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Ugolik, Wayne, Nancy O'Connell, Jerome S. Gluck, and Atma Sookram. "Evaluation of High-Occupancy-Vehicle Lanes on Long Island Expressway." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1554, no. 1 (January 1996): 110–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196155400114.
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New York State's first suburban high-occupancy-vehicle (HOV) lanes were opened in May 1994 along a 19.3-km (12-mi) stretch of the Long Island Expressway (LIE), I-495 in western Suffolk County, a major suburb of metropolitan New York City. As with some other HOV facilities across the country, the implementation of HOV lanes on Long Island remains controversial. Nevertheless, HOV lanes continue to have an important role in subsequent plans to manage congestion on the LIE. In May 1991 the New York State Department of Transportation formed the LIE/HOV task force to provide advisory opinions on key HOV issues. The task force, comprising private-sector and government representatives, recommended among its numerous findings that the New York State Department of Transportation establish a comprehensive HOV monitoring program to provide up-to-date information to the media and concerned citizens, as well as help fine-tune operational and marketing elements associated with HOV lane usage and to provide firsthand information and guidance for the subsequent development of HOV lanes on the LIE and in the region. The department, in conjunction with consultant services, instituted a monitoring program that involved surveys and focus groups and periodic compilation of relevant HOV data. The first stage of that ongoing evaluation process is reported. A finding of note is that the HOV lanes have encouraged new ridesharing. Also, both HOV users and nonusers support extending the HOV lanes on the LIE.
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Habel, Mark, and Meghan Quinn. "WORKING THROUGH STATE DIFFERENCES TO CREATE A REGIONAL DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR FEDERAL HARBORS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND." Coastal Engineering Proceedings, no. 36 (December 30, 2018): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36.risk.9.
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On January 11, 2016 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New England District (NAE) completed a Final Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) for Long Island Sound (LIS). The DMMP was requested by the Governors of Connecticut and New York, in their letter of February 8, 2005 to the Chief of Engineers, following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) publication in April 2004 of the Long Island Sound Dredged Material Disposal Site Designation Study Final Environmental Impact Statement. The LIS is a large coastal estuary located between Long Island, New York on the south, and the shores of New York, Connecticut and southwestern Rhode Island on the north. A total of nearly 240 harbors, coves, bays and rivers supporting various levels of navigational access are located along these shores. Twelve Congressional districts and 112 municipalities border the Sound and its adjacent waters in the three states. The ideals, goals, and needs along the LIS do not always align and thus the need for open communication throughout each dredging project.
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Muller, Ernest H., and Parker E. Calkin. "Timing of Pleistocene glacial events in New York State." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30, no. 9 (September 1, 1993): 1829–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e93-161.
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This review of age data for the Pleistocene of New York identifies both strengths and weaknesses in the temporal framework relating the glacial chronology of the Great Lakes region to that of the middle Atlantic seaboard. The pre-Wisconsinan record involves saprolith and till in the Adirondack Mountains, marine clay on Long Island, multiple tills at Fernbank, Otto, and Gowanda, and major drainage derangement of the Allegheny River. Middle Wisconsinan ice spread into the Allegheny Plateau, damming high-level lakes in Cayuga Trough and southern Ontario. Long Island pollen data show late Middle Wisconsinan warming, the Plum Point Interstade. Glacially overridden organic matter at Rush Creek, Lord Hill, and St. Davids shows that this episode ended by 24 000 BP. Maximum Late Wisconsinan glaciation occurred during the Nissouri Stade, 21 750 – 18 570 BP. The concept of an Erie Interstade implies that ice recession, 15 000 – 16 000 BP, permitted lake drainage across New York. New York evidence allows this interpretation, but fails to establish the extent of ice withdrawal. Port Bruce drift incorporates Erie Interstade lake sediments. Radiocarbon data at Nichols Brook suggest that Valley Heads recession began by 14 000 BP. About 13 000 BP, the Port Huron Advance to the Hamburg Moraine dammed Lake Whittlesey. Subsequent glacial recession opened eastward drainage before readvance restored Lake Warren. By 12 000 BP, Lake Iroquois occupied the Ontario plain. Pollen data indicate that marine incursion of the St. Lawrence Valley occurred 500–1000 years later than suggested by shell dates.
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Lamont, Eric E., and Richard Stalter. "The Vascular Flora of Orient Beach State Park, Long Island, New York." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 118, no. 4 (October 1991): 459. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2997098.
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Dunn, A. R., M. G. Milgroom, J. C. Meitz, A. McLeod, W. E. Fry, M. T. McGrath, H. R. Dillard, and C. D. Smart. "Population Structure and Resistance to Mefenoxam of Phytophthora capsici in New York State." Plant Disease 94, no. 12 (December 2010): 1461–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-03-10-0221.
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In 2006, 2007, and 2008, we sampled 257 isolates of Phytophthora capsici from vegetables at 22 sites in four regions of New York, to determine variation in mefenoxam resistance and population genetic structure. Isolates were assayed for mefenoxam resistance and genotyped for mating type and five microsatellite loci. We found mefenoxam-resistant isolates at a high frequency in the Capital District and Long Island, but none were found in western New York or central New York. Both A1 and A2 mating types were found at 12 of the 22 sites, and we detected 126 distinct multilocus genotypes, only nine of which were found at more than one site. Significant differentiation (FST) was found in more than 98% of the pairwise comparisons between sites; approximately 24 and 16% of the variation in the population was attributed to differences among regions and sites, respectively. These results indicate that P. capsici in New York is highly diverse, but gene flow among regions and fields is restricted. Therefore, each field needs to be considered an independent population, and efforts to prevent movement of inoculum among fields need to be further emphasized to prevent the spread of this pathogen.
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Chatham, Robert. "Hospitals: N.Y. Appellate Court Denies Move to Privatize Public Hospital." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 27, no. 2 (June 1999): 202–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1073110500012961.
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The Court of Appeals of New York held, in Council of the City of New York u. Giuliani, slip op. 02634, 1999 WL 179257 (N.Y. Mar. 30, 1999), that New York City may not privatize a public city hospital without state statutory authorization. The court found invalid a sublease of a municipal hospital operated by a public benefit corporation to a private, for-profit entity. The court reasoned that the controlling statute prescribed the operation of a municipal hospital as a government function that must be fulfilled by the public benefit corporation as long as it exists, and nothing short of legislative action could put an end to the corporation's existence.In 1969, the New York State legislature enacted the Health and Hospitals Corporation Act (HHCA), establishing the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) as an attempt to improve the New York City public health system. Thirty years later, on a renewed perception that the public health system was once again lacking, the city administration approved a sublease of Coney Island Hospital from HHC to PHS New York, Inc. (PHS), a private, for-profit entity.
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SCHEFFER, SONJA J., and OWEN LONSDALE. "A survey of Agromyzidae (Diptera) reared from leafmines on Long Island, New York; host associations, distribution data, and the description and host association of a new species." Zootaxa 4450, no. 1 (July 23, 2018): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.5.
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Leafmining Agromyzidae (Diptera) are both common and widespread, yet little is known of the host associations and distribution of most species. Here we report on a multi-year study of agromyzid diversity on Long Island, New York. We reared 45 species and identified for the first time a host plant for Agromyza masculina Sehgal and a likely host plant for Ophiomyia carolinensis Spencer. Of the 45 species, 17 are new records for New York State, for which fewer than 40 agromyzid species had previously been known. A new agromyzid species was reared from blotch mines on black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia sp. and an undetermined yellow garden composite, both in the Asteraceae; this species is described here.
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Greller, Andrew M., Barbara Conolly, Orland Blanchard, and Rich Kelly. "Vascular Flora Of Caumsett State Historic Park, Lloyd Neck, Long Island, New York: Corrections And Additions." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 135, no. 1 (January 2008): 147–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3159/07-ra-024r.1.
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Figgatt, Mary, Kimberly Mergen, Deborah Kimelstein, Danielle M. Mahoney, Alexandra Newman, David Nicholas, Kristen Ricupero, et al. "Giardiasis Outbreak Associated with Asymptomatic Food Handlers in New York State, 2015." Journal of Food Protection 80, no. 5 (April 12, 2017): 837–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-16-415.
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ABSTRACT Giardia duodenalis is a protozoan that causes a gastrointestinal illness called giardiasis. Giardiasis outbreaks in the United States are most commonly associated with waterborne transmission and are less commonly associated with food, person-to-person, and zoonotic transmission. During June to September 2015, an outbreak of 20 giardiasis cases occurred and were epidemiologically linked to a local grocery store chain on Long Island, New York. Further investigation revealed three asymptomatic food handlers were infected with G. duodenalis, and one food handler and one case were coinfected with Cryptosporidium spp. Although G. duodenalis was not detected in food samples, Cryptosporidium was identified in samples of spinach dip and potato salad. The G. duodenalis assemblage and subtype from one of the food handlers matched two outbreak cases for which genotyping could be performed. This outbreak highlights the potential role of asymptomatically infected food handlers in giardiasis outbreaks.
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Greller, Andrew M., and Kerry Barringer. "Vascular flora of Caumsett State Historic Park, Lloyd Neck, Long Island, New York: corrections and additions II." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 136, no. 2 (April 2009): 284–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.3159/09-ra-011.1.
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Tran, Clara, and Selenay Aytac. "Measuring Scholarly Productivity of Long Island Educational Institutions: Using Web of Science and Scopus as a Tool." Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 11, no. 3 (September 26, 2016): 16. http://dx.doi.org/10.18438/b8js8p.
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Objective – This paper explores how to utilize two well-known library databases, Thomson Reuter’s Web of Science and Elsevier’s Scopus, to quantify Long Island educational institutions’ scholarly productivity.
Methods – Institutions located in the Long Island region and within Nassau and Suffolk counties, including the State University of New York (SUNY) colleges, private institutions, and technical schools, were examined for the last 14 years (2000–2013). Eight Long Island institutions were represented in both databases and were included in the study.
Results – Of the eight institutions, Stony Brook University produced the most publications indexed in Web of Science and Scopus during the period of 2000–2013. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory yielded the second most publications during 2000–2013 in both Web of Science and Scopus, but it produced the highest quality publications compared with other institutions excluding Stony Brook University. Although the annual growth rates of Farmingdale State College and New York Institute of Technology increased dramatically in both Web of Science and Scopus, the large proportional increase did not represent a large increase in total value. Additionally, some institutions had a higher number of publications indexed in Web of Science than in Scopus, and others had a higher number of publications indexed in Scopus than in Web of Science.
Conclusions – Data were collected from institutions in Long Island with various institutional sizes, the number of faculty members employed may have made an impact on the number of publications. Thus, publication data in this study cannot be used to compare their rankings. Institutions with a similar type and similar size of faculty members should be selected for comparison. Due to the different coverage and scope of Web of Science and Scopus, institutions should use both databases to examine their scholarly output. Furthermore, institutions should consider using altmetrics to capture various impacts of the scholarly output to complement the traditional metrics.
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Marcos, Luis, Kalie Smith, Fredric Weinbaum, and Eric Spitzer. "667. An Emerging Tick-Borne Disease in Long Island, New York: Relapsing Fever Caused by Borrelia miyamotoi." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 5, suppl_1 (November 2018): S241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.674.
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Abstract Background Suffolk County (Long Island, New York) reports annually the highest absolute number of tick-borne diseases in New York. A new Borrelia species, Borrelia miyamotoi which causes a relapsing fever, has been reported in New York recently. The aim of this study was to identify the number of cases of B. miyamotoi diagnosed in Suffolk county. Methods A retrospective chart review was performed in Stony Brook (SB) Medicine hospitals, SB University Hospital (the only tertiary medical center in Suffolk County) and Southampton Hospital (a major hospital in the east end of Suffolk County). Laboratory records were queried for a positive B. miyamotoi PCR test from blood or a positive IgG antibody with a B. miyamotoi-specific EIA that utilizes a recombinant GlpQ antigen (both tests performed in a commercial laboratory). Results Twenty-eight cases were positive for serology (IgG EIA; n = 19) or PCR (n = 9). None of the IgG-positive cases had a positive PCR result indicating that individuals were likely exposed to B. miyamotoi in the past. Of the nine PCR-positive cases (median age:67 years), eight were men, three were diagnosed in the outpatient clinic (33.3%) and six were diagnosed through the emergency department and required hospitalization (66.6%). Thrombocytopenia and transaminitis were common findings. Two-thirds of these nine cases were diagnosed in the period of 2016–2017 and one-third in the period, 2013–2015 (P = 0.17). Conclusion An increasing number of cases of B. miyamotoi were observed in Suffolk County during 2013–2017 and two-thirds required hospitalization. The real burden of this tick borne disease in Suffolk County and the rest of the state is unknown. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.
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Ciarletta, Daniel J., Jennifer L. Miselis, Julie C. Bernier, and Arnell S. Forde. "Implications for the resilience of modern coastal systems derived from mesoscale barrier dynamics at Fire Island, New York." Earth Surface Dynamics 12, no. 2 (March 14, 2024): 449–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-449-2024.
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Abstract. Understanding the response of coastal barriers to future changes in rates of sea level rise, sediment availability, and storm intensity/frequency is essential for coastal planning, including socioeconomic and ecological management. Identifying drivers of past changes in barrier morphology, as well as barrier sensitivity to these forces, is necessary to accomplish this. Using remote sensing, field, and laboratory analyses, we reconstruct the mesoscale (decades–centuries) evolution of central Fire Island, a portion of a 50 km barrier island fronting Long Island, New York, USA. We find that the configuration of the modern beach and foredune at Fire Island is radically different from the system's relict morphostratigraphy. Central Fire Island is comprised of at least three formerly inlet-divided rotational barriers with distinct subaerial beach and dune–ridge systems that were active prior to the mid-19th century. Varying morphologic states reflected in the relict barriers (e.g., progradational and transgressive) contrast with the modern barrier, which is dominated by a tall and nearly continuous foredune and is relatively static, except for erosion and drowning of its fringing marsh. We suggest that this state shift indicates a transition from a regime dominated by inlet-mediated gradients in alongshore sediment availability to one where human impacts exerted greater influence on island evolution from the late 19th century onward. The retention of some geomorphic capital in Fire Island's relict subaerial features combined with its static nature renders the barrier increasingly susceptible to narrowing and passive submergence. This may lead to an abrupt geomorphic state shift in the future, a veiled vulnerability that may also exist in other stabilized barriers.
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Greller, Andrew M., Grace E. Lotowycz, Gerry Moore, Eric Lamont, Hank Binger, Barbara Conolly, Virginia Dankel, et al. "Vascular flora of Caumsett State Historic Park, Lloyd Neck, Long Island, New York, with notes on the vegetation1." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132, no. 1 (January 2005): 149–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3159/1095-5674(2005)132[149:vfocsh]2.0.co;2.
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Kim, Hyun, Rebecca M. Schwartz, Jerrold Hirsch, Robert Silverman, Bian Liu, and Emanuela Taioli. "Effect of Hurricane Sandy on Long Island Emergency Departments Visits." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 10, no. 3 (February 1, 2016): 344–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2015.189.
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AbstractObjectiveThis study aimed to examine the effect of Hurricane Sandy on Long Island mental health emergency department (ED) visits and to determine whether these visits varied according to patient demographics or geographic area and intensity of the impact.MethodsIndividual-level de-identified data were extracted from the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System from New York State ED visits from October 1 to December 2012 for residents of Nassau and Suffolk counties in Long Island. The dates of the ED visits were grouped into 4 periods: (1) pre-Sandy, October 1–28; (2) during Sandy, October 29; (3) post-Sandy I, October 30 to November 1; and (4) post-Sandy II, November 2–30.ResultsA total of 126,337 ED visits were recorded among 23 EDs. A significant drop in volume was observed on October 29; 399 more ED visits for physical health diagnoses were identified in the post-Sandy I period than in the pre-Sandy period. “Diseases of the respiratory system” was the only diagnosis group that showed a positive trend in the post-Sandy I period compared with the pre-Sandy period (increase of 4%). No significant changes in mental health visits were observed after Sandy landfall.ConclusionsThis analysis suggests that the critical temporal window during which ED resources should be increased is in the immediate aftermath of a hurricane. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:344–350)
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Goh, K. S., W. M. Tingey, R. L. Gibson, M. Semel, T. Clarke, D. Moyer, C. MacNeil, D. Young, J. Kubecka, and R. Lemarie. "Insecticide Resistance in New York Populations of the Colorado Potato Beetle, 1986 and 1987." Insecticide and Acaricide Tests 13, no. 1 (January 1, 1988): 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iat/13.1.142.
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Abstract Adults were field collected from 11 potato-producing areas in New York State: (1) Upstate commercial fields: Savannah (Wayne County), Kirkville (Onondaga County), Chittenango and Canastota (Madison County), New Hampton and Montgomery (Orange County); (2) Long Island (Suffolk County): Riverhead, Mattituck, and Water Mill; (3) Long Island Horticultural Research Laboratory (LIHRL), Riverhead, (Suffolk County); and (4) the reference strain from a field where minimal insecticides have been applied for the past 15 yr at the Cornell Vegetable Research Farm, Freeville (Tompkins County). Chemicals tested were serial dilutions of technical Pydrin®, Vydate®, and Ambush® in acetone and formulated rotenone and Thiodan® in water. They were applied at 2 u.l/beetle topically on the ventral abdominal segments using a manual microapplicator. Before treatment, beetles were anesthetized with CO2 . After treatment, 10 beetles were held in 800-ml ventilated cups with a slice of potato and maintained in a growth chamber at 78°F, 75% RH, and 16:8 L:D. The control groups were treated with acetone or water as appropriate. Beetle mortality was evaluated after 5 days. Fresh potato pieces were provided during the trial. Dosemortality regressions were estimated by exposing test insects to a minimum of 4 or 5 concentrations of each insecticide. Each dose was replicated a minimum of 3 times at 10 adults/replicate. Data were analyzed by probit analysis. Mortality in untreated controls for each strain was <6%.
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Guesgen, Hans Werner. "Report on the 22nd International FLAIRS Conference." AI Magazine 30, no. 4 (September 18, 2009): 111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v30i4.2248.
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The 22nd International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS-22) was held 19th – 21st May 2009 at the Sundial Beach and Golf Resort on Sanibel Island, Florida, USA. It continued a long tradition of FLAIRS conferences, which attract researchers from around the world. The conference featured technical papers, special tracks, and invited speakers. This year’s conference was chaired by Susan Haller, from the State University of New York at Potsdam. Conference program co-chairs were Hans W. Guesgen, from Massey University in New Zealand, and H. Chad Lane, from the University of Southern California. The special tracks were coordinated by Philip McCarthy, from the University of Memphis.
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Evers, D. C., A. K. Sauer, D. A. Burns, N. S. Fisher, D. C. Bertok, E. M. Adams, M. E. H. Burton, and C. T. Driscoll. "A synthesis of patterns of environmental mercury inputs, exposure and effects in New York State." Ecotoxicology 29, no. 10 (November 10, 2020): 1565–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-020-02291-4.
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AbstractMercury (Hg) pollution is an environmental problem that adversely affects human and ecosystem health at local, regional, and global scales—including within New York State. More than two-thirds of the Hg currently released to the environment originates, either directly or indirectly, from human activities. Since the early 1800s, global atmospheric Hg concentrations have increased by three- to eight-fold over natural levels. In the U.S., atmospheric emissions and point-source releases to waterways increased following industrialization into the mid-1980s. Since then, water discharges have largely been curtailed. As a result, Hg emissions, atmospheric concentrations, and deposition over the past few decades have declined across the eastern U.S. Despite these decreases, Hg pollution persists. To inform policy efforts and to advance public understanding, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) sponsored a scientific synthesis of information on Hg in New York State. This effort includes 23 papers focused on Hg in atmospheric deposition, water, fish, and wildlife published in Ecotoxicology. New York State experiences Hg contamination largely due to atmospheric deposition. Some landscapes are inherently sensitive to Hg inputs driven by the transport of inorganic Hg to zones of methylation, the conversion of inorganic Hg to methylmercury, and the bioaccumulation and biomagnification along food webs. Mercury concentrations exceed human and ecological risk thresholds in many areas of New York State, particularly the Adirondacks, Catskills, and parts of Long Island. Mercury concentrations in some biota have declined in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands and the Northeastern Highlands over the last four decades, concurrent with decreases in water releases and air emissions from regional and U.S. sources. However, widespread changes have not occurred in other ecoregions of New York State. While the timing and magnitude of the response of Hg levels in biota varies, policies expected to further diminish Hg emissions should continue to decrease Hg concentrations in food webs, yielding benefits to the fish, wildlife, and people of New York State. Anticipated improvements in the Hg status of aquatic ecosystems are likely to be greatest for inland surface waters and should be roughly proportional to declines in atmospheric Hg deposition. Efforts that advance recovery from Hg pollution in recent years have yielded significant progress, but Hg remains a pollutant of concern. Indeed, due to this extensive compilation of Hg observations in biota, it appears that the extent and intensity of the contamination on the New York landscape and waterscape is greater than previously recognized. Understanding the extent of Hg contamination and recovery following decreases in atmospheric Hg deposition will require further study, underscoring the need to continue existing monitoring efforts.
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Quick, R. C., W. J. Sonnenstuhl, and H. M. Trice. "Educating the Employee Assistance Professional: Cornell University's Employee Assistance Education and Research Program." Public Personnel Management 16, no. 4 (December 1987): 333–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009102608701600406.
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This article outlines in considerable detail Cornell University's Employee Assistance Education and Research Program which is funded by the New York State Department of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, in cooperation with the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation of Mill Neck, NY. It utilizes an academic curriculum in combination with field experience to further develop the EAP profession. It has been on-going since the Fall of 1985 in various New York State cities (Syracuse, New York, Rochester, and Albany) and will soon expand to include Buffalo and Long Island. The authors were assisted with implementation of the program by Bernard Flaherty, who acts as its co-director, and who is Director of the Central District of Cornell's Extension Division of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations. In addition, the article addresses a dilemma faced by personnel executives as they try to reach decisions about how to assure quality in the EAP programs, and in the personnel who staff them. On the one hand, they seek practical, applied programs that can be readily implemented and attractive to employees. On the other, there is a need to feel confident that the EAP personnel they employ are thoroughly acquainted with the workplace, and with the treatment place, and have a sound understanding of the emotional disturbances that cause troubled employees to be poor performers.
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Chen, Zhe, David Hursh, and Bob Lingard. "The Opt-Out Movement in New York: A Grassroots Movement to Eliminate High-Stakes Testing and Promote Whole Child Public Schooling." Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 123, no. 5 (May 2021): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146812112300504.
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Purpose Over the last five years, approximately 50% of the students in Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island and 20% across New York State have opted out of the yearly standardized tests for third through eighth grade. This article focuses on two grassroots organizations, New York State Allies for Public Education (NYSAPE) and Long Island Opt Out (LIOO), the two parents who have been central to the organizations’ success, and the strategies and tactics that the two organizations have adopted to achieve such a high opt-out rate in New York. Context Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), third through eighth grade public school students have been required to take yearly standardized tests. The most recent version of the exams focused on assessing students, their teachers, and schools based on the Common Core State Standards. Many educators and parents have argued that the standards and assessments negatively affect student learning. In response, educators, parents, teachers, and students have lobbied and publicly testified in an effort to reduce the length of the exams, if not eliminate them. However, the testimonies have had almost no impact on the policymakers. Consequently, some parents concluded that the only way to influence policymakers is to get enough students to opt out of the tests so that the scores were not valid and thus could no longer be used to compare students and teachers within and across schools for accountability purposes. Research Design This study is drawn from a qualitative research project in which we conducted interviews to understand how the opt-out movement developed and the strategies it adopted in relation to high-stakes testing in New York. The interviews with two parent leaders from NYSAPE and LIOO are the main data source for this article. Findings NYSAPE and LIOO can be characterized as real grassroots social movements in that all members have input in the goals and organizing strategies, and unpaid leaders emerge from the membership. Further, because the organizations lack permanent funding, they have to be innovative in using media. By motivating and empowering others and using social media such as Facebook and Twitter, they built a large network and a strong base so that they could influence policymakers and respond quickly at the local and state levels. Conclusion Their organizing strategies exemplified the participatory and grassroots nature of the new social movements as theorized by McAlevey. The opt-out movement is pushing back not only against high-stakes testing but also against the larger neoliberal construction of parents as simply consumers of schooling, rather than as active, informed citizens. The movement also supports whole-child schooling.
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Chapman, Kathryn P., Lydia Ross, and Sherman Dorn. "Opting Out in the Empire State: A Geographic Analysis of Opting Out in New York, Spring 2015 & 2016." Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 122, no. 2 (February 2020): 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146812012200206.
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Background Recently, states have experienced widely varying participation in annual assessments, with the opt-out movement concentrated in New York State and Colorado. Geographic variation between and within states suggests that the diffusion of opting out is multilayered and an appropriate phenomenon to explore geographic dimensions of social movements in education. Purpose The study analyzes the geographic patterns of opting out from state assessments in school districts in New York State. Research Design We conducted linear regression and geographically weighted regression on district-level proportions of third- through eighth-grade students in local public school districts for 2015 and 2016 (n = 623), excluding New York City and charter schools. Independent variables included the district-level proportion of students with disabilities, identified as English Language Learners, and identified as White; census-based small-area child poverty estimates for the districts; and the geographic population density of the district. Linear regressions excluded racial and ethnic dummy variables to reduce collinearity problems, and geographically weighted regression limited geographically varying coefficients to child poverty and population density based on preliminary analyses. Findings The unweighted ordinary least squares (OLS) of district-level opting out in both spring 2015 and spring 2016 are weakly predictive as a whole (adjusted R2 < .20). In both years, population density was a statistically significant but low-magnitude predictor of change in opt-out behavior using OLS. The proportion of students with Individualized Education Plans was positively associated with opt-out behavior, and district-level child poverty was negatively associated with opt-out behavior. The proportion of White students was a statistically significant positive predictor of opt-out behavior in spring 2015 but not statistically significant for 2016, though with a coefficient in the same direction (positive). Analyzing the same data with geographically weighted regression more than doubled the adjusted R2 for each year and demonstrated that there were areas of New York State where the coefficients associated with child poverty and population density reversed direction, with suburban Long Island and the western upstate region as areas with a magnified negative association between district-level child poverty and opting-out percentages. Conclusions In the past five years, social networks have enabled the long-distance organizing of social and political movements in education, including opting-out and teacher walkouts. However, the long-distance transmission of ideas does not explain intrastate variations. In this study, geographically weighted regression revealed the local variations in relationships between opting-out and two key variables. Local networks still matter critically to social organizing around education.
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Meyer, Mary Hockenberry, Cydnee Van Zeeland, and Katherine Brewer. "Chinese Silvergrass Seed Shows Long-term Viability." HortTechnology 31, no. 1 (February 2021): 97–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech04741-20.
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Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis) is native to East Asia and South Africa and has been grown as an ornamental in the United States for over 100 years. Chinese silvergrass is on the invasive species list for 12 states in the United States and is regulated for sale in New York state. It is often found along roadsides in middle-Atlantic states and Long Island, NY. In 2019 and 2020, we sowed chinese silvergrass seed harvested in Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 from several locations in North Carolina where it had naturalized and from the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MN. The seed had been stored in a seed storage vault (4 °C) from 2002 to 2020. Germination in 2003 showed variation between 53% to 95% from 19 different individual plants. This same seed when resown in 2019 and 2020 had much lower germination that could be divided into three categories: no germination (five plants), germination of 1% or less (seven plants), and germination of more than 2% (seven plants). Results from this study show that seed viability may be a long-term problem in locations where chinese silvergrass has naturalized.
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Brown, Alan S. "Seeing the Light." Mechanical Engineering 136, no. 06 (June 1, 2014): 40–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/6.2014-jun-2.
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This article discusses innovations and evolution in the optics industry. Local firms teamed with Monroe Community College to hold events that introduced high school students to optics . Paul Ballentine, who analyzes technology opportunities as deputy director of University of Rochester’s Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences, sees plenty of upside. Light-based systems are continuing to grow, but Rochester’s optics community will have to reinvent itself to thrive. The Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster has morphed into New York Photonics, with additional clusters in Buffalo, central New York, Albany, and Long Island. It now represents hundreds of optics and photonics companies throughout the state. Paul Conrow, who was teaching physical sciences at Rochester’s East High School, is now recruiting 10th graders and showing them Rochester’s optics industry. Conrow presented the idea to the district superintendent, who had been principal in the only school in America with a student eyeglass program. He introduced Conrow to teachers at a sister high school where members of the cluster were helping to plan a precision optics program.
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McGrath, M. T., N. Shishkoff, C. Bornt, and D. D. Moyer. "First Occurrence of Powdery Mildew Caused by Leveillula taurica on Pepper in New York." Plant Disease 85, no. 10 (October 2001): 1122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis.2001.85.10.1122a.
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Powdery mildew was observed for the first time on pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in western New York in August 1999 and on Long Island, NY, in August 2000. Infected plants were found in commercial fields planted with transplants from Georgia and Florida. Powdery mildew was not found in nearby commercial fields in either year, and it was not found in 2000 in western New York. Symptoms included white sporulation on the undersurfaces of leaves, causing yellow lesions on upper surfaces that turned necrotic and led to premature defoliation. The pathogen was confirmed to be Leveillula taurica (Lév.) G. Arnaud, a species complex that infects more than 1,000 plant species in 74 families, including pepper, tomato and eggplant. Only the Oidiopsis stage was found. Conidia were 47.3 to 74.3 μm × 10.5 to 20.3 μm (average 64.0 × 16.8 μm (N = 71). Symptoms were observed on all cultivars of bell and chili pepper in the Long Island field but not on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) and eggplant (Solanum melongena var. esculentum) in adjacent rows. Powdery mildew of pepper was first observed in North America in 1971 in southwest Florida (1). Symptoms were found on field-grown peppers in Florida in April 2001 at the time that transplants were being produced for New York. Considering the latent period is 18 to 21 days and symptoms tend to be initially subtle, diseased seedlings could easily go undetected. This disease is a problem on tomatoes and peppers in California (2), Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. Powdery mildew of pepper was reported in Puerto Rico in 1992, in Idaho on greenhouse-grown pepper in 1998, in north-central Mexico in 1998, and in both Canada and Oklahoma on greenhouse-grown pepper in 1999. Powdery mildew of peppers has not been seen in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, or Ohio. References: (1) C. H. Blazquez. Phytopathology 66:1155, 1976. (2) R. F. Smith et al. Calif. Agric. 53:40, 1999.
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Schelly, Chelsea, Emily Prehoda, Jessica Price, Aimee Delach, and Rupak Thapaliya. "Ratepayer Perspectives on Mid- to Large-Scale Solar Development on Long Island, NY: Lessons for Reducing Siting Conflict through Supported Development Types." Energies 13, no. 21 (October 28, 2020): 5628. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13215628.
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The state of New York has ambitious mandates for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing renewable energy generation. Solar energy will play an important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the electric energy sector. Concerns over solar installations’ impacts to host communities and the environment have led to growing conflicts over solar energy siting on Long Island, in other parts of New York, and throughout the US. Understanding community members’ perspectives is critical for reducing conflict. Solar energy can be deployed more quickly and at lower cost if projects are structured to address the concerns and meet the needs of the community. This paper presents the results of a survey of residential utility ratepayers that examined their perceptions, preferences, and priorities concerning mid- to large-scale solar development on Long Island (250 kW and larger). The survey asked respondents to consider specific installation types, financial models, and other aspects of solar development. Results indicate that respondents were overwhelmingly supportive of mid- to large-scale solar development in their communities. The most highly supported development types were solar systems on rooftops and solar systems that are co-located with other land uses (mixed use) at a particular site, such as parking canopies, landfills, or integration with agriculture. The most highly supported financial models included privately funded projects by local developers and community solar projects. The largest concern about solar development expressed by respondents did not involve tree removal or visibility (as initially hypothesized to be the most significant considerations) but rather the fairness of the distribution of economic benefits associated with solar development. This paper provides concrete insight into particular models of solar development that may invoke less conflict and more community support.
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Butler, H. Lee, and Mark D. Prater. "INNOVATIVE DETERMINATION OF NEARSHORE FLOOD FREQUENCY." Coastal Engineering Proceedings 1, no. 20 (January 29, 1986): 181. http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v20.181.
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Reliable estimates of coastal flooding from tides and storm surges are required for making sound engineering decisions regarding the design, operation and maintenance of many coastal projects. A recent investigation of flood frequency along the coast and within the bays of southern Long Island, New York, produced new and optimal approaches to obtain meaningful statistical estimates of flood levels. This paper summarizes various elements of the study and concentrates on the problem of stage-frequency computations in the inland bay areas. Methods for optimizing the number of necessary storm/tide simulations and estimating the accuracy of results are presented.
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Colle, Brian A., and Sandra E. Yuter. "The Impact of Coastal Boundaries and Small Hills on the Precipitation Distribution across Southern Connecticut and Long Island, New York." Monthly Weather Review 135, no. 3 (March 1, 2007): 933–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/mwr3320.1.
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Abstract The modification of precipitation by the coastal land areas of Long Island (LI), New York, and southern Connecticut (CT) is examined for an extratropical cyclone over the northeast United States on 1 December 2004, which produced strong southerly flow (15–30 m s−1) below 900 mb and heavy precipitation over LI. The differential surface roughness at the coast and the hills of LI (30–80 m) and southern CT (100–250 m) enhanced the surface precipitation by 30%–50% over these regions compared with the nearby water region of LI Sound. The three-dimensional precipitation structures are shown using composite Weather Surveillance Radar-1988 Doppler radar data interpolated to a Cartesian grid, which is compared with a 4-km simulation using the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5). As the low-level stratification and flow increased at low levels, the MM5 produced a terrain-forced gravity wave over LI and CT upward through 6 km MSL. Precipitation enhancement (2–3 dBZ) occurred from the surface upward to around the freezing level (3 km MSL) across central LI and southern CT, while there was a localized precipitation minimum over LI Sound. A factor separation on a few sensitivity MM5 runs was performed to isolate the impact of small hills and differential friction across the LI coastline. Both the hills and frictional effects have similar contributions to the total precipitation enhancement and the vertical circulations below 3 km. The hills of LI enhanced the gravity wave circulations slightly more than the differential friction above 3 km, while there was little flow and precipitation interaction between the hills and differential friction. A sensitivity simulation without an ice/snow cloud above 3 km MSL revealed that the seeder-feeder process enhanced surface precipitation by about a factor of 4.
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Mikhailova, Elena A., Lili Lin, Zhenbang Hao, Hamdi A. Zurqani, Christopher J. Post, Mark A. Schlautman, Gregory C. Post, and George B. Shepherd. "Question of Liability for Emissions from Land Development in Relation to New York State Climate Change Plan." Climate 11, no. 5 (May 17, 2023): 109. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli11050109.
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The question of liability (responsibility) for loss and damage (L&D) associated with climate change often ignores the liability for L&D from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions which are the source of climate change-related impacts. New York State (NYS) recognizes its responsibility regarding climate change as documented in the NYS Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) (Senate Bill S6599), which put forward the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all anthropogenic sources 100% over 1990 levels by the year 2050, with an incremental target of at least a 40% reduction in climate pollution by the year 2030. The current NYS carbon footprint (CF) does not include soil-based GHG emissions from land developments, preventing the state from reaching its net-zero emission goals. The current study addresses this shortcoming by quantifying the “realized” social costs of CO2 (SC-CO2) emissions for NYS from all land developments (12,037.5 km2, midpoint 1.7 × 1011 of total soil carbon (TSC) losses with midpoint $28.5B (where B = billion = 109, USD)) in social costs of carbon dioxide emissions, SC-CO2) and “new” land developments (485.2 km2) in the period from 2001 to 2016, which caused a complete loss of midpoint 6.6 × 109 kg of TSC resulting in midpoint $1.1B SC-CO2. All NYS’s counties experienced land conversions, with most of the developments, TSC losses, and SC-CO2 occurred near the existing urban areas of New York City (NYC), Long Island, and Albany. Land conversion to developments creates additional liability by the loss of future GHG sequestration potential in developed areas. In addition, there is a substantial future liability in NYS from climate change impacts, such as the projected sea-level rises will impact 17 of NY’s 62 counties, which will cause high costs of adaptation. Incorporation of land use/land cover change (LULCC) analysis can help better quantify the CF and identify ways to reduce GHG emissions and the associated liabilities and compensations to help achieve some of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Azab, Nancy, Kalie Smith, Eric Spitzer, Fredric I. Weinbaum, and Luis Marcos. "214. Comparison of Clinical and Laboratory Findings of Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) and Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (HGA) in Long Island, New York." Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6, Supplement_2 (October 2019): S126. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.289.
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Abstract Background Suffolk County reports to the Department of Health the highest absolute number of cases of tick-borne diseases (TBD) for NY State. While Lyme disease and Babesiosis are the most common TBD in this county with more than 600 and 100 cases reported every year, respectively; two other TBD, HME (due to Ehrlichia chaffeensis) and HGA (due to Anaplasma phagocytophilum) are also commonly reported in this county (63 and 37 every year, respectively). There is limited data directly comparing both diseases on acute presentation; the aim of this study was to compare the clinical features, laboratory findings and complications of HME and HGA in the epicenter of TBD in NY State. Methods A retrospective study was designed to collect cases with the diagnosis of HME and HGA by using ICD9 or ICD10 codes from 2013 to 2018 at Stony Brook Medicine. Inclusion criteria were patients 18 years or older who had a positive PCR in blood for E. chaffeensis or A. phagocytophilum. Demographics, clinical features, laboratory results, and complications were extracted from patient charts. We used the chi-square test to compare the proportion of symptoms and a two-tailed unpaired student T-test to compare laboratory values. Results A total of 40 cases of HME (mean age 67 ± 13) and 27 with HGA (mean age 63 ± 12) met inclusion criteria. Only approximately 50% of cases had a documented history of tick exposure. Clinical presentations were similar in terms of frequency of fever, headache, arthralgia, and myalgia. In contrast, hypotension, confusion, and rash were more common in HME although only the latter was significantly more common. HME patients had significantly greater degrees of leukopenia and thrombocytopenia and elevated AST levels. The majority of patients with HME and HGA were hospitalized >1 day for management of their acute illness (HME, 30/40 and HGA 17/27). Several patients with HME had gastrointestinal (GI) complications including 3 with acute acalculous cholecystitis, 1 with duodenitis, and 1 with acute colitis; 1 patient with HGA had perforated diverticulitis. Conclusion Patients with acute HME tend to be more ill than those with acute HGA; however, a substantial proportion of both groups require hospitalization. GI complications were more commonly seen in HME (12.5%) than HGA (3.7%) which deserves further investigation. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.
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Pressley, Joyce C., Leah M. Hines, Michael J. Bauer, Shin Ah Oh, Joshua R. Kuhl, Chang Liu, Bin Cheng, and Matthew F. Garnett. "Using Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (RUCCS) to Examine Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Crash Injury and Enforcement in New York State." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 8 (April 15, 2019): 1346. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081346.
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Rural areas of New York State (NYS) have higher rates of alcohol-related motor vehicle (MV) crash injury than metropolitan areas. While alcohol-related injury has declined across the three geographic regions of NYS, disparities persist with rural areas having smaller declines. Our study aim was to examine factors associated with alcohol-related MV crashes in Upstate and Long Island using multi-sourced county-level data that included the Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) with emergency department visits and hospitalizations, traffic citations, demographic, economic, transportation, alcohol outlets, and Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (RUCCS). A cross-sectional study design employed zero-truncated negative binominal regression models to assess relative risks (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Counties (n = 57, 56,000 alcohol-related crashes over the 3 year study timeframe) were categorized by mean annual alcohol-related MV injuries per 100,000 population: low (24.7 ± 3.9), medium (33.9 ± 1.7) and high (46.1 ± 8.0) (p < 0.0001). In multivariable analyses, alcohol-related MV injury was elevated for non-adjacent, non-metropolitan counties (RR 2.5, 95% CI: 1.6–3.9) with higher citations for impaired driving showing a small, but significant protective effect. Less metropolitan areas had higher alcohol-related MV injury with inconsistent alcohol-related enforcement measures. In summary, higher alcohol-related MV injury rates in non-metropolitan counties demonstrated a dose–response relationship with proximity to a metropolitan area. These findings suggest areas where intervention efforts might be targeted to lower alcohol-related MV injury.
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Kratcoski, Peter C., Mag Maximilian Edelbacher, and Dilip K. Das. "Terrorist Victimization: Prevention, Control and Recovery." International Review of Victimology 8, no. 3 (September 2001): 257–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/026975800100800302.
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An Ancillary Meeting on the topic of ‘Terrorist Victimization: Prevention, Control, and Recovery’ was held at the United Nations Center in Vienna, Austria on Wednesday, April 12, 2000 in conjunction with the Tenth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders. The Congress focused on ‘Crime and Justice: Meeting the Challenges of the 21 st Century.’ The Ancillary Meeting was sponsored by the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, USA and chaired by Dr. Dilip K. Das, Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at that University. The speakers included Alex P. Schmid, Officer-in-Charge, Terrorism Prevention Branch, United Nations; George H. Millard, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dr. Ely Karmon, Senior Research Scholar, International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Kerzlyia, Israel; and Dr. Harvey W. Kushner, Professor and Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Security Administration, Long Island University, Brookville, New York, USA. Other presentations were made by Dr. David Rapoport, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA; Niles Lathem, The New York Post, Washington, D.C., USA, Arvind Verma, Department of Criminal Justice, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, Dr. S. Subramanian, Raghavendra Nagar Shvrampally, Hyderabad, India, George Ballard, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, USA and Boaz Ganor, International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzlyia, Israel. In the presentations by speakers from Europe, North America, North Africa, the Middle East, Asia and South America and in the ensuing discussions, a wide variety of issues, concerns, and prevention strategies were covered in a global framework, and also applied to situations in specific countries and continents. The papers and the sessions focused on a number of themes, including an assessment of the main contemporary trends in terrorism, the politicalization of terrorism, the effects that terrorism has on primary and secondary victims, the linkage of terrorism with organized crime, and the measures that governments, international organizations, and justice agencies can take to curtail and eradicate terrorism, including international cooperative efforts.
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Sims, Robert C., Darlene E. Fisher, Steven A. Leibo, Pasquale E. Micciche, Fred R. Van Hartesveldt, W. Benjamin Kennedy, C. Ashley Ellefson, et al. "Book Reviews." Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 13, no. 2 (May 5, 1988): 80–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.33043/th.13.2.80-104.
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Michael B. Katz. Reconstructing American Education. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 1987. Pp. viii, 212. Cloth, $22.50; E. D. Hirsch, Jr. Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1987. Pp. xvii, 251. Cloth, $16.45; Diana Ravitch and Chester E. Finn, Jr. What Do Our 17-Year-Olds Know? A Report on the First National Assessment of History and Literature. New York: Harper & Row, 1987. Pp. ix, 293. Cloth, $15.95. Review by Richard A. Diem of The University of Texas at San Antonio. Henry J. Steffens and Mary Jane Dickerson. Writer's Guide: History. Lexington, Massachusetts, and Toronto: D. C. Heath and Company, 1987. Pp. x, 211. Paper, $6.95. Review by William G. Wraga of Bernards Township Public Schools, Basking Ridge, New Jersey. J. Kelley Sowards, ed. Makers of the Western Tradition: Portraits from History. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. Fourth edition. Vol: 1: Pp. ix, 306. Paper, $12.70. Vol. 2: Pp. ix, 325. Paper, $12.70. Review by Robert B. Luehrs of Fort Hays State University. John L. Beatty and Oliver A. Johnson, eds. Heritage of Western Civilization. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1987. Sixth Edition. Volume I: Pp. xi, 465. Paper, $16.00; Volume II: pp. xi, 404. Paper, $16.00. Review by Dav Levinson of Thayer Academy, Braintree, Massachusetts. Lynn H. Nelson, ed. The Human Perspective: Readings in World Civilization. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987. Vol. I: The Ancient World to the Early Modern Era. Pp. viii, 328. Paper, $10.50. Vol. II: The Modern World Through the Twentieth Century. Pp, x, 386. Paper, 10.50. Review by Gerald H. Davis of Georgia State University. Gerald N. Grob and George Attan Billias, eds. Interpretations of American History: Patterns and Perspectives. New York: The Free Press, 1987. Fifth Edition. Volume I: Pp. xi, 499. Paper, $20.00: Volume II: Pp. ix, 502. Paper, $20.00. Review by Larry Madaras of Howard Community College. Eugene Kuzirian and Larry Madaras, eds. Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in American History. -- Volume II: Reconstruction to the Present. Guilford, Connecticut: The Dushkin Publishing Groups, Inc., 1987. Pp. xii, 384. Paper, $9.50. Review by James F. Adomanis of Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Annapolis, Maryland. Joann P. Krieg, ed. To Know the Place: Teaching Local History. Hempstead, New York: Hofstra University Long Island Studies Institute, 1986. Pp. 30. Paper, $4.95. Review by Marilyn E. Weigold of Pace University. Roger Lane. Roots of Violence in Black Philadelphia, 1860-1900. Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London: Harvard University Press, 1986. Pp. 213. Cloth, $25.00. Review by Ronald E. Butchart of SUNY College at Cortland. Pete Daniel. Breaking the Land: The Transformation of Cotton, Tobacco, and Rice Cultures since 1880. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1985. Pp. xvi, 352. Paper, $22.50. Review by Thomas S. Isern of Emporia State University. Norman L. Rosenberg and Emily S. Rosenberg. In Our Times: America Since World War II. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1987. Third edition. Pp. xi, 316. Paper, $20.00; William H. Chafe and Harvard Sitkoff, eds. A History of Our Time: Readings on Postwar America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Second edition. Pp. xiii, 453. Paper, $12.95. Review by Monroe Billington of New Mexico State University. Frank W. Porter III, ed. Strategies for Survival: American Indians in the Eastern United States. New York, Westport, Connecticut, and London: Greenwood Press, 1986. Pp. xvi, 232. Cloth, $35.00. Review by Richard Robertson of St. Charles County Community College. Kevin Sharpe, ed. Faction & Parliament: Essays on Early Stuart History. London and New York: Methuen, 1985. Pp. xvii, 292. Paper, $13.95; Derek Hirst. Authority and Conflict: England, 1603-1658. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986. Pp. viii, 390. Cloth, $35.00. Review by K. Gird Romer of Kennesaw College. N. F. R. Crafts. British Economic Growth During the Industrial Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Pp. 193. Paper, $11.95; Maxine Berg. The Age of Manufactures, 1700-1820. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Pp. 378. Paper, $10.95. Review by C. Ashley Ellefson of SUNY College at Cortland. J. M. Thompson. The French Revolution. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1985 reissue. Pp. xvi, 544. Cloth, $45.00; Paper, $12.95. Review by W. Benjamin Kennedy of West Georgia College. J. P. T. Bury. France, 1814-1940. London and New York: Methuen, 1985. Fifth edition. Pp. viii, 288. Paper, $13.95; Roger Magraw. France, 1815-1914: The Bourgeois Century. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. Pp. 375. Cloth, $24.95; Paper, $9.95; D. M.G. Sutherland. France, 1789-1815: Revolution and Counterrevolution. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. Pp. 242. Cloth, $32.50; Paper, $12.95. Review by Fred R. van Hartesveldt of Fort Valley State College. Woodford McClellan. Russia: A History of the Soviet Period. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1986. Pp. xi, 387. Paper, $23.95. Review by Pasquale E. Micciche of Fitchburg State College. Ranbir Vohra. China's Path to Modernization: A Historical Review from 1800 to the Present. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1987. Pp. xiii, 302. Paper, $22.95. Reivew by Steven A. Leibo of Russell Sage College. John King Fairbank. China Watch. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 1987. Pp. viii, Cloth, $20.00. Review by Darlene E. Fisher of New Trier Township High School, Winnetka, Illinois. Ronald Takaki, ed. From Different Shores: Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987. Pp. 253. Paper, $13.95. Review by Robert C. Sims of Boise State University.
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Pressley, Joyce C., Nirajan Puri, and Tianhui He. "Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes in Upstate and Long Island New York: The Impact of High Visibility Seat Belt Enforcement on Multiple Risky Driving Behaviors." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 2 (January 4, 2023): 920. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20020920.
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Despite an observed daytime front-seat seat belt use that exceeds 90%, nearly half of motor vehicle occupants who die in New York State (NYS) each year are not wearing a seat belt. Crash outcomes were examined by occupant, vehicle, environmental and traffic enforcement patterns related to the annual Click It or Ticket high visibility seat belt enforcement campaign. Three periods of enforcement were examined: pre-enforcement, peri-enforcement (during/immediately after), and post-enforcement. Of the 14.4 million traffic citations, 713,990 (5.0%) were seat belt violations. Relative risk with 95% CI was assessed using deaths from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and SAS Glimmix 9.4 software. Mortality was lower peri-enforcement (32.9%) compared to pre- (40.9%) or post-enforcement (37.1%) (p < 0.001) and tended to be elevated in low enforcement response areas (43.6%). Fatalities were 30% lower (0.7, 95% CI 0.6–0.9) during peri-enforcement in models adjusted for demographics, law coverage, enforcement response, rural, weekend, impairment, speeding, and vehicle type. Adjusted mortality was higher in rural (1.9, 1.6–2.6), alcohol-involved (1.8, 1.4–2.9), and speeding-involved (2.0, 1.7–2.5) crashes. Peri-enforcement alcohol- and speed-involved fatalities tended to be lower in restrained, unrestrained and occupants missing belt status. The finding of lower mortality in both belted and unbelted occupant’s peri-enforcement—in the context of fewer fatal speed and alcohol-involved crashes—suggests that the mechanism(s) through which high visibility seat belt enforcement lowers mortality is through impacting multiple risky driving behaviors.
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Kumjian, Matthew R., Dana M. Tobin, Mariko Oue, and Pavlos Kollias. "Microphysical Insights into Ice Pellet Formation Revealed by Fully Polarimetric Ka-Band Doppler Radar." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 59, no. 10 (October 1, 2020): 1557–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jamc-d-20-0054.1.
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AbstractFully polarimetric scanning and vertically pointing Doppler spectral data from the state-of-the-art Stony Brook University Ka-band Scanning Polarimetric Radar (KASPR) are analyzed for a long-duration case of ice pellets over central Long Island in New York from 12 February 2019. Throughout the period of ice pellets, a classic refreezing signature was present, consisting of a secondary enhancement of differential reflectivity ZDR beneath the melting layer within a region of decreasing reflectivity factor at horizontal polarization ZH and reduced copolar correlation coefficient ρhv. The KASPR radar data allow for evaluation of previously proposed hypotheses to explain the refreezing signature. It is found that, upon entering a layer of locally generated columnar ice crystals and undergoing contact nucleation, smaller raindrops preferentially refreeze into ice pellets prior to the complete freezing of larger drops. Refreezing particles exhibit deformations in shape during freezing, leading to reduced ρhv, reduced co-to-cross-polar correlation coefficient ρxh, and enhanced linear depolarization ratio, but these shape changes do not explain the ZDR signature. The presence of columnar ice crystals, though apparently crucial for instigating the refreezing process, does not contribute enough backscattered power to affect the ZDR signature, either.
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van Nieukerken, Erik J., Daniel Owen Gilrein, and Charles S. Eiseman. "Stigmella multispicata Rociene. & Stonis, an Asian leafminer on Siberian elm, now widespread in eastern North America (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae)." ZooKeys 784 (September 12, 2018): 95–125. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.784.27296.
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StigmellamultispicataRocienė & Stonis, 2014, previously known from the single male holotype from Primorye, Russia, is reported as a new invasive species mining leaves of Siberian elm,UlmuspumilaL., in eastern North America. Both adults and leafmines have been reported from many sites as unidentified Nepticulidae since 2010. Crucial for the identification was a match of the DNA barcode of a single larva collected onUlmuspumilain Beijing with adults from North America. The single larva constitutes a new record for China.Stigmellamultispicatais closely related to the EuropeanS.ulmivora(Fologne, 1860), feeding likewise onUlmus, but differs in details of external morphology and genitalia, particularly in the female, whereS.multispicatahas a remarkable elongated narrow ovipositor, suitable for oviposition in underside hairy leaf vein axils, where all mines start. In North AmericaS.multispicatais the onlyUlmus-feeding nepticulid with green larvae. Currently the species is known from USA: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Canada: Ontario and Québec. In Sagaponack, on Long Island, New York, larvae have been reported to occur en masse on Siberian elms from at least two sites. The current distribution could be reconstructed thanks also to many online photographs from observation websites. The species is redescribed, with the first descriptions of female, larva, and leafmine, and compared withS.ulmivora, which is fully redescribed. The two native North American nepticulidUlmusleafminers,S.apicialbella(Chambers, 1873) andEctoedemiaulmella(Braun, 1912), are diagnosed and new provincial and state records are provided. A key to linear mines onUlmusin North America is provided. We suspect that trade of live plants through nurseries played a role in the sudden spread of this invasive species.
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Steenland, Maria W., Raj Vatsa, Lydia E. Pace, and Jessica L. Cohen. "Immediate Postpartum Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Use Following State-Specific Changes in Hospital Medicaid Reimbursement." JAMA Network Open 5, no. 10 (October 21, 2022): e2237918. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.37918.
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ImportanceFacilitating access to the full range of contraceptive options is a health policy goal; however, inpatient provision of postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods has been limited due to lack of hospital reimbursement. Between March 2014 and January 2015, the Medicaid programs in 5 states began to reimburse hospitals for immediate postpartum LARC separately from the global maternity payment.ObjectiveTo examine the association between Medicaid policies and provision of immediate postpartum LARC, and to examine hospital characteristics associated with policy adoption.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cross-sectional study used interrupted time series analysis. The setting was population-based in Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, New York, and Rhode Island. Participants included individuals who gave birth in these states between 2011 and 2017 (n = 3 097 188). Statistical analysis was performed from June 2021 to August 2022.ExposuresChildbirth after the start of Medicaid’s reimbursement policy.Main Outcomes and MeasuresImmediate postpartum LARC (outcome), teaching hospital, Catholic-owned or operated, obstetrical care level, and urban or rural location (hospital characteristics).ResultsThe study included a total of 1 521 491 births paid for by Medicaid and 1 575 697 paid for by a commercial payer between 2011 and 2017. Prior to Medicaid reimbursement changes, 489 389 of 726 805 births (67%) were to individuals between 18 and 29 years of age, 219 363 of 715 905 births (31%) were to non-Hispanic Black individuals, 227 639 of 715 905 births (32%) were to non-Hispanic White individuals, 155 298 of 715 905 births (22%) were to Hispanic individuals, and 113 605 of 715 905 births (16%) were to individuals from other non-Hispanic racial groups. Among Medicaid-paid births, the policies were associated with an increase in the rate of immediate postpartum LARC provision in all states, although results for Maryland were not consistent across sensitivity analyses. The change in trend ranged from a quarterly increase of 0.05 percentage points in Maryland (95% CI, 0.01-0.08 percentage points) and 0.05 percentage points in Iowa (95% CI, 0.00-0.11 percentage points) to 0.82 percentage points (95% CI, 0.73-0.91 percentage points) in Rhode Island. The policy was also associated with an increase in immediate postpartum LARC provision among commercially paid births in 4 of 5 states. After the policy, only 38 of 366 hospitals (10%) provided more than 1% of birthing people with immediate postpartum LARC. These adopting hospitals were less likely to be Catholic (0% [0 of 31] vs 17% [41 of 245]), less likely to be rural (10% [3 of 31] vs 33% [81 of 247]), more likely to have the highest level of obstetric care (71% [22 of 31] vs 29% [65 of 223]) and be teaching hospitals (87% [27 of 31] vs 43% [106 of 246]) compared with nonadopting hospitals.Conclusions and RelevanceThis cross-sectional study’s findings suggest that Medicaid policies that reimburse immediate postpartum LARC may increase access to this service; however, policy implementation has been uneven, resulting in unequal access.
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Ver Straeten, Charles. "An introduction to the Devonian Period, and the Devonian in New York State and North America." Bulletins of American Paleontology, no. 403-404 (July 2023): 11–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.32857/bap.2023.403.03.
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The Devonian strata in New York State were the standard section for North America for over 100 years, and remain a significant reference for regional to global correlation and research. Since publication of L. V. Rickard’s (1975) New York Devonian correlation chart, various higher-resolution stratigraphic analyses have been employed, sometimes at bed-by-bed scale. These include sequence-, bio-, event-, chemo-, and other -stratigraphic approaches, along with increasingly finer-resolution geochronologic dating of airfall volcanic tephras. Results have led to many new interpretations and insights of the succession. The purpose of this three-volume work is to produce a new Devonian stratigraphic synthesis for New York State, and to record, often in detail, current knowledge of the succession, and various other geologic and paleontologic aspects of it for current and future research and discussion. The purpose of this chapter is to provide overviews of the Devonian Period, the Devonian of North America (“Laurentia”), the Devonian of eastern Laurentia, and the Devonian of New York State. Furthermore, this review extends beyond the sedimentary rock and paleobiological record, and beyond the United States, Canada, and northern Mexico, to also summarize aspects of Devonian orogenesis, metasedimentary foreland basin fill, silicic igneous activity, complexities of terranes of Mexico and Central America, and Appalachian faunas that extended into South America. The Devonian Period as a whole encompasses 60 million years of time, approximately 419 to 359 million years ago. During that time, shallow seas covered large continental areas; climate was warmer globally than our current climate, during the late stage of a global greenhouse climate. By the end of the Devonian, that warm climate was descending into a time of global icehouse conditions, with widespread glaciation. The positions of modern continental masses were much different. During the Devonian Period, Life first fully colonized the land, led by primitive spore-bearing plants, small arthropods, and apparently by the Middle Devonian, the first tetrapod (“four-legged”) animals, which evolved from bony fishes. Decimeter-tall plants at the beginning of the period had evolved to tree-size forms by the Middle Devonian, approximately 30 million years later, and Earth’s first forest ecosystems arose. Devonian strata are widespread around the ancient continent “Laurentia,” which approximately corresponds to modern North America). At that time, Laurentia straddled the equator, with New York State and the Appalachian region somewhat north of 30° south latitude. Shallow epicontinental seas covered large but varying amounts of the continent over the period. Mountain belts formed on the eastern, northern, and western margins of Laurentia, due to plate tectonic collisions with smaller continental masses, exotic terranes, and volcanic island arcs. Through the Early to Middle Devonian, seas in western and eastern Laurentia were separated by a “transcontinental arch,” and generally had distinctly different marine faunas. In the latest Middle Devonian, sea level transgressed over the land barrier of the Laurentian Transcontinental Arch and the Canadian Shield, and those marine faunas mixed, leading to a more global cosmopolitan fauna in the Late Devonian. Anomalously, however, Early and Middle Devonian Laurentian shallow marine faunas are found in Devonian rocks in Central and South America, which were part of the southern Gondwana continent, generally thought to be separated from Laurentia by oceanic water depths at that time. During the Devonian, eastern Laurentia was an active tectonic margin, related to continent-continent collisions with various terranes/smaller continental masses. The Caledonian, Acadian, and Neoacadian orogenies resulted in compressional and some transpressional tectonics, and the uplift of an extensive mountain belt from east Greenland to Alabama and Georgia. Crustal loading of the orogen in eastern Laurentia led to subsidence and formation of a retroarc Acadian-Neoacadian Foreland Basin, which was initially filled with marine waters, followed by gradual overfilling to above sea level by massive volumes of synorogenic sediments from the east. The resulting lands were the site of some of the earliest forests on Earth, preserved at several sites in New York State, and forest ecosystems. Large-scale deformation, seismic activity, and metamorphism in the mountain belt were accompanied by igneous processes, including explosive eruption of felsic volcanic ash and other material, collectively termed “tephra,” also sometimes termed ash or tuff layers, or if diagenetically altered, sometimes termed bentonite, K-bentonite, metabentonite, or tonstein layers. These explosive Devonian eruptions sent volcanic tephra high into the atmosphere, and easterly winds spread airfall volcanic “tephra layers” across the eastern United States. Meanwhile, rock decay in the mountains led to the erosion, transport, and deposition of massive volumes of clays, silt, sand, and gravel into the Acadian-Neoacadian Foreland Basin, and beyond. Devonian rocks in New York are found at or just below the surface across approximately 40% of the state (~50,500 km2/19,500 mi2). The strata are generally undeformed and gently dipping, and while often covered by soil, glacial sediments, and vegetative cover, are relatively widely found in natural and man-made exposures. Three relatively thin intervals of carbonates are accompanied by eastward thickening wedges of synorogenic mudrocks, sandstones, and minor conglomerates. The history of geological and paleontological observation and study in New York began in the late 18th century. The first professional geologists appeared in the early 19th century. Since the advent of the first geological survey of New York State in 1836, the Devonian Period (nearly termed the “Erian Period” for New York’s Devonian-age rocks) has been the focus of a great volume of research which continues today. The Devonian succession in New York includes strata from all seven stages of the period, with erosional gaps of small to major significance. In addition to a range of marine facies, nearly one quarter of the entire area of Devonian bedrock in the state was deposited in terrestrial settings, with massive volumes of siliciclastic sediments shed off of Acadian-Neoacadian highlands to the east, that also feature the fossils of Earth’s oldest known forest ecosystems. The stratigraphic philosophy in New York has long evolved toward a hybrid classification, wherein groups, formations, and bed-level units are largely time-rock/allostratigraphic to occasionally chronostratigraphic, with lithostratigraphy often ascribed to member-level divisions (e.g., Pragian to Givetian strata, middle Lower to upper Middle Devonian). However, in some intervals, such as Frasnian strata (lower Upper Devonian), group-level units are time-rock units, and formation-level units within groups are largely lithostratigraphic. Forty-eight years of research since Rickard’s (1975) New York Devonian correlation chart permits development of a new, more refined chart (forthcoming), and also permits a new synthesis of Devonian rocks and fossils in New York, presented in this work of twelve chapters, with additional digital appendices.
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Li, Xin. "Feminist Perspectives on the Portrayal of "Jordan Baker" in The Great Gatsby." Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media 41, no. 1 (March 14, 2024): 230–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/41/20240795.
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The Great Gatsby is a middle-grade novel set in New York City and Long Island in the 1920s by American author Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, and this work established F. Scott Fitzgerald's place in modern American literary history. It is also one of the most prestigious works of literature in the United States, and its status in the American literary world is evident in the fact that it has been brought to the screen and stage many times. This paper analyzes the female figure of Jordan Baker from a feminist perspective and with the original text of the novel. People can get a glimpse of the development of feminism in the 1920s. All these are closely related to the social background of that time, and people can also find new insights from the "flapper girls" of that era, so that they can continue to carry forward the feminist theory in today's society.
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KITLV, Redactie. "Book Reviews." New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 78, no. 1-2 (January 1, 2004): 123–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/13822373-90002521.
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-Chuck Meide, Kathleen Deagan ,Columbus's outpost among the Taínos: Spain and America at La Isabela, 1493-1498. New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2002. x + 294 pp., José María Cruxent (eds)-Lee D. Baker, George M. Fredrickson, Racism: A short history. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. x + 207 pp.-Evelyn Powell Jennings, Sherry Johnson, The social transformation of eighteenth-century Cuba. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001. x + 267 pp.-Michael Zeuske, J.S. Thrasher, The island of Cuba: A political essay by Alexander von Humboldt. Translated from Spanish with notes and a preliminary essay by J.S. Thrasher. Princeton NJ: Markus Wiener; Kingston: Ian Randle, 2001. vii + 280 pp.-Matt D. Childs, Virginia M. Bouvier, Whose America? The war of 1898 and the battles to define the nation. Westport CT: Praeger, 2001. xi + 241 pp.-Carmelo Mesa-Lago, Antonio Santamaría García, Sin azúcar no hay país: La industria azucarera y la economía cubana (1919-1939). Seville: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla y Diputación de Sevilla, 2001. 624 pp.-Charles Rutheiser, Joseph L. Scarpaci ,Havana: Two faces of the Antillean Metropolis. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. x + 437 pp., Roberto Segre, Mario Coyula (eds)-Thomas Neuner, Ottmar Ette ,Kuba Heute: Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Vervuert, 2001. 863 pp., Martin Franzbach (eds)-Mark B. Padilla, Emilio Bejel, Gay Cuban nation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. xxiv + 257 pp.-Mark B. Padilla, Kamala Kempadoo, Sun, sex, and gold: Tourism and sex work in the Caribbean. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. viii + 356 pp.-Jane Desmond, Susanna Sloat, Caribbean dance from Abakuá to Zouk: How movement shapes identity. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. xx + 408 pp.-Karen Fog Olwig, Nina Glick Schiller ,Georges woke up laughing: Long-distance nationalism and the search for home. Durham NC: Duke University Press, 2001. x + 324 pp., Georges Eugene Fouron (eds)-Karen Fog Olwig, Nancy Foner, From Ellis Island to JFK: New York's two great waves of immigration. Chelsea MI: Russell Sage Foundation, 2000. xvi + 334 pp.-Aviva Chomsky, Lara Putnam, The company they kept: Migrants and the politics of gender in Caribbean Costa Rica, 1870-1960. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. xi + 303 pp.-Rebecca B. Bateman, Rosalyn Howard, Black Seminoles in the Bahamas. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. xvii + 150 pp.-Virginia Kerns, Carel Roessingh, The Belizean Garífuna: Organization of identity in an ethnic community in Central America. Amsterdam: Rozenberg. 2001. 264 pp.-Nicole Roberts, Susanna Regazzoni, Cuba: una literatura sin fronteras / Cuba: A literature beyond boundaries. Madrid: Iberoamericana/Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Vervuert, 2001. 148 pp.-Nicole Roberts, Lisa Sánchez González, Boricua literature: A literary history of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. New York: New York University Press, 2001. viii + 216 pp.-Kathleen Gyssels, Ange-Séverin Malanda, Passages II: Histoire et pouvoir dans la littérature antillo-guyanaise. Paris: Editions du Ciref, 2002. 245 pp.-Sue N. Greene, Simone A. James Alexander, Mother imagery in the novels of Afro-Caribbean women. Columbia MO: University of Missouri Press, 2001. x + 215 pp.-Gert Oostindie, Aarón Gamaliel Ramos ,Islands at the crossroads: Politics in the non-independent Caribbean., Angel Israel Rivera (eds)-Katherine E. Browne, David A.B. Murray, Opacity: Gender, sexuality, race, and the 'problem' of identity in Martinique. New York: Peter Lang, 2002. xi + 188 pp.-James Houk, Kean Gibson, Comfa religion and Creole language in a Caribbean community. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001. xvii + 243 pp.-Kelvin Singh, Frank J. Korom, Hosay Trinidad: Muharram performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora.Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. viii + 305 pages.-Lise Winer, Kim Johnson, Renegades: The history of the renegades steel orchestra of Trinidad and Tobago. With photos by Jeffrey Chock. Oxford UK: Macmillan Caribbean Publishers, 2002. 170 pp.-Jerome Teelucksingh, Glenford Deroy Howe, Race, war and nationalism: A social history of West Indians in the first world war. Kingston: Ian Randle/Oxford UK: James Currey, 2002. vi + 270 pp.-Geneviève Escure, Glenn Gilbert, Pidgin and Creole linguistics in the twenty-first century. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2002. 379 pp.-George L. Huttar, Eithne B. Carlin ,Atlas of the languages of Suriname. Leiden, The Netherlands: KITLV Press/Kingston: Ian Randle, 2002. vii + 345 pp., Jacques Arends (eds)
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Muldoon, K. A., and R. L. Burke. "Movements, overwintering, and mortality of hatchling Diamond-backed Terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) at Jamaica Bay, New York." Canadian Journal of Zoology 90, no. 5 (May 2012): 651–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z2012-032.
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As with other turtles, the postemergent movements, overwintering behaviours, and survivorship of hatchling Diamond-backed Terrapins ( Malaclemys terrapin (Schoepff, 1793)) are poorly known, but anecdotal reports suggest that they may spend more time on land than most aquatic turtles. We investigated this behaviour using drift fences with pitfall traps on the island of Ruler’s Bar, Jamaica Bay, New York, fall 2006 to spring 2008. We captured 324 live hatchling Terrapins, 95 were recaptured at least once, and we found 43 dead. After emergence from nests in the fall, most hatchlings moved upland away from the water; this pattern was reversed in the spring. Hatchling body sizes shrank during winter, probably owing to desiccation, and hatchlings were more likely to move on warmer days and days without precipitation. We recaptured some hatchlings on land as long as 9 months after emergence. As a result, hatchling M. terrapin were seen on land from April to December, well outside fall and spring during which they emerge from nests, and we found strong evidence that hatchling M. terrapin overwinter on land outside their nests. One important nest predator (raccoons, Procyon lotor (L., 1758)) was also an important hatchling predator, as were Norway rats ( Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)). Future work should investigate the terrestrial microhabitats used by hatchling M. terrapin, and management should protect hatchlings during this life stage.
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Prasa, Jarin, Syed S. Karim, Bobby Jacob, and Paul Mustacchia. "Hepatitis C Prevalence on the Rise but Screening at Safety Net Institutions Lagging behind." International Journal of Hepatology 2023 (November 8, 2023): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/3650746.
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Introduction. In the United States, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading contributor to liver-related illnesses and fatalities. Despite effective antiviral medications, acute infections have increased in recent years, likely due to IV drug use and the opioid epidemic. Previous guidelines recommended one-time screening for individuals born between 1945 and 1965. The CDC now recommends screening all adults over 18 unless there is a low prevalence in the area. Accurate measurement of HCV prevalence is essential for targeted prevention. In New York, over 100,000 individuals have HCV. We present data on HCV screening at a safety net hospital in Long Island, NY. Objective. To identify screening rates for hepatitis C and the exposure prevalence and specific demographics of a community in Long Island, NY. Methods. We performed a review of all patients seen in our hospital from 2012 to 2019. We identified patients born in the years 1945 to 1965 using our electronic medical record (EMR) system and subsequently analyzed those who were anti-HCV positive. We reviewed their demographics, including age, gender, and ethnicity, as well as their history of intravenous drug use and HIV coinfection status. Basic statistical analysis was used. Results. Our study identified 21,722 patients born between 1945 and 1965 and found that only 8.5% or 1,858 individuals were screened for hepatitis C. Among them, we found that 5.9% (109) tested positive for HCV antibody, with 3.0% (56) having an active infection. Demographic characteristics of those with HCV antibodies included 70.6% male, 53.2% Caucasian, 33.9% Black, and 15.6% persons who inject drugs (PWID). Conclusion. Our study findings suggest that a significant portion of patients in our community had missed opportunities for screening in our hospital. Our community had an estimated 5.9% prevalence, higher than the national and state averages. Caucasian men had higher prevalences. This study suggests the need for broader screening initiatives and more focused resource allocation, perhaps to safety net institutions, to decrease the burden of HCV.
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Anderson, Heather, and Charlotte Bedford. "Prisoner radio as an abolitionist tool: A scholactivist reflection." Journal of Alternative & Community Media 6, no. 1 (April 1, 2021): 55–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/joacm_00093_1.
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Prisoner and prison radio – audio production and broadcasting that services prisoner and prison communities – has existed in a variety of forms in a diverse range of countries for over 30 years and has recently seen a surge in popularity and awareness. At the same time, the prison abolition movement has also gained momentum and visibility, after an equally long presence and history. Recently in the United States, the New York City Council voted to close Rikers Island by 2026 in response to community campaigning driven by an abolition agenda. Likewise, the Black Lives Matter movement has introduced an abolitionist discourse (especially around defunding police services) to the mainstream vernacular. This article considers the relationships between broadcasters/audiences and the State – embodied through government departments responsible for managing the incarceration of its citizens, and how these impact on prisoner radio’s capacity to act as an agent of change. To do so, we take a scholactivist approach to critically reflect on our experiences as prisoner radio practitioners and researchers and consider the potentials for prisoner radio to either support or hinder a prison abolition agenda. Can the genre contribute to the prison abolition movement when it often requires the support of the prison-industrial complex to exist?
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Gregory, N. F., J. F. Bischoff, L. J. Dixon, and R. Ciurlino. "First Report of the Telial Stage of Japanese Apple Rust on Juniperus chinensis in North America and the Aecial Stage on Malus domestica." Plant Disease 94, no. 9 (September 2010): 1169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis-94-9-1169b.
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Following a report in April 2009 of the presence of Gymnosporangium yamadae Miyabae ex G. Yamada on crabapple (Malus toringo Siebold) in Wilmington, DE (2), University of Delaware, State of Delaware, and USDA/APHIS PPQ personnel collaborated to confirm and document the pathogen. G. yamadae is the causal agent of Japanese apple rust. The fungus is known from Asia with an aecial state on economically important Malus species and telial state on Juniperus chinensis. During the April 2009 site visit, ornamental J. chinensis were observed near the original crabapples. On May 7, 2009, telial galls were collected from the ornamental J. chinensis at the Wilmington site. The telia were confirmed to be G. yamadae by morphometric analysis and molecular data. The rDNA large subunit (LSU) sequence derived from the collected telial galls (GenBank Accession No. GU058012) was identical to the eight G. yamadae LSU sequences (GenBank Accession Nos. FJ848760–FJ848765, FJ559373, and FJ559375) reported from Korea by Yun et al. (3). Teliospores were 45 to 54 μm long with pedicels that were wide (7.0 to 8.4 μm) along the full length. The G. yamadae telial gall collected from Wilmington, DE was deposited into the U.S. National Fungus Collection (BPI 879273). Leaves of M. domestica on the University of Delaware farm in Newark were confirmed to have Japanese apple rust on Aug 4, 2009. Identification was made on the morphological presence of unique roestelioid aecia with long cornulated peridia that lacerate along the sides. The aecia differ from those of G. juniperi-virginianae, the causal agent of cedar apple rust, which has aecial peridia that fimbriate to the base and are strongly recurved (1). Following release of a USDA Pest Alert, subsequent samples submitted to USDA/APHIS PPQ indicated widespread incidence of the G. yamadae aecial state in the northeast, including Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Japanese apple rust likely went undetected for several years because of similar symptomatology to cedar apple rust. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the telial stage of G. yamadae in North America and the first report of this pathogen on Malus domestica in the United States. Knowledge of the geographic distribution of G. yamadae is of significance because of the actionable regulatory status of the pathogen and its potential impact on ornamental and fruit growers of Malus spp. in the United States. References: (1) F. D. Kern. A Revised Taxonomic Account of Gymnosporangium. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA, 1973. (2) H. Y. Yun et al. Plant Dis. 93:430, 2009. (3) H. Y. Yun et al. Mycologia 101:790, 2009.
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Gluck, Jerome, Jean Michel, Michael Geiger, and Maya Varughese. "Access Management." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1931, no. 1 (January 2005): 117–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198105193100115.
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This paper discusses issues encountered in developing a retrofit project for a roadway in a densely developed, commercialized area. The project was initiated, directed, and funded by the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT). Numerous major shopping centers and a high volume of through traffic produce congestion and affect safety. NY-27, also known as Sunrise Highway, is a principal arterial in suburban Long Island. The conditions along NY-27 reflect what happens when development approvals are granted by local land use agencies without sufficient consideration of whether the transportation system can accommodate the associated traffic. NYSDOT, in this case, was put in the position of attempting to implement a retrofit project to mitigate the traffic and safety conditions. The proximity of shopping center driveways to each other and to nearby intersections results in weaving movements and heavy turning-movement volumes that block the through travel lanes and cause overlapping conflicts. The significant traffic congestion and high accident rate reflect the problems caused by inadequate access spacing and need for improved access management. The improvement options identified represented a wide range of access management strategies and configurations. The options were screened and modified to reflect community desires and business concerns. This paper reviews operational and safety problems, identifies a theoretical access configuration along the NY-27 corridor that could mitigate these problems, and reviews the alternative that was approved and is being progressed. The approved alternative reflects real-world considerations that affect a retrofit project.
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Geselowitz, Michael. "Long Island, New York." IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 32, no. 4 (October 2010): 88–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mahc.2010.65.
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Mercurio, Randy J. "NEW CENTIPEDE RECORDS FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK." Journal of the New York Entomological Society 113, no. 3 & 4 (October 2005): 232–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1664/0028-7199(2005)113[0232:ncrfli]2.0.co;2.
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Smith, Graham. "Marilyn Monroe, Long Island, New York, 1952." History of Photography 26, no. 3 (September 2002): 228–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03087298.2002.10443536.
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Bertoman, Michele. "The Future of Long Island: New York." Architectural Design 75, no. 6 (November 2005): 94–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ad.182.
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Ayala, Gladys M., Amy V. Rapkiewicz, Steven E. Carsons, and Steven P. Shelov. "New York University Long Island School of Medicine." Academic Medicine 95, no. 9S (September 2020): S353—S357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/acm.0000000000003481.
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Butler, Brett J., John S. Barclay, and Jeffrey P. Fisher. "Plant Communities and Flora of Robins Island (Long Island), New York." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 126, no. 1 (January 1999): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2997256.
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