Freedom of Speech/Press and High School and College Newspapers

The Hazelwood decision reopens the discussion of student First Amendment rights in relation to school authority

‘Never Ending Story and Forgotten Futures: moving beyond decline/renewal binaries in dementia care’ [note to AD - waiting for the post-print from Niamh then apply 18 month embargo]

‘Dis-identifications from dominant models of subject-formation can be productive and creative’ (Braidotti 2013, 167). This problematises applied theatre practices informed by received understandings of dementia, and their implications for memory and identity. Forgotten Futures (2017) and Never-Ending Story (2016-ongoing) refuse those understandings, emphasising future-focused, relational well-being for people living with dementia

Resiliency Factors Related to Substance Use/Resistance: Perceptions of Native Adolescents of the Southwest

This exploratory, qualitative study examined risk and protective factors influencing drug and alcohol use and/or resistance of Native youth in the Southwest. Thirty-two Native middle school students participated in 10 focus groups that explored their experiences with alcohol and drugs in their school and reservation communities. The findings indicate a complex interaction of both risk and protective factors related to substance use. Respondents\u27 cousins and siblings, in particular, played a key role in their decisions to use or resist drugs. Implications for social work practice are discussed

Applying and comparing various nutrient profiling models against the packaged food supply in South Africa

This study aimed to apply the newly developed Chile Adjusted Model (CAM) nutrient profiling model (NPM) to the food supply in South Africa (SA) and compare its performance against existing NPM as an indication of suitability for use to underpin food policies targeted at discouraging consumption of products high in nutrients associated with poor health.Cross-sectional analysis of the SA-packaged food supply comparing the CAM to three other NPM: SA Health and Nutrition Claims (SA HNC), Chilean Warning Octagon (CWO) 2019, and Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) NPM.The SA-packaged food supply based on products stocked by supermarkets in Cape Town, SA

Data Collection at Fifteen Selected Creeks in Support of Shallow Water Dredging on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula - Methods & Data Report

Federal funding has been historically available for the Army Corps of Engineers for shallow draft navigation projects. However, past and recent subsidies have not provided ample funding at levels to sustain maintenance dredging for the 17 federal navigation channels on the Middle Peninsula. Further, funding for maintenance of non-federal channels has been historically neglected by the Commonwealth of Virginia until the Virginia General Assembly established the Virginia Waterway Maintenance Fund in 2018. For the past decade the Middle Peninsula Chesapeake Bay Public Access Authority, the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission and its member jurisdictions, and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science Shoreline Studies Program have worked to advance local solutions and alternatives to address dredging needs in the Commonwealth

Source of Parental Reports of Child Height and Weight during Phone Interviews and Influence on Obesity Prevalence Estimates among Children Aged 3–17 Years

We compared parental reports of children’s height and weight when the values were estimated vs. parent-measured to determine how these reports influence the estimated prevalence of childhood obesity

Adjuvant trastuzumab duration trials in HER2 positive breast cancer - what results would be practice-changing? Persephone investigator questionnaire prior to primary endpoint results.

Trastuzumab Duration questionnaire. The questionnaire that was completed by the oncologists. (PDF 476 kb