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Traffic safety in Tacoma: A dual study on community perceptions of vision zero and the application of the safe system framework
No full textThe city of Tacoma adopted Vision Zero in 2020 and is planning to achieve zero traffic deaths and severe injuries by 2035. As part of its outreach plan to engage the local community, the city of Tacoma’s Vision Zero team surveyed the critical issues affecting traffic safety as perceived by road users. One of the Vision Zero strategies is to implement safer speeds across streets by reducing speed limits that are too high. This study aims to analyze the factors influencing the perceptions of speeding and high-speed limits as safety concerns, analyze narratives from respondents on issues affecting traffic safety, and, lastly, provide recommendations to promote traffic safety in Tacoma. Using Bayesian Networks, the study assessed how different factors influence the perception of speeding and high-speed limits as safety concerns. Additionally, a text-mining approach was employed to analyze narratives from respondents who identified speeding and high-speed limits as safety concerns.
The Bayesian Networks analysis revealed that respondents familiar with Vision Zero were 3.01% more likely to perceive speeding and 101.99% more likely to perceive high-speed limits as safety concerns. For respondents who walk around Tacoma, the likelihood of perceiving speeding and high-speed limits as safety risks increased by 20.26% and 6.45%, respectively. Furthermore, the network also reveals that separating bike lanes from traffic, installing speed bumps, and law enforcement can help promote safety in Tacoma.
Furthermore, this study utilizes the project-based alignment framework developed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to analyze how various roadway projects align with this Safe System Approach to assess and score roadway segments in Tacoma. It then proceeds to create a visualization tool in ArcGIS to present the scores and provide a picture of existing conditions at the roadway segments. Results from the framework scoring matrix highlight areas in Tacoma that have high safety risks to road users’ safety.
Identifying roadway segments with higher risk scores, findings from this study will provide knowledge to stakeholders and transportation planners on areas needing measures to enhance safety. Additionally, insights from community feedback reveal that concerns about speeding and high-speed limits are more pronounced among vulnerable road users and those familiar with Vision Zero. These findings can guide public education efforts to promote awareness of Vision Zero goals and support the implementation of traffic calming and enforcement strategies. In combination with the visualization tool, the study provides an actionable foundation for enhancing roadway safety in Tacoma
The cultural mechanisms of mental health stigma in Asian Americans
No full textAsian Americans show hesitation seeking professional mental health services, as well as stigmatized attitudes towards help-seeking for mental health treatment in general. While the link between this stigma and lack of help-seeking is clear in past studies, there is a gap in the literature in looking at how various cultural mechanisms important to traditional Asian cultures interact with one another to contribute to mental health stigma. The goal of the current study was to examine intergenerational conflict, saving face, and temporal orientation to predict mental health stigma among Asian Americans. Participants (N = 208) were all second-generation Asian American immigrants. All were asked to self-report their temporal orientation, importance given to saving face, levels of intergenerational conflict with their families, and their ingroup mental health stigma attitudes. Two serial mediation analyses were conducted: one for the effect of past-future temporal orientation on mental health stigma through saving face and intergenerational conflict, and one for the effect of present temporal orientation through saving face and intergenerational conflict. Serial mediation effects were not found for either the past-future model or the present model, but both had a mediation effect of temporal orientation on mental health stigma through intergenerational conflict as the sole mediator. The present model also showed a significant direct positive effect of present orientation on mental health stigma. Intergenerational conflict appears to mediate the effect of temporal orientation on mental health stigma. Higher intergenerational conflict predicts lower mental health stigma, suggesting that intergenerational conflict may not discourage help-seeking attitudes for mental health. Present orientation\u27s positive effect on mental health stigma may be connected to the increased salience of racial socialization among second generation Asian American immigrants. These results may help in constructing more culturally competent interventions in reducing mental health stigma among Asian American immigrants
Dynamics of prey-prey mutualism with varying carrying capacity and herd behavior in the presence of predator
No full textThis study investigates the dynamics of mutualistic relationships between two prey species in the presence of a predator, by taking into account herding in one species along with the influence of carrying capacities between two prey species. These mutualistic dynamics are presented by constructing two mathematical models, namely an indirect and direct mutualism model. As the strength of the symbiotic relationship increases the indirect model goes through transcritical bifurcation to Hopf bifurcation whereas in the direct mutualism model goes through saddle-node bifurcation to Hopf bifurcation
Small Georgia Hammock
No full textThis artwork shows trees and a grassy landscape.https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/campus_art/1815/thumbnail.jp
Pier III
No full textThis artwork is part of a triptych showing an oil well landscape.https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/campus_art/1819/thumbnail.jp
Episode 22 -Exam Prep Resources
No full textThis week we cover the best exam prep resources available through the UNF Library. Learn how to find the Exam Prep databases (LinkedIn Learning, Peterson’s Test & Career Prep, O’Reilly for Higher Education, AccessEngineering, AccessPhysiotherapy, and F.A. Davis Athletic Training) and get practical tips for proctored exams—Honorlock/Respondus, when to reserve a study room, using Macs on the 1st floor, laptop checkout, and the quiet recording studio. We also share what’s new in the Virtual Learning Center (28 Meta Quest 3 headsets, puzzle-day activities, VR titles like Tetris Effect) and feature a VR Champion from Construction Management. Cold open: a quick rec of The Gift by Freida McFadden.https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/instructionpodcast/1021/thumbnail.jp
Mr. Allen Lastinger, Grand Opening Ceremony of the Allen Lastinger Center for Florida History
No full textMr. Allen Lastinger speaks at the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Allen Lastinger Center for Florida History, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, Jacksonville, Florida. Date: September 5, 2025https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/alcfh-events/1002/thumbnail.jp
Frustrated quantum magnetism: The interplay of isotropic and anisotropic interactions with application to α-RuCl3
No full textWe investigate how anisotropic spin interactions, including Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya and Kitaev terms, manifest across quantum spin systems ranging from a single S = 1/2 dimer to molecular spin clusters and layered magnetic materials. Beginning with an exact analysis of the spin dimer, we demonstrate how singlet–triplet mixing induced by Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction directly influences both thermodynamic observables and inelastic neutron scattering spectra. These microscopic fingerprints are then extended to trimer, tetramer, and tetrahedron geometries, where field-induced phase transitions and heat capacity anomalies reveal the interplay between isotropic Heisenberg and anisotropic Kitaev exchanges. In the frustrated zigzag honeycomb lattice, we show that a competing Heisenberg model alone can reproduce spectral features often attributed to Kitaev physics, emphasizing the importance of geometric frustration and exchange competition. To experimentally evaluate the conditions under which an asymmetric Heisenberg model is applied, we synthesize and characterize -RuCl crystals. Structural, magnetic, and spectroscopic measurements confirm that our crystals reproduce the key features of specimens reported in the literature. Raman and susceptibility data demonstrate that stacking faults can be a measure of the DM interactions if the stacking sequence is dictated by spin canting. Moreover, exfoliation suppresses these pathways, driving the system toward a quasi-two-dimensional limit. These results clarify how microscopic spin interactions shape macroscopic behavior and establish a material platform for tuning effective spin Hamiltonians through structural control
Probiotic Intervention in Managing Chronic Stress
No full textChronic stress can induce gut dysbiosis which contributes to the dysregulation of the gut-brain axis and leads to anxiety and depressive-like symptoms. The gut-brain axis relies on nervous, immune, and endocrine interactions. Gut dysbiosis, an imbalance within the gut microbiome, disrupts gut-brain communication, impairing gut barrier integrity, inflammation regulation, and hormonal and neurotransmitter production. These gut changes contribute to mood disorders resulting from stress, and thus it is important to implement dietary interventions, like probiotics, to help mitigate these effects. Research highlights the potential of probiotics to act as an intervention to combat stress-induced gut dysbiosis and replenish beneficial bacteria that support gastrointestinal (GI) function. Probiotics have been shown to restore the gut microbiome, decrease the release of pro-inflammatory factors, increase the release of neuroactive compounds (i.e., serotonin, dopamine), and regulate immunity, all of which contribute to maintaining gut barrier integrity. By preserving the health of the gut through probiotics, physiological response to stress is mitigated as perturbations in the gut-brain axis are reduced, thus improving anxiety and depressive-like symptoms induced by chronic stress