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Barriers to Integrating Crisis Standards of Care Principles into International Disaster Response Plans: Workshop Summary by Bruce M. Altevogt
epub |eng | 2012-12-24 | Author:Bruce M. Altevogt

Ethical Framework Haraguchi stressed that ethics is the foundation of crisis standards of care. He applied classical philosophy to the question of ethics in disaster medicine, citing the concepts of ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
Building a Resilient Workforce: Opportunities for the Department of Homeland Security: Workshop Summary by Institute of Medicine
epub |eng | 2012-12-10 | Author:Institute of Medicine

Lesson 6: Training Matters Beaton commented that improved training of job-specific tasks enhanced mental health and resilience (Beaton and Johnson, 2002). He cited a study of canine handlers involved in ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
Developing New National Data on Social Mobility: A Workshop Summary by Amy Smith
epub |eng | 2013-04-02 | Author:Amy Smith

IMMIGRATION The historically important role of immigration in U.S. demographic growth has increased substantially in recent years. Immigrant flows have intensified and changed, with a larger share of new immigrants ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
The Science of Science Communication II: Summary of a Colloquium by Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences
epub |eng | 2014-01-23 | Author:Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences

HOW SCIENTISTS TALK TO ONE ANOTHER ABOUT THEIR SCIENCE—AND WHAT THE PUBLIC HEARS How do scientists actually communicate with each other, asked Kevin Dunbar, professor of human development and quantitative ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
Benefits, Burdens, and Prospects of the American Community Survey: by Daniel L. Cork
epub |eng | 2014-05-09 | Author:Daniel L. Cork

5–D STUDYING DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE NAVAJO NATION Using ACS data to craft a demographic and economic portrait of the Navajo Nation is a very different proposition from ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
Livable Cities of the Future: Proceedings of a Symposium Honoring the Legacy of George Bugliarello by Mohammad Karamouz
epub |eng | 2014-05-22 | Author:Mohammad Karamouz

FIGURE 4 Toronto’s Transit City Light Rail Plan CLOSING REMARKS Future strategies should not focus only on economic or environmental sustainability. Social sustainability must also be at the forefront of ...
( Category: City Planning & Urban Development September 2,2023 )
Health care comes home: The human factors by Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care
epub |eng | 2014-06-11 | Author:Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care

For persons who are not health care providers but whose experience or education has prepared them to some extent to perform the task, greater visual detail or more complex language ...
( Category: Gerontology September 2,2023 )
The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities: A Workshop Report by Committee on Early Childhood Care & Education Workforce: A Workshop
epub |eng | 2012-12-23 | Author:Committee on Early Childhood Care & Education Workforce: A Workshop

A Workshop Agenda and Participant List The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce: A Workshop February 28 and March 1, 2011 Georgetown University Conference Center Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: Finding a Place on the Global Agenda by Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
epub |eng | 2008-01-25 | Author:Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Reduce Access to Lethal Means The lethality of interpersonal, self-directed, and collective violence is affected by the means people use to carry out this violence. Reducing access to these lethal ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
Budgeting for Immigration Enforcement: A Path to Better Performance by Steve Redburn Peter Reuter Malay Majmundar
epub |eng | 2012-12-01 | Author:Steve Redburn, Peter Reuter, Malay Majmundar

• ICE at DHS, which detains noncitizens undergoing expedited removal procedures; • USMS, which takes custody of immigration offenders not retained by ICE but subject to further legal proceedings in ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
IMPROVING DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research by National Research Council of the National Academies
epub |eng | 2008-07-07 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF RANDOMIZED EVALUATIONS IN IMPACT EVALUATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (INCLUDING DG PROJECTS) Randomized designs have a high degree of internal validity. By permitting a comparison of ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
Surveying Victims: Options for Conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey by National Research Council of the National Academies
epub |eng | 2008-05-21 | Author:National Research Council of the National Academies

* Planned for implementation in 2007. NOTE: CATI, computer-assisted telephone interviewing. CAPI, computer-assisted personal interviewing. 4–B ALTERNATIVES TO THE CURRENT DESIGN IN THE LONG TERM Tables 4-2 and 4-3 present ...
( Category: Politics & Social Sciences September 2,2023 )
The Personal Protective Technology Program at NIOSH: Reviews of Research Programs of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health by National Research Council & Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
epub |eng | 2008-09-25 | Author:National Research Council & Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Collaborations The PPT Program’s work on expediting the development of standards specific to CBRN respirators was based on extensive collaborations. Efforts began in 1999 with discussions at a workshop sponsored ...
( Category: Politics & Government September 2,2023 )
It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders & John Nichols
epub |eng | 2024-03-07 | Author:Bernie Sanders & John Nichols [Sanders, Bernie & Nichols, John]

Making Medicare for All a Reality In 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid Act into law, declaring that the time had finally come to end “the ...
( Category: Public Policy September 2,2023 )
Reimagining Capitalism: Applying Negative Dialectics for a Better Future by Atkinson David M.;
pdf | | 2023-04-17 | Author:Atkinson, David M.;

( Category: Politics & Government September 2,2023 )

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