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Learning Safe and Optimal Control Strategies for Storm Water Detention Ponds [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Storm water detention ponds are used to manage the discharge of rainfall runoff from urban areas to nearby streams. Their purpose is to reduce the hydraulic impact and sediment loads of the receiving waters. Detention ponds are currently designed based on static controls: the output flow of a pond is capped at a fixed value.
arxiv
Intelligence gathering by capturing the social processes within prisons [PDF]
International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications,
6(4):423-431, 2010, 2008 We present a prototype system that can be used to capture longitudinal socialising processes by recording people's encounters in space. We argue that such a system can usefully be deployed in prisons and other detention facilities in order help intelligence analysts assess the behaviour or terrorist and organised crime groups, and their potential ...
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The Impact of Pretrial Juvenile Detention on 12-Month Recidivism: A Matched Comparison Study
Crime and delinquency, 2020 Pretrial detention, the use of detention to ensure youth attend court hearings, makes up 75% of all juvenile detention admissions. Research investigating the impact of detainment on youth outcomes is limited and, when available, does not distinguish ...
S. Walker, J. Herting
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Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2017 Objective: The objective of this study is to develop a risk-screening questionnaire appropriate for cultural characteristics in detection of alcohol- and drug-use level through utilization of Addiction Profile Index (API) and perform the reliability and ...
Kültegin Ögel +2 more
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Active particles in geometrically confined viscoelastic fluids [PDF]
New J. Phys., 21 093058 (2019), 2019 We experimentally study the dynamics of active particles (APs) in a viscoelastic fluid under various geometrical constraints such as flat walls, spherical obstacles and cylindrical cavities. We observe that the main effect of the confined viscoelastic fluid is to induce an effective repulsion on the APs when moving close to a rigid surface, which ...
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020 There have been several significant outbreaks of COVID-19 in federal immigrant detention centers, which lack clear and consistent guidelines across Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies to limit the spread of COVID-19.
J. Openshaw, M. Travassos
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Algorithmic Risk Assessments Can Alter Human Decision-Making Processes in High-Stakes Government Contexts [PDF]
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 5, CSCW2,
Article 418 (October 2021), 2020 Governments are increasingly turning to algorithmic risk assessments when making important decisions, such as whether to release criminal defendants before trial. Policymakers assert that providing public servants with algorithmic advice will improve human risk predictions and thereby lead to better (e.g., fairer) decisions.
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A Lightweight and Scalable Physical Layer Attack Detection Mechanism for the Internet of Things (IoT) Using Hybrid Security Schema [PDF]
, 2021 The Internet of Things, also known as the IoT, refers to the billions of devices around the world that are now connected to the Internet, collecting and sharing data. The amount of data collected through IoT sensors must be completely securely controlled.
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Pretrial Detention and the Costs of System Overreach for Employment and Family Life
Sociological Science, 2020 Using unique Danish register data that allow for comparisons across both conviction and incarceration status, this article analyzes the association between pretrial detention and work, family attachment, and recidivism.
Sara Wakefield, L. H. Andersen
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Understanding US Immigration Detention: Reaffirming Rights and Addressing Social-Structural Determinants of Health [PDF]
Health and Human Rights, 2020 A crisis of mass immigration detention exists in the United States, which is home to the world’s largest immigration detention system. The immigration detention system is legally classified as civil, rather than criminal, and therefore non-punitive.
Altaf Saadi +4 more
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