Urban studies and planning

Summary of Findings •High quality public transportation (convenient, comfortable, fast rail and bus transport) and transit oriented development (walkable, mixed-use communities located around transit stations) tend to affect travel activity in ways that provide large health benefits, including reduced traffic crashes and pollution emissions, increased physical fitness, improved mental health, improved basic access to medical care and healthy food and increased affordability which reduces…

Families across America are pressed to find childcare that they can afford, trust and rely on. This researcher intends to identify, correlate and summarize various articles, publications, case studies and academic literature to assist him in this study of childcare conflicts and working parents. Identification. Growth in the number of day care centers and other forms of non-parental care for children has accompanied this increase in working mothers. But for many families, finding…

enforcement, which critics contend concentrates too much power in one person. The director can choose to pursue services outside the agency’s mandate including banks, credit unions, auto finance companies and other financial services like retirement planning. Many Republicans are calling for President-elect Trump to fire Cordray on his first day in office, but there are potential legal problems. Cordray’s term doesn’t coincide with presidential…

African-Americans comprising the second largest population group for diabetes diagnosis in the United States, the lack of information are alarming and places this group at even greater risk for adverse health outcomes. The lack of data to guide the planning for care needs of African-American in Kansas and Saline County presents a need for further community health assessment…

of stress: Benefits of access to a green outdoor environment at the workplace. Landscape and Urban Planning, 110, 5-11. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.09.002 In this article Lottrupa, Grahn, & Stigsdottera explore how having access to outdoor greenery can positivity affect employees. The greenery in the workplace can decrease stress levels and increase a positive attitude towards the business. The study used a questionnaire to determine that the visual aid did support the positive attitude…

BIAT tool, other tools tend to be questionnaires, with athletes result in a more concise quantitative measure of the athlete’s attitudes and propensity for doping. To establish and validate the study findings, the Performance Enhancement Attitude Scale (PEAS), a questionnaire, was also administered to the study participates. The PEAS is the most commonly used the tool in research to measure an individuals…

organize important tasks and avoid penalties for absentmindedness" (Carter 13). She also suggests that cramming as well as social media, smartphones and other distracting factors should be avoided when trying to get an assignment done (Carter 13). Planning assignments ahead of time can help students avoid cramming…

Educators have always struggled with the differing teaching and instruction methodologies used in the world of educational instruction. The argument can be heard often from many education professionals as to what the “best” teaching method increases student understanding and knowledge. This research paper will take a closer look, and compare, the three differing teaching methodologies using the data acquired from the students’ standardized test scores and personal data, to compare the…

The Pursuit of a Future in Electronics Engineering As a society, our lives revolve around technology, consistently engaged in our electronic accessories, forcing the real world to compete with our devices for a sliver of our time. My dream is to design, create, and construct purposeful electronics that will enhance people’s lives and make their interaction with the world more convenient and enjoyable. Electronics engineering is the field I would like to pursue, electronic engineers are…

in a couple of productions at the end of his first year. He played the lead role of a rebellious teenager holding a teacher hostage in Barrie Keeffe’s play titled Gotcha. Serkis changed his major subject to acting and constructed his Independent Studies Degree around acting and set design. He studied Konstantin Stanislavski and Bertolt Brecht including minor modules in art and visual…