53 research outputs found
State of the Art THREE LANGUAGE VARIABLES IN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH: INTENSITY, IMMEDIACY, AND DIVERSITY
Enhancing wind erosion monitoring and assessment for U.S. rangelands
Wind erosion is a major resource concern for rangeland managers because it can impact soil health, ecosystem structure and function, hydrologic processes, agricultural production, and air quality. Despite its significance, little is known about which landscapes are eroding, by how much, and when. The National Wind Erosion Research Network was established in 2014 to develop tools for monitoring and assessing wind erosion and dust emissions across the United States. The Network, currently consisting of 13 sites, creates opportunities to enhance existing rangeland soil, vegetation, and air quality monitoring programs. Decision-support tools developed by the Network will improve the prediction and management of wind erosion across rangeland ecosystems. © 2017 The Author(s)The Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact [email protected] for further information
Active Trachoma among Children in Mali: Clustering and Environmental Risk Factors
Active trachoma is not uniformly distributed in endemic areas, and local environmental factors influencing its prevalence are not yet adequately understood. Determining whether clustering is a consistent phenomenon may help predict likely modes of transmission and help to determine the appropriate level at which to target control interventions. In this work, we estimated the magnitude of clustering at different levels and investigated the influence of socio-economic factors and environmental features on active trachoma prevalence among children in Mali (1996â1997 nationwide survey). Clustering revealed significant results at the child, caretaker, household, and village levels. Moreover, beyond some well-established individual risk factors (age between 3 and 5, dirty face, and flies on the face), we found that temperature, sunshine fraction, and presence of rainy days were negatively associated with active trachoma prevalence. This study clearly indicates the importance of directing control efforts both at children with active trachoma as well as those with close contact, and at communities. These results support facial cleanliness and environmental improvements as population-health initiatives to combat blinding trachoma
Managing formalization to increase global team effectiveness and meaningfulness of work in multinational organizations
Global teams may help to integrate across locations, and yet, with formalized rules and procedures, responsiveness to those locationsâ effectiveness, and the team membersâ experiences of work as meaningful may suffer. We employ a mixed-methods approach to understand how the level and content of formalization can be managed to resolve these tensions in multinationals. In a sample of global teams from a large mining and resources organization operating across 44 countries, interviews, observations, and a quantitative 2-wave survey revealed a great deal of variability between teams in how formalization processes were enacted. Only those formalization processes that promoted knowledge sharing were instrumental in improving team effectiveness. Implementing rules and procedures in the set-up of the teams and projects, rather than during interactions, and utilizing protocols to help establish the global team as a source of identity increased this knowledge sharing. Finally, we found membersâ personal need for structure moderated the effect of team formalization on how meaningful individuals found their work within the team. These findings have significant implications for theory and practice in multinational organizations
EFFECTS OF WHOLE AND PARTIAL BODY EXPOSURE TO DRY HEAT ON CERTAIN PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
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Imitative Modeling as a Language Intervention Strategy: The Effects of Two Mediating Variables
A Meta-Analysis of Mobile Phone Use and Presence
This research reports the results of two meta-analyses on 43 empirical studies that have investigated the effects of the presence and use of mobile phones during interpersonal interactions. Six of these investigations focused on the âmere presence effect,â which asserts that the presence (but not use) of a mobile phone leads to more negative perceptions of oneâs interactional partner. The meta-analysis did not provide support for this effect. Thirty-seven studies focused on the effects of âphone snubbingâ (âphubbingâ) which addresses the use of a mobile phone during interactions. This second meta-analysis found a relatively robust effect which clearly leads to more negative perceptions by the non-using partner. Although numerous potential moderators were examined, none of theoretical interest were found to moderate these effects
The Acquisition of Sexual Information by Young People
Examines the impact of the mass media on the sexual expectations and satisfactions of young people in the U.S. Potential of peers and mass as powerful agents in the acquisition of sexual information of young people; Role of media in the socialization of the young person; Contribution of experience in the information acquisition process
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