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Resource Modelling For The Qc Laboratory At Xyz Pharmaceuticals In Southern Africa, Ngonidzashe Portia Munhuweyi, Z Ekeocha, S Byrn, K Clase

BIRS Africa Technical Report Papers

Quality control (QC) laboratories are critical components in drug manufacturing and running them efficiently contributes to better, consistent supply of cost-effective quality products, while also and preventing deaths due to untimely delivery or unavailability of medicines. Having a resource modelling tool to estimate resources needed to handle a particular demand in a given system is essential for efficient running of QC laboratory. This study was done to establish such a model at XYZ Pharmaceuticals. The list of all products manufactured by XYZ Pharmaceuticals Southern Africa was reviewed; and product families for all products were identified. Analysts’ hands on time (HOT) …

John Dewey And Global Citizenship Education: Beyond American And Postcolonial Nationalism In An Age Of Cultural Hybridity, Hyunju Lee

Education and Culture

John Dewey acknowledges that nationalism contributed not only to the establishment of the modern nation of the United States and its national unity, but also to the independence of other colonized countries in the twentieth century. At the same time, he is also concerned with the detrimental effects of nationalism on individual agency and association. This paper sheds light on the dual nature of nationalism in both American and postcolonial contexts. Based on a transnational dialogue, it argues that Deweyan democracy provides a meaningful foundation of citizenship education, which replaces nationalism in today’s globalization that entails increasing cultural hybridity.

Dewey, Hippie Communes, And Education, Luis S. Villacañas De Castro

Education and Culture

In this article I aim to establish a relevant connection between John Dewey’s educational philosophy and the hippie communes of the United States during the nineteen sixties and seventies. After an assessment of Dewey’s philosophy against the background of the countercultural sixties, I summarize and organize Dewey’s philosophical thought around the concepts of growth, experience, education, democracy, and occupations. I then look closely at seven memoirs describing life in five different hippie communes, and draw on them to present illustrations of the main tenets of Dewey’s educational philosophy and of its contemporary significance.

Classroom Exchanges: Big Data And The Commodification Of Educational Communication, Nicholas J. Eastman, Ethan E. Hansen

Education and Culture

We contrast the centrality of free and full communication, especially as it occurs in classrooms, for John Dewey’s democratic vision of the Great Community with the technologically mediated classroom communication characteristic of the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on Google’s dominance of educational communication in particular. Drawing on Shoshana Zuboff’s concept of rendition, we argue that Google’s interest in and influence over educational communication is rooted in behavioral data analytics that captures and exploits classroom language (spoken, written, and bodily) for capitalist accumulation and social control. We conclude that Dewey’s theories of language and communication are descriptively powerful regarding the commodification …

From Widgets To Wizards: Pedagogy For The Scoreboard Society, Bob Coulter

Education and Culture

Many schools today are driven by metrics intended to quantify student achievement, ostensibly in the interest of ensuring quality and accountability in public schools. In practice, this emphasis on performance over experience narrows schools’ potential to foster student growth toward democratic citizenship. This article offers a constructive alternative that fuses classical pragmatic foundations with emerging research in extended cognition, neuroplasticity, and epigenetics.

Data Without Democracy: The Cruel Optimism Of Education Technology And Assessment, Mark D. Tschaepe

Education and Culture

This essay examines contemporary digital educational assessment and argues that there are underlying problematic values and consequences entailed by the datafication of education as coupled with assessment practices. By applying Dewey’s work concerning curriculum, aims, growth, and the conception of democracy through education to current methods, this examination exposes digital assessment as perpetuating a cruel optimism through assessment that undermines democratic, progressive functions of education. Dewey’s philosophy provides a perspective from which to repurpose digital tools in a manner that fosters, rather than hinders, aims, growth, and democracy in education.

Guest Editors' Introduction, Jonathan Flowers, Kevin Taylor

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.

“They’Re Very Passionate About Making Sure That Women Stay Healthy”: A Qualitative Examination Of Women’S Experiences Participating In A Community Paramedicine Program, Laura M. Schwab-Reese, Lynette M. Renner, Hannah King, R. Paul Miller, Darren Forman, Joshua S. Krumenacker, Andrea L. Demaria

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

Background

Community paramedicine programs (i.e., physician-directed preventive care by emergency medical services personnel embedded in communities) offer a novel approach to community-based health care. Project Swaddle, a community paramedicine program for mothers and their infants, seeks to address (directly or through referrals) the physical, mental, social, and economic needs of its participants. The objective of this process evaluation was to describe women’s experiences in Project Swaddle. By understanding their experiences, our work begins to build the foundation for similar programs and future examinations of the efficacy and effectiveness of these approaches.

Methods

We completed 21 interviews with women living in …

Back Matter

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.

Out Of The Box: An Inside Look At The Jpur Publication Process, Ethan Edwards

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research Coordinator Ethan Edwards outlines the production of JPUR and the benefits of publishing as an undergraduate.

Effects Of Face Masks On The Acoustic Properties Of Speech, Gabrielle Fanning, Kailyn Wade

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.

Barriers To Recruitment Of Racial Minorities Into Stem, Kayla Reidenbach, Nana Dadzie

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

This research will help inform future practices in promoting STEM and healthcare professions to diverse populations in the U.S., which can lead to an enhanced representation in the field to better serve the diverse populations in the country.

Examining Early Language And Communication Skills In Children At Elevated Risk For Developmental Delays, Taylor Watters

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.

Good Data For Good Decisions About Resident Retention Analysis On Resident Retention, Eli Coltin

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

The northern neighborhoods of Lafayette, Indiana, are plagued by high resident turnover, but the city strives to build a community where residents will want to live for an extended period. Th rough revitalization of these neighborhoods, the well-being of the community and the livability of the area for residents could be increased. The purpose of this study was to identify geographical and quantitative trends associated with these transient residents. In partnership with the City of Lafayette, the study analyzed geographical and numerical data about local households to understand these trends and aid in the city’s eff ort to increase resident …

A Nosy Neighbor: Purification And Functional Characterization Of Lpg2149, Ashley M. Holahan

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

Ubiquitination is a process that marks proteins for various cell-signaling pathways, namely protein degradation and other processes. Th ese pathways are essential in a wide array of cellular processes, including defense mechanisms against invading pathogens. Th e ubiquitination process is universally found in all eukaryotic organisms, including plants and animals, and thus plays a vital role in cellular homeostasis. Recently, more discoveries have been made on prokaryotic effector proteins that hijack the ubiquitination system even when they do not possess a ubiquitin system of their own. MavC, also known as lpg2147 (Gan, Nakayasu, Hollenbeck, & Luo, 2019; Puvar et al., …

Parenting Stress And Language Development In Children: Associations In Angelman Syndrome And Down Syndrome, Annalise Bland, Zainab Husain, Breanna Martin-O'Dell, Sarah Gronceski

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

One of the defining characteristics of neurogenetic syndromes such as Angelman syndrome (AS) and Down syndrome (DS) is delayed language development. Although it is commonly reported that parenting stress is associated with language development, these associations have not been widely studied in AS and DS despite other research showing elevated stress levels in the parents of these children. To fi ll this gap in research, the present study examined how parenting stress relates to language production in children with AS and DS. Daylong recordings were obtained from 72 participants using a Language Environment Analysis recording device, which was then processed …

The Sociology Of Trust In Science: Evaluating And Predicting Levels Of Scientism In Indiana Residents, Sohinee Bera

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

While science is traditionally regarded as an enterprise based on evidence, objectivity, and empirical data, its image in the eyes of the general population depends largely on trust. Most nonscientists do not have the expertise to understand specialized scientific evidence. Without the ability to engage with scientific knowledge firsthand, individuals may reject scientific claims based on their trust or distrust of science, especially if that claim contradicts their thinking. Therefore, interpretations of science and its role as a credible decision- making cue vary among individuals. Th e objectives of this research were to evaluate levels of scientism, or public trust …

Editorial, Jay T. Akridge

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

Editorial by Jay T. Akridge, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Diversity.

Mgmt 110: Standards Module Slide Deck, Margaret Phillips

Libraries Faculty and Staff Supplemental Materials

Slide deck for standards module lesson in MGMT 110: Introduction to Management and Information Studies. Presented Fall 2021.

Back Matter, Jennifer Bay

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

No abstract provided.

Profile Interview With Faculty Mentor Dr. Jason Ware, C. Max Otterbacher

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

Dr. Jason Ware is a clinical assistant professor in the Honors College with a courtesy appointment in the College of Education.

Purdue College Of Pharmacy's Response To The Hand Sanitizer Shortage During The Pandemic, Alissa M. Freimuth, Alicia S. Cheng, Rurie W. Lee, Nicole L. Noel, Trexie M. Rudd, Jane E. Krause

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

With the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), came struggles and hardships that were not foreseen. One of these struggles was to maintain an adequate supply of medical equipment, medications, and other necessities to help protect individuals and communities. Proper hand hygiene is an important part of the response to COVID-19. Sanitizing and taking steps to prevent contraction of COVID-19 was a high priority and with the high demand, the availability of hand sanitizer was scare.

In March 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a policy allowing pharmacists to temporarily compound alcohol-based hand sanitizer during the public …

Impacting Community Well-Being In Lafayette, Indiana, In The Midst Of A Pandemic, Eli Coltin, Eric Flaningam, Jace Newell, Jason Ware

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

For the past five years, Dr. Jason Ware has centered community-based research and service-learning courses around local community partners’ needs as they focused collectively on community well-being issues. The nature of their work has prioritized qualitative research methods such as narrative inquiry via in-depth interviews and ethnography via immersive observations within varying service-providing institutions such as the Hartford Hub and the Hanna Community Center. COVID-19 and the constant threat of its transmission meant that Dr. Ware, his students, and their community partners had to approach their work differently. They responded with a pivot. They turned to mining large publicly accessible …

Homelessness And Covid-19, Justin Macneill, Alexa Lahey, Nina Teo

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the struggle of people experiencing homelessness (PEH) and presented new challenges to those serving this vulnerable population. To better understand and articulate how COVID has impacted both PEH and their ecosystem of support, we compared the national response - aggregated via a literature review of both gray and academic literature - to the statewide response in Indiana and the local response in Tippecanoe County.

Local homelessness providers emphasized that organizational partnerships are key - policy changes in one organization can have malignant effect extending throughout and putting additional strain on other organizations within the local …

Service-Learning In The Virtual Space: Mixed Method Analysis Of Steps Pipeline Program, Katherine Ceglio, Julianne Stout

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

North Central Indiana Area Health Education Center (NCI-AHEC) aims to develop the healthcare infrastructure by encouraging rural students to pursue healthcare professions. In light of rural healthcare shortages found in Indiana, they implemented a pipeline program, Successfully Training and Educating Pre-medical Students (STEPS). This program offers mentoring and educational assistance to pre-health-professional undergraduate students at Indiana University – Kokomo. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Purdue research team partnered with NCI-AHEC to conduct a completely virtual mixed method study that examined the initial impact of the STEPS program and made recommendations for improvement.

The opportunities for virtual collaboration created during the …

From There To Here: Evaluating The Transition Of An International Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience In London, Ishmum Hasan, Stephanie Hendricks, Michaela Todd, Grace Yun, Sotiris Antoniou, Monica Miller, Ellen Schellhase, Alexandra Van-Slageren

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

Purdue University College of Pharmacy offers an international advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in London, England, where student pharmacists have the opportunity to work with pharmacy specialists at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted travel across the world and created the need to transition this experience from in-person to virtual.

Virtual interaction with international preceptors and revised research and clinical activities can provide students with a valuable learning experience.

Mentoring Black Teens During National Pandemics: Mutually Beneficial Service, Temitope F. Adeoye, Myson Burch, Terrell Glenn, Rachel Scarlett, De'shovon M. Shenault

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

Black youth face systemic educational and social barriers that impede their development and achievement. Research shows that mentoring equips youth to tackle these barriers and use their racial background as an asset. Additionally, college students have limited opportunities to engage in long-term service to local communities. The Heads Up Teen Mentoring Program was begun in September 2019 to provide local Black teens access to Black role models committed to helping them achieve their goals. We currently serve five local Black teens and pair them with five Black graduate student mentors. We engage in monthly group and one-on-one sessions with our …

National Chemistry Week: From Irl To The Web, Ilayda Kelley, Daniela Mesa Sanchez

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

National Chemistry Week, an outreach program initiated by the American Chemical Society (ACS), encourages scientists to bring their love of chemistry to their community. Celebrated nationwide, ACS invites businesses, schools, and individuals to organize and participate in community events to promote the value of chemistry in everyday life. The Purdue graduate student chapter of Iota Sigma Pi, a national honor society for women in chemistry, annually organizes one such celebration. On a normal year, this event is a large logistical undertaking in which 100+ volunteers go directly to over 70 local elementary school classrooms and perform a series of activities …

Epics Lakota: Promoting Food Sovereignty On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Samantha Bijonowski, Kathleen Johnson, Jonathan Damon

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

EPICS Team Lakota was started as a way for students to help promote food sovereignty and combat loss of cultural knowledge as felt by the residents of Pine Ridge Reservation, which is located in one of the poorest counties in the United States and is a food desert. In partnership with EPICS students at Oglala Lakota College (OLC) and South Dakota School of Mines (SDSM), students at Purdue came up with the idea of putting up a greenhouse on the Rapid City Campus of OLC. This greenhouse was meant not as a direct solution to food scarcity, but as a …

Laini Fluellen Charities And Know Your Lemons: Squeezing Out Breast Cancer And Winning The Fight, Kayla Vasilko

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

Each minute, a woman dies from breast cancer somewhere in the world. The first and most important tool a woman needs to have to win a fight against this disease is the education to identify breast cancer symptoms as early as possible. Laini Fluellen Charities, Inc. (LFC) is an organization dedicated to aiding women in the fight of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a highly aggressive form of breast cancer that characteristically affects young women, has fewer treatment options, and results in lower survival rates overall. Laini Fluellen combats TNBC by representing those most disproportionally affected: young African American and Hispanic …