3,176 research outputs found
Precursors of School Shootings
This paper analyzes mass school shootings in the United States, stressing their root causes, indicators, demographics, and suggestive guidelines for preventable measures. Data draws associations between bullying, social dominance, and devalued masculinity amongst high school boys. Further, these trends emphasize homophobic harassment and the reassertion of lost dominance through violence. Moreover, research upholds media coverage and self-absorbed behavior as an additional precursor for inspired acts of malice. Journalistic representations of mass school shootings are identified as a source of motivation for vengeful and easily malleable youth. Studies also stress the importance of school inclusivity and interconnectedness, emitting a stark correlation to the level of violence in schools across America. In turn, applicable solutions are best represented by Effective Behavioral Support and violence prevention methods practiced by teachers and campus staff. In addition, school security upheld positive results as well, whether executed by armed guards or fencing
Sign-graded posets, unimodality of -polynomials and the Charney-Davis Conjecture
We generalize the notion of graded posets to what we call sign-graded
(labeled) posets. We prove that the -polynomial of a sign-graded poset is
symmetric and unimodal. This extends a recent result of Reiner and Welker who
proved it for graded posets by associating a simplicial polytopal sphere to
each graded poset . By proving that the -polynomials of sign-graded
posets has the right sign at -1, we are able to prove the Charney-Davis
Conjecture for these spheres (whenever they are flag).Comment: 14 page
Risk Comparisons in a Democratic Society: What People Say They Do and Do Not Want
Using an exploratory focus group, Dr. Johnson examines citizen responses to common risk message techniques
Public Reaction to Mandated Language for U.S. Drinking Water Quality Reports
The author discusses results of a survey evaluating the mandated language for United States drinking water quality reports
Comparing Bottled Water and Tap Water: Experiments in Risk Communication
The author discusses results of experiments in risk communication comparing bottled water and tap water
Rules of Engagement: Architecture Theory and the Social Sciences in Frank Duffy’s 1974 Thesis on Office Planning
This paper addresses the broad shift that took place in architectural theory and education in the 70s, where models of the discipline asserting the autonomy of architecture eclipsed models privileging architecture’s ties to other disciplines, particularly technology and the social sciences. With Frank Duffy's Princeton thesis on open office planning (1974) as a focus, the paper explores the theoretical and institutional contexts of this shift and offers a critical reappraisal in light of contemporary issues facing architecture.architectural theory, office space, planning, architectural education
Utility Customers\u27 Views of the Consumer Confidence Report of Drinking Water Quality
The author evaluates consumer understanding of water quality reports provided to them by their drinking water utility under the U.S. Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996
Advancing Understanding of Knowledge\u27s Role in Lay Risk Perception
Emphasizing how knowledge affects lay Risk perception, summarizing studies and suggesting further research, the author differentiates between knowledge production, knowledge dissemination and information processing as affected by, e.g., heuristics and Risk aversion. He also suggests that better understanding of lay knowledge can also illuminate experts\u27 hazard knowledge
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