Health & Safety vs Sustainable Supply Chain Operations

This poster examines how companies are trying to balance employee health and safety with sustainable supply chain practices. In today’s world, many businesses are facing pressure to protect their workers while also reducing harm to the environment. Our group wanted to learn how companies are working toward these two goals at the same time, so we reviewed articles, reports, and case studies about companies like Amazon, Tesla, and Valmont. These companies are making changes by using automation to reduce injuries, offering better training, and using materials and systems that are safer for the planet. We also looked at how these companies are working with ethical suppliers and reducing carbon emissions in their supply chains. While progress has been made, there are still challenges, such as high costs, the need for new technology, and the time it takes to make these changes. Our research shows that companies can make real improvements in both safety and sustainability when they invest in the right strategies. Doing so not only helps workers and the environment but also builds a stronger and more trusted business

The energy crisis as a constraint upon United States foreign policy from October 1973 through March 1974

By October of 1973 the United States was facing the possibility of an energy crisis—a shortage of domestic petroleum supplies. The Arab oil embargo and international petroleum price increases exacerbated this crisis and acted as a constraint upon United States foreign policy during this period. Three constraints are relevant to the energy crisis; economic, alliance, and perceptual,. A review of the literature on foreign policy constraints gives an explanation of the nature of these constraints and past United States foreign policy. In general economic constraints have been important in United States foreign policy formulation, because both the public and policy-makers attach high value to the attainment of economic goals. AlliAnce constraints have been of varying degrees of importance and the significance of an alliance constraint upon United States foreign policy is usually determined by such factors as the, structure of the international system, the degree of integration, the nature of warfare, the importance of interests involved, the strength of the major powers, and the expectations of allies. Perceptions inevitably influence foreign policy because a policy-maker never has an accurate image of the international situation. In addition, there has been a tendency in American foreign policy formulation to create crises where none really exists. The United States experience with foreign policy constraints during the energy crisis seems to be consistent with this historical experience. Although domestic policy probably could have minimized the harmful effects of energy shortages, the concept of political economy surrounding the problem placed pressure upon policy-makers to find international solutions. Alliance constraints forced the United States to operate through collective action. Crisis perceptions also heightened the urgency of finding solutions. The United States policy which emerged from this period stressed mediation in Mideast negotiation and international cooperation to solve energy shortages. These policies were the direct result of constraints imposed by the energy crisis.Political Science, Department o

Senior Recitals

Senior recital presented at Kenton Hall in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor of Music (BM) in Performance (use Composition if it is a composition recital) degree

Predicting Colorectal Cancer Occurrence in IBD.

Patients with colonic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC), and are therefore enrolled into a surveillance programme aimed at detecting dysplasia or early cancer. Current surveillance programmes are guided by clinical, endoscopic or histological predictors of colitis-associated CRC (CA-CRC). We have seen great progress in our understanding of these predictors of disease progression, and advances in endoscopic technique and management, along with improved medical care, has been mirrored by the falling incidence of CA-CRC over the last 50 years. However, more could be done to improve our molecular understanding of CA-CRC progression and enable better risk stratification for patients with IBD. This review summarises the known risk factors associated with CA-CRC and explores the molecular landscape that has the potential to complement and optimise the existing IBD surveillance programme