Assessment of Programs and Services

Accountability in higher education is no longer something that is merely addressed with some cursory effort. Justifying the worth of your program is not just a requirement dictated by upper level administration, but rather it is a question of the long-term survival of your organization. This article explains the motivation for the University of Illinois (UIUC) Division of Campus Recreation (DCR) to conduct an organization-wide assessment of the programs of services offered to the students, faculty, and staff at the University. The material explains the development of the three overriding questions the Division felt critical to maintaining a good marketing position with regard to both internal and external competitors. The three assessment methods used in this study were professional/student staff interviews, focus groups and a survey. The results of the data gathered are presented in ten figures. Four summary statements can be made concerning the results: (1) The DCR is considered to be a vital and important of the UIUC campus; (2) No group is clearly under-served by the DCR; (3) The overall image of the DCR is driven by the Intramural-Physical Education Building while other facilities are virtually unknown; and (4) The average user considers the time spent utilizing the DCR programs and services to be a positive force in both their work and academic production.

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CURE OF THREE PATIENTS WHO HAD SKELETAL METASTASES IN DISSEMINATED NEUROBLASTOMA

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.41.1.47 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 47-51

Author(s):

Douglas Reilly ◽

Mark E. Nesbit ◽

William Krivit

Keyword(s):

Overall Survival ◽

Survival Data ◽

Specific Treatment ◽

Skeletal Metastases ◽

University Of Minnesota ◽

Term Survival ◽

Long Term Survival ◽

Skeletal Involvement ◽

The University

The long-term survival of three children with disseminated skeletal metastases due to neuroblastoma is reported. These three patients are added to eight other patients reported in the literature who have survived longer than 2 years after the development of their metastatic osseous lesions. A review of the cases did not reveal a specific treatment regime which provided the success in these cases. The presence of skeletal involvement, therefore, should not indicate a hopeless prognosis. A review of 33 patients with neuroblastoma at the University of Minnesota from 1956-1966 is also given to provide overall survival data.

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2088 Brain stem gliomas: Long-term survival and toxicity outcome at the University of Florida

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics ◽

10.1016/s0360-3016(99)90358-9 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 323

Author(s):

D.T. Marshall ◽

N.P. Mendenhall ◽

R.B. Marcus

Keyword(s):

Brain Stem ◽

Term Survival ◽

University Of Florida ◽

Long Term Survival ◽

The University ◽

Brain Stem Gliomas

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The Artist and the Scientific Research Environment

Leonardo ◽

10.1162/leon.2006.39.3.219 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 219-221 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Daniel J. Sandin ◽

Tom DeFanti ◽

Lou Kauffman ◽

Yvonne Spielmann

Keyword(s):

Scientific Research ◽

Research Environment ◽

University Of Illinois ◽

Computer Scientists ◽

Professional Fields ◽

The University

The authors reflect on the experiences of collaboration between artists and scientists at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. They outline the measures that enable both media artists and computer scientists to benefit from the collaborations. In particular, if long-term collaborations are to be successful, the collaborators must garner rewards not only in the field of the collaboration but also in their own respective academic or professional fields.

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Jeune syndrome with renal failure

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo ◽

10.2298/sarh160218027p ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 145 (3-4) ◽

pp. 147-152

Author(s):

Amira Peco-Antic ◽

Mirjana Kostic ◽

Brankica Spasojevic ◽

Gordana Milosevski-Lomic ◽

Dusan Paripovic ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Renal Failure ◽

Growth Failure ◽

Term Survival ◽

Jeune Syndrome ◽

Long Term Follow Up ◽

The University ◽

Age Range

Introduction/Objective. Jeune syndrome (JS) is a rare hereditary ciliopathy characterized by asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy, shortened limbs and brachydactyly. Extraskeletal anomalies such as chronic renal failure (CRF), hepatic fibrosis, and retinitis pigmentosa may be a part of the JATD phenotype. The aim of this study is to present long-term follow-up of JS patients with early progressive kidney disease. Methods. This is a retrospective study of pediatric patients with JS and CRF who were treated at the University Children?s Hospital between January 1980 and December 2014. The patients? data were retrospectively reviewed from the medical records. Results. There were thirteen patients from 11 families, five girls and eight boys mean aged 4.3 years at the time of diagnosis. All of the patients had characteristic skeletal findings, retinal degeneration and an early onset of CRF at age range from 1.5 to 7 years. Five patients had neonatal respiratory distress and congenital liver fibrosis was diagnosed in five patients. One patient died due to complications of CRF, while others survived during follow-up of mean 11 years. IFT140 mutations were found in four genetically tested patients. Conclusion. The average incidence rate of JS with renal phenotype in Serbia was about 0.2 per one million of child population. Long-term survival of JS patients depends on renal replacement therapy, while skeletal dysplasia, growth failure, respiratory and eyes problems have impact on the patients? quality of life.

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Moving a Unique Collection to Storage: Improving Access Now and Later

Library Resources and Technical Services ◽

10.5860/lrts.64n4.177-184 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (4) ◽

pp. 177

Author(s):

Jennifer A. Maddox Abbott

Keyword(s):

Storage Conditions ◽

High Density ◽

Storage Facility ◽

University Of Illinois ◽

College And University ◽

Online Catalog ◽

Electronic Access ◽

The University ◽

Physical Materials

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library collected college and university publications (the C-Collection) for several decades without allocating the resources to catalog them. A project to make these items discoverable by patrons was initiated, and tens of thousands of items were added to the online catalog. These items were physically stabilized and transferred to the library’s high-density storage facility. A portion of the collection was also digitized, providing electronic access. Although circulation trended downward, there was no clear indication that materials were less accessible in high-density storage, and new items were discovered that had not previously circulated. Digital surrogates of library material clearly allowed the library to reach a much larger audience, and ideal storage conditions to preserve physical materials long-term combined with electronically available copies appear to be an ideal means for providing greater access while preserving content.

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Rubin H. Flocks and Colloidal Gold Treatments for Prostate Cancer

The Scientific World JOURNAL ◽

10.1100/tsw.2011.145 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. 1560-1567 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Henry M. Rosevear ◽

Andrew J. Lightfoot ◽

Michael A. O'Donnell ◽

Charles E. Platz ◽

Stefan A. Loening ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Prostate Cancer ◽

Cancer Patients ◽

Colloidal Gold ◽

Long Term Outcomes ◽

University Of Iowa ◽

Term Survival ◽

Long Term Survival ◽

Short And Long Term ◽

The University

In the early 1950s, Rubin H. Flocks of the University of Iowa began to treat prostate cancer patients with colloidal gold (Au198) therapy, evolving his technique over nearly 25 years in 1515 patients. We reviewed the long-term outcomes of Flocks' prostate cancer patients as compared to those patients treated by other methods at the University of Iowa before Flocks' chairmanship. We reviewed archived patient records, Flocks' published data, and long-term survival data from the Iowa Tumor Registry to determine short- and long-term outcomes of Flocks' work with colloidal gold. We also reviewed the literature of Flocks' time to compare his outcomes against those of his contemporaries. The use of colloidal gold, either as primary or adjunctive therapy, provided short- and long-term survival benefit for the majority of Flocks' patients as compared to historical treatment options (p< 0.001). Flocks' use of colloidal gold for the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer offered short- and long-term survival benefits compared to other contemporary treatments.

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Caspases and apoptosis

Essays in Biochemistry ◽

10.1042/bse0380009 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 38 ◽

pp. 9-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 121

Author(s):

Guy S Salvesen

Keyword(s):

Cysteine Proteases ◽

Signalling Pathways ◽

Term Survival ◽

Mature Adult ◽

Intracellular Signalling Pathways ◽

Adult Cell ◽

Caspase Family ◽

Cell Fragments ◽

Pro Inflammatory Cytokines

The ability of metazoan cells to undergo programmed cell death is vital to both the precise development and long-term survival of the mature adult. Cell deaths that result from engagement of this programme end in apoptosis, the ordered dismantling of the cell that results in its 'silent' demise, in which packaged cell fragments are removed by phagocytosis. This co-ordinated demise is mediated by members of a family of cysteine proteases known as caspases, whose activation follows characteristic apoptotic stimuli, and whose substrates include many proteins, the limited cleavage of which causes the characteristic morphology of apoptosis. In vertebrates, a subset of caspases has evolved to participate in the activation of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and thus members of the caspase family participate in one of two very distinct intracellular signalling pathways.

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From Volunteering to Academic Programming: A Case Example

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp1.sig17.7 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (17) ◽

pp. 7-11 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Cindy Gill ◽

Sneha Bharadwaj ◽

Nancy Quick ◽

Sarah Wainscott ◽

Paula Chance

Keyword(s):

Special Needs ◽

Cultural Relevance ◽

Master's Program ◽

Speech Language Pathology ◽

Community Based ◽

Charitable Organization ◽

Language Pathology ◽

The University

A speech-language pathology master's program that grew out of a partnership between the University of Zambia and a U.S.-based charitable organization, Connective Link Among Special needs Programs (CLASP) International, has just been completed in Zambia. The review of this program is outlined according to the suggested principles for community-based partnerships, a framework which may help evaluate cultural relevance and sustainability in long-term volunteer efforts (Israel, Schulz, Parker, & Becker, 1998).

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Five Decades of Research Experience in Speech Anatomy and Physiology

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp1.sig5.4 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

pp. 4-12

Author(s):

David P. Kuehn

Keyword(s):

Ohio State University ◽

State University ◽

Research Experience ◽

University Of Iowa ◽

University Of Illinois ◽

Anatomy And Physiology ◽

The Ohio State University ◽

Speech Science ◽

The University ◽

East Carolina University

This report highlights some of the major developments in the area of speech anatomy and physiology drawing from the author's own research experience during his years at the University of Iowa and the University of Illinois. He has benefited greatly from mentors including Professors James Curtis, Kenneth Moll, and Hughlett Morris at the University of Iowa and Professor Paul Lauterbur at the University of Illinois. Many colleagues have contributed to the author's work, especially Professors Jerald Moon at the University of Iowa, Bradley Sutton at the University of Illinois, Jamie Perry at East Carolina University, and Youkyung Bae at the Ohio State University. The strength of these researchers and their students bodes well for future advances in knowledge in this important area of speech science.

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