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The Value Of Urban Parklands: A User Study Of The Baldwin Hills, Michele Romolini, Eric Strauss, Sarah Bruce-Eisen, Emily Simso

Center for Urban Resilience Scholarship

This report provides the results of a two-year research study by the Loyola Marymount University Center for Urban Resilience (CURes) to examine park visitation and user behavior and attitudes in the Baldwin Hills Parklands. Supported by the Baldwin Hill Conservancy through California Proposition 84 funding, the goal of this study was to better understand how individuals are using and interacting with the Baldwin Hills Parklands. It is the first large-scale, multi-year, field-based attendance survey and multifaceted analysis of visitors’ experiences in the Parklands, consisting of a pilot and four comprehensive field seasons.

Building on a pilot phase in 2014, 38 …

Kenyon Collegian - August 31, 2017

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

Water, Water, Nowhere: Adapting Water Rights For A Changing Climate, Caleb Hall

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Whitson Coauthors Book On Feminist Spaces Gender And Geography In A Global Context, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Midwestern Us Farmers Perceive Crop Advisers As Conduits Of Information On Agricultural Conservation Practices, Francis R. Eanes, Ajay S. Singh, Brian R. Bulla, Pranay Ranjan, Linda S. Prokopy, Mary Fales, Benjamin Wickerham

All Faculty Scholarship

Nonpoint source pollution from agricultural land uses continues to pose one of the most significant threats to water quality in the US, with measurable impacts across local, regional, and national scales. The impact and the influence of targeted conservation efforts are directly related to the degree to which farmers are familiar with and trust the entities providing the information and/or outreach. Recent research suggests that farmers consistently rank independent and retail-affiliated crop advisers as among the most trusted and influential sources for agronomic information, but little is understood about whether farmers are willing to receive advice from crop advisers on …

Okcupid Data For Introductory Statistics And Data Science Courses, Albert Y. Kim, Adriana Escobedo-Land

Mathematics Sciences: Faculty Publications

We present a data set consisting of user profile data for 59,946 San Francisco OkCupid users (a free online dating website) from June 2012. The data set includes typical user information, lifestyle variables, and text responses to 10 essay questions. We present four example analyses suitable for use in undergraduate introductory probability and statistics and data science courses that use R. The statistical and data science concepts covered include basic data visualization, exploratory data analysis, multivariate relationships, text analysis, and logistic regression for prediction.

Study Of Ship Air Pollution Control In Caofeidian Port, Feng Zhu

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Study On Ship Emissions And Countermeasures In Shanghai Port, Yunfeng Zhang

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Study On The Safety Analysis Of Navigation Environment In Caofeidian Port, Wancheng Yue

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Risk Assessment Of Ship Navigation In Bridge Areas, Miao Yu

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Interpretations, Analyses And Suggestions On The Pollution Prevention Measures In The Polar Code, Hecheng Yan

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Analysis And Research Of The System For The Prevention And Control Of Vessel-Induced Pollution In Shanghai Port, Longxue Wang

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Study On Safety Escort Of Lng Carriers In Port Water Area, Lei Wang

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Study On The Influence Of Ocean Engineering On The Navigation Safety Of Surrounding Waters, Zhaonan Liu

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

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Analysis Of The Impact Of Marine Mrv Program And Market Emission Reduction Measures On China's Shipping Industry, Qiwen Wang

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

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The South China Sea Arbitration Award, Bernard H. Oxman

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

2017 State Of Iwu Address, Eric Jensen

Remarks and Messages

No abstract provided.

Entering The Lake, Edie Steiner

The Goose

Poetry by Edie Steiner.

Evolution Of Water Institutions In The Indus River Basin: Reflections From The Law Of The Colorado River, Daniel Mccool, Jason Anthony Robison, Erum Sattar

Faculty Articles

Transboundary water institutions in the Indus River Basin can be fairlycharacterized as broken in key respects International relations between India andPakistan over the Indus Waters Treaty as well as interprovincial relations withinPakistan over the 1991 Water Accord speak to this sentiment Stemming fromresearch undertaken by the authors for the Harvard Water Federalism Project andthe United States Agency for International Development USAID this Articleseeks to spur the evolution of the Indus River Basin's water institutions by offeringa comparative perspective from North America's most ÔÇ£institutionallyencompassedÔÇØ basin the Colorado River Basin Mindful of the importance ofcontext for comparative water law and policy scholarship …

Global Scenarios Of Urban Density And Its Impacts On Building Energy Use Through 2050, Michail Fragkias

Economics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Although the scale of impending urbanization is well-acknowledged, we have a limited understanding of how urban forms will change and what their impact will be on building energy use. Using both top-down and bottom-up approaches and scenarios,we examine building energy use for heating and cooling. Globally, the energy use for heating and cooling by the middle of the century will be between 45 and 59 exajoules per year (corresponding to an increase of 7–40% since 2010). Most of this variability is due to the uncertainty in future urban densities of rapidly growing cities in Asia and particularly China. Dense urban …

Stress-Related Growth In Two Challenging Conditions, Iva Solcova, Peter Tavel

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

In the last few years, attention has been given not only to negative impacts of stressful conditions but also to possible positive outcomes. The present study was devoted to personal growth in two challenging conditions in two samples of participants coming from different nations and different cultural backgrounds. The study extends existing knowledge by more intimate insight into the different facets of social and cognitive/affective personal growth. The experience of personal growth was individualized as far as the number of changes, their intensity, and facets/items in which the changes occurred.

Least affected was the spirituality area. The reason is probably …

Office Of Scholarly Communications, Annual Report Fiscal Year 2017 (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017), Paul Royster, Sue Ann Gardner, Margaret Mering, Linnea Fredrickson

Institutional Repository Information

This report covers the Scholarly Communications team, and activities involving the institutional repository (IR), library publishing operations, outreach and advocacy, and copyright consulting.

Highlights include services, size, usage metrics, recognition (Ranking Web of World Repositories), Zea Books, journals, and appendices. (32 pages)

Building Student Capacity To Lead Sustainability Transitions In The Food System Through Farm-Based Authentic Research Modules In Sustainability Sciences (Farms), Selena Ahmed, Alexandra Sclafani, Estephanie Aquino, Shashwat Kala, Louise Barias, Jaime Eeg

Dartmouth Scholarship

Undergraduate courses provide valuable opportunities to train and empower students with the knowledge, skills, and motivation to advance society in more sustainable directions. This article emphasizes the value of bridging primary scientific research with undergraduate education through the presentation of an integrated experiential learning and primary research model called Farm-based Authentic Research Modules in Sustainability Sciences (FARMS). FARMS are collaboratively designed with agricultural stakeholders through a community needs assessment on pressing food system issues and opportunities with the objective for faculty and students to jointly identify evidence-based management solutions. We illustrate the implementation of FARMS in an undergraduate course in …

Sand Dune Field Paleoenvironment, Paleoecology, And Human Environmental Interaction In The Middle Tanana River Valley Near The Gerstle River, Subarctic Alaska: The Late Glacial To The Middle Holocene, Robert C. Bowman

Anthropology

This study was conducted to explore paleoenvironmental change within the Gerstle-Sawmill Dune Field (GSDF), located just west of the Gerstle River in the middle Tanana River valley, Interior Alaska from the late Glacial to the middle Holocene. Specifically, this study was undertaken to document human-environment interaction on the landscape. Geoarchaeological methods were used in order to determine the history of sand dune development across the area, how the local ecological systems changed through time, and determine prehistoric human use of environment and response to environmental and ecological change. The data collected from these locations was used to create a model …

Bibliography Of Published Reports And Articles Related To Hydrological Research On The Sagavanirktok River, Emily Youcha, Horacio Toniolo

WERC Other

Researchers from the Water and Environmental Research Center (WERC), University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), are conducting a study of sediment transport conditions along the Sagavanirktok River. This document, as part of the study, provides a compilation of published literature related to the Sagavanirktok River (or adjacent watersheds with similar characteristics) including previous or ongoing hydrological and sedimentological research in the Sagavanirktok River basin. The literature referenced includes research on climate change, hydrology, sedimentology, permafrost and soils, meteorology, field data, satellite or aerial imagery, geophysics, modeling, water quality, and geochemistry in the Sagavanirktok River basin.

Dialogues On Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Ladelle Mcwhorter, Ladelle Mcwhorter

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Faculty Publications

Shelley Tremain, of the blog Dialogues on Disability, interviews Ladelle McWhorter about her career, upbringing, and life experiences.

Variability In Methane Emissions From West Siberia's Shallow Boreal Lakes On A Regional Scale And Its Environmental Controls, Aleksandr F. Sabrekov, Benjamin R.K. Runkle, Mikhail V. Glagolev, Irina E. Terentieva, Victor M. Stephanenko, Oleg R. Kotsyurbenko, Shamil S. Maksyutov, Oleg S. Pokrovsky

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Small lakes represent an important source of atmospheric CH4 from northern wetlands. However, spatiotemporal variations in flux magnitudes and the lack of knowledge about their main environmental controls contribute large uncertainty into the global CH4 budget. In this study, we measured methane fluxes from small lakes using chambers and bubble traps. Field investigations were carried out in July–August 2014 within the West Siberian middle and southern taiga zones. The average and median of measured methane chamber fluxes were 0.32 and 0.30 mgCH4 m−2 h−1 for middle taiga lakes and 8.6 and 4.1 mgCH4 m−2 h−1 for southern taiga lakes, respectively. …

Protecting The Environment: Awareness And Responsibility, Susan E. Mason, James J. Winkelman

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

Protecting the environment is not only the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do, in terms of both short-term and long term business goals. Green businesses can realize immediate financial benefits from environmental sustainability and energy conservation, and there are branding benefits associated with developing and maintaining a reputation for integrity and social responsibility. All participants first answered demographic questions and then responded to a ten-item questionnaire, which was a modified version of Simpson’s (1998) environmental awareness questionnaire. In conclusion, the study revealed gender, age, and political affiliation difference in environmental awareness.

High School Students Visit Supreme Court, Conduct Mock Trial, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Earthquake Risks In Haiti: An Analysis Of Response And Preparedness Strategies For The Design Of A New Mitigation Approach, Patrick Alteus

LSU Master's Theses

Earthquakes can have enormous consequences on affected countries. To minimize these harsh consequences, an effective disaster management plan is necessary and a reasonable strategy is necessary to recover and get back to a normal life when they happen. Studies from scientists show that it is difficult to predict when an earthquake will occur. Because of this unpredictability, high-risk countries need to act continuously in order to deal with any sudden strike that may occur by stressing on the mitigation and preparedness activities and by designing appropriate response plans. In Haiti, a well-known earthquake-prone country, the preparedness and mitigation plans have …