In Search of Evidence-Based Practice in Juvenile Corrections: An Evaluation of Florida's Avon Park Youth Academy and Street Smart Program (Abstract)

An evaluation of the Avon Park Youth Academy and Street Smart Program (APYA/SS) program. The evaluation demonstrated that the program has the potential to join the modest but growing list of evidence-based practices in juvenile corrections. However, NCCD evaluators recommended that program modifications and further research may be needed for APYA/SS to fully achieve the status of an evidence-based practice

Creating a User Centered Environment. What DO Our Patrons Want?

TLA 2009 Conference Program Abstract: Libraries have often been criticized for making policies that are library-centric. How can we reach out to patrons to provide services and create the policies that they need and not just what we want

Computer-aided interactive soil suitability classification - a simple Bayesian approach.

A simple Bayesian algorithm is used to calculate for each soil suitability class the probability that a soil individual belongs to it. This is done by comparing the values of the assessment factors to an existing set of already classified individuals using an interactive computer program. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission

A survey of Remote Jobs and Communities Program(me) providers: one year in

This working paper reports on a survey of provider organisations conducted almost one year into the implementation of Remote Jobs and Communities Program. Abstract On 1 July 2013, a new labour market and community participation program-the Remote Jobs and Communities Program (RJCP)-started operating across remote Australia. It replaced several other programs, most importantly Job Services Australia (JSA) and the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme. JSA has in recent years been Australia\u27s principal \u27mainstream\u27 labour market program in which all unemployment payment recipients in Australia who are able to work are expected to participate. CDEP is a much longer-standing program, originally designed to provide some form of paid work to Indigenous people living in remote communities. RJCP was presented by the Gillard Labor government as offering services that would be locally flexible, be delivered in partnership with communities and have a strong focus on getting people into work.  Its dual focus-on community participation and on jobs-was reflected in arrangements for its administration, jointly managed by the Department  of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. However, a change of government in September 2013 brought RJCP into the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The new Abbott Coalition government was critical of RJCP and immediately included it in a review of Indigenous employment and training programs, led by Andrew Forrest. This working paper reports on a survey of provider organisations conducted almost one year into the implementation of RJCP. It is part of a larger research project on the implementation of RJCP during its first three years, with funding support from the Australian Research Council and Jobs Australia (Linkage Project 130100226). The project aims to understand how RJCP is developed from a general policy idea to specific grounded practice, at the community, regional and jurisdictional levels. This survey report includes findings about basic arrangements and characteristics of provider organisations; ideas about joblessness in remote areas and welfare conditionality; provider perceptions of the government officials with whom they work; operational details (staffing, money and administrative challenges including information technology (IT) systems); and broader influences on the shaping of program delivery, like Community Action Plans and community perceptions. A second survey in 2015–16 will track developments in these areas over time

Writing Your Dean’s Summer Research Program Abstract

PowerPoint presentation to the Dean's Summer Research Program on July 18, 2017. Provides information about writing abstracts in general, as well as specific tips for Dean's Summer Research Program abstracts

Downsizing the Navy: Privatization of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Indianapolis--A Case Study

Proceedings Paper (for Acquisition Research Program)Abstract: Case Objectives - Strategic: When faced with a BRAC decision (1) identify and analyze the stakeholders; (2) develop top level guidance with an overarching process framework; and, (3) develop and evaluate alternative courses of action, completing ''customer satisfaction,'' business case, and risk analyses. Tactical: Once an alternative is selected, develop a detailed implementation plan to address (1) transition issues; (2) economic development and agreement terms and conditions from City and business perspectives; and, (3) contract terms and conditions from the business and Navy perspectives. Lesson Learned/Reflections: Identify potential risks and mitigations, barriers to implementation, success factors, and best practices; and make recommendations for future privatizations.Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research ProgramApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

A mathematical basis for the clock and wavefront model for somitogenesis

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