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United States of America and Laura Molina Rodriguez et al. v. Municipio de Vega Alta et al. [PDF]

, 2007
Perez Gimenez, Judge Juan M.
core   +1 more source

From Rating System to Thought Leadership: The Evolution of the Canada Green Building Council

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green Building Social Movement Organizations encourage the adoption of green buildings, primarily by promoting sustainability rating tools. While numerous papers have explored the market impact of these sustainability rating tools, very few have examined either the lengthy and protracted process of their selection and enrollment by ...
J. J. McArthur, Stephen Dunne, Sarah Birrell Ivory   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations Between Adoption Discounts, Length-of-Stay, and Adoption Rates of Dogs in an Open-Admission Municipal Animal Shelter in NSW, Australia. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Qiu T, Maher SJ, Hall E, Westman ME.
europepmc   +1 more source

Racial bias in criminal sentencing: Historical evidence from Chinese railway workers in British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract Do discriminatory attitudes held in the public influence public institutions? We study this question within the context of the criminal justice system of historical British Columbia (BC). During the late 1870s and early 1880s, an influx of Chinese immigrant workers employed in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was the catalyst
Kris Inwood, Ian Keay, Blair Long
wiley   +1 more source

Prospective observational study investigating the factors impacting the safety of endoscopic right-sided colectomy for colon cancer in Japan (SCaRLET study): a study protocol. [PDF]

BMC Surg
Ichikawa N, Yamamoto D, Todate Y, Imaizumi K, Miura T, Kondo A, Hida K, Akagi T, Yamaguchi T, Homma S, Taketomi A, Yamamoto S, Uehara K, Okabayashi K, Iijima H, Akahane T, Naitoh T, Takemasa I, Yamaguchi S, SCaRLET study group collaboratives in the Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery.   +19 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Identifying Deficiencies in Children's Residential Care in Finland: Inspectors' Views on Working With Information

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Abusive and illegal practices in residential care are a recognised issue in child welfare internationally; thus, the question of how these institutions are supervised is important. However, children's residential care is complex by nature, making its supervision a challenging task.
Jenni Repo
wiley   +1 more source

An exploratory study on municipal measures for preventing and addressing incidents of missing older persons with dementia living alone in Japan. [PDF]

Psychogeriatrics
Kikuchi K, Ooguchi T, Ikeuchi T, Awata S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Risk or a Buffer? The Dual Role of Poverty in Community Perceptions of Child Protection Demand

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between poverty and child protection demand is complex. Using macro‐level data from 293 Finnish municipalities, this study applies hierarchical linear regression and mediation analysis to examine how poverty shapes community perceptions of child protection demand. The hierarchical linear regression findings reveal that poverty
Ning Zhu, Juulia Hietamäki, Aleksandra Gawel, Timo Toikko   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of Self-Reported Occupational Stress Experienced by Lithuanian Police Officers: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Strukcinskiene B, Jurgaitis J, Grigoliene R, Karoblyte D, Zuperkiene E, Martisauskiene D, Gedvile Z, Virketis G, Venclauskas L, Genowska A.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Child Welfare Workers' Assessments of Suspected Violence in the Context of Family Law Disputes

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Information about violence in the family can be challenging for child welfare (CW) workers to assess when parents are simultaneously involved in a family law dispute. The aim of this study is to analyse how assessments of suspected violence in the family are described in CW investigations in Sweden when the child's parents are involved in a ...
Gabriella Alner Knutsson, Åsa Källström   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source