Spreading my wings : how can I improve my practice and contribute to the professional knowledge base through narrative-autobiographical self-study?

"How can I improve my practice and contribute to the professional knowledge base through narrative-autobiographical self-study?" Through the use of Whitehead's (1989) living educational theory and examination of my stories, I identify the values and critical events that have helped me come to know my own learning and shape my professional self. Building on the premise that educational knowledge/theory is created, recreated, and lived through educational inquiry; I strive to make meaning of this data archive, collected over 7 years of teaching. I chart my journey to reexamine my beliefs and practices, to find a balance between traditional and progressive practices and to align my theory and practice. I retell, and, thus, in some way relive, my own "living contradictions." A reconceptualization of the KNOW, DO, BE model (Drake & Burns, 2004) is used to develop strategies to align my practice, including a six-step model of curriculum design that combines the backwards design process of Wiggins and McTighe (1998), the KNOW, DO, BE model (Drake & Burns) and Curry and Samara's (1995) differentiation planner.

A Living Educational Theory of Knowledge Translation: Improving Practice, Influencing Learners, and Contributing to the Professional Knowledge Base

This paper captured our joint journey to create a living educational theory of knowledge translation (KT). The failure to translate research knowledge to practice is identified as a significant issue in the nursing profession. Our research story takes a critical view of KT related to the philosophical inconsistency between what is espoused in the knowledge related to the discipline of nursing and what is done in practice. Our inquiry revealed “us” as “living contradictions” as our practice was not aligned with our values. In this study, we specifically explored our unique personal KT process in order to understand the many challenges and barriers to KT we encountered in our professional practice as nurse educators. Our unique collaborative action research approach involved cycles of action, reflection, and revision which used our values as standards of judgment in an effort to practice authentically. Our data analysis revealed key elements of collaborative reflective dialogue that evoke multiple ways of knowing, inspire authenticity, and improve learning as the basis of improving practice related to KT. We validated our findings through personal and social validation procedures. Our contribution to a culture of inquiry allowed for co-construction of knowledge to reframe our understanding of KT as a holistic, active process which reflects the essence of who we are and what we do.

Triarylamminium radical-cation complexes: design and magnetic properties and Base-catalyzed hydrosilylation: mechanism and substrate scope

1. Triarylamminium radical-cation complexes. The detailed study of manganese, copper and nickel metal-radical complexes with triarylamminium ligands was conducted. Stable, neutral and pseudo-octahedral coordination monometallic complexes with simple monodentate 2,2`-bipyridine ligand containing a redox-active N,N`-(4,4`-dimethoxydiphenyl-amino) substituent were synthesized and fully characterized. The one-electron oxidation process and formation of persistent radical-cation complexes was observed by cyclic voltammetry and spectroelectrochemical measurements. Evans method measurements were performed with radical-cation complexes generated by chemical one-electron oxidation with NOPF6 in acetonitrile. The experimental results indicate ferromagnetic coupling between metal and triarylamminium cation in manganese (II) complex and antiferromagnetic coupling in nickel (II) complex. This data is supported by DFT calculations which also lend weight to the  spin polarization mechanism as an operative model for magnetic exchange coupling. Neutral bimetallic complexes with a new ditopic ligand were synthesized and fully characterized, including magnetic and electrochemical studies. Chemical oxidation of these precursor complexes did not generate radical-cations, but dicationic complexes, which was confirmed by UV-vis and EPR-experiments, as well as varied temperature magnetic measurements. DFT calculations for radical-cation complexes are included. A synthetic pathway for polytopic ligand with multiple redox-active triarylamine sites was developed. The structure of the ligand is presumably suitable for -spin polarization exchange model and allows for production of polymetallic complexes having high spin ground states. 2. Base-catalyzed hydrosilylation. A simple reductive base-catalyzed hydrosilation of aldehydes and ketones was adapted to the use of the cheap, safe, and non-toxic polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS) instead of the common PhSiH3 and (EtO)3SiH, which present significant cost and safety concerns, respectively. The conversion of silane into pentacoordinate silicate species upon addition of a base was studied in details for the cases of phenyl silane and PMHS and is believed to be essential for the hydrosilylation process. We discovered that nucleophiles (a base or fluoride-anion) induced the rearrangement of PMHS and TMDS into light silanes: MeSiH3 and Me2SiH2, respectively. The reductive properties of PMHS under basic conditions can be attributed to the formation of methyl silane and its conversion into a silicate species. A procedure for the generation of methyl silane and its use in further efficient reductions of aldehydes and ketones has been developed. The protocol was extended to the selective reduction of esters and tertiary amides into alcohols and aldimines into amines with good isolated yields and reduction of heterocyclic compounds was attempted.

Winter at base of American Falls

The description for the image reads "Niagara in winter, huge bank of frozen water below the American Falls. The beginning of the ice-bridge".

Análisis y diseño de estrategias para una tienda de conveniencia,en base a un estudio de mercado.

Tesis (Maestría en Administración de Empresas con Especialidad en Mercadotecnia) UANL

La calidad total como base administrativa para lograr productividady competitividad.

Tesis (Maestría en Administración de Empresas con Especialidad en Organización General) UANL

Investigación sobre las terrazas fluviales del cañon Santa Rosa, Iturbide, N.L., como base para el establecimiento de una estratigrafía del cuaternario en el noreste de México

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias Geológicas) UANL

La detección de necesidades de capacitación y adiestramiento como base para el mejoramiento de los trabajadores

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias de la Administración con Especialidad en Relaciones Industriales) UANL

Aportación metodológica para el diseño de sistemas de aislamientode base para estructuras de soporte de maquinaria rotatoria

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Ingeniería Estructural) UANL

Análisis de adulteración en gasolinas automotrices en base al contenido de plomo

Tesis (Maestría en ciencias especialidad Química Análitica)

Sistema de presupuesto base cero aplicado al área de ingeniería en la industria siderurgica

Tesis (Maestría en Administración, Especialidad en Finanzas) UANL

Relación entre la evolución de la curva ponderal de niños de 1 a 4 años de edad y su respuesta al tratamiento antiparasitario a base de planta local y farmacológico Matlapa, Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosí, México [por] Marie Lourdes Dennery Museau

Tesis (Maestría en Salud Pública con Especialidad en Nutrición Comunitaria) U.A.N.L.

Diferenciación de funciones y actividades de enfermería en base a puesto [por] Ma. Guadalupe Martínez Martínez

Tesis (Maestría en Enfermería, con especialidad en Administración de Servicios de Enfermería) U.A.N.L.

La técnica de grupos operativos, base de una experiencia en la capacitación de personal docente

Tesis (Maestro en Formacion y Capacitacion de Recursos Humanos) U.A.N.L.

Desarrollo de un medio de cultivo a base de subproductos agroindustriales para la producción de delta-endotoxina de B. thuringiensis VAR. israelensis H-14 [por] Ma. Guadalupe Maldonado Blanco

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Microbiología) U.A.N.L. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas