Saint Anselm College

About: Saint Anselm College is a education organization based out in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Politics & Nurse education. The organization has 255 authors who have published 522 publications receiving 7222 citations.

The HOLO Series: Critical Ground-Based Demonstrations of Holographic Scanning Lidars

Abstract: Results of two lidar measurement campaigns are presented, HOLO-1 (Utah, March 1999) and HOLO-2 (New Hampshire, June 1999). These tests demonstrate the ability of lidars utilizing holographic optical elements (HOEs) to determine tropospheric wind velocity and direction at cloud altitude. Several instruments were employed. HOLO-1 used the 1.064 mm transmission-HOE lidar (HARLIE, Goddard Space Flight Center), a zenith-staring 532 nm lidar (AROL-2, Utah State University), and a wide-field video camera (SkyCam) for imagery of clouds overhead. HOLO-2 included these instruments plus the 532 nm reflection-HOE lidar (PHASERS, St. Anselm College). HARLIE and PHASERS scan the sky at constant cone angles of 45° and 42° from normal, respectively. The progress of clouds and entire cloud fields across the sky is tracked by the repetitive conical scans of the HOE lidars. AROL-2 provides the altitude information enabling the SkyCam cloud images to be analyzed for independent data on cloud motion. Data from the HOE lidars are reduced by means of correlations, visualization by animation techniques, and kinematic diagrams of cloud feature motion. Excellent agreement is observed between the HOE lidar results and those obtained with video imagery and lidar ranging.

Measuring outcomes of digital technology-assisted nursing postpartum: A randomized controlled trial.

Abstract: AIM To determine if delivering electronic messages from nurses during the first 6 months postpartum is feasible, acceptable and effective in improving mood and decreasing parenting stress. BACKGROUND Competing demands during the postpartum hospitalization make focused time for nurses to provide education and support difficult. Unmet needs following discharge may increase the incidence of postpartum depression. Untreated depression negatively affects families, especially for vulnerable women with limited access to health care. DESIGN This is a longitudinal cohort study in three phases. Feasibility and acceptability were assessed during Phases 1 & 2. Phase 3 is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) with three conditions. METHODS This protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the maternity hospital on 12 May 2015 and reviewed annually. Women are enrolled during the maternity hospitalization, after which randomization occurs. The control group receives usual care. Intervention I participants receive a standardized electronic message four times/week for 6 months postpartum. Intervention II participants receive the messages and the option to request a call from a nurse. Electronic surveys at 3 weeks, 3 months and 6 months postpartum measure depressive symptoms using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and parenting stress using the Parenting Stress Index-Short form. Patient satisfaction, nursing time and expertise required are also measured. DISCUSSION Phase 1 and 2 have demonstrated the intervention is feasible and acceptable to women. Phase 3 enrolment is completed, and the last follow-up surveys were emailed to participants in February 2018. Results will help inform efforts to continue nursing care after hospital discharge.

How specialized are the diets of Northeastern Pacific sponge-eating dorid nudibranchs?

Abstract: Cryptobranch dorids are typically thought to have specialized diets limited by prey skeletal architecture and chemistry, but recorded diets for some species are broader than expected. Few studies have directly compared prey use with prey availability over multiple sites to test the dietary range of separate populations. Diets of dorids at sites in British Columbia, Canada were not simply related to the richness and diversity of the local sponge assemblage, partly because all dorids avoided the most common sponges and instead consumed rare, inconspicuous species. At each site, three dorid species (Cadlina luteomarginata, Diaulula sandiegensis and Peltodoris nobilis) consumed multiple species, while two others (Doris montereyensis and D. odhneri) each consumed one species almost exclusively, so total dietary ranges may sometimes reflect true oligophages and sometimes mosaics of stenophage populations. Diets in all cases shifted greatly among sites and geographic regions and included sponges with different skeletal types, indicating that all species are nonstereotyped specialists. The diets of these dorids may be determined primarily by haphazard encounters among scarce or patchy palatable prey, with other prey attributes playing a lesser role.

Post-Emergence Movements and Overwintering of Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina , Hatchlings in New York and New Hampshire

Abstract: Hatchling Common Snapping Turtles ( Chelydra serpentina ) were captured within, or as they emerged from, their nest cavities in Long Island, New York, and in southeastern New Hampshire. They were fitted with radiotransmitters and released at their nest sites. Their movements were monitored for as long as possible, which for some included tracking them to their overwintering sites and relocating them the following spring. On Long Island, all hatchlings initially moved to water. Later movements were both aquatic and terrestrial, and those that could be located while overwintering had left the water and hibernated in spring seeps, where they were recovered alive the following April. In New Hampshire, hatchlings moved directly to nearby aquatic habitats after emergence, where they spent the winter submerged in shallow water in root masses near banks.