American youth have been found to be more obese (OB) today than at any other time in our history. Three in ten school-aged children in the United States (US) are OB. This represents a three-fold increase since 1980 (Hoeger ...

In this thesis we define and employ behavioral features along with shape features to characterize objects. We model the dynamic behavior of each object class by its common pattern of movement to help disambiguate different ...

In this article we compare the semantic composition of locative and motion event descriptions in two genetically unrelated and typologically distinct Mesoamerican languages: Yucatec Maya (Yucateco) and Juchitán Zapotec ...

Analytical solutions will be developed for the effects on measured friction values of the offset between the friction force in the surface of a sliding system and the exterior force which is applied to overcome the friction. ...

The purpose of this dissertation is to establish the faulty of moral realism. Moral realism is here understood as comprising of two metaphysical claims: Namely, (1) that moral values exist as a property of human actions ...

The health and safety of firefighters is of the upmost importance yet there is inadequate information regarding the full extent that the physical demands and stressors of firefighting have on firefighters. Therefore, the ...

Of all the staff with whom patients communicate with, the physician is arguably the most important. When physicians communicate well, patients are more likely to acknowledge health problems, understand treatment options, ...