In the context of coloniality, immigrant people regain ontological security (OS) to rehumanize themselves. OS is a sense of trust immigrant people feel in the reliability of people and institutions (Vaquera et al., 2017). We consensus-coded interviews of 33 immigrant people in the Western United States. The analysis team was composed of bilingual coders from immigrant backgrounds. Immigrant people regain OS by using strategies at different ecological levels of analysis (Prilleltensky, 2008). They regain trust in themselves, their communities, and institutions, using resistant, social, linguistic, and navigational capital to actualize their hopes and dreams (Yosso, 2005). In a decolonial turn, we center relationality in our analysis, relying on the analysis team’s shared experiences of minoritization and thriving as members of the Latin American immigrant community. Our goal is to amplify immigrant people’s lived experiences of regaining OS along with our own, unveiling the research team’s entanglements with the immigrant community, and aiming to coconstruct research from our hearts.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are sites where animals are housed and raised in a confined environment. CAFOs assemble animals that are fed and cared for by professional care givers referred to as “Cowboys” on a limited space in a rustic landscape. The operation is monitored and meets the standards set forth by The United states Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov/region7/water/cafo/). In southwestern Texas, cattle are imported from Mexico, and subjected to the health inspection by The United States ‐ Mexico border USDA‐APHIS‐VS stations. Cattle undergo rigorous inspections for Tuberculosis, tick‐borne infections, and respiratory illness, along with prior health records followed by consignment to CAFOs (Feed Lots). While in Feed lots, the health and well being of the cattle is monitored by the house staff and also by USDA veterinarian. The amount of “Antibiotics” supplemented in the cattle feed is regulated by the EPA standards and followed through by in house nutritionist. MICRO BEEF TECHNOLOGIES, Ltd (http://www.microbeef.com/about_micro/index.html ) provides an excellent tracking system to maintain comprehensive details on individual animals regarding their health and nutrition. Taken together with an exceptional monitoring programs by The US‐EPA, USDA‐APHIS‐VS, and strict industry standards upheld by The Texas Cattle Feeders Association, the CAFOs pose minimal risk of rendering AR pathogen affected infectious diseases. (Acknowledgement: Dr. Darrell Haney, USDA‐APHIS‐VS, (830) 752‐1785, Eagle Pass, Texas; Mr. Luis De La Cruz, Runnells‐Peters Feed Yard LLC, 1444 Fm 1665, Quemado, TX 78877‐7790; Information Resources from Texas Cattle Feeders Association, http://www.tcfa.org/SiteMap.html). Grant Funding Source: Professional Development Funds ‐ SWTJC, Eagle Pass, Texas 78852
An effort has been made to explore the implementation of a prescription medicine (Antibiotics) recycling program in Texas. According to The Office of the Regional Medical Director, Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) Region 8 at present there are no programs for recycling the unused prescription medications, Antibiotics in particular in existence in the State of Texas. http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/contact.shtm. Pertaining to the infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance as per the information available and Region 8 Medical director, VISA/VRSA Vancomycin‐Intermediate/Resistant Stapylococcus aureus are the only diseases that are reportable to the TDSHS. Of the 609 infections related to Staphylococcus aureus isolated reports through TxHSN in 2012, 55% tested sensitive to oxacillin/methicillin. NDM‐1, which stands for New Delhi metallo‐beta‐lactamase 1 has been considered to become a global public health problem, but is not detected in Texas. Though 4% of US hospitals had at least one patient with a CRE (carbapenem‐resistant Enterobacteriaceae) infection during the first half of 2012, none were reported in Texas. In 2011, 1,325 cases of tuberculosis (TB) were reported in Texas however, the total number of the antibiotic resistant form of TB among this population is not known. The implications of the discrepancy in the Annual Federal Prescription Drug retake program and lack of recycling of the prescription medicines (Antibiotics) in the evolution of antibiotic resistance shall be presented in the EB2014. Grant Funding Source: Professional Development Funds from SWTJC, Eagle Pass, Texas
This paper illustrates two novel methods for computing the small-strain hysteretic material damping ratio, λmin, of soils from the cyclic torsional shear (TS) and computing the small-strain viscous material damping ratio, Dmin, from the free-vibration decay (FVD) testing. Both λmin and Dmin are challenging to measure, due to the significant level of ambient noise at small strains (<10−4%). A two-step method is proposed combining the Fourier Transform and a phase-based data fitting method for torsional shear testing, and this method can effectively eliminate the ambient noise at small strains. A Hilbert Transform-based method is proposed for the free-vibration decay testing in order to achieve a more accurate measurement of the viscous material damping ratio, D, at different strain levels, especially at small strains. The improved λmin and Dmin at small strains are compared to data available in the literature. The two novel methods are shown to be accurate in computing the small-strain damping ratios.
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