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Coordination during multi-agency emergency response: issues and solutions
Purpose - Coordination between military and civilian agencies has previously been found to be a significant issue that affects the efficiency of multi-agency system responses to large-scale emergencies. The purpose of this article is to present the findings derived from a case study focussing on the problems that abound when the military attempts to work with civilian organisations.Design methodology approach - An integrated framework of human factors methods was used to analyse a Military Aid to the Civilian Authorities training exercise, involving the army and seven other responding agencies.Findings - A range of factors that hinder coordination between agencies during multi-agency emergency responses were identified. Potential solutions for removing these barriers and augmenting coordination levels are proposed.Practical implications - This research suggests that much further work is required in training and designing multi-agency response systems and procedures in order to optimise coordination between responding agencies.Originality value - This article presents the first attempt to apply structured, theoretically underpinned human factors methods, to understand the problems that abound when the military works with civilian agencies during large-scale emergency responses.
Journal Article
Jim Henson's The Storyteller. Fairies
\"Showcases four enchanting tales of fairies and their mystical realms, inspired by the folklore from around the world and told in the spirit of Jim Henson's beloved television series\"--Page four of cover.
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Co-production of “nature walks for wellbeing” public health intervention for people with severe mental illness: use of theory and practical know-how
Background
Interventions need to be developed in a timely and relatively low-cost manner in order to respond to, and quickly address, major public health concerns. We aimed to quickly develop an intervention to support people with severe mental ill-health, that is systematic, well founded both in theory and evidence, without the support of significant funding or resource. In this article we aim to open and elucidate the contents of the ‘black box’ of intervention development.
Methods
A multidisciplinary team of seven academics and health practitioners, together with service user input, developed an intervention in 2018 by scoping the literature, face-to-face meetings, email and telephone. Researcher fieldnotes were analysed to describe how the intervention was developed in four iterative steps.
Results
In step 1 and 2, scoping the literature showed that, a) people with severe mental illness have high mortality risk in part due to high levels of sedentary behaviour and low levels of exercise; b) barriers to being active include mood, stress, body weight, money, lack of programmes and facilities and stigma c) ‘nature walks’ has potential as an intervention to address the problem. In Step 3, the team agreed what needed to be included in the intervention so it addressed the “five ways to mental wellbeing” i.e., help people to connect, be active, take notice, keep learning and give. The intervention was mapped to key behavioural change concepts such as, personal relevance, relapse prevention, self-efficacy. In Step 4, the team worked out how best to implement the intervention. The intervention would be delivered over 12 weeks by members of the hospital team and community walk volunteers. Participants would receive a nature walks booklet and text messages.
Conclusions
We developed a theoretically-informed, evidence-based nature walks programme in a timely and relatively low-cost manner relevant in an era of growing mental illness and funding austerity. Further research is required to test if the intervention is effective and if this approach to intervention development works.
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Students in global traumatic stress research: an opportunity for meaningful and equitable involvement
Student engagement in traumatic stress research is recognised in academic settings, yet few studies have examined students' contributions or the structural barriers limiting their involvement.
This letter aims to offer a critical reflection on the evolving role of students in global trauma research.
We reviewed student contributions to research innovation and examined systemic obstacles and inequities faced by students globally.
Our reflection identifies five key contributions of student-led initiatives: (1) Promoting inclusive and globally responsive research. (2) Enhancing the democratisation of knowledge production. (3) Advancing methodological diversity. (4) Amplifying marginalised voices within academic spaces. (5) Informing trauma research that reflects local epistemologies and lived realities. Persistent challenges include limited funding, institutional recognition, and inequitable access to research infrastructure, which disproportionately affect students in under-resourced settings.
Greater institutional support for student leadership and collaboration, investing in student-led networks and fostering equitable research partnerships for emerging scholars may help build a more inclusive and globally responsive research agenda within the field of psychotraumatology.
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Sex and gender considerations in cross-cultural traumatic stress studies
Following the 1st Conference of the Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress, the consortium committed to systematically integrating sex and gender considerations in their endeavours, which aligns with the
's Gender Policy. This initiative is vital for understanding trauma's complex impacts, but also presents significant challenges in cross-cultural research. This letter, co-authored by researchers from across the globe, outlines these challenges and proposes mitigation strategies. First, definitions of sex and gender are provided from a Western perspective, while acknowledging cultural differences in these concepts. Second, the relevance of integrating sex and gender considerations in traumatic stress studies is briefly described. Third, cultural distinctions and legal contexts shaping the understanding and inclusion of these concepts, with non-Western and low-to-middle income regions facing significant legal and ethical obstacles are highlighted. Methodological challenges including measurement, recruitment, and statistical modelling are discussed, followed by recommendations including participatory approaches that involve members of the community, including sexual and gender minority individuals, as possible, throughout the research process, conducting risk analyses, employing sensitive quantitative and qualitative methods, and ensuring clear reporting and participant protection. To conclude, with this letter, we hope to instigate dialogue and foster innovative approaches to incorporating sex and gender considerations in cross-cultural studies of traumatic stress. Addressing these considerations is essential for ethical, meaningful research that respects and safeguards diverse experiences.
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Exceptional Times for the Discrete Web and Predictability in Ising Models
The dynamical discrete web (DyDW) is a system of one-dimensional coalescing random walks that evolves in an extra dynamical time parameter, tau. At any deterministic tau the paths behave as coalescing simple symmetric random walks. It has been shown by Fontes, Newman, Ravishankar and Schertzer that there exist exceptional dynamical times, tau, at which the path from the origin is K-subdiffusive, meaning the path is bounded above by j plus the square root of t for all t, where t is the random walk time, and j is some constant. In this thesis we consider for the first time the existence of superdiffusive exceptional times. To be specific, we consider tau such that the limsup of the path from the origin divided by the square root of t times the log of t is greater than or equal to C. We show that such exceptional times exist for small values of C, but they do not exist for large C. Another goal of this thesis is to establish the existence of exceptional times for which the path from the origin is K-subdiffusive in both directions, i.e., tau such that absolute value of the path from the origin is bounded above by j plus the square root of t for all t. We also obtain upper and lower bounds for the Hausdorff dimensions of these two-sided subdiffusive exceptional times. For the superdiffusive exceptional times we are able to get a lower bound on Hausdorff dimension but not an upper bound. This thesis concludes with a brief description of recent joint work with Charles Newman and Daniel Stein on dynamical Ising models. We consider Ising models with symmetric i.i.d. initial conditions evolving under zero temperature dynamics. The main goal is to examine the relative importance of the initial conditions versus the dynamics in determining the state of the system at large times.
Dissertation
Superdiffusive and Subdiffusive Exceptional Times in the Dynamical Discrete Web
The dynamical discrete web is a system of one-dimensional coalescing random walks that evolves in an extra dynamical time parameter. At any deterministic dynamical time, the paths behave as coalescing simple symmetric random walks. This paper studies the existence of (random) exceptional dynamical times at which the paths violate certain almost sure properties of random walks. It was shown in 2009 by Fontes, Newman, Ravishankar and Schertzer that there exist exceptional times at which the path starting from the origin violates the law of the iterated logarithm. Their results gave exceptional times at which the path is slightly subdiffusive in one direction. This paper extends this to obtain times at which the path is slightly superdiffusive in one direction and times at which the path is slightly subdiffusive in both directions. We also obtain upper and lower bounds for the Hausdorff dimensions of the sets of two-sided subdiffusive exceptional times, and a lower bound for the Hausdorff dimension of set of superdiffusive exceptional times.
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The serious threat lurking in your fuel tanks
SOME BASICS Let's start out with some basics: * Corrosion - This is the process of meta~ being destroyed by a chemica~ action. * Delamination - This is a mode of fai~ure for composite materia~s. A significant contributor to these conditions can be traced to the changes in fue~ resufting from both the Renewable Fuel Standard and Energy Independence and the Security Act of 2007 which mandated significant changes in fueL The most agreeab~e cause is the increased acetic acid in fue~ produced by microbes which produce aggressive action on components. Be aware that products that contain forms of alcohol: * Can have difficulty removing Large amounts of free (dear) water. * Are often good \"food\" for bacteria and other troub~esome microorganisms. * Can cause swelling and breakdown of gasket and sear materia~s. Biocides. Because s~udge-producing bacteria is found in all fue~ systems, one so~ution for reducing corrosion is to kill acid-causing bacteria with biocides, Unfortunate~y, if there is any water present in the tank, biocides become totally ineffective.
Trade Publication Article
In order to compete, Wolverines need to develop a star
By DAN JENKINS, Guest Columnist With its third straight loss on Saturday, this time to a lowly Lawrence Tech squad, the University of Michigan-Dearborn men's basketball team was eliminated from qualifying for the conference tournament for the tenth straight season. Since joining the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference in 2004, the Wolverines have yet to finish amongst the top eight teams in the standings and earn a postseason bid.
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