The recruitment and retention of high school sport officials in Minnesota: An Exploratory Analysis

The issue that this proposal study will address is the current officiating shortage for Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) sanctioned events. High school games are being rescheduled and at times canceled altogether due to the lack of available registered officials needed to ensure games are officiated correctly and with quality. In order to address this problem, the purpose of this proposed study will be to explore the types of interactions, both positive and negative, that registered MSHSL officials have had with players, coaches, and fans at events they have officiated. To gather the data, an online survey would be conducted and completed by current MSHSL registered officials. This proposed study would have a plethora of audiences that deem to benefit from its findings. Athletes, administrators, coaches, fans, and the officials would all benefit from a more quality gameday experience when examining the data retrieved from this study and in turn, help reverse the trend of the officiating shortage in Minnesota

Eric J. Hobsbawm tra marxismo britannico e comunismo italiano

This research focuses on the connections between Eric J. Hobsbawm and Italy

Assessing performance of the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, overall and by select age groups, for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Background Health-care needs change throughout the life course. It is thus crucial to assess whether health systems provide access to quality health care for all ages. Drawing from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD 2019), we measured the Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) Index overall and for select age groups in 204 locations from 1990 to 2019. Methods We distinguished the overall HAQ Index (ages 0–74 years) from scores for select age groups: the young (ages 0–14 years), working (ages 15–64 years), and post-working (ages 65–74 years) groups. For GBD 2019, HAQ Index construction methods were updated to use the arithmetic mean of scaled mortality-to-incidence ratios (MIRs) and risk-standardised death rates (RSDRs) for 32 causes of death that should not occur in the presence of timely, quality health care. Across locations and years, MIRs and RSDRs were scaled from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) separately, putting the HAQ Index on a different relative scale for each age group. We estimated absolute convergence for each group on the basis of whether the HAQ Index grew faster in absolute terms between 1990 and 2019 in countries with lower 1990 HAQ Index scores than countries with higher 1990 HAQ Index scores and by Socio-demographic Index (SDI) quintile. SDI is a summary metric of overall development. Findings Between 1990 and 2019, the HAQ Index increased overall (by 19·6 points, 95% uncertainty interval 17·9–21·3), as well as among the young (22·5, 19·9–24·7), working (17·2, 15·2–19·1), and post-working (15·1, 13·2–17·0) age groups. Large differences in HAQ Index scores were present across SDI levels in 2019, with the overall index ranging from 30·7 (28·6–33·0) on average in low-SDI countries to 83·4 (82·4–84·3) on average in highSDI countries. Similarly large ranges between low-SDI and high-SDI countries, respectively, were estimated in the HAQ Index for the young (40·4–89·0), working (33·8–82·8), and post-working (30·4–79·1) groups. Absolute convergence in HAQ Index was estimated in the young group only. In contrast, divergence was estimated among the working and post-working groups, driven by slow progress in low-SDI countries. Interpretation Although major gaps remain across levels of social and economic development, convergence in the young group is an encouraging sign of reduced disparities in health-care access and quality. However, divergence in the working and post-working groups indicates that health-care access and quality is lagging at lower levels of social and economic development. To meet the needs of ageing populations, health systems need to improve health-care access and quality for working-age adults and older populations while continuing to realise gains among the young.publishedVersio

Eric J. Hobsbawm tra marxismo britannico e comunismo italiano

By developing the biographical genre though a “translocal micro-history” approach, the research aims to study the figure of Eric J. Hobsbawm focusing on his elective affinity with Italy. It examines the ways in which the encounter of the English historian with this country took place and was renewed from the fifties until the new Millennium. First, it analyzes the relationships networks which Hobsbawm created in Italy or with Italians worldwide; secondly, it considers the results that these interactions provoked at the level of scientific production and political reflection, trying to capture at the same time the transformations that his political identity underwent in contact with the Italian Communist Party. Moreover it try to explore the features that his reputation reached in Italy, discussing the influences his production exerted on Italian historiographical context and on Italian public opinion.Sul finire dello scorso secolo Eric J. Hobsbawm, sollecitato circa il motivo del suo essere così filo-italiano, rispose che era difficile non esserlo. A partire dai primi anni Cinquanta era entrato in contatto con il mondo culturale e politico italiano, instaurandovi duraturi rapporti professionali, di amicizia e di affinità politica. Il volume, giovandosi di fonti archivistiche inedite e sviluppando il genere biografico attraverso un approccio di ‘microstoria translocale’, mette a fuoco l’affinità elettiva che legò lo storico inglese all’Italia, ricostruendone le reti di relazioni, esaminando gli esiti che queste interazioni provocarono nella sua identità comunista così come nella sua produzione storiografica, analizzando infine la fortuna italiana delle sue opere

The Myth of sustainable culture : The National Museum of Gems, Metals & Minerals

As Hans-Georg Gadamer explains, because modern society is so focused on specialization, medicine and health have become disjointed from common knowledge. Similarly, sustainability is often unrealizable to the users of a building through their experience. This is due to the specialized application of sustainable technology in the form of complex systems. Such issues are important because architecture has always been meaningfully perceived through the lived-experience of the body. In fact, looking to history, one will find that the root of sustain is Sustinere – To Hold. Is it possible to examine sustainability as both an experiential phenomena and a specialist’s application of technology to a building? When Martin Heidegger defined dwelling, he defined it as a means of sustainable discourse as well as a relation of the body to the surrounding world. Located in Georgetown Colorado, the design integrates sustainable technology into the experience of architecture rather than being an applied formulaic system alone. The building, inspired by the wonder of a gem, acts as a bridge between sustainable practices and the body, the world and greater culture, the individual and the cosmos

Eric J. Hobsbawm tra marxismo britannico e comunismo italiano

This research focuses on the connections between Eric J. Hobsbawm and Italy.La ricerca mette a fuoco l’affinità elettiva che legò Eric J. Hobsbawm all’Italia