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Targeting Intensive Job Assistance To Ex-Offenders By The Nature Of Offense: Results From A Randomized Control Trial, Christopher R. Bollinger, Aaron Yelowitz

Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise Working Papers

As many as two-thirds of newly-released inmates will be arrested for a new offense within three years. This study evaluates the impact of job assistance on recidivism rates among ex-offenders. The job assistance program, run though the private company America Works, uses a network of employers to place clients. Ex-offenders were randomly assigned to intensive job assistance (treatment group) or the standard program (control group). The intensive program is meant to improve average work readiness for ex-offenders. It reduces the likelihood of subsequent arrest among non-violent ex-offenders, but has little effect on violent ex-offenders. The re-arrest rate for non-violent ex-offenders …

In-Store Marketing Campaign To Promote The Purchase Of Healthy Foods And Beverages At Convenience Stores In Rural Kentucky, Brynnan Nicole Jacobs Dunaway

Theses and Dissertations--Nutrition and Food Systems

The prevalence of obesity is greater in rural communities, and current health promotion interventions have not shown broad positive impacts on dietary patterns in these areas. Focusing community-based efforts on unconventional food retailers is a unique avenue to encourage healthier food choices in rural populations. This study used shelf-wobblers to market healthier snack and beverage items at convenience stores (n=5) in a rural Kentucky county. Selection of healthy snacks and beverages from the store inventory was conducted using the CDC Food Service Guidelines for Federal Facilities calculator. Items were sorted into four categories: meal replacement snacks, high-protein snacks, low-fat carbohydrate …

Two New Recent Country Records Of Mormoopid Bats (Chiroptera: Mormoopidae) From Long Island, The Bahamas, Verity L. Mathis, David L. Reed

Florida Field Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Addressing The Community Trauma Of Inequity Holistically: The Head And The Heart Behind Structural Interventions, 98 Denv. L. Rev. 1 (2021), Amy T. Campbell

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Communities And Public Service Baccalaureate Degree Annual Program Outcomes Assessments, 2020-21, College Of Liberal Arts, Wright State University

Annual Program Outcomes Assessments - All

This report reviews Wright State University's Communities and Public Service Baccalaureate Degree program for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Geography, Bs Baccalaureate Degree Annual Program Outcomes Assessments, 2020-21, College Of Liberal Arts, Wright State University

Annual Program Outcomes Assessments - All

This report reviews Wright State University's Geography, BS Baccalaureate Degree program for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Social Science Education Baccalaureate Degree Annual Program Outcomes Assessments, 2020-21, College Of Liberal Arts, Wright State University

Annual Program Outcomes Assessments - All

This report reviews Wright State University's Social Science Education Baccalaureate Degree program for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Pistore Panem Petimus: Specialization In The Late-Roman Baking Industry, Jared Benton

Art Faculty Publications

The traditional Roman baker (pistor) is typically thought of as having been horizontally specialized; that is to say he or she performed all the tasks involved in converting raw materials (grain, salt, and water) into bread. This means that they were, in early modern terminology, both millers and bakers. The two professions are generally thought to have vertically specialized within the industry sometime at the end of antiquity. Previously, scholarship has only casually treated this instance of specialization and for the most part it is thought to have been driven by technological innovation, specifically the watermill, which took milling out …

Effectiveness Of Hands-On Activities To Develop Chemistry Learners’ Curiosity In Community Secondary Schools In Tanzania, Esther Kibga, John Sentongo, Emanuel Gakuba

Institute for Educational Development, East Africa

Learners’ curiosity is among the affective domains of learning that has a great potential to take learning to higher levels and meet the demands of the 21st-century teaching and learning process. This paper assesses how hands-on activities performed using learning materials from learners’ immediate environment can enhance learners’ curiosity in chemistry lessons. Observing students’ hands-on activities during chemistry lessons enabled researchers to monitor the development and expression of curiosity in the actual learning environment. The study involved 169 senior three chemistry students purposively selected from three intact science classes in three community secondary schools from Dar es salaam, Tanzania. We …

Techmatters: The Abc’S Of H5p: Using An Open-Source Tool To Develop Interactive Learning Objects, Krista Graham

LOEX Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Misremembering Risk In The Age Of Hurricanes: The Rhode Island Coast In The 1930s-1950s, Kara M. Schlichting

Publications and Research

This paper explores the lost history of New England hurricanes and how the “return” of hurricanes challenged understandings of the environmental vulnerabilities of coastal communities and weather. A series of severe New England hurricanes from 1938-1954 forced Rhode Islanders to reassess coastal vulnerabilities and protection strategies. Before the hurricane of ’38, Rhode Islanders lived with the vulnerability of seasonal erosion and winter storms, but believed their state was, and would remain, safe from hurricanes. In a new era of the shore-at-risk, the Army Corps of Engineers re-wrote the forgotten history of coastal dangers. Dense development along Narragansett Bay and the …

Monitoring Avian Nocturnal Flight Calls: A Treasure Hunt For Understanding Bird Migration In Arizona, William R. Evans

Arizona Birds

I explored the avian nocturnal flight call phenomenon near Nogales, Arizona from mid-August through October 2015 and found a surprisingly heavy calling rate. My analysis of the 6-10 kHz audio frequency band revealed nearly 21,000 warbler and sparrow calls, 17,629 of which were loud enough to present well for classifying to a species category. Preliminary results suggest 82% involve 7 species of migratory sparrows, 12% are of undetermined species ID, and the rest from an assortment of warblers, other sparrow species, and Passerina buntings. Artificial light was minimal at the recording site and is not suspected to have significantly impacted …

Updating The Field Checklist Of The Birds Of Gila County, Tommy J. Debardeleben

Arizona Birds

No abstract provided.

Northward Expansion Of Botteri’S Sparrow In Arizona, Tim Dejonghe, Doug Jenness

Arizona Birds

No abstract provided.

Mapping Heat Vulnerability Index Based On Different Urbanization Levels In Nebraska, Usa, Babak Jalalzadeh Fard, Rezaul Mahmood, Michael Hayes, Clinton Rowe, Azar M. Abadi, Martha Shulski, Sharon J. Medcalf, Rachel Lookadoo, Jesse E. Bell

Journal Articles: Epidemiology

Heatwaves cause excess mortality and physiological impacts on humans throughout the world, and climate change will intensify and increase the frequency of heat events. Many adaptation and mitigation studies use spatial distribution of highly vulnerable local populations to inform heat reduction and response plans. However, most available heat vulnerability studies focus on urban areas with high heat intensification by Urban Heat Islands (UHIs). Rural areas encompass different environmental and socioeconomic issues that require alternate analyses of vulnerability. We categorized Nebraska census tracts into four urbanization levels, then conducted factor analyses on each group and captured different patterns of socioeconomic vulnerabilities …

The World Would Be Better If They Hadn't Died: Alexandra Juhasz With Don’T Rhine, Alexandra Juhasz, Dont Rhine

Publications and Research

In Final Transmission: Performance Art and AIDS in LA, eds. Brian Getnick and Tanya Rubbak. When we chatted for an hour before to prepare, the first thing I asked you was how old you are. I’m 52, and you’re 54. But we realized that we didn’t know a lot about our shared history because we met in an activist part of the AIDS scene in Los Angeles. I picked up pieces about your history, and we’ve even collaborated, but I actually don’t know that much about you personally. Checking in before this public conversation, one of the things we realized …

The Paradox Of Exclusive State-Court Jurisdiction Over Federal Claims, Thomas B. Bennett

Faculty Publications

Standing doctrine is supposed to ensure the separation of powers and an adversary process of adjudication. But recently, it has begun serving a new and unintended purpose: transferring federal claims from federal to state court. Paradoxically, current standing doctrine assigns a growing class of federal claims - despite Congressional intent to the contrary - to the exclusive jurisdiction of state courts. Even then, only in some states, and only to the extent authorized by state law.

This paradox arises at the intersection of three distinct areas of doctrine:

(1) a newly sharpened requirement of concrete injury under Article III that …

The Case For Ağrı Dağı/Masis As Biblical Mt. Ararat, Randall W. Younker

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

While there have been several proposals for the location of the ark of Noah’s landing place, the two most widely accepted have been Mt. Judi and Ağrı Dağı/Masis.1 Of these two, Mt. Judi has received the greater support among scholars. One of the main arguments in support of Mt. Judi is that it is the older tradition (3rd century B.C.), while the tradition that Ağrı Dağı/Masis is the Biblical Mt. Ararat is said to have originated late—only in the 12th century A.D. or there about. In this paper we will make the case that the tradition for Ağrı Dağı/ Masis …

Fire Drivers Affecting Forest Fire Occurrences In The Tropical Mixed Broad-Leaved Forests Of Nepal, Krishna Bahadur Bhujel, Rejina Maskey Byanju, Ambika P. Gautam, Ramesh Prasad Sapkota, Udhab Raj Khadka

Applied Environmental Research

Forest fires triggered by various natural and anthropogenic drivers are increasing and threatening forest ecosystems across the globe. In Nepal, the high value Tropical Mixed Broad-leaved Forests are prone to fire caused by both natural and anthropogenic drivers. Thus, understanding fire drivers and their effect is important for the sustainable forest fire management. However, the preceding studies on forest specific fire drivers and their effect are limited. This research has identified the fire drivers and assessed their effect to fire occurrences in the Tropical Mixed Broad-leaved Forests of Nawalparasi District, Nepal. Fire drivers were identified and prioritized by participatory approaches. …

Water Resources In The Anthropocene: Cause For War Or Cooperation?, Waseem Ahmad Qureshi

Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vols. 28:2 onward (2019-present)

No abstract provided.

For Richer Or Poorer: Incentivizing Meaningful Investments In Qualified Opportunity Zones, Monica L. Keo

Seattle University Law Review

The wealth disparity in the United States is nothing new. Many have proposed wealth taxes and higher tax rates for large corporations to address income inequality; however, these proposals have been criticized as tax programs that are difficult to administer. Congress passed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) in 2017 and created a new investment vehicle known as the Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ). The QOZ program incentivizes private investors to invest their capital gains in exchange for a reduction in capital gains tax. The underlying idea of the QOZ program is to utilize a new tool designed to spur …

Bioenergy And Minigrids For Sustainable Human Development, Andrew Allee

Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations

Human-caused climate change and deep disparities in human development imperil a prosperous and just future for our planet and the people who live on it. Transforming our society to mitigate global warming offers an opportunity to rebuild energy systems to the benefit of those who are harmed by global inequality today. I examine this opportunity through the lens of two sustainable energy technologies: bioenergy and miniature electricity grids (minigrids).

Bioenergy requires land to produce biomass and is inextricably connected to the surrounding environment, agricultural livelihoods, and food system. I apply data science tools to study aspects of land use and …

Beginning Piano Methods Of Russian Tradition: An Analysis And Evaluation Of The Russian School Of Piano Playing By A. Nikolaev, Valeriya E. Kanaeva

Research Papers

With the purpose of helping other piano teachers diversify teaching approaches, this research paper will explore one of the most famous Russian piano methods – The Russian School of Piano Playing by Alexander Nikolaev. The findings will cover the structure of the Russian Music Education system and its purpose before discussing the method’s introduction and evolution of pertinent components, such as: proficient musical memory; ability to read music notation fluently; development of solid proper technique; general musicality; and the cultivation of expressive playing based on mindful interpretations. These elements are developed simultaneously and with calculated balance.

This method was first …

Impact Of New Unos Allocation Criteria On Heart Transplant Practices And Outcomes, Jason Liu, Bin Q. Yang, Akinobu Itoh, Mohammed Faraz Masood, Justin C. Hartupee, Joel D. Schilling

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Delayed Surgical Treatment And Oncologic Outcomes In Clinical Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Brendan T. Heiden, Daniel B. Eaton, Kathryn E. Engelhardt, Su-Hsin Chang, Yan Yan, Mayank R. Patel, Daniel Kreisel, Ruben G. Nava, Bryan F. Meyers, Benjamin D. Kozower, Varun Puri

Open Access Publications

Importance: The association between delayed surgical treatment and oncologic outcomes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is poorly understood given that prior studies have used imprecise definitions for the date of cancer diagnosis.

Objective: To use a uniform method to quantify surgical treatment delay and to examine its association with several oncologic outcomes.

Design, Setting, and Participants: This retrospective cohort study was conducted using a novel data set from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system. Included patients had clinical stage I NSCLC and were undergoing resection from 2006 to 2016 within the VHA system. Time to surgical treatment …

Adolescent Animal Product Intake In Relation To Later Prostate Cancer Risk And Mortality In The Nih-Aarp Diet And Health Study, Tuo Lan, Yikyung Park, Graham A Colditz, Jingxia Liu, Rashmi Sinha, Molin Wang, Kana Wu, Edward Giovannucci, Siobhan Sutcliffe

Open Access Publications

BACKGROUND: Adolescent intake of animal products has been proposed to contribute to prostate cancer (PCa) development because of its potentially carcinogenic constituents and influence on hormone levels during adolescence.

METHODS: We used data from 159,482 participants in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study to investigate associations for recalled adolescent intake of red meat (unprocessed beef and processed red meat), poultry, egg, canned tuna, animal fat and animal protein at ages 12-13 years with subsequent PCa risk and mortality over 14 years of follow-up. Cox proportional hazard regression was used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of …

Community Hospice Nurses' Perspectives On Needs, Preferences, And Challenges Related To Caring For Children With Serious Illness, Amy S. Porter, Kristina Zalud, Jacob Applegarth, Cameka Woods, Melanie Gattas, Emily Rutt, Karen Williams, Justin N. Baker, Erica C. Kaye

Open Access Publications

Importance: Many of the 50 000 children who die annually are eligible for provision of community-based hospice care, yet few hospice organizations offer formal pediatric services. Population-level data demonstrate that hospice nurses lack training, experience, and comfort in caring for children, but their specific educational needs and preferences are poorly understood.

Objective: To assess the pediatric-specific training and support needs of hospice nurses caring for children in the community.

Design, Setting, and Participants: For this qualitative study, 41 nurses were purposively seletected from a population-level cohort of 551 hospice nurses who completed a previous mixed-methods survey; these 41 nurses participated …

Association Of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Air Pollution With Kidney Transplant Outcomes, Su-Hsin Chang, Massini Merzkani, Haris Murad, Mei Wang, Benjamin Bowe, Krista L. Lentine, Ziyad Al-Aly, Tarek Alhamad

Open Access Publications

Importance: Increased levels of ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution are associated with increased risks for detrimental health outcomes, but risks for patients with kidney transplants (KTs) remain unknown.

Objective: To investigate the association of PM2.5 exposure with KT outcomes.

Design, Setting, and Participants: This retrospective cohort study was conducted using data on patients who received KTs from 2004 to 2016 who were identified in the national US transplant registry and followed up through March 2021. Multiple databases were linked to obtain data on PM2.5 concentration, KT outcomes, and patient clinical, transplant, and contextual factors. Data were analyzed from …

Coronavirus Disease 2019-Associated Invasive Fungal Infection, John W. Baddley, George R. Thompson, Sharon C.-A. Chen, P. Lewis White, Melissa D. Johnson, M. Hong Nguyen, Ilan S. Schwartz, Andrej Spec, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Brendan R. Jackson, Thomas F. Patterson, Peter G. Pappas

Open Access Publications

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can become complicated by secondary invasive fungal infections (IFIs), stemming primarily from severe lung damage and immunologic deficits associated with the virus or immunomodulatory therapy. Other risk factors include poorly controlled diabetes, structural lung disease and/or other comorbidities, and fungal colonization. Opportunistic IFI following severe respiratory viral illness has been increasingly recognized, most notably with severe influenza. There have been many reports of fungal infections associated with COVID-19, initially predominated by pulmonary aspergillosis, but with recent emergence of mucormycosis, candidiasis, and endemic mycoses. These infections can be challenging to diagnose and are associated with poor outcomes. …

Progress In Diagnosing Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: The North American Perspective, Michael Glenn O'Connor, Amjad Horani, Adam J Shapiro

Open Access Publications

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare, under-recognized disease that affects respiratory ciliary function, resulting in chronic oto-sino-pulmonary disease. The PCD clinical phenotype overlaps with other common respiratory conditions and no single diagnostic test detects all forms of PCD. In 2018, PCD experts collaborated with the American Thoracic Society (ATS) to create a clinical diagnostic guideline for patients across North America, specifically considering the local resources and limitations for PCD diagnosis in the United States and Canada. Nasal nitric oxide (nNO) testing is recommended for first-line testing in patients ≥5 years old with a compatible clinical phenotype; however, all low …