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Luella Frisk Adams, Gettysburg SD, Potter County
No full text3 x 5 postcard, Luella Frisk Adams, daughter of General Lucius F. Frisk, founder of Gettysburg S. D. Circa 1900 wearing a long coat, large hat and holding a book8535B H2004-057Luella Frisk Adams, daughter of General Lucius F. Frisk, founder of Gettysburg S. D. Circa 190
Stop and Frisk among College-Educated Police Officers in Suburban Western Pennsylvania: An Exploratory Study
No full textStop-and-frisk has become a significant issue of debate in recent years with both the constitutionality and effectiveness of the practice coming into question. The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has especially come under scrutiny for their stop-and-frisk program in recent years with researchers finding that minorities and the disadvantaged were being targeted by the NYPD during stop-and-frisk encounters. The majority of the research had focused on New York City, and thus there was little data on the use of stop-and-frisk in other jurisdictions. Moreover, there were few studies that examined officer characteristics, such as college education, agency size, etc., on stop-and-frisk and their effect on officers’ understanding of Terry v. Ohio and the legal standard of reasonable suspicion. It was important to understand what extralegal factors police officers were considering prior to stopping someone to ensure that they were not profiling suspects. Moreover, it was necessary to determine if the officers were following the law regarding what factors constitute reasonable suspicion. A qualitative research design in the form of a case study was utilized to explore how college-educated police officers in small to mid-sized agencies in suburban Western Pennsylvania describe the factors that lead to their decision to stop-and-frisk an individual. The participating police officers possessed either a bachelor’s degree or master’s degree with varying levels of rank and experience. The officers were interviewed in person and questioned regarding their stop-and-frisk practices as well as their understanding of the legal requirements necessary prior to conducting such encounters. A general inductive approach was utilized to analyze the data. NVivo software was utilized to identify categories and themes within the participant interviews consistent with a general inductive approach. A number of categories were identified in reference to how the officers described the legal and extralegal factors that led to their decision to stop-and-frisk when the interview responses were analyzed
Examining the Potential for Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Use of Force During NYPD Stop and Frisk Activities
No full textabstract: Since the 1990s, stop and frisk activities have been a cornerstone of the New York Police Department (NYPD). The manner in which the NYPD has carried out stop, question, and frisks (SQFs), however, has been a focal point of discussion, resulting in public outrage and two major lawsuits. Recently, the Federal District Court Judge ruled that the NYPD was engaging in unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices that targeted predominately Black and Latino New Yorkers. Questions surrounding the NYPD’s SQF practices have almost exclusively focused on racial and ethnic disproportionality in the rate of stops without necessarily considering what transpired during the stop. This study will fill that void by examining the prevalence and nature of use of force during those stops, along with testing the minority threat hypothesis. By combining micro-level measures from the NYPD’s 2012 “Stop, Question, and Frisk” database with macro-level variables collected from the United States Census Bureau, the current study examines police use of force in the context of SQF activities. The results should help judges, policy makers, police officers, and scholars understand the nature of police use of force in the context of SQFs.Dissertation/ThesisDoctoral Dissertation Criminology and Criminal Justice 201
Epidemiological Aspects on Apical Periodontitis. Studies based on the Prospective Population Study of Women in Göteborg and the Population Study on Oral Health in Jönköping, Sweden
No full textThe objectives of this thesis were to describe endodontic status in Swedish populations, to study clinical and socio-economic risk factors for apical periodontitis (AP) and to explore a possible association between AP and coronary heart disease (CHD).
In papers I, III and IV the Prospective Study of Women in Göteborg (PSWG) was used. In paper I dentate women examined in 1968-69 (N=1220), 1980-81 (N=1023) and 1992-93 (N=867) were included for cross-sectional and longitudinal (N=586) analysis of endodontic status over 24 years in individuals aged 38-84 years. In papers III and IV a cross-sectional sample (N=844 and N=867, respectively) from 1992-93 was used for exploring associations between AP, socio-economic risk factors and CHD in multivariate logistic regression models. In paper II random samples of dentate individuals aged 20-70 years from the Population Study on Oral Health in Jönköping (PSJ) were used. The first examination in 1973 (N=498) was followed by new examinations in 1983 (N=530), 1993 (N=547) and 2003 (N=491). Full mouth radiographic examinations were restudied, yielding 3981 root filled teeth for the analysis. AP was recorded according to the Periapical Index (PAI) and the root filling quality was assessed with respect to length and seal. The association between root filling quality and AP was studied on the tooth-level as well as on the individual level.
The results from multivariate logistic regression analysis did not reveal a significant association between AP and CHD and socio-economic risk factors and AP, respectively. The ratio of root filled teeth increased with age longitudinally and cross-sectionally, but decreased over time for comparable age groups. The ratio of AP increased with age cross-sectionally, but decreased with age longitudinally and for comparable age groups over time. Inadequate root filling quality was predictive of AP with an odds ratio of 4.5. The root filling quality was improved over time without a concomitant decrease in ratio of root filled teeth with AP
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Algorithms for Data Normalization with Applications to Stop and Frisk
No full textData modeling is an already difficult task that is further exacerbated by the errors of data entry.
Inconsistencies in large quantities of data can make it difficult to perform any kind of automated
analyses. We motivate our investigation into improved data cleaning methods by revealing disastrous
non-uniformity in data related to the controversial Stop and Frisk policy as implemented by the
NYPD. These inconsistencies help guide our construction of workflow F, which consults multiple
similarity measurements in order to dictate proper transformations of non-uniform data into
standardized values. F increases the volume of non-standardized data that is correctly transformed
by 887% in comparison to common existing methods, such as the Levenshtein distance. We conclude
by presenting additional pathways for improvement and describing how to most effectively apply
workflow F as part of an interactive tool
[Newspaper Clipping: Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin #1]
No full textNewspaper article titled "Author Claims Evidence of Second JFK Assassin." The article states that author Richard J. Whalen concluded "that there is circumstantial evidence to support the theory of a second assassin in the shooting of President John F. Kennedy.
Studies of genetic mosaicism in rare diseases
No full textMosaicism in human genetics refers to an individual harboring two or more genetic compositions, all derived from the same fertilized egg. Common signs of genetic mosaicism are asymmetric growth, skin aberrations or vascular malformations. Each clinical picture is in itself rare, but together mosaic disorders form a growing group of identifiable characteristic abnormalities. Interestingly, several pharmacological treatment possibilities for these conditions have evolved in the last couple of years.In study I, we found mosaic hotspot PIK3CA variants in two patients with ectopic muscles and muscular overgrowth, by performing whole genome sequencing and digital PCR. This adds information about timing of PIK3CA mutagenesis during embryogenesis in correlation to phenotype and confirms the diagnostic entity PIK3CA-related muscular overgrowth with ectopic muscles. In study II, we describe a genetic mechanism in DICER1-related overgrowth. We show that a constitutional DICER1 variant encoding the RNase IIIa domain causes a severe subtype of DICER1 syndrome with intellectual disability, macrocephaly, extensive bilateral lung cysts, early onset of Wilms tumor, and well-differentiated fetal lung adenocarcinoma. This phenotype is similar to, but distinct from, the phenotype reported in two patients with GLOW syndrome caused by mosaic hotspot variants encoding the RNase IIIb domain. In study III, we add knowledge of genotype-phenotype correlations in male focal dermal hypoplasia patients by describing a previously unknown disease-causing variant in a male patient, and by highlighting that focal dermal hypoplasia can be suspected in patients with characteristic limb malformations, such as ectrodactyly, or ocular manifestations, even in the absence of typical skin findings. In study IV, we used droplet digital PCR to analyze blood- and sperm-derived DNA from 87 parents to children with intellectual disability syndromes caused by de novo variants. We found germline mosaicism in two fathers and showed that analysis of blood alone may underestimate germline mosaicism.Taken together, these studies have improved our understanding of methodological approaches in mosaicism diagnostics. In addition, these studies contribute to our understanding of the phenotypic and/or genetic spectrum of PIK3CA-related overgrowth, DICER1-related overgrowth, focal dermal hypoplasia and germline mosaicism in rare diseases.List of scientific papersI. Frisk S, Taylan F, Blaszczyk I, Nennesmo I, Annerén G, Herm B, Stattin EL, Zachariadis V, Lindstrand A, Tesi B, Laurell T, Nordgren A. Early activating somatic PIK3CA mutations promote ectopic muscle development and upper limb overgrowth. Clinical Genetics. 2019 Aug;96(2):118-125. https://doi.org/10.1111/cge.13543 II. Pontén E, Frisk S, Taylan F, Vaz R, Wessman S, de Kock L, Pal N, Foulkes WD, Lagerstedt-Robinson K, Nordgren A. A complex DICER1 syndrome phenotype associated with a germline pathogenic variant affecting the RNase IIIa domain of DICER1. Journal of Medical Genetics. 2020 Nov 18:2020-107385. https://doi.org/10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-107385 III. Frisk S, Grandpeix-Guyodo C, Popovic Silwerfeldt K, Hjartarson HT, Chatzianastassiou D, Magnusson I, Laurell T, Nordgren A. Goltz syndrome in males: A clinical report of a male patient carrying a novel PORCN variant and a review of the literature. Clinical Case Reports. 2018 Sep 21;6(11):2103- 2110. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1783 IV. Frisk S, Wachtmeister A, Laurell T, Lindstrand A, Jäntti N, Malmgren H, Lagerstedt-Robinson K, Tesi B, Fulya Taylan F, Nordgren A. Detection of germline mosaicism in fathers of children with intellectual disability syndromes caused by de novo variants. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 2022 Feb 4:e1880. https://doi.org/10.1002/mgg3.1880 </p
Also By The Same Author: AKTiveAuthor, a Citation Graph Approach to Name Disambiguation
No full textThe desire for definitive data and the semantic web drive for inference over heterogeneous data sources requires co-reference resolution to be performed on those data. In particular, name disambiguation is required to allow accurate publication lists, citation counts and impact measures to be determined. This paper describes a graph-based approach to author disambiguation on large-scale citation networks. Using self-citation, co-authorship and document source analyses, AKTiveAuthor clusters papers, achieving precision of 0.997 and recall of 0.818 over a test group of eight surname clusters
Book Review: White, Michael D. and Fradella, Henry F., Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic.
No full textStop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic is an in-depth analysis of the police practice known as “Stop, Question, Frisk (SQF),” commonly referred to as the Terry stop, stemming from the landmark 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Terry v. Ohio.http://transformativestudies.org/wp-content/uploads/10.3798tia.1937-0237.1916.pd
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