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Development of a Comprehensive Database System for Safety Analyst

The Scientific World Journal, 2015
This study addressed barriers associated with the use of Safety Analyst, a state-of-the-art tool that has been developed to assist during the entire Traffic Safety Management process but that is not widely used due to a number of challenges as described ...
Alexander Paz, Naveen Veeramisti, Indira Khanal, Justin Baker, Hanns de la Fuente-Mella   +4 more
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How Effective Are Ireland's Monitory Mechanisms in Improving Its Child Protection and Welfare Services?

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Child protection and welfare systems are entrusted with significant power by governments and are therefore a significant focus of monitoring activities. Monitoring can help to build a better child protection system and to ensure child safety; track policy and legislative implementation and resource allocation; contribute to preventing systemic
Kenneth Burns, Eva Boyle, Susan Geary, Emma King   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Business dynamism and regional growth across the business cycle: Implications for recovery from the COVID‐19 crisis

Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This paper sheds light on regional recovery prospects from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) crisis by examining the link between gross rates of establishment openings and closures and local economic growth spanning the 2001 recession and the 2007–2009 global financial crisis (GFC).
Nicholas Kacher, Stephan Weiler
wiley   +1 more source

First Report of Anguina pacificae Parasitizing Turfgrass in Washington

Journal of Nematology
The Pacific shoot-gall nematode (Anguina pacificae) is an economically important pest of annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.) putting greens in the coastal areas of northern and central California.
Braithwaite Emily, Schmid Chas J., Kowalewski Alec R., Fleming Katherine, Peetz Amy B., Zasada Inga A., Rivedal Hannah M.   +6 more
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Listening to Children's Need to Matter in Skipped Generation Migrant Households: A Study in Rural Hunan, China

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the experiences of children who live in skipped generation households because of parental migration. Drawing on our matched interviews with 34 children and 20 grandparents from 19 skipped generation households in rural Hunan, central China, we examine what the children wanted significant adults to know about their care ...
Rachel Murphy, Li Mi, Xiaoyan Huang
wiley   +1 more source

Church District Fissioning and Watershed Boundaries among Holmes County, Ohio, Amish

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2014
Upon reaching 40 households, an Amish church district typically divides into two smaller, relatively equally sized districts. This article analyzes the relationship between Amish church divisions and topographic demarcation lines within Clark Township ...
Scott Long, Richard Moore
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Integrated species distribution modeling to assess species status and current and future threats for an imperiled amphibian

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
To understand the range‐wide drivers of Arizona Toad distribution and anticipate future changes, we combined 13 datasets covering distinct portions of the range in an integrated species distribution model. We estimate that the current occupied range is 1/4–1/3 of previously defined range boundaries and that increasingly dry conditions will lead to ...
C. Lane Scher, Brian J. Tornabene, David F. Bradford, J. Tomasz Giermakowski, Caren S. Goldberg, Evan H. Campbell Grant, David A. W. Miller, Riley O. Mummah, Erin Muths, Mason J. Ryan, Brent H. Sigafus, Kenzi M. Stemp, Brian K. Sullivan, Kevin K. Wheeler, Blake R. Hossack   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Notes from the Field: Pediatric Intracranial Infections - Clark County, Nevada, January-December 2022. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep, 2023
Penney JA, Zhang Y, Bragg T, Bryant R, Lockett C.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Change in habitat over time for the rare, endemic Pediocactus paradinei

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Pediocactus paradinei is a rare endemic cactus on the Colorado Plateau that may be increasingly vulnerable to ongoing ecological and climatic change. In 2022, we resampled ecological monitoring plots originally surveyed in 2005 to assess changes in vegetation, habitat conditions, and characteristics related to pollinator habitat across the species ...
Sarah C. Colombo, Sara Souther, Karen A. Haubensak, Clare E. Aslan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nurturing care assets for food security: a community asset mapping approach

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Background Zip codes classified by the Food Insecurity Index with moderate and high food insecurity (FI) risk can be a threat to the health and well-being of children during the first 1,000 days (from pregnancy to 2 years). The presence of nurturing care
Gabriela Buccini, Kaelia Lynn Saniatan, Ana Poblacion, Ana Bauman, Cristina Hernandez, Cali Larrison, Dodds P. Simangan, Jyoti Desai, Yvonne Owens Ferguson, Alisa Howard, Melva Thompson-Robinson   +10 more
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