Is that research I see?

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The island brings such a diverse culture to the world not only in terms of its biodiversity, temperatures and its biotic and abiotic factors the island brings to us many different perspectives and lessons along with the many other variants it has to offer. The faculty and staff within that island was nothing less than a greater addition to that variant. Throughout the trip we had experience the view points of four different disciplines that had fused to from a perfect formation of ideologies and lessons.

While at the Santa Rosa Island we had learned the perspectives of an anthropologist, environmentalist, artist, and a biologist and through each perspective and out look they all have added more depth to the story and history of the island itself. Through each of their teaching they had all shown a new type of filter that, when each are added to one another they form this perfect harmony of “colors” that create a bigger picture.

Take for example using any given combination of the two of the four disciplines in a research situation they will form a bigger outcome. In terms of an environmental standpoint when a researcher is conducting research for a topic take for example the effect that over grazing, deforestation, and soil erosion causes and its relation with the shore line and the given species in their given habitat. Although that may seem complex and almost focused only on one discipline, it actually focuses on many different disciplines. Like what the faculty on the island were trying to convey it all a matter of perspective.

Depending on which way you look at it this one issue can be taken in a series of ways. One can take the geological stance and view how susceptible the land is and how often the land could erode. One can then take the environmental aspect and view all the ways in which the destruction of the environment would effect the organism and land around. One could also take the biologist point of view and conduct and experience to find the level of resistance in a particular organism and see how adaptive they could be. The overall arching meaning I’m trying to incorporate with all this is there is so many different ways one can approach a situation to gain the issues one may be trying to receive.

In conducting research which such a multitude of perspectives it brings about new view points one would not normally have had they been stuck to a single perspective. One gains the ability to search out for new solutions in ways that might not have been feasible before. Going back to the example using both an environmental and geological perspectives collectively one could see how resistant a particular species is and how the land around them such a altitude and temperature effects that organism.

In using a variety of perspectives, while one conducts research is not only a thing Lady Rosa had taught me while I was visiting her, but in staying on island it taught me a couple other things. Research although we might be doing it for a particular discipline doesn’t always mean that issue is solely based on that particular subject. Research is thing that encompasses such a wide range of subjects that had It not it would have been something completely different. In being blessed with this trip research is no longer a scary mysterious thing, it’s a mysterious thing that when given the chance I cannot wait to dive into.

 

Sepsis Protocols and Guidelines

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According to the article “Early goal-directed resuscitation of patients with septic shock: urrent evidence and future directions,” central goal in the treatment of septic shock is the maintenance of adequate tissue perfusion with hemodynamic support, which includes intravenous fluid resuscitation, administration of vasopressors, inotropes, and packed red blood cells (Gupta et al., 2015). Early administration of antibiotics is also recommended. However, the authors state that obtaining at least two blood cultures prior to initiation of antibiotics is required. The authors pointed out to the evidence showing that each hour delay in the administration of antibiotic that is appropriate for the pathogen is associated with a 7.6 % increase in mortality (Gupta et al., 2015). Early goal directed therapy is still a widely accepted strategy, but the latest research showed that this policy does not significantly decrease mortality in patients with septic shock compared with usual care (Gupta et al., 2015). As a part of this approach, during the first 6 hours of septic shock, the patient needs to get a central venous catheter with an oximetric port for continuous monitoring of central venous pressure (CVP) and central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2). Resuscitation with intravenous fluids, vasopressors, and packed red blood cells is required and titrated to specific parameters (Gupta et al., 2015).

Another article suggests that the most important intervention is the early bed site assessment of hemodynamic parameters and cardiac biomarkers (Sasko, 2015). Aggressive hemodynamic treatment has been shown to increase the survival of patients in septic shock (Sasko, 2015). The authors emphasized that early recognition, control of the source as well as effective therapy with antibiotics and hemodynamic stabilization are the most important cornerstones of the sepsis therapy (Sasko, 2015).

References

Gupta, R., Hartigan, S., Kashiouris, M., Sessler, C., & Bearman, G. (2015). Early goal-directed resuscitation of patients with septic shock: Current evidence and future directions. Critical Care, 19(286), 1-10. DOI 10.1186/s13054-015-1011-9

Sasko, B., Butz, T., Prull, M., Lieberton, J., Christ, M., & Trappe, H. (2015). Earliest bedside assessment of hemodynamic parameters and cardiac biomarkers: Their role as predictors of adverse outcome in patients with septic shock. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 12(9), 680-688. doi:10.7150/ijms.11720

 

Beginning Participation (Challenge 5.1)

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This week, we are stepping out of the shadows of lurking and finally beginning to participate in the social culture of our topics.

I’m continuing to use Twitter as a way to participate in the topic of LGBT representation (this is one of the sites that we are required/allowed/expected to participate in). And although Tumblr was not included in the list of expected websites, I also wanted to participate in the Tumblr culture because I feel that the users of Tumblr have a lot to say about the topic and are all willing to share. I was not sure how much I could get from Twitter or Facebook or Instagram, but I do plan to try participating in Facebook and Instagram in the continuation of this challenge.

Initially, I attempted to dive right into participating on both websites. On both Tumblr and Twitter, I posted on my personal accounts (while using the hashtag for “#lgbt representation” and “#univ349dc”) reaching out to anyone who follows me and other users who don’t follow me but follow the hashtag results. I simply asked about everyone’s opinion about the current state of LGBT representation and how they feel that it can be improved. As I was half expecting, I didn’t get much interaction on either site. On Twitter, fellow classmate Melissa, responded to my tweet with her opinion, and that interaction can be seen on the Tagboard for #univ349dc. But I didn’t get any interactions beyond that.

On Tumblr, I did basically the same thing: reach out to my followers and the hashtag for opinions. For a while, I only got “likes” on my post which shows me that people agree that the topic of representation is one that needs to be talked about. Here is my post: http://actualplant.tumblr.com/post/131924353661/help-me-with-my-class But later in the day, I received texts from my friend that I made through Tumblr who lives in Canada asking how he can help with my participation and told me that he would draft a response to my question with his opinion of LGBT representation. He reblogged (Tumblr’s version of sharing/reposting) my post onto his blog with his response which you can read here: http://dontdontdo.tumblr.com/post/131995248454/help-me-with-my-class He carried a lot of insight on the subject, and I was glad to see that not only did he have something to say about the subject, but also he helped my reaching out to my followers by broadcasting my post on his blog which reaches out to his followers. Now, hopefully, I have the attention of both our crowds.

This week’s challenge has been just that: challenging. I don’t feel that my voice is being heard among the thousands (maybe millions?) of other users on the websites, but hopefully during this next week of participation, I can get in touch with other users of Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, and maybe Instagram to learn more about this topic.

The brain on phone and internet…

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My experience without a phone and the internet over the weekend was quiet and uneventful because I was disconnected from the people I’m usually connected with, making it harder to stay in touch with my network of friends.

I found this video interesting because it explains how a phone or the internet can influence the brain. It makes me think about the effects of social media on the brain. Perhaps I will step away from the phone and the internet a little more often.

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Website

I guess this website is good at outlining exactly what the sexualization of girls is. This is nothing new to me, so I am just going to point out my favorite parts.

“Both male and female peers have been found to contribute to the sexualization of girls — girls by policing each other to ensure conformance with standards of thinness and sexiness (Eder, 1995; Nichter, 2000) and boys by sexually objectifying and harassing girls.”

This is what feminism is about, it is about letting women do what they want and that is why it needs more followers. When there is a standard and both sexes are constantly policing it, you are setting women up for failure.

Girls also sexualize themselves when they think of themselves in objectified terms. Yes, this is why it is horrible that we continue to talk and act the way we do. Girls objectify girls all the time. They talk in a way that led men think its okay to talk and act that way as well.

The study with women wearing a sweater or swim suit is very interesting. This proves that women worry too much about their appearance. The ideas that girls form when they are little definitely effect them when they are older.

“Organized religious and other ethical instruction can offer girls important practical and psychological alternatives to the values conveyed by popular culture”…. why does it have to be religious based?

More people need to be aware of these ideals. i just find it so hard that people are so blindly unaware, but I see this first hand. I should be able to  process this with my experience with morons.. but…

What do parents do- You have to talk to your children about it. Many parents are clueless this theory exists at all and therefor no family discussions arise. You also need to express it to your significant other too! I am constantly showing and conducting theories on the sexualization of women with my boyfriend. This concept is so new and many adults didn’t have the chance to learn at home. It is up to us to teach each other.

I HATE when people talk about LETTING their daughter, girlfriend or whomever wear a certain outfit. She can wear whatever she wants it shouldn’t be able what you allow her to do… but on the website it makes a great point in talking about what girls are wearing. Instead of making it about boys staring or what isn’t “appropriate” talk about why it isn’t practical. With tv it is better to explain why they can’t watch or listen to something instead of saying no, and them becoming curious.

What girls can do- speak up!! When someone does something that is uncalled for say something, I DO ALL THE TIME. If i hear someone say or do something that is negative for women, ill say your being sexist, your disgusting, or stop your not helping women. lol. Be you, wear what you want .. we all want to wear pajamas or work out clothes in my case lol. Don’t worry about what others think and speak up for women when you can !

The websites

They weren’t what I was expecting.. they don’t address the problem ay hand. They pretend that there is no problem to begin with. .. two of the websites didn’t even load.

This website is the best: fckh8.com

Video:

“I can’t get no satisfaction” and “let me put my love into you” is a million times BETTER than any rap music, rap music says it straight out they use the actual words … at-least rock is metaphorical!! I am surprised that the comic book thing has not come up since the 50s. So comics went into change but music can’t change? Is it because it has a better demographic. Making a warning label is stupid. The point is that the music is made with the lyrics that it is made with. I think people can tell if it was explicit or not. Nobody sees that label and goes oh this is explicit!? we know its explicit!

My Contribution to Social Media

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So this week we are supposed to engage in some sort of social media, whether it be Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google+, or what have you. The way we are supposed to engage is by commenting on the topic or commenting on something someone else said on the page of what ever we chose.  We could also share the page on our social media cites to see what our friends say about the topic.

I chose to use the World Health Organization because I have been using this site in my last posts and have come some what familiar with the page. I noticed that they post images of their next project based on the date. For example their last post was polio. Oct 23 is international polio day. So for the last couple of days they put posts about polio and what people can do around the world.

This time I am going to put a post. I asked a question: What can I do to help in the U.S California? (I say this because they are based in Switzerland). Interestingly enough, my post was not visible on their page. Instead what I got was a post up that said “we will review your post”; indicating that I can’t just post something on their web page. My question is who is getting blocked from their page besides just me. So far the only way I can interact with this organization is by commenting on something they already have on their wall. I find this not very interactive at all…

Here’s the link! Try and see if you can see my comment.

https://www.facebook.com/WHO?fref=ts

Is That an Utopia?

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Upon visiting the Santa Rosa Island, this past weekend the two most conceptual themes or concepts I have learned from the faculty and the island itself are a sense of place, community and or person. Although these two concepts were two of the three central themes in which we were suppose to take away from the trip. I do not say these things because I feel like they are “the right answer” I say these, because I have truly learned these lessons from the Island itself. Through both the ideologies of Matt and Cause they had demonstrated their own individual topics within their disciplines that in the end all centered around one main levitating topic.

Matt being an art as well as a geology major had not only used his own perspective through his use of creativity to address the island, but he been the first one for me to bring around my own sense of person. Matt’s two main points that he had tried to engrain into was one “you are your own force” and two all things are shaped a specific way and each way servers a purpose that was formed by the given conditions in which they were given. He has used the examples of both utensils and the trees that were on the island themselves.  He explained that the spoon is shaped with the purpose to scoop, and the trees were shaped with a curve formed by the wind.

The second theme was then brought to me by Cause, he used his Environmental knowledge as well as conservation and restoration knowledge to bring a sense of place to not only me but to he rest of the Surf members. He had us do something a bit different from the rest of the groups but both of the activities had led us to the same conclusion and feeling. While other groups worked on the restoration of the island by planting plants our group had counted the organisms within a given area of the beach. Both these activities were not easy work but were a fun and interesting way to get us to connect to the island. Through the demonstration of both activates, they led us or me to feel such a stronger connection to the island that I would have not felt before hand. It left the island feeling like I was actually one with Santa Rosa, that our efforts will contribute to the continuous growth and understanding of  the island, that although we may not able to see the full growth of the island to still to say the least, it all gave us a sense of place and community.

Although these two lessons and or themes may seem to be separate isolated topics each address the environment in a specific unique way. To me the over arching meaning behind these whole lessons is taken from an environmentalist point of view. I feel that the meaning the faculty was trying to convey is that the environment is all around us and everything we do effects it to a certain degree, and we just need to take a step back away from everything to fully realize our contribution to it all.

The whole trip was a great experience not only for me but I know for everyone else as well. Santa Rosa has opened my eyes I can honestly say that due to the faculty and speakers such as Cause, Alison and Matt, they have widen my perspective on Lady Rosa. I look forward to going back soon and take on what new lesion she will have to teach me next, maybe I might even be able to do a bit of research on her in the future.

Genre, how does it fit into AVC Women’s Soccer?

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In writing, specialized topics emerge, as in discourse communities in which develop fundamental language, written communication, and is what usually falls into an expertise. Along with these, an important aspect, genre, tends to help match where the category falls into. “Each discipline whether it is English, Psychology, or History has its own key concepts and language for describing these important ways of understanding the world,” (1). Dirk explains how genre fits into writing.

In differentiating the difference between speech community and discourse community Swales states that: “Literacy takes away locality and parochiality, for members are more likely to communicate with other members in distant places, and are more likely to react and respond to writings than from speech from the past,” (2). The point is that writing not only records but makes communication viable through distances, in which participants can explore and be a part of, from virtually any workable location. Swales also suggests that writing creates communication that can be tacked on from the past, not just the present as how speech communities would be only reactive in the present moment.

When the word genre is used, people often think in terms of textual forms—for example, the form that a sonnet or review takes. Other times, people think in categories of items they enjoy—for example the genre of country music, epic films, or first person—shooter video games,” (4). These do fit into genres, but here we look into the deeper meaning and look into the details that are entailed in a specific genre. One example of this type of genre is Antelope Valley College Women’s Soccer.

As the genre falls into one specific means, the Facebook website, designed for Antelope Valley College’s athletes, one can find that events that have taken place are being discussed. For instance,

“Valerie Valladares assisted on Adriana Serrano’s goal just eight minutes in against West LA and scored another one in the second half as the Marauders ended significant futility and beat the Wildcats 4-0,” (3). For the 2015 record AVC had its second win after a difficult trend throughout the season. The genre discusses how the season is going for the Marauders as well as the most recent win/tie/loss track record.

As well as Antelope Valley College’s Main Website…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Works Cited

 

  1. Dirk, Kerry, “Navigating Genres.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing. Eds. Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky. Parlor Press, 2010. 249-262. Web. http://writingspaces.org/essays.
  2. Swales
  3. < http://gomarauders.avc.edu/sports/wsoc/2015-16/releases/20151024pum11s>.
  4. Anonymous, . “Genre.” College Composition and Communication, 62.3 (2011): 560.

 

 

Writing discourse for collegiate soccer specifically Antelope Valley College, genre medium usually happens online at the AVC website and as well as Facebook’s athletic discourse page. The writing discourse falls into genre as it discusses what has happened during matches and the history associated with the opponent at hand. Usually matches from year to year are being played against the same colleges, so it is interesting to discuss whether tradition has been broken; a team may have a tendency of losing to a particular team in which one of the main goals for the year would be finding a strategy to match the opponent, discovering offense or defense patterns, and player marking.