Trying to get the nursery proper and all of blooming plants—bright colors, heady smells, early summer at its best—Mona almost walked past his table. It was one those fold-up numbers with foldout legs. Portable. Impermanent. The young man standing behind table dressed in a gray plaid shirt tucked into neatly ironed chinos, hair cut but not too short or neat.Maybe I should stop see what he's abou...

Bicycling-related injury data are difficult to obtain from official reports, which capture only about 20% of crashes and often lack coordinates, outcomes, narratives needed for understanding where why incidents occurred. Crowdsourced on bicycling safety provides new opportunities the study risk. Our goal was quantify factors that influence spatial variation in unsafe across a city, based self-r...

It is not fair to ask of others what you are willing do yourself.(Eleanor Roosevelt). Park. As a runner, Miguel benefits from the expansive neighborhood watch that keeps his local park safe for nighttime jogs. Yet, neighbors complain, he never takes turn on patrol. Something seems troubling about Miguel's behavior. Yet it hard say doing wrong. He did anyone act benefit. agreed any park-walking ...

This study examined several factors related to the brand loyalty exhibited by fans of the Chicago Cubs major league baseball team. A total of 371 patrons of a restaurant located in Wrigleyville were surveyed prior to Cubs games at Wrigley Field. Working from a tripartite model of brand loyalty, it was predicted that, compared to less loyal fans, die-hard (extremely loyal) Cubs fans would demons...

Positional” (also called “prestige”) goods confer status on their consumers. However, this increased status is offset by reduced status to others, resulting in no direct net benefit to society. As wealth increases so does the portion of consumption motivated by positional value. Many mobility-related goods and services have positional value, including vehicle ownership and use, and exotic holid...

In the post-9/11 United States, there is a heightened awareness of further terrorist attacks. Prominent amongst these concerns are attacks against infrastructure intended to disrupt the US economy, defense and society through destruction of power supply, bridges, highways, ports, sewer and water supply. In particular, the US depends on petroleum fuels. Disrupting petroleum fuel supply would cle...

Leading To HealthNursing Homes Health AffairsVol. 40, No. 3: Nursing Homes, COVID-19 & More The Big Idea Behind A New Model Of Small HomesRob Waters Affiliations This article is part of a series on transforming health systems published with support from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. an open access distributed in accordance the terms Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which perm...

Representations of Reality: Surveys and Maps The moral of this next story is that when we measure, record, and analyze something in the real world, we create knowledge, but that knowledge is inherently approximate and intentionally abstract. The abstraction process is elegant, and the approximation process is unavoidable. Moreover, participating in both processes can be deeply satisfying, as th...

Untimely old, circumcision has elicited more controversy and war of words than any surgical procedure in history. Although previous claims of benefits like curing masturbation, gout, epilepsy, and even insanity were no doubt absurd, important research has shed light on real medical benefits of circumcision. In particular, the procedure has consistently shown to result in the decreased risk of d...

The rural central Kentucky landscape today appears as open, rolling bluegrass fields, punctuated by relicts of “woodland pasture” and partitioned by stone or board fences, the latter usually painted black. Historic residences often sit back from the road at the end of a long drive, presenting a picture of placidity, prosperity and gracious living. Country roads are organic in quality, often app...