Proceedings of the Workshop Social Science Research and the CRSPs

Contents Executive Summary: A New Agenda for CRSP Social Science Research - C. Milton Coughenour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Session 1 Developing a Strategic Research Agenda David G. Cummins, Chair Framing a Strategic Research Agenda.-John Yohe ................ 3 Social Sciences and Collaborative Research: Toward an Agenda for the Social Sciences in Agriculture -Jere Lee Gilles ............... 7 Session 2 Technology Development and Sustaining Household Food Security Kathleen DeWalt, Chair Technology Development and Household Food Security - John M Staatz and Richard H. Bemsten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Differences among Women Fanners: Implications for African Agricultural Research Programs - Anne E. Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Insights into How HIAs are Characterized in the Press: Findings from a Media Analysis of Widely Circulated United States Newspapers

Background: Health impact assessments (HIAs) are burgeoning tools in the policy process, where the media plays a critical role by focusing attention on issues, informing consumers, and influencing positions. Examining how media portrays HIAs is critical to understanding HIAs in the policy context. Methods: This study considered how widely circulated, U.S. newspapers represent HIAs. After searching newspaper databases, we used a qualitative document analysis method consisting of open and axial coding to examine specific phrases of HIA depictions. Results: In coding over 1,000 unique phrases from the 62 documents generated in our search, we found an uptick in HIA-related publications since 2010. Coding these documents identified 46 distinct codes across 10 different themes. The two most prominent HIA-centered themes focused on HIA engagement and the HIA setting. While themes of policy and science, health determinants, and explanations of HIAs were also frequently featured, specific mentions of projected impacts, HIA processes, HIA values, and health outcomes were less prevalent. Conclusions: HIA media portrayals warrant further inquiry from researchers and practitioners. Focusing on how media portrays HIAs is consistent with several HIA steps. It is also important for a broader strategy to educate stakeholders about HIAs and to understand HIAs’ utility. HIA practitioners should develop and implement guidelines for media interaction and tracking that encourage practitioners to seek additional media attention and to focus such attention on health impacts and outcomes, HIA recommendations, and HIA values. Building on our work, researchers should examine HIA media portrayals beyond the context of this study

Insights into How HIAs are Characterized in the Press: Findings from a Media Analysis of Widely Circulated United States Newspapers

Background: Health impact assessments (HIAs) are burgeoning tools in the policy arena, where media plays an important role by focusing attention on issues, informing the public, and influencing positions. Examining how media portrays HIAs is critical to understanding HIAs in the policy context. Methods: This study considered how widely circulated, U.S. newspapers represent HIAs. After searching newspaper databases, we used a qualitative document analysis method consisting of open and axial coding to examine specific phrases of HIA depictions. Results: In coding over 1,000 unique phrases from the 62 documents generated in our search, we found an uptick in HIA-related publications since 2010. Coding these documents identified 46 distinct codes across 10 different themes. The two most prominent HIA-centered themes focused on HIA engagement and the HIA setting. While themes of policy and science, health determinants, and explanations of HIAs were also frequently featured, specific mentions of projected impacts, HIA processes, HIA values, and health outcomes were less prevalent. Conclusion: HIA media portrayals warrant further inquiry by researchers and practitioners. Focusing on how media portrays HIAs is consistent with several HIA steps. It is also important for a broader strategy to educate stakeholders about HIAs and to understand HIAs’ utility. HIA practitioners should develop and implement guidelines for media interaction and tracking that encourage practitioners to seek additional media attention and to focus such attention on health impacts and outcomes, HIA recommendations, and HIA values. Building on our work, researchers should examine HIA media portrayals beyond the context of this study

Reflections on Russia\u27s Revival of Trial by Jury: History Demands That We Ask Difficult Questions Regarding Terror Trials, Procedures to Combat Terrorism, and Our Federal Sentencing Regime

This Article begins by discussing the nineteenth-century origins of trial by jury in Russia and the changes the system endured until the October 1917 Revolution, focusing particular attention on both the progressive exclusion of political crimes from the jurisdiction of the jury and use of alternative judicial procedures for such crimes. Next, the Article outlines the fundamental principles of the inquisitorial criminal justice system, which defined and dominated Soviet jurisprudence. Part I concludes by addressing Russia\u27s revival of trial by jury in 1993, the specific characteristics of its new jury system, the other monumental criminal justice reforms of the 1990s, and the struggles that Russia now faces with respect to the implementation of those reforms. After developing Russia\u27s juridical history as a historical lens, Part II uses this lens to focus reflections on terror trials, procedures to combat terrorism, and the federal sentencing regime in the United States

Reflections on Russia\u27s Revival of Trial by Jury: History Demands That We Ask Difficult Questions Regarding Terror Trials, Procedures to Combat Terrorism, and Our Federal Sentencing Regime

This Article begins by discussing the nineteenth-century origins of trial by jury in Russia and the changes the system endured until the October 1917 Revolution, focusing particular attention on both the progressive exclusion of political crimes from the jurisdiction of the jury and use of alternative judicial procedures for such crimes. Next, the Article outlines the fundamental principles of the inquisitorial criminal justice system, which defined and dominated Soviet jurisprudence. Part I concludes by addressing Russia\u27s revival of trial by jury in 1993, the specific characteristics of its new jury system, the other monumental criminal justice reforms of the 1990s, and the struggles that Russia now faces with respect to the implementation of those reforms. After developing Russia\u27s juridical history as a historical lens, Part II uses this lens to focus reflections on terror trials, procedures to combat terrorism, and the federal sentencing regime in the United States

W91-1041. Coughenour, Robert A. (1931 - ). Papers, 1977-1990. 2.00 linear ft.

Graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburg Theological Seminary, Western Reserve University, and Case Western Reserve University; ordained by the Pittsburg Presbytery (1960) and transferred to the Reformed Church in America’s Classis of Zeeland in 1977; served on the faculty at Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA (1962-1969), Hope College (1969-1975), Western Theological Seminary (1975-1994) and until 1996 as the Director of Connects (Western’s continuing education program); served as minister for Natrona Heights Presbyterian Church (1962); Wolf Creek U.P. Church West Liberty U.P. Church (1963-1967); West Elizabeth U.P. Church (1967-1968); Ellwood City Presbyterian Church (1968-1969). His special interest in archaeology in Jordan and Israel and early iron mining and smelting activities in Jordan eventually led him to serve on the Board of Trustees of the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman, Jordan. The collection includes a large number of copies and originals of all types of correspondence generated and received by him and kept in chronological order during his tenure at Western Theological Seminary through 1990. Typical of his correspondence are many letters from current and former students, former and current colleagues in ministry and teaching, letters expressing deep appreciation for his services, conviction of colleagues abroad that he would be a good candidate for the presidency of several liberal arts colleges and of a theological seminary, Fellowship Reformed Church of Holland, Michigan, and letters involving relationships with colleagues in the Middle East in regard to archaeological projects with which he was associated. The 1999 additions to the file include sermons and messages, outlines and other materials also relating to his work at Hope College and Western Theological Seminary

Soil-Bentonite Slurry Trench Cutoff Wall Closeout Report

Assessment report of the construction of a soil-bentonite slurry wall including milestone dates, work description, and quality control

Quality of Life on the Agricultural Treadmill: Individual and Community Determinants of Farm Family Well-Being

Individual quality of life (QOL) is a critical foundation of stable and cohesive societies. This research examines QOL among Iowa farmers, who as a group have seen their numbers decline precipitously over the past decades as the farm economy has undergone major restructuring processes. Farm families are nested in rural communities, many of which have also experienced persistent population loss and economic decline over the same period. A multilevel modeling approach is employed to examine determinants of subjective QOL over time, using 29 years of longitudinal data. Results point to positive relationships between household income, community vitality, and farm family QOL. Individual stress and economic dependence on farming were negatively associated with QOL. The finding that community vitality is a critical determinant of farm family quality of life supports long-standing appeals to increase investment in community development efforts