City Department Research Articles

Tripartite Social Roles of Urban Underground Pipeline Informatization in China

Urban underground pipelines (UUPs) are critical infrastructure, and their safe operation has become a key concern in Chinese society. Currently, the tripartite social roles of the local people’s government, pipeline management departments, and the public are crucial in the informatization of urban underground pipelines. In this study, a survey was conducted among 126 professionals and technical personnel involved in underground pipeline informatization across eight cities in different regions of China. A quantitative weighted evaluation model was established using the Project Quantitative Index (PQI) and principal component analysis (PCA) to investigate the value of the tripartite aforementioned social groups in UUP informatization. The results indicate: (1) There is a significant positive correlation between the tripartite social roles and the promotion of UUP informatization. Moreover, the indicators with the highest PQI value are “Establishment of UUP informatization management departments” and “Support the work of the UUP informatization industry association” under the role of the local people’s government. (2) The informatization work of underground pipelines in different cities is affected differently by the tripartite social roles. This suggests that the local people’s government and professional management departments in different cities can proactively leverage their unique advantages in UUP informatization based on their specific circumstances. (3) PCA results showed that the indicators related to the public carried significant weight, indicating that the public also played an important role in UUP informatization. The degree of UUP informatization in the eight studied cities is ranked as follows: Guangzhou > Beijing > Qingdao > Kunming > Shanghai > Chengdu > Wuhan > Sian. This paper further discusses the unique roles and contributions of the tripartite social groups in UUP informatization, aiming to provide decision support for the future construction, management, and safe operation and maintenance of urban underground pipelines in China.

Practice Facilitation and Clinical Performance Feedback Using the Electronic Health Record Improved Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Management in Small Primary Care Practices in New York City.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) disproportionately affects people of color and those with lower household income. Improving blood pressure (BP) and cholesterol management for those with or at risk for CVD can improve health outcomes. The New York City Department of Health implemented clinical performance feedback with practice facilitation (PF) in 134 small primary care practices serving on average over 84% persons of color. Facilitators reviewed BP and cholesterol management data on performance dashboards and guided practices to identify and outreach to patients with suboptimal BP and cholesterol management. Despite disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, practices demonstrated significant improvements in BP (68%-75%, P <.001) and cholesterol management (72%-78%, P =.01). Prioritizing high-need neighborhoods for impactful resource investment, such as PF and data sharing, may be a promising approach to reducing CVD and hypertension inequities in areas heavily impacted by structural racism.

Prospective Spatiotemporal Cluster Detection Using SaTScan: Tutorial for Designing and Fine-Tuning a System to Detect Reportable Communicable Disease Outbreaks.

Staff at public health departments have few training materials to learn how to design and fine-tune systems to quickly detect acute, localized, community-acquired outbreaks of infectious diseases. Since 2014, the Bureau of Communicable Disease at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has analyzed reportable communicable diseases daily using SaTScan. SaTScan is a free software that analyzes data using scan statistics, which can detect increasing disease activity without a priori specification of temporal period, geographic location, or size. The Bureau of Communicable Disease's systems have quickly detected outbreaks of salmonellosis, legionellosis, shigellosis, and COVID-19. This tutorial details system design considerations, including geographic and temporal data aggregation, study period length, inclusion criteria, whether to account for population size, network location file setup to account for natural boundaries, probability model (eg, space-time permutation), day-of-week effects, minimum and maximum spatial and temporal cluster sizes, secondary cluster reporting criteria, signaling criteria, and distinguishing new clusters versus ongoing clusters with additional events. We illustrate how to support health equity by minimizing analytic exclusions of patients with reportable diseases (eg, persons experiencing homelessness who are unsheltered) and accounting for purely spatial patterns, such as adjusting nonparametrically for areas with lower access to care and testing for reportable diseases. We describe how to fine-tune the system when the detected clusters are too large to be of interest or when signals of clusters are delayed, missed, too numerous, or false. We demonstrate low-code techniques for automating analyses and interpreting results through built-in features on the user interface (eg, patient line lists, temporal graphs, and dynamic maps), which became newly available with the July 2022 release of SaTScan version 10.1. This tutorial is the first comprehensive resource for health department staff to design and maintain a reportable communicable disease outbreak detection system using SaTScan to catalyze field investigations as well as develop intuition for interpreting results and fine-tuning the system. While our practical experience is limited to monitoring certain reportable diseases in a dense, urban area, we believe that most recommendations are generalizable to other jurisdictions in the United States and internationally. Additional analytic technical support for detecting outbreaks would benefit state, tribal, local, and territorial public health departments and the populations they serve.

Harlem Health Advocacy Partners: A Local Health Department's Place-Based Community Health Worker Program.

In January 2015, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene launched Harlem Health Advocacy Partners (HHAP), a place-based initiative to demonstrate the capacity of a CHW workforce to improve the health of residents of public housing. The long-term goal of HHAP is to improve the population health of residents of public housing in East and Central Harlem and to close racial gaps in health and social outcomes. A variety of evaluation approaches have been used to assess the initiative. This paper describes the HHAP model and methods for evaluating the program.

Developing reinforcement of character education by implementing religious nationalism values

Character education teaches ethical values in society and the state. It included religious nationalism values in the educational curriculum aimed at passing down the norms that apply to the life of a society. This study aimed to analyze the reinforcement of character education by implementing religious nationalism values in the school of Nasima, Method of this research used an ethnographic qualitative design. The research instruments utilized interview, observation, and documentation formats. Data collection was conducted by interviewing the foundation's chairman, school principal, teachers, and parents of students as core informants, and triangulation was carried out by interviewing educational supervisors and the education department of Semarang city. The results of the study revealed that reinforcement of character education by implementing religious nationalism values in the school of Nasima applied role play, exemplifying, the habituation of students to strengthening their good-manner behavioral culture, honesty, discipline, and the formation of religious nationalism character. The realization of education and religious character towards strengthening the values of nationalism can be implemented through four strategies, namely an integrated learning strategy between subjects carried out by teachers in the classroom, parental engagement strategy, school collaboration with society for strengthening the values of religious nationalism and their daily positive behavior through extracurricular activities and a partnership education strategy by involving agencies. government, private sector, religious leaders, and community leaders.

Sociological analysis of military education in Kazakhstan

Relevance. High-quality military education, which guarantees the creation of effective armed forces capable of repelling threats to national security, is one of the main factors in determining the strength and influence of a state in the international arena. Purpose. The purpose of the study was to determine the features and specifics of military education in Kazakhstan by studying the activities of military educational institutions and departments in large cities of the country. Methodology. The study used system-analytical method, with the help of which it became possible to consider the basic characteristics of the military education system in Kazakhstan; and the historical method, facilitating the analysis of the process of training in military specialities over time. Results. The determining factors and prerequisites for the formation and development of the independent armed forces of the Republics of Kazakhstan were identified and the state's military education system was characterized at all levels, from school to postgraduate education and advanced training courses. Key points in the processes of transformation of state military education were identified, in particular regarding the reorganization of a number of higher military institutions and the creation of a state higher educational institution � National University of Defence of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan � Elbasy. The effectiveness of the military sector was measured using qualitative and quantitative indicators. Additionally, the main military specialities and faculties offered in higher educational institutions in major cities were listed. Conclusions. This study covered the main directions, issues, tasks, and methods of the educational process in Kazakh military universities. It also examined the development of military education in Turkey and Russia, identifying key factors affecting their educational systems. The findings and conclusions can serve as a practical foundation for enhancing national programs to train military specialists in Kazakhstan and other countries. Keywords: army training; higher education institutions; specialized departments; military science; national security

Is corrections officers' use of illegal force networked? Network structure, brokerage, and key players in the New York City Department of Correction

PurposeRecent research on police misconduct has adopted a network perspective, while recent work on correctional officer (CO) use of force has similarly framed it as an organizational behavior, learned through socialization and deployed with considerable discretion. This paper leverages the network paradigm in police misconduct research to study the use of force by COs. MethodsUsing data on lawsuits involving the New York City Department of Correction from 2013 to 2022, this paper forms a co-offending network of those COs who have been sued for excessive force. This paper then uses descriptive social network analysis and key player selection and community detection methods. ResultsAfter describing the basic network structure of COs who use force together, this paper identifies brokers who connect disparate parts of the CO network; it also uses a community detection algorithm to identify clusters of COs involved in force incidents. Finally, the paper compares this network to an analogous network of police use of force, finding structural similarities. ConclusionsThis analysis bridges disparate work on correctional officer use of force and police misconduct; for policymakers who seek to curtail COs' excessive use of force, this paper might provide a blueprint for identifying key players and clusters.

An exploratory study of critical incidents within public organizations during leadership change

Background Leadership changes within public organizations are often associated with achieving the organization’s vision. This exploratory study examines critical incidents and the anxiety experienced by the head of the department at the local government in the context of leadership change in the public organization. It explores anxiety, which has rarely been explored in connection with leadership change, especially with regard to public organizations and countries with a high-power distance culture. Thus, it comprehensively describes the sources, course, and consequences of anxiety due to leadership change. Methods Critical incident technique (CIT) was used to conduct analysis because of its suitability as a theoretical framework for the exploratory nature of this research. Data were obtained through in-depth interviews from 26 informants who served as heads of departments in cities. Results The findings revealed the causes, course, and consequence of the anxiety experienced in response to leadership change. Political choice, culture change, policy change, fear of loss, and unaccountable financing were identified as sources of anxiety. Anxiety manifested through negative, cognitive, and behavioral reactions. The consequences were divided into in-circle, out-circle, and ambivalence-circle participation. Conclusions High-power distance culture causes leaders to portray hegemony with boundaries that are difficult to access as well as appear more directive to strengthen control within the organization. The integrated model presented here (causes, course, and consequences of anxiety) is expected to enrich the integrated, modern, and emotional science through a functional account of the emotional approach. Cognitive and affective reactions have a two-way relationship, wherein emotion influences cognition and cognition elicits emotion.

The Strategy of Bandung City Department Trade and Industry to Development Small and Medium Industries

This research aims to determine the influence of Marketing Strategy and Service Quality dimensions on User Satisfaction using quantitative methods and descriptive approaches. The sampling used is probability sampling, namely simple random sampling with a sample size of 100 respondents. The analysis used includes validity testing, reliability testing, classical assumption testing, multiple regression analysis, correlation coefficient, coefficient of determination, and hypothesis testing. Research results include that Marketing Strategy and Service Quality has a significant effect on User Satisfaction. Simultaneous calculation results state that Marketing Strategy and Service Quality have a positive and significant influence on User Satisfaction. Based on this analysis, DISDAGIN Bandung City designed a development strategy for Small and Medium Industries. The managerial implication of the relationship between Marketing Strategy and Service Quality dimensions on User Satisfaction is the importance of holistic management that combines these two aspects to increase user satisfaction. Managers need to focus on an in-depth understanding of user needs, developing appropriate marketing strategies, and implementing high service quality to strengthen customer loyalty and brand image.

Effects Of A Combination Of Microscopic Handgrip And Nature's Voice On A Client's Blood Pressure With Hypertension

Background: Hypertension is the number one cause of death in the world every year because it causes complex cardiovascular problems. Semarang City Department's 2023 health profile data shows the number of hypertension is 24,949. Practicing holding a handgrip is a non-pharmacological therapy for treating hypertension because it stabilizes blood pressure and heart rate. Many combination therapies are used, including combining handgrip exercises with sound waves. Natural sounds will stimulate the hypothalamus, resulting in a feeling of calm and have an effect on the blood pressure regulation mechanism. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a combination of handgrip exercise and natural sounds on the blood pressure of clients with hypertension. This research method is a pre-experimental one group pre and post test design and sampling using purposive sampling technique. The population of this study were clients who were recorded as suffering from hypertension at the Sekaran Semarang Community Health Center. The research instrument uses a digital spygmomanometer and SOP for action. The research stages consist of preparation, implementation and processing of research data. The steps in the preparation stage are literature study, field survey, discussions with lecturers and experts, developing procedures for the combination of handgrip exercise and natural sounds, expert review, and socialization of the combination of handgrip exercise and natural sounds to clients and families. The implementation stage is carried out by collecting data on clients registered at the Sekaran Semarang Community Health Center, pre and post tests by measuring blood pressure using a spygmomanometer, implementing actions according to the prepared SOP, observing implementation using an observation sheet. In the data processing stage, a Paired Sample T-test was carried out to assess the effect of the combination of handgrip exercise and natural sounds on the blood pressure of clients with hypertension. The targeted output is publication in national journals indexed by Sinta and HAKI. The TKT target for this combination of handgrip exercise and natural sounds is level 2. The research results showed that 91.67% of respondents experienced an average reduction in systolic blood pressure of 10.69 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure of 6.11 mmHg. Based on the Paired Sample T-test, the results obtained were 0.000 for the systolic value and 0.001 for the diastolic value, both of which were smaller than the p value of 0.05, so it was concluded that there was an influence of the combination of handgrip exercise and natural sounds on the blood pressure of clients with hypertension. The results of this research can be input for related parties to implement a combination of handgrip exercise and natural sounds as non-pharmacological therapy for hypertension sufferers.

Spatial Planning Policy Analysis and Participation Support Society Towards Environmental Sustainability

The research is purpose to find out implementation spatial planning policies on Bekasi city for stainable environmental management? Analytical methods used are: 1) Geo-physics analysis of land suitability analysis, 2) physical analysis; 3) Analysis of environmental management, 4) Analysis of socio-economic conditions, and 5) Analysis of Geographic Information System (GIS). The results obtained that spatial planning and environmental carrying capacity can be concluded that to meet the needs of diverse development needs to develop a spatial pattern of land use, coordinate, procedures for water and other resources in a unified a dynamic environment. To meet the needs of diverse development needs to develop a spatial pattern coordinate system guana land, procedures for water and other resources in a unified order dynamic environment. For that layout needs to be managed by an integrated pattern through a regional approach with respect to site natural environment, socio-cultural environment, and the artificial environment in accordance with its development. Good city spatial structure with more increased public participation in city layout is expected to be better. The parties involved in these activities the city department of administration, the whole society. There is a direct influence on the city hall community participation in maintaining a healthy environment, so if you want to increase public participation in maintaining a healthy environment can be done by increasing the city spatial planning. Knowledge to community environmental management in maintaining a healthy environment, can be done by improving environmental management Knowledge community.

Empirical Analysis of the Relationship Between Hospitalization and Mortality in Different Administrative Districts of New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a severe threat to global public health, particularly in New York City, where the impact has been substantial. Against this backdrop, understanding the relationship between hospitalization and mortality, as well as how this relationship is influenced by the economic and healthcare conditions of different regions, becomes an urgent and important research topic. This study aims to explore the relationship between hospitalization and mortality in different administrative districts of New York City (Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island) during the COVID-19 pandemic, and further analyze how economic development and healthcare conditions affect this relationship. Utilizing data provided by the New York City Department of Public Health, two differently configured regression models are employed for analysis. Model 1 solely considers the impact of hospitalization numbers on mortality numbers, while Model 2 further incorporates area and time as control variables. These findings not only provide significant insights into the geographical and socio-economic differences in the pandemic but also offer targeted suggestions for policy-making.

Earliest records of the Asian longhorned tick (Acari: Ixodidae) in Staten Island, New York, and subsequent population establishment, with a review of its potential medical and veterinary importance in the United States.

Three Asian longhorned ticks (Haemaphysalis longicornis) were collected on Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, in 2014-2015 as part of a tick-borne disease surveillance program conducted by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Defense Centers of Public Health - Aberdeen Tick-Borne Disease Laboratory. These records mark the earliest known occurrence of H. longicornis in New York State outside of quarantine areas, predating previously reported detections by several years. Robust populations of H. longicornis were collected in subsequent years at the Staten Island site where these few ticks were found, demonstrating that small infestations have the potential to proliferate quickly. Haemaphysalis longicornis is a 3-host ixodid tick native to eastern Asia but now established in the United States, as well as Australasia and several Pacific islands. Although H. longicornis has not yet been associated with human disease transmission in the United States, it warrants attention as a potential vector, as it is demonstrated to harbor various pathogens of medical and veterinary interest across its native and introduced range.

How did New York City Asians and Asian Americans get a Lunar New Year school holiday?

Abstract Asians and Asian Americans lobbied for more than two decades without avail to get official public school recognition of Lunar New Year. On Lunar New Year Day in 2011, the New York City Department of Education, suspecting fraudulent attendance reporting, raided Shuang Wen PS 184M, the first Chinese dual language school in NYC and in the U.S. The principal was reassigned to administrative duty pending investigations, and a gag order was put on the school to prohibit communicating with any outside organization or media. In response, Asian American communities coalesced around a redistricting effort and schooling issues to push for recognition of the cultural practices of Asians. Prompted by the interim principal of Shuang Wen, Asian-serving principals encouraged students to take the Lunar New Year Day off in 2012, a mass action which resulted in official recognition of Lunar New Year as a school holiday in the 2015–2016 school year.

DOES THIS MEAN WE GET AN A? CAUSAL IMPLICATIONS OF CHANGES IN SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY

Many states and districts in the United States use school report cards to share accountability data in which K–12 schools are rated on a variety of metrics, including test scores, which create a categorical grade or rating. These report cards are shared with the public as a mechanism of school accountability and in the process of school choice. This paper explores the causal impact of a school report card used by the New York City Department of Education which was not attached to specific rewards and/or sanctions. I use a regression discontinuity approach to analyze the impact of receiving a lower rating. I find that just receiving a low rating leads to an increase in Math score growth in comparison to similar schools just beyond the cut point, although no such effect is found in English score growth. I also explore implications in the context of school/district policy and leadership.

Construction of Knowledge Graph for Emergency Resources

Knowledge graphs can effectively organize and represent information related to emergency resources for unforeseen sudden events. In this study, we construct a model layer for the knowledge graph of emergency resources, focused on sudden events, through the classification and analysis of unforeseen disaster measures. This study defines eight interconnected entity types, each characterised by a set of attributes and engaging in one or more relationships with other entity types. Utilizing 121 incident investigation reports from the emergency management departments of various provinces and cities over the past five years, we select five entities with the highest frequency of occurrence along with their corresponding four relationships. We then design an extraction plan for these entities and relationships. Based on the completed knowledge graph data, we formulate 14 questions related to emergency resources for sudden events and construct 19 corresponding question-and-answer templates using a template-based question-answering (QA) approach. We retrieve the corresponding Cypher statement templates through template mapping and obtain the question answers through querying. Finally, we design a knowledge graph question-and-answer system using the Django web framework, which includes entity queries and knowledge QA functions, specifically for emergency resources related to sudden events.

Penerapan E-absensi dalam Meningkatkan Kinerja Aparatur Sipil Negara di SDN 163098 Kota Tebing Tinggi

In the light to improve the civil servants’ performance in Tebing Tinggi City, The Communication and Information Department launched the e-absensi application, including to the employee of SDN 163098. This application is claimed to be more effective in improving the employees’ performance because it uses GPS technology to record the location point when the employees fill out the attendance thus it lessens the fraud in filling out the attendance. This study aims to examine the claim using qualitative study by interviewing two source people. They are the civil servants at SDN 163098 Tebing Tinggi City. The result shows that the application of e-absesnsi at SDN 163098 Tebing Tinggi City gives positive impact on the improving employees’ performance. They become more disciplined and attend school earlier so the students will not get neglected and can start class on time.

Problems of registration of acts of civil status of Ukrainians abroad who left during martial law in Ukraine

Acts of civil status are actions and events that occur and initiate, change, supplement or terminate inextricably linked to an individual and the possibility of being a subject of civil rights and obligations.&#x0D; The State Register of Civil Status Acts must include the following information: birth; adoption; deprivation and restoration of parental rights; marriage registration; divorce; change of name; and death of an individual. The authorized bodies empowered to carry out state civil registration are the state civil registration authorities (central executive body in the field of state civil registration, state civil registration departments of the Main Department of Justice of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, main departments of justice in regions, cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol, district, district in cities, city (cities of regional significance), city and district departments of justice).&#x0D; A vital record is a state document issued by an authorized body to carry out state registration of civil status acts, which contains personal information about a person and confirms the fact of such an action or event.&#x0D; Over the past two years, the state has significantly simplified the state registration of civil status acts. In particular, it is now possible to submit an application for marriage registration through the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services (Diia Portal), and if one of the spouses is a military officer, state registration of marriage can be conducted by the civil registry offices without the personal participation of such a bride or groom, and state registration of civil status acts can be conducted in diplomatic missions.&#x0D; The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation has provoked an unprecedented flow of Ukrainians who were forced to flee Ukraine abroad as a result of the fighting. According to the Ombudsman of Ukraine, as of 2022, 14.5 million Ukrainians have left the country. The exact figures are being investigated.&#x0D; However, many citizens abroad face problems with state registration of civil status acts in diplomatic missions, which makes it impossible for them to fully exercise their right.

Facilitators and barriers to accessing hepatitis B care in the postpartum period among foreign-born New Yorkers: a qualitative analysis of case notes

BackgroundApproximately 241,000 people are living with hepatitis B in New York City. Among those living with hepatitis B, pregnant people are particularly at risk for elevated viral load due to changes in immune response and require prompt linkage to health care. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Viral Hepatitis Program implemented a telephone-based patient navigation intervention for people living with hepatitis B in the postpartum period to connect them with hepatitis B care.MethodsDuring the intervention, patient navigators called participants to inquire about their past experience with receiving care, available supports, and barriers to care, and worked with them to develop a plan with participants for linkage to hepatitis B care. The information collected during initial assessments and follow-up interactions were recorded as case notes. In this qualitative study, researchers conducted a thematic analysis of 102 sets of case notes to examine facilitators and barriers to accessing hepatitis B care among the intervention participants, all of whom were foreign-born and interested in receiving hepatitis B patient navigation services.ResultsThe qualitative analysis illustrated the various ways in which patient navigators supported access to hepatitis B care. Findings suggest that receiving care through a preferred provider was a central factor in accessing care, even in the presence of significant barriers such as loss of health insurance and lack of childcare during appointments. Expectations among family members about hepatitis B screening, vaccination and routine clinical follow up were also identified as a facilitator that contributed to participants’ own care.ConclusionsThis study suggests that while there are numerous barriers at the personal and systemic levels, this patient navigation intervention along with the identified facilitators supported people in accessing hepatitis B care. Other patient navigation initiatives can incorporate the lessons from this analysis to support people in connecting to a preferred provider.

Choroid Plexus Tumors of the Central Nervous System: A Review of Data with a Case of Disseminated Choroid Plexus Papilloma.

To highlight the critical role of molecular profiling of choroid plexus epithelium tumors (CPTs) in guiding individualized treatment strategies. Histopathological diagnoses were obtained from surgically resected tumors at Centro Medico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, Mexico City (Department of Neurosurgery). The cohort comprised four children (two females and two males) and three adults (one male and two females). This study retrospectively analyzed data from seven patients diagnosed with CPT over a 5-year period. The pathological distribution consisted of three carcinomas, three papillomas, and one disseminated choroid plexus papilloma. Patient ages ranged from 1 to 62 years. All patients received chemotherapy, with four patients additionally undergoing radiotherapy. The median survival rate was six months, with one patient (carcinoma diagnosis) succumbing to the disease. CPT, characterized by low incidence, present a significant clinical challenge. Histological grade remains the primary prognostic factor. Disseminated choroid plexus papilloma, an infrequent entity with limited reported cases, exhibits no response to radiotherapy. Moving forward, this field urgently requires the exploration of targeted molecular therapies and minimally invasive surgical approaches to address these rare and intricate tumors.