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The author reflects on the lessons learned from performing Ben Patterson's "Paper Piece" at the 2011 Callaloo Conference held at the Texas A&M University. She refers to the plenitude of paper products as one sign of the comparative wealth of the university even in times of economic crisis. She describes their approach to rehearsing and performing "Paper Piece." She notes the significance of the discussion that followed the performance to the participants.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including hearing loss prevention, hearing health, and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL).

The article presents information on the fourth International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology held in Houston, Texas, on July 28-31, 2008. The conference was chaired by Dr. George A. Sorial, professor at University of Cincinnati. The objective of the conference is to provide a major interdisciplinary forum for presenting new approaches from relevant areas of environmental science and engineering.

Information about several papers discussed at the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) National Conference held on March 5-7, 2009 at San Antonio, Texas is presented. Topics include college preparation and education barriers for many Mexican students. The conference featured several topic presentors including Stella M. Flores, Kyle G. Southern and Rafael Perez-Escamilla.

The article discusses various topics related to the field of Southwestern U.S. history. It presents a call for papers for the 117th Annual Meeting of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), to be held in Fort Worth, Texas, from February 28 to March 2, 2013. The author announces that the 2012 annual convention of the North American Society of Oceanic Historians (NASOH) will take place at the Tremont Hotel in Galveston, Texas from April 22 to April 26, 2012. The article also lists individuals who have become members of the TSHA, including Susan Edwards, Carol Sayle, and Levi Goode.

Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to investigate clinical outcomes in overhead athletes undergoing biceps tenodesis for the treatment of symptomatic, isolated SLAP tears involving the biceps-labral complex. Methods: A retrospective review of overhead athletes who underwent biceps tenodesis for a SLAP tear was performed. The American Shoulder & Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Subjective Shoulder Value (SSV), patient satisfaction, willingness to undergo surgery again, revisions, and return to play (RTP) were evaluated. Psychological readiness to return to sport was evaluated using the SLAP-Return to Sport after Injury (SLAP-RSI) score. A p value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: The current study included 44 overhead athletes. The mean age was 34.9 (16-46), 79.5% were males, and the mean follow-up was 49 months (18-107). Overall, we found that 81.8% of patients returned to play their overhead sport following biceps tenodesis, and 59.1% of patients returned to the same or higher level of play. It took patients on average 8.7 months to return to play following biceps tenodesis. The mean SLAP-RSI score was 69.3, and 70.5 % of patients passed the SLAP-RSI threshold of 56. The mean scores for ASES, VAS, SSV, and satisfaction were 92, 0.8, 80.5, and 87.9%, respectively. No patients in our cohort required a revision surgery. Conclusions: This study found that athletes undergoing biceps tenodesis as the treatment for a symptomatic, isolated SLAP tear had a high rate of return to play, good functional outcomes, and a low rate of revision surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents abstracts of papers which will be presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research in October 1985 in Houston, Texas. "Infants are not distractible during physiologically defined periods of sustained attention" by J.E. Richards; "Comparison of blink inhibition in infants, children, and young and old adults" by W.K. Berg et al.

Reports on the call for papers for the Behavioral Safety Now Conference in Houston, Texas, issued by the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies and Quality Safety Edge. Schedule of the conference.

The article announces a call for papers for the Council for Exceptional Children's 57th Annual International Convention slated in April 1979 in Dallas, Texas. Individuals may submit papers, program sessions or other types of convention ideas to program chairperson, Kenneth E. Wyatt. Deadline for submission of papers and convention ideas is June 15, 1978 which could include workshops, demonstrations, and other practical application formats. Topics must have relevance to the exceptional child and other key concerns.

The article presents several abstracts which will be featured at the 2013 annual scientific meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, including abstracts on rehabilitation for survivors of critical illnesses, a fall prevention program for nursing home residents and the reduction of rehospitalization of older patients.

Reports on the acceptance by Association for Gerontology in Higher Education of papers to be presented at the 21st Annual Meeting on February 23 to 26, 1994 in Fort Worth, Texas. Deadline; Theme of the meeting; Contact.

Information about topics discussed at the American Society of Agronomy's (ASA) ACS324.1 "Journal of Environmental Quality" (JEQ) Editorial Board meeting held at the Hilton Palacio del Rio, La Condesa in San Antonio, Texas on October 19, 2011 is presented. Topics include the release of the mobile application SoilCropAgronPubs, JEQ expense and revenues and status of manuscripts. Attendees include ASA editor-in-chief Warren Dick, editor Denis Corwin and managing editor Mark Mandelbaum.

This article focuses on the 2004 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S) International Microwave Symposium (IMS), which was held during 6-11 June 2004, in Fort Worth, Texas. 970 papers were originally submitted to the IEEE MTT-S IMS Technical Program Committee in December 2003 for possible presentation at the symposium in June 2004. Of those papers, 488 were accepted at the IEEE MTT-S IMS. Each of authors was then invited to expand their papers. 126 expanded papers were submitted and of these 65 papers have been accepted for publication. Of these, 22 were published in the November 2004 issue of the journal "IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques."

Prospective authors are requested to submit new, unpublished manuscripts for inclusion in the upcoming event described in this call for papers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers updates from the Southwestern collection in Texas. The "Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African-American Art: Works on Paper" will be showing at the Armon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas on June 6-August 23, 2009. The Western History Association has issued a call for proposals for its 50th Annual Conference to be held on October 13-16, 2010 in Incline village, Nevada. Obituaries for notable author Clara May Stearns and historian Bill Stein are also included.

The article discusses the highlights of the 4th annual Scholarly Colloquium held in San Antonio, Texas in conjunction with the 2011 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as well as the papers included in the current issue. It mentions the significance of the Colloquium being a first to discuss social justice in a conference on sport. Keynote speakers included Alan Sack, Harry Edwards and Susan Cahn. Also presented is an introduction to the issues discussed within the article.

This article provides a list of several conferences related to sports philosophy to be held in 1981. The ninth annual meeting of the Philosophic Society for the Study of Sport will be held at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, from October 15-17, 1981. The seventh annual conference of the Association for the Anthropological Study of Play will be held April 1-4, 1981, in Forth Worth, Texas. The R. Tait McKenzie Symposium on Sport will be held May 7-8 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Presents information on the 2021 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless & Microwave Circuits and Systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the membership of and activities related to the Texas State Historical Association. The appointment of Dianne Powell as Association president is noted along with the addition of seven members to the Board of Directors including Carlos Blanton, Stephen C. Cook, and Rebecca Sharpless. The Texas Archeological Society is soliciting papers for its meeting "Archeology Without Borders" in Corpus Christi, Texas from October 22-24, 2010. The Southern American Studies Association will hold the conference "Peoples, Publics, and Places of the Souths" at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia from February 17-19, 2011.

The article presents a calendar of events in Texas. The Texas Archaeological Society's 77th annual meeting will be held in San Angelo from October 20 to 22, 2006. The East Texas Historical Association's annual fall meeting will be held at the Fredonia Inn and Conference Center in Nacogdoches from September 21 to 23, 2006. The Teaching of History Conference will be held at Wooten Hall at the University of North Texas on September 16, 2006.

Information about the Sixteenth Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism held January 6-8, 2011 in Houston, Texas is presented. Topics include the study of hospitality and tourism, tourism consumption, and definition of tourist or tourism. The conference featured a presentation from Dr. Cynthia Deale of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE).

Background: Caregivers for patients with ovarian cancer (OC) often carry a considerable emotional and financial burden. Objective: This analysis evaluated sociodemographic characteristics and cancer-related burden in caregivers of patients with OC. Methods: Adult caregivers of US patients with OC identified through patient advocacy groups, physicians, and panel groups completed online/paper surveys (English/Spanish). Outcomes included caregiver responsibilities, human impact (Zarit Burden Interview questionnaire), health-related quality of life (CarerQol-7D and EQ-5D-3L questionnaires), work impact, and financial impact. Results: Caregivers (n=80) were diverse in age (mean, 47.3 y; range, 19-75 y), patient treatment (surveillance, 42%; IV treatment, 25%; daily pills, 23%; chemotherapy, 10%), and ethnicity (most common: White, 55%; Black, 20%; Hispanic/Latino, 10%). They were mainly partners/adult children of patients (85%). Most caregivers reported working/studying (64%) alongside caring. Despite providing support for a mean of 26.9 months, caregivers rarely received financial support (10%), and most household medical expenses were spent on the patient (mean monthly household medical costs, $263.00; mean monthly patient medical costs, $213.40). To provide care, 25% of caregivers changed living arrangements. Emotional (92%) and logistical supports (travel, 74%; shopping, 69%; preparing meals, 62%) were most frequent, often at high/substantial levels (emotional, 71%; travel, 55%; shopping, 53%; preparing meals, 40%). Most nonresident caregivers (19%) travelled by car (73%) and often over 5 miles (53%) to provide support. Caregivers reported moderate/extreme anxiety/depression (55%) and moderate/severe burden of care (33%). Mean CarerQol-7D utility score for informal care situation was 73.8 (range, 0-100; best-worst informal care situation), and 52% were physically healthy. Conclusions: Caregivers of patients with OC reported burdens including anxiety/depression, work/financial impact, and quality-of-life impairment. Further investigations are needed to determine effects of specific patient treatments on caregivers and interventions to assist in providing care. Additionally, future research could assess caregiver burden by patient and disease characteristics. Funding: This study (214511) was sponsored by GSK, Waltham, MA. Editorial support for the original abstract was provided by Fishawack Health and funded by GSK. The editorial and reformatting support for this encore abstract was funded by GSK (Waltham, MA) and provided by Ashfield MedComms, an Inizio company. Data p [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Oral chemotherapy accounts for 50% of newly prescribed cancer treatments. Patients report convenience and flexibility of home administration, citing reduced barriers to treatment. Studies report barriers to adherence related to symptom management. Standardizing processes can reduce processing time, increase compliance and safety, and improve the experience for patients and staff. Objective: To create a standardized process led by an oral chemotherapy nurse navigator (OCNN) that accounts for all patients prescribed oral oncolytics; improves order-to-delivery time; assures appropriate pharmacy utilization; retains revenue within the organization's network facilities; improves adherence to treatment plan and patient safety; and improves the experience of patients and staff. Methods: The current process was defined, and issues and barriers were outlined using a Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) process. A dedicated OCNN was tasked with creating a standardized workflow. In collaboration with the electronic medical record (EMR) vendor, a report was generated identifying all patients who were prescribed an oral oncolytic. Parameters were set in the EMR to create prompts for refill and compliance call reminders. Network specialty pharmacies were contacted, and a pharmacy care coordinator (PCC) team was established to process all prescriptions, including insurance verification, utilization of appropriate specialty pharmacy, co-payment verification, and patient assistance with co-payment and drug assistance programs. Communication lines were established to inform the patient and team regarding drug delivery. All information is scanned into the EMR, improving documentation, safety, and communication. The workflow is organized and well documented, leading to increased staff satisfaction. Results: The standardized process replaced a paper-based system using notebooks and sticky notes. The EMR report identified 140 patients on oral chemotherapy. All patients were easily tracked, and the OCNN was prompted to make compliance calls and refill reminders. Compliance calls improved safety, as patient treatment was withheld based on reported symptoms. Through the team approach, prior authorization time was reduced from 10 to 14 days to 2 to 3 days, and appropriate pharmacy use increased from 60% to 100%, resulting in a greater than 80% reduction in processing fees for each prescription. Patients were alerted to medication delivery and received them in a timely manner. The process decreased risk to the patient and the organization, and improved the experience for patients and staff. Conclusion: Standardizing the process for oral chemotherapy prescription processing and compliance checks through the PDSA tool improved patient safety, the experience of patients and staff, and retained revenue within the organization network. The OCNN is able to identify, track, and monitor adherence for each patient throughout the treatment plan. The process is outlined in detail, allowing covering nurses to seamlessly complete the work; in addition, the process could be used across the network facilities. Next steps include tracking the outcome of compliance calls related to symptom management and the percentage of patient treatments withheld due to information gathered during the call. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about the 19th International Conference on Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS) held in Austin, Texas in 2006 is presented. There were over 40 regular papers presented in nine sessions at the meeting. The papers feature work directed to furthering the understanding of systematic and parametric yield loss characteristics of complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS) to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).

As a point of departure for this special issue of the journal, we turned to Clive Dilnot's seminal two-part essay, ‘The State of Design History’, published in Design Issues. In these essays, Dilnot declares the imperative to place ‘socio-historical understanding’ at the centre of our ‘attempts to understand design activity’. Twenty-five years on the prescience of this call is underlined by the fact that scholarship has become more interdisciplinary, and the geographical foci of global discourses have been reassessed, certainly beyond Euro-American concerns. This development is evident in the themes and content of more recent Design History Society conferences, such as the 2009 conference on design writing. To bring the debate both closer to home for us and into another forum, we convened and co-chaired a panel entitled ‘The Current State of Design History’ for the Design Studies Forum, held at the 2008 College Art Association (CAA) annual conference in Dallas, Texas. From the submissions, received from scholars working in the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA., we chose papers which together would present a diversity of perspectives and provide directions for the future. The essays contained in this issue are revised versions of some of the papers presented in that session. We also asked Clive Dilnot to reflect on the essays and on what he saw as the potential futures for design history. This introduction serves to place these contributions within the larger context of design history. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents an announcement and call for papers on the 18th national annual consulting conference of Small Business Institute Director's Association at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort, San Antonio, Texas on February 2-6, 1994. The conference includes assortment of program activities related to small business and entrepreneurship such as competitive paper presentations, plenary sessions, symposia, panels, and workshops. Also included in the announcement are details on conference track, date of submission of the papers and others.

This article presents information on the special issue of the papers presented at the Japan US Symposium on Flow Simulation and Modelling held at the International Center, Kyushu University on May 1 -3, 2002. This symposium was sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences and organized mainly by Professor Tayfun E. Tezduyar of Rice University, Professor Thomas J.R. Hughes of the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, Professor Mutsuto Kawahara of Chuo University and Professor Hiroshi Kanayama of Kyushu University.

The article offers information on the 18th Annual American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) meetings to be held from 27 August to 1 September, 1967 at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

The article offers information on various meetings of the American Bryological Society, the American Fern Society and the American Society of Plant Physiologists to be held at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas between August 27, 1967 and September 1, 1967.

Introduces the abstracts of general conference presentations presented at the 11th annual conference of the International Society for Neuronal Regulation in Houston, Texas. Review of the articles by the society's conference committee; Screening of the papers for accuracy and standards of scientific reporting by the committee.

Information about topics discussed at the American Society of Agronomy's (ASA) ACS321 Editorial Policy Coordination Committee and A301 Editorial Affairs, Policies and Practices Committee meeting held in San Antonio, Texas on November 18, 2011 is presented. Topics include database publishing, manuscript handling and the committee's goal to help the journals published more themed issues. ASA editor-in-chief Warren Dick reviewed the draft which calls for a stipend of 40 dollars per paper submitted.

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM; http://www.stfm.org) is a community of professionals devoted to teaching family medicine through undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education. This multidisciplinary group of physicians, educators, behavioral scientists, and researchers works to further STFM's mission of improving the health of all people through education, research, patient care, and advocacy. The STFM held its 37th Conference on Medical Student Education in Houston, Texas, from January 20 to 23, 2011. The unifying theme of the conference was sustaining and cultivating innovations in family medicine education. Kevin Eva, Ph.D., from the University of British Columbia opened the conference with a plenary presentation discussing diagnostic error from an educational perspective. Catherine Florio Pipas, M.D., from Dartmouth Medical School continued with a plenary presentation on the Patient-centered Medical Home Model and its role in an academic medical center. Finally, Jerry Kruse, M.D., M.S.P.H., from Southern Illinois University concluded the conference with a plenary session analyzing the legislative and educational opportunities and challenges presented by the Patient-centered Medical Home concept. Participants shared ideas and learned new skills in more than 70 workshops, seminars, and discussions as well as 90 educational research and curriculum evaluation papers. The STFM Education Committee selected 10 papers from the educational research and curriculum evaluation papers, felt to be of interest to readers of Teaching and Learning in Medicine. Two of the papers deal with preclerkship education, 5 with 3rd- and 4th-year education, 2 with longitudinal experiences across all years of medical school, and 1 with faculty development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes radio frequency identification (RFID) projects, designed and implemented by students in the College of Engineering at the University of North Texas, as part of their senior-design project requirement. The paper also describes an RFID-based project implemented at Rice Middle School in Piano, TX, which went on to win multiple prizes both at the school and regional level. The goal of the RFID endeavor is to develop an RFID elective course that is current, industry-oriented, and methodically built to enable faculty to design, develop, and deliver the course to a diverse group of engineering students. The sequence of events through which the course evolved was as follows: 1) conduct an industry-supported workshop for students in the College of Engineering with funding received from the National Science Foundation (NSF); 2) assign an RFID-based design project for the senior students who attended the workshop; 3) use the first senior design project as a model to encourage subsequent senior students to create their own RFID projects or enable the students to contact companies seeking to accomplish RFID solutions to a problem; 4) involve middle school students in RFID-based projects by using the senior design projects as an enticement; 5) use the successful projects as the basis for practical laboratory experiences to be created in a new elective course on RFID. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Features the thirty-second Annual Meeting of the Western Society for French History in Lubbock, Texas. Speakers and their topics; Consideration for papers on all topics related to French history, culture and society; Submission of a short description of the proposed paper by prospective participants.