BACKGROUND: Dog ownership may be an effective tailored intervention among adults for
promoting physical activity. This study examined the relationship between walking, physical …

Background: The current physical activity (PA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
literature warrants further investigation with general population samples. The exploratory-…

Purpose. To integrate the characteristics of the perceived environment with the theory of
planned behavior (TPB) to determine (1) whether the TPB mediates relations among …

The NADH shuttle system, which transports the substrate for oxidative metabolism directly
from the cytosol to the mitochondrial electron transport chain, has been shown to be essential …

The evaluation of teaching is a critical aspect in higher education. There is substantial
knowledge based on best teaching evaluation practices that can be used, yet there is a lack of …

Background Situated cognition theory suggests that representations of concepts are products
of the environment wherein we learn and apply concepts. This research builds on situated …

Resistance to motion in haptic interfaces causes unwanted corruption of rendered data.
Quantifying perceptual thresholds of this friction is important as a quality measure and design …

Heuristics are approaches engineers use for solving problems and making decisions with
quick, often approximate, calculations and/or judgement calls. Such approaches have become …

Research has shown that high school and college students have a lack of conceptual
understanding of global warming, ozone, and the greenhouse effect. Most research in this area …

Graphical visualization has advanced our ability to understand large multi-dimensional data
sets, but some types of data are still difficult to convey. We discuss three applications which …