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The effect of fan-themed apparel products’ signal explicitness on fans’ perceptions: the moderating effect of fanship
(2022-06-05)This study investigated how film franchise fans with varying levels of fanship perceive subtle versus explicit signals featured on fan-themed apparel products. A between-subjects experimental design was conducted with two ... -
How our homes control our behavior
(2021-01-11)Presentation sponsored by the Virginia Tech Center for the Humanities focused on behavioral effects of environmental controls within residential environments, with a special focus on correctional living spaces. -
Resilient Experiences in Appalachian Housing: Architectural Experiments in Planned Housing
(2021-03-11)The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate research regarding historic experiments in Appalachian social housing to glean lessons for future successful housing models. This research is significant as housing in the ... -
Arthurdale Reviewed: Sustainable New Deal Housing in Appalachia
(2021-05-21)This work in progress is connected to Eleanor Roosevelt’s passion to provide residents of an Appalachian coal-mining town an opportunity to live in a community based on principles of sustainability and social justice. ... -
Doing time: Perceptions of time within correctional environments
(2021-05-19)Time as an environmental factor has been felt differently this past year as everyone has had to remain in close quarters and in isolation from others. The infringement on our movement has led us to have different perceptions ... -
Lessons in New Deal Housing: Historic Rural Prototypes
(2021-11-01)The purpose of this presentation is to illustrate historic experiments in Appalachian New Deal government planned housing to glean lessons for future prototypes. This research is significant as housing in the region is ... -
Data Cities: How Satellites are Transforming Architecture and Design [Book review]
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Resilient Experiments in Rural Housing: Architectural Experiments in Planned Housing
(2021-11-18)Single family houses contribute substantially to climate change in the US and other parts of the world. In the US specifically, most housing has been designed by builders and developers. The motivation has not been ... -
Public responses to COVID-19 case disclosure and their spatial implications
(2021-10-25)We study how the public changes their mobility and retail spending patterns as precautionary responses to the disclosed location of COVID-19 cases. To look into the underlying mechanisms, we investigate how such change ... -
Are Millennials leaving town? Reconciling peak Millennials and youthification hypotheses
(2021-01-11)Are Millennials leaving town? Yes, they are. Are young adults leaving town? No, they are not. The seemingly contradicting answers are due to the fact that age and birth cohort are distinct concepts. Showing how these two ... -
Residential Satisfaction of Rural Older Adults Aging in Place
(2021-02)This study explored residential (housing and town) satisfaction of rural older adults aging in place, relating to demographic and housing characteristics. We conducted a structured, face-to-face survey with 149 rural older ... -
The Impacts of the Neighborhood Built Environment on Social Capital for Middle-Aged and Elderly Koreans
(MDPI, 2021-01-14)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the neighborhood built environment (NBE) aspects of age-friendly cities and communities (AFCCs) and social capital in the Korean context. We described ... -
Bank adaptation to neighborhood change: Mortgage lending and the Community Reinvestment Act
(2020-03)This research explores whether banks strategically leverage regulatory rules for the Community Reinvestment Act that fix a neighborhood's eligibility status over a decade based on a neighborhood's economic trajectory over ... -
Strategic Business Development and Client Prospecting in the Third-Party Apartment Management Industry
(2017)Intensifying competition and increasing market demands are forcing many third-party apartment management firms to re-evaluate their approach to business development and client prospecting. In some instances, these companies ... -
Gender differences in financial risk tolerance
(Elsevier, 2017-08-01)The purpose of this research is to explore gender differences in financial risk tolerance using a large, nationally representative dataset, the Survey of Consumer Finances. The impact of the explanatory variables in the ... -
Comparisons of fabric care performances between conventional and high-efficiency washers and dryers
(2018-08-30)High-efficiency (HE) washers use 35–50% less water and about 50% less energy per load than conventional washers. However, there has been a consistent debate as to whether HE washers perform better or worse in garment care ... -
Effects of price discount on consumers’ perceptions of savings, quality, and value for apparel products: mediating effect of price discount affect
(2018-02-15)Extending the price–quality–value model (Monroe and Krishnan in The perception of merchandise and store quality 209–232, 1985) and means-end model (Zeithaml in J Mark 52:2–22, 1988), we developed a conceptual model to ... -
College Students' Perceived Attributes of Internet Websites and Online Shopping
(Project Innovation (Alabama), 2008-03)The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of attributes of clothing retailers' Internet websites in relation to previous and intended future purchase from the websites. Survey data from 414 U.S. college students, ... -
Survivor Management: 4-H Leader's Guide
(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2010)The leader's guide to 4-H Survivor Management, a project that teaches youth the basic techniques in using management to solve problems in daily living.
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