterinary medicine in the modern sense, because after Gillmeister no veterinarian could earn a doctoral degree in Rostock further more. Gillmeisters vita sheds light on the times and the difficulties of the veterinary profession in the poor agricultural area of Mecklenburg.

Dr. Deming Comes to Class.

ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

Gartner, William B.

1993-01-01

One college faculty member's experiences in applying Deming management theory to his business courses to improve instruction are discussed. Key issues in the Deming philosophy are outlined, course changes based on them are described, and outcomes are examined. Suggestions are offered for overcoming institutional and ideological barriers. (MSE)

Dr. Ramazzini's Prescriptions.

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Pepin, Ronald E.

1995-01-01

Provoked by the tendency of contemporary college faculty to spend substantial time at the computer, the author consults the writings of an eighteenth-century physician, Bernardino Ramazzini, on the illnesses of workers for insights into the physical illnesses of sedentary scholars and for the preventive measures he prescribed. (MSE)

Supply Chain Interoperability Measurement

DTIC Science & Technology

2015-06-19

Supply Chain Interoperability Measurement DISSERTATION June 2015 Christos E. Chalyvidis, Major, Hellenic Air...ENS-DS-15-J-001 SUPPLY CHAIN INTEROPERABILITY MEASUREMENT DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty Department of Operational Sciences...INTEROPERABILITY MEASUREMENT Christos E. Chalyvidis, BS, MSc. Major, Hellenic Air Force Committee Membership: Dr. A.W. Johnson Chair

Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Providing resources and support for new faculty to succeed

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Hill, T. M.; Beane, R. J.; Macdonald, H.; Manduca, C. A.; Tewksbury, B. J.; Allen-King, R. M.; Yuretich, R.; Richardson, R. M.; Ormand, C. J.

2015-12-01

A vital strategy to educate future geoscientists is to support faculty at the beginning of their careers, thus catalyzing a career-long impact on the early-career faculty and on their future students. New faculty members are at a pivotal stage in their careers as they step from being research-focused graduate students and post-doctoral scholars, under the guidance of advisors, towards launching independent careers as professors. New faculty commonly, and not unexpectedly, feel overwhelmed as they face challenges to establish themselves in a new environment, prepare new courses, begin new research, and develop a network of support. The workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career has been offered annually in the U.S. since 1999. The workshop is currently offered through the National Association of Geoscience Teachers On the Cutting Edge professional development program with support from the NSF, AGU and GSA. This five-day workshop, with associated web resources, offers guidance for incorporating evidence-based teaching practices, developing a research program, and managing professional responsibilities in balance with personal lives. The workshop design includes plenary and concurrent sessions, individual consultations, and personalized feedback from workshop participants and leaders. Since 1999, more than 850 U.S. faculty have attended the Early Career Geoscience Faculty workshop. Participants span a wide range of geoscience disciplines, and are in faculty positions at two-year colleges, four-year colleges, comprehensive universities and research universities. The percentages of women (~50%) and underrepresented participants (~8%) are higher than in the general geoscience faculty population. Multiple participants each year are starting positions after receiving all or part of their education outside the U.S. Collectively, participants report that they are better prepared to move forward with their careers as a result of the workshop, that they plan to incorporate evidence-based teaching in their classrooms, and that they leave the workshop with a network of support and the resources needed to enable them succeed. http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/earlycareer

Challenges of transitioning from a faculty to an administrative role: part 2, moving from individual contributor to group leader.

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Thompson, Cesarina M

2011-01-01

Many new nursing leaders assuming deanships, assistant, or interim deanships have limited education, experience, or background to prepare them for the job. To assist new deans and those aspiring to be deans, Jana L. Pressler, PhD, RN, and Carole A. Kenner, PhD, RNC-NIC, FAAN, the editors of this department, address common issues, challenges, and opportunities that face academic executive teams, such as negotiating an executive contract, obtaining faculty lines, building effective work teams, managing difficult employees, and creating nimble organizational structure to respond to changing consumer, healthcare delivery, and community needs. In this article, the editors asked guest author, Dr Cesarina Thompson, to discuss the transition process from faculty to administrative role.

Take me where I want to go: Institutional prestige, advisor sponsorship, and academic career placement preferences.

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Pinheiro, Diogo L; Melkers, Julia; Newton, Sunni

2017-01-01

Placement in prestigious research institutions for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) PhD recipients is generally considered to be optimal. Yet some doctoral recipients are not interested in intensive research careers and instead seek alternative careers, outside but also within academe (for example teaching positions in Liberal Arts Schools). Recent attention to non-academic pathways has expanded our understanding of alternative PhD careers. However, career preferences and placements are also nuanced along the academic pathway. Existing research on academic careers (mostly research-centric) has found that certain factors have a significant impact on the prestige of both the institutional placement and the salary of PhD recipients. We understand less, however, about the functioning of career preferences and related placements outside of the top academic research institutions. Our work builds on prior studies of academic career placement to explore the impact that prestige of PhD-granting institution, advisor involvement, and cultural capital have on the extent to which STEM PhDs are placed in their preferred academic institution types. What determines whether an individual with a preference for research oriented institutions works at a Research Extensive university? Or whether an individual with a preference for teaching works at a Liberal Arts college? Using survey data from a nationally representative sample of faculty in biology, biochemistry, civil engineering and mathematics at four different Carnegie Classified institution types (Research Extensive, Research Intensive, Master's I & II, and Liberal Arts Colleges), we examine the relative weight of different individual and institutional characteristics on institutional type placement. We find that doctoral institutional prestige plays a significant role in matching individuals with their preferred institutional type, but that advisor involvement only has an impact on those with a preference for research oriented institutions. Gender effects are also observed, particularly in the role of the advisor in affecting preferred career placement.

Take me where I want to go: Institutional prestige, advisor sponsorship, and academic career placement preferences

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Pinheiro, Diogo L.; Newton, Sunni

2017-01-01

Placement in prestigious research institutions for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) PhD recipients is generally considered to be optimal. Yet some doctoral recipients are not interested in intensive research careers and instead seek alternative careers, outside but also within academe (for example teaching positions in Liberal Arts Schools). Recent attention to non-academic pathways has expanded our understanding of alternative PhD careers. However, career preferences and placements are also nuanced along the academic pathway. Existing research on academic careers (mostly research-centric) has found that certain factors have a significant impact on the prestige of both the institutional placement and the salary of PhD recipients. We understand less, however, about the functioning of career preferences and related placements outside of the top academic research institutions. Our work builds on prior studies of academic career placement to explore the impact that prestige of PhD-granting institution, advisor involvement, and cultural capital have on the extent to which STEM PhDs are placed in their preferred academic institution types. What determines whether an individual with a preference for research oriented institutions works at a Research Extensive university? Or whether an individual with a preference for teaching works at a Liberal Arts college? Using survey data from a nationally representative sample of faculty in biology, biochemistry, civil engineering and mathematics at four different Carnegie Classified institution types (Research Extensive, Research Intensive, Master’s I & II, and Liberal Arts Colleges), we examine the relative weight of different individual and institutional characteristics on institutional type placement. We find that doctoral institutional prestige plays a significant role in matching individuals with their preferred institutional type, but that advisor involvement only has an impact on those with a preference for research oriented institutions. Gender effects are also observed, particularly in the role of the advisor in affecting preferred career placement. PMID:28493914

What Do I Want to Be with My PhD? The Roles of Personal Values and Structural Dynamics in Shaping the Career Interests of Recent Biomedical Science PhD Graduates

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Gibbs, Kenneth D.; Griffin, Kimberly A.

2013-01-01

Interest in faculty careers decreases as graduate training progresses; however, the process underlying career-interest formation remains poorly defined. To better understand this process and whether/how it differs across social identity (i.e., race/ethnicity, gender), we conducted focus groups with 38 biomedical scientists who received PhDs between 2006 and 2011, including 23 women and 18 individuals from underrepresented minority (URM) backgrounds. Objective performance and quality of advisor relationships were not significantly different between scientists with high versus low interest in faculty careers. Career interests were fluid and formed in environments that generally lacked structured career development. Vicarious learning shaped similar outcome expectations about academic careers for all scientists; however, women and URMs recounted additional, distinct experiences and expectations. Scientists pursuing faculty careers described personal values, which differed by social identity, as their primary driver. For scientists with low interest in faculty careers, a combination of values, shared across social identity, and structural dynamics of the biomedical workforce (e.g., job market, grant funding, postdoc pay, etc.) played determinative roles. These findings illuminate the complexity of career choice and suggest attracting the best, most diverse academic workforce requires institutional leaders and policy makers go beyond developing individual skill, attending to individuals’ values and promoting institutional and systemic reforms. PMID:24297297

What do I want to be with my PhD? The roles of personal values and structural dynamics in shaping the career interests of recent biomedical science PhD graduates.

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Gibbs, Kenneth D; Griffin, Kimberly A

2013-01-01

Interest in faculty careers decreases as graduate training progresses; however, the process underlying career-interest formation remains poorly defined. To better understand this process and whether/how it differs across social identity (i.e., race/ethnicity, gender), we conducted focus groups with 38 biomedical scientists who received PhDs between 2006 and 2011, including 23 women and 18 individuals from underrepresented minority (URM) backgrounds. Objective performance and quality of advisor relationships were not significantly different between scientists with high versus low interest in faculty careers. Career interests were fluid and formed in environments that generally lacked structured career development. Vicarious learning shaped similar outcome expectations about academic careers for all scientists; however, women and URMs recounted additional, distinct experiences and expectations. Scientists pursuing faculty careers described personal values, which differed by social identity, as their primary driver. For scientists with low interest in faculty careers, a combination of values, shared across social identity, and structural dynamics of the biomedical workforce (e.g., job market, grant funding, postdoc pay, etc.) played determinative roles. These findings illuminate the complexity of career choice and suggest attracting the best, most diverse academic workforce requires institutional leaders and policy makers go beyond developing individual skill, attending to individuals' values and promoting institutional and systemic reforms.

The Sea Floor: A Living Learning Residential Community

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Guentzel, J. L.; Rosch, E.; Stoughton, M. A.; Bowyer, R.; Mortensen, K.; Smith, M.

2016-02-01

Living learning communities are collaborations between university housing and academic departments designed to enhance the overall student experience by integrating classroom/laboratory learning, student life and extracurricular activities. At Coastal Carolina University, the residential community associated with the Marine Science program is known as the Sea Floor. Students selected to become members of the Sea Floor remain "in residence" for two consecutive semesters. These students are first-time freshman that share a common course connection. This course is usually Introduction to Marine Science (MSCI 111) or MSCI 399s, which are one credit field/laboratory centered internships. The common course connection is designed so residents can establish and maintain an educational dialog with their peers. Activities designed to enhance the students' networking skills and educational and social development skills include monthly lunches with marine science faculty and dinner seminars with guest speakers from academia, industry and government. Additionally, each semester several activities outside the classroom are planned so that students can more frequently interact with themselves and their faculty and staff partners. These activities include field trips to regional aquariums, local boat trips that include water sample collection and analysis, and an alternative spring break trip to the Florida Keys to study the marine environment firsthand. The resident advisor that supervises the Sea Floor is usually a sophomore or junior marine science major. This provides the residents with daily communication and mentoring from a marine science major that is familiar with the marine science program and residence life. Assessment activities include: a university housing community living survey, student interest housing focus groups, fall to spring and fall to fall retention, and evaluation of program advisors and program activities.

Twenty years of Medicare and Medicaid: Covered populations, use of benefits, and program expenditures

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Gornick, Marian; Greenberg, Jay N.; Eggers, Paul W.; Dobson, Allen

1985-01-01

Marian Gornick is Director, Division of Beneficiary Studies, in the Office of Research, Health Care Financing Administration. She has been involved in research studies relating to Medicare and Medicaid since the programs were first implemented. Jay N. Greenberg is on the faculty of the Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University. Dr. Greenberg serves as the Associate Director for Research of the school's Health Policy Center. Paul W. Eggers is Chief, Program Evaluation Branch, in the Office of Research, Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). Dr. Eggers’ research activities involve the evaluation of the impact of HCFA programs on the beneficiaries. Allen Dobson is Director, Office of Research, Health Care Financing Administration. Dr. Dobson is responsible for directing the planning and development of the Agency's research agenda. PMID:10311371

The Changing Pattern of Doctoral Education in Public Health From 1985 to 2006 and the Challenge of Doctoral Training for Practice and Leadership

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Declercq, Eugene; Caldwell, Karen; Hobbs, Suzanne Havala; Guyer, Bernard

2008-01-01

We examined trends in doctoral education in public health and the challenges facing practice-oriented doctor of public health (DrPH) programs. We found a rapid rise in the numbers of doctoral programs and students. Most of the increase was in PhD students who in 2006 composed 73% of the total 5247 current public health doctoral students, compared with 53% in 1985. There has also been a substantial increase (40%) in students in DrPH programs since 2002. Challenges raised by the increased demand for DrPH practice-oriented education relate to admissions, curriculum, assessment processes, and faculty hiring and promotion. We describe approaches to practice-based doctoral education taken by three schools of public health. PMID:18633094

Getting Started in Academic Careers: On the Cutting Edge Resources for Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Early Career Faculty

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

MacDonald, R.; Ormand, C.; Manduca, C. A.; Wright-Dunbar, R.; Allen-King, R.

2007-12-01

The professional development program,'On the Cutting Edge', offers on-line resources and annual multi-day workshops for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows interested in pursuing academic careers. Pre- workshop surveys reveal that early career faculty, post-docs, and graduate students have many questions about teaching (e.g., what are effective teaching strategies, how to design a course, how to prepare a syllabus, how to teach large courses), research (e.g., initiate and fund future research, set up and manage a lab, obtain equipment), and career management (e.g., understand tenure requirements, balance all it all). The graduate students and post-docs also have questions about jobs and the job search process. Their questions show a lack of familiarity with the nature of academic positions at different kinds of educational institutions (two-year colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions, and research universities). In particular, they are uncertain about what educational setting will best fit their values and career goals and how teaching loads and research expectations vary by institution. Common questions related to the job search process include where to find job listings (the most common question in recent years), when to start the job search process, how to stand out as an applicant, and how to prepare for interviews. Both groups have questions about how to develop new skills: how to develop, plan and prepare a new course (without it taking all of their time), how to expand beyond their PhD (or postdoc) research projects, how to develop a research plan, and where to apply for funding. These are important topics for advisors to discuss with all of their students and postdocs who are planning on careers in academia. On the Cutting Edge offers workshops and web resources to help current and future faculty navigate these critical stages of their careers. The four-day workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career has been offered since 1999 and provides sessions on teaching strategies, course design, developing a strategic plan for research, supervising student researchers, navigating departmental and institutional politics, tenure, time and task management, and much more. The workshop, Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences, has been offered since 2003 and provides a panel about academic careers in different institutional settings, session on research on learning, various teaching strategies, design of effective classroom activities, moving research forward to new settings, negotiation, and presenting oneself to others. Participants in both workshops have many opportunities to talk informally with leaders and other participants. Assessment results indicate that the workshops are helpful for both current and future faculty. Participants particularly appreciate the practical ideas and the opportunity to interact with, and learn from, a diverse leadership team and other participants. Two on-line resource collections provides information in these areas useful for students, post-docs, early career faculty and advisors.

Marine Science Building Dedicated

NASA Image and Video Library

2003-10-17

Officials cut the ribbon during dedication ceremonies of the George A. Knauer Marine Science Building on Oct. 17 at NASA Stennis Space Center (SSC). The $2.75 million facility, the first building at the test site funded by the state of Mississippi, houses six science labs, classrooms and office space for 40 faculty and staff. Pictured are, from left, Rear Adm. Thomas Donaldson, commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command; SSC Assistant Director David Throckmorton; Dr. George A. Knauer, founder of the Center of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM); Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck; and USM President Dr. Shelby Thames.

Marine Science Building Dedicated

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

2003-01-01

Officials cut the ribbon during dedication ceremonies of the George A. Knauer Marine Science Building on Oct. 17 at NASA Stennis Space Center (SSC). The $2.75 million facility, the first building at the test site funded by the state of Mississippi, houses six science labs, classrooms and office space for 40 faculty and staff. Pictured are, from left, Rear Adm. Thomas Donaldson, commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command; SSC Assistant Director David Throckmorton; Dr. George A. Knauer, founder of the Center of Marine Science at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM); Lt. Gov. Amy Tuck; and USM President Dr. Shelby Thames.

Molecular profiling is not the future: it is now!

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Reddy, Bobby; Westcott, Gemma

2015-01-01

Bobby Reddy speaks to Gemma Westcott, Commissioning Editor: Dr Reddy graduated from the UCLA School of Medicine in 1996. Shortly after, he obtained an internship and did his residency in Internal Medicine at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. He then went on to do his fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at City of Hope. Since then, he has been working in private practice (full and part time) for the past 11 years and has had an academic appointment as teaching faculty at Harbor UCLA. Prior to his current role, Dr Reddy worked as a senior medical director as Caris Life Sciences.

An Interview with John Liontas

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Sadeghi, Karim

2017-01-01

John I. Liontas, Ph.D. is an associate professor of foreign languages, English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), and technology in education and second language acquisition (TESLA), and director and faculty of the TESLA doctoral program at the University of South Florida. Dr. Liontas is a distinguished thought leader, author, and…

Education News at NASA

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

2004-01-01

NASA s challenging missions provide unique opportunities for engaging and educating America s youth, the next generation of explorers. Led by Chief Education Officer Dr. Adena Williams Loston, the Agency coordinates education programs for students, faculty, and institutions in order to help inspire and motivate the scientists and engineers of the future.

25 Years of FUN!

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Ramirez, Julio J

2017-01-01

Dr. Julio J. Ramirez, the founding president of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience (FUN), shared the comments below on November 13, 2016 at the 25 th Anniversary of FUN's founding, when Drs. Sally Frutiger, Stephen George, Julio Ramirez, and Dennison Smith were recognized with the Founders Award for their efforts in launching FUN in 1991.

The Links between Postsecondary Education and Work in a Time of Crisis and Transition.

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Solmon, Lewis C.

1979-01-01

Examines changing definitions of "vocational education,""career education," and "lifelong learning." Presents potential problems that may interfere with support of vocational education by the business community and postsecondary faculty. Argues for the value of college education in terms of subsequent job satisfaction and income. (DR)

Diversity's Calling

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Cooper, Kenneth J.

2011-01-01

This article discusses how a Harvard-educated scholar of English and poetry, Dr. M. Lee Pelton puts a prominent face on changes that are underway at Boston's Emerson College. Faced with a public controversy over its limited faculty diversity, Emerson College has responded with a spate of hirings and promotions of minorities, capped by the…

Making Strides

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Roach, Ronald

2008-01-01

Since 1980, Dr. Linda Hayden has been able to bring innovation to Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) by seeking out and partnering with entities like the U.S. Navy and NASA. For years, these partnerships allowed faculty, students, and administrators in the computer science department and other departments to gain early exposure to cutting-edge…

Using Nanotechnology to Detect Nerve Agents

DTIC Science & Technology

2011-01-01

56 | Air & Space Power Journal Air Force Institute of Technology Using Nanotechnology to Detect Nerve Agents Lt Col Mark N. Goltz , PhD, USAF...Retired Dr. Dong Shik Kim Maj LeeAnn Racz, PhD, USAF* *Lieutenant Colonel Goltz and Major Racz are faculty members in the Department of Systems and

National General Aviation Design Competition Guidelines 1999-2000 Academic Year

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

1999-01-01

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Air Force Research Laboratory are sponsoring a National General Aviation Design Competition for students at U.S. aeronautical and engineering universities for the 1999-2000 academic year. The competition challenges individuals and teams of undergraduates and/ or graduate students, working with faculty advisors, to address design challenges for general aviation aircraft. Now in its sixth year, the competition seeks to increase the involvement of the academic community in the revitalization of the U.S. general aviation industry while providing real-world design and development experiences for students. It allows university students to participate in a major national effort to rebuild the U.S. general aviation sector while raising student awareness of the value of general aviation for business and personal use , and its economic relevance. Faculty and student participants have indicated that the open-ended design challenges offered by the competition have provided the basis for quality educational experiences.

Skylab

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1972-08-21

Todd Meister(center), high school student of the Bronx High School of Science, discusses his experiment “An Invitro Study of Selected Isolated Immune Phenomena” with his advisor, Dr. Robert Allen (right) and Henry Floyd, both of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). His experiment was aimed at discovering whether or not the absence of gravity affects the representative life processes. Meister was one of the 25 winners of a contest in which some 3,500 high school students proposed experiments for the following year’s Skylab mission. Of the 25 students, 6 did not see their experiments conducted on Skylab because the experiments were not compatible with Skylab hardware and timelines. Of the 19 remaining, 11 experiments required the manufacture of equipment.

Skylab

NASA Image and Video Library

1972-08-21

Kathy Jackson, high school student from Houston, Texas, discusses her experiment with Dr. Robert Allen (left) and her scintific advisor Arthur White, both of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Miss Jackson’s experiment tested the motor sensory performance of an astronaut at various times during the Skylab flight to detect any degredation in his eye-hand coordination. She was one of the 25 winners of a contest in which some 3,500 high school students proposed experiments for the following year’s Skylab mission. Of the 25 students, 6 did not see their experiments conducted on Skylab because the experiments were not compatible with Skylab hardware and timelines. Of the 19 remaining, 11 experiments required the manufacture of equipment.

Readability Formulas and Air Force Publications: A Review of Their Development and an Examination of Their Application.

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1989-09-01

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Monitoring the Hazards of Silicic Volcanoes with Remote Sensing

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Fink, Jonathan; Wessels, Rick; Eisinger, Chris; Ramsey, Michael; Hellman, Melanie; Kuhn, Sally

2004-01-01

This report details the final progress on the Solid Earth and Natural Hazards project: Monitoring of Hazards of Silicic Volcanoes with Remote Sensing (SENH99-0000-0159). The original award went to Arizona State University (ASU) with Dr. Jonathan Fink as the P.I. and Dr. Michael Ramsey as the Co-I. In May 2000, Dr. Ramsey left ASU to take a tenure-track faculty position at the University of Pittsburgh. The principle investigators and NASA Headquarters agreed to split the grant award at the HQ level and therefore avoid the double overhead charges that would arise from a university subcontract. The objectives of the science were divided, and coordinated yearly progress reports have been submitted from each University. This report details the final progress on work carried out at Arizona State. A report by Dr. Ramsey at the University of Pittsburgh has already been submitted. The work from both institutions is closely related and this report will reflect that connection.

Remembering for tomorrow: Professor Mansour Ali Haseeb

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Salih, Mustafa Abdalla M

2013-01-01

This is a highlight of the obituary ceremony in tribute to Professor Mansour Ali Haseeb (1910 – 1973), organized by the Medical Students Association of the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Khartoum (U of K). Professor Haseeb has been the first Sudanese Professor and first Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. He was an outstanding humane teacher, mentor and researcher, and was awarded the international Dr. Shousha Foundation Prize and Medal by the WHO. He was also an active citizen in public life and became Mayor of Omdurman City. The obituary ceremony reflected the feelings of the medical community and included speeches by Professor Abdalla El Tayeb, President of U of K; the Dean, Faculty of Medicine; the Late Professor Haseeb’s colleagues and students, His family representative, and an elegy poem. PMID:27493378

Remembering for tomorrow: Professor Mansour Ali Haseeb.

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Salih, Mustafa Abdalla M

2013-01-01

This is a highlight of the obituary ceremony in tribute to Professor Mansour Ali Haseeb (1910 - 1973), organized by the Medical Students Association of the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Khartoum (U of K). Professor Haseeb has been the first Sudanese Professor and first Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. He was an outstanding humane teacher, mentor and researcher, and was awarded the international Dr. Shousha Foundation Prize and Medal by the WHO. He was also an active citizen in public life and became Mayor of Omdurman City. The obituary ceremony reflected the feelings of the medical community and included speeches by Professor Abdalla El Tayeb, President of U of K; the Dean, Faculty of Medicine; the Late Professor Haseeb's colleagues and students, His family representative, and an elegy poem.

Factors affecting the number and type of student research products for chemistry and physics students at primarily undergraduate institutions: A case study.

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Mellis, Birgit; Soto, Patricia; Bruce, Chrystal D; Lacueva, Graciela; Wilson, Anne M; Jayasekare, Rasitha

2018-01-01

For undergraduate students, involvement in authentic research represents scholarship that is consistent with disciplinary quality standards and provides an integrative learning experience. In conjunction with performing research, the communication of the results via presentations or publications is a measure of the level of scientific engagement. The empirical study presented here uses generalized linear mixed models with hierarchical bootstrapping to examine the factors that impact the means of dissemination of undergraduate research results. Focusing on the research experiences in physics and chemistry of undergraduates at four Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) from 2004-2013, statistical analysis indicates that the gender of the student does not impact the number and type of research products. However, in chemistry, the rank of the faculty advisor and the venue of the presentation do impact the number of research products by undergraduate student, whereas in physics, gender match between student and advisor has an effect on the number of undergraduate research products. This study provides a baseline for future studies of discipline-based bibliometrics and factors that affect the number of research products of undergraduate students.

Factors affecting the number and type of student research products for chemistry and physics students at primarily undergraduate institutions: A case study

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Soto, Patricia; Bruce, Chrystal D.; Lacueva, Graciela; Wilson, Anne M.; Jayasekare, Rasitha

2018-01-01

For undergraduate students, involvement in authentic research represents scholarship that is consistent with disciplinary quality standards and provides an integrative learning experience. In conjunction with performing research, the communication of the results via presentations or publications is a measure of the level of scientific engagement. The empirical study presented here uses generalized linear mixed models with hierarchical bootstrapping to examine the factors that impact the means of dissemination of undergraduate research results. Focusing on the research experiences in physics and chemistry of undergraduates at four Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) from 2004–2013, statistical analysis indicates that the gender of the student does not impact the number and type of research products. However, in chemistry, the rank of the faculty advisor and the venue of the presentation do impact the number of research products by undergraduate student, whereas in physics, gender match between student and advisor has an effect on the number of undergraduate research products. This study provides a baseline for future studies of discipline-based bibliometrics and factors that affect the number of research products of undergraduate students. PMID:29698502

Karl Krueger, PhD | Division of Cancer Prevention

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Dr. Karl Krueger received a PhD in biochemistry from Vanderbilt University and continued his research training at NIH as a postdoctoral fellow before joining the faculty at Georgetown University School of Medicine. His research throughout this period focused on different aspects of drug receptors and their role in the nervous system. |

Using Gaming Equipment to Teach

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Curriculum Review, 2009

2009-01-01

Gaming equipment (such as Nintendo's Wii[TM]) is making its way to schools and classrooms. However, most of the discussion regarding how to use this technology and integrate it into lesson plans is happening in blogs on the Internet. An advocate of interactive media in the classroom, Dr. Dawn Hawkins, a faculty member for the Art Institute of…

Evaluation of the Fun with Books Program: An Interview with Katrina Bledsoe

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Fitzpatrick, Jody L.; Christie, Christina A., Ed.

2007-01-01

This article presents an interview with Katrina Bledsoe, a senior research associate with Planning, Research & Evaluation Services (PRES) Associates in Washington, D.C. Dr. Bledsoe was a faculty member in the Psychology Department at The College of New Jersey. She was trained under Stewart Donaldson at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and…

Statistical Abstracts, Fall 1990: Instructional Workload, Faculty, and I&DR Costs.

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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Central Staff Office of Institutional Research.

This publication provides summary analytical reports and graphic displays from the official Course and Section Analysis (CASA) system concerning the instructional workload and the financial resources of academic departments offering courses during the fall 1990 semester within the State University of New York system. Included are six reports. The…

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program. 1988 Program Technical Report. Volume 1

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1988-12-01

Laboratory: Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech. Logistics & Human Factors Div. 5500 Wabash Terre Haute, IN 47803 (812) 877-1511 Dr. David R. Cecil Degree...to detect those frequencies with our mercury- cadmium detector at Northridge, we were 16-7 unable to obtain this information with the indium-antinimide

78 FR 38331 - Media Bureau Invites Comments on Study Submitted by the Minority Media and Telecommunications...

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2013-06-26

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Navy-ASEE Summer Faculty Research Program. Navy-ASEE Sabbatical Leave Program.

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1994-09-01

University Arnall Physical Therapy N. Arizona Univ. I Azimi-Sadjadi Elec. Eng. Colorado St. Univ. Baird Chem. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville I Bandy Mech...provide the framework for the analysis of data in magneto -optics and on tunneling structures for a number of years. Dr. Bilal M. Ayyub Associate

The association between money and opinion in academic emergency medicine.

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Birkhahn, Robert H; Blomkalns, Andra; Klausner, Howard; Nowak, Richard; Raja, Ali S; Summers, Richard; Weber, Jim E; Briggs, William M; Arkun, Alp; Diercks, Deborah

2010-05-01

Financial conflicts of interest have come under increasing scrutiny in medicine, but their impact has not been quantified. Our objective was to use the results of a national survey of academic emergency medicine (EM) faculty to determine if an association between money and personal opinion exists. We conducted a web-based survey of EM faculty. Opinion questions were analyzed with regard to whether the respondent had either 1) received research grant money or 2) received money from industry as a speaker, consultant, or advisor. Responses were unweighted, and tests of differences in proportions were made using Chi-squared tests, with p<0.05 set for significance. We received responses from 430 members; 98 (23%) received research grants from industry, while 145 (34%) reported fee-for-service money. Respondents with research money were more likely to be comfortable accepting gifts (40% vs. 29%) and acting as paid consultants (50% vs. 37%). They had a more favorable attitude with regard to societal interactions with industry and felt that industry-sponsored lectures could be fair and unbiased (52% vs. 29%). Faculty with fee-for-service money mirrored those with research money. They were also more likely to believe that industry-sponsored research produces fair and unbiased results (61% vs. 45%) and less likely to believe that honoraria biased speakers (49% vs. 69%). Accepting money for either service or research identified a distinct population defined by their opinions. Faculty engaged in industry-sponsored research benefitted socially (collaborations), academically (publications), and financially from the relationship.

A comprehensive medical student career development program improves medical student satisfaction with career planning.

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Zink, Brian J; Hammoud, Maya M; Middleton, Eric; Moroney, Donney; Schigelone, Amy

2007-01-01

In 1999, the University of Michigan Medical School (UMMS) initiated a new career development program (CDP). The CDP incorporates the 4-phase career development model described by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Careers in Medicine (CiM). The CDP offers self-assessment exercises with guidance from trained counselors for 1st- and 2nd-year medical students. Career exploration experiences include Career Seminar Series luncheons, shadow experiences with faculty, and a shadow program with second-year (M2) and fourth-year (M4) medical students. During the decision-making phase, students work with trained faculty career advisors (FCA). Mandatory sessions are held on career selection, preparing the residency application, interviewing, and program evaluation. During the implementation phase, students meet with deans or counselors to discuss residency application and matching. An "at-risk plan" assists students who may have difficulty matching. The CiM Web site is extensively used during the 4 stages. Data from the AAMC and UMMS Graduation Questionnaires (GQ) show significant improvements for UMMS students in overall satisfaction with career planning services and with faculty mentoring, career assessment activities, career information, and personnel availability. By 2003, UMMS students had significantly higher satisfaction in all measured areas of career planning services when compared with all other U.S. medical students.

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2002-05-14

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former astronaut Story Musgrave speaks to students and faculty from across the nation gathered at the KSC Visitor Complex for this year's NASA MarsPort Engineering Design Student Competition 2002 conference. The participants are presenting papers on engineering trade studies to design optimal configurations for a MarsPort Deployable Greenhouse for operation on the surface of Mars. Judges in the competition were from KSC, Dynamac Corporation and Florida Institute of Technology. The winning team's innovative ideas will be used by NASA to evaluate and study other engineering trade concepts. Featured at the opening ceremony were Dr. Sam Durrance, FSGC director and former astronaut, and Dr. Gary Stutte, plant scientist, Dynamac Corporation.

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2002-05-14

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former astronaut Story Musgrave speaks to students and faculty from across the nation gathered at the KSC Visitor Complex for this year's NASA MarsPort Engineering Design Student Competition 2002 conference. The participants are presenting papers on engineering trade studies to design optimal configurations for a MarsPort Deployable Greenhouse for operation on the surface of Mars. Judges in the competition were from KSC, Dynamac Corporation and Florida Institute of Technology. The winning team's innovative ideas will be used by NASA to evaluate and study other engineering trade concepts. Featured at the opening ceremony were Dr. Sam Durrance, FSGC director and former astronaut, and Dr. Gary Stutte, plant scientist, Dynamac Corporation.

An Interview with Professor Melquíades de Dios Leyva, December 2008

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Arias de Fuentes, Olimpia

When writing about the history of physics in Cuba, this remarkable professor of quantum mechanics must be mentioned, for he embodies a most genuine example of the turn taken by national educational policy after 1959: Education for all, at all levels, with no discrimination or elitism. The following is an interview granted by Dr. Melquíades de Dios Leyva, Outstanding Full Professor of the Physics Faculty of the University of Havana, to Dr. Olimpia Arias de Fuentes, Associate Professor at the same, and Senior Researcher of the Institute of Materials Science and Technology (IMRE) of the University of Havana.

Design and development of experimental facilities for short duration, low-gravity combustion and fire experiments

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Motevalli, Vahid

1994-01-01

This report contains the results of three projects conducted by undergraduate students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute at the NASA's Lewis Research Center under a NASA Award NCC3-312. The students involved in these projects spent part of the summer of 1993 at the Lewis Research Center (LeRC) under the direction of Dr. Howard Ross, head of the Combustion group and other NASA engineers and scientists. The Principal Investigator at Worcester Polytechnic Institute was Professor Vahid Motevalli. Professor Motevalli served as the principal project advisor for two of the three projects which were in Mechanical Engineering. The third project was advised by Professor Duckworth of Electrical and Computer Engineering, while Professor Motevalli acted as the co-advisor. These projects provided an excellent opportunity for the students to participate in the cutting edge research and engineering design, interact with NASA engineers and gain valuable exposure to a real working environment. Furthermore, the combustion group at LeRC was able to forward their goals by employing students to work on topics of immediate use and interest such as experimental research projects planned for the space shuttle, the future space station, or to develop demonstration tools to educate the public about LeRC activities.

[Instituto de Investigaciones Clinicas "Dr. Américo Negrette": 55 years of excellent research versus global economic recession].

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Valero Cedeño, Nereida Josefina

2014-12-01

The Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas "Dr. Américo Negrette" belongs to the Faculty of Medicine at University of Zulia in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela. It was created on December 4, 1959 by Dr. Américo Negrette. Today, with 55 years of existence, the Institute seeks to fulfill the mission that characterizes it, based on the values instilled by its founder and maintained by subsequent generations, whose research projects are implemented through seven research sections: Biochemistry, Hematologic Research, Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Immunology and Cell Biology, Clinical Neurochemistry, Parasitology and Virology. The research originated in these laboratories have become national and international points of reference, despite the current economic situation with budget deficits that put at risk the quality and originality of their projects with negative consequences on the productivity and applications for health population, reasons of biomedical research.

["AGAINST ALL ODDS" - PROMOTING RESEARCH, CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT AND MEDICAL SERVICES OF THE CONFLICT IN THE GALILEE MEDICAL CENTER].

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Bornstein, Jacob

2017-05-01

The Galilee Medical Center (GMC) is unique in several aspects. Firstly, in the clinical aspect: In recent years, led by the Director of Medical Center, Dr. Masad Barhoum, a considerable momentum of development has taken place to reduce health discrepancies between the center and the periphery. Despite the under- financing of the health system in the Galilee, the GMC opened new clinical departments, introduced advanced medical technology and key staff members were added. This approach is depicted in publications presented in the current issue. Secondly, the aspect of medicine standoff: The GMC is the nearest hospital to the border with neighboring countries. It is also a tertiary center for trauma, due to the establishment of the Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and the Departments of Orthopedic Surgery, general invasive radiology and invasive radiology of the brain. In recent years, the medical center treated hundreds of victims of the civil war in Syria, a third of them - women and children. The injured patients presented unique medical problems that are described in the papers in this issue. Thirdly, the research aspect: The medical center is the main teaching facility of medical students of the Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee of Bar-Ilan University. The Faculty of Medicine, led by the Dean, Prof. Ran Tur-Kaspa, promotes research and teaching in the medical center. Even before the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, former hospital director, Prof. Shaul Shasha, not only extolled the importance of research, but established a research laboratory years ago. The laboratory continues to pursue translational research by the physicians of the medical center, led by Dr. Shifra Sela and Prof. Batya Kristal, and supported by the current medical center director, Dr. Masad Barhoum. Several studies conducted in this research laboratory are published herewith. With these unique aspects and despite the discrimination in funding for Galilee compared to the center of the country, the GMC has not remained stagnant. On the contrary, it established and promoted departments, technologies and research laboratories. This activity is expressed as aforesaid in the studies published in the current issue of "Harefuah" that you hold in your hands. The authors of the papers belong to the GMC and to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bar-Ilan University.

Howard University Assembles Fund-Raising Juggernaut

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Masterson, Kathryn

2008-01-01

As a dental student 35 years ago, Leo E. Rouse and his Howard University classmates learned to fill cavities and cap teeth by crowding around one faculty member and angling for a clear view of the day's demonstration. Today students at Howard's College of Dentistry, where Dr. Rouse is now the dean, get an unobstructed view of dental procedures…

Media Advisory -- Director of National Science Foundation to Visit Colorado

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Mines Green Center located 924 16th Street, Golden. Media may also join Dr. Lane at any of the following faculty and federal laboratory scientists, Colorado School of Mines Green Center, Metals Hall (180A School of Mines Green Center, Ted Adams Room (270), Golden. Maps and parking information are available

Values and Attitudes of Harcum Students and Faculty-Staff.

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Harcum Junior Coll., Bryn Mawr, PA.

In an effort to find either support for or evidence contrary to the popularly accepted concept of student withdrawal into the self and student rejection of outside authority, Dr. Jeffrey K. Hadden administered a 246 question questionnaire to 2,000 students who came from every type of college campus. Five attitudes appeared to reflect the…

Education for Perspective.

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Kidd, J. R.

The book contains selected speeches by Dr. J. R. Kidd delivered around the world during the last two decades. The author has related man's problems and progress with the nature and quality of education. The emphasis is on the relationship between the development of the faculties of the mind and the good of the society as well as the enrichment of…

Tuning in to High-Fidelity Interventions: A Conversation with George Sugai

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Teagarden, Jim; Zabel, Robert; Kaff, Marilyn

2016-01-01

George Sugai is the Carole J. Neag Endowed Chair in Behavior Disorders in the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He previously served on the faculty at the University of Oregon and the University of Kentucky. At Connecticut, Dr. Sugai and colleagues established the Center for Behavioral Educational and Research…

The American Association for Agricultural Education: Our Powerful Professional Organization Made Up of Remarkable Faculty Members

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Thompson, Gregory

2016-01-01

Dr. Gregory Thompson presented the 2015 AAAE [American Association for Agricultural Education] Distinguished Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Agricultural Education in San Antonio, Texas in May, 2015. The article is a philosophical work based upon the author's experiences in the agricultural education profession.

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Kizilyalli, Isik; Evans, Craig; Matocha, Kevin

The ARPA-E model is unique in that the agency does not just provide teams funding. Throughout the lifetime of an ARPA-E award, ARPA-E Program Directors and Tech-to-Market Advisors also provide teams with expert advice through quarterly reviews and onsite visits. This hands-on approach helps ensure teams can meet ambitious milestones, target and tackle problems early on, and advance their technologies towards commercialization. Program Director Dr. Isik Kizilyalli explains the importance of this active project management approach in helping teams identify and overcome barriers. In this video, Energy Storage Systems (ESS) from the GRIDS program and Monolith Semiconductors from the SWITCHESmore » program discuss how ARPA-E’s active project management approach helped them find solutions to technical challenges.« less

The Advisor Quality Survey: Good College Advisors Are Available, Knowledgeable, and Autonomy Supportive

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Sheldon, Kennon M.; Garton, Bryan; Orr, Rachael; Smith, Amy

2015-01-01

Most US institutions of higher education do not assess advisor quality. We report a scale development effort informed by the developmental prescriptions of self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000). The 15-item Missouri Advisor Quality Survey assesses advisor knowledge, advisor availability, and advisor autonomy supportiveness.…

Closeout Report: Experimental High Energy Physics Group at the University of South Alabama

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Jenkins, Charles M; Godang, Romulus

The High Energy Physics group at the University of South Alabama has been supported by this research grant (DE-FG02-96ER40970) since 1996. One researcher, Dr. Merrill Jenkins, has been supported on this grant during this time worked on fixed target experiments at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, west of Chicago, Illinois. These experiments have been E-705, E-771, E-871 (HyperCP) and E-921 (CKM) before it was canceled for budgetary reasons. After the cancellation of CKM, Dr. Jenkins joined the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment as an associate member via the High Energy Physics Group at the Florida State University. A second, recentlymore » tenured faculty member, Dr. Romulus Godang joined the group in 2009 and has been supported by this grant since then. Dr. Godang is working on the BaBaR experiment at SLAC and has joined the Belle-II experiment located in Japan at KEK. According to the instructions sent to us by our grant monitor, we are to concentrate on the activities over the last three years in this closeout report.« less

Factors affecting the acceptance of expert advice.

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Van Swol, Lyn M; Sniezek, Janet A

2005-09-01

This paper expands research on the judge advisor system (JAS) by examining advice utilization and trust. Experiment 1 examined five factors that could increase utilization of expert advice: judge's trust in the advisor, advisor confidence, advisor accuracy, judge's prior relationship with the advisor, and judge's power to set payment to the advisor. While judge's trust and advisor confidence correlated with the judge matching the advisor's advice, a stepwise regression found that of the five variables, advisor confidence was the only significant predictor of the judge matching the advisor. Experiment 2 examined trust without the role assignment to judge or advisor. While trust expressed in partner was not higher for the judge than the advisor in Experiment 1, in Experiment 2 trust in partner expressed by the low-expertise dyad member was higher than trust expressed by the high-expertise dyad member. Results from the two experiments are discussed in the context of Sniezek and Van Swol (2001).

DR AVRAM JOZEF VINAVER (1862-1915) - PIONEER OF RADIOLOGY IN SERBIA.

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Babić, Rade Radomir; Stanković Babić, Gordana

2015-01-01

Dr Abraham Joseph Vinaver (1862-1915), a Jew from Poland, was a pioneer of radiology in Serbia. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Warsaw (1887), but lived and worked in abac (the Kingdom of Serbia) since 1890. Dr Abraham Joseph Vinarev - Career Development. He procured the first X-ray machine and developed radiological service in Sabac five years after the discovery of X-rays. These were the beginnings of radiology in Serbia. He introduced the application of artesian wells. Dr Abraham Joseph Vinarev - a Participant at the First Congress of Serbian Physicians and Naturalists, Belgrade 1904. "The diagnostic importance of X-rays in lung disease, especially in initial tuberculosis" and "Five Years of Treatment by X-Ray Machines" were the first works in the field of radiology in Serbia by this author. Dr Abraham Joseph Vinaver - Reserve Medical Officer in the Serbian Army. During the Balkan Wars, he was a volunteer with the rank of major engaged in military corps and he participated in the First World War as well. He died of malaria in 1915 in Gevgelija. "Dr Avram Vinaver"- Stanislav Vinarev. His dedication to work during the typhus epidemics was put into verses of a poem by his son Stanislav Vinarev. Dr Avram Vinaver Joseph was a noble man with a great heart, who selflessly sacrificed himself for the Serbian people and Serbia. He gave his contribution to the development of health services in Serbia, both in peacetime and wartime conditions. Dr Abraham Joseph Vinaver laid the foundations for today's radiology in Serbia.

Latin America multidisciplinary research on heat shock proteins and cell stress: proceedings of the first conference of the Latin America Chapter of the Cell Stress Society International.

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Bausero, María A

2015-09-01

The First Conference of the Latin America Chapter of the Cell Stress Society International (CSSI) organized by CSSI was held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on March 11-14, 2014. The Latin America Chapter of the CSSI (LAC-CSSI) was established at the Workshop on the Molecular Biology of the Stress Response, Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 2012. The chapter's first meeting took place in the beautiful city of Montevideo and was chaired by the first (LAC-CSSI) elected president Professor María Bausero. Forty-two invited speakers presented their work to more than 100 scientists. The first day of the conference was dedicated to an introductory program for students, young investigators, and participants new to the field of molecular chaperones and the stress response. These seminars were held in the Pasteur Institute of Montevideo and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of the Republic. These institutions were carefully selected to give foreign participants a broad view of the diversity of students and institutions doing research in Uruguay, as well as an opportunity for direct interaction with our scientists and students. Invited speakers for the seminar series were Dr. Wolfgang Schumann, Dr. Cristina Bonorino, Dr. Antonio De Maio, Dr. Ian Brown, Dr. Rafael Radi, Dr. Daniel Ciocca, and Dr. Celia Quijano. The remaining days of the conference took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Montevideo, and the scientific sessions are discussed below.

A tribute to Dr. Robert C. Allen, an inspirational teacher, humanitarian, and friend (Nov. 18, 1950-Mar. 24, 2005).

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Edlich, Richard F; Greene, Jill A; Long, William B

2006-01-01

Dr. Robert C. Allen was a gifted educator, as well as experienced ophthalmologist, who was a close personal friend of Dr. Edlich at the University of Virginia Health System. While serving on the faculty at the University of Virginia Health System, Dr. Allen proved to be a compassionate physician, who developed close personal relationships with the residents, faculty, and his patients. Dr. Allen was invited by Dr Edlich to be a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants. When Dr. Allen told Dr. Edlich that he had ocular melanoma in 2000, this news was a wake-up call to Dr. Edlich on the need to prevent skin cancer, as well as ocular melanoma. Empowered by this news, Dr. Edlich was honored to co-author four articles on skin cancer prevention, as well as the latest article focusing on prevention of ocular melanoma. The Ocular Melanoma Foundation (Richmond, VA (USA)) was founded in 2003 by Dr. Robert C. Allen to increase awareness, enhance education, and provide advocacy among both patients and health care professionals regarding this rare, but potentially lethal cancer. It has a website that provides patient information, up-to-date information and enables communication/ discourse between and among patients and practitioners (admin@ocularmelanoma.org). Dr. Allen died on March 24, 2005, at his home surrounded by family and loved ones. When surgeons are faced with challenging healthcare diseases, Dr. Edlich's mentor, Dr. Owen Wangensteen, advised Dr. Edlich that he should seek the advice and guidance of skilled basic scientists, who are familiar with the problem. Dr. Wangensteen is recognized as the greatest surgical teacher during the 20th century. Consequently, Dr. Edlich enlisted the advice and guidance from the two co-authors of the next article regarding the scientific basis for the selection of sunglasses to prevent the development of cataracts, pterygia, skin cancer, as well as ocular melanoma. Dr. Reichow is a Professor of Optometry at Pacific University College of Optometry (Forest Grove, OR (USA)). Dr. Citek is Associate Professor of Optometry at Pacific University College of Optometry (Forest Grove (USA)). In their comprehensive evaluation of sunglasses, they found some disturbing results. Despite being endorsed by The Skin Cancer Foundation, the Walgreens eyewear samples offer only partial protection to the potential hazards of sunlight exposure. Those individuals who spend considerable time outdoors should seek sun filter eyewear with impact resistant polycarbonate lenses that provide 100% ultraviolet filtration, high levels of blue light filtration, and full visual field lens/frame coverage as provided by high wrap eyewear. There are several brands that offer products with such protective characteristics. Performance sun eyewear by Nike Vision (Nike Inc., Portland OR [USA]), available in both corrective and plano (nonprescription) forms, is one such brand incorporating these protective features, as well as patented optical and tint designs. Numerous Nike styles offer interchangeable lens options to meet the changing environmental conditions encountered outdoors. These technologies are incorporated into performance-driven frame designs inspired by feedback from some of the world's best athletes. Nonprescription Nike eyewear are available on-line at http://www.nike.com/nikevision, as well as at various well-known retail outlets. Nonprescription and prescription Nike eyewear are also available at the offices of many eye care professionals. Even though our latest report did not include soft contact lens, it is important to emphasize that Dr. Reichow and Dr. Citek have played a leadership role in coordinating the development of the Nike MAXSIGHT, an innovative fully tinted soft contact lens. This contact lens provides distortion-free optics, whether or not you wear prescription contacts. They filter out more than 90% of harmful blue light and 95% of UVA and UVB. For the contact lens, you should go to the website for more information http://www.nike.com/nikevision/content.html. The website has a list of practitioners who can service the patients with the respective sunglasses. With their exciting technologic advances in sunglass products, as well as tinted soft contact lens, the authors would encourage Nike Vision to develop an expanded international marketing program that allows all individuals in the world to easily purchase its products.

Neutralising fair credit: factors that influence unethical authorship practices.

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Trinkle, Brad S; Phillips, Trisha; Hall, Alicia; Moffatt, Barton

2017-06-01

This study experimentally tests whether the techniques of neutralisation as identified in the criminal justice literature influence graduate student willingness to engage in questionable research practices (QRPs). Our results indicate that US-born graduate students are more willing to add an undeserved coauthor if the person who requests it is a faculty member in the student's department as opposed to a fellow student. Students are most likely to add an undeserving author if a faculty member is also their advisor. In addition, four techniques of neutralisation, 'diffusion of responsibility', 'defence of necessity', 'advantageous comparison' and 'euphemistic labelling', are associated with student willingness to act unethically. Participants who had received responsible conduct of research training were no less likely to commit the violation than those who had not. Knowledge of these influencing factors for QRPs will provide for opportunities to improve research ethics education strategies and materials. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/.

Case II: Conflict recognition--the case of the misdirected faculty.

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Hoelscher, Diane C; Comer, Robert W

2002-04-01

Early recognition is fundamental to managing conflict. Successful leaders rely upon their ability to recognize conflict before it escalates into crisis. This article reviews the signs and sources of conflict along with related management theories. Conflict management includes understanding the sources and types of conflict as well as the impact potential; in the case presented, the leaders were unaware of conflict. Dr. Forester, the faculty member "in the middle," was in a precarious position. Her performance evaluation reflected unacceptable accomplishments. However, her self-assessment, based on the hiring agreement, was successful. Her requests for guidance and clarification were unproductive. What does she do now? The management theories that apply to the case of "the misdirected faculty" include analysis and discussion of communication, feedback, and expectancy theory. Action alternatives are presented to explore some of the options available to stimulate discussion and to provide readers with an eclectic approach to applying a case analysis.

Canadian Rheumatology Association Meeting, The Westin Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 8-11, 2017.

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Silverman, Earl D

2017-05-01

The 72nd Annual Meeting of The Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) was held at The Westin Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 8-11, 2017. The program consisted of presentations covering original research, symposia, awards, and lectures. Highlights of the meeting include the following 2017 award winners: Dr. Vinod Chandran, Young Investigator; Dr. Jacques P. Brown, Distinguished Investigator; Dr. David Robinson, Teacher-Educator; Dr. Michel Zummer, Distinguished Rheumatologist; Ms. Rebecca Gole, Best Abstract on SLE Research by a Trainee - Ian Watson Award; Ms. Bailey Russell, Best Abstract on Clinical or Epidemiology Research by a Trainee - Phil Rosen Award; Dr. Sahil Koppikar and Dr. Henry Averns, Practice Reflection Award; Dr. Shirine Usmani, Best Abstract on Basic Science Research by a Trainee; Ms. Carol Dou, Best Abstract for Research by an Undergraduate Student; Dr. Dania Basodan, Best Abstract on Research by a Rheumatology Resident; Dr. Claire Barber, Best Abstract on Adult Research by Young Faculty; Ms. Audrea Chen, Best Abstract by a Medical Student; Dr. Kun Huang, Best Abstract by a Post-Graduate Resident; and Dr. Ryan Lewinson, Best Abstract by a Post-Graduate Research Trainee. Lectures and other events included a Keynote Lecture by Jonathon Fowles: Exercise is Medicine: Is Exercise a Good or Bad Thing for People with Arthritis?; State of the Art Lecture by Matthew Warman: Insights into Bone Biology and Therapeutics Gleaned from the Sustained Investigation of Rare Diseases; Dunlop-Dottridge Lecture by Allen Steere: Lyme Disease: A New Problem for Rheumatologists in Canada; and the Great Debate: Be it Resolved that the Least Expensive Treatment Should be Chosen. Switch, Switch, Switch! Arguing for: Jonathan Chan and Antonio Avina, and against: Marinka Twilt and Glen Hazlewood. Topics such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, Sjögren syndrome, psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthritis, vasculitis, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, pediatric rheumatology, and their respective diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes are reflected in the abstracts, which we are pleased to publish in this issue of The Journal .

Connecting Communities, Schools, and Families: An Interview with Arthur (Andy) Horne, Phd

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Ziomek-Daigle, Jolie

2007-01-01

Dr. Arthur (Andy) Horne completed his PhD at Southern Illinois University in 1971. He taught at Indiana State University from 1971 until 1989, during which time he served as a member of the faculty and the director of training of the APA-accredited Counseling Psychology Program. He also was a member of the AAMFT-accredited Marriage and Family…

Leda and the Swan--and other myths about rape.

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Norfolk, Guy A

2011-07-01

In his David Jenkins Memorial Lecture, Dr Norfolk discusses rape and some of the myths that surround the topic, exploring the research evidence about conviction rates, false allegations, clinician gender preferences of rape victims and the role of sexual assault referral centres in service delivery. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd and Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine. All rights reserved.

The Teachers of Quality Academy: A Learning Community Approach to Preparing Faculty to Teach Health Systems Science.

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Baxley, Elizabeth G; Lawson, Luan; Garrison, Herbert G; Walsh, Danielle; Lazorick, Suzanne; Lake, Donna; Higginson, Jason

2016-12-01

Although efforts to integrate health systems science (HSS) topics, such as patient safety, quality improvement (QI), interprofessionalism, and population health, into health professions curricula are increasing, the rate of change has been slow. The Teachers of Quality Academy (TQA), Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, was established in January 2014 with the dual goal of preparing faculty to lead frontline clinical transformation while becoming proficient in the pedagogy and curriculum design necessary to prepare students in HSS competencies. The TQA included the completion of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement Open School Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety; participation in six 2-day learning sessions on key HSS topics; completion of a QI project; and participation in three online graduate courses. Twenty-seven faculty from four health science programs completed the program. All completed their QI projects. Nineteen (70%) have been formally engaged in the design and delivery of the medical student curriculum in HSS. Early into their training, TQA participants began to apply new knowledge and skills in HSS to the development of educational initiatives beyond the medical student curriculum. Important next steps for TQA participants and program planners include further incorporation as faculty advisors and contributors to the full implementation of the longitudinal HSS curriculum; expanded involvement with the Leaders in Innovative Care Scholars student leadership distinction track; continued in-depth evaluation of the impact of TQA participation on patient care, teaching, and role modeling; and the recruitment of the next cohort of TQA participants.

Overview of Space Science and Information Research Opportunities at NASA

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Green, James L.

2000-01-01

It is not possible to review all the opportunities that NASA provides to support the Space Science Enterprise, in the short amount of time allotted for this presentation. Therefore, only a few key programs will be discussed. The programs that I will discuss will concentrate on research opportunities for faculty, graduate and postdoctoral candidates in Space Science research and information technologies at NASA. One of the most important programs for research opportunities is the NASA Research Announcement or NRA. NASA Headquarters issues NRA's on a regular basis and these cover space science and computer science activities relating to NASA missions and programs. In the Space Sciences, the most important NRA is called the "Research Opportunities in Space Science or the ROSS NRA. The ROSS NRA is composed of multiple announcements in the areas of structure and evolution of the Universe, Solar System exploration, Sun-Earth connections, and applied information systems. Another important opportunity is the Graduate Student Research Program (GSRP). The GSRP is designed to cultivate research ties between a NASA Center and the academic community through the award of fellowships to promising students in science and engineering. This program is unique since it matches the student's area of research interest with existing work being carried out at NASA. This program is for U.S. citizens who are full-time graduate students. Students who are successful have made the match between their research and the NASA employee who will act as their NASA Advisor/ Mentor. In this program, the student's research is primarily accomplished under the supervision of his faculty advisor with periodic or frequent interactions with the NASA Mentor. These interactions typically involve travel to the sponsoring NASA Center on a regular basis. The one-year fellowships are renewable for up to three years and over $20,000 per year. These and other important opportunities will be discussed.

Residential learning communities as a tool for increasing interest in the Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Rademacher, L. K.; Burmeister, K. C.; Colafrancesco, K.; Brodie, C.; Jacobson, S.

2009-12-01

The Residence for Earth and Environmental Living and Learning (REELL), a residential learning community (RLCs) established at the University of the Pacific in 2008-2009, has proven to be an effective tool for increasing interest in the Earth and environmental sciences. RLCs bring together students that share a theme-based interest and are given an opportunity to live together in a common space within a campus residence hall. The 2008-2009 REELL group comprised representatives from a wide range of degree programs, and included 16 freshmen, a junior peer advisor, and a senior residential advisor. Student participants in the REELL community work closely with their peers, faculty, and staff on academic, social, and outreach programs designed to increase interest and awareness in the Earth & environment. REELL activities include regular meetings, sponsored movies, guest speakers, field trips, campus exchange events, and outreach activities. These activities are arranged around a yearlong research project that is designed and implemented by the student participants. Preliminary results suggest that activity- and project-related interactions during the 2008-2009 REELL program year are an effective way to establish connections between among students, faculty, and administration and have increased interest and participation in Earth and Environmental Science courses and programs. Studies of RLCs implemented in a wide variety of colleges and university settings demonstrate that these programs successfully foster the development of leadership, social, and academic skills in student participants. The REELL community at the University of the Pacific is based upon the successful the Honors RLC. The well-established Honors RLC is a perfect example of how such programs can increase social and academic development. Like the REELL program, the Honors RLC brings together first and second year honors students in a single residence hall. Their participation in the Honors RLC provides education experiences for the whole person outside of the classroom.

Unconscious Bias - The Focus of the University of Arizona's NSF ADVANCE Award

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Richardson, R. M.; Tolbert, L. P.; Vaillancourt, A. M.; Leahey, E. E.; Rodrigues, H. A.

2011-12-01

The University of Arizona ADVANCE program focuses on unconscious bias and ways to minimize its negative impact on the academy. Unconscious bias involves social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own consciousness. Overwhelming scientific evidence supports that unconscious bias pervasively influences hiring, evaluation, selection of leaders, and even daily interactions. UA ADVANCE has a three-tiered strategy for improving the representation and advancement of women faculty in STEM departments that includes: 1) fostering the scientific and leadership careers of women; 2) promoting responsibility for gender equity among faculty and administrators; and 3) developing management software useful for promoting more equitable decision-making. This strategy has brought together a diverse array of faculty, staff, and faculty administrators working toward a common goal of promoting faculty diversity and the equitable treatment of faculty. Among the most effective aspects of our programming and products have been: 1) department head and search committee trainings; 2) monthly career discussion series events, and; 3) a salary modeling tool for department heads and deans. One key to the success of these efforts has been collaborations with campus partners, including the Office of the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, the Office of the Special Advisor to the President for Diversity and Inclusion, and the Division of Human Resources. A second key has been a commitment to the use of research-based material and tools, presented by respected colleagues, in small workshop-style settings that foster discussion. This has enabled us to extend our reach to more STEM departments and secure broader support in creating a more equitable environment for women faculty. Nearing the close of our grant period, our efforts are now concentrated on institutionalizing success. UA ADVANCE needs continued support from an increasingly tasked administration in a transitional environment where the University is in the middle of national searches for both president and provost. In addition to unknown new leadership, there is an ongoing hiring freeze, additional budget cuts are anticipated, and more institutional reorganization is likely. An added challenge has been the difficulty of assessing true impact beyond participation, even with professional assessment. Fortunately, the UA ADVANCE team has worked in a challenging environment for much of its award period, and remains fundamentally optimistic about efforts to reduce the negative effects of unconscious bias in hiring, evaluating, and rewarding a diverse faculty.

Development of the Clinic of Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolic disorders.

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Shubeska Stratrova, S

2013-01-01

The Clinic of Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolic disorders was founded in 1975 by Prof d-r Alexandar Plashevski. Healthcare, educational and scientific activities in the Clinic of Endocrinology are performed in its departments. The Department for hospitalized diabetic and endocrine patients consists of the metabolic and endocrine intensive care unit, the department for diagnosis and treatment of diabetics and endocrine patients, day hospital, the department for education of diabetic patients, and the national center for insulin pump therapy. The Center for Diabetes was established in 1972 by Prof d-r Dimitar Arsov. In 1975, Prof d-r Alexandar Plasheski broadened the activities of the Center for Diabetes. It was dislocated in 1980, with new accommodation outside the clinic. Since then the Center has consisted of several organized units: two specialist outpatient clinics for diabetic patients, biochemical and endocrine laboratory, sub-departments for: diabetic foot, cardiovascular diagnosis, ophthalmology, and urgent interventions. The Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders for outclinic endocrine patients was established in 1980, and it integrates the following sub-departments: thyrology, andrology, reproductive endocrinology, obesity and lipid disorders and sub-department for osteoporosis. The educational staff of the Clinic of Endocrinology organizes theoretical and practical education about Clinical Investigation and Internal Medicine with credit transfer system course of study of the Medical Faculty, Faculty of Stomatology, postgraduate studies, specializations and sub-specializations. Symposiums, 3 congresses, schools for diabetes and osteoporosis and continuous medical education were also organized. The Clinic of Endocrinology was initiator, organizer, founder and the seat of several medical associations.

[Health care of the students at the Elisabeth University in Pécs between 1924 and 1950].

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Kovács, Adrienn

2011-01-01

In this study, we present the arrangements of the Erzsébet University, seated in Pécs since 1923, on student health protection via analyzing the archive resources. Due to the scattered resources, we cannot give an account on the preceding Pozsony (1914-20) or Budapest (1920-23) era. In this period, the resources mention only the boarding-students' medical attendance by an internist teaching assistant. After the University moved to Pécs, Dr. János Angyán was the one, who considered the (health protection) issue significant. In his proposition, he suggested the University should set up a hospital association and the pre-examination of the boarding-students. The actual examination of the students was introduced along with the compulsory physical education. While it was compulsory for male students, female students could participate voluntarily since the fall of 1927. From 1923, the cost of medical arrangements of the students of the fourth faculty, of the Evangelical Theological Faculty, was covered by a separate fund financed by university students. In the early 1930s, it was Dr. János Angyán again who made a proposition that the examinations should be institutionalized, which in the new settings took place in the school year of 1936-37. In three consecutive years all the students were subject to examinations. The participation rate differed among the faculties. It was high among the freshmen of the Medical Faculty and of the Humanities, however, it was 22 percent of the Faculty of Law at the beginning and even later, in the fall of 1948 it was only 48 percent. Besides the management of the University, other universities and non-governmental organizations of the country stood up to fight against contagions of the era, such as the Tuberculosis and venereal diseases. These initiatives were carefully considered by the management of the university, which took proper action in each and every case. In the 1940s the examinations continued, which were suspended during the war. The management planned to restart the examinations in 1947, however, no data survived from this period.

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program. 1981 Program Management Report.

DTIC Science & Technology

1981-10-01

Hydrazine Dr. Albert N. Thompson Methylhydrazine and Unsymdimethylhydrazine with Porphyrins, Metalloporphyrins,’and some Metal Coordination Compounds 79...biodegradation rates, including the nature and concentra- tion of the specific hydrocarbon compound , the species of bacteria present and their quantity...of the importance of biodegradation relative to other loss fac- tors such as volatilization and sediment sorption , and second, the deter- mination of

Modeling Small Unmanned Aerial System Mishaps Using Logistic Regression and Artificial Neural Networks

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2012-03-22

Faculty Department of Operational Sciences Graduate School of Engineering and Management Air Force Institute of Technology Air University...Air Education and Training Command In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Operations...this project was well defined. I would also like to thank my reader, Dr. Joseph Pignatiello, for his technical insights and helpful comments. Thanks

Airborne Network Optimization with Dynamic Network Update

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2015-03-26

Faculty Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate School of Engineering and Management Air Force Institute of Technology Air University...Member Dr. Barry E. Mullins Member AFIT-ENG-MS-15-M-030 Abstract Modern networks employ congestion and routing management algorithms that can perform...airborne networks. Intelligent agents can make use of Kalman filter predictions to make informed decisions to manage communication in airborne networks. The

[Tribute to the teachers Cora Mayers Glehy and Alfredo Demaría Andreani].

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G Osorio, Carlos

2017-09-01

Dr. Cora Mayers Glehy, was the director of the Nursing School, head of the Department of Health Education of the General Health Office, a founding member of the Pediatric Society and Dr. Alfredo Demaría Andreani, was a prominent student leader, first sanitarian graduated in the University of John Hopkins, director of Health, professor of the Chair of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine. Both were brilliant academics of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile in the early 1930's and great achievements were expected from them by the medical and university community. These hopes and longings were destroyed when they tragically ended their lives on the morning of a Monday, January 12, 1931.

KSC-02pd0659

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2002-05-14

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Gregg Buckingham, with KSC's Center for Space Education, addresses participants in this year's NASA MarsPort Engineering Design Student Competition 2002 conference at the KSC Visitor Complex, organized by the Florida Space Grant Consortium. Students and faculty from the nation's universities converged at Kennedy for the MarsPort Competition, presenting papers on engineering trade studies to design optimal configurations for a MarsPort Deployable Greenhouse for operation on the surface of Mars. Judges in the competition were from KSC, Dynamac Corporation and Florida Institute of Technology. The winning team's innovative ideas will be used by NASA to evaluate and study other engineering trade concepts. Also featured at the opening ceremony were Dr. Sam Durrance, FSGC director and former astronaut, and Dr. Gary Stutte, plant scientist, Dynamac Corporation.

Life story of Dr. Hulusi Behçet.

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Saylan, T

1997-12-01

Dr. Hulusi Behçet was born on February 20, 1889 in Istanbul. He graduated from Gülhane Military Medical Academy in 1910 and then he specialized in Dermatology and Venereal Diseases. He served in the Edirne Military Hospital between 1914-1918 and then went to Budapest and Berlin to improve his knowledge. In 1923, he started at the Istanbul Medical Faculty as an academic staff and with university reform in 1933, he was appointed as a professor to Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases and continued his career there until his death in 1948. Three patients whom he had consulted for years and who shared similar symptoms made him suspect a new disease and a viral etiology which may play a role in the appearance of this disease. After several discussions and publications, medical literature had accepted Behçet's Disease as a special entity. Dr. Behçet published a total of 196 articles, 53 of which were published in prestigious international journals.

Highlights of the 34th Annual Ralph E. Hopkins at Jackson Hole Seminars (JHS) on February 7-12, 2014, Jackson Hole, WY, USA.

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da Silva, Rodrigo Donalisio; Schulte, Mary Beth; Miano, Roberto; Gustafson, Diedra; Nogueira, Leticia; Kim, Fernando J

2014-04-01

The prestigious Jackson Hole Seminars (JHS) successfully gathered several world leaders in academic urology and urologists in private practice for a unique scientific experience in Wyoming, USA. Unfortunately, this year Dr. Ralph Hopkins' seat was empty but his spirit continue to be the driving force for the meeting's excellence and friendship. The JHS has pioneered the concept of a Critique Panel comprised of previous speakers that would discuss in depth the presentations of the faculty chosen by the scientific board of the JHS. The 2014 JHS featured Dr. Fernando J. Kim, the President of JHS, Dr. Robert Flanigan, the Program Chair, and the Critique Panel that included: Drs. Peter Albertsen, Arthur Burnett, Michael Coburn, Ann Gormley, and Marshal Stoller. The invited speakers were: Drs. Leonard Gomella (1st prize), Olivier Traxer (2nd prize), Jennifer Anger, Anthony Bella, Jim Hu, and Allen Morey. Some of the in depth discussions and topics are highlighted.

Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Practice Guidelines: Customized for Iranian Population

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Rajavi, Zhale; Safi, Sare; Javadi, Mohammad Ali; Azarmina, Mohsen; Moradian, Siamak; Entezari, Morteza; Nourinia, Ramin; Ahmadieh, Hamid; Shirvani, Armin; Shahraz, Saeid; Ramezani, Alireza; Dehghan, Mohammad Hossein; Shahsavari, Mohsen; Soheilian, Masoud; Nikkhah, Homayoun; Ziaei, Hossein; Behboudi, Hasan; Farrahi, Fereydoun; Falavarjani, Khalil Ghasemi; Parvaresh, Mohammad Mehdi; Fesharaki, Hamid; Abrishami, Majid; Shoeibi, Nasser; Rahimi, Mansour; Javadzadeh, Alireza; Karkhaneh, Reza; Riazi-Esfahani, Mohammad; Manaviat, Masoud Reza; Maleki, Alireza; Kheiri, Bahareh; Golbafian, Faegheh

2016-01-01

Purpose: To customize clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for management of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the Iranian population. Methods: Three DR CPGs (The Royal College of Ophthalmologists 2013, American Academy of Ophthalmology [Preferred Practice Pattern 2012], and Australian Diabetes Society 2008) were selected from the literature using the AGREE tool. Clinical questions were designed and summarized into four tables by the customization team. The components of the clinical questions along with pertinent recommendations extracted from the above-mentioned CPGs; details of the supporting articles and their levels of evidence; clinical recommendations considering clinical benefits, cost and side effects; and revised recommendations based on customization capability (applicability, acceptability, external validity) were recorded in 4 tables, respectively. Customized recommendations were sent to the faculty members of all universities across the country to score the recommendations from 1 to 9. Results: Agreed recommendations were accepted as the final recommendations while the non-agreed ones were approved after revision. Eventually, 29 customized recommendations under three major categories consisting of screening, diagnosis and treatment of DR were developed along with their sources and levels of evidence. Conclusion: This customized CPGs for management of DR can be used to standardize the referral pathway, diagnosis and treatment of patients with diabetic retinopathy. PMID:27994809

[Medical humanism at the Faculté de médecine de Paris: one hundred years of history (1795-1898)].

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Lellouch, A

1999-06-01

During the nineteenth century, tumultuous relationships existed between the public authorities, the Paris Medical Faculty, its students and teachers, the medical and the popular press. These agitated debates concerned the value of teaching history in medical studies. This paper aims to follow the main steps of these debates through various texts: the new plan for the structure of Medicine in France (1790); the creation (1795), suppression (1822) and restoration (1870) of the Paris chair of the History of Medicine; Guerin's report (1830) concerning the a new reorganization of the Paris Medical Faculty; Dr. Dezeimeris's petitions (1837) addressed to the French Minister of State for Education. These debates remain topical and instructive.

Preparing students for research: faculty/librarian collaboration in a pre-doctoral physical therapy research course.

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Brooks, Salome V; Bigelow, Susan

2015-12-01

In this article, guest writers Susan Bigelow and Dr Salome Brooks from Springfield College, Massachusetts, present an overview of their evaluative research study in which a faculty professor and the liaison librarian collaborated to develop an information literacy course entitled Physical Therapy (PT) and Health care Research Skills, in order to teach necessary information literacy skills to upper-level undergraduate PT students. Triangulation of the Physical Therapy and Information Literacy standards in alignment with the course objectives strengthened the collaboration, course development and expectations of student performance. Student performance was assessed through formal and expected evaluative means, and the preliminary evidence suggests some key successes in the course outcomes. © 2015 Health Libraries Group.

Why Advocacy and Policy Matter: Promoting Research and Innovation

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Ellen V. Sigal, PhD, is Chairperson and Founder of Friends of Cancer Research (Friends), a think tank and advocacy organization based in Washington, DC. Friends drives collaboration among partners from every healthcare sector to power advances in science, policy and regulation that speed life-saving treatments to patients. During the past 20 years, Friends has been instrumental in the creation and implementation of policies ensuring patients receive the best treatments in the fastest and safest way possible. Dr. Sigal is Chair of the inaugural board of directors of the Reagan-Udall Foundation, a partnership designed to modernize medical product development, accelerate innovation and enhance product safety in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. She serves on the Board of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, where she chairs its Public Private Partnerships Committee. In 2001, Dr. Sigal was appointed to a six-year term on the Board of Governors of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) as a representative of patients and health consumers. Additionally, in 2016 Dr. Sigal was named to Vice President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel, to the Parker Institute for Immunotherapy Advisory Group and joined the inaugural board of advisors for the George Washington University’s Milken Institute of Public Health. She also holds leadership positions with a broad range of cancer advocacy, public policy organizations and academic health centers including: MD Anderson Cancer Center External Advisory Board, the Duke University Cancer Center Board of Overseers, and The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Advisory Council.

When Advisors' True Intentions Are in Question. How Do Bank Customers Cope with Uncertainty in Financial Consultancies?

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Mackinger, Barbara; Jonas, Eva; Mühlberger, Christina

2017-01-01

When making financial decisions bank customers are confronted with two types of uncertainty: first, return on investments is uncertain and there is a risk of losing money. Second, customers cannot be certain about their financial advisor's true intentions. This might decrease customers' willingness to cooperate with advisors. However, the uncertainty management model and fairness heuristic theory predict that in uncertain situations customers are willing to cooperate with financial advisors when they perceive fairness. In the current study, we investigated how perceived fairness in the twofold uncertain situations increased people's intended future cooperation with an advisor. We asked customers of financial consultancies about their experienced uncertainty regarding both the investment decision and the advisor's intentions. Moreover, we asked them about their perceived fairness, as well as their intention to cooperate with the advisor in the future. A three-way moderation analysis showed that customers who faced high uncertainty regarding the investment decision and high uncertainty regarding the advisor's true intentions indicated the lowest intended cooperation with the advisor but high fairness increased their cooperation. Interestingly, when people were only uncertain about the advisor's intentions (but certain about the decision) they indicated less cooperation than when they were only uncertain about the decision (but certain about the advisor's intentions). A mediated moderation analysis revealed that this relationship was explained by customers' lower trust in their advisors.

Human-in-the-loop Control of Multi-agent Aerial Systems Under Intermittent Communication

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2015-06-08

Bogdan FAKULTET ELEKTROTEHNIKE I RACUNARS UNSKA 3 ZAGREB 10000 CROATIA EOARD GRANT #FA8655-13-1-3055 Report Date: June 2015...ELEKTROTEHNIKE I RACUNARS UNSKA 3 ZAGREB 10000 CROATIA 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER N/A 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME...Laboratory for Robotics and Intelligent Control Systems Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing University of Zagreb PI:Prof.dr.sc. Stjepan Bogdan

USAF Summer Faculty Research Program. 1981 Research Reports. Volume I.

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1981-10-01

Kent, OH 44242 (216) 672-2816 Dr. Martin D. Altschuler Degree: PhD, Physics and Astronomy, 1964 Associate Professor Specialty: Robot Vision, Surface...line inspection and control, computer- aided manufacturing, robot vision, mapping of machine parts and castings, etc. The technique we developed...posture, reduced healing time and bacteria level, and improved capacity for work endurance and efficiency. 1 ,2𔃽 Federal agencies, such as the FDA and

Rx for Success: Xavier Consistently Ranks among the Top Producers of Black Students Accepted by Medical School

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Hawkins, B. Denise

2011-01-01

Even on the sixth anniversary of the hurricane that buckled the Crescent City in 2005, left much of Xavier University of New Orleans under water and its faculty and students scattered by the rushing winds, Dr. JW Carmichael did not expect to be talking that morning about Katrina. For him it was a horrific storm that nearly drowned a hundred dreams…

Jointness for the Rest of Us: Reforming Joint Professional Development

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2016-06-10

where service capabilities are combined to maximize effectiveness while minimizing vulnerabilities. However, despite the passage of thirty years ...staff of the Joint Advance Warfighting School and the Joint Forces Staff College for their support during the academic year . Special thanks to my...seminar faculty Colonel Chris Rogers, Dr. Mike Pavlec, and Captain Miguel “Boo” Peko for the lessons and laughs that have made this year so enjoyable

Surveillance and Spatial Characterization of Aedes aegypti in Sint Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles

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2013-05-08

Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics Graduate Program Uniformed Services...DSN: 295-9474 II Fa)(: 301-295 5772   iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my thesis committee chairman... thesis . In addition I owe a large thank you to Dr. Achee, and LCDR Kochel for their time as committee members, and more importantly their dedication

Research in Applied Mathematics Related to Nonlinear System Theory.

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1985-08-01

This list includes A. OZGULER, P. KHARGONEKAR, J. RIBERA , and T. GEORGIOU. Also supported was the Principal Investigator (partial summer support only...regulator problem with internal stability", Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, 63 pages. J. RIBERA [1982] "Identification of linear relations... Ribera , doctoral student (now on faculty of I. E. S. E., Barcelona, SPAIN) Dr. A. Tannenbaum, Visiting Professor (partial summer support only, now

William Henry Welch (1850–1934): the road to Johns Hopkins

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2011-01-01

William Henry Welch's selection in 1884 as the first faculty member of the new medical school at Johns Hopkins created the invigorating atmosphere that generated the revolutionary changes in medical training and laboratory medicine that transformed medicine in America. Dr. Welch's family traditions, his New England upbringing, Yale education, and German university experience prepared a unique individual to lead American medicine into the 20th century. PMID:21738298

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program (1987). Program Technical Report. Volume 1.

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1987-12-01

Mechanical Engineering Specialty: Engineering Science Rose-Hulman Institute Assigned: APL 5500 Wabash Avenue - Terre Haute, IN 47803 (812) 877-1511 Dr...Professor/Di rector 1973 Dept. of Humanities Specialty: Literature/Language Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology Assigned: HRL/LR 5500 Wabash Avenue - Terre...1976 Assistant Professor Specialty: Computer Science Dept. of Computer Science Assigned: AL Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology 5500 Wabash Ave. Terre Haute

Who's Playin' Whom? Overwhelming Influence of Hip-Hop Culture, Rap Music on Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Campuses Concerns Students; Faculty

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Stewart, Pearl

2004-01-01

In December 2000, Dr. Thomas Earl Midgette had harsh words for the hip-hop movement that was sweeping his campus. When he was interviewed for an article in "Black Issues" titled "The Miseducation of Hip-Hop," Midgette didn't hold back: "You see students walking on campus reciting rap lyrics when they should be reciting…

Advancing Underwater Acoustic Communication for Autonomous Distributed Networks via Sparse Channel Sensing, Coding, and Navigation Support

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2013-09-30

underwater acoustic communication technologies for autonomous distributed underwater networks, through innovative signal processing, coding, and navigation...in real enviroments , an offshore testbed has been developed to conduct field experimetns. The testbed consists of four nodes and has been deployed...Leadership by the Connecticut Technology Council. Dr. Zhaohui Wang joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at

Neurobiology of nAChRs and cognition: A mini review of Dr. Jerry J. Buccafusco's contributions over a 25 year career

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Terry, Alvin V.; Decker, Michael W.

2011-01-01

This review highlights some of the many contributions of the late Dr. Jerry J. Buccafusco to the neurobiology of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) and cognition over a 25 year period. The article is written by two of Dr. Buccafusco's professional colleagues, one from academia and one from the pharmaceutical industry. While Dr. Buccafusco's expertise in the cholinergic field was extensive, his insights into the practical relevance of his work (with a long-term goal of formulating new drug development strategies) were unique, and a great asset to both the basic science community and pharmaceutical companies. In 1988, Dr. Buccafusco's laboratory was the first to report the cognitive enhancing action of low doses of nicotine in non-human primates. Since that time he studied a large number of novel pro-cognitive agents from several pharmacological classes in rodents as well as monkeys. Based on years of observing paradoxical effects of nicotinic ligands in vitro and in vivo, Dr. Buccafusco made the provocative argument that it might be possible to develop new chemical entities (with pro-cognitive actions) that have the ability to desensitize nAChRs without producing an antecedent agonist action. Some of his more recent work focused on development of single molecular entities that act on multiple CNS targets (including nAChRs) to enhance cognition, provide neuroprotection, and/or provide additional therapeutic actions (e.g., antipsychotic effects). Dr. Buccafusco's influence will live on in the work of the numerous graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty that he mentored over the years who now serve in prestigious positions throughout the world. PMID:21684265

78 FR 11702 - AdvisorShares Investments, LLC and AdvisorShares Trust; Notice of Application

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2013-02-19

... information about the profitability of the Advisor on a per-Fund basis for each Fund relying on the order. The information will reflect the impact on profitability of the hiring or termination of any Sub-Advisor during... the Board with information showing the expected impact on the profitability of the Advisor. For the...

Career Development among American Biomedical Postdocs

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Gibbs, Kenneth D.; McGready, John; Griffin, Kimberly

2015-01-01

Recent biomedical workforce policy efforts have centered on enhancing career preparation for trainees, and increasing diversity in the research workforce. Postdoctoral scientists, or postdocs, are among those most directly impacted by such initiatives, yet their career development remains understudied. This study reports results from a 2012 national survey of 1002 American biomedical postdocs. On average, postdocs reported increased knowledge about career options but lower clarity about their career goals relative to PhD entry. The majority of postdocs were offered structured career development at their postdoctoral institutions, but less than one-third received this from their graduate departments. Postdocs from all social backgrounds reported significant declines in interest in faculty careers at research-intensive universities and increased interest in nonresearch careers; however, there were differences in the magnitude and period of training during which these changes occurred across gender and race/ethnicity. Group differences in interest in faculty careers were explained by career interest differences formed during graduate school but not by differences in research productivity, research self-efficacy, or advisor relationships. These findings point to the need for enhanced career development earlier in the training process, and interventions sensitive to distinctive patterns of interest development across social identity groups. PMID:26582238

Interview: Interview with Professor Malcolm Rowland.

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Rowland, Malcolm

2010-03-01

Malcolm Rowland is Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and a member and former director (1996-2000), of the Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, University of Manchester. He holds the positions of Adjunct Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco; Member, Governing Board, EU Network of Excellence in Biosimulation; Founder member of NDA Partners; academic advisor to a Pharmaceutical initiative in prediction of human pharmacokinetics and Scientific Advisor to the EU Microdose AMS Partnership Program. He was President of the EU Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences (1996-2000); Vice-President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (2001-2009) and a Board Member of the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs, 2004-2008). He received his degree in Pharmacy and PhD at the University of London and was on faculty (School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco [1967-1975]) before taking up a professorship at Manchester. His main research interest is physiologically based pharmacokinetics and its application to drug discovery, development and use. He is author of over 300 scientific articles and co-author, with TN Tozer, of the textbooks Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: Concepts and Applications and Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics. He was editor of the Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics (formerly Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, 1973-2007) and, since 1977, has organized regular residential workshops in pharmacokinetics.

Pursuing efficiency: international visibility of the scientific production of Brazilian graduate programs in child and adolescent health from 1998 through 2003.

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Goldani, Marcelo Z; Gurgel, Ricardo Q; Blank, Danilo; Gerolin, Jerônimo; Mari, Jair J

2007-01-01

To assess the trend in the number of published articles by Brazilian graduate programs in child and adolescent health and the proportion of such publications cited in MEDLINE and Thomson Scientific's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), using the former database as a proxy for efficiency and the latter as an indicator of visibility. We assessed the trends of 14 graduate programs concerning the number of theses, dissertations, and articles cited in MEDLINE and JCR, through secondary data from the latest two triennial evaluations carried out by the Brazilian Federal Agency for the Improvement of Higher Education (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES) between 1998 and 2000 and between 2001 and 2003). The number of published articles increased (1,520 to 1,917), as did the median number of articles cited both in MEDLINE (32.5 to 45) and in JCR (24.5 to 27). The median number of dissertations rose from 19.5 to 26.5; the median number of theses went up from 12 to 13.5. The median number of faculty advisors decreased (21.5 to 18.4). Graduate programs in child and adolescent health became more efficient in producing knowledge through the publication of more articles with broader international visibility. Such trend was contradictorily accompanied by a diminishing number of advisors.

Approaches to Climate Change & Health in Cuba: Guillermo Mesa MD MPhil, Director, Disasters & Health, National School of Public Health. Paulo Ortiz MS PhD, Senior Researcher, Climate Center, Cuban Meteorology Institute.

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Mesa, Guillermo; Ortiz, Paulo; Gorry, Conner

2015-04-01

The US National Institutes of Health predict climate change will cause an additional 250,000 deaths between 2030 and 2050, with damages to health costing US$2-$4 billion by 2030. Although much debate still surrounds climate change, island ecosystems-such as Cuba's-in the developing world are arguably among the most vulnerable contexts in which to confront climate variability. Beginning in the 1990s, Cuba launched research to develop the evidence base, set policy priorities, and design mitigation and adaptation actions specifically to address climate change and its effects on health. Two researchers at the forefront of this interdisciplinary, intersectoral effort are epidemiologist Dr Guillermo Mesa, who directed design and implementation of the nationwide strategy for disaster risk reduction in the Cuban public health system as founding director of the Latin American Center for Disaster Medicine (CLAMED) and now heads the Disasters and Health department at the National School of Public Health; and Dr Paulo Ortiz, a biostatistician and economist at the Cuban Meteorology Institute's Climate Center (CENCLIM), who leads the research on Cuba's Climate and Health project and is advisor on climate change and health for the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

A Miniaturized Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope (MVP-SEM) for In-Situ Mars Surface Sample Analysis

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Edmunson, J.; Gaskin, J. A.; Jerman, G. A.; Harvey, R. P.; Doloboff, I. J.; Neidholdt, E. L.

2016-01-01

The Miniaturized Variable Pressure Scanning Electron Microscope (MVP-SEM) project, funded by the NASA Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations (PICASSO) Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES), will build upon previous miniaturized SEM designs and recent advancements in variable pressure SEM's to design and build a SEM to complete analyses of samples on the surface of Mars using the atmosphere as an imaging medium. This project is a collaboration between NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), electron gun and optics manufacturer Applied Physics Technologies, and small vacuum system manufacturer Creare. Dr. Ralph Harvery and environmental SEM (ESEM) inventor Dr. Gerry Danilatos serve as advisors to the team. Variable pressure SEMs allow for fine (nm-scale) resolution imaging and micron-scale chemical study of materials without sample preparation (e.g., carbon or gold coating). Charging of a sample is reduced or eliminated by the gas surrounding the sample. It is this property of ESEMs that make them ideal for locations where sample preparation is not yet feasible, such as the surface of Mars. In addition, the lack of sample preparation needed here will simplify the sample acquisition process and allow caching of the samples for future complementary payload use.

ARPA-E: Celebrating the Energy Entrepreneur

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Williams, Ellen; Henshall, Dave; Babinec, Sue; Wessells, Colin; Zakhor, Avideh; Mockler, Todd

2018-01-16

The world faces urgent energy challenges brought on by projected population increases, aging infrastructure and the global threat of climate change. ARPA-E is investing in some of the country’s brightest energy entrepreneurs that are developing innovative technological options to help meet future energy needs. Featuring remarks from ARPA-E Director Dr. Ellen D. Williams, as well as interviews with the Deputy Director of Commercialization Dave Henshall, Senior Technology-to-Market Advisor Sue Babinec, and a number of ARPA-E awardees, this video highlights the energy entrepreneur, and the critical role they play in creating solutions to address future energy challenges and ensure a secure energy future. The video also incorporates footage shot on site with several ARPA-E awardees who are spurring innovation, much of which will be highlighted in other videos shown throughout the Summit.

ARPA-E: Celebrating the Energy Entrepreneur

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Williams, Ellen; Henshall, Dave; Babinec, Sue

The world faces urgent energy challenges brought on by projected population increases, aging infrastructure and the global threat of climate change. ARPA-E is investing in some of the country’s brightest energy entrepreneurs that are developing innovative technological options to help meet future energy needs. Featuring remarks from ARPA-E Director Dr. Ellen D. Williams, as well as interviews with the Deputy Director of Commercialization Dave Henshall, Senior Technology-to-Market Advisor Sue Babinec, and a number of ARPA-E awardees, this video highlights the energy entrepreneur, and the critical role they play in creating solutions to address future energy challenges and ensure a securemore » energy future. The video also incorporates footage shot on site with several ARPA-E awardees who are spurring innovation, much of which will be highlighted in other videos shown throughout the Summit.« less

Skylab

NASA Image and Video Library

1972-08-21

Terry C. Quist (center), high school student from San Antonio, Texas, discusses his proposed Skylab experiment with Marshall Space Flight Center’s (MSFC) Henry Floyd (left), coordinator of the Skylab Student Experiment Project, and DR. Raymond Gause, scientific advisor to Quist. The student’s experiment, “Earth Orbital Neutron Analysis”, was aimed at learning more about the source of neutrons in the solar system by seeking the number and direction from which each comes. Quist was among the 25 winners of a contest in which some 3,500 high school students proposed experiments for the following year’s Skylab mission. Of the 25 students, 6 did not see their experiments conducted on Skylab because the experiments were not compatible with Skylab hardware and timelines. Of the 19 remaining, 11 experiments required the manufacture of equipment, such as Quist’s experiment, which required detector hardware.

Applying conscientiousness index: a tool to explore medical students' professionalism in Indonesia.

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Jaya, Wolter Prakarsa; Rukmini, Elisabeth

2016-07-14

This study was aimed to describe lecturers' perspective concerning the suitable Conscientiousness Index (CI) components and implementations, as well as to compare the CI scores in year 1-4 student batches. Components were formulated from objective measurements based on interviews with 12 faculty members. The components include: attendance, adherence to rules, evaluative feedback submissions, performance in assignments and clinical skills, assignment submissions, volunteerism, accomplishments, and general misconducts. The scores were collected from year 1-4 pre-clinical medical students (N=144) during the first semester of 2014-2015. Final interviews were conducted with 9 faculty members. Quantitative analysis was performed using Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney test. Qualitative analysis was performed using content analysis. Using Kruskal-Wallis test, significant difference was found in the CI scores among all years (p=0.000). Post-hoc analysis using Mann-Whitney test showed significant difference in all years except year 1 and 4 (p=0.388). Of the 9 lecturers interviewed during the second interviews, 7 endorsed the importance of CI, while 2 doubted its applicability. Due to the unique characteristics of each block, our system had not been able to conduct a balanced CI evaluation, as compared to the original research. We concluded that the implementation of CI would be highly dependent on the faculty members, with their commitment as the main pre-requisite. We hope to involve academic advisors as CI evaluators and improve our student-centered learning for future assessments. Further study is needed to investigate the longitudinal implementation of CI.

Commentary: Racism and Bias in Health Professions Education: How Educators, Faculty Developers, and Researchers Can Make a Difference.

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Karani, Reena; Varpio, Lara; May, Win; Horsley, Tanya; Chenault, John; Miller, Karen Hughes; O'Brien, Bridget

2017-11-01

The Research in Medical Education (RIME) Program Planning Committee is committed to advancing scholarship in and promoting dialogue about the critical issues of racism and bias in health professions education (HPE). From the call for studies focused on underrepresented learners and faculty in medicine to the invited 2016 RIME plenary address by Dr. Camara Jones, the committee strongly believes that dismantling racism is critical to the future of HPE.The evidence is glaring: Dramatic racial and ethnic health disparities persist in the United States, people of color remain deeply underrepresented in medical school and academic health systems as faculty, learner experiences across the medical education continuum are fraught with bias, and current approaches to teaching perpetuate stereotypes and insufficiently challenge structural inequities. To achieve racial justice in HPE, academic medicine must commit to leveraging positions of influence and contributing from these positions. In this Commentary, the authors consider three roles (educator, faculty developer, and researcher) represented by the community of scholars and pose potential research questions as well as suggestions for advancing educational research relevant to eliminating racism and bias in HPE.

The Role of Student-Advisor Interactions in Apprenticing Undergraduate Researchers into a Scientific Community of Practice

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Thiry, Heather; Laursen, Sandra L.

2011-12-01

Among science educators, current interest in undergraduate research (UR) is influenced both by the traditional role of the research apprenticeship in scientists' preparation and by concerns about replacing the current scientific workforce. Recent research has begun to demonstrate the range of personal, professional, and intellectual benefits for STEM students from participating in UR, yet the processes by which student-advisor interactions contribute to these benefits are little understood. We employ situated learning theory (Lave and Wenger, Situated learning: legitimate peripheral participation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge in 1991) to examine the role of student-advisor interactions in apprenticing undergraduate researchers, particularly in terms of acculturating students to the norms, values, and professional practice of science. This qualitative study examines interviews with a diverse sample of 73 undergraduate research students from two research-extensive institutions. From these interviews, we articulate a continuum of practices that research mentors employed in three domains to support undergraduate scientists-in-training: professional socialization, intellectual support, and personal/emotional support. The needs of novice students differed from those of experienced students in each of these areas. Novice students needed clear expectations, guidelines, and orientation to their specific research project, while experienced students needed broader socialization in adopting the traits, habits, and temperament of scientific researchers. Underrepresented minority students, and to a lesser extent, women, gained confidence from their interactions with their research mentors and broadened their future career and educational possibilities. Undergraduate research at research-extensive universities exemplifies a cycle of scientific learning and practice where undergraduate researchers are mentored by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, who are themselves apprentices to faculty members. As such, research mentors of undergraduate students should be aware of the dual scientific and educational aspects of their advising role and its significance in shaping students' identities and career trajectories.

KSC-02pd0658

NASA Image and Video Library

2002-05-14

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- JoAnn H. Morgan, director of External Relations and Business Development at KSC, welcomes participants in this year's NASA MarsPort Engineering Design Student Competition 2002 conference at the KSC Visitor Complex, organized by the Florida Space Grant Consortium. Students and faculty from the nation's universities converged at Kennedy for the MarsPort Competition, presenting papers on engineering trade studies to design optimal configurations for a MarsPort Deployable Greenhouse for operation on the surface of Mars. Judges in the competition were from KSC, Dynamac Corporation and Florida Institute of Technology. The winning team's innovative ideas will be used by NASA to evaluate and study other engineering trade concepts. Also featured at the opening ceremony were Dr. Sam Durrance, FSGC director and former astronaut, and Dr. Gary Stutte, plant scientist, Dynamac Corporation.

Determinants of physical activity promotion by smoking cessation advisors as an aid for quitting: support for the Transtheoretical Model.

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Everson, Emma S; Taylor, Adrian H; Ussher, Michael

2010-01-01

Physical activity (PA) can reduce cigarette cravings and aid quitting but little is known about its promotion by smoking cessation advisors. This study aimed to: (1) determine the extent to which smoking cessation advisors promote PA; and (2) examine the relationship between PA promotion as a cessation aid and advisor characteristics and cognitions, within the Transtheoretical Model (TM) framework. Self-report surveys assessing PA promotion, TM variables, advisors' own PA levels and demographics were completed by 170 advisors in England and Scotland. Advisors reported spending 29min promoting PA over a 6/7-week clinic. Those in later stages of readiness for promoting PA as a cessation aid and those spending more time promoting PA held more positive beliefs regarding pros and cons, self-efficacy, outcome efficacy and importance of PA within smoking cessation. Time spent promoting PA and stage of readiness were strongly associated. There was a trend for the more physically active advisors to promote PA more often. About half the advisors promoted PA and TM variables predicted this variability. PA promotion among smoking cessation advisors may be facilitated by enhancing self-efficacy, outcome efficacy and pro- and con-beliefs related to PA promotion.

Are you ready? Crisis leadership in a hyper-VUCA environment.

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Alkhaldi, Khaldoon H; Austin, Meredith L; Cura, Boris A; Dantzler, Darrell; Holland, Leslie; Maples, David L; Quarrelles, Jamie C; Weinkle, Robert K; Marcus, Leonard J

2017-01-01

The current hyper-volatile, -uncertain, -complex, and -ambiguous (VUCA) threat environment demands a more cohesive support structure for crisis leaders who may be faced with crises of increasing magnitude and frequency and, in some instances, multiple crisis events simultaneously. The project team investigates the perceptions of crisis leaders regarding establishing a crisis leader advisor position for crisis leaders to benefit from their experience while prosecuting crisis response activities. The team linked hyper-VUCA crises, crisis response frameworks, meta-leadership, crisis leader attributes, and advisor attributes. The overall goal of the project is to increase the ability of the crisis leaders to more effectively and efficiently navigate crisis events resulting in more efficient and effective response and recovery. Three research questions were developed to assess the following: thoughts of integrating a crisis leader advisor position; development of a crisis leader advisor certification program; and attributes of crisis leader advisors. A qualitative research methodology using a phenomenological approach was employed. Forty-one participants were purposefully selected and administered a short, online survey consisting of 11 questions. Data were analyzed using percentage analysis, weighted sums, and inductive thematic analysis. The project team found an overwhelming support for the crisis leader advisor position and the crisis leader advisor certification program. Additionally, experience and trustworthiness ranked among the top sought after attributes of a crisis leader advisor. The team recommendations included (1) implement a crisis leaders advisor guide/framework; (2) create a formal crisis leader advisor position in national incident management system; (3) implement a crisis leader advisor certification framework; (4) benchmark established advisor programs; and (5) implement a framework to match leaders and advisors.

Are you ready? Crisis leadership in a hyper-VUCA environment.

PubMed

Alkhaldi, Khaldoon H; Austin, Meredith L; Cura, Boris A; Dantzler, Darrell; Holland, Leslie; Maples, David L; Quarrelles, Jamie C; Weinkle, Robert K; Marcus, Leonard J

The current hyper-volatile, -uncertain, -complex, and -ambiguous (VUCA) threat environment demands a more cohesive support structure for crisis leaders who may be faced with crises of increasing magnitude and frequency and, in some instances, multiple crisis events simultaneously. The project team investigates the perceptions of crisis leaders regarding establishing a crisis leader advisor position for crisis leaders to benefit from their experience while prosecuting crisis response activities. The team linked hyper-VUCA crises, crisis response frameworks, meta-leadership, crisis leader attributes, and advisor attributes. The overall goal of the project is to increase the ability of the crisis leaders to more effectively and efficiently navigate crisis events resulting in more efficient and effective response and recovery. Three research questions were developed to assess the following: thoughts of integrating a crisis leader advisor position; development of a crisis leader advisor certification program; and attributes of crisis leader advisors. A qualitative research methodology using a phenomenological approach was employed. Forty-one participants were purposefully selected and administered a short, on-line survey consisting of 11 questions. Data were analyzed using percentage analysis, weighted sums, and inductive thematic analysis. The project team found an overwhelming support for the crisis leader advisor position and the crisis leader advisor certification program. Additionally, experience and trustworthiness ranked among the top sought after attributes of a crisis leader advisor. The team recommendations included (1) implement a crisis leaders advisor guide/framework; (2) create a formal crisis leader advisor position in national incident management system; (3) implement a crisis leader advisor certification framework; (4) benchmark established advisor programs; and (5) implement a framework to match leaders and advisors.

Are you ready? Crisis leadership in a hyper-VUCA environment.

PubMed

Alkhaldi, Khaldoon H; Austin, Meredith L; Cura, Boris A; Dantzler, Darrell; Holland, Leslie; Maples, David L; Quarrelles, Jamie C; Weinkle, Robert K; Marcus, Leonard J

The current hyper-volatile, -uncertain, -complex, and -ambiguous (VUCA) threat environment demands a more cohesive support structure for crisis leaders who may be faced with crises of increasing magnitude and frequency and, in some instances, multiple crisis events simultaneously. The project team investigates the perceptions of crisis leaders regarding establishing a crisis leader advisor position for crisis leaders to benefit from their experience while prosecuting crisis response activities. The team linked hyper-VUCA crises, crisis response frameworks, meta-leadership, crisis leader attributes, and advisor attributes. The overall goal of the project is to increase the ability of the crisis leaders to more effectively and efficiently navigate crisis events resulting in more efficient and effective response and recovery. Three research questions were developed to assess the following: thoughts of integrating a crisis leader advisor position; development of a crisis leader advisor certification program; and attributes of crisis leader advisors. A qualitative research methodology using a phenomenological approach was employed. Forty-one participants were purposefully selected and administered a short, on-line survey consisting of 11 questions. Data were analyzed using percentage analysis,weighted sums, and inductive thematic analysis. The project team found an overwhelming support for the crisis leader advisor position and the crisis leader advisor certification program. Additionally, experience and trustworthiness ranked among the top sought after attributes of a crisis leader advisor. The team recommendations included (1) implement a crisis leaders advisor guide/framework; (2) create a formal crisis leader advisor position in national incident management system; (3) implement a crisis leader advisor certification framework; (4) benchmark established advisor programs; and (5) implement a framework to match leaders and advisors.

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Annual Technical Progress Report of Ecological Research, June 30, 2001

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Bertsch, Paul M.; Janecek, Laura; Rosier, Brenda

2001-06-30

The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) is a research unit of the University of Georgia (UGA) and has been conducting ecological research on the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina for 50 years. The overall mission of the Laboratory is to acquire and communicate knowledge of ecological processes and principles. SREL conducts fundamental and applied ecological research, as well as education and outreach programs, under a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) SRS near Aiken, South Carolina. The Laboratory's research mission during the 2001 fiscal year was fulfilled with the publication of one book and 83more » journal articles and book chapters by faculty, technical staff, students, and visiting scientists. An additional 77 journal articles have been submitted or are in press. Other noteworthy events took place as faculty members and graduate students received awards. These are described in the section Special Accomplishments of Faculty, Staff, Students, and Administration on page 54. Notable scientific accomplishments include work conducted on contaminant transport, global reptile decline, phytoremediation, and radioecology. Dr. Domy Adriano authored the second edition of his book ''Trace Elements in Terrestrial Environments: Biogeochemistry, Bioavailability, and Risks of Metals'', which was recently published by Springer-Verlag. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of many important aspects of trace elements in the environment. The first edition of the book, published in 1986, has become a widely acclaimed and cited reference. International attention was focused on the problem of reptile species decline with the publication of an article on this topic in the journal ''Bioscience'' in August, 2000. The article's authors included Dr. Whit Gibbons and a number of other SREL herpetologists who researched the growing worldwide problem of decline of reptile species. Factors related to these declines include habitat loss and degradation, introduction of invasive species, environmental pollution, disease, global climate change, and unsustainable commercial use. The conclusion reached by the article is that the disappearance of reptiles from the natural world is genuine and should be a matter of concern; current evidence suggests that these declines constitute a worldwide crisis. SREL's research in the area of phytoremediation was enhanced with the addition of Dr. Lee Newman as a faculty member in January 2001. Dr. Newman, an internationally recognized authority in the field, holds a joint appointment with the University of South Carolina and SREL. She is developing a collaborative program in phytoremediation on the SRS and offsite. Work is nearing completion on SREU s outdoor mesocosm irradiation facility, which is designed for studying the effects of low-level radiation doses on organisms. The 1-acre facility at Par Pond consists of 48 fiberglass tanks that can maintain small organisms such as fish and amphibians. Thirty of the tanks have sealed {sup 137}Cs sources suspended above them containing either 0.02,0.2, or 2.0 Ci. These sources can deliver average dose rates of 4, 40 and 400 mGy per day, respectively, to organisms under replicated conditions.« less

Bystander Effects of Ionizing Radiation

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

Little, John B.

The objectives of this grant renewal are to provide administrative support and travel funds to allow the continued participation of the principal investigator (Dr. John B. Little) as an advisor to research initiated by several research fellows from his laboratory. The actual research will be carried out under the direction of Dr. Hatsumi Nagasawa with the collaboration of Dr. Joel Bedford at the Colorado State University, and by Drs. Edouard Azzam and Sonia de Toledo at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Little will advise on the planning of experiments and development of experimental protocols, themore » analysis of data, and the preparation of manuscripts for publication. The Specific Aims for several of the planned experiments include: 1) to extend studies of the role of recombinational repair in the bystander effect by examining other genes in this pathway and cell lines deficient in excision repair; 2) to continue studies to determine the nature of the damage signal transmitted to bystander cells including the expression of several connexins in the bystander response, and the extent to which the enhanced oxidative metabolism observed in bystander cells may relate to the nature of the transmitted bystander signal; 3) to utilize a genome-wide approach to examine the genetic basis for the hypersensitivity to ionization we have observed in unaffected parents of patients with hereditary retinoblastoma, as well as from a group of apparently normal individuals that show similar radiosensitivity; 4) to complete studies concerning the induction of high frequencies of cells with massive chromosome damage in clonal derivatives of p53 and p21 knockout mouse cell lines; in particular to examine the role of telomere changes in this phenomenon. Overall, the results of these studies should enhance our understanding of the risk of low-dose exposures to ionizing radiation, including human populations to residential radon as well as occupational exposures.« less

Fostering of Creative Engineers Who Can Devise and Implement Imaginative Concepts

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Tobita, Hidetaka

A new educational program was introduced in Faculty of Engineering, University of Fukui, aiming at producing students with full of creativity and positive attitude. In this program, the students across the engineering departments and academic years form small groups, and each team works on an interdisciplinary and integrated project. The professors and academic staff participate in each project as an advisor/facilitator. A student can join the program at any academic year when he or she thinks it necessary. The effectiveness of the program was assessed through the inquiry and hearing from the students, alumni, teachers, business organizations for which the alumni are employed. According to the survey, the program is effective to develop various important human skills, such as independent mind-set, accountability and creativity.

Robotic Mining Competition - Activities

NASA Image and Video Library

2018-05-17

Team members and their faculty advisor, far left, from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte pause with their robot miner in the RobotPits on the fourth day of NASA's 9th Robotic Mining Competition, May 17, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. More than 40 student teams from colleges and universities around the U.S. will use their mining robots to dig in a supersized sandbox filled with BP-1, or simulated Lunar soil, gravel and rocks, and participate in other competition requirements. The Robotic Mining Competition is a NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate project designed to encourage students in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM fields. The project provides a competitive environment to foster innovative ideas and solutions that could be used on NASA's deep space missions.

Robotic Mining Competition - Activities

NASA Image and Video Library

2018-05-17

First-time participants from the University of Maine, along with their faculty advisor, at far right, are with their robot miner in the RobotPits on the fourth day of NASA's 9th Robotic Mining Competition, May 17, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. More than 40 student teams from colleges and universities around the U.S. are using their mining robots to dig in a supersized sandbox filled with BP-1, or simulated Lunar soil, gravel and rocks, and participate in other competition requirements. The Robotic Mining Competition is a NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate project designed to encourage students in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM fields. The project provides a competitive environment to foster innovative ideas and solutions that could be used on NASA's deep space missions.

Lay health advisor activity levels: definitions from the field.

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Altpeter, M; Earp, J A; Bishop, C; Eng, E

1999-08-01

One type of lay health advisor model assumes that an effective mechanism for reaching the underserved is through informal advice-givers called natural helpers. Despite the growing use of this approach, few programs have defined what an active lay health advisor does within the natural helping process. To explore perceptions and definitions of lay health advisors' activity, we conducted semistructured, in-person interviews with four field staff who coordinate the advisors' activities in a breast cancer screening program. These staff viewed lay health advisor activity as fluctuating over the course of a year, occurring along a continuum of participation (inactive, moderately active, active, and superactive), and reflecting varying degrees of proactivity and participation in multiple activities. These results suggest an empirical process for refining the definition of an active lay health advisor, improving advisors' productivity in achieving outreach objectives, and managing and monitoring their ongoing activities.

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program. 1989 Program Management Report

DTIC Science & Technology

1989-12-01

Thermomechanical Dr. James Sherwood Response of a Titanium Aluminide Metal Matrix Composite Using a Viscoplastic Constitutive Theory 123 Photoreflectance of AlGaAs...presence of microcracks from the surrounding microstructural features. 231 INVESTIGATION OF THE THERMOMECHANICAL RESPONSE OF A TITANIUM ALUMINIDE ...arranged in a periodic fashion exist in the internal cooling passage of a turbine blade or vane. To study the momentum transfer, it uses hot-wire anemometry

Strategies to Sustain an Aging Fleet

DTIC Science & Technology

2013-04-17

faculty member, Dr. John Gordon , whom was always willing to provide assistance throughout this process. A special thank you to Colonel Jim Howe, Air...its current size. This led to Major General Robert Worley’s words to the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, “the fleet of tomorrow may very well...currently planned, the projected F -35 buys build slowly and level off, not meeting required force levels until 2035. • Replacement of E-3 Airborne

Annual Report of the Operations Research Center and Department of Systems Engineering for Academic Year 2004

DTIC Science & Technology

2004-09-01

1, pp. 5- 17, 2004. Non-Refereed Publications Burk, Roger,* Tim Trainor,* Dave Wallace, Fred Kagan. "Faculty Professional Development after the...34 Presentation to Dr. Craig College, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Infrastructure Analyses), March and May 2004. HOYLE , HEIDI, M.S., Captain...Refereed Conference Proceeding Publications Brown, Donald, Jason Dalton, Heidi J. Hoyle . Spatial Forecast Methods for Terrorist Events in Urban

Breast Cancer Research Training Grant

DTIC Science & Technology

1997-10-01

students and answer questions and plan each student’s curriculum. Trainees are encouraged to consult any of the participating faculty for general advice...ROOM L301, REFRESHMENTS AT 1:00 September 20 Alexander Urbano Identification of novel endonucleases in drug- Department of Pathology & Laboratory...highly relevant. Plan to attend if you can. AER/cs Special Seminar 11/7/96 Dr. Harold Varmus •i• i .*: i •i •• • .iiil Boston University School of

Factors affecting the matriculation of African American undergraduate students in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Hall, Alfred L., II

Previous research studies indicated that African Americans remain severely underrepresented in the field of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET), making up only 3% of that workforce, while representing 11.1% of all professional and related workers and 12.6% of the general population. As this country moves towards a more culturally diverse population, then representation of African Americans in SMET-related fields must be addressed in order to ensure our nation's competitiveness in a global market. This research study analyzed characteristics of African American undergraduate SMET majors participating in the Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) program in six different states located in the Southeast region of the United States. These states consisted of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. AMP program participants completed a survey questionnaire, which collected information about potential factors that could affect their matriculation in SMET programs of studies at their respective institutions. Follow-up interviews and focus group sessions were also conducted with AMP participants to provide supplemental information to the survey data. The results of student responses were analyzed according to the type of institution the students attended (Historically Black College or University and Majority White Institution) as well as by the statewide Alliance program in which the students were involved. The students responded to survey questions that asked for their reasons for majoring in their field of study, their level of satisfaction with their institution, their impressions of student support programs and persons, their impressions of faculty and advisors, their reasons for thinking of switching majors, and their level of high school preparation. Statistical analyses of the student responses found that African American AMP students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities differed from those attending Majority White Institutions in terms of their means for achieving future goals, their reasons for thinking of switching majors, their impressions of faculty and advisors, their beliefs that there was too much effort/stress involved in their major field, and their level of high school preparation and achievement. Further analyses determined that the five participating Alliances only differed in student opinions about the support provided by the AMP program/director.

Care and Feeding of Transfer Students: a First-Semester Seminar Helps Students Thrive

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Rosser, S.; Sparks, D. W.; Newman, J.

2016-12-01

Transfer students from community colleges make up a large and increasingly important part of undergraduate geology majors. These students transferring into a large university are regarded upperclassmen by themselves and the University, but in many ways their development stage is similar to freshmen. These students are also isolated because they are taking classes out of sequence, and not in a cohort. Difficulties in their first semester will affect the rest of their academic career, or even cut it short. The Department of Geology and Geophysics developed a mandatory seminar for transfer students in their first semester. The goals of this seminar are to develop relationships between students in the cohort and with faculty and staff, develop academic success skills and learn how to prepare for and pursue a career in geology and geophysics. Each class meeting starts with a family-style meal, during which academic advisor inquires about their week, encourages them to share any issues or questions that have arisen, and informs them about department events. Then the advisor, a member of the G&G faculty or a representative from campus resources (such as Academic Honor Council, Career Center, Center for Teaching Excellence, Academic Success Center) leads a discussion or gives a presentation. Topics include time management, tutor availability, academic coaching, career paths, research opportunities in the department, and employer expectations. Finally students write a short reflection about that week's meeting and their own experiences. There is also a geological field trip to introduce students to rocks in the field and to the build their relationships with each other and to create a strong transfer cohort. The transfer seminar has been a low-cost and effective strategy to help students thrive. Retention of transfer students beyond the first year has increased, GPA's increased, and significantly more students got involved in undergraduate research projects. Several students reported retaining the relationships they made in their transfer seminar throughout their college career. Many of these strategies can be effective with freshmen, and we are instituting a freshmen version this fall.

77 FR 54571 - President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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2012-09-05

... DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities AGENCY: President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Board), U.S... agenda of the meeting of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and...

PREFACE: National Seminar on Current Trends in Materials Science (CTMS-2011)

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Jayakrishnan, R.; Vijayakumar, K. P.; Unnikrishnan, N. V.

2013-05-01

India is going through an era of many changes in its higher education system. Emphasis is being given to research and development initiatives at Universities and colleges. The teaching community is faced with the challenge of coping with both regular academic activities and research initiatives. The teaching faculties need to keep in step with the momentous research output being generated globally. To mold young talent that will be sought after, teachers need to undertake challenging initiatives. Research in emerging areas like nanotechnology, meta materials, functional materials and structures is being pursued vigorously in Universities and colleges in the state of Kerala. Awareness of the impact of integrating teaching and research in basic science has inspired the teaching faculty. The number of seminars and conferences is not commensurate with the amount of research being conducted in this state. The state lags behind in the number of institutes with state of the art facilities and human resource with cutting edge knowledge. The national seminar on Current Trends in Materials Science (CTMS-2011) is organized by the Department of Physics, Christian College, Chengannur. It is a continuation of the initiatives of the Department to bridge the haitus between teaching and research. Current Trends in Materials Science (CTMS-2007) was successfully conducted with over 80 research paper presentations and participation of delegates from the states of Karnataka, Andhrapradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala. CTMS-2011 is a sequel envisaged to serve as an effective platform for teachers to interact with eminent scientists and share their knowledge and experience. Papers were invited from the subject area comprising glasses and ceramics, crystal growth, nanotechnology, semiconductors thin films and polymers. We are delighted that after a peer review process of the papers we have selected ten of the best papers presented at the seminar for publication in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. This initiative is in pursuit of the vision of the department to establish itself as a part of the global scientific community. The department is striving to establish itself as a centre of excellence in teaching and research. We sincerely hope that the papers published in this journal will contribute to the advancement of knowledge in the respective fields. We present this volume of papers to the scientific community for their valuable feedback by way of suggestions and collaborative research. Acknowledgment The Department of Physics, Christian College Chengannur acknowledges the efforts of Dr Jacob George who was inspirational in organizing this seminar. His vision and perseverance made it possible for us to organize this event. The seminar was graciously funded by University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India and Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The department wishes to thank both organizations for their support for the event. The management of the college provided great assistance by providing all the infrastructural help required for the event. The department is weighed in gratitude for this gesture and encouragement. Ammini Solar Pvt. Ltd, and Hind High Vacuum Pvt. Ltd, sponsored the best paper award and best poster award respectively. We thank them for this token of their support for the event. The event will be remembered for the participants who arrived from various parts India and the students who made it memorable. The Department acknowledges the efforts of the 2010-2012 and 2009-2011post graduate students who ran the show behind the scenes. National Advisory Board Professor (Dr) K L Chopra (Padamshree) (Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) Professor A K Barua (Padamshree) Project Director, MNES/DST project on a-Si Solar cell Professor C Vijayan IIT, Madras Dr M K Jayaraj, Cochin University of Science and technology Dr P Kurian, S B College, Chengannaserry Dr Daisy Philip, Mar Ivanous College,Thiruvananthapuram Local Organizing Committee Patron: Rt Rev Dr Zacharias Mar Theophillus Saffragan Metropolitan Chairman: Dr Jacob George, Principal Vice Chairman: Professor Beena Racheal Thomas, HOD Convenor: Dr Vinoy Thomas Joint Convenor: Dr Sunila Abraham Dr Ligi Cherian, Sri Hysen Thomas, Sri A Abraham, Dr Tiju Joseph Mthew, Smt Agee Susan, Dr Ajit Verghese George, Dr Johnson Baby, Sri Lalu Varghese, Sri Biji Abraham Editorial Committee Editor: Dr R Jayakrishnan Editorial Consultants: Professor K P Vijayakumar, Department of Physics, CUSAT, Cochin, India Professor N V Unnikrishnan, Director, SPAP, MG University, Kottayam, India

75 FR 53279 - President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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2010-08-31

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A Business Advisor's Guide to Counseling Theories.

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Boyd, John A.

For the small business advisor, consulting and counseling are part of the same continuum. Advisors' roles can be aligned hierarchically: (1) advisors may need simply to provide business information or expertise; (2) they may need to facilitate the business process, helping clients identify problems and discover their own solutions; (3) for clients…

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17 CFR 4.41 - Advertising by commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, and the principals thereof.

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2010-04-01

... operators, commodity trading advisors, and the principals thereof. 4.41 Section 4.41 Commodity and Securities Exchanges COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION COMMODITY POOL OPERATORS AND COMMODITY TRADING ADVISORS Advertising § 4.41 Advertising by commodity pool operators, commodity trading advisors, and the...

Interactive radiopharmaceutical facility between Yale Medical Center and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Progress report, October 1976-June 1979

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Gottschalk, A.

1979-01-01

DOE Contract No. EY-76-S-02-4078 was started in October 1976 to set up an investigative radiochemical facility at the Yale Medical Center which would bridge the gap between current investigation with radionuclides at the Yale School of Medicine and the facilities in the Chemistry Department at the Brookhaven National Laboratory. To facilitate these goals, Dr. Mathew L. Thakur was recruited who joined the Yale University faculty in March of 1977. This report briefly summarizes our research accomplishments through the end of June 1979. These can be broadly classified into three categories: (1) research using indium-111 labelled cellular blood components; (2) developmentmore » of new radiopharmaceuticals; and (3) interaction with Dr. Alfred Wolf and colleagues in the Chemistry Department of Brookhaven National Laboratory.« less

In Memoriam: Prof. Dr Jelena Milogradov-Turin (1935-2011)

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2011-12-01

Prof. dr Jelena Milogradov-Turin was born in Belgrade to a family of Russian immigrants on 28 January 1935. She completed her primary and secondary education in Belgrade and after that enrolled at the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics - Physics Group, from which she graduated in 1959. She obtained her MSc degree in 1972 from the University of Manchester, England, with a thesis entitled "The Survey of the Region 6^{h} < α < 19^{h}, -25° ≤ δ ≤ 70° at 38 MHz ". Her supervisor was a fellow of the Royal Society, Sir Francis Graham-Smith, later on appointed the 13th Astronomer Royal. She defended her PhD thesis "The All Sky Survey at 38 MHz and the Galactic Spectral Index" in the field of astronomical/astrophysical sciences, at the University of Belgrade in 1982.

Development of the clinic of pulmonology and allergy.

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Dokic, D

2013-01-01

University Pulmology and Allergy Clinic was founded in 1975 when the Depertment of Internal Medicine, directed by Prof. Dr. Dimitar Arsov, later member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciencies and Arts, was divided into eight separate and independent clinics. The first head of the Pulmonology and Allergy Clinic was Prof. Dr. Ljubomir Kotevski. He had a very difficult goal: to establish and further develop the newly formed clinic. The Clinic flourished and became one of the leading Clinics in the Clinical Centre during the directorship of Prof. dr. Dejan Dokic.. He completely rebuilt and refurbished the Clinic, which became a modern Clinic providing excellent working conditions for the employees and, most importantly, provided a first class service to the patients. During his mandate he obtained a grant from the Japanese Government worth $1,000,000 which was used to obtain a new, modern and sophisticated medical equipment. Since the establishment of the clinic, many national and international scientific projects were carried out and many scientific papers were published as well as many monographs, and chapters in scientific books. As a result of continuous education, of the total number of 24 doctors there are 16 subspecialists in respiratory medicine and 4 specialists in internal medicine. There are 9 professors in internal medicine at the University of Pulmonology and Allergy Clinic lecturing at the Medical Faculty in Skopje. The University Pulmonology and Allergy Clinic has an international reputation due to many contacts with famous European Institutions. All these international interrelations have resulted in honouring 3 professors: Prof. Dr. Gert Kunkel from Berlin, Germany, Prof. Dr. Robert Loddenkemper from Berlin, Germany and Prof. Dr. Peter Howard from Southampton, UK.

Measuring financial well-being in cancer prevention research: Results from the Money-Health Connection Study

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Dr. Reginald Tucker-Seeley joined the faculty at the University of Southern California (USC) Leonard Davis School of Gerontology in June 2017. Prior to joining USC, Dr. Tucker-Seeley was an Assistant Professor at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH). He completed master and doctoral degrees at HSPH and a postdoctoral fellowship in cancer prevention and control at HSPH and DFCI. Dr. Tucker-Seeley’s research focuses primarily on social determinants of health, such as the association between the neighborhood environment and health behavior; and on individual-level socioeconomic determinants of multi-morbidity, mortality, self-rated health, and health self-efficacy. His current work focuses on financial well-being across the cancer continuum, from prevention to end-of-life care. He has received R21 and K01 grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to develop measures of financial well-being at two points along the cancer continuum: prevention and following diagnosis. He was also funded by the Academy Health/Aetna Foundation Scholars in Residence Fellowship Program to develop measures of neighborhood economic well-being. Dr. Tucker-Seeley’s research has been published in journals such as the American Journal of Public Health, Preventive Medicine, Journal of National Cancer Institute, Cancer Causes and Control, and the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Tucker-Seeley is also committed to community service that targets the elimination of health disparities. He served for three years on the Rhode Island Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity. Based on his experience on this Commission, Dr. Tucker-Seeley developed a new course at HSPH called “Measuring and Reporting Health Disparities;” and in 2016, he received the HSPH teaching award for this course.

Missed connections: A case study of the social networks of physics doctoral students in a single department

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

Knaub, Alexis Victoria

Gender disparity is an issue among the many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Although many previous studies examine gender issues in STEM as an aggregate discipline, there are unique issues to each of the fields that are considered STEM fields. Some fields, such as physics, have fewer women graduating with degrees than other fields. This suggests that women's experiences vary by STEM field. The majority of previous research also examines gender and other disparities at either the nationwide or individual level. This project entailed social network analysis through survey and interview data to examine a single physics department's doctoral students in order to provide a comprehensive look at student social experiences. In addition to examining gender, other demographic variables were studied to see if the results are truly associated with gender; these variables include race/ethnicity, year in program, student type, relationship status, research type, undergraduate institute, and subfield. Data were examined to determine if there are relationships to social connections and outcome variables such as persistence in completing the degree and the time to degree. Data collected on faculty were used to rank faculty members; data such as h-indices and number of students graduate over the past 5 years were collected. Fifty-five (55) of 110 possible participants completed the survey; forty-three are male, and twelve are female. Twenty-eight of the fifty-five survey participants were interview; twenty-three are male, and five are female. Findings for peer networks include that peer networks are established during the first year and do not change drastically as one progresses in the program. Geographic location within the campus affects socializing with peers. Connections to fellow students are not necessarily reciprocated; the maximum percentage of reciprocated connections is 60%. The number of connections one has varies by network purpose, with students having more connections for the more social purposes. Students are isolated when working on their research, even in their early years. Research discussion does not occur, unless one is providing casual updates to a peer. Findings for student-faculty networks indicate that these relationships are important but complicated. Advisor selection is often done casually, even when one is switching advisors. Faculty have a lot of influence on the doctoral students such as motivating research collaborations among students or aiding in the job search. Most doctoral students feel as though there is a power dynamic that hinders them from socializing with faculty and thus, are not close to the faculty. Opportunities to develop stronger relationships and for professional development are often missed. The total number of peer and faculty ties has significant relationships to whether a student considers leaving the program. Analyzing the qualitative and quantitative data through demographic variables showed how complex these experiences are. All demographic variables indicated there are statistically significant differences in social experience among the groups, though the extent varies. The year in program variable showed the most differences among cohort years, primarily with those in the fifth year. While gender showed few differences, women tended to have more homophilous peer networks than men and women tended to have more connections to higher prestige faculty. The race/ethnicity, student type, undergraduate institute, subfield, and relationship status variables produced few statistically significant results. Peer networks have statistically significant differences in homophily when examining research type. The regression model suggests that being female, having a higher year in the program, and/or completing undergraduate studies from a liberal arts college increases the time to degree. Being in a relationship (dating or married) and/or working on experimental research decreases the time to degree. Only research peer network and departmental information network variables remain in this model. Suggestions for further research for both physics/STEM education and social network analysis are included. Suggestions for ways in which the Jonas University physics department can improve its climate are also included. Although these suggestions are written based upon the Jonas University data, they may be applicable to other physics/STEM graduate programs.

Acquisition Review Quarterly. Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 1995

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1995-01-01

and Co. Kotler , P. (1988). Marketing Management: Analysis and Planning (6th ed.), (pp. 280-284). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 40- Winter...University of Massachusetts. Dr. Durant is a professor and Chair of the Faculty of Marketing in the College of Business and Mangement at the University...studies related to consumer behav- ior in marketing . In addition to being easy to apply, it is quite useful in diagnosing why one product is viewed more

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program (1986). Program Technical Report. Volume 3

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1986-12-01

Engineering University of New Mexico Assigned: WL Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 271-6296 Dr. Roy M. Ventullo Degree: Ph.D., Microbiology, 1978 Associate...from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico . The figure includes the altitude and azimuth of each satellite. (Courtesy of Rockwell Collins) IV AFGL...energy systems over the past six years. I served as Manager of Solar Electric Projects at the New Mexico Solar Energy Institute prior to my recent move

Interim Scientific Report, Air Force Grant AFOSR-82-0238, 1 June 1982-31 March 1983,

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1983-03-31

research, may be found in the dissertation of RIBERA . Other publications are mainly those of the Principal Investigator (see KALMAN [1983, 1982a...doctoral student (now at Marmora Scientific and Industrial Research Institute, Docaeli, TURKEY). Dr. J. Ribera , doctoral student (now on faculty of IESE...stability", Ph. D. dissertation, University of Florida, 63 pages. J. RIBERA (1982] "Identification of linear relations from noisy data", Ph. D. dissertation

Summer Research Program (1992). Summer Faculty Research Program (SFRP) Reports. Volume 4. Rome Laboratory

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1992-12-01

cm 2 heat flux which must be transferred by the buoyancy-induced gas flow. A survey of electronic cooling literature can easily demonstrate how large...Toward Implementation of a Certification Framework for Reusable Dr. Allen S. Parrish Software Modules 15 Data Association Problems in Multisensor Data...next section and the reader is referred to [5] for additional details of the analysis. Then the method is applied to a dipole element with straight

CRUSER News. Issue 23, January 2013

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2013-01-01

Ricardo Martins, José Pinto, Laboratório de Sistemas e Tecnologias Subaquáticas, Engineering Faculty, Porto University Portugal has one of the largest...Total Ownership Cost ( TOC ) by Dr. Dan Nussbaum, Professor in the Operations Research Dept at NPS, danussba@nps.edu According to the methodology section of...paradigm shift in UAV cost estimation The purpose in this part of the project is to provide a TOC that reflects the end-to-end costs associated with ISR

United States Air Force Summer Faculty Research Program. 1985 Technical Report. Volume 1.

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1985-12-01

Lipid Biochemistry, Dept. of Pediatrics Nutrition, HyperbaricNashville, Tennessee 37208 Medicine(615) 327-6506 Assigned: SAM xxiii 1% Dr. James Sturm...as a major problem area by the U.S. Air Force. Approximately 35% of the lifetime cost of military systems is spent for maintenance [1). Modern...represented urban and military nuclear maintenance personnel. Overall mean torque was approximately 10 in.-lbs for the 3/4 in. knob, 5.6 in.-lbs for

Proceedings of the Current Trends in Army Medical Department Psychology Held at San Antonio, Texas on 8-12 November 1976.

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1976-12-01

the faculty of several medical schools and universities. He is a 4 noted authority, lecturer, and author in the field of clinical hypnosis and has...a Fellow in the American Psychological Association and a Diplomate in Psychological Hypnosis . 0 .. ’..........- 1976 Current Trends in AMEDD...clinical neuropsychology, including the relationship of this field to medicine and various forensic concerns. Subsequent to this introduction by Dr

Reflections on the future of veterinary medical education.

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Prasse, Keith W

2009-01-01

Dr. Keith Prasse is a very distinguished leader in veterinary education. He started his career achieving his BS and DVM degrees from Iowa State University (ISU). He returned to ISU after a brief period in private practice in Illinois. His well-recognized career in veterinary pathology began with his MS and PhD degrees, followed by a five-year period of teaching at ISU. Dr. Prasse joined the faculty of the University of Georgia in 1972, and thus began a long-term partnership with Dr. Bob Duncan that is arguably the foundation of veterinary clinical pathology. The textbook they authored, Veterinary Laboratory Medicine: Clinical Pathology, or "Duncan and Prasse" as it is known, remains the standard today, with later participation from Dr. Ed Mahaffey and most recently Dr. Ken Latimer. Dr. Prasse has mentored numerous graduate students and received many awards over his 23-year career in teaching, including the Norden Distinguished Teaching award twice, once at ISU and once at Georgia. His leadership as President of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists was greatly acknowledged and appreciated. Dr. Prasse's administrative service at the University of Georgia spanned 14 years, first as Associate Dean for Public Service and Outreach and later as Dean for eight years, during which time he served as President of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). The growth of the College of Veterinary Medicine under Dean Prasse's visionary leadership was extraordinary. He led through difficult economic and political times, yet the college and its community continued to prosper. His legacy at the University of Georgia is indelible and perpetual. His outstanding leadership of the college was recognized by the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association in 2004, when he was given the Georgia Veterinarian of the Year award. Since his retirement from Georgia, Dr. Prasse has contributed greatly to the profession and to the AAVMC by leading the Foresight project. Dr. Prasse honored those attending the 2009 AAVMC Symposium by giving the Recognition Lecture. As always, his address was inspirational, and the substance of it is included here. -Sheila W. Allen, Dean, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.

ERAST: Scientific Applications and Technology Commercialization

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Hunley, John D. (Compiler); Kellogg, Yvonne (Compiler)

2000-01-01

This is a conference publication for an event designed to inform potential contractors and appropriate personnel in various scientific disciplines that the ERAST (Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology) vehicles have reached a certain level of maturity and are available to perform a variety of missions ranging from data gathering to telecommunications. There are multiple applications of the technology and a great many potential commercial and governmental markets. As high altitude platforms, the ERAST vehicles can gather data at higher resolution than satellites and can do so continuously, whereas satellites pass over a particular area only once each orbit. Formal addresses are given by Rich Christiansen, (Director of Programs, NASA Aerospace Technology Ent.), Larry Roeder, (Senior Policy Advisor, U.S. Dept. of State), and Dr. Marianne McCarthy, (DFRC Education Dept.). The Commercialization Workshop is chaired by Dale Tietz (President, New Vista International) and the Science Workshop is chaired by Steve Wegener, (Deputy Manager of NASA ERAST, NASA Ames Research Center.

75 FR 26815 - AdvisorShares Investments, LLC and AdvisorShares Trust; Notice of Application

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Advisor-Advisee Three: Graduate Students' Perceptions of Verbal Aggression, Credibility, and Conflict Styles in the Advising Relationship

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Punyanunt-Carter, Narissra M.; Wrench, Jason S.

2008-01-01

The current study looked at the relation between advisee perceptions of advisor's verbal aggression, credibility, and conflict styles. Participants were 153 graduate students who reported their perceptions concerning their advisor. First, the study found that advisee perceptions of their advisor's credibility (competence, caring/goodwill, &…

Determinants of physical activity promotion by smoking cessation advisors.

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Mas, Sébastien; Bernard, Paquito; Gourlan, Mathieu

2018-05-17

To investigate the cross-sectional association between personal physical activity (PA) level, Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) constructs toward PA promotion, and PA promotion behavior among smoking cessation advisors. 149 smoking cessation advisors were invited to complete online questionnaires. Hypotheses were tested using Bayesian path analysis. Attitudes and perceived behavioral control (PBC) of smoking cessation advisors were related to PA promotion intentions; intentions were in turn related to PA promotion behaviors. Advisors' personal PA level was indirectly associated with PA promotion behaviors through PBC and PA promotion intentions. The TPB is a relevant theoretical framework with which to explore determinants of PA promotion behavior among smoking cessation advisors. The PA level of health care professionals may be linked to PA promotion behavior through some TPB constructs. Smoking cessation advisor training should include education on attitude development (e.g., PA benefits on smoking cessation), PBC (e.g., modality of PA prescription) and PA promotion intentions (e.g., goal setting). Smoking cessation advisors should also be encouraged to regularly practice PA in order to improve their PA promotion behaviors. Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

How do incentives lead to deception in advisor-client interactions? Explicit and implicit strategies of self-interested deception.

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Mackinger, Barbara; Jonas, Eva

2012-01-01

When confronted with important questions we like to rely on the advice of experts. However, uncertainty can occur regarding advisors' motivation to pursue self-interest and deceive the client. This can especially occur when the advisor has the possibility to receive an incentive by recommending a certain alternative. We investigated how the possibility to pursue self-interest led to explicit strategic behavior (bias in recommendation and transfer of information) and to implicit strategic behavior (bias in information processing: evaluation and memory). In Study 1 explicit strategic behavior could be identified: self-interested advisors recommended more often the self-serving alternative and transferred more self-interested biased information to their client compared to the advisor without specific interest. Also deception through implicit strategic behavior was identified: self-interested advisors biased the evaluation of information less in favor of the client compared to the control group. Self-interested advisors also remembered conflicting information regarding their self-interest worse compared to advisors without self-interest. In Study 2 beside self-interest we assessed accountability which interacted with self-interest and increased the bias: when accountability was high advisor's self-interest led to higher explicit strategic behavior (less transfer of conflicting information), and to higher implicit strategic behavior (devaluated and remembered less conflicting information). Both studies identified implicit strategic behavior as mediator which can explain the relation between self-interest and explicit strategic behavior. Results of both studies suggest that self-interested advisors use explicit and implicit strategic behavior to receive an incentive. Thus, advisors do not only consciously inform their clients "self-interested," but they are influenced unconsciously by biased information processing - a tendency which even increased with high accountability.

Charles F. Richter: A personal tribute

USGS Publications Warehouse

Allen, Clarence R.

1987-01-01

With the death of Charles Richter in 1985, the seismological community lost a renowned colleague, and many of us lost a close friend and advisor. Charles was born on a farm in Ohio in 1900, received his A.B. from Stanford in 1920, and his Ph.D.  from Caltech in 1928. Virtually his entire professional career was spent at the Seismological Laboratory in Pasadena, first as an employee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and later as a Caltech faculty member. Following his retirement from Caltech in 1970, he was active for several years in the consulting firm of Lindvall, Richter, and Associates. His wife, Lillian, died in 1972, and they had no children. Richter served as President of the Seismological Society of America from 1959 to 1960 and was the second recipient of its medal in 1977.

The 1993/1994 NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

1992-01-01

The NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) attempts to reach a culturally diverse group of promising U.S. graduate students whose research interests are compatible with NASA's programs in space science and aerospace technology. Each year we select approximately 100 new awardees based on competitive evaluation of their academic qualifications, their proposed research plan and/or plan of study, and their planned utilization of NASA research facilities. Fellowships of up to $22,000 are awarded for one year and are renewable, based on satisfactory progress, for a total of three years. Approximately 300 graduate students are, thus, supported by this program at any one time. Students may apply any time during their graduate career or prior to receiving their baccalaureate degree. An applicant must be sponsored by his/her graduate department chair or faculty advisor; this book discusses the GSRP in great detail.

The graduate research field choice of women in academic physics and astronomy: A pilot study

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Barthelemy, Ramón S.; Grunert, Megan L.; Henderson, Charles R.

2013-01-01

The low representation of women in physics is apparent at the undergraduate level through faculty positions. However, when looking at the percentage of PhD women graduates in the closely related field astronomy (40%) and women PhDs in physics education research (30%), it is found that those areas have higher representations of women compared to women physics PhD graduates (18%). This study seeks to understand the research subfield choice of women in academic physics and astronomy at large US research universities through in-depth interviews and a grounded theory analytical approach. Though preliminary results have not shown why women chose their graduate research field, they have shown that positive pre-college experiences are bringing these women to physics, while supportive advisors and collaboration amongst students are encouraging these women to persist.

The Surgical Learning and Instructional Portfolio (SLIP) as a self-assessment educational tool demonstrating practice-based learning.

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Webb, Travis P; Aprahamian, Charles; Weigelt, John A; Brasel, Karen J

2006-01-01

Time constraints on the teaching and evaluation of residents continue to alter the way in which medical knowledge must be imparted and assessed. Lifelong learning is a component of the practice-based learning competency. A portfolio is one way to assess practice-based learning, but its use is unfamiliar to most surgical programs. The authors describe the evolution of the Surgical Learning and Instructional Portfolio (SLIP) into a worthwhile educational tool. In March 2001, the authors began a program to encourage residents to develop a case-based portfolio to document their experience and demonstrate acquisition of knowledge in caring for a variety of surgical diseases. The monthly case topic was chosen by the resident and reported using a template: case history, supporting diagnostic studies, differential diagnosis, final diagnosis with ICD-9 coding, management options, treatment used, 3 lessons learned, embellishment of 1 lesson, and 2 articles supporting the experience. Initially, cases were submitted to the program coordinator and reviewed every 6 months with a faculty advisor to provide feedback. After the first 18 months of this program, resident compliance was less than 50%, satisfaction was low, and formal review did not occur. In July 2004, a single faculty member became responsible for evaluating and providing feedback on the monthly SLIPs. The assignments were handled electronically with feedback delivered within the month via e-mail. SLIP quality as measured by resident compliance and satisfaction improved. These SLIPs have matured into a valuable educational tool satisfying multiple ACGME competencies. This portfolio system required direct faculty feedback to become successful.

The Advisor and Instructor as a Dynamic Duo: Academic Motivation and Basic Psychological Needs

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Burt, Tracie D.; Young-Jones, Adena D.; Yadon, Carly A.; Carr, Michael T.

2013-01-01

Students learn in and out of a formal classroom, and instructors and academic advisors play key roles in academic motivation and learning. Therefore, through the lens of self-determination theory, we examined the ways perceived support from instructors and advisors relates to satisfaction of college students' basic psychological needs. Advisor and…

In Defense of the Formula Essay

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Haluska, Jan Charles

2007-01-01

In 1970, the author learned a simple step in making essays from his advisor. His advisor used a drawing of the Parthenon to illustrate the creation of a five-paragraph essay. It was obvious that his advisor was hesitant on teaching them a very simple concept of essay writing because it was pretty mechanical. Like his advisor, a lot of teachers…

Bahrain-Iran Relations in Modern Times

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2014-09-01

IN MODERN TIMES by Mohamed A. Al Khalifa September 2014 Thesis Co-Advisors: James Russell Mohammed Hafez THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY... Russell Thesis Advisor Mohammed Hafez Thesis Advisor Mohammed Hafez Chair, Department of National Security Affairs iii THIS PAGE...advisors, associate professor James Russell , associate professor and chair Mohammed Hafez, and assistant professor Abbas Khadim at the Department of

Utilizing Biomarker Signature Pairs To Develop Gene Therapeutic Viral Delivery Platforms For Treating Prostate Cancer

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Dr. Tamaro Hudson is currently an Assistant Professor at Howard University in the Department of Pharmacology and holds an appointment as a Health Research Specialist at the Washington VA Medical Center. Dr. Hudson received his Bachelor of Science from Iowa State University in Biology in 1994 and went on to receive a Master of Science in Preventive Medicine from Ohio State University in 2007. Afterwards, he received a Ph.D. from Ohio State University in 2002 where he focused on evaluating the functional differences among isothiocyanates in the rat esophageal tumor model. Following his Ph.D., Dr. Hudson was selected to complete a prestigious Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program at the National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute, where he focused on utilizing in vitro and in vivo cancer models to assess the biological activity of bioactive compounds on prostate cancer molecular pathways. Concurrently, he completed a Master of Public Health degree from George Washington University in 2003 where he focused on assessing the degree of agreement between a food frequency questionnaire and a 4-day food record as it related to dietary fiber intake. Upon completion of his MPH and Fellowship, he was recruited by Howard University Cancer Center in 2007 as an Assistant Professor. Since joining the Howard faculty, Dr. Hudson has integrated his research focus by identifying novel signature biomarkers – that could have a significant impact on both the diagnosis and targeted treatment of prostate cancer – with the evaluation of new chemopreventive strategies, which have been evaluated in Phase I and Phase II clinical trials. Dr. Hudson received the first five-year VA-HBCU Research, Scientist, and Training grant that focuses on developing a biomarker-based risk prediction model for prostate cancer. Dr. Hudson serves on several Howard University committees and has many peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Hudson's research interests continue to expand as he tries to build collaborations across broad disciplines to make an impact in translational research.  

Navigating the Path to a Biomedical Science Career

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Zimmerman, Andrea McNeely

The number of biomedical PhD scientists being trained and graduated far exceeds the number of academic faculty positions and academic research jobs. If this trend is compelling biomedical PhD scientists to increasingly seek career paths outside of academia, then more should be known about their intentions, desires, training experiences, and career path navigation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to understand the process through which biomedical PhD scientists are trained and supported for navigating future career paths. In addition, the study sought to determine whether career development support efforts and opportunities should be redesigned to account for the proportion of PhD scientists following non-academic career pathways. Guided by the social cognitive career theory (SCCT) framework this study sought to answer the following central research question: How does a southeastern tier 1 research university train and support its biomedical PhD scientists for navigating their career paths? Key findings are: Many factors influence PhD scientists' career sector preference and job search process, but the most influential were relationships with faculty, particularly the mentor advisor; Planned activities are a significant aspect of the training process and provide skills for career success; and Planned activities provided skills necessary for a career, but influential factors directed the career path navigated. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

Utility of a dermatology interest group blog: the impact of medical student interest groups and Web 2.0 tools as educational resources

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Jalalat, Sheila Z; Wagner, Richard F

2014-01-01

The open access University of Texas Dermatology Interest Group blog was established in 2004 for the purposes of increasing communication and collaboration between medical students and dermatology faculty, residents, and alumni, as well as to promote educational opportunities and the missions for which the interest group was created. This blog is unique because of its longevity and continuous postings directed toward the educational and professional needs of medical students and residents. A blog user survey was performed to assess viewers’ thoughts, purpose of viewing, demographic profile, subscriber status, usage of the blog and other Web 2.0 tools (forums, Facebook, blogs, Twitter, podcasts), and perceived usefulness. Sixty-one anonymous online surveys were completed during a 1-month period. Statistical analyses of the responses demonstrated that the utilization of web-based tools and the blog were valuable resources for students, especially for blog subscribers, those more involved in an interest group, and those reading the blog for a longer period of time. The usefulness and impact of this method of communication and dissemination of information in medical education may encourage other student groups, faculty advisors, and educators to implement similar educational tools at their institutions. PMID:25298742

A Central Support System Can Facilitate Implementation and Sustainability of a Classroom-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in Genomics

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Lopatto, David; Hauser, Charles; Jones, Christopher J.; Paetkau, Don; Chandrasekaran, Vidya; Dunbar, David; MacKinnon, Christy; Stamm, Joyce; Alvarez, Consuelo; Barnard, Daron; Bedard, James E. J.; Bednarski, April E.; Bhalla, Satish; Braverman, John M.; Burg, Martin; Chung, Hui-Min; DeJong, Randall J.; DiAngelo, Justin R.; Du, Chunguang; Eckdahl, Todd T.; Emerson, Julia; Frary, Amy; Frohlich, Donald; Goodman, Anya L.; Gosser, Yuying; Govind, Shubha; Haberman, Adam; Hark, Amy T.; Hoogewerf, Arlene; Johnson, Diana; Kadlec, Lisa; Kaehler, Marian; Key, S. Catherine Silver; Kokan, Nighat P.; Kopp, Olga R.; Kuleck, Gary A.; Lopilato, Jane; Martinez-Cruzado, Juan C.; McNeil, Gerard; Mel, Stephanie; Nagengast, Alexis; Overvoorde, Paul J.; Parrish, Susan; Preuss, Mary L.; Reed, Laura D.; Regisford, E. Gloria; Revie, Dennis; Robic, Srebrenka; Roecklien-Canfield, Jennifer A.; Rosenwald, Anne G.; Rubin, Michael R.; Saville, Kenneth; Schroeder, Stephanie; Sharif, Karim A.; Shaw, Mary; Skuse, Gary; Smith, Christopher D.; Smith, Mary; Smith, Sheryl T.; Spana, Eric P.; Spratt, Mary; Sreenivasan, Aparna; Thompson, Jeffrey S.; Wawersik, Matthew; Wolyniak, Michael J.; Youngblom, James; Zhou, Leming; Buhler, Jeremy; Mardis, Elaine; Leung, Wilson; Threlfall, Jennifer; Elgin, Sarah C. R.

2014-01-01

In their 2012 report, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology advocated “replacing standard science laboratory courses with discovery-based research courses”—a challenging proposition that presents practical and pedagogical difficulties. In this paper, we describe our collective experiences working with the Genomics Education Partnership, a nationwide faculty consortium that aims to provide undergraduates with a research experience in genomics through a scheduled course (a classroom-based undergraduate research experience, or CURE). We examine the common barriers encountered in implementing a CURE, program elements of most value to faculty, ways in which a shared core support system can help, and the incentives for and rewards of establishing a CURE on our diverse campuses. While some of the barriers and rewards are specific to a research project utilizing a genomics approach, other lessons learned should be broadly applicable. We find that a central system that supports a shared investigation can mitigate some shortfalls in campus infrastructure (such as time for new curriculum development, availability of IT services) and provides collegial support for change. Our findings should be useful for designing similar supportive programs to facilitate change in the way we teach science for undergraduates. PMID:25452493

An interview with Hyeon-Shik Hwang

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Thiesen, Guilherme; de Araújo, Telma Martins; Freitas, Maria Perpétua Mota; da Motta, Alexandre Trindade Simões

2016-01-01

It gives me great pleasure to interview Dr. Hyeon-Shik Hwang, an innovative orthodontist who has developed many creative techniques over his career. Dr. Hwang was born in Korea and received his DDS and PhD degrees from Yonsei University in Seoul. He is professor and chairman of the Department of Orthodontics at Chonnam National University School of Dentistry, Gwangju, Korea. Dr. Hwang, as a faculty at the university hospital, has maintained a successful clinical practice for more than 25 years. He has treated many adult patients focusing on esthetics and periodontal health and has developed many clinical techniques to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of treatment to the benefit of both the patient and practitioner. Dr. Hwang is also interested in the evaluation of facial asymmetry two- and three-dimensionally. As one of the early adopters of cone-beam volume imaging, he has given special emphasis on the management of surgical cases. He is married to Jung-Un Park with whom he has two sons. His favorite hobbies are photography and listening to music. When I was presented to him in a congress, it was a great pleasure meeting someone who I already admired for his singular work. Later on, his humbleness and knowledge made me marvel at him even more. I hope that all readers of Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics also enjoy the teachings from this brilliant Korean orthodontist! Guilherme Thiesen - interview coordinator PMID:27007758

An interview with Hyeon-Shik Hwang.

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Hwang, Hyeon-Shik; Thiesen, Guilherme; Araújo, Telma Martins de; Freitas, Maria Perpétua Mota; Motta, Alexandre Trindade Simões da

2016-01-01

It gives me great pleasure to interview Dr. Hyeon-Shik Hwang, an innovative orthodontist who has developed many creative techniques over his career. Dr. Hwang was born in Korea and received his DDS and PhD degrees from Yonsei University in Seoul. He is professor and chairman of the Department of Orthodontics at Chonnam National University School of Dentistry, Gwangju, Korea. Dr. Hwang, as a faculty at the university hospital, has maintained a successful clinical practice for more than 25 years. He has treated many adult patients focusing on esthetics and periodontal health and has developed many clinical techniques to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of treatment to the benefit of both the patient and practitioner. Dr. Hwang is also interested in the evaluation of facial asymmetry two- and three-dimensionally. As one of the early adopters of cone-beam volume imaging, he has given special emphasis on the management of surgical cases. He is married to Jung-Un Park with whom he has two sons. His favorite hobbies are photography and listening to music. When I was presented to him in a congress, it was a great pleasure meeting someone who I already admired for his singular work. Later on, his humbleness and knowledge made me marvel at him even more. I hope that all readers of Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics also enjoy the teachings from this brilliant Korean orthodontist! Guilherme Thiesen - interview coordinator.

Why Work with Undergraduate Researchers? Differences in Research Advisors' Motivations and Outcomes by Career Stage.

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Hayward, Charles N; Laursen, Sandra L; Thiry, Heather

2017-01-01

Undergraduate research is often hailed as a solution to increasing the number and quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates needed to fill the high-tech jobs of the future. Student benefits of research are well documented but the emerging literature on advisors' perspectives is incomplete: only a few studies have included the graduate students and postdocs who often serve as research advisors, and not much is known about why research advisors choose to work with undergraduate researchers. We report the motivations for advising undergraduate researchers, and the related costs and benefits of doing so, from 30 interviews with research advisors at various career stages. Many advisors stated intrinsic motivations, but a small group of early-career advisors expressed only instrumental motivations. We explore what this means for how advisors work with student researchers, the benefits students may or may not gain from the experience, and the implications for training and retaining research advisors who can provide high-quality research experiences for undergraduate students. © 2017 C. N. Hayward et al. CBE—Life Sciences Education © 2017 The American Society for Cell Biology. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). It is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0).

Why Work with Undergraduate Researchers? Differences in Research Advisors’ Motivations and Outcomes by Career Stage

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Hayward, Charles N.; Laursen, Sandra L.; Thiry, Heather

2017-01-01

Undergraduate research is often hailed as a solution to increasing the number and quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates needed to fill the high-tech jobs of the future. Student benefits of research are well documented but the emerging literature on advisors’ perspectives is incomplete: only a few studies have included the graduate students and postdocs who often serve as research advisors, and not much is known about why research advisors choose to work with undergraduate researchers. We report the motivations for advising undergraduate researchers, and the related costs and benefits of doing so, from 30 interviews with research advisors at various career stages. Many advisors stated intrinsic motivations, but a small group of early-career advisors expressed only instrumental motivations. We explore what this means for how advisors work with student researchers, the benefits students may or may not gain from the experience, and the implications for training and retaining research advisors who can provide high-quality research experiences for undergraduate students. PMID:28213583

Summer Research Program - 1997 Summer Faculty Research Program Volume 6 Arnold Engineering Development Center United States Air Force Academy Air Logistics Centers

DTIC Science & Technology

1997-12-01

Fracture Analysis of the F-5, 15%-Spar Bolt DR Devendra Kumar SAALC/LD 6- 16 CUNY-City College, New York, NY A Simple, Multiversion Concurrency Control...Program, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. [3]AFGROW, Air Force Crack Propagation Analysis Program, Version 3.82 (1997) 15-8 A SIMPLE, MULTIVERSION ...Office of Scientific Research Boiling Air Force Base, DC and San Antonio Air Logistic Center August 1997 16-1 A SIMPLE, MULTIVERSION CONCURRENCY

Design of Choking Cascade Turns.

DTIC Science & Technology

1982-12-01

L D-R124 792 DESIGN OF CHOK~ING CASCADE TURNSCU) AIR FORCE INST OF v TECH MRIGHT-PAT1TERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING J BAIRD DEC 82 AFIT/GRE/AA...82D- 3 DESIGN OF CHOKING *’ CASCADE TURNS THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the School of Enqineerinq of the Air Force Institute of Technoloqy Air ...Approved for public release; distribution unlimited 4* Preface Ramjet engines are being considered by both the Air Force and Navy for tactical air

A Nation of Programs with No System - An Apprenticeship in America

DTIC Science & Technology

1993-04-01

interpretation of "apprenticeship", it could safely be said that the U.S. government has funded approximately $15 - 20 million per year over the past decade to... Past or a Useful Tool For Our Globally Competitive Economic Future? Keith J. Boi Faculty Research AdWvsor Dr. John E. Bokel The Industrial College of...NO. ACCESSION NO. 1 1. TITLE (Include Security Classification) 12. PERSONAL AUTHOR(S) 13a. TYPE OF REPORT 13b. TIME COVERED 14. DATE OF REPORT ( Year

Annual Faculty Research Report of the Department of Systems Engineering and the Operations Research Center for the Academic Year 2006

DTIC Science & Technology

2006-10-01

Senior Investigators: COL Darrall Henderson, Ph.D. LTC Simon R. Goerger, Ph.D. Points of Contact: NAME ADDRESS PHONE OTHER LTC Eric R. Keller...revision. Non-Refereed Publications LTC Tim Trainor*, Dr. Greg Parnell*, LTC Brigitte Kwinn*, MAJ John Brence*, CPT Eric Tollefson*, Ms. Robin Burk*, MAJ...Parnell, Brigitte Kwinn, John Brence, Eric Tollefson, Pat Downes. The US Army Uses Decision Analysis in Designing Its US Installation Regions

The trials, tribulations, and triumphs of black faculty in the math and science pipeline: A life history approach

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Williams, Lisa D.

2000-12-01

This study explores the career progression and life history of black mathematicians and scientists who teach on university faculties in the United States. It investigates the following questions: Why are there so few black mathematicians and scientists in colleges and universities in the United States? What is the experience of black students who express an interest in science and math? What barriers do black scientists and mathematicians face as they move through school towards their career in higher education? What factors facilitate their success? The current literature shows that there are few women and minorities teaching or working in math and science compared to white men, although reasons for this underrepresentation are still not well understood. I explored this phenomenon by conducting two sets of in-depth interviews with twelve black faculty, six women, six men, from both historically black and predominantly white higher educational institutions in the United States. My interviews were based upon a life history approach that identified the participants' perceptions of the barriers and obstacles, as well as the supports and facilitators encountered in their schooling and career progression. The findings from the study show the importance of a strong family, community, and teacher support for the participants throughout their schooling. Support systems continued to be important in their faculty positions. These support systems include extended family members, teachers, community members, supervisors, and classmates, who serve as role models and mentors. The life study interviews provide striking evidence of the discrimination, isolation, and harassment due to race and gender experienced by black male and female mathematicians and scientists. The racial discrimination and the compounding effect of racism and sexism play out differently for the male and female participants in this study. This study suggests directions for future research on the experiences of young black students who are currently in the math and science educational pipeline. It also offers recommendations for ways in which parents, teachers, administrators, faculty, advisors, and government officials can enhance the educational experiences of black students who express interest and have skills in math and science.

Redesigning Curricula in Geology and Geophysics

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Sparks, D. W.; Ewing, R. C.; Fowler, D.; Macik, M.; Marcantonio, F.; Miller, B.; Newman, J.; Olszewski, T.; Reece, R.; Rosser, S.

2015-12-01

In the summer of 2014, the Texas A&M Department of Geology and Geophysics partnered with the Texas A&M Center for Teaching Excellence to implement TAMU's curriculum revision process: a data-informed, faculty-driven, educational-developer-supported rebuilding of our degree programs and course offerings. The current curricula (B.S. and B.A. in Geology, B.S. in Geophysics) were put into place in 1997, following the merger of two separate departments. The needs and capabilities of the Department and the student body have changed significantly since that time: more than 50% turnover of the faculty, a rapidly-changing job climate for geologists and geophysicists, and a nearly five-fold increase in the undergraduate population to over 500 majors in Fall 2015. Surveys of former students, employers and faculty at other universities revealed more reasons to address the curriculum. Some of the most desired skills are also those at which our graduates feel and are perceived to be least prepared: oral communication and the ability to learn software packages (skills that are most challenging to teach with growing class sizes). The challenge facing the Department is to accommodate growing student numbers while maintaining strength in traditional instructor-intensive activities such as microscopy and field mapping, and also improving our graduates' non-geological skills (e.g., communication, software use, teamwork, problem-solving) to insulate them from volatility in the current job market. We formed the Curriculum Study Group, consisting of faculty, graduate students, advisors and curriculum experts, to gather and analyze data and define the knowledge and skill base a graduate of our department must have. In addition to conducting external surveys, this group interviewed current students and faculty to determine the strengths and weaknesses of our program. We developed program learning goals that were further specified into over fifty criteria. For each criteria we defined several assessable measures of proficiency from novice to exemplary. From this matrix of measures, we are building the course descriptions that will define the new curricula, and will be developing assessment tools to gauge the success of our new program. We will present both the new curriculum and the design process.

The past, present, and future of paediatric cardiology training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, in the tradition of Dr Helen Taussig.

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Beasley, Gary S; Murphy, Anne M; Brenner, Joel I; Ravekes, William J

2016-12-01

Johns Hopkins has been a leader in paediatric cardiology for over 85 years. In the 1940s, Dr Helen Taussig began training fellows in paediatric cardiology at Johns Hopkins at a time when the diagnosis and treatment of CHD were in the earliest stage. Under her leadership, the fellowship developed a strong foundation that has continued to evolve to meet the current needs of learners and educators. In the current era, the Johns Hopkins programme implements the current theories of adult education and actively engages our fellows in learning as well as teaching. The programme uses techniques such as flipped classroom, structured case-based small-group learning, observed and structured clinical examination, simulations, and innovative educational technology. These strategies combined with our faculty and rich history give our fellows a unique educational experience.

[90 years since the first congress of Serbian physicians].

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Atanacković, D

1995-01-01

The first congress of the south Slav physicians was held in Belgrade in 1904 and was entitled the First Congress of the Serbian Physicians and Naturalists under the presidency of Dr. Jovan Danić, the president of the Medical Society of Serbia. The Congress was attended by 433 active participants, and the work was organized in sessions: medico-pharmaceutical, physico-chemical and mathematical, biological and abiological, veterino-agronomical. Papers were printed in extenso in the proceedings and were published in the native language of the lectureres (Serbian, Croatian, Bohemian, Slovenian and Bulgarian). Out of these papers 56 were presented in the medico-pharmaceutical session. The Congress was appraised very successful by the attenders and its honorary president, Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Hlava from Prague who concluded at the end of the Congress ".. the First Serbian Congress has prepared material for the future faculty of medicine".

In Memoriam: Prof. Dr Dragutin Djurovic (1937-2013)

NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

2013-12-01

Prof. dr Dragutin Djurovic was born in Guca, Serbia, on December 20, 1937. He completed his primary and secondary education in Guca and Cacak. In the period 1956-1958, he studied at the General Military Academy in Belgrade. He enrolled at the Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics - Astronomy Group in 1958 and graduated in 1963. After graduation he went to study visits to Paris (1966) and Bruxelles (1972 and 1975). He obtained his MSc degree in 1970 from the University of Belgrade with a thesis entitled "Application of different types of telescopes for astronomical determination of time". His supervisor for the master thesis was Prof. Zaharije Brkic. Dragutin Djurovic defended his PhD thesis "Contribution to determination of Earth-rotation variations and polar motion" at the University of Belgrade in 1974. Most of the thesis-related research was done in Bruxelles during 1972 under the supervision of Prof. Paul Melchior.