Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Anna Ryan
Only days for registered providers to update pre-1 November 2025 resident agreements!
Key Takeaways The 31 October 2026 deadline is approaching fast. Residential aged care providers must ensure that resident agreements for residents admitted before 1 November 2025 have been reviewed, updated where necessary, and varied to comply with the new Aged Care Act requirements. The requirement applies to all resident agreements, not just new residents. A common misconception is that only residents admitted after 1 November 2025 need compliant agreements.
KSC Testing & Laboratories
The below listings are categorized under KSC Featured Research & Technology Offerings for easy browsing. Some of the listings are listed under other categories.
Launch Pad 39B - NASA
Launch Pad 39B, site of 52 Space Shuttle Launches, has been completely modified and upgraded to support the next generation launch systems, including NASA’s new Space Launch System.
Applied Chemistry Laboratory
Applied Chemistry Laboratory Capabilities The ACL performs research and technology development for a wide range of chemistry and engineering related applications by creating integrated engineering solutions to solve the unique operational ground based and space based needs of NASA, as well as outside partners.
Biomedical Engineering Research Laboratory
Overview The Biomedical Engineering Research Laboratory (BERL) at KSC is fully equipped to conduct research and field testing on a wide variety of manned and unmanned systems and equipment. It is the only laboratory at KSC that provides “human subject testing”, including physiological response testing and check out of life support equipment.
Electromagnetics Laboratory (EML) Capabilities The KSC Electromagnetics Laboratory provides electromagnetic compatibility testing and troubleshooting, electromagnetic interference resolution, mobile and Center-wide fixed radio frequency (RF) surveillance, and general support in the field of electromagnetic physics including electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing in semi-anechoic chambers as well as in the field.
Environmental Microbiology Laboratory
Environmental Microbiology Laboratory Overview The Environmental Microbiology Laboratory is a State of Florida Licensed Water Laboratory certified (under provisions of the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program [NELAP]) to perform bacteriological analyses on drinking and environmental waters. The Laboratory supports base operations by testing drinking, environmental, and recreational water samples for KSC, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and Patrick Space Force Base.
Advanced Imaging & Analysis Laboratory
Advanced Imaging & Analysis Laboratory Overview The AIAL provides imaging and image analysis of space flight hardware, ground operations, missions, and launch for NASA KSC Programs and Commercial Partners. Imagery Analysis includes photogrammetry, camera testing, data collection, storage (servers) for mission support, troubleshooting and verification & validation testing support.
Advanced Imaging & Analysis Capabilities The AIAL provides imaging and image analysis of space flight hardware, ground operations, missions, and launch for NASA KSC Programs and Commercial Partners.
KSC Testing & Laboratories
The below laboratories fall under the Payloads & Development Processing category for easy browsing and are listed under other categories.
KSC Testing & Laboratories
NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery.
KSC Testing & Laboratories
The below KSC laboratories and test facilities fall under the Research & Technology Development category for organized browsing and are listed under other categories.
Research and Technology
NASA KSC is home to a remarkably diverse and wide-ranging array of research and development activity that yields innovations for both NASA and non-NASA applications. Partnerships also are formed when making KSC facilities available to outside users.
From psychometrics to partnerships: Broadening what counts as validity evidence
The central role of assessment in health professions education (HPE) is to support defensible decision making about learners across the continuum. The validation of assessments is vital to planning and reviewing assessment quality, to scrutinising decisions drawn from the data collected and to demonstrating that their use is appropriate in each context.
The most overpaid players in the NFL
Dan Moore for the Tennessee Titans v Arizona Cardinals (Credit: Titan Sized | Cooper Neill/Getty Images) With NFL mandatory minicamps now complete and training camps approaching next month, speculation is growing around underperforming players and potential trades ahead of the 2026/27 season.
Valentine’s Day playlists for any situation
Valentine’s Day, possibly the most controversial holiday of the year, is coming up soon. While some excitedly count the days until their dream Pinterest date with their valentine, others bitterly loathe the red and pink hearts plastered on every wall. Regardless of which one you might be feeling this year, here are four curated playlists to match your Valentine’s Day.
Commentary: Supervisory dynamics in workplace‐based assessment
All assessments can serve as powerful learning stimuli in medical education.1 Yet the way assessment events and feedback information can be leveraged to provide learning benefits are dependent on the type of assessment tool.
The attitudes towards learning and study habits of Australian medical students
Abstract Background/Purpose Medical curricula are designed to provide students with strong foundational biomedical knowledge and the opportunity to develop and practice effective, appropriate, and safe clinical skills. However, instruction on optimal study strategies (i.e. “learning how to learn”) is often overlooked in medical programs. In this paper, we explore the attitudes towards learning and study habits of a large cohort of graduate-entry medical students in Australia.
Australian Taxation Office Corporate Plan 2024-25: key focus areas for the coming year
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released its 2024-25 Corporate Plan on 13 August 2024. The Plan provides coverage of the functions of the ATO, highlighting its key activities, capabilities, partners and risks. It also details the measures by which the ATO will assess and report on its performance. It is clear from the Plan that compliance activity continues to be a focus of the ATO.
Change on the horizon for directors? Commission tackling review
27 June 2024 A review of directors’ duties and liabilities will hopefully lead to clearer roles for directors of New Zealand companies. The New Zealand Law Commission has been tasked with carrying out the review under the Companies Act 1993 – expected to begin in mid-2025. While it will take time to be completed and implemented, better clarity around the legal roles, obligations and liabilities of company directors can only be a good thing.
Know your food: changes to allergen labelling
Food producers should be aware of recent updates to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code around allergen declarations, warnings and advisory statements – an area of expertise for Lane Neave’s Corporate team. In New Zealand, all food packaging must record the presence of common allergens. Specific disclosure requirements are found in the Code, which applies to all food sold in Australia and New Zealand. What are the changes?
The top 10 states with the best school systems - Wisconsin ranks tenth
Massachusetts tops the list of the states with the best school systems New Jersey and Connecticut follow in second and third place, respectively Wisconsin has the tenth-best school system Arizona is revealed to be the state with the worst school system New research has revealed the states with the best school systems, with Massachusetts taking the top spot.
The top 10 states with the best school systems - Wisconsin ranks tenth
• None Massachusetts tops the list of the states with the best school systems • None New Jersey and Connecticut follow in second and third place, respectively • None Arizona is revealed to be the state with the worst school system New research has revealed the states with the best school systems, with Massachusetts taking the top spot.
ComCom files charges against construction companies and directors in first criminal cartel prosecution
Last week the Commerce Commission announced it has filed criminal charges against two construction companies and two directors for alleged bid rigging of publicly funded construction contracts. This is the first time in New Zealand that a criminal prosecution will be brought for alleged cartel conduct. The Commission claims two construction companies and their directors colluded to rig bids for infrastructure projects in Auckland.
ComCom releases guidance on collaborative sustainability initiatives
The Commerce Commission has released formal guidance for competitors seeking to collaborate in pursuit of sustainability goals. The Guidelines (which can be read here) are intended to assist businesses to identify sustainability initiatives that are likely to have competition law implications.
Timing's not everything: Immediate and delayed feedback are equally beneficial for performance in formative multiple‐choice testing
1 INTRODUCTION A long-standing intuition in education is the notion that assessment serves a primarily summative role in learning. That is, the purpose of testing a student is confined to its utility in the determination of content knowledge and mastery. This intuition persists despite a wealth of literature that highlights that test taking, in itself, constitutes an important opportunity for memory consolidation through the process of retrieval practice.
The 3-part EMS assessment: Your patient, your partner and yourself
Check-in on how you and your partner are functioning during difficult calls, and learn when and how to take a productive break Walk through the start of a call with me. You’re sitting in your station, balancing a checkbook or checking on how much PTO you have, when the call comes in. I don’t care how many years you’ve been doing this, the sound makes your heart pump a little faster and your senses kick up a notch or six.
Customer online reviews: avoiding Fair Trading Act pitfalls
In recognition of the weight consumers place on online reviews, in recent years, both the New Zealand Commerce Commission (Commission) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have brought prosecutions against businesses engaging in misleading conduct in respect of online customer reviews. Commerce Commission v Bachcare Ltd In 2019, the Commission brought a prosecution against Bachcare for manipulating online reviews regarding its holiday accommodation services.
Risks to industry associations in the current economic climate
With economic trading conditions in New Zealand continuing to deteriorate and inflation currently at a nearly 30-year high, it is vitally important in the current economic climate that industry associations take steps to proactively manage the risk of cartel conduct amongst its membership base and governance team. What is cartel conduct?
Experts Reveal Five Tips to Get Back Into Fitness After a Christmas Break
After much needed time to relax with family and friends over Christmas, getting back into your routine in the new year can be quite the challenge, specifically when it comes to working out. In fact, research shows that December is the quietest calendar month at the gym, so it’s vital to start the preparation early. However, it doesn’t need to be so difficult – experts at Fitness Volt have highlighted five tips to ease yourself back into a workout routine after the festivities.
Experts Reveal Factors in the Workplace That Could Be Increasing Staff Turnover
There are many factors to consider when it comes to staff turnover – but while some may be inevitable, such as retirement, a change in career, or even moving away, others can be controlled. Employee well-being experts Loopin have highlighted six of the major factors in the workplace that could lead to a high staff turnover, from lack of opportunities and purpose, to overworked employees, all of which contribute to huge employee turnover costs.
Pumpkin thefts in Bailey Neighborhood leave parents angry and children upset
Multiple pumpkin thieves were caught on Ring security cameras, along with said thieves being confronted in-person by neighborhood residents. Bailey Neighborhood resident Betty Wescott Brown said her children were disappointed after coming home to all of their pumpkins being stolen after only having them for a week. “Those college kids stole the Halloween spirit from us,” Wescott Brown’s son, Will, said. The Facebook post also alleged the stolen pumpkins were part of a fraternity initiation.
Pumpkin thefts in Bailey Neighborhood leaves parents angry and children upset
Multiple pumpkin thieves were caught on Ring security cameras, along with said thieves being confronted in-person by neighborhood residents. Bailey Neighborhood resident Betty Wescott Brown said her children were disappointed after coming home to all of their pumpkins being stolen after only having them for a week. “Those college kids stole the Halloween spirit from us,” Wescott Brown’s son, Will, said. The Facebook post also alleged the stolen pumpkins were part of a fraternity initiation.
Emotional recovery’s role in EMS safety
To be in service means sacrificing some part of yourself all the time, and providers need to be aware of how much they have left to give You’ve done marvelous work out there. You ran your algorithms, made all the right choices, called for all the right people. You walked triumphant through the ED bay doors, gave a flawless report, turned over a viable patient with expertly executed interventions, beautifully packaged and ready for the healing touch of definitive care’s hands.
Painted cows, RPGs and quilts: how undergrad art history student Caitlyn Martin came to present at national symposium
Caitlyn Martin is one of 11 students from across the U.S. to present at the symposium. (Caitlyn Martin) “Oh gosh, so this is a journey.” When asked how she decided to attend UMKC and major in art history, 30-year-old undergraduate Caitlyn Martin’s first reaction was a lighthearted reflection on her past decade of barista jobs and changed majors. Now, her journey has brought Martin to present at a national art history symposium at the end of the week.
Painted cows, RPGs and quilts: how undergrad art history student Caitlyn Martin came to present at national symposium
“Oh gosh, so this is a journey.” When asked how she decided to attend UMKC and major in art history, 30-year-old undergraduate Caitlyn Martin’s first reaction was a lighthearted reflection on her past decade of barista jobs and changed majors. Now, her journey has brought Martin to present at a national art history symposium at the end of the week. Born in Phoenix, Martin and her family moved to Lenexa, Kansas, when she was a child.
Honors Program Director discusses UMKC Forward, Honors Program transitions and plans for this school year
A BBQ set up for students of UMKC's Honor Program. UMKC’s Honors Program, formerly the Honors College, chose to ring in the school year on Saturday with picnic blankets and pulled pork sandwiches. In attendance was Dr. Gayle Levy, director of the Honors Program, refilling the beverage containers and speaking with students. Dr. Levy teaches several French classes at UMKC and has been part of the honors faculty for over 15 years.
Big bad boba bind: Shipping delays affect boba lovers cross the US
Kansas City bubble tea shops may face shortages due to nationwide difficulties shipping ingredients. (Anna Ryan) The first time I tried boba tea was roughly four years ago, and I vividly recall choking on the slimy, dark tapioca pearls before trying to discreetly spew them back through the straw into the cup. I remember feeling disgusted (had I just narrowly avoided swallowing some kind of caterpillar eggs?) and frustrated (why did I just spend $5 on this gloppy beverage?).
UMKC lists seven programs under review as part of the UMKC Forward initiative
UMKC Chancellor Mauli Agrawal unveiled a new 3-year investment of $50 million as part of the UMKC Forward initiative. (UMKC) UMKC Chancellor Mauli Agrawal unveiled a new 3-year investment of $50 million as part of the UMKC Forward initiative. While this plan will allocate significant funds to new areas of research, it will also require the reorganization and potential elimination of certain degree programs.
From the suona to the city: UMKC student Kwan Leung Ling and the art of film score composition
UMKC grad student Kwan Leung Ling worked on the score for the animated film “24.” (Kwan Leung LING 凌君亮) Lingering in the hushed dawn of downtown Phoenix, Arizona, international student and freshman Kwan Leung Ling had no idea where his academic and musical pursuits would lead him. As Ling anxiously waited for his bus and subsequent two-hour ride to Scottsdale Community College, any conceptions of film score composition or acclaim were far from his thoughts.
Broadway, biases and brewing: Learning from the story of Cafe Cà Phê’s founders
Cafe Cà Phê founders from left to right: Madoka Koguchi, Jackie Nguyen, and Mary Yeliz. (Lauren Pusateri) Lost in the mazes of warehouses and gravel roads of the West Bottoms of Kansas City, the last thing you’d expect to see is a Vietnamese dragon painting, rich with bold red, blue and yellow hues alongside the simple declaration “COFFEE.” If you’ve stumbled across this before, you know you’ve reached Kansas City’s first mobile Vietnamese coffee shop: Cafe Cà Phê.
Phone calls and free pizza: a window into the UMKC Alumni Association
In the Alumni Association’s call center, students solicit donations from UMKC’s numerous alums. (UMKC Alumni Association) The UMKC Alumni Association is wholly dedicated to providing graduates a connection to campus with the objective of raising money for scholarships, academic funds and the university. Chris Longly, president of the UMKC Alumni Association Governing Board, offered an insight into the purpose of the organization.
RISE: Accessing campus resources for education, prevention and support
RISE offers support to victims of sexual violence. (Anna Ryan) Eight minutes. If that’s all the time it took to get help, do you know where you’d go? For many students on campus, an action plan to prevent or respond to sexual violence isn’t at the forefront of their minds. If something were to happen, finding the resources necessary to respond and get the support they need could easily become an arduous task for an already distressed individual.
“I Believe You”: student and survivor Skyler Boschen on the impact of advocacy
Boschen organized a demonstration on campus as part of her advocacy efforts for victims of sexual violence. Logging onto the Zoom call, UMKC sophomore Skyler Boschen switched on her camera to reveal a soft smile, a bright window and, most unexpectedly, a bird perched on her left shoulder. As she stopped the blue parrot, Sky, from nibbling on her earring, Boschen recounted the story of how she rescued and adopted her from her previous owners that had abused her.
Young voter turnout: beginning a lifetime of civic engagement
Photo: Young voters turned out in record numbers for the 2020 election. (Joe Buglewicz/NY Times) With a worldwide pandemic in full swing, overdue midterms piling up and exhaustion tugging at caffeine-addled brains, college students this year had every reason not to make a trek to the polls. And yet, perhaps those were the perfect reasons for countless twenty-somethings across the United States to cast their ballots.
Student Reflection: Alone in a crowd
Where can you find Chick-fil-A, lukewarm coffee, a bag of baby carrots and Mediterranean food all in one place? Just seven months ago, you could stumble across all of these things on the second floor of UMKC’s Miller-Nichols Library. Like many freshmen, last year the workload and pace of university courses quickly became overwhelming when I neglected to be diligent in my studies. The way I remedied this was through the accountability of my friends from church who also attend UMKC.
Crisis Talk: Careful Messaging Required as New Zealand Navigates COVID-19 on Eve of Cartel Criminalization
By Anna Ryan (Lane Neave)1 The residents of my home city of Christchurch, New Zealand, have experienced considerable tragedy in the past decade. Next month, on September 4, 2020, we will mark the 10th anniversary of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake which tore through our city just after 4.30am on a Saturday, causing widespread damage.
Emotional recovery’s role in EMS safety
To be in service means sacrificing some part of yourself all the time, and providers need to be aware of how much they have left to give You’ve done marvelous work out there. You ran your algorithms, made all the right choices, called for all the right people. You walked triumphant through the ED bay doors, gave a flawless report, turned over a viable patient with expertly executed interventions, beautifully packaged and ready for the healing touch of definitive care’s hands.
The 3-part EMS assessment: Your patient, your partner and yourself
Check-in on how you and your partner are functioning during difficult calls, and learn when and how to take a productive break Walk through the start of a call with me. You’re sitting in your station, balancing a checkbook or checking on how much PTO you have, when the call comes in. I don’t care how many years you’ve been doing this, the sound makes your heart pump a little faster and your senses kick up a notch or six.
A good night’s sleep
The FIRST approach to provider resilience focuses on removing the stigma and supporting emotional intelligence I wake up drenched in sweat. It takes me a few minutes to breathe through the panic, quiet the screaming in my head from the nightmare that had jolted me awake. I lay in bed, scared to close my eyes again, breathing in a rectangle like they told me I should when I get stressed. The screaming in my head quiets with each long exhale, but I can still see the scene in my head.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Anna
Contact Anna, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack