cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Assessment of Current Lead Fact Sheets for Development of a Revised Lead Fact Sheet
Creators: name: Sparks, Michael
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Introduction: The United States Environmental Protection Agency began monitoring lead and other contaminants in residential properties the 35th Avenue district of Northern Birmingham in October of 2012. The EPA sampled eleven-hundred homes for lead and other contaminants, and in 2014 the EPA began cleanup on 400 sites. Residents have refused cleanup here and in other sites such as the Colorado smelter site and the Omaha City Superfund site due to lack of knowledge of the harms of lead poisoning, general mistrust of government agencies, or apathy. A complete and concise lead fact sheet for residents from the community outreach may encourage the remaining residents to allow the EPA to sample and cleanup. Lead contamination and poisoning are serious threats that can adversely affect people’s health and lives.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not the selected lead fact sheets were understandable to the general public, and future fact sheets need to be revised before being used. If a new fact sheet needed to be completed, what information would be needed? Is there a way to effectively convey information in a simple and direct way?
Methods: The methodology will focus on four areas to assess the 35th avenue fact sheet and eleven other fact sheets used in the various government and private establishments.  Information obtained from these areas will then be used to create a new fact sheet. The following studied areas are:  1) How fact sheets were gathered; 2) Reading analysis; 3) Suitability Assessment of Materials; and 4) Development of new fact sheet.
Results: The Flesch-Kincaid reading levels ranged from 5.5 to 16. The average level for the twelve fact sheets was 9.9. Seven fact sheets could be read at a level below the 10th grade. Therefore, with the use of the currently evaluated lead fact sheets, more that 50% of Americans would not be able to understand them (Doak et al., 1996).
Discussion: A lead fact sheet should be no more than one page in length that focuses on background, procedures, and prevention during a response to lead contamination. The new lead fact sheet should be written at a 6th-grade reading level and receive a high score on SAM. The new revisions to the fact sheet will ensure that the new fact sheet will be comprehensible by the majority of adults in the United States.
title: Professionalisierung zwischen Kohärenz, Koexistenz und Konkurrenz: Das Fallbeispiel der Evaluation
Creators: name: Meyer, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 20102 Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
subject: professionalization
subject: diffusion
subject: global change
subject: coexistence

description: Die weltweite Verbreitung der Evaluation ist ein interessantes Beispiel für einen erfolgreichen Professionalisierungsprozess. Im Unterschied zu anderen Professionen (insbesondere der klassischen Beispiele zur Verbreitung juristischer oder medizinischer Berufe) folgt allerdings der Verbreitungsprozess der Evaluation einigen Besonderheiten, die sich in globaler Kohärenz, sektoraler Koexistenz und kontinuierlicher Konkurrenz ausdrücken. Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den Gründen dieser Entwicklung und liefert hierfür theoretische Erklärungen.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018
Analytic Kramer sampling and quasi Lagrange-type interpolation in vector valued RKHS
Creators: name: Mahapatra, Subhankar
name: Sarkar, Santanu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 46E22, 46E40, Secondary: 47B32, 94A20

description: This paper discusses an abstract Kramer sampling theorem for functions within a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) of vector valued holomorphic functions. Additionally, we extend the concept of quasi Lagrange-type interpolation for functions within a RKHS of vector valued entire functions. The dependence of having quasi Lagrange-type interpolation on an invariance condition under the generalized backward shift operator has also been discussed. Furthermore, the paper establishes the connection between quasi Lagrange-type interpolation, operator of multiplication by the independent variable, and de Branges spaces of vector valued entire functions.
description: 15 pages
Methodology to Cultivating Hand Hygiene Compliance in Healthcare Facilities
Creators: name: Okeke, Ugo
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Studies have indicated a concern for the level of hand hygiene compliance throughout hospital facilities. The disturbing levels has caused alarm on whether the lack of hand hygiene practice affects the overall healthcare provided to patients. There is also a growing concern about healthcare workers and patients potentially spreading nosocomial infections through frequent contact with patients. Evidence proves that nosocomial infections are an apparent problem that need immediate attention. Medical officials and healthcare leaders are taking steps to improve the level of hand hygiene compliance and minimizing cases of nosocomial infections by implementing initiatives aimed towards pushing the practice of hand hygiene to the forefront. All healthcare workers that come in contact with patients should view improving hand hygiene and reducing the level of noncompliance as a top priority. Approaches such as ensuring healthcare workers have easy access to hand hygiene materials and resources are a steps toward improving adherence to hand hygiene practice. Nonetheless, there are many other strategies that can contribute to the goal of increasing hand hygiene compliance and decreasing the risk factors related to cross infections. Numerous studies were conducted to measure the effectiveness of different strategies used to reduce the level of noncompliance and promote hand hygiene in healthcare facilities. Many of the interventions conducted succeeded in its attempts to implement hand hygiene as common practice. Several of the studies took different approaches toward implementing hand hygiene practice as standard protocol when in contact with patients. Although different approaches were taken, the main objective for all of them was the same.
title: Produktionsstätten ökonomischen Wissens: Von der Performativitäts- zur Verwendungs- und Wirkungsforschung
Creators: name: Sparsam, Jan
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10104 Research Design
subject: 10105 Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
subject: economic sociology
subject: sociology of knowledge
subject: homo economicus

description: Ich möchte in meinem Beitrag einige zentrale Probleme der wirtschaftssoziologischen Performativitätsforschung thematisieren und darauf aufbauend einen Vorschlag für eine Verwendungs- und Wirkungsforschung ökonomischen Wissens unterbreiten. Ich verstehe diesen Vorschlag und die damit verbundene Forschungsprogrammatik als Teilgebiet einer Soziologie ökonomischen Denkens.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018
title: Die Gesellschaft der Statistik
Creators: name: Manderscheid, Katharina
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10201 General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
subject: society
subject: migration
subject: zone
subject: national territory
subject: official statistics

description: Gesellschaft ist ein klassischer Grundbegriff der Soziologie, der als Begriff im Fach jedoch immer schon umstritten war. So bekannt wie unumgesetzt dürfte die Kritik am sogenannten methodologischen Nationalismus durch Vertreter*innen des Spatial Turns, der sozialwissenschaftlichen Mobilitätsforschung oder der transnationalen Ungleichheitsforschung sein (zum Beispiel Beck und Grande 2010; Weiss 2005; Urry 2000). In großen Teilen der soziologischen Literatur wird der Begriff schlicht nicht verwendet, sicher nicht zuletzt um dem Vorwurf einer essentialisierenden und ontologisierenden Gesellschaftskonzeption bzw. einem Containerkonzept zu entgehen. Hingegen vertritt Oliver Marchart die These, dass das Problem der Gesellschaftskonzeption nicht über eine Aussparung der Definition einer Gesellschaft aufgelöst werden könne. Vielmehr werde Gesellschaft als „dinglicher Negativabguss des Hohlraums, um den herum sich das Soziale bildet“ (Marchart 2013, S. 335) fortwährend mitgeführt. Im Beitrag möchte ich am Beispiel der amtlichen Statistik nachzeichnen, welches Gesellschaftskonzept hier konkret mitgeführt wird.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018
A Comparison Analysis Between the State of Georgia and Israel: Heath Outcome Disparities of Low Birth Weight Infants
Creators: name: Spears, Dionne
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Despite the Unites States having the largest national expenditures on health care in the world, Israel outranks the U.S. in infant health outcomes. In the past 20 years. Israel's neonatal health outcomes have improved rapidly in part by providing universal access to care to all citizens. Israel is not without its maternal health challenges, although the state of Georgia has a weak maternal health infrastructure, a high number of uninsured women, and infant health outcomes poorer than the U.S. aggregate mean. Georgia provides less equitable healthcare to women and as a result has stark neonatal differences between populations.
A Review of the Relationship between Screen Time and Low Levels of Physical Activity with Obesity and Sedentary Behaviors in Children and Adolescents
Creators: name: Oliver, Christal
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: INTRODUCTION:  The prevalence of childhood obesity currently lies at 17% in the United States alone and continues to increase each year. Obesity generally is a result of an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. The increase of childhood obesity prevalence may have adverse morbidity and mortality implications in adulthood, including increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers, insulin resistance, and more. Multiple factors contribute to childhood obesity, including parental behaviors, socioeconomic factors, and media influence. Studies have shown that sedentary behaviors, such as watching television and playing video games, are a major contributor to obesity in children and adolescents. National guidelines recommend that children engage in a minimum of an hour of moderate physical activity every day, yet studies show they are not meeting these requirements.
 
AIM: The aim of this Capstone project is to examine the relationship between screen time and low levels of physical activity with obesity and sedentary behaviors in children and adolescents. The aim is also to examine ways to leverage screen time as a strategy to increase physical activity levels, particularly through the use of active video games.
 
METHODS: A review of relevant literature
 
RESULTS: The findings of this Capstone project support the idea that high levels of sedentary activity and screen time are associated with weight gain and obesity in children and adolescents. Evidence was present that active video games can serve as a promising strategy to increasing physical activity levels among children and adolescents. Reducing sedentary behaviors must happen at the home, institution, and community level.
 
DISCUSSION: The battle of childhood obesity has shown progress in recent years. Studies show that states are now showing progress in decreasing childhood obesity rates, particularly among low-income preschoolers aged 2 to 4 years. Evidence from the literature review shows that sedentary behaviors in adolescents are associated with negative health outcomes. The literature revealed that excessive television is linked to weight gain. Evidence suggests that targeting parents’ behavior is essential to reducing sedentary behaviors among adolescents. The literature review revealed that the use of active video games serves as a promising approach to reducing sedentary behaviors and increasing physical activity levels in children and adolescents.
Exact quantization conditions and full transseries structures for ${\cal PT}$ symmetric anharmonic oscillators
Creators: name: Kamata, Syo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study exact Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin analysis (EWKB) for a ${\cal PT}$ symmetric quantum mechanics (QM) defined by the potential that $V_{\cal PT}(x) = ω^2 x^2 + g x^{2 K} (i x)^{\varepsilon}$ with $ω\in {\mathbb R}_{\ge 0}$, $g \in {\mathbb R}_{>0}$ and $K, \varepsilon \in {\mathbb N}$ to clarify its perturbative/non-perturbative structure. In our analysis, we mainly consider the massless cases, i.e., $ω= 0$, and derive the exact quantization conditions (QCs) for arbitrary $(K,\varepsilon)$ including all perturbative/non-perturbative corrections. From the exact QCs, we clarify full transseries structure of the energy spectra with respect to the inverse energy level expansion, and then formulate the Gutzwiller trace formula, the spectral summation form, and the Euclidean path-integral. For the massive cases, i.e., $ω> 0$, we show the fact that, by requiring existence of solution of the exact QCs, the path of analytic continuation in EWKB is uniquely determined for a given $N = 2K + \varepsilon$, and in consequence the exact QCs, the energy spectra, and the three formulas are all perturbative. Similarities to Hermitian QMs and resurgence are also discussed as additional remarks.
description: v2: Minor corrections in Appendix B. The result is unchanged
An Evaluation of Asthma Surveillance Packaging and Dissemination Efforts in Georgia
Creators: name: Potts, Lauren
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Asthma is a serious chronic disease that causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways. Due to the prevalence rates among children, asthma is a priority public health concern in the state of Georgia. The Georgia Asthma Control Program (GACP) seeks to improve asthma control by maximizing comprehensive asthma services. Surveillance is one of the ways this is done. This evaluation sought to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of asthma surveillance product packaging and dissemination efforts. The findings will be used to gain recommendations on how to improve surveillance products, reports, and the efforts that are made to disseminate the information. Four stakeholders were involved in the evaluation planning process to insure stakeholders’ needs would be met through the evaluation. Twelve stakeholders participated in evaluation interviews and focus groups in order to assess the effectiveness of current asthma surveillance products and dissemination. Interviews and focus group discussions were audio recorded to insure accuracy. A document review on current surveillance documents and the OASIS service were also performed. Stakeholders expressed their satisfaction with GACP surveillance products and dissemination efforts, and most also agreed that the data was easily accessible. Additionally, respondents indicated that there were few gaps in the data that is presently available, however others suggested additional measures and analysis that should be reported. Future recommendations include, making more efforts to get data and surveillance products to parents and community leaders, producing multiple surveillance documents for different audiences, updating surveillance data in a reasonable timeframe, and training all school staff to handle asthma events in children.
Factors That Contribute to The Disproportionate Rates of HIV among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Comer, Santanna
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: BACKGROUND:  Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are becoming infected with HIV at considerable rates. Research has shown that the HIV disparity among this population is not explained by a single individual risk factor, but may be explained by factors specific to this population.
OBJECTIVE
The primary purpose of this study is to conduct a systematic review of research articles with regards to factors other than individual risk factors that contribute to the HIV disparity among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States.
METHODS
A literature search of the databases Pubmed, Psycinfo, and Medline was conducted to identify articles relevant to the HIV disparity among Black MSM. Keywords Black MSM, HIV, HIV infections, disclosure, sexual networks, sexual behaviors, STDs/STIs, partnership characteristics and concurrency were used to identify relevant articles. Full text articles were examined for relevance to the research question and articles that did not meet the inclusion criteria were eliminated.

RESULTS
Black MSM are disproportionately affected by HIV and research has shown that individual risk factors such as lack of condom use, drug use, and number of sexual partners to name a few does not explain the HIV disparity among this population. This review found evidence that the HIV disparity among Black MSM is best explained by differences in the following social and structural factors: stigma and internalized homophobia; prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s); sexual networks; partnership characteristics; disclosure; socioeconomic factors; lack of access to preventive services and treatment, and bisexuality.
CONCLUSION: Rates of HIV infection among Black MSM remains of great concern. There is a critical need for the development and implementation of innovative evidence-based interventions that are culturally tailored to this population.
Skyrmion crystal formation and temperature -- magnetic field phase diagram of the frustrated tirangular-lattice Heisenberg magnet with easy-axis masugnetic anisotropy
Creators: name: Kawamura, Hikaru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nature of the skyrmion-crystal (SkX) formation and various multiple-$q$ phases encompassing the SkX phase are investigated by extensive Monte Carlo simulations on the frustrated $J_1$-$J_3$ triangular-lattice Heisenberg model with the weak easy-axis magnetic anisotropy. Phase diagram in the temperature $T$ vs. magnetic-field $H$ plane are constructed, leading to a rich variety of multiple-$q$ phases. The anisotropy stabilizes the SkX state down to $T=0$ at intermediate fields, while in the lower-field range the SkX state becomes only metastable, and new multiple-$q$ states with a broken $C_3$ symmetry are instead stabilized. Implications to experiments are discussed.
A Systematic Review on the Association Between Hormonal Contraception and Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Positive Women
Creators: name: Graham, Evan
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Providing women with safe and effective means of contraception is important when assessing women’s health needs. Women with HIV can spread the disease to their baby through vertical transmission but this may be curtailed by the use of antiretroviral therapy. Additionally, providing women who have HIV with safe contraception options improves women’s overall health. However, there is concern that some hormonal contraceptives may affect the metabolism with certain antiretrovirals. A literature search was conducted using the databases Medline, PubMed, and Global Health. Articles meeting the inclusion criteria were then assessed. Thirteen peer-reviewed articles were identified. Several studies indicated that there were no relevant interactions for measures of disease progression, disease transmission and tolerability. However, some articles suggested that there were safer means of contraception that should be made available to women on antiretroviral therapy. Efavirenz was shown to induce adverse contraception efficacy when co-administered. Collectively, hormonal contraception is widely safe for women using antiretroviral therapy. HIV positive women should be educated on the risks associated with hormonal contraception as well as be provided with options that fit their reproductive health needs.
title: Bildungsprozesse von Flüchtlingen im Kontext struktureller, institutioneller und alltäglicher Diskriminierung
Creators: name: Scherr, Albert
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10208 Sociology of Education
subject: 10304 Migration, Sociology of Migration
subject: flight
subject: migration
subject: refugee
subject: discrimination
subject: Federal Republic of Germany
subject: educational process

description: Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden Bildungsbiografien von Flüchtlingen betrachtet, die als unbegleitete Minderjährige nach Deutschland eingereist sind. Es wird aufgezeigt, dass es sich dabei um unwahrscheinliche Bildungsprozesse handelt, die unter prekären Voraussetzungen zustande kommen. Diesbezüglich wird akzentuiert, dass der Erwerb von Sprachkenntnissen und schulischen Abschlüssen sowie erfolgreiche Übergänge in die berufliche Bildung von einem eher zufälligen als institutionell abgesicherten Zusammenwirken von Unterstützungsleistungen sowie von den Anstrengungen Geflüchteter abhängig sind, durch die sie selbst zur Ermöglichung ihrer Bildungs- und Ausbildungsprozesse beitragen.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018
title: Die Sprache der Liebe und das Management intimer Beziehungen
Creators: name: Wienold, Hanns
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10706 Social Psychology
subject: microsociology
subject: love
subject: social relations
subject: communication
subject: intimacy
subject: Simmel, Georg

description: Der Beitrag thematisiert das Konzept der Liebesbeziehung bei Georg Simmel aus der Perspektive intimer Kommunikation und des intimen Tausches. Dabei werden dem Sprachcharakter von Liebesbeziehungen und den Formen möglicher Verkennung des Anderen besonderes Gewicht gegeben.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018
Planar near-field measurements of specular and diffuse reflection of millimeter-wave absorbers
Creators: name: Miura, Fumiya
name: Takakura, Hayato
name: Sekimoto, Yutaro
name: Inatani, Junji
name: Matsuda, Frederick
name: Oguri, Shugo
name: Nakamura, Shogo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Mitigating the far sidelobes of a wide field-of-view telescope is one of the critical issues for polarization observation of the cosmic microwave background. Since even small reflections of stray light at the millimeter-wave absorbers inside the telescope may create nonnegligible far sidelobes, we have developed a method to measure the reflectance of millimeter-wave absorbers, including diffuse reflections. By applying the planar near-field measurement method to the absorbers, we have enabled two-dimensional diffuse-reflection measurements, in addition to characterizing specular reflection. We have measured the reflectance of five samples (TK RAM Large and Small Tiles and Eccosorb AN-72, HR-10, and LS-22) at two angles of incidence in the frequency range from 70 GHz to 110 GHz. Compared with conventional horn-to-horn measurements, we obtained a consistent specular reflectance with a higher precision, less affected by standing waves. We have demonstrated that the angular response and diffuse-to-specular reflectance ratio differ among various materials. The measurements also imply that some absorbers may affect the polarization direction when reflecting the incident waves.
description: 10 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables, accepted
The Legacy for Children™ Program-- A Capstone on Fidelity Monitoring and Certification
Creators: name: Kramer, Camille
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: INTRODUCTION: Child poverty in the United States results in severe adverse outcomes affecting child health, well-being, and mental and physical development. A burgeoning problem, researchers have sought primary prevention methods such as parent programs that target low income mothers. Legacy for Children™, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is an evidence-based parent program designed for communities affected by poverty. The evidence-based outcomes of Legacy rely heavily on fidelity monitoring to ensure program efficacy and adherence to the tested model. As an Atlanta Legacy site is implemented, it presents an opportunity to improve the fidelity monitoring processes to ensure program uptake and sustainability.
AIM: To examine the existing tools used to measure Legacy fidelity, compile a compendium of tools to inform fidelity processes and recommend ways to improve fidelity monitoring.
METHODS: A literature review on fidelity monitoring best practices, implementation science research, and existing evidence-based parent programs was used to gauge ways to improve Legacy. Fidelity monitoring practices from the evidence-based parent programs directly informed Legacy’s fidelity processes and recommendations. A practice fidelity assessment evaluated how fidelity is currently monitored.
RESULTS: Recommendations involve three distinct tasks: (1) intense monitoring early on post-workshop training, (2) video monitoring and technical assistance by the IS Supervisor, and (3) establishing a certification process. The practice fidelity assessment revealed that the fidelity assessment form for Miami intervention would work better if shortened and focused on the curricula and procedures versus the lengthy, more group process design.
DISCUSSION: Many tools exist to monitor fidelity of evidenced-based parent programs. Although the recommendations proposed compile literature and characteristics from existing parent programs, future research is necessary to determine which elements Legacy should adopt.This document serves to inform the Legacy implementation team and CDC by increasing knowledge and fostering conversations to improve Legacy fidelity monitoring.
Spesutia Hundred, 1681-1799: A Study of a Colonial Maryland Parish
Creators: name: Becker, Ruth Anne
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 1978
Subjects: Spesutia Parish
Harford County, Maryland
birth rate
death rate
age at marriage

description: My study of some aspects of the lives of the people of Spesutia
Parish in Harford County, Maryland, was made possible by the discovery
of three surviving documents from this area. There is a parish record
listing births, marriages, and deaths from 1680 to 1790. Information
about households and wealth, as well as slavery, can be learned from a
census taken in 1776 and a tax list from 1783.
From the parish record and census, I found data on births, and
was able to estimate the birth rate. The total population grew rapidly,
so there must have been significant in-migration. The number of children
per family was about four.
I was able to estimate the age at marriage from the parish record
and census. Second marriages seemed common. There did not appear to be
many single adults except for servants, and bachelors had to pay a
special tax. There was little evidence of extended families in one
house but many had servants.
Deaths were the least frequent entry in the parish record, and,
if the death entries were accurate, Spesutia had a low death rate. In
1776 there were significant numbers of blacks and whites over age fifty.
Maternal and infant deaths from childbirth were not especially high. Spesutia's population of 1440 in 1776 was almost half free and
half slave. Over half the households did not have any slaves. Slave
owning contributed to taxable wealth, but wealth did not correlate with
social and political leadership.
Lastly, I compared my data with other studies of colonial Maryland,
and studies of New England and the South. More demographic
studies are necessary, however, before we can speak definitively about
birth, death and marriage in colonial Maryland or other parts of the
colonies.
title: Körper, Konsum und Kompetenz - Die Rolle digitaler Medien(inhalte) in der Skateszene
Creators: name: Bock, Katharina
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10210 Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
subject: 1080404 Interactive, electronic Media
subject: online media
subject: digital media
subject: youth culture
subject: digitalization

description: Im Zuge des Medienwandels und durch die stetigen Weiterentwicklungen digitaler Technologien bleiben juvenile Vergemeinschaftungsformen nicht unberührt von kulturellen Konsequenzen der Globalisierung, denn die medientechnischen Entwicklungen im Online-Bereich bieten solchen Gemeinschaften und ihren Anhänger/innen inzwischen scheinbar grenzenlose Möglichkeiten "sich mit einem spezifischen Webangebot zu präsentieren, zu inszenieren, zu stilisieren, zu orientieren und zu vergemeinschaften" (Hugger 2014, S.21). Folglich spielen digitale Medien und deren Inhalte auch in der Skateszene eine wichtige Rolle. Durch sie stehen vielfältige Wissensbestände zur Verfügung, die in Texte gegossen, in Fotos oder audiovisuellen Erzeugnissen eingefangen und verbreitet werden, und es erweitern sich hierdurch die individuellen wie szenekommunikativen Ausdrucks- und Austauschmöglichkeiten. Allerdings gilt zu bedenken, dass es sich hierbei um eine Gemeinschaft von Gleichgesinnten handelt, die durch ähnliche Vorlieben in Bezug auf Körpermodelle, -gesten und -bewegungen miteinander verbunden sind (Alkemeyer et al. 2003, S.9) und deren Kerninteresse explizit auf physisch-reale Räume ausgerichtet ist. Entscheidend für Teilhabe und Mitgliedschaft ist die Aneignung dieser Räume, die in einem stetigen Prozess der Auseinandersetzung des Körpers mit materiellen kulturellen Artefakten erfolgt. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser spezifischen thematischen Interessenausrichtung stellt sich die Frage, was digitale Medien(inhalte) für die szenekulturellen Bedeutungskonstruktionen von Skater/innen tatsächlich leisten (können)? Hierauf bezogen gibt der Beitrag einen Überblick über die für die Skateszene wichtigsten digitalen Medien(inhalte) und lotet ihre Rolle mit Blick auf die Themen Körper, Konsum und Kompetenzen aus. Der Beitrag basiert auf einer ethnografischen Studie zur Skateboardszene (Bock 2017; Bock 2018), in der ich der Frage nachging, wie Skateboarder/innen ihre szenekulturelle Bedeutungswelt kommunikativ konstruieren - und zwar sowohl verbal und körperlich, als auch mit den Möglichkeiten des Internets.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018
Exploring Strategies to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Students in a School Cafeteria
Creators: name: Furtner, Abigail
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Childhood obesity has become a major public health concern and currently affects 17% of 2-19 year olds in the United States (Ogden, Carroll, Fryar, & Flegal, 2015). Children who are overweight or obese have higher odds of becoming overweigh or obese as adults, thus putting these individuals at a higher risk for several health problems including heart disease, type two diabetes, hypertension, stroke, cancer, and asthma (Gordon-Larsen & Adair, 2010). A major component of preventing obesity is a healthy diet. Recently, data analyzed from NHANES found that children were not getting enough fruits and vegetables in their diet (Kim et al., 2014). The National School Lunch Program was designed to keep students healthy by providing balanced meals while the students are in school. This review of the literature examines evidence based strategies schools and communities have put in place to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables. The findings were that by increasing availability of fruits and vegetables and increasing awareness and promotion schools can increase student’s consumption of fruits and vegetables.
An Evaluation of a School-based Behavioral Health Initiative in Three Rural Counties
Creators: name: Anderson, Bianca
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: INTRODUCTION: In the United States, one in five children will experience a mental or behavioral health disorder in their lifetime. Of these children, only approximately half receive mental health services and support (Moon, Williford, & Mendenhall, 2017). School-based behavioral health services are identified as one way to increase access to behavioral health services, particularly for youth in rural areas where services are sparse (Moon et al., 2017).
AIM: The purpose of this evaluation is to examine the effectiveness of a school-based behavioral health initiative designed to improve behavioral health outcomes among school-aged children living in three rural counties.
METHODS: This report describes a mixed method evaluation consisting of satisfaction surveys (e.g., from referral personnel/consortia members), behavioral health questionnaires from students, and pre-post knowledge quizzes and qualitative interviews from staff who received training on youth mental health. Therapeutic treatment fidelity was measured using a treatment fidelity checklist completed by school-based mental health therapists after each therapy session.
RESULTS: The evaluation data are presented in both narrative and infographic formats. The report concludes with a description of the implications for public health and recommendations for the organization implementing the program
Stochastic simulation of dissipative quantum oscillators
Creators: name: Hogg, Charlie R.
name: Glatthard, Jonas
name: Cerisola, Federico
name: Anders, Janet
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Generic open quantum systems are notoriously difficult to simulate unless one looks at specific regimes. In contrast, classical dissipative systems can often be effectively described by stochastic processes, which are generally less computationally expensive. Here, we use the paradigmatic case of a dissipative quantum oscillator to give a pedagogic introduction into the modelling of open quantum systems using quasiclassical methods, i.e. classical stochastic methods that use a 'quantum' noise spectrum to capture the influence of the environment on the system. Such quasiclassical methods have the potential to offer insights into the impact of the quantum nature of the environment on the dynamics of the system of interest whilst still being computationally tractable.
description: Comments welcome
title: Im Labyrinth der Gewalt: Warum der mexikanische Staat Migrant/-innen und Transmigrant/-innen nicht schützen kann oder nicht schützen will
Creators: name: Wienold, Hanns
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10504 Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
subject: 10304 Migration, Sociology of Migration
subject: Mexico
subject: migration
subject: monopoly on violence
subject: massacre
subject: state authority
subject: drug-related crime

description: Warum werden Migrant/-innen auf ihrem Weg in die USA bzw. bei Ankunft auf mexikanischem Boden nach ihrer Abschiebung aus der USA Opfer von Raub, Entführung und summarischen Totschlags bzw. 'verschwinden' auf ihren Wegen durch Mexiko? Zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen geht der Artikel dem Verhältnis des nachrevolutionären mexikanischen Staates zur legalen und extra-legalen Gewaltausübung nachgehen. Dabei soll deutlich werden, dass der mexikanische Staatsapparat auf seinem Territorium nur ein begrenztes Gewaltmonopol errichtet hat. Die politische Herrschaft hat sich immer auch auf extra-legale Gewaltanwendung gestützt. Mexiko war und ist kein Rechtsstaat, sondern ein Ausnahmestaat, der sich anmaßt, Leben zu nehmen oder Leben zu lassen, der in Form "innerstaatlicher Feinderklärungen" und exterministischer Gewaltanwendung seine Gegner auszulöschen sucht. Dem fallen auch irregulär durch Mexiko (als Vorhof der USA) reisende Migrant/-innen und Flüchtlinge aus Mittelamerika zum Opfer, die mit den Toten des 'Drogenkriegs' und der Aufstandsbekämpfung in klandestinen Gräbern dem 'Verschwinden' überantwortet werden.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018
Categorizing Vending Machine Snacks at GSU for Metabolic Syndrome Dietary Recommendations
Creators: name: Micheli, Allie
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: INTRODUCTION: Metabolic Syndrome is a group of disorders, abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high fasting blood sugar, that increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases which is currently the leading cause of death in the US. Healthy eating behaviors are one modifiable risk that can prevent and even reverse some metabolic disorders. In college settings, vending machines are a popular way for students to access snacks between classes. However, frequently, nutritional information is not visible to students who use vending machines to purchase snacks.
AIM: The purpose of this capstone was to identify snacks and their nutritional composition from one classroom building at Georgia State University, in order to develop a preliminary informational brochure about healthy vending machine options.
METHODS: Data on snacks were collected from 9 of vending machines in GSU’s Classroom South Building. The student investigator took pictures of all snack vending machines and recorded specific names, location, and nutritional content (calories, total fat, saturated fat, carbohydrates, sodium, fiber, and glycemic load when available) on an Excel spreadsheet. Excel was used to compute very simple statistics. 
RESULTS: Of the 64 snacks found in Classroom South’s vending machines, 14 snacks contained less than 200 calories, and 21 snacks contained less than 140mg of sodium.
Only 5 snacks contained appropriate amounts of calories, sodium, and saturated fat that meet healthy snacks guidelines. These snacks are Go Lite! popped chips, Popcorners white cheddar, goodness knows cranberry almond, Popcorners cheesy jalapeno, and Kind bar caramel almond.
DISCUSSION: Based on the findings, a brochure will be produced communicating the healthy vending machine options. Future evaluations on the brochure will be needed to understand the acceptability of use for students, faculty and staff to promote healthy snack choices at vending machines.
Relativistic and wide-angle corrections to galaxy power spectra
Creators: name: Jolicoeur, Sheean
name: Guedezounme, Sêcloka L.
name: Maartens, Roy
name: Paul, Pritha
name: Clarkson, Chris
name: Camera, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Galaxy surveys contain information on the largest scales via wide-angle and relativistic contributions. By combining two different galaxy populations, we can suppress the strong cosmic variance on ultra-large scales and thus enhance the detectability of the signals. The relativistic Doppler and Sachs-Wolfe effects are of a similar magnitude to the leading wide-angle corrections, so that it is important to treat them together, especially since they can partially cancel. The power spectra depend on the choice of line of sight for each galaxy pair and we present results for a general line of sight. Then we estimate the detection significance of the auto- and cross-power spectra for a variety of cases. We use two futuristic galaxy samples based on a `beyond-DESI' survey and a SKA Phase 2 survey, covering 15,000\,deg$^2$ up to $z=1$. We find a detection significance for the total relativistic wide-angle effects that ranges from $\sim 5σ$ to $>15σ$, depending on the line-of-sight configuration.
description: 23 pages, 9 figures, 'version accepted by JCAP'
Framework Analysis: Potential Repatriation and Mental Health System Recovery in the MENA
Creators: name: Othman, Yasmin
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: During the last decade and a half we have seen the culmination of what is perceived to be the biggest refugee and humanitarian crises the world has witnessed since World War II. The parts of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are in turmoil, and we are witnessing an outpouring of people fleeing the violence through precarious means. It is unknown when stability will return to parts of the MENA, but this does not mean the global health community cannot be proactive in planning for post-conflict health system recovery. With the vast number of today’s refugees originating from the MENA, it is possible that future recovering MENA nations will see the return, or repatriation, of refugees. Repatriates undergo a multi-phase exposure period that poses risks for adverse mental health outcomes, but there is extremely limited research about the risk factors and outcomes within this group. Early planning for repatriation and mental health system rehabilitation in the region will help ensure adequate mental health care delivery and coverage to vulnerable groups like repatriates. In this paper, I propose a hybrid framework, called the Repatriation and Mental Health (REPATMENT) Framework, which is built upon the literature review and various UN agency frameworks that address repatriation, health system recovery, and mental health and psychosocial support in post-conflict setting. The REPATMENT Framework acknowledges that 1) cross-system linkages, 2)information sharing, and 3)coordination between recovery actors are key to progressing through mental health system recovery. These essential factors, and the consideration of potential challenges, benefit elements of the REPATMENT Framework and could aid future repatriation and post-conflict recovery efforts.
title: Die Dokumentation einer BRD-Jugend auf der Suche - im Film "Supermarkt" (1973)
Creators: name: Ziemann, Andreas
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10217 Sociology of Communication, Sociology of Language, Sociolinguistics
subject: 10210 Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
subject: social milieu
subject: film
subject: genre
subject: socialization
subject: identity formation

description: Der Beitrag untersucht, wie Roland Klick in seinem dritten großen Spielfilm "Supermarkt" (D 1973) ein dokumentarisches Bild einer verunsicherten, sich suchenden Jugend zeichnet und dabei dem cinéma de réalité (Deleuze) folgt. Im Einzelnen wird beschrieben und diskutiert, wie die 17jährige Hauptrolle Willi mit ihrer Identität ringt zwischen Selbstsozialisation (Tenbruck) und sozialer Fremdsteuerung (Riesman), welche Milieus und gesellschaftlichen Institutionen wirkmächtig in Szene gesetzt werden und welche Genres sich dem Film zuschreiben lassen.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018
title: Komplexe Vertragsbeziehungen zwischen Jobcentern und Arbeitslosen: Zur Rolle der 'Eingliederungsvereinbarung' in der aktivierenden Sozialpolitik
Creators: name: Freier, Carolin
name: Bernhard, Sarah
name: Ramos Lobato, Philipp
name: Senghaas, Monika
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 11001 Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Social Policy
subject: interview
subject: group discussion
subject: field research
subject: online survey
subject: impact analysis
subject: participant observation
subject: Arbeitslosengeld II

description: Menschen, die Leistungen der Grundsicherung (alltagssprachlich "Hartz IV") erhalten, schließen in einem Beratungsgespräch zwischen Fachkräften und Arbeitslosen öffentlich-rechtliche Verträge mit dem Jobcenter ab, die sog. "Eingliederungsvereinbarungen". Die Mixed-Methods-Studie rekonstruiert, welche Rolle die Eingliederungsvereinbarung in der Beziehung zwischen wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Institution und den Adressatinnen und Adressaten sozialstaatlichen Handelns übernimmt.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018
title: Biographie und Subjektive Theorie zusammendenken? Formulierung eines Desiderats und daran anschließende methodische (An-)Forderungen und Überlegungen
Creators: name: Epp, André
Publisher: name: SSOAR -   GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 10104 Research Design
subject: biography
subject: subjective theory
subject: professionalization

description: Der Beitrag greift das Desiderat auf, sich zukünftig intensiver mit den professionellen Orientierungs- und Wissensbeständen, also mit dem Denken und (sozialen) Konstruktionen, von Lehrkräften auseinanderzusetzen. Bezugnehmend auf das Konstrukt Subjektiver Theorien, dem sich als Bezugsrahmen bedient wird, wird den Lesenden einerseits ein grober Überblick über den gegenwärtigen Forschungsstand verschafft, der andererseits, mithilfe einer aktuellen Studie zum Übergangsverhalten präsumtiver Schulabgänger*innen und wie Lehrkräfte diesen gestalten, im Speziellen aufgezeigt wird. Anschließend an die Befunde der genannten Studie, wirft der Beitrag die Frage nach der biographischen Genese Subjektiver Theoriestrukturen auf: Also inwiefern biographische Gesichtspunkte, die Teil der Subjektiven Theoriestruktur sind, einen Einfluss darauf haben, wie diese sich entfaltet. Diesbezüglich werden die methodischen Herausforderungen, die sich aus dem Desiderat der biographischen Dimension Subjektiver Theorien ergeben, ausgeführt sowie welche Rolle der Strategie der Triangulation diesbezüglich bzw. grundlegend für die Erforschung der biographischen Professionalisierung und des professionellen Handelns zukommt. Es werden erste Relationen zwischen Subjektiver Theorie und Biografie formuliert.
description: Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen: Verhandlungen des 39. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018