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Sargents Pond 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Sargents Pond (Wolfeboro, NH) for 2022.

Marsh Pond 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Marsh Pond (New Durham, NH) for 2022.

Round Pond 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Round Pond (Freedom, NH) for 2022.

Province Lake 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Province Lake (Wakefield, NH and Parsonsfield, ME) for 2022.

Northeast Pond 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Northeast Pond (Milton, NH and Lebanon, ME) for 2022.

Silver Lake (Madison) 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for SIlver Lake (Madison, NH) for 2022.

Sunset Lake (Hampstead) 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Sunset Lake (Hampstead, NH) for 2022.

Shaws Pond 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Shaws Pond (New Durham, NH) for 2022.

White Pond 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for White Pond (Ossipee) for 2022.

Wentworth Pond 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Wentworth Pond, Merrymeeting River (New Durham & Alton, NH) for 2022.

Wakondah Pond 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Wakondah Pond (Moultonborough, NH) for 2022.

Townhouse Pond 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Townhouse Pond (Milton, NH) for 2022.

Swains Lake (Station A) 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Swains Lake, Station - A (Barrington, NH) for 2022.

Mirror Lake 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Mirror Lake (Tuftonboro & Wolfeboro, NH) for 2022.

Swains Lake (Station B) 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Swains Lake, Station - B (Barrington, NH) for 2022.

Lake Winnipesaukee (Meredith, Station 2 - Church Point) 2022 Water Quality Highlight Report, Robert Craycraft, Amanda Mcquaid

UNH Cooperative Extension

A Water Quality Highlight Report by UNH CE Lakes Lay Monitoring Program for Lake Winnipesaukee, Meredith, Station 2 - Church Point (Meredith, NH) for 2022.

Annual Reports Of The Town Of Seabrook, New Hampshire For Year Ending December 31st, 2021 As Compiled By The Town Officers., Seabrook Town Representatives

Seabrook, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

“Wilfrid Sellars And Liberal Naturalism”, Willem A. Devries

Faculty Publications

An examination of Wilfrid Sellars' somewhat problematic relation to liberal naturalism

Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: Mechanisms Of Disease Progression And Current Therapies, Ava J. Boutilier, Lina Huang, Sherine F. Elsawa

Faculty Publications

Waldenström macroglobulinemia is an indolent, B-cell lymphoma without a known cure. The bone marrow microenvironment and cytokines both play key roles in Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) tumor progression. Only one FDA-approved drug exists for the treatment of WM, Ibrutinib, but treatment plans involve a variety of drugs and inhibitors. This review explores avenues of tumor progression and targeted drug therapy that have been investigated in WM and related B-cell lymphomas.

Application Of Soil Moisture Active Passive (Smap) Satellite Data In Seismic Response Assessment, Ali Farahani, Mahsa Moradikhaneghahi, Majid Ghayoomi, Jennifer M. Jacobs

Faculty Publications

The proven relationship between soil moisture and seismic ground response highlights the need for a tool to track the Earth’s surface soil moisture before and after seismic events. This paper introduces the application of Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite data for global soil moisture measurement during earthquakes and consequent events. An approach is presented to study areas that experienced high level of increase in soil moisture during eleven earthquakes. Two ancillary datasets, Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) and Global Land Data Assimilation (GLDAS), were used to isolate areas that had an earthquake-induced increase in soil moisture from those that were …

Band Gap Information Extraction From Materials Science Literature – A Pilot Study, Satanu Ghosh, Kun Lu

Faculty Publications

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present a preliminary work on extracting band gap information of materials from academic papers. With increasing demand for renewable energy, band gap information will help material scientists design and implement novel photovoltaic (PV) cells.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors collected 1.44 million titles and abstracts of scholarly articles related to materials science, and then filtered the collection to 11,939 articles that potentially contain relevant information about materials and their band gap values. ChemDataExtractor was extended to extract information about PV materials and their band gap information. Evaluation was performed on randomly sampled information records …

“Usefulness Without Use," Or, The Power Of The Virtual: Lu Xun On The Vital Efficacy Of Literature, Wenjin Cui

Faculty Publications

This article explores Lu Xun’s distinct view of the vital efficacy of literature, as

captured in his well-known conception of literature’s “usefulness without use.”

Starting with the highly idealistic vision of his youthful years, which posits an

unmediated flow of power from the free play of poetry to the direct action of politics,

I follow Lu Xun on the strenuous and crisis-ridden path he took in coming to terms

with the uselessness of literature vis-à-vis the power of politics, until he finally

reaffirmed the vital power of literature by pitching the self-transcending virtual

impetus of literature against the conservative actual …

Increasing Perioperative Nurse Knowledge Of Preoperative Urine Pregnancy Testing: A Quality Improvement Project, Brooke K. Hall

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Nurses in the perioperative environment are responsible for assessing patients prior to undergoing surgery. Preoperative urine pregnancy testing is utilized to determine the pregnancy status of patients. Various risks of anesthesia and surgery exist for pregnant patients and the fetus. The perioperative nurse must be knowledgeable about these risks and ensure preoperative urine pregnancy tests are obtained when appropriate.

Local Problem: Within this microsystem, a gap in knowledge of perioperative nurses related to the nature and significance and institutional policy for preoperative urine pregnancy testing was identified.

Aim: The aim of this project was to increase knowledge of preoperative …

Addressing Job Satisfaction In Nursing Staff Through Mindfulness: A Quality Improvement Project, Abigail Isenberg

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: As the single largest group of healthcare professionals, comprising a workforce of over 4 million in the United States, keeping nurses satisfied in their positions is a vital component of providing quality patient care (Perry et al., 2018). It is estimated that 68% of nurses will experience significant job dissatisfaction at a point in their career (Ayalew et al., 2018). Mindfulness practice, specifically Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a recognized tool to lower work-related stress and increase job satisfaction of nursing staff (Henry, 2014).

Local Problem: The state of the specific microsystem had been high levels of dissatisfaction among …

Reducing Patient Handoff Inadequacies Using An Electronic Medical Record Based Standardized Handoff Tool In The Critical Care Unit, Mariah E. Needham

Master's Theses and Capstones

INTRODUCTION: Inadequate handoff communication is a contributing factor in sentinel events and adverse patient outcomes. Research has shown that the use of a standardized handoff tool can improve quality of handoff communication. This quality improvement (QI) project sought to standardize handoff and reduce the risk of adverse patient outcomes by utilizing the I-PASS handoff tool available in the electronic medical record (EMR).

AIM: The aim of this quality improvement project was to improve the accuracy of nurse-to-nurse patient handoffs.

METHODS: The outcomes measured by the post-intervention survey were the number of reported handoffs received with omissions, the percentage of staff …

Improving Disinfectant Cap Use On Central Lines In The Icu To Reduce Patient Risk For Clabsi: A Quality Improvement Project, Tali Cherim

Master's Theses and Capstones

BACKGROUND: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) are the most common type of preventable healthcare-associated bloodstream infection, and may increase length of stay (LOS), facility treatment costs, and patient mortality rates. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients are especially vulnerable to CLABSI due to their critical health conditions and other comorbid factors. A literature review provided evidence supporting the use of alcohol-impregnated disinfectant caps, such as SwabCap®, on central line (CL) ports to significantly reduce patients’ risk for CLABSI. This quality improvement project took place within an adult ICU of a Level II trauma facility in New England, where the Infection Prevention …

Optimizing Cardiovascular Patient Education At Discharge, Olivia Marciano

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Without a clear understanding of proper discharge instructions or a lack of educational material, patients may leave the hospital feeling conflicted as to what to do. In 2021 a research study noted that patients who do not have enough information prior to discharge have decreased compliance, decreased patient safety, increased risk of hospital readmission, and poor overall satisfaction (DeSai, Janowiak, Secheli, et. al., 2021). This quality improvement project sought to increase patient knowledge related to exercise and nutrition following a cardiovascular event that led to a hospital admission.

Methods: For the purpose of this quality improvement project, the PDSA …

Increasing Patient Satisfaction With Noise Reduction On Medical Surgical Units: A Quality Improvement Project, Chennah Sharpe

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Noise has been linked to negative impacts on patient’s rest, length of stay (LOS), the immune system’s ability to fight infections, pain and anxiety levels, and readmission rates. Quality improvement projects in non-intensive care units are needed to determine major causes of noise and factors which impact patients’ rest, perception of noise, and satisfaction with medical-surgical unit care.

Aim: The global aim of this quality improvement project was to increase medical-surgical patients’ satisfaction by reducing the impact of noise in their inpatient stay. The specific aim was to increase the percent of patients, who responded Always to the Hospital …

Promoting Inpatient Sleep Quality Through The Distribution Of A Sleep-Kit Upon Admission: A Quality Improvement Initiative, Monicka Puchlopek

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Hospitals are expected to provide a quiet and calm environment for the promotion of rest, healing, and well-being for their patients. Excess hospital noise levels and disturbances severely interfere with patient sleep and overall patient satisfaction.

Local Problem: Patients have discussed inability to sleep, need for sleeping medications, and lack of appetite due to hindered sleep following admission. An increase in patient withdrawal and decrease in level of participation in the plan of care has recently been observed.

Method: This project followed the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) framework to facilitate a rapid intervention implementation and change cycle. In addition, the Richards …

Ophthalmic Nursing Education: The Key To Unlocking Patient Access To Retina Services, Jacob P. Mcginnis

Master's Theses and Capstones

Background: Ophthalmology, the medical field dedicated to the human eye and visual system infrequently uses nurses due to a lack of nursing knowledge about ophthalmology.

Local Problem: An ophthalmic microsystem in the Northeastern United States is experiencing increased demand for services and decreased access to their retina section. The microsystem does not utilize nurses in the clinic because of education and training barriers. The specific aim of this quality improvement (QI) project is to increase nursing knowledge about ophthalmology from baseline to an overall passing score of 80%.

Methods: This QI project sought to see if registered nurses could …