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Needles in a haystack: screening and healthcare system evidence for homelessness
Effectiveness of screening for homelessness in a large healthcare system
was evaluated in terms of successfully referring and connecting patients with
appropriate prevention or intervention services. Screening and healthcare services
data from nearly 6 million U.S. military veterans were analyzed. Veterans either
screened positive for current or risk of housing instability, or negative for both.
Current living situation was used to validate results of screening. Administrative
evidence for homelessness-related services was significantly higher among
positive-screen veterans who accepted a referral for services compared to those
who declined. Screening for current or risk of homelessness led to earlier
identification, which led to earlier and more extensive service engagement
Quantum Degenerate Mixture of Ytterbium and Lithium Atoms
We have produced a quantum degenerate mixture of fermionic alkali 6Li and
bosonic spin-singlet 174Yb gases. This was achieved using sympathetic cooling
of lithium atoms by evaporatively cooled ytterbium atoms in a far-off-resonant
optical dipole trap. We observe co-existence of Bose condensed (T/T_c~0.8)
174Yb with 2.3*10^4 atoms and Fermi degenerate (T/T_F~0.3) 6Li with 1.2*10^4
atoms. Quasipure Bose-Einstein condensates of up to 3*10^4 174Yb atoms can be
produced in single-species experiments. Our results mark a significant step
toward studies of few and many-body physics with mixtures of alkali and
alkaline-earth-like atoms, and for the production of paramagnetic polar
molecules in the quantum regime. Our methods also establish a convenient scheme
for producing quantum degenerate ytterbium atoms in a 1064nm optical dipole
trap.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
The influence of soil textural stratification and compaction on moisture flow
This bulletin reports on Department of Soils research project 211, Infiltration. This study was performed in cooperation with the Soil and Water Conservation Research Division, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture--P. [3].Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references (page 14)
Comparing the utilization and cost of health services between veterans experiencing brief and ongoing episodes of housing instability
Housing instability is associated with costly patterns of health and behavioral health service use. However, little prior research has examined patterns of service use associated with higher costs among those experiencing ongoing housing instability. To address this gap, we compared inpatient and outpatient medical and behavioral health service utilization and costs between veterans experiencing brief and ongoing episodes of housing instability. We used data from a brief screening instrument for homelessness and housing instability that has been implemented throughout the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system to identify a national sample of veterans experiencing housing instability. Veterans were classified as experiencing either brief or ongoing housing instability, based on two consecutive responses to the instrument, and we used a series of two-part regression models to conduct adjusted comparisons of costs between veterans experiencing brief and ongoing episodes of housing instability. Among 5794 veterans screening positive for housing instability, 4934 (85%) were experiencing brief and 860 (15%) ongoing instability. The average total annual incremental cost associated with ongoing versus brief episodes of housing instability was estimated at $7573, with the bulk of this difference found in inpatient services. Cost differences resulted more from a higher probability of service use among those experiencing ongoing episodes of housing instability than from higher costs among service users. Our findings suggest that VA programmatic efforts aimed at preventing extended episodes of housing instability could potentially result in substantial cost offsets for the VA health care system.This study was supported by funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) grant IIR 13-334-3 and from the VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans
Sympathetic cooling in an optically trapped mixture of alkali and spin-singlet atoms
We report on the realization of a stable mixture of ultracold lithium and
ytterbium atoms confined in a far-off-resonance optical dipole trap. We observe
sympathetic cooling of 6Li by 174Yb and extract the s-wave scattering length
magnitude |a6Li-174Yb| = (13 \pm 3)a0 from the rate of inter-species
thermalization. Using forced evaporative cooling of 174Yb, we achieve reduction
of the 6Li temperature to below the Fermi temperature, purely through
inter-species sympathetic cooling.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Motivating bureaucrats through social recognition: External validity - A tale of two states
This is the final version. Available on open access from Elsevier via the DOI in this recordBureaucratic performance is a crucial determinant of economic growth, but little
real-world evidence exists on how to improve it, especially in resource-constrained
settings. We conducted a field experiment of a social recognition intervention to
improve record keeping in health facilities in two Nigerian states, replicating the
intervention – implemented by a single organization – on bureaucrats performing
identical tasks. Social recognition improved performance in one state but had no
effect in the other, highlighting both the potential benefits and also the sometimeslimited generalizability of behavioral interventions. Furthermore, differences in
facility-level observables did not explain cross-state differences in impacts,
suggesting that it may often be difficult to predict external validity
Anomalies, Unparticles, and Seiberg Duality
We calculate triangle anomalies for fermions with non-canonical scaling
dimensions. The most well known example of such fermions (aka unfermions)
occurs in Seiberg duality where the matching of anomalies (including mesinos
with scaling dimensions between 3/2 and 5/2) is a crucial test of duality. By
weakly gauging the non-local action for an unfermion, we calculate the one-loop
three-current amplitude. Despite the fact that there are more graphs with more
complicated propagators and vertices, we find that the calculation can be
completed in a way that nearly parallels the usual case. We show that the
anomaly factor for fermionic unparticles is independent of the scaling
dimension and identical to that for ordinary fermions. This can be viewed as a
confirmation that unparticle actions correctly capture the physics of conformal
fixed point theories like Banks-Zaks or SUSY QCD.Comment: 13 pages, 1 figur
Sealing farm ponds in Missouri
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station and the United States Department of Agriculture cooperating.Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references (page 28)
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Resource policy implications of animal rights activism : a demographic, attitudinal and behavioral analysis
The thesis analyzes the demographic, attitudinal and
behavioral characteristics of animal rights activists,
placing them in the context of resource policy. It is
argued that the animal rights movement combined the
Victorian critique of empiricism with a reaction to
modernity that was characteristic of other contemporary mass
movements. Animal rights activism emerged from a sociopolitical
milieu that legitimized and encouraged political
activism in the form of interest groups, and was consistent
with American interest group politics. Nonetheless, the
movement could not have appeared in its current form prior
to the 1960's. Changes in American politics during the last
four decades have facilitated the emergence of mass
movements, including civil rights and environmentalism.
Survey research indicated that activists were
caucasian, highly-educated urban professional women
approximately thirty years old with a median income of
900 million dollars in the
California budget toward habitat acquisition. They
demonstrated sophistication and finesse in building a
coalition with environmentalists. Nevertheless, both
movements were divided by fundamental philosophical
differences which makes political cooperation difficult.
Animal rights activism was also marked by extraordinary
levels of intensity which arose from quasi-religious fervor,
and it is suggested that activism fulfills Yinger's
functional definition of religion in the lives of at least
some of the movement's core constituency. This explains the
movement's ability to retain activism in the face of
incremental change.
The thesis concludes with a discussion concerning the
future implications of animal rights activism in society
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