Efficacy of property marking: Police identification of stolen property

Property marking, as a situational crime prevention technique, has found to be largely ineffectual in the reduction of property theft, although past studies have not considered the role property marking as an aid to the return of stolen or lost property. However, automotive identification and some studies have found that in some cases property marking is effective. Furthermore, many crime prevention groups focus on property marking as a means to reduce crime and the fear of crime. Therefore, the study investigated the processes of lost, stolen and seized goods by law enforcement personnel. The study undertook a qualitative analysis of law enforcement property identification process, including a documentary analysis of procedures and practitioner interviews for content-thematic analysis. The study found that the use of manufacturer serial numbers was the initial line of investigative enquiry. Limiting factors were technical capability to find and use covert property markings. The successful implementation of a code of best practice or standardisation in the recording of serial numbers, and the availability of the community to quickly and easily record their property may have a significant effect in the reduction of property crimes; due to the perceived increase of risk and potential reduction of reward to the offender

CIAS-DM: A Model-Based, Human-Centered Architectural Modeling Method + Tool

A recent trend in architecture is for the built environment pro-actively contributes to enhancing human health, well-being, performance, and social interactions in measurable, predictable, and adaptable ways. Buildings are becoming interfaces and digital machines and their roles and capabilities are expanding. Accommodating this trend will require architectural design methods and tools to evolve. Sensing, monitoring, actuation, intelligence, and communication subsystems are now integral components of environmental designers’ vocabularies and considerations when designing space and form. At present, the theories, methods, and tools for representing and incorporating these elements during design do not exist. Developing these artifacts is an active area of research. This dissertation focuses on representing the affordances of complex, interactive, architectural systems (CIAS) and proposes, evaluates, and refines the Complex, Interactive, Architectural Systems Design Methodology (CIAS-DM). The purpose of CIAS-DM is to aid designers in making sure they understand the design challenge well at the start of the project. The Validation Square Research Design is used to evaluate CIAS-DM. Results are preliminary, but indicate that using a method similar to CIAS-DM may be useful for helping designers manage the scope of complex,interactive design challenges

International higher education and the mobility of UK students

Acknowledgements This research was funded by the British Academy Larger Research Grants Scheme (2007)(2008). The authors would like sincerely to thank Helena Wilson for her help with the collection of data and Sandra Mather, at the University of Liverpool, who created the maps used here. We would also like to thank the 85 respondents who were interviewed as part of the project, and participants at workshop on Student Mobilities held at the University o

Decolonize MSU

During Native American Heritage Month, a campus-wide conversation was held about Montclair State University\u27s Native Land Acknowledgement, which publicly acknowledges that MSU occupies the traditional territory of the Lenni-Lenape People. It also commits our University to be the urgent, difficult work of decolonization. Focus on Education: This panel discussion includes a reflection on how K-12 schools and teachers can do more to support Indigenous students and communities, decolonize the curriculum, and teach about Native American history and culture in meaningful, relevant, and effective ways. Invited Guests: Dr. Rev. John Norwood (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, NJ) Turtle Clan Chief Vincent Mann (Ramapough, NJ) Dr. Lisa Brooks (Choctaw, OK) Moderators: Brianna Dagostino & Daine Ocampo Martinez Page Footer Sponsors: The Land Acknowledgement Committee of the University Senate; CHSS; CEHS; Anthropology; History; Religion; The Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education Project; Writing Studies; Family Science & Human Development; Office for Social Justice & Diversity; MSU Adjunct Union AFT Local 602

Experimental determination of the temperature dependence of oxygen-isotope fractionation between water and chitinous head capsules of chironomid larvae

Oxygen-isotope values of invertebrate cuticle preserved in lake sediments have been used in palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, generally with the assumption that fractionation of oxygen isotopes between cuticle and water (\upalpha_{\text{cuticle}-\text{H}_{2}\text{O}}) is independent of temperature. We cultured chironomid larvae in the laboratory with labelled oxygen-isotope water and across a range of closely controlled temperatures from 5 to 25 °C in order to test the hypothesis that fractionation of oxygen isotopes between chironomid head capsules and water (\upalpha_{\text{chironomid}-\text{H}_{2}\text{O}}) is independent of temperature. Results indicate that the hypothesis can be rejected, and that \upalpha_{\text{chironomid}-\text{H}_{2}\text{O}} decreases with increasing temperature. The scatter in the data suggests that further experiments are needed to verify the relationship. However, these results indicate that temperature-dependence of \upalpha_{\text{chironomid}-\text{H}_{2}\text{O}} should be considered when chironomid δ18O is used as a paleoenvironmental proxy, especially in cases where data from chironomids are combined with oxygen-isotope values from other materials for which fractionation is temperature dependent, such as calcite, in order to derive reconstructions of past water temperature

Law Libraries and Laboratories: The Legacies of Langdell and His Metaphor

Law Librarians and others have often referred to Harvard Law School Dean C.C. Langdell’s statements that the law library is the lawyer’s laboratory. Professor Danner examines the context of what Langdell through his other writings, the educational environment at Harvard in the late nineteenth century, and the changing perceptions of university libraries generally. He then considers how the “laboratory metaphor” has been applied by librarians and legal scholars during the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. The article closes with thoughts on Langdell’s legacy for law librarians and the usefulness of the laboratory metaphor

Measures of Fluid Loss during Surfing: A Preliminary Analysis in Recreational Surfers

Surfing is a popular sport, but little is known about the extent to which recreational surfers experience fluid loss from this activity. The principal objective of this research was to estimate fluid loss during a surfing session through changes in pre- to post-session urine color (Ucol), urine osmolality (Uosm), and body mass (BM). Data were collected from 11 recreational surfers across 14 surf sessions conducted under various environmental (mean water temperature = 22.1 SD ± 2.3; range = 20-26oC; air temperature range = 13.1-31.5oC; relative humidity range = 37.5-88.1%) and surfing conditions (e.g. winter/summer, wave type, location, environmental and water conditions). Linear mixed effects models indicated that participants experienced significant pre- to post-session changes in BM (p \u3c 0.001), but not in Ucol or Uosm. These findings suggested that recreational surfers may experience fluid loss (measured by pre- to post-surfing BM) that may impact on their performance and health, and therefore they should adopt a hydration strategy to minimize this impact