Asian Americans and the 2008 Election

Presents results of a survey of Asian Americans' views on the 2008 election and political participation. Examines candidate preferences, issues of concern, and percentages of likely voters, by party affiliation, voting record, ethnic group, and state

Exploring the Accessibility Gap: Quantifying Transport Disadvantage in the City of Toronto

Researchers and policymakers have become increasingly interested in understanding the intersection between transportation and equity. Many scholars argue that it is important to understand transportation through an equity lens insofar as transportation provides the basic capability of access, which is the freedom and ability for people to reach destinations that are important for participating in society. However, not all transportation systems provide everyone with comparable levels of access. Different groups and individuals may experience different socioeconomic constraints that inhibit their ability to use or afford different modes of travel. This combination of limited accessibility with different socioeconomic constraints that impede one’s ability to travel is referred to as transport poverty, transport disadvantage, or transport-related social exclusion. The purpose of this thesis is to help planners and policymakers identify, analyze, and understand existing accessibility conditions to non-work destinations and to measure the impacts of different interventions on accessibility for transport disadvantaged neighbourhoods. The City of Toronto is used as a case study. Overall, transport disadvantage in Toronto tends to be concentrated in the city’s suburbs, namely in North York, Scarborough, and the northern parts of Etobicoke. The results suggest that improving transit service is the most effective intervention for increasing accessibility for transport disadvantaged zones and reducing the disparity in accessibility levels between zones with higher and lower transport disadvantage

Examination of a Cognitive Diathesis Stress Model of Depression in Children and Adolescents with Juvenile Rheumatic Disease

Psycholog

Optical trapping using ultrashort 12.9fs pulses

We demonstrate stable three-dimensional optical trapping of 780nm silica particles using a dispersion-compensated 12.9fs infrared pulsed laser and a trapping microscope system with 1.40NA objective. To achieve these pulse durations we use the Multiphoto

Prospectus, November 9, 1988

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The impact of removing financial incentives from clinical quality indicators: longitudinal analysis of four Kaiser Permanente indicators

Objective To evaluate the effect of financial incentives on four clinical quality indicators common to pay for performance plans in the United Kingdom and at Kaiser Permanente in California

Prospectus, November 2, 1988

https://spark.parkland.edu/prospectus_1988/1027/thumbnail.jp