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Cover, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Field Notes, Robert Ball, Raymond Hannikman, James Heflich, Drew Rolik

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Noteworthy Records, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Cover, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Noteworthy Records, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Field Notes, Raymond Hannikman, Robert Harlan, Carol Tveekrem, Larry Rosche

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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The Weather, William A. Klamm

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Cover, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Cover, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Cover, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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Cover, The Cleveland Bird Calendar

Cleveland Bird Calendar

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The Philosopher Of The Future: What Is It To Us That Herr Nietzsche Has Become Well Again?, Erli Mertika

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation argues that Nietzsche thought he was a genuine philosopher despite seeming at times to suggest that he was not. I arrive at this conclusion by comparing his thoughts on genuine philosophers with his thoughts about himself in an effort to show that his self-professed task is identical to theirs.

There are two types of genuine philosophers in Nietzsche’s late works: an old species that relied on a belief in “God” to legislate their values, and a new one that must do so without it. The former cannot perform their task after the death of God, which is why …

Theory And Applications Of Natural And Nature-Based Solutions In Estuarine Environments, Elizabeth L. Royer

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation focuses on the theory and application of Nature-based Solutions (NbS), through three unique case studies. This study explores how the broad and interdisciplinary NbS framework can be applied to mitigate common coastal hazards. This framework considers the environment, economics, and social wellbeing, equally in the design and implementation of a solution. The current paradigm, working against nature, which is commonly seen in more passive approaches to hazard mitigation, like grey infrastructure (e.g. a seawall to protect a shoreline against wave action) does not accommodate the extremely dynamic environment. As perspectives shift to “working with nature” NbS can be …

The Round Table, Tennessee Ornithological Society

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

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Policy Brief For Florida Ems Voices: What Agency Providers Told Us In 2025, Florida Center For Emergency Medical Services

Florida Center for Emergency Medical Services Research Reports

Executive Summary

The 2025 Annual Florida EMS Provider Survey provides a comprehensive overview of Florida's EMS system, covering workforce dynamics, resource allocation, medical direction, mental health programming, mobile integrated healthcare, and disaster preparedness. Conducted from April to May 2025, the survey reveals both system strengths and critical gaps requiring attention.

Key findings highlight regional variability across nearly all domains. While EMT positions remain relatively stable, persistent paramedic vacancies continue to challenge agencies statewide. Mental health and wellness programs are widespread but inconsistently implemented. Mobile Integrated Healthcare programs show promise but face funding sustainability challenges. Salary disparities across regions and experience …

Policy Brief For Training The Lifeline: Florida Ems Nremt Performance And Program Quality, Florida Center For Emergency Medical Services

Florida Center for Emergency Medical Services Research Reports

Executive Summary

Florida's emergency medical services system depends on a reliable pipeline of well- trained EMTs and paramedics. National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) first-attempt pass rates serve as a critical benchmark for program quality and workforce readiness. Florida has consistently underperformed relative to national averages, particularly at the paramedic level, raising concerns about the quality and consistency of EMS education statewide and its implications for workforce readiness and public safety.

In 2024, Florida's paramedic programs achieved a 59.9% first-attempt pass rate, nearly 18 percentage points below the national average of 77.9%. This gap represents more than a testing …

Training The Lifeline: Florida Ems Nremt Performance Review 2024, Michael Lozano Jr., Farina Klocksieben

Florida Center for Emergency Medical Services Research Reports

Executive Summary

Florida EMS Training Program Performance: 2025 Report on NREMT Outcomes

Why It Matters

Florida’s EMS system depends on a pipeline of well-prepared EMTs and Paramedics. NREMT
first-attempt pass rates are used as a national benchmark. Florida has long trailed national
averages, especially for paramedics, raising concerns about workforce readiness and public
safety.

Key Findings

EMT Programs (58 programs, 4,773 candidates in the 2024 cohort)

• 69.2% statewide pass rate (3,305 passed).
• Region 2 highest at 80.8%; Region 6 lowest at 63.9%.
• Slightly above the 3-year national average (67%) but below the 2024 national rate
  (77.0%).

Paramedic Programs (44 programs, …

Policy Brief For Evidence-Based Telehealth Use In Ems: A Comprehensive Reference For Program Administrators, Field Leaders, And Clinical Directors, Florida Center For Emergency Medical Services

Florida Center for Emergency Medical Services Research Reports

Executive Summary

Telehealth-supported emergency medical services (EMS) represents an evidence- based approach to enhancing prehospital care delivery, expanding access to physician expertise, and improving resource utilization. The evidence base demonstrates clear benefits in appropriate contexts: for time-sensitive emergencies, telehealth enables significant reductions in treatment times; for low-acuity conditions, programs report transport reductions of 50–67% while maintaining high safety profiles.

Successful implementation requires appropriate patient selection, robust technical infrastructure, comprehensive training, and systematic quality assurance. Programs demonstrate success when targeting patients with stable vital signs and absence of conditions requiring immediate physical intervention. Implementation barriers commonly include regulatory and reimbursement limitations, …

Evidence-Based Telehealth Use In Ems: A Comprehensive Reference For Program Administrators, Field Leaders, And Clinical Directors, Michael Lozano Jr.

Florida Center for Emergency Medical Services Research Reports

Executive Summary

Telehealth-supported emergency medical services (EMS) represents an evidence-based approach to enhancing prehospital care delivery, expanding access to physician expertise, and improving resource utilization. This best-practice reference synthesizes current evidence and operational experience to guide EMS administrators in evaluating, implementing, and sustaining telehealth programs tailored to their communities' needs and resources.

Telehealth in EMS encompasses multiple distinct applications. General teleconsultation enables paramedics to connect with remote emergency physicians for real-time clinical guidance and disposition decisions. Specialty-specific applications focus on time-sensitive conditions including stroke and acute myocardial infarction, where early specialist involvement compresses treatment timelines. Community paramedicine integration extends EMS …

Policy Brief For Crisis On The Frontlines: Recruitment And Retention Challenges In Ems, Florida Center For Emergency Medical Services

Florida Center for Emergency Medical Services Research Reports

Executive Summary

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Florida and across the United States are facing an unprecedented workforce crisis. EMS staffing shortages are no longer looming - they are present-day realities that affect the safety and well-being of every community. EMS personnel are the first line of response for medical emergencies, disasters, and public health crises. Yet today, many agencies are struggling to maintain staffing levels due to recruitment barriers, retention challenges, and systemic funding shortfalls. The message is clear: stabilizing the EMS workforce is essential not only for EMS agencies but also for the broader public safety and health …

Policy Brief For Vital Signs: Findings From Florida’S 2024 Ems Workforce Statewide Survey, Florida Center For Emergency Medical Services

Florida Center for Emergency Medical Services Research Reports

Executive Summary

Florida's Emergency Medical Services workforce stands at a critical juncture. The 2024 statewide survey of nearly 50,000 certified EMTs and paramedics reveals both strengths and vulnerabilities that demand immediate policy attention. While Florida's EMS professionals demonstrate strong commitment to their communities and confidence in clinical leadership, significant challenges threaten long-term workforce sustainability.

Most concerning are persistent gaps in compensation satisfaction, high rates of mental health challenges, and troubling retention patterns among early-career providers. These findings suggest that without strategic intervention, Florida may face escalating shortages in emergency medical response capacity, particularly in underserved and rural communities.

This policy …

Conscripts, Convicts, And Contractors: Ersatz Soldiers And Russia's Total Mobilization Workarounds, Tad A. Schnaufer Ii, Guido Rossi

Journal of Strategic Security

The large-scale conventional conflict in Ukraine has absorbed hundreds of thousands of soldiers on both sides. Yet, domestic considerations have limited mobilization of citizens into the military at the devastating cost of prolonging the conflict. The 2022 Russian invasion force should have comprised far more personnel to ensure success at the outset. Russian leadership grossly underestimated the Ukrainian will to resist and vastly overestimated its own capabilities. Once the initial attack failed, both Russia and Ukraine only incrementally mobilized their populations, leaving neither side with overwhelming strength to create a breakthrough that would end the war. Hence, the ongoing slog …

Push And Pull: Nato, Eu, And Poland’S Positioning After 2022, Zsombor Zeöld, Réka Dobreffné Bogár, Dániel Bernát Vay

Journal of Strategic Security

The 2022 Russia-Ukraine war profoundly reshaped European security, exposing long-standing weaknesses while accelerating institutional adaptation within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU). This article argues that NATO reaffirmed its role as the guarantor of hard deterrence and defense commitments (“pull effects”), while the EU advanced as a provider of institutional support, logistics, financial tools, and defense-industrial initiatives (“push effects”). A case study of Poland illustrates how a frontline state navigates these dynamics, using NATO’s pull and the EU’s push to expand its security agency and shape broader European defense debates. Together, these developments suggest a …

Sino-Indian Competition And Small-State Responses In The Western Indian Ocean: The Cases Of The Seychelles And Mauritius, Sidhyendra Sisodia, Manoj Kumar Mishra

Journal of Strategic Security

The India-China rivalry, once concentrated on their contested land border, has now spilled decisively into the maritime domain, with both powers competing for influence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Much of the existing literature focuses on Sri Lanka and the Maldives, leaving the Seychelles and Mauritius relatively underexplored. This article addresses that gap by examining how India and China have expanded their engagement with these small island states across security, infrastructure, and political domains. Drawing on defense cooperation, infrastructure projects, and contested basing proposals, it shows that both islands adopt selective hedging, albeit in different forms. Mauritius practices asymmetrical …

Post-Ukraine Fallout: How Azerbaijan’S Break With Russia Reflects The Strategic Consequences Of A Weakened Kremlin, Hasan Alisoy

Journal of Strategic Security

This article analyzes how Russia’s declining power, accelerated by its military overextension in Ukraine, triggered a historic rupture in Russia–Azerbaijan relations, culminating in the 2025 Yekaterinburg incident. It argues that the deaths of two Azerbaijani citizens in Russian custody—and the retaliatory actions taken by Baku—did not cause the diplomatic collapse, but rather crystallized a long-term realignment rooted in Azerbaijan’s post-conflict assertiveness and Russia’s unraveling regional leverage. Drawing on the 2024 downing of an Azerbaijani airliner by a Russian missile, the premature withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Karabakh, and Azerbaijan’s evolving alliance with Türkiye, the article positions this realignment within a …

The Digital Radical: Online Extremism, Propagation, And Terror By Design's Strategic Implications For Homeland Security, Hunter Lacroix, Shevach Berkovits

Journal of Strategic Security

The 'lone wolf' figure has long been central to counterterrorism analysis, representing the trajectory from non-participant to self-directed actor aligned with extremist causes. Traditional frameworks emphasizing in-person networks or online exposure, however, fail to capture the transformation of radicalization in the algorithmic age. The Arab Spring demonstrated the mobilizing power of digital platforms, yet movements like ISIS later weaponized these networks to provide ideology, belonging, and identity to dislocated populations. This article introduces the concept of the Digital Radical—an individual who transitions from passive consumer to active propagator of extremist narratives, sustaining and expanding radical ecosystems in a symbiotic …

Navigating Power Play: Sri Lanka’S Strategic Role In Indo-Pacific Geopolitics, Neeraj Singh Manhas, Jyot Shikar Singh, Tilak Raj Sharma

Journal of Strategic Security

The Indo-Pacific’s geopolitical significance has surged due to China’s assertive rise, prompting the QUAD nations to counterbalance Beijing’s influence. Sri Lanka, a strategically located island state, emerges as a key hub for global trade and security. It examines how Sri Lanka navigates its geopolitical position to achieve national goals while balancing the interests of larger powers. Lastly, Colombo’s strategic engagements with major powers and regional frameworks highlight efforts to assert agency and amplify the voices of smaller island states. Despite its strategic importance, Sri Lanka’s agency is constrained by power asymmetries in the Indo-Pacific, contributing to understanding small-state geopolitics.

A Tilly Comparative Study On State-Building In South Vietnam And Afghanistan, Hoang Trung "Alex" Vu, P.S. Sam Tran

Journal of Strategic Security

The 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was often compared to the 1975 fall of South Vietnam as two strategic failures by the United States in attempting to establish a Western-friendly, democratic government in their regions. While superficial similarities could be observed between the two cases, this research provides a further comparative analysis of state-building efforts in South Vietnam and Afghanistan to uncover critical lessons in regime-sustaining and the politics of American intervention. The article uses Charles Tilly’s "war makes state" concept to examine war-making, state-making, protection, and extraction as core elements of state-building. The research utilizes comparative historical analysis to …

Accurate Reading Of The Result Of The Security Transfer In Vietnam, Jason Cooley

Journal of Strategic Security

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, numerous American citizens wanted to see the removal of US soldiers from South Vietnam. To appease these individuals, officials in Washington carried out troop withdrawals. As American personnel left, South Vietnamese servicemen assumed their security duties. This security transfer, like most security initiatives, produced mixed results. By employing levels of success and failure from notable policy scholars and recognizing the productivity of some key units of the South Vietnamese Army, it will be possible to present a more accurate reading of the results of the transfer than those currently available in the literature …

Sheinbaum’S Dilemma: Mexico’S Security Choices After Fto Designation, Ghaleb Krame, John P. Sullivan, Magdalena Garcia

Journal of Strategic Security

The US designation of six Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) marks a pivotal shift in bilateral security relations, compelling Mexico to navigate a complex strategic landscape. This study uses game-theoretic modeling, scenario analysis, and Nash equilibria to evaluate three possible responses by the administration of Claudia Sheinbaum: (1) Total Subordination—fully aligning with US counter-cartel efforts, (2) Covert Subordination—secretly integrating US support while maintaining a public stance of sovereignty, and (3) Strategic Resistance—rejecting US intervention in favor of an independent security approach.

New evidence on US-side border corruption and clearer definitions of key terms (joint cross-border operations, intelligence fusion …