Resiliency and women exiting sex trade industry work

Summary: A qualitative approach was used to explore the experience of exiting sex trade industry work from the perspective of 19 adults formerly involved in the sex trade industry. A narrative approach to data collection was used explore the participants’ experiences of successful exiting and phenomenological analysis was employed to identify themes that reflected the ways in which participants developed resiliency throughout the exiting process. Findings: Themes include: connection (including subthemes: survivor presence, children, and spirituality), resources (including subthemes: networks, structure and safety) and personal growth. Significance: These themes represent women with diverse experiences in the sex trade industry, including a majority who were victimized by (internal) sex trafficking. The findings demonstrate opportunities for social work practice to address the diverse needs of individuals exiting the sex trade industry, specifically for those who experienced sex trafficking and sexual exploitation

Introducing a trauma-informed capability approach in youth services

Trauma-informed practice has been developing for decades, though much remains unknown regarding how it is understood and practised. Drawing upon focus group data from an evaluation of a trauma-informed approach (TIA) implemented by an organisation in Southeast England, this paper provides a unique perspective of 31 staff members and 18 young people. Results indicate how choice and control, key elements of a TIA, align with the Capability Approach (CA). The CA is then used as a novel analytic framework to examine the data. A ‘Trauma-Informed Capabilities Approach’ is introduced as a holistic, person-centred way of conceptualising young trauma survivors’ wellbeing

Isolating Bandpass Filters Using Time-Modulated Resonators

In this paper, we demonstrate, for the first time, an isolating bandpass filter with low-loss forward transmission and high reverse isolation by modulating its constituent resonators. To understand the operating principle behind the device, we develop a spectral domain analysis method and show that the same-frequency nonreciprocity is a result of the nonreciprocal frequency conversion to the intermodulation (IM) frequencies by the time-varying resonators. With appropriate modulation frequency, modulation depth, and phase delay, the signal power at the IM frequencies is converted back to the RF frequency and adds up constructively to form a low-loss forward passband, whereas they add up destructively in the reverse direction to create the isolation. To validate the theory, a lumped-element three-pole 0.04-dB ripple isolating filter with a center frequency of 200 MHz and a ripple bandwidth of 30 MHz is designed, simulated, and measured. When modulated with a sinusoidal frequency of 30 MHz, a modulation index of 0.25, and an incremental phase difference of 45°, the filter achieves a forward insertion loss of 1.5 dB and a reverse isolation of 20 dB. The measured nonmodulated and modulated results agree very well with the simulations. Such nonreciprocal filters may find applications in wideband simultaneous transmit and receive radio front ends

Sea TENTACLE: Track, Engage, & Neutralize Threats - Asymmetric & Conventional - in the Littoral Environment

Includes supplementary materialSea TENTACLE is a proposed afloat platform whose primary mission is to utilize the state-of-the-art technology of unmanned vehicles to monitor and neutralize all subsurface enemy threats in the littorals. This mission can be specified further as anti-submarine warfare, mine warfare and maritime surveillance. The design philosophy of Sea TENTACLE embodies the ideal of providing a multi-mission capable sea frame extending network-centric warfare into the littorals. The design goals of the TSSE team were first to develop a platform to deploy, recover, and maintain unmanned vehicle (e.g. UUVs, USVs, UAVs) and second to enableto ship to act as an afloat network operations center for distributed assets. Allowing all units to work together seamlessly to conduct focused missions in the littorals makes the Sea TENTACLE a creitical component within the network-centric environment. The versatility of its cargo hold and modular design allows Sea TENTACLE to be outfitted dynamically to complete a veriety of secondary missions including humanitarian aid, salvage and spacial operations support. Sea TENTACLE's combat management and operations system will employ the Enterprise architecture design enabling C4ISR capabilities that will meet emerging network centric warfare needs.US Navy (USN) authorsTunisian Navy authorTurkish Navy authorsApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

OR2 commissioning and validation operations

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OR2 commissioning and validation operations: Gaia Report to ESA (GAIA-C6-TN-OPM-DK-017-01)

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OR2 commissioning and validation operations: Gaia Report to ESA (GAIA-C6-TN-OPM-DK-017-01)

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Preridiniopsis Kevei SP. nov., A new freshwater dinoflagellate species (peridiniceae, dinophyta) from Hungary

This paper reports results from light and scanning electron microscopic study of a freshwater dinoflagellate considered as a new species for the science, Peridiniopsis keveisp. nov. It was found during the last ten years in different lake, rivers, canals in Hungary and some European countries. it frequently appeared as a water-bloom forming species. The theca morphology and and plate structure analysis of this dinoflagellate established its identity as a new species. P. kevei Grigorszky et Vasas is discussed in the paper in comparsion with related taxa, moreover data about its occurrence and ecology