OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine factors that influence how child welfare workers attribute responsibility for child maltreatment and child safety in cases involving domestic violence. METHODS The study used a factorial survey approach, combining elements of survey research with an experimental design. Case vignettes were constructed by randomly assigning characteristics to ...

Intelligent environment research has resulted in many useful tools such as activity recognition, prediction, and automation. However, most of these techniques have been applied in the context of a single resident. A current looming issue for intelligent environment systems is performing these same techniques when multiple residents are present in the environment. In this paper we investigate th...

et al. Isolation of Rickettsia parkeri and identifi cation of a novel spotted fever group Rickettsia sp. from Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) in the rates of Rickettsia parkeri infection in Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and identifi cation of " Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae " from Fairfax County, Virginia. A ten-year study of tick biting in Mississippi: implications for human d...

Abstract What difference does it make if people attribute the loss of manufacturing jobs to trade as opposed automation? Attributions responsibility for social problems help shape mass opinion. In this study I use two experiments, including one nationally representative probability survey-experiment, examine consequences attributing job versus automation. Findings suggest that 2018, public disc...

BACKGROUND Body size attitudes and body image form early in life, and understanding the factors that may be related to the development of such attitudes is important to design effective body dissatisfaction and disordered eating prevention interventions. This study explored how fathers' and mothers' body size attitudes, body dissatisfaction, and dietary restraint are associated with the body si...