scholarly journals Comparison of USA and Australian Mobility Device Users’ and Ambulant Bus Users’ Views of Restraints on Public Buses

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 673-673
Author(s):  
Carolyn Unsworth
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Transit Time ◽  
Dwell Time ◽  
Injury Risk ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Transit Buses ◽  
Occupant Restraint Systems ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Mobility Device ◽  
P 53

Abstract Many older people use powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters to access the community on buses but have increased injury risk if the mobility device tips or slides. Wheelchair tie-down and occupant restraint systems (WTORS) are mandated on USA transit buses, and their introduction investigated in Australia. This study examined the views of mobility device and ambulant bus users in the USA and Australia on WTORS. A Qualtrics survey with 448 respondents showed strong support for WTORS use and found the most important factors underpinning use were Safety, Comfort, and Transit time. US research indicates dwell time while fitting WTORS is 4 minutes, and participants reported 5.65(SD3.06) minutes is acceptable. There was no difference in USA and Australian participants who have slid or tipped in their device, despite being restrained in the USA: X2(1,n=220)=.053,p=.53,phi-.016). This research suggests all bus users are supportive of WTORs, but their effectiveness requires investigation.

scholarly journals PV-0187: Source dwell time and transit time measurement for a HDR afterloading unit

2017 ◽  
Vol 123 ◽  
pp. S95-S96
Author(s):  
T.L. Chiu ◽  
B. Yang ◽  
H. Geng ◽  
W.W. Lam ◽  
C.W. Kong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transit Time ◽  
Dwell Time ◽  
Time Measurement ◽  
Transit Time Measurement

Usability of Access Ramps and Securement Systems on Transit Buses for Wheeled Mobility Device Users

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (4_Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 7111515227p1
Author(s):  
Brittany Perez ◽  
Jim Lenker ◽  
Victor Paquet ◽  
Lydia Kocher ◽  
Medha Nemade
Keyword(s):  
Transit Buses ◽  
Mobility Device ◽  
Wheeled Mobility

Nigeria: Economy, Finance and the Role of the Stockbroker

1995 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-274
Author(s):  
Nuruddeen A. Abdullahi ◽  
Alan Wakelam
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Market Risk ◽  
Securities And Exchange Commission ◽  
Oil Boom ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Private Investors ◽  
The Uk ◽  
A Company

The first part deals with the financial background to the economy. The switch from an agricultural economy to one where, since 1974, oil has taken centre stage, has been dramatic. A country traumatised by civil war has left deep scars, as a result the oil boom of the 1970’s was not taken full advantage of—wastage and misallocation of revenues were characteristic of the 1970’s and 80’s. Despite this, there has been some improvement in the infrastructure as a result of public spending. The second part looks at the role of the stockbroker. As professional advisors, stockbrokers are expected to have a good understanding of the financial market. Sadly the advice that some gave to private investors was not always sound. A particular example was when a third of the sample advised their clients to borrow money for share purchase at a time when interest rates were particularly high. It is interesting to note that in spite of their strong support for deregulation of the stock market, the majority (74.1%) expressed satisfaction with the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (NSEC). The authors expected the financial press to be the most important source of financial information, instead company reports took first place, possibly reflecting a lack of confidence in press reporting. 62% of the stockbrokers were ignorant of the fact that a company may declare profit even when its cashflow position is in deficit, and 22% had the misconception that listed companies were always profitable. Unlike the UK and the USA there is yet to emerge a market risk service, hence the stockbrokers have to rely on their own perceptions of market risk, and the results show that

Implementing NAGPRA: the effective management of legislated change in museums

2002 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morris Abraham ◽  
Tim Sullivan ◽  
Des Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Change Process ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Change Processes ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Allocation Of Resources ◽  
Effective Change ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Generic Change ◽  
Successful Change

A survey of 19 museums across the USA sought to identify the change processes associated with the effective management of a specific case of legislated change imposed by The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 1990 (NAGPRA). Interviews were also conducted with a sample of these museums to understand further the change process adopted. It was hypothesised that those organisations which were perceived by respondents to have achieved successful change outcomes, would have managed the change transition in accordance with generic change principles in the change literature, regardless of the legislated nature of the change. The findings provided strong support for these general principles of effective change management in situations where the organisation has little choice about the change initiative. However the legislated nature of the change and the initial lack of understanding of its scope and implications produced some deviations from these general principles, particularly with respect to the dimensions of visioning, participation and allocation of resources to the change program.

One educator, four perspectives

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Stearns-Pfeiffer
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
English Education ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Classroom Teacher ◽  
Teacher Educator ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Secondary English ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Standards Implementation ◽  
The Usa

Purpose – The author of this paper aims to reflect on the past 14 years of English education in the USA and the resulting effects of state standards and standards implementation on secondary English teachers. Design/methodology/approach – Controversy surrounding standards implementation often includes balancing the struggle between teacher autonomy and district-mandated curriculum. The journey described here includes four roles in education: first, an undergraduate in a teacher education program at a state university; second, a classroom teacher learning to create pacing guides based on the standards; third, a graduate student writing a dissertation about standards implementation; and, fourth, a teacher educator who works with pre-service and practicing teachers. Findings – Educators at all levels must determine how to best navigate standards to help students succeed in the classroom, and what teaching practices must endure even in the face of increased standardization. Originality/value – Lack of curricular autonomy and few teacher-centered professional development opportunities during early standards implementation experiences led the author to understand the importance of a workshop model of standards implementation for teachers. In addition, strong support for reading and writing workshops in the secondary English Language Arts classroom is also provided, including the specific Common Core Standards met during these classroom activities.

scholarly journals Comparison of hypertension healthcare outcomes among older people in the USA and England

2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Marshall ◽  
James Nazroo ◽  
Kevin Feeney ◽  
Jinkook Lee ◽  
Bram Vanhoutte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Healthcare Outcomes ◽  
The Usa

Older homeless people: increasing numbers and changing needs

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Crane ◽  
Louise Joly
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Age Structure ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
Homeless Population ◽  
Retirement Age ◽  
Housing Situation ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Usa

SummaryEvidence from England, Australia, Canada, Japan and the USA indicates that the single homeless population is ageing, and that increasing numbers of older people are homeless. This paper reviews evidence of changes in the age structure of the single homeless population, and the factors that are likely to have had an influence on the growth of the older homeless population. In many Western cities, the housing situation of older people is changing and there is a growing reliance on the private rented sector. Unemployment is also having an impact on older people who are under the official retirement age. An increasing number of older people are experiencing problems linked to alcohol, drugs, gambling and criminality, and these are all behaviours that can contribute to homelessness. Despite high levels of morbidity and disability among older homeless people, they are a relatively neglected group and receive little attention from policy makers and mainstream aged care services.

scholarly journals Evaluating how lethal management affects poaching of Mexican wolves

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Louchouarn ◽  
Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila ◽  
David R. Parsons ◽  
Adrian Treves
Keyword(s):  
Canis Lupus ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Large Carnivores ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
Management Interventions ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Lethal Management ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Canis Lupus Baileyi ◽  
Illegal Killing

AbstractDespite illegal killing (poaching) being the major cause of death among large carnivores globally, little is known about the effect of implementing lethal management policies on poaching. Two opposing hypotheses have been proposed in the literature: implementing lethal management may decrease poaching incidence (‘killing for tolerance’) or increase it (‘facilitated illegal killing’). Here, we report a test of the two opposed hypotheses that poaching (reported and unreported) of Mexican grey wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) in Arizona and New Mexico, USA, responded to changes in policy that reduced protections to allow more wolf-killing. We employ advanced biostatistical survival and competing-risk methods to data on individual resightings, mortality and disappearances of collared Mexican wolves, supplemented with Bayes Factors to assess strength of evidence. We find inconclusive evidence for any decreases in reported poaching. We also find strong evidence that Mexican wolves were 121% more likely to disappear during periods of reduced protections than during periods of stricter protections, with only slight changes in legal removals by the agency. Therefore, we find strong support for the ‘facilitated illegal killing’ hypothesis and none for the ‘killing for tolerance’ hypothesis. We provide recommendations for improving the effectiveness of US policy on environmental crimes, endangered species, and protections for wild animals. Our results have implications beyond the USA or wolves because the results suggest transformations of decades-old management interventions against human-caused mortality among wild animals subject to high rates of poaching.

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