Drug Sale and Manufacture Arrests Reported in Alaska, 1986–2017

Underlying data is available in both Excel and PDF format. (Download below.)This fact sheet presents data on drug sale and manufacture arrests reported by Alaska law enforcement agencies for the 32-year period 1986 to 2017. Overall, the drug sale and manufacture arrest rate consistently declined between 1997 and 2017. The lowest recorded overall drug sale and manufacture arrest rate was in 2017. While drug sale and manufacture arrest rates for females and juveniles were relatively stable, arrest rates for males and adults showed a pronounced decrease. Data is drawn from the annual Crime in Alaska report of the Alaska Department of Public Safety, which represents the State of Alaska's contribution to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) program.Drug sale and manufacture arrests / Overall drug sale and manufacture arrest rates / Arrest rates by sex / Arrest rates by age / Summary / Note

Drug Sale and Manufacture Arrests Reported in Alaska, 1986–2017 — Drug Types by Sex

Underlying data is available in both Excel and PDF format. (Download below.)This fact sheet presents data on drug sale and manufacture arrests by type of drug and sex of arrestee as reported by Alaska law enforcement agencies for the 32-year period 1986 to 2017. Types of drugs include narcotics, synthetic narcotics, marijuana, and other non-narcotic drugs. Overall, males comprise roughly three-fourths of the total drug sale and manufacture arrests in the state of Alaska. The female and male rates parallel one another in that they rise and fall at the same points in most years. For all drugs, the difference between female and male arrest rates in 2017 are smaller than in 1986. Data is drawn from the annual Crime in Alaska report of the Alaska Department of Public Safety, which represents the State of Alaska's contribution to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) program.Drug sale and manufacture arrests / Narcotics arrest rates by sex / Marijuana arrest rates by sex / Synthetic narcotics arrest rates by sex / Other non-narcotics arrest rates by sex / Summary / Note

Self-Assessment in the College Curriculum

The use of self-assessment in the college curriculum is an extensive and wide-reaching endeavor. In essence, through a variety of pedagogical and curricular methods, students are given the opportunity to think about themselves.https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/btp_expo/1003/thumbnail.jp

A prion fehérje konformációs átalakulásának vizsgálata = Studies on the conformational transition of the prion protein to protease-resistant forms.

Sajnos a 2006.-évi NF OTKA pályázatok keretét drasztikusan csökkentették. Ennek eredményeképpen az én pályázatom is csak az eredeti költségvetés majdnem 20%-t kapta, (ez egy fiatal OTKA PD ösztöndíj nélküli támogatásnak felel meg), ami természetesen az eredeti kutatási terv töredékes megvalósítására sem volt alkalmas. Sikerként könyvelhető el, hogy ennek ellenére sikerült a kutató csoportot elindítani, kulcs technikákat módszereket beállítani a laborban és kritikus kutatási modellrendszereket létrehozni. Sikerült olyan, az endogén prion fehérjére (PrP) knock-out sejtvonalakat kialakítani, amelyek mutáns PrP-ket, illetve különböző tag-gel megjelölt PrP variánsokat fejeznek ki; illetve nemzetközi együttműködés keretében olyan módszereket sikerült kifejleszteni, ami fehérjék poszt-translációs módosítását képesek detektálni. Másik eljárás, amit kidolgoztunk, nem csak a mutáns prion fehérjék feltekeredését tudja követni, de nagy áteresztő képességű fehérje feltekeredési kísérletekben is hasznosan alkalmazható. Ez utóbbi eljárást a Nature Biotechnology tudományos folyóirat is közlésre érdemesnek találta. | Since the budget of 2006 for NF OTKA proposals was drastically reduced, my NF proposal received support of about just 20% of that was planned (that is close to an F type proposal without PD grant). This support was not sufficient to keep any of the aims of the original proposal. Despite all these, we, I think, managed to use effectively the support we gained. The research group as well as key techniques and critical model systems were successfully established. Particularly, cell lines that are knock-out for the endogenous prion protein were developed expressing various mutant PrP-s. Moreover, in an international collaboration, methods were developed for the detection of post translation modifications of proteins. Most importantly, a technique was developed for monitoring the folding of the mutant PrP variants. This method that is also very useful for High Throughput applications was published in Nature Biotechnology

Drug Possession Arrests Reported in Alaska, 1986–2017

Underlying data is available in both Excel and PDF format. (Download below.)This fact sheet presents data on drug sale possession arrests reported by Alaska law enforcement agencies for the 32-year period 1986 to 2017. Overall, the drug possession arrest rate plateaued be-tween 1998 and 2010, consistently declined from 2010 to 2016, and slightly increased in 2017. The lowest recorded overall drug possession arrest rate was in 1990. Rates increased from 1986 through 1998, then de-clined for all populations from 2010 to 2016. The adult and male populations drive the overall trend in arrest rates, accounting for roughly four out of every five arrestees during this 32-year period. The trend shows less discrepancy in arrest rates be-tween males and females, as well as between adults and juveniles after 2010. Data is drawn from the annual Crime in Alaska report of the Alaska Department of Public Safety, which represents the State of Alaska's contribution to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) program.Drug possession arrests / Overall drug possession arrest rates / Arrest rates by sex / Arrest rates by age / Summary / Note

Drug Possession Arrests Reported in Alaska, 1986–2017 — Drug Types by Sex

Underlying data is available in both Excel and PDF format. (Download below.)This fact sheet presents data on drug possession arrests by type of drug and sex of arrestee as reported by Alaska law enforcement agencies for the 32-year period 1986 to 2017. Types of drugs include narcotics, synthetic narcotics, marijuana, and other non-narcotic drugs. Overall, males comprise roughly four out of five drug possession arrests in the state of Alaska. The female and male rates parallel one another in that they rise and fall at the same points in most years. In 2002, the synthetic narcotics and other non-narcotics possession arrest rates sharply increased for both males and females until the mid-2000s before a sharp decline and subsequent increase. Marijuana possession, the offense with the highest arrest rates, peaked at 90.4 per 100,000 female residents and 324.9 per 100,000 male residents. Synthetic narcotics possession, the offense with the lowest arrest rates, peaked at 13.8 per 100,000 female residents and 29.8 per 100,000 male residents. Narcotics possession is the only offense that peaked before 2000. Data is drawn from the annual Crime in Alaska report of the Alaska Department of Public Safety, which represents the State of Alaska's contribution to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) program.Drug possession arrests / Narcotics arrest rates by sex / Marijuana arrest rates by sex / Synthetic narcotics arrest rates by sex / Other non-narcotics arrest rates by sex / Summary / Note

Games, Learning, and Classroom Community

The use of games in my COLA 100E classroom makes up a small minority of my instructional approach. The games are used to compliment my regular pedagogy. The two games that I utilize consistently are Kahoot! and UNLV Trivia.https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/btp_expo/1031/thumbnail.jp

National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: Natural Catalysts for Accelerating Action on Sustainable Development Goals

In 2010, the Conference of Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) agreed to an ambitious set of 20 targets, called the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, as part of their commitment to the CBD Strategic Plan. One of the Targets (Target 17) called for each country to revise its National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plan (NBSAP) in accordance with the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. From 2010 to November 2016, virtually all countries have revised, or are currently completing the revision of, their NBSAP. As of November 2016, 123 countries (76 of them eligible for official development assistance) have submitted post-2010 NBSAPs. At the same time, the world agreed to an ambitious set of 17 Goals and 169 Targets in 2015, called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The absence of a widely accepted taxonomy for describing NBSAP actions makes any systematic and cross-cutting analysis of NBSAPs difficult. Moreover, the collective contribution of specific NBSAP actions to SDGs has not yet been studied. The purpose of this report is to systematically understand the breadth and depth of actions proposed across all NBSAPs, to propose a common framework for analysis, and to understand the relationship between NBSAPs and the SDGsThe data in this report comes from more than 6000 actions included in NBSAPs of 60 countries. These NBSAPs have all been submitted to the Secretariat of the CBD after 2010, and all are from countries eligible to received funding from the Global Environmental Facility. The researchers tagged each of the actions in this analysis not only by the thematic categories and generic actions of this taxonomy, but also by the associated primary and secondary SDGs and their associated targets (as well as by Aichi Biodiversity Targets). In doing so, the collective impact of the contribution of NBSAPs toward fulfilling the SDGs is beginning to emerge. The data from this analysis are far richer and more complex than this interim report can convey. However, it is clear from this preliminary analysis that the impact of NBSAP actions extends far beyond Goal 14 (Life Below Water) and Goal 15 (Life on Land). The NBSAP examples of actions provided under each of the categories illustrate how a single action can contribute to multiple goals. The actions included across all NBSAPs would, if fully implemented, catalyze progress in national food security, water security, livelihoods, economic growth, disaster risk reduction, health, gender and climate resilience, among other goals. Furthermore, because NBSAPs are adopted as policy instruments, they provide a ready pathway for fast implementation of national sustainable development goals.Investing in biodiversity and ecosystems through NBSAP actions also ensures that no one is left behind in the implementation of the SDGs. Nature provides a safety net to billions of people around the world: 1.6 billion people depend on forests for jobs, livelihoods, food and fuel; one out of eight people depend on fisheries for their livelihoods; and more than 4 billion people depend on medicines derived from forests for their health.  Investing in nature helps ensure that the most vulnerable people in society, especially the more than 800 million people living in poverty, have a durable safety net.The recommendations included at the end of this report highlight the potential need for targeted support to countries to implement key thematic areas. The authors hope that this preliminary analysis will enable governments, and the organizations that support them, to focus their efforts on supporting those thematic areas that will have the most impact in accelerating progress in implementing NBSAP actions. They also hope this report will encourage donor organizations to consider supporting the implementation of NBSAP actions that have direct SDG outcomes