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By: Ashley
Hey everybody! So this time around, in the spirit of graduation season, I am going to be writing about how to find jobs outside of Minnesota. I, like many of you, will be saying goodbye to UMD this May and trading in my sweats for business professional. With commencement around the corner, conversations about where you want work, how much you're going to make, and what you actually want to do with your life are going to be the centerpiece of your life these next few months. I hope this post will help those of you looking to find work outside of the state of Minnesota. I would say the two biggest resources at your disposal as UMD are GoldPASS and Going Global.
GoldPASS is a handy resource that allows employers to post full-time, part-time, intern, and volunteer positions, for all University of Minnesota students to see. GoldPASS, alongside allowing you to search for job listings based on major and position type, also lets you search for jobs based on location. Many companies based outside of Minnesota post positions in GoldPASS. For example, say I wanted to work in Madison, WI, I would just input the city and state in the "job location" field in GoldPASS and hit search. In this example the first result that pops up is for an Apprentice Business Analyst for PCG, who are located in Madison. Within the position description they give detailed instructions on how to apply as well as the requirements for the job. This, of course, is just an example, but I think you all see where this is going. With a plethora of jobs relating to dozens of majors, in even more cities your options are abundant when using GoldPASS.
Going Global is a small organization who provides advice for finding jobs at home here in the US and abroad. To access Going Global, all a UMD student has to do is login into their GoldPASS account and click on the Going Global banner on the homepage. A few years ago, I wrote a more in depth post on Going Global which explains on the website there are "Career Guides" for a multitude of states and major metro areas. When you look through these career guides you will find an abundance of information. For example, if I wanted to know about cost of living, top companies, and job resources for the city of Atlanta, GA, I would click on the Atlanta career guide. Back on the homepage of Going Global there is a "Job Postings and Internship listings" link, once you click it you can search by location, job title, industry, academic degree, job type, and even company name. So for example, say I wanted to work in Madison, WI, and I wanted to work as an accountant, once the information is put in the correct fields all you have to do is hit search. In this instance a position as an accountant for the company The Edgewatter, located in Madison was the top result. When I selected this listing I was redirected to indeed.com where all the information about this job was listed and to the right was an "apply now" button. Easy as that, the nice about Going Global is everything is concentrated into this one site which makes searching for jobs out of state, or even out of the country very easy.
I hope this very short post on how to search and apply for jobs outside of our state was informative and helpful. I know that the thought of joining the global workforce and leaving the comforts and familiarities of UMD is scary, but we all have to do it at some point, and we don't have to do it alone. As always, if you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, confused, or if you just have a few questions please stop by our office (SCC 22 in the Wedge). We all have at least a basic understanding of GoldPASS and would be more than happy to help you with your job search. After all, our career counselors (and our office) are here to help you figure out what life after graduation will look like. As our mission statement says "to empower students and alumni to discover, develop, evaluate, and implement their unique professional goals as they prepare for careers in an evolving global workforce."
Of Possible Interest:
- Reference USA – database for researching organizations, available through UMD's Library (UMD Login info required if off-campus)


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We will have to do a repeat for those who missed it.
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Groovy! I can't wait to reconnect with the DFC community... I was young and sucked when I played, but times have changed
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The Loft at 14th
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I've been in a spiritual funk lately.
Have you ever been there? Maybe you are there.
I've hardly gone to church all summer. I've got lots of good reasons. We've been busy. We've been out of town. We've traveled more than we ever have. But, in reality, I just haven't felt like it.
My time with God has been lame. I've managed to stay consistent but the time spent has not been quality time. It's been brief and superficial. It's funny how we feel good about ourselves because we can check it off the to do list. God doesn't care about that. The time has to be intimate and meaningful.
The idea of sacrifice and service has not seemed attractive. I've been more interested in what I want and what I need.
A spiritual funk is a dangerous thing because it can gain momentum and take you to a place far from God and far from community. The good news is that it is actually very easy to get out of a spiritual funk.
That may not seem true. In fact, that may seem like a cruel lie if you have been in a spiritual ditch for an extended period of time. It's not hard to get to the place where you feel lost…in the dark…confused and alone. But the way back is amazingly simple.
Here is the way out of a spiritual funk.
That's it. That's all it takes. The Lord invites you.
Return to me.
The invitation and one's like it can be found throughout the Scriptures. Here is one from Jeremiah.
"If you, Israel, will return, then return to me, declares the Lord." –Jeremiah 4:1
If you will return…then return.
That is how near God is to you right now.
He is one decision…one step…one move away this very moment.
If you have faded away…return.
There is no penance to pay.
There is no elaborate ceremony necessary.
There is no magic prayer.
If you see that you are not where you want to be…return.
Return to the Body of Christ.
Return to Worship.
Return to the Word of God.
Return to Prayer.
Return to a Mission greater than your own pursuit of happiness.
If you are in a spiritual funk, don't get lost in that foggy place. It's much simpler than it seems to be. Take the Lord up on his offer. If you will return to me, return.
I think you will find almost immediate hope and encouragement by making that simple decision to return. I already have.
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The Karnataka bandh call given by pro-Kannada outfits is expected to paralyse normal life across the State, particularly in the Cauvery basin districts. Nearly all services are slated to shut down over the order of the Cauvery River Authority to release water at the rate of 9,000 cusecs to Tamil Nadu.
The bandh, announced weeks in advance and supported by major political parties in the State, has been called for 12 hours starting 6 a.m., activists reiterated on Friday.
While district administrations have declared schools and colleges shut and trade establishments will down shutters, private and public transport, among several other services including buses, autorickshaws and taxis are likely to stay off the road. Fuel stations will remain closed. Cable TV operators announced that they would pull the plug on all entertainment channels during the bandh.
Bandh-like Friday
On Friday, several parts of Bangalore witnessed a bandh-like situation during the first half of the day following a call issued by a faction of the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike led by T.A. Narayana Gowda, with support from a few small pro-Kannada outfits. The rally on Friday, which culminated at Freedom Park, had several religious leaders participating.
Roads and market areas in the central business district were deserted. This faction of the vedike is not part of the umbrella organisation, the Kannada Okkoota that is behind Saturday's bandh.
The okkoota comprises pro-Kannada groups ranging from Kannada organisations to trade unions and film industry groups. Led by Vatal Nagaraj of the Kannada Chaluvali Vatala Paksha, the okkoota has the support of around 500 organisations. Major political parties such as the BJP and the JD(S) have announced support.
The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Peenya Industries Association requested "traders and the industry fraternity to extend cooperation". Senior Transport Department officials said they would operate services "depending upon the situation", while South Western Railway has sought increased security at the stations.
Nearly 10,000 pharmacies will remain closed "voluntarily" in Bangalore, Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and Mysore, B. Lokesh, president of the Karnataka Chemists and Distributors Association, announced. Drug counters in hospitals will remain open for emergencies. The Karnataka Milk Federation, which sells about 30.5 lakh litres daily in two shifts, has asked its distributors to pick up the entire day's supply in the morning.
Security arrangements
The city will see increased security during the day. Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) T. Suneel Kumar, said that 17,000 police personnel would be deployed in the city. Besides this, three companies of the CRPF and the RAF, 25 KSRP platoons and 35 CAR platoons, 100 trainee policemen and 600 Home Guards would also be posted.


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TANATA 2020: Exam Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Pattern & Syllabus
Tamil Nadu Aptitude Test in Architecture (TANATA) is the state level entrance examination conducted by Anna University. TANATA 2020 will be conducted to test the aptitude of candidates seeking admission into B.Arch. degree program to various colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu. All the aspirants need to carefully go through the eligibility criteria before applying.
|TANATA 2020 Exam Pattern
|TANATA 2020 Syllabus
|TANATA 2020 Participating Colleges
- TANATA 2020 will be held on August 12, 2020 at the selected Exam centers.
- Application Form will be available from July 24 - July 31, 2020.
- TANATA 2020 Results will be declared on August 19, 2020. The Counselling and Seat Allocation process will begin shortly after the declaration of the results.
- The scores for TANATA 2020 would be valid only for the admission to the B.Arch. program under Management Quota and Government Quota Lapsed Seats for the year 2020-19.
TANATA 2020 Exam Highlights
Some of the major highlights for TANATA 2020 can be seen in the table below:
|Exam Highlights
|Tamil Nadu Aptitude Test in Architecture
|Date of Exam
|August 2020
|Conducting Body
|Anna University
|Official Website
|Mode of Exam
|Medium of Exam
|Duration of Exam
|180 minutes
TANATA 2020 Exam Dates
Anna University is likely to release official notification for TANATA 2020 in the month of February 2020. TANATA Application Form will be active till the month of July 2020. TANATA 2020 is scheduled for August 12, 2020.
|Dates (Tentative)
|Application form will be declared
|July 24, 2020
|Last Date for submission of Application form
|July 31, 2020
|Admit Card will be available
|August 7, 2020
|Examination Date
|August 12, 2020
|Result will be announced
|August 19, 2020
TANATA 2020 Eligibility
Before applying for TANATA 2020 Exam, all candidates must be aware of the TANATA Eligibility Criteria set by the conducting body. It is compulsory for all the candidate to meet the eligibility criteria to apply for the application form. After clearing the eligibility criteria applicant can apply for the application form. Here are the eligibility criteria:
Educational Qualification
- Candidates who have passed the higher secondary or 10+2(Class XII) Examination or its equivalent from any recognized board.
- The minimum aggregate required is 50% in the qualifying exam with Mathematics as one of the subjects.
- Candidates appearing in the higher secondary or 10+2 (Class XII) final or equivalent examination in 2020 may also appear in TANATA 2020 provisionally.
- Aspirants should have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination with Mathematics as one of the subjects with at least 50% marks.OR
- Should have 10+3 Diploma (any stream) recognized by Central/State Govts with 50% aggregate marks with Mathematics.OR
- Possess International Baccalaureate Diploma after 10 years of Schooling with 50% marks in aggregate and with Mathematics as compulsory subject of examination are also eligible to apply for TANATA 2020.
TANATA 2020 Application Form
The application form for TANATA 2020 will start from July 24, 2020. TANATA 2020 Application Form can be done only through online mode. The last date to pay the application fee and submit the application form will be in the last week of July 2020. Candidates are advised to fill the Application Form before the last date of the submission. A duly filled copy of the application form should be retained for future reference.
Candidates should read all the Instructions carefully before filling TANATA 2020 Application Form. Check the steps given below to fill the Online Application form:
- Visit the official application form link of TANATA 2020.
- Click on 'Go to Registration'.
- Enter your basic details like name, father's name, date of birth, email address, mobile number, preferred program, and department.
- Confirm the details and Click on Submit
- Set a password for your account for the completion of registration.
- Log in to your account using application number/User ID received and password. Candidate will receive their Application number on their registered email address.
- Enter all the personal and academic details required in the application form.
- Pay the application fees through Net Banking/Credit Card/Debit Card.
- Enter all the details required for the completion of the payment process via Net Banking or Credit/Debit Card.
- Upload recent passport size photograph and scanned signature (Maximum file size 50 KB each).
- Review the details in the entire form, make changes, if necessary and Click on Submit button.
TANATA Application Fee
TANATA 2020 Application fee is INR 2000 for General category and INR 1000 for SC/SCA/ST candidates belonging to Tamil Nadu.
TANATA 2020 Admit Card
Applicants can download their TANATA 2020 Admit Card from the official website few days before the examination. Admit Card will not be sent to candidates through post/email. TANATA 2020 will be conducted on August 12, 2020. The exam conducting body will issue the Admit Card only for those aspirants who will successfully submit the online application form.
To download the Admit Card, candidates need to enter application number and date of birth. Steps to download the Admit Card are given below:
- Go to the official website.
- Click on the link referred as TANATA 2020 Admit Card.
- Enter your login details Application Number and date of birth.
- Login and download the Admit Card for examination.
- Print the Admit Card on A4 sheet.
Candidate should take a printout of their Admit Card and keep with them during the examination along with the photo identity card as identity proof, so they won't face any problem while giving the exam. Candidates are advised to preserve his/her Admit Card for till the admission process is over.
TANATA 2020 Exam Centers
TANATA 2020 Examination will be conducted across 6 cities across the state of Tamil Nadu.
TANATA 2020 Exam Pattern
TANATA 2020 Entrance Test will be Pencil & paper based test. TANATA 2020 entrance will consist of two parts. Part A question paper will consist of 60 multiple choice questions. Candidates will be awarded two marks for each correct answer. Part B will consist of two drawing questions and the total time limit to attempt both parts will be 180 minutes.
Candidates need to mark the answers in the OMR sheets. It is mandatory for the aspirants to use pencil only, for all the entries in the OMR Answer sheet including the filling of bubbles. If there is more than one answer bubbled against a question, it will be considered as an incorrect answer.
Candidates can check below the distribution of sections and allotment of marks for the both the sections below:
Part A (First 90 minutes)
|No. of Questions
|Marks of Examination
|General Aptitude(MCQ)
Note: Qualifying score in Part A is 30 marks out of 120
Part B (Last 90 minutes)
|No. of Questions
|Marks of Examination
|Drawing Test
Note: Qualifying score in Part B is 20 marks out of 80
TANATA 2020 Exam Pattern Highlights
|Exam Pattern Highlights
|Mode of Examination
|Paper Type
|Total Marks
|Duration of Exam
|180 Minutes
|Marking Scheme
|2 mark for every correct answer in Part A 40 marks per question in Part B
TANATA 2020 Syllabus
The authorities have not specified any defined syllabus for TANATA 2020. However, some of the important topics for various sections in the paper is covered in the table below. Candidates must practice all topics to get a grip on all the topics.
|Part A
|Algebra Logarithms Matrices Trigonometry Coordinate Geometry 3-Dimensional Co-ordinate geometry Theory of Calculus Permutation and Combination Statistics and Probability
|General Aptitude
|Objects, texture related to architecture and built environment. Interpretation of pictorial compositions, Visualizing three-dimensional objects from two-dimensional drawing. Visualizing different sides of 3D objects. Analytical reasoning, mental ability (visual, numerical and verbal), General awareness of national/ international architects and famous architectural creations.
|Mathematical reasoning: Statements, logical operations like and, or, if and only if, implies, implied by. Understanding of tautology, converse, contradiction, and contrapositive.
|Sets and Relations: Idea of sets, subsets, power set, complement, union, intersection and difference of sets, Venn diagram, De Morgan's Laws, Relation and its properties. Equivalence relation — definition and elementary examples.
|Part B
|Drawing Test
|Understanding of scale and proportion of objects, geometric composition, shape, building forms and elements, aesthetics, colour texture, harmony, and contrast. Conceptualization and visualisation through structuring objects in memory. Drawing of patterns - both geometrical and abstract. Form transformations in 2D and 3D like union, subtraction, rotation, surfaces, and volumes. Generating plan, elevation and 3D views of objects. Creating 2D and 3D compositions using given shape and forms. Perspective drawing. Sketching of urban-scape and landscape, common day-to-day life objects like furniture, equipment etc., from memory
TANATA 2020 Result
TANATA 2020 Results will be tentatively announced on August 19, 2020. The result will be declared through online mode in the form of score card. Candidates shortlisted based on their scores will be called for the counselling process. The result will contain the name, application number/roll number of the candidates selected for the admission process.
How to Check TANATA 2020 Results:
- Visit the official website of TANATA
- Click on the link for 'TANATA 2020 Results'
- Enter the Application Number/Roll number and Date of Birth
- Check the details on the TANATA 2020 Results
- Download and take printout of TANATA 2020 Results
TANATA 2020 Cut off
TANATA 2020 Cut off is the minimum score required to secure admission into the B.Tech. program offered by various colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu.
The cut off for TANATA 2020 will depend on a lot of factors such as:
- The number of applicants,
- The number of seats available,
- Previous year cut off marks and the difficulty levels of the entrance test.
Cut off of TANATA 2020 would be prepared on the following rules:
- At least 25% marks secured in Part A
- At least 25% marks secured in Part B
TANATA 2020 Merit List
Anna University will publish a separate merit list for TANATA 2020 based on the candidates' category chosen in the entrance test. Only those students who clear the cutoff marks will be considered to qualify for TANATA 2020 Counselling.
TANATA 2020 scores would be valid only for the admission to the B.Arch. programme under Management Quota and Government Quota Lapsed Seats for the year 2020-19. Ranking of the merit list will be in the descending order of total marks scored in the entrance exam. Separate Reserved category list will also be prepared.
TANATA 2020 Counselling
TANATA 2020 Counselling will begin few weeks after the declaration of results. Only those candidates who will be shortlistedin the TANATA 2020 Merit List will be eligible for the counselling process. Candidates will have to check the official website regularly to get an idea about schedule and Merit list for TANATA 2020.
TANATA 2020 counselling process will involve document verification and the final seat allotment. Seat Allotment will take place basis the ranks acquired by the candidates in the merit list and the availability of the seats. A counselling fee has to be paid by the candidates at the time of attending the counselling.
Counselling and Seat Allotment will be done in order of the ranks of candidates. Therefore, candidates are advised to appear for counselling on the specified date and time allotted to them. All the certificates and documents of the candidate will be verified at the counselling center on the stipulated date. The candidate should appear for Counselling procedure himself/herself with all the necessary documents. No other person will be allowed to appear for the counselling and admission on behalf of the candidate.
Candidates shortlisted for the counselling rounds need to carry the following documents in original as well as two sets of photocopies:
- TANATA 2020 Rank card and Hall Ticket.
- Marks statements and Provisional/Degree Certificate of the qualifying examination
- Transfer and Conduct Certificates
- Class X and XII Pass Certificates
- Domicile Certificate
- Six Passport size photographs
- Identity Proof (Aadhar Card, Voter ID, Driving License, Passport, etc.)
- Category Certificate(if applicable)
- JEE Main 2020 Score Card or TANATA 2020 Result
- Migration Certificate (if applicable)
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Hello and welcome back to another one of my build logs! After months of planning and gathering ideas, I reached out to Parvum Systems and brought them an idea of a customized Audi themed case.
Big Thanks to G.Skill, Rocket Science, V1 Tech,UPC and EKWB for taking a chance and sponsoring me! With out them this build would not be as awesome as it is going to be!
When i think Audi i instantly think LED head lights and Big Grills, so i knew i wanted to incorporate those into the case. With some hand sketches i asked Parvum to take the lead and what they ultimately came up with is nothing short than amazing!
Although some parts might not seem as high end as they should for a build like this, the client doesn't game, doesn't render or anything computer extensive. The Client does own a Audi/ Volkswagen service shop and wanted a promotional piece to display. Plus i got a lot of them for a sweet deal!
Motherboard : TBD
Ram: G.skill Sniper 8gb
Cpu: Intel 4790k
Psu: Corsair rm 750
Hdd: TBD
Case: Custom Themed Audi Parvum s2.0
Rad: EK XT 240mm
Rad: thinking of adding another 120 or 140*
GPU: Ek 670 clear block
CPU: EK Supremacy
Fittings: RocketScience Silver fittings
Pipe: nickel plated copper
Pump- EK DDC w/140 mm res
Fans: EK VARDAR series
Sleeving and Supplies:
Ultimate Personal Computers Aegis
Acrylic Work:
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Update #1 : Initial Plans
So as i stated above, i started off with a few hand drawn concepts. This first one is good for a laugh!
so you can see where my mind was heading.. this wasn't so much custom in that the only thing added was an Audi-esq grill to the front
Hand drawn idea 2:
now we're getting somewhere!
I took this design to Parvum and asked if they could help me take it one step further. after a few emails back and forth they sent me some renderings
Amazing!! We did make one final tweak before they went to cut the case.. we decided to close the gap and enlarge as well as lower the headlights., but you all will just have to wait and see the final version!


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For our July outreach, we are supporting deployed troops across the world through "Movie Night in a Box." On each Sunday in July we will be collecting DVDs (suitable for both men and women), popcorn, hard candies, gum and Crystal Light powder packets. These will be boxed up and sent to our troops serving abroad protecting our freedom, letting them know they are loved, cared for and held up in prayer.
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Kolkata Knight Riders announced the launch of KKR Academy, the brainchild of captain Dinesh Karthik and team CEO Venky Mysore, on Wednesday. The franchise aims to strengthen their connect with their local Indian players and address different aspects of their games during the three-month off-season after the IPL.
Still an active cricketer himself with over a decade of first-class experience, Abhishek Nayar, who worked with the team as consultant during the season, has been appointed head coach of the academy. He will be assisted by Omkar Salvi, who until recently was bowling coach of Mumbai in domestic cricket. AR Srikkanth, the franchise's long-standing video analyst who also scouts for talent during the off-season, will also lend his expertise.
"Post the IPL season, I had a meeting with Venky Sir to discuss the ways forward, and he was very keen on starting something where we can help the cricketers throughout [the year]," Nayar told the franchise's official website. "A lot of times, what happens is that we come into the IPL and pick players based on their talent.
"Whether or not they do well depends on their own preparations, so we thought as to what we can do to affect that - to find a change where we can add a little more value to a cricketer's career and not just come and practice, do well in the IPL, and go away."
The franchise aims to ensure the best training facilities to players across different parts of the country. A two-week bootcamp in Bengaluru is the first of many they hope to implement going forward, with the aim of allowing players exposure to different surfaces, training facilities and conditions across India. Presently, batsmen Rinku Singh, Apoorv Wankhade, Nitish Rana and Shubman Gill are in attendance. Five other players are expected to join the camp shortly.
Gill, who was picked on the basis of his performances at the Under-19 World Cup, is fresh off a successful maiden India A stint in England, where he made three half-centuries in the side's run to the one-day tri-series title. Wankhade was part of Vidarbha's Ranji Trophy winning team but didn't get a game for KKR this season. Rinku played sporadically, while Rana was one of their batting mainstays.
"The idea was to have a journey with them wherein you're taking care of them, understanding them, their problems, and the small difficulties they face through a season, not only in the IPL, but in the Ranji trophy or in (domestic) T20s, basically everything that comprises the overall growth of a cricketer," Nayar said.
With India's domestic season set to kick off in September, the camp serves to also bring players back into match mode. "I'm pretty confident it will (help the players in the upcoming season)," he said. "Like I said, it's not about this camp, it's (what we do) through the season. It's not a one-day wonder kind of a thing. It's something we're going to do over and over and over again. So in this camp, we're trying to assess the players. We're in talks with them, we are trying to understand what they require, understand what's stopping them from being the best that they can be.
"I have spent a lot of time with these players, but we have a new team (of support staff) who are going to work with us through the season. "It's a long process, but i think in the end, it will turn out to be something really beautiful. We've started off on a journey and I'm pretty sure that if you ask the cricketers by the end of this camp, they will feel that there is a definite improvement in what they were doing prior to coming into this camp.


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Today, the term "hygiene" is closely related to the concepts of "health" and "clean" as it is considered a key element of people's life quality and prevention diseases.
Kitchen hygiene has traditionally been considered as a set of actions related to food care, good work practices and cleanliness of people, surfaces and utensils. Also, the bathroom, hygiene center both at home and in public spaces, is the place for the safeguarding of health through cleaning and disinfection. It is therefore important to ensure proper compliance with guidelines about home hygiene to prevent the formation of infection focus that may jeopardize the health of people.
Silestone Institute offers some simple cleaning guidelines to ensure complete disinfection. For this purpose, Silestone Institute has created the
"Wheel of Home Hygiene",
a didactic and illustrative diagram about house's total sanitation control.
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Thus, frequency differs depending on the areas that require cleaning processes more consistent and constant, and which must be cleaned more sporadically to keep them in perfect conditions. Therefore, it details which areas require hygiene daily, three times a week, weekly, biweekly or monthly.
Daily disinfection is essential to the most polluted places including sponges and dishcloths and draining the battery. Cutting boards, wood or plastic, requires special attention, especially after cutting meat, chicken or fish and before chopping vegetables that are consumed raw.
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Clean the kitchen sink, place the sponges, cloths and tables clean and within this and cover with a solution of one cup of concentrated bleach in 5 gallons of water. Leave for 5 minutes then rinse thoroughly.
Three times a week
Some areas of the kitchen and the bathroom need to be cleaned and disinfected several times throughout the week.
Countertops, tables and utensils / cooking appliances must be disinfected at least three times a week, furthermore, to clean it every time there is a spill on them. Soils in the kitchen and bathroom, the keys to the taps and toilet flush button are also in this group.
In the bathroom, the toilet needs to be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected at least once a week as well as bathroom shelves, sinks, tubs, showers and drains.
Concentrated bleach diluted slightly and let stand for 5 minutes for a degreasing effect. It is thus also achieved a good way to clean and disinfect in one step.
Spotlights and sources of bacterial contamination
In fact, bacteria habit everywhere. They might be in the air, soil, animals, water and even on our skin, clothing or saliva. Places where commonly we found bacteria are known as "sources of contamination".
It is important to know the main sources of pollution where commonly we found bacteria in order to protect more efficiently hygiene safety at home.
The most common sources of contamination
Usually people carry bacteria in their body. These may be in the mouth, nose, gut, hands and skin. Most often we find them on dirty hands, saliva and injuries.
Waste containers are an important source of pollution because they are left for several hours at room temperature. This helps the growth of bacteria and attracts insects and rodents. Flies, cockroaches or even air currents can produce that waste reach the food being prepared and contaminate it.
Raw foods
Raw foods are often contaminated by bacteria and parasites. Be especially careful with red and white meats, seafood, eggs and fresh milk.
A common form of food contamination is by water. This especially happens in areas where fruits and vegetables are irrigated with sewage or from rivers contaminated with stool or chemicals.
Pests carry germs and dirtiness. They are always placed where there is food. They live in sewers, drains, decayed matter, depositions.
Hairs and feathers of domestic animals contain large numbers of bacteria, some of which are pathogenic.
Soil is a nutrient-rich reservoir that many microorganisms and parasites grow well on it.
The air is a hostile environment for microorganisms. But it can become an excellent means of dispersion and transport for them, especially through the currents.
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On Friday twilight, the 5th of December, the time honoured Beyond Bank [1] Clare Christmas Pageant was once again the highlight of the community calendar.
The event organiser Lions Club of Clare [2], strongly supported by their volunteers and other service groups, once again provided festive entertainment for a huge crowd attracted from all over the state.
The local Clare Scout Group headed proceedings with the Clare Christmas Pageant banner followed by Cassie Priestley's Beyond Bank [1] branded dirt circuit racing car.
Our wonderful staff from Clare, supported by Area Managers Lynne Ward & John Hunt, flanked the Beyond Bank float handing out antlers and slapsticks throughout the procession.
Adding to the fun & frivolity Clare branch manager John Morrison and staff members Abby Harris and Lynne Ward entertained pageant goers as clowns whilst Trish Barrett and John Hunt provided the community visibility. During the after party held in Melrose Park, Lynne Ward, and Cassie Priestley's daughters Imogen & Kyla continued the clown theme adding much value to the evening.
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Objectives: To study differences regarding pain and activity limitations during the 3 years following diagnosis in women and men with contemporary treated early RA compared with their counterparts who were diagnosed 10 years earlier. Method: This study was based on patients recruited to the Early Intervention in RA (TIRA) project. In the first cohort (TIRA-1) 320 patients were included in time for diagnosis during 1996-1998 and 463 patients were included in the second cohort (TIRA-2) during 2006-2009. Disease activity, pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale, VAS), bodily pain (BP) in the 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), activity limitations (Health Assessment Questionnaire, HAQ), and medication were reported at inclusion and at follow-up after 1, 2, and 3 years. Results: Disease activity, pain, and activity limitations were pronounced at inclusion across both genders and in both cohorts, with some improvement observed during the first year after diagnosis. Disease activity did not differ between cohorts at inclusion but was significantly lower at the follow-ups in the TIRA-2 cohort, in which the patients were prescribed traditional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and biological agents more frequently. In TIRA-2, patients reported significantly lower pain and activity limitations at all follow-ups, with men reporting lower pain than women. Women reported significantly higher activity limitations at all time points in TIRA-2. Conclusions: Pain and activity limitations were still pronounced in the contemporary treated early RA cohort compared with their counterparts diagnosed 10 years earlier and both of these factors need to be addressed in clinical settings.
Speech comprehension depends on the successful operation of a network of brain regions. Processing of degraded speech is associated with different patterns of brain activity in comparison with that of high-quality speech. In this exploratory study, we studied whether processing degraded auditory input in daily life because of hearing impairment is associated with differences in brain volume. We compared TI-weighted structural magnetic resonance images of 17 hearing-impaired (HI) adults with those of 17 normal-hearing (NH) controls using a voxel-based morphometry analysis. HI adults were individually matched with NH adults based on age and educational level. Gray and white matter brain volumes were compared between the groups by region-of-interest analyses in structures associated with speech processing, and by whole-brain analyses. The results suggest increased gray matter volume in the right angular gyrus and decreased white matter volume in the left fusiform gyrus in HI listeners as compared with NH ones. In the HI group, there was a significant correlation between hearing acuity and cluster volume of the gray matter cluster in the right angular gyrus. This correlation supports the link between partial hearing loss and altered brain volume. The alterations in volume may reflect the operation of compensatory mechanisms that are related to decoding meaning from degraded auditory input.
We still have very little knowledge about how ourbrains decouple different sound sources, which is known assolving the cocktail party problem. Several approaches; includingERP, time-frequency analysis and, more recently, regression andstimulus reconstruction approaches; have been suggested forsolving this problem. In this work, we study the problem ofcorrelating of EEG signals to different sets of sound sources withthe goal of identifying the single source to which the listener isattending. Here, we propose a method for finding the number ofparameters needed in a regression model to avoid overlearning,which is necessary for determining the attended sound sourcewith high confidence in order to solve the cocktail party problem.
Auditory attention identification methods attempt to identify the sound source of a listeners interest by analyzing measurements of electrophysiological data. We present a tutorial on the numerous techniques that have been developed in recent decades, and we present an overview of current trends in multivariate correlation-based and model-based learning frameworks. The focus is on the use of linear relations between electrophysiological and audio data. The way in which these relations are computed differs. For example, canonical correlation analysis (CCA) finds a linear subset of electrophysiological data that best correlates to audio data and a similar subset of audio data that best correlates to electrophysiological data. Model-based (encoding and decoding) approaches focus on either of these two sets. We investigate the similarities and differences between these linear model philosophies. We focus on (1) correlation-based approaches (CCA), (2) encoding/decoding models based on dense estimation, and (3) (adaptive) encoding/decoding models based on sparse estimation. The specific focus is on sparsity-driven adaptive encoding models and comparing the methodology in state-of-the-art models found in the auditory literature. Furthermore, we outline the main signal processing pipeline for how to identify the attended sound source in a cocktail party environment from the raw electrophysiological data with all the necessary steps, complemented with the necessary MATLAB code and the relevant references for each step. Our main aim is to compare the methodology of the available methods, and provide numerical illustrations to some of them to get a feeling for their potential. A thorough performance comparison is outside the scope of this tutorial.
This study investigated language function associated with behavior problems, focusing on pragmatics. Scores on the Children's Communication Checklist Second Edition (CCC-2) in a group of 40 adolescents (12–15 years) identified with externalizing behavior problems (BP) in childhood was compared to the CCC-2 scores in a typically developing comparison group (n=37). Behavioral, emotional and language problems were assessed by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and 4 language items, when the children in the BP group were 7–9 years (T1). They were then assessed with the SDQ and the CCC-2 when they were 12–15 years (T2). The BP group obtained poorer scores on 9/10 subscales on the CCC-2, and 70% showed language impairments in the clinical range. Language, emotional and peer problems at T1 were strongly correlated with pragmatic language impairments in adolescence. The findings indicate that assessment of language, especially pragmatics, is vital for follow-up and treatment of behavioral problems in children and adolescents.
Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) has been tested in many research trials, but to a lesser extent directly compared to face-to-face delivered cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of trials in which guided ICBT was directly compared to face-to-face CBT. Studies on psychiatric and somatic conditions were included. Systematic searches resulted in 13 studies (total N=1053) that met all criteria and were included in the review. There were three studies on social anxiety disorder, three on panic disorder, two on depressive symptoms, two on body dissatisfaction, one on tinnitus, one on male sexual dysfunction, and one on spider phobia. Face-to-face CBT was either in the individual format (n=6) or in the group format (n=7). We also assessed quality and risk of bias. Results showed a pooled effect size (Hedges' g) at post-treatment of -0.01 (95% CI: -0.13 to 0.12), indicating that guided ICBT and face-to-face treatment produce equivalent overall effects. Study quality did not affect outcomes. While the overall results indicate equivalence, there are still few studies for each psychiatric and somatic condition and many conditions for which guided ICBT has not been compared to face-to-face treatment. Thus, more research is needed to establish equivalence of the two treatment formats.
BackgroundInternet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) for major depression has been tested in several trials, but only with follow-ups up to 1.5 years.
AimThe aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of ICBT 3.5 years after treatment completion.Methods
A total of 88 people with major depression were randomized to either guided self-help or e-mail therapy in the original trial. One-third was initially on a waiting-list. Treatment was provided for eight weeks and in this report long-term follow-up data were collected. Also included were data from post-treatment and six-month follow-up. A total of 58% (51/88) completed the 3.5-year follow-up. Analyses were performed using a random effects repeated measures piecewise growth model to estimate trajectory shape over time and account for missing data.
ResultsResults showed continued lowered scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). No differences were found between the treatment conditions. A large proportion of participants (55%) had sought and received additional treatments in the follow-up period. A majority (56.9%) of participants had a BDI score lower than 10 at the 3.5-year follow-up.
ConclusionsPeople with mild to moderate major depression may benefit from ICBT 3.5-years after treatment completion.
Purpose: The purpose of this research forum article is to describe the impetus for holding the First International Meeting on Internet and Audiology (October 2014) and to introduce the special research forum that arose from the meeting. Method: The rationale for the First International Meeting on Internet and Audiology is described. This is followed by a short description of the research sections and articles appearing in the special issue. Six articles consider the process of health care delivery over the Internet; this includes health care specific to hearing, tinnitus, and balance. Four articles discuss the development of effective Internet-based treatment programs. Six articles describe and evaluate Internet-based interventions specific to adult hearing aid users. Conclusion: The fledgling field of Internet and audiology is remarkably broad. The Second International Meeting on Internet and Audiology ocurred in September 2015.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate if future thinking would change following two forms of Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy (ICBT) for major depression. A second aim was to study the association between pre-post changes in future thinking and prepost changes in depressive symptoms.
Background: Effects of psychological treatments are most often tested with self-report inventories and seldom with tests of cognitive function.
Method: We included data from 47 persons diagnosed with major depression who received either e-mail therapy or guided self-help during 8 weeks. Participants completed the future thinking task (FTT), in which they were asked to generate positive and negative events that they thought were going to happen in the future and rated the events in terms of emotion and likelihood. The FTT was completed before and after treatment. Data on depressive symptoms were also collected.
Results: FTT index scores for negative events were reduced after treatment. There was no increase for the positive events. Change scores for the FTT negative events and depression symptoms were significantly correlated.
Conclusions: We conclude that ICBT may lead to decreased negative future thinking and that changes in depression symptoms correlate to some extent with reductions in negative future thinking.
This study examined the extent to which different measures ofspeechreading performance correlated with particular cognitiveabilities in a population of hearing-impaired people. Althoughthe three speechreading tasks (isolated word identification,sentence comprehension, and text tracking) were highly intercorrelated,they tapped different cognitive skills. In this population,younger participants were better speechreaders, and, when agewas taken into account, speech tracking correlated primarilywith (written) lexical decision speed. In contrast, speechreadingfor sentence comprehension correlated most strongly with performanceon a phonological processing task (written pseudohomophone detection)but also on a span measure that may have utilized visual, nonverbalmemory for letters. We discuss the implications of this pattern.
Deafness has been associated with poor abilities to deal with digits in the context of arithmetic and memory, and language modality-specific differences in the phonological similarity of digits have been shown to influence short-term memory (STM). Therefore, the overall aim of the present thesis was to find out whether language modality-specific differences in phonological processing between sign and speech can explain why deaf signers perform at lower levels than hearing peers when dealing with digits. To explore this aim, the role of phonological processing in digit-based arithmetic and memory tasks was investigated, using both behavioural and neuroimaging methods, in adult deaf signers and hearing non-signers, carefully matched on age, sex, education and non-verbal intelligence. To make task demands as equal as possible for both groups, and to control for material effects, arithmetic, phonological processing, STM and working memory (WM) were all assessed using the same presentation and response mode for both groups. The results suggested that in digit-based STM, phonological similarity of manual numerals causes deaf signers to perform more poorly than hearing non-signers. However, for digit-based WM there was no difference between the groups, possibly due to differences in allocation of resources during WM. This indicates that similar WM for the two groups can be generalized from lexical items to digits. Further, we found that in the present work deaf signers performed better than expected and on a par with hearing peers on all arithmetic tasks, except for multiplication, possibly because the groups studied here were very carefully matched. However, the neural networks recruited for arithmetic and phonology differed between groups. During multiplication tasks, deaf signers showed an increased reliance on cortex of the right parietal lobe complemented by the left inferior frontal gyrus. In contrast, hearing non-signers relied on cortex of the left frontal and parietal lobes during multiplication. This suggests that while hearing non-signers recruit phonology-dependent arithmetic fact retrieval processes for multiplication, deaf signers recruit non-verbal magnitude manipulation processes. For phonology, the hearing non-signers engaged left lateralized frontal and parietal areas within the classical perisylvian language network. In deaf signers, however, phonological processing was limited to cortex of the left occipital lobe, suggesting that sign-based phonological processing does not necessarily activate the classical language network. In conclusion, the findings of the present thesis suggest that language modality-specific differences between sign and speech in different ways can explain why deaf signers perform at lower levels than hearing non-signers on tasks that include dealing with digits.
Similar working memory (WM) for lexical items has been demonstrated for signers and non-signers while short-term memory (STM) is regularly poorer in deaf than hearing individuals. In the present study, we investigated digit-based WM and STM in Swedish and British deaf signers and hearing non-signers. To maintain good experimental control we used printed stimuli throughout and held response mode constant across groups. We showed that deaf signers have similar digit-based WM performance, despite shorter digit spans, compared to well-matched hearing non-signers. We found no difference between signers and non-signers on STM span for letters chosen to minimize phonological similarity or in the effects of recall direction. This set of findings indicates that similar WM for signers and non-signers can be generalized from lexical items to digits and suggests that poorer STM in deaf signers compared to hearing non-signers may be due to differences in phonological similarity across the language modalities of sign and speech.
Deaf students generally lag several years behind hearing peers in arithmetic, but little is known about the mechanisms behind this. In the present study we investigated how phonological skills interact with arithmetic. Eighteen deaf signers and eighteen hearing non-signers took part in an experiment that manipulated arithmetic and phonological knowledge in the language modalities of sign and speech. Independent tests of alphabetical and native language phonological skills were also administered. There was no difference in performance between groups on subtraction, but hearing non-signers performed better than deaf signers on multiplication. For the deaf signers but not the hearing non-signers, multiplicative reasoning was associated with both alphabetical and phonological skills. This indicates that deaf signing adults rely on language processes to solve multiplication tasks, possibly because automatization of multiplication is less well established in deaf adults.
Arithmetic and language processing involve similar neural networks, but the relative engagement remains unclear. In the present study we used fMRI to compare activation for phonological, multiplication and subtraction tasks, keeping the stimulus material constant, within a predefined language-calculation network including left inferior frontal gyrus and angular gyrus (AG) as well as superior parietal lobule and the intraparietal sulcus bilaterally. Results revealed a generally left lateralized activation pattern within the language-calculation network for phonology and a bilateral activation pattern for arithmetic, and suggested regional differences between tasks. In particular, we found a more prominent role for phonology than arithmetic in pars opercularis of the left inferior frontal gyrus but domain generality in pars triangularis. Parietal activation patterns demonstrated greater engagement of the visual and quantity systems for calculation than language. This set of findings supports the notion of a common, but regionally differentiated, language-calculation network. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Funding Agencies|Swedish Research Council [2005-1353].
The previous status of this article was Manuscript and the working title was Phonological but not arithmetic processing engages left posterior inferior frontal gyrus.
Evidence suggests that the lag reported in mathematics for deaf signers derives from difficulties related to the verbal system of number processing as described in the triple code model. For hearing individuals the verbal system has been shown to be recruited for both arithmetic and language tasks. In the present study we investigate for the first time neuronal representations of arithmetic in deaf signers. We examine if the neural network supporting arithmetic and language, including the horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus (HIPS), the superior parietal lobule (SPL) bilaterally, the left angular gyrus (AG), pars opercularis (POPE) and pars triangularis (PTRI) of the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), is differently recruited for deaf and hearing individuals. Imaging data were collected from 16 deaf signers and 16 well-matched hearing nonsigners, using the same stimulus material for all tasks, but with different cues. During multiplication, deaf signers recruited rHIPS more than hearing non-signers, suggesting greater involvement of magnitude manipulation processes related to the quantity system, whereas there was no evidence that the verbal system was recruited. Further, there was no support for the notion of a common representation of phonology for sign and speech as previously suggested.
We have previously shown that deaf signers recruit partially different brain regions during simple arithmetic compared to a group of hearing non-signers, despite similar performance. Specifically, hearing individuals show more widespread activation in brain areas that have been related to the verbal system of numerical processing, i.e., the left angular and inferior frontal gyrus, whereas deaf individuals engaged brain areas that have been related to the quantity system of numerical processing, i.e., the right horizontal intraparietal sulcus. This indicates that compared to hearing non-signers, deaf signers can successfully make use of processes located in partially different brain areas during simple arithmetic. In this study, which is a conceptual replication and extension of the above-presented study, the main aim is to understand similarities and differences in neural correlates supporting arithmetic in deaf compared to hearing individuals. The primary objective is to investigate the role of the right horizontal intraparietal gyrus, the left inferior frontal gyrus, the hippocampus, and the left angular gyrus during simple and difficult arithmetic and how these regions are connected to each other. A second objective is to explore what other brain regions support arithmetic in deaf signers. Up to 34 adult deaf signers and the same amount of hearing non-signers will be enrolled in an functional magnetic resonance imaging study that will include simple and difficult subtraction and multiplication. Brain imaging data will be analyzed using whole-brain analysis, region of interest analysis and connectivity analysis. This is the first study to investigate neural underpinnings of arithmetic of different difficulties in deaf individuals.
Profoundly deaf individuals sometimes have difficulty with arithmetic and phonological tasks. In the present study we investigate if these differences can be attributed to differences in recruitment of neurobiological networks. Seventeen hearing non-signers (HN) and sixteen deaf signers (DS) matched on age, gender and non-verbal intelligence took part in an fMRI study. In the scanner three digit/letter pairs were visually presented and the participants performed six different blocked tasks tapping processing of digit and letter order, multiplication, subtraction and phonological ability. Data were analysed using two 2x2x2 ANOVAs; process (arithmetic, language) x level (high, low) x group (DS, HN). A main effect of process revealed language networks in the left inferior frontal gryus, supramarginal gyrus, fusiform gyrus and insula. Arithmetic networks included left middle orbital gyrus and superior medial gyrus. A main effect of level revealed low level processing (digit/letter order) in the right middle occipital gyrus and the right precuneus and high level processing (subtraction/multiplication/phonological ability) in left inferior frontal gyrus. There was no main effect of group but a significant task x group interaction in the right temporal pole which in DS (but not HN) was activated more for arithmetic than language processing (pfwe = .022) when multiplication was included in the analysis. This region is implicated in conceptual representation. These results suggest that both arithmetic and language are processed similarly by DS and HN with possible between-group differences in the use of conceptual representation in arithmetic and language tasks.
Deafness is generally associated with poor mental arithmetic, possibly due to neuronal differences in arithmetic processing across language modalities. Here, we investigated for the first time the neuronal networks supporting arithmetic processing in adult deaf signers. Deaf signing adults and hearing non-signing peers performed arithmetic and phonological tasks during fMRI scanning. At whole brain level, activation patterns were similar across groups. Region of interest analyses showed that although both groups activated phonological processing regions in the left inferior frontal gyrus to a similar extent during both phonological and multiplication tasks, deaf signers showed significantly more activation in the right horizontal portion of the inferior parietal sulcus. This region is associated with magnitude manipulation along the mental number line. This pattern of results suggests that deaf signers rely more on magnitude manipulation than hearing non-signers during multiplication, but that phonological involvement does not differ significantly between groups.Abbreviations: AAL: Automated Anatomy Labelling; fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging; HIPS: horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus; lAG: left angular gyrus; lIFG: left inferior frontal gyrus; rHIPS: right horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus
Congenital deafness is often compensated by early sign language use leading to typical language development with corresponding neural underpinnings. However, deaf individuals are frequently reported to have poorer numerical abilities than hearing individuals and it is not known whether the underlying neuronal networks differ between groups. In the present study, adult deaf signers and hearing nonsigners performed a digit and letter order tasks, during functional magnetic resonance imaging. We found the neuronal networks recruited in the two tasks to be generally similar across groups, with significant activation in the dorsal visual stream for the letter order task, suggesting letter identification and position encoding. For the digit order task, no significant activation was found for either of the two groups. Region of interest analyses on parietal numerical processing regions revealed different patterns of activation across groups. Importantly, deaf signers showed significant activation in the right horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus for the digit order task, suggesting engagement of magnitude manipulation during numerical order processing in this group.
Cognitive impairment may cause difficulties in planning and initiating daily activities, as well as remembering to do what is scheduled. This study investigates the effectiveness of an interactive web-based mobile reminder calendar that sends text messages to the users mobile phone as support in everyday life, for persons with cognitive impairment due to neurological injury/diagnoses. The study has a randomised controlled trail design with data collection at baseline and at follow-up sessions after two and four months. Data collection started in August 2016 and continues until December 2017. The interactive web-based mobile reminder calendar may give the needed support to remind the person and thus increase the ability to perform activities and to be independence in everyday life. Preliminary results will be presented regarding what effect the interactive web-based mobile reminder calendar have for the participants performance of everyday life activities as well as perceived quality of life.
Objectives: This study considered speech modified by additive babble combined with noise-suppression processing. The purpose was to determine the relative importance of the signal modifications, individual peripheral hearing loss, and individual cognitive capacity on speech intelligibility and speech quality.
Design: The participant group consisted of 31 individuals with moderate high-frequency hearing loss ranging in age from 51 to 89 years (mean = 69.6 years). Speech intelligibility and speech quality were measured using low-context sentences presented in babble at several signal-to-noise ratios. Speech stimuli were processed with a binary mask noise-suppression strategy with systematic manipulations of two parameters (error rate and attenuation values). The cumulative effects of signal modification produced by babble and signal processing were quantified using an envelope-distortion metric. Working memory capacity was assessed with a reading span test. Analysis of variance was used to determine the effects of signal processing parameters on perceptual scores. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to determine the role of degree of hearing loss and working memory capacity in individual listener response to the processed noisy speech. The model also considered improvements in envelope fidelity caused by the binary mask and the degradations to envelope caused by error and noise.
Results: The participants showed significant benefits in terms of intelligibility scores and quality ratings for noisy speech processed by the ideal binary mask noise-suppression strategy. This benefit was observed across a range of signal-to-noise ratios and persisted when up to a 30% error rate was introduced into the processing. Average intelligibility scores and average quality ratings were well predicted by an objective metric of envelope fidelity. Degree of hearing loss and working memory capacity were significant factors in explaining individual listener's intelligibility scores for binary mask processing applied to speech in babble. Degree of hearing loss and working memory capacity did not predict listeners' quality ratings.
Conclusions: The results indicate that envelope fidelity is a primary factor in determining the combined effects of noise and binary mask processing for intelligibility and quality of speech presented in babble noise. Degree of hearing loss and working memory capacity are significant factors in explaining variability in listeners' speech intelligibility scores but not in quality ratings.
Objectives: This study considered speech modified by additive babble combined with noise-suppression processing. The purpose was to determine the relative importance of the signal modifications, individual peripheral hearing loss, and individual cognitive capacity on speech intelligibility and speech quality. Design: The participant group consisted of 31 individuals with moderate high-frequency hearing loss ranging in age from 51 to 89 years (mean = 69.6 years). Speech intelligibility and speech quality were measured using low-context sentences presented in babble at several signal-to-noise ratios. Speech stimuli were processed with a binary mask noise-suppression strategy with systematic manipulations of two parameters (error rate and attenuation values). The cumulative effects of signal modification produced by babble and signal processing were quantified using an envelope-distortion metric. Working memory capacity was assessed with a reading span test. Analysis of variance was used to determine the effects of signal processing parameters on perceptual scores. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to determine the role of degree of hearing loss and working memory capacity in individual listener response to the processed noisy speech. The model also considered improvements in envelope fidelity caused by the binary mask and the degradations to envelope caused by error and noise. Results: The participants showed significant benefits in terms of intelligibility scores and quality ratings for noisy speech processed by the ideal binary mask noise-suppression strategy. This benefit was observed across a range of signal-to-noise ratios and persisted when up to a 30% error rate was introduced into the processing. Average intelligibility scores and average quality ratings were well predicted by an objective metric of envelope fidelity. Degree of hearing loss and working memory capacity were significant factors in explaining individual listeners intelligibility scores for binary mask processing applied to speech in babble. Degree of hearing loss and working memory capacity did not predict listeners quality ratings. Conclusions: The results indicate that envelope fidelity is a primary factor in determining the combined effects of noise and binary mask processing for intelligibility and quality of speech presented in babble noise. Degree of hearing loss and working memory capacity are significant factors in explaining variability in listeners speech intelligibility scores but not in quality ratings.
Several recent studies have shown a relationship between working memory and the ability of older adults to benefit from specific advanced signal processing algorithms in hearing aids. In this study, we quantify tradeoffs between benefit due to noise reduction and the perceptual costs associated with distortion caused by the noise reduction algorithm. We also investigate the relationship between these tradeoffs and working memory abilities. Speech intelligibility, speech quality, and perceived listening effort were measured in a cohort of elderly adults with hearing loss. Test materials were low-context sentences presented in fluctuating noise conditions at several signal-to-noise ratios. Speech stimuli were processed with a binary mask noise-reduction strategy. The amount of distortion produced by the noise reduction algorithm was parametrically varied by manipulating two binary mask parameters, error rate, and attenuation rate. Working memory was assessed with a reading span test. Results will be discussed in terms of the extent to which intelligibility, quality, and effort ratings are explained by the amount of distortion and/or noise and by working memory ability. [Funded by NIH, Oticon, and GN ReSound.].
and profound hearing impairment treated by cochlear implants (CI). In this study we explore this relationship in sixteen Swedish children with CI. We found that over 60% of the children with CI performed at the level of their hearing peers in a reading comprehension test. Demographic factors were not predictive of reading comprehension, but a complex working memory task was. Reading percentile was significantly correlated to the working memory test, but no other correlations between reading and cognitive/linguistic factors remained significant after age was factored out. Individual results from a comparison of the two best and the two poorest readers corroborate group results, confirming the important role of working memory for reading as measured by comprehension of words and sentences in this group of children.
Purpose: Little is known about the quality and readability of treatment information in specific neurogenic disorders, such as aphasia. The purpose of this study was to assess quality and readability of English-language Internet information available for aphasia treatment. Method: Forty-three aphasia treatment websites were aggregated using five different country-specific search engines. Websites were then analysed using quality and readability assessments. Statistical calculations were employed to examine website ratings, differences between website origin and quality and readability scores, and correlations between readability instruments. Result: Websites exhibited low quality with few websites obtaining Health On the Net (HON) certification or clear, thorough information as measured by the DISCERN. Regardless of website origin, readability scores were also poor. Approximate educational levels required to comprehend information on aphasia treatment websites ranged from 13 to 16 years of education. Significant differences were found between website origin and readability measures with higher levels of education required to understand information on websites of non-profit organisations. Conclusion: Current aphasia treatment websites were found to exhibit low levels of quality and readability, creating potential accessibility problems for people with aphasia and significant others. Websites including treatment information for aphasia must be improved in order to increase greater information accessibility.
The mandate of the International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise (ICBEN) is to promote a high level of scientific research concerning all aspects of noise-induced effects on human beings and animals. In this review, ICBEN team chairs and co-chairs summarize relevant findings, publications, developments, and policies related to the biological effects of noise, with a focus on the period 2011-2014 and for the following topics: Noise-induced hearing loss; nonauditory effects of noise; effects of noise on performance and behavior; effects of noise on sleep; community response to noise; and interactions with other agents and contextual factors. Occupational settings and transport have been identified as the most prominent sources of noise that affect health. These reviews demonstrate that noise is a prevalent and often underestimated threat for both auditory and nonauditory health and that strategies for the prevention of noise and its associated negative health consequences are needed to promote public health.
Electrophysiological feedback on activity in the auditory pathway may potentially advance the next generation of hearing aids. Conventional electroencephalographic (EEG) systems are, however, impractical during daily life and incompatible with hearing aids. Ear-EEG is a method in which the EEG is recorded from electrodes embedded in a hearing aid like earpiece. The method therefore provides an unobtrusive way of measuring neural activity suitable for use in everyday life. This study aimed to determine whether ear-EEG could be used to estimate hearing thresholds in subjects with sensorineural hearing loss. Specifically, ear-EEG was used to determine physiological thresholds at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz using auditory steady-state response measurements. To evaluate ear-EEG in relation to current methods, thresholds were estimated from a concurrently recorded conventional scalp EEG. The threshold detection rate for ear-EEG was 20% lower than the detection rate for scalp EEG. Thresholds estimated using in-ear referenced ear-EEG were found to be elevated at an average of 5.9, 2.3, 5.6, and 1.5 dB relative to scalp thresholds at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz, respectively. No differences were found in the variance of means between in-ear ear-EEG and scalp EEG. In-ear ear-EEG, auditory steady-state response thresholds were found at 12.1 to 14.4 dB sensation level with an intersubject variation comparable to that of behavioral thresholds. Collectively, it is concluded that although further refinement of the method is needed to optimize the threshold detection rate, ear-EEG is a feasible method for hearing threshold level estimation in subjects with sensorineural hearing impairment.
Purpose: Preferences for patient-centeredness is an important indicator in healthcare service delivery. However, it remains largely unexplored in the field of communication science and disorders. This study investigated speech-language pathologists (SLPs) preferences for patient-centeredness Method: The study involved a cross-sectional survey design. SLPs (n = 102) fully completed the modified Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS; Krupat et al, 2000) and also provided demographic details. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and linear regression methods. Results: Mean PPOS scores indicated that SLPs value patient-centeredness. There was a strong positive correlation among sharing and caring subscales with the full-scale. Results from the linear regression modeling suggested no relationship between demographic factors and preferences for patient-centeredness. Conclusions: SLPs value patient-centeredness, although there may be regional and cultural variations. Qualitative investigations may help uncover dimensions of patient-centeredness that were not captured in the PPOS scale. In addition, further research should explore congruence in preferences for patient-centeredness among SLPs and patients.
The audiogram predicts less than a third of the variance in speech reception thresholds (SRTs) for hearing-impaired (HI) listeners properly fit with individualized frequency-dependent gain. The remaining variance is often attributed to a combination of su-prathreshold distortion in the auditory pathway and non-auditory factors such as cogni-tive processing. Distinguishing between these factors requires a measure of suprathresh-old auditory processing to account for the non-cognitive contributions. Preliminary re-sults in 12 HI listeners identified a correlation between spectrotemporal modulation (STM) sensitivity and speech intelligibility in noise presented over headphones. The cur-IHCON 2014 27 August 13-17, 2014rent study assessed the effectiveness of STM sensitivity as a measure of suprathreshold auditory function to predict free-field SRTs in noise for a larger group of 47 HI listeners with hearing aids.SRTs were measured for Hagerman sentences presented at 65 dB SPL in stationary speech-weighted noise or four-talker babble. Pre-recorded speech and masker stimuli were played through a small anechoic chamber equipped with a master hearing aid pro-grammed with individualized gain. The output from an IEC711 Ear Simulator was played binaurally through insert earphones. Three processing algorithms were examined: linear gain, linear gain plus noise reduction, or fast-acting compressive gain.STM stimuli consist of spectrally-rippled noise with spectral-peak frequencies that shift over time. STM with a 2-cycle/octave spectral-ripple density and a 4-Hz modulation rate was applied to a 2-kHz lowpass-filtered pink-noise carrier. Stimuli were presented over headphones at 80 dB SPL (±5-dB roving). The threshold modulation depth was estimated adaptively in a two-alternative forced-choice task.STM sensitivity was strongly correlated (R2=0.48) with the global SRT (i.e., the SRTs averaged across masker and processing conditions). The high-frequency pure-tone aver-age (3-8 kHz) and age together accounted for 23% of the variance in global SRT. STM sensitivity accounted for an additional 28% of the variance in global SRT (total R2=0.51) when combined with these two other metrics in a multiple-regression analysis. Correla-tions between STM sensitivity and SRTs for individual conditions were weaker for noise reduction than for the other algorithms, and marginally stronger for babble than for sta-tionary noise.The results are discussed in the context of previous work suggesting that STM sensitivity for low rates and low carrier frequencies is impaired by a reduced ability to use temporal fine-structure information to detect slowly shifting spectral peaks. STM detection is a fast, simple test of suprathreshold auditory function that accounts for a substantial pro-portion of variability in hearing-aid outcomes for speech perception in noise.
The audiogram predicts amp;lt;30% of the variance in speech-reception thresholds (SRTs) for hearing-impaired (HI) listeners fitted with individualized frequency-dependent gain. The remaining variance could reflect suprathreshold distortion in the auditory pathways or nonauditory factors such as cognitive processing. The relationship between a measure of suprathreshold auditory function-spectrotemporal modulation (STM) sensitivity-and SRTs in noise was examined for 154 HI listeners fitted with individualized frequency-specific gain. SRTs were measured for 65-dB SPL sentences presented in speech-weighted noise or four-talker babble to an individually programmed master hearing aid, with the output of an ear-simulating coupler played through insert earphones. Modulation-depth detection thresholds were measured over headphones for STM (2cycles/octave density, 4-Hz rate) applied to an 85-dB SPL, 2-kHz lowpass-filtered pink-noise carrier. SRTs were correlated with both the high-frequency (2-6 kHz) pure-tone average (HFA; R-2 = .31) and STM sensitivity (R-2 = .28). Combined with the HFA, STM sensitivity significantly improved the SRT prediction (Delta R-2 = .13; total R-2 = .44). The remaining unaccounted variance might be attributable to variability in cognitive function and other dimensions of suprathreshold distortion. STM sensitivity was most critical in predicting SRTs for listenersamp;lt;65 years old or with HFA amp;lt;53 dB HL. Results are discussed in the context of previous work suggesting that STM sensitivity for low rates and low-frequency carriers is impaired by a reduced ability to use temporal fine-structure information to detect dynamic spectra. STM detection is a fast test of suprathreshold auditory function for frequencies amp;lt;2 kHz that complements the HFA to predict variability in hearing-aid outcomes for speech perception in noise.
Background: Students with disability show an increasing incidence of school failure. Quality teaching and appropriate support may foster high self-efficacy, a predictive factor for successful school outcomes. Physical Education (PE) can provide students with a context in which self-efficacy and participation are promoted leading to improved academic achievement. The transition into secondary school can be challenging for many students with increased educational demands, developmental changes and individual social identification coinciding. A disability may add to the challenge of success.Methods: Three groups of students, aged 13 years and enrolled in Swedish mainstream schools were targeted (n=439). Groups included students with 1.A diagnosed disability, 2.Low grades in PE (D-F) and 3.High grades (A-C) in PE. Questionnaires were collected and analyzed from 30/439 students with a diagnosed disability (physical, neuro-developmental and intellectual) from 26 classes, their classmates and their PE-teachers (n=25). Relationships between student self-reports and PE-teachers self-ratings were investigated. Also examined was the potential to which students functional skills could predict elevated general school self-efficacy, PE specific self-efficacy and aptitude to participate in PE. Results were compared with the total sample and between the three target groups (n=121).Results: For students with disabilities, better self-rated teaching skills were related to lower student perceived general school self-efficacy, PE specific self-efficacy and aptitude to participate in PE. The impact of classroom climate in PE was more obvious among students with disabilities. Perceived functional skills were associated with elevated general school self-efficacy, PE specific self-efficacy and aptitude to participate in PE. Better socio-cognitive functional skills had an overall positive effect on all outcomes. Students with disabilities reported results similar to the total sample, the D-F group scored lower and the A-C group higher than the total sample and the disability group. Elevated self-efficacy in PE is six times less probable in students with disabilities, compared to the A-C group.Conclusions: Our findings that better teacher planning and grading skills, are detrimental to students disadvantaged by disability is contradictive. Improving the establishment and communication of adapted learning standards at the transition to secondary school is a crucial and a predictive factor for promoting positive school experiences for students with disability. Students with disabilities need to be assured that the intended learning outcomes can be reached by doing activities differently than their typically functioning peers. Consideration of class composition is suggested as a means of promoting a positive learning climate, which would particularly benefit students with disabilities. Allocation of resources to support student socio-cognitive skills would improve experiences for the D-F group and likely promote a positive learning environment.


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Mad Men is currently mired in contractual disputes between its network, AMC, and its production company, Lionsgate — only Matthew Weiner knows what'll happen next! Some fans are rewatching their show DVDs, some are plotting blood feuds against the critic Daniel Mendelsohn, who called the show a faux-highbrow soap opera, and some are writing their own plotlines. "Fan fiction" is not a new phenomenon, but Mad Men's melodramatic nature (okay, we admit it, Mr. Mendelsohn!) gives fans plenty to work with when they're creating fake plots: invented characters, romances, and hyper-emotional short scenes, all in another universe apart from the seasons-long context the series provides. Clicking through a fan fiction forum for the show kind of an alternate-world fifth season of Mad Men, one of constant moments of high dudgeon with no lulls in the action.
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OAKLAND (AP) — A judge says the mother of a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead after having tonsil surgery can remove the child from a Northern California hospital as long as she assumes full responsibility for the move.
Jahi McMath has been on a ventilator for nearly a month, and her family has been fighting with medical officials to have her transferred out of Children's Hospital Oakland.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo said Friday that Nailah Winkfield can move her daughter under a deal with the hospital that holds the mother accountable for consequences that could include Jahi going into cardiac arrest.
Also, Grillo denied the family's motion to force the hospital to insert breathing and feeding tubes, which the girl would need for long-term care at another facility.
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