scholarly journals Bryophytes and the morphospecies concept: a comparison of novice and expert sorting

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma J. Pharo
Keyword(s):  
Limited Resources ◽  
Soil Crust ◽  
Moss Species ◽  
Rangeland Monitoring ◽  
Field Officer ◽  
Assessment And Monitoring ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Comparison Of The Results ◽  
Key Characters ◽  
Sclerophyll Forests

THE exclusion of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts) from the majority of impact assessment and monitoring studies is probably due to key characters being microscopic and difficult to work with given limited resources. Coarse morphological groups have been used in rangeland monitoring where a level of identification accessible to amateurs successfully separated different soil crust groups (Eldridge and Rosentreter 1999). However, there has been only one study of the feasibility of using a morphospecies approach for bryophytes. Oliver and Beattie (1993) included mosses in their study of the comparison of the results of "biodiversity technicians" and expert taxonomists. They found that novices split and lump many moss species. The bryoflora they investigated was species-rich with 86 species found in 220 specimens. In this study, I investigate a different environment with a level of species richness that is more typical of many dry sclerophyll forests (Pharo and Beattie 1997). Novices collected the specimens as well as sorted, which is a realistic replication of the task facing biologists when undertaking biodiversity surveys or establishing monitoring studies. Here I compare the efforts of 65 novices (second-year biogeography students) and myself in sampling an area of sub-alpine Tasmania. I was interested quantifying the abilities of this group rather than a smaller, more experienced group because a range of interests and abilities were represented. The results are informative as to the feasibility of including bryophytes in monitoring projects where the focus of the project may be on other groups and the field officer has little experience with bryophytes.

Practical Resources for Provision of Services to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Users of AAC

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
Elena Dukhovny ◽  
E. Betsy Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Flexible Systems ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Provision Of Services

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, over 20% of Americans speak a language other than English in the home, with Spanish, Chinese, and French being the languages most commonly spoken, aside from English. However, few augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems offer multilingual support for individuals with limited functional speech. There has been much discussion in the AAC community about best practices in AAC system design and intervention strategies, but limited resources exist to help us provide robust, flexible systems for users who speak languages other than English. We must provide services that take into consideration the unique needs of culturally and linguistically diverse users of AAC and help them reach their full communication potential. This article outlines basic guidelines for best practices in AAC design and selection, and presents practical applications of these best practices to multilingual/multicultural clients.

Hassles Continue in Second Year Of Medicare Drug Benefit

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
Keyword(s):  
Drug Benefit ◽  
Second Year

Unknown and Under-Researched: The Anatomy of Drinking Under Control Programs

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (5) ◽  
pp. 277-288
Author(s):  
Harald Klingemann ◽  
Justyna Klingemann
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Mission Statements ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Admission Criteria ◽  
Control Programs ◽  
Institutional Order

Abstract. Introduction: While alcohol treatment predominantly focuses on abstinence, drug treatment objectives include a variety of outcomes related to consumption and quality of life. Consequently harm reduction programs tackling psychoactive substances are well documented and accepted by practitioners, whereas harm reduction programs tackling alcohol are under-researched and met with resistance. Method: The paper is mainly based on key-person interviews with eight program providers conducted in Switzerland in 2009 and up-dated in 2015, and the analysis of reports and mission statements to establish an inventory and description of drinking under control programs (DUCPs). A recent twin program in Amsterdam and Essen was included to exemplify conditions impeding their implementation. Firstly, a typology based on the type of alcohol management, the provided support and admission criteria is developed, complemented by a detailed description of their functioning in practice. Secondly, the case studies are analyzed in terms of factors promoting and impeding the implementation of DUCPs and efforts of legitimize them and assess their success. Results: Residential and non-residential DUCPs show high diversity and pursue individualized approaches as the detailed case descriptions exemplify. Different modalities of proactively providing and including alcohol consumption are conceptualized in a wider framework of program objectives, including among others, quality of life and harm reduction. Typically DUCPs represent an effort to achieve public or institutional order. Their implementation and success are contingent upon their location, media response, type of alcohol management and the response of other substance-oriented stake holders in the treatment system. The legitimization of DUCPs is hampered by the lack of evaluation studies. DUCPs rely mostly – also because of limited resources – on rudimentary self-evaluations and attribute little importance to data collection exercises. Conclusions: Challenges for participants are underestimated and standard evaluation methodologies tend to be incompatible with the rationale and operational objectives of DUCPs. Program-sensitive multimethod approaches enabled by sufficient financing for monitoring and accompanying research is needed to improve the practice-oriented implementation of DUCPs. Barriers for these programs include assumptions that ‘alcohol-assisted’ help abandons hope for recovery and community response to DUCPs as locally unwanted institutions (‘not in my backyard’) fuelled by stigmatization.

A Typology of Caregiving Situations and Service Use in Family Carers of Older People in Six European Countries

GeroPsych ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirko Di Rosa ◽  
Christopher Kofahl ◽  
Kevin McKee ◽  
Barbara Bień ◽  
Giovanni Lamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Older People ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Service Use ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
Typology Of Care

This paper presents the EUROFAMCARE study findings, examining a typology of care situations for family carers of older people, and the interplay of carers with social and health services. Despite the complexity of family caregiving situations across Europe, our analyses determined the existence of seven “caregiving situations,” varying on a range of critical indicators. Our study also describes the availability and use of different support services for carers and care receivers, and carers’ preferences for the characteristics of support services. Our findings have relevance for policy initiatives in Europe, where limited resources need to be more equitably distributed and services should be targeted to caregiving situations reflecting the greatest need, and organized to reflect the preferences of family carers.

Specificity in mother^toddler language^play relations across the second year.

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda ◽  
Marc H. Bornstein
Keyword(s):  
Language Play ◽  
Second Year

Review of Mental Health with Limited Resources: Yankee Ingenuity in Low-Cost Programs.

1967 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 330-330
Author(s):  
IRA ISCOE
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Limited Resources

Development of Pride, Shame, and Embarrassment in the Second Year

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Lau ◽  
Nazan Aksan ◽  
Hill H. Goldsmith
Keyword(s):  
Second Year

STAR-SI second year blast off

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Second Year
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