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2. Religiously-based Political Mobilization: Comparing the Mexican Immigrant Communities in Chicago and New York City.
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Cano, Gustavo, Rivera, Liliana, and Echegaray, Alejandro
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RELIGION & politics , *MASS mobilization , *MEXICANS - Abstract
This paper examines the role of religion to explain different levels of political organization and mobilization of the Mexican immigrant communities in New York City and Chicago. The paper analyzes the mechanisms and symbols used by Catholic-based grass-roots organizations when mobilizing the community in order to deal with a whole set of contextual needs, and how this process reinforces systematically the introduction of these dynamics of political incorporation within their respective localities.The aim of the comparison is to identify and analyze the different factors that intervene in the process of nonelectoral mobilization of immigrants in an urban context. Our research points out that processes of immigrant political mobilization and participation cannot be understood only by referring to spatially demarcated national or local cultures, on the contrary, these processes imply a recreation of symbolic references and socio-political spatial transformations that takes into account the demographic composition, the socio-political and cultural background of the immigrant communities, and the ?new? reality that they face on arrival. Data for this work was obtained from historical research and secondary resources in the cities of New York and Chicago, and the Mexican state of Puebla, as well as in-depth interviews with local religious leaders, officials of the Catholic Church, and representatives of community-based organizations in these three places. For the purposes of this research, Mexican immigrants are those persons who were born in Mexico, who live in the United States, and who are noncitizens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2002
3. City Politics and Black Civil Society: The Transformation of Bronzeville and Harlem.
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Hyra, Derek S.
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AFRICAN American neighborhoods ,CITIES & towns ,MUNICIPAL government ,URBAN community development ,BRONZEVILLE (Ill.) - Abstract
Harlem and Bronzeville, two of the most historic and culturally significant urban African- American communities in America, are currently experiencing major economic transformations. After a middle-class flight and years of economic abandonment, these urban areas are seeing an influx of commercial and residential investment, rapidly changing these communities from low to more mixed-income environments. Although there has been a substantial amount of positive media attention concerning the economic developments in Harlem and Bronzeville, there is little community consensus about the type of development that is occurring, since this development threatens to displace a large amount of current residents. Through a comparative ethnographic approach, this study explores how distinct political landscapes in New York City and Chicago relate to the proliferation of protest politics concerning displacement and redevelopment in these communities. In this paper I argue NYC's diverse political system facilitates contested politics while in comparison Chicago's monolithic party machine is associated with limited community led opposition to redevelopment. This paper contributes to the notion that African-American community politics is, in part, influenced by structural forces emanating from the city level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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4. To re-route, or not to re-route: Impact of real-time re-routing in urban road networks.
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Falek, Amine M., Gallais, Antoine, Pelsser, Cristel, Julien, Sebastien, and Theoleyre, Fabrice
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CITY dwellers ,TRAFFIC flow ,ROUTING algorithms ,VEHICLE routing problem ,ROADS - Abstract
Route planning represents a major challenge with a substantial impact on safety, economy, and even climate. An ever-growing urban population caused a significant increase in commuting times, therefore, stressing the prominence of efficient real-time route planning. In essence, the goal is to compute the fastest route to reach the target location in a realistic environment where traffic conditions are time-evolving. Consequently, a large volume of traffic data is potentially required and the route continuously updated. We thereby address the re-routing problem to answer questions such as when, how often, and where is re-routing worthwhile. We base our study on a real dataset, comprising the travel times of the road segments of New York, London, and Chicago, collected over three months. By exploiting this dataset, we implement an optimal algorithm, able to mimic ideal predictions of road segment speeds in the network. Thereby, allowing us to compute the lower bound of travel-time to serve as a reference against other routing techniques. Mainly, we quantify the achieved travel-time gain of a static, no re-routing, and continuous re-routing strategies. Surprisingly, we find that traffic conditions are sufficiently stable for short time windows, and re-routing a vehicle is very seldom useful when exploiting accurate statistics at departure time. Typically, real-time re-routing should only be triggered during rush hours, for long routes, passing through well-identified road segments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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5. Leveraging transfer learning with deep learning for crime prediction.
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Butt, Umair Muneer, Letchmunan, Sukumar, Hassan, Fadratul Hafinaz, and Koh, Tieng Wei
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DEEP learning ,LONG-term memory ,CONVOLUTIONAL neural networks ,CRIME ,STATISTICAL learning ,LAW enforcement agencies - Abstract
Crime remains a crucial concern regarding ensuring a safe and secure environment for the public. Numerous efforts have been made to predict crime, emphasizing the importance of employing deep learning approaches for precise predictions. However, sufficient crime data and resources for training state-of-the-art deep learning-based crime prediction systems pose a challenge. To address this issue, this study adopts the transfer learning paradigm. Moreover, this study fine-tunes state-of-the-art statistical and deep learning methods, including Simple Moving Averages (SMA), Weighted Moving Averages (WMA), Exponential Moving Averages (EMA), Long Short Term Memory (LSTM), Bi-directional Long Short Term Memory (BiLSTMs), and Convolutional Neural Networks and Long Short Term Memory (CNN-LSTM) for crime prediction. Primarily, this study proposed a BiLSTM based transfer learning architecture due to its high accuracy in predicting weekly and monthly crime trends. The transfer learning paradigm leverages the fine-tuned BiLSTM model to transfer crime knowledge from one neighbourhood to another. The proposed method is evaluated on Chicago, New York, and Lahore crime datasets. Experimental results demonstrate the superiority of transfer learning with BiLSTM, achieving low error values and reduced execution time. These prediction results can significantly enhance the efficiency of law enforcement agencies in controlling and preventing crime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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6. AN ALIEN PRESENCE.
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Pittman, Von
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CORRESPONDENCE schools & courses ,DISTANCE education ,UNIVERSITY extension ,CURRICULUM - Abstract
The article looks at the history of correspondence studies at the University of Chicago in Illinois. The efforts of the University of Chicago's founding president William Rainey Harper to make correspondence studies a viable and respected part of American post-secondary education are discussed. The author comments on the external degree program on New York's Chautauqua Assembly, which was used by Harper as a prototype for the University of Chicago's program. Policy disputes faced by Harper for allowing graduate students to earn up to half of their required credits through correspondence study are discussed.
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- 2008
7. Paper Trail.
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GAY community ,ANTI-discrimination laws ,FUNDRAISING - Abstract
Reprints several articles about the gay community published in different newspapers in the U.S. Decision of Illinois to extend its bias laws; Visit of Democratic National Party chairman Howard Dean to Fire Island, New York to support the GLBT community; Amount raised by the International Mr. Leather event for the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago Illinois.
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- 2005
8. New Chicago Daily.
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NEWSPAPER publishing - Abstract
The article focuses on business planning of Marshall Field, owner of the newspaper "PM" published from New York City. It reports that Field is planning to sell his stock in Marshall Field & Co. to finance startup of a morning daily newspaper for Chicago, Illinois. It states that Field wants to compete with the newspaper "Chicago Tribune" owned by Colonel Robert R. McCormick.
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- 1941
9. Book Review: Review Essay: Make No Little Plans? Different Views of the New York and Chicago Waterfronts.
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Gordon, David L.A.
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WATERFRONTS ,URBAN growth ,ENVIRONMENTAL history ,PUBLIC trust doctrine ,URBAN planning ,WATER treatment plants - Abstract
Keywords: waterfront; New York; Chicago; regional planning; public trust doctrine EN waterfront New York Chicago regional planning public trust doctrine 342 347 6 10/16/23 20231101 NES 231101 Schlichting, Kara M. 2019. The book explains the legal procedures by which the parks commissions financed the landfill and parks in great detail but is unfortunately silent on how the region's traffic engineers hijacked the pleasure dive and transformed it into an expressway. Other property owners, led by department store magnate Montgomery Ward, resisted proposals to place cultural buildings in Grant Park, the centrepiece of Chicago's downtown parks system. Schlichting demonstrates how, in the absence of a city plan, the New York City Parks Commission acted as the initial planning agency for the South Bronx, creating a system of large parks connected by parkways. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023
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10. Measuring network resilience through connection patterns.
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Cerqueti, Roy, Ferraro, Giovanna, and Iovanella, Antonio
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AIR traffic , *TELECOMMUNICATION systems , *ENGINEERING models , *COMMUNICATION infrastructure - Abstract
• We analyze the resilience of weighted networks. • We propose a measure of resilience based on shock propagation along network paths. • We introduce a condition for shock propagation based on the weights of the network. • We test the theoretical proposal on two real-world instances of air traffic systems. Networks are at the core of modeling many engineering contexts, mainly in the case of infrastructures and communication systems. The resilience of a network, which is the property of the system capable of absorbing external shocks, is then of paramount relevance in the applications. This paper deals with this topic by advancing a theoretical proposal for measuring the resilience of a network. The proposal is based on the study of the shocks propagation along the patterns of connections among nodes. The theoretical model is tested on the real-world instances of two important airport systems in the US air traffic network: Illinois (including the hub of Chicago) and New York states (with JFK airport). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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11. The Millionaire Publisher Dies.
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PUBLISHING ,MILLIONAIRES ,NEWSPAPER publishing - Abstract
Focuses on the resemblance in the methods by which millionaire publishers Victor Lawson of Chicago, Illinois, and Frank A. Munsey of New York disposed of their money. Death of the two publishers within weeks of each other; Value of Lawson's "Chicago Daily News" operation; Decision by Munsey to leave the bulk of his estate to the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Change in ideas as to the ultimate disposal of large fortunes.
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- 1926
12. An individualism without individuals. A sociological approach to the capitalist symbolism of Chicago and New York skyscrapers.
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Roche Cárcel, Juan Antonio and Carretero Pasín, Ángel Enrique
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PHENOMENOLOGICAL sociology ,SKYSCRAPERS ,INDIVIDUALISM ,ECONOMIC development ,ARCHITECTURAL details ,PUBLIC spaces - Abstract
Starting from Comprehensive or Interpretive Sociology and the Sociology of skyscrapers, this article proposes as basic objectives to verify how the North American economic culture is showed in the symbolism of the skyscrapers of Chicago and New York and to verify the parallelism between the formal evolution of these buildings and the main economic transformations that have occurred in North American society in recent decades. In short, we will try to highlight the following symbolic questions: if the skyscrapers of Chicago and New York represent the defense of an American business culture marked by strong competitiveness and individualism; if they express the aesthetic transition from a capitalist rationalist architecture to another aesthetic where fiction, fantasy and spectacularity prevail; if this process is in tune with the transformation from an industrial capitalism to another of consumption and if it manifests itself through the decline of rationalist structural architectural elements towards others marked by glass, lightness, fluidity, liquidity and commodification; if the individualism that characterizes North American capitalism has also mutated in recent decades, that is, if from a primitive exaltation of autonomy as a core value of society, it drifts towards the cult of an individualized, privatized self disconnected from public space. Ultimately, it is about confirming the sociological utility of skyscrapers, understood as symbolic, economic, social and cultural objects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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13. A framework for estimating commute accessibility and adoption of ridehailing services under functional improvements from vehicle automation.
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Zou, Tianqi, Aemmer, Zack, MacKenzie, Don, and Laberteaux, Ken
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CHOICE of transportation , *DEMAND forecasting , *POOR people , *PRICE cutting , *METROPOLIS , *EMPLOYMENT statistics - Abstract
This paper develops an analytical framework to estimate commute accessibility and adoption of various ridehailing service concepts across the US by synthesizing individual commute trips using national Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) data. Focusing on potential improvements in cost and time that could be enabled by vehicle automation, we use this modeling framework to simulate a lower-price autonomous service (e.g., 50% or 75% lower) with variable wait times and implementation levels (solo, pooled, and first/last mile transit connections services, alone or in combination) to determine how they might affect adoption rates. These results are compared across metrics of accessibility and trip density, as well as socioeconomic factors such as household income. We find – unsurprisingly – that major cities (e.g. New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago) support the highest adoption rates for ridehailing services. Decreases in price tend to increase market share and accessibility. The effect of a decrease in price is more drastic for lower income groups. The proposed method for synthesizing trips using the LODES contributes to current travel demand forecasting methods and the proposed analytic framework can be flexibly implemented with any other mode choice model, extended to non-commute trips, or applied to different levels of geographic aggregation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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14. Amalgamated Bank in Chicago threatens to sue namesake bank in New York.
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Dobbs, Jim
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COMPENSATORY damages ,NONPROFIT organizations ,MERGER agreements ,BANKING industry - Abstract
Amalgamated Financial in February called off its $98.1 million acquisition of Amalgamated Investments, citing an inability to secure regulatory approval. March 22, 2022 Amalgamated Investments Co., parent of Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, may pursue compensatory damages from Amalgamated Financial Corp. in New York for allegedly breaching terms of their merger agreement. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
15. Newspaper Offensive.
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SALES promotion ,NEWSPAPERS ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
The article focuses on the factors that influenced the drive for a national promotion campaign on behalf of the newspaper industry and all related interests in the U.S. in 1936. It details how the national-local rate differential is affecting the newspaper industry. The New York and Chicago, Illinois newspaper representative associations has fathered a united newspaper front.
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- 1936
16. Sudden Squeeze.
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BANKING industry ,TREASURY bills ,BANK reserves ,BANK loan laws - Abstract
The article discusses the difficulty banks in New York and Chicago, Illinois are experiencing as of March 1956 in light of the Federal Reserve's increased rates on Treasury bills. It states that as a result of this policy, corporations have begun pulling their money out of banks and have started putting them in bills, where they can get as much as 2% or more. Banks, which cannot pay interest on deposits, cannot compete. They are therefore seeing their cash reserves dwindle, and have threatened stricter measures on their lending policies as a result.
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- 1956
17. (AMM) Purchasing managers bullish on '11.
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Petry, Corinna
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MANUFACTURING industries ,PRICES ,COMMERCIAL products - Abstract
The article looks at the findings of the surveys held at the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) show about the economic conditions and manufacturing activities in New York and Chicago, Illinois in 2011. The Chicago business barometer indicated a 62.4 rating in January while the New York ISM report presented its current business conditions index increasing to 71.2 in January from 63.8 in December. A purchasing manager from Chicago claimed that prices of many commodities are increasing, including tin, aluminum and paper.
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- 2011
18. Editorial Notes.
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UNITED States politics & government, 1913-1921 ,POLITICAL parties ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,WORKING hours laws ,CANNED foods industry ,ELECTIONS ,WOMEN - Abstract
Comments on articles about politics in the U.S. published in different newspapers compiled as of April 1915. Account of the trouble the Republican administration is making for the University of Wisconsin; Passage of a bill by the New York State Assembly increasing the number of hours that women and minors may work in the canning industry; News about the elections in Chicago, Illinois stating that "in the poorer districts the women put the babies to sleep or left them in the care of a neighbor, and trudged to the polling places.
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- 1915
19. Robustness of road systems to extreme flooding: using elements of GIS, travel demand, and network science.
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Kermanshah, Amirhassan and Derrible, Sybil
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FLOODS ,ROBUST control ,GEOGRAPHIC information systems ,TRANSPORTATION demand management - Abstract
The main objective of this article is to study the robustness of road networks to extreme flooding events that can negatively affect entire regional systems in a relatively unpredictable way. Here, we adopt a deterministic approach to simulate extreme flooding events in two cities, New York City and Chicago, by removing entire sections of road systems using U.S. FEMA floodplains. We then measure changes in the number of real trips that can be completed (using travel demand data), Geographical Information Systems properties, and network topological indicators. We notably measure and discuss how betweenness centrality is being redistributed after flooding. Broadly, robustness in spatial systems like road networks is dependent on many factors, including system size (number of nodes and links) and topological structure of the network. Expectedly, robustness also depends on geography, and cities that are naturally more at risk will tend to be less robust, and therefore the notion of robustness rapidly becomes sensitive to individual contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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20. Editorials.
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PRACTICAL politics ,STRIKES & lockouts ,GOVERNMENTAL investigations ,CHURCH - Abstract
The article presents information on practical politics. The report of the commission appointed by the U.S. President to investigate the Chicago strike has been made public. Everyone who has followed the course of New York politics is aware that Thomas Platt has long played a prominent part in it, not as a formulator of ideas or a framer of policies, but as a distributor of patronage and as a controller of the rural legislators through patronage. One of the warmest discussion of the Episcopal Church Congress in Boston was that an the topic, "The Church's Duty in the Matter of Secular Activities."
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- 1894
21. What Sells the New Cars.
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AUTOMOTIVE engineering ,TRADE shows ,SALES promotion ,SPEEDOMETERS - Abstract
The article informs about automobile shows in New York and Chicago, Illinois which indicate that automobile models of 1939 are equipped with new fittings and new gadgets. It states that 1939 models promise to boost sales as the bodies are dashing in appearance and much roomier. It adds that attractions of show included the automatic safety warning systems built into speedometers of cars, touch control of car radios and use of rubber into seat cushions by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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- 1938
22. THE SETMAKERS.
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TELEVISION ,UNITED States manufacturing industries - Abstract
The article reports on developments in the U.S. television manufacturing industry as of November 1953. It reveals that 6,600,000 units of television sets will be sold by the end of 1953. It mentions the 250 televisions transmitting. It also cites New York, Chicago in Illinois and Philadelphia as the saturated cities which account for one out of every five sets invoiced.
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- 1953
23. JOINT AUCTION REPORTS: CHICAGO, NEW YORK, SANTA FE.
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ART auctions ,ILLUSTRATION (Art) ,AUCTIONS ,EUROPEAN art ,AMERICAN art ,ART collecting - Abstract
Ammi Phillips' circa 1883 Woman with Pink Ribbons snagged the top lot of the sale, achieving a whopping $3.87 million against an estimate of $800,000 to $1.2 million-a world auction record for Phillips. SANTA FE, NM SANTA FE ART AUCTION DECEMBER 11 Gustave Baumann Sale $728,000 The December 11 Gustave Baumann Sale, held by Santa Fe Art Auction, saw tremendous results. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
24. Asthma Beliefs Are Associated with Medication Adherence in Older Asthmatics.
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Sofianou, Anastasia, Martynenko, Melissa, Wolf, Michael, Wisnivesky, Juan, Krauskopf, Katherine, Wilson, Elizabeth, Goel, Mita, Leventhal, Howard, Halm, Ethan, and Federman, Alex
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ASTHMA treatment ,ASTHMATICS ,EMPIRICAL research ,PRIMARY care - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Empirical research and health policies on asthma have focused on children and young adults, even though asthma morbidity and mortality are higher among older asthmatics. OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship of asthma-related beliefs and self-reported controller medication adherence in older asthmatics. DESIGN: An observational study of asthma beliefs and self-management among older adults. PARTICIPANTS: Asthmatics ages ≥60 years ( N = 324, mean age 67.4 ± 6.8, 28 % white, 32 % black, 30 % Hispanic) were recruited from primary care practices in New York City and Chicago. MAIN MEASURES: Self-reported controller medication adherence was assessed using the Medication Adherence Report Scale. Based on the Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation, patients were asked if they believe they only have asthma with symptoms, their physician can cure their asthma, and if their asthma will persist. Beliefs on the benefit, necessity and concerns of treatment use were also assessed. Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the association of beliefs with self-reported medication adherence. KEY RESULTS: The majority (57.0 %) of patients reported poor adherence. Poor self-reported adherence was more common among those with erroneous beliefs about asthma illness and treatments, including the 'no symptoms, no asthma' belief (58.7 % vs. 31.7 %, respectively, p < 0.001), 'will not always have asthma' belief (34.8 % vs. 12.5 %, p < 0.001), and the 'MD can cure asthma' belief (21.7 % vs. 9.6 %, p = 0.01). Adjusting for illness beliefs, treatment beliefs and demographics, patients with a 'no symptoms, no asthma' belief had lower odds of having good self-reported adherence (odds ratio [OR] 0.45, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 0.23-0.86), as did those with negative beliefs about the benefits (OR 0.73, 95 % CI 0.57-0.94) and necessity (OR 0.89, 95 % CI 0.83-0.96) of treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Illness and treatment beliefs have a strong influence on self-reported medication adherence in older asthmatics. Interventions to improve medication adherence in older asthmatics by modifying illness and treatment beliefs warrant study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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25. From Discussion Leader to Consumer Guide.
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Fosdick, Scott
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THEATER critics ,THEATERS ,CRITICS ,COMMODIFICATION - Abstract
This article completes a three-part examination of theater critics working for Chicago newspapers during the twentieth century. The first article in the series covered the "boomtown" period leading up to World War I, and the second article addressed Chicago's rise after 1960 as a regional center for theater covered by fewer newspapers and fewer critics. This article reviews those periods but emphasizes the middle, "road town" period, which saw a gradually dwindling band of critics functioning as quality control experts, passing judgment on New York road shows. After examining that period, this article uses commodification to consider the changing role of the critic over the entire century. It concludes that while commodification is a useful concept to understand vast changes in the critical landscape, it is neither an irresistible nor an inevitable force. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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26. Early Death: Mortality among Young Children in New York, Chicago, and New Orleans.
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Condran, Gretchen A. and Lentzner, Harold R.
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CHILD mortality ,NEONATAL mortality ,CAUSES of death ,DEATH ,INFANTS ,CHILDREN - Abstract
Examines the seasonal pattern of mortality among infants and young children from 1870 through 1917 in New York, Chicago, and New Orleans. Dependence of the study of historical trends in infant and early childhood mortality on vital statistics; Evidence of the seasonal pattern of mortality at young ages; Utilization of an index of the seasonal peak in mortality for three age groups under age five.
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- 2004
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27. Incorporating the Results of Diabetes Research Into Clinical Practice.
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Clark Jr., Charles M., Marrero, David G., Chin, Marshall H., Davis, Stephen N., Fisher, Edwin, Hiss, Roland G., Walker, Elizabeth A., and Wylie-Rosett, Judith
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DIABETES ,RESEARCH institutes - Abstract
Presents the results of the incorporation of clinical trial results into practice by diabetes research and training centers in the United States. Interventions to improve the quality of care and health outcomes of diabetics by the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois; Development of a diabetes team by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, New York.
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- 2001
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28. 1852-2002: 150 YEARS OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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Griggs Jr., Francis E.
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CIVIL engineering ,SEWAGE purification ,RAILROADS ,BRIDGES - Abstract
Introduces the major projects and people behind the growth of civil engineering in the United States. Information on the Chicago water and sewage treatment system which was opened to public acclaim in 1869; Information on the Transcontinental railroad which started in 1863; Information on the Brooklyn bridge which was engineered by John A. Roebling.
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- 2001
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29. Research Notes.
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REHABILITATION ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,SOCIETIES - Abstract
Presents information on several projects of Hastings Center in collaboration with other organizations. Details on the Working Group on Ethics and Jurisprudence of the IUCN; Completion of Nature, Polis and Ethics: Chicago Regional Planning project; Project in collaboration with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago; Update on the Not-For-Profit Hospital Trustees.
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- 1999
30. THE PATH-DEPENDENT CITY.
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Woodlief, Anthony
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METROPOLITAN government ,ECONOMETRIC models ,URBAN policy ,URBAN planning ,DECISION making - Abstract
Urban policy making approximates the components of a path-dependent model — random selection and self-reinforcement — which suggests that cities get locked into suboptimal policies. Thus, despite rigid rules of individual and collective behavior posited by many urban theorists, identical cities can evolve along drastically different paths. The author shows how simple time-series models can overlook path dependence and demonstrates the trends of a pathdependent series using budget data from Chicago and New York. New York exhibited policy lock-in in the decades following the Great Depression, but Chicago did not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
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31. Global Warnings.
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Boettger, Suzaan
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ENVIRONMENTALISM ,EXHIBITIONS - Abstract
The article reviews several exhibitions including "Ecotopia," at the International Center of Photography in New York City from September 14, 2006- January 7, 2008, "Beyond Green: Toward A Sustainable Art," at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois from October 6, 2005- January 15, 2007, and "Melting Ice/A Hot Topic: Envisioning Change," at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway from June 5- September 3, 2007.
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- 2008
32. TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND ORGANIZED LABOR IN COMMERCIAL PRINTING.
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Baker, Elizabeth Faulkner
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TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,CENTRAL labor councils ,LABOR unions ,PRINTING industry ,EMIGRATION & immigration - Abstract
The great printing centers of the country are New York City and Chicago. New York produces largely under union agreements and Chicago largely without union agreements. Competition for long-run printing is keen between New York City and other localities where rentals and transportation expenses are lower and trade unions are weaker. This results In migration of printing from New York. Competition is also keen between union and non-union printeries within New York City. But In all cases, while lower wage scales and complement of men and a larger adoption of new-model presses, appear to make non-union printing more profitable, final evidence Is elusive as to whether It Is more profitable, and also as to whether organised labor materially retards technological progress. Obversely, however, the life of the press assistants' union is endangered as a result of the vestigial character of the hand press-feeding occupation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1932
33. The NASDTEC-AAAS Teacher Preparation-Certification Study.
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Viall, William P.
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CONFERENCES & conventions ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,TEACHER certification ,CERTIFICATION ,LICENSES ,EDUCATIONAL accreditation ,EDUCATIONAL programs ,TEACHER educators ,SCIENCE ,MATHEMATICS - Abstract
The article highlights the regional work conference of the National Association of State of Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) in Chicago, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, and New York City in April 1960. Scientists, education teachers, classroom teachers, and chief state school officers were invited to meet with the members of the association. The aim of these series of conference is to make recommendations for preparation programs for the teachers in secondary-school science and mathematics. The conferences were a part of a study conducted by NASDTEC with the cooperation of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. NASDTEC was encouraged by the AAAS to seek financial support to provide its members with assistance in carrying out responsibilities in teacher certification.
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- 1960
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34. Summary of the Week's News.
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ANARCHISTS ,CAPITAL punishment ,LARYNGEAL surgery ,SUBWAY design & construction - Abstract
The article provides various information from around the world. Three courses of treatment for the throat disease from which the German Crown Prince is suffering, and getting treatment at his private place in San Remo, Italy, have been considered practicable: Laryngotomy, or the total excision of the larynx, a partial excision, with tracheotomy, or another of Mackenzie's internal operations. The Electrical Subway Commission of New York City began on November 15 to use asphalt in the construction of the wireways. On November 11, 1887, four of the Anarchists who were convicted of participating in the Haymarket riot in Chicago, Illinois, on May 4, 1884, in which seven policemen were killed, were hanged in the jail of that city.
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- 1887
35. Sweet Home Chicago.
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Abarbanel, Jonathan
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ACTORS ,THEATER ,PERFORMING arts - Abstract
The article describes the lives of theater actors in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago actors who land roles in New York or Los Angeles often explain the difference between the cities in terms of competition, claiming that in New York and Los Angeles, everyone is desperate to look good at auditions. But in Chicago, they say, actors are interested in the work and in making each other look good.
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- 2007
36. Border Sweeps In North Reach Miles Into U.S.
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NINA BERNSTEIN
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RAILROADS - Abstract
ROCHESTER -- The Lake Shore Limited runs between Chicago and New York City without crossing the Canadian border. But when it stops at Amtrak stations in western New York State, armed Border Patrol agents routinely board the train, question passengers about their citizenship and take away noncitizens who cannot produce satisfactory immigration papers. ''Are you a U.S. citizen?'' agents asked one recent morning, moving through a Rochester-bound train full of dozing passengers at a station outside Buffalo. ''What country were you born in?'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
37. EVENTS.
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SPECIAL events ,CONFERENCES & conventions - Abstract
A list of special events is presented. Barbara Ehrenreich is speaking at an event for Dos Pueblos New York - Tipitapa Sister City Project in New York City, New York, in November 2006. John Nichols will be at an event sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Chicago in Illinois, in November 2006. The New School presents a conference entitled "The US Record" in New York City, New York in December, 2006.
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- 2006
38. HOME-MADE POTTERY.
- Subjects
PHOTOGRAPHS ,PAINTED pottery ,RAW materials - Abstract
Two photographs are presented one showing the raw material used by Southern Potteries Inc. for making its line of hand painted pottery and another showing the pottery itself to be known as Blue Ridge China which is going on display at the company's showrooms in New York, Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
- Published
- 1941
39. Will '04 Dealmaking Renew Momentum in '05?
- Author
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Rieker, Matthias
- Subjects
BANK mergers ,ECONOMIC trends ,BANKING industry ,FOREIGN banking industry - Abstract
Mentions the New England market for making bank deals. Views of analyst Vikram Gandhi on large deals and the trend in bank mergers; The strategy of Bank of America Corp.; Mention of deals, including one made by North Fork Bancorp Inc. of New York and one made by Bank One Corp. in Chicago; Outlook for a deal at Citigroup Inc., HSBC Group Inc., SunTrust Banks Inc., and others; Idea that Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati is a serial acquirer; Foreign banks that are interested in buying banking companies in the United States.
- Published
- 2005
40. SPECTATING AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE, WHICH IS FORTUNATE FOR SPORTS FANS.
- Author
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Gipe, George A.
- Subjects
GRANDSTANDS ,STRUCTURAL failures ,FOOTBALL tournaments - Abstract
The article examines a history of collapsing sports grandstands and why modern spectators have fewer reasons to gripe about. It recounts the collapse of the Brooklyn Eastern Park grandstand during the Yale-Princeton football game in 1890 which claimed the lives of two people, and the 1902 Wisconsin-Michigan football game in Chicago, Illinois that resulted in injury to 32 people. The report concludes that sports fans enjoy a safer environment despite the usual traffic jams and high ticket prices associated with watching live games.
- Published
- 1975
41. CULTURE EXHIBITS.
- Subjects
ARCHITECTURE exhibitions ,EXHIBITIONS - Abstract
The article reviews several exhibitions, including "Environment: Approaches for Tomorrow," at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, Quebec through April 22, 2007, "Sustainable Architecture in Chicago: Works in Progress," at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Illinois through Jan. 6, 2007, and "National Design Triennial: Design Life Now," at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York from December 8, 2006 to July 29, 2007.
- Published
- 2006
42. Calendar.
- Subjects
MARKETING ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,PACKAGING ,MARKETING research - Abstract
The article presents a calendar of events related to marketing. The 34th Annual National Packaging Forum will be held on October 31-November 2, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois. A conference of Agchem Marketing Research will held on November 1-3, 1972. The Fourth National Meeting of the American Institute for Decision Sciences will be held from November 1-4, 1972. The 69th Annual Convention of the National Food Brokers Association will be held in New York during December 1-6, 1972. The 1973 Marketing Conference of the American Bankers Association will be held in New Orleans during January 14-17.
- Published
- 1972
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