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UN Chronicle Publishes Dr. Scott Carlin Article on Advancing Global Citizenship

The UN Chronicle published an article by Dr. Scott Carlin, an LIU Post Associate Professor of Geography and Chair of the Campus Sustainability Initiatives, in its January 2018 issue on Global Citizenship.  Dr. Carlin co-authored the article with Dr. YuKang Choi, founder and CEO, Dream Touch for All.

Click here to read the article, “The Role of Civil Society in Advancing Global Citizenship,” which discusses the importance of the concept of global citizenship for civil society, emphasizing its role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals.

As the story says:

“Despite its flaws and differing perceptions, global citizenship is one of the most defining paradigm shifts of the contemporary world. We share three complementary viewpoints:

  • It is a way of living that recognizes our world as an increasingly complex web of connections and interdependencies, in which our choices and actions may have repercussions for people and communities locally, nationally or internationally.
  • A global citizen is someone who identifies with being part of an emerging world community and whose actions contribute to building this community’s values and practices.
  • Global Citizenship Education (GCED) aims to empower learners to assume active roles to face and resolve global challenges and to become proactive contributors to a more peaceful, tolerant, inclusive and secure world.“

In 2016 Drs. Carlin and Choi served as co-chairs of the 66th DPI-NGO Conference in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.

The UN Chronicle, a quarterly journal published by the Department of Public Information since 1946, covers information and debate on activities of the United Nations system. It features essays and opinions from official, non-governmental, academic and policymaking groups connected with the Organization. The journal covers a wide-range of topics including: human rights; economic, social and political issues; peacekeeping operations;  international conferences; youth related matters; women and children; and global health.

Dr. Jeffrey Idle, Global Leader in Precision Medicine, Joins LIU Pharmacy

Long Island University has announced the hire of Dr. Jeffrey Idle, one of the world leaders in the fields of metabolomics and pharmacogenetics.  Dr. Idle joins LIU as Endowed Professor and Director of the Division of Systems Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics at The Samuel J. and Joan B. Williamson Institute of the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (LIU Pharmacy).

Through the use of mass spectrometry, metabolomic studies identify the small molecules produced through metabolic processes in cells, tissues, organs, biological fluids and other organisms.  Dr. Idle’s work in this field and in pharmacogenetics has been instrumental in moving therapeutics towards more patient-specific tailored treatments (“precision medicine”) in a broad range of medical specialties.  In addition, metabolomics has been successful in the discovery of biomarkers of disease susceptibility and outcome for cancer patients. Metabolomics and precision medicine may also lead to breakthroughs in treatments for osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, and liver and lung disorders, among other diseases.

“Dr. Idle’s addition will drive LIU’s evolution into a progressive and leading research institution,” said Dr. John Pezzuto, Dean of LIU Pharmacy and Vice President for LIU Health and Research. “The Institute’s work will place LIU at the forefront of precision medicine, providing innumerable opportunities for collaboration with government research bodies, medical schools, hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry.”

When completed in early 2018, the new, 1,100-square-foot lab in the refurbished Pharmacy building will contain state-of-the-art liquid chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry equipment, together with genomic analysis of DNA, allowing Dr. Idle and his team to advance his vital work at LIU.

“I am excited to join the world-class team at LIU where there is a strong commitment to invest in research,” Dr. Idle said.  “Precision medicine takes into account the differences between individuals to find patient-centric approaches to improve treatment.  The research we will conduct at LIU is about improving outcomes for patients.”

Dr. Idle joins LIU from the University of Bern (Switzerland) where he was a visiting professor and research fellow from 2003-2016. In addition, he serves as a consultant in metabolism and a scientific contractor with the Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland since 2002.

Trained in chemistry and biochemistry, Dr. Idle began his career studying drug metabolism under Professor R. Tecwyn Williams and Professor Robert L. Smith at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School (now Imperial College), University of London.  He is an internationally renowned scholar who has held appointments during his career at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School (UK), Newcastle University (UK), the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), Charles University (Czech Republic), and the University of Bern (Switzerland). Dr. Idle is the founding editor of Pharmacogenetics, and is the highly-cited author of more than 430 original scientific publications.

Dr. Idle will be joined at the Institute by his colleague, Dr. Diren Beyoğlu, appointed as the Associate Director and Associate Professor in Systems Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics. She is a specialist in metabolomics and lipidomics and has trained in genotoxicity, pharmacogenetics, and chemometrics.  Dr. Beyoğlu received her PhD in Pharmaceutical Toxicology from Marmara University, Istanbul in 2006. She has extensive teaching and laboratory experience and has numerous publications to her credit.

About LIU Pharmacy
The Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (LIU Pharmacy) is currently home to three state-of-the-art research institutes: the Lachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Analysis, the Joan B. and Samuel J. Williamson Institute for Pharmacometrics, and the Natoli Engineering Institute for Industrial Pharmacy Development and Research. LIU Pharmacy is also a member of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education, joining 15 other top schools of pharmacy from across the United States in a shared mission to improve human health by advancing quality, safety, affordability and speed to market of medicines through collaborative research.

LIU Pharmacy, which was founded in 1886 as Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, offers M.S., Ph.D. and Pharm.D. programs.

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LIU Pharmacy Dean, Dr. John Pezzuto, Weighs in on Nutraceuticals in Drug Topics

Nutraceuticals, a term that combines “nutrients” with “pharmaceuticals,” is a new specialization that opens up opportunities in the pharmacy field. As the medical industry expands to include prevention and wellness, there has been a concerted effort to focus on nutrients and how they can affect the body on a medicinal level. The advent of nutraceuticals works to isolate certain nutrients and offer them as supplements to achieve optimal health or help to heal from illness or poor health.

However, Dr. John Pezzuto, Dean of the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (LIU Pharmacy) and Vice President for LIU Health and Research, warns that not all natural products are necessarily safe.

Read more at Drug Topics here.

LIU Student Madison Murchack is Providing a Blanket of Comfort to Veterans with PTSD

Madison Murchak, a student at the Homeland Security and Terrorism Institute at LIU Riverhead, launched an initiative that gets to the heart of something profoundly important: veteran’s well-being.

Murchak’s organization, Fleece Connection, provides comfort to veterans suffering from symptoms of PTSD, stress, anxiety, and depression. Real, physical comfort, in the form of weighted fleece blankets.

According to Medical News Today, weighted blankets have myriad benefits, including: the release of oxytocin in the brain, mimicking the sensation of a hug; the release of serotonin, which reduces stress while improving mood; and the release of melatonin, which promotes sleep and regulates sleep cycles. The pressure of weighted blankets creates a sense of being swaddled and relieves the symptoms of PTSD, autism, sleep disorders and nervous system disorders.

Founded in Pittsburgh in 2015, Fleece Connection is a non-profit charitable organization that makes and distributes weighted fleece blankets to recovering troops and Veterans in Veteran Association hospitals throughout the United States. Fleece Connection blankets are handmade by volunteers at blanket workshops held at businesses, corporations, clubs, universities, and organizations. The blankets made by the volunteers are later hand-delivered to recovering service members in our nation’s Veteran hospitals.

In 2017, Fleece Connection enlisted a total of 400 volunteers from the East Coast help to make blankets and hold workshops. Volunteer bases included numerous Western Pennsylvania Brownie and Girl Scout Troops, law students from Harvard University’s Federalist Society, John Carroll University’s Raleigh Alumni Chapter, Palm Beach Atlantic University students and alumni, Fortune 500 corporations including SAP Ariba, WESCO Distribution, and Integrity Wealth Consulting, as well as many other schools, universities, businesses, and organizations. Fleece Connection blankets were distributed to over 200 veterans and active military in 2017. Fleece Connection blankets reached hospitalized troops and veterans at the VA Pittsburgh Oakland Hospital (Pittsburgh, PA); Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Washington, DC); Fort Bragg Military Base, (Fayetteville, NC); and the New England Center & Home for Veterans, (Boston, MA).  Blankets were also shipped to active duty troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Upon graduation from Long Island University’s Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Institute, Murchak’s desire is to enter the into the Homeland Security field as a counterterrorism analyst working for a three-letter government agency. She attributes her dedication to pursuing a Master’s degree in Homeland Security and Counterterrorism at LIU to all of the men and women she has met throughout her journey with Fleece Connection.

“I have gained a new sense of pride for my country, and am extremely passionate about helping to protect our homeland,” she says.  “I have had the privilege of meeting some of the bravest men and women who have sacrificed everything to keep our country safe and free. Fleece Connection is a small way to thank them for their service, and provide a bit of comfort and support while recovering. My goal is to one day grow Fleece Connection into a nationally recognized charitable organization that serves every single Veteran recovering in VA hospitals throughout the United States.”

As a recognized non-profit organization, Fleece Connection relies 100% on financial donations from generous donors and volunteers like you. We have no paid positions on staff, and all who serve are volunteers. If you feel called to make a donation to help further Fleece Connection’s mission, you can make a donation here https://donorbox.org/support-our-troops-and-veterans. All donations are tax-deductible.

Contact Fleece Connection to learn how you can support our troops and Veterans by hosting a Fleece Connection workshop!

Scholarship Spotlight: Broadening the Scope of Medicine

In the waning days of October, Olga Gornostay was on the verge of a career-shaping journey.

A fourth-year student in LIU Pharmacy’s PharmD program, she was counting down the days before heading to Israel to begin an international rotation at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

“I don’t know what to expect,” Gornostay said before she left. “I just want to see how everything works, how pharmacy operates in Israel.”

Gornostay is no stranger to international travel–she came to the U.S. from Ukraine 10 years ago–but traveling to Israel as a student pharmacist is a particularly exciting opportunity.

And, while Gornostay plans to practice in community pharmacy upon the completion of her degree at LIU, she’s looking forward to seeing how pharmacy is practiced in an Israeli hospital environment compared to the American setting she’s grown accustomed to.

“I’m interested in seeing what interactions the pharmacists have with patients,” Gornostay said, “the differences in the health care systems, and even the legal side of pharmacy.

Gornostay’s trip is one of three scheduled to take place in the 2017-18 academic year as part of LIU Pharmacy’s international experiential elective rotation program. Another fourth-year student, Vera Berman, traveled to Austria this fall on a community pharmacy rotation, with an oncology rotation in Thailand scheduled for the spring semester.

“The health care field in Israel is one of the best in the world, I want to learn as much as I can.”

“It’s important to expose students to other cultures, and allow them to have different experiences with other health systems,” said Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice Dr. Suzanna Gim, who also serves as LIU Pharmacy’s Director of International Affairs. “It helps them understand our health system better.”

For her part, Gornostay hopes that seeing her profession in the context of a different country’s health care system will broaden her understanding of pharmacy itself, putting her in a better position to thrive as she begins her career.

“The more I know about the medicine,” Gornostay said, “the more I can help myself and my family.”

Introducing the Sanford Scholars

In September 2017, LIU Post enrolled its inaugural class of 18 Sanford Scholars. These energetic, entrepreneurial students hail from various parts of the country representing geographic and ethnic diversity. Together, the Sanford Scholars comprise one of the most talented groups of individuals in the history of the College of Management.

As they begin their LIU Post careers, the Sanford Scholars are participating in leadership workshops and taking on entrepreneurship challenges while working through a dedicated program of personal development and coaching to prepare them for successful entrepreneurial careers.

LIU’s effort to recruit the most passionate student entrepreneurs from across the country for the Sanford Scholars Program builds on the University’s longstanding tradition of excellence in business education. The T. Denny Sanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute at LIU is the latest in a series of forward-thinking initiatives designed to build on that tradition and cultivate student entrepreneurship.

LIU is the first private university in the region to participate in Start-Up NY, connecting the University’s innovative community of scholars to the young companies of New York’s vibrant entrepreneurial culture. LIU’s on-campus incubators are modeled on the shared workspaces at the heart of that culture, allowing students to collaborate on their own emerging ventures.

As a national leader in student-run business, LIU’s students manage ventures that range from a computer/technology retailer and a college spirit store to a fashion boutique and an actual investment trading floor. Students also can work for a wide range of clients at LIU Post’s fee-based student consultancy, LIU-iQ Consulting, and develop executive-level experience, enabling them to graduate with résumés that command respect in any job market.

The arrival of the inaugural class of Sanford Scholars brings new energy to these initiatives, and demonstrates how LIU’s partnership with celebrated entrepreneur and philanthropistT. Denny Sanford expands our ability to reach the most inventive and creative students.

The Sanford Scholars’ formal program of immersive experiences at the School of Business and the new Sanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute are just a few examples of how LIU Post is continuing its proud legacy of innovation and leadership into its seventh decade.

Global Institute at LIU Announces “A Conversation with Joe Biden” March 27

Official portrait of Vice President Joe Biden in his West Wing Office at the White House, Jan. 10, 2013. (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Congressman Steve Israel, Chairman of the Global Institute at LIU is pleased to announce a conversation with Vice President Joe Biden at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post on March 27, 2018.

Click here for ticket information.

As part of the Global Institute’s ongoing global lecture series, Vice President Biden brings foreign policy expertise on a wide-range of international issues, as chaos reigns from the Middle East to North Korea to the Sudan. With his storied experience as a Senator for more than thirty years to his two-term vice presidency, Biden offers a deep perspective on the world we live in from the deep recesses of one of the United States government’s highest offices.

The event will include a speech by the Vice President, followed by an exclusive Q&A with the Chairman of the Global Institute, former Congressman Steve Israel. The Global Institute brings important conversations of global consequence, from the Situation Room to the Tilles Center to you.

As a Senator from Delaware for 36 years, Vice President Biden established himself as a leader in facing some of our nation’s most important domestic and international challenges. As Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 17 years, then-Senator Biden was widely recognized for his work on criminal justice issues, including the landmark 1994 Crime Act and the Violence Against Women Act. As Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years, then-Senator Biden played a pivotal role in shaping U.S. foreign policy. He has been at the forefront of issues and legislation related to terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, post-Cold War Europe, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia.

As the 47th vice president of the United States, Biden oversaw the implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was integral to rescuing the economy from the brink of another Great Depression.  The Recovery Act added 2 million jobs to the economy and made an unprecedented investment in America’s infrastructure. According to the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, under former Vice President Biden’s oversight, more than $800 billion dollars were injected into the economy with less than two tenths of one percent waste, fraud or abuse – making it one of the most efficient government programs in history.

In January, President Obama awarded Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom, with Distinction — the highest civilian honor in the U.S.

Since leaving the White House, Vice President Biden continues his legacy of expanding opportunity for all with the creation of the Biden Foundation, the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Biden Institute of Domestic Policy at the University of Delaware. Vice President Biden and his wife Dr. Jill Biden have also founded the Biden Cancer Initiative to end cancer as we know it.

In November 2017, Vice President Biden released his second book, Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose. The book, a New York Times #1 Bestseller, is a personal story from a father, grandfather, husband, and friend as he confronts the inevitability of devastating personal loss, while trying to balance his duty to his family and his country.

Biden is an alumnus of the University of Delaware, Class of 1965.

 

About the Global Institute at LIU
Chaired by former Congressman Steve Israel, The Global Institute at LIU is a premier regional platform for understanding a world that’s increasingly volatile, uncertain and complex. The Institute’s non-partisan mission includes bringing world leaders, thinkers and analysts to campus; serving as a resource for the University as well as regional business leaders and social activists for information and analysis of world events; and helping to prepare students to change our world with new models of innovation and social entrepreneurship. Past speakers have included President Bill Clinton, General (Ret.) Colin Powell and General (Ret.) David Petraeus.

About Long Island University (LIU)
LIU is one of the nation’s largest private universities. Since 1926, LIU has provided high quality academic programs taught by world-class faculty.  LIU offers hundreds of accredited programs to approximately 20,000 students, with a network of over 200,000 alumni, including leaders in industries across the globe. Visit liu.edu for more information.

 

 

 

 

New York Post Cites LIU Brooklyn Study That Finds Cursing Helps Workouts

The New York Post picked up a story about LIU Brooklyn professor Dr. David Spierer’s study with UK professor Dr. Richard Stephens of Keele University that discovered that cursing while working out boosts physical performance.

Their groundbreaking new study published in the Journal of Psychology of Sports and Exercise has found that swearing aloud not only relieves the temporary pain associated with exercise, but can increase physical performance, strength, and power.

According to the study, swearing was shown to produce a 4.6 percent increase in initial power during a 30-second stationary bicycle test called the Wingate test, as well as an 8.2 percent increase in a separate test of maximum hand grip strength.

“Swearing appears to be able to bring about improvements in physical performance that may not be solely dependent on a stress response arising out of the shock value of the swearing,” Dr. Stephens said. “We know that swearing appears to be handled in brain regions not usually associated with language processing. It is possible that activation of these areas by swearing could produce performance improvements across many different domains.”

Dr. Spierer added, “Cursing may allow people to shut down their inhibitions and somewhat veil the effort and the pain of this really difficult task.” In this way, Spierer says, “using swear words might be helpful in any circumstance where muscle strength and a sudden burst of force or speed, is required.”

In the study, Dr. Stephens and Dr. Spierer asked participants to suggest a swear word they might use in response to banging their head accidentally, and for the non-swearing trials, a word to describe a table. Based on Dr. Stephens’ previous research showing beneficial effects of swearing in the context of physical pain, they expected to see nervous system arousal in the form of elevated heart rate and blood pressure correlate with the improvement in physical performance. However, this was not the case.

Dr. Stephens and Dr. Spierer have already begun their second study examining the effect of swearing on more common activities that are found in most exercise programs.

 

 

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Dalia Fahmy

Dr. Dalia Fahmy, Associate Professor of Political Science at LIU Brooklyn and Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Policy, has been making the rounds sharing her expertise in U.S. foreign policy, world politics, international relations, causes of war, and politics of the Middle East.

As global politics steadily grow more volatile, Dr. Fahmy’s expertise has become increasingly valuable. The keynote at the Women’s March-NJ this past January, Fahmy offers a perspective of grounded reality tinged with hope.

Her upcoming book, The Rise and Fall of The Muslim Brotherhood and the Future of Political Islam, looks at the role of Muslimhood and democratization. Her research in Egypt centered on the rise of what she calls the “illiberal intelligencia” in the wake of a coup that removed its democratically-elected president.

“We hold up academics and intellectuals as vanguards of truth with a lower-case t,” she said. “But what happens when we are not? How does society fall apart and bleed into illiberalism and all facets of the society and institutions?”

“When the liberal Intelligencia becomes illiberal–what is the future of democracy?” Fahmy asks.

Fahmy has presented at Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, UCLA- Law and Georgetown, among other institutions.

She also spoke at the Asia Society in the spring on “Terrorism, Tolerance and Democracy,” and has given presentations at the U.S. Institute of Peace and The Wilson Center. This summer, she was named NPR Source of the Week.

At LIU, she aims to educate her students to not only understand the world, but to understand their capacity to change it.

“We are an aspirational country – so if we believe the deck is stacked against us, we are working against the mission of our country to become a more perfect union,” she says. “We aim to allow students to see themselves as part of the intelligencia that will create our future society.”

“Some come from difficult backgrounds. Some are the first to go to college or speak the language, our job is to teach them to have their own agency, to be able to affect the system, rather than have it affect them. They have gone on to Georgetown and Stanford or have gone on to work for congressmen. To awaken students to their endless possibility is the most rewarding part of my job here.”

LIU Hornstein Center Poll Shows President Trump’s Approval Rating Down to 29 Percent

Party Loyalty Strong within Trump’s Shrunken Republican Base

Brookville, NY (January 10, 2018) – A new Long Island University Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis poll showed widespread disapproval of the Executive and Legislative branches. The poll showed that the majority of Americans disapprove of the President (60 percent), the Senate (64 percent), and the House of Representatives (62 percent) current job performance. Views on the Supreme Court’s job performance was more evenly split, with 35 percent approval, 34 percent disapproval, and 30 percent unsure.

The national poll showed a correlation suggesting continued loyalty to the President amongst approximately a quarter of the American public. In three different questions, 25 percent answered that they would vote for him if the election was today, 23 percent said that they approve of the newly passed and signed tax legislation, and 22 percent responded that they primarily identify with the Republican political party. These numbers show that while Trump’s Republican base of support has dwindled since his election night, there is a fiercely loyal group that are unlikely to be swayed by current news cycles or popular opinion.

“There is no question that President Trump has a strong hold on his base – but there is an even stronger group of Americans who find themselves turned off by his non-traditional leadership style,” said Dr. Edward Summers, Fellow at the Hornstein Center.  “The President’s party is hoping that policy wins will re-engage that group and expand his base, but if the 53 percent disapproval of the new tax legislation is any indication, they are going to be fighting an uphill battle during the 2018 midterms.”

The findings are based on a published public opinion poll conducted from January 5-8, 2018 of 1031 Americans.

When asked what political party they primarily identify with, 35 percent of participants identified as Democrats, 36 percent do not identify with any one political party, and 6 percent identified with an alternative party. When asked about their likeliness to vote for President Trump if the election were held today, 63 percent said they would not, 6 percent were unsure, and 5 percent had no opinion. These numbers suggest that while a small Republican base remains enamored with President Trump, those who disapprove of his job performance identify with more than one political party.

Dr. Summers, who obtained his Ph.D. in Public Policy, is a Fellow at the Hornstein Center. His career includes experience in public policy, higher education, and opinion research.

Long Island University

Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis

National Survey

January 5-8, 2018

 

Do you approve of President Trump’s job performance one year into his administration?

Yes:                29%

No:                  60%

Unsure:          11%

 

If the election were held today, would you vote for President Trump?

Yes:                25%

No:                  63%

Unsure:          7%

No Opinion:   5%

 

With which political party do you primarily identify?

Democrat:      35%

Republican:   22%

Other:             6%

I do not primarily identify with any one political party:  36%

 

Do you approve of the job performance of the United States House of Representatives?

Yes:                14%

No:                  63%

Unsure:          23%

 

Do you approve of the job performance of the United States Senate?

Yes:                13%

No:                  64%

Unsure:          23%

 

Do you approve of the job performance of the United States Supreme Court?

Yes:                36%

No:                  34%

Unsure:          30%

 

Do you support the newly passed and signed tax reform legislation?

Yes:                24%

No:                  54%

Unsure:          22%

 

Polling Methodology

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This Long Island University Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling & Analysis poll was conducted through Suveymomkey January 5-8, 2018 in English to 1031 Americans over the age of 18. Polling data was sorted by age, gender & geographic location in efforts to ensure a nationwide representative sample. This poll has an overall margin of error of +/- 3 points.

The Steven S. Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling, and Analysis at LIU Post conducts independent, fair, and balanced polling, empirical research, and analysis on a wide range of public issues including lifestyle preferences. The Center’s goals include informing the community, public and policy makers about critical issues.

 

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