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Disability Ecology: Re-Materializing U.S. Fiction from 1890-1940
(2016)
Disability Ecology: Re-Materializing U.S. Fiction from 1890-1940 argues that disability is the material-semiotic product of an ecological network of human and non-human actors. As social forms, disability ecologies move ...
Selected Problems for High-Dimensional Data - Quantile and Errors-in-Variables Regressions.
(2016)
This dissertation addresses two problems. First, we study joint quantile regression at multiple quantile levels with high dimensional covariates. Variable selection performed at individual quantile levels may lack stability ...
Concepts of Space and Place Neighborhood Access, Pedestrian Movement, and Physical Activity in Detroit: Implications for Urban Design and Research.
(2010)
The physical environment plays a major role in facilitating people’s activity patterns in residential settings. The ways in which people conceive of their neighborhood as a space and a place for activities has theoretical ...
Nearby Nature and Mental Wellbeing: A Designer's Perspective.
(2015)
The beneficial role of nearby nature settings in mental wellbeing is particularly important in the urban context where residents are dealing with numerous distractions and sources of stress in their daily life. Given the ...
Continuity and Change in Theory-of-Mind Development: A Neuroscientific Approach.
(2013)
This dissertation seeks a more comprehensive picture of the process of theory-of-mind development (an understanding that action is guided by internal mental states such as beliefs, desires, and intentions) by examining ...