The Violin in Music Therapy: How do I use the violin in music therapy with people who have intellectual disabilities or neurological conditions?

<p>In this research I explored my use of the violin in music therapy with people who have intellectual disability and neurological conditions. I am interested in this topic because the violin is my primary instrument and I wanted to learn more about its therapeutic potential. My research methodology was Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data, and the data were my clinical notes and research journal. Findings were generated through thematic analysis of the data. Five themes emerged. Specifically, I found that the violin’s voice-like timbre was helpful in fostering connections and encouraging emotional and communicative expression. Similarly, the ability to physically share the instrument, and to play it while mobile, also fostered connections between me and my participants. Because of my expertise on the violin I was able to utilize a vast variety of performance techniques both with familiar music and within improvisations that elicited meaningful musical moments. My relationship with the violin has developed and changed throughout this process and the violin has become a part of my identity as a music therapist. I anticipate that findings will interest other music therapists, and perhaps encourage them to use alternative instruments within their practice.</p>

The Violin in Music Therapy: How do I use the violin in music therapy with people who have intellectual disabilities or neurological conditions?

<p>In this research I explored my use of the violin in music therapy with people who have intellectual disability and neurological conditions. I am interested in this topic because the violin is my primary instrument and I wanted to learn more about its therapeutic potential. My research methodology was Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data, and the data were my clinical notes and research journal. Findings were generated through thematic analysis of the data. Five themes emerged. Specifically, I found that the violin’s voice-like timbre was helpful in fostering connections and encouraging emotional and communicative expression. Similarly, the ability to physically share the instrument, and to play it while mobile, also fostered connections between me and my participants. Because of my expertise on the violin I was able to utilize a vast variety of performance techniques both with familiar music and within improvisations that elicited meaningful musical moments. My relationship with the violin has developed and changed throughout this process and the violin has become a part of my identity as a music therapist. I anticipate that findings will interest other music therapists, and perhaps encourage them to use alternative instruments within their practice.</p>

Quality of Life in the Perspectives of Teachers in COVID 19 Pandemic Era: Implications for Funding Allocation for Faculty Well-being Initiatives

People all around the globe have been impacted by the COVID-19 global health crisis, which has led to severe mental and psychological health problems and a weakened overall sense of well-being. However, there is not a lot of information available regarding the effect of COVID-19 on Indian instructors. The objective of this research was to discover if COVID-19 impacts the professional teachers' quality of life (QoL) in India. The descriptive study that included 890 licensed teachers was the respondents of this cross-sectional approach. The primary instrument in this research was the COVID-19 Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL). Statistics used to evaluate the data included descriptive statistics, t-test, and one-way ANOVA to measure the effect of COVID-19 on the QoL of instructors. Results showed that it had a modest impact. COVID-19 impacted QoL differently depending on the program degree. The effect of COVID-19 on the patient's overall quality of life did not vary greatly according to age, sex, marital status, employment status, monthly salary, whether or not they had any COVID-19-related cases near their home, whether or not they knew anyone who had contracted or died from COVID-19, and whether or not they believed they were at risk. Teachers' mental health and quality of life must also be attended to, and supports must be offered to enable them to cope with the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. This research has added to the increasing body of literature on the pandemic's effect, making it an important source of data for future investigations.

Access and Management of Electronic Information Resources in Umaru Musa Yar’adua University Library, Katsina State Nigeria

The study investigated the access and management of electronic information resources in Umaru Musa Yar’adua University Katsina, library. The study adopted quantitative approach as research paradigm; with survey as research methods. Questionnaire was used as the primary instrument for data collection in which the entire forty two library staff was used as population of the study. The response rate of 92.9% was obtained, used and analyzed the data. From the findings of the study therefore, the influence of demographic variables (gender, age, education and professions) about the management of electronic information resources was not significant at the surveyed university library. Thus, the study recommended increased investment in ICT facilities, staff training and development at the surveyed university library to promote increase in the management of electronic information resources to satisfy the needs of users as ultimate goal of any library and information center.

Reproducible Research in R: A tutorial on how to do the same thing more than once

Reproducibility has long been considered integral to the scientific method. Something is called reproducible when an independent person obtains the same results from the same data. Until recently, detailed descriptions of methods and analyses were the primary instrument for ensuring scientific reproducibility. Technological advancements now enable scientists to achieve a more comprehensive standard; one in which any individual can be granted access to a digital research repository, and reproduce the analyses from the raw data to the final report including all relevant statistical analyses with a single command. This method has far-reaching implications for scientific archiving, reproducibility and replication, scientific productivity, and the credibility and reliability of scientific findings. One obstacle preventing the widespread adoption of this method is that the underlying technological advancements are complicated to use. This paper introduces `repro`, an R-package, which guides researchers in the installation and use of the tools required for making a research project reproducible. Finally, we suggest the use of the proposed tools for the preregistration of study plans as reproducible computer code (preregistration as code; PAC). Since computer code represents the planned analyses exactly as they will be executed, it is more precise than natural language descriptions of those analyses, which merely complement the PAC as a more readable summary. PAC circumvents the shortcomings of ambiguous preregistrations that may give researchers undesired degrees of freedom. Hence, reproducibility made convenient with automation has a wide range of applications to accelerate scientific progress.

Working environment, team work, and diversity: perspectives and relationship to organizational satisfaction

The aim of this study is to analyze the working environment, teamwork, and diversity of employees in relation to organizational satisfaction. The study used descriptive research with a survey as the primary instrument for data gathering. 85 respondents took part in the survey using a purposive sampling technique. The researcher used an adapted and modified questionnaire to gather data. This study used SPSS 20 to analyze the gathered data with the following statistical tools: frequency, percentage, means, t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson-r. The study found that the respondents “agree” in all the mentioned statements from the four variables of the study. There were also significant differences found in the work environment, teamwork, and diversity when grouped according to demographic profile. And there is also a significant relationship between work environment, teamwork, diversity, and organizational satisfaction. The researcher provided pertinent recommendations at the end of the study.

The Influence of Students' Mastery of Vocabulary on Paraphrasing Ability

Some countries much use English as an international language all over the world. Unfortunately, the use of English in some countries is different from each other. In this case, Indonesia uses English as a foreign language. There are four English skills, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The mastery of vocabulary is a vital aspect in learning a language; we will not be able to speak to read, and write any language if we do not master it in vocabulary. Therefore, vocabulary has an essential role because it is his primary instrument of language. The student's mastery of English vocabulary is still low. Some factors that cause why the students' vocabulary is still low are the teacher's technique that does not motivate students in learning English. Instrument of the collecting data used by the writer is observation, interview, and test. In doing research, the writer uses a quantitative approach. It means that the data being obtained are presented by number and then interpreted by using statistical analysis. The conclusion of the research is the application of mastery of vocabulary on ability in making paraphrase. It is is know the result the student' of the mastery of vocabulary (X variable) in the average of 71.142 and the result the students' of ability in making paraphrase (Y variable) in the average of 68.00. Correlation of C variable on Y variable showing 0.418%. It means that 0.418 is enough to influence the correlation between applying the students' mastery of vocabulary on their ability to make paraphrase.

EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVELOPED WORKSHEETS TO THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN SCIENCE 9 CONCEPTS

The study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of developed worksheets as an instructional material for teaching specific concepts in science 9. In particular, the aim of the study is to analyze the evaluation ratings of the worksheets produced and the effect of its implementation. It also examines the significant difference between the respondents' academic performances when supported by the developed worksheets. The primary instrument of the study is a standardized evaluation tool for printed materials from the Department of Education, Learning Resources Management and Development System (LRMDS) Office. Results showed that the validated worksheets are identified as appropriate and commendable by the validators. The achievement performance of the respondents has improved substantially. There is a significant difference between the students' academic achievement using established worksheets compared to conventional approaches. In teaching Science 9 concepts, the developed worksheets are appropriate to use as a material and greatly enhanced the students' efficiency.

Inservice Music Educators’ Perceived Comfort for Teaching and Performing on Secondary Band Instruments

I surveyed inservice instrumental music educators ( N = 96) to determine their comfort level for teaching and performing on secondary band instruments. Research questions included the following: (a) How comfortable do inservice music educators feel teaching and performing on secondary instruments? (b) Does grade level affect educators’ comfort levels? (c) Does the educators’ primary instrument family relate to their perceived comfort level for teaching and playing on secondary instruments? and (d) Does the format of instrument classes during preparation programs influence educators’ comfort for teaching and playing secondary instruments? Participants reported moderate comfort on most instruments, with brass being most comfortable. Participants indicating woodwind as a primary instrument reported an overall higher comfort level for teaching and performing on brass instruments, whereas low comfort levels on double reeds. High school educators felt least comfortable teaching and performing on secondary instruments. Participants who took Split-Families and Semester-Families preservice classes felt more comfortable performing on secondary instruments versus those who took Individual-Instrument courses.

Your EHD Rig May Not Be As Elastohydrodynamic As You Think

The concentrated contact formed between a steel ball and a glass disc—the optical elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHD) rig—has been the primary instrument for experimental investigations of elastohydrodynamic film thickness. It has been a source for values of pressure-viscosity coefficient, a difficult-to-define property of liquids. However, comparisons with the pressure dependence of the viscosity obtained in viscometers show little agreement. There are multiple reasons for this failure including shear-thinning and compressibility of the oil. Another reason for the poor agreement is the subject of this short note. The optical EHD rig using glass as one surface will only be in the piezoviscous-elastic (EHD) regime when the pressure-viscosity coefficient is large. For low values, it would be operating in the isoviscous-elastic regime (soft EHD).