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Item Evaluating Pennsylvania Pharmacists’ Provision of Community-based Patient Care Services(University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, 2011) Osborne, Maria A.; Snyder, Margie E.; Hall, Deanne L.; Coley, Kim C.; McGivney, Melissa SommaObjective: To identify and describe Pennsylvania pharmacists who currently provide or are interested in providing community-based patient care services and are interested in joining a statewide practice network. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: February to June 2009 in Pennsylvania. Participants: 1700 pharmacists. Intervention: Mailed and electronic survey. Main outcome measures: Number and geographic location of pharmacists providing or interested in providing community-based patient care in Pennsylvania. Description of patient care documentation methods; physical space; services provided; perceived barriers to providing patient care; training needs; and interest in joining a statewide practice network. Results: The final analysis included data from 1700 pharmacists. Approximately one-third of pharmacists (n=554) were providing patient care services to community-based patients. Most were routinely documenting (67.5%) and many had a semi-private or private space to provide care. MTM and immunizations were the most common services provided. Respondents reported the most significant barrier to providing MTM, diabetes education, and smoking cessation education was time constraints, whereas training was a barrier for immunization provision. Most pharmacists were not being compensated for patient care services. Of the 869 pharmacists interested in joining a statewide network, those providing care were more interested in joining than those who were not (70.8% vs. 43.8%, p < 0.001). Conclusion: Pennsylvania pharmacists are interested in providing community-based patient care services and joining a statewide practice network focused on providing community-based patient care services. This research serves as a foundation for building a pharmacist practice network in Pennsylvania.Item Minnesota’s Network of Parks & Trails: An Inventory of Recreation Experience Opportunities in Minnesota: Metro Region Profile(Center for Changing Landscapes, 2010) Davenport, Mae; Schneider, Ingrid E.; Date, Andrea; Filter, LisaItem Minnesota’s Network of Parks & Trails: An Inventory of Recreation Experience Opportunities in Minnesota: South Region Profile(Center for Changing Landscapes, 2010) Davenport, MaeItem Wireless Dust Sensor Network for a Feedlot Dust Abatement Study(2016-02) Klar, ScottThe mobilization of animals across Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) generates large dust plumes causing visibility and human health issues. The ability to measure with many sampling points across a field and to have vertical measurements would aid in the characterization of dust plumes by providing a more accurate, average concentration. A small, inexpensive, portable, wireless nephelometer dust sensor was developed using a low-cost, commercial optical sensing module. A second dust sensor was developed that samples air by the method of impaction of a dust-air stream into a water droplet capturing images using a low-cost USB microscope. The Box Model was used to calculate the emissions from measured concentrations at a source location and a Gaussian Dispersion Model predicted the concentration at a downwind location. Dust plume modelling showed six low-cost sensors with 20% error resulted in higher accuracy than a single reference sensor.