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SPARC Open Education Leadership Program Portfolio
(2018-06)The SPARC Open Education Leadership Program provides library professionals with experiential learning opportunities, mentorship, and connections to a community with the goal of developing the professional skill sets of ... -
Sparse Inverse Covariance Estimation: A Data Mining Technique to Unravel Holistic Patterns among Business Practices in Firms
(2019-07-12)Firms are seeking ways to improve managerial decision making in order to enhance operational performance. However, the complexities underlying business processes often mean that operational performance depends on a multitude ... -
Spatial Distribution and Risk Factors of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in China
(PLoS Pathogens, 2011-03-03)Author Summary The geographical distribution of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 and agro-ecological risk factors have been studied in a number of countries in Southeast Asia. However, little is know of its ... -
Spatial Orientation Aware Smartphones for Tele-operated Robot Control in Military Environments: A Usability Experiment
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 2013-09-01)We report an experiment conducted to assess the usability of a smartphone-based controller for use by dismounted troops using unmanned ground vehicles for reconnaissance and surveillance. A virtual joystick controller is ... -
Spatial planning for water sustainability projects under climate uncertainty: balancing human and environmental water needs
(2021-03-02)Societies worldwide make large investments in the sustainability of integrated human-freshwater systems, but uncertainty about water supplies under climate change poses a major challenge. Investments in infrastructure, ... -
Spatial variation in propagule pressure and establishment of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) within a subtropical reservoir
(2021-02-08)Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) are one of the most economically and ecologically disruptive aquatic invasive species in North America, where they damage infrastructure and alter ecological ... -
Spatiotemporal Changes of Winter Wheat Planted and Harvested Areas, Photosynthesis and Grain Production in the Contiguous United States from 2008–2018
(2021-04-29)Winter wheat is a main cereal crop grown in the United States of America (USA), and the USA is the third largest wheat exporter globally. Timely and reliable in-season forecast and year-end estimation of winter wheat grain ... -
Speakers and the Spotlight: Explaining Media Coverage of Leadership in the House of Representatives
(American Politics Research, 2013-05-01)Previous scholarship has described how members of Congress struggle to attract media attention. The Speaker of the House, however, is uniquely positioned to drive media agendas. That position may be conditioned though by ... -
The species-area relationship: new challenges for an old pattern
(Progress in Physical Geography, 2001-03-01)The species-area relationship (i.e., the relationship between area and the number of species found in that area) is one of longest and most frequently studied patterns in nature. Yet there remain some important and interesting ... -
Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs in Spatial Orientation Information Processing
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1983-10-01)A study was conducted to further evaluate the Manikin Task, a test of spatial orientation information processing. The objectives of the study were to determine the speed vs. accuracy tradeoff characteristics of the task ... -
SPEER23 Survey Report Investigating Climate, Weather, and Energy Attitudes in the United States through the Lens of Social and Psychological Factors
(2024-06)Changing seasonal weather patterns and increases in climate-related severe weather have resulted in billions of dollars in damages to property as well as injuries and loss of life across the United States. These climate ... -
Sponsored-Research Activities in Journalism and Mass Communication Programs
(Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 2004-12-01)The extent to which the nation's J/MC programs and their faculty participate in extramural sponsored-research activities had received little research attention prior to the national survey of J/MC administrators reported ... -
Sports Psychology and the Collegiate Athlete: One Size Does Not Fit All
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Standing in the Gap: Research that Informs Strategies for Motivating and Retaining Rural High School Students
(2013)Rural schools face the challenges of motivating and retaining students, often in the face of severe resource constraints. This paper synthesizes fifteen years of the author's rural research on secondary students' school-related ... -
Start with What You Have: A Leader’s Path to Innovation
(2018-10)On his thirty-first day as the new CEO of Central Florida’s largest food bank, Dave Krepcho faced unprecedented challenges as a wave of devastating hurricanes pummeled the state. Floridians in 2004 were hit by Hurricanes ... -
State Court Budgeting and Judicial Independence: Clues from Oklahoma and Virginia
(Administration & Society, 2001-03-01)Perceived assaults on the independence of the judiciary have called new attention to how courts obtain their funding. Little scholarly activity has examined the question of how courts negotiate the politics of budgeting ... -
Statistical Tests of Group Differences in ALSCAL-Derived Subject Weights: Some Monte Carlo Results
(Applied Psychological Measurement, 1985-09-01)Several techniques to test for group differences in weighted multidimensional scaling (MDS) subject weights have recently been proposed. The present study presents monte carlo results to evaluate the op erating characteristics ... -
Statistical Trends in Women’s Participation in Science: Commentary on Valla and Ceci (2011)
(Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2011-03-01)Valla and Ceci (2011, this issue) describe the participation of women in science and claim that the increases in quantitative fields (e.g., mathematics, engineering, and physical sciences) are an exception to the statement ... -
Status of the Resource Room Model in Local Education Agencies: A Descriptive Study
(Learning Disability Quarterly, 1985-05-01)Although resource room programs are widely used, only limited information is available on implementation of this model. The purpose of the present investigation was to survey a nationwide sample of local education agencies ...