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Human Ecology articles from March 2005
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Human Ecology archives from March 2005
Healthy people, families, communities.(MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN)(Editorial)
March 1, 2005... What does it mean to be healthy? The subject of health and even the word itself can be vague. Is a healthy person physically fit? Does he or she have a happy home life? A good job in a comfortable setting? Access to excellent health care and...
Design as a tool for leadership and social change.
March 1, 2005... Design and understanding of the design process can make people better leaders. That is a belief held by Sheila Danko, the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise in the Department of Design and Environmental...
Making green composites a reality.
March 1, 2005... AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS STAND OUT among American companies eager to adopt green, or environmentally friendly, technologies. Composites made of biodegradable, primarily plant-derived materials are light and can be as strong as conventional...
Iron plays a major role in nutrition.
March 1, 2005... From infant formula to flour, iron-fortified foods are so commonplace on U.S. grocery shelves--and have been since the 1940s--that few Americans realize iron deficiency is one of the most prevalent forms of malnutrition, affecting more than...
Archive provides scholars with data on child abuse.
March 1, 2005... When 150 school children were murdered by terrorists in Russia last September, their brutal and untimely death caused worldwide indignation and mourning. It was a tragic loss of unfulfilled lives. Ten times that many children die each year in...
Studying the effects of health insurance regulation on workers and employers.
March 1, 2005... Kosali Simon, an assistant professor of policy analysis and management, begins her courses in health care policy by drawing a circle in the center of the board. "What are we ultimately concerned about here?" she asks students in both the...
Preparing students to work with troubled children.
March 1, 2005... In all five of Jeffrey Haugaard's courses he emphasizes a single, two-part principle. To be genuinely useful to people in distress, he says, you must command solid, research-based knowledge and you must have the ability to apply it with a...
Elder abuse cited as urgent problem.(BRIEF REPORTS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER of older persons--from 2 to 10 percent of the elderly population--are physically or mentally abused, and mistreated seniors are three times more likely to die within three years than those who are not abused, report two...
Warm offices linked to higher productivity.(BRIEF REPORTS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... WARM WORKERS WORK better. Chilly workers not only make more errors, but cooler temperatures could increase a worker's hourly labor cost by 10 percent, estimates Alan Hedge, professor of design and environmental analysis and director of...
Renowned bioecologist addresses the future of human development.(Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Professor Urie Bronfenbrenner, among the world's best-known psychologists, has been publishing articles and books for 60 years about what matters in the development of human beings. He has collected his ideas together in a new book that traces...