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Previous studies have suggested the impact of intervention fidelity on the management and prevention of chronic diseases; however, little is known about the effect of the contributing determinants (at multiple levels of influence) that can impact health-related interventions intending to improve the health status of Hispanic adolescents with overweight or obesity. The current study aimed to assess whether fidelity (i.e., dosage and quality of the program delivery), acculturation (i.e., orientation to the American culture, retention of Hispanic cultural values), and individual-level socio-demographic characteristics (i.e., income, education) predict changes in family processes (e.g., parent control), which in turn may affect adolescent health-related outcomes including body mass index (BMI), physical activity, dietary intake, and adolescents' health-related quality of life. A pathway analysis model was utilized to explore the study variables among 140 Hispanic parent-adolescent dyads randomized to Familias Unidas Health and Wellness (FUHW) intervention. Results indicated that fidelity was significantly associated with changes in parent-adolescent communication, parent monitoring, limit-setting, and control. Parents' education was associated with changes in parent limit-setting, and parent Hispanicism was associated with changes in parent limit-setting and discipline. The examination between family processes and adolescent health outcomes revealed that parents' higher discipline and improved communication with their adolescents were significantly associated with improved adolescents' quality of life, and parent control was positively associated with physical activity and negatively associated with BMI in adolescents. Our findings demonstrated the significant contribution of intervention fidelity and participants' characteristics in parenting strategies leading to adolescents' health outcomes to prevent obesity-related chronic diseases. Future research is needed to investigate the effect of environmental and organizational factors on the delivery of the intervention materials.

Background: There is an established link between depression and drug use among adolescents. This relationship holds true for Hispanic youth, for whom familial relationships are especially impactful toward health outcomes. Purpose: Our purpose was to examine the relationships between family functioning and adolescent and parent depressive symptoms, and the indirect effects of depressive symptoms on the relationship between family functioning and adolescent drug use. Methods: Participants were 231 Hispanic adolescents (52.9% female, M[subscript age] = 13.90 ± 1.37) and their parents (93.0% female, M[subscript age] = 43.24 ± 6.64) enrolled in an RCT. Data on depressive symptoms, drug use, and family functioning were collected and a latent variable was specified using four indicators of family functioning (positive parenting, monitoring, communication, and involvement). A structural equation model approach was utilized. Results: Youth family functioning predicted youths' depressive symptoms which predicted their own drug use. Youths' depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between youth family functioning and drug use. Discussion: Findings suggest that adolescents' perceptions of family functioning plays a role in preventing depressive symptoms and drug use among Hispanic youth. Translation to Health Education Practice: Teaching students of the role that family support and depressive symptoms play in the manifestation of drug use may be an effective approach to preventing drug use.

Background: Mood change, lack of self-regulation, and eating in the absence of hunger cues are exacerbating determinants in college weight gain; however, the association between these factors is not known. Purpose: This study aimed to examine the correlation between mood change, intuitive eating, and self-regulation of food intake among college students. Methods: This cross-over study included 60 undergraduate college students 19.8 ± 1.43 years old (62.1% females, 74.2% Latinx). Students had two visits, one week apart. Participants completed intuitive eating and mood questionnaires. Participants watched an emotional movie, then participated in a buffet style lunch calorie compensation trial. Food intake was measured using plate waste. Self-regulation was measured objectively using compensation indices (COMPX). Results: Self-regulation was significantly affected by both mood change and intuitive eating. Gender was found to significantly impact this model; however, Body Mass Index did not seem to have a significant effect. Discussion: College students who rely on physiological cues of hunger and satiety and are less affected by environmental elements, seem to be able to regulate their intake better, and maintain healthier weight. Translation to Health Education Practice: Teaching students to rely on bodily signals of hunger and satiety may be an effective approach to maintaining healthy weight.

Judul: Perbaikan tanah menggunakan limbah terak baja terhadap nilai kuat tekan bebas tanah (Studi kasus Jalan Raya Bojonegara Serang Banten) Title: Soil improvement using steel slag waste to free compressive strength value of soils (Case study on Bojonegara Roadway, Serang Banten)Jalan raya merupakan salah satu prasarana yang digunakan manusia untuk berpindah tempat. Namun ada kalanya infrastruktur rusak karena sifat tanah itu sendiri, beban kendaraan, pekerjaan konstruksi yang tidak memenuhi spesifikasi yang ditetapkan oleh pemerintah, atau hal lainnya. Penelitian ini dilakukan di Jalan Raya Bojonegara Banten, dimana kondisi konstruksi perkerasan terutama pada tanah dasar rusak dalam kondisi runtuh dan berlubang. Kerusakan tersebut disebabkan oleh banyak faktor, antara lain kondisi tanah yang tidak sesuai dengan spesifikasi yang telah ditentukan. Oleh karena itu perlu dilakukan pengolahan tanah dengan memperbaiki tanah dasar dengan menambahkan steel slag untuk mendapatkan kondisi tanah dasar yang memenuhi persyaratan. Perbaikan tanah dasar menggunakan steel slag yang diuji dengan metode uji kuat tekan bebas akan menghasilkan tanah dasar yang tercampur dengan steel slag akan berubah menjadi lebih baik. Pemanfaatan steel slag merupakan salah satu pemanfaatan limbah industri untuk dimanfaatkan kembali menjadi sesuatu yang lebih bermanfaat. Pemanfaatan steel slag dalam penelitian ini akan menggunakan variasi tertentu mulai dari 0%-20% berdasarkan berat kering tanah asli. Pengujian UCT menghasilkan nilai 0,92 kg/cm2 untuk kombinasi 0% steel slag setelah 0 hari pemeraman, sedangkan nilai signifikansi tertinggi adalah 2,40 kg/cm2 untuk kombinasi 20% steel slag setelah 28 hari perawatan. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa steel slag layak digunakan sebagai alternatif perbaikan tanah dasar. The highway is one of the infrastructures that people utilize to get around. However, there are instances when the infrastructure is destroyed owing to the nature of the terrain, vehicle loads, building work that does not match regulatory requirements, or other factors. This study was conducted on the Bojonegara Highway Banten, where the condition of the pavement construction, particularly on the subgrade, was damaged in a collapsed and holed state. Many reasons contributed to the damage, including soil conditions that did not meet specified requirements. As a result, it is essential to treat the soil by enhancing the subgrade by adding steel slag in order to achieve the required subgrade conditions. Subgrade improvement with steel slag evaluated using the unconfined compression strength test technique will result in a better subgrade mixed with steel slag. Steel slag is one of the ways industrial waste may be utilized to make something more valuable. In this research, steel slag will be used in various proportions ranging from 0% to 20% depending on the dry weight of the original soil. The UCT test yielded a value of 0.92 kg/cm2 for a 0 percent steel slag combination after 0 days of curing, while the maximum significant value was 2.40 kg/cm2 for a 20 percent steel slag combination after 28 days of curing. This study indicates that steel slag is a viable option for subgrade improvement.

Background: Nursing faculty may have concerns about unfair advantages and inflated examination grades when students take an examination late. Purpose: The purpose of the study was to compare make-up examination scores with on-time examination scores to determine whether scores were higher in students who took an examination late. Methods: A descriptive, comparative study using retrospective examination scores from a large nursing program was analyzed. Late examination scores were compared with the student's individual on-time examination average and the class's average of on-time examination scores. Results: A total of 156 examinations were taken late. There were no statistically significant differences between students' late examination scores when compared with the student's on-time examinations or the class average of the examination. Conclusion: Students do not appear to gain an advantage when taking an examination late. Findings may assist faculty in developing policies for taking make-up examinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nursing educational programs have been charged with increasing the diversity of the nursing workforce; however, this depends on having a diverse and qualified applicant pool to select from. To determine the effects of student losses over time on nursing program diversity. Descriptive longitudinal study. Progression of all students from a single university enrolled as pre-nursing majors from 2012 to 2016 (N = 2498) was tracked over seven key checkpoints during a seven-year time period. Slightly more than half of the students (57%) were lost prior to nursing program application, which occurred at the end of the sophomore year. Losses were higher for minority students (70%), those requiring remedial coursework (65%), and first-generation students (62%). Older students, those with a prior degree, and those who started in another major were more likely to persist through some, but not all, of the checkpoints. Pre-nursing program losses significantly decreased the diversity of the remaining nursing applicant pool, particularly for African American students. Losses were highest during the freshman level Anatomy and Physiology course. Nursing education programs need to develop early intervention programs to support diverse students during the critical pre-nursing period to increase the diversity of the nursing workforce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background It is not known if standard nursing actions are tailored to patient preferences for comfort measures during End of Life (EOL) care. Objectives Determine the effect of a brief teaching intervention on student care of EOL patients. Design Pre-test/post-test intervention design. Settings Two large public universities and one smaller private Catholic institution (all in the United States [U.S.]). Participants 471 nursing students attending class as part of their required nursing curriculum. Methods A previously developed aggressiveness of nursing care scale was modified to determine students' behavioral intentions for the care of the EOL patient before and after a standardized lecture. The lecture was designed to help students recognize that nursing care priorities for the EOL patient may need to be different than for other patients in order to provide the best quality of remaining life. Results Nursing students prior to the lecture had aggressiveness of care scores similar to those of experienced staff nurses, and were more likely to provide more aggressive care to younger patients without DNR orders than to older patients with a DNR order. Following the lecture, aggressiveness of nursing care scores decreased significantly for all EOL patients, and students reported similar behavioral intentions for all EOL patients, regardless of patient age or code status. Student age was marginally related to change in behavior following the lecture. Prior experience in caring for a dying patient or relative did not have a significant effect on aggressiveness of care scores before or after the lecture. Conclusions This study demonstrates the effectiveness of a brief teaching intervention to help student nurses take patient preferences and needs into consideration when selecting nursing interventions for the EOL patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Current cyberinfrastructure is changing the way scientists and engineers interact and work using digital technologies. In particular, online experimentation systems are revolutionizing how scientists and engineers collect data, simulate physical behaviors, and perform experiments. This study explores the role of virtual, local and remote laboratories in supporting students' abilities to conduct experiments with dynamic systems and observe their frequency response. We compare three different technologies that afford students access to conduct experiments and perform computer simulations through local and remote laboratories. Our sample consisted of 57 students from three groups of the same course, offered in subsequent semesters. The results suggest that students increased their understanding of frequency response of dynamic systems with each of the learning tools. Similarly, students reported positive perceptions about the use of these tools, but they identified computer simulations as being easier to use. Although students' perceptions of the acquisition of conceptual knowledge through the different experiences varied significantly across experiments, results are inconclusive as to what specific tool--or sequence of tools they favored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study of geologic phenomena by the visually impaired and blind is challenging owing to the dominance of sight-based delivery methods used in geoscience classroom and field studies. By approaching the study of weathering using a comparative tactual analysis, a non-sighted geology student may convey his/her observations regarding physical changes in the textural character of weathered surfaces. Conclusions drawn from one such study have been applied to degradation rates of sidewalks in Lewiston, Michigan, indicating that sidewalks greater that 10 years old exhibit moderate to severe change in their surface character due to weathering. Further, when these tactual environmental observations are compared to common tactually discernible items, a mental picture is conveyed to both the visually impaired and sighted that may facilitate insight toward understanding how visually impaired students conceptualize these and other geologic phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An excerpt from the article "Few Appalachian Sites Redeveloped After Mining" about the redevelopment of mountaintop removal mining sites in Kentucky and West Virginia, written by Dylan Lovan and published on December 30, 2010, by the Associated Press is presented.

The article discusses lawnmower accidents and their prevention. It is shown that lawnmower injuries are one of the leading causes of mutilation in children. Lawnmower accidents are said to be preventable, being mostly caused by human error rather than mechanical failure. Shriners Hospitals are mentioned to provide care to children who have suffered traumatic amputations due to lawnmowers. Tips on lawnmower safety are also said to be available from the Shriners website.