Mississippi State University

About: Mississippi State University is a education organization based out in Starkville, Mississippi, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Catfish. The organization has 14115 authors who have published 28594 publications receiving 700030 citations. The organization is also known as: The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science & Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.

Racial and gender meanings of why people participate in recreational fishing

Abstract: This article explores the meanings associated with why people fish as a leisure pursuit. Comparisons are drawn across gender and racial groups. Exploratory factor analyses reveal a mosaic of race‐ and gender‐based meanings assigned to fishing. The most marked differences are present between racial groups, although gender contributed conceptually to meaning structures. More similarities than differences in meanings are present among anglers. The results underscore the importance of going beyond an examination of leisure participation rates and issues of choice among minority groups to broader concerns of the meanings of such activities. A discussion of the theoretical significance of place and subculture highlights the role of race and gender in creating meanings of leisure. Natural resource managers are encouraged to consider the meanings placed on leisure and recreation activities by racial and gender groups.

Political behaviors as moderators of the perceptions of organizational politics—work outcomes relationships

Abstract: This study investigates the complexities involved in the relationships between perceptions of politics and work outcomes by examining the effects of political behavior on that relationship. More specifically, we suggest that political behavior may serve as a form of control or as a mechanism for coping with highly political organizational environments perceived by individuals to be aversive. As such, we propose moderating roles of self-promotion and ingratiation on the relationships between perceptions of politics and the work outcomes of satisfaction with job in general, satisfaction with supervision, and intent to leave. It was hypothesized that increased exercise of self-promotion and ingratiation behaviors would mitigate the negative effects of perceptions of organizational politics on those specific outcomes. Hypotheses were supported for the proposed relationships between self-promotion and two of the work outcomes: satisfaction with supervision and intent to leave. Significant effects were also found for ingratiation; however, they were opposite to those proposed for the perceptions of organizational politics–intent to leave relationship. Implications of results and areas for future research are discussed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Usability Engineering for Augmented Reality: Employing User-Based Studies to Inform Design

Abstract: A major challenge, and thus opportunity, in the field of human-computer interaction and specifically usability engineering (UE) is designing effective user interfaces for emerging technologies that have no established design guidelines or interaction metaphors or introduce completely new ways for users to perceive and interact with technology and the world around them. Clearly, augmented reality (AR) is one such emerging technology. We propose a UE approach that employs user-based studies to inform design by iteratively inserting a series of user-based studies into a traditional usability-engineering life cycle to better inform initial user interface designs. We present an exemplar user-based study conducted to gain insight into how users perceive text in outdoor AR settings and to derive implications for design in outdoor AR. We also describe "lessons learned" from our experiences, conducting user-based studies as part of the design process.

Local Leaders’ Perceptions of Energy Development in the Barnett Shale

Abstract: In recent decades, the production of natural gas from unconventional reservoirs (i.e., tight gas sands, coalbed methane resources, and gas shales) has become commonplace within the U.S. energy industry. The Newark East Fort Worth Basin field–called in the vernacular, the Barnett Shale–in north-central Texas is one of the largest unconventional natural gas fields (by production volume) in the United States. Unlike many conventional energy development projects, which typically occurred in small rural areas, much of the Barnett Shale production is occurring in and around a highly urbanized geographical setting. In spite of recent efforts to assess the economic effects of Barnett Shale production, little attention has been directed toward understanding the social impacts associated with this immense unconventional energy development. In this article we use key informant interview data collected in two Barnett Shale counties to investigate the reported positive and negative outcomes of unconventional energy development, as well as the similarities and differences in perceptions between respondents from each of the study counties. We then discuss practical applications and future research implications of our findings. The production of natural gas from unconventional reservoirs (i.e., tight gas sands, coalbed methane resources, and gas shales) has become commonplace within the U.S. energy industry in recent decades. Of the 17.2 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas produced in the U.S. in 1990, roughly 16 percent (2.8 tcf) was from unconventional sources (Kuuskraa and Stevens 1995). By 2006, the percentage of unconventional gas production to total domestic production increased to 43 percent (8.5 tcf of the total 18.6 tcf produced) (EIA 2008). Recent projections by the Energy Information Administration (EIA 2008), the statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Energy, suggest that onshore production of unconventional natural gas will increase to 9.6 tcf in 2018 and hold at or near that level for the next dozen years. In essence, unconventional natural gas will constitute roughly one-half of the projected 19.6 tcf onshore production by the year 2030 (EIA 2008).