"El arvole ke da la flor". (A judezmo song in early-twentieth-century Salonika)

Este documento ofrece una transcripción de una canción compuesta en sefardí de Salónica anterior a 1913. Las versiones grabadas aquí (pueden existir otros) no podrían haber sido compuestas antes de 1897.This paper gives a transcript of a Judezmo song composed in Salonika before 1913. The versions recorded here (there may exist others) could not have been composed before 1897.notPeerReviewe

Dreams and memories

In this document I analyze my work, process, and the success or failure of each piece in a body of artwork completed for the Masters of Fine Arts in Fine Arts Studio at Rochester Institute of Technology. My artwork explores personal dreams and memories through experimentation with material, color, technique and form. The works, a combination of paintings and objects, are each connected to a dream or memory and convey a paradox between reality versus illusion, or a sense of detachment from the real world

‘A wicked problem’? risk assessment and decision-making when licensing possession and use of firearms in Greater London

This paper analyses the risk assessment and decision-making used by a police force to assess the suitability of a person to own a firearm. The decision to grant a firearms licence has many characteristics of a ‘wicked problem’. Firearms Enquiries Officers (FEOs) in the police force concerned primarily use professional judgement to solve this problem, employing various forms of reasoning and heuristics, but potentially also prone to cognitive bias. We conclude with some observations on how training of FEOs and their supervisors in risk assessment and decision-making might be further developed

Controls on Sediment Connectivity in Fluvial Networks Impacted by Wildfire Across Utah

Flooding and sedimentation caused by wildfire are among the greatest threats to watersheds, fish populations and reservoirs in the western US. Burned landscapes are at risk for increased runoff and erosion and have the potential to transport sediment that may put downstream resources at risk. The ability of the channel to transport sediment downstream, known as the connectivity, is important for determining where impacts may occur. Sediment bottlenecks are locations within the watershed where local conditions produce a persistent decrease in downstream connectivity of sediment, resulting in increased sediment deposition and potentially a substantial modification of the local channel and floodplain. The primary objective of this research is to evaluate the volume, location, and amount of sediment bottlenecks in watersheds after wildfire. We identified and surveyed 86 sediment bottlenecks associated with 15 wildfires throughout Utah. The mechanisms responsible for these sediment bottlenecks were attributed to either the geometry of the channel and floodplain or physical obstructions, including large in-stream wood, beaver dams, debris flow deposits, and human infrastructure. We measured channel/floodplain geometry and land cover characteristics using GIS, which we then compared to the volume and location of these sediment bottlenecks. Additionally, we drew large wood and debris flow deposits in GIS at each site from aerial imagery, as both often increase considerably after wildfire and can significantly influence the amount of sediment bottlenecks. Our results indicate that the geometry of the channel and floodplain influences sediment bottlenecks in burned watersheds, directly causing sediment deposition in some locations and influencing occurrence of other physical obstructions on sediment deposition in other locations. Beyond local controls, several watershed attributes exert a significant influence on the recruitment and transport of sediment and wood. These findings will help refine sediment routing models, assist in identifying the magnitude and location of potential sedimentation risks, and better inform the management of infrastructure and aquatic habitat after wildfire

Situating Vulnerability in Research: Implications for Researcher Transformation and Methodological Innovation

In this paper, I broaden definitions pertaining to vulnerable participants and elaborate on issues in conducting research with justice-involved individuals and their families. I explore how special human subjects protections may inadvertently silence participants and further marginalize them, along with the social inequality that characterizes “at risk” research populations. Finally, I discuss how vulnerability can invite researcher transformation and methodological innovation and highlight the value of researcher reflexivity, community based participatory research and mixed methods approaches

Doing Family Research at the Jail: Reflections of a Prison Widow

In this article, I reflect on my experience running a small family research project at a local jail. I focus on methodological and policy issues inherent in controversial research, as well as my own personal reactions to the criminal justice system. Implications of insider status are discussed as they apply to researcher stance and responsibilities in corrections settings

Incarceration and reentry of fathers into the lives of their families

Working PaperAs many as 10,000,000 U.S. children have at least one parent, usually their father, who has been imprisoned (Reed & Reed, 1998). This is especially problematic in minority communities. We care about this issue because incarcerated fathers who maintain family ties and reenter family life successfully after incarceration are less likely to be rearrested (Petersilia, 2003). This presentation illuminates a case study in the making and represents our attempt to break the usual pattern of studying prisoners and recidivism from either an institutional or macro level within criminology, demography, or sociology or , conversely, an individual level with a deviance perspective. Instead, we use a family perspective-examining family processes, support mechanisms, attachment and bonding, and the reconstitution of family structures following periods of ambiguous parental absence and presence

Coping with diversity within a common frame-work for accreditation of engineering education

The ENAEE (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education) is a non-profit international association based in Brussels. It aims at building a pan-European framework for the accreditation of engineering education programmes, in order to enhance the quality of engineering graduates, to facilitate the mobility of professional engineers and to promote quality and innovation in engineering education. Its main activities include the definition and management of the EUR-ACE label, that may be awarded to Engineering prorammes at Master or Bachelor level, that are compliant with common standards and guidelines – the EAFSG, EUR-ACE Framework Standards and Guidelines. However the aim is not uniformity but trust building among all stakeholders of engineering education. This paper discusses how ENAEE copes with the diversity of accreditation practices and with the diversity of the legal implications of accreditation in different countrie

Neighbourhood policing in the Metropolitan Police Service – 8 April 2022

This report provides a summary of the outcomes of a research project conducted in the Summer / Autumn 2021 which aimed to evaluate the level of understanding of neighbourhood policing within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and compare this to the service delivery offered by the force. A number of recommendations were made, all of which have been accepted by the MPS