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Collaborating To Conduct A Child Welfare Workforce Needs Assessment And Select An Intervention, Quality Improvement Center For Workforce Development (Qic-Wd)

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OVERVIEW OF EXPLORATION PHASE

The QIC-WD Continuous Workforce Development Process includes four major phases: Exploration, Installation, Initial Implementation, and Full Implementation . The goal of the Exploration phase is to identify and plan for implementation of a workforce strategy to find and/or keep good employees. This document provides supplemental guidance to the materials available through the Permanency Innovations Initiative, with adaptations for workforce applications. Steps 1–6 below are covered here.

Steps of Exploration Phase

1. Identify the problem we want to solve and what outcome(s) we want to target
2. Identify the population we intend to target
3. Identify potential causes of workforce …

Microgreens Nutrition Outreach: A Novel Tool For Community-Wide Dietary Disease Prevention, Rayna Marshall, Jessica Nwabeke, Benjamin S. Haslund-Gourley, Cynthia Huang, Talmadge Gaither, Vibhuti Mishra, Sophia Kim, Hannah Xu, Faith Kean, Neiki Rokni, Annette Gadegbeku

Transformative Medicine

Purpose: To investigate how microgreens educational programming impacts the relationship between nutrition attitudes and healthy eating habits. Methods: A three-part workshop in Philadelphia, PA that consisted of a pre-survey, presentation, and microgreens kit assembly session was held. A post-survey was distributed electronically 1 week after the event. Results: 9 participants voluntarily attended the workshop and completed the pre-survey, and one-third of the participants submitted post-survey feedback. Participants were middle-aged, Black women from the Allegheny West neighborhood of Philadelphia, a predominantly (97.5%) Black neighborhood. The survey showed microgreens were well-received and suited for urban communities with little space and cold weather. …

Pull Strategy Marketing Public Relations Pt Gramedia Asri Media Dalam Menarik Perhatian Publik Terhadap Produk, Safrina Nur Samsiah, Meutia Nada Zahrany, Fathiya Amajida, Susie Perbawasari, Renata Anisa

Jurnal Administrasi Bisnis Terapan

A company or organization requires the use of Marketing Public Relations to stimulate sales. Marketing Public Relations is designed to stimulate purchases and provide satisfaction to consumers through the communication of reliable product or service information and through impressions that relate the company and its products according to consumers' needs, wants, concerns, and interests. The purpose of this study is to obtain an overview of the implementation of the Marketing Public Relations strategy to attract public attention to product excellence. This research methodology uses a qualitative descriptiveresearch method. The data collection method used was interviews with the company's Sales Superintendent, …

Vol.51 N.23 December 28th 2023, Voice Media Ventures

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

David Wooten And Terri Masterson Full Interview Transcript, Urban Green Lab, Tennessee State University

Hear from David Wooten & Terri Masterson - Nashvillians in Transitional Housing

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Open Sympathectomy Effectiveness On Buerger's Disease’S Pain: An Evidence–Based Case Report, Rangga S. Prawiro, Alexander J. Utama

The New Ropanasuri Journal of Surgery

Introduction. Thromboangiitis obliterans, often referred to as Buerger's disease, is a vascular disease that causes chronic inflammatory conditions, edema, and vascular obstruction due to blood clots. In Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital (CMGH), sympathectomy is a rarely done procedure. This evidence–based case report aimed to prove the effectiveness of sympathectomy for Buerger's Disease to reduce pain.

Method. We reported a case of 44–year–old male with progressive pain and a history of darkened fingers of left limbs six months before admission. The patient underwent a lumbar sympathectomy, and there was no recurrence of symptoms after one year of follow–up. A systematic literature …

Pengaruh Motivasi Merger Dan Akuisisi Terhadap Performa Perusahaan Di Indonesia Periode 2010-2019, Zaid Naqy Robbani, Wardatul Adawiyah

Jurnal Manajemen dan Usahawan Indonesia

The objective of this study is to examine the effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) motivations on the financial performance of companies operating in Indonesia during the period from 2010 to 2019. The primary objective of this study was to examine the variations in business performance in relation to the three distinct reasons for mergers and acquisitions. There are three primary incentives identified in the literature, including value-chain extension, technology seeking, and other motiva-tions. The sample comprises 72 firms that are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. During the des-ignated research period, a total of 137 merger and acquisition (M&A) …

Effect Of Influencers On The Intention To Taste Local Food And Beverages, Yeliz Demir, Serkan Bertan

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

The study aims to determine the impact of influencers promoting local food and beverages on individuals’ intention to taste local food. In this study, Instagram accounts were selected as the social media platform. The research data were obtained from Turkish Instagram users over the age of 18 by using an online survey and purposive sampling method, and usable data were obtained from 81 people. Of the participants, 56.8% stated that they follow Instagram accounts related to gastronomy, and 43.2% stated that they do not follow these social media accounts but look at the photos and videos of gastronomy accounts when …

The Effect Of Destination Image Between Place Attachment And Cuisine Brand Value: Beyağaç Culture And Tarhana Festival, Tuğçe Koştur, Serkan Bertan

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

While meeting the food and beverage needs of the visitors participating in the festival, highlighting the elements of local cuisine is an important tool in promoting the culinary culture. The aim of this research is to measure the mediating effect of destination image on cuisine brand value and place attachment. Data were collected from visitors who participated in the Beyağaç Culture and Tarhana Festival with a questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed with partial least squares structural equation modeling. In this context, according to the results of the research, it has been determined that the destination image has a mediating …

Evolution Of Primate Vocal Repertoires: Vocal Systems As Embodied Capital For Mediating Within-Group Conflict, Eric Schniter, Mateo Peñaherrera-Aguirre

ESI Working Papers

Life history traits constrain investments in costly neural and somatic embodied capital, potentially shaping the evolution of primate vocal communication systems. This study integrates life history theory with the social complexity hypothesis to test a sequential pathway from longevity to social dynamics to vocal repertoire size, using updated vocal repertoire data for McComb & Semple’s (2005) set of 42 non-human primate species, alongside measures of group size and within-group conflict. We compiled data on vocal repertoire size, within-group conflict, group size, endocranial volume, and maximum longevity, analysing these via Phylogenetic Sequential Canonical Cascade Model and ancestral character reconstructions. …

Alumni Association Hires Fundraiser, Assistant Director, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Two Ole Miss Alumni Association staff members have accepted new roles within the organization.

Information Behavior And Hiv/Aids/Sti Awareness Among Bangladeshi Female Sex Workers: Do Informational Programs Help?, Nafiz Z. Shuva, Radia Taisir, Parvez Sazzad Mallick

Publications and Research

Using de Certeau's concepts of “tactics” and “strategies,” this study explores the everyday information seeking behavior of female sex workers (FSWs) in Bangladesh. This study also examined the effectiveness of informational programs on HIV/AIDS and STI in empowering FSWs to negotiate condom use during sex. A mixed method research design was employed in this study, which included face-to-face surveys with 116 female sex workers (FSWs) and four focus group discussions (FGDs) with 23 street based FSWs. The study finds that Bangladeshi female sex workers use “tactics” in meeting their information needs. They reported rarely using formal information sources such as …

Analogy, Concept And Cognition, Kanit (Mitinunwong) Sirichan

Journal of Letters

This research paper aims to study analogy as a type of comparative thinking and to investigate whether it is justified to claim that an analogical thought has cognitive content. Two theories in cognitive science claim that an analogy has cognitive content. The first one is called the weak view of analogy in cognition; this is expressed in, for example, the works of Gust et al. (2008), Lakoff & Johnson (1980), Hesse (1966), and Black (1955). The second one is called the strong view of analogy in cognition, seen, for example, in the works of Hofstadter (2001, 2006) and Hofstadter and …

Infernal Symbioses: Reading Dante’S Inferno In The Chthulucene, Rawitawan Sophonpanich

Journal of Letters

This article explores the possibility of foregrounding Dante’s Inferno from the epic La Divina Commedia in this day and age of environmental crises. This catastrophic state has androgenic origins and has been labeled by climate scientists as the “Anthropocene” – a new geological era marked by the ways in which humanity has irrevocably altered the earth system. Nevertheless, Donna Haraway has voiced her opposition against this classification, postulating that it contains too much nihilistic and pessimistic connotations that function to discourage humans from doing the work necessary to alleviate the crises. Haraway therefore proposes “Chthulucene” to denote the temporally and …

Chinese Ecological Attitudes In The Modern Era And Foundations Of Taoist Philosophy: A Case Study Of The “Biodiversity Conservation In China” Whitepaper, Yao Siqi

Journal of Letters

This paper analyzed (1) the language representations of attitude resources in the “Biodiversity Conservation in China” whitepaper based on Martin and White’s appraisal theory, and (2) hidden modern Chinese eco-attitudes as reflected in the whitepaper. The findings were that the whitepaper used all three attitude subcategories: (1) judgment, (2) appreciation, and (3) affect, in decreasing order of significance. Judgment and appreciation were highly proportional and positive, while distribution of affect was minimal. Chinese eco-attitudes in the new era, as reflected in the white paper, may be considered from three perspectives: overall outlook, equality and future perspective. Ecological awareness of respecting …

Psychological Well-Being Of Pre-Service Training Teachers, Indriyana Rachmawati, Aprilia Tina Lidyasari

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

The recent statistic suggests the average psychological well-being of Indonesian citizens, including the pre-service training teacher, represents their capacity to overcome future challenges. Excellent psychological well-being is crucial for pre-service training teachers, especially for providing a comfortable learning situation for students and engaging in effective communication with students. This study investigates the psychological well-being of pre-service training teachers. Thus, this study adopted survey techniques with descriptive data analysis. The data were collected from 44 teachers selected by purposive sampling. The criteria for selecting research participants were currently taking pre-service teacher education, elementary school teachers, and willingness to participate in this …

Comparison Of Attitudes To Media Representation Of Mental Illness Between Journalists And Mental Health Professionals In Russia With German-Speaking Countries Of Switzerland, Germany, And Austria, Christiane Eichenberg, Lilian Strobl, Tina Jaeger, Alla Kirsha, Richard Laugharne, Rohit Shankar

Peninsula Medical School

Background: The media are an important source of information on mental health. They are often implicit in reinforcing negative stereotypes of people with mental health problems. There are no studies in German-speaking countries or Russia on media attitudes to mental health and mental health professionals’ (MHP) attitudes to the media. Aims: This study explored journalists and MHPs attitudes to mental health media reporting in the German speaking countries of Switzerland, Germany, and Austria and in Russia. Methods: A cross-sectional online internet survey, of ten Likert scale statements to ascertain perceptions of stigma, role, and training needs following the STROBE guidance …

Prolonged Antibiotic Use In A Preclinical Model Of Gulf War Chronic Multisymptom-Illness Causes Renal Fibrosis-Like Pathology Via Increased Micro-Rna 21-Induced Pten Inhibition That Is Correlated With Low Host, Ayushi Trivedi, Dipro Bose, Punnag Saha, Subhajit Roy, Madhura More, Jonathan Skupsky, Nancy G. Klimas, Saurabh Chatterjee

HPD Articles

Gulf War (GW) veterans show gastrointestinal disturbances and gut dysbiosis. Prolonged antibiotic treatments commonly employed in veterans, especially the use of fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides, have also been associated with dysbiosis. This study investigates the effect of prolonged antibiotic exposure on risks of adverse renal pathology and its association with gut bacterial species abundance in underlying GWI and aims to uncover the molecular mechanisms leading to possible renal dysfunction with aging. Using a GWI mouse model, administration of a prolonged antibiotic regimen involving neomycin and enrofloxacin treatment for 5 months showed an exacerbated renal inflammation with increased NF-κB activation and pro-inflammatory …

Teaching Hispanic Culture, Diversity, And Tolerance Through Hispanic Dances And Music: Two Approaches For Flamenco & Caribbean Dances, Chita Espino-Bravo Ph.D., D. Nicole English

Modern Languages Faculty Publications

A Sociology Approach: Dance can be a useful tool for teaching students about culture and community. Through the language of Dance and Music (Caribbean Dance), context is given to social facts, which engages and informs students about such social issues as history, Colonialism,social class, gender, race/ethnicity, and social justice. The added bonus of using Dance as a lens is that it involves active, embodied learning (Dewey, English, Mead), making the material more memorable, meaningful, and relevant to the learner. A Communicative Approach (Task-based Learning Activity) & Language for Specific Purposes:Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) is a derivative of the Communicative Approach …

Whole-Genome Long-Read Sequencing Downsampling And Its Effect On Variant-Calling Precision And Recall., William T Harvey, Peter Ebert, Jana Ebler, Peter A Audano, Katherine M Munson, Kendra Hoekzema, David Porubsky, Christine R Beck, Tobias Marschall, Kiran Garimella, Evan E Eichler

Faculty Research 2024

Advances in long-read sequencing (LRS) technologies continue to make whole-genome sequencing more complete, affordable, and accurate. LRS provides significant advantages over short-read sequencing approaches, including phased de novo genome assembly, access to previously excluded genomic regions, and discovery of more complex structural variants (SVs) associated with disease. Limitations remain with respect to cost, scalability, and platform-dependent read accuracy and the tradeoffs between sequence coverage and sensitivity of variant discovery are important experimental considerations for the application of LRS. We compare the genetic variant-calling precision and recall of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) and Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) HiFi platforms over a range …

Merits Of Audio-Recording, Yoshihiko Ariizumi

Learning, Teaching, & Researching Optimization

This article may open your eyes for the great potential to utilize your dead time.

Going Green To Sell, N'Dja D. N'Guessan

Student Theses and Dissertations

The following thesis project discusses green communication strategies that can be implemented across industries to improve sales while aligning with consumers’ environmental values. It incorporates practical ideas and techniques within the reach of for-profit organizations when creating, developing, and promoting green products. The environmental, social, and governance expectations have challenged organizations across industries for years. By producing and interpreting the results of a meta-analysis of green business strategies found in existing research, Going Green to Sell offers ideas to new and growing organizations on how to market their products, using functional communication strategies that have worked before, focusing on green …

Tourism And Visitor Management In Protected Areas Post-Pandemic: The English Context, Denise Hewlett, Richard Gunton, Debra Gray, Ainara Terradillos, Sheela Agarwal, Natalia Lavrushkina, Danny Byrne

Plymouth Business School

Protected areas comprise of some of the most precious and sensitive habitats on the planet. However, many of these areas are also used as major tourism and leisure destinations. Managed well, these areas can safeguard biodiversity conservation with multiple positive benefits to local populations and economies. Yet, where not carefully planned and managed, there has long been recognition of the possibility of negative impacts on natural environments and social consequences for local communities. This chapter considers such impacts experienced in Dorset, UK, post the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It reviews how effective some of the most commonly used tools …

Parent Physical And Psychological Aggression And Youth Dating Violence: A Latent Class Analysis Approach, Heidi Adams Rueda, Kaitlyn Paxton Ward, Steven Hoffman

Social Work Faculty Publications

Adolescent dating violence is a national public health issue and research suggests that aggressive parenting may predict the likelihood that a child will subsequently experience abuse. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of parent physical and psychological aggression on adolescent dating violence perpetration and victimization. Data derived from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study resulted in a racially and ethnically diverse sample of adolescents in dating relationships at the age of 15 years (N = 952). Utilizing both parent and adolescent data which assessed parenting practices at ages 3, 5, 9, and 15, …

Preserving Freedom In The Digital Age: A Neutrosophic Exploration Of Online Privacy And Security Measures, María Elena Infante Miranda, Nelson Francisco Freire Sánchez, Rene Estalin Portilla Paguay, Erick González Caballero

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

College Students’ Loneliness, Feelings About Social Media, And Depressive Symptoms During Covid-19: Between And Within-Person Temporal Associations, Karen Kochel, Catherine L. Bagwell, Samara Rosen

Interdisciplinary Journal of Leadership Studies

During COVID-19, many institutions of higher education implemented health protocols that reduced college students’ in-person interactions and prompted an uptick in their social media use. Although social media has often been implicated in the development of psychosocial difficulties, we tested an alternate hypothesis – that, during the pandemic, students’ feelings about social media for interpersonal connection (i.e., FSMIC), would contribute to reductions in loneliness and depressive symptoms. To investigate temporal associations between loneliness, FSMIC, and depression, we estimated random-intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPM), permitting the disaggregation of between- and within-person effects. Participants (N = 517 undergraduates, M_age = …

Neutrosophic Orthodontic Treatment Planning, Yaima Rodríguez Cuéllar, Andrea Miranda Achundia, Mery Mendoza Castillo, Reátegui Paredes Víctor Raúl

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

Neutrosophic Marketing Strategy And Consumer Behavior, Jimena Montes De Oca Sánchez, Myriam Paulina Barreno Sánchez, Miriam Janeth Pantoja Burbano, Osmanys Pérez Peña

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

Antifungal Activity Of Homoeopathic Medicines Towards Alternaria Solani Of Solanum Lycopersicum Plant – An In Vitro Study And On-Farm Trial, Akkilla Suya, Vettrivel Arul, Rajamanickam Kandasamy

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

Background: The overuse of pesticides has damaged biodiversity, raising concerns about the potential for genetic mutations in humans and other organisms caused by pesticide residues in food. The recent research has demonstrated that homoeopathic medicines can act as fertilisers for plant nourishment.

Objectives: The study aimed to evaluate the antifungal activity of homoeopathic medicines in vitro and on-farm trials.

Methods: The impact of homoeopathic medicines, Sulphur 30C, Ocimum basilicum 30C and Cuprum metallicum 30C, on inhibiting the mycelial growth of Alternaria solani was studied in-vitro using Agar well-diffusion assay. In an on-farm trial using Solanum lycopersicum (PKM-1 …

Ethnobotanical Study Of Antihemorrhagic Plants In The Skikda Region (North East Of Algeria), Nabila Souilah, Hamdi Bendif, Abdelkrim Benaradj, Abdelouaheb Belaid, Scherazad Mekious

Journal of Bioresource Management

Our survey was carried out at the level of 17 Municipalities of the Province of Skikda. Questionnaire sheets were distributed to 55 herbalists and 350 locale population (informants). The processing of survey data with the local population shows us that women (52 %) have more knowledge of phytotherapy compared to men (48 %) with a fairly high level of education. For the herbalists, we found that most are men (85.45 %) aged between 31-40 years (29.09 %) and 41-50 years (25.45 %), and with level of university study (36.36 %). On the other hand, 52.73 % of herbalists said they …