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Historical geography III: Climate matters
(Progress in Human Geography, 2014-06-01)My third report covering recent research in historical geography focuses on climate, and particularly scholarship that explores how the meaning of climate and climate change varies in distinct cultural and temporal contexts. ... -
A Historiometric Examination of Machiavellianism and a New Taxonomy of Leadership
(Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 2006-06-01)Although researchers have extensively examined the relationship between charismatic leadership and Machiavellianism (Deluga, 2001; Gardner & Avolio, 1995; House & Howell, 1992), there has been a lack of investigation of ... -
A History of Comparative Advertising in the United States
(Journalism & Communication Monographs, 2013-09-01)This historical monograph addresses a gap in the extensive scholarly research literature devoted to comparative advertising—especially that which contrasts the advertised product, service, or brand with an identifiable ... -
Holden's Hold on the Censors
(Contexts, 2011-10-01)J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye has been on bookshelves since the 1950s—and its presence there has been protested for almost as long. This review explores why that Holden Caulfield can still elicit such social ... -
Honor and the Stigma of Mental Healthcare
(Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2014-09-01)Most prior research on cultures of honor has focused on interpersonal aggression. The present studies examined the novel hypothesis that honor-culture ideology enhances the stigmatization of mental health needs and inhibits ... -
Horizontal Vortex Tubes near a Simulated Tornado: Three-Dimensional Structure and Kinematics
(2019-11-16)Supercell thunderstorms can produce a wide spectrum of vortical structures, ranging from midlevel mesocyclones to small-scale suction vortices within tornadoes. A less documented class of vortices are horizontally-oriented ... -
How Advanced Building Systems Can Offset Water Infrastructure Needs
(2015-07)Water infrastructure requirements will be reaching crisis proportions in the coming years. Increasing urban populations, drought conditions due to climate change, and increasing EPA rule limits for drinking water contaminants ... -
How Competitive Is “Competitive” Procurement in the Social Services?
(The American Review of Public Administration, 2014-02-27)The scholarship on contracting generally argues that markets for social services are weak and lacking in competition. Using data gathered from Florida’s largest social service agency, the Department of Children and Families, ... -
How Jeffries Wyman put Florida and Shell Mounds on the Map
(2015-05-27)The state of Florida is an intermittent flashpoint of shell mound research. This process was initiated in the 19th century by Jeffries Wyman, whose 1875 publication Fresh-Water Shell Mounds of the St. John’s River, Florida ... -
How Misleading the Fifty Years? a Reply To Jacobs
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How Network Television Coverage of the President and Congress Compare
(Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 1985-03-01) -
How Readers Perceive and Use a Small Daily Newspaper
(Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 1975-12-01) -
How Unique Are Our Users? Part 2: Comparing Responses Regarding the Information-Seeking Habits of Education Faculty
(2013-09)This follow-up study examines whether or not findings of single institution studies are applicable to other institutions by performing an institution-to-institution comparison of the results obtained from an information-seeking ... -
The Human Capital Challenge in Government
(Review of Public Personnel Administration, 1996-07-01) -
Human Factors Design Problems of Fire Fighters
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1978-10-01)Problems of job and equipment design that contribute to the occupational health and safety of fire fighters is reviewed. The job of fighting fires is physically demanding and most fire fighters do not have a fitness level ... -
A Human Factors Evaluation of the American Kitchen
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1975-10-01)Kitchen design is evaluated using counter space, counter location and counter height as the criteria. A survey of apartment kitchens showed that designers generally follow the guidelines for total counter space, but the ... -
Human Factors in the Design of Effective Product Warnings
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1978-10-01)Warning messages for product use are important for the safety of the user and to fulfill the legal duty to warn on the part of the manufacturer. A number of issues related to the design of such warnings have been neglected ... -
A Human Factors Perspective on Helicopter Human External Loads
(Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 1999-09-01)Human external loads (HEL) refer to operations where humans are transported while suspended below a helicopter. HEL operations are often required to access remote work sites, to access power lines in need of maintenance ... -
Human Mobility to Parks Under the COVID-19 Pandemic and Wildfire Seasons in the Western and Central United States
(2021-11-06)In 2020, people's health suffered a great crisis under the dual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the extensive, severe wildfires in the western and central United States. Parks, including city, national, and cultural ... -
Human Resource Functioning in an Information Society: Practical Suggestions and Future Implications
(Public Personnel Management, 2013-06-01)This paper explores the state human resources management in an information society. As technology rapidly changes organizations and human resources professionals need to be mindful of the impact that can have on the every ...