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Transcript of annual speech given by Governor John C. West to both houses of the state legislature in joint opening session to report on the condition of the state of South Carolina.

Transcript of speech given by Governor John Carl West after his inauguration.

Transcript of annual speech given by Governor John C. West to both houses of the state legislature in joint opening session to report on the condition of the state of South Carolina.

Currently Australian pre-service teachers' levels of personal numeracy are under a great deal of scrutiny. There are calls for universities to raise entry standards into teaching degrees and counter-calls that the output of universities should be gauged rather than inputs. In 2015, doubts about the ability of graduate teachers to convey the desired skills, knowledge and attitudes in mathematics led the Australian Government to mandate the introduction of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students. From 2017, all pre-service teachers in Australia will be required to pass prior to graduation. The present research sought to identify specific areas of support that may be needed by first year primary education students in order to meet the anticipated numeracy requirements of the test.Students' understandings were inferred from the analysis of the examination scripts of 471 first year primary education students. Common errors were identified and coded to reveal aspects of students' mathematical content knowledge requiring further attention. The results suggested that students would benefit from further support in areas such as operations with fractions, order of operations, line symmetry, converting fractions to decimals, and metric conversions. The results were used to inform the development of a series of online numeracy support videos. The perceived efficacy of these resources was examined in a series of focus group interviews conducted with students, leading to recommendations for the subsequent development and deployment of online numeracy support resources.

The efficiency of pulmonary gas exchange has long been assessed using the alveolar-arterial difference in PO(2), the A-aDO(2), a construct developed by Richard Riley ~70years ago. However, this measurement is invasive (requiring an arterial blood sample), time consuming, expensive, uncomfortable for the patients, and as such not ideal for serial measurements. Recent advances in the technology now provide for portable and rapidly responding measurement of the PO(2) and PCO(2) in expired gas, which combined with the well-established measurement of arterial oxygen saturation via pulse oximetry (SpO(2)) make practical a non-invasive surrogate measurement of the A-aDO(2), the oxygen deficit. The oxygen deficit is the difference between the end-tidal PO(2) and the calculated arterial PO(2) derived from the SpO(2) and taking into account the PCO(2), also measured from end-tidal gas. The oxygen deficit shares the underlying basis of the measurement of gas exchange efficiency that the A-aDO(2) uses, and thus the two measurements are well-correlated (r(2)~0.72). Studies have shown that the new approach is sensitive and can detect the age-related decline in gas exchange efficiency associated with healthy aging. In patients with lung disease the oxygen deficit is greatly elevated compared to normal subjects. The portable and non-invasive nature of the approach suggests potential uses in first responders, in military applications, and in underserved areas. Further, the completely non-invasive and rapid nature of the measurement makes it ideally suited to serial measurements of acutely ill patients including those with COVID-19, allowing patients to be closely monitored if required.

This executive order by Governor John C. West orders a study on a proposed annexation from Charleston County to Colleton County.

This executive order by Governor John C. West orders that an election be held for the annexation of land from Charleston to Dorchester County.

This executive order by Governor John C. West orders that the Charleston County Election Commission shall conduct an election within the Edisto Island precinct in which all qualified electors of the territory proposed to be severed from Charleston County and annexed to Colleton County.