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Positive Youth Development Interventions Impacting the Sexual Health of Young Minority Adolescents: A Systematic Review
(The Journal of Early Adolescence, 2015-03-30)
A systematic literature review was conducted to assess the utility of Positive Youth Development (PYD) concepts in promoting positive sexual health behaviors in young minority adolescents (n = 12 studies). Interventions ...
Community Informatics Studio: A Conceptual Framework
(2014)
This paper extends the theoretical framework underlying the Community Informatics (CI) Studio. The CI Studio has been described as the use of studio-based learning (SBL) techniques to support enculturation into the field ...
Formulation and Search of Assembly Sequence Design Spaces for Efficient Use of Assembly Plant Resources for New Products
(Concurrent Engineering, 2010-06-01)
Efficient procedures for generation of feasible assembly sequences and effective utilization of available assembly plant resources can greatly reduce the development time and cost of platforms for new product family members. ...
Performing Thyself: Sparking Imagination and Exploring Ethnic Identity Through Singing and Dancing
(University of California/California Digital Library, 2010)
This essay discusses two sets of creative teaching methods: live singing and dancing. The performance by an instructor can set a mode for students to achieve intellectual transformation by exploring issues of identity. The ...
Just a guy in pajamas? Framing the blogs in mainstream US newspaper coverage (1999—2005)
(New Media & Society, 2010-03-01)
When new technologies are introduced to the public, their widespread adoption is dependent, in part, on news coverage (Rogers, 1995).Yet, as weblogs began to play major role in the public spheres of politics and journalism, ...
Childhood in Sociology and Society: The US Perspective
(Current Sociology, 2010-03-01)
The field of childhood studies in the US is comprised of cross-disciplinary researchers who theorize and conduct research on both children and youth. US sociologists who study childhood largely draw on the childhood ...
Developing Leadership for Creative Efforts: A Preface
(Advances in Developing Human Resources, 2011-08-01)
Michael D. Mumford is the George Lynn Cross distinguished research professor of psychology at the University of Oklahoma where he directs the Center for Applied Social Research. He received his doctoral degree from the ...
Identity Without Boundaries Public Administration’s Canon(s) of Integration
(Administration & Society, 2010-04-01)
Jos C. N. Raadschelders is professor of public administration and Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Service at the University of Oklahoma. His research and teaching interests include the academic identity of public administration, ...
Unilateral fatiguing exercise and its effect on ipsilateral and contralateral resting mechanomyographic mean frequency between aerobic populations
(2017-02-27)
The purpose of this investigation was to establish a better understanding of contralateral training and its effects between homologous muscles following unilateral fatiguing aerobic exercise during variable resting postural ...
War or Peace? How the Subjective Perception of Great Power Interdependence Shapes Preemptive Defensive Aggression
(2017-06-02)
Why do great powers with benign intentions end up fighting each other in wars they do not seek? We utilize an incentivized, two-person “Preemptive Strike Game” (PSG) to explore how the subjective perception of great power ...