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Background: Individuals living in poverty often visit primary healthcare clinics for health problems stemming from unmet legal needs. We examined the impact of a medical-legal partnership on improving the social determinants of health (SDoH), health-related quality of life, and perceived health status of attendees of a Legal Clinic Program (LCP).Methods: This was a pre-post program evaluation of a weekly LCP established within an urban primary healthcare clinic to provide free legal consultation. Patients aged 18 years or older were either approached or referred to complete a screening tool to identify potential legal needs. Those identified with potential legal needs were offered an appointment with LCP lawyers who provided legal counsel, referrals, and services. For those who attended the LCP, changes in SDoH and health indicators were collected via a self-reported survey 6 months after they attended the LCP and compared to their baseline scores using paired t-tests, McNemar’s test for paired proportions, and the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test for related samples.Results: During the 6-month evaluation period, 31 participants attended the LCP and completed both the baseline and 6-month surveys; 67.8% were female, 64.5% were white, 90.3% were not working full-time, and 61.3% had a household income of $700 to 1800 per month. At follow-up, 25.8% were receiving at least 1 new benefit and there was a statistically significant reduction in food insecurity (35.5% vs 9.7%, P< .05). Also, perceived health status using the visual analog scale (ranges from 0 to 100) significantly improved from 42.5 points (SD = 25.3) at baseline to 56.6 points (SD = 19.6) after 6 months (P< .05).Conclusions: The LCP has the potential to improve the health and wellbeing of patients in primary healthcare clinics by addressing unmet legal needs and SDoH.

As forecast by the United Nations in May 2007, the population of the world transitioned from a rural to an urban demographic majority with more than half living in urban areas.1 Modern urban environments are complex 3- dimensional (3D) landscapes with 4-dimensional patterns of activity that challenge various traditional 1-dimensional and 2-dimensional sensors to accurately sample these man-made terrains. Depending on geographic location, data resulting from LIDAR, multi-spectral, electro-optical, thermal, ground-based static and mobile sensors may be available with multiple collects along with more traditional 2D GIS features. Reconciling differing data sources over time to correctly portray the dynamic urban landscape raises significant fusion and representational challenges particularly as higher levels of spatial resolution are available and expected by users. This paper presents a framework for integrating the imperfect answers of our differing sensors and data sources into a powerful representation of the complex urban environment. A case study is presented involving the integration of temporally diverse 2D, 2.5D and 3D spatial data sources over Kandahar, Afghanistan. In this case study we present a methodology for validating and augmenting 2D/2.5D urban feature and attribute data with LIDAR to produce validated 3D objects. We demonstrate that nearly 15% of buildings in Kandahar require understanding nearby vegetation before 3-D validation can be successful. We also address urban temporal change detection at the object level. Finally we address issues involved with increased sampling resolution since urban features are rarely simple cubes but in the case of Kandahar involve balconies, TV dishes, rooftop walls, small rooms, and domes among other things.

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The Senior Community Employment Program is a federally subsidized employment and job mining program for needy older workers. A primary aim is to move some enrollees through the program into unsubsidized employment. To facilitate this aim, an intervention involving social group work principles was designed to enhance self-esteem and self-confidence of enrollees by means of didactic teaching through role playing and discussion. A pilot study of the intentention was implemented, using eleven enrollees for the experimental group with a matched sample of enrollees as a control group. Results demonstrated that the group intervention was effective in altering behavior.

The information age is bringing about a change in the world division of labor. Many of the great trading cities that arose during the Industrial Revolution as shipping, railroad, and financial centers are now facing new challenges, challenges brought about by global telecommunications. Information technology and the changing nature of business and government offer new opportunities and threats to these and other cities as they strive to acquire or retain treasured economic activity. Telecommunications and computation capacity are among the tools cities can use as they vie with one another for this commerce.This study describes how U. S. cities are affected by these trends and summarizes some of the key technological and policy issues involved. Several case studies are reported, which show the various strategies used by large cities such as New York and Boston, progressive Midwest cities such as Omaha, and small cities such as Heathrow, Florida. Some preliminary principles of success are adduced.

A primary purpose of this study was to derive some empirical evidence as to whether involvement of spouses in the treatment process significantly affects completion of treatment and recidivism of the alcoholic. Case records of seventy patients admitted to a hospital alcohol intervention unit and their spouses comprised the total sample. The independent variable, spouse panicipation in three group educational sessions on alcohol as a drug and alcoholism as a progressive disease, was contrasted with completion of treatment and recidivism of the alcoholic patient. Data was also collected to determine which of the subjects panicipated in three or more outpatient sessions. Participation of spouses in the group work strategy derived from a developmental perspective was related to both dependent variables; however, calculations with respect to outpatient sessions failed to yield statistical significance. Data also suggested that the "spouse group" facilitated a better understanding of alcoholism as a progressive disease and alcohol as a drug, and also promoted a more hopeful outlook by alcoholics and their spouses.

The central issue in computer education is the same as any other aspect of school management: Good management requires a working knowledge of the subject to enable implementation of the highest quality and most cost-efficient program possible to meet your objective.

An interview with film director Joshua Oppenheimer is presented. Oppenheimer directed the critically acclaimed documentary "The Act of Killing" which focuses on the mass slaughter of leftists and ethnic Chinese in Indonesia in the 1960s from the viewpoint of the perpetrators. He speaks about how he gained interest in the heinous events. He also talks about including Anwar Congo, the main perpetrator of the mass killings, in the filmmaking process.

The author provides an overview of the documentary films directed by Scott Millwood. His feature-length film "Proximity" is a combination of travelogue, social commentary and philosophical musing. The "Wildness" opened with an aerial shot coming in from the ocean over the sandy coastline of Tasmania. The film traces the lives of Australian wilderness photographers Olegas Truchanas and Peter Dombrovskis.

The article discusses possible international opportunities for the extreme sport parkour. It counters the misconceptions about parkour, which is not used for cat burglary techniques and involves negotiating one's way to the environment in a fast manner. There is a call for the formation of a world governing body for the sport and partnership alliances for further resources. It is noted that parkour participants leave the environment as they found it and even improve it by removing any litter.

Details the growth of the entertainment and business aspect of professional sports in the United States. Effect of the sports, entertainment and big business phenomenon on the media business; Growth of the television coverage of sports.