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Registered dietitians in school nutrition leadership and dietetic students' consideration of school nutrition

School nutrition programs provide meals and snacks to nutritionally support students in their academic achievement. The importance of qualified leadership to maintain standards and provide quality these meals and snacks is important. Limited research has examined the benefits of registered dietitians providing school nutrition leadership. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the motivational aspects and job responsibilities influencing registered dietitians’ (RD) and senior dietetic students’ decision to pursue school nutrition leadership positions. The Southeast Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) region was the focus of the research. Web-based questionnaires were used to collect responses from members of the School Nutrition Services Dietetic Practice Group (SNSDPG) members and senior dietetic students from 22 Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic accredited didactic programs in this area. Reasons RDs (N = 158) selected school nutrition leadership and reasons dietetic students (N = 129) would consider selecting a position in school nutrition were examined and compared. Motivational aspects and job responsibilities providing satisfaction for RDs were identified. The reasons students would not select school nutrition as a career option were also examined. Key aspects influencing RD selection of school nutrition leadership positions were want to engage/work with people (M = 4.55; SD = 0.68) and achieved a positive outcome (M = 4.53; SD = 0.64). Employee opportunities and outcomes were identified as the aspects impacting RD selection. Student selection of potential school nutrition xii leadership positions was influenced by impact others’ health and well-being (M = 4.42; SD = 0.63), positive impact on preventing childhood obesity (M = 4.32; SD = 0.76) and influence others (M = 4.37; SD = 0.65). Students not selecting a school nutrition position were influenced by intentions to develop clinical dietetics knowledge (M = 3.51; SD = 1.10) and clinical skills (M = 3.36; SD = 1.11). Comparisons between RD and student selection of school nutrition responses differences were significant (p < 0.0001) for aspects such as foodservice leadership skills, work schedule preference, make a difference in the world and preventing childhood obesity. Based on the results of this research, aspects influencing current RDs to select school nutrition appear to be associated with working with others to achieve a positive outcome. While the senior dietetic students demonstrated interest in school nutrition for the opportunity to make a difference in the world, specifically with health. Consideration of these aspects may be beneficial to school districts seeking to recruit qualified individuals, specifically RDs, into school nutrition leadership positions.
Far from Home: A Qualitative Analysis of Altered Social and Familial Interactions by Students Attending College Significant Distances from Home

This study explored the necessary modifications for students’ relationships with their home contexts (social and familial) as they acclimated to college life. We specifically targeted students living over 1,000 miles from their present school setting. Thirty undergraduate students at a private Midwest university participated in this qualitative phenomenological research study through semistructured interviews. While numerous dynamics surfaced, repeated themes included feelings of homesickness, desiring to go home, weakening of peer relationships established at home, and gradual strengthening of familial relationships. The transition to the college life is loaded with adjustment, not only for the college student, but also for family and friends. While some college students who live relatively close to home can return for weekend gatherings of friends or family members, students who study long distances from home do not have this luxury. For these students, the interaction with their domestic environment vacillates from extremes of close contact to severing of ties, and often depends on specific circumstances at their college or home. The purpose of this study is to examine the interactive process between this subset of students and their home contexts.
Examining gambling activity subtypes over time in a large sample of young adults

Abstract Background: Gambling is common in young adulthood. Most young adults phase out of excessive gambling, but some establish regular habits and develop problems. Research has begun to examine the risk associated with different gambling activity patterns. However, there is a paucity of longitudinal work. Using a prospective design, we identified distinct subgroups of young adults based on patterns of gambling activity involvement and tested the stability of these subgroups over 4 years. Method: Data came from the Manitoba Longitudinal Study of Young Adults. Participants (N = 679) completed four waves of self-report measures (spaced 1-year apart). Latent class analysis and latent transition analysis were conducted to identify the number of gambling activity classes and the stability of these over time. Finally, multinomial logistic regressions were conducted to examine correlates of class membership. Results: A three-class model was supported and classes differed based on the degree of gambling involvement (i.e., low, moderate, and high). Only the moderate gambling class was also associated with alcohol dependence, and was the most stable over time. Impulsivity, alcohol use, drug use, and problem gambling symptoms were associated with membership in the moderate (but not the high) gambling class. Participants in the high gambling class were highly likely to transition into either the moderate and low gambling classes four years later. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that high gambling involvement reduces over time in young adulthood. However, our findings suggest that there is a large subgroup of stable moderate gamblers who also tend to engage in other addictive behaviours.
Career adaptability and the success of self-initiated expatriates in China

Purpose Using a career lens, the purpose of this paper is to examine the psychological factors related to the career success (e.g. performance and adjustment) of self-initiated expatriates (SIEs). Design/methodology/approach This research examines the previously unstudied relationship between career adaptability and career success. Data were collected by surveying 273 SIEs employed in professional jobs in China. Findings As hypothesized, career adaptability was positively related to performance as well as to adjustment. Psychological availability mediated the relationships of career adaptability with performance and with adjustment. Contrary to expectations, supportive supervision did not moderate the relationship between career adaptability and either performance or adjustment. Research limitations/implications Because the data were collected in a single, self-report survey, future studies should collect longitudinal data so that the effects of changes in career adaptability on adjustment and performance can be determined. In addition, as all of the participants were professionals, future research should examine SIEs employed in blue-collar jobs. Originality/value As this is the first study to consider how career adaptability may influence SIEs’ performance and adjustment, it offers unique insights into the work experiences of SIEs. Additionally, this study examines the theoretical underpinnings of career construction theory, namely, the previously hypothesized but untested relationship between career adaptability and adjustment.
EMOTION RECOGNITION USING SKIN CONDUCTANCE AND SENTIMENT ANALYSIS

The information about what a user is feeling as a reaction to a product is a very important aspect that we humans have concerned ourselves with within the last decade. From response towards advertisements to making an enhanced and personalized user interface, requires a solution pertaining to the field of finding the emotional state of the user. There are numerous methods to realize emotions including speech recognition and facial expressions, but these methods lack ubiquitous availability and can be fabricated otherwise. The other concern with the above methods is the higher level of inaccuracy. Therefore, the use of bio-signals is increasing. In this paper we utilize “Galvanic Skin Response (GSR)” or “Skin Conductance (SC)” or “Electro-dermal Activity (EDA)” to figure out 6 basic emotions. Feeling emotions is directly linked to the arousal of the body, and stimulates the sweat glands on our body, hence above written bio- signals seem to be a perfect fit for realizing emotions. Hence, we use skin conductance and sentiment analysis to find the emotional state of the user as a response to the social media content, making it a better fit for real-world applications.
3D convolutional recurrent neural networks for bird sound detection

With the increasing use of a high quality acoustic device to monitor wildlife population, it has become imperative to develop techniques for analyzing animals’ calls automatically. Bird sound detection is one example of a long-term monitoring project where data are collected in continuous periods, often cover multiple sites at the same time. Inspired by the success of deep learning approaches in various audio classiﬁcation tasks, this paper ﬁrst reviews previous works exploiting deep learning for bird audio detection, and then proposes a novel 3-dimensional (3D) convolutional and recurrent neural networks. We propose 3D convolutions for extracting long-term and short-term information in frequency simultaneously. In order to leverage powerful and compact features of 3D convolution, we employ separate recurrent neural networks (RNN), acting on each ﬁlter of the last convolutional layers rather than stacking the feature maps in the typical combined convolution and recurrent architectures. Our best model achieved a preview of 88.70% Area Under ROC Curve (AUC) score on the unseen evaluation data in the second edition of bird audio detection challenge. Further improvement with model adaptation led to a 89.58% AUC score.
Early parenting difficulties: implications for health services policy

Australia’s residential early parenting centres are unique internationally and provide a highly valued service to parents and their very young children. Clinical practice in these services has been based on extensive experience, but now needs to be derived from an evidence base. In response to this need, Tweddle Child and Family Health Service (TCFHS) in Melbourne — a public access early parenting service — commissioned a review of the literature relating to its practice and a prospective longitudinal survey of a consecutive group of mothers admitted with infants aged up to one year. This article summarises the main findings of both the literature review and the survey.
Understanding innovative teaching practice in higher education: a framework for reflection

ABSTRACT In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in innovation in teaching and learning in higher education. Now more than ever, academics are advised that engaging in educational innovation for the purposes of improved student learning is supported, valued, and rewarded. However, embracing innovative teaching practice requires academics to develop new skills and understandings, take on extra work, risk failure and invite disapproval from staff and students. Ultimately, focusing upon educational innovation rather than discipline research can be a risky career move if it is not undertaken strategically. This paper provides insight into the characteristics of two innovative academics from the discipline of science and explores the dimensions of innovation as it pertains to teaching and learning. A framework emerged from an analysis of their experience which identifies different types of educational innovators in higher education, discriminating between three individuals with regards to the level at which they seek to influence practice.
Perceived Nursing Supervisor Support and its Relation to Turnover Intention among Staff Nurses

The quality of the relationship between nurses and their supervisor may contribute to eliminate intention to leave workplace by nurses. The study aimed to identify perceived nursing supervisor support and its relation to turnover intention among staff nurses. Research design: A comparative correlational design was utilized to meet the aim of this study. The study setting: this study was conducted at critical and non-critical care units at Benha University Hospital. The study sample: composed of all staff nurses (293) who are working in the above mentioned setting; 149 of staff nurses working at non-critical care units and 144 staff nurses working at critical care units. Tools: two tools were used for data collection; Perceived Nursing Supervisor Support Questionnaire and Turnover Intention Questionnaire. Results: more than two fifth of staff nurses had moderate perception level regarding nursing supervisor support at critical and non-critical care units. Staff nurses working at critical care units had higher turnover intention level than staff nurses working at non-critical care units. Conclusion: there was highly statistically significant negative correlation between perceived nursing supervisor support and staff nurses' turnover intention at critical and non-critical care departments. The study recommended: that nursing supervisors should be trained to provide constructive feedback and support to their staff nurses which may help to decrease turnover intention.
Adaptive Segmentation and Stitching on 8K UHD Video

Transmission technology is necessary to display contents stored on the Cloud server. When excessive compression is performed to the transmission of ultra-high resolution image, tangibility is reduced. Therefore, in this paper, we proposed an algorithm that divides the image into a number of sub-images. The sub-images were restored to the original one by stitching at the receiver. In the existing study, important objects were located at the center of the images, but an exception occurred when they are at the edge of the images. The saliency map was used to detect their main part so that the region of interest will not be divided. The images were divided depending on the position of saliency map. It is expected that users will be able to provide realistic signage by displaying ultra-high resolution images with a large screen.
Personality and boredom at work: the mediating role of job crafting

Purpose Boredom at work is associated with negative consequences, therefore it is important to investigate whether employees engage in job crafting behaviors that reduce boredom and what are the individual differences associated with these behaviors. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire study was designed to examine the mediating role of job crafting in the relationship between conscientiousness and emotional stability and boredom among 252 employees (Study 1) and in the relationship between Machiavellianism and psychopathy and boredom among 216 employees (Study 2). Findings The results showed that conscientiousness is negatively related to work-related boredom. This relationship is mediated by job crafting. Neuroticism and psychopathy are positively associated with boredom at work, but these relationships are not mediated by job crafting behaviors. Research limitations/implications The study was based on self-reported measures, which might raise questions of common-method bias, and the research samples contained mostly women and young employees, which raises questions about generalizability of our findings. At the same time, the cross-sectional design does not allow causal inferences. Practical implications Organizations can select employees based on their personality for jobs that predispose to boredom and give them enough autonomy to be able to craft them. Moreover, they can identify employees who need support to manage their boredom and include them in job crafting interventions. Originality/value Traditionally, boredom at work has been considered as resulting from characteristics of tasks and jobs. The findings indicate that some employees can make self-initiated changes to their work in order to reduce their boredom and possibly its negative consequences.
Challenges and Resilience: Managers’ Perceptions of Firm Performance Following M&As

We study M&As, resilience and performance, identifying links between managers’ perceptions of performance and resilience, using trans-national organisational-level survey evidence (N=3613) and follow up semi-structured in-depth interviews with managers involved in M&As and demerger. Drawing on the resilience and M&A literature, we identify reasons why employees in acquired firms may be less resilient in coping with the resultant changes than those of the acquirer and why this will negatively impact perceptions of performance. We explore the causes and consequences of variations in resilience and performance within firms that acquire others, and in those that have been demerged. As anticipated, we find that although managers in acquired firms tended to report worse performance than those in acquiring firms, both tended to be more positive than firms that had not taken part in an M&A at all. We draw out implications for theory and practice.
Developing A Culturally Relevant Curriculum And Breaking The Barriers Of Cognitive And Cultural Dissonance

The purpose of this qualitative research study is to explore how teachers can develop a culturally relevant curriculum to break the barriers of cultural and cognitive dissonance to improve student learning experiences. Two state certified Caucasian teachers and eight middle school aged African American students took part in this qualitative study in face-to-face interviews with 20 interview questions to explore the lives, culture, and situations of their students and communities. Educational institutions have their own world views or ideologies perpetuated through the students and their teachers. Exploring and analyzing various education systems will also help to understand cultural differences and identify their connection to education. Culturally responsive teaching and learning are important because they empower students socially, emotionally, and intellectually by using cultural references to convey information, attitudes, and skills (Ladson-Billings, 1994). This qualitative research study will use classroom ethnography to discuss cultural and cognitive dissonance and how to cultivate a cultural sensitivity classroom setting. Classroom ethnography discusses everything happening to students, teachers, and the administration of the school (Gardner & Martin-Jones, 2012). Results of this study will indicate the students’ abilities to understand cultural differences and identify the connection to learning. This study will attempt to identify a correlation between developing and implementing a culturally relevant curriculum and the impact on breaking barriers of cultural and cognitive dissonance to improve student performance. This research study recommends that breaking such barriers will help develop students using cultural references to convey information, attitudes, and skills.
Effects of the Type of Childcare on Toddlers’ Motor, Social, Cognitive, and Language Skills

Abstract. This study investigated the relationship between type of childcare and toddlers’ skills in four important developmental domains: motor, cognitive, social, and language. A total of 637 children aged 18 and 24 months were either cared for exclusively at home by their parents or relatives ( home-care group) or attended a daycare center for a minimum of 2 days per week ( center-care group). We tested the children’s skills using standard assessment tools and compared the skills of the two care groups. The results suggest that, for the sample tested, childcare type is not related to toddler’s cognitive, motor, social, and language skills.
Parents’ and Teachers’ Attitudes to Play and Drama in Education in Early Years Classrooms in Jiangsu Province, China

Set against the background of the Chinese government’s commitment to universalise early childhood educational provision, this exploratory study investigated the value attributed to play and drama-based teaching and learning in ECE from the perspectives of parents, teachers and Head Teachers from Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. We applied content and statistical analyses on the search results, and the findings indicate that while parents expressed interest in less regimented and more active, play-based approaches to education in their children’s classrooms, broader societal and philosophical influences about the purposes of education prevail, and they are concerned about their children falling behind in a highly competitive education system. Teachers and Head Teachers are similarly aware of the value of play in young children’s development, but lack the knowledge, skills and resources to implement a play-based approach to teaching and learning in their classrooms. The implications of the modernisation project in early childhood education in China is discussed.
A nutrition and diabetes education program improves A1c knowledge and A1c blood levels

A1C KNOWLEDGE AND A1C BLOOD LEVELS by SARAH MCCLURE BURNETT Under the Direction of Mary Ann Johnson ABSTRACT This study was designed to test the hypothesis that A1c knowledge would be associated with selected demographic and health characteristics, and that an educational intervention would increase A1c knowledge and decrease A1c blood levels in Older Americans Nutrition Program participants. Participants were a convenience sample from the OANP (n = 105, mean age = 73 years, 58% Caucasian, 42% African American, 70% women, 30% had < 8 years of education). In regression analyses, higher A1c knowledge at baseline was negatively associated with age (P < 0.0001) and A1c blood levels (P < 0.07). In the subset of participants that completed the intervention, the percent of participants who scored 40% or higher on A1c knowledge increased from 48% to 82% (P < 0.0001, n = 99). After the intervention, blood A1c decreased 0.66% in participants with initial A1c > 6.5% (P < 0.01, n = 43).
The Use of Language by Parents to Express Disability in Saudi Arabia

This study investigates the use of language to express disability; by parents of children with disability in Riyadh, Jeddah and two rural areas. An analysis of this theme is based upon qualitative data collected from 42 semi-structured individual and group interviews with the parents. The findings suggest that all parents have refused the terms ‘disabled’ or ‘child with a disability’, some of them gave alternative terms. Parents gave an indication about the domination of the medical model of disability through the language they used in the interviews. In the light of this study, it is recommended that the media and governmental officials have to raise awareness and spread a positive attitude towards disability in the society. Similary the positive language towards disability from social media can play a crucial role in raising awareness.
English Teachers’ Competences in Implementing the 2013 Curriculum

Competent teachers are needed to achieve aim of curriculum. One of aspect in implementing curriculum is teacher's teaching performance. This research is descriptive research since the purpose of this study was to find out the problem that teacher faced in implementing the 2013 curriculum. To get the data, the researcher interviewed two English teachers. Based on the interview, the problem in the implementation of 2013 curriculum is that some of teachers are confused about how to create creative teaching method or how to choose appropriate method in language teaching. Based on the result, the researcher suggested that to maximize the function of MGMP, a forum discussion for teacher, to find out a creative teaching method.