Urban Cyberspace Initiatives: Design Technology in Urban Centers

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Bowman ◽  
Alan Shaw ◽  
Allen Hammond ◽  
Bruce Lincoln
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Inner City ◽  
York City ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Access Technology ◽  
Geographic Locations ◽  
Technology Centers

This article presents the evolution of the Urban CyberSpace Initiative (UCSI) as the result of the convergence of work carried out in parallel by the four authors over the years 1992–1997. This article will look at the work as it developed and evolved from the early formation of public access technology centers in urban inner-city communities to the design and deployment of advanced high speed multimedia Internet projects. The Urban CyberSpace Initiative will analyze the reasons for its formation as it has been applied to the problems and needs expressed in the geographic locations of New York City, New York; Albany, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; and Newark, New Jersey. UCSI will present a set of findings in the form of a procedural methodology designed to lead us to an attainable end-in-view: the economically sustainable urban, inner city technological oasis.

scholarly journals New York City House Mice (Mus musculus) as Potential Reservoirs for Pathogenic Bacteria and Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants

mBio ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. e00624-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon H. Williams ◽  
Xiaoyu Che ◽  
Ashley Paulick ◽  
Cheng Guo ◽  
Bohyun Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
York City ◽  
Pathogenic Bacteria ◽  
Gastrointestinal Disease ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance Genes

ABSTRACTHouse mice (Mus musculus) thrive in large urban centers worldwide. Nonetheless, little is known about the role that they may play in contributing to environmental contamination with potentially pathogenic bacteria. Here, we describe the fecal microbiome of house mice with emphasis on detection of pathogenic bacteria and antimicrobial resistance genes by molecular methods. Four hundred sixteen mice were collected from predominantly residential buildings in seven sites across New York City over a period of 13 months. 16S rRNA sequencing identifiedBacteroidetesas dominant and revealed high levels ofProteobacteria. A targeted PCR screen of 11 bacteria, as indicated by 16S rRNA analyses, found that mice are carriers of several gastrointestinal disease-causing agents, includingShigella,Salmonella,Clostridium difficile, and diarrheagenicEscherichia coli. Furthermore, genes mediating antimicrobial resistance to fluoroquinolones (qnrB) and β-lactam drugs (blaSHVandblaACT/MIR) were widely distributed. Culture and molecular strain typing ofC. difficilerevealed that mice harbor ribotypes associated with human disease, and screening of kidney samples demonstrated genetic evidence of pathogenicLeptospiraspecies. In concert, these findings support the need for further research into the role of house mice as potential reservoirs for human pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in the built environment.IMPORTANCEMice are commensal pests often found in close proximity to humans, especially in urban centers. We surveyed mice from seven sites across New York City and found multiple pathogenic bacteria associated with febrile and gastrointestinal disease as well as an array of antimicrobial resistance genes.

The Economic Impact of Tuberculosis in Hospitals in New York City: A Preliminary Analysis

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 317-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter S. Arno ◽  
Christopher J.L. Murray ◽  
Karen A. Bonuck ◽  
Philip Alcabes
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The City

There is a nationwide resurgence of tuberculosis (TB) in the country’s urban centers; New York City stands at the forefront of this resurgence. The root causes are increased homelessness, drug addiction and poverty, all symbols of deteriorating social and economic conditions in the city. The inadequate level of public health resources devoted to TB has also contributed to its spread. Still, even with these factors, it is questionable whether the escalating number of TB cases in this country would have occurred without the reservoir of immunosuppressed persons, who are less resistant to the disease, created by the AIDS epidemic. The fear and urgency of this public health crisis, which has been emerging since the beginning of the last decade, are fueled by the rise of TB strains resistant to the first-line drugs and by the disease’s contagiousness.

scholarly journals Exhaled NO among inner-city children in New York City

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1015-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Perzanowski ◽  
Adnan Divjan ◽  
Robert B. Mellins ◽  
Stephen M. Canfield ◽  
Maria Jose Rosa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Inner City ◽  
York City ◽  
Exhaled No

scholarly journals Within- and Between-Home Variability in Indoor-Air Insecticide Levels during Pregnancy among an Inner-City Cohort from New York City

2007 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin M. Whyatt ◽  
Robin Garfinkel ◽  
Lori A. Hoepner ◽  
Darrell Holmes ◽  
Mejico Borjas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Inner City ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
York City

Pilot Study of Expedited HIV-1 Testing of Women in Labor at an Inner-City Hospital in New York City

2001 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 049-058 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mayris P. Webber ◽  
Penelope Demas ◽  
Elizabeth Enriquez ◽  
Renee Shanker ◽  
William Oleszko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Inner City ◽  
York City ◽  
City Hospital ◽  
Hiv 1

Rebuilding the Public Health Infrastructure: The Challenge of Tuberculosis Control in New York City

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 352-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A. Hamburg
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Tuberculosis Control ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Infrastructure ◽  
Health Infrastructure

Nowhere in this nation is the return of tuberculosis more visible or more pronounced than in New York City. Fueled by poverty, homelessness and AIDS, tuberculosis has again reached epidemic proportions. New York City is at the forefront of the battle against this advancing disease. For this reason, and because the dynamics at work in New York City are a microcosm of those same forces at work in the larger society, what transpires here often foreshadows the direction that other urban centers will take. It is in this context that our New York experience provides a valuable framework for learning and for action.

Container Shipping and the Decline of New York, 1955–1975

2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Levinson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Technological Advance ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Major Contributor ◽  
Container Shipping ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
The Cost

The introduction of container shipping in the late 1950s and early 1960s has received little attention from historians, but it represents a major technological advance with significant economic consequences. By dramatically lowering the cost of freight handling, the container reduced the need for factories to be near suppliers and markets and opened the way for manufacturing to move out of urban centers, first domestically and then abroad. This impact was particularly intense in New York City, where the container revolution began. Containerization had a devastating impact on New York City's economy, and was a major contributor to the collapse of its industrial base between 1967 and 1975.

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