2,235 research outputs found

    Postcard: Woodman Day in Stockton, Kansas. April 6, 1911

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    This black and white photographic postcard features a float for the Dryden Mercantile Co. An automobile is wrapped in bunting and flags. Two women sit in the back seat. One man is standing in the front seat and the driver is sitting behind the wheel talking to a spectator. Printed text is at the bottom of the card and handwriting is on the back of the card.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/tj_postcards/2312/thumbnail.jp

    Review of the ACT Government's harm minimisation measures

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    This report outlines research on the effects of three harm minimisation measures introduced between 1993 and 2002 in the ACT: • a 10maximumbetonEGMs(electronicgamingmachines,or‘poker’machines);•amandatorythree−hourshutdownofgamingmachineseachday;•restrictiononcashpaymentofwinnings.TheGamblingandRacingControl(CodeofPractice)Regulationsrequirethatwinningsabove10 maximum bet on EGMs (electronic gaming machines, or ‘poker’ machines); • a mandatory three-hour shutdown of gaming machines each day; • restriction on cash payment of winnings. The Gambling and Racing Control (Code of Practice) Regulations require that winnings above 1,000 must be paid by non-cash means such as a cheque or electronic transfer. ¶ The report also provides a summary of the ACT gambling and regulatory environment and a policy chronology, with particular focus on the history and objectives of the ACT harm minimisation measures under review.This report was commisioned by ACT GAmbling and Racing Commissio

    Commercial lending distance and historically underserved areas

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    We study recent changes in the geographic distances between small businesses and their bank lenders, using a large random sample of loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. Consistent with extant research, we find that small borrower-lender distances generally increased between 1984 and 2001, with a rapid acceleration in distance beginning in the late-1990s. We also document a new phenomenon: a fundamental reordering of borrower-lender distance by the borrowers' neighborhood income and race characteristics. Historically, borrower-lender distance tended to be shorter than average for historically underserved (for example, low-income and minority) areas, but by 2000 borrowers in these areas tended to be farther away from their lenders on average. This structural change is coincident in time with the adoption of credit scoring models that rely on automated lending processes and quantitative information, and we find indirect evidence consistent with this link. Our findings suggest that there has been increased entry into local markets for small business loans and this should help allay fears that movement toward automated lending processes will reduce small businesses' access to credit in already underserved markets.

    Survey of the nature and extent of gambling and problem gambling in the ACT

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    Gambling participation and expenditure • Approximately 75% of surveyed ACT residents gambled last year with nearly 36% of gamblers participating on at least a weekly basis. • The highest levels of gambling expenditure were recorded for gaming machines and lotteries. • According to latest Tasmanian Gaming Commission statistics, total gambling expenditure by ACT residents in 1999-2000 was $209m

    2003 Victorian Longitudinal Community Attitudes Survey

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    This report is Project 3 of the Gambling Research Panel’s 2001–2002 Research Plan, and is the eighth in a series of community attitudes surveys. The survey was conducted by ACNielsen in April and May 2003 using an effective random sample of 8,479 Victorian residents, a significantly larger sample than previous Victorian gambling surveys, and the resultant data provided to the Australian National University research team for analysis in July 2003. Three groups were identified — non-gamblers, non-regular gamblers and regular gamblers — and interviewed about their gambling behaviour, and their attitudes to gambling and its impact on the community. The significant finding of this survey is that large numbers of Victorians continue to experience problems associated with their gambling. Therefore problem gambling remains an important issue for public policy

    Mental health clinicians’ experiences of implementing evidence-based treatments.

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    Implementation research has tremendous potential to bridge the research-practice gap; however, we know more about barriers to evidence-based care than the factors that contribute to the adoption and sustainability of evidence-based treatments (EBTs). This qualitative study explores the experiences of clinicians (N = 11) who were implementing EBTs, highlighting the factors that they perceived to be most critical to successful implementation. The clinicians’ narratives reveal many leverage points that can inform administrators, clinical supervisors, and clinicians who wish to implement EBTs, as well as other stakeholders who wish to develop and test strategies for moving EBTs into routine care

    Prenatal programming of postnatal obesity: fetal nutrition and the regulation of leptin synthesis and secretion before birth

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    Exposure to either an increased or decreased level of intrauterine nutrition can result in an increase in adiposity and in circulating leptin concentrations in later life. In animals such as the sheep and pig in which fat is deposited before birth, leptin is synthesised in fetal adipose tissue and is present in the fetal circulation throughout late gestation. In the sheep a moderate increase or decrease in the level of maternal nutrition does not alter fetal plasma leptin concentrations, but there is evidence that chronic fetal hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia increase fetal fat mass and leptin synthesis within fetal fat depots. Importantly, there is a positive relationship between the relative mass of the ‘unilocular’ component of fetal perirenal and interscapular adipose tissue and circulating fetal leptin concentrations in the sheep. Thus, as in the neonate and adult, circulating leptin concentrations may be a signal of fat mass in fetal life. There is also evidence that leptin can act to regulate the lipid storage, leptin synthetic capacity and potential thermogenic functions of fat before birth. Thus, leptin may act as a signal of energy supply and have a ‘lipostatic’ role before birth. Future studies are clearly required to determine whether the intrauterine and early postnatal nutrient environment programme the endocrine feedback loop between adipose tissue and the central and peripheral neuroendocrine systems that regulate energy balance, resulting in an enhanced risk of obesity in adult life.I. C. McMillen, B. S. Muhlhausler, J. A. Duffield and B. S. J. Yue

    Gaming machine accessibility and use in suburban Canberra: a detailed analysis of the Tuggeranong Valley

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    This report outlines research which focuses on club use and gambling activity in a specific region of suburban Canberra, namely the Tuggeranong Valley. The study builds on the 2001 ACT gambling survey by focussing in detail on the local level patterns of club use and gambling activity

    Validation of the Victorian Gambling Screen

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    This report is a result of research commissioned by the Gambling Research Panel (GRP) to, firstly, identify current gambling patterns and perceptions and, secondly, evaluate the Victorian Gambling Screen. The first research requirement was addressed in the 2003 Victorian Longitudinal Community Attitudes Survey while this report, Validation of the Victorian Gambling Screen, addresses the second requirement.Funded by the Victorian Government through the Community Support Fun

    Mental health clinicians’ experiences of implementing evidence-based treatments.

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    Implementation research has tremendous potential to bridge the research-practice gap; however, we know more about barriers to evidence-based care than the factors that contribute to the adoption and sustainability of evidence-based treatments (EBTs). This qualitative study explores the experiences of clinicians (N = 11) who were implementing EBTs, highlighting the factors that they perceived to be most critical to successful implementation. The clinicians’ narratives reveal many leverage points that can inform administrators, clinical supervisors, and clinicians who wish to implement EBTs, as well as other stakeholders who wish to develop and test strategies for moving EBTs into routine care
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