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Extended Weight Systems Pavement Analysis, Gayle Marks, Jon Wilcoxson, Bryan Gibson

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

Kentucky established its Extended Weight Coal or Coal By-products Haul Road System (EWCHRS) in 1986. This road network includes segments of the Coal Haul Highway System on which more than 50,000 tons coal or coal byproducts were transported by motor vehicles during the previous calendar year. In the past few years, the state has introduced extended weight (EW) systems focused on petroleum products and metal commodities. Trucks can operate above posted weight limits on these networks by paying annual fees that range from $160 to $2,000. While EW networks benefit motor carriers by improving efficiency, vehicles that exceed weight limits …

Teaching Innovation In Times Of A Pandemic, N. Jeff Rogers

Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning

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Multimodal Research For Digital Art, Lee Ann Paynter

Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning

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“Sí Se Puede”: Using Innovative Application Of Apps In Language Learning, Heather Campbell-Speltz

Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning

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Collaborative Presentations In The Time Of Covid-19, Christy F. Brady

Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning

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Incorporating Collaborative Technology In Engineering, Farzad Taghaddosi

Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning

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Bringing Legal Studies Into Life With Web-Based Projects, Blanche Cook

Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning

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Transforming A Bio 102 Final Project Into A Multimodal Assignment, Emily K. Croteau

Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning

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Night Shift Report: A Critical Thinking Activity For Nursing Students, Jennifer Cowley

Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning

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The Teaching Innovation Institute: Faculty Development Through A Spirit Of Play, Jill Abney

Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning

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Exploring Extension Agent Capacity And Readiness To Adopt Policy, Systems And Environmental Change Approaches, Lisa T. Washburn, Heather Norman-Burgdolf, Natalie Jones, Lauren E. Kennedy, Soghra Jarvandi

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Faculty Publications

Introduction: Enhanced Extension outreach strategies combine traditional direct education programs with public health approaches like policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change. However, the Cooperative Extension system and county-based Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension agents have historically prioritized direct education programming and diffusion of enhanced outreach strategies has varied. Extension personnel may lack capacity and readiness for successful PSE change implementation. This study explored perceived acceptability, capacity, and readiness for PSE change work among FCS Extension agents in two states.

Method: A survey was developed framed by selected domains from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research: Intervention Characteristics, Inner Setting, …

Bedside Nurses' Perceptions Of Effective Nurse-Physician Communication In General Medical Units: A Qualitative Study, Hirotaka Kato, Jessica M. Clouser, Preetham Talari, Nikita Vundi, Akosua Adu, Kishore Karri, Kathy B Isaacs, Mark V Williams, Romil Chadha, Jing Li

Center for Health Services Research Faculty Publications

Background

There is a dearth of research on successful interventions to improve nurse-physician communication (NPC). An important step is identifying what matters to bedside nurses and their perceptions of effective NPC communications and actions.

Methods

We conducted three focus groups with a total of 19 medical unit nurses across two hospitals in one academic medical center in the United States. Using a convenience sampling strategy, five to eight nurses voluntarily participated in each focus group. The recording was transcribed verbatim and two independent coders performed coding and resolved any discrepancies in codes. Qualitative content analysis was pursued to identify themes …

Aerosol Capture And Coronavirus Spike Protein Deactivation By Enzyme Functionalized Antiviral Membranes, Rollie Mills, Ronald J. Vogler, Matthew Bernard, Jacob Concolino, Louis B. Hersh, Yinan Wei, Jeffrey Todd Hastings, Thomas D. Dziubla, Kevin C. Baldridge, Dibakar Bhattacharyya

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

The airborne nature of coronavirus transmission makes it critical to develop new barrier technologies that can simultaneously reduce aerosol and viral spread. Here, we report nanostructured membranes with tunable thickness and porosity for filtering coronavirus-sized aerosols, combined with antiviral enzyme functionalization that can denature spike glycoproteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in low-hydration environments. Thin, asymmetric membranes with subtilisin enzyme and methacrylic functionalization show more than 98.90% filtration efficiency for 100-nm unfunctionalized and protein-functionalized polystyrene latex aerosol particles. Unfunctionalized membranes provided a protection factor of 540 ± 380 for coronavirus-sized particle, above the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s standard of 10 …

Ccr Beneficial Use Data Capture And Reporting, Joe Ploetz, Kevin Foody

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Benefits Of Numerical Flow And Transport Modeling Applied To Ccr Site Characterization, Remedial Design, And Closure, Johnathan F. Ebenhack, Eric M. Hicks

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Monitoring Of Construction Over Soft Ccr Deposits, Pedro J. Amaya, Michelle Perez-Canals, Mary Nodine, Will G. Lukas

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Sono-Processing Of Coal For Removal Of Ash And Other Impurities, Ramamurthy Nagarajan

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Challenges In Ccp Management In Europe, Fabrice Fayola, Hans-Joachim Feuerborn

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Freezing Your Bottom Line: Mitigating Weather Impacts To The Supply Chain, Justin Desilets, Melissa Lawrence

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Arcgis Online For Interactive Database Management, Tanya N. Walkenbach, Kevin Carpenter, Jean Kugel, Gregory L. Hebeler

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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To Cap Or To Excavate, And What Happens Next – An Evaluation Of Ash Basin Closure Alternatives Using Flow And Transport Modeling As A Decision-Making Tool, Rong Yu, Wesley T. Prater

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Managing And Visualizing Data For Alternate Source Demonstration Support, Darby Litz, Sarah Holmstrom

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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The Horizontal Reactive Treatment Well (Hrx Well®): A New Remediation Technology For In Situ Contaminant Flux Control, Craig Eric Divine, Jesse Wright, Jack Wang, Margy Gentile

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Ccr Corrective Measures Assessment & Implementation – A Technical Roadmap And Smart Communication/Management Strategies, Steven F. Putrich, David Hagen

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Upgrading The Properties Of Fly-Ash From Long-Term Storage, With Simultaneous Deagglomeration, Drying & Classification Using Atritor Technology, Andrew Rigg, Scott Coley, Paul Machacek

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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Evaluation Of Anemia In Communities Served By Shoulder To Shoulder Global: A Cross-Sectional Study In Santo Domingo, Ecuador, Kevin J. Mercer, Daniela Claudia Moga, Steven Fleming, Cristian Carrión, Melody Ryan

Pharmacy Practice and Science Faculty Publications

Background Shoulder to Shoulder Global (STSG) recognizes anemia as a cause of morbidity among patients in Santo Domingo, Ecuador. Little research has been done to assess targetable anemia risk factors to serve as a foundation for future pharmacotherapeutic interventions. This study sought to characterize anemia in this population to lay the foundation for future preventive intervention.

Methods Cross-sectional data obtained from existing clinic records from 2010 to 2016 included hemoglobin/hematocrit, age, sex, pregnancy status, and respective community. Chi-square compared means to examine risk factors associated with anemia. Logistic regression and odds ratios (OR) were used to estimate risk factors associated …

Examining The Perspectives And Experiences Of Nutrition Educators Working With Clients In Substance Use Recovery Settings, Cora Teets, Paula Plonski, Omolola Adedokun, Heather Norman-Burgdolf

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Faculty Publications

Substance use disorder (SUD) is one of the most detrimental health, social, and economic problems in the United States. Limited studies suggest providing tailored nutrition education during SUD treatment correlates with positive recovery outcomes. The University of Kentucky Nutrition Education Program conducted two focus group sessions to explore and determine educators’ instructional and programmatic needs who deliver nutrition education to clients in substance use recovery throughout Kentucky. The study team identified four emerging themes and several subthemes related to Nutrition Education Program educators working with clientele in recovery. The four emerging themes included: (1) current experiences working with the audience, …

Communities Helping The Hearing Of Infants By Reaching Parents (Chhirp) Through Patient Navigation: A Hybrid Implementation Effectiveness Stepped Wedge Trial Protocol, Matthew Bush, Miranda Hatfield, Marissa Schuh, Beverly K. Balasuriya, Anthony Mahairas, Julie Jacobs, Christina R. Studts, Philip M. Westgate, Nancy E. Schoenberg, Jennifer Shinn, Liza Creel

Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery Faculty Publications

Introduction As the most common neonatal sensory disorder in the USA, infant hearing loss has an incidence of 1.7 per 1000 births. The consequences of delayed diagnosis and failure to obtain timely intervention include significant communication impairment and negative socioeconomic effects. Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) national standards dictate that all infants should be screened and diagnosed by 3 months of age and there is a need for interventions that promote adherence to timely diagnosis. Patient navigation (PN) has been shown to be efficacious to decrease non-adherence with infant hearing diagnostic care; however, PN has yet to be tested …

In The Queerest Of Ways: A Conversation On Sexuality, Desire, And Futurity, Juana María Rodríguez, Ivy Monroe

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

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Translating Across Difference: Affect, Animal Studies, And Anthropology, Radhika Govindrajan, Qingfei Zhang, Morgan Keith Stewart

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

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