Title of Dissertation: THE SENSITIVITY OF FIVETO TENYEAR-OLD CHILDREN TO VALUE, PROBABILITY, AND LOSS. Ty W. Boyer, Doctor of Philosophy, 2005 Directed By: Professor Ellin K. Scholnick Department of Psychology and Professor James P. Byrnes Psychological Studies in Education Temple University Classic and contemporary researchers have studied the child’s abilities to discriminate quantitative val...

Martínez JA, Martínez L. A stakeholder assessment of basketball player evaluation metrics. J. Hum. Sport Exerc. Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 153-183, 2011. In this research we examined the opinions of basketball stakeholders regarding several questions of special interests to valuate players. Players, coaches, agents, journalists, editors, bloggers, researchers, analysts, fans and chairs participated in ...

Increasingly, scientists are reaching out to individuals and entities once considered “users” of scientific knowledge to engage them in the research process due to the increased need for contextualized knowledge. However, these increased interactions make apparent the boundaries that exist between the parties interested in sustainability science. Divergent values and attitudes amongst researche...

Ma’an city faces serious administrative challenges in managing their municipal solid waste (MSW) due to the lack of adequate information of the composition and quantities of generated solid waste. The overall objective of this research is to gain more reliable information about quantities and composition of MSW stream in Ma’an city. In this work, field survey along with a separation study at wa...

With the introduction of producer responsibility legislation within the UK (i.e., waste electrical and electronic equipment directive and end-of-life vehicles directive), specific recycling and recovery targets have been imposed to improve the sustainability of end-of-life products. With the introduction of these targets, and the increased investment in post-fragmentation facilities, automated ...

The growing trend of rural waste generated in the country requires careful considerations about rural waste management and emphasizes its role in preserving the environment. Due to the large number of villages and small amount of the rural waste, collecting rural waste needs spatial planning so that it could cover a vaster area through economic and shared use of equipments. The main goal of the...