2010 YCAP Needs Assessment Report

This report outlines the Yamhill Community Action Partnership (YCAP) areas of need, strength, and improvement. Low income and unemployed individuals receive significant support through YCAP programs, including transportation, housing, and bill pay assistance. YCAP programs were assessed during the spring of 2010 through a client survey

Automated Speckle Interferometry of Known Binaries

Astronomers have been measuring the separations and position angles between the two components of binary stars since William Herschel began his observations in 1781. In 1970, Anton Labeyrie pioneered a method, speckle interferometry, that overcomes the usual resolution limits induced by atmospheric turbulence by taking hundreds or thousands of short exposures and reducing them in Fourier space. Our 2022 automation of speckle interferometry allowed us to use a fully robotic 1.0-meter PlaneWave Instruments telescope, located at the El Sauce Observatory in the Atacama Desert of Chile, to obtain observations of many known binaries with established orbits. The long-term objective of these observations is to establish the precision, accuracy, and limitations of this telescope's automated speckle interferometry measurements. This paper provides an early overview of the Known Binaries Project and provide example results on a small-separation (0.27") binary, WDS 12274-2843 B 228

Draft Genome Sequence of Streptomyces sp. Strain ventii, Isolated from a Microbial Mat near Hydrothermal Vents within the Axial Seamount in the Pacific Ocean, and Resequencing of the Type Strains Streptomyces lonarensis NCL 716 and Streptomyces bohaiensis 11A07

The draft genome of Streptomyces sp. strain ventii, an environmental isolate recovered from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean, is presented along with the resequenced draft genomes of the type strains Streptomyces bohaiensis 11A07 and Streptomyces lonarensis NCL 716

Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Pilot Online Mindful Self-Compassion Program for Medical Students

Medical students experience elevated stress, burnout, depression, suicidal ideation, and compassion fatigue. Previous research has demonstrated that a variety of mindfulness and self-compassion interventions can improve stress, burnout, and self-compassion in this population. However, these programs are not consistently implemented and, given the costly nature of program implementation, it is imperative to improve the effectiveness of interventions on psychological and behavioral health outcomes through systematic development. The specific aims were to: 1) assess feasibility and acceptability of the Self-compassion, Yoga, and Mindfulness for Burnout: Integrating Online Sessions and Interpersonal Support (SYMBIOSIS) program, and 2) evaluate preliminary psychological and behavioral health outcomes. A mixed-methods approach was utilized to investigate feasibility, acceptability, and effects of the program using validated measures and open-ended questions. Participants were 20 first- and second-year medical students at one U.S. mid-western medical college who participated between October 2020 to December 2020. Participants were enrolled in one of two groups for the virtual 8-week program via Webex. Participants completed surveys at pre, post, and four weeks after the intervention. They also completed weekly home practice assessments. Of the 19 participants who completed the program (95% retention rate), all participants attended 6 or more sessions. Repeated measures ANOVAs revealed that participants had significant improvements in burnout, self-compassion, perceived stress, and health promoting behaviors across time. These results were supported by qualitative themes of increased social support, wellness skills, and overall positive experiences. Findings suggest that the SYMBIOSIS program was feasible and acceptable to medical students, and improved psychological and behavioral health outcomes

Narcotic misuse in Sweden : Examining changes in age structure and gender from 1997- 2017 through events of hospitalizations and mortality

Aim: The motivation of this explorative study is to analyze the changing age structure of individuals misusing narcotics presenting with events of hospitalization or mortality. Methods: The data is derived from three anonymous, aggregated data sets for the mortality (n=4,999), hospitalization (n=143,264), and general population data. Descriptives, independent T-Tests, and simple linear regression is used for the analysis of age among events of mortality and hospitalizations throughout time. Results: The structure of ages among individuals with mortality linked to narcotic misuse does not significantly change. The trends in ages among males and females present themselves differently in mortality related to narcotic misuse as the female median ages continue to increase in age, whereas male median ages remain relatively stable. The age structure of individuals with hospitalizations linked to narcotic misuse has changed over time, with the males and females presenting similar significant trends in declining age. Conclusion: The changes in age structure among individuals misusing narcotics differ when measuring mortality and hospitalizations. Significant changes indicate that hospitalizations have increased over time and are more prevalent in younger adults, suggesting that more individuals are misusing narcotics at younger ages and requiring more medical care as they age and live longer lives

Marsh migration and beyond: A scalable framework to assess tidal wetland resilience and support strategic management.

Tidal wetlands are critical but highly threatened ecosystems that provide vital services. Efficient stewardship of tidal wetlands requires robust comparative assessments of different marshes to understand their resilience to stressors, particularly in the face of relative sea level rise. Existing assessment frameworks aim to address tidal marsh resilience, but many are either too localized or too general, and few directly translate resilience evaluations to recommendations for management strategies. In response to the deficiencies in existing frameworks, we identified a set of metrics that influence overall marsh resilience that can be assessed at any spatial scale. We then developed a new comprehensive assessment framework to rank relative marsh resilience using these metrics, which are nested within three categories. We represent resilience as the sum of results across the three metric categories: current condition, adaptive capacity, and vulnerability. Users of this framework can add scores from each category to generate a total resilience score to compare across marshes or take the score from each category and refer to recommended management actions we developed based on expert elicitation for each combination of category results. We then applied the framework across the contiguous United States using publicly available data, and summarized results at multiple spatial scales, from regions to coastal states to National Estuarine Research Reserves to finer scale marsh units, to demonstrate the framework's value across these scales. Our national analysis allowed for comparison of tidal marsh resilience across geographies, which is valuable for determining where to prioritize management actions for desired future marsh conditions. In combination, the assessment framework and recommended management actions function as a broadly applicable decision-support tool that will enable resource managers to evaluate tidal marshes and select appropriate strategies for conservation, restoration, and other stewardship goals