Team Partners Research Articles

Partnership in research: Exposure assessment methods

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), under the leadership of Dr. Linda Rosenstock, in conjunction with several partners and stakeholders, created and is implementing the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA), a framework to guide occupational safety and health research into the next decade. NORA is actually a multitiered partnering agenda. This paper will address NORA in general and then, within the context of NORA, delve more deeply into the workings of one of the partnership teams, Exposure Assessment Methods.

Widening the SCOPE: Higher Education Resources ON‐demand (HERON)

The Scottish Collaborative On‐demand Publishing Enterprise (SCOPE) was a project funded from 1995 to 1998 as part of the UK’s Electronic Libraries (eLib) programme. SCOPE was involved with providing students with access to key course readings either via course packs or electronically via the Internet. The project achieved its aims of providing improved access, developing a model copyright permissions agreement, and developing a secure user‐authentication and delivery method. At the end of the SCOPE Project, eLib accepted a bid from the project team and other partners to provide a national on‐demand service, known as HERON (Higher Education Resources ON‐demand). This has similar aims to SCOPE, but on a UK‐wide scale with a view to start providing an active service in January 2000.

The national park service, intermountain region/environmental protection agency, region VIII, environmental partnership collaboration in wise stewardship

AbstractThe National Park Service (NPS), Intermountain Region and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region VIII have entered into a partnership effort. The work of the Partnership is based on the shared value of environmental protection and wise stewardship. The NPS has articulated goals for achieving safe, unimpaired park environments by the year 2000. The strategy for accomplishing these goals included significant partnership work and this effort has been largely focused with EPA. This Partnership project was designed to provide the parks with the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the 2000 initiative, design and implement an integrated park environmental management program, and incorporate sustainable practices into park operations. The Partnership team developed an innovative mix of training, “tools,” and technical assistance to achieve these outcomes. The work of the Partnership has been successful and there are documented changes in the way that NPS now manages both solid and hazardous waste.

Total quality systems: Using a multidisciplinary preparation course for teaching quality improvement

The Total Quality Systems course is an innovative approach to University/Industry Quality Partnerships for improving engineering education. The course introduces students to the education and application of total quality and continuous improvement. The students take the information learned in the course and apply it in industry. A formal process of Preparation, Identification, and Action (PIA) has been developed as the overall framework for the partnership effort. This cycle establishes cross-disciplinary, multi-institutional teams of students and faculty to work with industrial partners on continuous quality improvement projects. Preparation is a three-semester hour course, including the methods and tools of total quality management (TQM), safety, teamwork, communications, lifelong learning for continuous personal development, time management, diversity, and problem solving. Identification is teams of students, faculty and industrial partners working on-site at the industrial partner's facilities, identifying quality improvement opportunities. Action is teams of students, faculty, and partners working both on-campus and on-site, providing plans to implement and evaluate quality improvement opportunities.The PIA cycle was initiated in the Spring of 1993 by three Universities of the Southern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED) and Milliken and Company as the industrial partner. The PIA cycle is an ongoing research effort. In this paper, we provide a review of the PIA approach to University/Industry Quality Teams and share some of our experiences with this novel approach to education.

Landscape and Life: Appropriate Scales for Sustainable Development

Defining sustainable development as the challenge of continuously balancing economic, social and ecological values, a European research project sought lessons from experiences of a forty-year period to frame criteria of appropriate scale for contextually-sensitive environmental policy. A network of case studies conducted by partner teams in Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden examined changes of scale in the territorial, functional and socio-political contexts of life and landscape between 1950-1990. Themes central to the project included landscape transformations, tensions among area- and sector-based ways of life ( genres tie vie ), and changing horizons of discretionary reach. With illustrations drawn mainly from the Irish case studies in Tipperary, this paper describes some regional differences in response to external—policy and market-driven—influences. Implications for cross-cultural research and the framing of contextually-sensitive environmental policy are outlined, and suggestions made for their modulation through European Union, national, regional, and local levels.

Biographical dictionary of professional wrestling

Though they are usually ignored by sportswriters and entertainment reporters alike, the popularity of professional wrestlers is undeniable. The competitors are both gifted athletes and showbiz pros, and few among the sports millions of fans are overly concerned with whether pro wrestling is legitimate. Many of the best wrestlers have excelled in athletic competition outside the squared circle, including football great Bronco Nagurski, Olympic champion Ken Paterna and boxer Primo Carnera. And, as the screen success of grapplers such as Woody Strode, Mike Mazurki and Hulk Hogan attest, many wrestlers have appeared in popular films. From Ace Abbott to Buck Zumhofe, this is the first ever comprehensive compilation of biographical information on male and female professional wrestlers past and present, including major promoters and managers. Each entry is listed under the wrestling name most often used, with cross references to real names and other ring names. The ring name is followed by the grapplers real name, hometown, height and weight, and birth and death dates when available. The biographical data provide the era in which the individual competed, wrestling associations in which he or she competed, titles won, managers, tag team partners, major bouts and other career highlights.

The Role of the Community Health Nurse in the Provision of Care to Youth Gangs

Youth gangs are a major public health care concern in the United States. The nursing profession is just beginning to recognize the needs of this special population. In this article, I present a general background of gangs in the United States. They have been a significant problem in society since the early decades of the 19th century; however, increasing crimes and high health risks make it important to seek some solutions. I present an example of a community health nurse who, as part of a Gang Reduction Interagency Partnership team, made a difference. The need for more research is emphasized so that we may understand this population as well as address their health care needs and those of their families.

Ecomont ecological effects of land use changes on european terrestrial mountain ecosystems

As a contribution to the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Initiative (TERI) within Framework IV of the EU, ECOMONT aims at investigating ecological effects of land-use changes in European terrestrial mountain ecosystems. ECOMONT is coordinated by Prof Cernusca (University of Innsbruck) and is carried out by eight European partner teams in the Eastern Alps, the Swiss Alps, the Spanish Pyrennees and the Scottish Highlands. ECOMONT focuses on an analysis of structures and processes in the context of land-use changes, scaling from the leaf to the landscape level. The following research topics are being investigated: Spatial distribution of vegetation and soil in the composite experimental sites; physical and chemical soil properties, SOM status and turnover; canopy structure, primary production, and litter decomposition; water relations of ecosystems and hydrology of catchment areas; microclimate and energy budget of ecosystems; gas exchange of single plants and ecosystems; gas exchange between the composite experimental sites and the atmosphere, population and plant biology of keyspecies, plant-animal interactions, potential risks through land-use changes; GIS; remote sensing - environmental mapping; modeling activities integrating from plant to ecosystem and landscape level. First results of ECOMONT show that land-use changes have strong impacts on vegetation composition, structure and processes, on soil physics and chemistry, and therefore strongly affect exchange processes with the atmosphere and biogeochemical cycles. Abandonment of traditional agricultural practices (grazing, mowing) causes characteristic changes of the vegetation. In most cases a successional reversion over many decades reaches its climax with the vegetation growing naturally at the sites. Sometimes, however, abandonment can also lead fo a degradation of vegetation and soil. In spite of common principles of changes of vegetation, soils and related processes with altered land-use geology, climate, exposition, slope inclination and land-use history may play an important role in determining species composition and specific patterns and processes on a community, ecosystem and landscape level in different European terrestrial mountain ecosystems.

Advanced flight computing technologies for validation by NASA's new millennium program

The New Millennium Program (NMP) consists of a series of Deep-Space and Earth Orbiting missions that are technology-driven, in contrast to the more traditional science-driven space exploration missions of the past. These flights are designed to validate technologies that will enable a new era of low-cost highly miniaturized and highly capable spacebome applications in the new millennium. In addition to the series of flight projects managed by separate flight teams, the NMP technology initiatives are managed by the following six focused technology programs: Microelectronics Systems, Autonomy, Telecommunications, Instrument Technologies and Architectures, In-Situ Instruments and Micro-electromechanical Systems, and Modular and Multifunctional Systems. Each technology program is managed as an Integrated Product Development Team (IPDT) of government, academic, and industry partners. In this paper, we will describe elements of the technology roadmap proposed by the NMP Microelectronics IPDT. Moreover, we will relate the proposed technology roadmap to existing NASA technology development programs, such as the Advanced Flight Computing (AFC) program, and the Remote Exploration and Experimentation (REE) program, which constitute part of the on-going NASA technology development pipeline. We will also describe the Microelectronics Systems technologies that have been accepted as part of the first New Millennium Deep-Space One spacecraft, which is an asteroid fly-by mission scheduled for launched in July 1998.

Industry-university partnerships: A model for engineering education in the 21st century

An approach to Industry-University Quality Partnerships for engineering education is presented. A formal educational cycle of Preparation, Identification, and Action (PIA) has been initiated as the framework for the partnership effort. This cycle establishes multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional teams of students and faculty to work with industrial partners on quality/process improvement projects. Preparation is a three-semester hour course that covers the methods and tools of Total Quality Management (TQM), safety, teamwork, communications, and time management. Identification is a team effort by students, faculty, and industrial partners working on-site at the industrial partner's facilities, identifying quality improvement opportunities. Action is the team effort by students, faculty, and partners working both on-campus and on-site, providing detailed plans to implement and evaluate quality/process improvement opportunities. The PIA cycle was initiated in the Spring of 1993 by three Universities of the Southern University and College Coalition for Engineering Education (SUCCEED) and Milliken and Company as the industrial partner. The PIA cycle is an ongoing research effort. In this paper, we provide a review of the PIA approach to Industry-University Partnership Teams and share some of our experiences with this novel approach to engineering education.

Equal team partners? The roles of principal investigators, co-principal investigators and co-investigators on federally supported research grants.

A survey of 188 NLN-accredited graduate nursing programs was done to determine how the research roles of principal investigator (PI), co-principal investigator (Co-PI) and co-investigator (Co-I) are supported and to examine the similarities and differences in benefits for PIs, Co-PIs and Co-Is. Most schools did not provide salary supplementation in addition to the usual salary for any investigators. For other benefits, the PI was more likely than was the Co-PI or Co-I to receive direct access to indirect cost recovery dollars, the use of extra research assistants, and the reduction of teaching time commensurate with the time supported by their grant. If the team approach is truly valued, should not all investigators be rewarded in a like manner?

The Design of the FF-21 Multi-Mission Frigate

The FF-21 concept has been developed by Newport News Shipbuilding, with team partners John J. McMullen Associates as design agent and Hughes Aircraft Company as combat system integrator. This paper discusses the mission of this small combatant ship, its design philosophy, and the overall technical approach used in development of the concept. Principal characteristics, combat system components, capabilities, and HM&E features of the concept design are described. Finally, this paper discusses FF-21 configuration and arrangement considerations during concept development.

An Instrument to Facilitate Communication between Prospective Team Teachers

The Key Concerns in Team Teaching Rating Scale is a instrument used to assess and address teachers' concerns about team teaching. It was developed as a way to relieve the tensions and anxieties of teachers who are contemplating team teaching or who have been assigned to a team-teaching situation. We view the scale as a key to successful workshops and courses on team teaching and as essential for new or continuing team partnerships. In this article, we will explain how and why we developed the scale and suggest how it can be used by others who become involved in training for team teaching. Recent legislation reduced class size in all of Nevada's school districts. Beginning in the 1990-91 school year, first-grade classes were reduced to a 15:1 ratio by a legislative mandate. The 1991 legislative session continued the momentum toward reduced class size by mandating a 16:1 ratio in second and third grades by the 1992-93 school year. Although budget cuts prevented implementation of the third-grade class-size reduction, first and second grades throughout the state continue to have a low pupil-teacher ratio. School districts were faced with space problems when first and second grades were cut in half, essentially doubling the number of classes. Districts either had to provide extra classrooms or place two teachers as team teachers in an existing classroom. Because public sentiment runs strongly against construction of new classrooms, most districts looked to team teaching to meet the mandate.

A new heterospecific foraging association between the puddingwife wrasse,Halichoeres radiatus, and the bar jack,Caranx Tuber: evaluation of the foraging consequences

The bar jack,Caranx Tuber, was commonly observed to follow individual puddingwife wrasses,Halichoeres radiatus, that were foraging on the substrate. Individuals of both species actively pursued the other to maintain these heterospecific foraging ‘teams’, were sometimes attracted to feeding acts initiated by team partners, and the foraging rates of teamed jacks and wrasses were positively correlated. Pilfering of food items was rare, suggesting little, if any, competition cost of this foraging association. The ratio of bites to search in teamed jacks was over three times that when solitary, and jacks were sometimes aggressive to conspecifics attempting to join their team, suggesting that the association is beneficial to the jacks. Both bite and search rates were higher in puddingwifes when teamed with a jack, indicating that the association also benefits the wrasses. Benefits to puddingwifes may be derived directly from attendants because wrasses were sometimes attracted to jack foraging acts. However, increased foraging in wrasses may also be a consequence of heightened motivation to feed owing to heterospecific social facilitation.

The Effect of Student-Instructor Interaction on Achievement in a Dyad Computer-Based Training (CBT) Environment

Most computer-based training (CBT) research has ignored variables other than the software itself. Yet there are other factors which can influence achievement. This study explored the impact of instructor-student interaction when students worked CBT in pairs. Compared to an earlier study in which instructor interaction positively influence achievement when students worked CBT individually, instructor interaction had no effect on achievement. Evidently, many if not all of the social functions served by the instructor in the traditional classroom can be provided by a CBT team partner. Implications of these results, to include the role of the instructor and the responsibility of the software developer, are discussed.

Team Teachers: The Importance of the Selection Process

This article discusses the team teaching process developed in the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada, which resulted from the Nevada Legislature's mandate to reduce class size in the primary grades to a ratio of 15:1. The study describes the nature of team relationships in the District and how teachers came to teach in a team situation. Teacher involvement in the selection of team partners and its relationship to perceived success is examined.

New York University Medical Center's Cooperative Care Unit: Patient education and family participation during hospitalization — The first ten years

The New York University Medical Center Cooperative Care (CC) program is a model of a delivery system of acute inpatient hospital care characterized by a live-in family member or friend acting as a “care partner”. It has an emphasis on education in order to encourage full patient and family involvement in care during the acute hospitalization, thereby preparing both parties for management at home after discharge. The education-intensive experience of CC provides an alternative to traditional inpatient hospital care with the expected outcome of CC being to increase patient and family knowledge and satisfaction, adherence to the medical regimen, and appropriate self-management. The functioning ability of the patient-care partner team should be improved on discharge, which may result in decreased subsequent utilization of high cost healthcare resources such as rehospitalization. This paper describes the structure of the CC form of inpatient care, the types of patients appropriate for such care, and the experience of its first ten years of operation, with its implications as a replicable model for other institutions.

Éléments de réflexion pour des dynamiques de changements dans la formation des enseignants

In this article, Guy Berger gives us keys to help us out the elements of change in teacher training. The notion of pre-recruitement which commits the teacher to the job is now replaced by the notion of preprofessionalisation, a first contact before actually taking up the job ; this evolution transforms teachers professional identité since it is no longer necessarily connected with a vocation. Then, as regards the project of creation university - based Teacher Training Institutes, he suggests considering the different constituents of the system : financing institution-trainee - trainer - school - which permit a real collégial training. Eventually, he brings out the different aspects of the new professional qualifications : collective actions - team of partners - mastery of daily gestures - critical judgement on one's own performance.

Knowledge acquisition for an integrated project management system

Management of software projects is a complex task composed of several subtasks. To help the manager to perform these tasks, separate commercial tools are available. As part of the ESPRIT endeavor, a team of industrial and university partners is developing a system that will encompass most of the tasks a manager has to perform. This project, called PIMS (Project Integrated Management System), aims at developing a system to support managers of medium-sized business software projects. What is needed to build such a system is a comprehensive view on management in software projects, emphasizing the integration of the manager's tasks. To gain this insight, a special group within the PIMS project works on knowledge acquisition (KA). On the basis of interviews with expert managers from software houses, an analysis and representation of their experience and knowledge is made. This will be incorporated in the PIMS system. For some aspects of knowledge acquisition we use the KADS (Knowledge Acquisition Documentation and Structuring) methodology, a methodology developed at the University of Amsterdam to extract and formalize expert knowledge to be transferred into knowledge-based systems. In this article, first the PIMS architecture for an integrated software project management support system will be presented. This is followed by a short introduction into the KADS methodology. As results from knowledge acquisition, an overview of project management tasks is given. Subsequently two particular tasks—monitoring and work breakdown—are treated in more detail. Finally, we indicate how these results from knowledge acquisition enhance our understanding of software project management and have an impact on the development of the PIMS system.

Preparation and characterization of myosin proteins

Each student or team of lab partners is responsible for one of five projects involving the isolation and characterization of rabbit myosin proteins and its water-soluble subfragments.