Assessment Practices and Experiences of Sex Trafficking in Caseloads of Service Providers Working with High Risk Youth in Indiana

With increased recognition of sex trafficking, calls have been made for greater identification and screening. Lack of awareness and assessment likely contribute to low identification of sex trafficking victims. The present study examined assessment practices, confidence in detecting trafficking, and experiences with DMST survivors in the caseloads of service providers in the past year. Employees at high-risk settings were recruited, resulting in a sample of 76 providers representing 21 agencies. Data revealed that while general risk factors were typically assessed, sex trafficking-specific risk factors and experiences were assessed less often. Approximately 30% of participants indicated they worked with at least one sex trafficking victim in the past year. However, 44% of participants indicated low confidence in detection. Approximately 23% of participants had completed sex trafficking training, but few differences emerged between those with and without prior training. Increased training, assessment, and evaluations of the effectiveness of training programs are recommended

Sorption and Transport of Pharmaceutical Chemicals in Organic- and Mineral-rich Soils

2012 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Exploring Opportunities for Collaborative Water Research, Policy and Managemen

Centralizing Massachusetts Foreclosure Data by Developing a User-Friendly Database

This work addresses the legal and social dimensions of predatory lending and illegal foreclosure in Massachusetts. In collaboration with The Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL), we constructed a data system capable of centralizing state-wide foreclosure data. We requested data from all registries of deeds across Massachusetts and constructed a database to hold the data. We also created a user-friendly interface so that MAAPL volunteers, legal analysts, and others will be able to interact with the database. This report details the completed design, implementation, and documentation of the data system as well as suggestions for future work on the system. Our recommendations range from technical work on the database to analysis of legal stakeholder needs for court cases

Global-scale benefit-cost analysis of coastal flood adaptation to different flood risk drivers using structural measures

Coastal flood hazard and exposure are expected to increase over the course of the 21st century, leading to increased coastal flood risk. In order to limit the increase in future risk, or even reduce coastal flood risk, adaptation is necessary. Here, we present a framework to evaluate the future benefits and costs of structural protection measures at the global scale, which accounts for the influence of different flood risk drivers (namely sea-level rise, subsidence, and socioeconomic change). Globally, we find that the estimated expected annual damage (EAD) increases by a factor of 150 between 2010 and 2080 if we assume that no adaptation takes place. We find that 15 countries account for approximately 90 % of this increase. We then explore four different adaptation objectives and find that they all show high potential in cost-effectively reducing (future) coastal flood risk at the global scale. Attributing the total costs for optimal protection standards, we find that sea-level rise contributes the most to the total costs of adaptation. However, the other drivers also play an important role. The results of this study can be used to highlight potential savings through adaptation at the global scale..Water ResourcesHydraulic Structures and Flood Ris

Global-scale benefit-cost analysis of coastal flood adaptation to different flood risk drivers using structural measures

Coastal flood hazard and exposure are expected to increase over the course of the 21st century, leading to increased coastal flood risk. In order to limit the increase in future risk, or even reduce coastal flood risk, adaptation is necessary. Here, we present a framework to evaluate the future benefits and costs of structural protection measures at the global scale, which accounts for the influence of different flood risk drivers (namely sea-level rise, subsidence, and socioeconomic change). Globally, we find that the estimated expected annual damage (EAD) increases by a factor of 150 between 2010 and 2080 if we assume that no adaptation takes place. We find that 15 countries account for approximately 90 % of this increase. We then explore four different adaptation objectives and find that they all show high potential in cost-effectively reducing (future) coastal flood risk at the global scale. Attributing the total costs for optimal protection standards, we find that sea-level rise contributes the most to the total costs of adaptation. However, the other drivers also play an important role. The results of this study can be used to highlight potential savings through adaptation at the global scale.

Overall survival in the OlympiA phase III trial of adjuvant olaparib in patients with germline pathogenic variants in BRCA1/2 and high-risk, early breast cancer

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