COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Donna Austin, Director, Family Mediation Program, Lane County Paul Edison-Lahm, Multnomah County Family Court Facilitator Dr. Adam Furcher, PhD, Psychologist and Mediator, Portland Janice Garceau, LCSW, Director, Family Court Services, Multnomah County Kelly Lemarr, Attorney/Branch Manager, St. Andrew Legal Clinic, Washington County Jane Parisi-Mosher, MA, LMFT, Therapist, Me...

ALLEN VAN DEYNZE, Biotechnology Specialist, Seed Biotechnology Center, University of California, Davis; DANIEL H. PUTNAM, University of California Cooperative Extension Alfalfa Specialist, University of California, Davis; STEVE ORLOFF, University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor and County Director, Siskiyou County; TOM LANINI, Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist, University o...

Introduction In 2004, Delaware County, Ohio, was the fast­ est growing county in Ohio and the eleventh fastest growing county in the nation. Even with a 71.4% increase in business establish­ ments, less than 40% of Delaware County res­ idents both live and work in the county. The population increased 30% from April 2000 to July 2004, when it reached 142,503. Delaware County, about 25 miles nort...

BACKGROUND Based on death certificate data, the Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics calculates age adjusted all-cause mortality rates for each Texas county yearly. In 1998 the calculated rates for two adjacent Texas counties was disparate. These counties contain one city (Amarillo) and are identical in size. This study examined the accuracy of recorded county of residence for ...

background: foreign immigrants form the part of the population of each country. among the foreign immigrant population in iran, the share of immigrants and nationals from afghanistan is very noticeable. one of the factors that affect this people's physical and mental health is social support. this study aimed to investigate the status of social support and its effective factors on afghan immigr...

Béla Pikó1, Ali Bassam1, Enikő Török2, Henriette Ócsai3 and Farkas Sükösd4 1Kálmán Pándy Hospital of the Local Government of Békés County, County, Center of Oncology, Gyula, 2Kálmán Pándy Hospital of the Local Government of Békés County, County Department of Radiology, Gyula, 3Kálmán Pándy Hospital of the Local Government of Békés County, Dermato-Oncology Outpatient Clinic, Gyula, 4University o...

Recent advancements in photovoltaic (PV) system technologies have decreased their investment cost and enabled the construction of large PV farms for bulk power generations. The output power of PV farms is aaected by both failure of composed components and solar radiation variability. These two factors cause the output power of PV farms be random and diierent from that of conventional units. The...

The seroepidemiological condition of malaria in three main districts of Hormozgan Province, a low transmission area in southeast of Iran, was investigated. Methods. Sera samples (803) were collected from healthy volunteers from the three main districts (Bandar Lengeh in the west, Bandar Abbas in the center, and Bandar Jask in the east) of Hormozgan Province. A questionnaire was used to record t...

If economic growth elsewhere raises an individual’s earning prospects relative to his present location, then the individual will move. However, if the individual can exploit economic growth elsewhere by commuting, he will not need to move to gain from the expansion. County-level data from eight states in the Midwest over the period 1969–1994 are used to show that local county population respond...

Susan Bell, Office of the Travis County Clerk Josh Benaloh, Microsoft Research Michael D. Byrne, Rice University Dana DeBeauvoir, Office of the Travis County Clerk Bryce Eakin, independent researcher Gail Fisher, Office of the Travis County Clerk Philip Kortum, Rice University Neal McBurnett, ElectionAudits Julian Montoya, Office of the Travis County Clerk Michelle Parker, Office of the Travis ...