Download or read book Exploring Fall written by Terri DeGezelle and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2012 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Color photos and simple text introduce the fall season"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Water Exploring written by Cromwell Childe and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tween Spirituality written by Marcia Stoner and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book for teachers and leaders of tweens with articles on spirituality and specific activities to nourish spiritual habits in preteens through Sunday school, worship, and other church settings. Included is a photocopiable section for leaders to use with parents to help parents understand what is appropriate in the spiritual realm for their preteens. Includes activities that can be used within existing programs, ideas for including preteens fully in the life of the entire congregation, details on how to form a "Buddy Class" with another church group, and provides suggestions for teaching tweens how to actively participate in leading group worship experiences. Click here for more information about Tweens curriculum. For updated information and fun for your Tweens, visit us online at www.tweenslive.com.

Download or read book Write Yourself written by Gillie Bolton and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Write Yourself is the ideal introduction to how to facilitate groups and individuals in finding inspiration for their creative personal writing voices. This book explains how and why writing is such an illuminative and cathartic process, and provides many practical exercises that encourage the exploration of emotions, memories and experiences.

Download or read book Exploring the Boundary Waters written by Daniel Pauly and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-11-30 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 200,000 visitors annually, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is among the most alluring wilderness areas in the country, unique because it is most often explored by canoe. Comprised of more than one million acres, the BWCAW is an exceptional combination of expansive wilderness, abundant wildlife, and fascinating natural and human history. Exploring the Boundary Waters is the most comprehensive trip planner to the BWCAW, giving travelers an overview of each entry point into the wilderness area as well as detailed descriptions of more than one hundred specific routes—including a ranking of their difficulty level and maps that feature the major waterways, portages, and the designated campsites. The book is crafted so that readers can design their own route through the almost inexhaustible network of lakes and streams. Daniel Pauly, Boundary Waters expert, worked with the U.S. Forest Service, the Minnesota DNR, and local outfitters to collect and present crucial information here: instructions on about how to obtain a permit, the rules and regulations of the park, safety tips, and suggestions about how to help maintain the ecological integrity of the wilderness. As engaging as it is informative, Exploring the Boundary Waters not only contributes advice on the pros and cons of each route, but also brings the reader a natural and historical context for the journey by offering insight into the pictographs, mining sites, logging railroads, and ruins one may encounter on an expedition. With its accessible and personal style, Exploring the Boundary Waters is the perfect guide for anyone—novice or seasoned veteran—arranging a trip to the BWCAW. A companion Web site for this book, http://www.boundarywatersguide.com, presents useful information that can be downloaded for planning a trip, including gear lists, overview maps, and route updates.

Download or read book Super Deciders written by Stefan Brusoni and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatically improve the decisions you make every day using insights from the latest neuroscience We make hundreds of decisions daily, from small ones – such as what to wear today and how to drive to work – to big ones – such as the company strategy and whether to launch a restructuring program that may impact thousands of people. In business, studies suggest that company executives spend 40% of their time making decisions and that the effectiveness of their decisions largely drives the results of the companies that they lead. In Super Deciders: The Science and Practice of Decision-Making in Dynamic and Uncertain Times, a team of renown researchers and business advisors deliver an application of the latest advances in neuroscience to effectively making the most difficult decisions, those we make in dynamic environments, in situations of uncertainty when we need to predict outcomes, we’re missing relevant information, time is scarce, and the environment is constantly changing. The book is written in three parts. In the first part, the book offers a practical framework for making effective decisions under uncertainty. In the second part, the book discusses approaches to effectively implement those decisions, thus managing change at every level, from the individual to the organizational. Finally, the book develops suggestions on how leaders can diagnose and improve – in themselves and in the people they lead – the cognitive abilities relevant to decision-making. You’ll also find: An enlightening business narrative detailing the journey of a fictional leader of an international travel operator named Inuk. Six cases that put you into real-life situations of making difficult decisions and that help you assess your decision-making effectiveness. An accessible and fun introduction to the neuroscience of decision-making. Ideal for managers, executives, directors, and other business leaders, Super Deciders is a can’t-miss decision-making playbook that you’ve been waiting for.

Download or read book Balance Controlling Mechanism and Fall Prevention Strategy written by Christina Zong-Hao Ma and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-03-11 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Assessments and Risk Factors for Falls in Persons with Acute Stroke written by Hanna Sjöholm and published by Linköping University Electronic Press. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Early identification of risk factors is crucial for reducing the high fall risk associated with stroke, and sex differences in relation to falls need to be further investigated. There is a lack of uniform, standardized, and reliable testing procedures for postural reactions, and existing tests assessing negotiating obstacles while walking cannot be performed when walking aids are used. Aim: To investigate the predictive validity of fall risk in persons with acute stroke for easily administered data and assessments, as well as to investigate the psychometric properties of two new tests. Methods: The Postural Rections Test (PRT) and the Cone Evasion Walk Test (CEW) were developed based on literature, and on input from an expert panel. To estimate the reliability of the PRT and CEW, video-recordings of 20 persons with acute stroke performing each item in the PRT and CEW were assessed by 10 physiotherapists on two occasions, at least two weeks apart. The construct validity of the CEW (n = 221), was examined in relation to selected corresponding tests, and predictive validity by correlating the CEW to falls within six months. In 124 women and 160 men the results from the PRT and CEW, along with other easily administered data and assessments on participant characteristics, functions, and activities were analyzed in relation to the number of days to the first fall by Cox regression, while fall incidence was analyzed by negative binomial regression, both for the total cohort, and for women and men separately. Sex differences in monthly fall incidence were analyzed with Poisson regression. Results: For the intra-rater reliability of the PRT, the overall proportion of agreement was 87 − 92% for the different postural reactions, and in median 9–10 out of 10 physiotherapists scored the same value for inter-rater reliability. In the CEW the intra-class correlation coefficients for intra-rater and inter-rater reliability were 0.88–0.98. The results showed expected poor to moderate correlations to the selected tests for construct validity, and to falls within six months. Participants touched significantly more cones on the side that was opposite to the side of their lesion. The Cox regression analysis showed that intake of more than eight medications, paresis in the arms, paresis in the legs, impaired protective reactions in sitting, and limitations in self-care activities were decisive risk factors for the time to the first fall, and according to the negative binomial regression, limitations in mobility activities was a decisive risk factor for high fall incidence in the total cohort (p<0.0005). The assessor’s judgment of a person’s six-month fall risk, was particularly well suited for identification of individuals with a high risk for multiple falls; however only in women when analyzed for each sex separately (p<0.0005). Compared to men, a higher number of fall risk factors were identified in women, including impaired mental functions, paresis in the arms, and limitations in several activities of self-care and mobility (p<0.0005). In men, the most decisive fall risk factors were intake of a high number of medications, intake of antidepressants, and mobility limitations (p=0.001). Fall incidence during the first month from discharge was significantly higher in men compared to women. Conclusions: The PRT and CEW can be reliably used in persons with acute stroke, and are valid for assessment of fall risk. A high quantity and wide range of rapid and easily collected data can be used for identification of persons at high risk for falls. The risk factors differed in part when analyzing the time to the first fall, and six-month fall incidence, and different fall risk factors were the most decisive when analyzed separately in women and men. Monthly fall incidence was higher in men during the first month. Bakgrund: Tidig identifiering av riskfaktorer för fall är av väsentlig betydelse för att minska den höga fallrisken hos personer med stroke, och kunskap om eventuella könsskillnader vad gäller riskfaktorer för fall behövs för att kunna individanpassa fallriskbedömningar och fallpreventiva insatser. Det har tidigare saknats ett enhetligt och standardiserat bedömningsförfarande för posturala reaktioner; dvs jämvikts-, upprätnings- och fallskyddsreaktioner. Det har även saknats ett bedömningsinstrument för förmågan att undvika föremål i samband med gång, som kan utföras av personer som går med gånghjälpmedel. Syfte: Att hos personer med akut stroke undersöka prediktiv validitet av fallrisk för lättadministrerade patientdata och bedömningsinstrument, liksom att undersöka psykometriska egenskaper för två nyutvecklade tester. Metod: Reliabilitetstestningen av Postural Reactions Test (PRT) och Cone Evasion Walk Test (CEW) utfördes genom att personer med akut stroke filmades då de utförde testerna. När alla delmoment i PRT samt CEW utförts av 20 personer vardera bedömdes testutförandena på filmerna av 10 sjukgymnaster vid två olika tillfällen, med minst två veckors mellanrum. Begreppsvaliditeten av CEW undersöktes genom att analysera samstämmigheten mellan CEW och ett antal utvalda, relaterade bedömningsinstrument. Deltagarna i studien noterade huruvida de fallit eller ej i falldagböcker och sedan samlades denna information in via månatliga telefonsamtal under sex månaders tid. Snabbt och enkelt insamlad patientdata och testresultat från lättadministrerade funktions- och aktivitetstester analyserades i förhållande till fall både för samtliga deltagare i studien (284 stycken), men även för kvinnor och män separat. Könsskillnader i månatlig fallincidens analyserades också. Resultat: Undersökningen av intrabedömarreliabilitet visade att samstämmigheten för de enskilda fysioterapeuterna i bedömningen av testutförandena mellan de två testtillfällena var 87-92% för PRT och 70-90% för CEW. Undersökningen av interbedömarreliabiliteten visade att i median 9–10 av 10 fysioterapeuter gjorde samma bedömning av testutförandena av PRT, liksom av CEW. Resultaten av validitetstestingen visade ett signifikant men svagt samband mellan CEW och Timed Up and Go, Functional Ambulation Classification, Star Cancellation Test och uppmärksamhetsuppgiften “upprepa subtraktion av sju från 100” i Montreal Cognitive Assessment. I utförandet av CEW, gick deltagarna på signifikant fler koner på den sida som var motsatt deras hjärnskada. Ett signifikant svagt samband identifierades mellan CEW och antalet fall. I den totala kohorten var användande av fler än åtta läkemedel, armpares, benpares, nedsatta fallskyddsreaktioner i sittande, och nedsatt förmåga att utföra aktiviteter i det dagliga livet avgörande riskfaktorer för tidiga fall. En begränsad förflyttningsförmåga var en avgörande riskfaktorer för hög fallincidens. Testledarens bedömning av risken att falla de kommande 6 månaderna var särskilt väl lämpad för identifiering av personer med en hög risk för hög fallincidens, dock endast för kvinnorna när analysen utfördes för kvinnor och män separat. Fler riskfaktorer identifierades hos kvinnorna, däribland nedsatta psykiska funktioner, armpares och nedsättningar i flera olika aktiviteter rörande personlig vård och förflyttningar. Hos männen var de mest avgörande riskfaktorerna ett stort antal intagna läkemedel, användande av antidepressiva läkemedel samt en begränsad förflyttningsförmåga. Den månatliga fallincidensen var signifikant högre hos männen än hos kvinnorna den första månaden efter utskrivningen från någon av strokeavdelningarna. Konklusion: PRT och CEW kompletterar befintliga bedömningsinstrument och är reliabla och valida för bedömning vid akut stroke. Både CEW och PRT-bedömningen av fallskyddsreaktioner i sittande kan användas för identifiering av personer med en förhöjd risk att falla. Ytterligare ett stort antal lättadministrerade bedömningsinstrument som kan användas för bedömning av fallrisk identifierades. Riskfaktorerna skiljde sig åt avseende risken att falla snart och risken att falla mycket och det var olika fallriskfaktorer som var de mest avgörande för kvinnorna jämfört med männen. Den första månaden efter utskrivning från strokeavdelning var den månatliga fallincidensen högre bland männen än bland kvinnorna.

Download or read book Scouting written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by the Boy Scouts of America for all BSA registered adult volunteers and professionals, Scouting magazine offers editorial content that is a mixture of information, instruction, and inspiration, designed to strengthen readers' abilities to better perform their leadership roles in Scouting and also to assist them as parents in strengthening families.

Download or read book The Big Book of Nature Activities written by Drew Monkman and published by New Society Publisher. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The average child can identify over one thousand corporate logos, but only ten native plants or animals—a telling indictment of our modern disconnection from nature. Soaring levels of obesity, high rates of ADHD, feelings of stress and social awkwardness, and "Nature Deficit Disorder" are further unintended consequences of a childhood spent primarily indoors. The Big Book of Nature Activities is a comprehensive guide for parents and educators to help youth of all ages explore, appreciate and connect with the natural world. This rich, fully illustrated compendium features: Nature-based skills and activities such as species identification, photography, journaling, and the judicious use of digital technology Ideas, games, and activities grounded in what's happening in nature each season Core concepts that promote environmental literacy, such as climate change and the mechanisms and wonder of evolution, explained using a child-friendly, engaging approach Lists of key species and happenings to observe throughout the year across most of North America Perfect for families, educators, and youth leaders , The Big Book of Nature Activities is packed with crafts, stories, information and inspiration to make outdoor learning fun. Jacob Rodenburg is the Executive Director of the Camp Kawartha summer camp and outdoor education centre. As well as publishing numerous articles on children, nature and the environment, he has worked in the field of outdoor education for twenty-five years. Drew Monkman is an award-winning environmental advocate, naturalist, and retired teacher. In addition to his weekly nature column, Drew is the author of two season-based nature guides, including Nature's Year.

Download or read book Fly Fishing Guide to the Battenkill written by Doug Lyons and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main stem of the 60-mile-long Battenkill forms from the confluence of the East and West Branches in downtown Manchester, Vermont, home of the Orvis Company and the American Museum of Fly Fishing. Though notoriously challenging to fish, anglers from all around the world ply its fabled waters for brook trout (it’s rare for a river this size to have strong populations of brookies) and large brown trout that swim in its waters almost as far downstream as its confluence with the Hudson River in New York. In Fly Fishing Guide to the Battenkill, local expert Doug Lyons covers the fishing access, hatches, patterns, and strategies for both the Vermont and New York stretches of the river, as well as its major tributaries, including both its East and West Branches near Dorset and Roaring Branch, Green River, and Bromley Brook.

Download or read book Best Tent Camping Michigan written by Matt Forster and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best in Tent Camping: Michigan is for those who want to experience the beauty of Michigan amongst quiet and solitude. Author Matt Forster carefully selected all 50 campgrounds to offer readers the most promise for a unique outdoor experience. With a five-star rating system for qualities like privacy, security, noise, beauty, and cleanliness and detailed maps leading directly to the campsites, Best in Tent Camping: Michigan is the perfect tool for a weekend getaway.

Download or read book Fashion Drawing For Dummies written by Lisa Arnold and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fast and easy way to learn the art of fashion drawing This fun guide gives you dozens of step-by-step diagrams that walk you through the process of preparing creative illustrations that you can later develop into dynamic presentations for your design portfolio. Plus, you'll not only learn how to draw clothes and fabric, but also how to show details that make up the total look: faces and hairstyles, fashion accents, and a wide variety of textures. If you're an aspiring fashion designer, you know it's essential to be able to draw, prepare, and present a fashion drawing. Whether you have little or no prior drawing experience, Fashion Drawing For Dummies gives you easy-to-follow, non-intimidating instructions for mastering the drawing skills you need to design like a pro. Learn the rules and techniques of fashion drawing Draw the fashion figure in different poses and from multiple angles Discover how to complement your drawings with accessories, clothing, and style If you're a fledgling designer looking for non-intimidating guidance on learning the ins and outs of fashion drawing, this friendly guide has you covered!

Download or read book Public Involvement And Social Impact Assessment written by Gregory Daneke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The participation of the public sector in assessing the socialimpact of a wide range of projects is the focus of this ground-breakingbook. Leading experts from the u.s. and canada have contributedoriginal articles based on their empirical research conducted in currentimpact situations. These are supplemented by the editors' analyticaloverviews. The book concludes with projections regardingfuture linkages between public involvement and social impact assessment.Dr. Gregory A. Daneke is associate professor of public affairsand business administration at Arizona State University. He has coeditedEnergy Policy and Public Administration (1980) and coauthoredPerformance Administration: Improved Responsiveness and Effectivenessin Public services (1980). Dr. Margot w. Garcia is a program analystwith the USDA Forest Service; as part of a .nationwide training programfor the Forest Service in land management planning, she taught publicinvolvement and land management planning. Dr. Jerome Delli Priscoliis senior policy analyst at the Institute for Water Resources, u.s.Army Corps of Engineers, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia.

Download or read book From Handprints to Hypotheses written by Todd Wanerman and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creativity, initiative, and inquiry are important in all children's early education, including toddlers and two-year-olds. This book focuses on using the project approach—a teaching strategy that enables educators and caregivers to guide children through in-depth studies of real world topics—to scaffold very young children's early learning. It provides information on creating sensory-based experiences—developmentally appropriate for toddlers and twos—that bring new perspectives and activities into the classroom. Todd Wanerman has been teaching toddlers and twos for twenty years. He is the coauthor of Including One, Including All.

Download or read book Seasons Come and Seasons Go written by Bruce Bednarchuk and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A song that describes the seasons of the year. Includes hardcover book, online music access, and music CD.