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Recovering the urban forest: The role of trees, tree culture, and place attachment before and after Hurricane Harvey

Description: Article asserts that trees can be powerful symbols that contribute to the production and consumption of places. Drawing from multiple sources and participant observations from repeated site visits, the authors analyzed references to Rockport-Fulton’s trees in news media, organizational communications, and public exhibits before and after Harvey to understand the area’s tree culture and its associated discourses.
Date: April 18, 2023
Creator: Lavy, Brendan L. & Zavar, Elyse
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Remote Work Support Needs of Employees with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Poland: Perspectives of Individuals with Autism and Their Coworkers

Description: Article aims to propose ways to assess workplace digital adaptation needs for individuals with autism and a framework for communicating these needs to employers. In this study, participants responded to semi-structured interview questions identifying advantages and risk factors associated with remote work for this specific group of employees.
Date: September 2, 2022
Creator: Tomczak, Michał T.; Mpofu, Elias & Hutson, Nathan
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Resident satisfaction indicators in long term care settings in the United States: A scoping review

Description: Article describes how, due to an increasingly aging population and long-term care available, the number of older adults seeking long-term care facilities is growing. According to the authors, the aim of this study is to summarize the evidence on the types of resident satisfaction indicators utilized in long term care settings in the United States.
Date: September 20, 2023
Creator: Li, Xiaoli; Mpofu, Elias; Collins, Sandra; Yin, Cheng & Shaw, Thomas
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A retrospective cross-national examination of COVID-19 outbreak in 175 countries: a multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis (January 11-June 28, 2020)

Description: Article is a study that retrospectively examined the health and social determinants of the COVID-19 outbreak in 175 countries from a spatial epidemiological approach.
Date: September 30, 2020
Creator: Iyanda, Ayodeji Emmanuel; Adeleke, Richard; Lu, Yongmei; Osayomi, Tolulope; Adaralegbe, Adeleye; Lasode, Mayowa et al.
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Sleep duration is associated with vitamin D deficiency in older women living in Macao, China: A pilot cross-sectional study

Description: Article investigating whether sleep duration was associated with vitamin D status in a population from Macao, China, and whether sleep duration modified the association between MetS and vitamin D deficiency.
Date: March 4, 2020
Creator: Mpofu, Elias; Liu, Xiaoying; Ke, Liang; Ho, Jacky; Abboud, Myriam; Brennan-Speranza, Tara C. et al.
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State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) Usage Among Emergency Managers in Texas

Description: Paper investigating current and potential uses for the State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) data to better assist people with disabilities. STEAR is a state-run database designed to assist emergency managers working for city and county governments to prepare for the needs of citizens with disabilities or transportation needs. Disability or special needs registries similar to STEAR have been widely promoted within emergency management as an improvement for inclusive planning and … more
Date: July 2023
Creator: Goodwin, Crystal & Schumann, Ronald L., III
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A Study on the GIS Professional (GISP) Certification Program in the U.S.

Description: This article examines the characteristics of the members in the most popular Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Professional (GISP) certification program in the United States as well as the spatial patterns of the certified GISPs. The information presented in this study can help GIS educators and practitioners develop a better understanding of the current state of this certification program in the U.S and shed light on how to further improve the GISP certification program.
Date: September 1, 2020
Creator: Li, Dapeng; Li, Yingru; Nguyen, Quynh C. & Siebeneck, Laura K.
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Subjective Functional Difficulties and Subjective Cognitive Decline in Older-Age Adults: Moderation by Age Cohorts and Mediation by Mentally Unhealthy Days

Description: Article discusses how, despite the expected positive association between subjective functional difficulties (SFD) and subjective cognitive decline (SCD), their mediation by mentally unhealthy days (MUDs) is under-studied. This study examined the mediation effect of MUDs on the association between SFD and SCD by age cohorts’ moderation among older adults.
Date: January 16, 2023
Creator: Komalasari, Renata; Mpofu, Elias; Prybutok, Gayle & Ingman, Stanley R.
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Sustainable Harm Reduction Needle and Syringe Programs for People Who Inject Drugs: A Scoping Review of Their Implementation Qualities

Description: This article is a review mapping the evidence on implementation qualities of sustainable harm reduction needle and syringe programs (NSPs). The emerging evidence suggests that sustainable NSP programs for people who inject drugs (PWID) require provider, consumer, and community engagement, supported by enabling health policies.
Date: March 5, 2021
Creator: Resiak, Danielle; Mpofu, Elias & Rothwell, Rodd
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Timescales of learning in the basal ganglia and the hippocampus

Description: This article is a commentary on "A role for the medial temporal lobe in feedback-driven learning: evidence from amnesia" by Foerde, K., Race, E., Verfaellie, M.,and Shohamy, D. (2013). It covers the idea that environmental feedback plays an important role with respect to both basal ganglia and hippocampus based learning. Evidence that both the hippocampus and the striatum are involved in reinforcement learning is given. This article suggests that future research use a more precise measurement o… more
Date: August 1, 2013
Creator: Ortu, Daniele; Skavhaug, Ida M. & Vaidya, Manish
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Toward an Expanded Operationalization of the Verbal Expression of Affective Meanings

Description: This article in the special issue Academy of Aphasia 2011 provides a short background for evaluating and critiquing frameworks for systematically accounting naturally occurring verbal emotional expression. It is assessed for its potential to enhance research and clinical operationalization of the verbal expression of emotion.
Date: October 5, 2011
Creator: Olness, Gloria Streit & Muñoz, Maria
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