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Assessing the Relationship Between Social Vulnerability and Community Resilience to Hazards
(Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014-07)
This article contributes to the disaster literature by measuring and connecting two concepts that are highly related but whose relationship is rarely empirically evaluated: social vulnerability and community resilience. ...
A 9,000-year-old caribou hunting structure beneath Lake Huron
(National Academy of Sciences, 2014-05-13)
Some of the most pivotal questions in human history necessitate the investigation of archaeological sites that are now under water. Nine thousand years ago, the Alpena-Amberley Ridge (AAR) beneath modern Lake Huron was a ...
Simulating Burr Type VII Distributions through the Method of 𝐿-moments and 𝐿-correlations
(Scienpress Ltd., 2014)
Burr Type VII, a one-parameter non-normal distribution, is among the less studied
distributions, especially, in the contexts of statistical modeling and simulation
studies. The main purpose of this study is to introduce ...
The Mobilizing Power Of Grievances: Applying Loss Aversion And Omission Bias To Social Movements
(Mobilization, 2014)
This study investigates how the nature of grievances can provide advantages or disadvantages to social movements. I use an experimental design to test the effects of loss aversion and omission bias on people’s reactions ...
Tissue Engineering Bone Using Autologous Progenitor Cells in the Peritoneum
(Plos One, 2014-03-28)
Accessing Opportunities Through Active Transportation in Arlington, Texas
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2014-05)
This examines active transportation as it relates to accessibility, opportunity, and ultimately equity for residents in disadvantaged communities in the City of Arlington, Texas. Adding to the growing discussion and research ...
Selling college : a longitudinal study of American college football bowl game public service announcements
(Routledge, 2014-06)
**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Using ideological analysis as a frame, researchers analyzed institutionally created commercials (PSAs) that appeared in 28 U.S. college football bowl games over a ...