Chula Vista Research Articles

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The police's perception and response attitude to domestic violence have gradually developed into an active form. Domestic violence was designated as a serious crime and was subject to intensive management, and for effective response, the police's awareness education, the establishment of a domestic violence 112 report code, the designation management of families that may recur, the implementation of a domestic violence step-by-step response model, and the introduction of an anti-police officer (APO) system were introduced. Despite those efforts of the police, domestic violence in Korea has not decreased significantly. Accordingly, to find ways to improve police countermeasures against domestic violence, this study analyzed three cases of the responses taken by High Point Police Department, North Carolina, USA , North Canterbury, New Zealand, and Chula Vista, California, USA, which reduced domestic violence by using a problem-oriented police method that emphasized prevention rather than follow-up to crime. Based on these analysis results, it suggested expanding the number of monitoring targets and improving methods, expanding opportunities to correct perpetrators, increasing the number of abuse prevention police officers (APOs) and expanding their expertise, strengthening the establishment of a collaborative system for joint response, and strengthening home education prevention education.

Understanding Active Transportation to School Behavior in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Communities: A Machine Learning and SHAP Analysis Approach

Active Transportation to School (ATS) offers numerous health benefits and is considered an affordable option, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advises 60 min of daily physical exercise for children aged 6 to 17, making ATS a compelling approach to promote a healthier lifestyle among students. Initiated in 2005 by the US Department of Transportation (DOT), the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program aims to foster safe and regular walking and biking to school for students. This paper examines students’ travel behavior using SRTS survey data and assesses the program’s effectiveness in promoting ATS in Chula Vista, California. Employing machine learning algorithms (random forest, logistic regression, and support vector machines) to predict students’ likelihood to walk to school, it utilizes SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) to pinpoint significant variables influencing ATS across all models. SHAP underscores critical factors affecting transportation choices to school, highlighting the importance of home-to-school distance, with shorter distances positively impacting active transportation. However, only half of students within schools’ walking distance opted to walk to school, underscoring the necessity of addressing parental safety concerns, including factors such as crime rates and traffic speed along the route.

A Mixed Methods Social Network Analysis of San Diego Law Enforcement Task Forces and Agencies

The San Diego area has a long reputation as a highly networked, cooperative, and task force-oriented law enforcement region. Measuring and understanding how this region achieves its networked state could assist other regions in improving law enforcement functions. This article uses social network analysis to qualitatively and quantitatively map the network of law enforcement agency task forces in the San Diego County region. The analysis first provides an inventory and description of San Diego area law enforcement task forces and participating agencies, then analyzes the structure of the regional network. The analysis identified 33 law enforcement investigative task forces supported by 84 law enforcement and participating agencies in the San Diego area. These comprise a relatively dense network with a well-connected core of primarily federal and local agencies, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations being the most central federal agencies, and the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Department, as well as San Diego, National City, and Chula Vista police departments as the most central local agencies. State agencies were less central but included the California Department of Justice and the California Highway Patrol in the top 10 agencies for centrality, depending on the metric. The network mapping in this article provides a baseline for a highly connected task force region that will allow future comparison with other regions and similarly situated cities along the US-Mexico border and beyond. Policy recommendations based on network theory are provided.

San Diego officials tout success of mobile crisis teams to treat mental health and drug abuse

San Diego County officials touted the successes of a new specialized team that responds to people experiencing mental health and substance abuse crises, situations that were often previously handled by law enforcement, the Times of San Diego reported Feb. 28. The Mobile Crisis Response Teams (MCRTs), which are composed of mental health clinicians, case managers and peer support specialists, began services in January 2021 and are now available countywide. Those suffering from nonviolent crises are given assessments and crisis intervention services and linked to treatment and other services, according to the county. MCRTs are partnered with the Chula Vista and National City police departments — which refer calls to MCRTs when appropriate — though county officials say work is underway to establish partnerships with nine other jurisdictions. MCRTs have responded to 672 referrals and linked more than 110 people to treatment services, according to the county. Officials say 47% of the referrals have led to people gaining access to treatment options in their communities. County officials said the recent focus on behavioral health services has been beneficial, with the implementation of MCRTs and crisis stabilization units, which provide individuals with services in a community‐based or hospital setting. “These response teams are saving lives, demonstrating that this new approach to mental health is showing signs of real progress,” Supervisor Terra Lawson‐Remer said.

Tranzgender Statement of Purpose

Tranzgender Statement of Purpose Spencer Williams (bio) it's like we get it: the index of bruisesI've incurred as tranzcould constitute their own cartography. In any context where I'm seenI'm less woman than a wombinside a jar but we'll end there and start again: in this new space we call safeI'm fucking ur husband on the balconyand it's tits-free-to-the-air kind of romantic. Beyond us fir trees stand erect in the yard where ur bratty dog dry humps the white leg of a plastic chair until finally, the breeze mutters disgusting. So we agree there's nothing else to do but step back indoors. He wants to smoke first. Men always stall when on the edge of error. I say fine. I'll go piss and make the bed warm. I open the door behind us leading into your room and let myself in all the way inside. [End Page 107] Spencer Williams Spencer Williams is from Chula Vista, California and is the author of the forthcoming book TRANZ (Four Way Books, 2024). She has work featured in Apogee, PANK, Hobart, and Bright Wall/Dark Room. She received her MFA in creative writing at Rutgers University-Newark and is currently a PhD student in poetics at University at Buffalo. Copyright © 2022 Pleiades and Pleiades Press

Author Biographies

Author Biographies

Commentary on Trichloroacetic Acid Paint.

*Dermatology Institute, Chula Vista, California Volunteer Clinical Faculty, Department of Dermatology, UCSD, San Diego, California The author has indicated no significant interest with commercial supporters.

644-P: Social Media Campaign Raises Awareness of Diabetes Risks and Programs in Hispanic Communities

Strong evidence for improving clinical outcomes exists for the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and diabetes self-management education (DSME) yet traditional methods of education and outreach have been minimally effective at engaging high-risk Hispanics. Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA, has delivered culturally appropriate DSME and DPP programs for over 25 years and was seeking an effective method to further engage diverse communities. Facebook is the number one platform for U.S. Hispanics’ communication. Nearly half (48%) of U.S. Hispanics’ Facebook friends are family members, compared to 36% for the total population. Hispanics are the most mobile and socially active group in the U.S. and converse in the language of their preference. On-line messaging developed in Spanish and English utilized patient stories to increase understanding of diabetes risk and encourage an online risk assessment. The audience included adults ages 40+ in Chula Vista; along the Mexican American border. The campaign landing page included calls to action, helpful information regarding diabetes risk factors and links to inspiring patient stories. Nurturing emails were sent to all leads with lifestyle tips and call to action to register for a diabetes program. Bi-lingual telephone outreach was conducted within one week of the risk assessment completion to make a personal connection and answer questions. In the first 75 days of the campaign, 92 assessments were initiated: 66 completed: 26 abandoned. Of the leads sent: 75% were from the Spanish language campaign; 0.67% click-through-rate from Facebook to the landing page; of the 1800 clicks, 75% came from the Spanish language ads; 60-75% of the clicks are from a female audience for both English and Spanish; and nearly 50/50 split between at risk and not at risk for T2DM.This social media campaign pilot was effective in increasing awareness of diabetes risks, DPP and DSME in Hispanic communities, especially in the Spanish speaking, female population. Disclosure A. Philis-Tsimikas: Advisory Panel; Self; Lilly Diabetes, Medtronic, Novo Nordisk A/S, Sanofi. Employee; Spouse/Partner; Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Research Support; Self; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Dexcom, Inc., Lilly Diabetes, Medtronic, Novo Nordisk A/S, Sanofi. M. Ruiz: None. A.L. Fortmann: None. E. Aguilar: None. R. Johnson: None. A. Kienast: None. C. Walker: None. Funding Woltman Family Foundation

3430 Promoting Stakeholder Research Competencies to Culturalize Health Science by the Miami CTSA: National Partnership for Training Community Health Workers in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) in 4 States

3430 Promoting Stakeholder Research Competencies to Culturalize Health Science by the Miami CTSA: National Partnership for Training Community Health Workers in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) in 4 States

In their own words: Lessons from community arts partnership leaders

Editor’s note: In assembling this issue, I sought to compile compelling stories of arts education cuts and the responses of local communities. I invited National Council on the Arts member Dr. Bruce Carter to share such a story. The following article begins with Carter’s narrativized account of informal research on the arts partnership in the Chula Vista Elementary School District in Chula Vista, California. Following this, Nancy Roucher, chair of the Arts Education Task Force of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County and co-chair of the Community/Schools Partnership for the Arts, shares a story from Sarasota, Florida.

Nurses and their Caring Behaviours: A Study Summary of the International Caring Behavior Index for Nurses Deduced from Different Voices

COJ Nursing & Healthcare Nurses and their Caring Behaviours: A Study Summary of the International Caring Behavior Index for Nurses Deduced from Different Voices Nio Noveno* St Paul University Manila, California *Corresponding author: Nio Noveno, St Paul University Manila, Chula Vista, San Diego, California, 91911 Tel: +1 619 874 4920; Email: nionoveno@gmail.com Submission: August 25, 2017; Published: March 13, 2018 DOI: 10.31031/COJNH.2018.01.000522 ISSN: 2577-2007Volume1 Issue5

Career Ladder: Michele Ramirez-Weinhouse

1960s Early focus on education Michele Ramirez-Weinhouse was raised between California, the Philippines, and the Hawaiian island of Lanai. Her father was a marine machinist with the civil service and her mother was a homemaker. Although she did not have an early interest in chemistry, Ramirez-Weinhouse knew from a young age she was college bound. “College was always important to my parents,” she remembers. “It was never an if, just when and where.” Ramirez-Weinhouse would eventually fulfill her parents’ dream—becoming the first in her family to graduate from college. 1988 Late start in chemistry Ramirez-Weinhouse began her studies at Southwestern College, a community college in Chula Vista, Calif., without a particular academic focus in mind. But when a classmate in her chemistry class suggested she continue studying it, she took the idea to heart. A college counselor encouraged her to apply to the University of California, Los Angeles, where she

New Medications for the Treatment of Diabetes.

New Medications for the Treatment of Diabetes.

303 Early Identification and Intervention in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department Can Significantly Improve Guideline-Based Anticoagulation and Reduce the Risk of Stroke

Although nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients are at a 4 to 5-fold increased risk of stroke, high-risk patients are undertreated. The PINNACLE Registry reported that 40.2% of patients with a CHA2DS2-VASc score greater or equal to 2 are treated with aspirin only, despite American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association Guideline recommendations for anticoagulation. Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center piloted a study in the emergency department (ED) involving a multidisciplinary team approach to manage the treatment gap in this population. The team consists of emergency physicians, electrophysiologists (EP) and the ED pharmacist, all collaborating in a shared decisionmaking model to identify, assess, and initiate guideline-based oral anticoagulation (OAC) in high-risk NVAF patients. We aim to decrease the treatment gap by utilizing a multidisciplinary approach to increase the percentage of properly anticoagulated high-risk patients at discharge. The study will compare the percentage of patients on OAC at admission and discharge for the baseline group vs intervention group (multidisciplinary team) to observe if our method will significantly impact the treatment gap. All NVAF patients were identified by EKG or device interrogation by the emergency physician upon arrival. A standardized risk-scoring process and referral to the EP Panel for consult was established to evaluate all patients presenting to the ED with a diagnosis of NVAF. The ED pharmacist calculates the CHA2DS2-VASc and HAS-BLED scores to determine eligibility and to initiate proper OAC in high-risk patients using a shared decisionmaking model. When OAC is prescribed, the ED pharmacist provides transitions of care services by expediting access to the medication, providing meds-to-bed service and post-discharge follow-up with assistance in scheduling post-discharge appointments with the specialists (eg, electrophysiologist and/or cardiologist). In the Baseline Group (n=99), 62.3% of patients with a moderate-high risk of stroke (CHA2DS2-VASc score ≥ 2) were discharged on guideline-based OAC therapy. In the Multidisciplinary Team Cohort group (physicians and pharmacist, n= 131), 87.8% of patients with a moderate-high risk of stroke were discharged on guideline-based OAC therapy, a 25.5% improvement in the treatment gap for appropriate anticoagulation in high-risk NVAF patients (p-value < 0.001, 95% CI (0.14-0.37)). This comparison is a combination of patients admitted through the ED and discharged home from the ED or from inpatient admission. Early identification and intervention of NVAF patients in the ED can significantly improve the percentage of high-risk patients that are discharged home with proper OAC. Although current guidelines do not clearly indicate the ED physician’s role in prescribing chronic OAC, our study demonstrates that a multidisciplinary shared decisionmaking model can successfully address the current treatment gap. We hope the results of our study will promote the implementation of this multidisciplinary model in EDs around the United States, as well as advocate for the American College of Cardiology to collaborate with ED organizations to create ED-specific guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation.

Haloterrigena mahii sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a solar saltern.

A pleomorphic, gas-vesicle-containing, halophilic archaeon, designated strain H13T, was isolated from the solar saltern of the Western Salt Co., Chula Vista, California, USA. Cells of strain H13T were non-motile, rod-shaped and 3-10 µm in length. The optimum growth conditions were 3.5-5.0 M NaCl, 45-55 °C, and pH range of 6.5-8.2. The major polar lipids were C20C20 and C20C25 derivatives of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol phosphate methyl ester and disulfated diglycosyl diether-1. The G+C content of he genome of strain H13T was calculated as 65.10 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA and rpoB' genes revealed that strain H13 was most closely related to Haloterrigena saccharevitans AB14T (16S rRNA gene sequence similarity: 99.51 %; rpoB' sequence similarity: 96.19 %) and Haloterrigena thermotolerans PR5T (99.11 %; 95.50 %). Strain H13T showed low genome relatedness values with Htg. saccharevitans AB14T and Htg. thermotolerans PR5T based on estimated average nucleotide identity (ANI; 92.59 and 91.68 %, respectively) and genome-to-genome distance analysis (GGDA; 47.90 and 45.00 %, respectively). Based on the phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic properties and the genome relatedness, it is evident that strain H13T represents a novel species of the genus Haloterrigena, for which the name Haloterrigena mahiisp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is H13T (=BCRC 910151T=NBRC 111885T).

Getting better together

At High Tech Elementary Chula Vista in California, teachers are using improvement science, a method for solving a problem of practice with disciplined inquiry, to help students make their thinking visible. The teachers wanted to increase students’ use of how and why language to articulate their thinking; to that end, they’ve been using short cycles of inquiry, action, and reflection to test different change ideas. The teachers found that improvement science fosters reflective practice, helps teachers take action, and facilitates collaboration and sharing.

Considerations in biosimilar insulin device development

Considerations in biosimilar insulin device development Andy R Fry,1 Andrew J Krentz,2 Marcus Hompesch2 1Team Consulting Limited, Ickleton, Cambridge, UK; 2Profil Institute for Clinical Research, Chula Vista, CA, USA Abstract: Biosimilar insulins, also known as follow-on biologics, are modifications of an originator insulin that are intended to be clinically equivalent to the licensed product. For injectable insulins, or other peptides used in the management of diabetes, regular use of an insulin pen injector or other device to administer therapy is part of the patient&#39;s self-management regimen. By definition, the biosimilar product should have comparable pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties to the reference product. However, the device is the initial interaction for the patient rather than the product contained within. We consider the regulatory aspects of insulin device development. The options for manufacturers bringing a biosimilar insulin to market, including whether to outsource development of delivery devices, are explored. The structure of a device development program is outlined and issues of accuracy, safety, ease of use, and attractiveness of modern insulin delivery devices are discussed. Keywords: biosimilar insulin, delivery devices, diabetes mellitus&nbsp

Cell sorting analysis of geographically separated hypersaline environments

Biogeography of microbial populations remains to be poorly understood, and a novel technique of single cell sorting promises a new level of resolution for microbial diversity studies. Using single cell sorting, we compared saturated NaCl brine environments (32-35%) of the South Bay Salt Works in Chula Vista in California (USA) and Santa Pola saltern near Alicante (Spain). Although some overlap in community composition was detected, both samples were significantly different and included previously undiscovered 16S rRNA sequences. The community from Chula Vista saltern had a large bacterial fraction, which consisted of diverse Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria. In contrast, Archaea dominated Santa Pola's community and its bacterial fraction consisted of the previously known Salinibacter lineages. The recently reported group of halophilic Archaea, Nanohaloarchaea, was detected at both sites. We demonstrate that cell sorting is a useful technique for analysis of halophilic microbial communities, and is capable of identifying yet unknown or divergent lineages. Furthermore, we argue that observed differences in community composition reflect restricted dispersal between sites, a likely mechanism for diversification of halophilic microorganisms.

Patterns of microbial diversity along a salinity gradient in the Guerrero Negro solar saltern, Baja CA Sur, Mexico

The goal of this study was to use environmental sequencing of 16S rRNA and bop genes to compare the diversity of planktonic bacteria and archaea across ponds with increasing salinity in the Exportadora de Sal (ESSA) evaporative saltern in Guerrero Negro, Baja CA S., Mexico. We hypothesized that diverse communities of heterotrophic bacteria and archaea would be found in the ESSA ponds, but that bacterial diversity would decrease relative to archaea at the highest salinities. Archaeal 16S rRNA diversity was higher in Ponds 11 and 12 (370 and 380 g l−1 total salts, respectively) compared to Pond 9 (180 g l−1 total salts). Both Pond 11 and 12 communities had high representation (47 and 45% of clones, respectively) by Haloquadratum walsbyi-like (99% similarity) lineages. The archaeal community in Pond 9 was dominated (79%) by a single uncultured phylotype with 99% similarity to sequences recovered from the Sfax saltern in Tunisia. This pattern was mirrored in bop gene diversity with greater numbers of highly supported phylotypes including many Haloquadratum-like sequences from the two highest salinity ponds. In Pond 9, most bop sequences, were not closely related to sequences in databases. Bacterial 16S rRNA diversity was higher than archaeal in both Pond 9 and Pond 12 samples, but not Pond 11, where a non-Salinibacter lineage within the Bacteroidetes >98% similar to environmental clones recovered from Lake Tuz in Turkey and a saltern in Chula Vista, CA was most abundant (69% of community). This OTU was also the most abundant in Pond 12, but only represented 14% of clones in the more diverse pond. The most abundant OTU in Pond 9 (33% of community) was 99% similar to an uncultured gammaproteobacterial clone from the Salton Sea. Results suggest that the communities of saltern bacteria and archaea vary even in ponds with similar salinity and further investigation into the ecology of diverse, uncultured halophile communities is warranted.

Putting the Team in Sport Psychology Consulting: Five Sport Psychology Consultants Collaborating Service for Athletes at the USOC

Most conference presentations and professional articles on the application of sport psychology focus on an individual consultants’ work with athletes and teams. Rarely do we hear how a group of consultants under the same roof collaborates in working with athletes and teams. The U.S. Olympic Committee offers a unique opportunity for collaboration between five sport psychologists, three in Colorado Springs and two in Chula Vista. Although each sport psychologist is the designated contact for the Olympic sports under his or her “sportfolio,” we often work together with a particular team or collaborate on projects for the USOC. In addition, when a crisis situation arises, we generate options as a group and provide peer consultation as needed. This article will present the general collaborative model used for USOC Sport Psychology and then provide several examples of how the USOC Sport Psychologists have worked as a consulting team.