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As part of the HSE’s ongoing efforts to address vulnerabilities, DHS S&T and USBP conducted a field test at USBP Havre Sector.

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The New Jersey Population Health Cohort Study, now in the design phase, will collect biometrics, survey responses and other granular data over time on major outcomes such as stress, resilience, trauma and cognitive function from a broad cross-section of the population across multiple generations, with additional targeting of low-income residents and diverse immigrant groups.

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Keywords: Population Based Studies, Cohort Studies, Cohort Study, New Jersey, New York, Health, Health Equity, health disparaties, health access, Stress, Research, epidemiolgy, Acculturation, Minorites, Aging, Environment, Public Policy, Public Health, Population Health

Researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology have linked high levels of DDT in Indian immigrants in the U.S. with risk factors for diabetes.

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Keywords: Pollutants, DDT, persistent organic pollutants, PCBS, Immigrants, Diabetes, Diabetes Risk, Diabetes Risk Factors

DHS S&T has awarded $200,000 to SecureKey Technologies based in Toronto, Canada to adapt its identity network solution to support the issuance and validation of digital credentials.

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Keywords: SVIP, Cybersecurity, Science And Technology, R&D

DePaul University associate professor David Wellman, an expert in the relationship between diplomacy, interreligious engagement and ecological ethics in building bridges across boundaries of difference, believes that transprofessional diplomacy — involving a coordinated effort on the part of track one, track two and track three diplomats — could play an important role in addressing complex challenges such as the rise of nationalism in Europe.

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Keywords: Diplomacy, applied diplomacy, diplomats, citizen diplomats, Transprofessional diplomacy, Transprofessional Diplomats, Track one diplomacy, Track two diplomacy, Track three diplomacy, Nationalism, rise of nationalism in Europe, Immigration, nation-state diplomats, Ngos, non-governmental organizations

Cornell Law School's Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic worked to win asylum for a Ghanaian man who traveled to the United States after surviving a mob attack in Accra in 2015.

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Keywords: Asylum, Refugee, Immigration, Law, legal aid, Law School

DHS S&T recently collaborated with the USBP and FLETC to deliver a multi-part solution by implementing innovative tools and capabilities that enable USBP agents to leverage the knowledge, skills, and abilities of expert trackers (professionals trained to detect, track, follow and apprehend potential adversaries) and use emerging technologies to maximize their tracking performance.

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A year before the 2020 presidential election, Americans report various issues in the news as significant sources of stress, including health care, mass shootings and the upcoming election, according to this year’s Stress in America™ survey by the American Psychological Association (APA). More than half of U.S. adults (56%) identify the 2020 presidential election as a significant stressor, an increase from the 52% of adults who reported the presidential election as a significant source of stress when asked in the months leading up to the 2016 contest.

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Keywords: Stress, Stress and Anxiety, Healthcare, mass shooting, Election, Politics, politics and anxiety, Psychology, psychology & social behavior

Geographers are linking the political and human rights issues at borders today to the legacies of foreign and domestic policy across the globe since World War I.

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Keywords: Geography, Borders, Border Politics, Human Rights, United Nations, World War I, World War Ii, Cold War, History, Refugee

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Keywords: Berlin Wall, Germany, East Germany, Cold War, european politics, european migration, Migrant Crisis