Baseline data of a longitudinal assessment of a Bachelor of Science in Health Science (BSHS) Program based on the core competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP)

Background: IPCP has been identified as essential to provide quality healthcare: so, IPE is being integrated to professional programs. While IPE is being researched in professional programs, not much is known about IPE at the pre-professional level. Purpose: Stockton’s BSHS program was built based upon the Core Competencies for IPCP. The current study assessed the following IPE-related constructs: Health Science Reasoning, Ethical Decision Making for Health, Attitude Towards Health Care Teams, and Readiness for IP Learning. Description: A cohort of students was recruited during the introductory course to the program. The following measures were administered at baseline: Health Science Reasoning Test (HSRT), Ethical Decision Making (EDM) Measure for Health Science, The Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale (ATHCTS), Readiness for Interprofessional Learning (RIPLS) and demographic questions. Results: A cohort (N = 483) of students was recruited; N = 464 participated of the baseline. Results of main measures are: HSRT (M = 17.2, SD = 4.7), EDM (M = 2.18, SD = 0.20), ATHCTS (M = 4.1, SD = 0.47), RIPLS (M = 3.68, SD = 0.91). Results for subscales and demographic data will be included in the presentation. Conclusions: Results from EDM, ATHCTS and RIPLS suggest undergraduate pre-professional students’ Ethicality is at expected levels, they have positive attitudes toward healthcare teams and are prepared to receive IPE. However, the sample performed significantly below the expected level of critical thinking. Relevance: This suggests that students in an undergraduate health science program can receive interprofessional education, at least at the attitudinal and awareness level. IPE at this level can effectively foster positive attitudes towards working interprofessionally

Using saturation mutagenesis to explore substrate specificity and catalysis in benzoylformate decarboxylase

poster abstractBenzoylformate decarboxylase (BFDC) from Pseudomonas putida and pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) from Zymomonas mobilis are thiamin diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent enzymes. The two share a common three-dimensional structure and catalyze a similar chemical reaction, i.e., decarboxylation of 2-keto acids. However, they vary significantly in their substrate utilization pattern. In particular, BFDC has extremely limited activity with pyruvate, while PDC has no activity with benzoylformate. Both enzymes also catalyze stereospecific carboligation reactions that are of commercial interest, again with a different range of substrates. In order to identify similarities and differences on a molecular level, and to reveal factors responsible for substrate specificity and enantioselectivity, the X-ray structures BFDC and PDC were compared. Residues identified in this process were subjected to site-directed mutagenesis. The results show that, although it was not possible to simply interchange substrates, it was possible to engineer enzymes that had distinctly different substrate specificities while retaining excellent kinetic activity. However, it also became apparent that a more general approach was needed. Towards this end we developed a screening procedure for BFDC to enable us to use saturation mutagenesis to examine residues involved in substrate specificity. During the development of the methodology it became clear that it was possible to use this approach to explore residues involved in catalysis by BFDC. Here we describe the unexpected results obtained using saturation mutagenesis on putative catalytic residues. In addition we report towards converting BFDC into an efficient pyruvate decarboxylase

Application of Binary Firefly Algorithm (BFA) in tuning PID parameters for couple tank system

This paper presents the application of the Binary Firefly Algorithm (BFA) in tuning PID parameters for a coupled tank system. The agent position in the BFA represents the potential combination the PID parameters. This agent position is modelled using a string of 32 binary bits where each eight bits represents the value o

Young Stars amid External Radiation and Colliding Associations

We explore star-star and cluster-cluster interactions in the Gum Nebula. The hot stars zeta Pup and gamma2 Vel powering the Gum Nebula photoevaporate dense cloud cores into cometlike shapes, called cometary globules. According to our analysis of HIRES spectra from the Keck I telescope, the stellar association near cometary globule CG 30 (FUV flux ratio G_0 = 6.6+3.2-2.7) has an accretion disk fraction of only 29% +/- 14%, low for the association’s young age of 0.5 -- 2 Myr. This low accretor fraction serves as evidence for hot-star erosion of young stars\u27 protoplanetary disks. We find another seven associations in the Gum Nebula, three of which are new (Yep 1, 2, and 3), for a total sample of 8. We identify a total of 1873 stellar members of these associations and obtain high dispersion CHIRON spectra of 284 stars. We also obtain high-quality spectra of 81 spectral standard stars with high SNR \u3e~ 100. This catalogue is made available to all CHIRON users. The 8 associations are aged 2 -- 650 Myr and have G_0 = 2.1 -- 17.0. The five youngest associations ( We serendipitously discover that the associations UPK 535 and Yep 3 collided with each other 0.84 +/- 0.03 Myr ago. According to our Monte Carlo simulation, a mean of 54 +/- 7 pairs of stars come within 1 pc of each other. The tightest star-star interaction is on average 0.13 +/- 0.06 pc, or 27,000 +/- 12,000 AU, less than the radial extent of the Sun\u27s Oort cloud (~50,000 AU). The strongest impulse on a star\u27s Oort cloud comets (if present) is on average 2.7+3.1-1.1 Msun/pc2/km s, large enough to throw 410+560-190 of every million comets\u27 inward and potentially cause heavy bombardment events. Other associations in the vicinity have also recently interacted, suggesting cluster interactions may play a larger role in star, cluster, and exoplanet evolution than previously considered, at least in the Gum Nebula straddling the Galactic plane

Poverty: Are You Part of the Problem or Solution?

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Expanding Urban Programming

TTo expand Extension programming in urban areas, it\u27s necessary to understand and adapt to its unique environment

What Is Your Healthy Rhythm?

This handout provokes the audience to redefine their daily routine in hopes of becoming healthier. Many children suffering from being overweight or obese do not always know what healthy means or what it looks like. The objective is to teach teens the importance and how to identify nutrient rich food, exercise, and decrease screen time. Enlightening teens and giving them the tools they need to live healthier lifestyles begins with igniting a love of learning. Suggesting techniques and tactics on how to truly thrive in a world where obesity is constantly advertised will enable our youth today to become healthier adults for tomorrow.https://dune.une.edu/an_studedres/1028/thumbnail.jp

Encounters with the “Other”: Personal Notes for a Reconceptualization of Intercultural Communication Competence

Current conceptions of intercultural communication competence are extremely Eurocentric. More specifically, they affirm the U.S. American, white, middle class as the center or “ideal order”—the standard by which everyone else is judged and measured, and from which they are declared to deviate. This view of competence remains hegemonic in current research and pedagogy. The purpose of this essay is to create a space for dialogue so that scholars and practitioners can begin to reflect, challenge, and interrogate current conceptions of intercultural communication competence. To do so, I first propose that much of the current field of intercultural communication might be viewed as encounters with the “Other.” Second, I identify, discuss, and illustrate the typical components of intercultural communication competence in the current research literature. Next, I turn to examine critical issues that, in my view, should be included in (re)conceptualizations of intercultural competence. I conclude by exploring potentially non-Eurocentric ways of conceptualizing competence in intercultural settings

Reimagining Diversity Work: Multigenerational Learning, Adult Immigrants, and Dialogical Community-Based Learning

Interactions between universities and surrounding communities have the potential to create empowering education through community engagement. Innovative "town/gown" relationships such as multigenerationallearning communities with immigrant communities may foster positive student learning outcomes while at the same time strengthen local communities. Drawing on the experience of a partnership between a college and a public library, this article explores the strengths of integrating intergenerational, community-based learning and adult immigrants to foster dialogical "town/gown" relationships