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Castor Canadensis Spring 2010, Jedediah Smith Society

Castor Canadensis - Jedediah Smith Society

Newsletter of the Jedediah Smith Society

Barred Windows And Uncaged Birds: The Enclosure Of Women In Chrétien De Troyes And Marie De France, Jean-Marie Kauth

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Consolidating And Implementing An Employee Handbook At Souza’S Dairy, Inc., Adrianna Souza

Dairy Science

The objective of this senior project was to create a more useful handbook that employees will read, condensing the existing but still retaining the important information. Along with updating the handbook, I plan to implement the use of the employee handbooks. An employee handbook is an important solution to help employers and employees have consistent information. An outdated employee handbook can create problems in the workplace. New and changed laws occur every year and the firm will want to ensure that the employee handbook and policy handbook are up to date with the most recent laws and policies to mitigate …

Production And Sensory Evaluation Of Pasteurized Milk Cheese Vs. Raw Milk Cheese Using "Estero Gold" From Valley Ford Cheese Company, Joseph M. Moreda Jr.

Dairy Science

The objective of this experiment was to determine whether converting from raw milk cheese production to pasteurized milk cheese production would have a positive or negative business impact for Valley Ford Cheese Company, based on consumer acceptance. The project began by making two batches of Estero Gold cheese, one with raw milk and one with pasteurized milk. The raw milk cheese was produced at Valley Ford Cheese Company, with the milk provided from its usual source, Mountain View Jersey Dairy, composed of 100% Jersey cows. The pasteurized cheese was produced at the Cal Poly Creamery, with the milk provided from …

Lawyer - Winter 2010, Seattle University School Of Law

Lawyer

• Professor Bryan Adamson on Obama Muslim Rumors
• Out of the Ashes: Professor Marilyn Berger's Powerful Film
• Scholarship Recipients Committed to Social Justice, Diversity
• A New Voice for Justice: Dean Mark Niles Inspired by Law School's Mission

The Role Of The Black Catholic Theologian And Scholar In Today’S Context, M. Shawn Copeland

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Based on her keynote address delivered during the 2009 Annual Meeting at Atlanta University’s Lyke Center, Copeland takes a look back at the nearly forty-year history of black theological scholarship, reminding us of the intimate link between culture, history, and the ongoing and critical need for a theology that is authentic and responsive to the needs of the poor and marginalized. She reminds us of the urgency for the pursuit of truth and freedom, especially for black scholars and theologians. However, the quest for authenticity comes with a price.

Review — Bryan Massingale, Racial Justice And The Catholic Church, Susan Peppers-Bates

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

Review — M. Shawn Copeland, Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, And Being, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

Thirty Years Of Impact: The Institute For Black Catholic Studies, C. Vanessa White

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The Institute for Black Catholic Studies arose out of a passion for authentically Black and truly Catholic theology and ministry in 1980. It continues to inspire its students, its faculty, and all those who are touched by its unique approach and identity. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow and C. Vanessa White reflect on the history and mission of the IBCS.

Racial Attitude Effects In The 2008 Presidential Election: Examining The Unconventional Factors Shaping Vote Choice In A Most Unconventional Election, Herbert F. Weisberg, Christopher J. Devine

Political Science Faculty Publications

Every election has unique elements, but the 2008 U.S. presidential race had it all: an African-American presidential candidate who won his party’s nomination by defeating a former first lady, an historically unpopular outgoing president, two ongoing wars, a failing economy, and a war hero running for president with a female vice-presidential running mate. With so many unique elements to account for, disentangling their independent effects to identify the dominant factors shaping the 2008 election is a tremendous challenge. This paper explores a wide variety of factors potentially influencing the 2008 vote, but it devotes particular attention to two exceptionally relevant …

The Role Of Dopamine In Resistance To Change Of Operant Behavior, Stacey L. Quick

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Psychological disorders such as autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, drug addiction, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder involve atypically persistent behavior and atypical activity of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Behavioral momentum theory states that the persistence of behavior in a context is determined by the reinforcement received previously in that context. Contexts previously associated with higher rates of reinforcement yield greater persistence of behavior than contexts previously associated with lower rates of reinforcement. According to a prominent hypothesis in behavioral neuroscience, dopamine mediates the incentive salience of a stimulus. A synthesis of behavioral momentum theory and the incentive salience hypothesis proposes similar roles for dopamine activity …

Toward Automated Detection And Diagnosis Of Mammographic Microcalcifications, Imad Mohammad Zyout

Dissertations

Mammographie diagnosis is the most effective technique to detect breast cancer in its infancy when it is most responsive to treatment. An early and a significant indicator of breast cancer is the presence of clustered microcalcifications (MCs). Mammographie MCs greatly vary in their appearance and shape, and become indistinguishable when surrounded by dense breast tissue. This makes radiologist's interpretation of mammograms a tedious and an error prone task.

Although computer aided diagnosis (CAD) methods are being developed to aid radiologist in detecting and analyzing the malignancy of MCs, existing systems have not achieved a satisfactory performance. The specificity of existing …

Examining The Effectiveness And Efficiency Of Two Delivery Models To Teach Children Abduction Prevention Skills, Kimberly E. Seckinger-Bancroft

Dissertations

Nearly all children receive abduction prevention training. Most traditional education programs increase the learner's knowledge, but often fail to produce concomitant behavior change. Behavioral Skills Training (BST) is a multicomponent, behavior-based training strategy with empirical support demonstrating its effectiveness in teaching children safety skills, behavioral generalization and maintenance over time. BST, however, is restricted by financial, human and time costs and limited resources to implement the training protocol. These factors likely limit widespread adoption of the training model. This study examined the use of computer-based instruction that emphasized active responding and mastery level performance requirements to teach school-aged children abduction …

運用多元教學策略於醫學院大一新生「生命倫理學」課程教學之成效, 清惠 陳, 秀娟 林, 可式 趙, 其和 林

Journal of Medical Education

倫理的實踐源於對生命的關懷與尊重，如何培育醫學院大一學生關懷生命的道德情操，實為目前醫學教育的挑戰。本文主要目的為探討運用多元教學策略於生命倫理課程教學之成效。針對國立成功大學醫學院，初次開設的「生命倫理學」課程，說明規劃的內容及學生對該課程的評值結果。修課學生共三系144位。除傳統的講授外，課程教學策略包括：病人與家屬之座談、電影欣賞、三系混合分組、小組疾病體驗活動、與小組疾病體驗報告競賽等。期末課程評值共回收136份(94.4%)，結果顯示6項課程目標學生自評大部分可達到。對各項教學策略的幫助程度，以病患與家屬座談會及電影欣賞得分為最高。本文所提供之多元教學策略，可提供相關課程教學之參考。

「一般醫學訓練師資培育計畫」－台中榮民總醫院執行經驗分享, 明儒 吳, 忠亮 藍, 惠恆 許, 得源 陳, 怡行 陳, 祖怡 謝, 光漢 沈, 育民 宋, 君柔 林, 欣儒 李

Journal of Medical Education

「一般醫學訓練師資培育計畫」是衛生署委託台灣醫學教育學會輔導多家甲類教學醫院，在「一般醫學訓練示範中心」的運作模式下，整合各醫院現有教學資源，針對臨床教師進行一般醫學教學相關的師資培訓，訓練目的是要讓受訓教師了解如何引導醫學生與住院醫師，學習良好醫師所必備的六大行醫能力，包括：病人照顧、醫學知識、臨床工作中的學習與改善、人際關係與溝通技巧、醫療專業以及制度下的臨床工作等。台中榮總在院方高層高度支持下，建立全院共識，逐步營造教學氣氣及擴大教學團隊，在教學成效評估和回饋意見檢討中成長，並將經驗分享給院內各科系與其他合作醫院的臨床培訓教師。本文將詳細介紹台中榮總師資培育計畫執行的經驗。

「敘事醫學」師資培育工作坊專題報導, 琮芸 黃, 俐晴 王, 明蓉 何

Journal of Medical Education

敘事醫學，有助維擊醫護人員與患者問的溝通，了解彼此對於疾病與健康照護的看法。敘事醫學的原則包括專注(attention)、再現(representation)與接納(affiliation)「專注」與「再現」幫助醫者在接收訊息後加以整合與交流，以培養「接納」的同理心，達到敘事醫學之最終目標。藉由聆聽、閱讀、書寫等敘事練習，在教學上啟發學生思考，教師參與討論的過程中與學生同時發展批判、反思之能力；在臨床醫療工作應用上，敘事醫學幫助建立團隊合作的溝通能力，讓醫護人員不僅以「醫者」的眼光看待疾病，更學習從「人」的角度體會疾病經驗。敘事醫學為目前醫學教育重要之新興議題，歐美醫學院校亦積極搜集相關證據以評估其教學成果，希望藉由工作坊回顧，讓國內相關教學與研究更臻完善。

「敘事醫學倫理」之課程建構及教學經驗, 慧如 林, 心運 王, 春生 賴, 育志 林

Journal of Medical Education

目的：近年來，敘事醫學在培養醫療人員的同理心及提升臨床情境的理解能力上，已經逐漸在世界各國得到肯定。然而在台灣目前的醫學教育中，卻仍未有相關正式課程的經驗及成果報導。我們認為在醫學教育的早期階段引進敘事醫學，或許對於往後醫學生的醫學倫理教育會有助益。本文報導高雄醫學大學在98學年度所進行之「敘事醫學倫理」課程的經驗與結果。方法：本研究乃於2010年2月至6月間，在高雄醫學大學，由醫學人文教師與臨床醫師共同合作開設敘事醫學倫理課程。授課對象為醫學院醫學系與呼吸治療學系二年級學生。課程內容包括敘事知識及技巧的教學與實作，以及訪談真實病人故事的團體敘事活動。我們以學生對課程的問卷評值調查、學生的敘事寫作成果（包括學生個別敘事寫作及團體敘事報告）的分析，以及對教師之教學經驗的彙整，評估整體課程的效益及可行性。結果：學生能各自以不同的觀點及敘事手法，完成病人故事的團體敘事報導。學生回饋中也顯示，對於提升對自我主觀性的覺察，以及對他人所敘故事的開放性，此敘事課程確實有其效果。結論：我們對低年級醫學院學生所進行的敘事醫學課程，對於培養敘事技巧、觀點取替，以及主觀性覺察等能力等確實有效且可行。

以迷你臨床演練評量評估牙醫系實習醫師之一般醫學臨床能力, 盈盈 楊, 發耀 李, 會祺 徐, 延壽 高, 政宏 戴, 浩民 鄭, 文興 李, 喬琳 莊, 景智 張, 震寰 陳

Journal of Medical Education

背景及目的：為能培養出利用全人醫療概念來提供全民口腔醫療照顧的牙醫師，牙醫學系實習醫師會固定至內、外科實習，此訓練應算是醫學院醫、牙整合課程之一大延伸。本研究目的為，評估牙醫學系實習醫師在內、外科訓練成果。方法：台北榮民總醫院一般醫學內科訓練示範中心自2008年起，固定為國立陽明大學牙醫實習醫師做迷你臨床演練(mini-clinical evaluation exercise, mini-CEX)評量。針對評量結果，分析台北榮總施行牙醫實習醫師的mini-CEX早期成效。結果：自2008年1月至2010年7月間，本中心共進行196名牙醫實習醫師之mini-CEX評量。本研究發現此mini-CEX之內部一致信度在0.79到0.86間，且三年來mini-CEX評量之信度有愈來愈來好的趨勢。另外，本研究也發現隨著在內、外科受訓時問之加長，牙醫實習醫師的mini-CEX之加總平均分數有越來越高之趨勢(p value for trend 0.04)，且mini-CEX表現進步之幅度以醫療面談及人道專業兩項目最顯著。另外本研究也發現，女性牙醫實習醫師在身體檢查及人道專業之表現，優於男性牙醫實習醫師。相反的，在組織效能方面，男性牙醫實習醫師之表現，優於女性牙醫實習醫師。最後，本研究也發現未到本中心受訓前就曾接受mini-CEX評量之學員，其在本中心之mini-CEX表現則優於其他從未接受過mini-CEX評量之牙醫實習醫師。結論：研究結果顯示，將來要積極規劃牙醫實習醫師，在每一內、外次專科實習期間皆安排mini-CEX的評量，累積多次觀察，可提供更可靠mini-CEX評量表現的結果。另外，評估mini-CEX應平均安排於各內、外次專科實習期間，以便能讓臨床教師及牙醫實習醫師有充裕的時問改進教與學的方法。

Mainstreaming Evaluation: Four Case Studies Of Systematic Evaluation Integrated Into Organizational Culture And Practices, Amy M. Gullickson

Dissertations

Following a literature review, a researcher generated a descriptive theory of evaluation mainstreaming, the integration of systematic evaluation into the culture, systems, and job responsibilities of organizations. She then explored the validity and generalizability of the theory in the National Science Foundation’s grant-funded Advanced Technological Education Program using mixed methods research. Four centers were chosen based on quantitative survey responses which suggested that the organizations were likely to be mainstreaming evaluation. For each center, the researcher conducted a site visit, interviews, and document review to understand (i) the processes by and extent to which evaluation became part of everyday operations; …

Economic And Risk Factors Associated With Sexual And Reproductive Health, Julio Cesar Hernandez-Correa

Dissertations

This dissertation is intended to evaluate the effects of economic and risk factors on three aspects of sexual and reproductive health: maternal mortality, prenatal care demand, and contraceptive use. The first study of this dissertation discusses the effects of risk factors and socioeconomic determinants on maternal mortality. This research uses a unique, nationwide panel of counties to analyze maternal mortality in Madagascar. Factors like health environment and access to health services were controlled for. The results indicate that female literacy and wages decrease maternal mortality. Other factors related to health infrastructure, and diseases can represent a burden to women's health. …

Opportunistic Routing In Wireless Sensor Networks Powered By Ambient Energy Harvesting, Zhi Ang Eu, Hwee-Pink Tan, Winston K. G. Seah

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Energy consumption is an important issue in the design of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) which typically rely on portable energy sources like batteries for power. Recent advances in ambient energy harvesting technologies have made it possible for sensor nodes to be powered by ambient energy entirely without the use of batteries. However, since the energy harvesting process is stochastic, exact sleep-and-wakeup schedules cannot be determined in WSNs Powered solely using Ambient Energy Harvesters (WSN–HEAP). Therefore, many existing WSN routing protocols cannot be used in WSN–HEAP. In this paper, we design an opportunistic routing protocol (EHOR) for multi-hop WSN–HEAP. Unlike traditional …

Recovery Of An Endangered Provision: Untangling And Revising Critical Habitat Under The Endangered Species Act, Kalyani Robbins

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.