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Tbest Model Enhancements – Parcel Level Demographic Data Capabilities And Concepts For Park-And-Ride Modeling, Cutr

Research Reports

No abstract provided.

The White Population: 2010, United States Census Bureau

27th Annual Data Users Conference Reference Documents

2010 Census Briefs

Estimating Personal Physical Activity From Transport, Russell G. Thompson, Horst Kayak

World Transit Research

A substantial and growing proportion of people in developed countries are overweight or obese. Personal physical activity protects against weight gain and obesity. Personal physical inactivity has been linked to a number of common and increasing prevalent health problems such as cardiovascular disease and a number of chronic diseases such as cancer (colon and breast), diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis and depression. Accelerometers can be used to objectively measure a person‟s incidental, intermittent physical activity such as short walks. They also enable movement to be monitored inside buildings that is often not recorded and is difficult using other technologies such as Global …

'The Earth Is Crying Out In Pains Of Childbirth': Bauxite Mining And Sustainable Rural Development In The Brazilian Atlantic Forest, Lena R. Connor

Environmental Analysis Program Mellon Student Summer Research Reports

In 2003, residents of the Serra do Brigadeiro Territory, a rural region of Southeastern Brazil in one of the few remaining patches of the Atlantic Forest, learned of a large number of bauxite concessions in their territory given by the federal government to the prominent Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA), Brazil’s largest aluminum producer. Because the region prides itself on its small-scale agriculture and its lush natural environment, the mining has been the source of much contention in the community. Introduced to the topic by the international conservation non-profit and research center, Iracambi, I spent two months in the territory …

Management Of Professional Boundaries In Rural Primary Care, Kathleen D. Brooks, Rebekah Pratt, Diann S. Eley, Therese M. Zink

Family Medicine Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Celebration Of Publications, Creative Works, And Grants Program, Celebration Of Publications Eiu

Criterion 3 Documents

No abstract provided.

The (Mis)Use Of Disaster As Opportunity: Coerced Relocation From Celaque National Park, Honduras, Benjamin F. Timms

Social Sciences

“Disaster capitalism” refers to political economic processes that take advantage of mass trauma to impose neoliberal capitalist economic policies, facilitating the redistribution of wealth and exacerbating socio-economic divisions. Here the basic tenets of disaster capitalism are applied in another context: how natural disasters can be used to impose exclusionary protected area conservation principles with similar socio-economic consequences and ecological ramifications. The post-Hurricane Mitch relocation of resident populations from Celaque National Park, Honduras serves as a case study whereby a natural disaster, combined with the effects of neoliberal structural adjustment policies, created the opportunity to implement a universal model of exclusionary …

Action Items, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Overview of action items handled by the Graduate Council.

Prism #56, September 2011, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Snmipnuntn, September 2011, University Of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library

Snmipnuntn

No abstract provided.

Bus Service Reform In Melbourne – The Last 5 Years, Peter Parker

World Transit Research

After fifteen years of little change, Melbourne’s bus services have altered significantly in the last five years. Underpinned by policy that supports greater public transport use, reform was driven by three major government programs; SmartBus, minimum standards upgrades and local area service reviews. This paper briefly compares the distribution of each service initiative. Minimum standards upgrades were most widespread, benefiting many middle and outer suburbs. Middle suburbs gained most from SmartBus, especially the City of Manningham where it operates on city as well as orbital routes. And the service reviews were most influential in fringe areas to the west, north …

Exploring The Role Of Public Transport In Agglomeration Economies And Centres, Rhonda Daniels, Corinne Mulley

World Transit Research

Agglomeration economies, the advantages of spatial concentration, are attracting increasing interest. While there is still debate over the mechanisms which deliver benefits, transport has a key role in creating and supporting agglomeration economies. Public transport is of interest because public transport use is highest to higher density concentrations of activity. There are two mechanisms by which public transport can contribute: firstly, through more efficient use of valuable land to deliver people to destinations, and secondly, through the increased opportunities for informal, unplanned interactions between people using public transport and walking rather than driving. The paper investigates two related research questions …

Bird Strike Prevention Version 3.X, Arie Dekker, Hans Van Gasteren, Inge Both

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 13th (2011)

Bird strike prevention is dictated by 3 main aspects of human behaviour:

•Give the Black Jack (+ the bill) to someone else!
•Do something!
•Genesis 1:28

Genesis 1:28

God said to them: “….Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground…”

In Western society this statement has justified and contributed towards a human centered approach towards nature.

Bird strike prevention Version 1.x and 2.x are based on this assumption. “Birds have to make way for undisturbed aviation operations”

Players in the bird strike prevention

Bird Strike …

Anti-Sprawl Initiatives: How Complete Is The Convergence Of Environmental, Desegregationist And Fair Housing Interests?, Zoë Prebble

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.

2010 Annual Report, Thomas F. Turner

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Review Of Ewa Wipszycka, Moines Et Communautés Monastiques En Égypte (Ive-Viie Siècles), Caroline T. Schroeder

College of the Pacific Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

Sanctioning Policies-Australian, American And British Cross-National Reflections And Comparisons, Harry Savelsberg

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Over the last two decades welfare policies have undergone major reforms in Anglo-Western nations such as the U.S., U.K. and Australia. Central to these reforms have been the revision of welfare recipient entitlements and responsibilities and the emergence of a responsibility and obligations agenda. The essence of this agenda is conditionality and reciprocity, and it includes the threat of punitive sanctions for failing to comply with mandatory participation requirements. This paper highlights the potent influence of the ideas of American conservatives on policy reforms in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia and provides a thematic crossnational comparison of sanctioning policies …

Review Of Suicide: Foucault, History And Truth. Ian Marsh. Reviewed By Oona Morrow., Oona Morrow

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Ian Marsh, Suicide: Foucault, History and Truth. Cambridge University Press, 2010. $35.00, paperback.

From The Inside Looking In: A Student Perspective On The Meddling And Muddling Of Education, Alanna Duffy

Spectrum

No abstract provided.

The Changing Understanding Of North American Archaeology And Native American Heritage, Ashley Bourgault

Spectrum

This article explores the evolving ways in which anthropologists, archaeologists, and the United States government have viewed Native American cultural heritage, especially in terms of burials and grave goods. I begin with a historical view of the looting and racism that plagued the disciplines since their inception, and move into the present, while examining how NAGPRA has enabled indigenous communities to have a voice concerning what happens to their heritage, thus transforming archaeology in beneficial and productive ways that were previously not thought possible.

Building Capacity In Physical Activity And Public Health, Russell R. Pate, Jennifer L. Gay, David R. Brown, Michael Pratt

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Increased Floral Divergence In Sympatric Monkeyflowers, Dena L. Grossenbacher, Justen B. Whittall

Biology

Sympatric sister species are predicted to have greater divergence in reproductive traits than allopatric sister species, especially if mating system shifts, such as the evolution of self-fertilization, are more likely to originate within the geographic range of the outcrossing ancestor. We present evidence that supports this expectation-sympatric sister species in the monkeyflower genus, Mimulus, exhibit greater divergence in flower size than allopatric sister species. Additionally, we find that sympatric sister species are more likely to have one species with anthers that overtop their stigmas than allopatric sister species, suggesting that the evolution of automatic self-pollination may contribute to this pattern. …

The Effects Of Articulated Buses On Dwell And Running Times, Ahmed M. El-Geneidy, Nithya Vijayakumar

Journal of Public Transportation

Articulated buses are being operated more frequently on popular bus routes, as they can handle higher passenger loads and increase rider comfort. Dwell and running times associated with articulated buses are expected to be different from regular low-floor buses. We use archived bus operation and passenger information from three heavily-used bus routes operated by the Société de Transport de Montréal, Canada, to measure these differences. Operation of articulated buses yielded to savings in dwell time, especially with high levels of passenger activity and the use of the third door in alighting. These savings were not reflected in running time, due …

What Do Passengers Do During Travel Time? Structured Observations On Buses And Trains , Marie Russell, Rachel Price, Louise Signal, James Stanley, Zachery Gerring, Jacqueline Cumming

Journal of Public Transportation

Structured observation is one way to assess how public transport passengers actually use their travel time. This study reports on 812 adult passengers in Wellington, New Zealand. Researchers recorded passenger characteristics and behavior over a 4-minute period, on a range of routes and times, using 12 pre-set codes. Most passengers (65.3%) were “looking ahead/out the window” at some point in the observation period, more on buses than on trains. About one-fifth of all passengers observed were seen reading, more on trains. Other activities included listening on headphones, talking, texting, and sleeping/eyes closed. Activities were compared on the basis of gender, …

Time Cost Measurement Of Travel In Sydney And Implications For Public Transport Patronage Potential, David Emerson, Bruno Parolin

World Transit Research

This paper reports on findings from a study of which the central research aim was to understand the spatial characteristics of linked trips initiated from three dissimilar areas of Sydney, and to measure the times and costs of these trips by mode. Travel desire was graphically shown to be almost a uniform pattern of linked movement in all directions from the home, almost regardless of where in Sydney the home was located. The transport services were examined to establish just how well public transport was capable of satisfying this revealed demand. The three study areas were well serviced by public …

Land Use Planning And Its Role In Transforming The Adelaide-Gawler Line Into A Transit Corridor Of Connected Transit Oriented Developments, Andrew Allan

World Transit Research

The 2010 30 Year Plan for Greater Adelaide (2010 30YPGA) is a milestone achievement in the planning of public transit networks for the Greater Adelaide metropolitan area because of its explicit strategy of intensifying development densities along the city's major transport corridors and its vision of creating a network of transit oriented developments serviced by high quality integrated transport services. The improvements to the Adelaide-Gawler commuter rail line which are envisaged in the new Plan, call for increased urban densities 800m on either side of the rail line together with several transit oriented developments (TODs) along its 42km length. In …

Public Transport As A Common Pool Resource, Leigh Glover

World Transit Research

Few public transport debates come to terms with the questions of what constitutes public transport, of what is it for, and exactly how it differs from private transport, individual transport, and collective transport. For some engaged in these debates, public transport is supported because of its contribution to net social welfare or to welfare of segments of society; public transport is therefore held as being in the public interest. Although this proposition is most certainly true as a generalisation, it reduces the understanding of public transport to essentially an expression of social values and suffers from being considered as purely …

Evolving Futures For Australian And International Passenger Rail, Chris Hale

World Transit Research

A discussion of prevailing mass transit business models in Australia and further afield – and a look at future prospects for evolution and refinement. Across Australia, each capital city has a unique mass transit business model in place. These models are often the result of slow evolution from historic precedent, or sometimes the consequence of sharp changes in direction and policy. A progressive view of the mass transit business would take in lessons from high-performing exemplars overseas. In the United States, certain transit agencies perform strongly on cost recovery and planning, while also being subject to rigorous requirements for open …

The Loss Of Small Groceries And Hypermarket Growth In Malaysia, H.P. Holst

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

The first hypermarkets in Malaysia opened for business in 1994 / 1995. The hypermarkets grew rapidly and symbolised, or led, a change to large-scale grocery retailing, spatially and organisationally. This modernisation, or organisation, was accompanied by a decline of small groceries in residential communities. Soon Malaysian policy makers began to ascribe the decline of small retailers to the hypermarket growth and heralded the possibility of curtailing the hypermarkets to stop the loss of small businesses. In spite of the rhetoric, the number of hypermarkets - and supermarkets - continued to increase. The purpose of this study was to seek to …

Nokia Siemens Networks: Just Doing Business – Or Supporting An Oppressive Regime?, Judith Schrempf-Stirling

Management Faculty Publications

This case study examines the relevance of taking social and political factors into consideration when a corporation is making a key business decision. In September 2009, Simon Beresford-Wylie, the outgoing CEO of Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), was reviewing the company’s achievements — while acknowledging the latest public criticism regarding NSN’s business relationship with the Iranian government. In the summer of 2009, NSN was accused of complicity in human rights violations linked to Iran’s presidential election. The company sold network infrastructure and software solutions to the Iranian government, which then used this technology to observe, block, and control domestic communications. Should …