What are the effects of promotions on attendance at Major League Baseball games? To examine this question, I collected data from each of the Milwaukee Brewers' 81 home games during the 2008 regular season. Several independent ...

Working from the foundation laid by leading historians of medieval witchcraft -- most notably Richard Kieckhefer, Norman Cohn, Michael Bailey, and Hans Peter Broedel -- this study examines the conceptual development of a ...

Many misconceptions are publicized about immunizations. The factors and influences that parents cite for not immunizing their children are important to know and understand as family practice providers in order to provide ...

Seed dispersal by animals is important for maintaining healthy populations of many tree species. The Janzen-Connell hypothesis, states that trees are under selective pressures to the have their seeds dispersed away from ...

Between 1958 and 1962, at the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, a Wisconsin physician collected government pamphlets on civil defense, articles from medical journals and news magazines, ...

Asthma is the leading cause of chronic illness among children in the United States, affecting more than 6 million children. It results in an increase in the frequency of school absences, emergency room visits, and ...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the number one killer of women in the United States today, affecting nearly one out of every two women at some point in their lives. Studies show that women lack a general knowledge of ...

This study explores the management of conversational floor in adult-learner classrooms by describing topic transitions in recorded data from six instructors at one technical college in the Midwest. The analyzed data shows ...

This research sought to determine the impact of educational support systems on the success of students with diagnosed disabilities. The study included six undergraduate students enrolled at one Midwest University. Participants ...