scholarly journals Building a culture of computing in the sciences using images as data within a community of practice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tessa Durham Brooks ◽  
Raychelle Burks ◽  
Mark Meysenburg ◽  
Erin Doyle ◽  
Chris Huber
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Image Processing ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Digital Imaging ◽  
Writing Center ◽  
Secondary Educators ◽  
Expanded Access ◽  
Student Access ◽  
Second Year

The Digital Imaging and Vision Applications in Science (DIVAS) program was built to improve the computational self-efficacy and skill of first- and second-year college students majoring in biological and chemical sciences. Our three-year pilot study showed that the program could be successful in both fronts. The scholars, faculty, and staff who participated formed a community of practice that became the heart of the DIVAS program. Through this community, we expanded access to the image processing workshop in collaboration with The Carpentries, supported faculty and secondary educators in developing computing modules for their classrooms, and created and staffed a “writing center for computing” on the host campus. Overall, the DIVAS program has sparked a local computing culture. DIVAS interventions and resources are freely available for adoption by other institutions. We hope to grow the community in a way that builds student access and opportunities and supports educators in the process.

Impact of a sleep course on sleep, mood and anxiety symptoms in college students: A pilot study

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Argelinda Baroni ◽  
Jean-Marie Bruzzese ◽  
Christina A. Di Bartolo ◽  
Adam Ciarleglio ◽  
Jess P. Shatkin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms

scholarly journals Improving Understanding about Social Influences on Food Choices in College Students: A Pilot Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey H. Basch ◽  
Michele Grodner ◽  
Lindsay Prewitt
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Social Influences ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Purchasing Decisions ◽  
Healthy Choice ◽  
Health Course ◽  
The Impact

<p>The impact of social influences on food choices in college settings is of great importance because students are vulnerable to new forming identities at this time. The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the degree to which social influences impact food choices in a sample of college students. A 22-item survey instrument was created to determine the extent to which students have experienced being influenced by others when making food related purchasing decisions. A total of 257 out of a 323 students invited (80% response rate) in 11 sections of a personal health course responded to the survey. The overwhelming majority of respondents were reportedly comfortable ordering whatever they wanted when in the presence of their friends (n=249; 97%). Students were more likely to feel pressure to make a healthy choice than an unhealthy choice if everyone else was (45.1% vs. 31.5%), but fewer felt this way when asked specifically if their friends were ordering (28.4% vs. 21%). Social influences surrounding food choices are a topic that has gained momentum recently, however more research needs to be conducted to determine the reasons why social influences affect certain college students especially in comparing healthy versus unhealthy food choices.</p>

Psychiatrically Hospitalized College Students: A Pilot Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Rosecan ◽  
Richard Goldberg ◽  
Thomas Wise
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Psychiatrically Hospitalized

Pitch strength and annoyance of acoustic analogs of flutter echo - a pilot study

2021 ◽  
Vol 263 (4) ◽  
pp. 2145-2156
Author(s):  
Anne Balant ◽  
Heather Lai ◽  
Vayda M. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
User Interface ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Scaling Method ◽  
Short Pulses ◽  
Pulse Trains ◽  
Pitch Matching ◽  
Category Scaling

The impetus for this pilot study was the observation of flutter echoes on the aisle of a church with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. When source and receiver height were comparable, the flutter echoes consisted of a 39-msec repeating pattern of three short pulses that persisted for reverberation times of up to 5 sec. The disruptive quality of these echoes perceptually was striking. It was hypothesized that the perception of a sequence of rapidly alternating periodicity pitches might be the source of this disruptive quality. A pilot study was conducted to assess the perceived pitch, pitch strength, and annoyance of isochronous and anisochronous synthetic pulse trains involving up to three different inter-pulse intervals per pattern. Intervals of the anisochronous pulse trains were controlled to create harmonic and inharmonic relationships among the intervals, which ranged from 5-20 msec. Twelve adult college students participated in the study remotely via videoconferencing due to social distancing requirements. A modified category scaling method was used. Participants positioned a slider on a graphical user interface to reflect their ratings of pitch strength and annoyance and used a slider to adjust the frequency of a reference tone for pitch matching. Results and implications for further research will be presented.

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