Journal articles: 'Colorado. Department of Institutions'

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Bradford, Kent J., and Marc A. Cohn. "Seed biology and technology: At the crossroads and beyond. Introduction to the Symposium on Seed Biology and Technology: Applications and Advances and a prospectus for the future." Seed Science Research 8, no. 2 (June 1998): 153–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0960258500004062.

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The papers in this special section ofSeed Science Researchare products of a symposium on Seed Biology and Technology: Applications and Advances, held in Fort Collins, Colorado, on 13–16 August, 1997. The symposium was convened as a cooperative effort of Regional Research Project W-168 within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cooperative States Research, Extension and Education Service (CSREES) system. Regional Research Projects are authorized by the Hatch Act, which established the Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) system in the United States (US Code). This is a system in which land-grant institutions in each state conduct research and education programmes relevant to agriculture, the environment and society. Regional Research projects are a mechanism ‘for cooperative research in which two or more State agricultural experiment stations are cooperating to solve problems that concern the agriculture of more than one state.’ Such projects ‘can provide the solution to a problem of fundamental importance or fill an important gap in our knowledge from the standpoint of the present and future agriculture of the region’

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Farrell, Shannon, Catherine Cranston, and Jeffrey Bullington. "Embracing INTO: Library Plans and Campus Collaboration to Serve an Increased International Student Population." Collaborative Librarianship 5, no. 2 (2013): 101–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.29087/2013.5.2.06.

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Universities are using private recruitment agencies to fast-track internationalization initiatives and realize tuition-based revenue increases. Colorado State University (CSU), with this dual aim of increasing the proportion of international students on campus and generating income via out-of-state tuition, signed a contract with INTO, a British organization that works to recruit international students to attend partner institutions from countries across five continents. International students, although not a homogenous population, as a whole do bring unique challenges. Our study examined how both campus and the library could prepare for the expected large influx of international students. Seeking to understand the INTO model and the effect it would have on campus, particularly in terms of resource planning, we conducted a series of interviews with INTO staff, librarians at other U.S. INTO institutions, and CSU faculty and staff who would interact most substantially with the INTO population. Various campus departments have made significant preparations to prepare for the growing INTO population, and we identified several steps that the CSU Libraries could take to better serve these students, including enhancing existing services and fostering new campus collaborations.

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Dennin, Michael, Zachary D. Schultz, Andrew Feig, Noah Finkelstein, Andrea Follmer Greenhoot, Michael Hildreth, Adam K. Leibovich, et al. "Aligning Practice to Policies: Changing the Culture to Recognize and Reward Teaching at Research Universities." CBE—Life Sciences Education 16, no. 4 (December 2017): es5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.17-02-0032.

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Recent calls for improvement in undergraduate education within STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines are hampered by the methods used to evaluate teaching effectiveness. Faculty members at research universities are commonly assessed and promoted mainly on the basis of research success. To improve the quality of undergraduate teaching across all disciplines, not only STEM fields, requires creating an environment wherein continuous improvement of teaching is valued, assessed, and rewarded at various stages of a faculty member’s career. This requires consistent application of policies that reflect well-established best practices for evaluating teaching at the department, college, and university levels. Evidence shows most teaching evaluation practices do not reflect stated policies, even when the policies specifically espouse teaching as a value. Thus, alignment of practice to policy is a major barrier to establishing a culture in which teaching is valued. Situated in the context of current national efforts to improve undergraduate STEM education, including the Association of American Universities Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative, this essay discusses four guiding principles for aligning practice with stated priorities in formal policies: 1) enhancing the role of deans and chairs; 2) effectively using the hiring process; 3) improving communication; and 4) improving the understanding of teaching as a scholarly activity. In addition, three specific examples of efforts to improve the practice of evaluating teaching are presented as examples: 1) Three Bucket Model of merit review at the University of California, Irvine; (2) Evaluation of Teaching Rubric, University of Kansas; and (3) Teaching Quality Framework, University of Colorado, Boulder. These examples provide flexible criteria to holistically evaluate and improve the quality of teaching across the diverse institutions comprising modern higher education.

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Aragon, Deborah, Heather Young, Michael L. Wilson, Bryan C. Knepper, Laura Triplett, and Tim Bacon. "424. Sensitivity Results for the Abbott m2000 PCR Assay of SARS-CoV-2 at a Denver, Colorado Medical Center." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 7, Supplement_1 (October 1, 2020): S279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.618.

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Abstract Background The Abbott RealTime SARS-CoV-2 assay (Abbott Laboratories, Chicago, Illinois) is an RT-PCR test for qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid in NP and OP specimens performed on the Abbott m2000 System. Currently, no published data exists on the performance characteristics of the assay. Methods Denver Health Medical Center (DHMC) is a 550-bed hospital that is Denver County’s safety net institution. The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Services at DHMC provides testing for both inpatient and outpatient populations. In March 2020, we validated the Abbott RealTime SARS-CoV-2 assay. Beginning March 19, inpatients and outpatients with SARS-CoV-2 symptoms were tested. On April 22, universal testing began on admitted patients, regardless of symptoms, and on May 2, testing began on asymptomatic outpatients prior to time-sensitive procedures. We evaluated the sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV) for tests done March 19 through June 16 using a surrogate method. False negative (FN) results: patients with an initial negative test then a positive test within 7 or 14 days. True negative (TN) results: patients with two initial consecutive negative tests within 7 or 14 days. True positive (TP) results: patients with an initial positive test. Results There were 16,152 tests done for 13,673 patients. Test results are shown in Table 1. Sensitivity for 7 and 14 days was 99.1% and 97.6%, respectively. The NPV for 7 and 14 days was 94.7% and 91.4%, respectively. Table 1 Conclusion There are limitations to our analysis. First, our assumption of no false positives may be incorrect. Although PCR assays are known to have a low false positive rate, the rate likely is not zero, but in the absence of a true gold standard comparator, we could not calculate test specificity. Second, testing asymptomatic patients may artificially inflate the TN results and the NPV. Third, results depend on the quality of specimen collection, preservation, transport, and handling. We believe accounting for repeat testing in a short timeframe lends credibility to the sensitivity and NPV results. Without published gold standard data on SARS-CoV-2 testing, infection can be reliably ruled both in and out using this assay. Providers can confidently use the results to make clinical and infection prevention management decisions. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

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Ormond, D. Ryan, Joseph Kahamba, Kevin O. Lillehei, and Nicephorus Rutabasibwa. "Overcoming barriers to neurosurgical training in Tanzania: international exchange, curriculum development, and novel methods of resource utilization and subspecialty development." Neurosurgical Focus 45, no. 4 (October 2018): E6. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2018.7.focus18239.

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Tanzania sits on the Indian Ocean in East Africa and has a population of over 53 million people. While the gross domestic product has been increasing in recent years, distribution of wealth remains a problem, and challenges in the distribution of health services abound. Neurosurgery is a unique case study of this problem. The challenges facing the development of neurosurgery in Tanzania are many and varied, built largely out of the special needs of modern neurosurgery. Task shifting (training nonphysician surgical providers) and 2-tiered systems (fast-track certification of general surgeons to perform basic neurosurgical procedures) may serve some of the immediate need, but these options will not sustain the development of a comprehensive neurosurgical footprint. Ultimately, long-term solutions to the need for neurosurgical care in Tanzania can only be fulfilled by local government investment in capacity building (infrastructure and neurosurgical training), and the commitment of Tanzanians trained in neurosurgery. With this task in mind, Tanzania developed an independent neurosurgery training program in Dar es Salaam. While significant progress has been made, a number of training deficiencies remain. To address these deficiencies, the Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute (MOI) Division of Neurosurgery and the University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery set up a Memorandum of Understanding in 2016. This relationship was developed with the perspective of a “collaboration of equals.” Through this collaboration, faculty members and trainees from both institutions have the opportunity to participate in international exchange, join in collaborative research, experience the culture and friendship of a new country, and share scholarship through presentations and teaching. Ultimately, through this international partnership, mutual improvement in the care of the neurosurgical patient will develop, bringing programs like MOI out of isolation and obscurity. From Dar es Salaam, a center of excellence is developing to train neurosurgeons who can go well equipped throughout Tanzania to improve the care of the neurosurgical patient everywhere. The authors encourage further such exchanges to be developed between partnership training programs throughout the world, improving the scholarship, subspecialization, and teaching expertise of partner programs throughout the world.

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Nieuwoudt, W. L. "WATER MARKET INSTITUTIONS: LESSONS FROM COLORADO." Agrekon 39, no. 1 (March 2000): 58–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2000.9523567.

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Shubitz, Lisa F., Richaard Bowen, Edward J. Robb, Daniel A. Powell, Angela Bosco-Lauth, Airn Hartwig, Hien Trinh, Maria L. Lewis, Jeffrey A. Frelinger, and John N. Galgiani. "1732. A Canine Target Species Challenge Model to Evaluate Efficacy of a Coccidioidomycosis Vaccine." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6, Supplement_2 (October 2019): S634—S635. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1595.

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Abstract Background The preferred efficacy design for licensing a vaccine for animal use (United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)) is a prospective, placebo-controlled, randomized, and double-blinded vaccination-challenge trial. In such studies, each subject receives the same exposure to the virulent pathogen by active challenge. To test a cps1, live avirulent canine coccidioidomycosis vaccine, an inhalation disease model was developed in beagle dogs. Methods 6-month old male beagle dogs were housed according to PHS standards. All procedures, approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee for Colorado State University, were performed at ABSL3. Dogs were infected by nebulization with low, medium or high counts of arthroconidia of Coccidioides posadasii, strain Silveira, delivered via endotracheal tube under injectable anesthesia. Thoracic radiographs, CBC, and serum chemistries and body weights were obtained at 2- or 3-week intervals and dogs were euthanized 8 weeks p.i., or earlier if necessary. Approximately 1 gram lung specimens from each lobe were cultured for fungal burden. Fixed tissues were examined histologically. Serum was tested for antibodies. Results Ten of 11 dogs were successfully infected; 5 required early removal at 33 to 48-days p.i. Elevated globulin, decreased albumin, decreased A/G ratio, monocytosis and weight loss were present in all infected dogs. Radiographic and histopathological lesions were very extensive at the high challenge doses. Medium doses had the most consistent scoring and clinical findings, including some early removal, without overwhelming disease, while the low dose produced the least consistent quantifiable features. All dogs developed antibodies. Conclusion Nebulized aerosol delivery of spores reproducibly produced significant coccidioidomycosis in 10 of 11 dogs. Overall, the challenge model demonstrated consistent characteristic findings sufficient to assess vaccine efficacy in dogs during an 8-week period post challenge without producing a potentially overwhelming infection. The aerosol nebulization of arthroconidia in beagle dogs should provide a vaccination-challenge experimental design in line with Chapter 9 Code of Federal Regulations, parts 102.5 and 104.5. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.

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Goldfarb, R. J. "University of Colorado Department of Geological Sciences." Mineralium Deposita 37, no. 2 (October 20, 2001): 244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00126-001-0219-6.

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Theobald, Rebecca B. "Internationalization: Institutions, People and Programmes in Colorado." Journal of Geography in Higher Education 32, no. 2 (May 2008): 205–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098260701731199.

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Kim, Howard S., Katelyn E. Hall, Emma K. Genco, Mike Van Dyke, Elizabeth Barker, and Andrew A. Monte. "Marijuana Tourism and Emergency Department Visits in Colorado." New England Journal of Medicine 374, no. 8 (February 25, 2016): 797–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/nejmc1515009.

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Kumar Sharma M.D., Dr Rahul. "Department of Community Health, University of Northern Colorado." International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science 02, no. 03 (February 2, 2016): 613–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.23958/ijirms/vol02-i03/06.

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Seaman, Scott. "Collaborative Collection Management in a High-density Storage Facility." College & Research Libraries 66, no. 1 (January 1, 2005): 20–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5860/crl.66.1.20.

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This case study reviews selected collection management issues encountered in a collaboratively managed high-density remote storage facility. In 2000, four Colorado institutions—the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Colorado at Denver, the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and the University of Denver—opened a shared high-density storage facility. This mix of public and private institutions agreed to collaborative collection management, including a nonduplication policy and the granting of direct access to stored materials for nonparticipating institutions through a statewide union catalog. Ownership of stored materials, selection of items for storage, operational management, and online and physical access proved to be challenging policy issues requiring committees, patience, and compromise to resolve.

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Marx, Grace E., Yushiuan Chen, Michele Askenazi, and Bernadette A. Albanese. "Syndromic Surveillance of Emergency Department Visits for Acute Adverse Effects of Marijuana, Tri-County Health Department, Colorado, 2016-2017." Public Health Reports 134, no. 2 (February 5, 2019): 132–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033354919826562.

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Objectives: In Colorado, legalization of recreational marijuana in 2014 increased public access to marijuana and might also have led to an increase in emergency department (ED) visits. We examined the validity of using syndromic surveillance data to detect marijuana-associated ED visits by comparing the performance of surveillance queries with physician-reviewed medical records. Methods: We developed queries of combinations of marijuana-specific International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) diagnostic codes or keywords. We applied these queries to ED visit data submitted through the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics (ESSENCE) syndromic surveillance system at 3 hospitals during 2016-2017. One physician reviewed the medical records of ED visits identified by ≥1 query and calculated the positive predictive value (PPV) of each query. We defined cases of acute adverse effects of marijuana (AAEM) as determined by the ED provider’s clinical impression during the visit. Results: Of 44 942 total ED visits, ESSENCE queries detected 453 (1%) as potential AAEM cases; a review of 422 (93%) medical records identified 188 (45%) true AAEM cases. Queries using ICD-10 diagnostic codes or keywords in the triage note identified all true AAEM cases; PPV varied by hospital from 36% to 64%. Of the 188 true AAEM cases, 109 (58%) were among men and 178 (95%) reported intentional use of marijuana. Compared with noncases of AAEM, cases were significantly more likely to be among non-Colorado residents than among Colorado residents and were significantly more likely to report edible marijuana use rather than smoked marijuana use ( P < .001). Conclusions: ICD-10 diagnostic codes and triage note keyword queries in ESSENCE, validated by medical record review, can be used to track ED visits for AAEM.

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Staeheli, L. A. "Restructuring Citizenship in Pueblo, Colorado." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 26, no. 6 (June 1994): 849–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a260849.

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The terrain of local democracy in the United States is shifting. Structural changes in the economy and political institutions threaten the social rights of citizenship and the standing of individuals in the polity. In this paper, I examine political activism at the local level as a response to the changing nature of citizenship under economic and political restructuring. Interviews with residents of Pueblo, CO, are used to evaluate the ways in which citizens respond to restructuring. I argue that residents of Pueblo may be successful in the short term in using their activism to respond to the new opportunities and needs created by restructuring. However, the inability of residents to create linkages among members of social groups may ultimately limit their ability to forge a new progressive politics out of restructuring.

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Takanashi, Mamoru. "Introduction of Ph.D. program at Geophysics department, Colorado School of Mines." Journal of the Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology 82, no. 1 (2017): 14–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3720/japt.82.14.

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Hall, Katelyn E., Andrew A. Monte, Tae Chang, Jacob Fox, Cody Brevik, Daniel I. Vigil, Mike Van Dyke, and Katherine A. James. "Mental Health–related Emergency Department Visits Associated With Cannabis in Colorado." Academic Emergency Medicine 25, no. 5 (April 10, 2018): 526–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/acem.13393.

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Helling, Dennis K., Kent M. Nelson, Jairo E. Ramirez, and L. Humphries Tammy. "Kaiser Permanente Colorado Region Pharmacy Department: Innovative Leader in Pharmacy Practice." Journal of the American Pharmacists Association 46, no. 1 (January 2006): 67–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1331/154434506775268580.

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Feinstein, R. E., B. Rothberg, N. Weiner, and D. M. Savin. "University of Colorado Department of Psychiatry Evidence-Based Medicine Educational Project." Academic Psychiatry 32, no. 6 (November 1, 2008): 525–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.32.6.525.

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Watkins, Levi. "Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions." Archives of Surgery 138, no. 3 (March 1, 2003): 239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.138.3.239.

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Fagan, Karen, Todd Bull, Ivan F. McMurtry, and Omar A. Minai. "PHA Scientific Sessions Provide a Great Window Into Treatment Breakthroughs While Inspiring Physicians and Patients Alike." Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension 7, no. 3 (August 1, 2008): 353–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.21693/1933-088x-7.3.353.

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This roundtable discussion, reviewing the proceedings from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association's Eighth International PH Conference and Scientific Sessions in Houston in 2008, was moderated by Karen Fagan, MD, Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. It included Todd Bull, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado; Ivan F. McMurtry, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama School of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama; and Omar A. Minai, MD, Staff Physician in the Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine and the Lung Transplant Center at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

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Vessely, Mark, Beth Widmann, Bryant Walters, Mike Collins, Natasha Funk, Ty Ortiz, and Joshua Laipply. "Wall and Geotechnical Asset Management Implementation at the Colorado Department of Transportation." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2529, no. 1 (January 2015): 27–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2529-03.

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Wang, George Sam, Christine Buttorff, Asa Wilks, Daniel Schwam, Gregory Tung, and Rosalie Liccardo Pacula. "Changes in Emergency Department Encounters for Vomiting After Cannabis Legalization in Colorado." JAMA Network Open 4, no. 9 (September 17, 2021): e2125063. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.25063.

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Pohl, Abigail D., Samuel W. Klockenkemper, Lucas G. Carpinello, and Paul M. Sommers. "Did Crime Rates Rise After Colorado Legalized Marijuana?" Journal of Student Research 5, no. 1 (April 14, 2016): 4–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.47611/jsr.v5i1.277.

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Using monthly crime reports from Denver’s Police Department between January 2010 and December 2014, the authors endeavor to show if there was a break in the trend line of seven different crimes (homicide, rape, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, larceny, and motor vehicle theft) following Colorado’s legalization of marijuana in late 2012. After adjusting for seasonal components (some crimes tend to be higher in summer months), the trend lines reveal no break for crimes against persons. But, three of the four trend lines for crimes against property do reveal a significant decrease after legalization.

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Lee, Dorothy E. "Department Chairpersons' Perceptions of the Role in Three Institutions." Perceptual and Motor Skills 61, no. 1 (August 1985): 23–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1985.61.1.23.

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Vessely, Mark, Scott Richrath, and Ermias Weldemicael. "Economic Impacts from Geologic Hazard Events on Colorado Department of Transportation Right-of-Way." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2646, no. 1 (January 2017): 8–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2646-02.

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The economic impacts from geological hazards that occur within or adjacent to Colorado Department of Transportation (DOT) right-of-way can be measured in support of exposure estimation for risk-based asset and performance management. The events include rockfalls, rock slides, landslides, debris flows, and sinkholes and can be categorized as routine maintenance, regular program activities, and urgent response. The statewide economic impacts from geologic hazards were grouped into two categories: ( a) direct costs for maintenance labor and equipment, engineering, and construction and ( b) indirect costs, including property damage, injury or fatalities, traveler delay, lost productivity, loss of revenue to businesses and communities, and environmental impacts. Annual direct department costs from geologic hazard events average about $17 million to $20 million, which includes maintenance staff response to approximately 8,500 work orders each year. Most work orders are high-frequency events that are addressed daily by maintenance staff. Conversely, some events occur less frequently and have a larger economic impact, particularly for users and communities. In 2014, the economic impact from geologic hazards on Colorado DOT roadways was estimated to be nearly $30 million. Historical data indicate that the 2014 estimate is conservative when high-volume roadways are affected or when more large events occur in a single year. For example, the economic impact for two rockfall events on I-70 in 2004 and 2010 was estimated to be more than $40 million each, adjusted to 2015 dollars. When average Colorado DOT direct expenses are included, the economic impact in those years may have exceeded $60 million.

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Venner, Marie. "Habitat Approach to Streamlining Section 7: Colorado Department of Transportation’s Shortgrass Prairie Initiative." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1792, no. 1 (January 2002): 109–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1792-15.

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Stanwyck, Carol, Jill Davila, Lane Wake, and Marianne Koshak. "Assessment of Kindergarten Immunization Rates in Colorado: School Self-Reports vs. Health Department Audits, 2004–2005." Public Health Reports 122, no. 4 (July 2007): 461–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003335490712200406.

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In 2005, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment audited a sample of kindergarten school records to determine vaccination coverage at school entry. In addition to the audit, the traditional method of collecting immunization data by self-reports from schools continued through that school year. The results of the two surveys were compared. The audit results indicated that 76.3% ( n = 1,776; 95% confidence interval 73.2, 79.4) of Colorado's kindergarteners received all required vaccines. In contrast, the series coverage estimated from school self-reports for the same time frame was 89.4% ( n=46,559). Self-reports by school staff in Colorado appear to overestimate the immunization status of children entering kindergarten. Because more than three-quarters of U.S. states use some form of school self-report to assess immunization status, this finding has significant implications for most state health departments.

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Cooner, Donna, Cerissa Stevenson, and Heidi Frederiksen. "Teacher Work Sample Methodology: Displaying Accountability Of U.S. Teacher Education Program Effectiveness." Journal of College Teaching & Learning (TLC) 8, no. 10 (October 3, 2011): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/tlc.v8i10.6108.

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Productive strategies for evaluating outcomes in teacher licensure programs are becoming increasingly important in the education field. Research data from 492 teacher licensure program completers from 2006-2009 in the School of Education, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (USA) was compiled after accreditation by the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC). Three categories including subject matter knowledge, pedagogy, and caring teaching skills were acknowledged in accreditation. An important pedagogy experience for students during the licensure program was teacher work sample methodology. This article discusses teacher work sample methodology, explains the experience of building a teacher work sample (TWS) and presents data regarding students results from TWS rubrics. Findings demonstrate teacher education program effectiveness and highlight the effective use of TWSs to meet accreditation requirements.

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Hashem M. Mehany, Mohammed S., and Neil Grigg. "Causes of Road and Bridge Construction Claims: Analysis of Colorado Department of Transportation Projects." Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering and Construction 7, no. 2 (May 2015): 04514006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)la.1943-4170.0000162.

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Richter, Ashley. "Measles Exposure Investigation in a Children’s Hospital Emergency Department— Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado, 2019." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 41, S1 (October 2020): s18—s19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.492.

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Background: On December 14, 3 unvaccinated siblings with recent international travel presented to Children’s Hospital Colorado emergency department (CHCO-ED) with fever, rash, conjunctivitis, coryza, and cough. Measles was immediately suspected; respiratory masks were placed on the patients before they entered an airborne isolation room, and public health officials (PH) were promptly notified. Notably, on December 12, 1 ill sibling presented to CHCO-ED with fever only. We conducted an investigation to confirm measles, to determine susceptibility of potentially exposed ED contacts and healthcare workers (HCWs), and to implement infection prevention measures to prevent secondary cases. Methods: Measles was confirmed using polymerase chain reaction testing. Through medical record review and CHCO-ED unit-leader interviews, we identified patients and HCWs in overlapping ED areas with the first sibling, until 2 hours after discharge. Measles susceptibility was assessed through interviews with adults accompanying pediatric patients and HCW immunity record reviews. Potentially exposed persons were classified as immune (≥1 documented measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination or serologic evidence of immunity), unconfirmed immune (self-reported MMR or childhood vaccination without documentation), or susceptible (no MMR vaccine history or age <12 months). Susceptibility status directed disease control intervention, and contact follow-up was 21 days. Results: On December 14, all 3 siblings (ages 8–11 years) had laboratory-confirmed measles and were hospitalized. CHCO’s rapid isolation of the 3 cases within 5 minutes after presentation to the ED eliminated the need for exposure assessment on the day of hospitalization. However on December 12, the 1 ill sibling potentially exposed 258 ED contacts (90 patients, 168 accompanying adults) and 22 HCWs. The PH department identified 158 immune contacts (61%), 75 unconfirmed immune contacts (29%), and 19 susceptible contacts (8%); 6 contacts (2%) were lost to follow-up. Overall, 15 susceptible contacts received immune globulin (IG) postexposure prophylaxis and 4 contacts were placed on 21-day quarantine. Unconfirmed immune contacts self-monitored for measles symptoms and were contacted weekly by PH for 21 days. Moreover, 20 immune HCWs monitored symptoms daily; 2 susceptible HCWs were placed on 21-day quarantine. No secondary cases were identified. Conclusions: Rapid measles identification and isolation, high levels (90%) of immunity among contacts, prompt administration of IG, and effective collaboration between PH and CHCO prevented transmission.Funding: NoneDisclosures: None

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Acquisto, Nicole M., and Stephanie N. Baker. "Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Emergency Department." Journal of Pharmacy Practice 24, no. 2 (March 14, 2011): 196–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0897190011400555.

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The practice of antimicrobial stewardship can be defined as optimizing clinical outcomes while minimizing the consequences of antimicrobial therapy such as resistance and superinfection. Antimicrobial stewardship can be difficult to transition to the emergency department (ED) since the traditional activities include the evaluation of broad-spectrum antimicrobial regimens at 72 and 96 hours and intravenous to oral medication conversion. The emergency medicine clinical pharmacist (EPh) has the knowledge and clinical assessment skills to manage an antimicrobial stewardship program focused on culture follow-up for patients discharged from the ED. This paper summarizes the experiences of developing an EPh-managed antimicrobial stewardship and culture follow-up program in the ED from 2 separate institutions. Specifically, the focus is on the steps for establishing an EPh-managed antimicrobial stewardship program, a description of the culture follow-up process, managing the culture data and cultures that require emergent notification and review, medical/legal concerns, and barriers to implementation. Outcomes data available from institutions with similar ED based antimicrobial stewardship programs are also discussed.

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Dow, K. L. "Developing Science Education and Outreach Partnerships at Research Institutions." International Astronomical Union Colloquium 162 (1998): 230–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0252921100115155.

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Like many research institutions, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysicsf (CfA), has been actively engaged in education and public outreach activities for many years. The Harvard University Department of Astronomy, the formal higher education arm of the CfA, offers an undergraduate concentration and a doctoral program. In our Science Education Department, educational researchers manage ten programs that address the needs of teachers and students (K-12 and college), through advanced technology, teacher enhancement programs, and the development of curriculum materials. The Editorial and Public Affairs Department offers several public lecture series, recorded sky information, children's nights, and runs the Whipple Observatory Visitors Center in Amado, AZ. In this environment of successful programs, the High Energy Astrophysics (HEA) division, one of seven research divisions at the CfA, has initiated, or partnered with other institutions, development of several new education and outreach programs. Some of these programs involve partnerships with the education community, but all of them have been initiated by and involve scientists.

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Niño Amezquita, José L. "Departmental Institutions and Decentralised Cooperation in Boyacá." Perspectiva Geográfica 20, no. 1 (June 8, 2016): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.19053/01233769.4496.

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The Colombian reality shows how subnational entities have been affected by a process of recentralisation since the beginning of the XXI century, and the weakening of intermediate entities in the decentralisation of the last century. However, these entities are seen as the linkage for territorial internationalization, an empty space that few municipalities have adopted and within which departments have hardly acted. Boyacá, a territory in the middle of the Andes, faces challenges that, until now, it has been unable to answer in the right way. The current document is based on primary data which analyses the cooperation from the department as well as the municipalities. Therefore, the internal dynamics and realities suggest that the solution may lie on the integration that Boyacá and its municipalities might have with inter-subnational peers. However, this is still a long path to walk for the Colombian territorial entities, especially in the Department of Boyacá.

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Elliot, Kelly, and Tim Kellison. "Budgeting for Success." Journal of Intercollegiate Sport 12, no. 1 (July 9, 2019): 25–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/jis.v12i1.11550.

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There has been little research into the comparison of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to predominantly white institutions (PWIs) in recent years. With growing athletic department budgets, it is important to understand how HBCUs financially compare to their PWI counterparts. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine how HBCU athletic departments compare to their peer PWIs in terms of athletic department spending and to conduct a budgetary analysis of HBCU athletic departments. To examine differences in athletics budgets, data were collected from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA) Survey. NCAA member institution peer groups with HBCU members were selected for this study. Institutional data include salary, recruitment, operation, and scholarship expenses and revenue for peer groups. An ANOVA was conducted to compare peer institutions, institutions in the same region, by division, and overall. The results indicated HBCU peer groups are spending significantly less compared to their PWI counterparts. Additionally, among HBCU institutions, most athletic programs are spending the most on athletic aid expenses. Similarly, HBCUs are earning significantly less revenue compared to their peers. Athletic department administrators can use the results of this study to help create budgets comparable to peer institutions.

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Grant, Michael, and Marshall Smith. "Quantifying Assessment Of Undergraduate Critical Thinking." Journal of College Teaching & Learning (TLC) 15, no. 1 (July 26, 2018): 27–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/tlc.v15i1.10199.

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Enhancing students' critical thinking capabilities stands as the top goal of undergraduate education, according to faculty from many universities. We assessed the change in critical thinking skills with a sample of 176 students enrolled at either the University of Colorado Boulder (UCB) or Colorado College (CC) by employing the Critical-thinking Assessment Test (CAT) developed with collaboration and support from the National Science Foundation. Students' critical thinking progress was compared by assaying skills during the first and last weeks of the term in classes that expressly emphasized: (1) critical thinking, or (2) civic engagement, or (3) where, according to the class instructors, neither was a point of major emphasis. CAT scores improved significantly for students at both institutions, in different categories of class types, and over the dramatically different lengths of terms (3.5 weeks at CC vs 15 weeks at UCB). Our research contributes to an understanding of changes in critical thinking as part of the undergraduate experience. We demonstrate that the CAT instrument can be an effective tool for assessing critical thinking skills across very different institutions of higher education.

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Alnejem, Mohamed, and Mazen Samman. "Ebla Private University –Architecture Department Experience in Reconstruction of Aleppo." Association of Arab Universities Journal of Engineering Sciences 27, no. 3 (September 30, 2020): 48–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.33261/jaaru.2020.27.3.006.

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Based on the principle of activating the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) and their participation in post-crisis reconstruction in Aleppo city, and in response to the recent recommendations of the quality assurance conferences in higher education institutions in terms of adding the third mission of universities which is known as Community Responsibilities (CR), (1.Education, 2.Outputs), which recommends that universities should take their role and assume their responsibilities in providing jobs and community development. Accordingly, the problem lies in the insufficient response of higher education institutions to the needs of current and future communities in various fields for the post-crisis period in the city of Aleppo, and the need to clarify the social responsibility of all concerned bodies, especially, higher education institutions, which require a more effective role for educational institutions in partnership with the local community, through the experience of Ebla private university (EPU) in the reconstruction of Aleppo City. In this frame, Ebla Private University started implementing the strategy of contributing Aleppo reconstruction in the programs that offered by EPU (pharmacy, business administration, informatics, architecture). Focusing was on architecture department as the main concern of the reconstruction process, covering various aspects of the department's educational process (study plans, theoretical research, practical projects, field trips, workshops, graduation projects, specialized seminars....), where EPU contributed to reconstruction in accordance with these axes in varying degrees from 2016 to 2019. By comparing Participation of EPU in reconstruction of different axes before and after the implementation of the reconstruction strategy, we found a remarkable development in an ascending that reflects strong vision of EPU and especially in architecture department to move forward in this way. And showed a clear impact on the various stakeholders involved in the educational process and reconstruction (Students, faculty, decision makers, government institutions, local authorities, municipalities, donors. (.... Finally, a series of results were presented which summarizes the experience of EPU in the studied period, and evaluate it negatively and positively, and put a set of recommendations to the concerned authorities, which is necessary before the start of reconstruction, In the context of emphasizing on the community responsibility of HEIs in partnership with government agencies and other educational institutions working in this field in order to unite efforts and expertise exchange and providing qualified engineers and specialists who will have the main role in implementation of future reconstruction strategies, that linking all stages of reconstruction and various sectors, in parallel with sustainable development, that will help decision-makers and stakeholders to avoid mistakes before, during and after the reconstruction process, this experience will be as practical example and lessons learned, that can be generalized to similar cases at the local, regional or international level in accordance with the specificity of each case

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Hughes, Harrison G. "Merged Department Experience at Colorado State University: How Does the Addition of an Accredited Program Influence Offerings in Horticulture." HortTechnology 11, no. 3 (January 2001): 399–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.11.3.399.

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The merging of the Landscape Architecture Program (LA) with the Department of Horticulture had no effect on visibility of horticulture at Colorado State University and in the state. It did enhance the stature of the merged department as it became second only to the Department of Animal Sciences in terms of undergraduate majors and graduates in the College of Agricultural Sciences. The merger had only a limited impact on the budget. The LA is accredited. Accreditation standards aided the LA in justification of a new position. Since the merger, the Landscape Design and Contracting Program has become accredited through the Associated Landscape Contractors of America (Reston, Va.). Horticulture, which has no accrediting agency, is at a disadvantage in competing for open positions.

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Domański, Czesław. "Activity of statistical institutions in Łódź in the interwar period." Wiadomości Statystyczne. The Polish Statistician 63, no. 6 (June 28, 2018): 80–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.0675.

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The article briefly discusses the creation and activity of statistical institutions in the Łódź region during the interwar years. In particular, the history of the Statistical Department at the City Council of Łódź, established by the City Council on 19 September, 1917, was presented. The Department functioned from 1 January, 1918 and its most important task was to conduct censuses of the population, one of the largest and most difficult statistical undertakings. In the discussed period, the urban statistics of Łódź covered the most important spheres of the city’s life, including state and municipal offices.

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Tverdyukova, E. D. "Leningrad City Health Department and Leningrad Front Military Sanitary Department: Problems of Interaction in 1941–1942." Modern History of Russia 10, no. 4 (2020): 864–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2020.403.

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The article covers the problems of relations between the Leningrad City Health Department and the Military Sanitary Department of the Leningrad Front in 1941–1942. The medical institutions of the Front Evacuation Point were located within city limits due to the unfavorable combat situation. This led to conflicts between military and civilian medical agencies, both at the stage of medical support of military mobilization and deployment of a network of evacuation hospitals in the first months of the war and later. The lack of clarity on subordination, rights, and obligations had a negative impact on the deployment and ongoing activities of evacuation hospitals, the conduct of anti-epidemic measures, and personnel policies. This could undermine the combat capacity of the troops and, ultimately, threatened Leningrad. However, attempts to redistribute powers between civilian and military medical institutions were not motivated by personal self-interest of their leaders, but by the interests of the service personnel. Most likely, personal responsibility for implementing instructions of parent bodies forced them to concentrate all control in their hands to use resources promptly to avoid lengthy inter-agency coordination. Despite difficult relations and differences, the health care system of blockaded Leningrad was able to solve its main task: to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of troops and the population and to restore combat losses of the army units defending the city.

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Antonio, Michael E., Rosalyn G. Davis, and Susan R. Shutt. "Dog Training Programs in Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections." Society & Animals 25, no. 5 (August 18, 2017): 475–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341457.

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Regardless of the effectiveness of nonhuman animal programs to reduce recidivism among offenders, such programs are popular and used widely in the United States correctional system. Proponents cite measured improvements in attitudes and behaviors among prisoners, and report benefits from building trust with local and national organizations. The present study compared responses from inmates and staff associated with dog training programs in Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections. Generally, all participants viewed the dog training program positively, agreeing that it reduced recidivism and inmate misconduct, and increased morale and positive social interactions. Inmates perceived the programs to be more effective than staff for reducing recidivism and for improving marketable skills. Female participants and participants from female institutions agreed more that the programs decreased recidivism and non-violent incidents in prison, and brought all inmates together as a community, compared to male participants and those from male institutions, respectively. Policy implications are also discussed.

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Heikkila, Tanya. "Coordination in water resource management: the impact of water rights institutions." Water Policy 5, no. 4 (August 1, 2003): 331–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2003.0020.

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This paper considers how water rights laws can shape the ways water providers coordinate when devising conjunctive water management programs. Conjunctive water management is a particularly useful tool for analyzing water management coordination because it involves certain physical and organizational complexities that may facilitate the need for coordination. It takes advantage of the natural storage capacity of underground aquifers for the storage of surface supplies during high flow seasons, allowing for recovery of those supplies when surface flows are limited. This paper compares conjunctive management programs across Arizona, California and Colorado. It identifies the distinct types of coordination associated with conjunctive water management programs across these states and shows that these forms of coordination depend upon the larger institutional setting governing rights to water resources.

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Bakar, Nurul Qistina Binti Abu. "MORAL LEADERSHIP AMONG HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AT SELECTED PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS IN KLANG VALLEY." Educational Administration Research and Review 1, no. 2 (November 29, 2019): 52–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/earr.v1i2.21417.

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This research is to study the moral leadership among heads of department at selected private institution in Klang Valley. The first objectives of this study are to determine the level of effectiveness of moral leadership; the second objective is to identify the domain attribute of moral leadership among heads of department at selected private institutions in Klang Valley. To answer the research objectives, questionnaires were distributed to 260 academic and administrative staff at two selected private institutions in Klang Valley. The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 21. The descriptive statistical methods, such as percentage, mean and standard deviation, were used to identify the effectiveness and to find the dominant attributes of moral leadership among heads of department. The findings showed that the effectiveness and the dominant attribute of moral leadership among heads of department are high level for trustworthiness and communication dominants with the mean for both dominants are more than 3.50, while for criticism and dissent, fairness, employee’s development, empowerment and employee’s job performance in average level when the mean is below than 3.00. This research implication indicates that, it is importance for heads of department to practice and implemented moral leadership in their leadership styles to achieve the goals of the institutions.

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Saleh, Choirul, Siswidiyanto Siswidiyanto, Hermawan Hermawan, and Ali Maskur. "Knowledge Management in a Higher Education Institutions." GATR Journal of Management and Marketing Review 3, no. 2 (May 25, 2018): 75–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.35609/jmmr.2018.3.2(3).

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Objective - This study examines the concept of knowledge management in higher education institutions, followed by a systematization of knowledge practices and tools to link several stakeholders in the process of knowledge management in higher education institutions and promote knowledge sharing across several key processes and services in higher education institutions. Methodology/Technique - This study uses a mixed approach of qualitative and quantitative methods. The respondents include stakeholders in public administrative departments between the ages of 30 and 66. The number of respondents represents 20 to 30% of the total population. This study concludes that in general, the Department of Public Administration Universitas Brawijaya has successfully implemented the concept of knowledge management. However, a lack of knowledge and stakeholder acceptance has lead to less effective implementation. Findings - This research suggests that there is a need for new strategies to improve stakeholders' knowledge and acceptance of Department and University strategies. Novelty - The study proposes a framework to improve knowledge sharing and collaboration in higher education institutions, fostering an environment of continuous learning and discovery. The study also makes conclusion and suggestions for future work. Type of Paper: Empirical Keywords: Higher Education; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Collaboration; Public Administration. JEL Classification: I23, O34.

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Drigailo, Vasily. "Team management of university libraries as social institutions: Interaction of the directorate, top managers and social organizations." Scientific and Technical Libraries, no. 3 (March 1, 2016): 36–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.33186/1027-3689-2016-3-36-51.

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The author examines the rights and responsibilities of members of directorates, social institutions, or advisory bodies, department heads in managing university libraries as social institutions. The responsibilities of top managers are described in detail.

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Kononov, Jake, and Zane Znamenacek. "Risk Analysis of Freeway Lane Closure during Peak Period." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1908, no. 1 (January 2005): 80–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198105190800110.

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This paper examines risks associated with peak period lane closure during construction or maintenance work on urban freeways. In accordance with recently implemented policy by the Colorado Department of Transportation, lane closure would be allowed if reserve capacity were available. A relatively minor accident in the work zone caused substantial delays during the peak period that virtually paralyzed traffic in the Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area. This occurrence caused reexamination of the existing lane closure policy. Generally speaking, if a contractor is allowed greater flexibility in establishing work schedules, including the ability to work through peak periods, a lower bid can be expected. This paper compares savings in the cost of construction related to allowing lane closure during peak periods with the cost of potential incident-related delays in the framework of a quantitative risk analysis.

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Garvin-Doxas, Kathy, Michael Klymkowsky, and Susan Elrod. "Building, Using, and Maximizing the Impact of Concept Inventories in the Biological Sciences: Report on a National Science Foundation–sponsored Conference on the Construction of Concept Inventories in the Biological Sciences." CBE—Life Sciences Education 6, no. 4 (December 2007): 277–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.07-05-0031.

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The meeting “Conceptual Assessment in the Biological Sciences” was held March 3–4, 2007, in Boulder, Colorado. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and hosted by University of Colorado, Boulder's Biology Concept Inventory Team, the meeting drew together 21 participants from 13 institutions, all of whom had received National Science Foundation funding for biology education. Topics of interest included Introductory Biology, Genetics, Evolution, Ecology, and the Nature of Science. The goal of the meeting was to organize and leverage current efforts to develop concept inventories for each of these topics. These diagnostic tools are inspired by the success of the Force Concept Inventory, developed by the community of physics educators to identify student misconceptions about Newtonian mechanics. By working together, participants hope to lessen the risk that groups might develop competing rather than complementary inventories.

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Krawiec, Wioletta. "BUILDING A BRAND FOR THE CITY OF LODZ: MOTIVATING AND DEMOTIVATING FACTORS FOR MANAGERS OF CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW, Polityki Europejskie, Finanse i Marketing, no. 22(71) (December 16, 2019): 90–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/pefim.2019.22.71.28.

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The article aims to identify areas/factors that may motivate or discourage managers of cultural institutions from getting actively involved in the process of building the Lodz brand for cultural resources. The article describes the manager profile of cultural institutions and presents an ordered list of factors (stimuli) that have a positive or negative impact on the activities of managers of cultural institutions in the area of creating the city brand. The empirical basis of the article is interviews with managers and promotion employees in the city's cultural institutions in Lodz. Data analysis was carried out by the principles of grounded theory methodology. The research has been carried out since December 2017 within the Department of Marketing and the Department of City and Region Management of the Faculty of Management at the University of Lodz as part of the project: "Cooperation of public administration with cultural institutions in the context of building a city brand".

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Swift, Curtis E., and Ardith Blessinger. "(308) The Mesa County Colorado Irrigation Audit Program." HortScience 41, no. 4 (July 2006): 1060E—1060. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.41.4.1060e.

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Seven and one-half square miles, or 4864 acres, of the Grand Valley in Western Colorado consists of high water-using landscapes. Overirrigation of Grand Valley soils flushes 580,000 tons of salt into the Colorado River each year. These salts negatively impact plant and animal health throughout the Colorado River basin. Proper watering of lawns can significantly reduce this problem. Correcting problems with a sprinkler irrigation system can reduce water use by an average of 40%. If water use on all 4864 acres was reduced by 40%, a savings of 11,187 acre feet, or over 3.6 billion gallons, of water would result. The annual historical evapotranspiration (ET) rate for the Grand Valley of Western is ≈61 inches; the ET rate during the irrigation season (April through October) is ≈49 inches. Since a typical sprinkler system is ≈70% efficient, in order to apply 49 inches of water to the soil, ≈70 inches of water is required. Irrigation system problems such as improperly spaced heads, sunken heads and heads not adjusted are typically responsible for 40% more water being applied than necessary. In Western Colorado, this equates to an over-application of 28 inches (2.3 acre feet) of water being applied each year. The 2005 Western Colorado irrigation audit problem covering 18.7 acres of turf. Assuming the problems noted were all corrected, a water savings of 43 acre feet, or 14,013,797 gallons, of water resulted. The 2006 audit program will continue this educational and water-saving effort. A grant from the Department of the Interior-Bureau of Reclamation will help fund the 2006 Irrigation Audit project.

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Gao, Zu-hua. "Chairing an academic pathology department: challenges and opportunities." Journal of Clinical Pathology 72, no. 3 (April 28, 2018): 206–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jclinpath-2017-204963.

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Understanding the heterogeneity of departmental structure, service model and job descriptions for different pathology chairs, this review highlights some common challenges and opportunities facing most pathology chairs in academic institutions. The review is divided into three sections: clinical service, academic development and administration. The views and insights from this review may provide guidance to new chairs and emerging leaders in pathology and other relevant specialties.

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Tjaden, Patricia, and Nancy Thoennes. "The Role of Stalking in Domestic Violence Crime Reports Generated by the Colorado Springs Police Department." Violence and Victims 15, no. 4 (January 2000): 427–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.15.4.427.

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A review of 1,785 domestic violence crime reports generated by the Colorado Springs Police Department found that 1 in 6 (16.5 percent) contained evidence the suspect stalked the victim. Female victims were significantly more likely than male victims to allege stalking by their partners (18.3 vs. 10.5 percent). Most stalkers were former rather than current intimates. Regardless of victims’ gender, reports with stalking allegations were significantly less likely to mention physical abuse or victim injury in the presenting condition, to involve households with children, or to involve victims and suspects who were using alcohol at the time of the report. Female victims who alleged stalking by their partner were significantly less likely than female victims who did not allege stalking to be emotionally distraught at the time of the report, but significantly more likely to have an active restraining order against the suspect, and to sign releases to facilitate the police investigation. Police almost never charged domestic violence stalking suspects with stalking, preferring instead to charge them with harassment or violation of a restraining order.

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