Becoming a Trauma Informed Care Organization

The Brockton Area Mutli Services Inc or BAMSI is a private, non-profit human services organization providing services to adults and children with developmental disabilities, mental illness, behavioral health, and public health needs. Founded in 1975, BAMSI is in the business of “bringing people and services together.” BAMSI transforms lives by building the capacity of individuals, families, organizations, and communities to learn, thrive, and achieve their goals. BAMSI services promote the recovery, resiliency, and self-determination of the people we serve. As a human services leader, we strive to be the provider of choice. (Duffy, 2019) With an emphasis on respect and affirming the dignity of the individual, BAMSI assists persons served to manage whatever aspect of their life is causing concern. Persons served are offered choices and are empowered to make guided decisions at each step along their journey. (Duffy, 2019) BAMSI’s mission embraces the belief that individuals need a variety of activities and supports that are designed to fulfill the agency’s mission of “empowering people and enriching their lives one individual, one family at a time.” (Duffy, 2019) With more than 40 years of experience working with individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, those with visual and hearing impairments, as well as its more recent work with those with traumatic or acquired brain injury, the organization has the experience in and dedication to creating innovative and genuine opportunities for meaningful community participation. (Duffy, 2019

The impact of financial constraints on the local price of farm land

Most farm land acquisitions involve a significant commitment of money capital. The proportion of owned versus borrowed wealth used to meet the purchase commitment is reflected in the down-payment ratio. The larger the down-payment ratio, the greater the proportion of owned wealth employed in the acquisition of the land. The availability of wealth from either or both sources may impose a constraint on land acquisition and may influence the market price of land;A model of firm behavior under a money capital constraint has been developed in order to examine this influence. This model shows the firm\u27s demand for fixed inputs (i.e. farm land) to be a function of the price of the firm\u27s output, the prices of all inputs, and the availability of money capital constraint is binding, an easing of the constraint, ceteris paribus, can change the level of input use at which equality between marginal value product and marginal factor cost is achieved. Assuming the level of factor use to be fixed, this change may be translated into a change in factor price (i.e. land price);A single equation econometric model was specified in order to test three hypotheses derived from the theoretical model. First, given a fixed equity level, the required down-payment percentage, as a reflection of the constraint on money capital, should be negatively related to the price of farm land. Second, existing buyer wealth, also deemed a measure of money capital availability, should be positively related to land price. Third, an interaction between existing wealth and required down-payment percentage exists whereby land buyers with different levels of wealth react differently, in terms of the price they bid, to changes in the required down-payment percentage. The direction of this interaction, ambiguous in the sense that it depends on factors which might vary over a given sample of land buyers, was deemed to be negative in light of the characteristics of the present sample;The results of the estimation, using data on farm sales in Iowa over the years 1975 through 1979, failed to reject the first two hypotheses. The hypothesized interaction between wealth and down-payment percentage, although of the predicted sign, was acceptable only at lower levels of confidence

Investigating the effect of emetic and aversive compounds on Dictyostelium identifies a novel non-sentient model for bitter tastant research

Nausea and vomiting are common but serious side effects associated with many therapeutic drugs. Whilst the physiological mechanisms behind the generation of the vomiting response are well characterised, the range of emetic stimuli that can generate the response are poorly understood. The potential of using Dictyostelium discoideum, a eukaryotic amoeba, as a model for predicting emetic liability was examined in this thesis. The effects of a range of known emetic and aversive compounds on Dictyostelium cell behaviour was investigated, resulting in the identification of a small number that strongly inhibited cell migration in a concentration-dependent and reversible manner. These active compounds included a range of bitter compounds and the pungent taslant, capsaicin. A Dictyostelium mutagenesis screen was then used to identify genes controlling sensitivity to bitter tastants. This screen identified a mutant containing a disrupted grlJ gene as showing partial resistance to phenylthiourea in growth and behavioural changes in movement. GrlJ is a Gprotein coupled receptor that regulates a phenylthiourea-dependent effect by inhibition of a phosphatidylinositol (PIP3) signalling pathway. A search for proteins sharing homology to GrlJ identified an uncharacterised GABAB-like receptor, QaNHA5, involved in the detection of phenylthiourea in Dictyostelium. This thesis has therefore identified Dictyostelium as a potentially useful model for the identification of bitter and pungent tastants. In addition, this thesis has identified the Dictyostelium protein, GrIJ, as well as an uncharacterised human protein, Q8NHA5, involved in the detection of the bitter tastant, phenylthiourea.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Entrepreneurial Attitudes Of MBA Students In The United States Relative To The CIS: The Case Of Armenia

This paper compares the entrepreneurial attributes of MBA students in Armenia to those in the United States.  If entrepreneurial attributes are more learned cultural behaviors and not only inherent personality factors, business students in a recently-privatized economy such as Armenia would not score as high on an entrepreneurial personality index as would business students in the U.S. where both models of entrepreneurship and expectations of certain proactive characteristics in individuals entering the business world are widespread

Implementing an offsite construction strategy: a UK contracting organisation case study

Many United Kingdom (UK) contractors only consider offering offsite solutions on a bespoke project-by-project basis, with very few having immediate plans for integrating fully offsite manufacturing as part of their core business strategy. Limited literature exists regarding how a major UK contractor could achieve such a strategic offsite capability, as this capability is usually referred to as an out-sourced, subcontracted activity. The concept of a major contractor providing its own capability and completing large scale infrastructure projects using offsite construction (OSC) methods is not common in the UK, although the concept is less rare in certain other countries, such as Australia. The aim of this paper is to determine the benefits that OSC can offer for UK contractors and to investigate how an offsite strategy can be implemented in practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a major UK contractor, transcribed, and thematically analysed to determine how effectively the offsite strategy and methods were being implemented at different levels within the contractor’s operations. The potential attractiveness and future of offsite for major UK contractors is discussed. The paper concludes with three recommendations for contractors considering the development of offsite capability. First, commitment from senior leadership at a strategic level, second, clear communication to all level through the firm and third, investment in innovation

Realising offsite construction and standardisation within a leading UK infrastructure consultancy

The civil engineering sector is often regarded as resistant to innovation and to the implementation of new ideas. With the UK public sector increasingly adopting the ‘more for less’ approach towards project financing, the sector needs to continually adjust in order to meet clients’ evolving demands. Offsite construction and standardisation (OSS) has been shown to be a key solution for the building and housing sectors, which have increasingly embraced such methods over the last decade in order to help increase efficiency, raise quality and reduce costs. OSS is nowadays employed in many large scale building projects varying from hotels and hospitals to prisons and student accommodation. Certain aspects, such as precast concrete elements, have also been widely employed in the infrastructure sector, but other applications have had little deployment. A series of initiatives are currently taking place in order to modernise the UK construction industry, with a governing aim of reducing project costs through improved resource and data management. The use of offsite construction methods and standardisation have been deemed equally appropriate approaches for reducing costs and construction time, while increasing construction quality. This paper reports on a research initiative at a leading UK infrastructure consultancy to examine current practices regarding OSS. Through semi-structured interviews with senior managers from different industry sectors within the company, opportunities for future offsite implementation are identified. The findings identify research and industry potential for improving “offsite mature” sub-sectors such as bridges, increased implementation of offsite techniques in the water and maritime sectors, as well as discussing subsectors such as tunnelling, which appear to be moving away from offsite construction