David Olson
Biographic Data
| ID | 77488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Olson |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Olson |
| SIGNATURE | OLSON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Political Science at the University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Local knowledge, uses, and conservation status of the African golden cat Caracal aurata in central Cameroon
The African golden cat Caracal aurata is one of Africa’s least known felids, and little is understood about local people’s knowledge and uses of this cat. Questionnaires were completed with 454 people from 15 villages near Mpem et Djim National Park and the Council Forest of Yoko to assess local knowledge, uses, and perceived conservation status of this felid. Only 35% of respondents recognized the species, and older people were more likely to do…
Do changes in maize prices and input prices affect smallholder farmers’ soil fertility management decisions? panel survey evidence from Kenya
Soil fertility management (SFM) practices such as maize-legume intercropping and organic fertiliser, particularly when used jointly with inorganic fertiliser, have the potential to increase yields and yield response to inorganic fertiliser, improve soil health, and contribute to sustainable intensification (SI). However, relatively little is known about the drivers of adoption of these practices, especially for joint use. Moreover, it has been su…
Expressive writing for wildfire-affected pregnant women
Understanding Local Ecological Knowledge, Ethnozoology, and Public Opinion to Improve Pangolin Conservation in the Center and East Regions of Cameroon
African pangolins are exceptionally difficult to monitor in the wild, which means that assessing threats and impacts to these species also remains a challenge. Local ecological knowledge (LEK) surveys have been recommended as an important tool to collect data for small elusive species. We carried out community-based interviews in 20 villages surrounding Mpem et Djim and Deng-Deng National Parks to gather information on local ecological and tradit…
An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm
We assess progress toward the protection of 50% of the terrestrial biosphere to address the species-extinction crisis and conserve a global ecological heritage for future generations. Using a map of Earth's 846 terrestrial ecoregions, we show that 98 ecoregions (12%) exceed Half Protected; 313 ecoregions (37%) fall short of Half Protected but have sufficient unaltered habitat remaining to reach the target; and 207 ecoregions (24%) are in peril, w…
Urolithiasis, Urinary Cancer, and Home Drinking Water Source in the United States Territory of Guam, 2006–2010
We reviewed patient records with a first-listed diagnosis of urolithiasis-also known as urinary tract or kidney stone disease, nephrolithiasis-upon discharge from Guam's sole civilian hospital during 2006 to 2010 and urinary cancer mortality records from the Guam Cancer Registry for 1970 to 2009 to determine the source of municipal water supplied to the patients' residence. The objective was to investigate a possible relationship between the sour…
Faces IV and the Circumplex Model
Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES) IV was developed to tap the full continuum of the cohesion and flexibility dimensions from the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems. Six scales were developed, with two balanced scales and four unbalanced scales designed to tap low and high cohesion (disengaged and enmeshed) and flexibility (rigid and chaotic). The six scales in FACES IV were found to be reliable and valid. High …
Union Democracy Reexamined
Trade union leaders serve dual, seemingly contradictory roles. They must command militant organizations in conflicts with employers. Simultaneously, they must be accountable and democratically responsive to their members. Few unions possess the institutions or leadership to accomplish both. This article analyzes the practices of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), in which effective contract negotiation (including leadership d…
Implementing the Key Components of Specialized Drug Treatment Courts
The perceived need for specialized drug courts emerged from the most recent “war on drugs.” Courts were no longer able to handle such cases effectively because of an overwhelming volume of drug arrests and prosecutions. The increased emphasis on drug enforcement also revealed that many of the most serious criminally involved drug‐using offenders were undeterred by threats of incarceration, but were amenable to substance abuse treatment. Drug cour…
The Battles in Seattle
The State of Research on Literacy
Literacy, Language and Learning. The Nature and Consequences of Reading and Writing
Literacy, Language and Learning. The Nature and Consequences of Reading and Writing
Children's story-retelling
Children listen to stories from an early age, and are thus exposed to a rich source of well-formed and well-structured texts. This paper examines the relationship between children's progress in learning to read and their use of specialized linguistic features in retelling stories. The effectiveness of story-retelling is analysed from three per spectives: the use of story structure features, type of recall and the presence of oral and written lang…
Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature, Volume IV
From Utterance to Text
In this far-ranging essay David Olson attempts to reframe current controversies over several aspects of language, including meaning, comprehension, acquisition,reading, and reasoning. Olson argues that in all these cases the conflicts are rooted in differing assumptions about the relation of meaning to language: whether meaning is extrinsic to language-a relation Olson designates as "utterance"-or intrinsic-a relation he calls "text." On both the…
Variety of exemplars versus linguistic contexts in concept attainment in young children
Union Democracy Reexamined
Trade union leaders serve dual, seemingly contradictory roles. They must command militant organizations in conflicts with employers. Simultaneously, they must be accountable and democratically responsive to their members. Few unions possess the institutions or leadership to accomplish both. This article analyzes the practices of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), in which effective contract negotiation (including leadership d…
The Battles in Seattle
Implementing the Key Components of Specialized Drug Treatment Courts
The perceived need for specialized drug courts emerged from the most recent “war on drugs.” Courts were no longer able to handle such cases effectively because of an overwhelming volume of drug arrests and prosecutions. The increased emphasis on drug enforcement also revealed that many of the most serious criminally involved drug‐using offenders were undeterred by threats of incarceration, but were amenable to substance abuse treatment. Drug cour…
Variety of exemplars versus linguistic contexts in concept attainment in young children
From Utterance to Text
In this far-ranging essay David Olson attempts to reframe current controversies over several aspects of language, including meaning, comprehension, acquisition,reading, and reasoning. Olson argues that in all these cases the conflicts are rooted in differing assumptions about the relation of meaning to language: whether meaning is extrinsic to language-a relation Olson designates as "utterance"-or intrinsic-a relation he calls "text." On both the…
Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature, Volume IV
Children's story-retelling
Children listen to stories from an early age, and are thus exposed to a rich source of well-formed and well-structured texts. This paper examines the relationship between children's progress in learning to read and their use of specialized linguistic features in retelling stories. The effectiveness of story-retelling is analysed from three per spectives: the use of story structure features, type of recall and the presence of oral and written lang…
Literacy, Language and Learning. The Nature and Consequences of Reading and Writing
Literacy, Language and Learning. The Nature and Consequences of Reading and Writing
The State of Research on Literacy
The Battles in Seattle
Implementing the Key Components of Specialized Drug Treatment Courts
The perceived need for specialized drug courts emerged from the most recent “war on drugs.” Courts were no longer able to handle such cases effectively because of an overwhelming volume of drug arrests and prosecutions. The increased emphasis on drug enforcement also revealed that many of the most serious criminally involved drug‐using offenders were undeterred by threats of incarceration, but were amenable to substance abuse treatment. Drug cour…
Union Democracy Reexamined
Trade union leaders serve dual, seemingly contradictory roles. They must command militant organizations in conflicts with employers. Simultaneously, they must be accountable and democratically responsive to their members. Few unions possess the institutions or leadership to accomplish both. This article analyzes the practices of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), in which effective contract negotiation (including leadership d…
Faces IV and the Circumplex Model
Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES) IV was developed to tap the full continuum of the cohesion and flexibility dimensions from the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems. Six scales were developed, with two balanced scales and four unbalanced scales designed to tap low and high cohesion (disengaged and enmeshed) and flexibility (rigid and chaotic). The six scales in FACES IV were found to be reliable and valid. High …
Urolithiasis, Urinary Cancer, and Home Drinking Water Source in the United States Territory of Guam, 2006–2010
We reviewed patient records with a first-listed diagnosis of urolithiasis-also known as urinary tract or kidney stone disease, nephrolithiasis-upon discharge from Guam's sole civilian hospital during 2006 to 2010 and urinary cancer mortality records from the Guam Cancer Registry for 1970 to 2009 to determine the source of municipal water supplied to the patients' residence. The objective was to investigate a possible relationship between the sour…
An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm
We assess progress toward the protection of 50% of the terrestrial biosphere to address the species-extinction crisis and conserve a global ecological heritage for future generations. Using a map of Earth's 846 terrestrial ecoregions, we show that 98 ecoregions (12%) exceed Half Protected; 313 ecoregions (37%) fall short of Half Protected but have sufficient unaltered habitat remaining to reach the target; and 207 ecoregions (24%) are in peril, w…
Expressive writing for wildfire-affected pregnant women
Understanding Local Ecological Knowledge, Ethnozoology, and Public Opinion to Improve Pangolin Conservation in the Center and East Regions of Cameroon
African pangolins are exceptionally difficult to monitor in the wild, which means that assessing threats and impacts to these species also remains a challenge. Local ecological knowledge (LEK) surveys have been recommended as an important tool to collect data for small elusive species. We carried out community-based interviews in 20 villages surrounding Mpem et Djim and Deng-Deng National Parks to gather information on local ecological and tradit…
Do changes in maize prices and input prices affect smallholder farmers’ soil fertility management decisions? panel survey evidence from Kenya
Soil fertility management (SFM) practices such as maize-legume intercropping and organic fertiliser, particularly when used jointly with inorganic fertiliser, have the potential to increase yields and yield response to inorganic fertiliser, improve soil health, and contribute to sustainable intensification (SI). However, relatively little is known about the drivers of adoption of these practices, especially for joint use. Moreover, it has been su…
Local knowledge, uses, and conservation status of the African golden cat Caracal aurata in central Cameroon
The African golden cat Caracal aurata is one of Africa’s least known felids, and little is understood about local people’s knowledge and uses of this cat. Questionnaires were completed with 454 people from 15 villages near Mpem et Djim National Park and the Council Forest of Yoko to assess local knowledge, uses, and perceived conservation status of this felid. Only 35% of respondents recognized the species, and older people were more likely to do…
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Literacy (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)