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Getting the gist of websites: Exploring the effects of display duration, size, and resolution
(Wichita State University, 2013-05)Users can make judgments about web pages in a glance. Outside of a few studies, no known research has examined what semantic information can be extracted from a web page within a single fixation, but the scene perception ... -
Girls like you, girls like me: an analysis of domestic minor sex trafficking and the development of a risk and resiliency assessment for sexually exploited youth
(Wichita State University, 2012-05)The goal of this study was to further develop a data-driven, theoretically based, tool that illuminates the risks and resiliencies of young people at-risk of and/or subjugated to domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST). The ... -
Going home: exploring the social networks of federal offenders in Kansas re-entering communities after prison
(Wichita State University, 2018-05)Mass incarceration in the United States takes a significant toll both socially and economically. It is estimated that approximately 450 in every 100,000 Americans were incarcerated by the end of 2016, and people of color ... -
The great between-subjects assumption
(Wichita State University. Graduate School., 2008-04-25)There seems to be an assumption that some judgment and decision-making (JDM) findings will only be supported in between-subjects designs, even though between-subjects results can be misleading. This paper tested this ... -
Group cognitive and contextual therapies in treatment of depression
(John Wiley & Sons, 1989-05)Depressed subjects (N = 31) were treated with three different group therapies: (a) complete cognitive therapy (CCT); (b) partial cognitive therapy (PCT); or (c) comprehensive distancing (CD). All three groups showed ... -
Gun or wallet: the role of perceptual-cognitive skill in use-of-force decisions
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)Police use-of-force decisions are a hot topic that saturates the media, however little is known about the nature of these decisions. Officers go through use-of-force simulations as part of their training, however these ... -
Hand in hand: supporting the development of organizations run by people with severe and persistent mental illness
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Head, shoulders, chest : Does mounting location affect visibility of key information in police bodyworn-camera footage ?
(Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, 2021-04-01)Body-worn cameras are becoming commonplace in law enforcement. Much of the research related to them focuses on whether the cameras affect police officer behavior and the number of citizen complaints against police. Relatively ... -
Health attitudes and behaviors of African American adolescents
(Springer New York LLC, 2008-10)African Americans continue to die disproportionately from chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. Eating fruits and vegetables have been shown to reduce those risks yet little is known about the ... -
Hearing impairment affects older people's ability to drive in the presence of distracters
(Blackwell Science, 2010-06)OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of hearing impairment and distractibility on older people's driving ability, assessed under real-world conditions.DESIGN: Experimental cross-sectional study.SETTING: University ... -
Holographic augmented reality visualization interface for exploration
(Wichita State University, 2022-04-29)Based on Wichita's wheat harvesting nickname, Harvesters, Wichita State University NASA SUITS (Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students) team Harvestars proposed the integrated system H. A. R. V. I. E. (Holographic ... -
How does student activism drive cultural campus change in the UK and US regarding sexual violence on campus?
(SAGE, 2020-04-27)Using policy frameworks and author expertise to identify relevant literature, four academics and two student-activist-authors, critically review literature upon student activist responses to sexual violence on campus. We ... -
How multitasking interacts with visual impairment and age on measures of driving performance
(2005-12)This study investigates the impact of visual and auditory secondary tasks on the driving performance of participants (14 younger and 14 older) with simulated visual impairment. Participants drove around a closed road circuit ... -
How new ideas in physics and biology influence developmental science
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-01-02)This article reviews how ideas from 20th century physics and biology have come to play important roles in the study of development and how these ideas have informed a relatively new paradigm in developmental science: ... -
Human cones appear to adapt at low light levels: Measurements on the red-green detection mechanism
(Elsevier Ltd., 1995-11)Recent physiological evidence suggests that cones do not light adapt at low light levels. To assess whether adaptation is cone-selective at low light levels, the red-green detection mechanism was isolated. Thresholds were ... -
Human factors and video game research: a discussion panel
(Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), 2018-09-27)Video games are extremely popular and many human factors practitioners are working on video game related research. The goals for this panel are 1) to discuss some of the human factors research being conducted in different ... -
Human factors principles underlying glyph design: A review of the literature and an agenda for future
(2012-10)Glyphs are graphical icons that depict multivariate data and are used by a number of disparate fields. Their designs are varied, reflecting both the diversity of applications and the absence of design standards. In the ... -
Human factors survey of aviation maintenance technical manuals
(2002-04)The reported work is part of a 3 phased effort to identify human factors issues in the development of aviation technical manuals, and make recommendations for the improvement of those documents. Phase 1 of this research ... -
Human factors survey of aviation technical manuals phase 1: Manual development procedures
(FAA, 2001-07)This report contains the results from Phase I of a three phase research effort. Phase 1 examines aviation industry procedures for developing maintenance technical data. Phase 2 will document user problems with maintenance ... -
Identification reaction time as a function of target and field object orientation
(Routledge, 1989-01)Four experiments were conducted investigating the effects of (a) target versus field object orientation, (b) target upside up versus target upside down and (c) inverting versus noninverting lenses on object identification ...