Demographics 101 and Applied Demography

While the Census Bureau provides a wealth of demographic data, do we always know what it means or how to best utilize it? This session will emphasize basic and focused areas of analysis on items like aging, disparities by race and ethnicity, how homeownership impacts neighborhood characteristics, and how household formation and relationships are changing. Come to this session to gain the tools you need to analyze simple and complex demographic changes that are effecting the work you do or the populations you serve

NASA Animal Enclosure Module Mouse Odor Containment Study for STS-107 September 15, 1999;SJSU Odor Panel Data

Experiment #153 by Scott Brady is manifested for shuttle flight STS-107. This evaluation of space flight induced stress and its effects on neuronal plasticity will use 18 six month old C57Bl/6 male mice. A 21 day evaluation study was proposed to determine the length of time groups of 6, 9, or 12 mice could be housed in the Animal Enclosure Module (AEM) without odor breakthrough. This study was performed at NASA-Ames Research Center beginning on September 15, 1999. NASA personnel, were responsible for animal care, maintenance, facilities, hardware, etc. San Jose State personnel performed the odor panel evaluations and data reduction. We used similar procedures and methods for earlier tests evaluating female mice

Assessing Katrina\u27s Demographic and Social Impacts On the Mississippi Gulf Coast

This paper provides results from a study funded by the National Science Foundation to examine the effects of Hurricane Katrina on an area of the Mississippi Gulf Coast immediately to the west and east of St. Louis Bay. This Study Area includes portions of three towns in Mississippi, Bay St. Louis, Waveland, and Pass Christian. Specifically, the paper describes selected housing, demographic, and social impacts of Katrina on the Study Area. In regard to housing and demographic effects, we find that 27% of the housing was destroyed in the Study Area and 47% significantly damaged. Related to the effects on housing, Katrina caused a 40% decline in the Study Area’s household population. In regard to social effects, the results of one of our research hypotheses about the effect of social networks on the well-being of people show that social isolation significantly increases perceptions of disaster disturbance and decreases perceived rates of disaster relief. Recommendations (and potential implications for other areas affected by large-scale disasters) based on our results are provided, as well as descriptions of the Study Area, study design, and data collection procedures

Wine preference and wine aroma perception

Aroma is the major contributor to overall flavor perception and it is one of the most important intrinsic factors that influence wine quality and consumer preferences. Therefore, a great amount of work in wine chemistry has been devoted to identify wine volatile compounds and to improve the analytical methodologies for this purpose. However, we already know that not all of these compounds have aroma impact. To determine the odorant importance of wine volatile compounds, and therefore its impact in aroma perception and consumer preferences, we need to go one step forward incorporating studies concerning the sensory relevance of wine volatile compounds and understanding other aspects related to interactions among odorants, or among sense modalities, which can also affect the perceived aroma of a wine. Moreover, the existence of matrix effects can impact odorant volatility, aroma release, and the overall perceived aroma intensity and quality. Finally, the effect of human physiology and specifically oral physiology on wine aroma release during wine consumption is currently under study, and it is being proven as an important factor to explain interindividual differences in wine aroma release during wine intake, which might impact aroma perception and wine preferences. This chapter provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of all these aspects giving special attention to the new and merging research in the abovementioned topics.Peer Reviewe