Search Results - "Southern California"

Modeling the mudslide aftermath of the 2007 Southern California Wildfires by Ren, Diandong, Fu, R., Leslie, Lance, Dickinson, R.

“…In this study, for southern California following the 2007 wildfires, three experiments were performed with rainfall recurrence periods chosen to be 2, 10, and 25 years. …”
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Trends in storm-triggered landslides over southern California by Ren, Diandong, Leslie, Lance, Lynch, Mervyn

“…Changes in storm-triggered landslide activity for southern California in a future warming climate are estimated using an advanced, fully three-dimensional, process-based landslide model, SEGMENT-Landslide. …”
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Correlating whale strandings with Navy exercises off Southern California by Filadelfo, R., Pinelis, Y., Davis, S., Chase, R., Mintz, J., Wolfanger, J., Tyack, P., Ketten, Darlene, D’Amico, A.

“…In the present study, we compile information on Navy operations off southern California and single strandings of several cetacean species to see if there is a correlation between strandings and Navy exercises in this area. …”
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The Social Construction of Athlete Leadership: An Exploratory Case Study of the University of Southern California Women's Soccer Team by Ulrich, Cassandra

“…The data sample consisted of 5 female players from the 2016 NCAA women’s soccer national championship team, the University of Southern California. The interviews were thematically analysed manually and guided by grounded theory. …”
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Attitudes on wildfire evacuation: Exploring the intended evacuation behavior of residents living in two Southern California communities by Roberson, B., Peterson, D., Parsons, Richard

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Interview with Martin Durazo, artist, New York, 3 October 2012 by Messham-Muir, Kit

“…Martin Durazo is a Los Angeles-based artist, whose work deals with issues around narcotic drug-related violence in southern California and the border with Mexico. Durazo’s work draws on abstraction and mass cultural references. …”
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Excellence and premiership in academia:An interview with Director of CHEPA, Professor William G. Tierney. by Shuib, Munir

“…Tierney from the University of Southern California (USC) had three months academic sojourn at IPPTN.The Institute welcomed him for a much needed contribution in an on-going research. …”
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The entwinement of politics, arts, culture and commerce in staging social and political reality to enhance democratic communication by Mutibwa, Daniel H.

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Relationships Between Learning Environment and Mathematics Anxiety by Taylor, Bret, Fraser, Barry

“…A sample of 745 high-school students in 34 different mathematics classrooms in four high schools in Southern California was used to cross-validate the What Is Happening In this Class? …”
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Learning Environment, Mathematics Anxiety and Sex Differences by Taylor, B., Fraser, Barry

“…Possible connections between, and sex differences in, mathematics anxiety and learning environment perceptions were investigated using quantitative and qualitative methods with 745 high school students in 34 different mathematics classrooms in four high schools in Southern California. The What Is Happening In this Class? …”
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The influence of classroom environment on high school students' mathematics anxiety and attitudes by Taylor, Bret Allen

“…Data were gathered from 745 high school mathematics students in 34 classes in high schools in the Southern California area using three instruments: the What is Happening In this Class? …”
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'We're all a bunch of nutters!': the production dynamics of Alternate reality games by Elizabeth, Evans

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Young people, social media, social network sites and sexual health communication in Australia: ‘this is funny, you should watch it by Evers, Clifton Westly, Albury, Kath, Byron, Paul, Crawford, Kate

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Correlating military sonar use with beaked whale mass strandings: What do the historical data show? by Filadelfo, R., Mintz, J., Michlovich, E., D’Amico, A., Tyack, P., Ketten, Darlene

“…Strandings were significantly correlated with naval activity in the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas, but not off the coasts of Japan and southern California.…”
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The Homophobic Call-Outs of COVID-19: Spurring and Spreading Angry Attention From Girregi Journalism Online to YouTube in South Korea by Lee, Jin, Lee, Jeehyun Jenny

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Variability in optical particle backscattering in three contrasting bio-optical oceanic regimes by Antoine, David, Siegel, D., Kostadinov, T., Maritorena, S., Nelson, N., Gentili, B., Vellucci, V., Guillocheau, N.

“…Variability in the optical particle backscattering coefficient (bbp) is investigated in oceanic waters from two sites, namely the BOUée pour l'acquiSition d'une Série Optique à Long termE site in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea and the Plumes and Blooms stations in the Santa Barbara Channel off Southern California. Data from these two sites span two orders of magnitude in bbp and likely cover typical open ocean values. …”
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Variability in optical particle backscattering in contrasting bio-optical oceanic regimes by Antoine, David, Siegel, D., Kostadinov, T., Maritorena, S., Nelson, N., Gentili, B., Vellucci, V., Guillocheau, N.

“…Variability in the optical particle backscattering coefficient (bbp) is investigated in oceanic waters from two sites, namely the BOUée pour l’acquiSition d’une Série Optique à Long termE site in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea and the Plumes and Blooms stations in the Santa Barbara Channel off Southern California. Data from these two sites span two orders of magnitude in bbp and likely cover typical open ocean values. …”
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Improving the Learning Environment of University Science Courses: A Key to Better Elementary Teacher Education. by Martin-Dunlop, Catherine, Fraser, Barry

“…The sample consisted of 525 female students enrolled in 27 classes of A Process Approach to Science (SCED 401) at a large urban university in Southern California. Perceptions of the learning environment were measured using scales from the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory and What Is Happening In this Class? …”
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Biased systematic and heuristic processing of politicians' messages: effects of source favourability and political interest of attitude judgment by Sungeun, Chung, Waheed, Moniza

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Obesity, dieting, and multiple sclerosis by Russell, Rebecca, Langer-Gould, A., Gonzales, E.G., Smith, J.B., Brennan, Vanessa, Pereira, Gavin, Lucas, R.M., Begley, Andrea, Black, Lucinda

“…Methods: We examined the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the MS Sunshine Study, a matched case-control study of multiple sclerosis in Southern California (470 cases, 519 controls). We reported the proportion of participants who adopted a specific diet for nutrition or weight loss purposes, and identified independent predictors of dieting. …”
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