Search Results - "Vertalka, Joshua"

Understanding Dog Bites: The Important Role of Human Behavior by Reese, Laura A., Vertalka, Joshua J.

“…This research contributes to extant knowledge about dog bites by using police department bite incident data to explore three sets of potential correlates of…”
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Animal Cruelty and Neighborhood Conditions by Reese, Laura A., Vertalka, Joshua J., Richard, Cassie

“…Background: Animal cruelty appears to be widespread. Competing theories have been posed regarding the causes of animal cruelty leading to conflicting findings…”
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Preventing Dog Bites: It Is Not Only about the Dog by Reese, Laura A, Vertalka, Joshua J

“…Dog bites can have an array of negative health impacts on victims. Research focusing on the correlates of bites focused on limited sets of variables and…”
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Demographic and urban environmental variables associated with dog bites in Detroit by Reese, Laura A, Vertalka, Joshua J, Wilkins, Melinda J, Pizarro, Jesenia M

“…To identify demographic and urban environmental variables associated with prevalence rates of dog bites per zip code in Detroit. Retrospective ecological…”
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Data on sentiments and emotions of olympic-themed tweets by Vertalka, Joshua J., Kassens-Noor, Eva, Wilson, Mark

“…Two code files and one dataset related to Olympic Twitter activity are the foundation for this article. Through Twitter's Spritzer streaming API (Application…”
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Neonatal mortality in East Africa and West Africa: a geographic analysis of district-level demographic and health survey data by Grady, Sue C, Frake, April N, Zhang, Qiong, Bene, Matlhogonolo, Jordan, Demetrice R, Vertalka, Joshua, Dossantos, Thania C, Kadhim, Ameen, Namanya, Judith, Pierre, Lisa-Marie, Fan, Yi, Zhou, Peiling, Barry, Fatoumata B, Kutch, Libbey

“…Under-five child mortality declined 47% since 2000 following the implementation of the United Nation's (UN) Millennium Development Goals. To further reduce…”
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Good games, bad host? Using big data to measure public attention and imagery of the Olympic Games by Kassens-Noor, Eva, Vertalka, Joshua, Wilson, Mark

“…Mega-event boosters frequently claim increased public attention and improved host city imagery as a rationale for public investments in major events. We design…”
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Modeling Animal Shelter Volunteer Satisfaction: The Importance of Internal Policies by Reese, Laura A., Vertalka, Joshua, Jacobs, Jacquelyn

“…This research examines the predictors of volunteer satisfaction in animal shelters. It assesses the relative importance of volunteer demographics, the…”
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A geographic analysis of population density thresholds in the influenza pandemic of 1918-19 by Chandra, Siddharth, Kassens-Noor, Eva, Kuljanin, Goran, Vertalka, Joshua

“…Geographic variables play an important role in the study of epidemics. The role of one such variable, population density, in the spread of influenza is…”
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The Augmentation, Potential, and Practicality of Twitter Data for Predicting Influenza Emergency Room Admissions by Vertalka, Joshua J

“…Every year, millions of people become infected with one of the many seasonal influenza viruses. These infections may have dire consequences as local hospital…”
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An assessment for increasing community natural disaster resiliency through the airport's role before, during, and after natural hazards and disasters by Vertalka, Joshua

“…Airports today are serving multiple functions including: passenger enplanement, cargo operations, and military flights. The operations of such functions are…”
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An assessment for increasing community natural disaster resiliency through the airport's role before, during, and after natural hazards and disasters by Vertalka, Joshua

“…Airports today are serving multiple functions including: passenger enplanement, cargo operations, and military flights. The operations of such functions are…”
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