Early Pathways Therapy for Young Children in Poverty: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Early Pathways is a home-based, parent and child therapy program for the treatment of disruptive behaviors among young children living in poverty. In this study, 199 clinically referred children were randomly assigned to an immediate treatment (IT) or wait-list control (WL) conditions. Results indicated that parents in the IT condition reported significant improvements in their child’s disruptive and prosocial behaviors and increased nurturing and decreased use of corporal and verbal punishment by their parents compared to the WL families. Gains were maintained for children in both the IT and WL conditions at 3-month follow-up

Abiu

This paper describes the abiu fruit, its origin, cultivars, environment, propagation, culture and management, pests and diseases in Hawai‘i, harvesting and yield, postharvest considerations, packaging, pricing, and marketing, nutritive value, recipes, cost of production, and information resources

Rollinia

This paper describes the rollinia fruit, its origin, cultivars, environment, propagation, culture and management, pests and diseases in Hawai‘i, harvesting and yield, postharvest considerations, packaging, pricing, and marketing, nutritive value, recipes, cost of production, and information resources

Bilimbi

This publication describes the bilimbi fruit, its origin, cultivars, and native environment. It provides a general overview of crop production, management, and economics

Soursop

This paper describes the soursop fruit, its origin, cultivars, environment, propagation, culture and management, pests and diseases in Hawai‘i, harvesting and yield, postharvest considerations, packaging, pricing, and marketing, nutritive value, recipes, cost of production, and information resources

Jackfruit

This paper describes jackfruit, its origin, cultivars, environment, propagation, culture and management, pests and diseases in Hawai‘i, harvesting and yield, postharvest considerations, packaging, pricing, and marketing, nutritive value, recipes, cost of production, and information resources

Jaboticaba

This paper describes the jaboticaba fruit, its origin, cultivars, environment, propagation, culture and management, pests and diseases in Hawai‘i, harvesting and yield, postharvest considerations, packaging, pricing, and marketing, nutritive value, recipes, cost of production, and information resources

Courts

Covers laws on the venue for violations of the motor vehicle code (Love) and on independent municipal courts (Meisenholder)

Professional Reading

The Chiefs of Naval Operation

Superfund: An Assessment of Superfund Site Remedy Selectioin and Implementation

Since its inception in 1980, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund Program has served as the primary mechanism for coordinating the remediation of sites contaminated with hazardous substances. Although the program has successfully overseen cleanup at hundreds of sites, experts have identified a number of weaknesses in the remedy selection and implementation processes. Our study focuses on two weaknesses that have been identified at individual Superfund sites in the previous literature: Remedy Selection: • Selection of non-permanent remedies over permanent remedies Remedy Implementation: • Inconsistency and non-transparency shown in the documentation of cleanup objectives, site cleanup progress, and problems during remedy implementation Although these weaknesses were well documented in previous literature, our group found little evidence that the underlying cause of these weaknesses had been addressed. Our study adds to the current understanding of these weaknesses by investigating their origins using established policy and engineering systems analysis techniques. We have based our analysis on three Superfund site case studies. We offer several recommendations that address the observed weaknesses in site remedy selection and implementation. Lastly, we include suggestions for areas in which further inquiry may be useful