The way in which a school division addresses the problem of an unsatisfactory teacher varies. A school division may choose to tolerate the problem, dismiss the teacher, or provide assistance to foster the development of the skills needed to meet minimum performance standards. The design of teacher assistance programs varies in the type of personnel who provide remediation and the extent to which events in the program are documented. This study describes the status of teacher assistance programs that were operational in Virginia during the 1988-89 school year. A survey instrument was distributed to each school division in the Commonwealth of Virginia. First, all of the existing programs were identified. Each program was classified by degree of formality: informal, semi-formal, and formal. Each program was further classified by the type of staff utilized: school-based and central office-based staff. Secondly, the categories were developed into a model of teacher assistance programs for comparison. / Ed. D.

In an attempt to evaluate the impact of vocational education programming on post-release performance, a study was conducted to gather follow-up data on students who were released from the Department of Correctional Education School at Natural Bridge Juvenile Correctional Center (NBJCC) during the 1993 and 1994 calendar years. The population for this descriptive study consisted of 167 males age 17 to 21. Data were successfully collected on 137 members of the population. Findings from the study were as follows: 1. Nearly half of the total study group were employed. 2. Approximately one fourth of the total study group continued their education. 3. Students who earned a vocational education certificate of completion were more likely to be employed than students who earned a lesser vocational certificate of credit or no vocational certificate at all. 4. Students who earned a vocational certificate of completion and a General Education Development (GED) certificate were more likely to be employed than all other NBJCC students. 5. Less than half of all vocational program completors were employed in a field related to their vocational training. 6. Nearly half of all vocational program completors were employed in food service. (Not a field of vocational training at NBJCC) Based on the findings and conclusions in this study, recommendations for policy practice and research in vocational education are provided. / Master of Science

Experiential learning theory stresses the importance of adequate preparation and reflection surrounding concrete experiences. This study explores the relationship between preparation and follow-up classroom experiences and the outcomes of environmental education (EE) field trips, including environmental literacy, 21st century skills, positive youth development, satisfaction, and self-reported behavior change. Surveys with both students and their school teachers who attended over 300 EE programs reveal that both pre-trip preparation, especially concerning logistics, and post-trip follow up, related to the subject matter of the field trip, were significantly related to more positive student outcomes. The authors recommend both schools and organizations take into consideration how they can work together to create more holistic learning experiences. / Master of Science / Environmental and science education in the form of school field trips have the capability of to enhance student learning, increase motivation to do well in school, and develop skills such as thinking critically and collaborating with peers. Learning theory illuminates the importance of in-school preparation and reflection surrounding field trips. We wanted to discover what happens in the classroom before and after these field trips that contribute to creating truly valuable educational experiences. Student and teacher surveys from over 300 field trip programs highlight the importance of preparing students both logistically and with the educational content, as well as following-up after the field trip by reviewing and utilizing newly gained knowledge and skills. We recommend schools and field trip providers, such as parks, zoos and nature centers, collaborate to create more holistic science learning experiences.

The main campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) has a current parking inventory of approximately 14,310 parking spaces in 88 surface lots. Of the available parking spaces 92% are designated for the use of Virginia Tech students, faculty and staff members. The share of visitor usage of these parking spaces is approximately 2%. The objective of this thesis is to evaluate the current visitor parking system and develop techniques to enhance the parking facility operations. The current visitor parking demand is determined by conducting a field evaluation of the visitor parking in five parking lots. Personal and follow-up interviews were conducted with university visitors to determine their satisfaction levels with the existing parking facilities. While the survey results demonstrated that 52% of visitors rated the parking services to be good or very good, the study also showed that approximately 28% of the visitors did not know the location of the most convenient parking lot to access their destination and almost 6% were not satisfied with the parking services offered by Virginia Tech. Apart from this, about 32% of the visitors had to visit at least 2 parking lots before finding a parking space. These figures clearly demonstrate a need for a better management of the parking lots to serve the visitors in an efficient way. In an attempt to enhance the visitor parking system a web-based interactive framework is proposed. This framework identifies the best possible parking lot(s) for a selected destination considering various factors like - distance of the parking lot to the destination and typical occupancy of the parking lot at specific times of the day and other relevant factors. The web-based interactive system is designed to provide the visitor with two or more choices for the parking in order to arrive at their desired destination. / Master of Science

Yes / Aims: There is a clear association between alcohol use and offending behaviour and significant police time is spent on alcohol-related incidents. This study aimed to test the feasibility of a trial of screening and brief intervention in police custody suites to reduce heavy drinking and re-offending behaviour. Short summary: We achieved target recruitment and high brief intervention delivery if this occurred immediately after screening. Low rates of return for counselling and retention at follow-up were challenges for a definitive trial. Conversely, high consent rates for access to police data suggested at least some outcomes could be measured remotely. Methods: A three-armed pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial with an embedded qualitative interview-based process evaluation to explore acceptability issues in six police custody suites (north east and south west of the UK). Interventions included: 1. Screening only (Controls), 2. 10 min Brief Advice 3. Brief Advice plus 20 min of brief Counselling. Results: Of 3330 arrestees approached: 2228 were eligible for screening (67%) and 720 consented (32%); 386 (54%) scored 8+ on AUDIT; and 205 (53%) were enroled (79 controls, 65 brief advice and 61 brief counselling). Follow-up rates at 6 and 12 months were 29% and 26%, respectively. However, routinely collected re-offending data were obtained for 193 (94%) participants. Indices of deprivation data were calculated for 184 (90%) participants; 37.6% of these resided in the 20% most deprived areas of UK. Qualitative data showed that all arrestees reported awareness that participation was voluntary, that the trial was separate from police work, and the majority said trial procedures were acceptable. Conclusion: Despite hitting target recruitment and same-day brief intervention delivery, a future trial of alcohol screening and brief intervention in a police custody setting would only be feasible if routinely collected re-offending and health data were used for outcome measurement. / NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) (SPHR-SWP-ALC-WP2). Fuse is a UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) Public Health Research Centre of Excellence. Funding for Fuse from the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Economic and Social Research Council, Medical Research Council, the National Institute for Health Research, under the auspices of the UKCRC, is gratefully acknowledged.

Improved definition of risk factors for equine colic is necessary to develop effective interventions to reduce colic incidence. A one-year prospective study was conducted to estimate colic incidence and to identify risk factors. Farms with greater than 20 horses were randomly selected from two adjacent counties of Virginia and Maryland. Management information was recorded by questionnaire for 31 farms with 1427 horses. Owners kept calendars to record occurrence of specified events. Colic was reported by the owner when a horse exhibited signs of abdominal pain. The incidence of colic was 10.6 colic cases per 100 horse-years, based on 104 cases per 983.5 horse-years. Twenty-five deaths occurred from all causes, the proportional mortality rate of colic was 7/25 (28%). Risk factors were analyzed by logistic regression at the farm-level and the horse-level with farm as a random effects variable. No farm-level variables were significant. Significant horse variables were: age 2-10 years, odds ratio (OR)=2.8 (95% confidence interval, 1.2-6.5); previous colic, OR=3.6(1.9-6.8); changes in concentrate feeding during the year, OR=3.6(1.6-5.4); more than one change in hay feeding during the year, OR=2.1(1.2-3.8); feeding high levels of concentrate (>2.5 kg/day dry matter, OR=4.8(1.4-16), >5 kg/day dry matter, OR=6.3(1.8-22)); and vaccination with monocytic ehrlichiosis vaccine during the study, OR=2.0(1.8-22). Feeding whole grain with or without other concentrates had less risk than diets without whole grain included. Variables related to concentrate feeding frequency or concentrate type could be substituted for the concentrate level variable. A nested analysis examined risk for the time period following an event. The odds ratio was determined for the proportion of cases with an event within 14 days prior to the colic-date, relative to the proportion of horses without colic with an event within 14 days of a date chosen at random from the observation time. Weather events were analyzed for the three days before the colic or assigned date. Foaling was analyzed for three time periods: before, 0-60 and 60-150 days post-foaling. Significant events were recent vaccination, OR=3.31(1.9-6.0); recent transport, OR=3.3(1.2-5.5); 60-150 days post-foaling, OR=5.9(1.8-13); and recent fever, OR=20(2.5-169). Snow on the day of the colic, OR=2.8(1.0-7) and humidity <50% the day before the colic OR=1.6(1.0-2.9) were marginally significant. / Ph. D.

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OBJECTIVES The aim of this analysis was to assess the 7-year long-term safety and effectiveness of a randomized comparison of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) versus minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) surgery for the treatment of isolated proximal left anterior descending lesions. BACKGROUND Long-term follow-up data comparing PCI by SES and MIDCAB surgery for isolated proximal left anterior descending lesions are sparse. METHODS Patients were randomized either to PCI with SES (n ¼ 65) or MIDCAB (n ¼ 65). Follow-up data were obtained after 7 years with respect to the primary composite endpoint of death, myocardial infarction, and target vessel revas- cularization. Angina was assessed by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society classification and quality of life with Short Form 36 and MacNew quality of life questionnaires. RESULTS Follow-up was conducted in 129 patients at a median time of 7.3 years (interquartile range: 5.7, 8.3). There were no significant differences in the incidence of the primary composite endpoint between groups (22% PCI vs. 12% MIDCAB; p ¼ 0.17) or the endpoints death (14% vs. 17%; p ¼ 0.81) and myocardial infarction (6% vs. 9%, p ¼ 0.74). However, the target vessel revascularization rate was higher in the PCI group (20% vs. 1.5%; p < 0.001). Clinical symptoms and quality of life improved significantly from baseline with both interventions and were similar in magnitude between groups. CONCLUSIONS At 7-year follow-up, PCI by SES and MIDCAB in isolated proximal left anterior descending lesions yielded similar long-term outcomes regarding the primary composite clinical endpoint and quality of life. Target vessel revascularization was more frequent in the PCI group. (Randomied Comparison of Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stents in Patients With Proximal Stenosis of the Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery; NCT00299429) (J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2014;-:-–-) © 2014 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-22T17:27:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 taiane.pdf: 500923 bytes, checksum: bb4a10bbb2a2448b84aceb8f2e29daa6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-01-17 / Introduction: The literature indicates high occurrence of anxiety symptoms in people who have depression, this index simultaneously suggests the importance of studying the impact of anxiety symptoms in treatment for depression. Objective: To evaluate the impact of anxiety symptoms in remission of depressive symptoms in brief psychotherapies for depression at follow-up six months. Methods: Randomized clinical trial with youth of 18 to 29 years old who met diagnostic criteria for depression assessed by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID). Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D), while the anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A). The protocols of psychotherapy used were: Cognitive Narrative Psychotherapy (CNP) and Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy (CBP), both with seven sessions. At the end of treatment and at follow-up six months an evaluation was made with the HAM-D and HAM-A. Results: The sample included 97 patients divided evenly between the protocols of psychotherapy. There was a significant positive moderate correlation between the severity of anxiety symptoms at baseline and remission of depressive symptoms at post-intervention (r = 0.444 p <0.001), while at follow-up six months not there was a significant correlation (r = 0.181 p = 0.164). There was remission of anxiety symptoms (8.69 ± 7.93) and depressive symptoms (6.38 ± 5.4o) after the brief psychotherapies. The remission of anxiety symptoms remained at follow-up of six months (7.59 ± 8.31, p = 0,228) and the same was true for the remission if depressive symptoms (6.48 ± 5.04, p = 0,879). Conclusion: The severity of anxiety symptoms contributed to greater remission of depressive symptoms after brief psychotherapies in the short term. However, in long term, the severity of the anxiety symptoms has no impact on the remission of the depressive symptoms. The brief psychotherapies for depression demonstrate efficacy in the remission of depressive and anxious symptoms / Introdução: A literatura aponta alta ocorrência de sintomas ansiosos em indivíduos que apresentam depressão, este índice simultâneo sugere a importância de se estudar o impacto dos sintomas ansiosos no tratamento para depressão. Objetivo: Avaliar o impacto dos sintomas ansiosos na remissão de sintomas depressivos em psicoterapias breves para depressão no follow-up de seis meses. Método: Ensaio clínico randomizado com jovens de 18 à 29 anos que preencheram critério diagnóstico de depressão avaliado através da Structured Clinical Interview for DSM (SCID). Os sintomas depressivos foram avaliados através da Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D), enquanto os sintomas ansiosos foram avaliados através da Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A). Os protocolos de psicoterapia utilizados foram: Psicoterapia Cognitiva Narrativa (PCN) e Psicoterapia Cognitivo Comportamental (PCC), ambos com sete sessões. Ao fim do tratamento, bem como, no follow-up de seis meses foi realizada uma avaliação com as escalas HAM-D e HAM-A. Resultados: A amostra total contou com 97 pacientes distribuídos homogeneamente entre os protocolos de psicoterapia. Houve uma correlação moderada positiva significativa entre a severidade dos sintomas ansiosos no baseline e a remissão de sintomas depressivos no pós-intervenção (r=0,444 p<0,001), no entanto, no follow-up de seis meses a correlação não foi estatisticamente significativa (r=0,181 p=0,164). Houve remissão de sintomas ansiosos (8,69±7,93) e de sintomas depressivos (6,38±5,40) após as psicoterapias breves. A remissão dos sintomas ansiosos manteve-se no follow-up de seis meses (7,59±8,31; p=0,228) e o mesmo ocorreu para a remissão se sintomas depressivos (6,48±5,04; p=0,879). 47 Conclusão: A severidade dos sintomas ansiosos contribuiu para maior remissão de sintomas depressivos após psicoterapias breves em curto prazo. Contudo, a longo prazo, a severidade dos sintomas ansiosos não apresenta impacto sobre a remissão dos sintomas depressivos. As psicoterapias breves para depressão demonstram eficácia na remissão de sintomas ansiosos e depressivos

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:29:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Regina Celia Furigo.pdf: 8832692 bytes, checksum: 54938673017ec631e8aa17d399c05061 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-12-05 / The purpose of the present study was to analyze the Psychologic Attention available on the Emergency Psychological Attendance to the users of a Universitary Clinicschool generated from the experiences of emergency psychologists, patients, and Supervisor-researcher. The used methodology was based on a phenomenologic research from the study of ten cases in clinic attendance of individuals who spontaneously sought the cited service. It is important to note that the emergency attendance was offered for free by a convenant between the cited University and the Brasilian Public Heath System (SUS). The cases were treated and analyzed in the light of Jungian referencial. The attendance was carried out by six emergency psychologists previously selected and with a minimum of one year experience in clinical attendance. Three sessions were carried out for each patient and also a follow-up interview, was performed a month after the end of the Emergengy psychological attendance process. The group of emergency psychologists had a weekly supervision during the six month the research was performed. A detailed report of the clinical work as well as the personal perceptions of the emergency psychologists was delivered for each case of the program. The same has occurred with the supervisor-researcher who was responsible for the follow up interviews which reflected the patients feelings about the research. As a result, it was generated pool of ten reports from the psychologists about the attended patients?processes, ten follow-up interviews and ten perception reports from the supervisor-researcher about her personal understanding of the process as a whole. The emergency psychologists? reports, as well as the data obtained on the follow-up interview were divided in unities of significate which possibilitate the elaboration of specific syntheses, both from the emergency psychologist and the patient and from the supervisor-researcher. Thus, it was obtained three general syntheses refering to the lived element related to the research focus. The main results obtained show that, when the Emergency Psychological Attendance empathizes with the patient who needs psychological care, in the exact moment of his (her) crysis, treats with different times: one internal ( the patient time) and other external (the chronological time) and thus reaches such relevant results as to the contention of anguish in a brief time. Both Emergency Psychologists and patients experience a highly rich moment for their psyche, which makes viable the archetype of the wounded physician which, when constelating, assists the patient to recapture the hability to carry out his (her) autocure. Therefore, it is considered that Intervention Model used in the Emergency Psychological Attendance arises as an enormous hope of speeding and dinamizing the clinical services delivered by Psychology, enhancing the resources of this science for people who needs it within the health care field. / O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar a Aten??o Psicol?gica disponibilizada no Servi?o de Plant?o Psicol?gico, aos usu?rios de uma Clinica-Escola Universit?ria, a partir das experi?ncias de Plantonistas, Clientes e Supervisora-Pesquisadora. Quanto ? quest?o metodol?gica, foi conduzida uma pesquisa fenomenol?gica a partir do estudo do atendimento cl?nico de dez casos referentes a pessoas que recorreram ao Servi?o de forma espont?nea. Ressalte-se que o acompanhamento foi oferecido de forma gratuita pelo conv?nio estabelecido entre a Universidade em quest?o e o SUS. Os casos foram atendidos e analisados ? luz de referencial junguiano. O atendimento foi realizado por seis plantonistas previamente selecionados e com no m?nimo um ano de experi?ncia em interven??es dessa natureza. Ocorreram tr?s sess?es por paciente mais uma entrevista de follow up, realizada um m?s ap?s o t?rmino do processo do Plant?o. O grupo de plantonistas foi supervisionado semanalmente durante os seis meses de realiza??o da pesquisa. Entregou relat?rio pormenorizado do seu trabalho cl?nico bem como de suas percep??es pessoais sobre o significado do Plant?o para cada caso. O mesmo ocorreu com a supervisora pesquisadora, encarregada das entrevistas de follow up, que no caso constituiu-se na voz do paciente dentro da pesquisa. Gerou-se ent?o um conjunto de dez relatos dos plantonistas sobre os processos dos clientes atendidos, dez entrevistas de follow up e dez relatos de percep??o da supervisora pesquisadora sobre seu entendimento pessoal daquele processo como um todo. Os relatos dos plantonistas, assim como os dados obtidos na entrevista de follow up foram divididos em unidades de significado que possibilitaram a elabora??o de s?nteses espec?ficas, tanto do plantonista, como do paciente e da supervisora pesquisadora. Obteve-se desse modo tr?s s?nteses gerais referentes ao elemento vivido, em rela??o ao foco da pesquisa. Os principais resultados foram que o Plant?o Psicol?gico ao colocar-se ao lado do paciente que necessita de atendimento psicol?gico no exato momento de sua crise lida com tempos diferentes: um interno (o tempo do paciente) e outro externo (o cronol?gico) e por isso consegue resultados t?o relevantes em termos de conten??o de ang?stias em um breve tempo. Plantonistas e Pacientes vivenciam um momento de encontro altamente fecundo para a psique de ambos, o que viabiliza a constela??o do arqu?tipo do curador ferido que, ao constelar-se, ajuda o paciente na retomada de sua capacidade de se autocurar, entre outros. Considera-se ent?o que o Modelo de Interven??o utilizado no Servi?o de Plant?o Psicol?gico desponta como uma grande esperan?a de agiliza??o e dinamiza??o dos servi?os cl?nicos prestados pela Psicologia, vindo a contribuir com uma gama maior de recursos que esta Ci?ncia pode colocar a servi?o de quem dela precisa dentro da ?rea da Sa?de.