Self-Stigma and Peer Interactions in Corrections-based Therapeutic Communities

The purpose of this project is to investigate the impact that internalized stigma has on peer interactions within corrections-based therapeutic communities (TCs). A combination of various theoretical concepts such as “community as method” and a mutual aid model (De Leon, 1995), TCs are built around the idea that treatment and subsequent recovery is facilitated through the formation of community (De Leon, 2000; Harvey, 2005). Yet, research on those with substance abuse issues has found that this population reports increased social withdrawal (Can et al., 2015), as well as higher levels of internalized stigma surrounding their identity as a substance abusers (Corrigan et al., 2006). This internalized stigma could erode the effectiveness of a community-based treatment program for substance abuse individuals. This project uses two survey instruments to measure the degree to which participants feel internalized stigma and the types of relationships they have with fellow TC members.Ohio State University College of Social WorkNo embargoAcademic Major: Social Wor

Stories and Sketches From Pacific County

"A long, long time ago there was no peninsula or bay or Indians, but one day there came from the siah cold illahee(far cold country) a big canoe with…

Structural Integrity Program for INTEC Calcined Solids Storage Facilities

This report documents the activities of the structural integrity program at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center relevant to the high-level waste Calcined Solids Storage Facilities and associated equipment, as required by DOE M 435.1-1, “Radioactive Waste Management Manual.” Based on the evaluation documented in this report, the Calcined Solids Storage Facilities are not leaking and are structurally sound for continued service. Recommendations are provided for continued monitoring of the Calcined Solids Storage Facilities

I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death: how art Thou with Me? Considerations of the Religiosity of the Modern Hospice Movement

This thesis will investigate the importance of religion in the structure and mission\ud of hospice programs of the twentieth century. Hospice's reintroduction to the modern\ud health care system resulted from the work of Dr. Cicely Saunders and her monumental\ud progress refocusing attention on the particularities of caring for terminally ill patients.\ud The foundation of St. Christopher's Hospice in London, under Saunders' jurisdiction,\ud marked the initiation of the modern hospice movement, and a reconsideration of the\ud treatment of terminal patients in a health care setting. Saunders demonstrates the\ud complexity of hospice as a plural institution through her anxiety regarding the religious\ud foundation of St. Christopher's hospice. Saunders, through her personal and professional\ud work, develops a nuanced understanding of the meaning of Jesus' death on the cross for\ud the suffering of man; this conception dictates the mission of St. Christopher's hospice,\ud despite its interdenominational character. St. Christopher's hospice explicates a model of\ud care founded strongly in a particular religious conception of the appeasement of\ud suffering. The United States replicated Saunders' reorientation of terminal care in Britain,\ud initiating the first American hospice program of the modern hospice movement. Converse\ud to St. Christopher's model, U.S. hospice programs developed actively devoid of any\ud religious foundation, to better serve a multi-religious cohort of terminal patients. A\ud consideration of these differing models of hospice care ultimately demonstrates that\ud religion is extraneous to the structure and foundation of hospice, barring individual and\ud consistent attention is paid to personal religiosity in the experience of dying

Development as Freedom? Questioning Foreign Aid Development Assistance and Turning to What We Can Learn From Nicaragua

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College

Predicting organic thin-film transistor carrier type from single molecule calculations

The hole- or electron-conducting ability of functionalized acene-derivative organic molecular semiconductor thin-films can be predicted by electrochemical measurements of the frontier molecular orbital energies. We find that PM6 calculations using a Conductor-like Polarizable Continuum Model (CPCM) solvent are in complete qualitative agreement with the electrochemical results, and B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-31G(d) CPCM calculations are in quantitative agreement with the electrochemical results, given a suitable linear scaling function presented in this paper. These calculated electrochemical results can thus be used to predict the charge-carrier type of the resulting thin-film organic semiconductor device, enabling rapid computational screening of new materials. We also examine the role of internal reorganization energy and dielectric medium shifts to modify carrier conduction. Neither effect is large enough to explain the experimental results, demonstrating the importance of the relative orientations and packing of the molecules in the thin-film. --author-supplied descriptio

Structural Integrity Program for the 300,000-Gallon Radioactive Liquid Waste Tanks at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center

This report provides a record of the Structural Integrity Program for the 300,000-gal liquid waste storage tanks and associated equipment at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center, as required by U.S. Department of Energy M 435.1-1, “Radioactive Waste Management Manual.” This equipment is known collectively as the Tank Farm Facility. The conclusion of this report is that the Tank Farm Facility tanks, vaults, and transfer systems that remain in service for storage are structurally adequate, and are expected to remain structurally adequate over the remainder of their planned service life through 2012. Recommendations are provided for continued monitoring of the Tank Farm Facility