Homelessness and Contact with the Criminal Justice System: Insights from Specialist Lawyers and Allied Professionals in Australia

Lawyers and allied professionals who have experience supporting, advising and representing people experiencing homelessness are uniquely placed to identify problems with the operation of the criminal justice system—from policing to courts to punishment—and to conceive reform options. This article reports the findings of qualitative interviews with lawyers and allied professionals in all Australian states and territories. Participants identified multiple points where decisions about criminal law enforcement fail to take adequate account of the complex factors that underlie ‘offending’ by people experiencing homelessness, producing outcomes that exacerbate disadvantage. They advanced a range of proposals for reform directed at breaking the nexus between homelessness and criminalisation, including re-conception of the role of police, adoption of therapeutic jurisprudence (or ‘solution-focused’) models in criminal courts, and major changes to the use of fines as a criminal punishment

Growth Sequence of Post-fire Chaparral Resprouts in California’s Santa Monica Mountains

The post-fire resprout succession of California Chaparral was surveyed in Corral Canyon of the Santa Monica Mountains. The primary objective of this investigation was to determine the sequence of Chaparral post-fire resprouts and possible correlations to the life histories of those species. Over a three month period, four designated study sites were visited every two weeks, surveying the number of adults, the number of resprouts and the height of the resprouts. It was found that both the facultative and the obligate typed species were successful in post-fire resprout. Facultative species were the first to resprout and obligate species displayed the most rapid growth rate upon resprouting. It is concluded that the life histories of these Chaparral species is directly related to their time of regrowth as well as their rate of regrowth. Also, that facultative sprouters, specifically Adenostoma fasiculatum and Ceanothus spinosus, are the first to resprout followed by the remaining facultative species, the obligate species, and lastly the non-sprouting species

Stuffing down feelings: Bereavement, anxiety and emotional detachment in the life stories of people with eating disorders

This study aimed to explore the life stories of people with eating disorders (EDs) in order to better understand possible contributing factors to their development. It used a qualitative Life Story method, in order to reduce the tendency to focus on the negative in the lives of people with EDs. Sixteen people in contact with an EDs charity participated. Data were analysed using a thematic analysis. Despite the attempt to elicit both positive and negative information, most themes from the life stories were negative. Here, the focus is on the three most common themes reported, which are less often reported in previous research: (a) substantial bereavement and loss; (b) major issues with anxiety and (c) difficulties coping with emotions. A model is proposed whereby major losses and the resultant anxiety can lead to emotional deadening and ‘stuffing down feelings’ with food, leading on to an ED. This model implies that interventions need to consider psychological factors in an ED, especially the use of it as a dysfunctional coping strategy, as well as the behavioural and physiological aspects of an ED

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Preliminary GN&C Design for the On-Orbit Autonomous Assembly of Nanosatellite Demonstration Mission

Small spacecraft autonomous rendezvous and docking (ARD) is an essential technology for future space structure assembly missions. The On-orbit Autonomous Assembly of Nanosatellites (OAAN) team at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) intends to demonstrate the technology to autonomously dock two nanosatellites to form an integrated system. The team has developed a novel magnetic capture and latching mechanism that allows for docking of two CubeSats without precise sensors and actuators. The proposed magnetic docking hardware not only provides the means to latch the CubeSats, but it also significantly increases the likelihood of successful docking in the presence of relative attitude and position errors. The simplicity of the design allows it to be implemented on many CubeSat rendezvous missions. Prior to demonstrating the docking subsystem capabilities on orbit, the GN&C subsystem should have a robust design such that it is capable of bringing the CubeSats from an arbitrary initial separation distance of as many as a few thousand kilometers down to a few meters. The main OAAN Mission can be separated into the following phases: 1) Launch, checkout, and drift, 2) Far-Field Rendezvous or Drift Recovery, 3) Proximity Operations, 4) Docking. This paper discusses the preliminary GN&C design and simulation results for each phase of the mission

Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: the Tobacco Retail and Policy Landscape

This is the first in a series of three Point-of-Sale Reports to the Nation from the ASPiRE project. This report shows that states and communities are actively working to address tobacco control issues at the point of sale (POS) and outlines a number of ways to improve the implementation and dissemination of tobacco control efforts focused on POS.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cphss/1105/thumbnail.jp

Point-of-Sale Report to the Nation: Policy Activity 2012-2014

This is the second in a series of three Point-of-Sale Reports to the Nation from the ASPiRE project. In 2012, state tobacco control staff were asked about point of sale (POS) policy activity and implementation. The results of those surveys were discussed in the POS Report to the Nation. This report discusses results of a second wave of surveys completed in 2014, along with notable changes since 2012. Tobacco control partners, advocacy partners, and policymakers will find this report useful to track POS policy progress and consider new policies to combat tobacco initiation and use.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cphss/1107/thumbnail.jp

Resting Blood Pressure in Master Athletes: Immune from Hypertension?

Ageing is associated with decreased physical activity, obesity and increased risk of hypertension (HTN). Master athletes (MA) have either pursued a physically active lifestyle throughout their life or initiated exercise or sport later in life. We assessed resting blood pressure (BP) in male and female World Masters Games (WMG) athletes. This was a cross-sectional, observational study which utilized an online survey to assess the blood pressure (BP) and other physiological parameters. Results: a total of 2793 participants were involved in this study. Key findings included differences between genders with males reporting higher resting SBP (+9.4%, \u3c 0.001), resting DBP (+5.9%, \u3c 0.001) and mean arterial pressure (+6.2%, \u3c 0.001). Significant differences ( \u3c 0.001) were also identified when comparing WMG athletes\u27 resting BP results (genders combined) to the general Australian population with WMG athletes having a lower SBP ( \u3c 0.001, -8.4%) and DBP ( \u3c 0.001, -3.6%). Additionally, 19.9% of males and 49.7% of female WMG participants were normotensive whereas 35.7% of the general Australian population were normotensive. Only 8.1% of the WMG athletes (genders combined) were found to be HTN compared to 17.2% in the general Australian population. These findings reflect a low prevalence of HTN in WMG participants and support our hypothesis of a low prevalence of HTN in an active, but aged cohort of MA