In this paper we imagine that one day soon, mass crisis events will result in thousands of people trying to get emergency help multiple via multiple mediums. Public Access Service Points and 911 Centers will not be able to meet the demand of text-message calls for help during a large scale disaster. While 911 dispatchers will need to respond directly to each individual text message, we present ...

We study state dependence in welfare receipt and investigate whether welfare transitions changed after a welfare reform. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we apply dynamic multinomial logit estimators and find that state dependence in welfare receipt is not a central feature of the German welfare system. We find that welfare transitions changed after the reform: transitions from ...

The article reviews the existance of Shi’ite ḥadīth narrator with various levels, in which their report narrated Sunni authoritative literature namely Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. It attempts to examine chain transmission (sanad) al-Bukhārī classical and contemporary rijāl al-ḥadīth books, such as Ibn Abī Ḥātim (d. 327), Ḥibbān 354), Yūsuf al-Mizzī 742), al-Dhahabī 748), Ḥajar 852), al-Suyūṭī 911), Muḥamm...

The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) served as a conduit for many previously uninsured U.S. citizens to obtain health insurance; however, insurance does not necessarily equate to timely access to care. A 2015 study found that efforts by policymakers and health insurance plans to drive Medicaid patients out of emergency departments (ED) and into primary care clinics are not ...

Peritraumatic distress may increase the risk for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in police officers. Much less is known about emotional reactions and PTSD symptomatology in 911 telecommunicators. The current study assessed duty-related exposure to potentially traumatic calls, peritraumatic distress, and PTSD symptomatology in a cross-sectional, convenience sample of 171 telecommunicators. ...