Alien Registration- Buotte, Nina (Mexico, Oxford County)

https://digitalmaine.com/alien_docs/17773/thumbnail.jp

Alien Registration- Buotte, Douglas (Rumford, Oxford County)

https://digitalmaine.com/alien_docs/13554/thumbnail.jp

Alien Registration- Buotte, Mrs. Frencest (Rumford, Oxford County)

https://digitalmaine.com/alien_docs/13556/thumbnail.jp

Alien Registration- Buotte, Amelia (Rumford, Oxford County)

https://digitalmaine.com/alien_docs/13533/thumbnail.jp

Alien Registration- Buotte, J. Francois (Rumford, Oxford County)

https://digitalmaine.com/alien_docs/13557/thumbnail.jp

Vicarious Traumatization and Vicarious Resilience in Mental Health Professionals: An Investigation of Group Differences

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate individual differences between mental health professionals with varied levels of clinical experience and their personal levels of vicarious trauma (VT) and vicarious resilience (VR) as measured by the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS) and the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), respectively. A sample of 161 mental health professionals in New York State completed the scales and separate one-way between-subjects ANOVA tests examined the relationship between variables. A test for the moderating effect of the percentage of trauma clients on the clinician’s caseloads was also conducted between experience level of the clinician and their own levels of VT and VR. This study built upon existing research that suggested that working with trauma clients can precipitate VT and/or VR in the therapist. The data of this study revealed a significant difference between mental health professionals at difference levels of clinical experience with regard to their personal levels of VT and VR; clinicians with less experience had a higher trauma score than those with 5+ years’ experience, The data did not support that the percentage of trauma clients on a clinician’s caseload moderated this relationship. This study can lead to positive social change by bringing awareness to the potential for VT in clinicians, thereby demonstrating the need for support programs and trainings for said clinicians

Assessing climate change impacts on live fuel moisture and wildfire risk using a hydrodynamic vegetation model

Live fuel moisture content (LFMC) plays a critical role in wildfire dynamics, but little is known about responses of LFMC to multivariate climate change, e.g., warming temperature, CO2 fertilization, and altered precipitation patterns, leading to a limited prediction ability of future wildfire risks. Here, we use a hydrodynamic demographic vegetation model to estimate LFMC dynamics of chaparral shrubs, a dominant vegetation type in fire-prone southern California. We parameterize the model based on observed shrub allometry and hydraulic traits and evaluate the model\u27s accuracy through comparisons between observed and simulated LFMC of three plant functional types (PFTs) under current climate conditions. Moreover, we estimate the number of days per year of LFMC below 79 % (which is a critical threshold for wildfire danger rating of southern California chaparral shrubs) from 1960 to 2099 for each PFT and compare the number of days below the threshold for medium and high greenhouse gas emission scenarios (RCP4.5 and 8.5). We find that climate change could lead to more days per year (5.2 %–14.8 % increase) with LFMC below 79 % between the historical (1960–1999) and future (2080–2099) periods, implying an increase in wildfire danger for chaparral shrubs in southern California. Under the high greenhouse gas emission scenario during the dry season, we find that the future LFMC reductions mainly result from a warming temperature, which leads to 9.1 %–18.6 % reduction in LFMC. Lower precipitation in the spring leads to a 6.3 %–8.1 % reduction in LFMC. The combined impacts of warming and precipitation change on fire season length are equal to the additive impacts of warming and precipitation change individually. Our results show that the CO2 fertilization will mitigate fire risk by causing a 3.5 %–4.8 % increase in LFMC. Our results suggest that multivariate climate change could cause a significant net reduction in LFMC and thus exacerbate future wildfire danger in chaparral shrub systems

Bark beetles as agents of change in social–ecological systems

Due to recent outbreaks of native bark beetles, forest ecosystems have experienced substantial changes in landscape structure and function, which also affect nearby human populations. As a result, land managers have been tasked with sustaining ecosystem services in impacted areas by considering the best available science, public perceptions, and monitoring data to develop strategies to suppress bark beetle epidemics, and in some cases to restore affected lands and ecosystem services. The effects of bark beetle outbreaks are often detrimental to the provision of ecosystem services, including degraded landscape aesthetics and diminished air and water quality. However, there have been instances where bark beetle outbreaks have benefited communities by, for example, improving habitat for grazing animals and enhancing real- estate values. As a consequence of the interaction of a warming climate and susceptible forest stand conditions, the frequency, severity, and extent of bark beetle outbreaks are expected to increase and therefore will continue to challenge many social–ecological systems. We synthesize experiences from recent outbreaks to encourage knowledge transfer from previously impacted communities to potentially vulnerable locations that may be at risk from future bark beetle epidemic

Alien Registration- Buotte, Andrew (Jay, Franklin County)

https://digitalmaine.com/alien_docs/20662/thumbnail.jp