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Item Post Operative Ostomy Teaching Effects on Individuals Scoping Review Search Strategy(2025-04-22)To identify studies to include or consider for this scoping review, the review team worked with a librarian (TN) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The PRISMA-ScR extension was followed for search reporting. The librarian (TN) developed the search for PubMed (NLM) and translated the search for every database searched. The PubMed (NLM) search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy. All final searches were peer-reviewed by another librarian (JB) following the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS checklist). The search was limited by date from 2000 to Present, English language studies, and adults only patient studies.Item Trauma-informed Processes and Products Evaluation through a Disability Lens(2025-04)To identify studies to include or consider for this rapid scoping review, the review team worked with a librarian (TN) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The PRISMA-ScR extension was followed for search reporting. The librarian (TN) developed the search for PubMed (NLM) and translated the search for every database searched. The PubMed (NLM) search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy. All final searches were peer-reviewed by another librarian (BF) following the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS checklist). The search was limited by date from 01/01/2019 to 11/21/2024.Item Bird Migration and Collisions at Temple University(2025-03-26)This presentation talks about Spring and Fall Bird Migration and how it is pertinent to Temple University. Temple University is in the center of a major bird migration route in the United States termed the Atlantic Flyway. During this migration, 100 million to 1 billion birds die in the United States due to window strikes. In recent years, the effect of Temple's infrastructure on bird migration and window strikes has been studied more closely. This presentation compiles data from iNaturalist's Bird Safe Philly project, and highlights the locations of collisions and species that are colliding with buildings. It also covers mitigation strategies and what other universities and buildings have done to save energy and birds.Item “The Unpleasantness of Bombing”: The American Bombing of Bucharest in World War II(2025-03-15)This paper examines the effectiveness and consequences of the United States Fifteenth Air Force’s bombing of Bucharest, Romania from April 4 to August 26, 1944. It argues that the bombing of Bucharest contributed to the success of the Allied Combined Bomber Offensive in Europe but also caused a number of Romanian civilian and American military casualties. First, the paper establishes the context of Romania as an Axis power in World War II. Second, the paper analyzes the Allied strategic bombing strategy in Europe. Bucharest’s marshalling yards were determined to be valuable transportation targets, and the United States Fifteenth Air Force was instructed to bomb them. Third, the paper looks at the bombing of Bucharest from both the American military and Romanian civilian perspectives. Utilizing mission reports and group diaries provided by the Air Force Historical Research Agency, the paper explores the American perspective by identifying specific targets and outcomes from the nearly five months of sporadic bombing. The paper also includes the perspective of Mihail Sebastian, a Romanian Jew who lived through and wrote about the bombing of Bucharest in his diary. Ultimately, the paper demonstrates that the American bombing of Bucharest reduced Romanian exports to Germany, hindered Axis transportation in Romania, and weakened the morale of Romanian political leaders who eventually surrendered to the Allies. However, the paper also emphasizes that the bombing campaign resulted in the deaths of approximately 6,000 Romanian civilians and 375 American airmen.Item Environmental justice implications of NFIP pricing reforms: A case study of Miami-Dade County(Temple University. Libraries, 2025)The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) faces mounting financial difficulties in the era of climate change. To increase revenue and reduce their debts, the NFIP recently introduced a new pricing methodology called Risk Rating 2.0, claiming that this new approach more accurately assesses flood risk and distributes prices more equitably. The equitability of Risk Rating 2.0 is worth investigating, as environmental justice scholars have long criticized the NFIP for disproportionately benefitting wealthy homeowners over more vulnerable flood zone residents. This study utilizes Miami-Dade County, Florida as a case study to examine the environmental justice implications of Risk Rating 2.0. On average, wealthier zip codes are experiencing greater price increases than low- and middle-income neighborhoods. However, lower-income and higher-poverty zip codes still face an elevated cost burden compared to wealthier neighborhoods. These findings suggest that, although the NFIP’s new pricing methodology distributes prices more equitably than it has in the past, it does not address environmental justice concerns, as flood insurance premiums are rising across the board and still disproportionately burden low- and middle-income zip codes. In particular, Miami-Dade County’s lower-income zip codes near the Everglades face substantial rate increases due to their severe flood vulnerability, meaning flood insurance will likely become unaffordable for many residents.