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Controlling Episodic Air Pollution With A Seasonal Gas Tax: The Case Of Cache Valley, Utah, Leo A. Moscardini, Arthur J. Caplan
Controlling Episodic Air Pollution With A Seasonal Gas Tax: The Case Of Cache Valley, Utah, Leo A. Moscardini, Arthur J. Caplan
Applied Economics Faculty Publications
Using daily data spanning 10 years, we establish a statistical relationship between episodic particulate-matter (PM2.5) concentrations and vehicle trips in Cache Valley, Utah, and estimate an average gas-price elasticity for the region. We also estimate the benefits and costs associated with a seasonal gas tax set to reduce vehicle trips during the winter-inversion season and thereby lower health costs through concomitant decreases in the PM2.5 concentrations. We find a strong positive relationship between vehicle trips reduced and associated reductions in PM2.5 concentrations. Further, we estimate a mean gas price elasticity of approximately –0.3 in what we …
Academic-Community Partnerships Effectiveness Evaluated Beyond The Ivory Walls, Rosemary M. Caron, Jessica Ulrich-Schad, Catherine C. Lafferty
Academic-Community Partnerships Effectiveness Evaluated Beyond The Ivory Walls, Rosemary M. Caron, Jessica Ulrich-Schad, Catherine C. Lafferty
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has furthered our understanding of the working principles required for academic-community partnerships to address persistent public health problems. However, little is known about how effective these partnerships have been in eliminating or reducing community-based public health issues. To contribute to the literature in this area, the authors conducted a survey of U.S. schools and programs in public health and community groups working with these academic partners to: (1) identify the most common local public health issues addressed; (2) examine the characteristics of the partnership and the actual or perceived benefits and challenges for each partner; (3) …
Assessing The Probability Of Bankruptcy, Jarom Heaps
Assessing The Probability Of Bankruptcy, Jarom Heaps
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Knowing whether or not a company is financial stable has always been a top concern for analysts and money managers. This paper compares the effectiveness of default prediction using two different types of measures: accounting and market based. Accounting measures have been the most popular even though, according to theory, a market based measure reflects all available information. Theory goes as far to say that accounting measures can add no incremental value to a market based measure. In my research I found that accounting based measures can be effective in their predictive power; the market-based measure (BSM) results were much …
Late Taino Occupation Of Jamaica: A Zooarchaeological Analysis Of Faunal Materials From The Bluefields Bay Site, Diana M. Azevedo
Late Taino Occupation Of Jamaica: A Zooarchaeological Analysis Of Faunal Materials From The Bluefields Bay Site, Diana M. Azevedo
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
My thesis seeks to answer the broad questions: can early foragers alter marine resources in island settings and can archaeological data provide insights into these changes. These questions highlight two important issues. The first issue reflects the common belief that small-scale societies did not affect their environments. The second issue centers on growing concern over the collapse of fisheries across the globe.
To answer these questions, I use fish bones recovered from an archaeological site located in Belmont, Jamaica near the Bluefields Bay marine sanctuary. The Bluefields Bay site dates to the late Taíno occupation of Jamaica. The name Taíno …
Organizational Adaptation In Local Stormwater Governance, Andrea Armstrong
Organizational Adaptation In Local Stormwater Governance, Andrea Armstrong
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Much of the past research and policy analysis on issues of western water has focused on inter-basin river agreements, large infrastructure that captures and distributes water, and conflict between agricultural and urban water demands. My dissertation asks a set of different questions:
How is water governed and managed within communities of Utah?
How are the organizations that manage water responding to changes in population, water availability, and water quality policy?
The answers to these questions are essential for understanding the ways in which changes to water quantity and quality will be addressed in the present and coming years. To better …
Three Essays In Trade And International Development, Nii Amon Neequaye
Three Essays In Trade And International Development, Nii Amon Neequaye
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This dissertation studies how society views corruption at different stages of economic development. It develops a theoretical framework that shows that at low levels of income or development, corruption increases and at high levels of income and development, corruption decreases. This theoretical proposition is also investigated empirically. The empirical analyses support the proposed theory and hint that fiscal policy, socioeconomic conditions, and incidences of war play significant roles in determining a country’s corruption level.
In addition, this dissertation also explores the relationship between merchandise and service trade. I show theoretically that the two are related and determined simultaneously. An empirical …
Influencing Acceptability Of Parent Training Interventions Through Treatment Rationales, Trisha Chase
Influencing Acceptability Of Parent Training Interventions Through Treatment Rationales, Trisha Chase
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Parent training is an effective intervention for parents of children with a variety of childhood disorders, and parents often view behavioral parent training as acceptable. Explanations and rationales for parent training are commonly provided at the beginning of treatment. However, there is little research regarding how rationales may influence acceptability. There is also limited information on whether fathers and mothers judge the acceptability of parent training differently. The purpose of this study was to determine whether changing the description of a behavioral parenting intervention influenced parents’ acceptability ratings and whether mothers and fathers differed in their ratings.
Participants viewed one …
Women, Higher Education, And The Labor Market: A Cross-Cultural Understanding Of The Impact Of Religion, Allison Fife Hale
Women, Higher Education, And The Labor Market: A Cross-Cultural Understanding Of The Impact Of Religion, Allison Fife Hale
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
How do deeply-held cultural perspectives shape the desire and ability of women to pursue higher education and or careers? More specifically, how do predominant religious and cultural perspectives on the family, the role of women, and the role of education influence a woman's decision to obtain higher education and her perceived ability or desire to seek full-time employment upon graduation? To answer these questions, this research utilized a cross-cultural survey instrument to compare and contrast the perceptions of female, undergraduate students in one predominantly Muslim/Middle Eastern society -- Dubai, U.A.E -- and one predominantly Mormon/Western society -- Utah, U.S.A. We …
Lifestyle Intervention In Emerging Adulthood: A Brief Acceptance-Based Behavioral Intervention With Young Adults, Spencer M. Richards
Lifestyle Intervention In Emerging Adulthood: A Brief Acceptance-Based Behavioral Intervention With Young Adults, Spencer M. Richards
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Across the U.S., obesity and overweight represent a rapidly growing public health concern that have been associated with expensive and debilitating outcomes such as depression, cancers, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disease, and significant disruption in quality of life, in addition to the tremendous public health costs. The current study examined a brief, randomized-controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with overweight and obese young adults.
Study participants were randomly assigned to a 4-week experimental ACT group or an information control group, which received psychoeducational materials regarding lifestyle behaviors recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
The Role Of Element Type And Crossed Relation In Restructuring Difficulty, Zhonglu Zhang, Ke Yang, Christopher M. Warren, Guang Zhao, Peng Li, Yi Lei, Hong Li
The Role Of Element Type And Crossed Relation In Restructuring Difficulty, Zhonglu Zhang, Ke Yang, Christopher M. Warren, Guang Zhao, Peng Li, Yi Lei, Hong Li
Psychology Faculty Publications
Chunk decomposition is an aspect of problem solving that involves decomposing a pattern into its component parts in order to regroup them into a new pattern. Previous work suggests that the primary source of difficulty in chunk decomposition is whether a problem’s solution requires removing a part that is a meaningful perceptual pattern (termed a chunk) or not (a non-chunk). However, the role of spatial overlap (crossed relation or not) has been ignored in this line of research. Here, we dissociated the role of element type and crossed relation in chunk decomposition problems by employing a Chinese character transformation task. …
Interdisciplinary Modeling For Water-Related Issues Graduate Course, Laurel Saito, Alexander Fernald, Timothy Link
Interdisciplinary Modeling For Water-Related Issues Graduate Course, Laurel Saito, Alexander Fernald, Timothy Link
All ECSTATIC Materials
The science and management of aquatic ecosystems is inherently interdisciplinary, with issues associated with hydrology, atmospheric science, water quality, geochemistry, sociology, economics, environmental science, and ecology. Addressing water resources issues in any one discipline invariably involves effects that concern other disciplines, and attempts to address one issue often have consequences that exacerbate existing issues or concerns, or create new ones (Jørgensen et al. 1992; Lackey et al. 1975; Straskraba 1994) due to the strongly interactive nature of key processes (Christensen et al. 1996). Thus, research and management of aquatic ecosystems must be interdisciplinary to be most effective, but such truly …
Digitalcommons@Usu Fiscal Year Report 2014-2015, Danielle M. Barandiaran, Becky L. Thoms
Digitalcommons@Usu Fiscal Year Report 2014-2015, Danielle M. Barandiaran, Becky L. Thoms
Digital Commons Reports
A report on the growth and changes in the repository over the fiscal year 2014-2015.
Casting A Wider Net: Student Research In The Ir, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms, Scott Bates, Danielle M. Barandiaran
Casting A Wider Net: Student Research In The Ir, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms, Scott Bates, Danielle M. Barandiaran
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
Student research is an untapped commodity. A survey of 238 Institutional Repositories in 2013 indicated that only 38% collect student research other than theses and dissertations. We think student research is a potential goldmine. Do other librarians agree? What about stake holders outside of the library? And, what are the obstacles preventing more robust collection of student research? Includes breakdown of repositories by platform.
Opportunities Outweigh Obstacles, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms, Scott Bates, Danielle M. Barandiaran
Opportunities Outweigh Obstacles, Betty Rozum, Becky Thoms, Scott Bates, Danielle M. Barandiaran
Library Faculty & Staff Presentations
Student research is an untapped commodity. A survey of 238 Institutional Repositories in 2013 indicated that only 38% collect student research other than theses and dissertations. We think student research is a potential goldmine. Do other librarians agree? What about stake holders outside of the library? And, what are the obstacles preventing more robust collection of student research?
Discovering Open Access Articles: Maximum Access, Maximum Visibility! A Report Of The Alcts Continuing Resources Section Program. American Library Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, June 2014, Mavis B. Molto
Library Faculty & Staff Publications
The growing open access movement raises many questions for libraries and researchers. A program, presented by the Education, Research, and Publications Coordinating Committee of the ALCTS Continuing Resources Section, addressed prominent open access issues and offered a number of solutions currently under development by institutions and NISO (National Information Standards Organization). The three presenters provided background on the various issues, a description of the new open access policy at the University of California system, an overview of the challenges in accessing open access articles in hybrid journals, and a description of the NISO Open Access Metadata and Indicators Initiative.
Opportunistic Uses Of The Traditional School Day Through Student Examination Of Fitbit Activity Tracker Data, Victor R. Lee, Joel R. Drake, Ryan Cain, Jeffrey L. Thayne
Opportunistic Uses Of The Traditional School Day Through Student Examination Of Fitbit Activity Tracker Data, Victor R. Lee, Joel R. Drake, Ryan Cain, Jeffrey L. Thayne
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Faculty Publications
In large part due to the highly prescribed nature of the typical school day for children, efforts to design new interactions with technology have often focused on less-structured after-school clubs and other out-of-school environments. We argue that while the school day imposes serious restrictions, school routines can and should be opportunistically leveraged by designers and by youth. Specifically, wearable activity tracking devices open some new avenues for opportunistic collection of and reflection on data from the school day. To demonstrate this, we present two cases from an elementary statistics classroom unit we designed that intentionally integrated wearable activity trackers and …
Cultural Adaptation And Implementation Of Evidence-Based Parent Training: A Systematic Review And Critique Of Guiding Evidence, Ana A. L. Baumann, Byron J. Powell, Patricia L. Kohl, Rachel G. Tabak, Valentina Penalba, Enola K. Proctor, Melanie M. Domenech-Rodriguez, Leopoldo J. Cabassa
Cultural Adaptation And Implementation Of Evidence-Based Parent Training: A Systematic Review And Critique Of Guiding Evidence, Ana A. L. Baumann, Byron J. Powell, Patricia L. Kohl, Rachel G. Tabak, Valentina Penalba, Enola K. Proctor, Melanie M. Domenech-Rodriguez, Leopoldo J. Cabassa
Psychology Faculty Publications
With advances in knowledge regarding efficacious evidence-based interventions, there have been significant attempts to culturally adapt, implement, and disseminate parent training interventions broadly, especially across ethnic and cultural groups. We sought to examine the extent to which researchers and developers of evidence-based parent training programs have used cultural adaptation models, tested implementation strategies, and evaluated implementation outcomes when integrating the interventions into routine care by conducting a systematic review of the literature for four evidence-based parent training interventions: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), The Incredible Years (IY), Parent Management Training-Oregon Model (PMTO™), and the Positive Parenting Program (Triple P). A total …
The Design And Progress Of A Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention To Improve Brain Health In Middle-Aged Persons To Reduce Later Alzheimer’S Disease Risk: The Gray Matters Randomized Trial, Maria C. Norton, Christine J. Clark, Joann T. Tschanz, Phillip Hartin, Elizabeth B. Fauth, Julie A. Gast, Travis E. Dorsch, Heidi Wengreen, Chris Nugent, W. David Robinson, Michael Lefevre, Sally Mcclean, Ian Cleland, Sydney Y. Schaefer, Sheryl Aguilar
The Design And Progress Of A Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention To Improve Brain Health In Middle-Aged Persons To Reduce Later Alzheimer’S Disease Risk: The Gray Matters Randomized Trial, Maria C. Norton, Christine J. Clark, Joann T. Tschanz, Phillip Hartin, Elizabeth B. Fauth, Julie A. Gast, Travis E. Dorsch, Heidi Wengreen, Chris Nugent, W. David Robinson, Michael Lefevre, Sally Mcclean, Ian Cleland, Sydney Y. Schaefer, Sheryl Aguilar
Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications
Introduction: Most Alzheimer's disease (AD) prevention studies focus on older adults or persons with existing cognitive impairment. This study describes the design and progress of a novel pilot intervention, the Gray Matters study. Methods: This proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial tests an evidence-based multidomain lifestyle intervention in 146 persons aged 40 to 64 years, in northern Utah. Data collectors were blinded to participants' randomization to treatment (n = 104) or control (n = 42). Intervention targeted physical activity, food choices, social engagement, cognitive simulation, sleep quality, and stress management, and uses a custom smartphone application, activity monitor, and educational materials. Secondary …
How Does Untimely Death Of An Executive Affect Stock Prices And Company Performance?, Yu Zhang
How Does Untimely Death Of An Executive Affect Stock Prices And Company Performance?, Yu Zhang
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The main purpose of this project is to investigate if the sudden death of an executive will affect the company’s stock price and/or performance, and to examine any other impacts of an executive’s untimely death. Are executives the most important person in a company? If so, how much is an executive worth in comparison to the company’s overall value? Is a CEO’s pay actually worth what the company is getting in return? Many researchers believe that the CEO and executives are the soul of a company, however, there is limited evidence to prove that hypothesis (Fama and Jesnsen, 1983). There …
The Idiosyncratic Volatility Puzzle: A Behavioral Explanation, Brad Cannon
The Idiosyncratic Volatility Puzzle: A Behavioral Explanation, Brad Cannon
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The trade-off between risk and return is a fundamental principle in finance. In any finance class, one will likely hear the phrase, “the greater the risk, the greater the return.” The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), one of the most basic and well-known finance models, estimates the expected return of an asset assuming a positive relation between expected return and a single risk factor. Empirically, risk control variables such as the CAPM beta along with other risk factors associated with market cap, book-to-market ratio, and illiquidity are used when pricing assets. Finance is abundant in theories all supporting positive risk-return …
Factors Influencing Solid-Waste Management In The Developing World, Jessica Mcallister
Factors Influencing Solid-Waste Management In The Developing World, Jessica Mcallister
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
As the world becomes more urbanized and developed consumption rates are on the rise. An inevitable consequence of more consumption is the rapid increase in the amount of solid waste that is produced. Today, solid-waste management (SWM) conditions in the developing world are often quite dire and reminiscent of those found in the developed world several generations ago. The impact of inadequate SWM practices on natural and human environments is now being acknowledged. This report is founded on a comprehensive literature review concerning SWM in developing countries. It also introduces a preliminary research design relevant to a SWM assessment for …
Archaeological Tourism Opportunity Spectrum: Experience Based Management And Design As Applied To Archaeological Tourism, Brian Mazzola
Archaeological Tourism Opportunity Spectrum: Experience Based Management And Design As Applied To Archaeological Tourism, Brian Mazzola
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Archaeological sites need a new management and development framework to address the pressures resulting from an increasing interest in archaeological tourism. This new framework needs to address both the imminent threat that increased tourism brings (overuse, crowding and additional wear) to the site as well as the widening range of experiences that tourists expect. Over the last decades, management frameworks have been developed in many fields of tourism to address similar issues. The most widely known of these approaches are the Recreational Opportunity Spectrum (ROS), the Tourism Opportunity Spectrum (TOS) and the Ecotourism Opportunity Spectrum (ECOS). These frameworks provide several …
Couple Leisure Time: Building Bonds Early In Marriage Through Leisure, Joy Lynne Chavez
Couple Leisure Time: Building Bonds Early In Marriage Through Leisure, Joy Lynne Chavez
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
I interviewed couples who had medium to high marital satisfaction and role balance about the leisure they experience together as a couple. The main goal of this
project was to learn more about the positive aspects of couple leisure experiences. I examined couples’ perceptions of leisure benefits and meaning derived from couple participation in leisure, how couples perceive marital satisfaction is affected by couple leisure, the ways couples balance other roles with leisure, how role balance plays a part in couple leisure, as well as the factors that might constrain or facilitate a positive leisure experience.
Couples find a lot …
Linking Marital And Parenting Quality In Parents Of Early Adolescents, Megan L. Sheldon
Linking Marital And Parenting Quality In Parents Of Early Adolescents, Megan L. Sheldon
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Parents have a great influence on the lives of their children, even as children develop into adolescents seeking independent identity. Families may find the transition of their children into adolescence difficult as they renegotiate their parenting strategies to allow for their children’s growing desire for independence. Because marital quality has been found to be related to parenting outcomes, the link between the parental and marital roles of a married couple becomes important to understand during the transition of their children into adolescents.
The present study uses the Inventory of Father (Parent) Involvement, Social Connectedness Scale, Quality Marriage Index, Couple Commitment …
Using Network Models To Predict Steelhead Abundance, Middle Fork John Day, Or, Monica R. Blanchard
Using Network Models To Predict Steelhead Abundance, Middle Fork John Day, Or, Monica R. Blanchard
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
It is important in the management of threatened and endangered species to have informed population estimates. Population estimates are used to gage whether or not recovery goals are being met. When assessing Pacific salmonids this assessment involves sampling a small subset of the population and then scaling up to estimate larger populations units. This is complicated by the fact that fish populations are not evenly distributed along river systems but respond to fluctuating physical and biological stream properties. We used rapid assessment survey methods and the River Styles classification to explore fish-habitat relationships. River Styles is a classification system that …
Ego-Identity And Long-Term Moratoria: Associations With College Attendance And Religious Volunteerism, Mark A. Jackson
Ego-Identity And Long-Term Moratoria: Associations With College Attendance And Religious Volunteerism, Mark A. Jackson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The objective of this study was to examine the extent to which college experiences and participation in religious missionary service for an extended period were associated with ego-identity development, specifically in terms of identity exploration and commitment. A sample of late adolescents (N = 425), all of whom had participated in at least some college and of whom 122 had volunteered as LDS missionaries, provided information about their college/missionary experiences that could be related to identity development and reported levels of identity exploration and commitment.
Results indicated that LDS postmissionaries and LDS non-postmissionaries differed significantly only in the variables …
A Comparison Of Random Forest-Based Methods For Racial/Ethnic-Specific Classification Of Obesity, Sun Young Jeon
A Comparison Of Random Forest-Based Methods For Racial/Ethnic-Specific Classification Of Obesity, Sun Young Jeon
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Obesity is typically defined using body mass index (BMI) and its established cut-off. However, some studies have highlighted the importance of developing racial/ethnic-specific classifications of obesity that reflect different body compositions and fat distributions. Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data and Random Forest classification, this paper attempts to identify important body measures and cut-offs for predicting obesity-related health risks among White, Hispanic and Black male populations in the U.S. In particular, this paper compares the performance of three Random Forest-based methods for dealing with class imbalance: weighted Random Forest (WRF), Random Forest with down-sampling (DS), and Random …
An Empirical Analysis Of Customer Satisfaction In Short Selling, Brian Ramaeker
An Empirical Analysis Of Customer Satisfaction In Short Selling, Brian Ramaeker
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Using an event study along with basic linear regressions, this paper sets out to find if customer satisfaction factors into asset pricing, and if short sellers predict or react to the announcement, then capitalize on the mispricing. By using customer satisfaction data from the ACSI index and security pricing data from WRDS it is possible to test whether the absolute level of customer satisfaction factors into a short selling investor’s actions within the market, or if an increase or decrease in satisfaction from the previous year is recognized by short sellers.
Exploring The Relationship Between Utah's Wages And Utah's Real Estate Values, S. Scott Laneri
Exploring The Relationship Between Utah's Wages And Utah's Real Estate Values, S. Scott Laneri
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
This paper uses a variety of multiple regression analysis techniques to attempt to answer whether a direct relationship exists between Utah's employee wages and Utah's residential real estate values. Unexpected declines in real estate values can have seriously negative impacts on businesses, individuals, and local governments in Utah. Conversely, unexpected increases represent missed opportunities. Researchers have used various statistical and mathematical methods to explain or predict changes in real estate values, but no method has consistently predicted values for a long period of time or across multiple geographical areas. This paper focuses on exploring the relationship between variables in Utah …
The Poverty Of Prefectures: A Reevaluation Of The Memoir Of Zhang Daye, Joshua Defriez
The Poverty Of Prefectures: A Reevaluation Of The Memoir Of Zhang Daye, Joshua Defriez
Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects
Everything today's readers know about the man Zhang Daye comes from his memoir, The World of a Tiny Insect (Wei Chong Shijie, 微蟲世界). The manuscript was distributed locally after its completion in 1894, though it never achieved wide-scale circulation. Wang Yongyuan of Zhejiang Normal University donated the only complete copy to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the early 1950s where Harvard scholar Xiaofei Tian later discovered the manuscript. Since Tian's publication of an English translation in 2013, Zhang's writings have reached a wider audience than he likely ever imagined. As we read The World, Zhang's words …