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2. USING OUR FACULTIES: COLLECTING THE PAPERS OF WESTERN HISTORIANS AT THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY.
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Blodgett, Peter J.
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LIBRARIES , *HISTORIANS , *INFORMATION resources management - Abstract
Among its many collections documenting the history of the Far West, the Huntington Library holds the papers of various western historians. Although such collections present certain inherent challenges, they also can offer significant contributions to the study of the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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3. Predicting long-term business recovery from disaster: a comparison of the Loma Prieta earthquake and Hurricane Andrew1<fn id="fn1"><no>1</no>An Earlier version of this paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, August 12–16, 2000.</fn>
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Webb, Gary R., Tierney, Kathleen J., and Dahlhamer, James M.
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NATURAL disasters , *LOMA Prieta Earthquake, Calif., 1989 , *HURRICANE Andrew, 1992 , *BUSINESS enterprises , *INFORMATION services - Abstract
This paper examines long-term recovery outcomes of businesses impacted by major natural disasters. Data were collected via two large-scale mail surveys—one administered to Santa Cruz County, California businesses 8 years after the Loma Prieta earthquake and the other administered to businesses in South Dade County, Florida, 6 years after Hurricane Andrew. Based on the results of OLS regression models, we argue that long-term recovery experiences of businesses are affected by various factors, including the economic sector in which a business operates, its age and financial condition, and the scope of its primary market; direct and indirect disaster impacts, including physical damage, forced closure, and disruption of operations; and owner perceptions of the broader economic climate. Previous disaster experience, level of disaster preparedness, and use of external sources of aid were not found to significantly affect the long-term economic viability of businesses in the two study communities. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2002
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4. THE DEREK FREEMAN PAPERS IN THE MANDEVILLE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO.
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Sather, Clifford
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SCHOLARS , *ARCHIVES , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
Discusses the personal papers of the late Derek Freeman, scholar and specialist in Borneo studies, which have been deposited at the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego. Acquisition of the collection; Completion of the collection in 2002; Correspondence; Field notes and documents concerned chiefly with Samoa and the so-called Mead-Freeman controversy.
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- 2002
5. Confidence in COVID‐19 vaccines moderates the association between vaccination status and mental distress.
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Tan, Chee Meng, Owuamalam, Chuma, Sarma, Vengadeshvaran J., and Ng, Pek Kim
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CONFIDENCE , *COVID-19 vaccines , *CRONBACH'S alpha , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *FACTOR analysis , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CHI-squared test , *VACCINATION status , *STATISTICAL models , *DATA analysis software , *PSYCHOLOGICAL distress , *LONGITUDINAL method , *OPTIMISM ,DEVELOPED countries - Abstract
Previous research has demonstrated that becoming vaccinated with the Coronavirus vaccine may lower mental distress. However, it remains uncertain whether this relationship holds amid concerns of vaccine side effects and doubts of the vaccine's protective capabilities. We presented three studies that showed how vaccine confidence negatively influences the relationship between vaccine uptake and mental distress. Using two‐way fixed effects regression models, Study 1 analyzes longitudinal survey of respondents from Los Angeles County in the US, while Study 2 uses the same analytical strategy but generalises findings by analysing longitudinal data of participants across all 50 US states. Main results of both studies show that (i) vaccination uptake is linked with reduced mental distress among individuals with high vaccine confidence (ii) vaccine uptake has no effect on mental distress among individuals with low vaccine confidence. Lastly, Study 3 applies multilevel analysis to a large‐scale pseudo‐panel study of 15 developed countries. Results for the third study corroborate finding (i) but not (ii) in that the multinational study finds that vaccine uptake is actually associated with higher mental distress among individuals with low vaccine confidence. In sum, our paper shows that the palliative effect of vaccination on mental health only exists when vaccine confidence is high. Results are mixed on whether vaccination affects mental distress when individual vaccine confidence is low. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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6. Contributed Papers Factors Related to Fecal Corticosterone Levels in California Spotted Owls: Implications for Assessing Chronic Stress.
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TEMPEL, DOUGLAS J. and GUTIÉRREZ, R. J.
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SPOTTED owl , *CORTICOSTERONE , *PHYSIOLOGICAL stress , *ANIMAL welfare - Abstract
The California Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis ) is under consideration for federal protection and has stimulated ecosystem-level management efforts in Sierra Nevada national forests. Because some populations are declining, we used a noninvasive fecal sampling method to estimate stress hormone (i.e., corticosterone) levels within a local population from April to August 2001. Fecal corticosterone levels were similar to those recorded in a previous study of Northern Spotted Owls (S.o. caurina ) ( &xmacr;= 80.1 ng/g dry feces, SE = 75.8). We then used an information-theoretic approach to identify factors that influence fecal corticosterone levels in Spotted Owls. Our best overall model indicated that nonbreeding owls had higher fecal corticosterone levels than breeding owls early in the breeding season and lower levels later in the breeding season. We collected few samples from breeding owls early in the breeding season, however, which may have influenced the results. Management-related factors reflecting habitat condition and proximity to roads were not correlated with fecal corticosterone. However, factors such as field storage method and sample mass were correlated with the amount of measured fecal corticosterone and should be considered in future studies. Sample vials initially stored on ice had higher levels than those stored immediately in liquid N2 (βstorage= 0.269 ln[ng/g], 95% CI = 0.026, 0.512). Hormone metabolites were extracted from extremely small samples (0.01 g) by slightly modifying the assay protocol, but the amount of corticosterone detected increased as the sample mass decreased (βmass=−6.248 ln[ng/g], 95% CI =−8.877, −3.620). Corticosterone levels were significantly higher in 10 cecal samples collected simultaneously with fecal samples (paired difference = 74.7 ng/g, SE = 45.0, p = 0.001 for a paired t test), so care must be taken to avoid contaminating fecal samples with cecal material. Most of the variation was unexplained by our best model ( R 2= 0.24), and additional factors influencing fecal corticosterone levels need to be identified. Therefore, we recommend that well-designed experiments be conducted under controlled conditions to better determine the effect of factors such as sample handling, partial sampling, and diet on fecal corticosterone levels in owls and other birds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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7. Trotsky Papers at the Hoover Institution: One Chapter of an Archival Mystery Story.
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Reed, Dale and Jakobson, Michael
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SOCIALISM - Abstract
Comments on the discovery of papers on Soviet socialism written by Leon Trotsky and his son, Lev Sedov, in the Boris I. Nicolaevsky Collection in the Archives of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace at Stanford University in California. Contribution of Leon Trotsky to the study of Russian history; Other repositories in which Trotsky papers can be found; Content of and period covered by the Hoover Institution papers.
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- 1987
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8. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED TO THE SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY OF SLEEP.
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Foulkes, David and Kales, Anthony
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PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY , *SLEEP , *MEETINGS , *INTEREST (Philosophy) ,SLEEP & psychology - Abstract
The article presents abstracts of papers presented to the seventh annual meeting of the Association for the Psychophysiological Study of Sleep (APSS). The seventh annual meeting of the APSS was held at the Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica, California in April 1967. APSS was founded in 1961 for the purpose of promoting both formal and informal exchange of information among workers from various disciplines with a common interest in the psychophysiology of sleep.
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- 1968
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9. Abstracts of Papers to be Presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
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MEETINGS , *ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. , *AUTHORS - Abstract
Presents the abstracts of papers presented at the 40th annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological research slated in San Diego, California. Speakers; Symposia abstracts; Authors and topics.
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- 2000
10. Abstracts of papers presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology.
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DERMATOLOGY , *ANNUAL meetings , *MELANOMA , *SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma - Abstract
This article presents abstracts of research papers presented at the thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology in San Francisco, California. Some of the topics discussed in these research papers are de-differentiated metastatic melanoma masquerading as a high grade pos, folliculocystic eccrine hamartoma, histologic features of lichen sclerosus in a surgical scar, necrobiotic xanthogranuloma, mixed merkel cell and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and melanoma in situ and tumor vascularity.
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- 1997
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11. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY , *EVOKED potentials (Electrophysiology) , *ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. - Abstract
This article presents abstracts of papers presented at the seventh annual meeting of Society for Psychophysiological Research held at the Vacation Village Hotel in San Diego, California from October 19-22, 1967. One of the papers explored monocular visual evoked potentials as an index of maturity of human neonates. Another paper focused on habituation differences to tactile stimulation for waking and sleeping infants. In this paper the role of state in determining a psychological or physiological response is not disputed.
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- 1968
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12. Surfers sue Pacific paper mills.
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Chatterjee, Pratap
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ACTIONS & defenses (Administrative law) , *SURFERS , *PAPER mills , *MARINE pollution - Abstract
Reports on the lawsuit filed surfers, the Surfrider Foundation in Los Angeles, California against two papermills for polluting the sea that they surf in. Payment of fines and damages by Louisiana-Pacific Corp. and the Simpson Paper Co.; Pollution limits for the companies; Provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1984; Recommendations to reduce the toxic content of their effluent.
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- 1991
13. L.A. Paper Recycled in China.
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Lyhus, Randy
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PAPER industry , *PAPER recycling , *OFFICE management - Abstract
The article focuses on Paper trash from Los Angeles (LA) City Hall and two LA office buildings that may soon be on its way to China. The paper is being analyzed for its export value, and, sometime this summer, China Paper Partners of San Francisco, an affiliate of the Conservatree Paper Co., plans to begin shipping the paper trash to the People's Republic of China, where it will be sorted and recycled. Instead of going into already overburdened landfills on this side of the Pacific, as much as 1,000 tons of paper trash per day may make the voyage to China, where paper material is in great demand.
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- 1989
14. Abstracts of papers presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *DERMATOLOGY , *PATHOLOGY - Abstract
The article presents various abstracts of papers presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology, during December 2-4, 1992, held at Grand Hyaff, in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Some of the abstracts are, "Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans Strongly Express CD34," by D.A. Altman B.J. Nickoloff and D.P. Fivenson, "Plexiform and other Unusual Variants of Palisaded Encapsulated Neuroma," by Z.B. Argenyi, P.H. Cooper and D. Santa Cruz, "The Significance of Clinically Observed, Black Dots, Within Melanocyctic Nevi," by J. Bolognia and P.E. Shapiro, and others.
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- 1992
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15. Abstracts of papers presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Dermatopathology.
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MEETINGS , *DERMATOLOGY , *PATHOLOGY - Abstract
The article presents abstracts of papers presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of American Society of Dermatopathology, held in San Francisco, California. The meeting was held from November 29 to December 1, 1989. Some abstracts which were presented at the meeting are "Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma," by R. Cerio, D. McGibbon and E. Wilson Jones, "Pemphigus Vulgaris Affecting A Pilar Cyst," by W.R. Coleman and R.P. Kaplan and "The Cutaneous Signs of Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis," by K.G. Carison and L.E. Gibson.
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- 1989
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16. Abstracts of Papers That Will Be Presented at the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
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ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. , *PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY , *ANNUAL meetings - Abstract
Presents abstracts of papers that would be presented at the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological research in San Francisco, California in October 1988.
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- 1988
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17. Less Is Not More: The False Promise of Accessory Dwelling Units for San Francisco's Lowest-Income Communities.
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Week, Lauren Ashley
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ACCESSORY apartments , *HOME prices , *HOUSING , *POOR people - Abstract
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) have been championed as a low-cost solution—both monetarily and politically—for America's housing affordability crisis. However, do these micro-units provide a city's lower-income community members with much needed affordable housing? And which income groups benefit from the theoretical supplemental income created by ADUs? Using socioeconomic data, building permit information, and geospatial analysis, this paper explores these questions by conducting a case study of the archetype of America's housing affordability crisis: San Francisco, California. Finding that, within the city and sample frame, few ADU permits have been filed in the most price-vulnerable communities, this paper challenges the theoretical benefits of ADUs espoused by politicians and academics. If the city continues to lean on ADU legislation, local legislators must strengthen current enforcement mechanisms and more narrowly tailor ADU-related rental restrictions. By offering model legislation and code language, this paper illustrates how San Francisco and other communities across the country can better ensure ADUs live up to their promise of affordability and access. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
18. Social Sciences E-Prints Come of Age: The California Digital Library's Working Paper Repository.
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Huwe, Terence K.
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LIBRARY storage centers , *INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
Deals with the University of California's Social Sciences eScholarship Repository of working papers which eases the editorial and administrative labor of creating e-print repositories. Preservation strategies of librarians in the university; Technique used by the university to stimulate interest in the repository; Strategic value of repository.
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- 2002
19. Treating risk, risking treatment: experiences of iatrogenesis in the HIV/AIDS and opioid epidemics.
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Textor, Lauren and Schlesinger, William
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THERAPEUTIC use of narcotics , *AIDS prevention , *HIV prevention , *PREVENTION of epidemics , *CHRONIC pain , *SUBSTANCE abuse , *ANALGESICS , *IATROGENIC diseases , *RISK assessment , *ETHNOLOGY research , *PATIENTS' attitudes , *DRUG prescribing , *RISK management in business , *PHYSICIAN practice patterns , *PREVENTIVE medicine , *MEN who have sex with men , *OPIOID abuse , *DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
This paper explores how poor health outcomes in the HIV/AIDS and opioid epidemics in the United States are undergirded by iatrogenesis. Data are drawn from two projects in Southern California: one among men who have sex with men (MSM) engaging with pre-exposure prophylaxis to HIV (PrEP) and the other in a public hospital system encountering patients with chronic pain and opioid use disorder (OUD). Ethnographic evidence demonstrates how efforts to minimize risk via PrEP and opioid prescription regulation paradoxically generate new forms of risk. Biomedical risk management paradigms engaged across the paper's two ethnographic field sites hinge on the production and governance of deserving patienthood, which is defined by providers and experienced by patients through moral judgments about risk underlying both increased surveillance and abandonment. This paper argues that the logic of deservingness disconnects clinical evaluations of risk from patients' lived, intersectional experiences of race, class, gender, and sexuality. This paper's analysis thus re-locates patients in the context of broader historical and sociopolitical trajectories to highlight how notions of clinical risk designed to protect patients can in fact imperil them. Misalignment between official, clinical constructions of risk and the embodied experience of risk borne by patients produces iatrogenesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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20. Using a nurse-initiated bedside tool to decrease inappropriate testing for Clostridioides difficile in hospital settings.
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Lenz, Amy, Davis, Genevieve, Asmar, Hoda, Nahapetian, Arby, Dingilian, John, and Nathan, Ramesh V
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FECAL analysis , *CLINICAL pathology , *HOSPITAL patients , *PREVENTION of communicable diseases , *CLOSTRIDIOIDES difficile , *MEDICAL screening , *UNNECESSARY surgery , *COST control , *MEDICAL care costs , *CLOSTRIDIUM diseases , *PRE-tests & post-tests , *ROOMS , *HOSPITAL nursing staff , *DECISION making , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *QUALITY assurance , *NUCLEIC acid amplification techniques - Abstract
Overdiagnosis of Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is associated with increased hospital length of stay, antibiotic overuse, unnecessary infection prevention efforts and excess costs. This study evaluated a paper-based bedside C. difficile screening tool on the number of C. difficile laboratory tests performed and number of C. difficile infection (CDI) diagnoses. Nurses used the tool to determine whether stool should be sent for C. difficile testing. The tool provided indications for stool testing. We collected data on the number of C. difficile stool tests performed and CDI diagnoses for nine months before (PreT) and after (PostT) tool implementation in the hospital. We found a 31% reduction in the mean monthly number of C. difficile tests performed (37 PreT to 25 PostT) and a 56% reduction in CDI diagnoses (19 PreT to 8 PostT). This study demonstrates the success of using nurses and a bedside tool to decrease inappropriate C. difficile testing. This intervention has implications for patient management, infection prevention and cost containment. This low-cost paper-based tool may be helpful for the 25% of hospitals in the USA not using clinical decision support in their electronic health record (EHR), as well as for hospitals outside the United States who may not have access to EHRs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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21. The Papers of Quentin L. Kopp: Documenting the Career of an Independent Politician.
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Hendricks, Carson
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INDEPENDENT politicians , *PUBLIC officers - Abstract
The article presents a documentation of the career of American independent politician Quentin L. Kopp. It was in 1972 when he was first elected to the public office, to a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in California. After attaining success as member of the board, he decided to run as mayor in 1979 but he lost to Dianne Feinstein. In 1985, he ran for the California State Senate and won the election.
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- 2012
22. Abstracts of Papers To Be Presented at the Sixth Annual Meeting, American Society of Primatologists Arcata, California June 29--July 3, 1984.
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ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. , *PRIMATES , *REPRODUCTION , *OVULATION , *EMBRYO implantation , *EMBRYOS , *EMBRYO transfer , *PERIODICALS , *CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Presents abstracts of articles related to primatology published in the May 1984 issue of "American Journal of Primatology." "Ovulation Control, Sperm Capacitation and Fertilization," by W. R. Dukelow, J. A. Kontio, R. D. Bates and D. L. Pierce; "Implantation and Placentation," by Allen C. Enders; "In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer," by T. J. Kuehl; "Embryo Culture and Transfer in the Baboon," by C. E. and V. Z. Pope and L. R. Beck.
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- 1984
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23. Abstracts of Papers Which Will Be Presented at the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research.
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *ANNUAL meetings , *PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY - Abstract
This article presents several abstracts which will be presented at the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, scheduled to be held at the Asilomar Conference Center, on the Monterey Peninsula, in Pacific Grove, California, September 25-28, 1983. Since these abstracts are being published and distributed to all members of the society prior to the annual meeting, they will not be otherwise reproduced and distributed to meeting registrants as in the past. However, additional copies of this issue of Psychophysiology will be available to meeting registrants for a minimal charge at the meeting at Asilomar.
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- 1983
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24. CALIFORNIA DIGITAL LIBRARY SAMPLE BACKGROUND PAPER AND CHECKLIST.
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Waller, Nicole
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REQUESTS for proposals (Public contracts) , *LIBRARY science , *DIGITAL libraries - Abstract
Features a prospectus for developing a request for proposal (RFP) for a system to host the California Digital Library (CDL) databases. Scope; Objectives for a system to host CDL databases; RFP checklist.
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- 2003
25. Tilapia Papers Presented At Aquaculture America 2002.
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Alceste, Cesar C.
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AQUACULTURE -- Congresses , *TILAPIA , *NILE tilapia , *CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
Presents information on several tilapia studies presented at the Aquaculture America conference held in San Diego, California from January 27 to 30, 2002. Rates of masculinization in Nile tilapia; Details of a feeding trial with juvenile hybrid tilapia; Effects of environmental and dietary factors on the susceptibility of Nile tilapia to low temperature.
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- 2002
26. New Acquisitions: Kenneth Hahn papers.
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Frank, Bill
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HISTORY of Los Angeles, California - Abstract
Discusses the acquisition of Kenneth Hahn's papers as part of the collection of the Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif. for use in the study of six decades of the history of Los Angeles, Calif.; Background information on Kenneth Hahn's life and career; Inventory of the Hahn collection of papers, photographs, sound recordings, and videotapes.
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- 1993
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27. PAPER, PLASTIC, OR TV?
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RECYCLING laws , *HAZARDOUS wastes , *ELECTRONIC equipment , *LEAD & the environment - Abstract
Focuses on proposed legislation in California that aims to manage hazardous electronic waste. Details of the bill that would impose a fee on sales of new computers and televisions to help finance their future collection and recycling; Indication that the law will initiate warning labels and establish a public education campaign; Information about the amount of lead in television and computers; Mention of electronics recycling laws in countries such as Japan; Efforts of manufacturers to reduce the toxic material and pollution.
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- 2002
28. Short-term prediction of wind power using a hybrid pseudo-inverse Legendre neural network and adaptive firefly algorithm.
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Mishra, S. P. and Dash, P. K.
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WIND power , *HYBRID power , *RADIAL basis functions , *LOAD forecasting (Electric power systems) , *WIND power plants , *ABILITY testing - Abstract
This paper proposes a low-complexity pseudo-inverse Legendre neural network (PILNNR) with radial basis function (RBF) units in the hidden layer for accurate wind power prediction on a short-term basis varying from 10- to 60-min interval. The random input weights between the expanded input layer using Legendre polynomials and the RBF units in the hidden layer are optimized with a metaheuristic firefly (FF) algorithm for error minimization and improvement of the learning speed. For comparison, two other forecasting models, namely pseudo-inverse RBF (PIRBFNN-FF) neural network and PILNNR [with tanh functions in the hidden layer (PILNNT-FF)] with input-to-hidden layer weights being optimized by FF algorithm, are also presented in this paper. Also the weights between the hidden layer and the output neuron of these neural models are obtained by Moore–Penrose pseudo-inverse algorithm. Further to improve the stability of the weight learning procedure, the L2-norm-regularized least squares (ridge regression) technique is used. A superior predictive ability test is performed on the three proposed wind power forecasting models using bootstrapping procedure in order to identify the best model. Several case studies using wind power data of the wind farms in the states of Wyoming and California in USA and Sotavento wind farm in Spain are presented in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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29. Spiritual needs among Koreans and Americans with advanced chronic illnesses: A cultural comparison.
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Mamier, Iris, Kim, Sun Min, Petersen, Denise, Bae, Hye‐Jin, Taylor, Elizabeth Johnston, and Kang, Kyung‐Ah
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SPIRITUALITY , *SCIENTIFIC observation , *CHRONIC diseases , *CROSS-sectional method , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *QUANTITATIVE research , *CLINICS , *COMPARATIVE studies , *RESEARCH funding , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *NEEDS assessment , *STATISTICAL sampling , *SPIRITUAL care (Medical care) , *PALLIATIVE treatment - Abstract
Aims and objectives: This study aimed to measure the frequency of spiritual needs, identify the factors associated with these needs among Korean and American persons living with an advance chronic illness and compare them from a cross‐cultural perspective. Background: Persons with serious or life‐limiting illnesses often have spiritual needs. Unmet spiritual needs are associated with poor well‐being and threaten psychological health. Little is known about how specific spiritual needs vary across cultures. Design: A quantitative, cross‐sectional, observational cross‐cultural comparison was undertaken. Methods: The study has been prepared in accordance with the STROBE guidelines. Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants from outpatient clinics in South Korea and Southern California (N = 202). Spiritual needs were measured using the Spiritual Interests Related to Illness Tool (SpIRIT); demographic and illness‐related variables were also assessed using paper‐and‐pencil questionnaires. Data were analysed using various parametric statistical tests, including multiple regression analysis. Results: The findings quantify the intensity and types of spiritual needs that persons living with an advanced chronic illness experience. Furthermore, they show how the spiritual needs of religiously diverse samples of South Koreans and Americans differ. The findings also indicate that self‐reported spirituality and religiosity independently explain a substantial amount of the variance in spiritual needs. Conclusions: In both the samples, spiritual needs were reported and associated with spirituality and religiosity. Although all the eight domains of spiritual needs assessed by the SpIRIT were pertinent to the Korean and American samples, they were prioritised differently. Relevance to clinical practice: Screening patients to ascertain how important spirituality or religiosity is to them may help clinicians focus their in‐depth assessments on those who report high levels of spirituality or religiosity because these patients may experience the strongest spiritual needs. The SpIRIT shows promise as a measure of diverse spiritual needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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30. Cross-Cultural Researchers' Positionality in Immigrant Health Research: Reflections on Conducting Research on Chinese Immigrants' Experiences in the United States.
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Chen, Lei, Tse, Hin Wing, Wu, Deborah, and Young, Maria-Elena De Trinidad
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CHINESE people , *CHILDREN of immigrants , *IMMIGRANT children , *RESEARCHER positionality , *PUBLIC health research , *IMMIGRATION policy , *UNDOCUMENTED immigrants - Abstract
While a growing body of research has examined immigrants' health generally, less is known specifically about the impact of immigration policy on the health of Chinese immigrants, the second-largest foreign-born population in the United States. This is due, in part, to the lack of methodologically well-trained, cross-cultural researchers who have both the cultural and linguistic expertise and health knowledge to engage with Chinese immigrant populations. This paper addresses this gap by examining Chinese cross-cultural researchers' roles in the qualitative phase of the Research on ImmiGrant HealTh and State policy (RIGHTS) project, which sought to assess how immigration policies shaped Chinese and other immigrants' experiences in healthcare and other related sectors in California. We used reflexivity to assess Chinese cross-cultural researchers' positionality of insiderness and outsiderness and its influence on the process of data collection (i.e., recruitment, conducting interviews, transcription, and translation). Our reflexivity guides the assessment of the opportunities (e.g., expanding the recruitment pool, engaging participants more effectively in interviews, ensuring data integrity, and discussing heterogeneity within the Chinese immigrant community) and challenges (e.g., the difficulty of recruiting low-income and undocumented immigrants, addressing participants' in-depth thoughts, the time-consuming nature of transcription and translation, and the assessment of power dynamics) in conducting immigrant health research with the Chinese community. These results highlight the need for cross-cultural researchers to help build trusting relationships with ethnic-minority communities, thus gaining new insights and advancing knowledge within the field of ethnic minority health research. These insights can guide future investigations of Chinese and other immigrant communities as research on immigration policy and health expands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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31. Interviews on paper.
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Reports that like California's ailing economy, Stanford Business School took big hit in 1993. Applications which plunged 20%: Comments by Admissions Director Marie Mookini; Percentage of the class of 1993 who landed jobs within three months of graduating; Rankings for the top 50 American graduate schools of business (Stanford was number one); Rankings of school that are tops in various business specialties.
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- 1994
32. Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision: insights from the city of Santa Monica, California.
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Nzau, Bernard and Trillo, Claudia
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INCLUSIONARY housing programs , *HOUSING policy , *SOCIAL integration , *REAL property , *REAL property sales & prices - Abstract
Inclusionary housing is considered a powerful local policy tool that can help address housing affordability and social inclusion issues. This paper draws from empirical research conducted in the City of Santa Monica in California to provide fresh insights on a successful innovative inclusionary housing program, the Affordable Housing Production Program (AHPP). This program was established to increase affordable housing production and enable social integration. Based on the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) of the General Plan, the AHPP seeks to capture some of the increase in land value resulting from planned increases in the intensity of development. Our research shows that the program increased inclusionary housing production by market-rate developers by 15% over the previous inclusionary housing policy. The study finds that land use policies and planning can, through inclusionary housing, help harness the strength of the real estate market to (1) increase affordable housing production, and (2) achieve effective social integration in neighborhoods of opportunity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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33. Paper chase in Yorba Linda.
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Robinson, L. and Speck, M.
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- CALIFORNIA, YORBA Linda (Calif.), UNITED States, RICHARD Nixon Library & Birthplace
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Reports that the Nixon Presidential Library opens this week in Yorba Linda, California, amid controversy over the `obsessive' control Nixon still has over his papers. Private library; Papers tied up in lawsuits.
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- 1990
34. Reframing masculinity: structural vulnerability and HIV among black men who have sex with men and women.
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Mackenzie, Sonja
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MASCULINITY , *BLACK men , *GENDER , *HUMAN sexuality , *MEN who have sex with men , *BISEXUALITY , *COMPARATIVE studies , *ETHNOLOGY , *GROUNDED theory , *HIV infections , *HOMOSEXUALITY , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *RACISM , *RESEARCH , *PSYCHOLOGY of Black people , *QUALITATIVE research , *EVALUATION research - Abstract
This paper calls for a critical reframing of masculinity as an intersectional construct in the HIV epidemic and in public health. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of 56 Black men who have sex with men and women in the San Francisco Bay Area. Men described their sexual identities and practices via complex narratives of masculinity that drew on subordinated and resourceful adaptations to the structural effects of racism, economic marginalisation and homophobia. By focusing on men whose experience of masculinity operates outside fixed identity categories, the paper draws attention to the intersectionality that is, by necessity, constitutive of men's lived experiences. Findings suggest the value of an integrative framework for understanding Black masculinities as processes and practices simultaneously informed by structural inequalities (racism, economic marginalisation and/or homophobia, in particular) and cultural meanings of gender. By utilising an intersectional approach, public health and sociology can better understand the concurrent resilience and vulnerability of masculinities, while building an interdisciplinary understanding of the symbolic role of Black masculinities in the USA, as well as a means by which to promote health and well-being in and through these gendered contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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35. Do Lawyers Waste Paper? Yes, Ipso Facto.
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Eliott, John L.
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PAPER , *PRACTICE of law - Abstract
Focuses on the yearly average volume of paper used in the legal profession in California. Percentage share of paper in the total solid waste volume of the state; Proposal to require all lawyers to use recycled paper; Position of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund on the issue.
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- 1994
36. THREE PAPERS TRY 'NOVEL' APPROACH TO DETAIL CALIFORNIA'S METH MARKET.
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Brown, Mareva
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METHAMPHETAMINE , *JOURNALISTS , *INVESTIGATIVE reporting , *DRUG abuse - Abstract
Provides information on the investigative reporting conducted on the proliferation of methamphetamine drugs in California. News coverage on illegal drug use; Opinion from several newspaper editors on drug addiction; Details on the Mexican drug cartels; Details on the investigative reporting strategy of journalists.
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- 2001
37. Paul Auster: The Art of Fiction CLXXVIII.
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Wood, Michael
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AUTHORS , *FICTION - Abstract
Presents an interview with author Paul Auster in San Francisco, California. In 1985 "The New York Trilogy" was finally published by Sun and Moon Press in San Francisco, this came after many denials for publishment from other companies. Even tough he regularly wrote reviews, translations and his prose poem "White Spaces" published in 1988, the Trilogy was the beginning of his literary career. The year after "The New York Trilogy" was released he released the other two novels "Ghost" and "The Locked Room." In the late sixties he attended Columbia University then moved to Paris to start The Living House, a publishing house, with his first wife. This company is where his first novel was published and since then he has published one every year. Austers work is viewed as remarkable because he has so many types of literary writings; novels, essays, translations, poems, plays, songs and collaboration various artists. When asked of his writing technique he says always notebook with a fountain pen, sometimes pencil, it seems to be more primitive and he remains more creative. He does say though that the paper also has to be in notebooks, he has a fetish of writing on quadrille line paper, the little squares.
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- 2003
38. Do lawyers waste paper? Yes, ipso facto.
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Eliot, John L.
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PAPER recycling - Abstract
Reports on California Judicial Council's ruling on using recycled paper for original documents until 1996. Amount of paper used by California's 116,000 lawyers; Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund petition; Lack of enforcement mechanism.
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- 1994
39. An Exploratory Investigation of Companion Animal Custody Disputes following Divorce.
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Willetts, Marion C.
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PERSONAL property , *CONFLICT (Psychology) , *CONTENT analysis , *DIVORCE , *HUMAN-animal relationships , *PETS , *LEGAL procedure , *RESEARCH , *SERVICE animals , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The overarching purpose of this paper was to explore the legal resolution of companion animal custody disputes in the event of a couple's divorce or dissolution of a cohabiting union. I conducted content analysis on court cases throughout the U.S. between 1944 and 2019 and on policies enacted between 2016 and 2019 in Alaska, California, Illinois, and New Hampshire, the only states to date that have implemented legislation stipulating how companion animal custody disputes should be legally resolved. Results indicate that the law is moving away from a legal standard that defines animals as personal property to one concerned with the best interests, well-being, or care of companion animals and the strong emotional attachments of individuals to them. The implications of these court cases and legislation are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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40. Growing the family business.
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Stewart, Arlene Hamilton
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PAPER industry - Abstract
Profiles Dominique Schurman, a fine-paper entrepreneur in San Francisco, California. Expansion of Papyrus shops with Marcel Schurman Fine Paper creations; Importance of marketing acumen and creative ideas in franchising businesses; Description of the Schurman line paper designs.
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- 1999
41. Super Soaker-Upper Tackles Books and Papers.
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Hayes, Kathleen C.
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POLYMERS , *STARCH , *CONTRACTS - Abstract
Reports on another innovative application for the Super Slurper, a super-absorbent starch-based polymer. Its significance; Details of the cooperative agreement with Artifex Equipment Inc. of Penngrove, California.
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- 2004
42. Espionage verdict prompts call for retraction of polymerase paper.
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Dalton, Rex
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FRAUD in science , *ACTIONS & defenses (Law) - Abstract
Reports that Agouron Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla, California, has been found guilty of stealing research. Work stolen from Huguette Pelletier when she worked at the University of California at San Diego; Pelletier's work published by Agouron in `Cell'; Decision of a state court jury against Agouron.
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- 1998
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43. Transferability of real-time safety performance functions for signalized intersections.
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Essa, Mohamed, Sayed, Tarek, and Reyad, Passant
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SIGNALIZED intersections , *TRAFFIC conflicts , *TRAFFIC signs & signals , *TRAFFIC flow , *SHOCK waves - Abstract
• The study investigated the transferability of real-time safety models for signalized intersections to new jurisdictions. • The real-time safety models relate rear-end conflicts at through lanes to various dynamic traffic parameters. • Two corridors in California and Atlanta States were used in the analysis as destination jurisdictions. • The models' transferability was evaluated with and without a local calibration at the new jurisdictions. • The results showed that the models are transferable and can be used for real-time safety optimization. Optimizing traffic signals in real-time for safety performance can be executable in the era of Connected Vehicles (CVs) when real-time information on vehicle positions and trajectories is available. To achieve this, real-time safety models are needed to understand how changes in signal controllers affect safety in real-time. Recently, several real-time safety models were developed for signalized intersections that relate various dynamic traffic parameters to the number of rear-end traffic conflicts at the signal cycle level. The traffic parameters included: traffic volume, maximum queue length, shock wave speed and area, and platoon ratio. For wider application of these models to other jurisdictions, the transferability of these models needs to be examined. Therefore, this paper aims to investigate the transferability of several signalized intersections real-time safety models to new jurisdictions. Two corridors of signalized intersections in California and Atlanta were used in the analysis as destination jurisdictions. Detailed vehicle trajectories for these corridors were obtained from the Next Generation Simulation (NGSIM) data. Various transferability analysis approaches were applied. The transferability of the real-time safety models was evaluated with and without a local calibration for the model parameters at the new jurisdictions. Several goodness-of-fit measures were examined to assess the ability of the developed models to predict traffic conflicts. Overall, the results showed that the real-time safety models are transferable, which confirms the validity of using them for real-time safety evaluation of signalized intersections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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44. Because Housing Is What? Fundamental. California's RHNA System as a Tool for Equitable Housing Growth.
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Clare, Jeff
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HOUSING laws , *RACE discrimination in housing , *NEEDS assessment , *HOUSING development , *URBAN planning , *ZONING - Abstract
In 2017 and 2018 the California Legislature passed two packages of bills aiming to address the state's massive housing shortage. The bills focus on the state '.S' housing element law and Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) system. These two mechanisms were created to require cities to plan for their long-term housing growth and to ensure cities built their fair share of housing. This Note will give an overview of these bills and the systems they amend. It will then analyze historic issues and possible fixes for the systems. Historically these systems have lacked enforcement mechanisms and have perpetuated economic and racial disparity in housing development. This paper looks at how the recent changes might address those issues, and what further improvements might still be necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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45. Violating the California Voting Rights Act? Uncovering Racially Polarized Voting in a Majority Latino City's At-large Council Elections.
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Lindgren, Eric A.
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SUFFRAGE , *LEGISLATIVE councils , *MUNICIPAL government , *VOTING , *RACISM - Abstract
Are at-large formats for electing city councils inherently discriminatory? This paper briefly reviews the history of the introduction of at-large elections during the Progressive Era. Then it examines the standards under the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 for determining whether or not an at-large election is discriminatory. Finally, the paper analyzes the 2010 Whittier city council elections, finding evidence of racially polarized voting by non-Latino voters, which diluted minority voting power and denied them the ability to elect candidates of their choice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
46. Lines at Polling Stations: Observations from an Election Day Field Study.
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Spencer, Douglas and Markovits, Zachary
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POLLING places , *ELECTION Day , *FIELD research ,UNITED States presidential election, 2008 - Abstract
This paper details the design and implementation of an Election Day field study targeting the operation of polling stations. This pilot study represents the first systematic attempt to determine how common lines are on Election Day, at what times of day lines are most likely to form, bottlenecks in the voting process, and how long it takes an average citizen to cast his or her ballot. We collected data during the 2008 presidential primary election in California measuring the efficiency of the operational components of 30 polling stations across three counties. During the Election Day, voter arrivals peaked twice: in the early morning and the early evening. Our data also suggest that experienced poll workers are not more efficient than first-time poll workers, even controlling for age. We also find that voters who used a DRE machine took a full minute longer to cast their ballot than voters marking paper ballots that were subsequently scanned. This study illustrates the need for further and more extensive data collection about the operation of polling stations. The study also shows how better data can help election officials make critical decisions on the allocation of capital, labor and other resources. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
47. Global REACH?: The Potential International Impact of EU Chemicals Regulation.
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Biedenkopf, Katja
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CHEMICAL industry , *TRADE regulation , *CHEMICAL terrorism prevention , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The central question of this paper is whether and how the new EU chemicals Regulation REACH could play a role in international chemicals governance. The REACH Regulation is one of the largest and most controversial pieces of legislation that the EU has ever adopted. It introduces a comprehensive and ambitious system for chemicals management, which moves away from a hazard-based approach to a risk-based approach. The introduction of an element of increased responsibility for private actors to provide information about specific properties of chemicals, to ensure that this information is used to assess possible risks and to ensure that the risks are appropriately managed are expected to lead to more anticipatory approach to chemicals management. Moreover, the application of the same registration, evaluation and authorisation requirements for all, existing and new, chemicals and the substitution obligation where possible, are expected to provide incentives for increased innovation activities.This paper first introduces the main features of the REACH Regulation. Then it describes the international system of chemicals governance before discussing the contribution that REACH could make to this system. In the subsequent section, the different ways in which REACH requirements could diffuse to other jurisdictions and benefit international governance are analysed. These conceptual considerations are then applied to the US and California in a brief discussion of first signs of the potential influence of REACH. Since the REACH Regulation only entered into force on 1 June 2007 and will only be fully implemented by 2016, the full international impact of REACH will only become clear at a future point in time. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
48. Assessing the Conditions Under Which Latinos are Elected to the California Legislature.
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Casellas, Jason P.
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HISPANIC Americans , *ELECTIONS , *ELECTION districts , *HISPANIC American legislators , *POLITICAL candidates , *LEGISLATIVE bodies - Abstract
Some of the central questions driving this paper are as follows: (1) Under what conditions are Latinos elected to the California state legislature? While it is true that many Latinos are elected from majority Latino districts, many Latino legislators do not represent districts with majority Latino populations. (2) Additionally, how much does the ethnic composition of a district affect the chances that a Latino candidate will be elected in a given district? At least at the national level, very little evidence exists that Latinos are being elected from districts with white majorities. No districts with a combined white and Latino population majority elect Latino members of Congress. At the state level, this pattern differs, which is why it is crucial to understand the variables that contribute to Latino victories at the state level. The smaller the district's constituency the more likely it is for Latinos to be elected from a variety of demographic districts. This paper will examine the California state legislature, as well as some preliminary analysis of the U.S. House building on Lublin's (1997) analyses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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49. Enviros fight recycling plan.
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Hood, Paul and Seidman, Ethan
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PAPER recycling - Abstract
Reports on the battling of a plan by environmental activists of a plan to construct a recycled newspaper mill in West Sacramento, California. Complaint by the Sacramento Valley Toxics Campaign of the handling of air emissions and wastewater treatment of the plant; Benefits of newspaper recycling to California; Air pollution caused by trucking newspapers.
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- 1993
50. Presidential Papers Trickle Out.
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Albanese, Andrew and Rogers, Michael
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ACCESS control of public records , *PRESIDENTIAL libraries , *GOVERNMENT information , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Reports on the release of a number of former President Ronald Reagan's records from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Records which remain off-limits to historians and the public because of an executive order by the administration of George W. Bush, which grants presidents the right to review papers before release; Mention of the Freedom of Information Act, which forbids federal records from being kept private for longer than 12 years.
- Published
- 2002
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