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St. Regis Mohawk Trip Report: Assessment of Mold and Moisture Conditions
Get PDFKate Brown of the Building Research Council at the University of Illinois and Paul Knight of Magna Systems, Inc. conducted a site visit at the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation on December 9-11, 2002. The purpose of the site visit was to conduct onsite assessments of mold and moisture conditions in homes located on the reservation. This is a summary report of activities and issues identified while on site. A detailed analysis of the findings and recommendations is found in the attached report, titled: Technical Housing Assessment Report: Examining Mold and Moisture Conditions of Homes on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation.U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Native American Program
A New Look at Racial Profiling: Evidence from the Boston Police Department
Get PDFThis paper provides new evidence on the role of preference-based versus statistical discrimination in racial profiling using a unique data set that includes the race of both the driver and the officer. We first generalize the model presented in Knowles, Persico and Todd (2001) and show that the fundamental insight that allows them to distinguish between statistical discrimination and preference-based discrimination depends on the specialized shapes of the best response functions in their model. Thus, the test that they employ is not robust to a range of alternative modeling assumptions. However, we also show that if statistical discrimination alone explains differences in the rate at which the vehicles of drivers of different races are searched, then search decisions should be independent of officer race. We then test this prediction using data from the Boston Police Department. Consistent with preference-based discrimination, our baseline results demonstrate that officers are more likely to conduct a search if the race of the officer differs from the race of the driver. We then investigate and rule out two alternative explanations for our findings: race-based informational asymmetries between officers and the assignment of officers to neighborhoods.
Climate-compatible development in New Zealand
Get PDFLike many countries, New Zealand is grappling with how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while adapting to climate change. We are working through a Zero Carbon Bill and the implications of transitioning to a low-carbon economy. The country is being told it needs a more co-ordinated and effective way to prepare for climate change impacts, as local government is formulating adaptation and mitigation strategies in an uncertain and, as discussed below, at times confusing legal and policy framework. Potentially helpful is a concept evolving internationally, climatecompatible development. This promotes the idea of explicitly combining strategies and policies for emissions reductions and adaptation initiatives while enabling improvements in human wellbeing. This article explores the usefulness of such a concept for New Zealand
An Indirect supervision model : sharing good practice
Get PDFThis document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in [British Journal of Nursing], copyright © MA Education, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see [https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.2.50].The University of Chester and the University of
Huddersfield are leading the way in driving the model’s implementation in practice, using a flexible bank of nurses to support learners in environments who do not have practice supervisors and practice assessors (PS and PA). Placement capacities have increased significantly using this model. In this commentary, we articulate the uniqueness of the model, and examine how structured uptake of this
innovative practice has been supported with inter-institutional dialogue, fostering a productive relationship between these two newly collaborative universities. Implementation of this model has established students’ opportunities to undertake innovative placements extending beyond the NHS, which promote
vital alternative, relevant, skillsets across diverse cultural and situational backgrounds
Preparing Nurse Educators for the Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment: An Evaluation of Impact Four Years On
Get PDFThis document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in [British Journal of Nursing], copyright © MA Education, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see [https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.3.130].Four years on from its launch in 2018, we provide an up-to-date efficacy assessment of the ongoing implementation of the Nursing and Midwifery Councils’ Future Nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses (NMC, 2018a). Although these standards have comprehensively transformed the mentorship practices of nursing education courses within Higher Education, this article provides the first attempt to gauge and synthesise attitudes towards their roll-out. Presenting the results of an evaluative survey which collates educators’ current views on the implementation of these new NMC standards, we detail and
analyse the past and continuing impacts of this paradigm shift upon staff, students, and practice. The findings primarily cluster around four interlinked themes: slow acclimatisation to new models of assessment and supervision; variation in levels of preparation; prohibitive workloads; and skill mix. We conclude by providing a recommendation that more robust training resources around the NMC’s new standards are implemented nationally, in order to provide consistency of delivery by educators across the sector
Observational cohort study of the natural history of Niemann-Pick disease type C in the UK: a 5-year update from the UK clinical database
Get PDFEstablishing a guidance toolkit for assessment of proficiencies in students
Get PDFThis document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in [British Journal of Nursing], copyright © MA Education, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see [https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.18.864].Our development of the GAP toolkit sought to enhance quality practice learning experiences across the pre-registration learning journey, with an intent that the toolkit would help mitigate student concerns around meeting the requirements in the NMC annexes. This toolkit outlines roles and responsibilities, alongside listing the requirements for student supervision, and providing the documentation of learning and experience, particularly in regard to the more challenging proficiencies
The impact of rotational models on workforce stability in UK clinical settings
Get PDFThis document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in [British Journal of Healthcare Management], copyright © MA Education, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjhc.2023.0006Background/Aims: To ensure that the NHS workforce remains engaged and productive, rather than leaving the profession, underlying factors that cause attrition must be addressed, and strategies implemented to strengthen retention rates and workforce sustainability. This study aimed to assess the impact of models that allow staff to rotate through different roles and organisations on workforce stability.
Methods: Project leads employed by organisations within NHS Cheshire and Merseyside integrated care system who had conducted a rotational model were recruited via purposive and snowball sampling. A total of 11 project leads took part in semi-structured interviews about their experiences of the rotational models. Results were analysed using thematic analysis.
Results: Respondents identified considerable benefits of the rotational models, both for staff and their organisations. Rotational pathways enhanced the transferability of the workforce, with staff developing the knowledge and skills to work across boundaries.
Conclusions: The broader implementation of rotational models could help to mitigate the recruitment and retention challenges that healthcare organisations such as the NHS are currently experiencing
Thinking beyond circles: Developing collaborative, cross disciplinary design education for circularity
Full text linkThis presentation discusses a case study of a material-lifecycle design project developed between educators, textile researchers and industry. Designed as a one-week sprint, the cross-disciplinary project invited graphic design students to visualise a product lifecycle for a circular textile industry client, considering the new knowledge that visual communication methods, more traditionally taught in graphic design programmes, bring to these challenges.
Literature discussing practice-based design research recognises the growing demand for design specific research approaches. It also recognises the need for ‘a new kind of designer’ with an ‘expanded capacity to undertake research.’ (Vaughan 2017:1-2). This project explores how cross-disciplinary teaching and learning collaborations contribute to these goals by integrating live research projects with the curriculum through processes of knowledge exchange.
Methods employed in the project were grounded in literature from the field of practice-based iconic research (Renner, 2017); a research practice based on image-making as a means of producing knowledge about visual communication (Schubach, 2017).
The online project design is presented, demonstrating how the brief and activities were structured for students, and framed by relevant literature. The visual prototypes created by students are discussed in relation to the literature and feedback from the students, client and researchers; demonstrating the benefits of the approach for both the students and the researchers
We argue that teaching and learning practices have the potential to play a key role in connecting research and innovation to environmental and social practice. Findings point in the direction of a shared language for discussing the intersections of knowledge exchange, research and teaching within Higher education with reference to existing examples but also to support the development of future models
Clustering nonstationary circadian plant rhythms using locally stationary wavelet representations
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