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University of Massachusetts Boston

EducationBoston, Massachusetts, United States
About: University of Massachusetts Boston is a education organization based out in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 6541 authors who have published 12918 publications receiving 411731 citations. The organization is also known as: UMass Boston.


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01 Sep 1969-Nature
TL;DR: The South American Andes were brought to their present height by the final uplift phases of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene and an alpine-like vegetation (locally called paramo or puna7, 14) developed in the terrain thus produced as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: THE South American Andes were brought to their present height by the final uplift phases of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene1–6 and an alpine-like vegetation (locally called paramo or puna7–14) developed in the terrain thus produced. It follows that the evolution of the associated paramo-puna fauna by multiple speciation in situ should have taken place mostly or entirely during the Quaternary, so that the occurrence of speciation within this fauna should be a convenient guide to the possible rate of speciation in the Pleistocene.

100 citations

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TL;DR: This article investigated the relative contribution of cultural variables, in particular Africentric values and racial identity, to the prediction of drug use, drug knowledge, and drug attitudes in conjunction with individual, peer, and family domain variables.
Abstract: This study investigated the relative contribution of cultural variables, in particular Africentric values and racial identity, to the prediction of drug use, drug knowledge, and drug attitudes in conjunction with individual, peer, and family domain variables. Data collected from 195 African American youth were used in this study. The results indicate that Africentric values were a significant, yet modest predictor of drug knowledge accounting for approximately 4% of the variance. Similarly, racial identity was a significant predictor of drug use and of drug attitudes accounting for approximately 2% and 8% of the variance, respectively. Also, gender, an individual domain variable, was a significant predictor of drug use, attitudes, and knowledge. Males reported more drug use, had attitudes more tolerant of drugs, and had less drug knowledge than females.

100 citations

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TL;DR: The authors examines some examples of the current situation, then uses a discussion of diffusion of innovations theory to help explain why the consumer resistance appears to be growing, especially resistance to new high-tech alternatives to existing products consumers already use and understand.

100 citations

Book
26 Apr 2010
TL;DR: Realist Constructivism as discussed by the authors explores the common ground between realism and constructivism, and demonstrates that, rather than being in simple opposition, they have areas of both tension and overlap, and provides an interesting new way for scholars and students to think about international relations theory.
Abstract: Realism and constructivism, two key contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of international relations, are commonly taught as mutually exclusive ways of understanding the subject. Realist Constructivism explores the common ground between the two, and demonstrates that, rather than being in simple opposition, they have areas of both tension and overlap. There is indeed space to engage in a realist constructivism. But at the same time, there are important distinctions between them, and there remains a need for a constructivism that is not realist, and a realism that is not constructivist. Samuel Barkin argues more broadly for a different way of thinking about theories of international relations, that focuses on the corresponding elements within various approaches rather than on a small set of mutually exclusive paradigms. Realist Constructivism provides an interesting new way for scholars and students to think about international relations theory.

100 citations

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TL;DR: Hybridity as an interpretive construct in the archaeology of colonialism has encountered many pitfalls, due largely to the way it has been set adrift from clear theoretical anchors and has been applied inconsistently to things, practices, processes, and even people as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Hybridity as an interpretive construct in the archaeology of colonialism has encountered many pitfalls, due largely to the way it has been set adrift from clear theoretical anchors and has been applied inconsistently to things, practices, processes, and even people. One of the telltale signs of its problematic nature is the ease with which archaeologists claim to identify the origin and existence of hybridity but the difficulty faced if asked when and how such hybridity actually ends, if it does. In that context, this paper offers a potential requiem for hybridity. If we need not go that far, archaeologists at least need to rein in the “Frankenstein” version of hybridity that permeates archaeology and occludes its variable and problematic origins, acknowledge the dangers of accentuating or even celebrating “purees,” and beware of the creation of cultural “mules” in analytical classifications and interpretations.

100 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Derek R. Lovley16858295315
Wei Li1581855124748
Susan E. Hankinson15178988297
Roger J. Davis147498103478
Thomas P. Russell141101280055
George Alverson1401653105074
Robert H. Brown136117479247
C. Dallapiccola1361717101947
Paul T. Costa13340688454
Robert R. McCrae13231390960
David Julian McClements131113771123
Mauro Giavalisco12841269967
Benjamin Brau12897172704
Douglas T. Golenbock12331761267
Zhifeng Ren12269571212
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202367
2022131
2021833
2020851
2019823
2018776