Mrs. Guy Cook to her college friends (3-18-43) [2 l.; broad descr. Tule Lake kids] [Marguerite J. Cook]

Letter from Marguerite J. Cook ( Mrs. Guy Cook ) to her college friends, dated March 18, 1943https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cook-nisei/1206/thumbnail.jp

Forgotten Policy: An Examination of Mental Health in the U.S.

Details new policy solutions aimed at expanding access to mental health care and providing early intervention services

Showing Strength, Overcoming Silence: Improving the Mental Health of Men of Color

Examines the barriers faced by men of color in need of mental health care and highlights some promising approaches to provide models for larger scale state or federal reforms to improve their ability to seek and receive adequate care

Thai Adolescents and Social Responsibility: Overcoming Violence in Schools and Creating Peace

There is a need to understand the nature of adolescent violent behavior across cultures as well as to learn more about adolescent’s social responsibility toward violence. Purpose: To describe social responsibility of adolescents toward violence and explain the aspects of adolescent’s social responsibility in Thailand. Design and Methods: Focus group and qualitative individual interviews (N=18) were conducted with 18 participants, including 10 adolescent students, 4 teachers, and 4 parents, to assess their perceptions and behavior on social responsibility and violent behavior. Thematic analysis was conducted in three phases to code transcribed interview data and identify themes of social responsibility toward violence. Findings: Violence has become recognized globally as a critical social problem that requires vital attention. The present study found that it is valuable that adolescent students could cultivate social responsibility toward violence. In this research, the social responsibility was categorized into 4 aspects: 1) Being influenced by others and feeling out of control; 2) Being frustrated with diffusion of responsibility for promoting non-violence; 3) Not accepting responsibility for escalating behavior; and 4) Seeing the larger picture and developing trust. Conclusions: Adolescents’ social responsibility should be promoted through collaborative social support between home and school. This was accepted among the participants as the way to reach the culturally-valued superior moral rank of social responsibility. The concerted collaboration to attain the highest value of social responsibility has the potential to solve issues of violence and latent violence as well as contribute towards a peaceful society. Key words: adolescence, violence, social responsibility, school mental health promotio

Community Health Workers and Community Voices: Promoting Good Health

Documents how CHWs address the problems of health disparities, poor access to care, and the rising cost of health care. Examines challenges that exist in expanding current CHW programs, and policy options around finance, workforce, and delivery of care

AVIRIS as a tool for carbonatite exploration: Comparison of SPAM and Mbandmap data analysis methods

Data acquired with the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) of the Mountain Pass, San Bernadino County, California, area were analyzed to evaluate the use of narrow-band imaging data for carbonatite exploration. Carbonatites are igneous carbonate-rich rocks that are economically important in part because they are the major source for rare-earth minerals. Because the 224 AVIRIS spectral channels have a nominal spectral resolution of 10 nm, narrow absorption features such as those displayed by the rare-earth elements neodymium (Nd) and samarium (Sm) may be detected. The Mountain Pass region encompasses a well-exposed sequence of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks, including an alkalic carbonatite intrusion. The carbonatite was emplaced in Precambrian granitic rocks that are fault bounded by a thick suite of Paleozoic, sedimentary rock, predominantly dolomite. The carbonatite stock, the major source of light rare-earth elements (REE) in the United States, affords the opportunity to test AVIRIS capabilities for detecting REE absorption features. Nd-bearing minerals display narrow, sharp and distinctive spectral features at 580, 740, 800, and 870 nm. Minerals bearing Sm display similarly sharp features near 1090, 1250, 1410, and 1550 nm. The more common REE, lanthanum and cerium, do not display absorption features in the visible/near-infrared region in their natural oxidation states