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Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 25), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Complete Pandemic Recovery Plan As Submitted To Nj Oshe 6-22-2020, Office Of The Provost

Pandemic Recovery Plan

No abstract provided.

Behavioral Aspects In Operational Decisions. Applied Factor Investigations On The Micro (Individual) And Meso (Cluster) Levels, Lyudmyla Starostyuk

Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations - Archive

Normative theoretical models in operations management have been widely utilized by businesses and scientists to explain multiple phenomena. They assume that operating systems are managed by fully rational decision-makers who always choose the most profitable solution. However, decision-makers are human beings with behavioral and cognitive biases which influence their choices. In this thesis we argue that a change in the social and operating environments explains the choice deviation from the normative theoretical predictions. We present three independent studies of behavioral patterns on the individual and cluster levels. In the first study we observe the effect of human faces on the …

Implementing Adaptive Management Into A Climate Change Adaptation Strategy For A Drowning New England Salt Marsh, Danielle C. Perry, Caitlin Chaffee, Cathleen Wigand, Carol S. Thornber

Natural Resources Science Faculty Publications

Due to climate change and other anthropogenic stressors, future conditions and impacts facing coastal habitats are unclear to coastal resource managers. Adaptive management strategies have become an important tactic to compensate for the unknown environmental conditions that coastal managers and restoration ecologists face. Adaptive management requires extensive planning and resources, which can act as barriers to achieve a successful project. These barriers also create challenges in incorporating adaptive management into climate change adaptation strategies. This case study describes and analyzes the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council's approach to overcome these challenges to implement a successful adaptive management project to …

Ritthe Contributions Of Traffic Management Centers In Life Enhancement, Mohammed Hamdan Khalifeh

Theses

This study focuses on investigating the contributions of traffic management centers to enhancing people’s driving experiences and impacting their level of satisfaction and happiness. Data was collected in the United Arab Emirates through two distinct surveys; the first aimed at drivers (number of respondents: 155), and the second aimed at traffic management center operators (number of respondents: 15). The drivers survey aimed to collect data about drivers’ pain points experienced while driving in the United Arab Emirates and showed that slow drivers on fast lanes and sudden lane changing are the biggest challenges reported. On the operators’ side, the data …

Medical Qigong Versus Exercise On Sleep Disturbance And Quality Of Life In Breast Cancer Survivors, Elisabeth Mirenda

Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program Theses

Sleep disturbance affects nearly 30 percent of breast cancer survivors and has consequences on quality of life. Pharmacologic treatment for sleep disturbance exists, however cancer survivors are seeking alternative ways to improve outcomes. There is a need to investigate treatment modalities for sleep disturbance and quality of life in this population. Qigong is a five-dimension-based mind-body therapy that has shown to improve sleep disturbance and quality of life. There has yet to be a randomized controlled trial comparing Qigong to an active control on sleep disturbance specifically for breast cancer survivors. We propose that Qigong will be superior in improving …

2020virtual Commencement_ College Of Psychology_College Of Medical Sciences_ Dr. Kiran C. Patel College Of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

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A Different Kind Of Prisoner's Dilemma: The Right To The Free Exercise Of Religion For Incarcerated Persons, Daniel T. Judge

Notre Dame Law Review

Part I will lay the foundation for the constitutional right to freedom of religion in the United States. It will explain how the Framers understood the right in the lead up to, and at the time of, the ratification of the Free Exercise Clause as part of the Bill of Rights. Part I will also address more modern advances in religious liberty protections for prisoners before discussing two recent milestones: the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act and the Supreme Court’s decision in Holt v. Hobbs. Part II addresses the right to freedom of religion internationally. It begins …

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 24), Enter For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Arbitrary Arbiters: Evaluating The Right To Be Informed Of Eligibility For Discretionary Relief In Removal Proceedings, Michael Jordan

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Workshop #4: Public Messaging: Risk Communication For Disaster Preparedness, Evacuation, And Sheltering: After-Action Report (Aar), Converge Covid-19 Working Group, Joshua G. Behr, Wie Yusuf, Jennifer Marshall, Elizabeth Dunn

Presentations, Lectures, Posters, Reports

Participants in the breakout sessions for the CONVERGE COVID-19 Working Group’s Workshop 4 (Public Messaging) identified key issues that included the need to provide timely and effective communication to the public, increasing awareness around using shelters as a refuge of last resort, addressing the risks associated with COVID-19 exposure at shelters, and using various inclusive forms of public messaging to reach a wide audience.

Workshop participants emphasized the importance of timely and effective communications to support informed decision making. There is ongoing concern over balancing the need to communicate the risks of COVID-19 exposure as it relates to evacuation shelters …

Social Media, Sustainability, And Organizations, Anne H. Reilly

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Influences Of The Timing Of Extreme Precipitation On Floods In Poyang Lake, China, Xianghu Li, Qi Hu, Rong Wang, Dan Zhang, Qi Zhang

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Changes in the timing of extreme precipitation have important ramifications for public safety and storm water management, but it has not received much attention in relation to flooding. This study analyzed the changes in the timing of extreme precipitation in the Poyang Lake basin and projected its future changes for the period 2020–2099. The study also quantified the influences of changes in the timing of peak flows on lake floods based on a hydrodynamic model. The results showed that peak rainfall in the Poyang Lake basin had occurred on later dates during the period 1960–2012, and it is this change …

Understanding Parametric Triggers In Catastrophe Insurance, Vaasavi Unnava

Documents

No abstract provided.

Dg.O 2021: Digital Innovations For Public Values: Inclusive Collaboration And Community, Yu-Che Chen, Jooho Lee, Sukumar Ganapati, Michael J. Ahn, Chenyu Huang

Aviation Institute Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

This panel highlights digital government practices that exemplify the dg.o 2021 conference theme: Digital Innovations for Public Values: Inclusive Collaboration and Community. Public values serve as the guiding principles for the development and implementation of digital innovations for public service. Inclusivity is a salient public value to bridge the digital divide in the development, access, and use of information and communication technology. Cases presented in this panel illustrate civic engagement via digital technologies for inclusive collaboration; collaboration between government and residents as well as government, university, and community organizations; and utilization of digital technology to strengthen community at local and …

Toward Effective And Sustainable Smart City Model: Case Study Exploration Of Varying Smart City Approaches And Outcomes, Michael J. Ahn, Yu-Che Chen, Kihaing Cho, Chenyu Huang, Youhee Kim, Seung-Hwan Meyong

Aviation Institute Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

This panel aims to explore selected cases of smart city projects to improve our understanding of the critical institutional factors and processes that lead to effective and sustainable smart city outcomes. This panel discusses compelling smart city cases, including Busan Metropolitan City, Songdo, Gimpo, and Namyang-ju. These cases apply different approaches to run smart city practices that are characterized as either a large-scale, top-down, capital-intensive and hardware-focused smart city project or a small-scale, bottom-up, less capital-intensive and data-training focused (as opposed to hardware-focused) smart city project. This panel will highlight the varying outcomes and impacts of different smart city approaches …

Analysis Of Performance Measures Of Traffic Incident Management In Utah, Mitchell Gregory Hadfield

Theses and Dissertations

In 2009 the Federal Highway Administration published a report regarding a Focus States Initiative that had been conducted with 11 states to discuss the development of national Traffic Incident Management (TIM) standards. Performance measures were defined, and a national TIM dashboard created, but very little data has been added to the dashboard since. In this research study, performance measures of the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) TIM program were analyzed. Data availability was first assessed to determine whether these performance measures could be calculated. It was determined that crash response data available from the Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) could be …

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 23), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Pearl River Negotiation Simulation: Negotiating The Future Of Dams, Natallia Leuchanka Diessner, Catherine Ashcraft, Weiwei Mo, Cuihong Song

New Hampshire EPSCoR

The role-play included in this packet is a facilitated, multi-issue negotiation simulation for eight or nine participants about the management of five dams in the hypothetical Pearl River basin. This role-play is meant to be used in conjunction with a system dynamics model, which simulates potential environmental and economic outcomes under different dam management alternatives in the Pearl River basin. The user interface for the system dynamics model can be accessed at: https://ddc.unh.edu/dam-system-dynamics/. The science-based role-play negotiation simulation provides opportunity for discussion of complex topics surrounding human-environment interactions, use of scientific data and modeling in environmental decision-making under uncertainty, …

State V. Thornbrugh Appellant's Brief Dckt. 47583

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Rethinking The Reasoning Of Verdugo-Urquidez, Alan Mygatt-Tauber

Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality

No abstract provided.

Virtual Reality As Punishment, Jose A. Moncada

Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality

No abstract provided.

Session 4: Atlanta Beltline, Art Lansing, Rob Turner, Jim Langford, Kristen Lohse, Claire Martini

SITIE Symposiums

ABSTRACT: What Would it Take to Connect All of Greater Seattle’s Neighborhoods with Walking and Biking Trails?

Major U.S. cities have endeavored, independently of each other, over the past several decades to create greenway systems connecting residents and visitors with neighborhoods and attractions, increasing opportunities for walking and biking and reducing their reliance on vehicular traffic. Atlanta’s BeltLine--a twenty-two-mile loop of historic railroad right-of-ways encircling the city’s downtown and midtown areas, seeks to reinvent the city if transformed into a green corridor—is perhaps one of the best examples of how a Seattle Greenway might be accomplished (although Atlanta’s concerted …

Improving Community Safety Means Addressing Police Violence As A Public Health Problem, Kami Chavis, Josh Horwitz

Popular Media

JURIST Guest Columnists from the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence Kami Chavis, a law professor at Wake Forest University, and Josh Horwitz, the Fund's executive director, discuss ways to address systemic police violence against people of color.

Boise State University Reintegration Guide, Boise State University

Rebuilding the Launchpad: Serving Students During Covid Resource Library

The Boise State University Reintegration Committee (“Committee”) is charged by President Marlene Tromp with recommending and advising when and under what conditions the university can reintegrate, or resume, in whole or part, in-person operations.

The Committee is chaired by Chief of Staff & Vice President for Compliance, Legal and Audit, Alicia Estey, JD, MPH, and has eleven additional members. The group meets regularly to review relevant research, modeling, clinical data and other inputs from respected sources that can help inform integrated and aligned recommendations, including recommendations from various work groups and subcommittees supporting reintegration. Through Chief of Staff and VP …

Ableness As Property, Angélica Guevara

Denver Law Review Forum

No abstract provided.

Covid-19 Newsletter (Vol. 22), Center For Disaster Medicine, New York Medical College

COVID-19 Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, June 11, 2020, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The June 11, 2020, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Brief Of The Boston University Center For Antiracist Research As Amicus Curiae In Support Of Petitioner In Larry Thompson V. Police Officer Pagiel Clark, Shield #28472; Police Officer Paul Montefusco, Shield #10580; Police Officer Phillip Romano, Shield #6295; Police Officer Gerard Bouwmans, Shield #2102, Respondents, Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Jasmine Gonzales Rose, Neda Khoshkhoo, Caitlin Glass

Faculty Scholarship

INTEREST OF AMICUS CURIAE

The Boston University Center for Antiracist Research (the “Center”) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit university-based research institution that convenes researchers, scholars, and policy experts across disciplines to find novel and practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial injustice and inequity. The Center’s interest in this case arises from its expertise in researching and understanding the harms of policies, practices, and actions that produce and sustain racial inequities, and in advancing antiracist alternatives that promote racial equity.

The Second Circuit’s interpretation of the so-called “favorable termination rule,” which imposes an “indications-of-innocence” standard, is …