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Inside the four corners of every classroom lie young minds waiting to be nurtured into productive and responsible citizens of the future. Behind each successful learner stands a teacher, an unsung leader who views education not merely as a profession but as a vocation, a mission, and a legacy of hope and transformation. A teacher's leadership is not measured by authority, but by influence and inspiration, reflected in the teacher who motivates a shy student to speak, helps struggling learners discover their strengths, and encourages all students to persevere despite difficulties. Leadership in teaching, therefore, is not about control but about empowerment—guiding students to realize their potential and purpose. Recent empirical studies underscore this, showing that teacher leadership practices significantly correlate with improved student outcomes, including higher engagement and academic performance, particularly in diverse contexts like senior high schools. As educational systems evolve amid global challenges such as post-pandemic recovery and equity demands, teacher leadership emerges as a critical driver for fostering inclusive, innovative learning environments. Keywords: Teacher Leadership, Educational Transformation, Instructional Leadership, Servant Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Distributed Leadership, Student Engagement, Educational Equity

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ObjectiveTo explore the causes and levels of moral distress experienced by clinicians caring for the low-income patients of safety net practices in the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic.DesignCross-sectional survey in late 2020, employing quantitative and qualitative analyses.SettingSafety net practices in 20 US states.Participants2073 survey respondents (45.8% response rate) in primary care, dental and behavioural health disciplines working in safety net practices and participating in state and national education loan repayment programmes.MeasuresOrdinally scaled degree of moral distress experienced during the pandemic, and open-ended response descriptions of issues that caused most moral distress.ResultsWeighted to reflect all surveyed clinicians, 28.4% reported no moral distress related to work during the pandemic, 44.8% reported ‘mild’ or ‘uncomfortable’ levels and 26.8% characterised their moral distress as ‘distressing’, ‘intense’ or ‘worst possible’. The most frequently described types of morally distressing issues encountered were patients not being able to receive the best or needed care, and patients and staff risking infection in the office. Abuse of clinic staff, suffering of patients, suffering of staff and inequities for patients were also morally distressing, as were politics, inequities and injustices within the community. Clinicians who reported instances of inequities for patients and communities and the abuse of staff were more likely to report higher levels of moral distress.ConclusionsDuring the pandemic’s first 9 months, moral distress was common among these clinicians working in US safety net practices. But for only one-quarter was this significantly distressing. As reported for hospital-based clinicians during the pandemic, this study’s clinicians in safety net practices were often morally distressed by being unable to provide optimal care to patients. New to the literature is clinicians’ moral distress from witnessing inequities and other injustices for their patients and communities.

Falling is one of the leading causes of accidental injury and death among elderly adults and construction workers, with costs exceeding US$31 billion each year. Having good balance reduces the likelihood of falling - therefore it is important to determine which possible factors might influence balance. The purpose of this study was to determine if consuming three different types of breakfast altered blood glucose levels in such a way that young healthy individual's balance control was compromised. Balance was then measured while the subjects completed single- and dual-task standing trials with eyes open and closed. Although changing blood glucose did alter quiet standing balance - as measured by the separation distance between the COG and COP, the velocity of the COM, and the total distance traveled by the COG and COP along the anterior-posterior (AP) and medial-lateral (ML) axes - the results were contradictory to what was hypothesized. Subjects with lower blood glucose swayed less than those with higher blood glucose. This could potentially be due to the habitual skipping of breakfast in young adults. Though the changing of blood glucose did influence quiet standing balance of young healthy adults, it was not in a way which increased the risk of falling.

Since 1998, Lyme disease cases have increased in south-central Pennsylvania, which includes Gettysburg National Military Park (NMP). Limited information is available about tick populations or pathogens in this area, and no data regarding frequency of tick bites or prevention measures among Gettysburg NMP employees are available. To address these gaps, ticks were collected, classified, and replaced (to minimize disruptions to tick populations) at two sites within Gettysburg NMP during April-September, 2009, among eight nonremoval samplings. On two additional occasions during May and June, 2009, ticks were collected and removed from the two original sites plus 10 additional sites and tested for tick-borne pathogens by using PCR. A self-administered anonymous survey of Gettysburg NMP employees was conducted to determine knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding tick-borne diseases. Peak Ixodes scapularis nymph populations were observed during May-July. Of 115 I. scapularis ticks tested, 21% were infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, including 18% of 74 nymphs and 27% of 41 adults; no other pathogen was identified. The entomologic risk index was calculated at 1.3 infected nymphs/hour. An adult and nymph Amblyomma americanum were also found, representing the first confirmed field collection of this tick in Pennsylvania, but no pathogens were detected. The survey revealed that most park employees believed Lyme disease was a problem at Gettysburg NMP and that they frequently found ticks on their skin and clothing. However, use of personal preventive measures was inconsistent, and 6% of respondents reported contracting Lyme disease while employed at Gettysburg NMP. These findings indicate a need to improve surveillance for tick bites among employees and enhance prevention programs for park staff and visitors.

Renewable resources are becoming more and more obtainable and affordable due to the development of technology and the enactment of government policies. Electric utilities are required to deliver reliable power to customers and must operate utility grids within strict voltage limits. As renewable energy becomes a larger player amongst the resources supplying energy to these grids, issues begin arising due to the intermittent nature of these resources. The output from solar power aligns reasonably well daytime consumption on the electricity grid, reducing the need for new coal power stations. However, high penetration photovoltaic (PV), can lead to voltage instability due to intermittencies related to cloud cover. If the PV power is injected into a power system directly on a large scale, it may produce issues related to dispatchability, reliability and stability. It is desirable to select a smoothing storage algorithm that would filter out the highest rate transitions, but would still be fast enough to avoid significant lag with respect to current power production. For traditional testing, a moving average algorithm was used. For comparison, the author has tested two other algorithms. The results are being compared, showing that the dual moving average smoothing algorithm has merits in improving smoothness.