scholarly journals Imagine Home: Making a Place in Binghamton

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Aynur De Rouen
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
New York State ◽  
York State ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
The Past ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Kinship Structure

Since the early 1990s, Iraqi Kurds have been relocating to the greater Binghamton area in New York State.  This study focuses on the growing diasporic Kurdish community in and around Binghamton and their quest to imagine the homeland they left behind as a result of social, economic, and political hardships.  The production of this diasporic space has emerged as an attempt to reconstruct their culture and collective identity in the absence of physical and territorially specific aspects of their homeland.  Kurdish refugee narratives articulate how collective memory gives voice to the shared Kurdish past, how Kurdish refugees appropriated the space according to their traditional example and kinship structure, and how memories and narratives of the past shape the migrants’ identities, kinship, and everyday practices.  The production of diasporic space within the imaginations of these refugees is portrayed here to show their attempt to reconstruct Kurdish culture while lacking the physical characteristics of their homeland.  Their successfully reinvented images of homeland and reconstructed culture in diaspora are evidence of the resilience and fluidity of Kurdish culture.

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ORTHOPTERA, PART I, PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE ACRIDIDAE

1935 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 185-188
Author(s):  
Ashley B. Gurney
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
The State ◽  
York State ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ecological Complex ◽  
Eastern Half

Professor Morse's well-known “Manual” treats of the orthopterous fauna of Massachusetts in general, but of the eastern maritime area in particular. The region extending from the Worcester Plateau to the New York State Line includes a variety of environment which apparently have not been examined from the standpoint of Orthoptera nearly as thoroughly as the eastern half of the state. The present list of Acrididae is the result of collections made by the writer chiefly at Cummington and about Amherst, during the past three years. Like our native ferns,grasshoppers arc usual1y found amid surroundings suited to the ecological complex of the particular species concerned. Mention of some differences shown by the Life Zones of western Massachusetts may be helpful in understanding the distributional factors of local Acrididae.

Trends and Risk Factors for 1-Year Revision of the Latarjet Procedure: The New York State Experience During the Past Decade

Orthopedics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. e389-e394
Author(s):  
Albit R. Paoli ◽  
Michael Pickell ◽  
Siddharth A. Mahure ◽  
Delon McAllister ◽  
David H. Mai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Latarjet Procedure ◽  
York State ◽  
The Past ◽  
State Experience

Frasnian Late Devonian conodont biostratigraphy in New York: graphic correlation and taxonomy

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 525-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Klapper ◽  
William T. Kirchgasser
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York State ◽  
Black Shales ◽  
Late Devonian ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
York State ◽  
The Past ◽  
Montagne Noire ◽  
Western Australian ◽  
A New Species

AbstractTwo regional composite sections in the Frasnian, Upper Devonian, of New York State result from graphic correlation of conodont species. The first extends from Frasnian conodont zones 3 to 7, the second from Frasnian zones 11 to 13c (we prefer this terminology to “Montagne Noire” or “MN” zonation as the zone-defining species occur throughout the Devonian tropics). Key beds, widely traceable bases of prominent black shales, have been used with only a few exceptions to position the lines of correlation (LOC) in the graphs. Other key beds, not used for positioning, fall exactly on the LOC supporting the hypothesis of their synchrony. Fifty-five conodont species in the New York regional composites are compared with their ranges in the global Frasnian Composite Standard proving no major discrepancies. The taxonomy ofAncyrodella nodosaUlrich and Bassler, widely misidentified in the past, has been clarified through restudy of the type specimens, resulting in its distinction fromA.hamataUlrich and Bassler (=A.buckeyensisStauffer). A new species ofPolygnathellusBassler, which is restricted to Frasnian Zone 4, is kept in open nomenclature because the rarity of specimens is insufficient to determine the extent of intraspecifc variation and whether one or two species are represented in our New York and Western Australian collections.

scholarly journals Elmira Reformatory, New York State

1901 ◽  
Vol 47 (197) ◽  
pp. 432-432
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
New York State ◽  
State Legislature ◽  
York State ◽  
Daily Average ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Efficient Control

The New York Correspondent of the Lancet states that in this large reformatory there has been within the past year and a half a complete change in management with a corresponding sqmewhat radical alteration in the methods pursued. The twenty-fifth annual report of the board of managers has recently been presented to the New York State Legislature, and referring to “discipline” the report says:—“Since the statement in the last annual report that flogging had been abandoned at Elmîra some sincere friends of the reformatory have expressed the fear that its discipline would deteriorate. The board has not shared that fear.” The maintenance of the educational system by the present board has been seriously questioned by those who profess to see in the withdrawal of Mr. Brockway the first step towards the destruction of the fabric which he has laboriously created. The board finds in this system much to admire and uphold, something to criticise and modify, and something to condemn. The gross number of inmates who have been on the books during the past twelve months is 2050, of whom 666 were received during that period and 774 were dismissed, producing a daily average of 1365. The efficient control of so large a reformatory is an undertaking which will tax the brains and energies of the most active and intelligent superintendent and staff. It remains to be seen how the new methods will work. The result will be a matter of much interest to philanthropists everywhere.

Ten Years of Experience with a Performance-Based Promotional Selection and Career Development System within State Government

1994 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-571
Author(s):  
Dan Baugher ◽  
Andrew Varanelli ◽  
James Hall
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
State Government ◽  
New York State ◽  
Oral Exam ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
York State ◽  
Development System ◽  
The Past

This article describes the experiences of the New York State Division of the Budget over the past ten years with the decentralized administration of an organizationally-based system for selecting and developing employees for promotion. This system assesses candidate training and experience against the requirements of the position to which they aspire as well as recent job performance on behaviors relevant to performance in the promotional position. Overall, both managers and candidates have found the system to be more effective than traditional written/oral exam processes in furthering career development within the Division, selecting employees for promotion, and rewarding current performance.

Biopolitics in 1985

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Somit ◽  
Steven A. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Political Science ◽  
New York State ◽  
American Political Science Association ◽  
Research Grants ◽  
York State ◽  
The Past ◽  
Federal Research ◽  
American Political Science ◽  
Science Association

There are several noteworthy aspects to 1985. First, the triennial congress of the International Political Science Association was held (in Paris). Second, full panels on biology and politics were featured at four regularly scheduled political science meetings—the American Political Science Association, the International Political Science Association, the Western Political Science Association, and the New York State Political Science Association—an increase from just two the year before. Third, three dissertations are either completed or in progress: a decided improvement after such little activity in that area in 1984. Fourth, over 10 percent of the works appearing were by non-United States political scientists, reflecting a continuation of their greater visibility over the past few years. Fifth, several works were produced by two different teams of researchers that have received substantial support from federal research grants (Masters and colleagues; J. Schubert, Wiegele, and Hines). Finally, there is a continuing influx of new entrants into the ranks of biopolitical scholars (we tally 25 for the year).

scholarly journals Compliance with a New York State 2010 HIV Testing Law: Is There Racial/Ethnic Bias in HIV Testing? Experience of Monroe County, New York, 2012

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byron S. Kennedy ◽  
Anne Kern ◽  
John Ricci ◽  
Mary Younge ◽  
Kathy Carelock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
New York ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
New York State ◽  
High Risk Behavior ◽  
York State ◽  
The Past

<p><strong>Background</strong>: While routine HIV testing in the general population is a national recommendation, actual practice may vary.</p><p><strong>Purpose</strong>: To determine risk factors associated with HIV testing after the adoption of a New York State law in 2010 mandating that healthcare providers offer HIV testing in all clinical settings.</p><p><strong>Methods.</strong>: Survey data from Monroe County, New York, were collected in 2012 for adults aged 18-64 years and analyzed in 2014. Logistic regression was used to identify risk factors independently associated with HIV testing and high-risk behavior.</p><p><strong>Results</strong>: Among adults aged 18-34 years, fewer Whites were offered HIV testing in the past year by their doctors compared with Blacks (34% vs 64%) despite having similar rates of any HIV high-risk behavior (20% overall).  For adults aged 35-64 years, fewer Whites than Blacks were ever tested for HIV (42% vs 71%), offered HIV testing in past year (17% vs 40%), and reported any HIV high-risk behavior (3% vs 13%). Latinos showed intermediate levels. With logistic regression analysis, ever tested for HIV was independently associated with only race/ethnicity; offered HIV testing in the past year was associated with females, Blacks and Latinos, aged 18-34 years, and having a routine health checkup in past year; any HIV high-risk behavior was associated with only younger age. </p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong>: To improve HIV testing rates as well as compliance with state laws and national guidelines, targeted efforts should be considered that improve perceptions of risk and emphasize the value of routine HIV screening, including those directed at white adults and their health care providers. <em>Ethn Dis.</em> 2016;26(1):91-98; doi:10.18865/ed.26.1.91</p>

scholarly journals A STUDY OF HYDROMETRA LINEATA

1900 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. O. Martin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
North American ◽  
New York State ◽  
York State ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Summer

Among the reeds and rushes that border quiet streams and ponds lives Hydrometra lineata, one of the least known of our North American Hemiptera. This insect is comparatively rare in collections, but common enough in nature, though owing to its small size and inconspicuous appearance it escapes all but the sharpest-eyed collectors. Its elongate body is borne on hairlike legs and resembles a bit of twig or grass more than a living insect. After the eye becomes accustomed to the odd shape, they are most easily distinguished, especially when they move about over the surface of the water. During the past summer I took over five hundred specimens of this insect without any special effort, finding them common through New York State, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

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