2014-2015 annual report

Piedmont Technical College submits an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly. The report covers the mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met.

2005/2006 ACCOUNTABILITY DOCUMENT

Williamsburg Technical College is required to submit an annual accountability report to the Governor and General Assembly that contains the school’s mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met. Also included are an executive summary, organizational profile and elements of the Malcolm Baldridge Award criteria.

2006/2007 ACCOUNTABILITY DOCUMENT

Williamsburg Technical College is required to submit an annual accountability report to the Governor and General Assembly that contains the school’s mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met. Also included are an executive summary, organizational profile and elements of the Malcolm Baldridge Award criteria.

2007–2008 ACCOUNTABILITY DOCUMENT

Williamsburg Technical College is required to submit an annual accountability report to the Governor and General Assembly that contains the school’s mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met. Also included are an executive summary, organizational profile and elements of the Malcolm Baldridge Award criteria.

2008 – 2009 ACCOUNTABILITY DOCUMENT

Williamsburg Technical College is required to submit an annual accountability report to the Governor and General Assembly that contains the school’s mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met. Also included are an executive summary, organizational profile and elements of the Malcolm Baldridge Award criteria.

2009 – 2010 ACCOUNTABILITY DOCUMENT

Williamsburg Technical College is required to submit an annual accountability report to the Governor and General Assembly that contains the school’s mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met. Also included are an executive summary, organizational profile and elements of the Malcolm Baldridge Award criteria.

2010 – 2011 ACCOUNTABILITY DOCUMENT

Williamsburg Technical College is required to submit an annual accountability report to the Governor and General Assembly that contains the school’s mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met. Also included are an executive summary, organizational profile and elements of the Malcolm Baldridge Award criteria.

2012 – 2013 ACCOUNTABILITY DOCUMENT

Williamsburg Technical College is required to submit an annual accountability report to the Governor and General Assembly that contains the school’s mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met. Also included are an executive summary, organizational profile and elements of the Malcolm Baldridge Award criteria.

Accountability Report Summary Fiscal Year 2014-2015

Williamsburg Technical College is required to submit an annual accountability report to the Governor and General Assembly that contains the school’s mission, objectives to accomplish the mission, and performance measures that show the degree to which objectives are being met. Also included are an executive summary, organizational profile and elements of the Malcolm Baldridge Award criteria.

2016-2017 Annual Security and Fire Reports

The report provides information on services and policies that support a safe and secure environment, highlights programs that encourage members of the campus community to seek intervention and assistance for victimization, provides information on the alcohol and drug policies, outlines procedures for handling reports of sexual assault, and identifies campus representatives for reporting crimes and incidents that have impact on the college community. It is also about the College’s safety programs and security procedures and policies. In addition, you will discover our crime and fire safety statistics, who to call and what to do if you witness or are the victim of a crime, and tips to increase your safety awareness.

Prevalencia y caracterización de la disfonía, en operadores de un call center en Bogotá Colombia.

Resumen Introducción: El uso de la voz profesional requiere de una técnica y medidas de conservación para no verse afectada. Un inadecuado esquema corporal en el profesional de la voz, ocasiona alteración en los parámetros respiratorios y vocales manifestándose como disfonía. Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia y caracterización de disfonía en 200 tele operadores de un call Center en Bogotá Colombia. Métodos: Estudio de corte transversal con datos secundarios provenientes de una base de datos con registros de una población de 200 tele operadores de un call center en Bogotá, Colombia, a los cuales se les aplicó evaluación de respiración y de voz durante el año 2003. La estimación de la prevalencia de la disfonía se realizó a través de la distribución de frecuencias relativas. Se realizó caracterización de la población estudiada según variables sociodemográficas, ocupacionales y parámetros respiratorios y vocales a través de métodos estadísticos según la naturaleza de estas variables. Se determinó la asociación entre factores ambientales, síntomas asociados, síntomas vocales, perfil vocal de Wilson y disfonía mediante la prueba de Chi Cuadrado de Pearson. Resultados: la prevalencia de disfonía fue del 73% (n= 146), el 34% presentó grado de disfonía moderado. Los resultados obtenidos en los parámetros de evaluación vocal se encontraron dentro del rango de normalidad, analizados en forma individual (tono, rango intensidad) y se relacionan con los resultados obtenidos con la prevalencia disfonía. El 95,5% de los tele operadores los parámetros respiratorios se encontraron alterados. Los tele operadores con disfonía en comparación a los sin disfonía tuvieron mayor frecuencia de presentación de los siguientes factores ambientales: ruido (68% vs 50,9% p=0,03) y vapores (27,2% vs 11,3% p= 0,02), síntomas corporales y de la voz respectivamente: cuello (69,4% vs 54,7% p= 0,05), dolor en la laringe (19,7% vs 7,5% p= 0,04). Conclusión: La prevalencia de disfonía encontrada en este call center fue alta Lo que requiere la implementación de medidas de prevención como tamizajes acústicos, para hacer seguimiento a las cualidades de la voz más afectadas, entrenamiento respiratorio y vocal, pausas vocales y medidas de conservación de la voz, para contribuir a que el tele operador desarrolle un mejor manejo de sus cualidades vocales acorde con su uso y disminuir la prevalencia de disfonía.

EFFECT OF SALT REDUCTION ON THE SAFETY AND STABILITY OF TRADITIONAL BLOOD DRY-CURED SAUSAGES

Health issues such as cardiovascular disease are often due to dietary habits. Thus, meat industry needs to reduce salt in their products. However, production of low-salt content dry-cured not affected. The current study evaluated the effect of salt reduction from 6% to 3% in two Portuguese traditional blood dry-cured sausages. Physicochemical and microbiological parameters, biogenic amines content, fatty acids profile, texture profile analyses and sensory panel evaluations were considered. Differences due to salt reduction were noticeable in a faint increase in water activity, which slightly favoured microbial growth, with the highest yeasts numbers found in 6% salt sausages. Total biogenic amines content ranged from 224.72 to 1302.81 mg kg-1 dry matter, with higher amounts, particularly of cadaverine, histamine and tyramine, in low-salt products. Still, histamine significant differences were observed due to salt content. However, texture profile analysis revealed that low-salt products showed lower resilience and cohesiveness, even though no textural changes were observed by the panellists. Nevertheless, low-salt sausages were clearly preferred. Still, taking the safety of these traditional meat products into account, the results obtained for pH, aw and biogenic amines, have shown that a reduction in salt content should be accompanied by complementary safety measures, such as the use of starter cultures to minimise microbiological and chemical risks.

Transitioning students to work through authentic employment-based training in an Australian senior secondary VET program.

A common challenge among OECD countries has been the development of education and training pathways that accommodate student needs and interests at the upper secondary level (OECD, 2000). The introduction of trade-focussed Australian Technical Colleges (ATCs) has met with mixed response. The ATCs aim to create a supported transition from school to work through dual pathway programs enabling students to follow a trade career while completing their upper secondary studies. There has been little explicit examination of the effectiveness of such senior secondary school arrangements. Using one such Australian Technical College as a case-study, this paper investigates the perceptions of the employers and students who were associated with the college. Using mixed-methods consisting of quantitative perception surveys and focus interviews, the results of this study show that students and employers are very satisfied with the College and illustrate that students have made significant gains in relating their learning to the workplace and everyday life.

The influence of fatalistic beliefs on risky road use behavior in developing countries

There is little discussion of fatalism in the road safety literature, and limited research. However, fatalism is a potential barrier to participation in health-promoting behaviours, particularly among the populations of developing countries and to some extent in developed countries. Many people still believe in divine discretion and magical powers as causes of road crashes in different parts of the world. Fatalistic beliefs and beliefs in mystical powers and superstition appear to influence perceptions of crash risk and consequently lead people to take risks and neglect safety measures. Fatalistic beliefs may cause individuals to be resigned to risks because they cannot do anything to reduce these risks.