Little is known about the environmental perceptions of our nation's Mexican and Mexican American population, especially in the area of water quality. We examined these perceptions to determine the extent to which Caucasians and Mexican Americans living in the Tucson, Arizona, metropolitan area differ in their perceptions of water quality-related risk, inequity, trust, and participation in civic...

Automated Urban Air Mobility will enhance passenger transportation in metropolitan areas the near future. Potential passengers, however, have little knowledge about this mobility form. Therefore, there could be concerns safety and low trust. As trajectories are essential information to address these concerns, we evaluated seven path visualizations an online video-based study (N=99). We found th...

1 College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK, 2 Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 3 Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 4 Endangered Wildlife Trust, Johannesburg, South Africa, 5 Panthera, New York, NY, USA, 6 Depart...

1Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, CIBER of Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases, Health Sciences Research Institute and University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain 2Diabetes Centre, Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 9RW, UK 3Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M13 9PL, UK 4Sezione Dipartimental...

In North America, challenges associated with human-black bear (Ursus americanus) interactions have increased in recent decades. We used the structural equation modeling framework to understand how psychological factors such as perceived benefits, risks, social trust, salient value similarities, and locus of control interacted described human tolerance black bears Oklahoma. Our results suggested...

We assess the relationship between citizens’ participation in scientific research and public trust results within social sciences. conduct an online citizen science quasi-experiment concerning delineation of metropolitan areas Poland’s two major cities. It consists stages. In stage one, participants one region are exposed to directly involved delineating boundaries their local area. two, we add...

Public hospitals currently face an ever increasing demand on their resources, and there are many attempts at streamlining processes and patient flows. However, in many cases, optimizing processes is not enough, as ‘soft’ factors such as the relationships between hospital wards influence how efficiently the resources needed to treat patients are utilized. These factors are often ignored when att...

metropolitan regions as a result of the steady stream of urbanization in industrial period which have occurred during 20th century, become the engine of countries growth and development. in the process of formation and development in these areas, spatial structuring that define through two elements of population and activity with the communication structure interacting between them, has been ef...

The Special Issue on Trust and Safety Social Media delves into two pressing interlinked concerns: the growing prevalence of anti-social behavior widespread presence misinformation within across various social media platforms. collection articles featured in issue collectively examines factors that contribute to these concerns proposes potential strategies mitigate their negative impact users so...