scholarly journals Unruly Affects: Attempts at Control and All That Escapes from an American Mental Health Court

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
State Control ◽  
Criminal Courts ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Individual

Based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in mental health courts in the San Francisco Bay Area, this article juxtaposes the fixity that defines the legal concept of jurisdiction with the itineracy of homeless individuals judged by criminal courts. I assert that jurisdiction is an attempt at control: by invoking jurisdiction, courts attempt to fix people and objects within time and space so as to yield a narrative of liberal accountability for which defendants can be held responsible. Rather than assume the vantage point of the law, I stick with Harriet, a person who was homeless and subject to a mental health court’s attempt at control. Moving away from the law exposes when state attempts at control fail. Claims to jurisdiction reflect the state’s reliance on control through a particular chronotope of linear time and divisible space. In differently configuring time and space as cyclical and unbounded, Harriet confounds the law’s attempt at control. Further, the state’s invocation of jurisdiction as a concept that fixes time and space produces unruly affects, or coordinates of relation that escape a rule of law presenting itself as rational. Harriet’s relationships with others reflect and enable her escape from state control: they inhabit an affective atmosphere that is produced by the law’s own chronotopic terms, but that reject the individual accountability that the law understands as a product of claims to jurisdiction. In paying attention to missed encounters between Harriet and the court, this article reveals and theorizes moments in which power escapes its own terms and enters a social, deindividuated, affective sphere.

Creating a Multi-Company Community of Practice for Chief Information Officers

2011 ◽  
pp. 125-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Moran ◽  
Lee Weimer
Keyword(s):  
Community Of Practice ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Chief Information Officers ◽  
Information Technology Industry ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Technology Industry ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
The Individual

This chapter presents a case study of the creation and evolution of a fee-based, multi-company Community of Practice (CoP) for Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in the San Francisco Bay Area over a six-year period. It describes the principles, processes and practices required to form and maintain a trust-based, face-to-face learning organization where members share accumulated knowledge. Additionally, it states some of the individual, collective and Information Technology industry benefits and results that have accrued from member participation in the CIO Community of Practice. The authors hope that the description of this CoP will foster the same sense of excitement for would-be practitioners that they feel.

scholarly journals The BErkeley Atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> Observation Network: field calibration and evaluation of low-cost air quality sensors

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1937-1946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinsol Kim ◽  
Alexis A. Shusterman ◽  
Kaitlyn J. Lieschke ◽  
Catherine Newman ◽  
Ronald C. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Attractive Option ◽  
Global Background ◽  
Zero Offset ◽  
The Individual

Abstract. The newest generation of air quality sensors is small, low cost, and easy to deploy. These sensors are an attractive option for developing dense observation networks in support of regulatory activities and scientific research. They are also of interest for use by individuals to characterize their home environment and for citizen science. However, these sensors are difficult to interpret. Although some have an approximately linear response to the target analyte, that response may vary with time, temperature, and/or humidity, and the cross-sensitivity to non-target analytes can be large enough to be confounding. Standard approaches to calibration that are sufficient to account for these variations require a quantity of equipment and labor that negates the attractiveness of the sensors' low cost. Here we describe a novel calibration strategy for a set of sensors, including CO, NO, NO2, and O3, that makes use of (1) multiple co-located sensors, (2) a priori knowledge about the chemistry of NO, NO2, and O3, (3) an estimate of mean emission factors for CO, and (4) the global background of CO. The strategy requires one or more well calibrated anchor points within the network domain, but it does not require direct calibration of any of the individual low-cost sensors. The procedure nonetheless accounts for temperature and drift, in both the sensitivity and zero offset. We demonstrate this calibration on a subset of the sensors comprising BEACO2N, a distributed network of approximately 50 sensor “nodes”, each measuring CO2, CO, NO, NO2, O3 and particulate matter at 10 s time resolution and approximately 2 km spacing within the San Francisco Bay Area.

scholarly journals The BErkeley Atmospheric CO<sub>2</sub> Observation Network: Field Calibration and Evaluation of Low-cost Air Quality Sensors

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinsol Kim ◽  
Alexis A. Shusterman ◽  
Kaitlyn J. Lieschke ◽  
Catherine Newman ◽  
Ronald C. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Attractive Option ◽  
Global Background ◽  
Zero Offset ◽  
The Individual

Abstract. The newest generation of air quality sensors is small, low cost, and easy to deploy. These sensors are an attractive option for developing dense observation networks in support of regulatory activities and scientific research. They are also of interest for use by individuals to characterize their home environment and for citizen science. However, these sensors are difficult to interpret. Although some have an approximately linear response to the target analyte, that response may vary with time, temperature, and/or humidity, and the cross-sensitivity to non-target analytes can be large enough to be confounding. Standard approaches to calibration that are sufficient to account for these variations require a quantity of equipment and labor that negates the attractiveness of the sensors’ low cost. Here we describe a novel calibration strategy for a set of sensors including CO, NO, NO2, and O3 that makes use of multiple co-located sensors, a priori knowledge about the chemistry of NO, NO2, and O3, as well as an estimate of mean emission factors for CO and the global background of CO. The strategy requires one or more well calibrated anchor points within the network domain, but it does not require direct calibration of any of the individual low-cost sensors. The procedure nonetheless accounts for temperature and drift, in both the sensitivity and zero offset. We demonstrate this calibration on a subset of the sensors comprising BEACO2N, a distributed network of approximately 50 sensor “nodes,” each measuring CO2, CO, NO, NO2, O3 and particle matter at 10 second time resolution at approximately 2 km spacing in locations surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area.

Defining the conservation potential for San Francisco's 28 wholesale customers

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 189-196
Author(s):  
E. Levin ◽  
M. Carlin ◽  
W.O. Maddaus ◽  
N. Sandkulla
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Water Demand ◽  
The United States ◽  
Benefit Cost Analysis ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Conservation Measures ◽  
Demand Models ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Benefit Cost

This paper documents the methodology and results of a comprehensive water demand and conservation study conducted in 2003 and 2004 under the direction of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) in conjunction with its 28 wholesale customers. These customers are represented by the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA). The SFPUC supplies water to about 1.6 million people within the San Francisco Bay Area plus about 700,000 within the City of San Francisco itself. A detailed benefit-cost analysis was conducted using the Demand Side Management Least-Cost Planning Decision Support System (DSS) model for 32 conservation measures using the individual customers' DSS model. Thirty-year water savings, benefit–cost ratios, and the cost of water saved were computed for each measure. Based on compiling the results from the individual customer demand models, it was found that the current plumbing and appliance codes would reduce overall 2030 water demand by 7.8% and that packages of additional water conservation measures could reduce demands by an additional 2–6%, depending upon the level of conservation implemented. Overall, the study represents one of the largest water demand and conservation evaluation projects undertaken in the United States.

scholarly journals Simultaneously Blamed and Ignored: Barriers, Behaviors, and Impact of COVID-19 on Asian Americans (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thu Quach ◽  
Lan Doan ◽  
Julia Liou ◽  
Ninez Ponce
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
San Francisco Bay Area ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Testing Site

BACKGROUND The diverse Asian American population is impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but due to limited data and other factors, disparities for this population are hidden. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to describe the Asian American community’s experiences and impacts during this pandemic, focusing on the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, California, to better inform our health care services. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey in May-June 2020 with 1,297 Asian American participants, with questions on COVID-19-related testing and preventative behaviors, economic impacts of COVID-19, experience with anti-Asian violence, and mental health challenges. RESULTS We found that only 3% (n=39) were tested, and 49% stated that they could not find a place to get tested. Three-quarters of participants reported feeling stressed, and about one-quarter reported feeling depressed. 6% of participants reported being treated unfairly because of their race/ethnicity. 36.3% of participants had lost their regular jobs and 25.4% had reduced hours or reduced income. CONCLUSIONS Our findings highlight the longstanding need for culturally and linguistically-appropriate mental health services and resources. These findings led to the establishment of the first Asian multi-lingual and multi-cultural COVID-19 testing site in the county.

An Integrated Land-Use—Transportation Model for the San Francisco Region: 1. Design and Mathematical Structure

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Prastacos
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
San Francisco Bay Area ◽  
Mathematical Structure ◽  
Empirical Estimation ◽  
Transportation Model ◽  
Random Utility Theory ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
The Individual

This is the first of two papers presenting the structure and the empirical estimation of a planning land-use—transportation model for the San Francisco Bay Area. The model is based on random utility theory and considers in an integrated way the location of urban economic activity and housing, and urban travel. The model is formulated as a nonlinear optimization problem and is shown to result in expressions which are consistent with behavior at the individual level.

The crime by refrain and leaving, its essence pillars and applications into a legal comparative study to Islamic juispudence

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-213
Author(s):  
Kamal Muhammad Abubakir ◽  
Karim Taha Tahir ◽  
Shakhawan Khidr Rasool
Keyword(s):  
Penal Code ◽  
Responsibility To Protect ◽  
Legal Obligation ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Positive Behaviors ◽  
Islamic Jurisprudence ◽  
Material Element ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Harmful Result

crime usually happens in a negative way, that is to prevent an act that is bidding legally, punishable by his/her legacy, or legally binding on it, another one doing positively is the crime takes place in a positive way, that is, by committing an act prohibited by the law and criminalized by the law, especially if it results in an act or omission as a harmful result, and whether the harmful result financial or misconduct was a pure legal violation. The crime of refraining may be preceded by positive behaviors which time its completeness and magnitudes are confirmed.The elements that make the crime are available in the crime of abstinence, like other crimes. The material element is indicated from the proposition that each crime has a result and the causal relationship between the result and the conduct. Or through the law’s consideration of that behavior alone without taking care at the result, depending on the legal concept of the result, through which the result is aggression against an interest saved by the law.The moral element of the abstaining crime is got when there is a condition of discrimination and freedom of choice for the wrongdoer, so the criminal act is issued by someone with a criminal ability.The element of compulsion in the crime is achieved by abstaining when there is a legal obligation on the individual’s responsibility. His\her failure to implement what he\she orders leads to the arrangement of responsibility over the wrongdoer, on the basis of one or more of the base of compulsion, starting with the Penal Code and then the laws that supplement it and after that contract and the conduct of the perpetrator and other laws and rules Public and custom, responsibility and the idea of the advocator, and the exclusive responsibility to protect interests.In Islamic statue include more ways to rule on the crime of abstaining, by considering the abstainer as a cause of the crime, or as a participant therein, or as being incompetent to do what he must himself\herself or assign to him\her from the accomplishment appoint on him\her, and the abstainer can also be judged based on the evidence from the texts of the BOOK and The SUNNAH is straightforward, and the decision of the wrongdoer can be withdraw by measuring it with similar origins and patterns.The criminal victuals have expanded in Islamic jurisprudence and the penal code for the crime of continence, and have determined the appropriate penalties for it according to the resulting damages and aggressions affecting the individual and society.

scholarly journals Addressing HIV care, mental health and substance use among youth and young adults in the Bay Area: description of an intervention to improve information, motivation and behavioural skills

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. e042713
Author(s):  
Caravella McCuistian ◽  
Angie R Wootton ◽  
Dominique Legnitto-Packard ◽  
Valerie A. Gruber ◽  
Carol Dawson-Rose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Hiv Treatment ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Youth Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv

ObjectiveYouth represent a population disparately impacted by the HIV epidemic. With most new HIV diagnoses occurring among adolescents and young adults, novel approaches to address this disparity are necessary. The objective of the current study was to describe the Youth to Telehealth and Text to Improve Engagement in Care (Y2TEC) intervention, which aims to fill this gap. The Y2TEC intervention (trial registration NCT03681145) offers an innovative approach to improve HIV treatment engagement among youth living with HIV by focusing on treatment barriers related to mental health and substance use. This allows for a holistic approach to providing culturally informed intervention strategies for this population.Participants and settingThe Y2TEC intervention was developed for youth with HIV in the large metropolitan area of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Y2TEC intervention was developed based on formative interdisciplinary research and is grounded in the information–motivation–behavioural skills model.ResultsThe intervention includes 12 sessions each lasting 20–30 minutes, which are delivered through videoconferencing and accompanying bidirectional text messaging. The intervention sessions are individualised, with session dosage in each major content area determined by participant’s level of acuity.ConclusionsThe Y2TEC intervention is well positioned to help decrease HIV-related disparities in youth living with HIV through its innovative use of video-counselling technologies and an integrated focus on HIV, mental health and substance use.

scholarly journals Categories of Rights and Lawful Interests of Individuals and Their Use in the Sphere of Criminal Justice

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-147
Author(s):  
Alexander Grinenko ◽  
Georgii Gudzhabidze ◽  
Vasily Potapov ◽  
Nikolay Zheleznyak
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Legitimate Interest ◽  
Criminal Procedure Law ◽  
Legitimate Interests ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Correct Understanding

Categories of rights and legitimate interests of a person are among the most essential in modern legal science, legislation and law enforcement practice. These categories are of particular importance in the field of criminal proceedings. The outcome of the preliminary investigation and trial in criminal cases largely depends on the correct understanding and subsequent application of these categories. The state should not only recognize, but also guarantee the possibility to exercise the rights and legitimate interests of an individual, enshrined at various levels, up to the international law. The study of the use of the legal concept of «personality» in various areas of law, including criminal procedure, indicates its application in the widest sense as a synonym for the concept of «a human». The law refers to a human as a person, regardless of the capacity in which he acts in specific legal relations. Categories «human», «individual», «personality», «person», «citizen» in the field of criminal proceedings can be considered synonymous. Some special characteristics arise not from differences in the general social status, but solely from the specific procedural status granted to a person in connection with criminal proceedings. In the research publications, the words «rights» and «freedoms» of the individual are considered identical, i.e. synonyms, and are described through the category of «opportunities». But for the recognition of such opportunities, it is not always required for them to be enshrined in the criminal procedure law. The category of «legitimate interest» has a specific meaning and differs from the categories of «rights and freedoms» of an individual. Legitimate interests are not indicated in the law itself because their scope of application is wider than the scope of law implementation. But such interests should not contradict the law, i.e. the provisions of the current legislation. A fundamental change in states perception of the individual has led to a significant change of the doctrine and content of criminal proceedings aimed primarily at protecting the rights and legitimate interests of the individual.

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