Identifying the job accommodation needs of american workers with mid-career neurological disabilities: A multiple case study investigation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Phillip Rumrill ◽  
Stuart Rumrill ◽  
Kathy Sheppard-Jones ◽  
Amy Rumrill ◽  
Michelle Graham-Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Department Of Labor ◽  
Job Accommodation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Trained Interviewer ◽  
Neurological Disabilities

METHODS: Four employed people with neurological disabilities who took part in a larger job retention project funded by the United States Department of Labor completed structured interviews to determine their needs for employment accommodations during COVID-19. A trained interviewer administered the Work Experience Survey (WES) in teleconsultation sessions with each participant to identify: (a) barriers to worksite access, (b) difficulties performing essential job functions, (c) concerns regarding continued job mastery, and (d) extent of job satisfaction. RESULTS: Owing primarily to the sequelae of their disabling conditions and less so to social distancing requirements and telecommuting technology, participants reported a wide range of accessibility barriers and difficulties in performing essential functions of their jobs that they believed had the potential to significantly affect their ongoing productivity. Considering the stress and uncertainty that have accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic, it is surprising that the majority of participants reported high levels of job mastery and job satisfaction. CONCLUSION: The interviewer concluded the WES interview by recommending a job accommodation plan, which included suggestions from Job Accommodation Network (JAN) consultants.

Using the Work Experience Survey and the Job Accommodation Network to Identify Reasonable Accommodations in the Workplace: Case Studies of African American Women With Multiple Sclerosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-237
Author(s):  
Stuart Rumrill ◽  
Malachy Bishop ◽  
Phillip Rumrill ◽  
Deborah Hendricks
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
American Women ◽  
Job Accommodation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Trained Interviewer ◽  
Experience Survey

PurposeFour African American women with multiple sclerosis (MS) participated in an evaluation of barriers to their continued employment.MethodsA trained interviewer completed the Work Experience Survey (WES) in teleconsultation sessions with each participant to identify their: (a) barriers to worksite access, (b) difficulties performing essential functions of their positions, (c) concerns regarding continued mastery of their careers, and (d) extent of job satisfaction.ResultsResulting largely from the physiological, sensory, and cognitive sequelae of their disease, participants reported a wide range of difficulties in performing essential functions of their jobs (15–45) that have the potential to significantly affect their productivity. Career mastery problems reflected issues associated with MS such as “believing that others think I do a good job” and “having the resources (e.g., knowledge, tools, supplies, and equipment) needed to do the job.” Other career mastery concerns reflected idiosyncratic aspects of a specific job setting such as “being able to speak with my supervisor about promotion.” Considering these barriers and relationships with employers, the majority of participants reported low levels of job satisfaction.ConclusionThe interviewer concluded the WES interview by recommending a job accommodation plan, which included suggestions from Job Accommodation Network (JAN) consultants. The interviewer also offered guidelines for the employee to follow in requesting job modifications and assistive technology.

Deep Learning-based Soil Property Prediction for Remediation of Radioactive Contamination in Agriculture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franck Albinet ◽  
Gerd Dercon ◽  
Tetsuya Eguchi
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Radioactive Contamination ◽  
The United States ◽  
Soil Survey ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Least Squares Regression ◽  
Transfer Factors ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Plant Transfer

<p>The Joint IAEA/FAO Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, through its Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory (SWMCNL), launched in October 2019, a new Coordinated Research Project (D15019) called “Monitoring and Predicting Radionuclide Uptake and Dynamics for Optimizing Remediation of Radioactive Contamination in Agriculture''. Within this context, the high-throughput characterization of soil properties in general and the estimation of soil-to-plant transfer factors of radionuclides are of critical importance.</p><p>For several decades, soil researchers have been successfully using near and mid-infrared spectroscopy (MIRS) techniques to estimate a wide range of soil physical, chemical and biological properties such as carbon (C), Cation Exchange Capacities (CEC), among others. However, models developed were often limited in scope as only small and region-specific MIR spectra libraries of soils were accessible.</p><p>This situation of data scarcity is changing radically today with the availability of large and growing library of MIR-scanned soil samples maintained by the National Soil Survey Center (NSSC) Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory (KSSL) from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-NRCS) and the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) initiative of the Food Agency Organization (FAO). As a result, the unprecedented volume of data now available allows soil science researchers to increasingly shift their focus from traditional modeling techniques such as PLSR (Partial Least Squares Regression) to classes of modeling approaches, such as Ensemble Learning or Deep Learning, that have proven to outperform PLSR on most soil properties prediction in a large data regime.</p><p>As part of our research, the opportunity to train higher capacity models on the KSSL large dataset (all soil taxonomic orders included ~ 50K samples) makes it possible to reach a quality of prediction for exchangeable potassium so far unsurpassed with a Residual Prediction Deviation (RPD) around 3. Potassium is known for its difficulty of being predicted but remains extremely important in the context of remediation of radioactive contamination after a nuclear accident. Potassium can help reduce the uptake of radiocaesium by crops, as it competes with radiocaesium in soil-to-plant transfer.</p><p>To ensure informed decision making, we also guarantee that (i) individual predictions uncertainty is estimated (using Monte Carlo Dropout) and (ii) individual predictions can be interpreted (i.e. how much specific MIRS wavenumber regions contribute to the prediction) using methods such as Shapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) values.</p><p>SWMCNL is now a member of the GLOSOLAN network, which helps enhance the usability of MIRS for soil monitoring worldwide. SWMCNL is further developing training packages on the use of traditional and advanced mathematical techniques to process MIRS data for predicting soil properties. This training package has been tested in October 2020 with thirteen staff members of the FAO/IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria.</p>

Conceptual Analysis of the Economic Feasibility of Fission Electric Cell Reactors

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Morrow ◽  
G. Rochau ◽  
J. Cash ◽  
D. King
Keyword(s):  
Energy Conversion ◽  
Cost Model ◽  
The United States ◽  
Capital Cost ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Value Analysis ◽  
Direct Energy Conversion ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Direct Energy

The United States Department of Energy, Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI) Direct Energy Conversion (DEC) project began in August of 1998 with the goal of developing a direct energy conversion process suitable for commercial development. With roughly two thirds of the project completed, we believe a viable direct energy device could be economic. This paper describes the financial basis behind that belief for one proposed DEC reactor, the magnetically insulated fission electric cell (FEC). It also illustrates the value of economic analysis even in these early phases of a research project. The financial basis consists of a conceptual level Economic Model comprised of five modules. The Design Model provides technical specification to other modules. The Fuel Cost Model estimates fuel expenses based on current spot market prices applied over a wide range of fuel enrichment. The Operating Cost Model uses published correlations to provide rough order of magnitude non-fuel operating costs. The Capital Cost model uses analogy and parametric estimating techniques to generate capital cost estimates for a DEC power plant. Finally, the financial model combines output from the other models to produce a Net Present Value analysis with cost of generation as the independent variable. Model results indicate that several FEC geometric configurations could be economic. Within these configurations, optimums exist. Finally, the model demonstrates that the most efficient design is not necessarily the most economic.

Clathrate Hydrates for Production of Potable Water

2006 ◽  
Vol 930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Bradshaw ◽  
Blake A. Simmons ◽  
Eric H Majzoub ◽  
W. Miles Clift ◽  
Daniel E. Dedrick
Keyword(s):  
Structural Characterization ◽  
Potable Water ◽  
Hydrate Formation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Clathrate Hydrate ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Clathrate Hydrates ◽  
Crystalline Inclusion ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Wide Range

ABSTRACTClathrate hydrates are crystalline inclusion compounds of water and a guest molecule (e.g., methane) that form at temperatures below ambient but above the freezing point of water. There are three known crystalline structures of hydrates (structure I, II, and H) in which cavities within the hydrogen bonded water molecule lattice trap the hydrate-forming species. The clathrate structure excludes dissolved solutes, such as sodium chloride, from the aqueous phase and thereby offers a possible means to produce potable water from seawater or brackish water. The concept of using clathrate hydrates for desalination is not new. However, before clathrate hydrate desalination becomes a viable technology, fundamental issues of controlled hydrate formation, hydrate size and morphology, agglomeration, amount of entrapped salt, and the efficient recovery of hydrates must be understood. This paper will report structural characterization of hydrates formed with several guest molecules over a wide range of conditions in an attempt to further the physicochemical insight needed to address these issues.Clathrate hydrate formation experiments were performed using a variety of host molecules, including R141b, a commercial refrigerant, C2FCl2H3. Hydrates of R141b were formed at temperatures from 2°C to 6°C and atmospheric pressure from deionized water and 2% - 7% NaCl solutions. Samples of the hydrates were characterized by cold-stage x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy and determined to be structure II. Additional experiments were conducted with a gaseous hydrate former, ethylene, which readily formed hydrates with deionized or saline water at 2°C and several atmospheres of pressure. Experiments with several other hydrate forming molecules were conducted and the results obtained from their structural characterization will be reported. We will also present proof-of-concept experiments demonstrating a novel technique of desalination using these hydrate formers.Sandia National Laboratories is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, for the United States Department of Energy under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000.

Career Education in the Public Schools

1981 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-18
Author(s):  
Merrill Naiman
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Career Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Experimental Program ◽  
Board Of Education ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Department Of Labor ◽  
Local Program ◽  
Site Evaluation ◽  
Cross Site

Research in Action, a private anthropological consulting firm, has been conducting an ethnographic program evaluation for a Hartford Board of Education career education program. Developed with funding from the United States Department of Labor, the Youthwork program was conceived by the funding source as an experimental program in youth training and employment which would be documented on an ongoing basis in order to develop policy on youth employment. While 49 other Youthwork sites are participating in a quantitatively oriented cross-site evaluation, the contract between Research In Action and the Board of Education calls for an objective case study documentation intended to, provide perspective to local program staff and administrators. The comprehensive ethnographic analysis will also provide the Department of Labor with qualitative data which will also be a useful supplement to the quantitative cross-site analysis of the other Youthwork programs. Anthropologists involved in this project include Merrill Naiman, Sara McGraw, and Jean J. Schensul.

Airborne DIAL (Differential Absorption Lidar) for Broad Area Hazardous Liquid Leak Detection

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven V. Stearns ◽  
Trevis J. Gigliotti ◽  
Darryl G. Murdock
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
The United States ◽  
Airborne Lidar ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Differential Absorption ◽  
Broad Area ◽  
Differential Absorption Lidar ◽  
Observation Study ◽  
Wide Range

Over the summer of 2005 ITT Space Systems Division successfully detected, measured, and imaged a range of different hazardous liquids from an airborne platform during a series of field tests in Texas and New York. Under contract from the United States Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (DOT/PHMSA), ITT examined the ability of its Airborne Natural Gas Emission Lidar (ANGEL) Service’s system to detect, measure, and image a wide range of different hydrocarbons from a remote sensing airborne platform. The objectives of the DOT/PHMSA contract were to: 1) develop an understanding of hazardous liquid pipeline leaks, 2) demonstrate that ITT’s DIAL (differential absorption lidar) technology can detect and measure hazardous liquid emissions over a broad area and in real world conditions, and 3) use this information to design a “next generation” airborne sensor system optimized for the detection of both natural gas and hazardous liquid emissions. Hazardous liquids examined in this study included propane, gas condensates, crude oil, and refined hydrocarbons like gasoline, aviation gas, diesel fuel, Jet A, and kerosene. As part of this study, ITT, in cooperation with El Paso Production and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, completed two separate sets of overflights of a hazardous liquid storage facility. During each set of overflights, data was collected with the storage facility’s vapor recovery unit (VRU) operating and again after the VRU was turned off. In addition, hatches on each of the tanks were opened to create further emission sources. Additional aerial collections of gasoline vapors, propane, and natural gas were also completed. Data from each of the overflights was processed and the results analyzed. The ITT ANGEL Service technology was shown to be capable of rapidly detecting, measuring, and imaging a wide range of different hydrocarbons while flying at an altitude of 1,000 feet and speeds of up to 150 mph. An overview of the results from these flight tests and a discussion of the DOT/PHMSA Hazardous-Liquid Airborne Lidar Observation Study findings will be discussed.

scholarly journals The Heat Pulse Method for Soil Physical Measurements: A Bibliometric Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 6171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailong He ◽  
Miles Dyck ◽  
Jialong Lv
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Pulse Method ◽  
The United States ◽  
Heat Pulse ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Soil Science Society ◽  
Physical Measurements ◽  
Wide Range

Heat pulse method is a transient method that estimates soil thermal properties by characterizing the radial transport of short-duration line-source heat applied to soils. It has been widely used to measure a wide range of soil physical properties including soil thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, heat capacity, water content, ice content, bulk density, water flux and evaporation in laboratory and field environments. Previous studies generally focus on the scientific aspects of heat pulse method based on selected publications, and there is a lack of study investigating the heat pulse publication as a whole. The objective of this study was to give an overall view of the use of heat pulse method for soil physical measurements from the bibliometric perspectives. The analyses were based on the Web of Science Core Collection data between 1992 and 2019 using HistCite Pro and VOSviewer. The results showed an increasing trend in the volume of publications on this field and Dr. Robert Horton was the most productive researcher coauthoring papers on the heat pulse method. The co-authorship analysis revealed that researchers from soil science are closely collaborated, but this is not true for researchers in other fields. There is a lack of new young scientists committing to this field while the older generation of researchers are retiring. The United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Servics (USDA-ARS), the China Agriculture University and the Chinese Academy of Science were the top three organizations applying the heat pulse method, while the USA, China and Canada were the top three countries. The Soil Science Society of America Journal, Water Resources Research and Agricultural and Forestry Meteorology were the most widely used journals. The con-occurrence and citation analysis could be used to map the development of the field and identify the most influential publications. The study showed that the bibliometric analysis is a useful tool to visualize research status as well as to provide the general information of novices and experts alike on the heat pulse method for soil physical measurements.

Gender and Wartime Work

PMLA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
pp. 398-404
Author(s):  
Jordynn Jack
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Women Workers ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Department Of Labor ◽  
Metal Workers ◽  
Industrial Labor

During World War II, women were heavily recruited for scientific and technical jobs across the united states. Many assumed roles previously allotted to men, serving as welders, riveters, sheet metal workers, crane operators, ship fitters, and chauffeurs, to name just a few. Between 1941 and 1944, over 6.5 million women joined the workforce; over 10 million were already working outside the home in 1941 (Pidgeon vi). The Brooklyn Naval Yard, featured in Manhattan Beach as the workplace of Anna, Nell, and their friends, also saw an increase in women workers, albeit a somewhat modest one. By 1944, according to The New York Times, women represented 4,000 of the 65,000 workers at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, not counting office workers (“Women Help Build Carrier”). While women represented just 6% of the industrial labor force at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, women represented 11.5% of all shipyard workers in 1944, according to the United States Department of Labor (Hirshfield 481).

scholarly journals Honey-borne infant botulism in tahnik practice: an explanation of the risk and its solutions

Food Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-437
Author(s):  
M.A.W. Harun ◽  
A. Abdullah ◽  
A.M. Mohamad ◽  
A.S. Baharuddin
Keyword(s):  
Reliable Method ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Food Composition ◽  
United States Department ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
States Department ◽  
Islamic Jurisprudence ◽  
Infant Botulism

Tahnik is a primarily Islamic practice wherein a newborn’s palate is daubed with dates or honey. However, feeding honey to an infant has been associated with numerous infant botulism cases. This situation has raised the question of how a religious practice could lead to such a severe health risk? The objectives of the study were to investigate: a reliable method of performing tahnik; the original proposition of using honey in tahnik; and the efficacy of using ingredients other than dates in tahnik. Semi-structured interviews and armchair research methods were utilised to gain data from three Islamic scholars. Other resources were also consulted, including the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Composition Database and various Islamic Literary Manuscripts. The findings indicated that the use of honey in tahnik did not originate within Islamic jurisprudence. Therefore, it should not be associated with the Prophet's Sunnah. When dates are not available for tahnik practice, then raisins, figs, pomegranates, grapes, or other sweet fruits can be used as a replacement rather than honey.

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