PechaKucha (Japanese, to mean chit-chat) is a storytelling format in which a presenter shows 20 slides for 20 seconds per slide. This timed talk is defined by “talk less, show more” in 6 minutes and 40 seconds. PechaKucha’s will be presented in a group. Discussions will offered after the PechaKucha session, to allow for further discussion on the topic.
Michael Cheang:Prevalence of Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Members of a University-based Lifelong Learning Program. Being socially isolated and lonely may result in negative health outcomes—increased risks of depression, anxiety, heart disease, stroke, suicide, a 50% increased risk of dementia, and mortality. Find out what factors increase the risks of socially isolation and loneliness.
Rosemary Gutierrez-Coarite, Jacqueline Jamison, Amjad Ahmad: Increasing the number of sweet potato storage roots to increase the yield of sweet potato crops in Hawaii.This project was conducted to assess different soil moisture levels and soil nutrients to improve water and fertilizer use efficiency while increasing the yield and quality of sweet potatoes.
Yunuen Bustamante, Melelani Oshiro:Avian Influenza in Hawaii: Research, Challenges, and Controversies. The fertilizer treatments were only significantly different in the irrigated control and the lowest moisture treatment. Marketable yield was highest in the irrigated control that received no fertilizer, and lowest in the low moisture treatment that received fertilizer. As irrigation was reduced, yield was also reduced, and the number of off-grade small tubers increased. In the irrigated control, adding fertilizer reduced the number and weight of marketable tubers, especially in the AA grade, and increased the number and weight of large, off-grade tubers. In the lowest moisture treatment, there were a lot of “pencil roots” due to inadequate moisture during tuber development, and few marketable tubers in both the fertilized and unfertilized treatments.
