We estimate the effect of neighborhood characteristics on the mortality of poor black male youth in families relocated through the Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program, a residential mobility program implemented in Chicago, USA in 1976. Within our sample (N=2850), 52 post-placement deaths were observed, the majority of which (30) were homicides. All-cause and homicide mortality rates were substan...

The issue of relocation presents courts and child custody evaluators with dilemmas on the issue of allowing a child to move with a parent to a new community and how to craft long-distance parenting plans if relocation is allowed. The issue of the potential effects of residential moves on children of divorce has focused on the importance of the child–nonresidential parent relationship. The resea...

Using mobile sensor networks has increased as well in recent years. It is because of the movement ability of sensor nodes which can be very useful in such networks. Having failure for network nodes occurs usually in wireless sensor networks which can be avoided by having the ability of movement in sensor nodes. It means that when a node fails consequently a hole appears in the coverage area of ...

Empathy is believed to play a major role as a basis for humans’ cooperative behavior. Recent research shows that humans empathize with each other to different degrees depending on several modulation factors including, among others, their social relationships, their mood, and the situational context. In human spatial interaction, partners share and sustain a space that is equally and exclusively...

Abstract Based on the higher education reform experience in Taiwan, this research elucidates conditions for marketization of universities. It draws critical discourse analysis to explore power relations between education, society, and government suggests that university has always been considered a valuable resource state development. By analyzing heterogeneity discourses used official document...

The role of facilities and associated services for amphibians has recently undergone diversification. Amphibians traditionally used as research models adjust well to captivity and thrive with established husbandry techniques. However, it is now necessary to maintain hundreds of novel amphibian species in captive breeding, conservation research, and biomedical research programs. These diverse sp...

Central and Southern Africa are generally regarded as being endemic areas for African horse sickness (AHS). With the advent of the concepts of risk analysis and regionalisation/zoning, however, the possibility has now arisen of establishing 'zones' within South Africa for AHS surveillance purposes. In 1993, a protocol was submitted to the European Community (now European Union: EU), proposing t...

In this paper, the first and second order approximations of Taylor expansion are used for calculating the change of each natural frequency by modifying an arbitrary parameter of a system with a known amount and based on this approximation, the inverse eigenvalue problem is transformed to a solvable algebraic equation. The finite element formulation, based on the classical laminated plate theory...

Abstract Voluntary property buyouts have been the most prevalent form of managed retreat in USA to date. Tens thousands households sold their flood-prone homes government, and after structures are demolished, land becomes open space. Concerns raised about equity buyout processes outcomes, spanning distributive, procedural, interactional dimensions social justice. In this policy analysis, we fir...