Library-instructional materials center skills, 1968

The School Library-Instructional Materials Center should be designed to serve the total curriculum of a school. Much of a teacher's learning comes when he works with a librarian to provide his students wit the necessary and appropriate skills for a unit of s study.

Audit report on the Muscatine Agricultural Learning Center for the year ended December 31, 2014

Audit report on the Muscatine Agricultural Learning Center for the year ended December 31, 2014

West 1 St Street/ IA 57 from Highland Drive to Center Street/Franklin Street, Blackhawk County, Iowa, Project # STP-57-2(28)--2C-07, Environmental Assessment and Section 4(f) De Minimis Impact Finding, 2015

From Proposed Action: "Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments (INRCOG) and the City of Cedar Falls, in coordination with the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), are proposing to upgrade and modernize an approximate 4,900-foot segment of Iowa Highway 57 (IA 57), locally known as West 1st Street, in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa."

Evaluation of Corrosion Resistance of Different Steel Reinforcement Types, 2006

The corrosion of steel reinforcement in an aging highway infrastructure is a major problem currently facing the transportation engineering community. In the United States alone, maintenance and replacement costs for deficient bridges are measured in billions of dollars. The application of corrosion-resistant steel reinforcement as an alternative reinforcement to existing mild steel reinforced concrete bridge decks has potential to mitigate corrosion problems, due to the fundamental properties associated with the materials. To investigate corrosion prevention through the use of corrosion-resistant alloys, the performance of corrosion resistance of MMFX microcomposite steel reinforcement, a high-strength, high-chromium steel reinforcement, was evaluated. The study consisted of both field and laboratory components conducted at the Iowa State University Bridge Engineering Center to determine whether MMFX reinforcement provides superior corrosion resistance to epoxy-coated mild steel reinforcement in bridge decks. Because definitive field evidence of the corrosion resistance of MMFX reinforcement may require several years of monitoring, strict attention was given to investigating reinforcement under accelerated conditions in the laboratory, based on typical ASTM and Rapid Macrocell accelerated corrosion tests. After 40 weeks of laboratory testing, the ASTM ACT corrosion potentials indicate that corrosion had not initiated for either MMFX or the as-delivered epoxy-coated reinforcement. Conversely, uncoated mild steel specimens underwent corrosion within the fifth week, while epoxy-coated reinforcement specimens with induced holidays underwent corrosion between 15 and 30 weeks. Within the fifth week of testing, the Rapid Macrocell ACT produced corrosion risk potentials that indicate active corrosion for all reinforcement types tested. While the limited results from the 40 weeks of laboratory testing may not constitute a prediction of life expectancy and life-cycle cost, a procedure is presented herein to determine life expectancy and associated life-cycle costs.

Les troubles hyperactifs avec déficit d'attention chez les enfants et les adolescents : rapport sur une étude réalisée à Morges et une enquête auprès du corps médical vaudois.

Cette brochure présente les résultats de l'étude pilote réalisée en 2001 dans le canton de Vaud sur les troubles hyperactifs avec déficit d'attention (THADA). Cette étude concernait plus particulièrement les enfants scolarisés dans les établissements primaires et secondaires de la Ville de Morges. Elle inclut une enquête auprès du corps médical vaudois. [Sommaire] Les troubles hyperactifs avec déficit d'attention (THADA). - L'hyperactivité et ses troubles : une réalité ? : les objectifs de l'étude. - Comment savoir ? : la méthode d'enquête. - Quelles sont les réponses ? : questionnaire de Conners (Conners Rating Scale) ; questionnaire d'Achenbach (Child Behaviour Check List) ; comparaison internationale. - Les facteurs de l'hyperactivité. - Parents, enseignants, enfants : des regards différents. - Diagnostic et traitement médical de l'hyperactivité. - Principales recommandations. Informations pratiques.

L'intérêt de l'analyse de l'activité en complément de tout outil d'évaluation de l'environnement psychosocial

L'analyse de l'activité reste le principal garant d'une bonne évaluation de la situation de travail et de l'environnement psychosocial. Elle permet de donner du contenu, de la substance et ainsi d'expliquer les données récoltées par questionnaire. Lors d'études à petite échelle et dans un contexte d'activité spécifique, l'analyse de l'activité devrait toujours accompagner l'utilisation d'autres outils d'évaluation. En effet, on voit ici que les échelles de Karasek ne traduisent pas toujours la réalité des diverses situations de travail, et l'autonomie décisionnelle de Karasek n'est ici pas un bon révélateur des possibilités d'ajustement et de la marge de manoeuvre. Ces échelles ont été initialement conçues pour être utilisées lors d'études épidémiologiques et donc sur de grandes populations où la spécificité de certaines activités influencerait ainsi moins le résultat global. Leur utilisation de façon plus ou moins abusive sur d'autres types de populations doit être questionnée

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Dallas Center, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Dallas Center, Iowa for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

1228-013 Center Lake Watershed Final Report

A targeted approach is being used in the Iowa Great Lakes Watershed with a keystone project featured within this project application in the heavily urbanized Center Lake Watershed. As identified in the Iowa Great Lakes Watershed Management Plan, urban runoff is the only remaining watershed concern in the Center Lake Watershed as the map in the attachments clearly shows. Fully one third of the watershed concerns of Center Lake will be treated through the installation of 7 keystone urban practices and will remove 63 pounds of phosphorous from entering the lake annually. Due to the interconnectedness of the Iowa Great Lakes (IGL), the watershed has been broken down into sub units called Resource Management Areas (RMA's) for priority practice implementation. This project will mesh with the existing Iowa Great Lakes Watershed Management Plan by reducing pollutant loads from the highest priority RMA's which are resulting in impaired water bodies. The majority of the funding needed for the specific practices specified in this proposal has already been secured through the Iowa DNR Section 319 and Lake Restoration Programs, The Water Quality Commission and the City of Spirit Lake. This funding request will simply bring the overall cost of these keystone practices into the range of affordability for the committed funders and the City of Spirit Lake

Report on the Iowa Department of Human Services – Central Distribution Center for the year ended June 30, 2015

Report on the Iowa Department of Human Services – Central Distribution Center for the year ended June 30, 2015

Cambios en los cuidadores informales en cuanto a estilos de vida, relaciones y alteraciones de salud mental

Changes in the informal caregiver life styles, relations and alterations of mental health. Justification.The increase of the population aged 65 years and older in developed countries is generating a proportional increasing of the dependency caused by chronic pathologies. The care of these persons is being carried out by relatives, informal carers, leading to some alterations in diverse areas, among them mental alterations, as a consequence of taking care. Objectives. To develop a profile of the informal carers and to correlate the caregiver burden with the carers disorders. To detect risk factors to allow carrying out premature nursing interventions to diminish the disorders in the informal carers. Design. An observational and cross-sectional study is made in primary care health services area of the city of Girona. Methodology. Random sample of carer of dependent people at their home , assigned to the program of domiciliary attention (ATDOM) of the educational basic areas of health (ABS). A sample size of 269 persons, with a level of precision of 9% was needed. Questionnaire ICUB 97, the test of Barthel, the Philadelphia Geriatric Center scale, and a questionnaire are used as instruments that includes demographic and social variables, and mental and physical carers disorders.Results. A total of 80 participants were interviewed. The most common problems as consequence of taking care were the backache, to feel more tired, to feel impotent and to have less free time. Correlation between the level of dependence of the patient with the number of problems perceived by the caretaker does not exist. Since they are informal carers they eat frequently outside the habitual schedule, took place an increase or loss of weight, experienced more disorders in sexual life and an increasing lack of interest in surroundings. A 33% of the informal carers are being treated for problems related to the mental health.Conclusion. The fact of being informal carer carries important consequences in their health, the lifestyles and the social relations. These can be attenuated if the nursing interventions are able to consider to the well-taken care of subject, and its surroundings in an holistic way. The professionals of infirmary of mental health must contribute to their knowledge and abilities contributing to make an assessment, a diagnosis and an intervention paying special attention to psycho-social aspects mentioned

Cambios en los cuidadores informales en cuanto a estilos de vida, relaciones y alteraciones de salud mental

Changes in the informal caregiver life styles, relations and alterations of mental health. Justification.The increase of the population aged 65 years and older in developed countries is generating a proportional increasing of the dependency caused by chronic pathologies. The care of these persons is being carried out by relatives, informal carers, leading to some alterations in diverse areas, among them mental alterations, as a consequence of taking care. Objectives. To develop a profile of the informal carers and to correlate the caregiver burden with the carers disorders. To detect risk factors to allow carrying out premature nursing interventions to diminish the disorders in the informal carers. Design. An observational and cross-sectional study is made in primary care health services area of the city of Girona. Methodology. Random sample of carer of dependent people at their home , assigned to the program of domiciliary attention (ATDOM) of the educational basic areas of health (ABS). A sample size of 269 persons, with a level of precision of 9% was needed. Questionnaire ICUB 97, the test of Barthel, the Philadelphia Geriatric Center scale, and a questionnaire are used as instruments that includes demographic and social variables, and mental and physical carers disorders.Results. A total of 80 participants were interviewed. The most common problems as consequence of taking care were the backache, to feel more tired, to feel impotent and to have less free time. Correlation between the level of dependence of the patient with the number of problems perceived by the caretaker does not exist. Since they are informal carers they eat frequently outside the habitual schedule, took place an increase or loss of weight, experienced more disorders in sexual life and an increasing lack of interest in surroundings. A 33% of the informal carers are being treated for problems related to the mental health.Conclusion. The fact of being informal carer carries important consequences in their health, the lifestyles and the social relations. These can be attenuated if the nursing interventions are able to consider to the well-taken care of subject, and its surroundings in an holistic way. The professionals of infirmary of mental health must contribute to their knowledge and abilities contributing to make an assessment, a diagnosis and an intervention paying special attention to psycho-social aspects mentioned

Aging and Disability Resource Center and MHDS Commission Home Modification Assistance Program Plan, December 2015

This report was prepared as a directive to Aging and Disability Resource Centers and The Mental Health and Disability Commission to jointly develop a plan for a home modification assistance program to provide grants and individual income tax credits to assist with expenses related to the making or permanent home modifications that permit individual with a disability to remain in the homes.

Audit report on the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center in Eldora, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on the Central Iowa Juvenile Detention Center in Eldora, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on the City of Guthrie Center, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on the City of Guthrie Center, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on the Guthrie Center Fire Fighters Association for the year ended December 31, 2014

Audit report on the Guthrie Center Fire Fighters Association for the year ended December 31, 2014