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Evaluation Of The Role Of Driver’S Knowledge Of Who Has The Right-Of-Way Contributes To Interstate On-Ramp Crashes, Deogratias Eustace, Vamsi Krishna Indupuru

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Faculty Publications

The knowledge of drivers on who has the right-of-way between the one on mainline lanes of a freeway and the one entering the freeway through on-ramp junction lane was evaluated. In addition, drivers’ opinions on how to make the on-ramp junctions safer were collected. A survey instrument with 21 items requesting drivers’ information in regard with demographics, freeway driving experience, knowledge of right-of-way and merging practices was used for data collection. The results show that crashes are relatively rare events and for some reasons, most of them never happen but result into near misses, which can not be reported and …

Surviving Tenure: The Plight Of Black Faculty; A Panel Discussion, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton, Diane Batts Morrow, John Morrow Jr., Jamie T. Phelps O.P.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

This essay, delivered during the 2006 Annual Meeting in Boston, presents four tenured professors from three different universities who discuss the unique problems faced by Black faculty at predominantly White institutions as they attempt to earn tenure and promotion. Chair Kimberly Flint-Hamilton provides the introductory remarks.

The Eagleville Times,Volume 5, Issue 23, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

Music Therapy With High-Risk Youth: An Exploration Of Current Practice, Beth A. Clark

Masters Theses

This study explored the practices of music therapists in the United States and Canada who had worked with high-risk youth within the previous ten years. High-risk youth were defined as those likely to experience a decline in global level of functioning due to one or more issues related to mental health, substance misuse, or other social, economic, or cultural disadvantages, including correctional system involvement, street-involvement, or unstable home environment. An online survey of credentialed music therapists was conducted to explore the areas of demographics, clinical practice and information-seeking. Music therapists working with high-risk youth were asked to identify the most …

An Evaluation Of The Impact Of Computerized Physician Order Entry On Medical Errors, Shannon Loewy

Masters Theses

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system on medication error. The study took place in a 343-bed hospital in the pediatrics inpatient unit. During baseline, participants placed medication orders in the same manner that they always had, handwriting them on a specific form and handing the form to the unit clerk who then faxed the order to the pharmacy. In the CPOE phase, participants used the computerized system to place orders, which were electronically sent to the pharmacy. The primary dependent variable was errors made during physician medication …

Improving Pbls: Let's Go Fly A Kite!, Hla Yee Yee, Ammu Radhakrishnan, Gnananjothy Ponnudurai

Journal of Medical Education

A method which we call ”Flying A Kite Approach” to PBL was tested on second year medical students (third Semester) at the International Medical University. This method channels students into thinking of alternative causes of a clinical presentation and prepares medical students in the way they would be functioning in their professional lives. A pre-tested anonymous questionnaire addressing students' perception of PBL, characteristics of a ”good” facilitator, and students' rating of the new approach against the usual ”one diagnosis” or ”Bull's eye” approach was distributed to 53 students in four PBL groups. Forty six were returned. The ”Flying A Kite” …

高雄醫學大學附設中和紀念醫院一般醫學內科訓練示範中心運作經驗分享, 育志 林, 程遠 王, 苓怡 陳, 姿蓉 方, 宜純 蔡, 正賢 顏

Journal of Medical Education

高雄醫學大學附設中和紀念醫院一般醫學內科訓練病房成立於西元2006年二月並於西元2007年獲得行政院衛生署補助成立示範中心。成立的目的是為了改善一般醫學內科之臨床教學，以及落實全人照顧的願景。我們有對臨床教育具有極大熱忱的固定臨床教師團隊，也有深具教學經驗的資深內科主治醫師加入教學陣容。我們以ACGME提出之六大核心能力為藍本，針對不同學員對象訂定不同的學習目標以及專屬的教學計畫。藉由各種不同的教學活動來協助學員達成學習目標。另外，我們也透過各種適當的評估評量方式，對課程是否有滿足學員的需求、學員的學習成效、教師的教學品質與能力以及病患照護的品質進行考核回饋。目前一般醫學內科訓練中心仍有許多可進步的空間，我們仍會努力持續發展下去。

醫學模擬訓練的新進展, 祖裕 陳

Journal of Medical Education

醫學模擬訓練(medical simulation)僅有20餘年的歷史，從最早的自製模具至目前昂貴的病人模擬器(human patient simulator)的廣泛使用，醫學模擬訓練正在快速發展。全球各地醫學院及教學醫院均相繼成立醫學模擬訓練中心，相關的學會亦紛紛創立。在各方加強臨床醫學模擬訓練的環境中，已逐漸確認醫學模擬訓練有助提升急重症及困難狀況的照護品質。醫學教育界均認為醫學模擬訓練是培育醫療照護者必要的環節。美國畢業後醫學教育評鑑委員會已推薦住院醫師訓練應加入醫學模擬訓練；而英、美、加等先進國家亦已應用醫學模擬訓練於醫師考試之中。在國內，醫學模擬訓練的起步遠較先進國家緩慢，了解及參與醫學模擬訓練的教師寥寥可數，故推廣醫學模擬訓練應被我國醫學教育界視為重要而迫切的議題。

研究生助教教學提升方案成效的初步分析, 克忠 林, 榮森 劉, 佩倫 蔡, 菁宜 吳

Journal of Medical Education

研究所學生修業與學術訓練過程裡，常需擔任大學部助教，藉以累積教學經驗，但未曾修習教育相關課程的研究生，在課前通常缺乏教學訓練。有鑑於大學教學卓越的趨勢廣受重視，各大學開始注意研究生助教的培訓，但相關訓練方案的成效報告仍欠缺。本研究針對研究生助教的教學品質，對比事前教學訓練與教學回饋兩種訓練方案，藉以探討兩種訓練方案在教學成效上的差異，以及研究生助教的自評結果。本研究以九十五學年度臺灣大學醫學院職能治療學系碩士班及長庚大學臨床行為科學研究所職能治療組的二十六名研究生助教作為研究樣本，將受試隨機分配至獨立的兩組（各十三人），分別施以「事前訓練」（教學理念與教學方法等團體介紹）與「影片回饋」（依據教學錄影，提供個別回饋與諮商）。研究結果顯示「影片回饋組」在教學意見調查的「表達能力」與「教學效果」兩項，得分顯著優於「事前訓練組」。兩組受試自評結果則無顯著差異。本研究結果支持教學過程的實務回饋，對研究生助教教學能力提升的成效。未來研究值得以更大樣本，進行研究生助教訓練對教學與生涯發展的長期成效。

職能治療師專業認同之現況調查, 璦琬 潘, 詞章 陳, 麗英 鍾, 致瑩 李, 瑋玲 許

Journal of Medical Education

增進專業認同一直是各專業用以提升服務品質的策略之一，本研究之目的是探討職能治療師對職能治療專業的認同情形、影響認同感之因素以及提升專業認同感之建議。本研究以郵寄問卷的方式進行，研究者由2004年台灣職能治療學會通訊錄中，進行隨機抽樣，共抽出200位樣本以寄發問卷。回收67份，回收率33.5%。填答者平均年齡為33.6歲(SD=6.5)；共有49 位女性，佔73.1%。回收問卷中，填答者的工作機構中，醫學中心佔多數，共43.3%。服務年資以5~10年佔多數，共37.3%。工作領域別中，38.8%從事「心理疾病職能治療」，佔最多數。居住者以北部為最多，佔35.8%。教育程度方面，59.7%具有大學之學歷。影響職能治療師的專業認同之因素依序為：「實習時的老師」、「大學實習」、、「家屬病患對職能治療師的肯定」、「醫療團隊中的重要性」、「醫療團隊中的自主性」。其中，「大學實習」與「實習時的老師」兩因素與先前研究影響大學生專業認同感之因素相同。職能治療師提及用以提升認同感之建議，包括：改善工作環境、加強職能治療之行銷及增加在職進修等。本文是首篇調查台灣的職能治療師之專業認同感情形。研究結果顯示，越喜歡職能治療及工作環境、年資越高、年齡越大、越喜歡與人接觸且月收入越高的臨床治療師，其專業認同感越高。此外，年資越高、月收入越高、年齡越大者越瞭解職能治療；年齡越大、越喜歡與人接觸者越喜歡職能治療專業。顯現了個人特質對專業認同感之重要影響。迴歸分析之結果顯示，「喜不喜歡職能治療」是預測認同感程度的最顯著因子。因此，可藉由提升對職能治療的喜歡度，來強化工作者之專業認同程度。

Islamic History At Bsc: An Interview With Keith Lewinstein, Andrew C. Holman, Keith Lewinstein

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Pregnancy Intentions And Happiness Among Pregnant Black Women At High Risk For Adverse Infant Health Outcomes, Susan M. Blake, Michele Kiely, Charlotte C. Gard, Ayman El-Mohandes, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, Nih-Dc Initiative

Publications and Research

CONTEXT:Unintended pregnancy is associated with risk behaviors and increased morbidity or mortality for mothers and infants, but a woman's feelings about pregnancy may be more predictive of risk and health outcomes than her intentions.

METHODS: A sample of 1,044 black women who were at increased risk were enrolled at prenatal care clinics in the District of Columbia in 2001-2003. Bivariate and multivariate analyses assessed associations between pregnancy intentions or level of happiness about being pregnant and multiple psychosocial and behavioral risk factors, and identified correlates of happiness to be pregnant.

RESULTS: Pregnancy intentions and happiness were strongly associated, but …

"If Sex Offenders Can Marry, Then Why Not Gays And Lesbians?": An Essay On The Progressive Comparative Argument, Courtney Megan Cahill

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Advertising In The Garden Of Eden, Mark Bartholomew

Buffalo Law Review

Millions of people each day log on to participate in "virtual worlds" where they can acquire virtual property, inhabit virtual spaces, and form lasting relationships with other virtual beings. Excited over the potential of a world without physical limitations, commentators extoll the numerous benefits of virtual life and its possibilities as a forum for social experiment. A real threat to this potential Eden exists, however, in the form of advertisers rushing in to sell their wares. Three functional components are present in all advertising - information, persuasion, and personal expression. When these three components are mapped onto the contours of …

Terrorism As An Intellectual Problem, Charles W. Collier

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Unlaw, Emily Albrink Hartigan

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Rhetoric Of Anti-Relativism In A Culture Of Certainty, Howard Lesnick

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

On Legalistic Behavior, The Advocacy Privilege, And Why People Hate Lawyers, Margaret Raymond

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Healing The Trauma Of America's Past: Restorative Justice, Honest Patriotism, And The Legacy Of Ethnic Cleansing, Howard J. Vogel

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Consuming Culture: Extralocal Exchanges And Kalinago Identity On Dominica, Kathryn A. Hudepohl

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Tourism is a significant global force affecting indigenous residents of numerous destination locales worldwide. This paper considers the effects of tourism on Kalinago ethnicity in the Commonwealth of Dominica. In this particular case, tourist consumption of indigenous handicrafts reinforces Kalinago claims to a distinct ethnic identity. Extralocal exchanges that occur as a result of tourism strengthen identity in part by heightening awareness of the ethnic boundary that differentiates the community from outsiders and by stimulating participation in traditional handicraft production. In addition to tourism, other types ofinteractions with outsiders, such as land boundary disputes and cultural borrowing from other indigenous …

A Random Change Of Variables And Applications To The Stochastic Porous Medium Equation With Multiplicative Time Noise, S V Lototsky

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Portfolio Optimization With Consumption In A Fractional Black-Scholes Market, Yalçin Sarol, Frederi G Viens, Tao Zhang

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Local Theorems Related To Lévy-Type Branching Mechanism, Vladimir Vinogradov

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Functional Limit Theorems For Trace Processes In A Dyson Brownian Motion, Victor Pérez-Abreu, Constantin Tudor

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Almost Any State Of Any Amplitude Markov Chain Is Recurrent, Luigi Accardi, Hiromichi Ohno

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Schrödinger Type Equation Associated With The Lévy And Volterra Laplacians, Kazuyoshi Sakabe

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Existence And Uniqueness Of Solutions To The Backward Stochastic Lorenz System, P Sundar, Hong Yin

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

The Characterization Of A Class Of Probability Measures By Multiplicative Renormalization, Izumi Kubo, Hui-Hsiung Kuo, Suat Namli

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Identifying Synonymous Terms In Preparation For Technology Mining, Cherie C. Trumbach

Management Faculty Publications

In this research, the development of a `concept-clumping algorithm' designed to improve the clustering of technical concepts is demonstrated . The algorithm developed first identifies a list of technically relevant noun phrases from a cleaned extracted list and then applies a rule-based algorithm for identifying synonymous terms based on shared words in each term. An assessment of the algorithm found that the algorithm has an 89—91% precision rate, was successful in moving technically important terms higher in the term frequency list, and improved the technical specificity of term clusters.

Differences In Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Community Composition Within Cecropia Obtusifolia (Cecropiaceae) Petioles In Two Habitats In Monteverde, Costa Rica, December 2007, Amy Strauss

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Cecropia obtusifolia trees shed leaves daily throughout the year, regularly dropping large, woody leaf petioles. These petioles serve as the perfect habitat for Scolytine bark beetles, which burrow in, lay their eggs, and feed on the moist, fibrous pith of the petiole (Wood 1983). Cecropia spp. are known to thrive in fragmented, edge habitats altered by human land use transformation (Bello et al 1996) but success rates of associated fauna, including Azteca spp. ants, scale insects and Scolytine beetles, are less understood. This study examined the bark beetle community composition, morphospecies richness, and abundance inside C. obtusifolia petioles. It also …