Journal articles: 'Maryland. Department of State Planning'

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McCabe, O. Lee, Charlene Perry, Melissa Azur, Henry G. Taylor, Howard Gwon, Adrian Mosley, Natalie Semon, and Jonathan M. Links. "Guided Preparedness Planning with Lay Communities: Enhancing Capacity of Rural Emergency Response Through a Systems-Based Partnership." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 28, no. 1 (November 22, 2012): 8–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x12001483.

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AbstractIntroductionCommunity disaster preparedness plans, particularly those with content that would mitigate the effects of psychological trauma on vulnerable rural populations, are often nonexistent or underdeveloped. The purpose of the study was to develop and evaluate a model of disaster mental health preparedness planning involving a partnership among three, key stakeholders in the public health system.MethodsA one-group, post-test, quasi-experimental design was used to assess outcomes as a function of an intervention designated Guided Preparedness Planning (GPP). The setting was the eastern-, northern-, and mid-shore region of the state of Maryland. Partner participants were four local health departments (LHDs), 100 faith-based organizations (FBOs), and one academic health center (AHC)—the latter, collaborating entities of the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Health System. Individual participants were 178 community residents recruited from counties of the above-referenced geographic area. Effectiveness of GPP was based on post-intervention assessments of trainee knowledge, skills, and attitudes supportive of community disaster mental health planning. Inferences about the practicability (feasibility) of the model were drawn from pre-defined criteria for partner readiness, willingness, and ability to participate in the project. Additional aims of the study were to determine if LHD leaders would be willing and able to generate post-project strategies to perpetuate project-initiated government/faith planning alliances (sustainability), and to develop portable methods and materials to enhance model application and impact in other health jurisdictions (scalability).ResultsThe majority (95%) of the 178 lay citizens receiving the GPP intervention and submitting complete evaluations reported that planning-supportive objectives had been achieved. Moreover, all criteria for inferring model feasibility, sustainability, and scalability were met.ConclusionsWithin the span of a six-month period, LHDs, FBOs, and AHCs can work effectively to plan, implement, and evaluate what appears to be an effective, practical, and durable model of capacity building for public mental health emergency planning.McCabeOL, PerryC, AzurM, TaylorHG, GwonH, MosleyA, SemonN, LinksJM. Guided preparedness planning with lay communities: enhancing capacity of rural emergency response through a systems-based partnership. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2012;28(1):1-8.

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McCabe, PhD, O. Lee, Felicity Marum, MHA, Natalie Semon, MSEd, Adrian Mosley, MSW, LCSW-C, Howard Gwon, MS, Charlene Perry, RN, BSN, Suzanne Straub Moore, MEd, and Jonathan M. Links, PhD. "Participatory public health systems research: Value of community involvement in a study series in mental health emergency preparedness." American Journal of Disaster Medicine 7, no. 4 (September 1, 2012): 303–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/ajdm.2012.0103.

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Background: Concerns have arisen over recent years about the absence of empirically derived evidence on which to base policy and practice in the public health system, in general, and to meet the challenge of public health emergency preparedness, in particular. Related issues include the challenge of disaster-caused, behavioral health surge, and the frequent exclusion of populations from studies that the research is meant to aid.Objective: To characterize the contributions of nonacademic collaborators to a series of projects validating a set of interventions to enhance capacity and competency of public mental health preparedness planning and response.Methods: Setting(s): Urban, suburban, and rural communities of the state of Maryland and rural communities of the state of Iowa. Participants: Study partners and participants (both of this project and the studies examined) were representatives of academic health centers (AHCs), local health departments (LHDs), and faith-based organizations (FBOs) and their communities. Procedures: A multiple-project, case study analysis was conducted, that is, four research projects implemented by the authors from 2005 through 2011 to determine the types and impact of contributions made by nonacademic collaborators to those projects. The analysis involved reviewing research records, conceptualizing contributions (and providing examples) for government, faith, and (nonacademic) institutional collaborators.Results: Ten areas were identified where partners made valuable contributions to the study series; these “value-areas” were as follows: 1) leadership and management of the projects; 2) formulation and refinement of research topics, aims, etc; 3) recruitment and retention of participants; 4) design and enhancement of interventions; 5) delivery of interventions; 6) collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; 7) dissemination of findings; 8) ensuring sustainability of faith/government preparedness planning relationships; 9) optimizing scalability and portability of the model; and 10) facilitating translational impact of study findings.Conclusions: Systems-based partnerships among academic, faith, and government entities offer an especially promising infrastructure for conducting participatory public health systems research in domestic emergency preparedness and response.

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Klaiman, Tamar, and Jennifer K. Ibrahim. "State Health Department Structure and Pandemic Planning." Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 16, no. 2 (March 2010): e1-e7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/phh.0b013e3181b83475.

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Musser, Wesley N. "Extension Programs in Crop Insurance: A Maryland Case Study." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37, no. 1 (April 2008): 22–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1068280500002112.

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Many states have crop insurance extension programs. This activity has been stimulated with the availability of funds to support extension from the Risk Management Agency (RMA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Several new RMA programs were established under the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000. The Targeted States Program is quite important for the Northeast. This program serves states that were traditionally underserved by crop insurance. It is available in all 12 northeastern states, plus Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. The Targeted States Program funds one program in each state. A total of $4.5 million in funding is available each year. Amounts for state programs range from $157,000 in Rhode Island to $754,000 in Pennsylvania, which is a considerable amount of funding.

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Ren, Ai, Bruce Golden, Frank Alt, Edward Wasil, Margret Bjarnadottir, Jon Hirshon, and Laura Pimentel. "Impact of Global Budget Revenue Policy on Emergency Department Efficiency in the State of Maryland." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 20, no. 6 (October 14, 2019): 885–992. http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2019.8.43201.

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Noddin, Christine A. "Barometer of CCSS State Planning Activities." Teaching Children Mathematics 19, no. 6 (February 2013): 341–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.5951/teacchilmath.19.6.0341.

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This department publishes brief news articles, announcements and guest editorials on current mathematics education issues that stimulate the interest of TCM readers and cause them to think about an issue or consider a specific viewpoint about some aspect of mathematics education.

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Stryckman, Benoit, Diane Kuhn, Daniel Gingold, Kyle Fischer, J. David Gatz, Stephen Schenkel, and Brian Browne. "Balancing Efficiency and Access: Discouraging Emergency Department Boarding in a Global Budget System." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 22, no. 5 (September 2, 2021): 1196–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2021.5.51889.

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Reducing cost without sacrificing quality of patient care is an important yet challenging goal for healthcare professionals and policymakers alike. This challenge is at the forefront in the United States, where per capita healthcare costs are much higher than in similar countries around the world. The state of Maryland is unique in the hospital financing landscape due to its “capitation” payment system (also known as “global budget”), in which revenue for hospital-based services is set at the beginning of the year. Although Maryland’s system has yielded many benefits, including reduced Medicare spending, it also has had unintentional adverse consequences. These consequences, such as increased emergency department boarding and ambulance diversion, constrain Maryland hospitals’ ability to fulfill their role as emergency care providers and act as a safety net for vulnerable patient populations. In this article, we suggest policy remedies to mitigate the unintended consequences of Maryland’s model that should also prove instructive for a variety of emerging alternative payment mechanisms.

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Newkirk, Anthony Bolton. "The Rise of the Fusion-Intelligence Complex: A critique of political surveillance after 9/11." Surveillance & Society 8, no. 1 (July 22, 2010): 43–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/ss.v8i1.3473.

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This paper argues that 'fusion centers' are byproducts of the privatization of state surveillance and assaults on civil liberties, at least in the United States, the nation on which the research is based, with special focus on the recent case of the Maryland State Police spying scandal. In fusion centers, members of local, state, and federal police and intelligence units, as well as private-sector organizations, share information with each other by means of computerized technology and store it in databases. While the official purpose is to protect public safety, the practice of 'data-mining' and unclear lines of authority lead to fusion centers being unaccountable to the public and, hence, a threat to the democratic process. These conditions are encapsulated in the case of official espionage in the state of Maryland at least between 2004 and 2006. Drawing on official documents, the history of 'homeland security' since World War II and the characteristics of fusion centers, the Department of Homeland Security, and events in Maryland are surveyed. Working within the contexts of social history, surveillance theory, and political economy, this paper is grounded in the work of Beck, Churchill and Wall, Donner, Fuchs, Graham, Lyon, McCulloch and Pickering, and Monahan.

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Shen, Qing, and Feng Zhang. "Land-Use Changes in a Pro-Smart-Growth State: Maryland, USA." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 39, no. 6 (June 2007): 1457–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a3886.

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Bruns, Brandon R., Ronald Tesoriero, Mayur Narayan, Elena N. Klyushnenkova, Herbert Chen, Thomas M. Scalea, and Jose J. Diaz. "Emergency General Surgery: Defining Burden of Disease in the State of Maryland." American Surgeon 81, no. 8 (August 2015): 829–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000313481508100825.

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Acute care surgery services continue expanding to provide emergency general surgery (EGS) care. The aim of this study is to define the characteristics of the EGS population in Maryland. Retrospective review of the Health Services Cost Review Commission database from 2009 to 2013 was performed. American Association for the Surgery of Trauma-defined EGS ICD-9 codes were used to define the EGS population. Data collected included patient demographics, admission origin [emergency department (ED) versus non-ED], length of stay (LOS), mortality, and disposition. There were 3,157,646 encounters. In all, 817,942 (26%) were EGS encounters, with 76 per cent admitted via an ED. The median age of ED patients that died was 74 years versus 61 years for those that lived ( P < 0.001). Twenty one per cent of ED admitted patients had a LOS > 7 days. Of 78,065 non-ED admitted patients, the median age of those that died was 68 years versus 59 years for those that lived ( P < 0.001). Twenty eight per cent of non-ED admits had LOS > 7 days. In both ED and non-ED patients, there was a bimodal distribution of death, with most patients dying at LOS ≤ 2 or LOS > 7 days. In this study, EGS diagnoses are present in 26 per cent of inpatient encounters in Maryland. The EGS population is elderly with prolonged LOS and a bimodal distribution of death.

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Jenkins, J. Lee, Richard Bissell, and Lucy Wilson. "Utilization of the Multi-Pathogen Approach in an Online Program for Prehospital Responders in High Consequence Infectious Diseases." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 34, s1 (May 2019): s177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x19004060.

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Introduction:The prehospital disaster and emergency medical services community stands on the front-line in the response to events such as novel influenza, multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, and other high consequence diseases such as the Ebola Virus Disease.Aim:To address provider and community safety, we developed an online educational program utilizing a Multi-Pathogen Approach to infectious disease personal protective equipment (PPE) deployment by prehospital providers. Such vigilance starts with syndromic recognition and quickly transcends to include operational issues, clinical interventions, and public health integration.Methods:The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Maryland, USA), Department of Emergency Health Services partnered with the Maryland State Department of Health (USA), to develop an online educational curriculum. The curriculum was developed through an expert panel consensus group including prehospital providers and is hybrid in design and includes awareness level training and procedural guidance.Results:Currently deployed online, this educational content demonstrating the use of the Multi-Pathogen Approach is accessible open-access via YouTube worldwide on computers, tablets, and smartphones. This curriculum is also accessible for continuing medical education to over 50,000 prehospital, hospital, and clinic personnel throughout Maryland and the National Capital Region of the United States. The curriculum consists of twelve modules of didactic and live videotaped demonstrations.Discussion:The development of the Multi-Pathogen Approach for the deployment of PPE and the use of online education modules has given prehospital providers an easily accessible open-access tool for high consequence disease management. The development of educational efforts such as these can help ensure better patient care and prehospital EMS system readiness.

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Melki, James A. "Syria and state department 1937–47." Middle Eastern Studies 33, no. 1 (January 1997): 92–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00263209708701143.

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Pugliaresi, Lucian, and Diane T. Berliner. "Policy Analysis at the Department of State: The Policy Planning Staff." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 8, no. 3 (1989): 379. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3324930.

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Fox, Danielle P., Hisashi Yamagata, Stacy S. Najaka, and David A. Soulé. "Improving Judicial Administration Through Implementation of an Automated Sentencing Guidelines System." Criminal Justice Policy Review 29, no. 5 (February 4, 2016): 489–504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0887403416628603.

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To ensure public trust and confidence, courts must routinely examine the management of their operations and continuously explore improvement opportunities. Although technology can be a catalyst for improving judicial administration, without the requisite planning, organizational capital (e.g., people, process, and system alignment), and evaluation it is unlikely that such initiatives will be sustained let alone succeed. In 2012, a local circuit court in Maryland implemented the Maryland Automated Guidelines System (MAGS) developed by the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy to electronically initiate, complete, and submit sentencing guidelines worksheets. This study discusses the evaluation of MAGS implementation, highlighting the value of technology and monitoring as a means to enhance judicial administration.

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Belyanova, Antonina, Vyacheslav Biryukov, and Viktor Cherkovets. "Strategic Planning in Conditions of Modern Russia’s Economy (materials of research seminar on strategic planning)." Moscow University Economics Bulletin 2016, no. 3 (June 30, 2016): 141–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.38050/01300105201638.

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The article presents materials of the research seminar on issues of strategic planning in the Russian Federation. The seminar was organized by the problem group Reproduction and Economic Growth in conjunction with the Center for Socioeconomics at the Department of Political Economy, the Department of Macroeconomic Policy and Strategic Management and the laboratory for Comparative Studies of Economic Systems, Economic Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

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Schoenbrodt, Lisa, Fran Silverman, and Megan Boyd. "A Clinical Supervision Model for Nontraditional Graduate Students in Training." Perspectives on Administration and Supervision 19, no. 1 (March 2009): 25–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/aas19.1.25.

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Abstract With the increasing critical shortage of qualified speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the schools, graduate programs are charged with thinking beyond traditional programs in order to train committed candidates to serve school-aged populations in a cost-effective manner. The Department of Speech Pathology at Loyola College engaged in a partnership with the Maryland State Department of Education whereby students would be provided a scholarship for their degree, and in return would complete five years of employment upon graduation. A critical component of this program stipulated that students be employed and supervised in a local education agency. After experimenting with numerous models for clinical supervision in the school, one model emerged as effective. The college, student, and school perspective regarding effectiveness is presented.

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Galindo, Claudia, Kathleen Stein, and Eugene Schaffer. "A Case Study of a Turnaround High School: An Examination of the Maryland State Department of Education Breakthrough Center Intervention." Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR) 21, no. 4 (September 27, 2016): 208–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10824669.2016.1220307.

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Pagano, Anthony M., Sue McNeil, and Elizabeth Ogard. "Linking Asset Management to Strategic Planning Processes." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1924, no. 1 (January 2005): 184–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198105192400123.

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The research described in this paper assembles a set of tools on the basis of experiences and best practices in a diverse set of states for linking strategic goals to resource allocation and implementation decisions using aspects of asset management. A survey of practices in each of the state DOTs explored documents and synthesized both strategic planning processes and asset management. With input from an expert advisory panel, five states were the subjects of detailed analysis: Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, and Pennsylvania. Each of the states was visited by a project team that spent 2 days on-site. Information on the strategic planning and asset management process was obtained through personal interviews with DOT officials and the acquisition of materials describing these processes. Based on detailed documentation of the practices in each of these states, a synthesis of best practices of the linkage between asset management and strategic planning was developed. The resulting model process does not represent any particular state, but incorporates elements from all five states. This synthesis can provide useful guidance to states interested in augmenting their existing processes.

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Hokanson, S. C., R. R. Martin, and J. L. Maas. "First Report of Tobacco streak virus in Strawberry in the Eastern United States." Plant Disease 84, no. 4 (April 2000): 488. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/pdis.2000.84.4.488a.

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In a 1998 virus survey (2) conducted on 23 commercial strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duchesne) production farms in the state of Maryland, leaf samples from 1,100 randomly sampled plants were sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture laboratory in Corvallis, OR, for testing by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assays (ELISA). The viruses identified were Strawberry mild yellow edge, Strawberry crinkle, Strawberry veinbanding, Strawberry mottle, and Tomato ringspot viruses, all of which are known in the eastern United States. Tobacco streak virus (TSV) also was identified in 17 of the samples: 12 originated from a 1-year-old planting of ‘Sweet Charlie’ and 5 from another farm, of which 4 were from a 2-year-old ‘Sweet Charlie’ planting and 1 was from a 2-year-old ‘Delmarvel’ planting. Triple antibody sandwich ELISA was used to detect TSV following the procedures described by Finn and Martin (1), except that leaves from test plants were homogenized (1:20, wt/vol, in blocking buffer) and flat bottom microtiter plates (Nunc, Roskilde, Denmark) and goat anti-mouse (polyvalent) alkaline phosphatase conjugate were used in the assays. The absorbance of each well at 405 nm (A405) was read in an ELISA plate reader. Reactions were considered positive if the A405 values were greater than five times the values of healthy samples. The A405 values of healthy samples ranged from 0.0 to 0.04, with values greater than 0.20 considered positive for TSV. An independent determination of TSV was made in plants shipped from Florida to Maryland in 1999. In this instance, leaf samples from ‘Sweet Charlie’ plants were sent by the Maryland Department of Agriculture to Agdia Inc. (Elkhart, IN), where samples tested positive for TSV. References: (1) C. E. Finn and R. R. Martin. Plant Dis. 80:769, 1996. (2) S. C. Hokanson, et al. Adv. Strawberry Res. In press.

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Wijaya, Agustinus Fritz, and Mahendra Wahyu Prasetyo. "Strategic Planning Information Systems Enterprise Architecture Planning Method Case Study of Semarang City Public Works Department." Journal of Information Systems and Informatics 2, no. 1 (March 11, 2020): 114–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.33557/journalisi.v2i1.53.

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Semarang City Public Works Department is a state-owned enterprise that works in the area of public services in the city of Semarang. Most of the technological conditions in the Public Works Department are still in manual data management, which is hampering business processes from going well. Therefore this research was conducted to design an Information System at the Semarang City Public Works Department using the Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) method which includes a SWOT analysis and Value Chain analysis. The existing framework in the Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) method can help align the data architecture and application architecture to get the expected results, which is achieving the business objectives of the City of Semarang Public Works Department so that business functions can run by the desired business processes. This research resulted in several proposals for the development of Information Systems and Information Technology in organizations including the development of several applications in the next 5 years.

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Loh, Carolyn G., and Neha Sami. "Death of a planning department: Challenges for regionalism in a weak mandate state." Land Use Policy 32 (May 2013): 39–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.09.015.

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Antell, Geoffrey D., and Diane Schneider. "Policy Analysis and Planning in U.S. Foreign Policy: Interview with Dr. Mitchell Reiss, Director for Policy Planning, Department of State." Policy Perspectives 11, no. 1 (May 1, 2004): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.4079/pp.v11i1.4117.

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On March 4, 2004, the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of Policy Perspectives sat down with Dr. Mitchell B. Reiss, Director for Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State, to discuss the role of the policy analyst in U.S. foreign policy.

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Gosling, Geoffrey D. "Aviation System Performance Measures for State Transportation Planning." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1703, no. 1 (January 2000): 7–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1703-02.

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A proposed set of aviation system performance measures that have been defined to support multimodal transportation planning in California is presented. As part of the 1998 update of the California Transportation Plan (CTP), the California Department of Transportation has defined a framework of system performance measures that could be applied on a multimodal basis to assess the performance of the transportation system, support informed decision making, and establish a coordinated and consistent process for performance measurement throughout the state. The research that is described examined approaches to measuring the performance of the aviation system that have been adopted at a national level and in other states, as well as general principles for measurement of transportation system performance that emerged from a conference held in 1997 as part of the CTP update process. The range of considerations that arise in measuring the performance of the aviation system is discussed, and potential performance measures that have been proposed to address the requirements of the CTP framework are identified. Finally, issues that will need to be addressed in implementing any comprehensive set of performance measures for the aviation component of the transportation system are discussed.

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Wang, Xinyi, and Sung Hoo Kim. "Prediction and Factor Identification for Crash Severity: Comparison of Discrete Choice and Tree-Based Models." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2673, no. 9 (May 9, 2019): 640–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198119844456.

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Crash severity is one of the most widely studied topics in traffic safety area. Scholars have studied crash severity through various types of models. Using the publicly available 2017 Maryland crash data from the Department of Maryland State Police, the authors develop a multinomial logit (MNL) model and a random forest (RF) model, which belong to discrete choice and tree-based models, respectively, to (1) identify factors contributing to crash severity and (2) compare prediction performances and interpretation abilities between the two models. Based on the model results, major contributing factors of crash severity are identified, including collision type, occupant age, and speed limit. For the given dataset, RF has a higher prediction accuracy than MNL based on multiple measures (precision, recall, and F1 score), even though the differences are not dramatic. Sensitivity analysis results show that RF is less sensitive than MNL. RF can automatically capture the non-linear effects of continuous variables and reduce the influence of collinearity relationships existing among explanatory variables. This study shows the possibility of conducting sensitivity analysis to enhance understanding of MNL and RF results, and uncovers unique characteristics of the discrete choice and tree-based models.

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Buryk, M. "ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT." Investytsiyi: praktyka ta dosvid, no. 17-18 (October 2, 2020): 143. http://dx.doi.org/10.32702/2306-6814.2020.17-18.143.

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Keeney, Conor. "Cascading Spill Response Equipment in Washington State." International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings 2014, no. 1 (May 1, 2014): 299611. http://dx.doi.org/10.7901/2169-3358-2014-1-299611.1.

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Understanding the effects of cascading response equipment is an important component of oil spill planning and response. It is critical to understand both how long it takes for equipment to reach a particular location and to understand what sort of gaps are created if equipment is cascaded out of an area. The Washington State Department of Ecology created a model to help analyze equipment depths to be used when verifying planning standards and to analyze requests for in state equipment during out of state incidents.

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Singh, Madhav Madhusudan, Saroj Kumar Patnaik, Pradeep Srivastva, Harish K. Satia, and Mahavir Singh. "Planning and Designing of Clinical Engineering Department in a Hospital." International Journal of Research Foundation of Hospital and Healthcare Administration 3, no. 2 (2015): 129–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10035-1049.

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ABSTRACT Biomedical/clinical engineering departments (CED) with expertise in engineering and technology management have a vital role to play in determining the potential for implementation and cost-effectiveness of new medical technologies through technology assessment. It provides planned preventive maintenance and repair facility in a state of optimum operational efficiency along with conducts training and research in clinical engineering. For a successful design, the workflow should be kept in mind in terms of its functional needs that are related to space. The clinical engineering and maintenance unit may consist of functional areas dependent on the operational policy and service demand. Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC), lighting and acoustic, electrical, fire planning should be done with deliberation and as per specification. How to cite this article Singh MM, Patnaik SK, Srivastva P, Satia HK, Singh M. Planning and Designing of Clinical Engineering Department in a Hospital. Int J Res Foundation Hosp Healthc Adm 2015;3(2):129-134.

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Lea-Cox, John D., David S. Ross, and K. Marc Teffeau. "A Water and Nutrient Management Planning Process for Container Nursery and Greenhouse Production Systems in Maryland." Journal of Environmental Horticulture 19, no. 4 (December 1, 2001): 230–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.24266/0738-2898-19.4.230.

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Abstract Many states throughout the United States are now concerned about the impact of non-point source pollution on the declining quality of water in their watersheds. In 1998, the state of Maryland adopted one of the toughest nutrient management planning laws in the nation, requiring virtually all agricultural operations to write and implement nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) based management plans by December 31, 2002. The nursery and greenhouse industries are faced with a complicated task to write these nutrient management plans, since these operations grow a large number of plant species utilizing a range of fertilization and irrigation strategies. A nutrient management planning strategy has been identified that will provide an assessment of nutrient loss potential from a wide variety of production scenarios, identify the specific factors that contribute most to nutrient leaching and runoff, and enable targeted best management practices to be implemented to reduce the risk of nutrient run-off.

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Reibestein, BA, Jeffrey L. "Capabilities-based planning: A framework for local planning success?" Journal of Emergency Management 6, no. 4 (July 1, 2008): 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5055/jem.2008.0024.

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In September 2007, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published the National Preparedness Guidelines which advocate a capabilitiesbased planning (CBP) approach to preparedness for state, local, and tribal governments. This article provides an overview of capabilities-based planning and a more specific focus on the aims, objectives, and components of the DHS CBP model. The article also summarizes what scholars have previously suggested are fundamental elements for successful emergency and disaster planning focusing specifically on Quarantelli’s 10 research-based principles. The article evaluates the effectiveness of the DHS CBP model in helping local governments incorporate these fundamental elements into their planning efforts and concludes with an overall assessment of the DHS CBP model as a framework for local planning success.

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Barath, Deanna, and Jie Chen. "Integrating local health departments to reduce suicide-related emergency department visits among people with substance use disorders – Evidence from the state of Maryland." Preventive Medicine 129 (December 2019): 105825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105825.

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Der, Andrew T. "Balancing Stream and Wetland Preservation with Nonpoint Source Pollution Management: A Case Study." Water Science and Technology 40, no. 10 (November 1, 1999): 137–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1999.0513.

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The regulation of development-related activities can require complex approaches to the management of nonpoint source pollution (NPSP) associated with such activities. Experience has shown that growth and transportation needs can be accommodated in a manner which avoids and minimizes stream and wetland impacts while remaining compatible with effective NPSP management strategies, herein referred to as stormwater management (SWM). The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has developed a “one stop shop” review and assessment procedure where applicable federal and State regulatory programs are combined into a single process where on-site conditions are assessed, potential impacts are identified and mitigative practices are proposed sufficient to offset habitat loss and comply with water quality standards. The example presented is the first of several development projects in a 405 hectare (1000 acre) watershed of the Potomac River in the greater Washington, DC area of Maryland. The project, submitted in 1989, proposed stream and wetland impacts for road construction and runoff catchment basins which were determined by MDE to be avoidable. Impacts were reduced and mitigated by design revisions and innovative approaches to wetland re-creation and SWM. Subsequent development projects in this watershed are currently expanding in a manner which utilizes and refines data obtained from this initial project with completion expected by 2003.

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Laan, Zachary Vander, Kaveh Farokhi Sadabadi, and Thomas Jacobs. "Video Analytics Usage in Transportation Agencies: Nationwide Survey and Maryland Feasibility Study." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2672, no. 19 (July 21, 2018): 34–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198118787083.

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This paper summarizes the findings from a study conducted by the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT) regarding the potential to extract meaningful traffic information from existing Maryland Department of Transportation-State Highway Administration (MDOT-SHA) closed-circuit television (CCTV) video feeds via image processing. It describes the survey that was developed and administered by CATT between March 10 and June 8, 2017, focusing on transportation agencies’ current use cases and future plans for video analytics. Feedback from 21 agencies (9 of which are using video analytics) indicates a general excitement about the technology, although a persistent theme throughout the responses is that most current solutions are not yet able to provide satisfactory quantitative results (e.g., traffic counts, speeds, turning movements), especially in low light and high glare scenarios. Additionally, the report summarizes the vendor evaluation procedure that was undertaken, which includes identifying suitable video analytics vendors, developing a testbed of representative video clips from MDOT-SHA cameras under various conditions, asking the vendors to demonstrate their product capabilities on the testbed, and analyzing results. With proper camera positioning and calibration, the two vendors who participated achieved results within 5% to 15% of manual counts, and 4% to 7% of probe speeds in the northbound travel direction during a one-hour test clip. However, only one vendor produced results for the more challenging southbound direction, and the estimates were far less accurate (within 25% of manual counts and 20% of probe speeds). Accordingly, it appears that the estimation accuracy is highly sensitive to factors such as camera angle, resolution, and visibility.

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Peredo, J., C. Wayman, B. Whong, A. Thieme, L. R. Kline, S. Yadav, B. Eder, et al. "UTILIZING LANDSAT AND SENTINEL-2 TO REMOTELY MONITOR AND EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF WINTER COVER CROPS THROUGHOUT MARYLAND." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-3/W11 (February 14, 2020): 125–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-3-w11-125-2020.

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Abstract. Winter cover crops have been shown to limit erosion and nutrient runoff from agricultural land. To promote their usage, the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) subsidizes farmers who plant cover crops. Conventional verification of cover crop planting and analysis of subsequent crop performance requires on-the-ground fieldwork, which is costly and labor intensive. In partnership with the MDA, NASA's DEVELOP program utilized imagery from Landsat 5, Landsat 8, and the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 to create a decision support tool for satellite-based monitoring of cover crop performance throughout Maryland. Our teams created CCROP, an interactive graphical user interface, in Google Earth Engine which analyzes satellite imagery to calculate the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) of fields across the state. Linear regression models were applied to convert NDVI to estimates of crop biomass and percent green ground cover, with measure of fit (R2) values ranging from 0.4 to 0.7. These crop metrics were implemented into an interactive filtering tool within CCROP which allows users to examine cover crop performance based on a variety of growing parameters. CCROP also includes a time series analysis routine for examining the progression of NDVI throughout the spring to help determine farmer-induced termination dates of cover crops. With this decision support tool, the MDA can analyze the effectiveness of cover crops throughout the state with reduced need to manually spot-check enrolled production fields, and can identify variables influencing overall cover crop performance to optimize implementation of their winter cover crop program via adaptive management approaches.

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Heo, Seulkee, Chris C. Lim, and Michelle L. Bell. "Relationships between Local Green Space and Human Mobility Patterns during COVID-19 for Maryland and California, USA." Sustainability 12, no. 22 (November 12, 2020): 9401. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12229401.

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Human mobility is a significant factor for disease transmission. Little is known about how the environment influences mobility during a pandemic. The aim of this study was to investigate an effect of green space on mobility reductions during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Maryland and California, USA. For 230 minor civil divisions (MCD) in Maryland and 341 census county divisions (CCD) in California, we obtained mobility data from Facebook Data for Good aggregating information of people using the Facebook app on their mobile phones with location history active. The users’ movement between two locations was used to calculate the number of users that traveled into an MCD (or CCD) for each day in the daytime hours between 11 March and 26 April 2020. Each MCD’s (CCD’s) vegetation level was estimated as the average Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) level for 1 January through 31 March 2020. We calculated the number of state and local parks, food retail establishments, and hospitals for each MCD (CCD). Results showed that the daily percent changes in the number of travels declined during the study period. This mobility reduction was significantly lower in Maryland MCDs with state parks (p-value = 0.045), in California CCDs with local-scale parks (p-value = 0.048). EVI showed no association with mobility in both states. This finding has implications for the potential impacts of green space on mobility under an outbreak. Future studies are needed to explore these findings and to investigate changes in health effects of green space during a pandemic.

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Feist-Price, Sonja, Kasundra Cyrus, and Debra Ann Harley. "Department of Vocational Rehabilitation as a Referral Resource for School-to-Work Transition Planning: One State's Review." Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling 26, no. 2 (June 1, 1995): 23–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/0047-2220.26.2.23.

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The Department of Vocational Rehabilitation is a resource available to children with special needs who are transitioning to post-school life. However, this resource often remains untapped by students until later in life. Steps have been taken in this southeastern state to promote the use of Department of Rehabilitation prior to school completion. This article identifies knowledge and perceptions of Exceptional Children Coordinators or Special Educators regarding the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation as a referral resource in school-to-work transition planning for children with special needs.

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Braum, Philip H., Martha A. Reardon, and Marjorie A. Keefe. "Waterborne Passenger Transportation Planning in Rhode Island." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1608, no. 1 (January 1997): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1608-01.

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The state of Rhode Island had no plan for waterborne passenger transportation, even though the state sits astride Narragansett Bay and has several existing ferry operations. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) recognized the need to create such a plan to clarify the desired role of waterborne transportation in the state’s transportation system and the agency’s responsibility for its development. RIDOT undertook the development of a waterborne passenger transportation plan to guide decisions about capital investments, to provide a basis for seeking federal funding, and to assist ferry operators in their decisions about establishing or expanding services. The plan addresses a broad range of issues and includes a set of policies and actions for the state’s waterborne passenger transportation system.

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Kalliomäki, Helka. "Reframing strategic spatial planning as a ‘coproductive trading zone’ between state-led and place-based interests: Reflections from Maryland and Finland." Land Use Policy 42 (January 2015): 113–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.07.008.

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Quinn, Bríd. "Local government, 2017." Administration 66, no. 1 (February 1, 2018): 17–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/admin-2018-0003.

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Abstract Another year, another minister, another renaming of the department! Changes to the cabinet in June 2017 included the appointment of Eoghan Murphy, TD, as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, and John Paul Phelan, TD, as Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government with Special Responsibility for Local Government and Electoral Reform. Further functional realignment also took place: community functions were transferred to the newly created Department of Rural and Community Development and, at the end of 2017, responsibility for motor taxation was transferred to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. Thus, the centralisation of functions traditionally associated with local government continues.

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Ginter, P. M., W. J. Duncan, and S. A. Capper. "Keeping strategic thinking in strategic planning: Macro-environmental analysis in a state department of public health." Public Health 106, no. 4 (July 1992): 253–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0033-3506(05)80418-4.

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Tom, Stave. "Post world war II foreign policy planning: State department records of Harley A. Notter, 1939–1945." Government Information Quarterly 7, no. 3 (January 1990): 376–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0740-624x(90)90042-m.

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McIlquham, Taylor, Anna Sick-Samuels, Carrie Billman, Jennifer Andonian, Melissa Dudley, Amyna Husain, Robert Maloney, et al. "Use of a Multidisciplinary Incident Command System in Response to Measles Outbreak in Maryland." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 41, S1 (October 2020): s502—s504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1184.

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Background: Measles is a highly contagious virus that reemerged in 2019 with the highest number of reported cases in the United States since 1992. Beginning in March 2019, The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) responded to an influx of patients with concern for measles as a result of outbreaks in Maryland and the surrounding states. We report the JHH Department of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (HEIC) response to this measles outbreak using a multidisciplinary measles incident command system (ICS). Methods: The JHH HEIC and the Johns Hopkins Office of Emergency Management established the HEIC Clinical Incident Command Center and coordinated a multipronged response to the measles outbreak with partners from occupational health services, microbiology, the adult and pediatric emergency departments, marketing and communication and local and state public health departments. The multidisciplinary structure rapidly developed, approved, and disseminated tools to improve the ability of frontline providers to quickly identify, isolate, and determine testing needs for patients suspected to have measles infection and reduce the risk of secondary transmission. The tools included a triage algorithm, visitor signage, staff and patient vaccination guidance and clinics, and standard operating procedures for measles evaluation and testing. The triage algorithms were developed for phone or in-person and assessed measles exposure history, immune status, and symptoms, and provided guidance regarding isolation and the need for testing. The algorithms were distributed to frontline providers in clinics and emergency rooms across the Johns Hopkins Health System. The incident command team also distributed resources to community providers to reduce patient influx to JHH and staged an outdoor measles evaluation and testing site in the event of a case influx that would exceed emergency department resources. Results: From March 2019 through June 2019, 37 patients presented with symptoms or concern for measles. Using the ICS tools and algorithms, JHH rapidly identified, isolated, and tested 11 patients with high suspicion for measles, 4 of whom were confirmed positive. Of the other 26 patients not tested, none developed measles infection. Exposures were minimized, and there were no secondary measles transmissions among patients. Conclusions: Using the ICS and development of tools and resources to prevent measles transmission, including a patient triage algorithm, the JHH team successfully identified, isolated, and evaluated patients with high suspicion for measles while minimizing exposures and secondary transmission. These strategies may be useful to other institutions and locales in the event of an emerging or reemerging infectious disease outbreak.Funding: NoneDisclosures: Aaron Milstone reports consulting for Becton Dickinson.

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Shediac-Rizkallah, Mona C., Charlyn E. Cassady, Mary Ann Scheirer, Wenchi Liang, and Jennifer Harlow. "Linking Implementation to Outcomes: Evaluation of a Community-Based Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program." International Quarterly of Community Health Education 16, no. 1 (April 1996): 5–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/nweb-38pk-afxv-ludd.

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An implementation analysis of the first eighteen months of the Maryland Breast and Cervical Cancer Program examined the variability among participating local agencies in the extent of screening services delivered; local program implementation processes; and the relationships between extent of screening and the local level processes. The study used: 1) a mail and telephone survey of local health departments (LHD, N = 24) and 2) state program surveillance data, with correlational methods. Outcomes measured: 1) “Penetration,” the proportion of the target population screened; and 2) “Efficiency,” the number of women screened per program staff member. Categories of implementation variables were: 1) Environment, 2) Staffing, 3) Collaboration with community organizations, 4) Outreach, 5) Provider variables, 6) Relationships with State and LHDs, 7) Organizational variables, and 8) Service delivery. Results showed wide local variability in screening levels. Availability of local resources; provider involvement; success of community linkages; and local health department readiness showed relationships with the extent of local screening. Studying implementation is needed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of community-based programs.

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Lee, David A., and Michael A. Sanders. "Implementing a Visioning and Strategic Planning Process at CTTransit." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1521, no. 1 (January 1996): 58–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196152100108.

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At CTTRANSIT “visioning” has proved to be an effective process for rethinking transit management. Although various strategic planning processes used in business and government perform similar organizing functions, visioning enabled CTTRANSIT to transform basic organizational values at a time when significant internal and external changes were occurring. A key element of the visioning process at CTTRANSIT was the participation of state department of transportation officials and union leaders.

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Baumgartner, David, Patricia Cohn, Amy Grotta, Andy Perleberg, Donald Hanley, and Arno Bergstrom. "Technical Note: Evaluating the Forest Stewardship Coached Planning Course in Washington State." Western Journal of Applied Forestry 23, no. 4 (October 1, 2008): 236–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wjaf/23.4.236.

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Abstract From 1992 to 2005, over 1,100 family forest owners in Washington State participated in a Forest Stewardship Coached Planning (FSCP) course conducted by Washington State University Extension and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The course provides forest stewardship education and assists private forest landowners in writing their own forest stewardship management plans with guidance and “coaching” by natural resource professionals. A survey of past course participants conducted in 2006 had a 60% response rate. As a result of the course, 96% of the respondents believed they had a better understanding about management options, and 73% had implemented a practice they would not have done otherwise. Management planning is prevalent among the respondents, with nearly 70% having some type of management plan. Implementation of new management practices through the FSCP approach in Washington exceeds the rates reported in the national Forest Stewardship Program national survey.

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Cirillo, Cinzia, and Yangwen Liu. "Vehicle Ownership Modeling Framework for the State of Maryland: Analysis and Trends from 2001 and 2009 NHTS Data." Journal of Urban Planning and Development 139, no. 1 (March 2013): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)up.1943-5444.0000128.

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Balogun, Toju Francis. "An Assessment of Property Tax Administration in Edo State, Nigeria." Indonesian Journal of Geography 51, no. 1 (May 10, 2019): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/ijg.18843.

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ABSTRACTThe mode of administration of property tax determines its buoyancy. The study utilizes key informant method to examine the mode of operation of Edo State Land Use Charge. The study observes that property tax revenue mobilization in Benin Metropolis is ineffective due to unsystematic tax administration procedure employed by Land Use Charge Department. The study shows that inadequate personnel, public contempt, limited coverage of the tax base and shrouded valuation method are major problems of the Land Use Charge in Benin metropolis. It also reveals that the current property tax administration will not appreciably enhance the internally generated revenue except the mode of operation is reformed. To overcome these challenges it is recommended among others that the implementation of modern and transparent assessment methods for real estate utilizing remote sensing and GIS integrated with computer-assisted mass appraisal (CAMA) be incorporated through a public-involved debate on property tax reform. Modus administrasi pajak properti menentukan daya apung. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode informan kunci untuk memeriksa modus operasi dari Edo Negara Penggunaan Tanah Charge. Penelitian ini mengamati bahwa pajak properti mobilisasi pendapatan di Benin Metropolis tidak efektif karena prosedur administrasi perpajakan sistematis dipekerjakan oleh Penggunaan Tanah Mengisi Department. Studi ini menunjukkan bahwa personil yang tidak memadai, penghinaan publik, cakupan terbatas basis pajak dan metode penilaian diselimuti masalah utama dari Penggunaan Tanah Mengisi di Benin metropolis. Ia juga mengungkapkan bahwa administrasi pajak properti saat ini tidak akan lumayan meningkatkan pendapatan yang dihasilkan secara internal kecuali modus operasi direformasi. Untuk mengatasi tantangan ini dianjurkan antara lain bahwa pelaksanaan metode penilaian modern dan transparan untuk real estate memanfaatkan penginderaan jauh dan GIS terintegrasi dengan komputer-dibantu penilaian massa (CAMA) dimasukkan melalui debat publik-terlibat pada reformasi pajak properti.

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Mussirov, Nurlan, and Galiya Sultanbekova. "Prospects for Planning Development of a Reception and Diagnostic Department of a Children’s Hospital." Journal of Health Development 3, no. 38 (2020): 60–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.32921/2225-9929-2020-3-38-60-64.

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Abstract This article discusses the current state of children’s medical organizations on the example of the reception and diagnostic center of the city children’s hospital in Nur-Sultan. The main goals and objectives of planning the development of children’s medical institutions are also presented. In addition, measures are shown to improve the work of the children’s clinic. Improving the efficiency of health care in Kazakhstan is carried out within the framework of government programs developed to improve the key indicators of the country’s health care. Key words: healthcare, medical institutions, children’s hospital, Kazakhstan.

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Kraus, Edgar, Cesar Quiroga, and Jerry Le. "Innovations in Utility Conflict Management." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2521, no. 1 (January 2015): 185–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2521-19.

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Utility issues remain one of the top reasons for delays in development and delivery of transportation projects. Delays in utility relocations and varying site conditions (utility conflicts) are consistently ranked among the most frequent causes for delays in highway construction. This paper described the results of a pilot implementation of the utility conflict matrix (UCM) tools that were developed as part of SHRP 2 Project R15B in 2012. The implementation project was SHRP 2 R15C, Pilot Application of Products for the Identification of Utility Conflicts and Solutions, which took place from September 2012 to March 2014. The objective was to work with a state department of transportation on the implementation of the stand-alone UCM and the 1-day UCM training course, as well as an introduction to the utility conflict data model and database. The pilot implementation took place at the Maryland State Highway Administration. This paper describes the UCM tools, details of the pilot implementation, feedback received from stakeholders involved in the project, and lessons learned from the experience of project participants. The paper also provides examples of cost and time savings that resulted from the use of the UCM approach.

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Lea-Cox, John D., Cindy Zhao, David S. Ross, Theodore E. Bilderback, J. Roger Harris, Susan D. Day, Chuanxue Hong, et al. "A Nursery and Greenhouse Online Knowledge Center: Learning Opportunities for Sustainable Practice." HortTechnology 20, no. 3 (June 2010): 509–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.20.3.509.

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Increasing environmental concerns and legislation in many states and in other countries require that we take a more comprehensive sustainable “best management” approach to production techniques in nursery and greenhouse operations. This is particularly important because these production facilities are typically intense users of resources that are applied to relatively small land areas. We have developed an online knowledge center to facilitate the implementation of more sustainable practices within the nursery and greenhouse industry. A web-based knowledge center provides the most cost-effective mechanism for information delivery, as our potential audiences are extremely diverse and widespread. We currently have a registered user database of over 450 educators, growers, and industry professionals, and undergraduate and graduate students. A gateway website provides an overview of the issues and the goals of the project. The associated knowledge center currently has 25 in-depth learning modules, designed in a Moodle learning management framework. These learning modules are designed to actively engage learners in topics on substrate, irrigation, surface water, and nutrient and crop health management, which are integral to formulating farm-specific strategies for more sustainable water and nutrient management practices. Additional modules provide assessment and implementation tools for irrigation audits, irrigation methods and technologies, and water and nutrient management planning. The instructional design of the learning modules was paramount because there can be multiple strategies to improve site-specific production practices, which often require an integration of knowledge from engineering, plant science, and plant pathology disciplines. The assessment and review of current practices, and the decision to change a practice, are often not linear, nor simple. All modules were designed with this process in mind, and include numerous resources [pictures, diagrams, case studies, and assessment tools (e.g., spreadsheets and example calculations)] to enable the learner to fully understand all of the options available and to think critically about his/her decisions. Sixteen of the modules were used to teach an intensive 400-level “Principles of Water and Nutrient Management” course at the University of Maryland during Spring 2008 and 2009. The water and nutrient management planning module also supports the nursery and greenhouse Farmer Training Certification program in Maryland. The Maryland Department of Agriculture provides continuing education credits for all consultants and growers who register and complete any module in the knowledge center. Although these learning resources were developed by faculty in the eastern region of the United States, much of the information is applicable to more widespread audiences.

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Ingram, Dewayne L. "Organizing the Kentucky Horticulture Industry for Improved Strategic Planning and Representation." HortTechnology 20, no. 4 (August 2010): 817–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/horttech.20.4.817.

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The University of Kentucky's Department of Horticulture, led by the extension faculty working with targeted industry associations, facilitated the creation of the Kentucky Horticulture Council to be the voice of a diverse industry. Leadership in industry strategic planning, promoting the opportunities for expansion of the horticulture industry, and educating state agriculture, legislative and university leaders provided a focus of energy and positioned the industry to access emerging resources. Leadership development has been an anticipated byproduct of this process.

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