ITS Berkeley

Walking for transportation is a common and accessible means of achieving recommended physical activity levels, while providing important social and environmental co-benefits. Even though walking in rapidly growing urban areas has become especially challenging given the increasing dependence on motorized transportation, walking remains a major mode of transportation in Latin American cities. In this paper we aimed to quantify self-reported walking for transportation in Mexico City, Bogota, Santiago de Chile, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires, by identifying both walking trips that are...

The purpose of this case study is to provide insight into the process of designing and testing a self-report measure to assess self-concept related to combustible cigarette smoking. The subjective importance of smoking (SIMS) measure was tested in three different samples in two countries. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were employed at various stages, and a newer method, exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM) at the final stage. Although it was a pleasure to finally see the publication in print, the reciprocal interweaving between joy and...

A transição do escoamento do regime laminar ao turbulento está geralmente associada com instabilidades do escoamento laminar de referência. Pequenas perturbações crescem em amplitude, extraem energia do escoamento médio, e geram estruturas de amplitudes finitas que iniciam, através de interações não lineares, o processo de transição.

Researchers have linked neighborhood food availability to the overall frequency of using food outlets without noting if those outlets were within or outside of participants’ neighborhoods. We aimed to examine the association of neighborhood restaurant and food store availability with frequency of use of neighborhood food outlets, and whether such an association was modified by neighborhood street connectivity using a large and diverse population-based cohort of middle-aged U.S. adults. We used self-reported frequency of use of fast food restaurants, sit-down restaurants, and grocery...