Wisconsin System Research Articles

Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana by Karen Lauterbach

Reviewed by: Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana by Karen Lauterbach Sandra E. Greene Karen Lauterbach, Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. 221 + xvii pages. Karen Lauterbach has made an important contribution to the literature on religious developments in West Africa by focusing specifically on high school leavers (largely men), who, living a precarious economic existence, seek to reinforce their faith and channel their ambitions for wealth, power, and social mobility by gaining a leadership role in a charismatic church. While the title of the book is Christianity, Wealth, and Spiritual Power in Ghana, its focus is actually on the Asante region, not Ghana as a whole. Organized into seven chapters (including the introduction and the conclusion), the book has many strengths. By focusing on those who aspire to obtain fame and fortune and thus be seen as "little big men," Lauterbach is able to emphasize how the numerous individuals she interviewed have used social networking, apprenticeships, entrepreneurship, and family dynamics to achieve their goals. Particularly noteworthy is how she approaches the study of charismatic Christianity. Instead of emphasizing, as do many other authors, the larger societal changes that have generated greater individualism and prompted particular adjustments to "modernity," she draws upon the extensive literature on Asante to link the concerns and strategies of the young pastors featured in the book to long-standing Asante historical beliefs and strategies to attain specific ends. Her discussion of the ideology behind the gospel of prosperity is outstanding. In addition, she describes how the young pastors who are the focus of her study have responded to the criticisms leveled at charismatic churches (that they are exploitative, requiring inordinate commitments of time and money from their congregations, all largely for the sole economic benefit of the head pastor) by preaching about the importance of balancing a focus on individual accumulation with obligations to the larger community. Her brief but interesting analysis of how gender dynamics structure pastoral hierarchies is welcome, as is her discussion of pastor/church member expectations of one another, and the way an achieved status often transfers to other spheres of an individual's life. Lauterbach's use of biographical sketches is especially helpful in bringing to life the opportunities seized and challenges faced by these aspiring "little big men." [End Page 167] Readers, however, may find her historiographical discussions rather confusing. In reviewing the works of Berry and McCaskie on the history of power in Asante, for example, Lauterbach states that she agrees with Berry that Asante state power was less concentrated than early scholarship has suggested. But then the author also agrees with McCaskie that power was highly centralized and the state exercised extensive control. It is unclear what we are to make of this, given her agreement with seemingly contradictory points. Her eventual acknowledgment that Asante central control waxed and waned, which could have helped clarify how she and the reader should understand this aspect of Asante history, comes only much later in the book. Many other concepts and theories are also addressed early in the book, but again, only subsequently, in later chapters, do we get a clearer idea of how Lauterbach positions her own work with regard to these theories. The clarification does come, but not, perhaps, soon enough. Because Lauterbach sticks so closely to her focus on Asante, it is often unclear what these particular aspiring "little big men" and their charismatic churches share in common with others. What is unique to Asante, and what do the Asante individuals she interviews share with others who are in similar precarious economic situations where charismatic Christianity has emerged so strongly? Providing more comparative information would have greatly benefited her study. If she had placed her study within the larger context of the worldwide charismatic Christian movement, she would have broadened her analysis and her audience. Still, she is to be commended for her extensive research on this particular population as they embrace forms of entrepreneurship, networking, spirituality, and apprenticeship that are rooted in their own cultural past. Sandra E. Greene Cornell University Copyright © 2018 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Judge finds university retaliated against prof

Case name: Burton v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, et al., No. 17‐cv‐36 (W.D. Wis. 09/05/17).

Relative Sampling Efficiency and Movements of Subadult Lake Sturgeon in the Lower Wolf River, Wisconsin

AbstractUnderstanding sampling efficiency and movements of subadult Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens is necessary to facilitate population rehabilitation and recruitment monitoring in large systems with extensive riverine and lacustrine habitats. We used a variety of sampling methods to capture subadult Lake Sturgeon (i.e., fish between 75 and 130 cm TL that had not reached sexual maturity) and monitored their movements using radio telemetry in the lower Wolf River, a tributary to the Lake Winnebago system in Wisconsin. Our objectives were to determine whether (1) capture efficiency (expressed in terms of sampling time) of subadult Lake Sturgeon using multiple sampling methods was sufficient to justify within‐river sampling as part of a basin‐wide recruitment survey targeting subadults, (2) linear home ranges varied in relation to season or sex, and (3) subadult Lake Sturgeon remained in the lower Wolf River. From 2013 to 2014, 628 h of combined sampling effort that included gill nets, trotlines, electrofishing, and scuba capture was required to collect 18 subadult sturgeon, which were then implanted with radio transmitters and tracked by boat and plane. Linear home ranges did not differ in relation to sex but did vary among seasons, and the majority of movement occurred in spring. Seven of the 18 (39%) Lake Sturgeon left the river and were not detected in the river again during the study. Between 56% and 70% of subadult fish remaining in the river made definitive movements to, or near, known spawning locations when adult Lake Sturgeon were actively spawning. Our results suggest only a small proportion of subadult Lake Sturgeon in the Lake Winnebago population use the lower Wolf River, indicating that riverine sampling may not always be warranted when targeting subadults in large lake–river complexes. More information is needed on distribution of subadult Lake Sturgeon to develop sampling protocols for this population segment.Received January 27, 2017; accepted May 19, 2017 Published online August 7, 2017

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN EFFECTS IN PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR DEPRESSION TREATED WITH LURASIDONE: AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN EFFECTS IN PATIENTS WITH BIPOLAR DEPRESSION TREATED WITH LURASIDONE: AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL

Lack of proof kills professor's suit

Case name: Burton v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, et al., No. 14‐cv‐274 (W.D. Wis. 03/18/16).

Cumulative impact of events builds former employee's case

Case name: Avila v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, et al., No. 12‐C‐1201 (E.D. Wis. 03/05/15).

Implementing survivorship care planning in a large integrated cancer program.

69 Background: Aurora Health Care is comprised of 15 hospitals and 22 oncology clinics. Aurora Cancer Care (ACC), a Commission on Cancer (CoC) accredited program, diagnoses and treats 7,000 adult cancer patients annually, more than any other healthcare system in Wisconsin. The CoC’s Survivorship Standard 3.3 requires accredited cancer programs to provide cancer patients with survivorship counseling and a written care plan. ACC was challenged to develop a consistent model of survivorship care that can work at multiple sites across the system. Methods: Workflow planning and education began at all oncology clinics in fourth quarter of 2014. Thirteen disease specific survivorship care plan templates were built into the EMR with some-auto population functionality. A system wide delivery plan was launched in first quarter of 2015 with the goal of targeting 10% of eligible patients. Initial focus was on breast cancer patients with some sites also including other cancers. The model of survivorship care is an “embedded consultation” in medical or surgical oncology with an advanced practice provider (APP) completing the care plan and meeting with the patient at the end of first line treatment. Results: Initial required volumes were estimated based on 2013 registry data with a goal of completing approximately 700 care plans in 2015 to meet the 10% CoC standard. During Q1 & Q2 of 2015, 444 care plans were generated and given to patients, mostly for breast cancer survivors. The most significant barrier surrounded retrieving data from the EMR. Conclusions: Data from the first half of 2015 demonstrates success with the approach. Aurora Cancer Care will exceed the benchmark of 700 care plans. There has been a high level of engagement with the APPs who have taken ownership of survivorship care planning, contributing to the success of the program thus far. Because of difficulty retrieving data from the EMR, manual tracking was still required. Future modifications will address this and other barriers.

Nurses for Wisconsin: A Collaborative Initiative to Enhance the Nurse Educator Workforce.

Wisconsin, like much of the nation, is currently suffering from a growing nursing shortage. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire College of Nursing and Health Sciences, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and University of Wisconsin Oshkosh nursing programs, took advantage of a University of Wisconsin System Incentive Grant for economic and workforce development to address this problem. With a $3.2 million award, the Nurses for Wisconsin goal is to increase the number of baccalaureate registered nurses by expanding the nursing education capacity within the University of Wisconsin System. Nurses for Wisconsin is accelerating the preparation of nursing faculty by supporting nurses to enroll in doctor of nursing practice or nursing doctor of philosophy programs with pre- and postdoctoral fellowship awards ranging from $21,500 to $90,000 and the recruitment of faculty with a loan repayment program of up to $50,000. In exchange for the financial support, fellows and faculty must make a 3-year commitment to teach in a UW System nursing program. Two conferences for program participants are also funded through the award. The first conference was held in October 2014. The second conference is scheduled for summer 2015. With the first year of the 2-year project completed, this article describes Nurses for Wisconsin from inception to implementation and midterm assessment with a focus on lessons learned. A follow-up article addressing final outcomes and next steps is planned.

Students at the center in emerging academic models: embedded information literacy and distance services in the University of Wisconsin System Flex degree

Purpose – As a model of competency-based education (CBE), the University of Wisconsin (UW) System Flex options present a unique case study of challenges and opportunities for embedding student-centered library services and information literacy. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, we describe strategies for engaging with the evolving Flex curriculum, the needs of an unknown student body and the role of new student support staff. The author notes the relevance of examining the library’s role in Flex at this time, given the potential for growth nationally in CBE. Findings – The challenges the author faced initially were closely tied with opportunities that once examined, formed the basis of the embedded library model for competency-based education. Further, the author found opportunities to articulate their role in Flex on their campus and share with other institutions. Originality/value – This case study is based on the author’s experiences embedding Information Literacy and Distance Services in the Flex option at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.

Failure to request more accommodations kills suit

Case name: Tadder v. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, No. 13‐cv‐105 (W.D. Wis. 04/10/14).

Undergraduate Research and Economic Development: A Systems Approach in Wisconsin

This chapter presents the state of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin System as an ongoing case study for best practices in systematic, intentional, statewide programming and initiatives connecting undergraduate research and economic development.

Service-Learning and LEAP: Increasing Respect for Diversity Through Campus-Community Collaboration in Advanced Spanish Courses

This paper provides a case study that looks at the learning outcomes associated with the addition of a service-learning component to an advanced Spanish grammar course at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, a University of Wisconsin System comprehensive campus. This article will first illustrate the ways in which service learning serves various educational objectives valued at both the departmental and university level. It will then demonstrate how service learning, as a recognized high-impact practice helps students achieve several specified outcomes of the Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) initiative related to diversity and global perspectives. Finally, through a qualitative analysis of feedback and reflection activities from 70 service-learning participants regarding their campus-community collaborations in a recent semester, this study will highlight how service learning is an ideal pedagogical method for teaching language students about diversity, focusing specifically on learning outcomes in the realms of linguistic, cultural, and racial diversity.

Current Concepts in the Presentation, Diagnosis and Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Background: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common clinical endocrine disorder. It is the most common cause of hypercalcemia in the outpatient setting. This review presents a brief summary of the new trends of presentation, diagnosis and management PHPT. Data Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine) articles, and Memorial Library archives of the University of Wisconsin System. Conclusions: PHPT occurs at any age, but it is most commonly seen in people over the age of 50 years and postmenopausal women. The current presentation of PHPT shifts from the classical symptomatic form to the asymptomatic form; however, parathyroidectomy is still the treatment of choice for both symptomatic and asymptomatic forms. In the past, bilateral neck exploration and intraoperative identification of all 4 parathyroid glands was the standard of treatment, nevertheless, nowadays, with the introduction of the preoperative and intraoperative localization techniques, the minimally invasive parathyroidectomy has evolved

Note from the Editors

Note from the Editors Akosua Darkwah and Sean Hanretta This year’s issue combines original research articles with a small special section dedicated to the memory of Ivor Wilks, a seminal figure in both the academic study of Ghanaian culture and society and in the field of African history more broadly. We would like to extend our thanks, as always, to those who submitted their work to Ghana Studies and who provided reviews of submissions. Particular gratitude is due to our editorial assistant, Jesse Nasta, whose work was generously funded by Northwestern University. Ian Saxine—also funded by Northwestern—came on as the new editorial assistant right as this issue was entering production and provided crucial help. Permission to reprint Jean Allman’s “The Historic Legacy of Ivor Wilks” from Africa Is a Country (http://africasacountry.com/2014/10/jean-allman-on-ivor-wilks/) is gratefully acknowledged. [End Page 1] Akosua Darkwah University of Ghana Sean Hanretta Northwestern University Copyright © 2015 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Balance consistent practice with institutional autonomy

Over the last several years, many University of Wisconsin System institutions have focused on nontraditional students as an important population of opportunity to advance college‐completion goals. However, UW System data revealed second‐year retention rates for adult students lagged behind rates for all UW degree seekers. For example, the first‐to‐second‐year retention rate for nontraditional‐aged new freshmen who entered UW System institutions between 2005 and 2009 was 23 percent lower than for new freshmen overall.

Agreement between bovine respiratory disease scoring systems for pre-weaned dairy calves.

Clinical scoring systems have been proposed for respiratory disease diagnosis in calves, including the Wisconsin (WI) system (McGuirk in 2008) which uses five clinical signs, each partitioned into four levels of severity. Recently, we developed the California (CA) bovine respiratory disease (BRD) scoring system requiring less calf handling and consisting of six clinical signs, each classified as normal or abnormal. The objective of this study was to estimate the on-farm agreement between the WI and the CA scoring systems. A total of 100 calves were enrolled on a CA dairy and assessed for BRD case status using the two scoring systems simultaneously. The Kappa coefficient of agreement between these two systems was estimated to be 0.85, which indicated excellent agreement beyond chance. The simpler design and reduced calf handling required by the CA BRD scoring system may make it advantageous for on-farm use.

University not required to extend deadline for national medical exam

Case name: Saavedra v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, et al., No. 12‐CV‐01220 (E.D. Wis. 10/09/13).

The effects of expanding public insurance to rural low-income childless adults.

This study measures the change in health care use after enrollment into a new public insurance program for low-income childless adults. The data sources include claims from a large integrated health system in rural Wisconsin and Medicaid enrollment files, January 2007-September 2012. We employ a regression discontinuity design to measure the causal effect of public insurance enrollment on counts of outpatient, emergency department, and inpatient events for 2years following enrollment for a sample of previously uninsured low-income adults in rural Wisconsin. Public insurance enrollment led to substantial increases in outpatient visits including preventive visits, but not mental health visits. Public insurance enrollment also led to increases in inpatient stays, but the study is inconclusive on whether it led to an increase in ED visits. Public insurance expansions to childless adults have the potential to impact the use of health care. The large increase in Medicaid coverage and reduction in rates of uninsurance anticipated to result from the Affordable Care Act should increase the use of inpatient and outpatient services, but they will have an uncertain impact on the use of ED among rural populations.

Geographical and seasonal barriers to mammography services and breast cancer stage at diagnosis

Routine mammography screening and early detection are important prognostic indicators for breast cancer. Geographical and seasonal barriers to mammography services and relationship to breast cancer stage at diagnosis were examined. Travel time to mammography center, seasonal distribution of mammogram use, mammography frequency, and stage of cancer were retrospectively examined in 1428 female patients diagnosed with primary breast cancer at a tertiary care clinic system in Wisconsin, USA, from 2002 to 2008. Women with no missed mammograms before diagnosis lived a median of 15 minutes from the nearest facility, while those who missed five of their past five annual mammograms lived nearly twice as far, with a median travel time of 27 minutes (p<0.0001). There was a direct relationship between travel time to nearest mammogram facility and stage of breast cancer at diagnosis, with travel time increasing from 17 to 24 minutes for stage 0 and stage 4 breast cancers, respectively (p=0.0586). Women were less likely to undergo mammography screening during the winter months (p<0.0001), especially women with greater than 30 mi (48.3 km) to travel to the nearest mammogram facility (p=0.0448). In the studied service area, travel time to nearest mammogram center appears inversely related to regular mammography screening and breast cancer stage at diagnosis. Mammograms are less common in the winter, especially in women with further to travel. This is the first study to demonstrate that inclement winter weather may impact on screening behaviors in rural areas and demonstrates the importance of considering climate as part of geographical access to preventative care.

Restoration Map: A Web-based Tool for Spatial and Participatory Adaptive Management of Ecological Restoration Projects

©2014 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Restoration Map: A Web-based Tool for Spatial and Participatory Adaptive Management of Ecological Restoration Projects William A. Freyman (corresponding author: University and Jepson Herbaria, Department of Integrative Biology, University Of California-Berkeley, 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building #2465, Berkeley, CA, 94720-2465, USA, freyman@ berkeley.edu) and Karen A. Glennemeier (National Audubon Society, 1718 Sherman Ave., Suite 210, Evanston, IL, 60201, kglennemeier@audubon.org)