Health Concerns in Cambodia Compounded by Historical and Rural Setbacks

Cambodia is a country in the Greater Mekong Subregion of Southeast Asia. The Khmer Rouge genocide in the mid 1970s produced significant setbacks in the nation’s healthcare system. While much progress has been made, rural areas still lack access to medical professionals, facilities, and equipment. Three of the most problematic diseases in Cambodia have been malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis. Due to the inadequacies of rural healthcare, treatment-resistant varieties of malaria and tuberculosis have become a serious concern for both the nation and Southeast Asia as a whole. The question of how to best provide aid to these isolated communities is characterized by complex and multifaceted discussions that seek to bring Cambodia to a place of greater health

[Review of] Jade Snow Wong. Fifth Chinese Daughter

I am personally delighted to see the re-issue of Jade Snow Wong\u27s autobiographical novel, Fifth Chinese Daughter. Shortly after I arrived in the U.S. in 1959 as a rather bewildered young girl immigrant of twelve, it was my good fortune to have stumbled onto -- in the local public library -- Jade Snow Wong\u27s wonderful story of growing up Chinese and female in America, in both the ethnic enclave of Chinatown and the San Francisco Bay Area\u27s white college and working worlds. It helped me better understand the experience of being an American-Chinese, the term used in those days. The re-issue has allowed me to introduce the book to my American-born daughters, 15 and 12, who not only enjoyed immensely the story itself, but have gained invaluable insights into their Chinese and Chinese American heritage

[Review of] Ko-lin Chin. Chinese Subculture and Criminality: Non-Traditional Crime Groups in America

This is probably the first monographic study to examine in-depth the present criminal subculture of New York Chinatown, focusing on the youth gangs that have plagued the community during the past thirty years. As such, it makes a valuable contribution to the fledgling field of Asian American studies, whose scholars have yet to tackle this complex and sensitive topic, as well as to the disciplines of sociology and criminology. It will also help puncture the recently created stereotype of a monolithic, model minority Asian population singlemindedly pursuing success in schooling and business

A Cumulative Bibliography of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR)

This document is cumulative bibliography for published works related to the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR). The document includes publications of the Mission-Aransas NERR and supporting publications that reference research completed within the Mission-Aransas NERR. The mission of the Mission-Aransas NERR is to develop and facilitate partnerships that enhance coastal decision making through an integrated program of research, education, and stewardship. The Mission-Aransas NERR is a component of the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS). The NERRS is a network of coastal sites that operate as a partnership between the federal government and coastal states. The goal of this non-regulatory program is to perform long-term research in relatively natural settings. The program is administered through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Mission-Aransas NERR (185,708 acres or 751.5 km) is located in the Mission-Aransas Estuary. The lands within the Reserve are managed by a combination of state, federal and private entities. The Mission-Aransas NERR is managed by the University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute.UT Librarie

Low temperature annealing and cathodoluminescence studies of type 1 chondrule compositions

Preliminary results indicate that the yellow luminescing mesostases in type I chondrules can be altered by the effects of the low level thermal metamorphism. Although heat alone was insufficient to alter the CL, reheating for geologically relevant periods could have the same results as we obtained in a second series of experiments with water present. It is known that both water and solutions of sodium metasilicate greatly accelerate the devitrification of glasses. The results of the experiments that will be repeated should further clarify how the CL changes with increased thermal alteration

Cellular Helmet Liner Design through Bio-inspired Structures and Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanism Lattices

The continuous development of sport technologies constantly demands advancements in protective headgear to reduce the risk of head injuries. This article introduces new cellular helmet liner designs through two approaches. The first approach is the study of energy-absorbing biological materials. The second approach is the study of lattices comprised of force-diverting compliant mechanisms. On the one hand, bio-inspired liners are generated through the study of biological, hierarchical materials. An emphasis is given on structures in nature that serve similar concussion-reducing functions as a helmet liner. Inspiration is drawn from organic and skeletal structures. On the other hand, compliant mechanism lattice (CML)-based liners use topology optimization to synthesize rubber cellular unit cells with effective positive and negative Poisson's ratios. Three lattices are designed using different cellular unit cell arrangements, namely, all positive, all negative, and alternating effective Poisson's ratios. The proposed cellular (bio-inspired and CML-based) liners are embedded between two polycarbonate shells, thereby, replacing the traditional expanded polypropylene foam liner used in standard sport helmets. The cellular liners are analyzed through a series of 2D extruded ballistic impact simulations to determine the best performing liner topology and its corresponding rubber hardness. The cellular design with the best performance is compared against an expanded polypropylene foam liner in a 3D simulation to appraise its protection capabilities and verify that the 2D extruded design simulations scale to an effective 3D design

The Federal Reserve's Dual Mandate: Balancing Act or Inflation Fixation?

Honors Mention, OSU Denman Research ForumCongress gives the Fed operational independence to implement monetary policy within a broad legislative mandate to manage prices and employment. Although there is a significant body of literature that estimates the Fed's reaction function to changes in economic conditions, past researchers have focused on changes to the Fed's interest rate target, its main policy tool. In this paper, I introduce an alternative measure of the Fed's responsiveness to economic conditions. Looking at 353 transcripts from monetary policy meetings between 1976 to 2007, I use changes in the frequencies of several policy-specific keywords to identify trends in policy deliberation. I employed the Python program language to automate the process of searching the large text corpora and calculating word frequencies. In addition to providing visual displays of deliberation trends, in this paper I utilize the program R to test the Fed's responsiveness to various economic, political, and electoral conditions.I find that the Federal Reserve became increasingly concerned with inflation over the time period even as measures of inflation trended downward. My text analysis suggests that the Fed's preoccupation with inflation as the central objective of monetary policy crowded out other macroeconomic objectives. Policymakers were minimally responsive to changes in other key measures of the economy. These findings, in conjunction with additional historical and narrative analysis, support a path dependence explanation of Fed policy for this period. I finish with a discussion about the implications of these findings for the study and practice of monetary policy and suggest several paths for future research.Social & Behavioral Sciences, grant ($975)A one-year embargo was granted for this item.Academic Major: EconomicsAcademic Major: Political Scienc

Paper Session I-A - Smart Structures/ Skins Program Overview

Future United States Air Force (USAF) and National Air and Space Administration (NASA) space systems such as Space Based Radar (SBR) , Space Based Laser (SBL) , and Space Station will incorporate smart structures/skins as part of their active vibration control system to sense, evaluate, and damp out any natural and spurious vibrations and health monitoring system to sense any degradation to the structure. The concept called smart structures/skins, is identified as one of the Project Forecast II technology areas. A smart structure/skin is defined as the embedment of sensors, actuators, and microprocessors in the material which forms the structure. One particular sensor that is being studied in depth is fiber optic. Fiber optics are lightweight, immune to electromagnetic interference, and are easily embeddable into composite material. The Astronautics Laboratory (AL) is committed to develop and incorporate this technology into future space systems. This paper describes the current and future activities, both in-house and contractual at AL, in the area of smart structures/skins with emphasis placed on the role of fiber optics. Items to be discussed include, types of sensor and actuator systems, areas that future research and development need to address, and plans to incorporate smart structures/skins into future space systems

\u3ci\u3eCapturing Quarantine: Student Pandemic Experience\u3c/i\u3e Journal

Journal submitted from the first Public History 2020 summer session class at Columbia College Chicago reflecting on aspects of the global pandemic from the student perspective.https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/journals/1006/thumbnail.jp