Northampton Community College

About: Northampton Community College is a education organization based out in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Poison control. The organization has 3410 authors who have published 4582 publications receiving 130398 citations. The organization is also known as: Northampton County Area Community College.

Zinc Enzymes and the Hippocampal Mossy Fibre System

Abstract: IN 19601, I pointed out that some simple modifications in the intravital dithizone (diphenyl-thiocarbazone) method used by histochemists2,3 for the display of zinc show clearly that the site of the specific (pink) staining in the neighbourhood of the hippocampal ‘CA3’ and ‘CA2’ pyramidal cells is topologically identical with the zone occupied by the ‘mossy fibre system’ (the axons of the granule cells of thefascia dentata); while the conspicuous arc of pink staining within the facia dentata is coincident with the ‘CA4’ cell-and-fibre zone. I interpreted these concentrations of zinc as histochemical peculiarities of the histoanatomically peculiar ‘syncytial periaxoplasm’ which the mossy fibre system exhibits, for most of its course, in ammoniacal-silver preparations1.

Promising Findings on Preschoolers’ Emergent Literacy and School Readiness In Arts-integrated Early Childhood Settings

Abstract: An approach to early childhood education that integrates visual and performing arts throughout the preschool curriculum—Art as a Way of Learning—was implemented in a program (Promoting and Supporting Early Literacy through the Arts) designed to improve the emergent literacy and school readiness of at-risk young children in community-based preschool settings. A quasi-experimental pre-post treatment-only design was used to explore this program’s potential effects in a real-world setting. Preliminary results revealed improvements in young children’s emergent literacy on a number of targeted and standardized measures after participation in the program. This arts-integrated approach to the teaching of and learning in young children shows considerable promise and warrants a rigorous test of its effects.

Learning from Lancashire: exploring the contours of the shale gas conflict in England

Abstract: This paper explores the conflict over shale gas exploration in Lancashire where the company Cuadrilla is preparing to horizontally drill and hydraulically fracture the first shale gas wells in England. At present, this is the only location in Europe where new commercial exploration for shale gas is underway, thus the outcome has wider significance. The initial planning applications were refused by Lancashire County Council in June 2015. The decisions were then appealed by Cuadrilla and there was a public enquiry in February and March of 2016. On 6 October 2016, the central Government over-turned the initial decisions at one site and gave Cuadrilla more time to address traffic concerns at the other. The paper uses the public enquiry to map the contours of the shale gas conflict. It is divided into three sections. The first explores public attitudes towards shale gas development in the UK and reveals growing public awareness and increasing opposition. The second presents the conceptual frame for the analysis, which includes both a critical assessment of the social licence to operate (SLO) and an introduction to a social, actuarial, and political risk and licensing model (SAP Model). The third deploys the SAP model to analyse the public enquiry. The model explains how Cuadrilla is able drill despite the absence of both a local political and social licence to operate. It is concluded that unless the industry and the government can address growing public concerns about shale gas development, continuing conflict could constrain commercial development.

Prevalence, characteristics and causes of aggressive behaviour observed within a neurobehavioural rehabilitation service: Predictors and implications for management

Abstract: Primary objective: To describe the characteristics and determinants of aggressive behaviour observed within a neurobehavioural unit.Research design: Statistical analysis of a database of routinely administered clinical measures, including the Overt Aggression Scale–Modified for Neurorehabilitation.Methods and procedures: Records of aggressive behaviour shown by 108 patients over 14 days were studied. Patient characteristics were also captured using 23 items from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago–Functional Assessment Scale. Four factors were identified: ‘communication’, ‘cognition/function’, ‘neurobehavioural disability’ and ‘mood & self-esteem’. Relationships between patient characteristics, external factors and their interactions with aggression were examined.Main outcomes and results: Many (5548) episodes of aggression were recorded. Whilst most comprised verbal aggression, 729 physical assaults were made on others. Aggressive behaviour typically followed staff prompting or no obvious antecedent....