A virtual experiment on pedestrian destination choice:the role of schedules, the environment and behavioural categories

Which locations pedestrians decide to visit and in what order drives circulation patterns in pedestrian infrastructure. Destination choice is understood to arise from individuals trading off different factors, such as the proximity and busyness of destinations. Here, a virtual experiment is used to investigate whether this behaviour depends on the layout of buildings, whether planned or imposed destination schedules influence decisions and whether it is possible to distinguish different choice behaviour strategies in pedestrian populations. Findings suggest that virtual experiments can consistently elicit a range of destination choice behaviours indicating the flexibility of this experimental paradigm. The experimental approach facilitates changing the environment layout while controlling for other factors and illustrates this in itself can be important in determining destination choice. Destination schedules are found to be relevant both when imposed or generated by individuals, but adherence to them varies across individuals and depends on prevailing environmental conditions, such as destination busyness. Different destination choice behaviour strategies can be identified, but their properties are sensitive to the detection methods used, and it is suggested such behaviour classification should be informed by specific use-cases. It is suggested that these contributions present useful starting points for future research into pedestrian destination choice

Expanding the CareerAdvance® Program

This report, prepared for the Health Professionals Opportunity Program, Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the George Kaiser Family Foundation, provides the background, rationale, and overview of the first year of implementation of the CareerAdvance® program. The program aims to improve family economic security by providing low-income parents of children in Tulsa's Head Start and Early Head Start programs with workforce development services and training in high-growthpotential sectors such as healthcare and nursing, in addition to adult education programs, peer support, and performance incentives. After the first year of implementation, early signs indicate participants showing high rates of completion.Administration for Children and Families, US Dept of Health and Human Services (HHS, and the George Kaiser Family FoundationRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource

Investing in Children and Parents Fostering Dual-Generation Strategies in the United States

In partnership with the Foundation for Child Development, the Ray Marshall Center is implementing a Dual-Generation Strategy Initiative. This project seeks to create and promote the field of “dual-generation” strategies, those in which children simultaneously participate in high-quality early and primary education (PreK-3rd) while their parents participate in leading-edge workforce development and education programs ultimately leading to long-term learning and economic success for low-skilled, low-income families in the United States. The goals of the project are to improve the understanding of dual-generation strategies among policymakers, researchers, and funders, as well as foster the implementation of dual-generation strategies at the federal and state levels.Foundation for Child DevelopmentRay Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resource

A Consensus on Second Stage Analyses in Ecological Inference Models

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The ICDP Lake Bosumtwi Drilling Project: A First Report

The 10.5 -km-diameter, 1.07-Ma Bosumtwi impact crater was the subject of a multi-disciplinary and international drilling effort of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) from July to October 2004. Sixteen different holes were drilled at six locations within the lake, to a maximum depth of 540 m. A total of about 2.2 km of core material was obtained. Despite some technical and logistical challenges, the project has been very successful and it is anticipated that the first scientific results will be available in late 2005

Scientists\u27 Use of Journals: Differences (and Similarities) Between Print and Electronic

Studies conducted over the last three decades demonstrate that scientists read widely from scholarly journals. Scientists use these journals primarily for research and current awareness. Reading of scholarly articles has increased to approximately 110 to 120 articles per person per year, and a growing amount of these readings come from preprints and other separate copies. Scientists are also reading a greater percentage of new articles. In fall 2000 we surveyed scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to repeat a survey conducted in 1984. The primary aim of the recent survey was to identify the impact of electronic/ digital journal alternatives on information seeking and reading patterns of scientists. nearly one-third of journal articles read now come from electronic journals or digital databases. Evidence suggests that scientists are reading from a broader range of journals than in the past, influenced by timely electronic publishing and by growth in bibliographic searching and interpersonal communication as means of identifying and locating articles. Although the scholarly journals system has changed dramatically in the past few decades, it is evident that the value scientists place on the information found in scholarly journal articles, whether electronic or print, remains the same

The 2005 Lake Malawi Scientific Drilling Project

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