Women Working in the Shadows: The Informal Economy and Export Processing Zones

A publication providing a description of women’s work in the world economy and the manner by which their rights are systematically violated. Suggests that the ILO Agenda for Decent Work and the recommendations of the UN Development Fund for Women be used as guidelines to ensure womens’ rights in the workplace

Probing New Physics with b to s l l and b to s nu nu transitions

The rare decay B to K* (to K pi) mu+ mu- is regarded as one of the crucial channels for B physics since its angular distribution gives access to many observables that offer new important tests of the Standard Model and its extensions. We point out a number of correlations among various observables which will allow a clear distinction between different New Physics (NP) scenarios. Furthermore, we discuss the decay B to K* nu anti-nu which allows for a transparent study of Z penguin effects in NP frameworks in the absence of dipole operator contributions and Higgs penguin contributions. We study all possible observables in B to K* nu anti-nu and the related b to s transitions B to K nu anti-nu and B to X_s nu anti-nu in the context of the SM and various NP models.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of SUSY 09, 6-10 June 2009, Northeastern University, Bosto

Screening for Food Insecurity, Accessing Healthy Foods, and Resources for Patients

Food Insecurity and access to healthy food is a large health care issue in the United States, Vermont, and Chittenden County. This project aimed to educate health care providers at Colchester Family Practice about food insecurity to increase the amount of patients screened for food insecurity. The project also investigated local resources for people with food insecurity and made this information available to providers so they are better able to help people struggling with food insecurity.https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/fmclerk/1427/thumbnail.jp