This study examined the contributions of home, school, and neighborhood factors related to youth physical activity (PA). Adolescents (ages 12-18; N = 137) and parents of younger children (ages 5-11; N = 104) from three US metropolitan areas completed surveys. Youth PA was estimated from six items assessing overall physical activity. Bivariate analyses between environment factors and PA were sig...

Mires are no longer places of hard work, and now attract people for different reasons. This study is based on material gathered from an inquiry where recounted their personal experiences mires, examines voluntary engagement subsequent relationship with them. The theoretical framework this grounded in environmental aesthetics. I apply Arnold Berleant’s method descriptive aesthetics to the descri...

This paper proposes a new approach to investigation into the aesthetics. Specifically, it argues that it is possible to explain the aesthetic and its underlying dynamic relations with axiomatic structure (the octahedral axiom derived category) based on contemporary mathematics – namely, category theory – and through this argument suggests the possibility for discussion about the mathematical st...

In two experiments, we explored whether compositions made up of two or three rectangles received high aesthetics ratings when the composition was equilibrated, that is, when the center of mass of the weights represented by the areas of the rectangles were in the center of the composition. We supposed that equilibrated stimuli might be appreciated as much as symmetric stimuli. We further wanted ...

There is a danger in looking at highway design strictly from the viewpoint of aesthetics without indicating how this relates to other phases of design. An optimum design is only possible when the stand­ ards of structural design, geometric design, and aesthetic design are integrated and in perfect balance with each other. However, not being qualified to discuss structural or geometric design, n...

BACKGROUND Despite the documented benefits of physical activity, many adults do not obtain the recommended amounts. Barriers to physical activity occur at multiple levels, including at the individual, interpersonal, and environmental levels. Only until more recently has there been a concerted focus on how the physical environment might affect physical activity behavior. With this new area of st...