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Quick ViewA “pit” is the plutonium “trigger” of a thermonuclear weapon. During the Cold War, the Rocky Flats Plant (CO) made up to 2,000 pits per year (ppy), but ceased operations in 1989. Since then, the Department of Energy (DOE) has made at most 11 ppy for the stockpile, yet the Department of Defense stated that…
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Quick ViewMany studies have tracked the fickle fates of history and memory across changing political fields, but few have achieved the kind of close attention historiography and its social settings that we find in this erudite work from Rauf Garagozov. Equally at home in psychology, history, politics, and cultural studies, Garagozov argues convincingly for the role…
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Quick ViewThis article is based on a project studying children growing up in precarious environments and life situations in Sweden. Data has emerged from the explorative study “Children in Precarious Life Situations”. Regardless of Sweden’s long tradition in the social welfare field many children have difficulties and do not feel mentally well. The aim of this…
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In this chapter we would like to show that mankind has to deal with a lasting disquietude as a consequence of polarities, basic to existence itself, and a multitude of different, and often opposing forces coming from them. Because tension and unbalance belong to the universal condition of life, it is therefore meaningless to define…
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Despite the unique and challenging circumstances confronting Latino migrant worker communities in the United States, debate still exists as to the need to culturally adapt evidence-based interventions for dissemination with this population. Project Salud adopted a community-based participatory research model and utilized focus group methodology with 83 Latino migrant workers to explore the relevance of…
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Quick ViewThe United States has long been a leader in maritime security, including in countering the threat of piracy. Since 2009, the United States has organized and led the international effort that has seen successful pirate attacks decline off the coast of Somalia dramatically. The Counter Piracy and Maritime Security Action Plan provides clear strategic guidance…
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Quick ViewTerrorism in East Africa has remained a concern of the United States since 1998, when al Qaeda bombed U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. As part of its efforts to address this threat, State launched PREACT in 2009 as a program for long-term engagement and capacity building in East Africa. PREACT—which focuses on countering terrorist…
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Quick ViewThe Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant was created in the 1996 welfare reform law (the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, P.L. 104-193). That law was the culmination of a series of legislative changes that altered the rules for providing benefits and services to needy families with children. This…
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British Popular Customs: Present and Past by the Rev. T. F. Thiselton Dyer details customs associated with both local and national festivals throughout the year. The book includes less common local festivals from England, Cornwall, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, as well as the more common ones celebrated across the British Isles. This book is for…
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Urban and Rural Poverty: Prevalence, Reduction Strategies and Challenges opens with a review of urban poverty in Bangladesh, analysing socioeconomic aspects of the marginal poor under three headings: migration and the urban poor, household characteristics, and neighborhood characteristics. Next, the authors investigate the extent of poverty in rural and urban Nigeria between 2004 and 2010.…
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Quick ViewResearchers have questioned the dilemma of looking the family as a casual social group or as an organization that works and can be measured with the same constructs to estimate labor organizations (Brotheridge, M. and Lee, R. [2006]). In New Developments in Psychology Research, analyzing the congruence between the performance of work organizations and family…
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Quick ViewIntimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a worldwide problem with many physical and psychological complications. In the U.S., about one-third of American women will have been physically and sexually abused by a significant other at some point in their lives. In relation to intimate partner homicide (IPH), females are at a higher risk of victimization than…
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Quick ViewThe trafficking of individuals within U.S borders is commonly referred to as domestic human trafficking, and it occurs in every state of the nation. One form of domestic human trafficking is sex trafficking. Research indicates that most victims of sex trafficking into and within the United States are women and children, and the victims include…
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Quick ViewThe official U.S. poverty thresholds create an explicit boundary that defines who lives in poverty, and the U.S. Census Bureau reports annually on this vulnerable population. Less is known about the low-income population living just above official poverty thresholds. This book describes individuals and families living near poverty- those individuals whose family incomes are close…
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Quick ViewDOD’s colleges and universities that provide Joint Professional Military Education (JPME), including their research institutions, are intended to develop military personnel throughout their careers by broadening them intellectually and fostering collaboration across the military services. JPME research institutions generally provide studies and analysis research that can support academic programs or inform DOD policymakers. This book…
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Quick ViewThe aim of this book is to discuss the concepts, challenges, and successes related to developing character and moral decision making in students of a variety of ages. This book is intended to reach an audience of teachers and teacher educators – partiality physical educators and youth coaches. Readers of this book will be enlightened…
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Quick ViewIssuing floating rate notes (FRN) is likely to help the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) meet its goals to borrow at the lowest cost over time, extend the average maturity of the debt portfolio, and increase demand for Treasury securities, but it also presents risks related to changes in interest rates. This book evaluates Treasury’s…
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Quick ViewAlthough nonmarital births (i.e., births to unmarried women) are not a new phenomenon, their impact on families has not diminished and there is much agreement that the complexity of modern family relationships and living arrangements may further complicate the well-being of children born to unwed mothers. This book analyzes the trends in nonmarital childbearing, discusses…
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Quick ViewThe prevalence of social media avails individual users and organizations with unprecedented access to personal information that was once arduous to gather. Undoubtedly, privacy concerns on social media platforms become critically important as vendors can now potentially have access to a large collection of users’ personal information. This book discusses the privacy concerns in using…
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Quick View“The Psychology of Handwriting” is an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between psychological characteristics and handwriting. The results presented in the book refer to a possibility of identification of a person’s personality/mental traits on the basis of one’s handwriting. The author has performed very extensive research in the area and has replicated all of her…
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Quick ViewThe opening chapter helps readers to understand the ethnocentric discourses revolving around the would-be supremacy of the US and the UK –and Anglo-Saxons- over other cultures. This ethnocentrism, we probe, flourishes just after 9/11 and the War on Terror. The following chapter centers on a philosophical discussion that relates the international geopolitics with the sociology…
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Quick ViewWithin the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses two different methods to collect and assess data on detention costs; however, these methods do not provide ICE with complete data for managing detention costs across facilities and facility types. This book addresses the extent to which ICE has processes to…
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