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Panel 9b Setting Up For Success: Supporting Synar Inspections: Behavioral Health Administration Synar Program, Soula Lambropoulos May 2017

Panel 9b Setting Up For Success: Supporting Synar Inspections: Behavioral Health Administration Synar Program, Soula Lambropoulos

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

This session will introduce the federal Synar program (random, unannounced inspections of retail tobacco outlets), implementation of the program in Maryland, and ongoing efforts to reduce youth access to tobacco. In addition, participants will hear about the Point of Sale Toolkit (“POST”) software application that will be launched in Maryland at a kick-off training in June 2017. POST is the newest application offered by Counter Tools, a nonprofit organization with a mission to use community-engaged data to advance place-based public health. With POST, local and state level tobacco prevention and control practitioners and their teams can collect, manage, analyze and …

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Panel 9a Setting Up For Success: Supporting Synar Inspections: Introducing Counter Tools’ “Point Of Sale Toolkit” For Data-Driven Public Health Impact, Allison Myers May 2017

Panel 9a Setting Up For Success: Supporting Synar Inspections: Introducing Counter Tools’ “Point Of Sale Toolkit” For Data-Driven Public Health Impact, Allison Myers

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

This session will introduce the federal Synar program (random, unannounced inspections of retail tobacco outlets), implementation of the program in Maryland, and ongoing efforts to reduce youth access to tobacco. In addition, participants will hear about the Point of Sale Toolkit (“POST”) software application that will be launched in Maryland at a kick-off training in June 2017. POST is the newest application offered by Counter Tools, a nonprofit organization with a mission to use community-engaged data to advance place-based public health. With POST, local and state level tobacco prevention and control practitioners and their teams can collect, manage, analyze and …

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Panel 8 National Roundup: State And Local Tobacco Efforts, Talyah Sands, K T. Kramer May 2017

Panel 8 National Roundup: State And Local Tobacco Efforts, Talyah Sands, K T. Kramer

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

The panelists will address local, state, and national trends as it relates to ENDS, clean indoor air, tobacco excise taxes, smoke-free housing, and other emerging issues in tobacco control. The discussion will include case studies and success stories from communities across the country.

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Panel 7b Media And Messaging: #Stopprofiling, Kristen Tertzakian May 2017

Panel 7b Media And Messaging: #Stopprofiling, Kristen Tertzakian

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

Mass-reach health communication interventions are an essential and evidence-based component of effective tobacco control programs. This session will provide an overview of current campaigns to reduce tobacco use and health disparities at the national, state, and local levels. Panelists will discuss the development, testing, and placement of ads, including: Truth Initiative’s new campaign, Stop Profiling, tobacco use as social justice issue; Anne Arundel County Health Department’s, No Smoking or Vaping, youth tobacco and e-cigarette use prevention campaign; and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s various tobacco cessation and prevention campaigns, including promotion of the Maryland Tobacco Quitline, 1-800-QUIT NOW, …

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Panel 7c Media And Messaging: “No Smoking Or Vaping; Join The Movement” Video, Mariah Fortman May 2017

Panel 7c Media And Messaging: “No Smoking Or Vaping; Join The Movement” Video, Mariah Fortman

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

Mass-reach health communication interventions are an essential and evidence-based component of effective tobacco control programs. This session will provide an overview of current campaigns to reduce tobacco use and health disparities at the national, state, and local levels. Panelists will discuss the development, testing, and placement of ads, including: Truth Initiative’s new campaign, Stop Profiling, tobacco use as social justice issue; Anne Arundel County Health Department’s, No Smoking or Vaping, youth tobacco and e-cigarette use prevention campaign; and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s various tobacco cessation and prevention campaigns, including promotion of the Maryland Tobacco Quitline, 1-800-QUIT NOW, …

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Panel 7a Media And Messaging: Maryland’S Mass-Reach Health Communications Campaigns, Stephanie Papas May 2017

Panel 7a Media And Messaging: Maryland’S Mass-Reach Health Communications Campaigns, Stephanie Papas

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

Mass-reach health communication interventions are an essential and evidence-based component of effective tobacco control programs. This session will provide an overview of current campaigns to reduce tobacco use and health disparities at the national, state, and local levels. Panelists will discuss the development, testing, and placement of ads, including: Truth Initiative’s new campaign, Stop Profiling, tobacco use as social justice issue; Anne Arundel County Health Department’s, No Smoking or Vaping, youth tobacco and e-cigarette use prevention campaign; and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s various tobacco cessation and prevention campaigns, including promotion of the Maryland Tobacco Quitline, 1-800-QUIT NOW, …

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Panel 4a Medicaid Coverage For Cessation Treatment: Sbirt And Tobacco Cessation, Pooja Regmi May 2017

Panel 4a Medicaid Coverage For Cessation Treatment: Sbirt And Tobacco Cessation, Pooja Regmi

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

Federal and state cessation coverage experts will discuss the impact of the Affordable Care Act and state laws on insurance coverage for for tobacco cessation treatment, as well as locally accessible services and resources. Panelists will also include a discussion on barriers to treatment, reimbursement issues and concerns, and potential future changes to available coverage.

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Panel 5a Smoke-Free Housing Istrending: Enacting A Smoke Free Policy By Proxy, Tiffany Smith May 2017

Panel 5a Smoke-Free Housing Istrending: Enacting A Smoke Free Policy By Proxy, Tiffany Smith

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

On February 2, 2017, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a rule requiring public housing authorities (PHAs) to adopt smoke-free policies. The rule is expected to be fully implemented by July 30, 2018, and it will require more than 3,000 PHAs across the country to restrict smoking in all indoor areas and within 25 feet of buildings. This session will introduce the contents of the final rule, and its impact for PHAs, local health departments and others. Panelists will also discuss opportunities for partnerships and available services in Maryland, as well as prior experience implementing and …

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Panel 6a Local Enforcement Efforts In Maryland: Tobacco Free Baltimore: Tobacco Enforcement, Shovaughn Chism May 2017

Panel 6a Local Enforcement Efforts In Maryland: Tobacco Free Baltimore: Tobacco Enforcement, Shovaughn Chism

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

Retail tobacco compliance checks are among the most effective strategies to reduce prevent youth tobacco use. This session will highlight the retail tobacco compliance check programs in three diverse Maryland communities: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and St. Mary’s County. Panelists will discuss the challenges facing these programs and recent successes in reducing retail violations and youth access to tobacco products. Topics will include: inspection procedures and evidence gathering, working with law enforcement, administrative bodies reducing or eliminating fines, legal challenges, and much more!

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Panel 6c Local Enforcement Efforts Inmaryland: Baltimore County Department Of Health Tobacco Enforcement Program, Vicki Keller May 2017

Panel 6c Local Enforcement Efforts Inmaryland: Baltimore County Department Of Health Tobacco Enforcement Program, Vicki Keller

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

Retail tobacco compliance checks are among the most effective strategies to reduce prevent youth tobacco use. This session will highlight the retail tobacco compliance check programs in three diverse Maryland communities: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and St. Mary’s County. Panelists will discuss the challenges facing these programs and recent successes in reducing retail violations and youth access to tobacco products. Topics will include: inspection procedures and evidence gathering, working with law enforcement, administrative bodies reducing or eliminating fines, legal challenges, and much more!

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Panel 5b Smoke-Free Housing Istrending: A Community Engagement Approach To Implementing Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing Policies, Bob Vollinger May 2017

Panel 5b Smoke-Free Housing Istrending: A Community Engagement Approach To Implementing Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing Policies, Bob Vollinger

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

On February 2, 2017, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a rule requiring public housing authorities (PHAs) to adopt smoke-free policies. The rule is expected to be fully implemented by July 30, 2018, and it will require more than 3,000 PHAs across the country to restrict smoking in all indoor areas and within 25 feet of buildings. This session will introduce the contents of the final rule, and its impact for PHAs, local health departments and others. Panelists will also discuss opportunities for partnerships and available services in Maryland, as well as prior experience implementing and …

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Panel 5c Smoke-Free Housing Istrending: Overview Of The Status Of Smoke-Free Housing At Hud, Peter Ashley May 2017

Panel 5c Smoke-Free Housing Istrending: Overview Of The Status Of Smoke-Free Housing At Hud, Peter Ashley

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

On February 2, 2017, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a rule requiring public housing authorities (PHAs) to adopt smoke-free policies. The rule is expected to be fully implemented by July 30, 2018, and it will require more than 3,000 PHAs across the country to restrict smoking in all indoor areas and within 25 feet of buildings. This session will introduce the contents of the final rule, and its impact for PHAs, local health departments and others. Panelists will also discuss opportunities for partnerships and available services in Maryland, as well as prior experience implementing and …

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Panel 6b Local Enforcement Efforts Inmaryland: St. Mary’S County, Rebecca Jackson May 2017

Panel 6b Local Enforcement Efforts Inmaryland: St. Mary’S County, Rebecca Jackson

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

Retail tobacco compliance checks are among the most effective strategies to reduce prevent youth tobacco use. This session will highlight the retail tobacco compliance check programs in three diverse Maryland communities: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and St. Mary’s County. Panelists will discuss the challenges facing these programs and recent successes in reducing retail violations and youth access to tobacco products. Topics will include: inspection procedures and evidence gathering, working with law enforcement, administrative bodies reducing or eliminating fines, legal challenges, and much more!

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Eye On General Assembly 2017, William Tilburg May 2017

Eye On General Assembly 2017, William Tilburg

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

No abstract provided.

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Panel 3a Litigation, Licensing, And Legislation, Renee Phillips-Farley May 2017

Panel 3a Litigation, Licensing, And Legislation, Renee Phillips-Farley

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

State and local tobacco licensing programs enable communities to identify retail businesses that sell tobacco products and conduct compliance checks to ensure these businesses comply with tobacco control laws. In Maryland, businesses that illegally sell tobacco products to minors face civil money penalties and criminal sanctions, as well as license suspension or revocation. This session will update participants on (1) best practices for conducting retail tobacco compliance checks, (2) new legislation permitting all Maryland jurisdictions to issue civil citations for illegal tobacco sales, and (3) recent legal challenges related to local retail tobacco compliance check programs.

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Panel 1a Engaging Communities: Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc., Suzanne Schlattman, Larry Lee Thomas May 2017

Panel 1a Engaging Communities: Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc., Suzanne Schlattman, Larry Lee Thomas

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

While tobacco use in Maryland has declined significantly over the past 16 years, many tobacco-related health disparities remain among at-risk populations. This session will provide an overview of how local organizations collaborate to identify community needs and implement programs using effective approaches that best reach the residents they serve. Panelists from the Baltimore City Health Department and Zeta Healthy Aging Partnership (Z-HAP) will discuss their efforts to assist residents with implementing smoke-free healthy environments. Panelists from Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative and Empowering Believers Church will discuss faith-based partnerships, including the Smoke-free Holy Grounds Initiative.

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Panel 3c Litigation, Licensing, And Legislation: Civil Money Penalties And Ends Licensing In Maryland, Brooke Torton May 2017

Panel 3c Litigation, Licensing, And Legislation: Civil Money Penalties And Ends Licensing In Maryland, Brooke Torton

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

State and local tobacco licensing programs enable communities to identify retail businesses that sell tobacco products and conduct compliance checks to ensure these businesses comply with tobacco control laws. In Maryland, businesses that illegally sell tobacco products to minors face civil money penalties and criminal sanctions, as well as license suspension or revocation. This session will update participants on (1) best practices for conducting retail tobacco compliance checks, (2) new legislation permitting all Maryland jurisdictions to issue civil citations for illegal tobacco sales, and (3) recent legal challenges related to local retail tobacco compliance check programs.

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Panel 3b Litigation, Licensing, And Legislation: Enforcing Revenue Laws, Ron Gallant May 2017

Panel 3b Litigation, Licensing, And Legislation: Enforcing Revenue Laws, Ron Gallant

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

State and local tobacco licensing programs enable communities to identify retail businesses that sell tobacco products and conduct compliance checks to ensure these businesses comply with tobacco control laws. In Maryland, businesses that illegally sell tobacco products to minors face civil money penalties and criminal sanctions, as well as license suspension or revocation. This session will update participants on (1) best practices for conducting retail tobacco compliance checks, (2) new legislation permitting all Maryland jurisdictions to issue civil citations for illegal tobacco sales, and (3) recent legal challenges related to local retail tobacco compliance check programs.

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Panel 2 Federal Tobacco Regulation: The Deeming Rule And Litigation, Desmond Jenson, Darlene Huang May 2017

Panel 2 Federal Tobacco Regulation: The Deeming Rule And Litigation, Desmond Jenson, Darlene Huang

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

On August 8, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began regulating the manufacture and sale of all tobacco products, including cigars, electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), and hookah. This session will take a closer look at the major requirements of the Deeming Rule and ways state and local governments can supplement federal regulation. The panelists will also highlight legal challenges to the Deeming Rule initiated by the tobacco industry, and what’s next for federal tobacco regulation under a new administration.

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Opening Remarks, Dawn Berkowitz May 2017

Opening Remarks, Dawn Berkowitz

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

No abstract provided.

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The Anthropocene, Overview, Scott W. Schwartz May 2017

The Anthropocene, Overview, Scott W. Schwartz

Open Educational Resources

This presentation offers an overview of the developing concept of The Anthropocene -- a term coined to describe our current geological epoch, in which human impact on the planet will leave a permanent trace.

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An Operational Drought Prediction Framework With Application Of Vine Copula Functions, Mahkameh Zarekarizi May 2017

An Operational Drought Prediction Framework With Application Of Vine Copula Functions, Mahkameh Zarekarizi

Student Research Symposium

Early and accurate drought predictions can benefit water resources and emergency managers by enhancing drought preparedness. Soil moisture memory is shown to contain helpful information for prediction of future values. This study uses the soil moisture memory to predict their future states via multivariate statistical modeling. We present a drought forecasting framework which issues monthly and seasonal drought forecasts. This framework estimates droughts with different lead times and updates the forecasts when more data become available. Forecasts are generated by conditioning future soil moisture values on antecedent drought status. The statistical model is initialized by soil moisture simulations retrieved from …

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Monitoring Of Applied Stress In Concrete Using Ultrasonic Full-Waveform Comparison Techniques, Ali Hafiz May 2017

Monitoring Of Applied Stress In Concrete Using Ultrasonic Full-Waveform Comparison Techniques, Ali Hafiz

Student Research Symposium

Ultrasonic testing is a non-destructive approach commonly used to evaluate concrete structures. A challenge with concrete is that it is heterogeneous, which causes multiple wave scattering resulting in longer and more complex wave paths. The recorded ultrasonic waveform can be divided into two portions: the coherent (or early) and the diffuse (or Coda) portion. While conventional methods only use the coherent portion, e.g. the first wave arrival to determine the wave velocity, we are interested in the entire waveform, i.e. until the wave amplitude is completely dampened out. The objective of this study was to determine what portion of the …

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10_「新市鎮」探研 — 荃葵青的舊貌新顏, Yue Sang Leung, Cho Nga Leung, Kwan Kin, Kenneth Wong May 2017

10_「新市鎮」探研 — 荃葵青的舊貌新顏, Yue Sang Leung, Cho Nga Leung, Kwan Kin, Kenneth Wong

專題講座

荃灣、葵涌及青衣是香港第一代新市鎮。早於1950年代，政府銳意在鄰近九龍的地區開闢土地，以「自給自足，均衡發展」為理念，拓展新市鎮。自此，擁有數百年歷史的荃葵青便經歷翻天覆地的變化：大規模的移山填海改變了原來的地貌；舊村落的搬遷重置騰出了發展空間；新道路網絡的建設打通了區內外的流動；各式樓房大廈的興建令人事活動驟增。是次講座暨考察活動以荃葵青的歷史發展為經，以新市鎮拓展為緯，細說區內數百年來的蛻變。

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Measurement Of The Temperature Dependence Of The Dielectric Constant Of Pmma For The Nedm Experiment At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Marcus A. Ochsendorf May 2017

Measurement Of The Temperature Dependence Of The Dielectric Constant Of Pmma For The Nedm Experiment At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Marcus A. Ochsendorf

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

The nEDM experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory aims to search for the electric dipole moment of the neutron at the 10-28 level. The experiment is currently in the research and development phase. In the experiment, ultra-cold neutrons stored inside of a container made from PolyMethylMethAcrylate (PMMA) will be subjected to a strong electric field. In order to calculate the electric field within the box very precisely, the dielectric constant of PMMA must be known very well. The experiment will take place at 0.4K, and it is not known if the dielectric constant of PMMA changes as a function …

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Christ Lag In Todesbanden: Tracing Early Lutheran Congregational Song, Hannah S. Koby May 2017

Christ Lag In Todesbanden: Tracing Early Lutheran Congregational Song, Hannah S. Koby

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

While popular perception holds that Martin Luther radically reformed church music, this research shows that Luther was relatively conservative in his reforms. Instead, his impact was to begin a tradition of congregational song and vernacular hymnody, along with a decentralization of worship decisions, which continued to be developed in the following centuries. This paper describes how Martin Luther drew on existing church music resources to create congregational music by focusing on Luther’s hymn 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' (Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands), and its use in the 1520s and beyond. The progression of this hymn can be traced …

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Investigating Electrical Breakdown In Liquid Helium For The Nedm Experiment At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nathaniel I. Bouman May 2017

Investigating Electrical Breakdown In Liquid Helium For The Nedm Experiment At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Nathaniel I. Bouman

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

The SNS nEDM experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory aims to search for the electric dipole moment of the neutron (nEDM) at the 3x10-28 level. The experiment is currently in the critical component demonstration phase. The design of the experiment calls for an electric field of 75 kV/cm across the experimental cells between electrodes within a bath of liquid helium (LHe). However, the electric breakdown phenomenon in LHe is poorly understood. Experiments investigating the breakdown of LHe were carried out at Los Alamos National Laboratory using a small-scale high voltage (SSHV) test apparatus at temperatures from 1.7K to 4K. …

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I Ain't Afraid Of No God: Atheism In Hindu Traditions, Kayla A. Houp May 2017

I Ain't Afraid Of No God: Atheism In Hindu Traditions, Kayla A. Houp

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

Hinduism separates itself from the standard polytheistic and monotheistic religious traditions of the modern age by establishing itself as a fluid philosophy over a structured religion. Contrary to its popular counterparts—namely the Abrahamic traditions—Hinduism is a henotheistic set of traditions that are rooted in duty and action over faith. Though many Hindu traditions follow and worship a deity, the presence of such deity is not universally fundamental for salvation. Rather, many traditions within Hinduism are atheistic in nature, focusing on the disciplining of the mind to achieve salvation. The research focuses on the representation of modern atheism in society versus …

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Spectroscopic Studies Of Brooker’S Merocyanine In Zeolite L, Benjamin Henning, Kelsey L. Weber, Thomas Dabertin Jr May 2017

Spectroscopic Studies Of Brooker’S Merocyanine In Zeolite L, Benjamin Henning, Kelsey L. Weber, Thomas Dabertin Jr

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

Zeolites are porous, crystalline substances that have very unique atomic organizations which allow for the formation of complex channels within the crystals. Each type of zeolite has a distinct shape and structure. To better understand the properties of zeolite channels, a dye molecule known as Brooker’s merocyanine was inserted into Zeolite L. Maximum dye loading into the zeolite channels was achieved by altering different experimental variables, such as heat, solution concentration, stirring, cation exchange, and light exposure. X-ray diffraction was used to verify the synthesis of zeolites, the cation exchange process, and dye loading. UV-Vis spectroscopy was used to measure …

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Censorship On College Campuses And The Forces Behind Campus Speaker Disinvitations, Jonathan Cisneros May 2017

Censorship On College Campuses And The Forces Behind Campus Speaker Disinvitations, Jonathan Cisneros

Symposium on Research and Creative Expression (SORCE)

College and university campuses have long been held as bastions of freedom of speech and expression. However, as time has progressed and ideals and attitudes have changed, the clash between rules and rights concerning freedom of speech and expression has become more evident. Censorship has become a more prevalent aspect of campus life among students, faculty, and staff. At the same time, the public and media have become active participants in the discussion of what happens on college campuses in terms of speech, expression, and censorship. Institutions of higher education are often put in positions where they must quickly respond …

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