Recent reviews suggest that religiosity is associated with the delay of adolescent coital debut (Rostosky, Wilcox, Wright, Randall, in press; Wilcox, Rostosky, Randall, Wright, 2001). Few studies, however, have examined this association using longitudinal data to test theoretically driven models. We analyzed data from 3,691 adolescents (ages 15-21), testing the hypothesis that adolescent religi...

We propose a novel approach to predicting future volatility of company earnings, in this case EBITDA. Our approach combines predictions of a firm’s probability of default with insights from a relatively less popular a structural model of default. The source of the probabilities of default can be econometric, structural, reduced-form or other models or agency ratings, provided the source has hig...

When globally mapping the observed photospheric magnetic field into the corona, the interaction of the solar wind and magnetic field has been treated either by imposing source surface boundary conditions that tacitly require volume currents outside the source surface (Schatten, Wilcox, and Ness, 1969) or by limiting the interaction to thin current sheets between oppositely directed field region...

In 2003, Drs James Marks and Lynne Wilcox began developing a plan to realize their vision of creating a scholarly journal that would strengthen the links connecting public health research, practice, and policy with regard to chronic diseases. Their vision resulted in the publication the following year of Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy (PCD). As we start...

Two experts on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff Monday recommended tha t all nuclear power plants buDt by Babcock and WDCOI, manufacturers of the Three Mile Island plant, be shut down temporarily. "I believe there exists a considerable m1amatch between operator training, operator experience and the B&W _hlne," said Edson Case at a staff briefing for the NRC commiuioners. But Case's...

Volkman, Sarah, "Quickbird satellite imagery for riparian management : characterizing riparian filter strips and detecting concentrated flow in an agricultural watershed ", Master's Thesis, Date _________________________________________ iii ABSTRACT Riparian ecology plays an important part in the filtration of sediments from upland agricultural lands. The focus of this work makes use of multisp...