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Full STEAM Ahead
Authors: Pandora Cherie P. , Fredrick Kathy 
Published: October 2023

This book is a toolkit for youth and young adult librarians–school and public–who wish to incorporate science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) into their programs and collections but aren't sure where to begin.

Most educators are well aware of the reasons for emphasizing STEAM–topics that fall within the broad headings of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics–in the curriculum, regardless of grade level. But how do librarians who work with 'tweens in middle school, high school, and public libraries–fit into the picture and play their roles to underscore their relevance in making STEAM initiatives successful?
This book answers those key questions, providing program guidelines and resources for each of the STEAM areas. Readers will learn how to collaborate in STEAM efforts by providing information on resources, activities, standards, conferences, museums, programs, and professional organizations. Emphasis is placed on encouraging girls and minorities to take part in and get excited about STEAM.
In addition, the book examines how makerspaces can enhance this initiative; how to connect your programs to educational standards; where to find funding; how to effectively promote your resources and programs, including how school and public librarians can collaborate to maximize their efforts; how to find and provide professional development; and how to evaluate your program to make further improvements and boost effectiveness. Whether you are on the cusp of launching a STEAM initiative, or looking for ways to grow and enhance your program, this book will be an invaluable resource.
Gender and Literacy
Authors: Krasny Karen A. 
Published: October 2023

This work offers parents, educators, and librarians a practical guide to discovering the ways gender identities are constructed through literacy practices, providing recommendations for addressing gender inequities in schools and in the community at large.
Gender and Literacy: A Handbook for Educators and Parents focuses on issues related to the gendered experience of students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, promoting an understanding that the issues surrounding gender cannot be reduced to broad generalizations. Author Karen A. Krasny seeks to make clear the complex notion of gender construction within the context of redefining what constitutes legitimate literacy practices in schools.
This handbook will help to guide educators, parents, and librarians by assisting them in the selection and evaluation of print and media resources. The first chapter explains the need to understand the complex relationship between gender and literacy. The bulk of the book provides readers with a critical review of the studies conducted to investigate gendered literacy practices, while the last three chapters focus on actionable strategies and policy making.
Hate Crime in the Media
Authors: Munro Victoria 
Published: October 2023

A powerful, uncompromising explanation of how subtle sources of hatred contained throughout our media and culture have resulted in a tolerance for hate crimes in America.
How is hate engendered, and what causes hatred to manifest as criminal behavior? Hate Crime in the Media: A History considers how in America, perceived threats on national, physical, and/or personal space have been created by mediated understandings of different peoples, and describes how these understandings have then played out in hate crimes based on ethnicity, religious identity, or sexual identity. The work reveals the origins of hate in American culture found in the media; political rhetoric; the entertainment industry, including national sports; and the legal system. Each chapter addresses historical questions of representation and documents the response to those considered intruders. The book also examines trends in hate crimes, the resulting changes in our legal code, and the specific victims of hate crimes.
In Common No More
Authors: Shober Arnold F. 
Published: October 2023

When did the Common Core evolve from pet project to pariah among educators and parents? This book examines the rise and fall of our national education standards from their inception to the present day.
Parents, teachers, and political groups have waged debates over the Common Core since the standards’ adoption in 2010. This timely examination explores the shifting political alliances related to the Common Core State Standards Initiative, explains why initial national support has faded, and considers the major debates running through the Common Core controversy. The book is organized around four themes of political conflict: federal versus state control, minorities versus majorities, experts versus professionals, and elites versus local preferences.
The work reviews the politics of state and national standards, evaluating the political arguments for and against the Common Core: federal overreach, lack of evidence for effectiveness, lack of parental control, lack of teacher input, improper adaptive testing, overtesting, and connections to private education-reform funders and foundations. The work includes a short primer on the Common Core State Standards Initiative as well as on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and Smarter Balance, two state-level organizations that have worked on the standards. An informative appendix presents brief descriptions of major interest groups and think tanks involved with the standards initiative along with a timeline of American educational standards reforms and the Common Core.
The Insightful Leader
Authors: Fergusson Carlann 
Published: October 2023

The Insightful Leader is the secret formula for claiming your best leadership and using it to achieve unlimited success.
Traditional leadership coaching asks leaders to substitute ineffective behaviors with alternatives, without addressing the underlying internal beliefs that reinforce the old behaviors. After months of successfully trying to change, a leader may suddenly face stressors at work—a looming deadline or a difficult negotiation—that trigger counterproductive behavior, resulting in guilt, shame, and frustration.
The Insightful Leader first helps readers to recognize ineffective behaviors that may be connected to one or more of ten “superpowers,” or overused strengths. Readers embark on a step-by-step process, identifying their superpowers and understanding the strengths of these superpowers as well as when their overuse may cause them to be perceived as egotistical or manipulative.
Having deepened their understanding of their superpowers, leaders then use them as a catalyst to discover adversity they may have faced in their past. The book guides them to uncover survival beliefs held over from these experiences and to reprogram them such that they no longer trigger self-destructive habits but instead focus on recent successes. Finally, tips are provided to help leaders to successfully sustain this transformation.
Internet Child Pornography
Authors: Wortley Richard , Smallbone Stephen 
Published: October 2023

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the problem of Internet child pornography that spotlights the connection between technology and behavior, presenting practical suggestions for reducing this pervasive problem.
The role of the Internet in fueling the problem of child pornography is enormous. Prior to the Internet, child pornography was typically locally produced, of poor quality, expensive, and difficult to obtain. United States' law enforcement officials were able to boast in the late 1970s that the traffic in child pornography had virtually been eliminated. The advent of the Internet in the 1980s made vast quantities of child pornography instantly available in the privacy of the viewer's home. Today, child pornography largely exists because of the opportunities provided by the Internet.
Internet Child Pornography provides a comprehensive overview of the issue by describing the problem of child pornography, examining the impact of the Internet, and presenting a profile of users. With this foundation in place, the authors then address responses to child pornography and shed light on the complexities of dealing with criminal activities that are perpetrated largely online—for example, the fact that people behave differently in online environments than they do in other areas of their lives. The book examines prevention efforts designed to reduce access to child pornography, law enforcement responses designed to catch known offenders, and treatment responses designed to reduce reoffending.
Kids, Sports, and Concussion
Authors: Meehan   III William Paul 
Published: October 2023

A comprehensive summary of sport-related concussion for parents, coaches, and athletes that considers the physics behind the injury, identifies what can be done to reduce the risk of its occurrence, and describes how to respond to a suspected concussion.
Concussion injury among athletes continues to be a subject of great concern. Increasing attention and research is focusing on the most vulnerable of athletes―children. What strategies can be taken to best protect young athletes in sports from grammar school football leagues to high school hockey and soccer teams from concussion? How do we treat youngsters who suffer head injuries in sports? What are the ethical considerations in allowing children to play such sports, given the risks to still-developing brains?
In this updated and expanded guide, William Meehan, MD, explains simply and clearly how coaches, parents, and others who work with young athletes can recognize concussion; best help children and youths recover from concussion injuries; and take steps to become proactive to prevent concussion. Readers will learn what causes a sport-related concussion; what happens to brain cells during a concussion; and why concussion, which in the past was dismissed as a trivial injury, is taken so much more seriously now. The book explains how to decrease the risk of concussion; addresses the potential for cumulative effects from multiple concussions, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy; and discusses the ethical dimensions of deciding whether an athlete with multiple concussions should continue to participate in high-risk sports
Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers?
Authors: Gibson Dirk C. 
Published: October 2023

Covering figures ranging from Catherine Monvoisin to Vlad the Impaler, and describing murders committed in ancient aristocracies to those attributed to vampires, witches, and werewolves, this book documents the historic reality of serial murder.
The majority of serial murder studies support the consensus that serial murder is essentially an American crime–a flawed assumption, as the United States has existed for less than 250 years. What is far more likely is that the perverse urge to repeatedly and intentionally kill has existed throughout human history, and that a substantial percentage of serial murders throughout ancient times, the middle ages, and the pre-modern era were attributed to imaginative surrogate explanations: dragons, demons, vampires, werewolves, and witches.
Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers? The Real Story Behind an Ancient Crime dispels the interrelated misconceptions that serial murder is an American crime and a relatively recent phenomenon, making the novel argument that serial murder is a historic reality–an unrecognized fact in ancient times. Noted serial murderers such as the Roman Locuta (The Poisoner); Gilles De Rais of France, a prolific serial killer of children; Andres Bichel of Bavaria; and Chinese aristocratic serial killer T'zu-Hsi are spotlighted. This book provides a unique perspective that integrates supernatural interpretations of serial killing with the history of true crime, reanimating mythic entities of horror stories and presenting them as real criminals.
Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature
Authors: Richmond Kia Jane 
Published: October 2023

Mental illness affects approximately one in five American teens, and according to recent surveys, one quarter of young adult literature features characters with mental or psychological disorders. This book explores how mental illness is portrayed in 21st-century young adult fiction and how selected works can help teachers, librarians, and mental health professionals to more effectively address the needs of students combating mental illness. Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters highlights American young adult literature published since the year 2000 that features characters grappling with mental illness. Chapters focus on mental disorders identified by the most recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, and OCD. Each chapter begins with a description of a mental illness that includes its prevalence, demographic trends, symptoms, related disorders, and treatment options before examining a selection of young adult texts in depth. Analysis of the texts explores how a mental illness manifests for a particular character, how that character perceives him- or herself and is perceived by others, and what treatment or support he or she receives. The connections between mental illness and race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and identity are examined, and relevant research from education, psychology, and adolescent health is thoroughly integrated. Each chapter also provides a list of additional readings. An appendix offers strategies for integrating young adult literature into health curricula and other programs.
• Offers extensive analysis of contemporary young adult fiction featuring youth with mental illness to help school and youth services librarians make informed collection development and readers' advisory decisions
• Examines the symptoms and warning signs of mental illness in adolescents in addition to how various disorders are diagnosed and treated
• Offers strategies for teachers and librarians to integrate quality texts into middle and high school curricula and into community initiatives aimed at confronting the stigma associated with mental illness
• Follows a standardized chapter format that makes it easy for readers to learn about the books and the mental illnesses they highlight
• Provides an extended list of resources at the end of each chapter that includes additional young adult fiction and nonfiction as well as adult fiction texts
Novels in Verse for Teens
Authors: Krok Lisa 
Published: October 2023

Novels in verse are popular and have recently won some important awards. They are of great value to teachers and librarians as a way of reaching all teens, including marginalized teens and those who may be struggling or reluctant readers. This guide shows readers how to pair books with teens based on their needs, interests, and specific situations. After teens are paired with books, this guide suggests activities to further engage them with the poetry. Activities are tied to Common Core and AASL standards for ease of lesson planning for teachers.
Verse novels address a widely diverse demographic and a variety of topics, including various cultures, religions, racism, LGBTQ+ themes, mental illness, poverty, homelessness, sexual assault, self-harm/suicide, domestic violence, family dynamics, disabilities, refugees, English language learners, and more.
Novels in verse provide a more modern, practical alternative to some older classics that may not appeal to many teens or that may intimidate them by their sheer number of words per page. This book provides a one-stop resource for choosing and using novels in verse with teen readers.
Pay to Play
Authors: Martin Lori Latrice , Fasching-Varner Kenneth J. , Hartlep Nicholas D. 
Published: October 2023

This book advances the debate about paying "student" athletes in big-time college sports by directly addressing the red-hot role of race in college sports. It concludes by suggesting a remedy to positively transform college sports.
Top-tier college sports are extremely profitable. Despite the billions of dollars involved in the amateur sports industrial complex, none winds up in the hands of the athletes. The controversies surrounding whether colleges and universities should pay athletes to compete on these educational institutions' behalf is longstanding and coincides with the rise of the black athlete at predominately white colleges and universities. Pay to Play: Race and the Perils of the College Sports Industrial Complex takes a hard look at historical and contemporary efforts to control sports participation and compensation for black athletes in amateur sports in general, and in big-time college sports programs, in particular.
The book begins with background on the history of amateur athletics in America, including the forced separation of black and white athletes. Subsequent sections examine subjects such as the integration of college sports and the use of black athletes to sell everything from fast food to shoes, and argue that college athletes must receive adequate compensation for their labor. The book concludes by discussing recent efforts by college athletes to unionize and control their likenesses, presenting a provocative remedy for transforming big-time college sport as we know it.
Personal Librarians
Authors: Bisko Lynne , Buchansky Heather , Gray Brian C. , Reese E. Gail 
Published: October 2023

Experienced authors describe all aspects of a personal librarian program, including potential campus partners, diverse student populations, marketing approaches, technology integration, various assessment methods, and common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
In order to get the most out of their research, students need to understand the depth of resources and services available to them. Personal librarian programs help students―especially new ones―to feel welcome in the library and comfortable asking for assistance. They provide enhanced support and serve as students’ point of contact to help them build the information literacy skills necessary to successfully navigate their academic path.
Personal Librarians: Building Relationships for Student Success focuses on specific ways to connect with and to engage first-year and other new-to-campus students. The authors provide concrete guidance, informed by interviews with other librarians who have successfully implemented such programs, for librarians wishing to begin or expand programs of their own. Personal librarian programs provide opportunities for the proactive to build relationships that grow student confidence as future needs arise―and the authors, who coordinate personal librarian programs at their own institutions, demonstrate how well they work.
Frequency of Aspergilloma in Clinically Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Patients of Cavitatory Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Authors: Firdous Amina , Fayyaz Afshan , Shafique Mobeen , Khan Muhammad Usman , Omer Aamir Muhammad , Bukhari Aown Raza Shah , Aquil Hafsa , Nasir Hina 
Published: October 2023

Objective: To determine the frequency of aspergilloma in clinically diagnosed and undiagnosed patients of cavitatory pulmonary tuberculosis.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Radiology, and Imaging Rawalpindi Pakistan, from May to Oct 2019.
Methodology: Total of 236 patients with clinically diagnosed or having suspicion of cavitatory pulmonary tuberculosis were included. High-resolution computed tomography showing a single or multiple well defined cavities within consolidation with cavities having aspergilloma, nodules with tree in bud configuration in upper lobes of lung or superior segments of lower lobes were recorded.
Results: Out of these 236 patients, 140(59.32%) were males and 96(40.68%) were females. The age of patients ranged from 18- 70 years with mean age of 43.56±10.13 years. In our study, aspergilloma in clinically diagnosed and undiagnosed patients of cavitatory pulmonary tuberculosis was found in 27(11.44%) patients.
Conclusion: This study revealed that incidence of aspergilloma in clinically diagnosed and undiagnosed patients of cavitatory pulmonary tuberculosis is quite high.
Changing Trends of Antimicrobial Resistance in Clinical Isolates Yielded from Lower Respiratory Tract Specimens of ICU Patients-A Two-Year Study
Authors: Sarwar Mariam , Mirza Irfan Ali , Imtiaz Anam , Hussain Wajid , Khurshid Umar , Chaudhry Ammad Hasan 
Published: October 2023

Objective: To determine changing trends in antimicrobial resistance among Gram-negative bacterial isolates yielded in lower respiratory tract specimens in intensive care settings.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study
Place and Duration of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Rawalpindi Pakistan, Jul 2018 to Jun 2020.
Methodology: The study was carried out on 819 isolates from lower respiratory tract specimens collected from ICUs of multiple centres all over Pakistan. The antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed according to performance standards provided by CLSI and EUCAST. Antimicrobial resistance trends were analyzed.
Results: In Acinetobacter baumannii, resistance increased against Carbapenems (92% to 97.4%) and Polymyxins (0% to 5.3%).Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed increasing resistance, with Imipenem (33.3% to 46.9%), Meropenem (27.3% to 43.6%) and Polymyxin (0% to 3%). In Klebsiella pneumoniae, the resistance against Carbapenems rose from 60.5% to 79.2%, for Imipenem 68.4% to 83% for Meropenem. Polymyxin resistance was much higher in K. pneumoniae (increasing from 22% to 24.5%). In Escherichia coli, resistance increased from 23.5% to 41.7% for Imipenem 35.5% to 50% for Meropenem, and 0% to 8.3% for Polymyxins, whereas Tigecycline showed decreasing resistance trend. Other antimicrobials tested showed increasing resistance as well.
Conclusion: Antimicrobial resistance is emerging so rapidly that the post-antibiotic era is approaching sooner than later. Extensive and up-to-date insight regarding antimicrobial resistance rates and trends against significant pathogens is required to deal with this emerging dilemma.
Comparison of Efficacy of Warm Compresses Versus Loteprednol-Tobramycin Combination Therapy in the Management of Posterior Blepharitis
Authors: Nisar Maryam , Naqvi Abid Hassan , Khan Nisar Ahmed , Tarar Muhammad Shahid , Iqbal Nazia 
Published: October 2023

Objectives: to compare the efficacy of warm compresses to add-on therapy with Loteprednol-Tobramycin in patients withposterior Blepharitis.
Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.
Place and Duration of Study: Armed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Jun 2020 to Jul 2021.
Methodology: Pre-diagnosed posterior blepharitis patients using warm compresses (Group-A) and add-on antibiotic steroid therapy (Group-B) were included in the study. A detailed history and ophthalmic examination evaluated tear breakup time, tear film height, intra-ocular pressure measurement, meibomian gland function, structure, and meibum appearance. In addition, the patient's symptoms were noted through the ocular surface disease index questionnaire.
Results: The study sample had seventy-one males (56%) and 55 females (43.6%) with mean age of 35.33±12.24 years. The clinical parameters in the two groups were almost alike at enrollment. There was a significant improvement in the clinical parameters in both groups. With slightly better improvement among Group-B (using Loteprednol-Tobramycin), Only two individuals did not report an increase in IOP at six weeks of treatment in Group-B. (p=0.53).
Conclusion: Lid hygiene with warm compresses is an effective alternative with no side effects, provided if appropriately practised; however, add-on therapies may further improve MGD and Blepharitis.Keywords: Blepharitis, Meibomian gland dysfunction, Warm compresses.